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My Dea r Fe l low Mem bersMay the peace tha t passe th u nderstandi n be you rs a t

the blessed Ch ri s tm as t im e. May the yea r n u old i n beau tyand s trength develop i ng and i ncreasing a l l of the bes t tha ti s i n you and m ay you t hu s becom e a bless ing to a l l youtouch . Perhaps n o oy i s so grea t as that o f serv ice an dva lue to othe rs an d t i s joy I w ish you .

The grea test asse t of any na t ion is i ts peopl e. Youpart icu larly, as the descendant s of the founders o f ou r

co un t ry, have a spec ia l responsib i l i ty— an d i t i s w ith prideand thank fu lness I real ize tha t you are equa l to your pohl igalions, you r responsibi l i t ies and your priv i leges. So ,

w i tha ll m y hea rt , m y be loved D aughters, m y loving thoughtgoes ou t to you and a greet ing i s on m y l ips a nd a prayer inm y hea rt for your wel fare a t th i s sacred t im e o f the anniversa ry o f the bi rth of Ch rist .

Fa ith fully you rs,DAISY ALLE N Sronv,

( Mrs. W illi a m Cu m m i n g S tory) Presiden t Genera l .4

The Carlyle H ouse, Alexandria , Virgin iaBy S . C. S TUN TZ

,S ecreta ry Fa i rfax H i stor ical S ociety.

On a. s ide s t ree t i n the l i t t le c ity o f

Alexandr ia , Vi rgin ia , su rrounded bybu i ldi ngs wh ich alm ost h ide i t, s tands anold s t ruc ture, probably the oldes t i n tha tc ity and cer ta in l y the on e m os t ful l ofsugges ti on to a s tuden t o f the Co lon ia lperiod of Am erica. H av ing fal len intob ad repai r du ri ng i ts long ex istence, i thas on ly recen tly been res tored and todaythe Carlyle H ouse, or as i t has beenknown for years, Braddo ck’s H eadquar

ters,i s u sed as an ant ique shop and tea

hou se , and i t i s th rough the courtesy of

the proprietor tha t we are able to use thei l lus t ra t ions we present herew i th . Longm ay the house ye t stand an d m ay th i sl it tle sketch hel p to di rec t at tent ion to i tsinteres t i n the h i story of the developm ent of the U n ited S ta tes.Born i n 1 720 a t Carl is le, E ngland ,

John Carlyl e early set t led a t D um fries i nlower Prince co unty , bu t a t theage of twen ty- fou r he was establ i shed a tthe l i t tle set t lem en t a t the m ou th of

H un t i ng Creek ca l led Belhaven . H erehe a nd the othe r set t lers prospered andunder an ac t of the H ouse o f Burgessespassed i n 1 748, they organized in J u ly,1 749 , the presen t c it y of Al exandria,n am ed for the Alexander fam i ly uponwhose land m os t of the town was laidou t . and then loca ted i n Fai r fax county,Vi rgin ia . Am ong the fo unders and

t rustees appear the nam es of Carlyle,T hom as, Lord Fai r fax, W i l l iam and

George Fai rfax , Lawrence W'ash ington,

ha l f- brother o f Geo rge \Va sh i ngtort , andtwo of the Alexander fam i l y .

Short l y be fore the organ iza t ion of thetown , Carlyle had m arried Sarah Fai rfax

,daughter of W i l l iam Fair fax , who

was a grandson of Lo rd Cu l peper . Govcruor o f Vi rgin ia . f rom whom h i s cousinThom as , Lord Fa ir fax , had i nhe ri tedthe vas t t rac t of land kn own as theNorthern N eck of Vi rgin ia, and com

pris ing the eleven coun t ies ly ing betweenthe R appahan nock and the Potom ac , andrunning to the B l ue R idge Moun ta ins.Of th i s grea t gran t , \Vi lli am Fai r fax wasagen t, l i v ing a t Belvo i r ( the presenthom e of h i s descendan t , Fair fax H arrison , pres iden t o f the Sou thern R a i lway )and adm i n istering the affa irs of h i s di st riet i n v icerega l fash ion.

By th i s t im e the young m erchant wasrecogn ized by h i s a ssoc iates a s a m an of

unu sua l abi l i ty , and. h i s al l iance w ith thepowerfu l house of Fai r fax in n o w i seinju red h is prospec ts. In 1 752 , abou tthe t im e a t wh ich he jo i ned w i th JohnD al ton to form the fi rm of Ca rlyleD a l ton wh ich ca rried on an ex tensivebusiness t i l l 1 777 , when D a l ton died,Carlyle bu i l t the hom e wh ic h i s the subject o f ou r ske tch .

W i th in th ree years i t was the scene o fon e o f the m os t m om en tous m eet ing s ofour Co lonia l per io d, when Major Carlyle(who had a year earl i er been appo i ntedMajor and Com m i ssa ry of the m i l i t i a o fVi rg in ia ) enterta ined du ri ng the m ou thsof Ma rch and Apr i l , 1 755, Gen . EdwardB raddock and h i s a ide de cam p, Capt .R obe rt Orm e, and al so for seve ra l daysthe fi ve gover nors o f Vi rgi n ia, Maryland, N ew Yo rk , Pennsylvania and Mas

sachusetts, who ga thered i n counc i l toagree upon a pol icy for waging a cam

pa i g n agains t the French a t Fo rt D uquesne and el sewhere in “

wha t was con »

si dered Bri t ish territo ry i n the n ort hwest . Besides L ieu tenan t Gove rno rRobert D i nw iddi e of V i rgi nia, GovernorH orat io Sha rpe o f Maryland, Governo rW i l l iam Sh i rley of Massachuset t s, andL ieu tenan t Governors Jam es D e La nceyo f N ew York and Robert H unter Mor

ri s o f Pennsyl vania . there were presen tCol. W i l l iam Johnson of N ew York,Benjam i n Frankl i n o f Ph i ladel ph ia . pos tm aster general for the co lonies and in terested i n postroad ex tension, the H on .

The Carlyle H ouse, Alex a ndri a , Vi rg i n ia

This b u i ldin g was erected i n 1 752 b y John Carlyle on on old foundat ion sa id to have bccn

b u i lt b scttlcrs as a fort ifica ti on duri n g the precedi ng cen tu ry. There a re sh ll to be sccn

the a t s where I ndia ns were sa i d to have been kept as pri son ers. At this hous e, a n i nv i ta t i onof thc own er , Ma i . John Carlyle, Com m issary of the Vi rg i n ia m i li t ia , Gen . Edwa rd B raddockm ade h is headq ua rters preceding h is disastrous cam pa ign , a nd hcre he m et the five g overn orsi n co u n c il. This a nd su cceedin g pho tog raphs pu blishc by the com

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?of the prcscn t g a m er,

Mr. E . E . Wager . 123 N . Fa irfax S t . , Alex a ndri a , who has restore the house a nd i s n ow

g iv ing the pu bli c access to it as an an t ique shop and too- house.

Augus tu s Keppe l,E sq . , comm ander in

ch ie f of the B ri t i sh sh ips in N ort hAm eri ca, and George Wash ington, thencolonel o f m i l i t ia .

The m ee t i ng las ted for three days,f rom Apri l 14 to Apri l 16, 1 755, andon e can im agine the bri l l iancy of thegatheri ng tha t sea ted them sel ves aroundthe co unc i l room or ga thered a t dinneraround the m ahogany : the hos tess, atyp ica l Co lonial dam e of h igh degree,daughte r o f a form er ch ie f just ice of theBaham a Is lands a nd Presiden t of theCounc i l of Vi rgin ia , and grea t—granddaughter o f a fo rm er governor o f Vi r

gi nia, Lord Cu l pepe r, desc ribed by a con

tem po ra ry as “a lady o f a m ost am iable

charac ter, endowed w i th exce l len t qua l i~t ies the H on . Augustus Koppel,bro ther of Lady Ca rol ine Keppe l , whow rote “

Robi n Ada i r,"

an d son of theE ar l of Albem arle ; “Genera l and Comm ander of -a l l 81 s ingu lar ou r T roops 8:Forces Edward Braddock the sta idand t roubled governors, who cou ld n ot

rai se funds to fi ght and cou ld n ot fightw ithou t funds ; the gay young a ides an dnaval ofii cers, an d the ga laxy of gi rl s ofold Bel haven and lower Fai r fax countytha t m u s t have gathered for soc ia l relaxa t ion a f ter the st ra in of the counc i l wasover.

The S o - called Coun c i l Cham ber ”In th is room was held the Con feren ce of the Govern ors of Vi rg i n ia . Maryland, Pen n sylva n ia ,

N ew York a nd Massachusetts. i n 1 755. a s a resu lt of wh i ch tax a t i o n of the colon i es wasrecom m ended. and from th is resu lted the R evolu t i on . H ere ll’ash i ng ton is sa id to have re

ceivcd h i s ca nm n ss wn as a Major i n the Colon ia l Arm y . Proba b ly m any of the m eet in gs ofthe Fa i rfax Cou n ty Com m i ttee of S o ety were held here also , and a n i mporta n t conferen ce i n

1785 whi ch even tually lcL it t le came f rom th i s counc i l di rec tl y

except the sugges t ion m ade by Gen .

Braddock i n h i s repo rt : “I canno t bu t

take the l iberty to represent to you thenecess i ty o f lay i ng a tax upon a l l h i sMaj es ty’s dom i nions in Am erica

,agree

ably to the resu l t of Counc i l . for reimh u rs ing the grea t sum s tha t m ust be advan ced for t he serv ice a nd i nteres t ofthe colonies in th i s im po rtan t c ri si s .”T he S tam p Ta x fo l lowed th i s suggest ionten yea rs la ter an d the R evo lut ion cam eto a head in less than a decade m ore .The nex t two decades brought grea t

changes in the ho u se as they passed.

The grac ious Mrs. Sarah Fai r fax Carlyledi ed i n 1 761 a t the bi rth o f her seconddaughte r. a nd Majo r Carlyle m arried in

to the fram i n g of the Federal Const i tu t i on .

a few yea rs M i ss Sybi l who gavea son , Geo rge W i l l iam Carlyle , bo rn in1 765 , to the cause o f l iberty . for a t theba tt le of E u taw S pr ings in S eptem ber

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1 781 . the lad of 16 los t h i s l i fe togetherw i th ha l f of the corps to wh ich he belonged, L ight H orse H arry L ee's L egion.Carlyle h im se l f kept up h i s in teres t i nloca l a ffa i rs an d when the con t rac tor forthe con str uct i on _

o f Ch ri st Church defau l ted, he took up the work an d carriedi t to a success fu l conclus ion .

In 1 774 when afl'a i rs began to com e tobo i l i ng po i n t in Am e ri ca . the Fai r faxCoun ty Com m it tee of Sa fety was organi zed w i th both Carlyle a nd D a l ton asm em bers .‘ It i s sa fe to assum e tha t thesam e room used for the Bri t i sh war

‘Sce art icle in October number of th is m agaz ine.

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The D i n i ng-R oomArou nd the m ahog an y i n this room gathered g overn ors . gen erals. adm i rals

bcolon els. ma jors,

m i n i s ters. a nd laym en , Vi r i n i a beau t i es of the olden days, a n d Mary land clles com e ac rossthe ri ver for Bi r th N igh t alls. an d around the tab le here has been d iscu ssed the g row th ofth isthroug h a hun dred and six ty

coun ci l i n 1755 in plan n in g war on theFren ch

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was n ow used i n 1 774 and 1 775

i n p l ann in g war on the Bri t i sh .An d so the old house has passed

thro ugh the decades, con tr ibut ing as wara fte r war cam e upon the n at ion to thecau se of l ibe rty, bu t more espec ia l lyth rough al l the happy yea rs free fromala rms, g iv ing just as f ree ly to the c i t izen sh ip o f the a t first th rivi ng c i ty, l aterto a c i ty tha t seem ed “to have lost i tsgri p," and n ow as a teahouse a fter 165years st i l l con t ribut ing to the soc ial l i feo f the commun i ty.From the bu i lder the house wen t on

hi s dea th to h i s sole su rv iv ing daughter,Mrs. Sarah Ca rlyle H erbert , w i fe o fWi ll i am H erbert of Alexandri a, whose

gr ea t n a t i on of ou rs . w i th i ts trem endous and absolu te ly u n locked for developm en t,e years, and here n ow on e m ay dro

LIi n for a cup of tea , a nd

a cha n ce to t m k over the cha nges these old walls ve

descendan t s have i n terma rri ed wi ththe i r cousin s the Fa i rfaxes, w i th the Bryan ts, the H u n ters, the Sn owden s. theCa rys and man y other fam i l ies o f n orthern Vi rg in i a . It has passed th roughma n y bands and man y s tages, and hasfu rn i shed copy for wandering magaz in ew ri ters, and in spi ra t ion for a t lea s t on eo f the descendan t s o f the Ca rlyle fam i ly,who has become a wel l - kn own n ovel ist ,a nd who has undoubtedly drawn m a n y o fher most cha rm in g s to ries f rom the assoc iat ion s w i th th i s old house.In the in troduct ion to one o f her earl ier books, “Belhaven Tales.” Mrs. Con

stan ce Ca ry H a rri son (whose m o therwas Mon im ia Fa i rfax, grandmo therMa rgaret H erbe rt, grea t-W WW-G i

The Old S ta i rwa y a nd the H allDown th is s ta i r have passed as g ues ts as g rea t a n um ber of n otab les, poli t i cal. m i li tary, a ndsoc i a l, as down a n y s ta i r i n Am eri ca. At the foot Gen . and P res iden t ll"ash i ngton awa i tedh i s w ife when they rode up f rom M ou n t Vern on “to di n e a nd li e

”a t Alex an d r i a . H ere the

you ng a i des of Braddock’

s a rm i es‘

arra i ted the you ng ladi es of Belhaven ere they m archedaway to the i r defea t i n the wes tern w i lde rn es s.Sa rah Carlyle, and great - great - g randfa the r

,Ma j . j ohn Ca rlyle) , wr i tes, “An

other lan dmark of old A lexandria is thehouse on Fa ir fax street, occupied for at ime, through the courtesy o f i ts own e r,Major John Carlyle, by the Br i t i sh genera l Braddock, a nd s in ce popu larlykn own as ‘

Braddock's H eadqua rters.’Th i s square and subs tan t i a l ston e abode,where the ch ie f scen e o f the ‘

BelhavenTa le s’ i s p laced, on ce su rroun ded by alawn st retch in g to the ri ver- ban k, i s ful lo f a s soc iat ion s w i th co lon ial days .A p leasan t pictu re has been drawn o fsundry occas ion s when Ma jo r a nd Mrs.

Ca rlyle rece ived here the i r good f riendsGeneral a nd Mrs. \Va sh in gton who droveup from Moun t Ver non to ‘

di n e a nd l ie’a t Alexandria . The wri ter reta ins, to

gether w i th a bi t o f puce brocade flowered i n cr im son , g reen and ta rn i shed si l

ver, represen t ing the g lor ies o f Mrs.

Carlyle's gown assumed for a b i rthn igh tbal l, a v iv id impress ion o f a scene preserved i a fam i ly ch ron icle. The g roupo f ladies i n the pan eled parlor ga the r,Splendid i n tra in s carried over the arm ,

lappet s and pin n ers o f an t ique mech l in ,powdered locks a nd super in cumben tfeathers . They laugh and cha tter, ral lythe gen era l as to who shal l firs t cla imh im as her pa rtn er i n th e dan ce, and s ipthe i r cofl'ee f rom cups o f j a sper spode .

The gen era l decl ares that h i s dan c ingdays are over, b u t th a t he m ust haveon e m in u et w ith l i t tle S a l ly Fa ir fax o fTowlston , who i s to go to her first ba l lun der her Aun t Carly le’s w ing that

TH E CARL YLE H OUSE , ALE X ANDRIA, VIRGIN IAn igh t . Sal ly pi rouet tes, laugh s, warn sher be loved gen era l tha t her comrademus t be l igh t o f foot and t i reless , thenends by cha l lengi ng h im to a tria l o fsk il l . Somebody s its down to the spin et ,and st ra igh tway the qua in t measure of

the oldt im e da n ce is heard. The gen era llays h i s han d upon h i s hea rt and bows.Sal ly cu rt s ies demu rely her eyes fu l l o fmerr imen t. They dan ce, the others applaud. Sudden ly Ma jor Carlyle looksi n to tel l them tha t the hou r ha s passedwhen eve rybody was expect in g the guesto f the oca s ion to make hi s en t ry in to theball room, and the party scat ters hurr iedly .

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Regret tably en ough , wh i le the p icturepa in ted by Mrs. H arri son i s a v iv id on e,i ts tradi t ion al cha racter makes i t a subject o f suspi c ion , and l i ke most o f ou rfam i ly t radi t ion s, i t fa i l s to stand the ac idtes t o f h i s tor ical compa ri son . It couldhardl y have been a B i rth N igh t ba l l towh ich Mrs. Carlyle wore the brocade,s i n ce a t the t im e they were in augu ra teda f ter the c lo se o f the Revolut ion , Ma jorCa rlyle had been dead for severa l yea rs( s in ce 1 780 ) an d i t was mo re' l ikely theprosperou s bus in ess m an , W i ll iam H er

bert, E sq .

,who ca l led the Gen era l’s at

ten t ion to the la ten ess o f the hou r.An other pictu re has been le ft to as

showi ng the old house as i t wa s n earlyforty yea rs ago.

In 1879 , F. H . Lun gren ‘ wrote “Wewen t back to ou r room , a nd as we sa t bythe Open w indow, we looked ou t acrossthe cou rtyard a t an old m an s ion ( theCarlyle H ou se) , wh ich forms on e w i ngof the ho tel . W i th the broad Po tomacback o f i t and the rich Ma ryland h i l l s,covered by forest and fert i le fields beyond, i t stand s s i len t and gray. H uge,hea vy - shou ldered ch imn eys w i th scal ingyel low- wh i te stucco, l i ft themselvesabove the moss- grown roo f fromwh ich quee r dorm er- w indows Ju t ou t.Th rough a hal f- open sash o f man y l i t tle

pan es a gl im pse i s caugh t o f the a tt ic towh ich they g ive l igh t . A warped an d

rot t ing ba lu s trade o f fa t s ta n ch ion s run salong two sides o f the roo f . On the s iden ex t the r iver a double row o f porches,covered w i th w i ster ia v in es n ow i n bloom,breaks the l in e o f the old wal l . Themorn in g su n makes the chimn eys bl in k ,and fal l ing upon the balust rade, sendslong l in es o f unga in ly shadow striding upthe h ipped roo f . S ta nding here, so ageworn , i t i s a g ray old mon umen t to an

episode o f i ts you th . In a blue-

pan eledroom wh ich i s st i l l p reserved, whe re thePotomac washes almos t benea th the

w indows, wh ich adm i t ted the sun thenas they do n ow— Braddock’s exped i t ionwas arranged between h im an d the fivegovern ors o f the colon ies. H ere theycom pleted the plan s and decided uponthe campa ign wh ich was to ca rry H i sMa jes ty’s a rm s to Fo rt D uqu esn e i n the

fa r Wes t . The old hou se i s s i len t , bu thad i ts ven erabl e wal l s tongues, whatta les cou ld they tel l o f hea ted discu ss ion as to route and plan— o i bum persdran k to wha t they con s ide red a foregon econ c lu s ion .

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It i s n ot n ecessa ry to spea k fu rtherhere o f the descen dan ts o f th is fam i ly,the male l in e o f wh ich was sacr ifi ced i nsecu ri ng ou r l ibe rty, for an yon e may readthe whole story o f the house an d thefam i ly i n the l i tt le publ ica t ion i s sued byMr. Richard H en ry Spen cer i n 19 10,

(The Ca rlyle Fam i ly and Descendan ts o fJohn and Sarah (Fa ir fax ) Ca rlyle, TheCarlyle H ouse an d i t s Assoc iat ion s, re

pr in ted f rom vol. 18 o f the W i l l iam andMa ry Quarterly ) , but i t i s a plea sure tog ive these l i t t le g l im pses o f on e o f themos t h i s tor ic o f the colon ia l hou ses n owlef t us, a home from wh ich have gon eou t soldie rs, man y m in i sters, n ot a few ,phys i c ian s

,som e, bu t o f m en a nd women ,

who have helped to carry on the world’swork, rega rdles s o f wha t the i: pro i ess ion s were, gene ra t ion a fter gen era t ion.

‘An o ld V irgi n ia T own . Scri lm cr

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s Mon th ly ( predecessor o f the Cen tu ry Magaz in e) ,vol . 2 1 , p . 493 et seq . ,

w i th del igh t fu l sketch e s o f old hom es by R ob e rt Blum , and i l lu s t ra t ion so f o ld cu s tom s an d m an n ers by Lu n gren .

Ou r Nati on alSon gsbyJam es I . McCabe, D is tri ct S uperi n tenden t Public Schools, N ew York Ci ty.

Of ou r impo rtan t n at ion al songs thosebes t kn own to al l the people are H a i lColumbia The S ta r Spang ledBan n er ( 1814 ) and AmericaY ankee Doodle ( 1 755 ) is ra rely heard asa son g , be ing used almost en t irely forthe effect o f the tun e. It i s , there fo re,n early on e hundred yea rs s in ce we haveproduced a n at ion al song or hymn tha tha s taken a firm hold upon the people ;and as mu s ical composers were n ot

n umerou s i n th is cou n try i n those ea rl ierdays, and i t was the cu stom to set n ew

words to tu n es tha t the people kn ew, al lo f these old son gs a re su n g to tun es tha twere n ot wri tten for them . W i th the

except ion o f Am er ica , however, the songshave mon opo l ized the old tun es to wh ichthey were set , and n o other im port an tsong s are n ow sun g to them .

Yan kee Doodle was wri t ten by aBr i t ish arm y surgeon n am ed Schuckb u rg ,who saw the Am er ican co lon ial recru i tsi n cam p n ear Albany, N . Y abou t 1 755,an d wrote the words a s a sa t i re. sett in gthem to a tun e lon g kn own i n E uropeancoun t ri es, and wh ich bears a stron g t e

sem b lan ce to som e o f the old tu n es o fE ng land a nd Ireland. The sen se o fhum or o f our fore fathers i s well i l lustrated i n the i r trea tm en t o f th is song.

They pa id l i tt le at ten t ion to the jokeupon them , b u t they l iked the tun e sowel l that they appropr iated i t and sangi t to other words, retu rn in g the i oke uponthe Br i t i sh . On e version wh i ch t e

hea rsed even ts o f the t im e, has thesel in es :

kept the tun e, but n ot the tea,Yan kee Doodle Dandy .H a i l Columbia was wr i t ten by Joseph

H opk in son i n 1 798 to prov ide an actorn am ed Fox w i th a n ew pa tr iot ic son gto s in g a t h is ben efit i n Ph i l adelph ia . andthe words were set to the tun e o f thePre s iden t's March , wri tten a t the t im eof \Vash i ngton

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s in augu ra t ion i n 1789 by

a mus ic ian whose n ame i s gi ven as Phyla.L i tt le i s kn own abou t the composer, whowas probab ly a bandmaster.The S tar Spang led Ban n e r

,wri tten

September 14 , 1814 , by Fran c is ScottKey, o f Bal t im ore, wh i le he wa s deta in edon boa rd a Bri t i sh war ves sel dur in g thebombardmen t o f Fort McH en ry, was anin spi ra t ion , and at trac ted immediate a t

ten t ion . It was set to an old tun e thathad been sung i n th i s coun try to “Adam sa nd L ibe rty," but had been composedabou t 1770 for the An acreon t ic Soc ietyi n London , them embersh ip o f wh ich wasmade up o f musi c ian s and l iterary m en .

It was used as a drin kin g song, and themus ic was by John S tafford Sm ith.When , however, the tun e i s sun g to thest irri ng verses of our song , i t i s so v igorous and th r i l l ing n otw i thstanding i tsawkward ran ge, tha t i t gi ves n o suggest ion o f i ts or ig in , a nd passes easi l y as anan them tun e. The S ta r Spang led Ban n erandAme rica are unquest ion ably the mostpopu la r o f our n a tion al songs .The words o f Amer ica were wri tten

i n Febru ary, 1832, by Samue l Fran c i sSm i th , then a s tuden t for the m in istry a tAndover, Mass . W ri tten a t a t ime whenn o grea t prob lem disturbed the coun t ry,th is son g reflects the everyda y feel in g o fthe people, and i ts s imple express ion s o floyalty and love o f coun t ry find a re

spou se i n eve ry pa t r iot ic hea rt . U n l i kethe other songs , i t can n ever mon opol izethe tun e to wh ich i t was set , wh ich i s thato f the Brit ish n at ion al an them, God Savethe K in g, bel ieved to have been wri t tenby H en ry Ca rey i n London i n 1 740. Several coun tr ies i n E urope have al so borrowed th is tun e, but out s ide o f our owncoun t ry i t i s n ot recogn ized as the a i ro f an Am e rican son g, and there i s ast rong feel in g tha t ou r Amer ica shou ldhave a tu n e o f i ts own , wri tten for i tby an Ameri can .

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1 My coon t ry l ’t is of t hee, Swee t

2 . My no. t i ve oou n - t ry . thee . Lan d of8. Let m u si c swell the b reeze . An d ri n g

i n - tb ers’God l to Tlt ee, Au o f li b - ar o ty,J

’ CAwwu - Note the tlme

Of t ime I si ng ; Lan d whe re m y fa - t hers di e d]Thy n am e I love ; I love thy rocks a nd ri l l s ,Swee t free - dom ’

s son g : Le t m or o tal '

ton gtws a ‘ w ake ; Let all tha t.To Thee we si n g : f Long m ay ou r la n d be b ri g h t W i th free - dom ’

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pr i de l From ev’

ry m ou nt - t a m si de Le t, free dom ri ng !tam -

p lod h i lls, My heart w i th rap t u re th ri l l s Li ke that. a. b ove.

Le t rocks th e i r si -len oe b roa k ,—The sou n d pro lon g.

ho ly light ; Pro - tect us by Thy m i gh t , G rea t, God, ou r K ing !

Gow n. 19 15, 19 16, b yJamesJ. Mc bo. All R ig h t. Reserved

The abo ve a i r was su n g b y the delegates to the Twen ty- fi fth Con ti nen tal Con g ressa nd 1 5 be i n g well rece i ved

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throu g hou t the coun t ry . Cop ies o f th is son g m ay be ob ta in edw i thou t charge upon applhca t ion to the com pose r, Mr. J am es J . McCa be, a t 183 So u th

Th i rd s t reet. Brooklyn , Y . Over copies have al ready been sen t, by reques t, todi fleren t chapters throughou t the coun try.

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Can on sbu rg ,Wash in gton Coun ty, Pen nsylvan ia, the hom e o f the Ca n onsburgChapter, D. A. R . , i s a pa t rio t ic and h i sto ric town . It was la id ou t i n 1 788 byColon el John Can on and is the oldestborough i n the coun ty, hav ing been i ncorpora ted by an act o f Leg i slature, February 22, 1802 .

Log College b u i lt b Rev. John McM i lla n .

i n 1 787. Fi rst c si cal school we.“ of theAlleghen y Mou n ta i n :

H ere was foun dedJeflerson Col lege,the o ldest from the Al leghen ies we s t .”In College Chape l , where com men cemen texerc i ses were held, Dan ie l Webster,John Qu in cy Adams, Bayard Taylor,j am es Wh i t comb Ri ley and other famousm en have spoken .

Other h i stor ic pl aces i n the town and

i ts v ic in ity are the house i n wh ich Pres iden t Mon roe was en terta in ed, the General George Morgan house, where Aa ronBu rr v i s i ted i n 1806 and the old As

soc iate Church Theo log ical Sem in a ry ,n ow the U n i ted Presbyteri an Sem in a rya t X en ia, Oh io.An othe r flou r m i l l stands on the s i teo f the m i l l bu i l t by Colon e l Can on . The

hou ses where Ph i Gamm a Del ta an d Ph iKappa Ps i fratern i t ies were organ i zedare st i l l standin g .

Woodrow W i l son ’s fa ther on ce was

M i l lan i n 1 775 . \Vha t i s n ow the Cha rt iers U n i ted Presbyteri an Chu rch wasorgan ized the same yea r by the R everendMatthew H en derson .

The F i rs t Pre sbyterian Church marksthe s i te o f O lon e In s t i tute, a famousschoo l for young women durin g the firsthalf o f the last cen tu ry.The Black H orse Tavern , ral ly ingpo in t for Wh i skey In su rrect ion i sts, lor

merly stood on ground n ow u sed as apub l ic playg round.

When George \Vash ington v is i ted th i scommun ity to look a lter hi s lan ds, hestayed a t the home of Col. Can on , de

sc r ibed.

i n the Gen eral ’s diary as a " kind,hospi table m an and sen s ible.

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Gen eral G ran t, who v i s i ted the townwh i le Pres iden t, was an other dist ingu i shed guest .On the H on or Rol l o f Can on sburgChapter are fou nd the n ames o f JohnBebou t, a ndJohn Bebou t, J r bo th o fwhom served i n the Som erset Co . , N .J.,M i l i t ia, mov in g to Pen n a . a fter the R evolu t ion John Berry ( Irel an d, l753- Pen n a.

IdMorgan hom e when Aa ron Bu rrv i s i ted i n 1806

who em igra ted to th is cou n t ry i n1775, a nd im mediatel y en l i sted for fiveyears, serv in g under Wa sh in gto n . In

1 780 he m a rr ied E l izab eth G i lmore, whocam e over on the sam e sh ip w i th h im,

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H ouse occupi ed by Rev . Joseph ll’r’lson whi lepastor of old H illChurch, 1847- 1850

i n gton 25 1 acres i n Wash i n gton Co . , partof wh ich, as well as the ori ginal deed,signed by Wa shi ngton , i s st i ll own ed byh is descendan t ; Ben jam i n Coe ( 1 748

who served as a pri va te under h isbrother, Ca pt . Mose s Coe, i n the Front ier

of Pennsylvan ia . H e was bornin Mor ri s town, N . J. , an d died i n Alleghan y Coun ty ; Robert George ( Ireland, 1 744 - Penna. , who served i nthe Penna. Cont inental L ine, and m a rriedCh ri st iana P la nce ; D av id H am i lton

( 1750 a na t i ve of Penna . , whoserved as a p riva te ; R ob ert H umphrey( i reland, l75 1—Penna. , who eu

l isted i n the Second Ba tta l ion wh i le i nCum berland Co . , Penna. , was in th e ba tt les of Wh i te P lains , Tren ton , Pr in ceton ,

Bran dyw ine, and Ge rm an town, m arriedMart ha Alexan der, and wh i le a residen to f Oh io Co . , Va . , obta ined a pens ion ,la ter m ovi ng to Penna . , where he d iedJalm Kelso ( 1 755- 18l3) , who was Sergean t of th e Fi rs t Penna . regim en t

,and

m arri ed Mary McCorm ick ; Caleb L i nd

ley, bo rn 1759 , i n New Jersey, where hee nl i sted i n the Morri s Co . M i l i t ia , m ovedto Penna . i n 1 778, m arri ed Ma ry Wh i te ;was a pen s ion er and died a f ter 1832 ;

Jam es L i n n or Lyn n ( 1759 who

was a pri va te in the Penna . serv ice , m a r

ri ed E l izabe th Young, and in 1832 oh

ta i n ed a pens ion for h i s servi ces : Capt .Thomas AlcN ary ( 1 744 who

m arried Jenne t R obinson and was Captain of the Fou rth Bat tal ion of the F lyi ng Cam p, wh ich m arched to New

Jersey,tak ing part in the ba t tl e of T ren

ton . (D am’

d McK i n ley, grand fa ther o fPresiden t W i l l iam McK in ley, was on e

of the pri va tes i n h i s com pany ) S am uel

Pollock, nat i ve of Sco t land, who eu

l i sted i n the L ancas ter Co . M i l i t ia, m arried Jean and died i n 1812 Jam es Potts( 1752 S econd L i eu tenan t i n theFly ing Cam p, who m arried Sarah “li ssel l and rose to the rank of Majo r a f terthe R evo lu t ion ; Tim o thy Swan , who wasbo rn in I reland in 1 723, m arried JaneWa tson, and wa s pen sioned for h i sR evo l u t ionary se rv ices ; D a n i el Weller

( 1754 who m a rr ied E l izabethMech ie, and served i n the Lancaster Co .

M i l it ia ; Aa ron , son of Jos iah and Phebe(Rogers ) Wi llia ms , born in New Jerseyi n 1 753, who m arri ed E l i zabe th Coe andserved as a private i n the Westm orelandCo . M i l i t ia ; and m any o thers.

Old H i ll Ch urch n ear Ca n on sb urg , Pen n a .

State Arms ofMa me

byJessica 1 . H askell, Regen t‘Ma ry Kellon D umm er Chapter, H allowell, Ma i n e

For the earl ies t use of c res t and m ot toto m ark iden t i ty , we m us t go beyondco lony days , back to t he M iddle Ages, tothe days of ch i va l ry , when knight foughtknight on the ten ted field a nd the v ic torcla im ed the sh ield of the vanqu i shed.

The earl ies t sta te sh ields were o f tensim ply the persona l cres t of k ing or

em peror, knight or earl . Such weresom e of the fi rs t arm s to wh ich Mainecan lay claim , the early seal s of herparen t state of Massa chuset ts . Ch ie fam ong these co lonia l seal s was tha t ofthe wel l—ha ted gove rnor, S i r E dm undAndros . U nder the Georges a separa tesea l was prov ided for colony bus iness .In Revo l u t ionary days a so ldier, swordin right hand an d Magna Char ta in le f t,

w ith the m ot to ,

“E N SE PETIT PLACIDAM SU B L IBE R TATE QU IETAM ,

replaced the cres t of the Geo rges. Thenfo l lowed the earl iest Massachuset ts S ta teSeal , th e Indian graspi ng b ow an d arrow,

and beari ng the ident ica l warning m o t toof R evo lu t ionary days . Perhaps som e o fyou m ay be cherish ing tha t very sea l ,im pri nted on the bu t tons o f som e so ldierofMaine who fought before 1820 . Pro f .Putnam of the Peabody Museum of

H arvard u sed to di splay on e such but tonam ong h i s t reasu res . Doubt less i t i s st i l li n the m useum col lect ion .

Such was ou r s ta te seal unt i l ou r

form a l sepa ra t ion f rom Massachuset ts .But the new state m ust have arm s wo rthyof i ts com in g grea tness

,so early i n the

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sketch of the arm s . Ma ry Kelton

D um m er Chapter feel s a part icu lar pridein H a l lowel l 's share in th i s pa t riot icwo rk . The actua l draw i ng up of therepo rt was the work o f Col. Isaac G .

R eed, who presen ted the resu l t of thecom m i ttee ’s del iberat ions to the legislature . The m o t to, D IR IGO , I lead or I

d i rec t , m ight we l l have been the m ot too f the Co lonel 's own l i fe. Certa in ly hewas as m uch i n the fo re fron t of everys t ruggle, m i l i tary or c i v i l , as is the m orefam ous “

Co lone l " of ou r own day . It i ssa id tha t the fi na l sket ch presen ted w i ththe report , a parchm en t copy of wh ichi s in the offi ce of the S ecretary of S tate,was the wo rk of M i ss Bert ha Sm ouse , as tepdaughter o f the dough ty colonel . We

can im ag i ne w ith wha t pride a nd w ithwhat anx iety tha t ske tch was m ade . And,even in 1820, a wom an

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s work was foundo f use to the s tato iMr. Vaughan's cho ice o f em blem s for

the a rm s was certa in ly a m ost happy on e ;the m oose, the noblest an im a l of ou r

woods ; the p ine, ou r fines t t ree ; t hefa rm er and the sa i lor. then as n ow , theindu st rial backbone o f the s tate . In thewords o f Col. R eed : “

The s tately p ine,w ith it s St ra igh t body , erec t head andevergreen fol iage , whose beau ty i s exceeded on l y by i t s use fu lness. wh i le i trepresen t s the sta te, w i l l exc ite the cons tan t prayer o f i ts c i t izens , sem pert 'i r idi s.

“The Moo se D eer, a na t i ve

anim a l o f the sta te, wh ich re t i res be fo reth e approach ing steps of hum an habit a n cy, i n h i s recum bent po s i t ion and u n

d i sturbed si tua t ion , deno tes the extent ofunset t led lands, wh ich f u ture years m aysee the abode o f success ive genera t ionso f m en , whose l iberty sha l l be as u n re

stricted as the range of the Moose D eer.”

It i s certain ly i n terest i ng , and perhapsfo rt una te . tha t we have th u s preservedthe o rig i na l reco rd o f the in ten t and purpose of ou r fore fa thers in choos ing these

em blem s to stand as the s ta te a rm s , aninspi ra t ion to count less genera t ions tog .

com e a f ter them . Surely, w i se ly did theychoose , w i se ly in terp ret !H is cho ice of farm er an d s a i lor, Col.

R eed de fends th u s : “A husbandman w itha scythe represen ts agri cul tu re genera l ly ,a nd m ore pa rt icu larly tha t o f a graz i ngcount ry ; wh i le a seam an , rest ing on an

anchor, represent s com m erce and fisheries ; and both i ndica te tha t the s ta te i ssuppo rted by these prim a ry voca t ions ofi ts inhabi tan ts.To the so l ita ry s tar in the arm s, the

cres t , as i t i s technica l l y cal led, he gi ve sa m os t happy sig nificance : “

As i n theam i s of the U ni ted S ta tes, a cluster o fstars represent s the s ta tes com pos ing thena t ion, the N o rth S tar m ay be con s ideredpa rt icu larly appl icable to the m os t n o rthe rn m em ber o f the Con federacy . or a s

indica t ing the loca l s it uat ion of the m o s tno rthern sta te of the U nion .

”

O f the m ot to he say : “As the po la r

s tar has been considered the m ariner ’sgu ide an d di rec to r i n conduc t i ng the sh ipover the pathless ocean to the des i re dhaven , an d as the cen ter of m agnet ic a tt ract ion , and as i t has been figu ra t i ve lyu sed to denote the po in t to wh ich a l la ffec t ions tu r n, and as i t i s here intendedto represen t the sta te, i t m ay be con

sidered the c i t izens’ g uide, a nd the obj ec tto wh ich the pa triot ’s best exert ionsshou ld be di rected.

”A splendidl y

pat rio t ic concept ion o f the relat ion o f t hec i t izen to the s tate . \’Vould tha t ofm odern po l i t ic ians were as h igh !Such briefly i s the h i story of the a rm s

of the P ine T ree S tate. The flag wh ichbears those a rm s today i s o f m uch m o rerecen t da te, i t s fina l fo rm es tabl ished bythe leg i sla tu re o f 1909 . Th i s deep blu eflag , w i th i ts stra ight and sta tely p i n ei s to us everywhere the sym bo l o f ou r

beloved hom e s ta te .

Nora— In the Com m ittee Room on the th ird floor of Mem orial Con t inental H all ,known as the Main e Room . i s hung a p icture o f the Co a t o f Arm s o f Maine, presentedby the E l iza b eth Wadsworth Cha ter o f Port land. On the floo r i s spread a ru g i n greena n d b rown tones, o f pine coneMa i ne.

esigo , m ade i n the Cranberry Islands, o il“ the coast ofIn on e corner, o n a m ahogany pedestal, i s the ce i l i ng e lectri c lam p taken from theU . S . Battleship Ma i n e when it was rai sed i n H avan a H arbor.

Sta te Conferences

The S ixteen th Annua l Con ference of

the D aughters of the Am erican Revolut ion in Indiana was held in R ichm ond,Oc tobe r 24 , 25 and the S ta te R egent ,Mrs. H enry A . Beck , pres iding. Amongthe

,gues ts present were the Presiden t

Genera l who recei ved a regu lar ovat ionas, preceded by

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ten D augh ters dressed i nCo lonia l costum e, she entered the ha l lO ctober 25, the Vice Pres iden t Genera lMrs. John Lee D i nw iddle, the H onora ryV ice Pres iden t General , Mrs. John N ewm an Carey, a nd the Cha i rm an of the

Magaz i ne Comm it tee , M i ss F lorence G .

The Seven teen th Ann ua l S ta te Con ference held a t Lou i si ana , Oc tob er 26, 27

and 28 under the graci o u s leadersh ip of

Mrs. W i l l iam R . Painte r, S ta te R egen t,was on e of the m o s t enjoyable and la rgesta t tended i n the h i sto ry of the S ta te. Ou rPresiden t Genera l , Mrs. S to ry, and M i ssF inch were honored guests.R ecept ions were given by the Colone l

Jona than L’et t ibon e, Bow l i ng Green and

P ike County chapters ; a lso splendid ad

The Fi f teen th Annual Con ference m et

i n Roch ester Oc tober 26 an d 27 , be inggu ests o f the Mary To rr Chapter, thechapter to wh ich ou r S ta te R egent , M i ssAnnie \’Vallace, be longs . N ever did thesk ies seem m o re blue, the sun brighter,n or the a i r m o re ba lm y i n Oc tober than '

a t th i s t im e . A cordia l wel com e was extended the v isi tors by Mrs. Em i ly Looney, regen t of the hostess chapter, wh ichwas responded to by M rs. \Vil l B . H owe,S ta te Vice Regen t . Gov. R . H . Spau ldi ng brought gree t ings f rom the S tate,th us plac ing the offic ia l sea l of we lcom eo n ou r con ference, and Mrs. C. C. Ah

bo t t , E x -Vice P res iden t Genera l, was

Finch . M rs. Beck and Mi ss Emm a A.

D onnel l were unanim ously re- e lected forthe offices o f S ta te Regent and S tate ViceR egent ; and Mrs. \Vi lliam -V. Gaar wasnom inated for the office o f T reasurerGenera l . It was dec ided to buy theW il l i am H en ry H arrison hom e in Vi ncen n es, for and give i t i nto theca re Of the Franc i s Vigo Chapter.Am ericanism , P ioneer Wom en , the preserva t i on of the sand dunes and the establi shm en t of publ ic pa rk s in the S tatewere am ong the subj ects of espec ia l i nterest discussed during the session .

dresses by H on . E . W ; S tephens, of

the Cap i to l Comm iss ion, an d H on . F loydShoem aker, Sec retary of the S ta te H i stori cal Soc iety . Th i s was fol lowed byan i l l u s tra ted lectu re by ou r own S ta teH i storian on P ioneering in M i ssouri .The c losing exerc i ses were held a t old

Bu ffalo cem etery , where the ‘

graves o f

Jam es Mackey and D av idWa tson , R evolu t iona ry soldiers, were m arked and ap

propr ia tely dedica ted.

hea rt i ly wel com ed. Mrs. Wm . H . Schofi eld gave the princ ipa l address on “

Pa

t r iot i sm i n Prac t ice,” and gree t ings werereceived f rom the President Genera l whowas unable to accept ou r i nv ita t ion .

Twenty- li ve dol lars was vo ted towardthe l iqu ida t ion of the debt ; Mrs. W ill B .

H owe of Concord, was elec ted S tate Regen t , and Mrs. Anna Lovesi ng Barret t .of Clarem on t, S ta te Vice R egen t , bo thto be_ confirm ed by rthe Twen ty- S i x thCon t inenta l Congress . The Con ferencewas m os t harm onious

, and everyth ingwas arranged so perfect ly that the who lesess ion m oved l ike c lock - work .

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The S ix teen th Annua l Con ference m eta t R ale igh . Novem ber I and 2 , as g uestsof the Caswel l - Nash Chapter. M i ssL ida Tunsta l l Ro dm an , S ta te R egent ,pres ided th roughou t the sessions w ithtac t and abi l it y . All the S ta te ofii cersand one hundred delega tes and m em berswere presen t. It was

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agreed to send atoken of love and good cheer to the Nort hCaro l i na so ldiers n ow on du ty on theMex ican bo rder, and m oney there forwas qu ickly subsc ribed.

OH IO

On Novem ber firs t and‘

second theD aughters o f the Am erica n Revo lut ioni n Oh io met i n Ci nc i nna t i for thei r annua l S ta te Con ference . The welcom ingaddress was given by Mrs. Charles A.

Pau ly, R egen t of the Ci nc inna t i chapter ;a nd i t was responded to by the VicePres iden t Genera l , Mrs. Ken t H am i l ton,and the S ta te Regen t , Mrs. Aust i n C.

Brant . An earnes t plea for Preparednesswas given by the Pres iden t Genera l , Mrs.

W i l l iam Cum m i ng S tory , and a t ribu teto Geo rge Wash i ngton by D r. W i l l iam F.

P rice . Pres iden t o f Kenyon Col lege, whola id especi al s t ress upon the fac t tha t n ofea r of unpopu lari ty, poverty or oppo s it ion ever deterred Wash ington from theper fo rm ance of h i s du ty . H e c losed h i saddress w i th an appea l to the c i t izens ofthe Republ ic of the presen t day, declari ng tha t serv ice, property, l i fe i tsel f

The Twent ieth Con ference of thePennsyl van ia D aughters o f the Am er icanRevo lu t ion m et i n Ph i ladel ph ia October18, 19 and Z) , and proved to be m ost i nterest i ng . The Opening session was heldin Independence H al l . Meet ing in tha th i storic shr ine where ou r fore fa thersplanned the fu ture of a great na t ion ,gave insp i ra t ion to the succeeding m ee tings he ld in the Bel levue S t ra t ford llotel.The a t tendance was the largest i n theh i sto ry o f the S tate Organizat ion .

shou ld be freely given as the publ ic wealdem ands .A reso l u t ion was passed u rging upon

the S ta te L egi sla ture the purchase o f thetwo old block - houses in Marie t ta . A

m onum en t to the p ioneers i s to be bu i lton th i s si te, as on th i s land stands theon ly Cam pus Mart i n s house in ex istence.The Con ference a l so endorsed efl

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orts

look ing forward to the purchase o f

Jam estown Island by the U n ited S tates.In tha t even t the D aughters would hel ptoward i t s m a intenance .Af ter elec t ing Mrs. Edward L . H arri s

S ta te R egen t , and Mrs. John T . MackS ta te Vice R egent , and nom ina t i ng Mrs.

Bran t, the ret i r ing S ta te Regen t , forVice Presiden t Genera l , the Con ferenceadjourned to m eet nex t year for a threeday sess ion in D ayton .

A reso lu t ion was adopted recom m ending to the N at iona l Soc iety the print ingof a grea ter num ber of L i neage Book seach year ; Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cookwas e lected S ta te R egen t . a nd Mrs. H .

Gran t D re i sbach , S ta te Vice R egen t forthe com ing year ; and M i ss Emm a L.

Crowel l , ret i ring S tate R egen t , was unanim ousl y endorsed for the ofli ce o f R e

cording Secretary Gene ra l , N . S . D . A. R .

At the close o f the Con ference an i nterest i ng p i lgrim age was ma de to Va l ley

N otable am ong m any soc ia l funct ionswas the recept ion given by the Sons o fthe R evo l u t ion and the Musicale at theGovernor

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s Mansion . Much regre t wa sexpressed that the S tate R egen t dec l i nedre- elect ion . M rs. Theodore S . Morrison ,of Ashev i l le, was elec ted to succeed he ri n Ap ri l , 19 l7 , a nd Mrs. P . Merce rwas elected S tate Vice R egen t . Pat rio t i cfervor and perfec t ha rm ony pervaded theent i re m ee t ing.

Pa i n ter Tu n sta ll R odm a n

S ta te Regen t for M issouri S ta te Regen t for N orth Ca roli na

Miss Emm a L . Crowd ! Mrs. Aust i n C. Bra n tS ta te R eg en t for Pen n sylva n ia S ta te R egen t for 0 t

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Forge, where the Ph i ladelph ia Chapterded icated a “sedi l i a” or ecclesiast ica lcha i r in m em ory o f Rev. Thom as D av ison . The inscript ion on i t i s as follows : To the Glory of God and in

Mem o ry o f the Rev. Thom as D av is,So ldier i n - the Cont inental Arm y, 1 7751 778, under Genera l George Wash ingt on ;R ec to r o f Ch ri s t Church Alexandria,Va . , 1 792 - 1806 ; Ofli cia tcd a t the Funera lo f Geo rge Wash i ngton .

SOUTH CAROL INA

The Twen t ie th Annual Conferencewas held in Johnston , Novem ber 14 - 1 7 ,

w i th the Em i ly Geiger Chapter as hostess. A uni form m eda l was adopted to begi ven by the chapters for prize essaysam ong the school ch i ldren . The designha s the ri m of the D . A. R . p i n w i th theBetsey Ross flag and the S . C. flag crossedw ith i n. It was voted to ask the legi s lat u re to gi ve the H i s torical Comm i ss ionan appropriat ion for the publ icat ion o f

the R evo lu t ionary Rol l s of the S . C.

So ldiers. The S ta te H i stor ian has al

ready com p i led severa l thousand nam esfor th i s rol l . The Indust ria l S choo l form ountain gi rl s wh ich the Con ferencevoted to establ i sh two years ago wasdefini tely loca ted i n Oconee County , tenm i les f rom Wal hal la . On e hundred and

ten acres were gi ven for th i s s i te wh i chi s part of the land gran t gi ven by the

The Seven teen th Annua l D . A. R .

Con ference, wh ich convened i n Fo rtWorth , T exas, Novem ber l st , 2nd and

3rd, 19 16, w i th the “Mary Isham Kei th”

Chapter, Mrs. C. \V. Connery, R egent ,and the Fort Wo rth” Chapter, Mrs. T .

W. S lack, R egen t , as hostesses, wasepoch m ak ing i n t ha t the D . A. R . U n i

versi ty Scho larsh ip of was re

po rted com pleted by the Cha irm an , Mrs.

N ei l Carothers ; the com plet ion of them ark i ng of the K ing’s H ighway was reported assu red by the Cha irm an, Mrs.

L ipscom b N o rvel l , a s the Governor recomm ends the S tate to assum e the plac ingof the m arkers al l of wh ich are n ow

ready. Con ference a l so endorsed theplan of the S ta te R egen t , Mrs. Jam esLowry Sm i th , to es tabl i sh a norm a lscholarsh ip in on e of the S ta te N orm al

Governm en t to Gen . Andrew Pieken s

for R evo lu t ionary serv ice. H e ret i redto th i s beau t i f u l m oun tai n hom e and

nam ed i t Tom assee . T he schoo l w i l lbear tha t nam e . A fund of i s inhan d for the fi rst bu i lding, a nd

pl edged toward a endowm en tf und. It i s expected tha t the firs t bu i lding wi l l be erec ted th i s summ er and

schoo l opened by nex t fal l . We hopetha t the D augh ters of o ther states whoare interested i n m oun ta in school workw i l l rem em ber the Tom assce schoo l i nSou th Carol ina .

Mrs. E . W'

. D uval l of Cheraw waselected S tate R egen t and Mrs. H . L .

McColl o f Ben n etsvi lle, S tate Vice Re~gen t for the com ing year ; and the ret i ri ng S tate R egen t , Mrs. F. H . H . Cal

houn . was nom inated for Vice Pres identGenera l .

Co l leges, and $430 was im m ediatelypledged by Chapters an d i ndi v idua l s forth i s work, m any vo ic i ng the w i sh of Mrs.

Sm i th to see the educa t iona l cam pa igncont i nued t i l l a D . A . R . S cholarsh ip isgiven to each o f the fou r S ta te N orm a lCol leges . The D elega tes then pledgedthem se lves as favoring the purchase bythe U . 5 . Governm en t o f “

Mon t icel lo"as recom m ended by ou r Pres ident Genera l Mrs. Wm . Cum m ing S tory .

Th i s con ference n ot on ly proved agrea t success and upl i f t f rom the standpo i nt of accom pl i shm en t of large th ingsa nd proj ect ing others . bu t al so f rom thesoc ial s tandpo in t , for the Fort WorthChapters provided m ost del igh t fu l andlavi sh entertainm ent s i n the way of re

cept i on s, m u sica les a nd luncheons ."

Mrs. Andrew Rose , E x—S tate R egent,

Mi ss Alethea S cru ff Mrs. John P. H um e

Sta te Regen t for Vi rg i n ia S ta te R egen t for Wisconri n

Mrs. Pa rk: Fi sher Mrs. l im i t s L owry Sm i thS ta te Reg en t for West Vi rg i n ia S ta te R eg en t for TH Si q t zed byGoogle

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pres ided a t a l l the sess ions , as the R egen twas in deep sorrow on account of the recen t loss of her m o ther, Mrs. Katherine

Wa lker Bynum , who was one o f the

Charter Mem bers of the E sther MccroryChapter of Am a ri l lo.

VIRGINIA

The S ta te Con ference m et a t Danv i l le,October 4 a nd S. The business m ee tings were preceded by a m os t bri l l ian trecept ion gi ven the even ing of the th i rdby Mrs. Jam es G . Penn , R egen t o f theD o rothea H enry Chapter. The Presiden t Genera l , Mrs. S to ry , the S ta te Regen t

, M i ss Serpell, the Vice PresidentsGenera l from T enn . and Wash ington ,Mrs. W. G . Spencer of N ashv i l le, andMrs. E l iza Ferry Leary of S ea t t le, aswell as the Cha irm an o f the Magaz ineConun i t tee, M iss F inch , were am ong thegues ts of hono r.In her address the Presiden t Genera l

The E leven th Con ference of the Wes tV i rgin ia D augh ters m et w i th the PackH orse Ford Chapter a t Shepherdstown N ovem ber I and 2 . The weatherwas del ight fu l , the Con ference wasm os t handsom e ly en terta ined at thehom es of the chapter m em bers , and thea t tendance was large . The delega teswere driven to a l l the h i stori c spots , i ncl uding An t ietam Ba t t le Fie ld. a nd to theH arpers Ferry H eights. The sess ions

m ade an earnest plea to the D aughtersto influence Cong ress to pass the pendingbi l l for the pu rchase and prese rva t ion ofMon t ice l lo . She a l so urged the rea ri ngof m ore m em ori a l s i n bronze and m arbleto Revolu t ionary pa triots, w i th the obj ec tof i nsp i ring and s t im u la t i ng pa t rio t i sm .

The S tate R egen t . M i ss Alethea Serpell.and the S ta te Vice R egen t . Mrs. John A.

Alexander. were unan im ously re- elec ted .

It was dec ided to hold the Con ferencea t R ichm ond nex t Oc tober, when a s ta tuein m em o ry of the Vi rgin ia S ig ners of theD ec la ra t ion of Independence w i l l be n u

vei led.

were held i n the Audi tori um of theShepherd Co l lege and were pres idedover by the Vice R egent , Mrs. L i nnBrannon , the S ta te Regen t being n u

avo idably deta ined . The term of theS tate R egent hav ing exp i red by l im i tat ion , Mrs. L inn Brannon was electedS tate R egen t , and Mrs. Jam es S . Ph i ll ips , S ta te Vice R egen t . Mrs. ParksFisher, R et i ring S tate R egen t , was m adeH onorary S tate Regen t for l i fe.

WISCONSIN

The Twen t ieth Annua l S ta te Con feren ce of the D aughters of the Am eri canR evolu t ion in W i sconsin was held a tM i lwaukee, Oc tober ll and 1 2 , the M i lwaukee Chapter be ing hostess . The

S ta te Regen t , Mrs. John D . H um e, pres ided. an d each session was largely a t

tended. Many pleasan t soc ia l affai rswere enjoyed and served to un i te incloser t ies the D augh ters f rom a l l over

the S tate . The report s of the Cha i rm eno f the various com m i t tees showed tha t alarge am o un t o f work , pat rio t ic , c i v ic,and chari tab le had been accom pl i shedduring the year . The S ta te R egen t wasre- elected for the com i ng year ; and Mrs.

R . B . llartm an , R egen t of the M i lwaukeeChapter, was elected S ta te Vice R egen t,subj ec t to the confirm a t ion o f the Twenty

- S i x th Con t i nen ta l Congress .

An exam inat ion o f the m a azines for'

the past four years shows that wh ile seven stateshave had report s o f thei r Con crenees pri n ted every year, fi fteen have never had a report .The Edi tor has, therefo re, wri tten each S tate Regent , requesting a re. ort and p icture ( excepti n the cases o f Florida, Indiana . Iowa , Kansas, Ma ine. M ich igan,l ina an d \’Vash ington, p ictures o f whose S tate Regents havc

o

already been publ ished) .reg ret that n o p icture o f the S tate Regent of N ew H am psh i re was ava i lable.appear as they a re received.

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19 16, has been received, con ta

Mr. and Mrs. T . S . H o l t, of Ilo i lo , arein Man i la . Mrs. H o l t i s gi v ing m uch o f

her t im e wh i le in the c ity to the in terest sof the Ph i l ipp ine Scholarsh ip E ndowm en t Fund of the D aughters o f theAm erican R evolu t ion , of wh ich N a t iona lComm i t tee she i s chai rm an .

Mrs. H ol t has been very success fu l inher e ffo rts to i nteres t the people o f Ilo i loand n ot only Am ericans and Fi l ip inos,bu t the B ri t i sh and Spani sh residents aswel l , have m a ni fes ted grea t i n terest i nthe work .

Wh i le Mrs. H o l t was in N egros . shem et a young nat ive doctor whose du t iesex tended over a di s t rict w i th a popu la t ion

o f H i s on ly ass i s tance was on enurse, and such hel p as h i s w i fe, agradua te pharm ac i s t . cou ld gi ve h im . In

fact , everywhere the needf u l cry was fornurses. Mrs. llolt hopes tha t i t w i l l n otbe long be fore the D aughters o f theAm erican R evo l u t ion m ay be inst rum ent sal i n establ i sh ing a tra ining schoo l fornu rses i n th i s pa rt icu lar v ic in i ty . In herOp i n ion there is no th ing so m u ch neededin the provinces as na t i ve v isi t i ng nu rses,no t on ly to care for the sick and dy ing,bu t to teach young m o thers how to takeproper c are of thei r in fant s .In th i s connect ion a t rue s tory of how

the Am e ricans a re looked upon by the

na t ives m ay not be w i thou t in teres t.

T RUE Sronv or w e Occu rm on or A T ow n L u zonas told by the Presiden te, pu blished i n World Ou tlook, Aug ust, 19 16

“We had heard m uch of the Am ericanos ; they were a crue l people , we wereto ld, who pu t t he m en to the swo rd and

the wom en and ch i ldren to slavery . The

Spaniards were ou r oppressors, bu t theywere al l ied to us by t ics o f blood, and i nthe centuries we had com e to accept themas part of ou r l i ves . we had never wornthe yoke l igh tly ; o ften we had r isenaga ins t them , bu t n ow they st i rred usw i th fea r by thei r stories o f a peoplewho were st ronger than they .

“We looked back from the po i nt whereon the fi rs t foo th i l l and saw t he Am ericanos enter the c i ty. Fear swept us l ikea s torm a nd we fled h igher, h ighe r upin to the m ounta in . I canno t tel l you of

those days in the h i l l s . We fo und aN egri to hu t— you know wha t they a reone m ust c raw l on hands and knees toenter

, a nd on ly i n the center can a ch i ldstand erec t . It was co ld, an d we hadnever been cold be fore in ou r l i ves ! The

ch i ldren c ried— n ot loud, as ch i ldrenshou ld cry , bu t low m oan ing tha t w rungm y hea rt (Carm enc ita was six a nd

Marie was eight ) . We bu i l t fi res in holesi n the g ro und to cook ou r scan t port iono f food, bu t we dared n ot m ake a big fireto m ake ourselves war m les t i t be abeacon to ou r enem ies . T here wereo thers in the woods abou t u s l i v ing inhut s or in holes in the ground

,as an im al s

l i ve . The l i t t le g i rl s soon becam e i l l w i ththe co ld an d the ro ugh fare, a nd m i

seno ra— I though t she wou ld die up therein the h i l l s ! Ou r rice did n ot las t long,and every day old Fel ipe had to searchlonger to find the s t ri ngy cam otes wh ichdid .

n o t s t i l l the pang s of hunger. On e

day I sto le fa r down the m ountain to

the ledge there on the foo th i l l where wehad looked back an d wa tched the Am ericanos com ing into the c i ty . The townhad n ot been burned ! Tha t n ight m isenora m oaned a l l night , and I sa id : “

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am go i ng down ! To s tay here i s to di el ike dogs— to go down i s a t leas t to diel ike m en .

"

In the m orn i ng I told Fe l ipe,b u t he sa id : “

You can no t go down .seno r , n ot for on e hou r can you leave lasenora n ow . Bu t I w i l l go . And you

ca n w r i te a no te to the wh i te m en , and

pe rhap s they w i l l give m e food to bri ngb ack .I w ro te the no te w i th a charred st ick,

p rom i s i ng the com m andan te of the

Am e r icanos tha t i f he wou ld gi ve us

food, a nd wou ld let m e b ri ng m y w i fea n d l i t t le ones back to the hom e aga ina n d wou ld p ro tect them , he

‘

m igh t do

w i th m e wha t he wou ld. Fel ipe car ri edi t down tha t n igh t . ~

I can no t tel l you of tha t n igh t . I n them o rn ing I crept ou t of the b u t and sa t

down in the dim l igh t, aga i n ho ldi ngM a rie i n my a rm s. H ow long I sa t thereI do n ot know— a n hou r— pe rhaps two .

Ca rm enc i ta s t i r red and sprang to her

fee t . sta ri ng l ike a w i ld th i ng i n to the

t ree s . The re wa s n o t ra i l— a lway s wehad been ca re ful never to com e and go

by the sam e pa th . Yet com i ng s tra ighttowa rd u s f rom the ju ng le were s t range,wh i te m en i n khaki l The Am er icanoswere com i ng ! I tu rn ed b u t for a m om en t

to lay the ch i ld i n the doo r of the hu t ,and ca tch ing m y bo lo, wh ich lay a lwaysn ea r

,I tu rned to f ace them .

Bu t when I tu rn ed aga i n Ca rm enci t awas ru nn i ng towa rd the soldiers who hads topped, an d Fel ipe , com i ng a lo ne to thehu t , caugh t the l i t t le gi r l i n h i s a rm s .H ow can I tel l the res t ! My th roa t

choke s and m y eyes fi l l when I th i nkof i t . There was food i n the ba sket swh ich the so ldiers brough t—cooked food,tha t we need n ot wa i t , and on e of the

soldie r s took Carm enci ta on h i s kneesa nd fed her, s low ly .

Bu t the sergean t i n com ma nd— he

unde rs tood. H e spoke a few wo rd s tom e i n S pa n i sh— for I di d n ot Speak theE ng l i sh then , an d pu t the ques t ion so f tly“La Seno ra I po i n ted to the hu t . “

Go

i n an d tel l her.

Ah , how gen t ly they l i f ted her-

por

b reci ta l They had brough t a st retche r,

and wa rm blanke t s wh ich they w rappedclo se abo u t her. She too, was given som eo f the hot m i lk, a nd a l i t t le food, and I

saw her sm i le a s she la id on the s t retcher .And so we cam e back to the house

f rom wh ich we had fled. The hou se wasa s I had le f t i t . when I cam eback an officer i n wh i te s tood w i th i n thesa la— i t was a s i f he had been wa tch i ngfor u s , so qu ickly had he com e. I t wasthe Am er ica n docto r, sa id the sergea n t.com e to ca re for l a senora . Tha t n igh tthey fough t dea th— the docto r a nd the

sergean t f rom the ho sp i ta l— Ah Seno r,I have neve r seen any th i ng l ike i t ! She

wou ld have died, bu t they wou ld n ot

let her die l We do n ot ca re for ou r

wom en l ike tha t— i n the i r hou r o f triallWe do not know how , nor did the Spa ni ardl When i t was sa id tha t a ch i ld wasto be bo r n the p ri es t would com e and

b le s s the b i t of r ibbon wh ich was to layacro s s the m o ther’s b ody . and the m edicowou ld s ta nd bes ide the bed to wa i tsom e t im e s he wou ld s i t on the foo t ofthe b ed and smoke a c iga re tte i f the t im ewas long bu t these two Am er icandoctors , they wo rked ! When the m omi ng cam e they were bo th wh i te a s thec lo thes wh ich they wo re— b u t she lived!At noon the com m a nda n te sen t for m e,

a nd I wen t w i thou t fea r.The town was n ot bu rned . N ot a m an

or a wom a n or a ch i ld was hu rt . We

wen t abou t ou r way s i n peace. No

hos tages were dem a nded, and n o t r ibu tepa id. The so ldiers i n the qu a r tel we reAm er icanos , i n s tead of Spa n ia rds , b u tthe di fference was. grea ter than tha t .Ju s t ice wa s fou nd am ong u s . Ou r

daugh ters were sa fe, and ou r son s couldhold up the i r heads a s m en .

Then cam e the teacher s— and the ch i ld ren— a l l o f the ch i ldren , the ch i ld o f thefi sherm an a s wel l a s of the i llu st radtywere taugh t to read and to w r i te the

E ng l i sh .

\Ve had n o langu age wh ich they cou ldteach— a people m u s t b e u n i ted to have alanguage, and we had neve r been a un i tedpeople— so they m u s t teach the E ng l i sh .

Now i t i s so tha t when we go f rom on e

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place to another, though on e v i l lage im pa t ien t— i t i s bu t the li fet im e of on e

speak Bicol and another T aga log a nd an man— we sha l l be a u n i ted peop le, undero the r Ili acan o—the ch i ldren speak E ng s tandi ng each o ther, th i nk i ng for eachlish, so they can under stand each o ther, o ther a s well a s for ou r selves . Ou r race

and we a re f riends . m u s t grow,a s l i t t le ch i ldren grow, i n to

Bye an d bye , when ou r ch i ldren’s ch i l un i ty and w isdom and understa ndin g of

dren sha l l be grown— why shou ld we be freedom .

”

S ince the art icle g i ven above was in pri n t there has been received f rom the Chai rm an.Mrs. Caro l ine E . Mcwi l l iam s H o l t, o f I lo i lo, P. I ., the Rev i sed Edi tion of “

Followmg Our

Flag , which was o r ig inal ly pu blished i n the m agaz ine for Apri l, 19 14 .

On e no tes w i th in tere st that it i s printed by the Ph il ippine Bapti st Mi ssion Pre ss ofI lo i lo, and in it s daintiness and accu rate workm ansh ip com pares favo rably w i th any Am en

ca n product ion . On the t i tle page i s the quo tation from R a S tana rd Baker : The on e‘

essen

gal pic

fwose of educa t ion is to get a n i nd ivi dual g oi ng rom wi th in ,

“

so tha t he w i ll ru n

m use

The fo l low ing extract s did not appear in the o ri ginal art icle, and g i ve an up- to-date

idea o f the wo rk o f th i s m ost energet i c an d enthusiast i c cham nan“S ince the incept ion of the m ovem ent contribu t ions have been recei ved from seven ty

seven chapters . eig hty m em bers at large, and overfifty i nterested i nd wtdua ls ou ts ide of thesoci ety, both m en a nd wom en, i ncludi ng som e Fi li pm os.

”

“The Ph i l ippines chapter has to i ts credi t on the books of the T reasu rer General seven

hundred do l lars ; a nd has determ ined to increase th i s in the near fu tu re. T he m em bers o fthe chapter fee l that th i s N ational D . A. R . Scho larship En dowm en t Fu nd w i l l serve as afitt ing test im on ial to tho se Am er ican wom en—m any o f them descendan ts of Revo lu tionarypat rio ts— who in the cau se o f hum an ity and respondin g to thei r country

's cal l in the sam espi r i t o f loyal ty and patrio t ism as the so ldiers of our arm y and the sa i lors of our navy.p ioneered the educational work of the Islands f rom the un ique ci ty of Man i la to the rem otes tb arr io o f the provinces .

There i s another young Fi l ipina, a graduate f rom the No rm al School of Man ila, whohas recently been au thori zed by the Com m is sioner o f Pu blic Instruct ion to assi st m e ininterest ing her count en in the D . A. R. Scho larsh ip m ovem ent. She represen ted the

Insu lar Bu reau of E uca t ion at the Pan -Am erican Ex po sit ion at San Franci sco l ast yeara nd i s n ow a H igh Schoo l teacher and a leader am ong her peo ple. She to ld m e there hadbeen no th ing in her l i fe thu s far so fru i t fu l o f resu l t s, so conducive to awaken ing herlatent power fo r h igh attainm ent, as those m onths she spen t in Am erica, l i vi ng i n an Am erican fam i ly and m ing l ing w i th Am erican people.

"

It i s u pon fu tu re generat ions the Islands m u st depend for the succes s of the u l t im ateindependence o f the Fi l ipino people . J udge Lobing ier i n h i s art icle. “Am er ica

's Torch Beari n g in As ia.

" states : N o n a ti o n ca n con tr i b u te to the uplifti ng of a n other w i thou t feeli n the

rea ct i ng i m pulse of lofty endeavor. May n o t th i s t ru th be appl ied to ou r society in i vi dually and co l lect ive ly ?

“It i s said that n o race o f people can b e better than its wom en, and that to part ic ipate

i n the u pl i ft ing o f the wom en o f any nation certain ly ough t to be considered a priv i lege.

The wom en o f the Islands are the wo rkers : they frequently do the th ing s m en are suppo sedto do a nd per form thei r own du ties bes ides. As som e h istorian has said : They are the

b er of the rare a nd i t i s they who ( arr the to rch o

zciv i lisa t i on . Ough t n ot we. the

au ghters o f the Am erican Revo lu t ion, to 0 ou r part to cep th i s torch so bri l l iantly l i htedthat i t s rays shal l penet rate i nto the deepes t j ung le and to the rem o tes t m oun ta i n si e oftho se far- away i s lands ?

For e ighteen years ou r beau t i fu l flag has floated over the Ph i l ipp ine Islands g i v ingrotect io n to the people regardless of national i ty, b u t n ot u nti l the o rganizat ion of theKlan i la Chapter in 19 13 did the nam e an d object s o f our society becom e kn own. N ow,

however, ou r in sign ia com m ands recogn it ion and respect an d ou r prestige wi l l increase asthe work i s extended. Wherever our flag has been un fu rled shou ld n ot our influence befel t? ‘

Pa tri ot ism kn ows n either la ti tude n or long i tude. I t is n ot cli ma ti c.”

A Plea for D ign ifiedPubl icityby Fa nny H arm

'

t, Cha i rm a n Pu blici ty Com-m i ttee.

Ou r O rgan i za t ion of rept esen ta t i ve Am er ica n wom en banded to

gethe r for pa t r io t ic pu rpo ses , can no t, i fi t wou ld, m odes tly h ide i t s l igh t undera bu shel . The pres s and the readi ngpubl ic a re i n tere s ted i n u s .D u r i ng a recen t i n terv iew , an edi to r of

a new spape r o f la rge ci rcu la t ion a ndi n fluence, sa id to you r cha i rm an : You

h ave a grea t o rgan iza t ion of fin e wom endo i ng big th i ngs . Tel l u s wha t you are

do i ng. The pre s s a nd the publ ic w i shto know . They a re n ot i n teres ted i nco rpses ; they do n ot wan t to know wha t

you did la s t yea r or even la s t m on th ;they wan t new s , f resh new s : they wan tto k now wha t you are do i ng today , wha t

you a re ready and are actua l ly go i ng todo tom or row for “Prepa rednes s , for the

Am e r ica n i za t ion of the a l ien , and the

m a ny pa t r io t ic act iv i t ies i n wh ich you

a re engaged !"

Th is i s a n age of new spaper read i ngand publ ici ty bu reau s . A conven t ion o f

even the con serva t ive E p i scopa l Chu rchrecen t ly endorsed a reso lu t ion f avo ri ngthe es tabl i sh i ng of a Chu rch Publ ici tyBu reau , thu s recogn iz i ng tha t the Chu rchha s grown m ore and m o re dependentupon the i nfluence of the p res s . I f weneed pu bl ici ty i n ou r rel igion , we cer

ta i n ly ca nno t afl'

ord to ign o re i t i n our

pa t ri o t i sm .

E ve ry el ig ible woma n o f good character shou ld be iden t ified w i th som eChap te r of the Da ugh ters of the Am erican Revo luti on or at least be a m em ber

AN NOUN CEMENTSo m any com pl im entary le t ters have b een rece i ved in re a rd to the . accou n t of

th e Co n t inen tal Cong res s w h ich appeared in th eJu n e i ssu e 0 the Magaz i ne—w i t h i non e m o n th after t he c lo s ing o f the Cong re s s— t ha t the Edi to r takes g reat p leasu rei n a n o u n ci n g that

’ M i s s H a rn i t has con sen ted to repeat h er k ind deed,. a nd

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to w r i tean accoun t of the Twen ty - s ix t h Con tinen tal Co ng re s s for the Ju ne , 19 1 7,

I

i ssufiitized byCC

a t - large, and t o th i s end we n eed theco- ope rat ion of the press .It i s the privilege of each loca l chapter

to secure th is co- opera t ion ; bu t i f Mrs.

Jam es Jones, regen_t of w‘

Chapter,sends to a newspaper a w ri t ten accoun tof a m ee t ing , m en t ioning he r own '

n am e

f requent ly, a lways w i th . con_1plim en tary

adject i ves, and em phasiz ing the “del ic iousref reshm en ts and del ight fu l soc ia l hou rtha t fol lowed, - the editor who receivesthe repo rt a nd the wom an who reads i tare furn i shed a prem i se on wh ich to basethe deduc t ion tha t a chapter o f theD aughters o f t he A merican R evolu t ion i san assem blage o f wom en for the prom ot ion o f

“p ink teas ’

of wh ich pa triot icact iv i t ies m ay or not be a by- produc t !If we do n ot give to the press the fact s

abou t ou r m ani fold i nteres t s and looka f ter ou r own publ i c i ty, we m ust expec tm ore or less unpleasant

Jn o to

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n ety to begiven u s by pub l ic i ty agen ts of i ndiv i du als, bo th i nside a nd ou tside o f the organi za t ion , who m ay seek to explo i t - theirown am bi t ions and proj ec ts a t the expense o f the dign ity and bes t in terestso f ou r Soc ie ty .

Alm ost every chapter counts i n i tsm em bersh ip som e wom an who 13 i n act i venewspaper work or who has a ta len t i ntha t di rec t ion . By enl ist i ng - the interes tand the serv ices of such a wom an , eachchapter m ay do i ts pa rt towards secu ri ngdignified publ ic i ty wh ich w i l l best prom ote the cons truct i ve pa triot i sm of the

Soc iety.

Parliam en tary Puzzles SolvedCom WELLE S T now

Many ques t ions have been receiveddu ring the las t m onth for wh ich a priva teanswer was requ i red. In such cases acha rge of on e do l lar w i l l be m ade .

Quest ions prin ted i n th i s magaz ine areanswered free of charge.C. M . Qu est ion I. Who sho u ld answer

the ques t ion as to whethe r the By- Ia ws

o f a Chapter agree w i th those of theN at iona l Soc iety ?An s wer. The N a t ional

Managem ent .II. If a S ta te R egen t ign ores the By

Laws of a S ta te, wha t redress has theS ta te ?Am ver. The m a tt er m us t be la id before the N at iona l Board of Managem en tbu t i t i s essen t ial tha t care shou ld betaken to ascerta in tha t the S ta te By- La wsagree w i th the Cons t i tu t ion and By- Lawsof the N a t iona l Soc iety.

Board of

III. Is a w r it ten set o f By- Laws ef

fect i ve ?

A im ver. Yes, By- L aws are efi'

ect i ve

as soon as adopted . Many By-L aws aren ot pri n ted .

IV . D oes the prov i s ion of the N a t iona lConst i tu t ion l im i t i ng the te rm of office toth ree years for a N a t ional Officer w i tho u tre s e lect ion affec t the S ta te officers ?Anm e r. No . Th i s provi s ion i s for

N a t iona l Ofii cers on ly.

A ques t ion has com e to m e f rom m anysou rces wh ich I w i l l answer blending al lpoi n ts involved.

Quest i on . Wh a t i s the prope r procedu re to pursue when adopt i ng the re

po rt o i a com m i t tee wh ich conta ins on eor m ore reso lu t ions ?A im r'cr. When a comm i t tee i s ap

po inted a t im e i s a lways set a t wh ich i ti s to render a repo rt . When th i s t im earri ves the report of the comm i t tee b ecom es the orders o i the day, tha t i s tosay, i t i s a ma t ter wh ich the soc iety haspreviousl y agreed to cons ider and actupon. If the report con ta ins a recom

m endat ion , wh ich i s al so ca l led a resolut ion, and the repo rt i s adopted by vote.th i s recom m enda t ion or reso l u t ion becom es the w i l l o i the assem bly . As thereport i s part of the orders o f the dayi t canno t be laid on the table

,as Robe rt s

i n h i s R u les of O rders tel l us tha t “ i t i sn ot i n o rder to lay ou the table report s ofcom m i t tees," page 106. If, however, i ti s des ired a m ot ion m ay be int roduced to

adopt the repo rt w ithou t the reso l u t ionand i f th i s i s car ried, the reso l u t ion or

recom m enda t ion m ay then be di scussedand a m ot ion i s in order to lay i t on thetable, because i t has been detached f romthe report .

— Robert s’ Ru les of O rde r,page 7 1 .The on ly except ion to the above i s

when a Convent ion or Congress i s i nsess ion , i n such an even t i t i s custom a ryto appo i n t a comm i t tee to wh ich a l l resolu t ions are re ferred. Th i s i s stated on

the program and a t im e is set on the program when the com m i t tee w i l l bri ng thesereso lu t ions be fore the hou sc. Th iscou rse o f procedu re m akes the cons iderat ion and act ion on these resolu t ions parto f the orders of the day. as the m ot ionto accept the repo rt w i thou t the reso lut ions i s n ot i n order. -

'hen th is i s thecase, the prope r procedu re i s to act oneach reso lu t ion sepa ra tel y be fo re vo t ingon the repo rt as a who le ; i f any reso lut ion is di spleas ing to the assem bly i tshou ld be voted aga ins t . bu t i f the assem b ly feel s i t unw i se to take defin i teact ion through lack of in form a t ion

,i t i s

proper to re fer the recom m enda t io n or

reso lu t ion to som e superior body l ike theBoard of Managem ent , gi v ing i t powerto take fi na l ac t ion . In th i s way Parl iam en ta ry Law i s observed.

F . Quest i on . Ca n a L i fe m em ber takeact i ve work or ho ld cfii ce i n a lo ca lchapter or is she a m em ber a t large bypay ing n o dues to the chapter ?Am er. A L i fe m em ber of the

S TATE CAPITOL OF N OR TH CAROLINA

D . A. R . who belongs to a chapter hasthe standing gi ven her by the By-Lawso f the chapter. She i s n ot a m em ber a tlarge . In the na t iona l Soc iety she hast he standi ng gi ven her by the prov i s ionso f the By- Laws of the chapter.The N at iona l Const i t u t ion . i n Art icle

IX , prov ides for L i fe m em bers of the

S ta te Capi tol of N orth Ca roli n aOn N ovem ber lst and 2nd the N orth Caro

lin a D aughters of the Am erican Revolut ionheld the ir sixteenth annual Con ference i n theH a l l o f the H ouse o f Representat ives at Raleigh . The bu i lding i n wh ich th is hal l is situated, th e S tate Ca pito l, wi th i ts classic proport ions an d m assive grani te co lum ns, form ed afit sett ing for so no table an event . Com petentj udges o f architecture have o ften expressedthe op inion that for pure arch itectural beau tyth is bu i lding has few equals in Am erica thoughhundreds m ay surpass it i n size.A fter a form er Capi to l, on the present site,

was destroyed by fire on J une 2 1 , 1831 ( andw ith i t a m agn ificent m arble statue o f Washi n gt o n by the world- renowned Canova) , the

present struct ure was comm enced. The cor

ner stone was laid with elaborate cerem onialby the Grand Lodge of Masons on J uly 4 ,1833, and nearly ten years were consum ed i nits com plet ion— sk i l led stone m asons beingbrought from Scot land for the express purpose o i m ak ing a bu i lding worthy o f the S tate.W ith in its leg islat ive hal ls have sat such m en

as Wi l l iam Gaston, George C. Badger, JohnBran ch, W i ll iam A . Graham , Thom as Ru ilin,Jam es C. Do b b i n , and count less o ther notableswho have bo rne a part i n shap ing the des

t inies o f N orth Caro l ina a nd the nat ion ; andwith in its wal ls have been welcom ed such di st i n gu i shed m en as D an iel H en ryC lay, Jam es K. Po lk, Andrew Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt. and \Voodrow \Vi lson.

Marshall D eLon rcy H aywood.

N at iona l Soc i e ty . Chapters m us t regula te the i r own m em bersh ip. A Chapterhas a right to rem i t dues bu t unless sucha provi s ion is m ade a L i fe m em ber of theN a t iona l Soc iety shou ld pay chapter dues .When dues for any c lass o f m em bersa re rem i t ted som e equ i va len t sho u ld bes ta ted.

Reco l lections of a Revo lu tion ary SoldierBy his g ra ndson , Isaa c Ackley

W’hen I was a b oy m y grandfatherl ived w ith us, and he took qu i te a fancyto m e . H e had served in the Revolut ion a ry Wa r w i th Wash ington a t Va l leyForge. There he cont racted rheuma t i sm , a nd was so crippled f rom i t tha the had to wal k w i th a cane a lways, andsom et im es when the weather was bad hehad to use a cru tch , too .

It was m y du ty to wa i t on h im whenever he needed my assistance , and I didm any th i ngs for h im dur ing the t im e hewas w ith us . To be conven ien t for him ,

he oc cup ied the sm a l l bedroom right offf rom the di n ing- room . Am ong otherth ings in h i s room was an old ches t , an di n th i s he kept h i s m oney . Being a R evolu t i on a ry so ldie r and di sabled. he drew apens ion, and was a lm ost a lways pa id insi l ver.A new boa t , ca l led the “

Is land Bel le,was bu i l t the sum m er o f wh ich I speak .

As i t was fin ished i t was to m ake i ts firs ttrip on the Fou rt h of Ju ly, go ing f romH art fo rd down the r iver, and cross ingthe Sound to Sag H arbor. E verybody

goi ng. It was to be a grea t even t ,a nd was talked of for days be fore. Boa texcu rsions were n ot as com m on then asn ow . I had asked fa ther i f I m ight go,bu t he kept tel l i ng m e each ti m e tha t hewo u ld see abou t i t . H e was a stern m a no f the old Puri tan type . Boys we re n otsupposed to need recrea t ion, too m uch i ndu lgen ce was n ot good for them , bes ides,i t was hay ing t im e . E veryone was busy,and even a b oy cou ld be o f help.

The Fou rt h was draw ing nea rer andnearer, an d s t i l l I did n ot know whetherI was to be a l lowed to go , bu t I keptth ink i ng abou t i t . Final ly the m orn ingo f the Fou rt h cam e, c lear and bright .You m ay be sure I was a good boy thatm orn ing. I was up earl y, fin i shed '

allm ycho res, and hoed a wh i le in the gardenbe fo re break fas t, being very ca re f u l to

wen t i n to break fas t . I a te my break fasti n s i lence. N o th i ng was sa id of the boa tt rip, and I did n ot dare to ask again . Ife l t pret ty blue, fee l i ng sure I was n ot

go ing to ge t to go. Af ter a l l had fini shed the m ea l and grandfa ther had goneto h i s room , he cal led m e to com e to h im .

As I was in the habi t o f wa i t ing on him ,

and th i nk ing he needed m e for som eth ing, I wen t i n to see wha t he wanted.

“Isaac, sa id he. “com e here. H e wentto h i s grea t ches t, opened i t , and drewou t a long s tock ing fi l led w i th s i lverp ieces. H e too k ou t two ha l f-do l lars. andplac ing on e of them i n m y hand, he sa id :

“N ow , Isaac, th i s hal f-do l lar i s to pay

you r fare on the boa t, and put t ing thesecond on e i n m y hand, he sa id

“An d th i s ha l f- do l lar is for you to

spend. N o boy can work on the Fou rthof July on th is fa rm whi le I am on i t .

”

Oh ! I have never had so m uch m oneyi n a l l m y l i fe as I had then . I can neve rbe so rich aga in as I was on tha t day.

It di d n ot take m e long to ge t off.Som ehow the boys a l l found ou t I had aha l f -do l lar spendi ng m oney, and you m aybe sure they s tayed w i th m e. I hadf riends tha t day. Boys then never hadm ore than a s ix - pence or fip

- and - bi t .There was no th i ng to buy bu t popcorn .

gi nger bread and. m aybe, c ider, bu t ISpen t i t a l l

,and i t was, indeed, a day

fu l l of joy, a t ru ly glo rious Fou rt h o f

Ju l y . I sha ll never forge t grand fa ther,n or tha t Fourt h as long as I l i ve, and Iam an old m an n ow, and tha t happeneda long wh i le ago .

(Mr. Ackley i s the fa ther o f Mrs.

Emm a Barton Clark of Cozaddale, Oh io,R . F. D . N o. 2 , who i s a m em be r of theCinc i nna t i Chapter, D . A. R . IsaacChalker Ack ley (or Cha lker as he wasthen ca l led) o f E as t H addam ,

was on eof the soldiers a t \Vh i te Pla ins, Oc tober,1 776 . See Conn . Men in the R evolut ion,

pu t the hoe i n i t s prope r place be fore I p .

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low s : Su sannah B ird, deceased, aged73 years ; Cyn t h i a R i ce , decea sed, aged81 years ; A lexander H . Cl i ne, decea sed,

aged 53 years, a Ci v i l W'

a r so ldi er ;Jeru sha A. Monga r, decea sed, aged 72years ; Jacob Cl i ne , decea sed, aged 5

years ; Char le s W . Kl i ne , en l i s ted a tthe ag e of 20 years i n C i v i l \Var i n1 10t h O . V. I. a t P i qua , O . ; wa s hom eo n fu r lo ug h spri ng o f 1 862 , t hen t e

tu rned to h i s regim en t ; h i s las t se rv icewa s i n the Ba t t le o f th e W i ldernes s ;was repo r ted am ong th e m i s s i ng ; hea rdtha t he wa s taken pri so ner, bu t nevergo t any i n fo rm a t io n concern i ng h i m .

L ydi a Cl i n e S im m on s . 1 am n ow nearin g m y 80th bi r t hday , wh ich w i l l beAugu s t 24 , 19 16 . I wa s bo rn Augu s t24 , 183 6, i n Perry T own sh ip. Ga l l i aCoun t y , O h io , n ea r th e to wn o f Pa tr io t .My ea r l i es t reco l lec t io n wa s when I

wa s abo u t t h ree years a nd s ix m on th sold,

when we m o ved from o u r hom efa rm to ano ther farm jo i n i ng t he hom eplace wh ich fa t her had recen t l y bough t .Som e t im e af ter th i s fa ther b u i l t anew ho u se , I be l i eve i n t he yea r 1840 .

The peopl e m ade m o s t o f the i r o w nc lo th i n g from woo l an d flax and a l som ade t he larger po r t io n o f the i r s ugarfrom the sap of the sugar t ree s . T heya l so dried the i r fru i t , wh ich we a i

ways had i n ab u ndance . In the spr ingof 1843 m y l i t t le bro t her w a s k i l led byfa l l i n g backward o ff o f a ra i l fence an da ra i l fa l l i ng o n h i s brea s t . T he cherryt rees were wh i te w i th b loom a t t het im e— wa s a brigh t , c lear day, a nd i na m om en t a l l w a s i n m o u rn i ng.

fe l t t ha t we d id n o t wan t to l i ve t hereso m o ved back to t he hom e place th esam e yea r.The nex t yea r I com m enced go i ng to

schoo l . T he fi rs t Sunday Schoo l tha tI rem em ber a t tendi ng wa s a t a Bap t i s tChurch ; Sunday S cho ol s tho se day swere n o t condu c t ed a s they are a t t hepresen t t im e .

Now I w i l l l eave t he h i l l y co u n t ryo f Ga l l i a Coun t y , O h io a n d t rave l tow ards t he S ta te o f Ind i ana , th i s be ingthe la s t week i n Septem ber, 1847 . We

bade good- bye to m y na t i ve hom e ands tar ted o n ou r jou rney to th e w ilderness o f Ind iana . Fi rs t day we a te ourdi nner a t Po i n t P lea san t , second dayby the roads ide, where t here was a

large ches tnu t t ree . S i s ter a n d I did

n o t res t m uch a s we were b u sy ga therin g ches tnu t s . I had ne ver see n suchlarge ches tnu t trees and I t hough t i twa s grand. We m o ved i n co vered wagon s i n t ho se day s a s t here we re n o

ra i l roads. We had plank roads to

t rave l on par t of ou r jou rney , an d parto f i t wa s very ro ugh a n d very dangero u s. T he wea th er be i ng fi ne we had a

very plea san t jo u rney . It ra i ned one

n ig h t , an d tha t wa s t he on l y n ig h t wefa i led to have a com fo rt ab le ho u se tos tay i n . It wa s c lo se to where a Germ an fam i l y l i ved, a nd when theylearned t ha t fa t her wa s Germ an , andbe i ng so o ld, they begged o f h i m to

s tay i n t he i r hou se . H e to ld them tha the wa s n o be t ter t han h i s fam i l y andwo u ld n o t go . H e wa s then 100 yearsold. \Ve were two week s on t he ro ada n d arri ved a t Fo r t R eco very , O h io,ear l y i n Oc tober, s topp i n g there to v i s itw i t h m o t her’s s i s ter a n d fam i l y ; lea ving there we soon cro s sed th e s ta t e l i nea nd we re i n Ind ia na , a n d t rave led so u t hs i x m i les to where m y grand- paren ts,and a l so an unc le l i ved, i n Madi sonTown sh ip , Jay Coun t y , Indiana . H erewe m ade o u r hom e u n t i l fa ther w i th ina few day s boug h t 160 acre s o f cho iceland fo r $450. I t wa s h ea vy t im berland, w i th n o im provem en t s . T h ent hey bega n wo rk a n d b u i l t two cabi nsr ig h t i n the woods , an d t hey soon hadt hem fi n i shed, c lea red away t im ber andbrush , an d b u i l t a fence i n c lo s i ng tho secabin s . m oved i n a n d ca l led i t

hom e . T h i s wa s m y fi rs t experiencei n l i v i n g i n t he w i ld woods . T he deera n d w i ld t u rkey s wou ld com e q u i tec lo se ; ou r neares t Po s t O ffice wa s s ixm i les away , i n R ando l ph Co un t y , Indiana , a nd n o chu rch ho u se nearer t hanF t . R eco very , Oh io . Mee t i n gs werehe ld i n the dwe l l i ng ho u ses . In theAu tum n of 1849 m y fa ther and bro t her

REAL DAU GH TERS

m ade a t rip back to Ga l l i a Co u n ty ,O h io , a nd were gone abou t th reeweek s ; cam e hom e fee l ing wel l , andenjoyed t he i r v i s i t .Soon a f te r h i s ret u rn from Oh io,

father bought 80 acres of land jo i ni ngo u r hom e , wh ich he ga ve to h i s so n ,

A . H . Cl i ne . The hom e place i s n ow

o wned by h i s grandson , Wm . H . Cl i ne,a n d i s a va luab le farm . I enjoy ve rym u ch v i s i t i ng the old (once cab i n)h om e.

D ecembe r 28, 1856, I was m arr i edto T hom a s W . S im m on s , who was

t hen engag ed i n teach i n g schoo l . At

t h e exp i ra t io n of th e schoo l , we t hencom m enced keep i n g hou se Apr i l 8,1 857 , abou t ha l f

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a 'm i le from m o ther's,a n d t he sam e di s tance from ‘h i s paren t s.H ere we l i ved un t i l the Ci v i l War,

w hen we m o ved i n t he 'hou se w i thFa ther S im m on s , t he i r two sons be ingi n t he Arm y ; th i s wa s i n t he fa l l of1 86 1 . As Fa ther and Mo t her S im m onswere le f t a lone they though t i t besttha t we shou ld m ove i n pa rt of t heirho u se, to

,tak

,e care of t hem as they

were n o t ab l e to fo r them se l ves ! Myown m o t h e r d i ed Jan . 27 , 1862 , aged65 yea rs a n d 16 day s . Fa t her S i m .

m o ns di ed March 16 , 1872 . Befo re h i s

M ICH IGAN Coa r o r A im s R rs ro aso

Through the instrum ental ity o f a Mich iganD aughter, M rs. Jam es H . Cam pbe l l, o f GrandRapids, the copper tablet presen ted by the

State of M ich igan i n 1855 to the Governm entto be in serted i n the Wash ington Monum enthas been thoroughly restored. This tablet,con sist ing of a block of nat ive copper takenfrom the Lake Superi or m in es, weighspounds. On its surface was the M ich igancoat o f arm s wi th th is inscript ion : M ichiganAn E m b lem of H er Trust i n the U n i on . U nfo rtun a tely the coa t of arm s and the lettering,all o f si lver, were insecurely screwed on , and

the tablet has been the especia l m ark of vandali sm—the ob ject of the unpatriotic zeal ofv isitors to obta in rel ics, rega rdless of the

sacred purposes represen ted or the the pa trio t i sm that in spired the m em oria l.When. a l i ttle over two years ago, Mrs.

Cam pbell took her first trip up the Monum ent,she was shocked an d g rieved over the di s

g racefu l condit ion of the tablet and at oncedeterm ined to restore t his sym bo l of M ich iganto its form er g lory. Est im ates were obta ined ;the S tate legi slature was appealed to, and thea id of Col. W. W. H art s, superintendent o fpubl ic bu i ldings was invoked. The resul t isthat m ore s i lver has been donated, the tableti s com pleted a nd placed i n its orig in al placeo f distinct ion i n the m onum ent. Instead ofbein g raised the letters and em blem s are now

em bedded i n the copper pla te so that they aresecure from the ravages o f rel ic hunters. Andv isitors who see it m ay g lory '

i n the tribute o fM ich igan’s trust i n the Union, g lory i n the

sp irit wh ich devised i t, and g lo ry i n the

patriot ic zeal o f the Daughter o f the Am er icanRevo lut ion wh ich brought about its restora

t ion.

dea t h he di v ided h i s land, gi v ing eachch i ld 40 acres . Mo ther S im m o n s t em a ined w i th u s un t i l he r dea th k j u ly2 1 , 1889, aged 92 years.

My hu sband , Thom a s W . S im m ons,3 Ci v i l “far ve teran , d ied Septem ber20, 1889 , ag ed 57 years , 8 m o n th s . I ,

being le f t a lo ne, ren ted m y place , t eserv ing a part of the hou se and ham

so I cou ld keep a ho rse and b uggy. I

owned 30 acres of land wh ich w as apar t of the land m y fa th er bough t wh enhe fi rs t cam e to Indi ana . I gave t h i sto m y o n l y ch i ld, Mrs. Jane Rou sh .

Som e t im e a f ter th i s I a l so gave hert he 40 acres , t he hom e place , a f te r Ihad bo ugh t pro pe rt y i n t he V i l lage ofSa lem , th ree m i les from ou r old hom e,s t i l l rem a i n i ng o n the farm where wefi rs t com m enced keep i n g ho u se , a n d

never ou t of s i gh t of where we se t t ledi n the woods, a f ter com ing to In

diana in the yea r 1847 . March 5, 1898.I m o ved to t he V i l lage o f Sa lem a nd

l i ved t here un t i l N o vem ber 1 5 , 1903,{when I m o ved to Po r t land, Jay Coun t y,Indi ana , to m ake m y hom e w i th m ydaugh ter, M rs. Jane R . R ou sh . m y on l ych i ld.

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I ha ve e igh t grandch i ldren an d fou rt een g rea t - g randch i ldren .

Work of the ChaptersI f ever the t im e com es when wom en sha ll com e together s im ply and purely for the

benefit o f m ank i nd t t wal l b e a power such as t he world has never before known .

"—Moltht wAm old.

(Owing to the num ber o f chapter reports awa it ing publ ica t ion the Editor has been obl igedto om i t a great m any interest ing descript i ons o f social affa irs, or m atters of loa l interest.The des ire o f the indiv idua l chapter or i ts m em bers ha s to b e sacrificed for the good of th ewho le. I f the chapter h istorian wil l rem ember that there are over fi fteen hundred chaptersi n ex isten ce : that this D epartm ent i s n o t establ ishe d for the purpo se o f publ ishing an an nualreport— that shou ld b e sen t to the S tate Regent—b u t to record work wh ich m a

ybe of value

for other chapters : an d tha t all repo rts shou ld b e wri t ten o n only o n e side o f ti f ssnb le be typewr i tten, It W I“g reatly fac i l itate m atters. e paper. and

The reports are arrangedalp abet i ca lly according to states and alphabet ical ly accordin g to chapters i n the sta tes. )

Mrs. G . L . S chu yler, S ta te R eg en t 0 Colorado . b es ide ta b let to An to i n e Jan is, erected byCar e la Poudre Chapter.

Cache L a Poudre Chap ter (Fo r tCo l l ins . Colorado ) dedicated an d n u

vei led Octobe r 1 7 , 19 16 , two beau t i fu lbronze table ts . The firs t tablet was i nla id upon a large, handsom e m arker bearing the fol low i ng inscript ion :

D edica ted ToThe Mem ory o f

Anto i ne Jan isFirst Set t ler

In Larim er CountyCo lorado

Th i s Tablet i s Placed ByCache la l‘ondre Chapter

Daughters of theAm eri can Revolu t ion .

The exerc i ses were opened w i th si ngi n g . an d st i rring addresses were gi venby the S tate R egent , Mrs. J . L . Schuyler,the Chapter Regent

,Mrs. P. J . McH ugh,

a nd Judge L . R . Rhodes. The tabletwas then unve i led an d a f ter singi ngAm erica . the audience repa i red to the oldOverland S tage Bu i lding a t La Porte,

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Marker dedica ted by Idaho Pocahon tas Chapterwhere was unve i led another tablet , placedto loca te tha t landm ark , and a n

'

i n ter

es t i ng address on the work of the S . A.

R . was g i ven by the loca l S ec re tary .

As ide from the fac t tha t the landdeeded to An to i ne Jani s was the firs t i nLa rim e r Co. ever deeded to a wh i te m a n ,

the spo t i s in teres t ing because it was heretha t the so ldie rs were sent i n the fa l l of1863 to protec t f rom the Indians, theOver land S tage L i ne and guard thecoach es and em igra n t t rains . H ere logcabi ns we re erec ted for the ofii cers andm en , a nd s tables for the grea t num berof cava l ry horses. Subsequen tly the

so ldi ers were t rans ferred to Cam p Coll ins, the presen t - si te of Fort Col l i ns.On th i s i n terest i ng occasion N a tu re

surel y seem ed to be in sym path y . The

Colora do sunsh ine never shone brighte r— the bri l l ian t fol iage upon the au tum nt inted t rees, the orchards bedecked w ithf ru i t , th e fert i le plains and va lleys, thel ittle babb l ing brook flow ing a t ou r fee t ,the dea r faces of p ioneer friends— andabove u s the grand old Rock i es loom ingup as a background— a l l len t thei r enchantm en t to the occasion . On e cou ldhardly deem i t po ssible tha t a l l th i s wast ransp i ri ng upon the so i l known on ly afew dec ades ago as The Grea t Am ericanDesert .

E x a m s E . Posr , H istoria n .

Idaho Pocahon tas Chap ter (Ca ldwel l , Idaho ) ded ica ted a n O regon T rialm arker on Ap ri l 28, 19 16 . Severa lthou sand people gathered to w i tness thegrand h i sto ric pagean t by the ch ildren o fthe Ca ldwel l Schoo l s

,an even t wh ich

preceded the unve i l ing of a m arker o f

the Oregon T rai l . From 1 o’clock i n the

a f ternoon un t i l 5 the business houses o fthe c i ty clo sed thei r doors for the fes t i va l .The day ’s program wa s div ided i nto

two pa rt s, the pageant on the Cou rtH ou se lawn and the serv i ces a t the Caldwel l cem e te ry, where the D . A. R . m onum ent to ea rl y p ioneers was uncovered.

The unvei l ing cerem onies sta rted w i thten sm al l girl s and boys, ch i ldren of

D . A. R . m em bers, carry i ng arm loads ofapple b lossom s to lay beside the h ugegran i te sea t wh ich has been placed in thepark of the cem e tery as a t rai l m arker.A com pany o f Boy Scou t s s tood a t a ttent ion , a st iflr so ldier rem oved h i s cap,and the flag tha t covered the ’

seat waspu l led away . The sea t was presen ted tothe Ci ty of Ca ldwel l by the ChapterR egen t and was accepted, i n behal f o f thec ity, by the Mayor. A Splendid addresson the Oregon T rai l was m ade a t unvei li ng cerem onies by a son of an IdahoP ioneer.The Pagean t was a typifica t ion o f the

h i s to ry o f Idaho, w i th the m o re in t im at eand wonderful epochs of th e S ta te's past ,

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woven in to son g and story , and '

had i tso rigin in the m ind of our S tate ViceR egen t , Mrs . H . W . S tone .

The en t i re day’s program was underthe ausp ices of the D . A. R . whose efforts had m ade poss ible the m ark ing of

the T ra i l a t a spo t where i ts cou rse i sst i l l pla in ly v i s ible. It i s said to be theonl y t ra i l m arker in the U . S . to be placedi n a cem etery . Inscript ion on f ront o fsea t m arker, “

O regon T ra i lOn end of sea t , E rected by D . A . R . 19 16.

A beau t i fu l woo l bun t i ng flag was gi venthe Chapter for the unvei l ing cerem oniesby Sena tor Borah .

In connect ion w i th ou r O regon T ra i lYea r

,a on e year scho larsh ip was gi ven

in Co l lege of Idaho for the best essayon Oregon T ra i l . The Chapter was al soinst rum en ta l in hav ing a m ap m ade o f

O regon T ra i l through th i s County .

L U E ADAM S , R egen t.

Ch ri st i ana M usse r Chapt er (Chanu te. Kansas ) on the even ing of October5 ,

- 19 16, presen ted the c i ty school s w i thsix large bunt ing flag s , cont i nu ing thework com m enced las t year. It i s the i n ~ten t ion of the chapter to presen t six flagsa year un t i l every room has on e . The

presen ta t ion was m ade by M i ss Ka therine Cam pbel l of O t tawa , S ta te T reasu rer, on the even ing o f the t rack m ee t,held a t Fai r Gro unds , when a l l the pup i l swere there. The establ i shm ent of aCourt of Ch i va l ry was a new fea tu re a n dadded a touch of pageant ry to the m ee t .Th e flags were received by the m a ids ofhono r, represent ing the variou s schoo l s,an d the Queen responded in a few grac ions wo rds. The H igh S choo l Choruswas sea ted nea r the th rone and led theaudience in s inging S tar Spangled Banner, and Am eri ca ; and a com pa ny of

ch i ldren gave a flag dri l l fo l low ing thepresenta t ion cerem ony .

Mas. B . B . BLACKBURN , H istori a n .

Corneli a Cole Fai rbanks Chap ter( Indianapo l i s , Ind. ) unvei led June 2 1 ,19 16, a m arker on the co rner o f Washi ngt on S t . an d Sou theastern Ave . As a

loca l newspaper wrote : W i th k i tchenaprons ca ught over thei r arm s and sun

bonn ets has t i ly sna tched f rom a hookand pu l led over thei r ha i r

,the wom en of

the ne ighborhood m i ngled w i th the Indianapo l i s soc iety fo lk who cam e in theira utom obi les for the dedica to ry exerci sesa nd unve i l i ng of the m arker e rec ted bythe D . A. R . L i t t le Mary S tewart H a ines,whose pa terna l grandfa ther was on e of

the early set t lers of Indianapo l i s, and

m a terna l g rand- m other was M rs. JohnN . Carey , H ono rary Vice- Pres iden t Genera l N . S . D . A. R . , was the center ofin teres t to the l i t t le ba re- foo ted and keen“

eyed young sters i n the i r calico dressesand pa tched sh i rts and t rousers . Soc ietywom en in thei r beau t i fu l wh i te cos tum esrubbed e lbows w i th wom en who had leftthe wash - tubs to s tea l over an d see theunvei l ing o f th i s m on um en t wh ich theyhad been wa tch ing in i t s erec t ion f romthei r w indows in the neighbo ri ng cot~

tages or above the nea rby s tores .The work of prepa ring and plac ing the

m arker had been done by the O ld T ra i lsCom m it tee under the leadersh ip of M issE l iza G. Browning , for m any years CityL ibrari an : a nd the cerem on ies were impressive . The m arker is nearl y ten feeth igh . On the wes t s ide a bronze tabletbears the fo l low i ng in script ion : “

Th ism i lestone m arks the crossing of the

N a t iona l and the M ich igan Roads. Overthese roads cam e m any of the p ioneerswho by thei r cou rage and indus t ryfounded the grea t Com m onwea l th of

Indiana .

On the eas t side i s inscribed : The

on e hundredth anniversary o f the ad

m i ss ion o i Indiana in to the U nion iscom m em orated by th i s stone . E rectedby the Corn el i a Co le Fa irbanks ChapterD . A . R . 1816- 19 l6 .

”On the nort h s ide

i s an arrow , and the words : “N a t ional

R oad. lVash i n g ton 575 m i les," a nd on thesou th side i s an arrow a nd the word :“M ich igan R oad, To Madi son , 75 M i les ."A fter greet ing s f rom the Chapter Re

gen t , an d a shor t talk by M i ss Brown ing,Mrs. Carey . who has taken act ive interesti n the plac ing of m a rkers by th is organi

fl'lrs.Joh n N ewm an Ca rey , H on orary Vi ce Presiden t Gen eral N . S . D . A. R .

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za t ion , spoke, say i ng in pa rt :‘

Edm undBu rke says : “

Those on ly deserve to berem em bered by pos teri ty who t reasureup the h i story of the i r ancestors . E veryon e m igh t n ot agree w i th Bu rke bu t theD aughters o f the Am erican Revo lut ione rec t m onum ent s an d place tablets on

h i s tor ic spo ts to a tt rac t the a ttent ion of

the you th o f the count ry and to s t im u latethe i r interes t i n the hero ic l ives o f ou rancestors . We w i sh to v i v i fy the pa s tWe w i sh to hel p the yo u th o f th i s generat ion to fee l the rom ance o f the past , andto m ake them see the t ra i l s through thefo res t

,where the ea rly se t t lers had to

blaze their way . Instead o f see ing thepa tent m edic ine signs along the road Iw ish the ch i ldren m igh t have p ictu res i nthei r m inds o f those early p ioneers andtha t they m ight be l ieve w i th the Baughters of the Am er ican R evo lut ion in t reas~u ring the h i story and reco rds of ou r

wonder fu l count ry .

Mrs. Chap in W. Foster, First S tateRegen t

’

o f Indi ana, who l i ved on t heN a t iona l Road for m any years, gave anaccoun t of those who t raveled i t , and

related m any o f the h i s torica l happen ing so f the las t centu ry . She sa id i n part“The t rai l s of the world have been m adeby prim i t i ve m an and w i ld beas ts sinceprim eva l days . Our ancestors foundm any wel l defi ned t ra i l s . fo l lowed themthrough the forests un t i l they becam ewel l t rodden pa th s . Ou r count ry i s n owcrossed and re - crossed by count lessroads . In th i s grea t laby rin th o f h ighways there i s on e that i s of grea t h i sto ric i nterest— the old Cum berland Road,as i t i s nam ed i n al l the Govern m en tdocum ents, or the Nat iona l Road, as weca ll i t .We are here assem bled today i n

recogni t ion o f the very im portan t partth i s N at iona l h ighway has had on theh i story of Indiana , and of i ts crossingw ith the road that uni ted Indiana w ithher si ster sta te M ich igan .

t t e e e

The great adventurer o f these daysi s the au tom obi le touri st or the m o to rcycl i st . For them the n ew t ra i l has

Franc is Shaw Chap ter (Anam osa,Iowa ) has com pleted a very pleasant andprofi table year. Am ong the various

evolved, w i th i ts hands of red. blue , yel

low, wh i te or black, w i th i ts vari ous des igns of b lack arrows ; and red or blueba l ls or d iam onds .

“These pai nted t races fol low the h igh

ways f rom c i ty to c ity, f rom sta te tos ta te, f rom region to region .

“The new pacer sw i ngs gai ly ou t of

Indianapo l i s down the D i x ie H ighwayc lea r to Flori da . H e fol lows the blueand wh i te and sw ings westward to

Sea t t le ; or ano ther fo l lows the wh itered- wh ite nort hward . By thou sands thepubl ic are pa ssing over these pa intedt races tha t fo l low the original t ra i l s ofthe explorers of old.

“Many o f the o lder t rai l s are be ing res tored such as the old N a tchez T race,Boone 5 R ou te th rough th i s sta te to theFrench set t lem ent s on the Grea t Lakes,the San ta Fe T ra i l , and m any o thers ofthe Indians and of the origi na l wh i teexplorers . So once m ore ou r grand N at i on al Road i s com ing into i ts own again,and has been resto red to i ts form er grea t~ness as the firs t h ighway f rom the Eastto the West .Mrs. Atk i ns, R egen t of our chapter

f rom i ts beg i nn ing, closed the exerc i sesw i th the im pressi ve words : " ‘We havem arked th i s beau t i fu l t ra i l ; bu t there isa t ra i l we m ust all t read, on e tha t leadsabove. May we a l l fol lowi t i "In a l l the ways we in li ndi an a have

b een celebra t i ng ou r on e h undredth bi rthday as a sta te, none seem s a finer m em o

rial to those m en and wom en bu t a l it tlet im e gone, who sm oo thed the way for us,and to whom we owe so m uch. than thesesam e m arkers . Beau t i fu l pagean t s del ight ou r eyes ; rel ics of vanished daysexc i te our i nterest i n a passing way ; butth i s stone endu res and s tands as a con

stant rem inder o f wha t has been , wha t i s,a nd wha t sha l l be a l i nk connec t ing thegenera t ions .

EM ILY FLETCH ER H istori a n .

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As the anniversa ry occurs on thena t iona l “Flag Day,” we dec ided ou r partwou ld be a flag ra is ing, toge ther w i th theh i s to ry of the fi rs t flag ever ra ised i n ourtown or county .

The fi rs t flag was m ade by Emm a Ray,a l inea l descendan t of E nsign Wm . H un

ga te, of Vi rgi n ia, a R evo lu t iona ry so ldie r.

At the t im e of the fi rs t town lot sale, ou rtown cons is ted of a s tore, blacksm ithshop, (m ayhap a saloon ) and a few

cabins or dwe l l ings, su rrounded by vas trol l i ng pra i ries w i th only here and the rea cabin where som e brave householderhad ventu red to face the privat ions andhardsh ips of a western f ront ier. When ,soon a f te r the lot sale, they began to planfor a Fou rth of Ju ly celebra t ion, i t wasfound tha t n ot a flag was to be had am ongthe ent i re popula t ion . What would a

ce lebra t ion be w i thou t a flag ! On e Emm aRay, daughter of a farm er tha t had com efrom near Bards town , Ky. , an d set tledon the p ra i rie near the towns i te, dec idedthey m us t have a flag. She v isi ted thel i t t le s tore owned and run by a youngm a n nam ed Jas . H . Saunders, purchasedm a teria l and w i th her own hands m adethe flag o f th i rteen st ripes and twentythree s tars

, and on the day of the celebra t ion t he young sto rekeeper raised i tto posi t ion on the flag staff .S ince we have a daughter, a grand

daughter, a s is ter and a niece, of Emm aRay, al l m em bers of ou r chapter, wefeel that we have m ore than a passingin teres t in th is flag a nd i ts h i story.

These ladies m ade a dupl icate of thefi rs t flag of th i rteen st ripes and twentythree s tars. Th is flag was ca rri ed byfou r young gi rl s of our chapter, holdingi t by the four com ers, who , fo l lowed bythe D . A. R .

’s of ou r chapter, m arched

to the cou rt house square , where f rom anelevated plat fo rm , the R ev. Lew i s M .

H ale m ade a splendid H istoric address,a f ter wh ich U nc le J imm ie Saunders, theStorekeeper” of long ago . h i s hai r n owwh ite w i th the f ro s t of nine ty - two

w i nters, s tood i n a lm os t the sam e spot ,fac i ng an im m ense throng, am id prolonged applause, and aga in un furled “

Old

G lo ry" to the breezes of grand old M i s~

sou ri . Capt . H ys lop, comm ander o f theG . A. R . Post, s tepped forward and ledin three rousing cheers for “

Old Glo ry ,then fo l lowed w i th three m o re for U nc leJ im m i e Saunders, and th ree for theD . A. R .

’

s.

Many eyes were dim m ed w i th tearsa t s igh t of th i s venerable old m an tak ingpart i n a pa t rio t ic dem onst ra t ion. The

crowd seem ed w i ld w i th enthusiasm ,

wh i le a spi ri t of loya l ty and pa t riot i smseem ed to pervade the a i r.Thus ends Ottr pa rt i n the ann iversa ry

program, bu t we feel the sto ry of the fi rs tflag wou ld not be com plete w i tho u t thel i t t le rom ance tha t i s a part o f i ts h is to ry .

Wh i le the young “s torekeeper” had com efrom near the sam e place in Ken tucky ashad Em m a Ray, nei th er had ever heardof nor seen the other unt i l she appearedi n the store to purchase goods for a flag.

So favo rabl y was b e im pressed w i th thecom el y young girl tha t he cou rted andm arried her T hey reared thei r fam i l yhere and have a lways been factors in thep rom ot ion of publ ic wel fa re, loved by a llthat knew them .

Mrs. Saunders was a t rue D . A. R . ,

al though She wen t to her reward longbefore tha t organ iza t ion had an ex is tence ,

bu t her husband St i l l l i ves to blessou r l i ves w i th h i s sm i le and grac iousm anner.The dupl ica te flag w il l be treasu red

am ong ou r chapter’s h i storic co l lect ions.MRS . J . F. MONTGOMERY, H i stor ia n .

L iberty Chapter (T i l to n , N . H .)passed i t s s ix teen th m i lestone in June,19 16. The m em bers have an u nflaggi n gin teres t i n the work of the Soc iety ; andan unusua l cordial i ty ex i s ts am ong them .

The com i ng year the chapter i s to s tu dythe R om ance of Am erican E xpans ion.

On the Fourth o f j u l y last , we part ic ipa ted i n the Town ’s celebrat ion of theday. Our chapter has fu rn i shed a roomi n the Publ ic L ib ra ry— where we ha vequ i te a l ibrary o f ou r own— a nd i t a l soa ffo rds a res t i ng place for ou r m em bers .H ere a lso is placed a col lec t ion of b istori

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ca l rel ics, the nucleus of wha t we hope

a t som e fu tu re t im e m ay prove worthyof a larger nam e .MARTH A Caocxa‘

r'

r RUSSELL, R egen t .

Gen e ral Ri chard Mon tgom ery Chapt er (G lo versv i l le , N . ce lebra ted i t sfi f teen th bi rt hday by gi v ing a luncheon a tthe H ote l W i ndsor. M i ss Margare t H .

Burdick, S tate T reasurer, and the re

gen ts or offi c ia l represen ta t i ves o f twelvechapters were gu ests of honor. Mrs.

Anna Marsha l l Be l lows , the R egent . presided, the h i sto rian gave an interest ingaccoun t of the chapter from i ts organizat ion , and m any o f the gues ts of honorspoke words of congra tu la t ion and en ~

couragem en t . An i n terest ing event i nconnect ion w i th the lun cheon was thep resen ta t ion of a beau t i fu l Am ericanFlag to the chapter by i ts honora ry m em

ber, Mrs. Florence Montgom ery Greenm an of U t ica , a descendan t of the manwhose nam e the chapter bears.

Olean Chapter (O lean , N . Y .) t e

port s even m ore en thusiasm i n i t s workthe pas t year than eve r be fore . The ca l lto ass i s t the loca l guardsm en wh i le do ingborder du ty i n the So u th , was respondedto w i th grea t prom ptness ; a nd rea lm a teri al a id was the resu l t . The chapterhas gi ven generously to various charitable ob jext s as they have been presented,aside f rom i ts annua l cont ribu t ion to

Con t inental H a l l . The chapter s t i l l hasthe pleasure and di st inc t ion of reta in ingupon i t s regi ste r, one R ea l D aughterMrs. Caro l ine R eed S tone , who a t theadvanced age of 93 yrs. i s fa i rly wel l ,and l i v ing w i th her son i n the far Wes t .

LOU ISE K. BALLARD , R ec. Sec.

Ph i li p Sch uyler Chap ter (T roy , N .

has rendered a grea t publ ic serv iceby hav ing cop ied al l the legible i n scri pt ions i n the two o ldest cem eteries w ith i nthe co rpo ra te l im i t s of the c ity prope r .On e o f them , Moun t Ida , i s abo u t on em i le sou th f rom the Ci ty H al l , on theeaste rn s lope of Prospect Park , S i tua tedon the p ic tu resque h igh bank of the Poes

Mu l tnom ah Chap ter (Po r t land, Ore

gon ) unvei led on Aug u s t 24 , 19 16 ,a

m onum en t a t Mu l tnom ah Fa l l s on theColum bia H ighway, and a lso on or ve ry

tenkill; the o ther i s the old Lan singbu rghcem e tery , about two and a hal f m i lesno rth of the Ci ty H a l l . Buria l s are n olonger m ade in ei ther a nd weeds andsh rubbe ry have obl i terated m any of theinscript ions . As nei ther T roy n or La n

si ngb u rgh had or kept v i ta l s ta t i st ics i nearly t im es, these records are all the m orevaluable, be i ng i n m any cases the on lyth ing le f t of the founders of Troy, theheroes of 1 776 or 1 812 . E ach l is t has ibeen ca re fu l ly a rranged a l phabet ical ly by ;an experienced g enea logis t ; and they,have been pr i nted i n the T roy R ecord of

da tes j une 19 , and Ju ly Theserecords antedate a nyth ing to be founda t the Ci ty H all , and are m uch ear l i er:than T roy’s earl i es t D i rec toryT ranscripts on ly are pri n ted ; bu t the .

origi na l copy i s re ta ined by the chapterand may be consu l ted upon appl ica t ion .

Oberli n Chapter (Ober l i n , Ob ic) icelebra ted the ann iversary of Wash ing- 2ton’s Wedding by ty i ng a com forter. th us§jo in ing bus iness w ith pleasure. T h i s wa S '

on e of severa l tha t we sh ipped w i th other ith i ngs to schoo l s i n Ken tucky and iArkansas. In our basket business we ‘have opened a m a rke t for the m akers andsent m oney back to the m oun tains , and ii n ou r Break fas t Food business we

,

have ;accum u la ted a nes t - egg in the Sav ings 'Bank toward a scho la rsh ip i n a So uther n !schoo l . We have a l so cont ribu ted toward;the Oh io panel i n the Mem oria l a t Va l leyForge, presen ted a Flag to the Pleasan tS t reet schoo l ; an d pa id ou r proport iontoward the Annet te Phelps L i ncoln scho l~a rsh i p. We have been priv i leged to

have m eet w i th us at on e o f ou r m eet ingsou r S tate R egen t and ou r S ta te ViceR egen t ; a nd i t has added to the pleasu reo f severa l m eet i ngs to have the presenceof ou r Rea l D aughter, Mrs. Squ i re .

L ILLIAN M . S IIERRIL I. , H istori a n .

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near to tha t po rt ion o f the Oregon T rai l U nder th i s i nscript ion a large bow l hasused by tho se who jou rneyed down tha t been ch i se led i n the bou lder and wa ter i strai l a long the Co lum b i a ri ver. No finer p iped i n to th i s f rom benea th th e fa l l s, soday can be - im agi ned for the cerem onies that th i rsty v i s i tors a t any t ime can haveand no finer set t ing selec ted for such a a drink of pure and sparkl ing wa ter. Them ee t ing of D aughters f rom far 30 d nea r cerem onies a t tendan t upon the unvei l ingas wel l as di st i ngu i shed guests . S i tua ted were brie f and im press ive. Mrs. Jam esunder a s ta tely m aple t ree m idway be N , Dav is, regen t , i nt rod uced the spea k

ers, who included Mrs. Isaac Lee Patterson, s ta te regent ; Mrs. O . M . Ash ,s ta te and chapter chai rm an of the OldT ra i l s Com m i tt ee ; Mrs. Mary F. Fam

ham . dean o f wom en a t Pac ific U niversi ty ; Mr. Geo rge H . H em i s, sec re tary ofthe O regon H i s torica l Soc iety , and Mr.

S . C. Lancaster, engineer for the Ccl um bia H ighway . Mrs. J . B. Mon tgom

e ry , organizer and firs t s ta te regen t of theD . A. R . i n O regon , unvei led the m em oria l

, an d a f ter s ing ing of the S tarSpang led Banner, a l l present jo ined i n

giv ing the pledge to the flag and i n singing Am er ica .

The above descri pt ion of the grea testwork o f ou r chapter during the past yearwas wri t ten for the Portland Oregon ian,and was so com prehen s ive and conc i setha t I have sen t i t as m y repo rt for theyear : and as a token tha t a l though wehave rece i ved n o m ent ion in the pagesof the m agaz ine ou r chapter has n ot

lagged beh ind i n pa t riot ic work and en

thusiasm .

MRS . JAMES N . D AvIs, Regen t .

I d 1; My! : tall ( I. 1 Fo rt McIn tosh Cha pter (Beaver,Bow en m c m “MPenna . ) on Jul y 29 , 1 9 16, unvei led a

tween the Benson Bri dge below th e fal l s large gra ni te sha f t bea ring thi s i nscr ipa nd the rai lway close to the banks o f

the l i t tle creek fed by the fall s. the monu 1773 -19 16m en t w ill ever sta n d as a tribu te to th em emory of the O regon Pi on eers. Th i s Marks th e S i te of

U pon the bou lder i s a b ea u t i ful b ron ze F t. McIntosh

pla te w i th the fo l low i ng m scr Ipt Ion : F i rst U ni ted Sta tes M i l ita ry Post on th eT“ OW “ TM " North S ide of the Oh io R i ver.

1843 hE rected by Mu l tnom ah Chapter, 171 “ t by t e

D aughters of the Am erican R evolu t ion, D aughters Of the Am eri can R evo lu ti onPor tland’ Oregon, 19 16, of Bea ver Co Pen n sylvagigzed by (

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Boulder erected by For t McIn tosh ChapterDr . J . H . Bausm an. who has wri t ten

a h i s to ry o f the old fo rt and of the earl yse tt lers of Beaver Co . , ga ve a very in terest i ng an d i ns t ruct i ve ta l k on the old fort .the so ldi ers and thei r hardsh ips ; andwh ile th e S tar Spangled Banner was being sung, two l i t t le ch i ldren pu l led therope wh ich was connected w i th the flag,and the bou lder gradua l ly was di sc losedto v iew .

—SA.LLIE P . STON E, H istorian .

L i b erty Bell Chap ter (Al len town ,has had several im po rtant and i n

terest i n g addresses on pat rio t ic subj ect sdu ring the yea r ; presented a s i l k flag tohi stor ic Zion ’s Reform ed

‘Church a t Al

len town , i n terest ing pa t riot ic serv icesm ark i ng the event ; celebra ted Flag Daya t the Count ry Club ; a n d has had prepared a h i sto ry o f the chapter from it sorgan i za t ion , October 1 2 , 1892 , to thepresen t t im e . Th i s w i l l be kept w ithother h i s torica l data in the Morav ianCh u rch Arch i ves , Beth lehem , Pa . The

Comm i t tee on H istori ca l Research has

LAURA M . H ELMAN , H istorian .

Montrose C h a p te r (Mon trose,selec ted Flag Day, 19 16, for the

unvei l ing o f a large bou lder on Mon um en t Square. comm em o ra t ing the GrowH om estead Law o f 1862 . Placed on on e

s ide o f the bou lder i s a m em o ria l tabletof bronze, bea ri ng th i s i nsc ri pt ion :“Th i s bou lder from the fa rm o f H on .

Gal u sha A. C row . G lenwood Pa . , com

m em ora tes h i s H om estead B!“of 1862 .

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been m ost act ive. S ta te ma rkers wi thflags were placed a t the graves of fiveRevo lu t ionary so ldiers, Col. Peter B unkhal ter, Charles D eshler, Peter Kohler,Peter Rhoads and Lorenz (Law rence)Ruch . We have presen ted '

two go ldm eda l s and two other prizes to the pup i l so f the H igh School s during the year,have m ade a num ber of con t ribu t ions topa t riot ic and charitable objec ts ; have achapter badge, beau t i fu l i n des ign and

ou r Yea r Book i s a credi t to the Comm i ttee.

M ich elet Chap ter (Ph i lade l ph i a ,was o rganized i n Independence

H al l , Ph i ladel ph ia , Pa . , Ma rch 12 , 19 13,and nam ed M ichele t , i n honor of ou r

H ugu eno t ancestor, JeanJacques .M ichelet , who arri ved i n Ph i ladelph ia Augus t23, 1 733. and set t led i n Wh i teha l l town~ '

sh ip, Leh igh Co . H i s th ree sons tookpart in the R evo lu t ion, and h i s on l ydaughter m arried a R evo l u t ionary sol

di er. The sons were : John Jacob M ickley, John Mar t i n M ickley and John Peter M ickley . An o ther son , John H enry,wi th h i s s i ster Barbara . were k i l led bythe Indians : bu t the rem a in ing daughter,Magda lena M ickley, m arried Peter D eshler, who served i n the R evo lu t ion . Chapter m em bersh ip i s l im i ted to descendan tsof these four heroes .The chapter has cont ribu ted to pa t ri

o t ic wo rk i n var ious di rec t ions . and m ee ti ngs have been held i n Wash i ngt on ,

D . C. ; Ph i ladelph i a ; Rosel le, N . J. ;Sou th O range, N .J. , and M ickley ’s, Pa .

—M i n w e F. M i ck u -zv, R egen t.

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The near- by elm grew on the firs t hom es tead taken under th i s ac t . It wasbrought here by the firs t hom esteader,D anie l Freem an of Bea t rice, N ebraska,a t the t im e of the ova t ion given Mr.

Grow by the people of SusquehannaCounty i n June, 1903. E rected by Mon trose Chapter .”The program brought ou t a large and

pat riot ic a t tendance a nd a t tes ted to theh igh hono r pa id by Susquehanna Coun typeopl e for her grea tes t son , a m an who

i n h i s t i m e was a l so on e of the greates tAm er ican s

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of the age .H e was firs t elec ted to Congress

i n 185 1 , when only twenty - six years ofage, being the younges t m em ber of theH ouse a t the t im e . H i s m a iden speechwas m ade on the H om es tead Bi l l , and hepers isten t ly brought th i s m easu re forward every Congress for ten yea rs unt i la t last

,as Speaker of the H ouse, he had

the sa t i s fact ion of sign ing the law . Mr.

Grow died i n 1907 .

The m arker was presen ted to thecoun ty by the R egen t , Mrs. Mary Grifi‘i sBush . As the flag was w i thdrawn , theflag sa lu te was given by m em bers of thechapter. The address of the day wasgiven by Mr . D . T . Brewster, h im sel f o fR evolu t iona ry ancest ry, a nd on e of thesenio r m em bers of the Bar. H e acceptedthe m emo ri a l as m ark ing an epoch i nAm erican h i s tory.

"H i s address was so

fi l led w i th i n teres t to hom esteaders a l lover the land tha t I w i sh al l who havem ade for them sel ves hom es under th i slaw m igh t read i t .(Mas. H OMER B . ) GRACE B . JOH N SON ,

H istoria n .

Valley Forge Chapt er (N o rr i s town ,assem bled on Monday, June 19 ,

19 16, the 1 38th an n iversa ry o f the evacua t ion of Va l ley Forge by the Am eri cant roops, i n the tem po rary \Vash ingt onMem oria l Chape l a t Val ley Forge to carry ou t w i th appropriate cerem ony thededicat ion of a p rayer desk to the m emory of M rs. Anna Morri s H ol stein .

Th i s hono r to Mrs. H o ls tein was accorded her pa rt ly because of her hav ing

o rganized the chapter, suggest ing i tsnam e, and being i ts fi rs t regen t , bu t m oreespec ia l ly becau se of her in i ti at ing andca rry ing on the work of preservi ngWash i ngton’s H eadquarters a t Val leyForge f rom desec ra t ion and des t ruct iona nd secu ri ng i t for S ta te and count ry .

In th i s she w as ac t i vely i n teres ted un t i lher hea l th fa i led.

Ow ing to the unfinished condit ion of

the Wash i ngton Mem o ria l Chape l these rvices were h eld in the tem po ra rys t ruc tu re near by and com m enced a t

eleven o'

clock . There was a large delega t ion of Chapter m em bers presen t anda num ber of represen ta t ives f rom o thern ea rby chapte rs, tog e ther w i th ma nyrelat ives of Mrs. H ols te in.

The chapte r wa s hono red by havi ngw ith i t Mrs. W i l l iam Cumm i ng S to ry,Presiden t Genera l , and M i ss FlorenceG . Finch, Cha irm an. of the Maga z i neCom m i tt ee . The Sons of the Am ericanR evo lu t ion were represen ted by thei rPresiden t

,Majo r Moses Vea le, wh i le the

Soc iety of the Ci nc inna t i , the Penna.H i storica l Soc i ety, the H i storical Soc ietyof Montgom ery Co . , Penna and the Valley Forge Park Com m iss ion a l so hadm em bers presen t to represen t them .

At the conclusion of the open ing service the prayer desk was unve iled by theregen t, Mrs. Fisher, du ri ng the s ing i ngo f Am e rica, and present ed by her to theWash i ngton Mem orial Chape l . The deski s a beau t i fu l work of art , and on i t i sengraved th i s i nsc ript ion : “

To the Glo ryof God and i n Mem ory o f Anna Morri sH ol stein, who i n Wa r served the N a t ionas a N urse, and i n Peace preservedWash i ngton's H eadqua rters , th i s D esk i sgi ven by the Val ley Forge Chapter,D . A. R . , o f wh ich she was the Foundera nd Fi rs t R egen t .Th is i nscript ion was read by the Rev.

W . H erbe rt Burk , R ecto r of Wash i ngton Mem or ia l Chape l , and was fo l lowedby an interest ing talk by the PresidentGenera l gi ven w i th al l o f her wel l - knowncharm and grace of m anner. The S ta rSpangled Banner was then sung . a f terwh ich Mr. Burk de l i vered the m em oria l

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address,dwel l ing feel ingly on the se rv

ices o f M rs. H o l stein as Lady Managerfor Mon tgom ery Co. , Pa for the Moun tVernon Assoc ia t ion, as nurse during theCiv i l Wa r, as Regen t

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of Va l ley ForgeCentenn ial and Mem oria l Assoc ia t ionand as orga nize r of Va lley Forge Chapter.A f te r prayer and the s inging o f na

t ion al hym ns, a l l presen t repai red to theMart ha Wash in gton log cabin , wherethey were served w i th a boun t i fu l luncheon fu rn i shed by the chapter, and en

j oyed a soc ia l t im e.The P res iden t General and M i ssFinch , who were the gues ts of Mrs.

Fisher du ri ng thei r s tay i n N orristown ,were gi ven an oppo rtun i ty to v iew thebea u t i fu l locat ion and m any po i nt s o f

i nteres t connec ted wi th th i s spo t so i am ous i n the h i s tory of ou r coun try .

De l ight fu l wea ther added to the pleasu reof the day ; and a t i ts en d the chaptertu rned hom eward wel l pleased w ith theconsum m at ion of the work tha t had oc

cupied i ts hands and heart s for so m anym onths .

M as. E LLE N Kn ox FORNANCE ,H istori an .

W ayn e Chap ter (H aw ley , Penna . )has com ple ted a yea r o f prospe ri ty and

m en ta l grow th under the leadersh ip of

the regen t , M i ss Bertha Lane. The i a

t roduct i on of the S alu te to the Flag asthe open ing o f a l l m ee t ings has foundfavo r w i th the m em bers . The ProgramCom m i t tee cho se Pennsylvan ia as thegenera l them e o f a l l papers for the year,a nd as a resu l t the arch i ves are enrichedby m uch va luable m a t ter rela t i ng to ou r

own sta te .H ELE N M . Cooxe, H i storia n .

Thom as Shelton Ch ap te r (Gon za les,T exas ) , has held m onth ly m ee t ings andm ade dec ided progress in pat riot ic edu~

ca t ion an d i n our know ledge of the Indian and the part he played in earlyAm e rican h i s to ry . On J u l y Fourth ou r

chapter had a decorated floa t represen ting Wash i ngton and h i s comm it tee di

rect i ng Betsy Ross how to make the fi rstU n i ted S ta tes Flag . On Flag D ay a t achapter m ee t ing a pe t i t ion was c i rcu la ted,ask ing the Board of T rustees of the

Publ ic Schoo l s to see that once a m on theach

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teacher gi ve a ta lk on the subj ect ,“H onor Ou r F lag," and tha t a l l pup i l s berequ ired to sa lu te the Flag whenever theoppo rtuni ty occu rred. We have m ade

ge nerous con t ribu t ions to chari ty and a l soto a num ber of pa t riot ic obj ec ts.(Mas. J . F. ) J . ADELAID E Tare, Regen t .

E th an Allen Chap ter (M iddlebury ,Vt . ) celebra ted i t s twen t ie th bi rthday

,

on

October 19 th , 19 l6, by gi v ing a l uncheonin Masonic Tem ple, and invi t ing fives i ster chapters.Mrs. John S tewart , E than A l len's R e

gent . m et the delega t ion of lad ies , beingassi sted in the recei v ing l ine by the S ta teR egen t , Mrs. E . S . Marsh of Brandon ,and two charter m em bers of twen ty yearsago .

The hal l was beaut i fu l ly decora tedw i th the Am erican flag s

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and Au tum nleaves . a nd the ins ign ia o f the soc iety,lending a no te of pat ri ot ic gayety to theoccasion .

Pla tes were la id for on e hundred and

th i rty - five, Mrs. D . H . Coc ran ofl'

eri n ggrace . The a fter dinner speeches wereof m arked di s t i nc tness, E than Al len'sR egen t gi v ing the address of welcom eand fo l lowed by each v is i t ing R egen t ,S tate R egent Mrs. E . S . Marsh of Brandon , speak ing espec ia l l y upon harm onyi n the Chapters .Mrs.

,\V. W . McG ilton , a charter

m em ber of the soc i ety, read a pape r on“R em in i scences,” gi v ing t he h i story o f

the Chapter du ring i ts twen ty years'

of

ex istence.An insp i r i ng address by Mrs. H elen

King Cheesm an o f Prov idence, RhodeIsland, was gi ven, her subjec t being“The power of thought and enthusiasm .

A poem wri t ten and read by the aut hor, M i ss Ka therine G riswold, H is tor ianof Ma ry Baker Al len Chapter, was given ,and two very charm ing ly rendered songsby Mrs. Mable Cot t rel l .

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E than Al len Chapter feel s tha t them eet ing and en terta ining of th is grandpa t rio t ic o rga n iza t ion of ladies was agrea t hono r and an insp i rat ion for us

long to rem em ber.Jea n na L . WRIGH T, H istorian .

L ake St. Catheri n e Chapter (W e l l s,Vt . ) has com pleted i ts work of copy ingrecords of a l l m arr iages i n the towns ofWel l s a n d Paw let , Vt . ; ha s m arkedeight an d loca ted ten m ore graves of

R evolu t ionary so ldiers ; awarded p ictures to schoo l s i n Paw let and Wel l s,and sen t a barrel of c loth i ng to theD . A. R . school a t George town, S . C.

Through the effo rts of the chapter ananc i en t bu ry ing ground has been re

c la im ed i n Paw le t, and a new flag andhag

- s taff have been placed a t the bou lder i n Wel l s . ’

—Mas. S . C. D aw son,H i storia n .

St . John de Crevecou r Chapter (S t .Johnsbury, Vt . ) presen ted a pagean tYe R evel s of S t ra t ford Towne” be forea large and del igh ted audi ence Augus t 2and 3, 19 16 . T he proceeds were devotedto pay ing for a fine h i story of the town,com p i led under the ausp ices of the chapter. The S tra t fo rd fair, w ith the at~

tendan t shepherds and da i rym a ids, vi llagers and ch i ldren , the peddlers, wherrysel lers, a le boo th revelers, W i l l Shakespea re h im sel f, and the lords and ladiesaga ins t the background of na tura lscenery brought the si x teen th cen turyback aga in for a n igh t, and added grea tly to the coffers of the chapter t reasury .

Falls Church Chap ter (Fa l ls Ch u rch ,Vi rgi nia ) takes great pleasure and pri dein recording tha t a t las t the Martha

w i l l has been res tored to

i t s old hom e in Fai r fax . You recal l tha tdu ri ng the w i nter of 19 1 5 a represen tat i ve of the chapter wrote to Mr. J . P.

Morgan ask ing for the retu rn of the w i l lwh ich was in h i s po ssess ion . The som ewha t cu rt reply, i n wh ich b e posit i velyre fused to return the w i l l , was fol lowed

by an agi ta t ion of the subject i n the publ ic press , in the cou rse o f wh ich the correspondence be tween Mr. Mo rgan andour represen ta ti ve was publ i shed. Con

siderab le i nteres t was aroused in thesubjec t, and the governor of the s tatetook the m at ter in hand. Aided by expe rt legal counsel , he brough t such pressure to bear upon Mr. Mo rgan tha t thew i l l wa s a t las t surrendered, uncondit iona l ly, to the state, coun ty and CourtH ouse from wh ich i t had been takendu ri ng the Ci v i l War. The m a tt er wasbrought to a happy conc lus ion, so faras we are concern ed when the w i l l wasbrought to Fai r fax by the sta te a t torneygen eral. Qu i te a num ber of in teres tedspectators had ga thered a t the CourtH ouse to w i tness the recept ion of the

w i l l,am ong whom were m em bers of ou r

own and Fai r fax coun ty ch apters . It

was form al ly presen ted to th e county,recei ved by the c lerk of the cou rt , an da gi f t of fi f ty dol lars was m ade to prov ide a su i table case for i t . We fee l tha tth e thank s of the chapter are due to all

who a ided i n bringi ng abou t th i s resu l t ,a nd espec ia l ly to Mrs. Barbou r, who i ai t i a ted the m ovem en t tha t gave th i sva luable docum en t back to ou r people.In the cou rse of the year ou r chapter

has con t ribu ted toward the sum neededto provide a su i table enc losure for theMason bu ri al plo t a t Gunston H a l l ,where the body of George Mason l iesbu ried. We have a l so contribu ted to

the fund for m ark ing the Boon e tra i l ,and for o ther pa t rio t ic obj ect s .Ou r chapte r has been ca rry ing on an

in terest ing co rrespondence w i th rega rdto the old com m un ion service that belonged to old Fa l l s Chu rch before thewar. A ided by the rector, we are hoping be fore the year i s ou t

,to procure a t

leas t pa rt of the old service for th i s h i storic church .

Ano ther p iece of work tha t i s s t i l lf resh i n ou r m inds i s the res torat ion of

on e of the boundary s tones that m arkthe origi na l D i s tric t of Co l um bia . Th i sstone has been surro unded by a h igh i ronfence, and has been su i tably m arked.

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D oubleday, Page Co , Garden Ci ty , N . Y., 19 16. Price,

boxed.

As there i s n o spo t on earth, probably, tha tappea ls so strong ly to the innerm ost fibre o f

every D aughter o f the Am erican R evo luti onas does Mount Vernon, th is story of the p lacefrom the first deed of g i ft down through theRevo lut ion to the t im e when it becam E ‘

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veritable cap ital of th e N at ion wi l l be n u

doubtedly eagerly ,sought after. The price ofthe book places it within the reach of a ll,and the fifty-odd i l lustrat ions; m any o f wh ichare un fam i l iar, an d all wonderfu l ly fin e for

a book of th is character, m akeon e desirous ofg iving a copy to every fri end.The Introduction, written by Lawren ceWash ing ton, the last surviv ing m a le ch i ldborn i n Moun t Vernon, closes with the fol

lowing :“Much of what, i n the past, has been sa id

a nd wr itten abo ut Mo unt Vernon has beenba sed on tradit ion, and while Mr. W ilstach'scarefu l invest igat ion has confirm ed m an y o f

these tradit ions, som e of wha t has been be

lieved has been found n ot ent irely accurate,and h i s patient research ha s brought to l ightm uch that was n ot know ._n I t was n ot an ea sytask, a nd those who feel an abidin g interesti n the hom e o f the Father of h is Coun try, andwho apprec iate fai th fu l endeavor, wi ll rccogn ize the debt due the author for his pat ien tlabor of love.Fo r Mr. Wi lstach has n ot m erely gi ven a

descript ion of the estate, and its physicalchanges during the centuries. H e has peopledit with its owners an d their g uests ; a nd to

m ake it all seem m ore real has used m anyi llustra t ions o f the grounds i n who le and in

pa rt an d also o f the princ ipa l characters conn ected therewith. Wh i le the p ictures of

Wash ing ton taken i n the uni form o f aV irg inia Co lone l, an d o f h i s fa i r bride,M istress Martha (D andridge) Cust is, and

also of Adm iral Vernon, are to lerablyfam i l iar, the reproduct ion of S tuart 's portrait o i Nell ie Cust is is on e that would at

tract a ttent ion anywhere. On e can wel l b el ieve the descript ion g iven of her by a friendof Ko sc iusko who visited the m ansion soona fter the Revolut ion.

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She w as on e of thosecelest ia l be ings so rarely produced by nature,som et im es dream t of by poets and pa inters,wh ich o n e cannot see w ithout a fee l ing o f

ecstacy. H er sweetness equa ls her beauty, andthat i s perfect. She plays on the p iano . She

s ings," etc.

In the sketch o f The Music- Room m ay beseen “

the harpsichord whiclt General “(ashi n gton im ported from London for Mrs. Washi ngton

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s g ran d-daughter, N ell ie Cust is.

”

Whether the story about th is that wa s told toall v isitors to Mount Vernon i n the seven t i esbe true or not. it sounds m ost p lausible, andone wom an wi ll always bel ieve it even i f i tfinds n o place i n the book be fore us. Accordi ng to the old n egro servan t, General Washi n gt on loved Nel l ie Cust is so dearly tha t hecould n ot bear to have her m arry ou t o f h i s

fam i ly ; an d so when rum ors came to h i s earso f th is and that gay su itor, he dec‘ lded to sendfor his favorite nephew, Lawre nce

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Lew i s, who

was a fin e perform er on the flute to spend thecom ing winter at Mount Vernon as h i s secretary ; ordered the harpsichord from Londona nd used to request the two to play eachevening ei ther fo r h im or the guests. Whatwonder that h i s plan worked to perfecti onthat gradually the hours together g rew m o rea nd m ore frequen t, a nd tha t the fo llowingFebruary the wedding took place.The appendix is divided into four parts

and contains the T i tle o f the land ; the Tableof General vis its to Moun t Vern on wh ile Pres iden t ; the Nam es of tho seborn, m arri ed an d buried at Mount Vernon ;and the Regen ts and Vice Regents o f the

Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc iat ion of the

Union , since its organizat ion . In th is last parton e notes the nam es of m any prom inen tDaughters.Through the court esy of the publ ishers,

D oubleday, Page Com pany, we a re cn a b led

to reproduce Mount Vernon as it appearedabout the t im e Pam ela Cunningham arousedthe people o f the Nat ion to b uy and preservei t : and Wash ingt on's Bedroom as it is n ow,

w i th m any of the orig inal art icles restored to

their right fu l places. The p icture of the bedroom to wh ich Martha \Vash ington m oveda fter the death o f the General, the ga rdenw ith its wonder fu l box hedges, the centralhal l, with the key of the Bast i le, presented to

Vi'ash i n gt on by La fayette i n pla in view on the

wal l—these and m any o ther i l lustrat ion s we

fain wou ld reproduce i f space perm itted. We

can only close with the sug gest io n that eachDaughter b uy an d see for herse l f the treasureo f p icture a nd a n ecdote , the tenth part of

wh ich has n ot been to ld.

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PETERBOROUGH , N . H IN TH E AME R ICAN REVOLUT ION , by JonathanSm ith, Pres ident, Cl inton (Mass ) H istorical Soc iety, publ ished by the . Peterborough H i stor ical Soc iety, 19 13. Price,The first chapter of th is work treats with

the part Peterborough took i n the Fren ch andIndian war, sen ding 32 m en— s ixteen per centof the ent ire popu lat ion—wi th short sketcheso f the m en an d the ir ofli ci al record. Of th isnum ber, thirteen, or nearly on e-hal f perishedi n the service or from the eff ects of it . Of

the survivors all b ut eight are known to havefought for the Co lonies i n the Revo lut ion.and no t on e took the s ide o f the m other count ry . A fin e record, indeed, for the Sco tch- Irishwho founded the town i n 1 750. ln the nextchapter is g i ven the l ist o f the “trainable So ldiers,Jan . 13, an d a short account g iveno f the work o f the Com m i ttees of Corresponden ce wh ich perform ed their work o f dissemi n a t i n g in form at ion and binding the people together to res ist the aggressions of Eng landso wel l that “wh i le it is probable that n ot anewspaper was taken i n town i n 1 775 the people were fu l ly in form ed of curren t events. "These Com m ittees were accused by the Tories,

and Daniel Leonard, of Taunton, Mass , theTory pam phleteer, especial ly, of be ing the

source of the rebe l l ion.

As the town records are so m eager theauthor has ably suppl ied deficienc ies by drawi n g on the records o f state and nat ion. On e

finds all the princ ipa l events of the Revolu

ti on, i n which Peterbo rough took any parta nd those i n wh ich they did n o t are few and

far between— conc ise ly b u t g raphical ly described, an d can wel l bel ieve that the h istory,and the sketches o f the m en who took part“correctly reproduce what the m i l itary andpen sion ro l ls show, supplem ented by sucho ther facts as the writer has been able to

ga ther, after exhaust ing every source of i n

form at ion known to him or to those withwhom he has consu l ted i n their preparat ion.

An index of persons adds the finish ing touchto th is com prehensive h istory, and renders itvaluable to an y student of N . H . h isto ry as

wel l as m erely of the town of Peterborough.

A H ISTORY OF SCH EN ECTADY (N . Y. ) DUR ING TH E REVOLUT ION , To

Wh ich Is Appended A Contribut ion To The IND IVIDUAL RECORD S OF TH E IN

H ABITANTS OF TH E SCH ENECTADY D ISTR ICT DUR ING TH AT PE R IOD , byW il l is T . H anson. In , A.M . Price. ca rriage prepaid.

Address Mr. Edw in G. Conde, Agent, No. 2, University P lace, Schen ectady, N . Y.

This Royal Octavo volum e o f 301 pages, 20o f wh ich is devoted to an index, i s a valuableaddit ion to the h isto ry of that m ost im portantsect ion, the Valley of the Mohawk. Whi le thetown itsel f is supposedly the bas is o f the h istory , the burden of c ivi l and m i l itary servicebeing held al ike by the m en o f the district andthe inhabitants o f the town, the h istory real lyperta ins to the who le district.Twenty chapters ( 125 pages ) are devoted to

the part Schenectady took i n general, and m ostcopious notes and references are gi ven for

each fact asserted. The rest of the work con

tains the individua l records of service. alphabet i cally arranged, and i n these records, es

pec i ally, is on e able to apprec iate the value o f

the h itherto unpubl ished h istorica l m ateri al .R ecords o f the Com m i ttee o f Safety, inco rrectly indexed, found by chance i n the Li braryo f Congress, local m uster ro lls and Revolu

t ion ary letters garnered from old ga rrets, pension appl icat ions, on ly to be found i n the Pens ion Ofii cH ll these and m ore have been usedas a basis fo r these indiv idual records of m en

an d wom en whose descendants are el ig ible to

patrio tic soc iet ies.

GENEALOGY OF TH E AYRES FAMILY. of Fa i rfield County, COn n .

GENEALOGY OF TH E STATES FAM ILY, of Ren sselaerwyck (AlbanY) . N . Y.

These two pam phlets, com piled by Jam esN oyes S tates, 364 H oward Ave N ew H aven,Conn., are eviden t ly the prel im inary vo lum eso f a m o re extended h isto ry o f each fam i ly.T he difleren t fam i l ies a re treated ; re ferences

gi ven for service cla im ed i n Revolut ionary orColonial wars ; and a good index is appendedto each vo lum e. They wi ll prove o f greatassistan ce to all gen ealog ists search ing forrecords of the two fam il ies.

TH E CH RON ICLES OF TH E COCH RAN S, com piled and written by Ida CochranH aughton, 431 E . Oak land Ave., Columbus, Oh io . Price,Th is book of 147 pages, gi ves a very read

able sketch of the Cochran Fam i ly i n Sco t landand Am erica, together with som e M iscel lan eous H istory of the Pennsy lvania Cochra ns,

and the McChord Fam i ly into wh ich Jam es,grandfather of the author, interm arried. The

author states i n the pre face that as m ost fami ly h istories that have com e to her not ice have

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been rather t iresom e and uninterest ing be

ca use o f their extrem e leng th and absence ofan ecdo te to enl iven their pages, she has usedextracts from standard autho ri t ies freely to

en l iven the pages and also as an i ncent ive tofurther research on the part of the reader.T he absence of an index is greatly to be

reg ret ted, but as the hope is held out of ao

other edit ion i n the nea r fut ure, we trust tha tit m ay be in cluded i n the n ew edition. An

interest ing sketch is g iven of D r. John Cochran , Di rector General of the H ospita ls of theUnited S tates i n 1 781 , an d also of the deathof Wi l l iam Coch ran at the siege of FortH enry, at Wheel ing , Sept. 13, 1 782 .

EDMOND HAWES. OF YARMOUT H , MASSACH U SSET S, H IS ANCESTORSAN D SOME OF H IS D ESCENDANTS, by Jam es W i ll iam Hawes, A.M. Publ ished bythe Lyons Gen ea log ical Co., New York City, 1904. Price,Th is book of 220 pages, th irty of wh ich is

devoted to an index, is a revis ion of the genealogy publ ished by the sam e author i n 1882,and also contains genealog ies of the Brom e,Co l les, Greswold, Porter, Rody, Shri ley and

Whi tfield fam i l ies, all of whom are all ied bym arriage. 1 17 pages are devoted to the fami ly i n Eng land, Edm ond Hawes, the im m ig rant, hav ing been born there and bapt izedOct . 1 5, 1612 . H is w ill , dated May 5, 1692 , isg i ven i n fu l l, and shows that he was then “

of

Yarm outh, in ye County of Barnstable i n New

Eng land being aged and under m uch bodi lydecay and weakness b ut of sound m em ory an ddisposing m ind.

”H i s descendants in Chat

ham an d H arwich seem to have l ived up tothe reputat ion of the ir ancestors and to haveoccup ied po s it ions of trust and influence duri n g the Revolut ion, all the re ferences forwhich statem ents be ing very care fu lly and

freely g iven. The book wi l l be o f g reat assi stan ce to genealog ists an d others desirin gin form at ion on the H awes Fam ily.

H ISTORY OF THE HUBBELL FAM I LY, conta ining Genealog ical Records of theAncestors and D escendants o f R ICH ARD H UBBELL, from 1086 to 19 15, by Wal terH ubbell ; second edition, publi shed by the author, 1916. Price,This handsom e quarto volum e of 406 pages,

thirty o f wh ich are devoted to a com prehen

sive index, contains a record of abou tdescendants o f R ichard H ubbel l, who was ad

m i tted a planter i n Gu il ford, Conn. , i n 1653-4 ,m oved to Fairfield, where he becam e “

Sargt .”

an d where, N ov . 20, 1699, h i s widow Abiga i lwa s gi ven letters o f adm inistrat ion. H i stori

cal sketches of vari ous descendants, by nam eof H ubbel l, cover nearly two hundred pages,an d form a very interest ing and authent ic h i story of the United States, its custom s, m anners, etc. On e is im pressed i n g lanc ing overtha n to see how m any took part i n defen dingtheir country i n its various wars. A p ictureof the house bu il t in 1 768 by Capt. MatthewH ubbel l, an d st i l l owned by h is H ubbel l descenda n ts i s on e of the m an y il lustrat ionsthroughou t the book . A l though Capt . Ma t

thew H ubbel l died i n 1 772, h i s son , \Volco tt

H ubbel l, who inherited the house, took partin the Batt le of Bennington, starting fromhom e wi th all h is farm hands. on e of whomwas k il led whi le fight ing at h i s side. Two

Briti sh o ffi cers taken pri soner at the Batt lewere brought to Lanesborough, Mass , an d im

prisoned i n the H ubbe l l H om estead. The roomin wh ich they were lodged is sti l l cal led the“Prison Room .

”T hey were ev idently

plea sed w i th the care taken o f them , for i nleaving they presented Mrs. H ubbel l withsom e tea, then unobtainable i n Am er ica, and a

n eck lace of go ld beads. “The house presen ts

a perfect type o f co lonial establ ishm ent . All

the woodwork was finely finished, and the

cen tra l staircase in the large hall, wh ich runs

through the m iddle of the house, con tains handcarvings and m ahogany ba lustrades.” In the

k itchen the great hearth an d fi replace, largeenough to contain a great back log, an d alsothe crane and pot - hooks, all rem ain i n theiro rig inal condit ion. Bu i l t adjacent to the fire

p lace is the oven , wh ich consisted of a largeflat m arble slab, wi th a fin e connect ing withthe ch im ney, i n wh ich a fire was l ighted andthe slab hea ted, so that bread cou ld be shovedi n upon the hot stone an d thus baked. Justback o f the m arble slab is a shoo t so that theem bers an d ashes cou ld be pushed down into '

a cel lar, and thus co llected were used i n them an u facture of soap. The establ ishm ent wassel f- support ing . Sugar was obta ined froma large m aple forest, and tea and co ffee weren ot then in use. All the l inen a nd clo th werem ade i n the house from m aterials producedupon the farm . In the cellar there are racksfor forty barre ls o f c ider, as well as root cellars, where no th ing wou ld freeze, even i n the

coldest weather. There was also i n Co lonialdays, a device, long - since disappeared, whereo

i n m eat, gam e and pou l try were stored and

kept frozen unt i l used. The descript ion o f thisestate is recom m ended to those who th ink thatfireless cookers and co ld storage are m oderninvent ions.A Gen ealog ical Record o f D escendants of

Benedict H ubbel l, o f Germ any, and a num bero f records of individual H u b bels, n ot con

nected at present w ith R ichard, the Im m igrant. together wi th foo t- no tes, g iving referen ces for all authoritat ive statem ents, add tothe value of th is ex cel lent work.

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The M ITCH ELL FAM ILY MAGAZINE. publ ished by Wm . M. Clem ens. 56 P ine St ..N . Y. C i ty, for October, 19 16, contains, i n addit ion to the usual records o f m arriag es o f

M itchel ls—th is num ber treat ing of the Maine, R . I., N . J N . Y ., and Va. branches—thebegi nn ing of a series which w ill be of g reat adva ntage to all descendan ts o f poss ibleR evo lut ionary M itchel l ancestors, v i z. , a short sketch of So ldiers o f the Revo lut ion bynam e of M itchel l, wi th genealog ical no tes on their fam i l ies and descendants. The l istin th is issue beg ins with Abiel Mi tchel l, o f Mass , who m arried Mary Leonard. an d

closes with Jonathan M itchel l, also of Mass , who died i n 182 1 i n No rth Yarm ou th, Maine.The Septem ber issue o f TH E PATR IOT IC MARYLANDER . publ ished under the

auspices of the Daughters of the Am erican Revo lut ion i n Mary land, a nd edited by Mrs.Charles E . Pa rr 18 East Lafayette Ave., Balt im ore, Md. , contains a num ber o f fin e art icles,each on e of wh i ch is wel l wo rth the price o f a year's sub script io n—o n e do l lar. La ck o fspace prevents a descr ipt ion of all. b ut we wou ld espec ial ly cal l atten t ion to the publ icat ionfor the first t im e o f the m uster ro l l i n 1 775 of the Th irteenth Ba ttal ion o f the M i l it ia, o f

Kent Cc .,Md. This Battal ion was com posed o f m en from the lower part o f the co unty.

who served under Col. R ichard Graves. Mr. Percy G. Ski rven . who has so carefu l lycop ied the nam es from the m anuscript records i n the Md. H istorical Soc iety and arra ngedthem alphabe t ical ly. prom ises i n a future issue to gi ve the nam es o f those i n the uppercounty who served at the sam e t im e i n the Twen ty- Seventh Battal ion.

AN H ISTOR ICAL AN D GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF AN D REW ROBE SON ,

OF SCOT LAND , N EW JE RSEY AND PENN SYLVAN IA, AND OF H IS DESCEN DANTS FROM 1653 TO 19 16. Com p i led. edi ted and publ ished by Kate H am i lt on Osbo rn e,287 R idge St.. Newark, N . J . Price, fu ll levant. b uckrarn , cloth.I t is extrem ely difficu l t within the space

a l lotted to a review to g ive an y concept ion o f

the weal th of inform at ion to be found i n th isvo lum e of 760 pages, on e- tenth of wh ich isdevo ted to a com prehensive index. The de

scen dan ts only of Andrew Robeson,Jr. ,who

em igrated to th is coun try with his uncle, Andrew Sen , about 1676, are traced ; bu t they are

scattered i n alm ost every state and territory,in A frica, France, and Great Britain. It i sn ot, however, m erely the character o f the descendan ts which dist ingu ishes th is genealogyfrom others—although they include D r. Speucer Baird, H on . George M. Robeson. H on .

\V. W. Rockh i l l, Adm i ral Farquhar and othernotable m en an d wom en i n their num bern or i s it only the excel lent i l lustrat ions, or

the abundance of references to all facts stated ;i t is tha t the com p i ler has succeeded i n col

lee t ing and reproduc ing so m any of the legends o f the anc ient worth ies. so i l lustrat ive o fthe custom s o f the t im es, that even to on e who

is n ot a descendant the bo ok i s i n terest i n g .

Extracts from on e o f the m any sketchesthroughout the book w ill serve as a n il lustraEdward Yorke. b Sept. 20, 1 738, i n Berks

Co ., Pa ., inJan . 22 . 1 762, Sarah St i lle ( 1738had nine ch i ldren an d d Apr. 12 , 1 781 ,

a t Phi ladelph ia, and was buried i n the churchyard o f Gloria D e i (Old Swedes ) . H e wentto sea at an early age. was Capt . o f a m er

chan t vessel be fore the Revolut ion, was cap

turcd i n on e of the first armed vessels sent ou tby the Co lon ies. was exchanged and i n com

m and o f a ga ll iot i n the attack on Mud Forton the D elaware R iver. Oct . 23, 1 777, whenthe fri gate “

Augusta" was sunk, and had sev

eral ribs b roken . It is the wood from th issam e sh ip “Augusta that was used i n furnishi n g and com plet ing the N ew Jersey room i n

Mem orial Cont inenta l H al l. for i n 1906 , at theinst iga t ion of the An n VVh i tall Chapter o f

Woodbury, N . J., the “Augusta” was raised,

a fter having been i n the river 130 years. Th iswood takes a h igh po l ish, and is alm ost blackfrom having lain so long i n the water ; and“the N ew Jersey Room " is on e o f the

“showroom s" i n wh ich tourists seem to take m ostinterest. A handsom ely carved chair was alsom ade from the wood and presented to thePres ident o f the Uni ted S ta tes durin g theadm inistrat ion o f H oward Taft . Afterthe death o f Edward Yorke, Sarah m arriedThom as Vanderpoo l, a West Indian m erchant

,

and had on e daughter, Sarah.

D uring the war Edward's w i fe cou ld learnn oth ing of h is whereabo uts and with her l itt ledaughter E l iza used to v is it all the wo undedso ldiers that were brought to Ph i ladelph ia,th ink ing she m ight find him . On e day thech ildren saw a forlorn- look ing man ,

withp ieces of bark for shoes a nd h i s clo thes i nrags, an d were astonished to see the ir m atherrush ou t and we lcom e h im . It was theirfa ther. an d tradit ion says that the m other soonm ade trousers for h im from her weddinggown an d m an u factured a coat from a blanket, the old- fash ioned rose em bro idery deccra t i n g each tail . Whi le Edward was awaytheir house on Arch street had been takenpossession of by the Brit ish an d m ost of i tscontents destroyed except a few wh ich Sa rahhad packed and h ired a farm er to take withthe fam ily i n h i s wagon to Woodbridge, N . J .

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When nearing that place the farm er saw soldiers com ing and feari ng they wou ld take hishorses, he unh i tched them an d rode away,

leaving the fam ily and their bagga ge in thewagon. I t was hours afterwards before theywere able to reach their destinat ion. ’

VAN CULEMBORG GENEALOGY. A ll ied ancestry of the Van Cu lem borg fam i lyof Cu lem bo rg , H o l land ; be i ng the ancestry of Soph ia Van Cu lem borg , wi fe o f John de CarKinder. parents of Maria de Carpent ier, wi fe of Jean Pau la

Jaquet, V ice- D irector and Chiefgi st ra te o f the co lon ies o f the South R iver o f N ew N etherland, 1 655 - 165 7. By EdwinJaqu ett Sel lers. Allen, Lane Scott, pub ., Ph i ladelph i a, 19 15. 16 1 p. Edit ion l im ited to 100cop i es.

An interest ing contr ibu t ion to the series of vo lum es by the sam e au thor on the Al l iedfam i l ies of De lawa re. The grea ter port i on of the book i s devo ted to t racm g the ancestryof the vari ous al l ied fam i l i es to the 9i h cen tury or earl i er.

GENEALOGY OF THE VAND ERPOEL FAMILY ( 1220 by George B . Van

derpoel, prin ted by Charles Francis Press, 19 12 .

The l ibrary at Mem ori al Cont inental H al lhas recen tly com e into possession o f a rarework, only twenty -five copi es ~of wh ich wereprinted—the Gen ealogy of the VanderpoelFam i ly for the last seven hundred years.Th is wo rk o f 731 pages, 66 of wh ich are de

voted to an index, is the fi rst att em pt to con ~

n ect t he di fferen t bra nches of the fam ily together. The author does n ot claim to presentan yt h ing fi na l b u t rather to have opened up afi eld o f inqu iry. H e states that as there havebeen probably over ten thousand individualsbearing the nam e of Vanderpoel during thecen turies covered by the researches. and as

on ly fi ve or si x hundred nam es are m en

t i on ed i n the vo lum e, the record becom es alm ost as interest ing i n suggest ion as to whathas been om itted as in what i t comm em o

rates. Upon invest iga t ion, however, it appearsthat m ost of the m iss ing nam es are i n the

ea rl ier generat ions, and not am ong the de

scendan ts who settled i n Am erica. Am ongthe long l ine of dist ingu ished m en an d wom enwho are related by birth or m arriage to the

fam ily, the on e m ost interest ing to the

D . A. R . possib ly, is the late M iss Mary VanBuren Vanderpoel. form er Regent of the

Mary Wash ingt on Colonia l Chapter, D . A . R . ,

and it is of interest to note that the tableterected by that chapter to m ark the si te of

Whitehal l Ferry from wh ich Gen . GeorgeWashingt on em barked Dec. 4. 1 783, a fter b idding farewel l to h i s offi cers a t Praunces' Tavern , is m ade the subjec t o f one o f the ful lpage il lustra t ions wh ich add so m uch to th e

in terest of the work.GENEALOGY OF THE WILSON -TH OMPSON FAMI L IES, com pi led by the W i l

son - Thom pson Fam i ly Assoc iat ion ; ed ited by Warren S . E ly, Doy lestown, Penna. , and publi shed by the Intell igencer P rint, D oylestown , Penna. Price,Th is Genealogy of 325 pages, exclusive of

a m ost com prehensive in dex o f 58 pages, isano ther contribut ion to the accounts o f the

descendants of the sturdy Sco tch I rishm enwho sett led i n Pennsylvania ea rly i n theE ighteen th Century an d were a lm ost i nvariab ly fo und on the s ide of the Co lonists i nthe Revo luti ona ry strugg le. The nam e of theeditor assures the reader of careful and ac

curate historical in form at ion ; an d all descendan ts o f the two l ines gi ven wi l l be interested i ntwo o f the p ictures which ado rn the book.On e i s of the old W i lso n H om estead, whereJohn W i lson set t led in 1 740, and st i l l occupiedby the s ixth genera t ion of h i s descendants( the origi nal log ho use being em bodied i n the

center of the presen t structure ) ; and theother is the Thom pson hom estead i n Northam pton ,

bu i l t by John Thom pson abo ut 1 765 .

As m ight be expected, we find that o f thech i ldren m ent ioned i n the wil l of John VVi lson i n 1 767 , four daughters m arried Revolut i on ary so ldiers ; Jennet, the eldest, m arriedThom a s D o ugherty, a R evo lut ionary so ldier

o f Buck ingham i n 1 775 ; Mary m arried GaunMcGraudy, a m em ber o f the \Varw ick Associ ators i n 1 775 ; An n m a rr ied John Flack, alsoat Warw ick Assoc iator, who o ffered to theBucks Co . Com m ittee o f Safety a site withwater power on h i s farm for the m anu fa ctureo f gunpowder ; an d the fo urth

, Isabel la, m ar

ried W i ll iam S im pson, who, with hi s father,W i l liam S im pson, Sen ior, were i n the 'Wa r

w ick Associa tors under John W”i lson, L ieuten ant, Isabella's brother. John m arried MaryS im pson, s ister o f W il l iam ,Jr., a nd was J ust i re o f the Peace from 1 779 unt i l h i s death i n181 1 . H e is said to have ofli ci a tcd at the wed

ding of several hundred couples during h isterm of office. Robert W ilson, the youngesto f the fam i ly, who was a m inor at the t im e ofh is father’s death i n 1 767, was l iving inWrightstown i n 1 775 and prom ptly was en

ro lled as a m em ber of the Assoc iated Company of that place. Soon after, he m arriedan d m oved to New Jersey. The first hal f ofthe book is devo ted to the descendants of thesecouples ; the rest being g iven to the descend

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ants of E l i zabeth (McGraudy ) Thom pson,who died in 1 768, aged 73 years, and who segrave i s st i l l i n a good state o f preservat ionin the N esham iny Chu rchyard, o f Warw ick,Bucks Co. The descendants of the two fami l ica interm arr ied so f requently that the relat ion sh ip be tween any two o f them wou ld affo rd b as is for a genealogi ca l problem . Prac

t ical ly al l o f her m ale descendants were Revolu t ion ary so ldiers ; b u t space fo rbids m entionof m ore than on e. John Thom pso n, the

youngest son of E l izabeth, bo rn i n 1 726, was

a success fu l bu siness m an ; wagon '

m aster in1778 and sub - agent for pu rchasing flou r forthe French fleet in 1 779 . H i s hou se wa s o f tenraided by the To ries in the neighborhood, andon e tim e when he had the ent i re proceeds ofa load of flou r wh ich he had j u s t so ld atT renton in the hou se, wo rd cam e that theTor ies were abou t to su rround the hou se.

So m uch atten t ion has been g iven in Washi n gton to the M i lestones that the frontispieceof the quarterly, Chi ldren of the Am eri can

R e volu t i on , rep resents a C. A. R. abou t twoyears of age, standing beside N o. 4 o f the

M i lestones on the Sou th E as t Boundary of theor igi nal D i strict of Co lum bia. The wonderfu l ly l i fe- like

'

p ictu re of the ch i ld. w i th it slook of inqu i ry, gaz ing on the stone, and thefin e specim en ts of old trees in the background,fo rm a pictu re so arti stic that on e long s tosee i t reproduced i n crayon . The num ber al socontains a very wel l-wr itten art icle (wh ichrecei ved hono rable m ent ion by the Com m i ttee) , by Florence Sevi l le Berrym an on the

Battle of Gu i l fo rd Cou rt H ou se, in wh ich battle her ance sto r, Robert Chu rch , fough t underGeneral N athanae l Greene.

In th i s connect ion the Edi tor wou ld call a t

The NEWS LETTER of the N . S . U . S .

D aughters o f 1812 , for N ovem ber, 19 16, i sfi l led as u sua l w i th “short, conc i se, and interest ing repo rt s of the work of the di fferentchapters throu ghou t the country . Am ongthem we note that the Mobile and U nder FiveFlag s Chapters D . A. R . u nited w i th the

D aughters o f 1812 and Co lon ial D am es i npresenting flag s to the Alabam a M i l i t ia uponi t s departu re for the Mex ican bo rder.The act ion o f the N iagara Frontier E nh

’aloChapter, also i s o f interest to Dau ghters.T hrough i ts regent, Mrs. John M i l ler H orton,

tent ion to a charm ing l i tt le book le t publ ishedby the Gu i lford Ba ttle Chapter, D . A . R . ,

wh ich m ay be obtained for twen ty-five centsf rom Mrs. Charles Van Noppen , Greensbo ro,N . C. On the t i t le page i s a p ictu re o f them onum ent erected by the Govern m en t to Gen .

Greene, a nd the statem en t that the fie ld on

wh ich the b attle of Gu i l ford Cou rt H ou se wasfought i s the only battlefield of the Revolu o

t ion owned and pre served in i ts enti rety bythe U n ited S tates. Wh i le we m ight n o t all

ag ree w i th the statem ent on on e of the tablet so f the

" Co lonial Co lum n" that the first bat t leo f the Revo lu t ion was fou gh t in OrangeCounty, N . C May 16, 1771 . n o one can failto ga in valuable in fo rm ation abou t Gu i l fordCou rt H ou se battlefie ld, and the no ted m en

that took part in i t, by a peru sal of th is a t

t ract ive gu ide.

there was presented to the Go vernm ent abronze tablet, placed on the Old Castle" atFort N iagara. bearing th i s inscr ipt ion :

"

Th i shou se. the Castle o f Fo rt N iagara was bu i l t bythe French in 1 726, approx im ate ly on the s i teoccupied by LaSalle, 1678, and D eNon v i lle,1687 . T aken by the Brit ish, 1759, i t was he ldby them as a base o f war fare aga inst theAm erican f rontier du ring the war of the Revo lu t i on . First occup ied by the U n ited States,1 726, retaken by the Bri t ish on D ecem ber 9,1813, com ing final ly. May 22 , 1815. under theflag o f the U n ited S tates o f Am er ica.

COR RECT ION .

The address of the au tho r of the H o lm e s Genealogy, wh ich wa s rev iewed in the D ecem b er m agaz ine, was printed incorrectly. It sho u ld b e Col. 1 . T. H olm es, Bru nson Bu i ldi ng . Co lum bu s, Oh io .

Qu ick as a flash h i s w i fe, Mary H u ston, se i zedthe bag of go ld, concealed i t i n a chair cu shi on , an d calm ly sat down to m eet the foe.

H av ing driven her hu sband and sons to the

s ta i rway wh ich they de fen ded so val iantly thatthe ou t laws di d n o t dare ventu re up stairs.they roam ed abou t the lower room s an d foundM rs. Thom pson, knitt i ng . in the s i tt ing - room .

She re fu sed to ari se “ow ing to bodi ly i nfirm

i t ies,"

and the m en n ot l ik ing to touch awom an, departed w i th very li tt le booty.In com m on w i th o ther o f the N esham inyfam i l ies, a large num ber of her descendant sem ig rated into the western part o f Vi rg in iaand som e even to Sou th Caro l ina ; wh ile m anytook up the i r abode i n the M iddle West. To

al l o f them the publ ication o f th i s care fu l lyprepared reco rd w i l l be o f great value and

inte rest, and o f ass istance to al l interested i ngenealogy .

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Clagett- Bennet t. Benj am in D . Clagett of Loundou co., Va , and Mi ss Mary, d. of Mr. D o z ie rBennet t, o f Fa i r fax co ., June 8, 1819 .

Clagget t- Thom pson. D ariu s Clagget t of Geo rgetown, and M is s An n Lou isa T hom pson, d .

of Jonah Thom pson,o f A lex . , January 8, 18 18.

Clagett- D u lany . Thom as Clagett of Md., and M i ss Ju l ia D u lany, d. o f Benj . D ulany, o fAlex ., Apr i l 12, 1 798.

Cloud-Alexander. Jam es Cloud and An n Alexan der, b ot h o f Alex ., Septem be r 23, 1819 .

Coo ls

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Cum m m gs-M’

Alli ster. \Vi lliam Cum m ing s an d M i ss Fanny M '

Alli stcr, bo th o f Alex . ,

June 22, 1 793.

D av idson- H unter. L i cu t . B . D av idson o f U . S . Ar my, and M i ss E l i zabe th Chapm anH unter, (1. o f Gen . John Chapm an H unter, o f Fa i r fax co . ,

J u ly 5. 1821 .D av is- Rhodes . Gideon D av is, o f Geo rgetown, and M i ss Maria W. Rhodes, d. of W i l l iam

Rhodes of Alex ., February 20, 182 1 .D avi s-Grim es. L uke D av i s, and M i ss An n Gr im es. bo th of Fairfax cc . , D ecem ber 16, 1819.

D avi s- Browne. Sam uel H . D av i s, Ed. A lexandria Gazette, and M i ss Mary E . B . Brown e,d. of “li l l iam Browne, at The Grove, Fauqu ier co ., October 25 . 1819 .

D awson-Mason . Capt. Sam ue l D awson. o f London co . , and M i ss An n E . , d. o f Gen . Thom sonMason, at H o l l in H al l , March 2 , 1819.

Dean - Koon es. Sam uel D ean and M i ss Catharine R oones . bo th o f A lex ., Aug u st 23. 1819 .

De i tz - Frederick. Adam D e i t z a nd M i ss E ve Catharine Frederick, bo th of Alex ., Apri l13. 1820.

DeKrafi t - Sco tt. F. C. D eKrafit, o i \’Vash ington a nd M i s s H arrio t Sco tt, o f Alex . , February

13, 1812 .

D obin -Jefierson . “li l l iam D obin, of Cu lpeper cc . , a nd M i ss An n Je fferson, o f Alex . , June26, 181 7.

D augherty- Sum m ers. D anie l D ougherty, m erchant, and M i ss Jane Sum m ers, both of Alex .,

D ecem ber 15, 1818.

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D oug lass-Vowel]. John Orm e D ou g lass an d M iss E l i za Contee Kei th Vowe l l , d. of Mr.

John C. Vowel l, al l o f Alex ., March 1 7, 1819 .

D oug lass- Blacklock . R ichard L . D oug lass. of Charle s co ., Md and M i ss Mar i a Black lock,of Alex . , D ecem ber 31 , 1816.

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ey a nd Mrs. R os ina Fo rtney, bo th of Alex ., May 9, 1819 .

Dykes- L u i z . Andrew Dykcs, o f L eesbu rg , and M i ss An n Lm z, o f A lex . , October 31 . 1816.

Easton - Bond. D avid E aston, m erchant, o f Alex ., and Mi ss Sal ly Bond, (1 . o f D r. Bond,fo rm er ly o f Phi ladel ph i a. [Ju ly 24 ,

Eckle-Perry. Charles E . Eckle, of Georgetown, and M i ss Charlo tte Perry, d. of Alex . Perryo f Alex ., May 19, 1818.

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gfsn - Coad. Aqu i l la Em erson, of Alex ., an d Mrs. D rady Coad, o f Md . N ovem ber 26,

Eng l i sh - S lade. D av id E ng l i sh ,Jr., of Georgetown. and M i ss Mary C. S lade, o f Alex .,

D ecem ber 3, 1816.

E ng l i sh - R ichards . Jam es Eng l ish , of Alex ., and M i ss An n Maria R ichards, of West End,Fai r fax co. , June 8, 1820.

( To be con t i n ued)

LETTER OF GENERAL GATE S, WH ILE IN COMMAN D IN N EW YORK.

Albany, Oct . 4 , 1 777To the D i sgrace o f you rse lve s and the D i s

honou r of you r Rank and Pro fess ions, you

ign om in iou s D eath i s what you m ust expectas the Ju st Reward of you r com pl icatedCrim es

have been g ui l ty o f the atrociou s Crim e o f D e

sert i ng , to wh ich you have added that o f b ei n g accesso ry to lnve ig l ing the so ldiers underyou r com m and to com m i t the l ike Scandalou sOffence.

If you do n ot return w i thou t D elay to Cam pand bring w i th you the so ldiers you carriedoff, he assu red that I w i l l leave you n o resti n g place upon th is Continent unti l I get you

into m y H ands, when a So lem n T rial and an

I am

S i rs,Your hum ble Servant

H ows-

n o Gam esTo Captain J . L . and L ieu t. J . R of Col.

E vans’ Reg im ent of N . H . o r any other ol’ficers of Col E vans’ or Col. D rake’s Reg im entsof said S tate who have deserted thei r reg im ents.

EN EALOGICAL APxTMENT

Mrs. Amos G. D raper, Edi tor, Mem or i al Con t i nen tal H all, Wash i ng ton , D . C.

1 . An y one i s al lowed the pri v i lege o f sending.

queries to th i s departm en t, provi ded theyperta in to the Revo lu ti onary per i od, or that fo l low i ng . Quest i ons pertai ni ng to the Co lon i alpe ri od m u st be excluded for want o f space ; also al l quer i es i n regard to the requ irem ents ofother societ ies .

2 . Queri es wi l l be i n serted i n the order in wh ich they are recei ved. It w i l l, necessari ly,be som e m onths between the sendi ng and pr i nt i ng of a query .

3. Answers or pa rt ial answers are earnestly des ired ; an d fu l l credi t wi l l be gi ven tothe sender o f the answer, by the Genealog ical Edito r.

t for those gi ven over her own signatu re.m en ts, however, excepShe i s n ot re spons ible for an y

4 . Wri te on on e side o f the pape r only. Especi al care shou ld be taken to wri te n am esan d dates pla i nly.

5. Ea ch separa te query m ust be accom panied by a two-cen t stam p . D o n ot use postalca rds or sel f - addressed en velopes.

6. All Letters to be forwarded to con tr i bu to rs m u st be unsealed. and sen t in b lank,stam

ycd enve lope s, accom pa nied by the num ber of the query an d i ts s ignatu re.

In an swer ing quer i es please gi ve the date of the m agazine, the num ber of the query.and i ts s ignatu re.

8. It i s im po ss ible for the Genealog ical Edi to r. as such . to send persona l rep l ies to queries.They m u st take thei r turn and be answered through the co lum ns of the m agaz ine.

ANSWERS

4018. ( 3) CL AR K . The statem ent in the

Octo ber, 19 16 m aga z ine in regard to MicajahClark doe s n ot agree w i th m y reco rd whichwas copied from M ica jah’s B i ble. 1 g i ve m y

reco rd as fo l low s : M i cajat on o f Chri stopher Clark and w i fe Mi ldred was born Feb .

24 , 1 759 . M icaj ah Clark an d Pene lope ( Penellovy ) Gatewood were m arr ied Feb . 25, 1 777.

Pen elope ( Pen elopy ) died June 6, 1824 . M icaj ah died Apri l 25 , 1834 . Mrs. W . F. Leiper,347 Eucl id Ave., Atlanta. Ga . T here wereevidently several m en by nam e o f M icajahClark and o n e sho u ld be ca re fu l i n separatingthe serv ice or fam i ly of each from the o thers .Grn . Ed.

4599 . T lt tru r‘rr. Mr. S . C. S tu n ts, Secretary o f the Fair fax County H i sto rical Soci ety. Vi en n a, Va . has sent to th i s Dep't. ahisto ry o f the fi ve Thom as T r iple tts, takenfrom the Repo rt s o f the 26th Cong res s o f theUn i ted S ta tes, wh ich conta ins valuable h i stori ca l i n form ation, and clearly di st ingu i shesthe rea l so ldiers from the im po stors who en

deavored to obtain bounty from the Go vernm ent. T hi s in fo rm ation w i l l be fu rni shedto any pe rson o n appl ication to th i s D epartm en t fo r co st o f copying . twenty- li ve centsbu t i s hardly su i table to prin t. Gen . Ed.

m 2 . Mos s . N athaniel Mo ss (1 Loudo un Co .

Va. in 1809 . H i s w i fe’s nam e was An n or

Nancy, po ss ibly a second w i fe. H e had sev

eral ch i ldren . som e o f whom served in the

Rev . war. Peter, on e o f the sons, spent m uchtime wi t h h is U ncle Cockrel l in Va . be fore

h i s death. Ka te 5 . Curry, 1020 Monroe St ..Wash ington, D . C.

i

4733. Wm m fiw . W i l l iam Wh itfield, son

o f Wm . and E l i z. (Goodm an ) Wh itfield, wasbo rn in Bert ie Co . N . C. May 20, 1 720, m arriedRachel Bryan Nov. 6, 174 1 and died Mch . 31,1 795. She was b June 10. 1 723 and d in 1 780.

H e was a m em ber f rom Dobbs Co. to the As

sem bly i n W i lm ingt on in 1 761 -62 ; was J . P.

for Johnston Co . i n 1 750 and was Com m i ssa ry for the M i l i t ia at the tim e o f the ba tt leo f Moo re‘s Creek, Feb . 27, (Whee ler'sH i st. N . C. Vol. 1, p 76 an d N . C. Reg ister,Oct . p T hi s has been accepted by theD . A. R . Mrs. A. L. Carver , D awson. Georg i a.

4744 (3) Ma ts. Wo rd from the sendero f th is query states that the nam e i s M iers orMi ars a nd n o t Mai s .4763. Tm mm . D r. Ph i l ip T u rn er b Nor

w ich, Conn. Feb . 25, 1 740 was the son o f Capt.Ph i l ip and Anna ( H unt ingt on ) (Adgate ) T u rn er. H e studied m edicine w i th D r. E l i shaT racy and later m D r. T racy’s dau L ucy. InMch . 1780 he was appo inted assistant su rgeonof a prov inci al reg

’ t. stationed at T iconderogaunder com m and o f Gen . Am hers t and continued in the servi ce unt i l 1 763. H e was w i ththe Conn . t roops around Bo ston ; i n 1 776 wasw i th the arm y at \Vh i te Plains and LongIsland ; in 1 777 was appo i nted Su rgeon -

gen

eral to the Staff of the U . 5 . serv ice stat ionedat Yo rk Island, a po st he held unti l h i s deathin 1815 . H e was bu ried wi th m i l i tary honors.D r. Tu rner possessed in an em inent degree

58 DAUGH TER S OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLUT ION MAGAZIN Ethe essent ial qualifia t i on s o f a su rgeon : ac

cu rate j udgm ent, in fli n chi n g reso lu t ion and

steady nerve. H e had at lea st two ch . and

po ss ibly m ore. All h is descen dan ts are, l ikem yse l f, l inea l descendants o f L ieu t. Jon a thanRudd of Saybrook, an d I am com pi l ing a RuddGen ealogy ; there fore I wou ld l ike very m uchto get i n touch w i th any descendants of D r.

T u rner. Cla ren ce D . Sm i th, Publ i sher o f“The Peck Fam i ly Record" R . F. D . 6, Rom e,N . Y.

4 764 (4 ) Ou t sm n . Mary Olm stead, bOct . 12, 1 755, who tu Benj am in Hyde ( son ofCapt. Walter and Sarah Bi ssel H yde o f Leb

anon) was the dau o f Jam es O lm stead, b E .

H art fo rd, Conn. May 24, 1 720, an d h i s w i feMary Wh i te. b June 2 1 , 1 728. She was the

dau of H ug h an d Mary ( Stone ) Wh ite of

M iddletown , Conn . All the ch . are g i ven inthe O lm stead Gen . by Geo . K . J . S .

Pla tt, 122 5 S i x th St . Port H u ron, M ich .

4773. S u zan n a Abe l Sherm an em ig ratedf rom R . I. n o t Conn. H e l i ved in H opki nsv i l le, R . 1 . unti l a fter 1 781 , as h i s son E li wasbo rn there Feb . 13, 1781 . Mrs. Beach l ived i nor near Marie tta, Oh io, and was a wom an of

weal th . 1 have never found any Rev. serv icefor Abe l b u t he was of su i table age to havese rved. It shou ld be looked for in R. I. n o t

Court. Mrs. D orothy N . Law, 104 E veret t St.D ixon, 1 11.4789 (3) T n osu rotr . Do z ier T ho rnton i sreco rded in th i s Cou rthou se as a Rev. so ldier,enti tled to two draws in the land lott ery. We

have qu i te a good deal of interest ing m att erconcern ing h im , h i s w i l l, an d o ther records .According to m y reco rd Mark Thornton wasb in 1 725. n o day n or m onth g iven . Edn a

R ogers, 3% Chu rch S t. E lberton, Ga.

Boom ; Acco rding to D rape r Manuscr ipt 1096 i n the W i s. S tate H i sto rical Society, H annah Boone, youngest dau o f Squ i rean d Sarah (Morgan ) Boone, was b Aug .

1 746 ; m ( 1 ) John S tuart who los t h is l i feearly in 1 770 in Ky .. leav ing fou r ch . H an nahthen m (2 ) R ichard Penningt on and m oved toKy. where bo th d m any years later, leav ingdescendants. H annah d in Monroe Co . Ky in1828 at the residence of her son , D aniel Penn i n gton . In the L i fe of Boone by R euben G.

T hwai tes i s a copy o f a letter wri tten by D ani el Boone in Oct . 1816, i n wh ich he re fers toh i s s i ster H annah “

pen en ton”and her grand

son D al ( Dan ie l ?) R inge. Mrs. J . R . Spraker,64 Do rchester Road, Bu ffalo , N . Y . In the

book, cal led “Pioneer Fam i l ies of M i sso u ri"

by Bryan and Ro se, m en tion i s m ade of H an

nah, s ister o f D an ie l Boone, b u t n o dates . In“The Po tter Genealogy

" in the part devo ted tothe Bard Fam i ly m ent ion i s m ade of the m ar

ri age of an An n Boon e, si ster o f D anie lBoo ne, in 1 747 to W i l l i am W inters b 1 728, d1794 at the s i te of W i l l iam sport . T he i r daum Abraham L inco ln, gr . father of Pres iden t

Li nco ln . As Mr. W inters m (2 ) in 1 771 An nm ust have d be fore that date. M rs. R. M .

Johns , 905 S . Moniteau S t . Seda l ia, Mo. Asw i ll be seen from the abo ve An n shou ld not becon founded wi th H an nah . Gen . Ed.

4812 . Mu t ts . Charles Mart in, b E s sexCo. E n g . ( da te unknown ) d in L ick ing Co .

Oh io Nov. 19, 1838. H e en l i sted at Warw ick,R . I. in Ju ly, 1 777 ; served under Col. Bart onand ass i sted in the captu re of Gen . Pre sco t t.In 1 780 he enl i sted on the brig . Dean, a priva teer, fi tted ou t by the state of Conn . com

m anded by Capt. Scov il a nd continued in privatcer serv ice unti l Sept. 1781 , when he volun teered for the de fence o f Fo rt Gri swo ldwhere he was captu red, carried to H al i fax andhe ld prisoner unti l Oct . 1 782, be ing den ied anexchan ge becau se he was bo rn in Great Bri ta in . H i s w idow, Mary, was al lowed pen sionon her appl icat ion, fi led in 1847. (W. F. 1978 )wh i le a res ident o f H arri s townsh ip, L ickingCo. Oh io . Charles and Mary had a son Andrew and twelve o ther ch i ldren . For m o redetai l s address Mrs. John C. Boa rd, 3826 Wyan dotte St. Kansas Ci ty, Mo .

48 17. CALLAWAY . The nam e of the husband of Jem im a Boone, according to the h ist ory o f M i s so u ri , was Flanders ( n ot S tandes )Cal loway, son o f Col. R ichard Cal loway. Mrs:

C. E . T i ng ue, Cam bridge N . Y.

4825 . SM ITH - BRXGH T. From the records inm y possess ion, I th ink F. C. R . has the nam eso f her ancestors s l ightly m i xed. E zek ielSm i th, m y gr. gr. father, h is bro ther Capt.Wm . Sm i th ( no t John ) D av id French an dJam es Bright. all m arried s i sters

, the dan gb o

ters of Peter D ingess who was a Rev. so ldier.I saac Sm i th , the father of E zek iel and \Vi ll iam , wa s al so a Rev . so ldier. There were an um ber o f o ther sons and daughters in bo thfam i l ies. The Sm i th s were orig inal ly fromRockingham Co. (Va. ) later f rom Gi les Co .

Peter D inge ss was f rom Montgom ery Co .

M rs. S tua rt Johnson, Gonzales, Texas.

4826 . CH ASE. T hom as Chase ( 1 785- 1837 )the son of Lev i Chase ( 1 750- 1807 ) and h i sw i fe, Tem pe rance Crocker, had a bro the r,L ev i ( 1 781 - 1845 ) and si x ch i ldren . Levi, Rebecca, N athan ie l, Mat i lda, who i n a S tuart ,D w ight and Am os. E rm a A. Bishop, 402 E .

H arri s S t . Cadi l lac, M ich igan .

4833. Fovcn n. S im pson Fouche, son ofJona than was adx on the estate of h i s fathe r,reco rded W i lkes Co . Ga . office of Supe rio rClerk or Su perio r Cou rt, Book L . L . L . p 309 ,Apr. 1 1 , 1831 - 2 . In 1839 S im pson Fouche wasCan didate fo r the leg i slatu re in Tal ia ferro Co .

Ga. b u t was de feated. ( See L i fe of Alexander H . S tephen s, p4842 . Ki n k rzm u cx . Wh i le m y l ine of ah

cestors do n ot seem to be in the di rect l inew i th E . R. M. I am sending them as she mayfi nd som e clew f rom them . My Ki rkpa tr ick

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era l ch. am on g them be in g‘

Sarh uel, Thom as ,H ugh, John. an d N ancy who m Sam uel M i l ler.H ugh and h i s bro ther in law. Sam uel M i l lerfoug h t tog ether i n the Rev. and M i l ler wask i l led at K ing’s Mountain , accordi ng to tradit ion . H ugh later sett led in Madi son Co. Ky.

a nd cared fo r h i s w idowed s ister N ancy and

her two sm al l ch . unt i l she m ar ried aga in. In

1 792 b e m Mary ( Po l ly ) Go rden and figu redi n several land t ransact ions from 1800 to 1809

i n Madi son Co . On e o f the sons o f H u gh andPo lly (Go rdon ) K i rkpatrick was T hom as, m yg randfather. Mrs. W. M. Va n Pa tten , 104Merr iam S t . W alla Wal la, Wash ington.

(2 ) GILLIAM . Isaac G i l l iam , son of

T hom as G i l lham ( no te difference in spe ll ing )cam e f rom Ireland in 1 730. sett led i n Vi rg inia.where I saac was b Nov . 10, 1 757. Augu sta Co .

T hom as had fou r daugh ters : N ancy, Mary,Sal ly an d Su sannah ; and seven sons : Charles,E zek ie l , T hom as, W i l l i am , Jam es, John and

Isaac. According to t radi t ion, Thom as, hi sson s and h is sons in law, al l served in the

Revo lu t ion . I saac m Jane Kirkpatrick in S . C.

and em igrated to Ill in 1804 or 5 . The i r ch .

were : T hom as, John . Jam es. Wm , Isaac,Po l ly. Margaret. Susannah and Jane. Thom aswas m arried tw ice, Char les an d E zekie l be ingch . of the first w i fe. According to som eCharle s was m arr ied before the fam i ly em i

gra ted. If th i s i s so, then T hom as wou ld havebeen too old to have served in the Revo lu t ion.It m ay be that Charles

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w i fe was born in Ireland b u t did n o t m arry u nti l a fter they cam eto th i s country. Jam es G i l l iam , son o f

Thom as, set tled in Madi so n Co . Ill. in 1 794

and the o thers fo l lowed, w i th the exception ofCharles

,i n the early part of th e N ineteenth

centu ry. M rs. E . L . G illham . Edwardsv i l le,Ill. RR N o 6 To th i s the Gen . Ed. wou ldadd that in 1 763 Charles Gi l l iam and h is wi feE l iz . deeded lan d i n Au gu sta Co . Va . ; and i n1752 an d aga in in 1 764 Thom as an d h i s wi feMarga ret so ld land in Great Cowpasture. Augu sta Co . (Abst ract s from the Records o f

Augu sta Co . Va . Vol. 1 1 1 ) Oct . 15, 1754 Wm .

Cam pbe l l m en tion s in h i s w i l l . h i s sons :Jam es, John an d Sam ue l ; dau ghters : MaryClem ents, Margare t G i l lham , and her ch ildren,Elia. Pr ice, Mary An n Ashton, R ache l Carl i le,and son in law T hom as Gi l lham . Sarah Cam pbel l (probably h i s w id. ) was m ade Ex r.

( ibid ) S ee al so Vol. X 'L I, p 28 for E zek ie lGilham , and Revo lu t ionary Reader com pi ledby Mrs. Sheppard -V. Foste r.4847 (4 ) MAS S ENGALE. From a letter re

cei ved in 19 14 f rom Mr. Wm . T . Massengaleof B i rm ingham ,

Ala . then 83 yrs. old, I find

the fo l low ing :“My grand- father So lom on

Massenga le, was 12 or 14 yrs . old at the t im e o f

the Rev . H e was 1) in Va . m oved to N . C.

and then to Sev ier Co . T en n . H e m M i s sTabitha Cobb b May 20. 1768, d Nov. 1-1 . 1853.

He was a farm e r. H e had five sons : Allen ,

John ( m y father) Al fred, Stokeley and Farrer Pharaoh . ) H e had al so th ree dau ghters.The eldes t, 1 th ink was Eli e. who m Geo rgeL ay ; Wm . Chr istian also a t one o f the daugh

ters : an d Sarah m Jam es W. Bu rk and m ovedt o New Or leans. Ab . 1 854 they m oved to

N . Y. My g ra ndm o ther, Tabitha, l ived w i thm y father in Antanga Co . Ala . unti l her deatha nd was bu ried at D eatsv i l le. She was 85 yrs.

o f age when she died.

"

It i s probable thatSo lom on was the son o f L ucas Massengaleand Mary Cob b h h i s w i fe, who rece ived apatent for land i n the Watau ga se t tlem ent inMay, 1 775. They had the fo l low ing : M ichae l,b Mch . 1 , 1 756, H en ry, who wi th M ichael wereRev . pensioners ; Mary m Wm . Atk inson ;So lom on ; ( probably D anie l ) ; E l i z . who m

Mr. Thom as : and l i ved on P igeon R i ver,Sev ier Co . Tenn . ; Ai lsey who m ( I ) Mr.

Murphy ; m (2 ) Mr. Boo th o f Kn oxv i l le.Tenn . Mrs. Pen elope J . Allen , Tate Spri ng s,T enn . To th i s we add the fo l low ing from H i s

to ry of Tenn. Su l l ivan Co. pp 9 13 and 1308 :

H enry Masseng i l l, Rev. so ldier m ( 1 ) Pen elope Cobb, dau of Wm . Cobb in Fo rt Wom ack,and the i r m arriage was am ong the fi rst in thes tate. Fo rt Vv’om ack was bu i l t ab 1 771 byJacob Wom ack an d affo rded pro tect ion to

people l iv ing i n the v icin i ty. H enry's secondw i fe was E l i z . Em m ert, dau of Jacob Em m et t.M rs. W. C. Clem en s, E l i zabeth ton, Ten n.

4849 . ( 2 ) H ARDING. According to a bookpubl i shed by Am y H ardin Dew i t t. on the

H arding s, S tephen H arding was b in Conn . in1 723, m Am y Gardner (b 1 725 i n Conn. d 1803

i n E xeter, Penna ) had a son D av id who wasabou t seven yrs. old at the t im e o f the bi assacre. and two daughters. In 1799 D av idm oved to Ontar io Co. N . Y . and in 1832

m oved to Indiana. Em i ly Beebe R ob erts, 201H ayden S t . Sayre. Penna. In

“The Massacre

o f Wyom ing" by H o race E . H ayden, pub .

at W i lk esba rre, i n 1895, pp 70- 73 in a statem ent m ade by E l i sha H arding to the Congres~s iou al Com m i ttee on Rev. Claim s. D ec. 29,1837, w i l l b e found a fu ll accou nt o f the ac

t ions of S tephen H arding , S tephen H ardingJ r. and several o thers o f the nam e in and

a bou t the Jenkins Fort at the t im e o f the

Wyom ing Massacre. S tukely H arding wa s

am ong those k i l led in the m assacre and h i snam e appears u pon the W

'yom ing Monum ent.D a n i el V. R aym ond, T rin ity Bu i lding , N ewYork Ci ty . To th i s we add fu l ler ex tracts oft he H arding Fam i ly taken from a book g ivenM r . Charlrs A. Jen ki n s, Meshoppen. Penn . byh is g ran dm o ther, Sabra Lydia H arding . Capt.S tephen H arding , son of Capt. S tephen and

Sarah (Kn igh t ) H arding . an d grandson o f

S tephen H arding , the im m igran t. had com

m and o f Jenk ins' fort i n the Mas

sacre an d m Am y Gardner o f Gardner's L ake,

N ew London, Conn . She was the dau o f S tephen Gardner o f sam e place. They settled at

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Co lchester, Conn. ab 1 750 where the i r ch.

were bo rn. Ab 1774 they rem oved to the

Wb/om i ng Val ley and sett led on the Wes tBanks of the Su squehanna in what i s n ow

E xeter, Lu zerne Co . Pen na. T here he diedOct. 1 1 , 1 789 , aged 66 yrs . H i s ch . were : Stephen, b 1749, d 1816 at E xeter : T hom as, b1 751 , d 1813 ; Benj am in, b 1 753. d J une 30.1 778, being m assacred w i th h i s brother, Stukely, who was b 1 755. M ica j ah, Capt. b 1 761 ,d 184 5 in Lagrange Co . 1nd. ; E l i sha, b 1763,d 1839 (M r. Jenkins' gr. gr . gr . father ) John ,b 1765 , d 1826 ; and Wm . b 1 767. d 1825 atOntar io Co. N . Y. There were al so th reedaugh ters. S tephen, b 1 749, m and l i ved atE xeter, Penna . H e had only on e son . D av id,who at ( 1 ) Abiga il U m phrav i lle and (2 ) Ab i

gai l ( Brown ) H i l l, had fou rt een eh . m o ved toOntario Co . when the fam i ly d id. and into Ind. H e was in the Massacre w i th h is two

brothers, Benj am in and Stukely, b ut esca ped.

4850. Cam n cm n . The R i veri u s Ca rr i n gton of th i s query, as well as a cou s in by the

sam e nam e i n ano th er Conn. com m un ity , a re

known hereabou ts as R iveri us. H i s Revolu

t i on ary serv ice has been accepted for severaldescendan ts by the N . S . D . A. R. and anaccount of i t can be found in Vo l s. 34 an d 36

of the D . A. R L ineage Books. R iveri us Carrington. b Wal l ing ford, 1 757 d W

'

oodbridge.

Conn . 1823. H e m i n 1 790 Lo la Whee ler, whowas al lowed a pen s ion fo r h i s serv ice s. Ofii ~

c i al proo f of these can be found i n Conn .

Men in the Revo lu t ion, p 4 1 , where the nam e

i s g i ven Reveru s ; or in the pension appl icat ion o f h i s w idow, a copy of wh ich can be

obtained by address ing Com m i ss ioner o f Pens ions, Wash ington, D . C. Mrs. F. F. Kn o ts:

265 Basset t St . New H aven, Conn.

NOTE S .

The LOCKOUT , Chattanooga, Tenn . i s publ i sh ing every week a sketch of som e promi n en t Sou thern fam i ly. The cu rrent issue i s ten cents, and the back num bers, twenty -five

cents. When the series. am ong wh ich we no te the nam es of Page, Tal ia ferro. Sev ier, Taylor, etc. i s com pleted, the who le w i l l be publi shed in book fo rm . The vo lum e w i l l containabou t fi fty fam i li es an d wi l l se l l for

Mrs. Martha C. D . Sm i thw ick . Mem ph i s. Tenn . i s com pi l ing a book to be cal led“Som e

Prom inent Fam i l ies of Vi rg i n ia and No rth Caro l ina" the data fo r wh ich was obtai nedfi rst- band i n a personal search o f old reco rds in Va . and N . C. She wou ld l ike to correspon d w i th descendant s o f the Bo l ton. Bo l l ing , Browne, D ick ins, Isham , Eppe s. Lewi s,( Edward of Meck len burg Co. Va. ) Ri dley and S t i th imm ig rants.

QUERIES

4887. Bnooxs. Prudence Brooks m T im ~

o thy Baker ab. 1774 at or near Pi t tsfi e ld, Mass.Who were her parents. and did they renderpatrio t ic service ?

(2 ) WARE . \Vm . Ware, b 1 769 , m the aridAn n Weather ly in Ph i la Co . 1805, and d there1814 . Where was b e born, and who were hi sparents(3) H owe. Margaret H owe m Robert McCle l la nd and l i ved first in Ky. a nd then Fai rfiold Co . Ohio . R obert cam e orig i nal ly fromPenna. From what state did Margaret com e.an d who were her parents ?

(4 ) T n ou rsou . An n or Mary An n Thom pson at Dav id Moo re i n Ge tt ysbu rg , Penna. ab.1801. She had bro thers John and Arthu r. Whowere thei r parents ?( 5) N ILT. Joh n N ilt was l i v ing in Cum

bcrlan d Co . Penna. du ring the Rev . dying therei n 1827. 1 th ink h i s wi fe’s nam e was E l izabe th.

Thei r ch . were : Peter. Magdalena, who m

Jacob H oo ver ; Catherine who m Mart inFri tt s ; Mary who m John R i ppey ; Su san who111 M ichael Brooks ; Rebecca who m a Lo ng :Sarah who m John Fu l ton ; Em m a who m

H enry Ga l lentine ; E l i zabeth who m Frederick

Gu lhou se. Where an d when was John N iltbo rn. and what was h i s wi fe's fu l l nam e

?

G. B . M .

4888. H eu sxwav- Cw m s. Ru fu s H em enway was b Mch . 31 , 1 764 an d enl i sted at theage of 16 as a drum m erboy at Cam bridg e,Mass . H e m (2 ) at N ortham pton, Mass . J an .

7, 1 796, Po l ly Cu rt i s who was b Ju ly 28, 1 772 .

In form ation desired o f the parents o f bo t hR u fu s and Po l ly, w i th al l gen . data, and R ev.

service, i f any.

(2 ) TH AYER. Who were th e aren ts o fD eborah Thayer who was b Men on , Mass.D ec. 6. 174 1 , and m L ieu t . S im eon WheelockNov. 28. 1 763. D id her father render patriot icserv ice ?

(3) BLACK . Wm . K. Black, b June 8, 1 797.near Worceste r, Mass . was the son o f Franci s8 . Black. Ancestry

, w i th Rev. serv ice, i f any,des ired.

( 4 ) BLACKu AN . Ancestry desi red o f Sal lyB lackm an who was b 1 799, m Wm . K. BlackMch. 20, 1820 in N ew York S tate.

( 5 ) T a n . Ma iden nam e an d ancest ry des i red o f H opesti l l, w i fe o f D aniel Ta ft J r. o fMendon, Mass . who served during the Rev.

on a Com m i ttee of Sa fety . E . A. C.

GEN EALOGICAL D EPAR TMEN T

4889 . PICKEN S. Robert Pickens wa s a private in S . C. according to the stub indent N o .

190 Book 5 . According to fam i ly tradi t i on hewas a Captain, an d on h is tom bstone in the

Pickens cem e tery, n ear Eas ley, Pickens Co.

5 . C. i t i s s ta ted that he served under Gen .

Andrew Pickens as Captain. Can this statem en t be m ade offic ial ? R . H . B.

4890. N EW K IRK - MILLER . Co rnel iu s N ewk i rk o f Salem Co . N . J . ( 1 734- 1 795 ) at 1 758

Mary M i l ler ( 1 739 - 1758 ) dau o f H enry M i l ler.A11 gen . data. and Rev. serv ice, i f any, of

H en ry M i l ler des ired.

( 2 ) VAN H oax . Info rm at ion desi red of

the ancest ry o f Mary Van H o rn who m Ben

j am i n Bu rroug hs at T renton, N . J . and d in1810. A. C. S .

489 1 . KAN E - BARKER. Mary Kane m Mr.

Barker a nd had three ch . John, H enry and

E li e. b DeKalb , N . Y . May 20, 1808. H i s namewas e i ther \Vm . or S tephen. and he i s sa id tohave been a so ldier i n the of 1812 an d

died in the Battle o f Lundy’s Lane. In for

m ation o f the ancestors o f E l i zabet h Barker one i the r side desi red. C. V. M .

4892 . H Au u oxn. E l i sha H am m ond, son of

Ben jam i n a nd E l i z . ( H unnewe l l ) H am m ond,m E l iz . H askel l o f Rochester, Mass. and hada so n E benezer b May 8, 1 743 who m D ebo rahTerry. All gen . data and Rev. serv ice of bothof these m en des i red.

( 2 ) BROWN . Abraham Brown m AnnieHale an d had a son , Artem as b Gu i l fo rd, Vt .

Dec. 31 , 1 789 . D id Abraham serve in the Rev.

war ?

( 3) H u n t . Rev. record desi red o f JohnH atch .

b Preston, Conn . J une 8, 1 727, In SarahR ichards Apr. 7. 1 748 and d Apr. 14 , 1806 ;al so the Rev . reco rd of h is so n Asher. b Aug .

25, 1 752. m Lucy S torey in N orw ich, Vt . Jan.

1 5, 1 789, a n d d Mch. 10. 1826. E . D . S .

4893. Kat /w en. Info rm ation desired o f

the an cestry o f H enry Kream e r and h i s wi feSu sanna Schum o f Exeter twp. Bucks Co .

Pen na. “(ho were the parents o f H eidyKra m er ? L . R . W.

4894 . q vcn . Who were the paren ts ofJohn Fi tzhugh who se so n Ph i l ip m MaryMacon Ayle tt Ju ly 13, 1813? M . M . F .

489 5 . M ILLS . In fo rm ation desi red of LeviMills an d h is w i fe E l i z. D unn who cam e fromH age rstown, Md. to Wheel ing , \Vest Va . i n1 771 . Rev . serv ice and al l gen . data desi red.

M. M . K.

4896. Scort . Andrew Scot t o f N ew Berne,N . C. m E l i z. R i t ten or R i t ter and had a dau .

Hannah who was m y ancesto r. All gen . dataand Rev. service i f any. desi red o f AndrewSco tt. L . B. S .

4897 . N zwrmv . Ephra im New ton and w i feLydia M i tche l l m igrated from E rie Co . Penna.to Dane Co . \Vi s. in 1844 . Ephraim wa s the

son of Artem as a nd Abiga il Newton . All gen .

and Rev. serv ice, i f any, in th i s l i ne des ired.

(2 ) Autumn . Who were the parents o f

E l i z. Arno ld, b N ov. 1 5, 1813, m E l i j ah Wh i teat East H addam , Conn . in 1 767 ? Is there Rev.

service fo r her father ? W. B. A.

4898. H ap pen - U n su re. Martha Lam son b1 752 m Mr. H edden and had : Lu ther. Danie lwho m Betsey Brai sted and o thers. Who wasMartha's father and what was th e Chri st iannam e of her hu sband ? Is there Rev. serv icei n e i ther l ine ?

( 2 ) Bn i sr m. Bet sy Brai sted who 1“D anie l H edden l ived in Schuy ler Co . N . Y. In

1831 an d her re lat ives l ived at on e t im e i nS teu ben Co . N . Y. Was her father's name

Bethuel , and did he have Rev . service ?(3) VVAS H BURN . Isaiah \Vashb u rn b 1 754

at Middlebo rough, Mass. m Pr i sc i l la Wood,

dau of Abiel and Pri sci l la ( Flint ) Wood.

What was the date o f the m arriage? Is therea VV

ashb u rn Genealogy that treats of th i sfam i ly ? T here was a second Isaiah Washbu rnb at Ashfield. Mass. who l ike the M iddlebo rough Isa iah was a m em ber of the Mass.S ta te troops. H is w i fe was Patience . Werethe two Isaiahs relat i ves ? E . B. A.

4899 . Pumas - Dom a i n . Wanted any pos

s ible in fo rm at ion regardi ng Wm . Pledge whoi n Betty Donohoo ( or D onahue) who i s sa idto have been the dau of a Cherokee Indianch ie f and h is wh ite w i fe. E l i z. dau o f th i scouple m Thom as Po indexter o f N . C.

4900. H ARR ISON . Wm . H arri son, b 1 776 inVa . proba bly Rock ingham Co ., m Mary Faucet thad five sons and two daughters, served in theWa r o f 1812 , and was bu ried i n Va . Whowere h i s pa rents, and was h i s m o ther a Li nco ln ? All in form ation desi red. L .

4901 . SM ITH . Jo seph Sm i th b Berke ley Co .

Va . Feb . 14, 1 761 m Mary Do n ahue o f Leesburg , Va . and was later a m erchant o f Alexandria. Fam i ly tradi t ion state s that he served

Hyde]; Wash ing ton. Offi cial proo f des ired.

11902. Noam u . Wm . N o rton b ab 1 732

served in the Rev. an d d i n Pi t tsylvan ia Co .

Va . All gen . data concern ing h im desi red.

W as there a W i l son H enry Norton or a H enryW i l son N o rton who served du r ing the latterpa rt o f the Revo lu t ion ? R . B . I .

4903. BA ILEY. Jane Bai ley b 1 799 m Sam ue lMcMulli n an d had the fo l low ing bro thers ands i sters : Peggy who m Anthony Sm i th ; John,a Cum ber land Presbyterian M in ister andRobert. What was the name o f the i r fathera nd did he have Rev. service ?(2 ) MCMULL IN . Sam u el McMu lli n , m en

t i oned abo ve was the son o f Thom as MeMul

l in, 3 Rev. so ldier from Cum ber land Co .

Penna. was the nam e o f Thom as’ w i fe?All gen . data desi red. A. M .

4904. S lMMON S -KEEN . Jam es S imm ons. bMay 26, 1 780 in Plym ou th, Mass. m MercyKeen Apr. 1 1 , 1805. She was b Meh. 20, 1783.

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Ancest ry o f bo th des ired w i th all gen . dataan d Rev. service, i f any.(2 ) JEN N INGS . Can som e of the Morri ses

o f Tenn . or M is s. tel l m e whether H annahJenning s was the m o ther o f Lester Morr is, aRev. so ldier, or the m o ther of h i s wi fe,Frances Brown ? E . P. S .

4905. MAN N . Ancestry desi red of An n or

N ancy Mann b 1 778 in Cam pbe l l Co . Va . who

m in 1801 D avid R ich . Was her father a Rev.

so ldier ? W. H . J.4906. Au ra s . In fo rm at ion des ired of theparentage o f Sarah A. Akers of Bu sh CreekVal ley, Berks Co . Penna. b June 6. 1 768, dApri l . 8, 1846, m Ju ne 12, 1 785 Jam es Copeland ( Rev. So ldier ) of Lo udoun Co . Va.

Sho u ld l ike to correspond wi th som e on e havi n g Akers genealogy . 31 . A. C.

4907. Su u u rn . Ancestry des i red o f MaryE verett Sum ner o f Mass. VVhs her father aRev. so ldier? She m Asa Brooks and cam e

to what is n ow U pshu r Co . West Va.

(2 ) CLARK. Benj am in Clark (1 at B ridgewater, Mass. Ju ly 14, 1831 , aged 59 yrs . H e

m Mch . 19, 1793, Su sanna. Who was her

father ? Is there Rev. ancest ry in e i th er l ine?M . 1 5 . C.

4908. “"

EARE . Abiga i l Weare, dau of

Meshech Weare was b 1750. Wh en an d to .

whom was she m arri ed? I do n o t fi nd i t inthe H i s t. of H am pton, N . H . H . T. S .

4909 . LAN Isn. Sam pson Lanier, son of

Thom as an d E l iz. (W'ash ington ) Lan ier m

E l i z. Cham berlayn e. Was she the dau of \Ntn .

Cham be rlayne m ent ioned i n Meade's Ea rly

Chu rches o f Va . at who se hou se Wash ingt onm et the w idow Cu st i s ? A. E . B.

49 10. H occou n. Who were the an cestorsof Bidwel l H o lcom b, b 1 796 No rth Granby,Conn. ? H ave they any Rev. reco rd? Is

there a genealogy publ ished o f the H o lcom bFam i ly ? E . II. II .

49 1 1 . PORTER FIPL D. Who can te l l m e som e

th ing of Col. W'

m . Porterfield, a Rev. so ldierfrom Va. and when he was born, whom he

m arried. etc.

( 2 ) H orxm s. All gen . data including nam eof w i fe des ired of Col. Wm . H opk ins of Va.

Bo th o f the above were my an cestors, b ut Ilack dates. I . A. T.

49 12 . H ICKMAN . W i l l iam H ickm an was bKi ng and Queen Co . Va. Feb . 4 , 1 74 7 ; d

Frank fo rt, Ky. Jan. 24, 1830. H e served as a

so ldier in Va . In fantry du ring the Rev. b u t

n o part icu lars of service are to be obtained.

Is there a book extant g i v ing any m ore part icu la rs o f H ickm an's serv ice ? M . P.

49 13. PAGE. place o f bu rial of

Abel Page ( 1731 - 1 797 ) and h is w i fe, DorcasFi l lm o re ( 1 735- 1816) who were m Oct. 16,1 759. pro ba bly in H averh i l l, Mass . A. P . D .

49 14 . CRAN DALL. Wm . Crandal l be longedto the 3rd. Co. 2nd. reg

’t. of N . Y. and was b

Aug . 18, 1 759 and d Ju ly All gen .

data desi red concerning h im M. E . M.

4915 . D AVIS . Sam uel Dav i s was recom

m ended by the Cc . Cou rt of Bedfo rd Co . Va.N ov. 23, 1778 for the pos i t ion of first L ieu t.In form ation concern ing h im de sired

,includ

i n g nam e of w i fe and ch i ldren. D id he eve rl ive in Newberry D i st. S . C. or in Mari on Co .

A labam a? H . M . E .

4916. D ra m a»H owe. Rachel D eam er ( orDem u or D eam m er) b Md. 1 758, m Sam uel

H owe b 1 755 . Who were her parents ? All

data ad Rev. se rv ice des ired.

( 2 ) H owe. D id Sam ue l H owe, m ent. aboveserve in the Revolu tion ?4917. S u n n - Wh ew Mary (Po l ly )

Sm i th whose m o ther was a Wheeler, m i n

1800 at Aubu rn, N . Y. Ro be rt Parks, b Feb .

12 . 1 776. An y in fo rm at ion o f Sm i th or

Whee ler lines des i red. J . A. W.

4918. S noop - Sen na In fo rm at ion regardi n g Rev. servi ce o f on e Jo seph Shoup or

Schaub, a H o l lander who settled i n Rockingham Cc . Va . des ired. D H .

4919. Walon r . In fo rm ation regarding Rev.

services of Dem ice Loom i s Wr igh t, w i fe o f

L ieu t D udley Wrigh t of Co lchester, Conn . de

s ired. T radit ion says she was instrum ental inrai s i ng funds, suppl ies, etc. for the Pat rio t s.(2 ) S k i N N sn . wanted gen . and Rev. data

of parents of Chr ist ina Skinner who was bMay 1 , 1774 and m T heophi lu s W i l l iam s i nPoughkeepsie, N . Y. Dec. 31 , 1800. H . N . T.

4920. FIELD. Benj am in Bart on, a Rev. sol

dier, m Sept. 24, 1 783, Jane Field, said to havebeen th e dau o f 3 Rev. officer. All in fo rm at ion in regard to th is m an, genea log ical andRev. des ired.

( 2 ) Fow ttn . My grandfather, Al fred M.

Fo lger, was the son o f R euben Fo lger o f Gu i leford, N . C. be ing a bro ther of Cy Watson

’sm o ther. The Fo lgers were probably in N . C.

du ri ng the Rev. period. In form ation concerni n g them des ired. Is there Rev. serv ice inth is l ine ? M . P. C.

492 1 . DAGUERRE. My ancesto r, D agu erre,Du gg er or D u ggar, as i t later becam e, was

o n e of those Frenchm en who enl i sted underGen . La fayette an d retu rned w i th him to th iscou ntry and served throu gh the Rev. Wherecan a l is t o f those m en he found? I am

anx iou s to get al l po ss ible in fo rm at ion of th i sm an , who a fter the treaty of peace. sett led inVa. L . W. K.

4922 . D EN MAN . Isaac D enm an was, ac

cording to tradi t ion, a drum m er boy in the

Rev. enl i sting f rom N . Y . state. H e (1 in

O range Co . N . Y . and h i s son , Andrew D en

m an , a so ldier o f 1812, who m E leano r S t i l lwe l l, was stat ioned for som e t im e o n L . 1 .

Any in form at ion o f Isaac desired. 1 . L. E .

4923. W H ITEMAN . Benj am in Wh item an.Sen . was cal led General, and i s supposed to

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4936. NELSON - CALVIN . Jam es N el son. bWash ington Co. Penna. June 15, 1 785, d Apr.25, 1850. i n B ri sto l, 1 11. H e m N ancy Calv ino f Mayv i l le, N . Y. Ancest ry o f each o f theabove des i red. Jam es had : Claudi u s B . andSam ue l Tate, an d daugh ters : Nancy, Em i lyand Mary who l i ved i n Penna. H e also had a

bro ther John N el son. F. M .

4937. H ou i bAv-D i cxson . Thom as H o l l iday m Martha D ick son and d in Ca. Jan. 30.1 798. Ancestry o f bo th desi red. M . C. T.

4938. D EAN . On e Dean, who served at theBattle of King

’s Mou ntain. had several sons,Thom as andJob , an d po ssibly Jesse, Edwardand Al f red. Job was apprenticed to a blacksm i th a ftcr h i s father’s death . Thom as l ivednear Lebanon, i n No rthern Ky . Job cam efrom Washington Co . Ky . to Caldwel l Co . rn

Mary. dau o f Edward Maxwe l l, and had :Edward, Mack, Mal inda who m a H awkins :Jane who tn a W i therspoon ; Alexander Max

wel l who m Anne Ga tes o f Mass. and Mart inD ean. A lexander Maxwe l l. an d An n Gateshad on e son. Jo seph Madison Dean ( 182719 13) an d by h is second w i fe. N ancy H ughes,A. M. D ean had e ight o ther ch i ldren. “'hatwas the nam e o f the Rev. so ldier ? All i n

form ati on de s i red. M . C. D .

4939. Jon n son . E l ij ahJohnson a Rev.

so ldier m Abigai l. What was her m aidennam e? E l ij ah was th e son o f D av id and

Zeru iah (Morse) Johnson an d was a res iden tof Sou thbo ro, Mass. E . lV. L .

4940. PH ELPS - BLAKE. John Phel ps to Sallie B lake prio r to 1809 . Supposed to be earlysett lers at Marietta . Oh io . J . P. was boatbu i lde r and capt . on the Oh io. H e d proba blyabou t 1814 and h is w idow m John S traight, apreacher. Sa l l ie Blake had on e bro ther, Ansclum , who l ived above Gal l ipo l i s. Oh io.

Wan ted al l Gen . data and Rev. serv ice i f any,of parents o f bo th .

(2 ) MCCALL - NORTU U P. Jam es C. McCall

m Jane Northup May 2 7, 1802 . Suppo sed to

ha ve em ig rated to Oh io from Pa . J . C. Me

Cal l b Mar. 10, 1 782 . d i n Oh io March 1 7,1838. Wanted gen . data an d Rev. serv ice of

Jam es C. Mccal l ’s parents. C. ABC.

4941 . e sxm - Mmcn m JonathanWh i taker m Mary M i tchel l at Morri stown,N ew Jersey Sept 16. 1 779 . I des ire to kn owthe dates an d local i t ies of the i r birth s and

dea th s, also the i r ancest ry and the i r ch i ldren'snam es. D id Jonathan Wh i taker have Rev.

service ? If so , in what capaci ty ?(2 ) D u n n e. Were there Revo lu t ionaryso ldiers by the nam e of Du nk le f rom Penn.and has an y on e entered th e D . A. R. upon,thei r record? D . H .

4942 WARREN . Enos Warren b. in NewE ng . Mch. 13, 1810, m . E l i za S loat, Apr. 4 ,1832 and d. May 13, 1878 Who were h i sparents? H i s ancesto rs served under Gen .

Pu tnam of Conn. E . C. C.

4943 Mooau sn -At zxsn oea. M icai ah C la rkMoo rm an m . E s ther A lexander

, daug hter o fRobert A lexander, Cam pbel l Cou rt H o u se( Ru stbu rg ) , Va. Was E s ther’s fa ther a C0 1on el in the Revo lu t ion ?(2 ) Mom mm o. 1 no t ice the nam e Mou rn

i n g in Answer 4286 Th i s i s on e of ou r fam i l ynam es in the H arr i s fam i ly. My m o ther wasCo rnel ia H arr is, g randdau ghter o f M icajahClark Moo rm an and E sther A lexander. H as

anyone jo ined the D . A. R. on these l ines ?A. M. R .

4944 Bwoo-Cu u su z. Wanted. in fo rm at ionconcern i n g .Col. Blood who served in the Rev.

H e had a daughter N ancy who m . Marfin Carl isle. N ancy B lood Carl i sle d.

‘ Au g . 30, 1826an d i s bu ried in Go shen

, Vt. M . S . P.

4945 . We'

ru caaee - H ra a icx . Asa Wetherbeeb .

.

Sept. 10, 1 783 at Fitchbu rg. Mass . d. Au g .

1 6, 1852 at D unk irk. N . Y. H e cam e to E vans,E rie Co. , N . Y. in 181 1 . H e m . N ancy H err ickwho acco rding to the Censu s o f 1820 was o ver1 6 a nd under 26 yrs. of age, and who died i n

Of the i r 1 5 ch i ldren , 8 l i ved to m atu ri ty : Sylvanu s, b. m . E l izabeth Jessup ;Mary b. abou t 1819 m . E rastu s Granni s ; Ma

randa b. 182 1 m . Geo rge R u s se l l : Barbara,b. 1824 m . H arry Carley ; John b. 1825m . Ru th Roberts ; D orcas b. 1826 m . JohnR ew ley ; Asa b. 1829 m . Em i ly H u f

studler ; Charles Pau l b. 1831 m . MargaretScott. Jam es and several o th ers died young.W'

anted, date and place o f bi rth an d m ar ri agew i th the ancest ry of N ancy H errick and theRev. serv ice of her father or grandfather.S tephen and Abigai l H errick ( unidentified i n

the H err ick Genealogy ) probably o f New YorkS tate. had a daughter N an cy., b . Apr. 1 , 1795.Vl’an ted, data concern ing th i s fam i ly. Cou ldth is have been the N ancy H errick m ent ionedabove ? E . M. C.

4946 . Tu m Wanted. in fom at ion con

cerning S tephen Taylo r, who ab 1800 wen t toKy. and sett led in Bracken Co . S tephen had abrother Ri chard and a son Walter. Wanted.the nam es o f S tephen's father an d of h isbro thers. B. M . L .

4947 FULLER-GREEN . In fo rm at ion desiredo f the parents of H o sea Fu l ler, b. 1 788. d.

1880. tn . Debo rah Green . They l ived i n Shaftsbu ry. Vt. m ov ing to Oh io and later go ing to

where they died. Is there 31

Rev. reco rd on th i s l ine ? W. S . C.

4948 Pm (Perm s ) . Is there a gen ealog ical h isto ry of the Peter ( or Peters ) fam i lyin the Cong ressional L ibrary .

( 2 ) H ow can 1 get in touch w i th the N . Y.

GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT

H istor ical Society in order to find out som ethi ng abo u t som e of the Rev. so ldiers of Virg in i a? C. M. R .

4949. Ls u asm s-GN EN . Wanted. date an dplace of bi rth and m arriage of Ben jam inLam astcrs and Rebecca J . Gi ven. D av idG iven m . Kathe rine Lam asters, daughter ofBenj am in. Record in the War Departm ent,Vi

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ashin gton , D . C. shows that he served i nCapt. Lew i s’ Co ., lst Va . R egt .

(2 ) T URN ER. E l ias Tu rner b. Battleg roundBranch um H untsv il le, N . C. i n 1 765, (1 therei n 1845. H e m . Bet sey Sweat and served inthe Rev. Wanted ofli ci al proo f of service.M . E . P.

4950 FUN K. Wanted, R ev. reco rd o f JohnFunk, b . Montgom ery Co ., Pa . be fore 1760 an dl ived in H i l l tow n Twp. H i s w i l l i s dated Aug .

13, 1807 and was reco rded at D oylestown, Pa.,

Oct . 1 7, 1807. D av id Funk one of h is sonswas b. Bucks Cc ., Pa ., Dec. 28, 1 765 and m .

Catherine Godshal l, b. at M t . Bethe], Pa .

John Funk was a son of Bishop H en ry Funkwho em ig rated to Am er ica in 1 719 an d sett ledat Indian Creek, Francon ia Twp ., Montgom eryCo ., Pa . B ishop H enry Funk m . Anne Meyer,daughter of the pioneer, Chri st ina Meyer of

Montgom ery Cc ., Pa. 1 . M . F.

495 1 . WATERS . Was E l ij ah Waters, presumably of Bartle tt , N . Y. a son of Capt . JudahWaters who fough t in the batt les of BunkerH i l l and Wh ite Pla ins and d Feb . 23, 1838 atM i l ford, Otsego Co .

, N . Y . , form erly of Wor

cester, Mass. ?(2 ) H u mor: H AN NON -MAN SFIELD . Want

ed Rev. ancesto rs of Lo u i sa H arm on and Me

linda H arm on, fi rst an d second w ives of

D av id Mansfield ( 1 772 - 1867 ) of Westm oreland, N . Y . ? The firs t m i n 1 797—the secondi n 1808.

(3) WATERS. H ave you an y records o f

Capt. D ani e l Waters of the N avy ?(4 ) Pen nm son - Ma n sr i ew . Wanted Rev.

ancestors of H anna Fenderson who i n Jo sephMansfield ( 1 737 Capt. in the Rev. War

b 1 74 1 or 1 740? H e d i n 1826.

(S) Gnou u on - a . Wanted Rev. ancestorso f Sarah Grom m on , second w i fe o f ConsiderL aw ( 1756- 1820) b Co lum bia Co N . Y . (1Oneida Co. who served in Capt. G ideon K ing

'sA lbany M i l i t ia, al so in Capt. Jam es Clark'sCom pany in Col. Sage

’s Conn. reg im ent ?G. M . C.

4952 . Gow saoaoucn . Robert Go ldsbo rough ,b. H am pshi re Co ., Va ., 1 795, m . Catherine Corbin, b . H am psh ire Co . Va ., 1 79 1 , d. 1875 . R ob

ert was the son of Robert an d E l i sabeth .

Where an d when was Robe rt Sr. bo rn ? Was

he in the Revo lu tion ? What was h is w i fe'slast nam e, wi th data regarding her fam i ly ?Was th i s Robert Go ldsborough a connectionof the Maryland Goldsborou ghs ?(2 ) PIN K . Johnson Fink, b. 1 785 . Wash

i n gton Co ., Pa ., d. H o lm es Co., Oh io. abou t

1850, was the son o f Jacob Fi nk. ‘N here andwhen was Jaco b bo rn, and where an d whendid he die ? Was he a R ev. so ldier ? Whowas h is wi fe?(3) LYON -TH US . Wi l l iam Lyon, b. Jan .

16, 177 1, d. Wayne Co . N . Y Mar. 24 , 1823,m at Washing ton , Ancient Woodbu ry, Conn .

Feb . 10, 1 793 Sarah T i tu s, b. Oct . 18, 1 771 , d.

D ec. 12, 1852 . Where was W i l l iam Lyon bo rn,who were hi s parent s, a nd was there Rev.

serv ice_i n th is li ne?

(4) BRIGH T- SOMMER. E l i zabeth Bright, b.D ec. 18, 1779, d. Ju ne 30, 1842 , m . in Ph i la.May 1 5, 1 799, Jacob Som m er J r. b. May 8.1 775, d. June 20, 1842. E l i zabeth Bright presum ab ly l i ved in Ph i la.. b u t wou ld l ike nam eo f place where she was bo rn, and her parent~age. Is there Rev. serv ice in th i s fam ily ?4953 Conm sn . Zara Corn i sh, bJan . 1 4,

1829 , m . Mati lda Jane Youngs, Oct. 26, 1848.

She was b Ju ly 7. 1853. Wanted, ancestry andRev. record on th i s li ne. F. E . B.

4954. Gu m - Lem . Wan ted. Rev. recordi n ei ther Va . or N . C.

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of John Grant who m .

Rache l Le i th . They had two ch i ldren, R ichardand I sabe l . The latter , m . Jerem iah McKayand the i r dau . Sarah m . John Sm i th. Theyrem oved to Newport . Ten n. bu t the exact datei s n o t known . E . M . S .

4955 Lee . Where can I get a copy of theLee Genealogy and at what price? D oes i tcontain a com ple te genealogy o f the threebro thers who cam e to th i s cou ntry in i ts firstyears of se ttlem ent? H . E . L .

4956 Fosrca. N athaniel Foster, a Rev. sol

dier l i ved at the ti m e of h is enl is tm en t in H i mdale, N . H . After the war he moved to NewYo rk S tate a n d i s su ppo sed to have. died nearS a l i sbu ry, N . Y . D ates of birth an d death of

N athanie l Foster, Sr., nam e o f w i fe, date o f

her bi rth and dea th, date of m arriage, nam eso f thei r chi ldren and h i s Rev service, desired.

T here were several N athan iel Fosters who

served i n the R ev., b u t data i s wanted o f the

father of Nathaniel Foster, Jr. who becam e afam ou s hunter and trapper of the AdirondackMts. Two of the daughters were nam ed.

Zi lpha and Sylv ia. These g i rl s, when sm a l l,were ca ptu red by the Indi ans b u t were tracedby N athan ie l, Jr . an d h i s friends a nd were re

captu red. H as anyone jo ined the D . A. R . on

th is l ine. I . E . P.

4957 DOLLAR - WILLBAN KSR euben Do l lar, a Rev.

" so ldier m . a M i ss W i lbanks in 1 779 and sett led in Edgfield, S . C.

where he was l i v ing in 1 790 w i th a w i fe and

fou r ch ildren. Wanted, Mi ss -W i l banks’ firs tn am e and that of her father. Is there a R ev.

reco rd for h im ? She had one bro ther E l i j ahwho m oved to P ickens Co Ala.

(2 ) T H ORNTON -GRES H AM . Wou ld l ike to

know the nam e of the father of Mary Tho rn

66 DAUGH TE RS OF TH E AMER ICAN R EVOL U TION MAGAZIN E

ton who m . T homas Gresham i n OglethorpeCo . , Ga . in 1 793. S . E . B.

4958 R ICHARDS -R USSEL . John Ri chards wasa Presbyterian m ini ster in Berksh i re, Vt. H i s

wi fe was Do ro thy Ru ssel. H i s son was Ru sse lSm i thso n R ichards whose w i fe was Abigai lS tone. Rev. serv ice and gen . data desi red forbo th of these m en .

( 2 ) H ULL- PH ELPS . Jeh iel H u l l of Du rhaman d N o rfo lk, Conn. m . Ru th Phelps, Nov. 8,1 750 and m oved to Verm ont in 1 773. Gen .

data and Rev. serv ice, des ired. M . M . K.

4959 On». Wanted, the descendants o f

Franci s ord who l i ved i n S henandoah Co .,

Va. was he the bro ther or father o f Robert0 rd who served in the Rev. from Va . ? Wou ldl ike the nam e and address o f anyone by thatnam e who m ight be descended f rom h im .

W. R . D .

4960 TAPM N . Wanted, i n form ation in re

gard to Col. T uni s Tappan who res ided i nGhen t, Co lum bia Co ., N . Y. ab 1 785 . H e i ssaid to have been on e o f Wash ing ton

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s staffofficers. H i s daughter E l i zabe th m . R ichardBarnes in 1785 . S . B. C.

4961 LLOYD-VVILLIAMS . Wn r xm s-Pucn .

Wanted, g i ven nam e and date o f death o f Mr.

L loyd, who m . Sal l ie \Vi lli am s, bo th o f Va .

and had on e ch i ld, Betsy L loyd who m . JohnPug h al so o f Va. A fter the death o f Mr.

L loyd, hi s w idow Sal l ie W i l l iam s L loyd m .

Jacob W'atk ins. Wanted, nam es o f parents o f

Sal l ie Wi l l iam s, Mr. L loyd and Jacob Watkins.Is there Rev. serv ice o n any o f the se fam i l ies ?Parentage al so wanted o f John Pugh and anyRev. serv ice o n h i s l ine.

(2 ) BROW N . Wa s D r. Wm . Brown of the

Fair fax County Com m i ttee o f Safe ty, 1 7741 775 father of Brown o f Va . and g randfather o f Wm . Wash ington Brown o f Va . and

N . C. ? If n o t, was he re lated a n d what re lat ion. Wm . Wash ingt on Brown

's m o ther wasNancy McNa i ry, s ister o f Judge a n d D r. Mc

Nairy. Who wa s Wm . Washing ton Brown’s

grandm o ther ? Wa s he re lated to PresidentGeo . Wash ington ? Is there any Rev. ancestryon th i s line? W. W.

4962 Gau tson - Baowen . Wou ld l ike to

know the t im e an d place of birt h an d death o f

Abraham Garrison , Sr. , a Rev. so ldier who m .

Maria Brower in 1 734 . M . A. S .

4963 Ru s s. Who were the parents o f Mi r iam R u ss, b. Oct . 12, 1 763 who m . Benjam inJones, a resident o f western Penna., on June2 1, 1 786. All gen . data relat ing to the Ru ssfam i ly des ired. u ’

. I .

4964 PA‘

rm N - LAN E. R ichard T i lm an Pa tton i n 1818 at . Anna dau . o f Aq n i lla Lane( Rev. so ldier an d C0 1. in wa r o f 1812 at thebattle of N ew Orleans.) a n d Agnes Fitzgeraldh i s w i fe. H e l ived i n H ardin Cc . , Tenn . and

m oved to Freestone Co ., Texas abou t 1858.

Where did he li ve be fore go ing to Tenn . and

who are h i s ancestors ? D id any of them haveR ev. serv ice ? A. P. S .

4965 Scam moucn . Jam es Scarbo ro ug h issa id to have com e to Am erica in 1 757 w i th h isbro ther Wi l l iam , set tled in N . C. , an d i t i s beli eved served as Major i n Gen . Wash ingt on

’sarm y under Gen. Marion. Is th i s tradi tioncorrect ? All gen . data and h isto ry on thi s l inedesi red. C. U . S .

4966 11 0 14 45 1 2 2 . Jonathan H o l l ister wa sMeh . 25 , 1 745 and d. Ju ly 10, 1837. H i s w i fe,Mehitable H o l l i ster, wa s b. Aug . 25 1747 an d

d. May 27 1831 . They l i ved i n Fa i rfield, Conn.b u t later m oved to H inesbu rg , Vt . \Vould

l ike to know the date o f the i r m arr iage and

whether Jona than H o l l i s ter served in the Rev.

C. W.

’

4967 PRATT- Loom s . Adon i j ah Pratt, b .

1 758 was the so n of D avid an d Jeru sha Prat t.Two bro thers, Jasper an d Peabody servedthroughou t the Rev. The Pratt fam i ly l i vedat Saybrook, Conn. and m oved to Co rnwal l,Conn. abou t 1 780. Adonij ah Pra tt m . MarthaLoom i s who i s su ppo sed to have been fromH arw inton . T hey had seven ch i ldren : Canodace, M inerva, Mar t i n, Lucy Mar ia, H arrie t,Nancy. S tephen R . W

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anted, any Rev. servi ceo f Adonij ah Pratt and dates o f m arriage and

b i rth and al l gen . data. Also fu l l nam e of

father o f Martha Loom i s w i th al l gen . dataand Rev. serv ice i f any.

( 2 ) BULL - PAU Ln t NG. R ichard Bu l l ( 17141 799 ) who m . Mi ss Pau lding . l ived in ChesterCo . and later m o ved to Perry Co Pa . H i s

ch i ldren were : T hom as ( 1 744- 1831 ) 111 . An n

H unter : . 1-len ry - 1816 ) m . GraceBrown ; John ( 1 750 m . Sarah Meredi th ;Rebecca ( 1 752 R ichard, ( 1 754 - 1840) 10 .

1 788 An n Anderson : Jem im a ( 1 756 m .

R ichardson ; W i l l iam ( 1758- 1828 ) m .

Sarah D arli n ton . R ichard Bu l l w i th h is sons,H enry an d W i l l iam and thei r fam i l ies are

bu ried in Bu l l’s H i l l Grave Yard on the placenow known as D o n alley

'

s M i l l s, Perry Co . , Pa.

“fam ed, place of birth o f R ichard Bu l l, Rev.

serv ice. fu l l nam e of w i fe, dates of bi rth, m a r

ri age a n d death and al l gen . data. Al so, dateo f m arriage o f H enry Bu l l and Grace Brownw i th al l data concern ing h im .

( 3) JORDAN - D AVIS . Franci s Jordan ( 1 7331804 ) was the so n o f John Jo rdan, S r. ( 16931 758 ) an d h i s w i fe E l i zabeth ( 1694- 1 779 ) and

l ived in Penna . H e m . Cather ine. They hada son Am os ( 1 762 - 1843) su ppo sed to b e bu riedat M i l lerstown , Pa ., who m . Sarah D av is( 1 762 The i r ch i ldren were : H annah,b. 1 784, m . a Waug h a n d l i ved at M i l lerstown :Rache l . b. 1 785. m . Jam es No rth : Franci s( 1 787- 1845) m . ( 1 ) Jem im a Bu l l, ( 2 ) SarahBu l l : Catherine, m . a Sanderson : Sarah. b.

1 79 5 ; Sam ue l, b. 1 79 7 ; John. b. 1800 ; Eli zabeth. m . Nathaniel Bu rrows : Rebecca , m . aCra ft . Wanted, place of birth and death of .

D ir it y p n h

GEN EALOGICAL D EPAR TMEN T

Franci s Jordan, Rev. service, fu l l nam e of

wi fe w i th date o f bi rth and m arriage and al lgen . data. Also , place o f bi rth a nd death of

Amo s Jo rdan and any Rev. service, and n am eof father of Sarah D av i s w i th al l data con

cern ing him . C. A. B.

4968 T u on vsou . Wanted, any Rev . service for Jam es T hom pso n o f R ichmond Co . ,

Va . H i s fou r ch i ldren were : R ichard, Jam es,(d. a so ldier of 1812 ; W

' i l l iam and

Frances.( 2 ) H ou ses Wanted Rev. service o f

E leazer H o lm es. H i s wi fe was E l i zabeth All

l

en and he had a da u . Jane. b. in H udson , N . Y.

C. S .

4969 JOH N SON . Charle s Johnson who was

a pri va te i n the 5 th Reg t. o f Va . troops underCapt. Jo hn Pleasants in the Rev. Wa r, en

li sted from A lbem arle Co ., Va. and was g ranted a pension Aug . 20, 1832 . Wan ted, nam es ofh i s pa rents and any R ev. service for his

father, names of brothers and si sters, nam e of

hi s wi fe and the nam es of the i r ch i ldren.M . H .

4970 t a n s -Mucu xsn . Who were the

pa ren ts o f E l i zabe th E l len W i l l iam s who m .

Thom as Mu l l iken of Md. H e was a Capt. i nthe Rev. War. Was she a descendan t of Gen .

Otho H o l land W i l l iam s ?( 2 ) D AVIDSON -ALE X ANDER. What were the

nam es of the parents o f Lydia D avidson of

Carli sle. Pa. who m . Jam es Alexander thereabou t 1 795 a nd m oved to Beaver Co Pa

Di d her parents ever em igrate to N . C ? Whatwere the nam es o f Jam es A lexander's parentsand where were they from ? E . H . A.

497 1 . COUSO. Alexandra Cou so , prom o tedFeb . 1 7, 1 780, from

"

Cap i ttan de Gran adero s delBattallon fif de la L u i si ana,

"

to“L ieu t. Col. dc

In fan tri a" served under the S pan ish King ,

who“on Ju ne 21 . 1 779 . declared war against

Great Bri tain a nd is sued hi s real cedu la bywh ich he au tho ri zed h is subject s in Am ericato wage wa r u pon subject s o f the King o f

Great B ri tain.

”Th i s was done becau se he

sym pa th i zed wi th the Am er ican Co lonies .Offi cia l proo f of Rev. serv ice des ired.

4972 Paar-r . S i las Pratt, b Dec. 28, 1 726

sett led in Wi l l iam stown, Mass. where i n 1 760hi s fi rst ch i ld, Wm .,

“the fi rst wh i te m ale ch ild

b in W’ i l l iam stown” was bo rn. Wha t was the

n am e of S i las’ w i fe? H i s dau Su sannah m

H on . Jo s iah Wright o f Pownal , Vt . and she

as we l l as her bro ther, Wi l l iam , an d cou sin ,S ilas Prat t Jr. are al l bu r ied in Pownal . S i lasPratt Sen . an d Jr. as wel l as H on . Jo s iahWrigh t an d W i l l iam Pratt served i n the Rev.

I . I’ . F .

4973. Caawroan . Jam es Craw ford m a si ster o f the m o ther of Andrew Jackson, and

em igrated w i th them to th i s country in 1 765.H e was the fo ste r father of Andrew, gave h imhi s fi rst gu n , a nd al so gave a hom e to the l i ttle fam i ly a f ter the sudden death of Andrew

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s

father. H e was on e who ass isted in redeem ingthe land Andrew'

s father had taken up, and

as far as he was able educated the boy. H e

and h i s sons were in the Rev. and he was

ki l led, hi s home bu rned an d property de

stroyed. According to the records o f the Wa r

D epartm ent he served as a m em ber of the

2nd. 5 . C. reg iment, com m anded by L ieu t. Col.Marion. H e i s shown to have enli s ted N ov. 4.

1 775 an d to have died May 18, 1 776. 1s he

bu ried in the Wauxhaw Settlem ent ? 1 th inkthe g rave shou ld be honored. What were thenam e s o f h i s wi fe and ch i ldren ? M . C. D .

4974 . MCCARTH Y- BALL. Co lonel D anie lMccarty, of Fairfax Co . Va . m arried S inahBal l

, daughter o f Jam es and Mary Ball , o f

Lanca ster Co . Va. Co lone l Mccarty died in1 79 1 . D id he do R evo lu t ionary serv ice, or

serve in Co lonial Wars ? H e was bo rn around1 725 - 1 730. D aniel and S inah McCarty had adaughter S inah who m arr ied Peter Waggoner.\r\’ho were thei r ch ildren , a nd did Peter Wag

goner do Revo lu t i onary serv ice? W. H . B.

( 2 ) Pom Ma rtin Porter m arri ed AggyW i thers in 1 789 in Fauqu ier Co. Va. Whowere the ch i ldren ? Who were the paren ts o fMart in Po rter, and was there any Revo lut ionary serv ice? W. H . B .

4975 . WA'

rrs. Barnett Watts' wi l l wasp robated in Madi son Co. Va. Mch 26, 1801 .

In i t he m entions wi fe Fan ny ; ch . : Noah ,H oward, Nancy, Lu ren a, Lydia, Fanny, Jenny,N e l ly and Sal ly. Barnett and h is two o lderbro thers, Thom as and Ju l iu s were suppo sedto have served in the Rev . Official proo fdes i red. T hey were the sons o f John and

Sal ly ( Barnet t ) Watts ; and Sa l ly was the

dau o f John Barne tt whose w i ll was probatedi n Orange Co . Va . May 24, 1 750. Wha t wast he m aiden nam e o f Fanny Watt s?(2 ) M in

-

m ew s . John Matt hews. b Mch.

1 5, 1 74 1 , w i th h i s th ree sons, Geo rge, Joe lan d John. em ig rated from N . C. to Oh io in1805. John S r. m Su sannah ( T hom as ?) a nd

had! George. b Apr. 27, 1 770 ; Joe l . b Aug .

26, 1 772 ; John, b Apr. 7, 1 775 ; R ebecltah . h

Mch . 3, 1 778 a nd Mary. b Apr. 10. 1 781 . D id

John S r. serve in the Revo lu tion ?4976. Esrv. An old grave- stone was

found th is sum m er ly ing in the tal l grass.som e di stance from Kearney. N ebraska. On

i t i s the inscr ipt ion : Mary F. E sty, b Jan. 18.

1833. D ied Ju ly 3, 1866. Who was th i s MaryE sty who died on the old O regon T rai l, on

her way, presum ably, to the far West. As I

w i sh to have the m onum ent reset, I wou ld beg lad of any in form ation of her or her ances

to rs . L . G. N .

4977. MAN N -H ILL . Reuben Mann, b Aug .

5. 1 776, m Jeru sha H i ll an d thei r th ird ch .

Sal ly was h at Sherbo ro . Chenango Co . N . Y .

in 1804 . T he i r e i ghth ch i ld. Sylvester, was hat Manl iu s. Onondaga Co. N .Y. in 1817 Sa l l ie

n i .

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m Lym an H i tchcock in in L i v ing ston Co .

N . Y . Ab . 1824 Reuben Mann, h i s ch i ldrenand thei r fam i l ies a nd several o f the H i l l sm oved to Craw ford Co . Penna. where Sylvester l i ved unti l 1864 when he m oved to Oregon .

Acco rding to t radi t ion Reuben Mann's fatherserved in the French an d Indian wars, and

owned schooners wh ich were u sed by the

Bri ti sh ; we presum e he al so served in the

Revo lu t ion . Vt’here was Reuben bo rn ? Whatwere the nam es o f h is paren ts ? Is there Rev.

se rv ice in th is l ine ? C. B. M .

4978. IRVIN E. Abram lrv i n e, from Va .

m oved to R u ther ford Co . N . C. where he i n

Sarah , da u o f Col. Wm . Graham Col. of the

T ryon Co . Reg im ent o f N . C. Sarah be ingb orn the n ight o f the battle o f Ki ng

’s Mountain, fears for h i s w i fe

’s safety prevented Col.Graham from reach ing the batt le g round int im e to part icipate—a fact wh ich he regre ttedu nti l h is dying day. From what county inVa. did Abram com e? D id he serve in theRevo lu tion ? H i s father l i ved and died i n Va .

What was h is nam e ? There i s no th ing in theIrv ine Genealogy to he lp m e ; and so 1 am

re lying on the Gen . Departm en t. As Col.

Graham cam e from Bo tetou rt Co . Va . I

wonder i f the Irv ines al so cam e f rom there .

M . I. H .

4979 . ANDERSON . Co lone l N el son Anderson o f the R evo lu tion . ho rn in H ano ver Co.

Va . and died in Bedford Co . Va . 1826, m ar

ried Anne Bal l, and had i ssue : Anne, who m

her cou s in Anderson T hom son o f H anover :2 Jesse Anderson, who m E l i zabeth Wes tJones, and had i ssue : 1 Mary L igh tfoo t, mSam u e l Garland ; 2 E l i zabe th , m N athanie l W'

.

Floyd ; 3 Charles D andridge, m Mary A. H a r

rison . Ancestry an d al l gen . data o f Col.

N e lson Anderson and h i s wi fe Anne Bal ldesired.

( 2 ) T n ou son . Ancestry desi red of Ao

derson T hom son of H anover Co . Va . , who

m h i s cou s in Anne Anderson . ln the H an

over records i s found,

“D ec. 26, U Sb—An

derso n Thom son. Waddy T hom sonJr. , SarahT hom son and E l i zabeth T hom son app’t Nelson T hom son o f Albem arle Co . the i r atty.

concern ing estate o f N el son Anderson J r.deceased.

" Who was N el son AndersonJr. ?

As the date on th i s i s 1 786, he can't be the

Col. Ne lson Anderson who m Anne Bal l , ashe died 1826. Yet h i s dau Anne m her cou sinAnderson T hom son who seem s to be de~

scended f rom N el son Anderson J r. Any ln

fo rm at ion or gen . data rega rding these Anderson , T hom son and Bal l fam i l ies w i l l begreatly appreciated.

(3) Col. John S tu l l o f fi n ge rstown . Md. com m anded a Maryland battal ionin 1 776 77, and was appo inted Ju stice o f the

County Cou rt of Wash ing ton county, al so o f

the Orphans'

Cou rt, 1 778. H i s fi rst w i fe was

Mary W i l l iam s, s i ster o f Gen . Otho H o l l andW i l l iam s o f Md. , and h i s second w i fe was

P rudence, dau of Col. Ely W i l l iam s, bro thero f Mary and Gen . Otho H o l land W i l l iam s.Ancestry and al l gen . data w i th dates of birt hand death o f Col. John S tu l l desi red.

( 4 ) W ILLIAMS . Bro thers a n d s isters as

wel l a s parents desired o f Gen . Otho H o l landW i l l iam s. M . T .

4980. Bu tt . W i l l iam 5 . B lai r of Madi sonCo . Tenn, m arried Mahala. They had si x

ch i ldren : Jam es Monroe Blai r, born in 182 1 :Margaret. bo rn in 1822 ; Betty, born in 1824W i l l iam . bo rn in 1825 ; Mart ha, bo rn in 1827 ;Mary. bo rn i n 1829 . Jam es Monroe Blairm arried E l i zabeth U pton in 1847. T he i r ch i ldren were : Anne, W i l l iam , Joseph , T hom as ,Mary, Betty, N ancy, Jam es, U pton. Inez and

Martha. The Blai rs. W i leys an d Boren s wereal l ied fam i l ies . W i sh nam es o f parents of

W i l l iam S . Blai r, when an d where he was

born ( th ink he was born in Vi rgi nia ) and anygenealog i cal an d Revo lu t ionary data re lat ingto th i s fam i ly.( 2 ) H ALL. Wanted ancest ry, w i th Revolu

t i on ary serv ice, o f Mahala H al l, who m arriedW i l l iam 5 . Bla ir in an d l ived in Madi sonCo Tenn .

(3) U m n . Thom as, Joseph and W i l l iamU pton, bro thers, were bo rn in T ennessee . In

1824 Thom as U pton m arr ied Ann ie Yearou t.They had fi ve chi ldren : E l i zabe th , bo rn inB lou nt CO . in 1825 ; T hom as, Jam es, W i l l iaman d N ancy. Who were the parents of

T hom as U pton ? W i sh to t ra ce th i s fam i lyback an d to secu re all R evo lu t ionary records.( 4 ) HARLEY . M i ss Ba rley ( descended f rom

the Vi rg in ia Earleys ) , m arri ed a Yearou t an dhad s i x ch ildren : Anne, bo rn abo u t 1806 ;W i l l iam , Sal l ie, Su san, Bessie an d Sam antha.W i sh gi ven nam e of M i ss Earley, nam e of

her parent s and any genealog ical data w ithRevo lu t ionary service of the Ea rley fam i ly.

4981 . Noam George Norvel l Sen . l ivedi n Bedfo rd and A lbem arle counties, Va. dyi n g in the latter Co . in 1836. In form ationin regard to hi s w i fe desi red. Wou ld l iketo co rrespond w ith o ther m em bers of theNo rvel l fam i ly.(2 ) N ewma n . N im rod N ewm an l i ved in

Gooch land and Bedfo rd count ies, Va . an d hada dau Pat ty who m John H udnal l, a R ev.

so ldier. N am e of w i fe of N im rod N ewm andes i red.

(3) JON ES . R ichard Jones. k i l led early inthe Rev. in Va . res ided i n Brunsw ick Co . ab1 762 . H i s sons Freem an and R ichard se rvedi n the Rev. also . Freem an en l isted f romRu ther ford Co . N . C. m Ch ri st ina Parri sha nd had a son , R ichard ; as di d h i s bro ther,R ichard. N am e of w i fe of R ichard JonesSen . des ired.

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(4 ) Pam su . An cestry of Chri st in a (Parr ish ) Jones, m ent. above, des i red.

( 5 ) Jon xso n . Wm . Johnson of Va . was

a cooper in the Am erican arm y an d m adebarrel s in a ca ve i n a ri ver bank . H e m ovedto Ky. where he wa s l iv ing in 1816. H i s

w i fe's nam e was D i an a. What was her m aidennam e ? T hey died in P ickens CO . Ala . ab1848. leav ing : Wm . N an cy who to Jo sephBragg ,

a di stingu i shed Indian fighter o f Texas,E l iz . m Mr . Denton ; R ebecca m John Wood

a rd : Marg aret m Jesse H ew i tt ; Walter and

Rache l who m R ichard, son of Freem anJone s. In fo rm ation in regard to th i s fam i ly,an d nam e o f w i fe o f W i l l iam , des ired( 6) Ct ou m zs. Eli sha Crom i n es l i ved on

the boundary l ine between Ala . and M i ss .du ring the Rev. D id he have serv ice ?( 7 ) Bu scoe. D r . John Bri scoe, a Rev .

so ldier, pract i sed m edicine at Augu s ta, Ga .

H is w i fe was An n Woods, who se parent ssett led Beech Island on the Georg i a- S . C .

l ine on the Savannah rive r. Thei r da u An n( Nan cy ) to Col. John Fran kl in Barnet t o f

Clarke Co . Ga . In fo rm at ion in regard to th i sfam i ly des ired.

(8) Ba um -T i m u r. Col. J . F. Barnettwas the son o f Capt. John Barnet t o f t he

Rev . a nd h i s wi fe, Caro l ine Flem ing T indal l ,dau o f the Rev. so ldier Wm . T indal l and h i sw i fe E l i z . An n Bryan . Wm . T indal l appa ren tly cam e to Ca . sho rt ly be fore the R ev. andfor a wh i le l i ved in Edgefi e ld Co. S . C., a fterwards se tt l ing in R ichm ond Co . Ga. In form ation desi red in regard to the T inda l l an dBryan fam i l ies.( 9 ) H USON . Cal v in H u son Sen . l i ved in

N . Y. du r ing the Rev. D i d he serve there in ?An y in form at ion regarding th i s fam ily desi red.

H . H .

4982 . Sroruzsn aw -Pu xea. John Spoke sfie ld, accordin g to fam i ly tradi t ion served i nthe Rev. H e was b in 1 757, in N . H . ; waslef t an o rphan at an early age, and adoptedby a sea capta i n nam ed Parker, owner of ash ip that carr ied m erchan di se f rom Po rt smou th . H e (1 when John was n ineteen yrs.old, and soon therea fter he enl isted. H e was

stati oned on a m an of war that sai led fromPortsm ou th . On h is fi rst t rip he was capto red, sent to Lon don, and held a pri sone run ti l the close of the wa r. H e d at age o f96 yrs. and was the father of e igh t ch i ldren .

One o f them , Jonathan Spokesfi eld, the son

of the second w i fe o f John. Betsy Crosby, wasb at Thorn ton. N . H . i n 1805 Offi cial proo fof serv ice des i red. It i s po ss i ble that he en

l isted u nder the nam e of Parker.(2 ) Caosnv. What was the nam e of Betsy

(Crosby ) Spokesfield’

s father? She m JohnSpokesfi eld in 1 795 at Meredi th, N . H . . andwas b at No t ti ngham , N . H . Oct . 28. 177 1 .

L . A. H .

4983. H u n t on . E ppa H unton was a so l

dier in the Confederate arm y, and h is fam i lyl i ved at R ichm ond, Va . Wanted any i n fo rm ation .o f h im , h is descendants, or ancestry.

S . C. H .

4984 . Wa n o n . D id George Walton, s ignero f the D eclaration of Independence, l i ve i nVi rgi n ia du r ing the Revo lu t ion ? D id he haveany ch ildr en, and what were the i r nam es ?My g randfather, Jam es Mackay, h King W i lli am Co. , Va . , N ov. 2 7, 1 766, m Mary ( Po l ly )Walton, in Nottoway Co . Va . Dec. 26 , 1 793.

They m oved i n 1795 to Boonsbo ro . Ky ., and

a fterwards to D over, Maso n Co ., Ky., whereh e d in 1860. Any i n fo rm ation w i l l be gratefully recei ved. T.J. M .

4985 . Pom m -Ksn r-Coucn . Jam es Pollard m Jem im a Kent N ov. 29 , 1 786. T he i rdau Rebecca tn Jesse Couch Jan . 4 , 1810. Theyli ved in H untsv il le, Ala ., where thei r son Johnwas bo rn . T hey then m oved to Lou i s iana .

Inform ation desi red o f Rev . serv ice o f Jam esPo l lard, and also dates o f bi rth and death .

Ancestry al so desired o f Jem im a Kent an d

Jesse Couch , w ith al l dates. Were any of thei rancesto rs i n the Revo lu t ion ?( 2 ) WALKER . Asaph Walker b H enrico 0 )

Va . 1735, m Judi th T rabue \Va tki n s, b 1 742Chesterfi eld Co . , Va . Asaph Walker servedi n the French and Indian War. Moved to Ky.

abou t 1790, and d ab. 1808. Fam i ly tradi t ionsays he was al so in the Rev. Wanted serv icea nd date of m arriage.

(3) H ousm n - H a n n ou n Rebecca H am

m ond m H ou ston, presum ably a near re lat ive o f Gen . Sam H o u ston. The i r dau Jeann ette H ouston m John Co uch, in R ichm ond,Lou i siana. Ju ly 1 , 1847. Inform at ion des i redo f H ou ston an d H am m ond fam i l ies and R ev .

serv ice i f any. E . H . C.

4986 . PIPER . H as any m em ber o f the

D . A. R . a Rev. ancesto r by the nam e o f Pi perf rom N . J . whose fam i ly tradi t ion states thath e cam e f rom Germ any as a bond slave? H i s

w i fe died lea ving h im w ith several ch i ldren.am ong them Su sanna and Ph i l ip . H . B. S .

4987 . G i n i a n -W i u s- Jon es . W i l l iam G i l

l i am , m y g randfather, m arr ied Lucy S . W i l l s.She was the dau o f Matthew and L ucy ( Jone s )W i l l s ; and Lucy Jones was the dau of A l lenJones O f Yorkt own, Va . Wanted Rev. an

cestry in and o f these th ree l ines.4988 . Fn tzzu t . Wanted Rev. se rv ice o f

John Frizze l l of Fram ingham and Northfield.

M ass . H e was the son of Sam ue l and Prudence ( Flag g ) Frizzel l . and was b Sept . 20.1 730 and d 1815.

( 2 ) Bu n m . Parentage of Martha Bart1ett, b Aug . 16, 1 739 No rthfield, Mass . (1 N ov.

20. 1840 in S traffo rd, Vt ., m Jobon Fri zze l l,m ent . above. des i red.

(3) E VAN S . R ichard E vans had a son . Jerem iah , who m Rachel McMullen . dau of John

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and Mary (Poe) McMullen of Peters twp .

Frank l i n Co. Penna. John McMullcn servedin Cum berland Co . Mi l i t ia in 1 777 and 8, andd Ju ly 10, 1822 . D id R ichard E vans serve?(4 ) PARKS . Gen . data a nd official proo f o f

serv ice desi red o f Charles Parks who l ived on

the Yadk in river in N . C. H is w i fe was

Catherine and thei r son , Sam uel Parks b D ec.

25, 1 771 i n N . C. d in 1848 i n Oh io, and was

m N ov. 6, 1 792 to Charity, dau of Ph ineasRunyan. R . M. I .

4989 . CH AN DLER. In the Octobe r num be ro f the m aga zine m ent ion is m ade on p 280 o f

Capt. Sam u e l Chandler o f th e E leventh Conn.reg im ent in the R evo lu t ion. D id th i s Capt.Chandler have any descendants who m oved to

Vi rgi n ia ? H . J. H .

4990. Ktwoom; (KILGORE ) . Matthew Ki l

gore b Penna . Aug . 22 , 1 770 m E li a . Arm strongof Au gu sta Co . Va . Oct . 3, 1 799. and m ovedto Ross Co. Oh io, dying i n D ayton, Meh. 15,1836 . In fo rm ation o f ancestry, w i th al l gen .

data and Rev. record, desi red. L . K. N .

499 1 . Stocxm n -w ea s -a ts. W i l l theTerm . D au ghters who are descen ded fromDoug las H . Thom as, or Joe l B . S tockton ;W i l l iam or Jo seph Blowers : or W i l l iam H ar

g i s, tel l m e the i r l ine of descen t. All enteredland b ef. 1823 i n Tenn . M . P. F.

4992 . WEST. D id Benj am in West, the art i st , m arry? If so , whom ? D i d he have adau Mary, who m an E ng l i shm an nam ed Glask in and l ived in Pr ince Edward Co . Va ?

(2 ) Was the Woodyard, a pictu re of wh ichappeared in the October num ber o f the m agaz ine, painted by Benj am i n “Jest ? E . G. S .

4993. Ecct rs ron a own . Benedict E ggleston . b No r th S toning ton, Conn . June 18, 1763.served as a private u nder Capt. Roger A lden.o f Lebanon, Conn. H e m 1 ) Content Brownin 1 785. She was b ab 1 764 and d i n D orset,Vt . 1808. Wanted, parentage and any o thergen . data o f Content Brown .

(2 ) EGGLESTON . Benedict E gg leston , m ent.abo ve was the son of Bened ict and Rebecca(Worden ) E gg leston . D i d the father serve inthe Revo lu t ion ? \Vho were h is parents ?

F. B. S .

4994 . Botm n . W i l l iam Bo l ton served inthe 3rd Md. reg

’t and was ki l led Aug . 16. 1 780.

H e wa s recru i ted f rom Bal tim o re Meh . 2 , 1 780 .

What was the nam e of h i s w i fe ? Thei r dauAnna Bo l ton, m m y g reat g randfather, \Vm .

Green, and had a so n , Thom as who m Carol ine Blai r. L. T . R .

4995. LOWE. George Lowe l i ved betweenClear Spring a nd H agerstown , Md. o n the

Po tom ac ri ver du ring the Rev. D id he serve?Wanted, al l gen . data of h im as wel l as proo fo f serv ice. i f any. E . L . P.

4996. Passom '

r- h owa s . Aaron Prescott.a R ev. so ldier of S . C. rn ( 1 ) M i ss Glaze : m( 2 ) the widow Flowers . What was her m aidennam e?

( 2 ) Ba ucn mm . John H en ry Baughm an mCatherine W i se or W'i sem an in S . C . Ances

t ry w i th al l g en . data a nd Rev. serv ice. i f an y,des ired.

(3) D IS EKER . Who were the parents ofWm . A. D i seker o f S . C. who m Mary An nPrescot t D ec . 18, 1828 ? D id h is father servein the Revo lu t ion ?( 4 ) D acs n a s . John D rennan was i n Cam ~

den D i st rict, Chester Co . S . C. in 1790. D idhe have Rev . serv ice ? L . D . F.

4997. MCDOWELL . D r. McD owell em i

g rated f rom Sco t land, served seven years asa su rgeon in the Rev. and soon a fter the

close 111 E l izabeth Bu rgess and sett led in Va.

then m oved to Blue L icks, Ky. , and a fterwardsto Indiana. H e and h is o ldest so n , Jam esBu rgess McDowell entered fou r quarter sec~

tions o f land near where Indianapo l i s n ow

stands, and l ived there unt i l the father died in0

1835 aged 106 yrs . h i s Ch ri st i an nam e

John or \Vi lli am ? Officia l proo f o f serv icedes ired. J. L .

4998. BUTLER . W i l iam , son o f W i l l i am andE l izabeth Bu t ler of Albem arle Co . Va . tnJane, dau o f M ichae l and Anne Woods . T heyhad a son Claudiu s Bu tler who m Do rcasSum pter. D id e ith er W i l l iam or Claudiu sserve i n the Revo lu t ion ? Posi ti ve proo f o f

serv ice des ired, al so al l gen . data. All l i vedat som e t im e in Al bem arle Co . Va thoughWm . Bu tler l ived for a t im e in Wythe Co .

an d M ichael W'

oods died in Bo tetou rt Co . i n1 777 . M . W. D .

4999 . Ban -

to n . Sam ue l Br itton, b T renton,N . J . Ju ly 20. 1 772 , d N ov. 28, 1853 in Johnson Co. Iowa . H i s w i fe. Anna Warner, wasb Feb . 5. 1 777 and d May 23, 1848. Wantedancestry, w i th all gen . data and offici al proo fo f se rv ice. i f any . E . T .

5000. S u u rca. Wm . Shah'er, b Berks o rLancaster Co . Pa. Ju ly 26, 1 775, m Soph iaBlock or Buch Au g . 6, 1 799 , and d Dec. 2 1 ,1858. H e m oved to H arri sbu rg, Pa. in 18 14and i n 1816 to S tark Co. Oh io where he hecam e a m em ber o f the Lu theran chu rch .

Wanted, nam es of h i s parents, and officia lproo f o f Rev . service, i f any. on e i ther s ide.

5001 . ALLE N -MORGAN . In fo rm ation wantedregarding Wi l l iam A l len who m arried MaryMorgan , dau of John Mo rgan. Bo th fam i l iesem ig rated f rom Va. to Ky. j us t a fter the Rev.

Ab 1800 they m oved to L a. Wm . Al len wasi n war o f 1812 . Who were h i s paren ts ? JohnMorgan. father of Mary Mo rgan Al len wa s i nRev. Inform ation rega rding h im des ired .

( 2 ) Sum n . In fo rm ation wanted regardingThom as Su tton, b D ec . 14, 1 761 , m Sarah Freem an , dau of Joshua and Mary Freem an.

Thom as Su t ton's daugh ter, Cel ia was bo rn inBert ie Co . N . C. Oct . 6, 1803.

(3) Man n'

s. Where can I procu re a copyof the Mcbane genealogy relati ng to the N . C.

fam i ly ? P. J. A.

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Mrs. W illa rd S. Augsb ury, H istorian Genera l. ChairmanMan u a ls ren ow n» av Sa x on . CLAR K

, J .J., S haron, Mercer Cc ., Penna.,

be tween the years 1837 - 1846 .

( Copied by M i ss Mary J . T rude l l. Menom inee, M ich. )

Addga te, H aven, and Mat i lda Baldw i n, June 29 , 1842 .

Am es, S iprea n , and N ancy Meeker, Apri l 27, 1845.Am ey, John L , a nd Adel ine Beard, D ec. 1 5. 1844 .

Ashton, Meters, and H annah U rm son, Aug . 31 . 1843.

Au stin , Jam es, and H annah D unlap, J une 29 , 1842 .

Bennet, H arm on, an d Em m ey S perry, D ec. 25, 1844 .

Carden, Co l l ins, and E l iza An n Copp, May 12 , 1844 .

Cu sta rd, George, an d H annah Fry, Oct. 31 , 1842 .

Dodge. Ruppet , an d Sarah Briant, June 1 1 , 1846Dunlap, S tephen, and H annah McMullin , D ec. 2 1 . 1839 .

H arm on, W i l l iam C., and Rosal ine H art , Sept . 24, 1846.Hook, W i l l iam , an dMer i ette Bu rt, March 25. 1846.

Mccon nel, A lexander, and E l i zabeth H eik. D ec. 3, 1844 .

Pit ner, R ichard C. . an d H arriet K inne, March 1 7, 1844 .

Preston , E benezer B., and Clarissa Sawyer, D ec. 26, 1842 .l'r i tchard. and Em i ly Sankey. Oct . 1845 .

Ray. Jam es. and Martha Roberts, Sept. 26, 1842 .

Reeves, H arvey, and Phebe H og land, Sept. 2 1 , 1842 .

Rog ers, Au stin. a ndAbigai l T r i bby, N ov. 29 , 1845 .

S t . Lawrence, Edward. and Em i ly Ru ssel l, March 2 1 , 1844 .

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Al len . Sam uel P to Mary E l i zabeth Thom pson , March 17.Brig g s. Ira, to Margare t Jones, Sept . 1 2, 1833.

Carr, H i ram , to Ab igalThom pson, Feb . 12 , 1828.

Chapm an, Ren selaer, to H arriet F. Tu rner, Feb . 17, 1839.Green, Se th W . , to Sarah Jane Portm an, 1815.

Grey, Jam es, to Po l ly Mi les, D ec., 181 1 .

Crosen b urg , Sam ue l, to E l i zabeth Toss, Jan . 19, 1836.

H all , Orri s, to E l i za H ackney, March 10, 1830.

H ou ghn o t, D anie l , to Catherine S tewart, D ec., 1818.King , John, to Bet sey G i l so n, Aug . 15, 181 1 .

Knapp, H i ram , to Mrs. Mary 0 . N o rth , Sept. 2, 1837.McCoy, T hom as, to Pri sci l la Cheers, 1836 .

McKi n n ey, Thom as, to Clari ssa D u rant. Sept. 13, 1840.

Mart in , Thom as, to Mary Po rtm an, Apri l 9, 1818.

N eum an , Jerem iah C. , to N ancy Marsh, Oct . 1 4, 1819.

R u ssel l, John, to Sarah Jane Van D u sen , Sept. 2 7, 1837.S tone, T hom as. to Jane Portm an,Aug . 1 7, 1820.

NOTE—Jane, Mary and Sarah Jane Portm an were s isters, and dau ghters of John Portm an , the Revo lu t ionary soldier whose nam e i s on the m onum ent at Warren, and h is wi fe,Catherine Goodli nk.

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By Arth u r Tru e Bu nwell, M . D .

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noted food scienti s t, and hetold m e of some of h i s ex

perien ces i n the t rea tmen t ofdi sease th rough food. Incidenta l ly Eugene Chri st i an

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m ethod of eat i ng and wrote Ch ri sti an a letter to that effect.

Bu t perhaps the m ost i n terest i ng case tha tCh ri s t i an told m e of was that of a m u l t i -m i llion a i rw —a m an 70 years old who had beent ra vel l i ng wi th h i s doctor for severa l yearsi n a sea rch for hea l th. H e was extrem elyem aci ated, had ch ron ic const ipat ion , lumb ago, an d rheum at i sm . For over twen tyyea rs he had su ffered wi th stom ach an d i n

test i n al t rouble, wh ich i n rea l i ty was superaciduous secret ion s i n the stom ach . The firs tm enu s g iven h im were des igned to removethe cau ses of acidi ty, wh ich was aecompli shed i n abou t th i rty days. An d a fter th i swas done he seem ed to u ndergo a com pletereju venat ion . H i s eyes igh t, hea ri ng, tasteand al l of h i s m en ta l facu l t ies b ecam e keen erand m ore a lert . H e had had n o organi ctrou ble—bu t he was sta rv i ng to death f romm a lnu t ri t ion and decom pos i t ion— a l l causedby the wrong select ion and com b i nat ion of

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The D ower H ouse. Mount A i ry, Maryland Fron t ispiece

Old Co lon ial H om es. ‘Co l labo rated by M . R . D uva ll and I . V. V. l'

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An H i sto ric Bo tt le. Ca roli n e D orsey JohnstonGenealog ical D epartm en t

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OldColon ial H omes .

Moun t A i ry , H is Lordsh ip’s Ki ndne ss, was bu i l t by the o rder of the

Second Lo rd Ba l t im o re i n 1642 , n i neyea r s a f te r the landi ng of Leona rd Calve rt a t St . Ma ry

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si te selected was i n tha t pa rt of St .

Ma ry's Coun ty wh ich i n 1658 becam eCha r le s Coun ty , a nd i n 1695 Pr i nceGeorge

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yea r sfrom 1642 to the t im e of the Fou rthLo rd Ba l t im ore i t was u sed as a hun ting- lodge, and was pract ica l ly i n the w ildern ess . T radi t ion po i n t s ou t the veryspo t where the ter r ible Susquehan n oughsm et w i th de fea t a t the hand o f the wh i tem an , even though they had been fu rn i shed sho t an d gu n s by the t reacherou sSwedes on the b anks o f the D elawa re.

At the presen t t im e, however , i t i s ha rdto be l ieve tha t any th i ng m o re wa r l ikethan a squ i r rel could i nvade the peaceful lan dscape .

Af ter the t rouble between the Colon !

i sts an d the Fou rt h L o rd Ba l t im o re,wh ich culm i na ted i n the delay i n t ran sm i t t i ng the new s of the acces s ion of

W i l l i am and Mary, a nd the depos i t ionof Lo rd Ba l t im o re, he returned to th i scou n t ry sea t to spend h i s rem a i n i ngdays . fa r f rom the schem i ng pol i t ici ansand b i go ted opponen ts of h i s fa i th .

The Fi f th Lo rd Ba l t im ore wen t toLondon . renou nced the fa i th o f h i s fa thers. took the oa th o f a l leg i ance to the

Pro te s tan t k in g, was re i nst a ted i n the

tem pora l possessions and gi ven la rgep resen ts of m oney . L ike a l l the Calvert s he was fond o f t ravel , an d wh i lem ak in g a jou rn ey th rough Eu rope he

v i s i ted Frede ri ck the Grea t of Prussi a .

Th i s m ona rch i s sa id to have been m uchplea sed w i th h im and decla red h im to b e“a very sen s ible man who po s sessed a

great dea l of know ledge and th i nks l ikeu s

,tha t science can b e n o di spa ragem en t

to n ob i l i ty n or degrade a n i l lu s t riou srank .

”Soon a f ter h i s depa r tu re Fred

er ick com po sed a poem on L ibe rty of

Though t i n E ngla nd, and dedica ted i t toLo rd Ba l t im ore.

On h i s retu rn to Ma ryland he bu i l t i n175 1 the long b all, the squa re pa r lor anda Wi ng tha t was bu rned i n 1787 , b u t hasbeen rebu i l t by the p resen t owner . At

h i s dea th the hou se a nd e s ta te were leftto the son of the S i x th Lo rd Ba l t im ore,and descended f rom f a ther to son un t i lw i th i n recen t yea r s when the es ta te wassold a t publ ic auct ion and pu rcha sed bythe p resen t owner

,Mrs. Ma t i lda R .

D uva l l , who ha s res to red the hou se a sf a r a s pos s ible, changed the n am e f romMoun t Ai ry to “

The D owe r H ou se”

for the hou se was en ta i led f rom eldes tson to eldest son w i th the p ri v i lege of

dower to the w idow— and ha s en terta i n ed a t va r iou s t im es the m ost br i l l i an to f \Va sh i ngton s ta te sm en and d iplom a ts.

As the prope r ty had never been soldi n a l l the years si nce the t im e of the

Second Lord Ba l t im o re, t i t le was gi vendi rec t f rom the o r igi na l gran t .O the r e s ta tes i n difi

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“Th i r teen Colon ies” h ave re

m a i ned i n on e f am i ly for two hu ndredyea r s or m o re. A de scr ipt ion of two

wh ich a re to be fou nd i n the S ta te o f

N ew York w i l l clo se th i s a r t icle ; a nd these r ie s w i l l b e con t i nu ed i n the n ex t i s sueby a n accoun t f rom a n Iowan , of a t r ipt aken la s t sum m er to eleven H i s to r icH ou ses owned by di fl'eren t chapter s

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N ew E ngland . She p resen ted a ca rdcata logue of twen ty - two hou ses ownedand occup ied by the D . A. R . Chapter sto the L ibrary i n Mem o ri a l Con t i nen ta lH a l l , and i n the le tte r accom pany i ng the

g i f t , s t a ted tha t the“grande s t on e was

the Roya l l H ouse a t Medford ,Ma s s .

The m o s t tum ble- down on e was the l i t t leold schoo l - hou se whe re the boy s h adbroken i n a nd hel ped them selve s to a i

m o s t every th i ng i n the room s . b u t did n ot

da re touch the grea t Am e r ican Flag of

the chapte r . The m o s t l i v able o n e was

the “a lt s a t a nd so on , eacho n e hav i ng i t s cha rm . t a lked w i ththe ca re- taker s, handled m any preciou s

rel ics, sa t i n a l l k i nds o f old Co lon i a lcha i r s, f rom p ri e s t

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s penance cha i r s andwooden \Vi ndsors to rea l Ch ippenda le,that had had m ost m a rvelou s adven tu res .We dran k tea and cl im bed secre t st a i rways—we even explo red old w i ne cel la r s .Som eti m es we pa i d ten cen t s to en te r .som e t im es twen ty - five cen t s ; o f ten ou r

D . A. R . p i n opened the doo r for u s.

We rea l ly l ived i n the R evolu t ionaryper iod, a nd I feel tha t I know m o re abou tN a tha n H a le and ‘

Old Pn t’

and Ab i ga i lAdam s tha n I do abou t m y nex t -doo rn e ighbo r.

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S ton e H ouse of the S alisb u rys.

twen ty - two i n Co x sack ie , i n s t ruct i ngthe ch i ldren i n the H e idleb u rg ca tech i sm ,

and for the se du t ie s was to rece ive “50

pou nds a yea r, a hou se, ga rden and fire

wood,hor se, saddle and b r idle, and i f

the ho r se died the loa n of ano ther .

Fou r yea r s la ter he le f t for ano ther fi eldand for seven teen yea rs the chu rch was

w i th ou t a pa s to r , b u t the f a i th fu l m ember s of the con s i s to ry held serv ices a ndkep t the congrega t io n together un t i l1 753 when R ev . Johan nes Schu nem a n ,known a s the D u tch dom i ne of the

Ca t sk i l l s," hav i ng been sen t to H o l la nd

by these chu rches to“com plete h i s theo

logica l educa t ion , took u p the wo rk .

H e i s de scr ibed a s “sho rt a nd corpnlen t a nd of grea t power .

”H e had g rea t

cou rage, was hated by the T o ri es , andt raveled du r i ng the R evo lu t ion ove rlonel y fo res t path s on ho r seback anda lone to the di s t an t se t t lem en t of Cox

sackie w i th on ly h i s t ru s ty r i fle for def

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cn se,and i t i s reco rded tha t he a lway s

“took i t w i th h im i n the pul pi t ; fi r s tlook i ng wel l to the pr im i ng.

H e m a r r ied on e of the f a i r daugh ter so f Ma r t i n Van Bergen an d for fo rtyon e yea rs m i n i s te red to th i s people . Two

brown stone s i n the Je ffer son R u ra lCem etery m a rk the re s t i ng places o f

h im sel f and w i fe . N ea r by i s s t i l ls tandi ng the br ick hou se he bu i l t a fewyea r s be fo re h i s dea th . llc died May

5, 1 794 , and the Sabba th be fo re

p reached f rom the tex t I t i s fin i shed.

O f the five hou ses th a t '

com po sedO lde Ka tski ll, th ree are s t i l l s tandi n g : the Van Bergen house ( s ince1 77 1 the Vedde r hom es tead) , the Sa l i sbu ry m an s ion , bet ter known a s the Va nD eu sen hou se, an d a no ther bu i l t by theS a l i sbu ry s i n 1 730 (n ow G. Y Clemcu ts) .The hou ses of the Sa l i sbu rys s t i l l re

t a i n the old t im e character i s t ics bo thwi thou t a nd w i th i n , beau t i fu l ex am ple so f the Colon ia l pe r iod . The Van Ber

gen hou se ha s been ra i sed a ha l f s to ryand o therw i se m odern ized, a l though i ts t i l l ha s broad ha l l s, spaciou s room s ,fire- places an d br ick oven . Mo s t coun s

t ry dwel l i ng s of Co lon i a l day s seek theshel te r of the h i l l s w i thou t rega rd to theou t loo k wh ich i n tho se day s was re

str icted by a n unbroken fo res t , bu t theVan Bergen hou se and the pa rsonage,n ow replaced by a m odern bu i ldi ng , wereset on the top o f b i lls and had i n sp i ri ngv iew s o f the su rroundi ng cou n t ry : theCa t sk i l l w i ndi ng a rou nd th rough greenfields , cro s sed by the s tone b r idge o f

1792 ; the v i l lage of Leeds w i th the

wh i te spi re above the t rees of the suc

ces so r of the chu rch o f 1 732, i t sel f nea ring the cen tu ry m a rk

,and acro s s the

fl a t s Po t ie Mou n ta in , upon who se s idesthe wo l f how led, an d the pan ther and

w i ldca t set up the i r cry i n the long w i nter n igh t s .The re a re m any i n te res t i ng old hou ses

wo rthy of prese rva t io n i n th i s po rti ono f Greene Coun ty ; b u t s lowly and

su rely they a re pa ss i n g away, w i th fewe xcept ion s u napprec i a ted by the presen tgenera t io n who a re i ndi fferen t to thei rfa te, and who have l i t tle know ledge or

i n teres t i n ea r ly t radi t ion s , or the pa

t r iot ic m en and wom en who l ived the i rl i ves an d did he ro ic deeds a long the va lley of the Cat sk i l l . I t i s we l l to rem em

b er tha t t rue pa t r io t i sm an d a know ledgeo f ea rly h i sto ry go hand i n hand. and

wh i le we shou ld keep ou r face to the lntu re. the i n sp i ra t ion f rom the l i ves of

a nces to r s who played wel l the ha rd andsom e t im e s lo s i ng gam e of p ioneer l i fei s n o t to be desp i sed.

AWord from Illin oisBy H EL EN L . ALLEN

We, of the M iddle \Vest , a re i ncl i nedto deplo re the genera l lack i n our hou seho lds of a r t icles a nd fu rn i sh i ngs an

t i que, such a s abou nd i n la rge num bersof the E a s te rn and Sou the rn hom es an dto wh ich they impa rt a r ich h i s tor ica lflavor .The ha rdy p ioneers of th i s sect ion i n

thei r pe r i lou s joum eys by l and and wa terhad very l im i ted f aci l i t ies for t ran sporti ng m uch of the i r ancest ra l goods to thenew set t lem en ts they l i te ra l ly w res tedf rom the w i ldernes s . These i n t rep idbu i lde rs of a m os t im por ta n t po rt ion of

Am er ica were too occup ied i n m ak i ngh i sto ry to rea l ize pe rhaps the va lue tha ti n la ter yea r s wou ld be a t tached to suchtangi ble th i ngs a s bl ue pla tes , pew terspoon s an d old fou r- po s ters !Bu t w i th the developm en t of ou r coun

try, i ts grow th i n popula t ion , and t he

ever i ncrea s i ng i n terva l s i nce the b i r thof our N a t ion , there has been awakened( largely th rough the effo rt s o f the va r iou s pa t ri o t ic soc ie t ies of Am er ica ) a

w idespread i n teres t i n the di scovery andpreserva t ion of th i ng s represen ta t i ve o f

the l i fe of a people to whom the presen tand fu tu re genera t ions owe a deb t theycan never repay .

Mo re an d m o re, disca rded p ieces of oldfu rn i tu re, or a rt icles u sed yea r s ago, arebei ng brough t to l igh t an d set i n o rde rto occu py a prom i nen t decora t ive place i nthe hom es o f descendan ts, who are n ow

rea l iz i ng the wo r th of these th i ngs belonging to som e pa s t genera t ion l i v i ngi n a peri od of di scovery, ha rdsh ip or

b loodshed, b u t f raugh t too w i th sen t im en t an d rom a nce.

Spr i ngfield, I l l i no i s, perm ea ted w i than a tm o sphere of h i s to ric i n te re s t , conta i n s a la rge num be r o f hom es i n wh ichare found m a ny ra re he i r loom s . Am ongthese hom es m ay be m en t ioned the la rge,ram bl i ng house on South S ix th street

where have res ided for th i r ty- th ree yea rsH a r r io t R icha rdso n Boo th and her hu sband Am asa S . Boo th , Sr. , an d whereon Aug us t 1 7 , 19 12 , the golden weddi ngof th i s couple was celebra ted.

Sam u el R icha rdso n , a Sco tchm an , l i vi n g i n 1 766 i n S t . Ma ry

’

s Pa ri sh , Sou thgate, Londo n . had a son Sam uel whosew i fe, Ma ry Cow l i ng, was of French de~

scen t ; thei r son Edwa rd w i th h i s w i fe,H a r r io t Pierce Ga le

,an d l i t t le fou r- yea r

old daugh ter H a r r io t cam e to th i s cou nt ry i n 1850.

Pra i r ie schooners ca r r ied th i s f am i ly,a n d o thers who had m ade the voyagew i th them , f rom N ew Yo rk to Sp ri ngfield , a t wh ich po i n t the Boo th s f romMa i ne were then l i v i ng.

Ama sa S . Boo th , son of Alber t andH annah S teven s Boo th , and grandson ofI saac and Ma ry Grenel l Booth , wa s en

gaged i n 1854 a t th i s po i n t i n the wagonan d ca r r i age bu s i nes s, and la ter had wonthe hea r t an d hand of H a r r iot R icha rdson— thei r m a rr iage bei ng solem n ized i n1862 .

L i v i ng w i th her pa ren t s i s Ma ry E .

Boo th Gruen di lce, a m em be r of the

Spr i ngfield ( I l l . ) Chapter of D . A. R . ,

by v i rtue o f the m i l i t a ry serv ices o f herg rea t - grea t—gra ndf a ther, Roya l Grenel l ,fa the r of the sa id Ma ry Grenel l .Ma ny a r t icles wh ich accom pan ied the

R icha rdson s acro s s the sea have re

m a i ned i n the po s ses s ion of Mrs. Boo th- the you nge s t m em be r of her fam i ly .

I n on e room of her hou se i s seen a qu a i n tm ahogany escr i to i re wh ich n a r row ly es

caped a wa tery grave when , upon thei ra r ri va l i n Am er ica the fu rn i tu re be i nglet down over the s ide of the boa t , theropes ho ldi ng th i s p iece b roke so tha t i tfel l , b reak i ng the ca se a nd do i ng m uchdam age. I t was rescued, roughly m ended, and b rough t We s t where, a few yea r sago, i t was thoroughly repa i red and i s

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n ow a th i ng of beau ty an d. let u s hope ,

“a joy forever . When ove rhau l i ng i t ,i t was found tha t on ly hand-cu t na i l shad been u sed i n i ts con s t ruct ion .

Res t i ng on the pol i shed su r face of theesc r i to i re are som e sm a l l sca le s , u sedlong ago i n weigh i ng go ld p ieces ; theyco nta i n s lo t s i n wh ich to sl ip the va r ious gold co i n s . H ang i ng nea r i s a

“Sam

pler- the le t ter s o f the a l phabe t set

fo rth i n blu e cro s s - s t i tch by the n im blefingers of

“Cha r lo t te Pierce (Ga le )

Octobe r 20,Close by are som e old b ooks and docu

m en t s tha t wou ld de l igh t the hea rt o f

a b ib l iom an iac : a H i s to ry of E ngland.

"

bea r ing da te o f 1 790, lo ng an d hea vy .

co n t a i n i ng odd pla te s and descr ipt ion s o fi t s va r iou s ruler s ; old Bib le s ; old En gl i sh praye r- book s ; a un ique “

L i fe o f

Ch r i s t ,"

an d a book en t i t led “The Art

of Cooke ry , pr i n ted i n 1 770, i n wh ichn o m en t ion i s m ade o f bak i ng powder orsoda— any de s i red “l igh t nes s

”to be pro

cu red by v igo rou s bea t i ng of the i n

gredien ts.

Am ong the docum en t s are a n I ndentu re p r i n ted on sheep

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s sk i n , hear i n gda te o f Ju ne 25

,1 766 , appren t ici ng

Sam u e l R icha rdson I I to Aa ron S t ickley to lea rn

“the a r t o f wheelw r igh t

the m a r r iage ce rt ifica te of the sa id Samuel R icha rdso n a nd Ma ry Cowl i ng, Ju ly1 7, 1788 ; copy book s and u n ique “

R e

wa rds of Me r i t” be long i ng to Edwa rdR icha rdson , a nd a deed to a t ract of landi n Sangam on coun ty , I l l i no i s, gi venI sa ac Boo th , S r. , i n 1848, wh ich bea r sthe s ign a tu re of Jam es K. Po l k, Pres iden t o f the U n i ted S ta tes .A la rge pu nch bow l re s t i ng i n a deep

pla te are of Ch i ne se m anu factu re and

ha ve been i n the f am i ly for gene ra t ion s .There a re a l so a “Good Luck Penny "

hea ri ng da te o f 1 707 on one s ide an d

s tam p of Ki ng George'

s head on the

o the r, a nd a pa i r o f go ld spectacles cumbersom e a s to f ram e, i n ca se o f pe t r ifiedsea l sk i n , bea ri ng i n i t i a l s “

R . J .

"An

o ther p iece i s a grace fu l cream er of hamm ered s i l ver on s ta nda rd, wh ich be longed

to Cha r lo t te Ga le— aun t of M rs. Boo thwho m ade her hom e i n Londo n w i th theR icha rd son s . A no ve l ty ex i s t s i n a ho neo f pe t ri fied po rk m ou n ted on wood.

Perhaps the m o s t i n tere s t i ng rel ic i sa la rge che s t wh ich belonged to Pau l

Jpn es, the n ava l hero . Joh n Pau l,a

cou s i n o f the R icha rdson fam i ly , ra naway f rom hom e

,so the s tory go es . when

Chest own ed by Paul Jon es. (False bot tom ofchest a t side. )

Ca n e m ade from wood i n Bri t i sh Fri ga teAug usta , w h ich b lew up, 1 777. These a rt i clesi n possessi on of Ma ry E . Booth Grucndi kc,

Spr i n gfirid, Illi n ois.

3 you ng lad and wa s adopted by a Mr.

Jone s l i v i ng i n N ew Je r sey . Pau l seem sto h ave b een fond of the wa te r and h i sto ry s ta tes he knew wel l all the cha nn el s on the Ea ster n coas t— whe the r th i sknow ledge was a lway s pu t to legi t im a teu ses seem s que st ionable— at any ra te,th i s ches t i s fu rn i shed w i th a fa l se b o ttom such a s we re u sed i n tho se days fo rsm ugg l i ng s i lk s , etc. , i n to th i s cou nt ry .

At on e t im e the che s t had a sm a l l t rayan d a r im o f wood tha t fi t ted a rou nd thetop, b u t these have n ow been lo s t . The

ches t was h anded down to George R ichardso n ( elde s t bro the r of Mrs. Booth ) ,a bachelo r l i v i ng i n Ph i ladelph i a . \Vhenh i s n iece, Ma ry 13. Boo th (Gru en dike)v i s i ted h im i n 1 885, he to ld her the ches tw as n ever to pa ss ou t of the fam i ly a ndi t wa s to be her s . At h i s dea th, h i sbro ther Joh n R icha rdson , forwarded nthé ;

A WORD FROM ILL INOIS

ches t to Mrs. Gruendike, together w i tha l arge go ld- headed cane wh ich had been“Pre sen ted to Geo rge R icha rdson by I .T . G .

,Janua ry 10, The wood of

th i s cane was taken from the Br i t i shf ri ga te Augu s ta , wh ich fi gu red i n operat ion s sou th of Ph i ladel ph i a an d wh ichblew up October 2 1 , 1 777 , where T im be rCreek em pt ies i n to De lawa re r iver .Pe te r Ca rtw ri ght, the no ted i t i neran t

Methodi s t p reache r of th i s “Far Wes t ,

"

ha s descen da n t s res id i ng i n I l l i no i s’

Cap ital Ci ty— n ea r wh ich he l ived for m a nyyea r s .The f a ther o f Peter Ca rtw r igh t was a

R evo lu t io n ary so ldie r, serv i ng two yea rsand s ix m on th s , a nd sho rt ly a f ter thewar rem oved w i th h i s fam i ly f rom Am

her s t cou n ty, Vi rgi n ia , where Peter wasborn Septem ber 1 , 1 785, to L i nco lncou n ty, Ken tucky .

The fli n t lock m u sket—s om e five a nda ha l f fee t long—w i th i ron ba r rel andwooden s tock, ca r ried by Ca rtw r igh t,Sr.

,du r i ng the Colon ies' s t rugg le for i n ~

dependence and wh ich p roved a t ru s tyf r iend i n m a ny encou n ters w i th the I ndi an s i n the jou rney to and p ro tecti onof the i r n ew hom e, passed i n to the handso f Pe te r Ca rtwri gh t, who i n hi s m emo irs m ake s f requen t m en t ion of h i s descen t f rom th i s R evolu ti ona ry soldier . Ashort wh i le be fore h i s dea th he di rectedh i s da ugh ter Sa rah , w i fe of H en rySm i th of Plea sant Pla i n s, I l l i nois, to gi vethe m u sket to her son Peter Ca rtw righ tSm i th ,w i th the i n junct ion to a lway s pr izeand ca re for i t.The sa i d Pe ter Ca r twr ight Sm i th m arried Ma rga re t An n McD an ell (daugh te rof Joseph and Ma ry Beach McD an ell) ,and had a daugh ter Ma ry Ol ive Sm i thD an iel s (w i fe of D a v id J . D an iel s) , residi ng ( 19 13) on South E ngl i sh avenue,Spri ngfield, I l l i no i s . In Mrs. D an iels’

home a t presen t reposes the old war

I n ano ther hom e ( i n Spr i ngfield, I l l in o i s ) i s foun d a l i t t le m em en to h ighlypr i zed by i ts owner, the H onorable R ichard Y a tes, Governor o f I l l i no is f rom1901 to 1905.

Th i s i s a lock of ha i r—m i ngled b rownan d gray— sa id to ha ve been cu t f rom the

head of Geo rge Wa sh i ngt on by an old

l ady and for m a ny yea r s i n the po s ses s ionof the Atk i n son f am i ly, by whom i t wasgi ven to H on . R icha rd Y ates, \Var Govern or of I l l i no i s, a nd i s n ow i n the handsof h i s son .

The f riga te Augu sta was raised in 1905 throug h the influence of M i ss E llen Mecum .

then S tate Regent for New Jersey, and the wood u sed for the fu rn ish ing s a nd fini sh ing o f

the New Jersey Room in Mem or ial Cont inental H al l, D . C.

weapon— s t i l l i n a very good s ta te of

p reserva t ion— and the bul let m olds usedby her grea t - grea t- gra ndf athe r i n the

for I ndependence.

Mrs. Ka ther i ne McKim DuBoi s Sn i ve

Iy, res iding ( 19 13) on Sou th S ix ths t ree t, Spr i ngfield, I l l i no i s , po s ses ses avery handsom e hei r loom i n the shape of

a pa i r of knee buckles— th ree and on e

ha l f i nches long by two w ides—set so l idw i th t r i angula r cu t br i l l i an t s .Alex a nde r McKim

,son of T hom a s

McKim ,m a r r ied Ca ther i ne Sa rah D avey

( the twel f th ch i ld of H ugh a nd E l izabethWoodrope D avey ) , the cerem ony be i ngper fo rm ed by the Reverend D r. Wes t i nBa l t im o re, Ma ryland, Ju ly 20, 1785 .

Alexande r McKim died i n 1832 a t theage of 84, a nd h i s w idow rece ived a pens ion for h i s serv ices i n the Old L igh tH or se T roop of Ma ryland.

The i r daugh ter Agn e s m a rr ied N icholas D uBo i s, whose son Alexa nder Mc

K im DuBo i s m a r r ied Am el i a McclureMrs. Sn ively be i ng the daugh ter of thel ast n am ed couple.

The knee buckles i n ques t ion werewo rn by the sa id Thom a s McKim a t h i sweddi ng i n 1 739— h i s su i t on tha t occas ion con s i s t i ng o f a coa t a nd knee t rou sers of green brocade s i l k, and a wh i tes i l k wa i s tcoa t hea v i ly em b ro idered i n

En graved Portra its ofAm erican PatriotsMade by Sain t Mem in in 1 796- 18 10

By Nata l ie Sum n er Lin coln

Au thor of“I Spy,

” “The Man In si de,

" “C. O. D .

”

Copyr igh t, 1917, by Corcoran Gallery of Art.

(Con t i n ued from Octob er Magaz i ne)

One hundred and twen ty yea r s haveelapsed s i nce the celebra ted French a rt i st , Cha r les Ba l tha za r Ju l ien Fav re deSa i n t Mem i n , a r r ived i n N ew Yo rk Ci tyand m ade h i s fi r st pro fi le l ikene s ses of

Am er ica n m en and wom en . A po l i t ica lex i le f rom h i s beloved Fra nce, w i thou tfr iends—w ithou t fu nds , b e yet ach ieveda n a lm o s t i n s ta n ta neou s succes s i n the

i n t roduct ion to th i s cou n t ry of h i s un iqueart . Men and wom en f rom every wa lki n l i fe, who could a ff o rd h i s m odera techarges , sa t to him for thei r po rtra i t s .an d the se po rt ra i t s today, on e hu ndredand twen ty yea r s a f terwa rd , are cou n tedt rea su re t rove n ot on ly by de scendan t so f the or igi na l s of the po rtra i t s . b u t bythe Co rco ra n Ga l lery o f Art a t Wa shi ngton . wh ich own s the la rge

‘

s t Sa i n t Mem i ncol lect ion , and f rom wh ich these ser iesof p ictu res a re reprodttced.

The i n teres t awakened by the publ icat ion o f the Sa i n t Mem i n engra ved port ra i t s i n The D aughters of the Am er ican R evolu t i on Magaz i n e i s a t tes tedby let ters f rom every sect ion o f the

coun t ry wr i t ten to the au tho r, a nd bynum erou s i nqu i r ies a t the Co rco ran Galle ry of Art . The co rre sponden t s exp res sdel igh t a t hav i ng fou nd thei r ances to r si n the Sa i n t Mem i n co l lect ion , an d i n anum be r of i n s ta nces des i re to pu rcha seei ther the o r igi n a l po rt ra i t s a t exorb i

t an t sum s , or secu re photograph s i f poss ible.

Sa in t Mem i n po s ses sed i n ful l the a rt i st ic tem pe ram en t . and keep i ng an accura te reco rd of h i s s i t ters ev iden t ly p rovedtoo i rk som e, for the da ta abou t m anypo r t ra i t s i s m eagre, wh i le others are

s im ply labeled unkn own .

”It i s hoped

tha t the repr i n t i ng o f these “unknownpo r t ra i t s w i l l reca l l them f rom obl iv ion .

Sa i n t Mem i n had the di s t i nct ion of

m ak i ng p rofi le l ikenes ses of th ree Pres iden t s o i the U n i ted S ta tes—the be lovedWa sh i ngton , Thom a s Jeffer son , andW i l l iam H en ry H a r ri son . A po rt ra i tbea r i ng the nam e of Jam es Madi son i nthe French a rt i s t ’s handwri t i ng, i s n owthough t to be tha t of W i l l i am Madi son ,bro ther of the Pres iden t a nd a d i s t i n

gu i shed a rm y o fficer .The p rofi le l ikenes s of the dough ty

conquero r of Tecum seh does n ot bea r as t rik i ng resem blance to the po rt ra i tsm ade o fW i l l i am H en ry H a r r i so n i n laterl i fe. S a in t Mem in execu ted h i s po rt ra i ti n 1800, short ly a f te r H a r r i son had takenh i s sea t a s a terr i tor ia l delega te i n Congres s .The n i n th Pres iden t of the U n i ted

S t ates was bo rn i n Be rkeley , C ha rlesCi ty County, Va . , i n Feb rua ry , 1 773. and

d ied i n Wa sh i ngt on , D . C. , Apri l 4 , l841 .H i s fa ther , Ben jam i n H a r ri son . was a

S igner o f the Decl a ra t ion o f Indepen

dence, and h i s gra ndson , ano the r Ben jam i n , becam e the twen ty - second Pre s idento f the U n i ted S ta tes .Soon a f te r be i ng p rom o ted to a cap

ta i n cy i n the reg ula r a rm y for ga l lan tconduct , young W i l l i am H en ry H a r ri sonm a r ri ed An na , daugh ter of John ClevesSym m e s . H er f a ther re fu sed h i s con

sen t to the m a tch , and the young couplewere m a r ri ed i n h i s hou se du r i ng h i stem po ra ry absence , b ttt he soon becam erec onc i led to h i s son—i n - law a nd forgaveh i s daugh ter her filial d i sobedience .

Ph o tos—R i ce S t ud i o, washm g tu .

S a i n t Mem i n !: Eng raved Portra i ts of Am eri can Pa triots— Top row. left to r ig ht : Wi llia mH en ry H am son , George Poi ndex ter. 2d row : D an i el Kemper, Mrs. D a n i el Kem per.

3d row: Lou i s Barney, Jam es Gardct tc.

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H a r r i son‘

s br i l l i an t m i l i ta ry ca ree r,f rom wh ich he em e rged a m a jo r- genera l ,brough t i n i ts t ra i n m a ny civ ic hono rs,and i n 1839 he was nom i na ted for thepres idency o f the U n i ted S ta tes by theN a t iona l -Vhig Pa rty . The po l i t icalcon tes t tha t fo l lowed i s known a s the“Log cab i n an d ha rd ci der cam pa ign ,

”

and H a r r i son , w i n n ing 234 electo ra lvotes a s aga i n s t Van Bu ren ’s 60, wast r ium phan t ly i naugu ra ted on Ma rch 4 ,184 1 .

A m on th la ter H a rri son set on e p receden t wh ich , fo rtu n a tely . few pre s iden t shave fol lowed— he died i n the Wh i teH ou se, or

“E xecu t i ve Man s ion . H e

was the fi r s t Pres iden t o f the U n i tedS t a tes to die i n office. H i s body wasi n te r red i n the Congres s iona l Cem e te ryi n Wa sh i ngton , bu t a t the reques t of h i sfam i ly i t was la te r taken to N o rth Bend,where i t was placed i n a tom b over looki ng the Oh io R iver.The profi le l ikenes s ofM rs.John Mor

ton was publ i shed severa l m on th s ago,

and tha t o f her brothe r, D an iel Kem pe r,appea r s i n th i s n um ber. Thei r pa ren t swe re Jacob and Ma r ia R egi na E rn es tKem pe r, who em igra ted to th i s coun t ryf ront Ger many abou t 1 74 1 . The o therch i ldren o f th i s couple were : Ph i l ipKem pe r, who wen t to the

-

’

est Ind ies,and re tu rned a nd died i n Ph i ladelph i a ;Jacob, a cap ta in i n the Co n t i nen ta l arm y ;John , who en tered the nava l serv ice o f

the Colon ies , underwen t g rea t su ffer i ng,and died i n 1844 a t H udson , N . Y . , andSu san , who m a rried a Mr. J ack so n .

U pon the ou tbreak of the Revolu t ionary War, D an iel Kem per rece ived a

com m i s s ion i n the a rm y, a nd la ter at

ta i n ed the rank of colonel , and was a idede- cam p to Genera l “la sh i n gton at the

Ba t t le of Ger ma n town . One b iog raphys ta tes tha t he was prom o ted to “

depu tycloth ier genera l ,

” a po s t equ iva lent to

a ss i s tan t qu a rte rm a s te r gene ra l o f the

p resen t day.

At the en d of the wa r, Genera l Kem

per res ided for a t im e a t G reenw ich ,Con n . , a nd then took up h i s res idence

perm a nen t ly a t N ew Brun sw ick, N . J. ,h i s b i rthplace.

No m en t ion i s m ade i n the da ta obta i nable of the m a iden nam e o f Genera lKem pe r’s w i fe. H er po rt ra i t faces tha tof her hu sband. The i r son , Jack son ,was the fi rst com m i s s iona ry b i shop of

the Pro te s ta nt E p i scopa l Chu rch , h i s

ju ri sdict io n com pr i s i ng what was thenknown a s the N o rthwes t . Ou t of i t haves i nce been form ed the diocese of M i ssou r i, Ind ia na, W i scon s i n , M i n neso ta ,Iowa , Kan sa s, and N eb ra ska . Bi shopKem per was on e o f the m ost di s t i n

gu i shed Chu rchm en th i s cou n t ry ha sknown .

Fam i ly reco rds m en t ion tha t Genera la nd Mrs. Ketn per had a daugh te r nam ed

Jane, b u t“Appleton ’s Cyclopedi a of

Am er ican B iography" s ta tes tha t Jackson Kem pe r

’s s i s te r wa s S oph i a Cornel i a,who m a rr ied Sam u el S i tgreaves, U n i tedS t a tes M i n i s ter to E ngland u nde r Pres ident Adam s, aud tha t she l ived to b e

over on e hundred years of age.

Longev i ty seem ed to b e a t ra i t of theKem pe r f am i ly. Mrs. Joh n Mo rton ,s i s ter of D a n iel Kem pe r and m o ther ofMrs. Jo s iah Qu i ncy, l ived to be n inetyth ree ; D an iel , the subject o f th i s ske tch,was bo rn i n 1 749 and died i n Augu s t,1847 , a t the age of n i nety- e igh t, wh i leh i s son , B i shop Jack son Kem p er, wase igh ty - on e when he died . Pe rhaps theKem per s wou ld have agreed w i th a gentlema n , aged e igh ty - fou r yea r s, res idi nga t L i tch fi eld, Co nn . , who na ively re

m a rked : “ I ha ve m ade a s tudy o f lon

gev i ty a nd find tha t the cr i t ica l per iod ofa m a n 5 l i fe i s from n i nety- n i ne to on e

hundred .

”

Sa i n t Mem i n appea r s to have been u ncerta i n i n spel l i ng the nam e

“T r ig a n t .

”

One brother bea rs tha t n am e, wh i le theo ther i s ca l led :

“T r iga n t D e La Tou r.

"

The fi rs t , m a rked i s suppo sed to beTheodore T r igan t . The i r f a the r

,T ri

gan t, S r. , of Ph i ladel ph i a , wa s a Frcn cltm an f rom San to D om i ngo, a nd , i t i s sa id,was a wel l know n danci ng m a s te r.Sa i n t Mem i n re tu r ned to France for a

v i s i t i n 1810, and i n the precedi ng yea r

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he m ade portra i ts of John S toney and h i sbeau t i fu l young w i fe. John S ton ey wasa well known co t ton broke r of Cha rleston , S . C. H e d ied i n Ph i lade lph i a , Pa . ,

i n 1837 .

I n the sam e yea r Sa in t Mem i n ,wh i le i n Cha r les to n, S . C., had for si t

ters Governor John D ray ton and Mrs.

D ray ton , on e o f the grea t beau t ies of

tha t ci ty .

Governo r D ray ton , son of the pa t r io t ,W i l l i am H en ry D ray ton , was bo rn i nSou th Ca ro l i n a i n 1 766, and died i nCha r les ton i n 1822 . H e was educa tedpa r tly i n E ngland, and upo n h i s retu rnwas a t Pri nce ton , N .J. , under D r. \Vi therspoon . A f ter be i ng adm i t ted to the

Ba r, he com m enced the p ract ice of law

and la ter becam e prom i nen t i n S ta te and

na t iona l po l i t ics .H e was elected l ieu tenan t—gove rno r of

Sou th Ca rol i na i n 1 798, and on the dea thof Governo r E dwa rd R u t ledge, i n Janu a ry, 1800, succeeded h im i n ofii ce. H e

was tw ice re- elected go verno r, serv i ngterm s of two yea r s each . On May 7 ,

1812 he was appo i n ted by Pres iden tMadi son U n i ted S ta te s Judge for the

di s t r ict o f Sou th Ca rol i n a , and ret a i nedtha t ofii ce u n t i l h i s dea th . D ray ton wasgi f ted w i th m uch l i tera ry ab i l i ty, a nd bes ide s w r i t i ng h i s f a ther

’s m em o i r s , wasthe au thor of

“Let ter s W r i t ten Du ri ng a

Tou r Th rough the N o r the rn a nd Ea s ternS ta tes ,

” a nd “A View o f Sou th Ca t )

l i n a .”“D ray ton H a l l , on the Ashley R iver,

be t ter known as “Magn o l i a Ga rden s ,

"

i sv i s i ted by eve ry tou r i s t i n Cha r les ton .

I t i s on e of the m o s t beau t i fu l places tob e seen i n the Sou th .

D u ri ng and a f te r the Re ign of Ter

ror” i n France m any Frenchm en sough t

re fuge i n the U n i ted S ta te s , and am ongS a i n t Mem i n

'

s po r t ra i t s a re num erou sl ikenes ses of h i s com pa t r io t s .Jam es Ga rdet te cam e over w i th Roch

am b eau'

s a rm y and served ga l lan tly i na idi ng the Co lon ie s to obta i n thei r l iberty. A f te r the war he set t led i n Ph i l ade lph i a , Pa .

, a n d com m enced the pract iceo f den tist ry . H e m a r r ied Zulim e des

( i ra nges, the m o ther of My ra Cla rkGa i nes, abou t whom cen tered the fam ou sGa i nes w i l l case.Ga rde tte m ade a set of fa lse tee th for

Presiden t Wa sh i ngton . These sam eteeth a re a cher i shed hei r loom i n the

Leh r fam i ly , hav i ng; a f ter Wa sh i ngt on 'sdea th, com e i n to po s se s s ion o f E leano rPa rke Cu rt i s Lew i s , who gave them to

her daugh ter , Angel ica Lew i s . The la tter m a r r ied Sena to r Cha rles M . Con rad,and upon her dea th was i n terred i n the

W’a sh i ngt on vaul t a t Mt . Vem on . The

Leh r s i nheri ted fa lseteeth f rom the Con rads . The teeth are

very la rge, and the uppe r an d lowe r seta re secu red toge ther w i th go ld h i nges .Lou i s Ba rney. son of Jo shua Ba r ney

and An ne Bedford, was bo rn on Janu a ry12 , 1783, a nd died Apr i l 25 , 1820 . H e

was a prom i nen t ci t i zen of Ba l t im o re,Md. H e m a rried Anne S tedm an Van

VVyck on Decem be r 2 1 , 181 1 . H i s de

scendan ts t rea su re the profi le l ikene s s o fh im , wh ich bea r s the i n scr ipt ion : “

Lou i sBa rney . son of Com m odore Joshua Barn ey. E ngraved by M . de S a i n t Mem i n .

"

L ou i s Ba rney's fa the r , Com m odore

Ba rney . a n i n t repid nava l he ro o f two

wa r s , fi r s t saw serv ice a s m a s te r's m a teo f the

“H o rne t ,

"

a nd took,

pa rt i n Comm odore H opk i n s ' descen t u pon N ew

Prov idence i n Februa ry , 1 776 . Joshuasa rney ’s ca reer reads l ike a rom ance, andh i s m any ha i rbreadth e scape s i n f ace of

danger are tes t ified to by h i s hav i ng beenm ade s i x t im es a p ri soner by the Bri t i sh .

was exchanged th ree t im es , an d th reet im es con t ri ved to escape f rom h i s captors . Com m odo re Ba rney took pa rt i nthe de fen se o f \Va sh i ng ton i n the wa r o f1812 . a nd the wound he rece ived a t theBa t t le o f Bladen sbu rg even tua l ly causedh i s dea th . The nam e o f Ba rney i s am ongthe m os t hono red i n n ava l h i s to ry .

Geo rge Po i ndex ter , U n i ted S ta tesSena to r , judge a nd soldier. was bor n i nL ou i sa Coun ty, Va . , i n 1 779 , b u t re

m o ved to M i s s i s s ipp i Ter r i to ry i n 1802 .

whe re he a t ta i ned em i nence. and died i n1853. H is ca reer was va r ied ; a s a lawyer an d leade r of theJetferson ian pa rty

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i n 1803. he was appo in ted a t to rney genera l of M i s s i s s ippi Ter ri to ry , an d i n tha tla t ter capaci ty con ducted the p rosecu t ionof Aa ron Bu rr a f ter h i s arrest i n N ewOr leans.Be i ng a m a n of violen t tem pe r w i th

s tron g di s l ikes, h i s denunci a t ion of the

Federa l i s t s resul ted i n a cha l lenge f romAb ij ah H un t, a prom i nen t m erchan t ofthe Sou thwes t, and i n the duel wh ich followed Po i ndex ter k i l led h i s opponen t .The cha rge was m ade that Po i ndex terfired be fore the wo rd was gi ven , b u t i twas never proved aga i n st h im .

No tw i th sta ndi n g b i t ter oppo s i t ion , Poi ndex ter was a fterwa rd appo i n ted judgefor the D i s t ri ct of M i s s i s s ipp i . H e as

s i s ted i n m a ny i n stances to prepa re thepeople for the of 1812 , and jo i nedGen eralAndrew Jack son . serv i ng as vol

u n te er a ide a t the Ba t t le o f N ew Or lean s .D u r i ng that engagem en t, a pr iva te sol

dier b rough t h im a pape r wh ich the sol

d ier h ad found i n the field, bea r i ng theBri ti sh coun ter s ign—“

Beau ty and Bounty.

"Po i ndex ter gave the pape r to Jack

son , a nd the a r t icle ca u sed great exci tem en t th roughou t the coun t ry .

In 1817, he becam e cha i rm an of the

com m i t tee appo i n ted to d ra f t a con st i tut ion for the n ew S ta te. Po i ndex te r waselected to Congre s s as i ts fi r s t represen tat ive a f ter M i s s i s s ipp i 's adm i s s ion to theU n ion . Becom i ng gradu a l ly es t ra ngedf rom Jack son , Poi ndex ter suppo rted fi r s tJoh n Ca lhoun and then gra vi ta ted to

H en ry Clay, b u t fina l ly reso lved to re

t i re f rom act ive pol i t ics and retu rn ed toM i s s i s s ippi , where he died i n 1853.

CU RA “In cas T uow

T he fi r st ques t ion an swered i n th i sa rt icle ha s been sen t i n by th ree diffe ren tpeople f rom loca l i t ies far apart. It i s

on e there fo re tha t i s of i n teres t to ma ny .

F. L . Q uest ion .—\Vhen a Chap te r

i s fo rm ed a nd n o By- law s are adopted i si t nece s sa ry to ho ld an a n nua l m eet i ng ?

Jan een— E ve ry Chapter i s fo rm edunder A rt icle VII, Sect ion 2 of the Const i tu t ion of the N a t ion a l Society of the

Daugh te r s of the Am er ican Revolu t ionor under A rt icle IV, Sect ion 4 of the

By- laws of sam e. There - i s n o th i ng sa id

i n e i ther o f these Art icles of the n eces

si ty o f n ew ly o rgan ized C hapters adopti ng By

- law s, b u t i n Art icle VI I I , Sect ion5 i t i s st a ted th a t “The loca l Chap terssha l l b e go ve rned by the Con s t i tu t ion ofthe N a t ion a l Socie ty, b t tt m ay enact Bylaw s fo r the i r own governm en t i n ha rtn o n v w i th th e Con s t i tu t ion of the N a

t i on al Soc ie ty . The wo rd Con st i tu

t ion” a s u sed i n th is Sect ion cover s theCon s t itu t ion and By- laws of the N a t ion a lSociety as By- law s a re a pa rt of the Const i tu t ion they fol low. I n Ar t icle X I ,Sect ion 5 of the By- l aws of the N a t iona lSoc iety i t i s sa id : “

Each Chapter sha l lelect a R egen t, Secreta ry, R egi st ra r .T rea su re r, other officer s and loca l Boa rdof Managem en t at tha t t im e of yea r tha tbes t su i ts i ts conven ience.

”Th i s clea rly

proves th a t a l l Chapter s m u s t ho ld a na nnu a l elect ion b e they orga ni zed w i thor w i thou t By- laws . I t wou ld be be t teri f the adop t ion of By- law s on the pa r to fCh apter s were m ade obl iga tory .

“Rob

ert'

s R ules of O rder" di rect s a l l o rgani za t ion s to do so a t the m eet i ng o f or

ga n i za t ion a nd the L aw define s the adopt ion of By

- law s a s the act o f o rgan izat ion .

STATE CONFER ENCES

HAWAII

N o S ta te Con ference was held i n H aw a i i th i s yea r a s the office of S ta te R egen twas on ly crea ted la s t Janua ry

,and up to

the presen t t im e there i s on ly on e chapter i n the i s lands . Tha t was form ed

twen ty yea r s ago, draw s i t s m em ber sh ipfrom each of the n i ne i nhab i ted i s lands ;has con t r ibu ted to Mem or ia l Con t i nen ta lH a l l , and ha s u pheld pat r io t i sm i n the

Mid- Pacific a t a l l t im es . Wh i le i t s head

qu a r ters are a t H ono lulu, on the i s lando f Oahu , i t s Cou rtesy Comm i tt ee i s compo sed of m em ber s from each of the i s

lands, who ex tend hosp i ta l i ty in the n am eo f the D au gh ter s to v i s i t i ng f r iends . I t

i s a l so a l lowed to sen d a delega te to theCen t ra l Com m i ttee on Ch i ld Wel fa re,a nd i s represen ted i n every patri ot icm ovem en t i n the comm un i ty .

IDAHO

The Fi fth S ta te Con ference m et i nBoi se, Oc tobe r 28. Fou r C hapter s havea l ready been o rgan ized. an d fou r o rgani z in g regen t s are hop i ng to com ple tethe i r wo rk i n the nea r fu tu re . R epo r t sfrom the di fferen t com m i t tees showedact i ve i n tere s t a long a l l pa t r io t ic li nes .

li ach Chapter ha s had a m ap made ofi ts coun ty, show i ng the O regon T ra i l andMa rker s . A set of S t a te By- L aw s wereadopted and the presen t officer s, Mrs. C.

\’V. Pu r sel l , S ta te Regen t , and Mrs.

Wa rd S tone , S ta te Vice- R egen t , werere- elec ted for the com i ng yea r.

KENTUCKY

The Twen t ieth S ta te Con ference m et

i n an nua l session,October 25 an d 26.

A la rge an d en thu s i a s t ic delegat io n wasi n a t tendance. The Sta te R egen t pres ided at all m eet i ngs . The Con ferencewas the gues t of the “

Lou i sv i l le Con ven ~

t ion and Publ ici ty League, a l so the twosplendi d Lou i sv i l le Chapter s , “John Mar

sha l l"

and“Fi nca s t le.

”Ken tucky i s w ide

awake to the m any pa t r iot ic act iv i t ies andaven ues n ow open for wo rk . The Kent

tucky R oom . the Va l ley Fo rge Mem or i a l

to “Wa sh i ngton . the pay i ng ofl'

of the t e

m a in i ng i ndebtednes s on ou r

own Mem o r i a l Con t inen ta l H a l l . m arki n g of h i s to r ic spo t s . rece i v i ng the g i f t o fa handsom e lot i n p ictu resqu e Frank for t

Cem etery for the rei n term en t of Revolu t i on a ry soldier s . the erect ion of a S ta teMo num en t the reon , the pu rch ase ofMon

t icello by the Go vernm en t , the splen didD . A. R . Magaz i ne an d the secu r i ng of

adve rt i sem ent s— a l l the se and m any m o reabso rb i ng topics fi l led ou r two day s’ sess ion w i th m uch i n teres t .

The Con ven t ion and Publ ici ty Leagu e.the two L ou isv i l le Chapte r s a nd the Son so f the Am er ican R evol u t ion each en terta i n ed the Con ference w i th handsom efu nct ion s .Mrs. Eli G. Boone was re- elected S ta te

R egen t , an d Mrs. Sam uel J . Shackel fo rdwas elected S ta te Vice- R egen t . M i s sJean ie I) . Blackbu rn was nom i n a ted forVice- Pre s iden t Genera l .

MAINE

The S ta te Con ference was held i nBel fa s t , Octobe r 18 an d 19 . a s gue s t s ofthe John Coch ra n Chapte r an d the Bel

fa s t Boa rd o f T rade. The S ta te Regen t.M rs. C. W . S teele, p res ided a t a l l them eet i ngs .

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The C hapter repo r ts were very i n tere s t i ng a nd showed tha t a g rea t dea l o fgood work had been done du ri ng the pa s tyea r in m a ny di rect io n s : an d a l so tha t228 graves of R evolu t iona ry so ldier s hadbeen loca ted. Two im port an t object s forwh ich the D augh ter s a s a s ta te a re n ow

wo rk i ng a re a law requ i r i ng ci t ies andtown s re spo n s ible for the ca re of the

cem eter ie s w i th i n the i r bo rder s ; and aScho la r sh ip Fun d for a boy or gi r l , a

MICH IGAN

The S i x teen th Con ference , w i th fo r ty

two of the fo rty- s i x Chapters repre

sen ted, m et i n An n Arbor, Octobe r 1719 , a s gues t s o f Sa rah Ca swel l Angel l

Chap te r . Two R ea l D augh ter s weream ong the H ono r Gue s t s . Am ong im

po rt an t recom m enda t ion s adop ted were

those to i nco rpo ra te ; to con t i nue the“dol~

far a m em ber” Budget sy s tem ; to haveeach Chap ter gi ve on e m ee t i ng for thes tudy of M ich igan I nd i an s and the i r

n eeds and for the sa le of the i r ba sket ry ;to encou rage the fo r m i ng of lVom en of

the R epubl ic clubs for teach i ng Am er i

can i za t ion to na t ive an d fo re ign - ho rn

wom en . and to con t inue the S ta te Pr i ze

E ssav Con tes t for ch i ldren .

Governo r Ferr i s i n h i s address m adespec ia l plea for the i n s t ruct io n of for

e i gn- bo rn i n E ngl i sh ; D r. J . F. Scot t

u rged g rea te r a t ten t ion to Pa t r io t ic Educa t ion i n ou r schoo l s ; and i n sp i r i ng re

po rt s of wo rk accom pl i shed were g ivenby Mr, Floyd S ta r r, of S ta rr Comm onwealth for Boy s, by Judge Fra ncke,o f the Bl i n d Bab ies ’ H om e—o n e of the

few pl aces i n the U n i ted S ta tes whe rebl i nd bab ies under i n s t i tu t ion al age m ay

b e ca red for and t ra i ned— an d b y Mrs.

An n a Em be rg, Su pe ri n tenden t Fi re s ideIndu st r ies , Berea , Ky.

The S ta te Regen t . Mrs. W i l l i amH en ry Wa i t , an d the S ta te V ice R egent ,M i s s Al ice Lou i se McD ufl

'

ee. we re u n anim o u slv re- elected for the com i ng y ea r.

MONTANA

T he Th i rteen th S ta te Con ference m et

i t t Bu t te , October 19 , a s gues t s o f the

S i lver Bow Chapter . The S ta te R egen t ,Mrs. Edwa rd A. Mor ley . pre s ided ; andi n her annu a l repo r t ca l led a t ten t ion tosom e of the prom i nen t ach ievem en t s o fthe Mon tana Daugh ter s du r i ng the pa s t

yea r . Th ree m a rker s have been placeda lo ng the Lew i s- Cla rk t ra i l ; a Span i shAm er ican Mem or i a l erected ; a scho la rsh ip m a in ta i ned a t the Ma r tha Ber rySchoo l ; severa l hundred do l la r s ra i sedfor Belg i a n rel ief wo rk ; a beau t i ful s i lkflag placed i n Mem o r i a l Con t i nen ta l H a l l ,a nd h isto r ic spo t s m a rked.

At the ba nquet fol low i ng the bu s i nes sses s ion

,each D augh te r was ca l led u pon

to gi ve her na t ive s ta te, an d f rom wha ts ta te her a nces to r served . The l i stshowed na t ives of fou rteen st a tes, and

on e D au gh ter who was bo rn i n Tu rkey .

The ances to r s served f rom Con nec t icu t.Ma s sachu set t s, N ew H am p sh i re , N ew

Yo rk , Pen n syl van ia , Rhode I s lam ], Verm on t and Vi rg i n i a .

Mrs. Cha r le s A . Blackbu rn and D r.

Ma ry B . Atwater were elected S ta te R e

gen t and S ta te Vice Regen t for the com ~

i ng yea r . The nex t Co n ference w i l l beheld a t L i v i ng s ton .

descendan t o f a Revolu t iona ry so ldier.It was vo ted to change the da te o f the

Con ference f rom O c tobe r to Ma rch.b ri ng ing the n ex t m ee t i ng i n March .

19 18.

Mrs. W . C. Chapm an and Mrs. AlmaBoa rdm an were u nan im ou s ly electedS ta te Regen t a nd S ta te Vice Regen t forthe com i ng yea r ; an d Mrs. W i l l iam Rob

i n son was nom i n a ted for Vice Pres iden tGenera l .

STATE CONFEREN CES

D r . Croce Raym on d c a rdS ta te R egen t fo r n om i ug

Ai rs. Thom as PolkS ta te R egen t of Ten n essee

TE NNESSEE

The E leven th Con ference m et N ovember 2 an d 3, i n Mem ph i s , the S ta te Re

gent, Mrs. Thom a s Po lk , pres idi ng. D i s

pa tch , f a i rn es s and grace character i zed

the session s— there n ot bei ng on e i nhars

moni cos n o te du r i ng the en t i re Con feren ce. Am on g the im po rta nt m o t ionsadopted was on e, pledgi ng i t sel f a s an

organ i za ti on and through i n div i dua l

Chapters to take the aggre s s ive th rou ghou t the s ta te to secu re p ro tect ion for

wage- ea rn i ng ch i ldren . The m a in effor tw i l l be to ti gh t for en fo rcem en t of ch i ldlabo r law s i n Tennes see. A num be r ofdi s t i ngu i shed D augh ters were presen tf rom va r iou s pa r ts of the coun t ry , andi t was the con sen sus of op i n ion tha t Patr iot ic Educa t ion should be the sloganfor the com i ng yea r .

WYOMINGThe Th i rd Con feren ce was held a t

Sher ida n,Octobe r 4 and 5 . As the legi s

latu re had never adop ted e i ther a s ta teflag or a s ta te flower , the D augh te rs offered a p r ize for the bes t de s ign for as ta te flag, an d a t the Con ference selectedon e wh ich w i l l be recom m ended a t then ex t m eet i ng of the legi s la tu re. Theya l so recomm c i ded the adop t ion of the

red Indi a n pa in t bru sh as a sta te flowe r.The eigh t recomm enda t ion s of the

Sta te Regen t , i n her i n teres t i ng address,were adop ted. They are : That s ta tet ra i l s be ret raced and m arked ; tha t n ewchapter s be organ ized ; tha t the law res

qu i ri n g the Am er ican flag to fly overevery pub l ic school have a pena l ty for i ts

v io la t ion a ttached tha t a t tem p t s be m adeto res to re h i s to r ic nam es to s t ream s andm ou n ta in s, an d tha t i n fu tu re h i s tor icn am es b e given to n ew cou n t ies a ndtown s ; tha t each Chap ter take up som e

cha ri t able or re fo rm work ; tha t eachChap ter adop t an i n i t i a t ion cerem ony ;tha t Wyom i ng D augh ters wo rk togetherfor the con serva t ion o f song b i rds, andtha t espec i a l efl

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orts b e m ade to Am erican iac the imm igr an t th rough a bette ru nder s ta ndi ng of ou r governm en t .Mrs. Edwa rd G i l let te and Mrs. B. B.

Brook s were elected S t a te R egen t andS ta te Vice Regen t for the com i ng yea r,and D r . Grace Raym ond H eba rd, the re

t i ri ng S ta te Regen t, was n om inateddforc

Vice- Presiden t General .s

l lglllze L-y

U nve il ing a t Wa terloo , Iowa , ofBronze Mem orial

Tab let to lowa 's Rea l DaughtersBy M INN IE A . LEWIS POOL

On e of the m ost n ot able even t s i n theh i s to ry o f the Iowa D . A. R . occu rredOctober 19 , 19 16, a t the An nu a l S ta teCon fe rence held a t Wa terloo , when abeau t i fu l bronze tablet to the m em o ryo f the fi f teen Rea l D augh ter s o f Iowa ,was unve i led by the on ly su rv i v i ng m em

ber of the fi f teen .

Th rough the en thu s ia s t ic an d energet iceffo r ts of the S ta te Cha i rm an o f the

Com m i t tee on Rea l D augh ter s and

G rand-D augh ter s , Mrs. Freder ick Ii .

Ware,of Cl i n ton , who conceived th i s

splendid idea of pe rpe tua t i ng the m em

ory of ou r loved and revered R ea lD augh ter s, and th rough the genero s i tyof Mrs. W'a re's hu sband, Mr. Freder icE . the devo ted grandson o f Cl i nton Chapte r

’s R ea l D augh ter , Mrs. Ja neBev ier Lam b , th i s noble recogn i t ion of

ou r Rea l D augh te rs was m ade po s s ib le.

and Cl i n ton Chapter had the g rea thono r o f pre sen t i ng th i s m em or ia l tothe Iowa D . A. R .

Th i s handsom ely de s igned tablet i s36 x 24 i nches . I t bea r s the i n s i gn i aand the i n scr ipt ion ,

“E rected by the

Cl i n to n Chapter i n Mem o ry of the R ea lD augh ter s i n . Iowa ,

" fo l lowed by the

nam e s o f the fi f teen R ea l D augh ter s .The m o s t hono red gues t o f the Iowa

S ta te Con ference was Mrs. Soph i a Dolson Andrew s , of D es Mo i ne s , the on lyl i v i ng Rea l D augh te r of Iow a . H er n at i on al num be r i s 3343. She was b or n i nS teuben Cou n ty

,N . Y . , Apr i l 27 , 1829 ,

( laugh ter of Johan nes Van D ol son and

h i s second w i fe, E l izabeth Ca r r . H er

fa ther ’s ances to r s cam e from H ol land.

1658, an d set t led i n N ew Am s terdam .

H e was bo rn 1752 , and served th roughou t the Revo lu t ion . H e cro s sed the Delawa re w i th Wa sh i ngton tha t m em o rableCh r i s tm a s n igh t , was wi th h im a t Va l leyFo rge, an d a l so a t the Su rrende r a tYork town .

Mrs. Andrews has l ived i n Des

Moi nes s ince 1864 . She i s a charterm em be r o f the D es Mo i nes VVom an

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s

Club, o rga n ized i n 1865 ; a va lu ed Iu em ~

b er of the \Vom a n’

s Pres s and Au thor s’

Club ; fi r s t Regen t of Ab i ga i l Adam sChapter, D es Mo i ne s , o rgan ized i n 1893 ;a di s t i ngu i shed leade r i n soci a l , l i teraryan d chu rch ci rcles . Th i s truly rem a rkab le wom a n , f rom who se beau t i ful da rkeye s sh i ne s the Sp i r i t of perpetu a l you th,a nd whose very presence i s a benedict io n a nd a n i n sp ira t ion , seem s the ve.

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yper son ifica t ion of pa t r io t ism . Thoughbo rn i n 1829 , she i s 87 yea r s young, anda ttended a n d en joyed every ses s ion of

the th ree day s’

con ference.

The D augh ter s of Iowa seek by everywo rd a nd act to render her the hom agewh ich they feel i s her due. The en t i rea s sem bly ro se and rem a i ned s tandi ng a sth i s loved a n d hono red R ea l D augh terwas esco r ted to the s tage by Mrs. \Va re,and then sea ted i n the cha i r of s ta te.

A f ter the presen ta t ion speech by Mrs.

Wa re, the S ta te H i s to ri a n , Mrs. Sherm a n I ra Poo l . read the fo l low i ng sketcho f Mrs. Pam el i a S ikes VVorsley, a Rea lD a ugh ter of R ed Oak, wh ich com ple testhe ser ies o f sketches o f Iowa

's fi f teenR ea l D augh ter s :

Pam e l ia S ikes Worsley was the daughter ofa Revo lu t ionary patrio t, Increase S ikes, whowas bo rn in Ludlow, Mass , Sept. 5 . 1 760. H eenl i sted as a private in Capt . Ph ineas S tehhins' com pany, Col. N athan Sparhawk 's reg im ent, Sept . 15. 1778 ; service to Dec. 12, 17 78,th ree m onths and three days, including t ravel( 9 1 m i les ) from hom e. Com pany detachedto re in fo rce Gen . Su l l i van, hu t ordered to

Boston by reso l ve o f Sept. 1 7, 1 778. ( SeeMass . So ldiers and Sa i lo rs o f the Revo lu t ion,Vol. X IV, pageMarch 8. 1803. Increase S ikes m arr ied Lucy

in L udlow , Mass , a nd l i ved on thefarm o f wh ich he was the owner, unt i l h isdeath. Jan . 17, 1837. Lucy W right S ikes wasbo rn N ov . 14 , 1 785. and die d Sept. 6 , 185 1 .To them were bo rn nine ch i ldren . I’am eli a,

D io it iz ed b v G t

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and was bo rn Oct . 2 1 , 1809 . in Ludlow, Mass.The ch ildren were educated in Ludlow. and

at an early a ge so ug h t em ploym ent in the

New E ng land factories. Pam el ia found em

ploym ent i n a cot t tou m i l l at Lowell. Mass .

where she rem ained u nt i l nearly the t im e o f

her m arr iage. She was m arried N ov. 1 7, 1831 ,

to Joseph Worsley at Springfield, Mass. M r.

Wors ley was a nat ive of Thom psonvi l le,Conn., a descendant of an old Eng l i sh fam i ly.They l i ved at Springfield an d at Bo ston.

In 1836, they, w i th thei r two ch ildren an d

o ther f am i l ies, sou gh t a hom e in the West.The t ri p was by water. They first went toNew York Ci ty, then up the H udson river,across the E rie canal and th ro ugh the GreatLakes. Whi le on Lake H uron they were ina severe s torm an d nearly su flered sh ipwreck.They final ly landed at Fo rt D earbo rn a nd lo

ca ted on what i s n ow the sou th side of Ch icago.

A f ter a figh t of several m onths w ith feverand ague, they di spo sed o f the i r tract o f landand m oved westward toward the Fox r iveran d set t led n ear what i s n ow Aurora. lll. Theywere charter m em bers o f the Fi rst Congregat i on al Chu rch of Au ro ra, organ ized in 1838.

Som e t im e a fter they so ld the land an d re

located on 160 acres, purchased o f the gov

ern m en t, abou t two m i les west o f Geneva, Ill.Wh i le they had all the f ront ier hardsh ips.thei r relations w ith the Indians were veryfriendly. O f ten wh i le at work Mrs. Wo rs leywou ld find an Indian in her hom e. If i t was

near m eal - t im e, she wou ld ask h im to stay. Shet ried to be very helpfu l to the wom en and

chi ldren, and the Indians retu rned i t by br ingi ng hom e stray ing catt le and in o ther ways .D u r ing the i r residence at Au rora and Genevae ight ch i ldren were born .

The early settlers fel t that i t was necessaryto have a t im ber tract for bu i lding pu rpo sesa nd fue l . Mr. and Mrs.

-ley acqu i red aten - acre t ract in “

the Big n ow ex

t inct , abou t five m i les sou th of the farm . In

1848 they bu i l t a hou se, and i n ISS-l a barnon thei r farm f rom t im ber hau led f rom the

t ract. The log s were hewn an d a regu larf ram e erected m o rt i sed and pinned. Bo thbu i lding s are i ntact at th is t im e. Septem ber,1916, and u sed for the pu rpo ses for wh ichthey were bu i l t.H ere again they were p ioneers in chu rch

organ izat ion and were charter m em bers o f theCong rega t ional Chu rch o f Geneva, o rganizedin 184 5.On Aug . 6. 1863. Mr. Worsley died. Mrs.

VVorsley as adm in istra trix , sett led the estate

to the sat i s fact ion o f al l the hei rs, and at acost that wou ld su rpr ise people o f th i s day.

In 1867 she pu rchased a com fortable hom e inGeneva where she l ived unt i l la te N ovem ber,

1869 , when she m oved to Red Oak, Iowa, w it hher younges t daughter, who had j u s t m arr ieda m erchant . They arrived on the fi rst passenger train to cross the state on the C ll. 81.

Q . Ra i l road.

She m ade Red Oak her hom e for a num bero f years, l i v ing w i th her son , 0 . P. Worsley,who had been a res ident since March, 1869.

D u ri ng th i s tim e she devoted hersel f to Christ ian work and he lped to organ ize the FirstCong regat ional Chu rch of Red Oak, of wh ichshe wa s a charter m em ber.In 1880 she m oved to Fa i rfield. and la ter toYork, N eb . In bo th places she l i ved w i th herdaug hter, Mrs. Mary A. Sm al l. In 1894 she

re tu rned to Red Oak and m ade her hom e w i thher son , where sh e died May I. 1907, aged 97years, 6 m onth s and 10 days. She i s bu ried inRed Oak.

Mrs. Worsley was a devoted Ch r is ti an and

a very act ive chu rch worker. She attendedchu rch reg u larly unti l a fter her n inet ieth b i rthday. She was a great B ible student and hadm em o rized m any chapters o f the B ible as wel la s beau ti fu l hym ns and poem s . She had qu i tea co l lect io n o f these hym ns and poem s, wh ichshe greatly cherished. She had a great m anyco rrespondents am ong her f riends and re lat ives. There were few days that she did n ot

write to som e o f these . On her n inet iet hbirthday she recei ved a po st card shower. andshe answered each card personal ly. D u ringm ost of her l i fe. she enjoyed good heal th , a ndrem arkably good heal th in the later years o f

her l i fe. H er m ind was clear and act i ve to

the last. She had a cheer fu l dispo si tion and

strong conv ict ions of r igh t and w rong . D uri n g the last seven years o f her l i fe she was

a shu t- i n . She then found her greatest pleasu re i n repeat ing to hersel f the B ible verses,hym ns and poem s wh ich she had m em o r ized.

She loved to tel l stor ies o f her early days,and o f ten spoke o f her father in connect ionw i th the Revo lu t ionary War. When alm os t97 years of age she becam e in terested in theN at ional Society of the D au ghters of the

Am er ican R evo lu t ion th rou gh a friend of herswho was a Real D au gh ter. H er excel len tm em ory eas i ly enabled them to fi nd the datanecessary fo r her appl icat ion papers, and she

jo ined the Society as a Mem ber- a t - Large. May29, 1906 . She rece ived the go ld sou ven ir spoonfrom the N at ional Society and was ve ry proudo f i t. H er g rand-daughter, M i ss H att ie Wo rs

ley, o f Red Oak. to whom we a re indebtedfor the m aterial for th is ske tch , n ow t reasu resth is spoon as a m em ento of her dearly lovedg randm o ther, whose m em o ry we also cher ishin the Arch ives o f the Iowa D . A. R . , a ndwho se nam e we have recorded on the beau t iful bronze Mem orial T ab let to our loved RealD au ghters of Iowa. a splendid t r ibu te wh ich“w i l l soon han g on m em ory's wal l" in the

UN VE IL IN G AT lVATERLOO, IOWA

Iowa Ro om o f our beau t i fu l Mem ori al Con

t i n en ta l H al l .The s i lken flag was then reveren t ly

l i f ted f rom the f ace o f the table t by Mrs.

l I". Andrew s. the on ly l i v i ng Rea lD augh ter o f the fi f teen who se n am es arei n scr ibed thereon . Deeply touched, she

c la sped the s ta ff i n on e t rem bl i ng hand,ho ldi n g the flag erect, wh i le she ex

pre s sed her deep appreci a t ion of the

sp i r i t wh ich prom pted th i s gi f t,and fel t

tha t the beau t i ful m em o ri a l to Iowa ’sRea l D augh ter s would be a fi t t i ng t r ibu teto the i r m em o ry and to the ach ievem en t sof the pa s t; a nd then i n exqu i s i te wo rdsto ld o f her love and vene ra t ion for theflag. and rea d her respon se to

“Wha tthe Flag Mean s to Me.

” publ i shed i n theFlag D ay num be r of the M idwesternM agaz i n e. Mrs. Andrew s be l ieve s theflag shou ld be placed. n ot on ly i n every

schoo l hou se i n the land. bu t a l so i n ou rplaces of wo rsh ip.

The bea u t i fu l p icture p resen ted byth i s l i v i ng em bodim en t o f the true Sp i r i tof Pa t rio t i sm , a s she cla sped the flag she

so dea r l y loves,and the sound of her

sweet vo ice. wh ich becam e clea r and

st rong as she read a tender l i t t le poema t the clo se of her addres s , s t i r red the

en t i re audien ce to i ts dep th s , a nd a s theS ta te Regen t , Mrs. D i x ie Co rnel l Gebha rdt. accepted the t ablet for the IowaD . A. R . , an d sa id tha t a t bes t we couldexpect to have ou r beloved R ea l D aughter w i th u s for on ly a few m ore years.the a s sem bly wa s m oved to tea r s .A f ter the u n ve i l i ng . Mrs. Andrews

was showered w i th roses, and her photograph was t aken w i th the t able t

, for

publ ica t ion .

If ever the t im e com es when wom en shal l com e together sim ply a nd pu rely for the

genefi

’t‘of m ankind i t w i l l be a power such as the world has never be fore known .

"—Ma tthewm o

(Ow ing to the n um ber o f chapter reports awai ting publ icat ion the Edi to r has bee n obl igedto om i t a g reat m any interesting descriptions o f m etal affairs, or m atters o f loca l i nterest.T he des ire o f the indi v idual chapter or i ts m em be rs has to b e sacri ficed fo r the good o f the

who le. If the chapter h i sto rian w i l l rem em ber that there are over fi f teen hundred chaptersin exi stence ; that th i s Departm ent i s n ot establi shed for the pu rpose o f publ i shing an annualrepo rt—that shou ld b e sen t to the S tate Regent—b ut to record work wh ich m a

ybe o f valueefor other chapters ; a nd that al l reports shou ld bewri t ten o n only o n e s ide o f t

i f possible b e typewn t ten . i t W i l l g reatly facnh ta te m atters.paper, an d

T he repo rt s a re arrangedalphabetical ly according to states and

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alphab ct ically according to chapters in the states. )

Cora St i clm ey H arper Chapte r (S t .Pier re, Fla . ) was o rga n i zed two yea rsago u nder the nam e o f

"Wi seeha tchee,"

observed Flag D ay, Ju ne 14 , the chapte rb i r thday, w i th approp r ia te Flag D ayprogram s ; an d S t . D i stafi

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s D ay by sendin g garm en t s to the O rphan s

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H om e i nJack sonv i l le. The b i rds were fu rn i sheda Ch r i s tm a s t ree by our ch i ldren ; andApr i l 25 we presen ted the pub l ic schoo lw i th a la rge flag and po le ; the ch i ldrenof the chap ter ra i s i ng the flag. We had

a floa t i n the Fou r th of July parade,deco ra ted i n the blue and wh i te. The

cen tra l figu re was a ch i ld dres sed a s aPu r i ta n m a iden s ta ndi ng be s ide a spi nn i ng whee l . Th i s yea r we hope to placesom e m a rker s ; a nd we are s tudy i ng“Im por ta n t Leg i s la t ion i n the U n i tedS ta te s f rom 1 789 to

(M as. FRAN K R . ) DAISY PLATT H ort‘

rON , H is tor ian .

Mari a Jefl'

erson Ch apter (St . Augu s t i ne, Fla . ) ob served \Vash i n gton

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Bi r thday by a bazaa r ; and the Chapter 'sb i r thday, Ma rch 26, by a publ ic recept ion . Bo th o f these were held i n the

Chapter room s i n the Publ ic L ibra ryBu i ldi ng. On S t . D i stafi

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ladies m et a t the hom e o f the regen t ,Mrs. F. B . S tephen s , and spen t the a f

tern oon sew i ng upon m a ter i a l a f terwa rdgiven to the N e ighbo rhood H ou se .

The Chap ter had the honor of en ter

ta i n i ng Mrs. Ma ry S . Lockwood , on e of

the o rga n i zer s o f the N a t iona l Soc iety.

Fi f ty f ram ed ca rds bea ri ng the oa th of

a l legi ance were presen ted to the Schoo lBoa rd to b e placed i n the cou n ty schoo ls ,and a s i s the u sua l cu stom p r ize s of go ldwere gi ven pu p i l s o f the E igh th gradefor the bes t es say on a pa t r io t ic subject .Th i s yea r i t was The L ibe rty Be l l .”The Chapter ha s t aken the fi r s t s teps

towa rd i nco rpo ra t ing . i t s object be i ng toacqu i re the l and on wh ich Ogle thorpe

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ba t tery was placed i n 174 1 .

F. M . Btsva x ,

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H istor ia n .

John L auren s Chapter (D u b l i n ,Geo rg i a ) was organ i zed Februa ry 25,1 9 16 , w i th twen ty en thu s i a s t ic m em bers .The Prog ram Com m i t tee ha s got ten ou t

a beau t i ful yea r book for so you ng aChapter . S tudy top ics ou t l i ned for eachm on th—Geo rg i a h i s to ry , Colon ia l and

Revolu t iona ry . have offered a m eda lto the h igh schoo l pup i l w r i t i ng the bes tes say on Revo lu t iona ry h i s tory ; a l so am eda l for the h ighes t average m ade i nh i s to ry i n the th ree schoo l s a t the end

o f the yea r . At ou r la s t m ee t ing we decided to ra i se flag s on a l l the school s i nou r ci ty , and endeavo r w i th appro pr i a teexerci ses to teach ou r ch i ldren reverencefor the flag . To loca te the res t i ng placeo f R evo lu t iona ry so ldier s i s difficu l thoweve r. we hope to fu rn i sh i n form at ion a long th is l in e duri n g the yea r, and

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Old S ta te Capi tol. Corydo n ,Ind.

m ade super i n tenden t o f th i s work by thetown au tho r i t ie s, an d w i th her band o f

hel pe r s f rom,the \Vom an

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s L i teraryClub and f rom ou r own Chapter, she

ha s accom pl i shed m uch s i nce the wo rkbegan i n 19 1 2 . Th i s i s ou r pe rm a nen tloca l wo rk .

At the fi r s t m eet i ng of l a s t yea r, October 7 , 19 1 5 , ou r Chapter m et u nderthe b ranche s o f a t ree, m ade h i s to r icf rom the fact a cen tu ry ago ou r fi r s tleg i s la to r s du ri ng the wa rm days of Ju nebe took them se lves to the shade o f th i st ree, whe re they dra f ted the fi rs t Const i tu t ion of I ndi a n a . S i nce then th i sgrea t elm ,

for wh ich ou r Chap ter i sn am ed, ha s been known a s the Con st i tut ion al E lm . I t was w i th p r ide and plea su re tha t the H oos ie r E lm Chapter, a tth i s t im e. presen ted to the com m u n i ty,th rough the regen t, Mrs. Robert L . M i l

ler, a boulder, bea r i ng a bronze tab letcom m em o ra t ive o f th i s i nciden t .Th i s be i ng Cen ten n i a l yea r we a re

co nfin i ng ou r wo rk m a i n ly w i th i n ou r

own bounda ries , and to tha t en d con t ri b o

u ted a sum to the I ndi a na S ta te Pa rkMem o ri a l Fund. At presen t we are

m uch concern ed over the prese rva t iono f the fi rs t s ta te cap i to l

,loca ted here.

be i ng bu i l t i n 181 1 , the wa l l s be i ng a sso l id a s the day i t was bu i l t . The s i teo f th i s grand old s t ructu re i s becom i ngea ch yea r a grea tly des i red p r i ze to the

eye of a m a te ri al publ ic, and we a re

grea t ly concern ed over the sa fe ty o f th i s“cradle" i n wh ich I ndi a na a s an i n fan twas rocked.

\\ e s ta nd ready a s an o rga n i za t ion todo a l l tha t i s po s s ible for u s to do , to

he lp sa ve for ou r s t a te th i s landm a rk a sa la s t ing m onum en t to her b i r th .

KATE IA '

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r.

Majo r W i lli am Thom as Chap te r( S t . Ma ry

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s Coun ty, Md. ) w i th a m em

her sh ip of s i x ty ha s j u s t com ple ted i t sfi rs t yea r of i n teres t i ng work . A fundfor ra i s i ng the wa l l s of the fi r s t S t a teH ou se of Ma ryland has grown to

I n teres t has been awakened i nsom e long forgot ten and neglected h i storical spo t s .The cha i rm an of ou r Flag Com m i t tee

ha s been act ive i n br i ng i ng to the no t iceof publ ic schoo l teache rs the fact tha tproper de ference a nd respect towa rd theS t a r s and S t r ipes shou ld b e taugh t thech i ldren . We hope to pres s fo rwa rd thecom i ng yea r to s t i l l bet ter work .

M RS . J . T H OMAS BROME .

L ucy Jackson Chapter (New to n ,Ma ss . ) had a m o s t en joyable ou t i ngSeptem be r 27 when abo u t th i r ty of i ts

m em ber s ava i led them sel ves of the i n vita t ion o f Mrs. Frank Sherm an , the t rea su rer o f the Chap ter , to m o to r down andspend the day a t her sum m er hom e a tDu xbu ry, Ma s s . I t was a beau t i fu l day,an d a fter a r ri v i ng a t Mrs. Sherm an 's av isi t was m ade to the Myles S t andi sh

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m onum en t . the old S ta ndi sh hou se an d

bu r ia l place.

At the open ing m eet i ng o f the Chapter .Octobe r 9 , a recept ion was held fo r M rs.

Frank D . E l l i son , S ta te R egen t . an dMrs.

Cha r le s D . Meserve, S ta te H i s to r i a n .

Mrs. E l l i so n gave a sho rt bu t very i nterest i n g t a l k on her recen t v i s i t to

Wa sh i ngton , where she a t tended the

N a t iona l Boa rd m ee t i ng.

Octobe r 18 the Chap ter held a Colon ia l T ea and Loa n E xh ib i t ion to ce lebra tei t s twen t ieth a n n iver sa ry , wh ich was abri l l i a n t and no table even t . The hou sewas appropr ia tely decora ted w i th a la rgenum be r o f Am er ican flag s , and a l l o f theladies i n cha rge were i n Colon i a l costum e. T here were abou t fi f teen exh ibi t s , m an y ra re a nd va lu ab le let ter s , m an

u scri pts, book s , jewel ry, laces , em b ro i

deri es, pew ter, ch i na , dol l s, s i lver , ete. ,

bei ng i ncluded am ong these. I n the di ni ng room where tea was served the di ni ng t able was covered w i th a handwoven l i nen cover, old s i lver and ch i naand a l a rge di sh of apple s i n the cen ter .In the a f te rn oon and aga i n i n the eve

n ing the M i nu et was danced by fou ryoung ladies and you ng m en . T h i s waspart icula r ly effect i ve, be i ng da nced byca ndle l igh t an d i n co s tum e.

ED ITH E . D UN MORE,H istorian .

Sea Coast D efen se Chapter (Vi n eyard H aven , Ma s s . ) celebra ted i t s twent ieth a n n iver sa ry i n October . A la rgeball was beau t i fu l ly deco ra ted and a rranged w i th r ugs and cha i r s to represen ta draw i ng- room . The regen t, M rs .Stephen C. L u ce , was a s s i sted i n recei v

ing by the pa s t regen ts. Abou t KI ) people we re p resen t , i ncludi ng m em be r s of

the Ma rtha’

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Vi n eyard Chapter, Mrs.

ll. Ba ldw i n ( s i s te r of the la te Mad

am No rd ica . both of whom were m em ~

be r s o f th i s Chapter ) , and officers of

the Wom an’

s Rel ie f Corps and G randArm y o f the Repu bl ic. A m u s ica l program . fo l lowed by t ableau x, wh ich werei n terpre ted i n song, we re grea t ly en

joyed by the guest s . As a cl im a x the

regen t p re sen ted the Chapter i n the nam e

o f the s ta te regen t , Mrs. E l l i son . w i th ali n e , la rge, s i l k flag ,

s t a ff and g i l t eag lea l l com ple te. The pledge o f a l leg i ance ,

given w i th grea t en thu s i a sm , clo sed the

celebra t ion .

Mas. FRANCIS P. L uca, S ecretary .

Men om i n ee Chapter (Menom i nee,M ich . ) ha s done m any i n tere s t i ng th i ngsdu r i ng the yea r ; b u t w i l l s im ply descr ibei ts wo rk am o ng the boy s .A yea r ago la s t sum m er ou r shop~

keeper s were m u ch a n noyed by the pe t tyth iev i ng of a group of boy s f rom n ineto fi f teen yea r s of age. The po l ice werecon s tan t ly ca l led upon to wa rn and a rres t them , and fina l ly the D . A . R . Chapter was a sked i f they cou ld n o t i n teres tthem selves i n these boy s . A f te r ca refulde l ibe ra t ion we i nv i ted the ri ng leaders

H an nah T racy Gran t Chapter (Alb ion , M ich . )— Abou t twelve of the m em

bers of the Chap te r w i th the S t a te Regen t , Mrs. W'i l l i am H . Wa i t, wen t tothe S ta r r Com m o nwea l th , N ovem be r 25 ,to fo rm a “

Ch i ldren of the R epubl ic”club.

The pu rpo se o f the cl ub i s to t ra i nch i ldren between the ages of n ine and

fou rteen a long the l i nes tha t m ake for

good ci t i zen sh ip and t rue pa t rio t i smAm er ican h i s to ry , pa r l i am en tary law andreverence for our flag. Twen ty- fou rch i ldren s igned the Con s t i tu t ion o f the

club, becom i ng i t s charter m em ber s . Theu sua l o fficer s were elected, and a p ret tyin s ta l la t ion serv ice was conducted byM i s s Jenn ie Wo r th i ngton , the di rect res s .Mrs. L . T . Wh i te

,the regen t of the

H an nah T racy Gran t Chap ter, gave eachm em be r an Am er ica n fl ag, and Mrs.

Wa i t presen ted each m em be r w i th acopy of “The Am er ican Flag i n Prose,Poe t ry and Song,

" sen t by the M ich i ganS ta te L ibra ry . I t i s ex pected th roughthe i nfluence of th i s l i t tle club tha t theS ta r r Com m onwea l th ch i ldren w i l l bei n sp i red w i th a grea te r lo ve o f cou n t rya nd an eager i n teres t i n becom i ng i t sfu tu re ci t izen s .

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to m eet our com m i t tee and ta lk over thefo rm i ng o f a Boy s

‘

Club . T hey werevery wa ry a t fi r s t, fea r ing the po l icewere back of i t a l l, b u t even tua l ly wefo rm ed a club of fo r ty boy s and secu redth ree room s i n the ba sem en t of on e of

ou r school bu i ldi ngs for our club’sheadqu a rte rs .The Chap ter m em be r s fi t ted these

room s w i th i n num erable gam es and

boy s ’ m agaz i nes . On e room was devo tedto ba ske t ba l l, an d pu t i n cha rge of two

h igh schoo l s tuden t s to conduct the

gam e . A pres iden t, secreta ry a n d flagbea rer we re elected am ong the boy s, andthey were t augh t how to open and con

duct a m eet i ng.

Pa t r io t i sm was the keyno te of the

cl ub. the boy s we re taugh t the et iquet teof the flag and to gi ve the flag sa lu te,and a t the close of eve ry m eet i ng to

si ng Am er ica .

To va ry the p rogram for every Friday n igh t was a ser iou s bu rden to the

few act ive Chap ter m em ber s . The boysl iked bes t to h ave s tor ies told them , and

we se ized the oppo rtu n i ty to po i n t m or

als i n these s tor ies on honesty, tru th

telli ng and ki ndness to a n im a l s and

ch i ldren .

On e or two of ou r phy s ici a n s ga vet a l k s on Fi rs t Ai d. These w i th ou r Vic

t rola m u s ic a n d m ag ic lan tern show sm ade ou r club so popu l a r - tha t n ow we

have over s i x ty m em ber s and requ i rela rge r qu a r ter s .O ne ve ry unplea san t i nciden t hap

pened to som e o f ou r boy s las t spri ng.

It developed they we re em ployed by ave ry no to r iou s sa loonkeepe r to s tea l coa lf rom the S t . Pau l t rack s . As was to be

expected, they were caugh t a nd a r res tedby the ra i l road de tect ive, a nd the Chapter had to s tand back of som e w ry badly

fr igh ten ed boy s to m ake them tel l whoi n s t iga ted the crim e, so grea tly werethey unde r the i n fluence of th i s ev i lm an . I regre t to add tha t up to the

p resent t im e th i s sa loonkeepe r ha s n ot

been b rough t to j u s t ice.

Ano the r of our boy s becam e i nvolvedi n a ser ious m i sdem eano r. the po l ice ap

pl ied every conceivable a rgu m en t to

m ake h im con fes s . Fi n a l ly the boysobbed ou t ,

“Oh, Capta i n ! I

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ll tel l everyth i ng and you can do any th i ng you l ikew i th m e i f on l y you won ’t tel l the

D . A. R . ladies ,”wh ich m ade u s feel tha t

pe rhaps our work was n ot i n va i n .

Our club i s m ore or less m i l ita ry ini t s hea r i n g . The boy s a lway s gi ve the

Chapter m em ber s the m i l i t a ry sa lu te on

m eet in g them i n the s t ree t a nd a t theopen ing and clos ing of all m eet i ngs .

When ou r local m i l i t i a was ca l le d tothe bo rder, the capt a i n n o t i fied ou r

Chapter j u s t three days be fo re theywe re leav i ng tha t the Gove rn m en t hadf a i led to p rov i de the soldier s w i th the

regula r a rm y k i t s or housewives , and

a sked i f we m igh t supply them . I t ca l ledfor prom pt act ion on our part , a nd wesucceeded i n m ak i ng a nd fi l l i ng seven tyth ree of those w ry fussy li ttle ki ts i nt im e for the soldier s to ta ke w i th them .

Bu t ou r pr ide i n the k i t s had a con si d

crable f a l l when the town read w i thm uch m i rth i n the newspa pers tha t theD augh ter s of the Am er ican Revo lu t ionhad prov ided Co . L w i th “

seven ty -five

k i t s of hou sew ives .At the requ es t of our Chap ter la st

yea r the m ayo r set a s ide $100 an nua l lyto b e u sed for Mem o r ia l D ay exe rci ses,these to b e i n cha rge o f a perpe tual comm i t tcc com po sed o f the super i n tenden tof schoo l s , pres iden ts of the \Vom an

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Club, Com m erci a l Club and regen t of

the D . A. R .

By th i s m ean s we m ade ou r old sol

diers very happy Mem ori a l D ay w i thpa t r iot ic e xerci se s a t the Ope ra hou se,a nd an e sco rt to the cem etery o f the

m i l i t i a , the ban d,600 schoo l chi ld ren

and the D . A. R . Boy s’ Club a l l ca r ry i ngflags, and p rouder l ads never l ived thanou r club boys when they found theywere to be given a l i t t le publ ic approbat ion i n stead of publ ic d isapp rova l .We th i nk we d rove hom e som e of our

les son s i n pa t r io t i sm by a l low i ng themto take pa rt i n th i s parade and to a s s i s tthe old so ldiers i n deco ra t i ng the

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fore the Coun ty Cou r t , b u t n ot w i thou tt ak in g you r hum ble Chap ter Regen t w i thher, a nd b iddi ng her make the speech ofher l i fe. People here usua l ly do wha tMrs. Week s b id s them do, so am id thosetri bu tes we two l ifted ou r vo ices i n beha l f o i the cou n ty's poo r a nd i ndigent .The pet i t ion was gran ted, the poo r fa rm

pu t up for sa le sho rt ly afterwa rd, andbe fore lea v i ng that cou rt room everyma n had Opened h i s pu rse st r i ngs and

had reim bu r sed Mrs. Weeks for her expen ses. The gen t lem en gave Mrs.

Weeks m oney, wh i le the Chapter ladiesqu ie t ly o rdered a Ch ri stm a s p resen t ;som eth i ng she had a lways wan ted andhad never had—a ri ng. So a la rge s ign et ri ng cam e, bea r i ng her m onogramon the ou t s ide and i n the reverse s ideD . A. R .

In May the Chap ter was hono red bya vi si t f rom our S t a te Regen t, who presen ted a gold m eda l gi ven by the Chapter to the U . S . H i s to ry pup i l s m ak i ngthe h ighes t grade. Th i s proved very i nterest ing

— th ree pup i l s con tes ted clo sefor the m eda l . The two gi rl s who lostwere rem em be red by a lovely g i f t foreach f rom Mrs. Pa i n te r when she re

tu rn ed hom e.

Mes. H . W . Jon n son , R egen t.

Wyacon da Chapter (La Gra n ge ,MO . ) was o rga n ized Ma rch 30, 19 14 .

Ou r fi rs t wo rk was to place flags i n thepubl ic schoo l s and have the pup i l s taugh tto sa lu te the flag. La ter a flag was

placed on the schoo l bu i ld i ng. E achyea r we have given p r izes to the eigh thgrade pup i l s m ak i ng the bes t m a rk i nU . S . h i s to ry . We ha ve sen t delega teseach yea r to the S ta te Con ference

,who

ha ve brough t hom e very i n sp i ri ng re

po rts, a nd a ided u s grea t ly in go i ngahea d the com i ng yea r.

Mas. Kare Bon n er Lown snm nx ,

H istoria n .

Pawn ee Chapter (Fu l le rto n , N eb .)-The D augh ters of the Am eri can Revolu t ien have erected m onum en t s i n N ebraska to comm em o ra te the deeds of the

wh i te m an ; bu t to Pawn ee Chap ter of

Ful lerton , N eb . , i t seem ed em i nen t lyfi t t i ng tha t a m onum en t shou ld s tandupon the s i te o f the old Pawnee hun t i nggrou nds a s a n ev idence to fu tu re generat i ons of the loya l ty and bravery o f a

m an of ano the r race— the ch ie f of theI’awnees—Wh i te E agle. I n con sequen ceupon July 4 th a m agn ificen t gra n i teboulder bea ri ng a n a t tract i ve bronzepla te was unve i led i n the N ance cou n tycou r t - ya rd and presen ted to the coun tyby Pawnee Chapter, D . A. R.

Mrs. A. E . Bryson , regen t of the

Chapter, and to who se persi s ten t and

u n t i ri ng e ffort s th e succes s ful culm i nat ion o f the Chapter

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s plan s were du e,pres ided, welcom i ng a l l gu es t s, em pha

s iz i ng the s ign ifica nce of the occa s ion ,a nd i n t roduci ng Mrs. Cha r les H . Au l l,o f Om aha , N ebra ska S ta te Regen t .Mrs. Au l l spoke o f the na tu re o f the

R ed m an , an d of the Paw nee i n part icula r . She reca l led the h i s tory of N ebra ska ,dwel l i ng upon the Pawnee's love for

N ebra ska wh ich they co n s ider theirfa ther land, and u pon the v i rtues o f theCh ie f hono red by th i s h i s to r ica l m a rker. The s ign ificance o f the day i t sel fthe day a l l pa t r io t ic ci t izen s love to celebra te—cau sed Mrs. Au l l to en la rge upo nthe teach i ng o f pa t r io t i sm w i th i n the

hom e and the schoo l an d u pon the pa rtthe society o f the D augh ter s o f the

Am er ica n Revo lu t ion ha s i n fo s ter i ng thespi ri t of pa t r io t i sm .

Probably n o m an i n Nebra ska knowsm o re o f the Pawnee Indi an s than JohnW. Wi l l iam son , of Genoa . who for

yea rs served a s Governm en t India nscou t a nd esco rted the Pawnees to I ndi an Te rri to ry when they were sen t thereby the Govern m en t . At the reques t ofPawnee Chapter he prepared a paper.“Rem i n i scences of the Pawn ees ,

”wh ich

was read a t the un ve i l i ng.

Chaun cey L . W i l t se, who se w i fe andm other are both m em be rs o f PawneeChapter, D . A. R a nd who i s h im sel fa Son of the Am e r i can Revo lu t ion , compo sed a poem

,en t i t led “

The Pawn eeCh ief

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Mrs. Bryson , on beha l f o f the Chapter. presen ted the boulder to the Boa rd :o f Com m i s s ione rs fo r the cou n ty o f

Nance. .\lr. Albe r t Thom pson acceptedthe m a rker . H i s wo rds were few b u t

f raugh t w i th m ea n i ng and vo iced the ;sam e spi r i t ev idenced by tho se m en who ifough t to ga i n tho se l ibe r t ies expres sedi n the Decla ra t io n o f I ndependence an d

who m ade po s s ible a s a hom e fo r the‘

wh i te m an the fer t i le fie lds a nd produc- lt ive va l leys o f Nebra ska .

L i t t le M i s se s Ma rga re t Re im e r s and

H en r ietta‘

Ba rn es pu l led the rope s tha tflu ng to the breeze the S ta r s a nd S t r ip e s

,

an d revea led a la rge boulder to wh ich ‘

was at tached a bronze tablet o rnam en tedw i th the i n s ign i a o f the soc iety of the

D augh ter s o f the R evo lu t io n a nd a re

l ie f b u s t o f \Vh i te E agle, a Pawnee .

ch ie f ta i n . and bea r i ng the i n scr ipt ion :

Pawn ee Mesronta r.

The Pa n-n ee Confedera t ion i n cluded

fou r t r i bes— Skidi , 7'

shaw i , K i tkehuhi ,

l’i tahaa 'i ru t . The i r D om a i n lay b etween

the N i obm ra R iver, n o rth ; S hell Crcck,cast ; the D ivide b etween the R epublicana nd the S olom on R ivers

, sou thwest ; the

fo rks of the Pla t te R iver, west ; com

pri s i ng thc Loup R ic'er D ra i nage System , a sect i on of the Pla tte Valley, a n d

the upper half of the R epu blica n I'

allcv.

They ceded to the U n i ted S ta tes the

pa rt sou th of the Pla t te, 1833 ; the re

m a i ndcr, except i ng 0 R eserve n ou can n

pos i ng Cou n ty . 1857 : rem oved to

I ndian Ter r i to ry, 1873- 75 .

E rected b v Pawn ee Chapter

D a u gh ters of the Am er ica n Revolu t i on,

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108 DAUGH TE RS OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINEOn eida Chap ter (U t ica , N . Y . ) was

f avo red i n i t s celebra t ion of i t s an n i vers a ry

, Octob e r 1 2 , by a s beau t i fu l a daya s ever dawned over the Mohawk Va l ley .

Be i ng a l so Co l um bu s D ay, the s t reets o f

U t ica were gay wi th theS tarsan dS t r ipe san d w i th the I ta l i a n color s ; wh i le I ta li an people everywhere im pres sed the

fact tha t n o longer were we“pen t up

and prov i nc i a l ,” bu t were a “N ew

U t ica and co sm opo l i ta n , i n sp i te o f anyl i nger i ng p ro tes t s or cl i ng i ng to va r iousold byrpa ths and ou t -grown cu s tom s .The Chap ter was hono red by the pres~

ence of the S ta te R egen t , Mrs. Ben jam i n F. Spraker , a nd the R egen t of Bu ff a lo Chapter, Mrs. John M i l ler H o r ton .

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S i r Ch r i s tophe r” h im sel f wou ld have

fel t com pl im en ted by the clea r and conci seaccou n t of h i s di scovery and adven tu resgiven by h i s b righ t l i t t le cou n try - woma n ,Rose Sca la , of the Brandegee Schoo l ,show i ng the adm i rable t ra i n i ng and i n

s truct ion given i n the schoo l .Mrs. Spraker spoke o f the prope r t e

spec t wh ich should be acco rded to the

Flag. and the way s i n wh ich re spectshou ld be pa id, a s pub l i shed by the Mon

roe Chap ter, D . A . R . She a l so gavei n de t a i l the m a rvelou s wo rk aecompli shed i n the la s t twen ty -hy e yea r s bythe D augh ter s i n the s ta te o f New Yorka long a l l li n es of pa t r iot ic work . Mrs.

H or ton spoke o f the especi a l wo rk o f

the Bu ffa lo Chapte r . a n d s ta ted tha t theun fu r l ing o f the Flag i n f ron t of theBu ffa lo publ ic schools was am ong the begi nn i ngs of the wo rk o f teach i ng duereverence to ou r na t ion a l co lo r s , as symbol ix i ng loya l ty to ou r cou n t ry .

H E LE N L .

S ecreta ry, pro tent.

Sakakawea Chap ter (Va l ley Ci t y ,N o r th D ako ta ) ga ve a recept ion on the

even ing of Octobe r 1 1 , a t the hom e of

M i s s N el l ie Fam sworth,the regen t . to

all tho se who fel t they were el ig ible tojo i n the D augh ter s of the Am er icanRevolu t ion . The occa s ion was especi

a l l y fitt i ng , a s the S ta te Federa t ion o f

Wom en'

s Club s was holdi ng i t s a n nu a l

m eet ing a t the t im e. M i s s Fam sworth

gree ted the gu es t s (over a hu ndred i nn um ber ) , expla in i ng the objec t of the

m eet i ng, a nd i n t roduced the gues t of

hono r, the S t a te R egen t , Mrs. Geo rgeM . Young, who spoke of the wo rk of

the N a t iona l Socie ty a s a who le, a nd es

peci ally of the pa t r io t ic du ty o f eachon e, who i s el igible, to un i te i n fo s te r i ngthe sp i ri t of loya l ty , respect for the fl ag,etc. . am ong the you ng, and i n i n s t i l l i ngthe you th of the s ta te w i th the pr i nciples of t rue Am er ica n gove rnm en t.Blank s we re d i s t r ibu ted by the Secret a ry and R egi st ra r, and addresse s of

po s s ible fu tu re m ei n bers ta ken ; and

du r i ng the hol iday sea son l i tera tu re w i l lb e sen t w i th the hope of cem en t i ng the

bond of un ion fo r med a t tha t t im e .

Mas. JESS IE M . TRACY,Correspondi ng S eeretary.

Ci n ci n n a t i Chap‘

ter, (Ci nci n na t i ,a f te r twen ty - th ree yea r s o f u sefu le x i s tence n ow num ber s 278 m em be r s,a nd i s m os t act ive i n the m any brancheso f work wh ich i t ha s u nder taken . Be

s ide s the su ppo rt gi ven to Mem o r i a lCon t i nen t a l H a l l and the Geo rge Wa shi n gton Mem o r i a l Fu nd. the Chapte r hasa n en dowed fel low sh ip i n Am er icanh i s to ry, i n the Ci nci n na t i U n ivers i ty . It

d i rects fi ve en thu s i a s t ic club s o f the Ch i ldren o f the Republ ic, on e o f the m o s t i nterest i ng o f wh ich i s a grou p o f l i t t leRoum an ian boy s who are so g lad to

lea rn how to b e good ci t izen s that theya re consta n t ly b r i ngi ng f ri ends . T ho sei n cha rge o f the C. of R . hope soon too rg a n ize m o re club s .The l i t tle gi rl s a re a l so looked a fter

a nd t augh t a l l the u se fu l a r t s of

wom a nhood i n a C hapter o f the Gi rlH om e- m aker s . Th i s i s a recen t bu tgrow i ng act iv i ty . An d wh i le the ch i ldren a re bei ng di rected a long the pa th so f good and u se fu l ci t izen sh ip

, the

m o ther s a re a l so looked a f ter i n ne ighborhood pa t r io t ic wo rk . n ow m erged i n toon e la rge club ca l led “

The Mo l ly Pi tcherBet sy R os s Clu b . O f cou rse fu tu rem em ber s o f the Chapter are n ot n eg

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In Ma rch o f 19 17 the Chapte r w i l lhave the plea su re o f be i ng the ho s te s sChapter to the S t a te Conven t ion .

b anque t w i l l b e g i ven . a nd the v i s i t i ngChapte rs en terta i ned i n every way po s

s ible . Feweu . T i to '

rrmt,

H istor ia n .

.‘llrm or ia ! to D avid Zeisbcrg er

Allagewe Chap te r t L'

ouderspo rt .

Pa . ) i n con ju nct io n w i th the Pen n syl

van i a H i s to r ica l Com m i s s io n u n ve i led ave ry handsom e bou lde r o n the m o rn ingo f October 13, 19 16 .

The bou lder . o f na t ive sands to ne . was

rem o ved f rom a nea rby h i l l . and w i th

the beau t i ful bronze tab le t set i n , m akesa m o s t im pres s i ve o rn am en t to the

Cou r t H ou se Squ a re, where i t i s set nea r

the sou thwe s t co rne r . faci ng tow a rd tha tco rner .

I t bea r s th i s i n scr ipt ion :lfrcr tml as a m em o r i a l to D ar i a] Ze is

b e rg/er who en cam ped n ea r th is place a n

I ’. 0 1 : TH E R /fVU IJfTION .lIAGAZLVE

Ow i ng to ra i n the exerci se s we re heldi n the Co u rt l lon se i n s tead of on the

lawn a s plan ned.

G rea t credi t shou ld b e g iven the Re

gen t . Mrs. J . a n d F i r s t ViceRegen t , Mrs.J’. L . Kno x . who se u n t i r

i ng efl‘orts have re su l ted i n the placi ng

o f the beau t i fu l b ou lde r wh ich i s a n or

n am en t to ou r l i t t le town .

(Mas. FRAN K A. ) Co r i -N

FRE N CH . H isto r i a n .

Meri on Ch ap te r (Ba la . Pa . ) u n ve i ledOc tobe r 1 7

,19 16, a m em o r i a l i n West

La u rel H i l l , Lower Me ri on , Pa . ,to

Ma rga ret B. H arvey, A. M . , Organi zer a nd H i s tor ia n of the Chap te r . The

o pen i ng addres s was m ade by the R ev.

H enry A. F. H oy t , D .D . M i s s Ma ryI . S t i l le, S ta te H i s to r i an , D . A. R . , fol

lowed. She told of the va lu able wo rkdone by M i s s H a rvey . ca l l i ng a tt en t ionto the fact tha t her poem ,

“Va l ley Fo rge. \rb i ters

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was placed i n the corner s toneo f the W'a sh i ng ton Mem or i a l Chapel ,Va l ley Fo rge, June 19 , 1903. The t ablet was then u nve i led by Mrs. John F.

l)eveli n . R egen t o f Mer io n Chap ter . anda s i s te r o f M i s s l'la rvev . The i n scr ipt io n readsIn lowi ng m em o ry of Ma rga ret R .

N a n c y . A . M . , D a ugh ter ofJam es B.

the n ight of Octo ber 8. 1 767 . when on

h is way from Bethlehem to the m on thof Ti on esta Creek to v is i t the Indianson the Allegheny ri ver . H e wa s accom

pa n ied by two D elaware India ns, Ahthony a nd Paptm hank. Th is v isi t led to

the estab lishm en t of the vari ous Moravia n .l-l issi on s am ong the Bah a m as i n

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ester nPennsylvan ia and E astern Oh io.

D az'id Ze isberger w as, so far a s all rec

o rds show , the first wh i te m an to pass

throngh . the [t r i mm a l forests of the u p

per Allegheny r i t '

rr. E rected b y the

Pen n sylva n i a H i sto r ic Com m i ssi on a t

m-

a/m'ra t i a n w i th the Allage'zee Chapter,

D a ughters of the . lm eri ra n Ref -ala t i on .

19 16 .

WORK OF TH E CHAPTERS Ill

andJulia P . H a rvey, H istor ia n , Gen ealag ist, L i ng u is t , Organ i

ser a n d H i sto r ia n

of Mer i on Chapter, D aughters of theAm e r ica n R evolu t i on . E n tered i n toE tern al L ife October 4 , 19 12 .

The flag u sed a t the ce rem ony wasthe Be t sy R o s s" flag m ade by the th i rtee n cha rter m em ber s of the Chap ter

(M i s s H a rvey hav i ng m ade, and sewedi n . on e s ta r an d on e s t r ipe on th i s fl ing) .The grave, wh ich i s on the brow of a

h i l l , was covered w i th au tum n leaves,dahl ia s and chry sa n them um s . T he daywas a beau t i fu l typ ica l f a l l day w i th theb r igh t sun sh i ne fi l ter i ng th rough the col

o red leaves . The se rv ices bega n ju sta s the ch im es i n the i vy -covered towerrang ou t the hou r o f twelve. M i s s H arvey 's li fe was a lway s an i n sp ira t iontowa rd the h ighe r and be t te r th i ng s , andthe m em bers of Me rion Ch ap ter cher i shher i n lov i ng m em o ry. Th ree o the rm em ber s of th i s Chapter lie close by thespo t where we a s sem bled on Octobe r1 7 . These graves were s t rewn wi thflowers and deco ra ted w i th flags.

Mus. D . H . D eveu u , R egen t.

AN H ISTORIC BOTTLE

Th i s g lass bo t t le, recently presen te d to the

Natio nal Soc iety, was blown in 1 788 at Catoct inFur nace. Freder ick, Maryland, at the g lasswork s o f Co lonel Baker Johnson, a Revolut ion a ry o ilicer. Col. Johnson and h i sbro the r, Go verno r Thom as Johnson. on e o f thethree Com m i ss ioners that laid ou t the ci ty of

Wash ing to n , D . C., owned the Catoct in Fu r~nace . A f te r Col. Johnso n's death the bo tt lewas g i ven to h i s son . Baker Johnson,Jr., who

gave i t to h is dau ghter, Mary Catherine, w i feof John R obe rt D o rsey. who took it w i th themwhen they wen t to Tallah asee, Flor ida . In

1845 the D o rsey: m o ved to Washing ton, D . C.,

and a fter the death o f her hu sband, m ovedto Freder ick, Maryland. i n 1859 she di v idedher precio u s rel ics am ong her ch ildren, and

the bo tt le tel l to her only son . Baker JohnsonDo rsey, who had m arr ied an d sett led in SanFranci sco. 5 0 , care fu l ly packed w i th otherg la ss, s i l ver a nd ch ina, the bo ttle jou rneyedaro und the H o rn, reach ing Cal i forn ia in t im eto be shake n— b ut n ot broken— i n an earthquake . From there i t accom panied Mr. D or

sey an d h i s fam i ly i n thei r jou rneying s, firs tto New Yo rk. then to New Jersey. from thereto Minneso ta, thence to W i scons in, and final lyto Wash ingt on. D . C., where on h i s dea th i twas left to h i s only daugh ter, Mrs. Thom asL. Johnson . who recen tly presen ted i t to the

N ati onal Soci ety. where i t has an honoredplace am ong the preci ous relics in theMuseum .

dlrs. Am os ( i . D raper . Edi to r, M em or ia l Con t i n en tal H all. lVaslt i n g ton , l) . C.

Any subscriber is a l lowed the priv i lege o f sending queries to th i s departm ent, prov idedthey pertain to the Revo lu t ionary period or that fo l lowi ng ; an d con form to the ru les g ivenbelow. Ques tions pertain ing to the Co lon ial period m ust be excluded for want o f space ;also al l queries in regard to the requ i rem ents o f o ther soc ie t ies .

2 . No on e can send m ore than two queries a t any on e t im e ; n or shou ld she send to

the departm ent m ore than once a m onth .

3. A query ca nnot be repeated unless an interval o f at least a year has elapsed sin cei t was fi rst pri nted.

4. Requests for i n form ation in regard to genealog i es canno t b e printed ; b u t a l ist o frepu table dealers in such wo rks w i l l be fu rn ished u pon appl ication. i f desired.

5. T he m ain o bject of th is departm ent i s to a id tho se who w i sh to jo in pa tr io t ic so

ci et i es. or to obtain addi t ional recogn i t ion on the serv ice o f som e Revo l u t iona ry pa t rio t.Qu eries. in order to be in serted. m u s t there fo re be definite and con fo rm to th i s object .

6 . Qu eries w i l l b e in serted in the order in wh ich they a re rece i ved. It w i l l , n ecessar i ly

. be som e m onth s between the sending an d print ing o f a query.

7. Answers o r part i al answers are earn est ly des i red ; a nd fu l l cred i t w i ll be g i ven to

the sender of the answer by the Genealog ical Edi tor.m ents. however, except for those gi ven over her own s ign atu re .

She i s n ot resp onsi ble fo r any stateIn answering querie s

p lease g i ve the date o f the m agaz ine a nd the num be r o f the query.

8. Each separate query m u st b e accom pan ied by a two - cent stam p . Do n o t us e

po stalcards or sel f - addressed envelopes .pla i n ly.

E speci al care shou ld be taken to w r i te nam es a n d date s

9 . All letters to b e for warded to contr ibu tors m u st be unsea led, and sen t in blank.stam ped enve lopes. accom panied w i th the num ber o f the query and i t s s ign atu re . T he

Genealo g ical Edi to r res erves the r igh t to print anyth ing contained in the com m unicationwh ich she des i re s : a nd w i l l then forward the letter to the o n e sending the que ry . lt restsw i th the latter whether the correspondence i s cont inued.

10. It i s im po ssible for the Genealo g ical hdtto r to send persona l repl i es to queries.Thcv m u st take the i r tu rn an d b e answered through the co lum ns o f the m agazine.

ANSWERS

4280 . ( 2 ) Cu esmmol tm t . The nam e o f

W i l l iam Cheseb rough appears in the l ist o f

signers o f the“Mem o rial to New H aven" Oct .

14. 1 776. T h is pe ti t ion o r Mem o rial wass i gn ed by 105 c i t i zens o f S toning ton, Conn i n

c luding the m em bers o f the Com m i ttee o f

Correspondence and Inspec tion. All de

scendan ts o f these s igners are e l ig i ble to the

D . A. R. The orig inal pet it ion i s recorded inH art fo rd ( Rev. W a r D oc. See also“Cheseb rough Fam i ly Genealogy.

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and H u rd'sH isto ry o f N ew London, p (2 9 . M rs. F. C.

Buckley, 1610 S i x teenth S t . . Su perio r,4622 . BAILEY . L ossi n g

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s Picto rial FieldBook Vol. 1 . p 689 , m entions Sam u el Bai ley o f

N . J . as a m em ber o f Guard,

Jun e 4 , 1 783 ; and i n the sumdcm en t has aco py o f the s ignatu re s o f the m en . includingSam ue l Bai ley. A fo otno te. p 688. says : The

ter ms o f enl istm ent into the Guard were the

sam e as tho se into any o ther co rps o f the reg

u lar arm y. except in the m atter o f qua li fica

tio n. They were se lected w i th specia l re feren ce to thei r physical . m o ral and inte l lectualcha racter ; a nd i t wa s considered a m ark of

pecu l iar di st inct ion to belong to the Com

m ander in Ch ief 's Guard. Mu n - l". C. Buckley,Superior, W i s.

47 15 . ( 4 ) li lL u a s . Bartho lom ew G i lm an.b E xeter. N . H ., S ept . 30. 1773. m E l i zabeth.dau of D an iel and Sybi l (D raper ) Fi sher.T hey rem oved to Oh io where he (1 at Be lpre.Oct . 1 1 . 1823. E l i zabeth was b at D edham .

b u t rem oved to Newport. N . H w i th her

fam i ly, who a lso went to Oh io later. H er

fa ther owned a m i l l on Blcn n erhasse tt Island.

T he ch o f Ba rtho lom ew an d li li z.t i i lm a n

were : E l i za b eth Ph i l l ips. ( a ther ine Fishe r.Sybi l D raper. l i cu rg o, Ma ry l i reeu lea l. Jo hnCalv in. Sec Ancesto rs a nd Ch i ldren o f t

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D anie l Fisher a n d h i s w i fe. Sybi l D raper. byRev. Ro bert S tewart. {lllt 'ld ldt ' Fu llrr li r/l.li b Galena Blvd , Au ro ra . Ill.4 72 1 . ( 5 ) Fra uen . From som e o ld fam i ly

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L i n e of the M i n u te .i lru x Lex i ug tcm , .lluss.

Mass . i s com pi l ing data for a genealogywh ich wi l l include th i s part icu lar branch o f

the fam i ly.

4813. BU T I’RJCK. In the October i ssue o f

the m agaz i ne the Gen . Ed. sta tes = tha t to

Major John Bu tt rick be long s the ' hon or o f

g iv ing to h is troops the first o rder ever g ivento Am erican rebe ls to fire upon thei r” king .

“it: have always read that honor fel l on Col.

Jam es Barret t ( our g reat- g randfather ) and

that he gave the order to Major'John Bu t

t rick. For re ferences I g i ve Shattuck‘s H i s

tory of Concord, pp 1 10 Cl i f ton Johnson’s "

H ighways and Byways of N ew E n gland,

” p 1 77 ; Old Concord, by Al lan French ;and the D . A. R . L ineage Book, Vol. IX . To

th is the Gen . Ed. wou ld answer that the

D . A. R . L ineage Book states that he“led

the m i l i t ia" b u t n ot that he gave the firstorder. Au thori ties difier, an d a fter a g reatdeal of study i t appears n ow to the Gen . Ed.

as i f the honor really be longed n ot to Maj orJohn Bu ttrick, n or to Col. Jam es Barrett, b utto Capt . Parker of Lex ing ton, who when hesaw the Brit ish approach ing u ttered thosenever- to - b e- forgo t ten words : "

S tand you rg round. D on't fire unless fired u pon. Bu t i f

they m ean to have a war let i t beg in here .

The accom pa nying i l lu strat ions show the

statue of Capt. Parker erected at Lexing ton,and the bo u lder, m arking the l ine o f the

M inu te Men , April 19, 1775, and in the backg ro und, Jona than H arring ton

's hou se.

4814. (2 ) N tcuOLs (N i cm s) . In the

February i ssue o f the m agazine enti t led“Genealo gy . pub . by M . Clem ens. X . Y .,

o n p 23. there i s a l i st o f Rev . so ldie rsbu ried i n Medina Co Ohio . Am ong them i sfound D avid N icho l s. who (1 Nov. 5, 1839. at

Sharon, aged 76 yrs ( b 1 763) who was afifer in the Rev wa r. H i s son . John N icho l s,i s al so bu r ied there . H e (1 Dec. 27, 1865, aged73 yrs an d was a fifer in the War of 181 2 .

Mrs. L ou ise Bu tton , 7 15 Clifl'

ord St. , Fl in t,M ich igan. To th i s the Gen . E d. wou ld addthat B. J . S . i s m i staken when she th inks thatn o on e by n am e o f N ickel s served from N . Y.

du ring the Rev. T here were sco res o f them ,

under every known spe l l ing o f the nam e who

served thei r country and enl i sted f rom N ewYo rk4843. (3) P i s u . T here was a E un iceFish, b J une 7 173-1. in S ton ing ton, Conn .,

who was o f su i table age to have m T im ot hyPierce i n 1 754 . She was the dau o f D av idFish and w i fe, Grace Palm er, who were tn

Mch. 29, 1 72 1 . Thei r ch were : D av id, 1)1 722 ; Grace , b 1 724 ; Jason, b 1 726 : T i tu s. 1)1 728—9 ; John, b 1 730- 1 ; E un ice. b 1 734 ; Ambrose. b 1 735. and Isaac, b 1740. D av id wastoo old to have se rved i n a m i l i tary capaci ty,and 1 found n o civ i l serv ice for h im . Mrs.

If. J . A’

li uy . N evada. Mo .

4800. ( 2 ) Coorun . An n Cooper m Wm .

l’ackettc in Westm ore land Co . , Va. ,Jan . 27 .

1 789 . l have a copy o f thei r m arriage bondb u t canno t te l l whe ther i t i s the on e des ired,as n o dates were g iven by L . R. C. M rs . H

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Ba i n br i dge Packet“, 515 Sam uel St. , Char lesTown, W

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es t Va .

4863. RAN DALL. Benj am in Randal l servedin the R ev . f rom N . H . an d in 1790 was a res ident o f N ew D u rham , S traflord Co ., N . H .

There was also a Benj am in Randal l whoserve d in the French and Indian wars, was atthe captu re o f Lou i sbu rg in 1 745. and againsaw serv ice in 1 758. See N . H . Ro l l s, Vo l s.1 . 3 and 4 . Mrs. A. H . R i ce, 35 S i lver S t .,Dover. N . H .

4870 . “h u m u s . Eli zabeth W i l l i am s, whoto Jean Jacques Flou rn oy, was the dau o f

Jam es o i an d h is w i fe, E l i z.Beckner. As E l i zabeth was m J une 23, 1 720,

her father wou ld have been too old to havese rved in the Revo lu t ion. F. V. Mellva i n r,809 Roa noke S t . , Roanoke, Va .

4874 . ( 2 ) Boon e. The nam es of the

b ro thers and s isters o f D aniel Boone a re as

i ollows : Sarah, ~b J une 18, 1 724, i n JohnW i lcoxen : Israel, b May 20, 1 726 ; Sam ue lb May 31 , 1 728. m Sarah D ay ; Jonathan, bDec. 1 7, 1 730 : E l izabeth, b Feb . 16, 1 733, mWi l l iam Grant ; Mary, b N ov. 14, 1 736, m

( 1 ) W i l l i am Bryan, tn (2 ) Gen . CharlesSm i th : Geo rge, b Jan . 13, 1739 ; E dward, 1)Nov. 30, 1 740, m Martha Bryan ; Squ i re,b Oct . 5, 1 744 ; H an nah, b Aug , 1 746, m ( 1 )John S tu art , m ( 2 ) R ichard Penning ton.

( See D raper Mss. 1C 96 an d 27C

The nam es of the ch of D an iel Boone andhis w i fe, Rebecca Bry an, a re : Jam es. b May3. 1 757 ; Isra e l, b Jan. 25, 1 759 ; Su sannah, bNov. 2 , 1 760, m W i l l iam H ays ; Jem im a. bOct. 4, 1 762, m Flanders Cal laway ; La vin ia,h Meh . 23, 1 766, m Jo seph Scho l l ; D anie lMo rg an, b May 26, 1 768, m (Mch . .

Sarah Lew i s : Rebecca, b ab 1 770, m Phi l ipCoe ; Je sse Bryan, b 1 773 ; m a dau . o f Capt.John Van Bibbe r in 1 790 ; W i l l iam , 1)Ju n e,1 775 . d in f . ; N athan, b Mch . 2, 1 781 , m

Ol ive Van Bibbe r, Sep t . 26, 1 799 . The two

e ldest son s were k i l led by Indians i n earlyl i fe. ( See D rape r Mss. M iss M ab el C.

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rakr , S tate H i storical Society, Madi son,Wi s. A l tho ugh pa rt o f th i s in fo rm ation ap

peared i n the Augu st. 19 16 m agaz ine. an d partin the i ssue for January, 19 17, there was

m ixed w i th i t som e statem ents wh ich . in thel ight of th i s au tho r i tat ive in form ation, w i l lhardly be credi ted. The Gen . Ed. decided,therefo re, to print th i s in fu l l . that therem i ght be reco rded in perm anent fo rm and i n

a conci se m anner, th i s valuable in fo rm ation.4907 . S t rat um . Mary E verett Sum ner,

who m . Asa Brooks, was the dau o f Joe la nd Eli zabe th ( Everett ) Sum ne r o f

H al i fax . Vt . Joe l was the son o f D aniel andLydia ( Fairbanks ) S um ner a nd a descen danto f -

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i l| iam Sum ner, the im m ig rant, who em i

g rated to Am erica in 1636 from E ng land. The

Sum ner Genealogy does n ot state that Joelwas a Rev. so ldier b u t the wa r reco rds m aydo so . Mrs. Cla rk ll'. H eavn er, Buckhannon,Vt

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est Va.4953. Coam sn . Zara Corn ish, b 1829, who

m Mat i lda J an e Yo ung s, wa s the so n o f

Cyru s Co rni sh ( b. Mch . 13, 1 780, d J u ly 4,1 861 ) and h i s th ird w i fe, O rra Gaines o f

Bratt lebo ro , Vt. The firs t w i fe o f Cyru s wasPo l ly Wood of Wh it ing . Vt ., by whom he had

several ch i ldren . By the second w i fe, nam e

u nknown, he had twel ve ch i ldren. After h i sth ird m arriage Cyru s m o ved to N ew Yorkstate an d later to Po tter Cc .

, Penna. , where hedied. Cyru s was the son of Andrew H i l l iardCo rn i sh, b Ju ly 13. 1 75 1 , d N ov. 5 . 1 79 1 ; mH u ldah Shepherd in 1770. She was b. May19 , 1 755 and d Apr. 16, 1826. A fter herhu sband’s death she m ( 2 ) Mr. Palm er a nd

(3) Capt. Fisher, who was k i l led in the War

o f 1812 . Andrew H i l l iard Cornish l ived atN ew Ash fo rd, Mass . H e was a sergean t inon e of the Berksh ire reg im ent s and had e ig h tch. as fo l lows : Gabrie l , 1) J une 1 5, 1 772J am es ; John, who (1 at S t i l lwater, N . Yag ed 18 y rs : Cyru s (m ent . above ) Andrew,

b June 2 7, 1 782 ; H u ldah, who i n E benezerH awk ins of W'altham , Mass . and had ten ch i ldren ; H annah, who at Ph i l ip Cook and Ab i

g ai l, who m Ru fu s Au st in . Mass. So ldiersa nd Sai lo rs in the Rev. Vol. 1 1 1 , p 1012 g ivesthe official record o f se rv ice o f Andrew Co rni sh . The fam i ly i s g i ven in the Co rn ish Genealogy by Jo seph E . Corni sh . publ ished by G. H .

E l l i s cc., Bo ston, Mass. Gen . Ed.

4975 . ‘VATTS . Barnet t had fou r si sters : M i ldred, who m ( 1 ) M r. Leathers, m( 2 ) Mr. L am b ren so n , m ( 3) Mr. Thom pson ;Agnes, who i n ( 1 ) Mr. Brashears and (2 ) Mr.

T urner ; Anne, who at ( 1 ) M r. Mel ton an d m

( 2 ) Mr. Merry ; andJuli us who m Mary, da u .

of Rev. Geo rge Eve, acordi n g to the sen dero f the Query. To th i s th e Gen . Ed. wou ld addthat there i s a “Bennet t Wat ts" m ent ioned i nthe Report of the L ibrarian o f the Va . S tateRev. L ibrary. as a Rev. so ldier. T h i s is possi b ly th e on e des i red.

(2 ) Mit t-

m ews . There was a John Ma t

thew s o f N . C. who w as 3 Rev . pensioner . As

there were nine m en by that nam e l i v ing inN . C. in 1 790 care m u s t be exerc i sed to see i fthe Rev. so ldier real ly was the o n e who em i

g rated to Oh io, o r n o t . Gen . lfd.

QUERIES

KN APP. E zra Knapp. i nApr. 30, 1755.m Phoebe Fairch i ld Kuggs, b Ju ly 19, 1 761 , and

had Abner b Aug . 1 7, 1 799 d Feb . 7, 1895, m

Betsey Archer who was b Mch . 20. 1803 a nd d

d Nov. 4 , 1842. She (1Jan . 5, 1850. They Ju ly 20, 1894, an d possibly o thers. T hey em i

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g rated f rom N . V. to M ich igan . D i d E zraserve i n the Revolu t ion ? If so. ofli ci al proo fof serv ice desired. M . L .

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5003. H a er . In the Fou rth Sm i th son ianRepo rt i t i s s tated that Nancy H art is bu r iedi n H en derson Co ., Ky. and that her g rave hasbeen ident ified an d m arked. In wha t town i sth i s g rave located? Inqu i r ies o f the NancyH art chapter in Ca . fai l to recei ve an answer .W. A.

5004 . L i n es. R u fu s L ines, a Rev . so ldierand pen s ioner, m Tam ar, dau . o f Andrew D a

ra nd, an o ther R ev. patr io t. o f Cheshi re, Conn .

R u fu s m oved f rom Chesh i re to Su squehannaCo. , Penna. What was h i s father's nam e ?

Was he al so in the Revo lu t ion ? 5 . S . W.

5005. BURWELL - H ALF. Mary Bu rwel l . b ab1748. m ab 1 768, Lew i s H ale, b ab 1 745. Thei reh . were : R ichard, b 1769 : W i l l iam . b 1 77 1 ;D udley ; Franci s ; Lew i sJr. : S tephen . Theysettled in Grayso n Co. Va. In "

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ti ers o f Grayson Co. the statem ent i s m adethat Mary was a descendant o f the Bu rwel l so f Eastern Va. Can th is be pro ved? \Vas

Lewi s' father a Rev. so ldier ? J . E . R .

5006. Wan t s- Ba rns . E l i jah Wel les, b Jan .

8. 1 752 at Co lchester. Conn . m at Shelbo rn .

Mass . in 1 77 2, Mary Bates and d in N . Y . state.

E l i j ah was the son o f S im eon 1) Col

chester, ab 1730, i n tw ice and d Wa i tsfield. Vt .

i n 1802 . \Vau ted, al l gen . data and Rev .

records on bo th the Wel les an d the Bates l ines.( 2 ) Aoa u s-Posr- Ki n c. Jo seph Adam s, b

Mch . 15. 1 783. d i n Va . Ju ly 1 1 , 1845 : m i nSu ssex Co. N . J . 1810, Martha A. Post. bMch . 23, 1 792 , (1 Va . Jan. 14, 1844 . T hey hada son , E l l i s, who m in Ph i la. Am anda RebeccaKing . Am anda was the dau o f Sam uel King,b Sept. 10, 1774. d Ju ly 1 1 . 184 1 N ew London.Penna. m at Chester. Penna. Oct . 4 , 1804,An n Ph il l ips . Wanted, al l gen . data an d Rev.

records, i f any, in these l i nes. F. C. 8 .

NOTE

Thom as E l l iott, Lancaster County. \'

a m arried 1764 . W ini fred Saunders. whosebro ther L ieu tenant Jo seph , was in the Revo lu t io n .

John E l l io tt, the only so n o f Thom as a nd W in i fred, m arried M i ldred Macl i n .

Other al l ied So u thern fam i l ies a re those o f D udley, Bo l l ing , Clark, S laughter, t i lan ceya nd H i l l .

Th ird Generat ion— Robert . so n o f John. son o f Thom as E l l io t t. m arried M inerva H i l l .Mrs. C. E . H ughes, 123 Fo u rth S t . . Cov ing ton, Ky. , care o f Mrs. Whee ldom . has

the fam i ly B ible wh ich i s over a hundred years old, wh ich she is anx iou s to di spo se o f.

TH E H U NTINGTON FAMILY IN AMERICA

A Genealog ical Mem oi r o f the Known D escendants o f S i mon H trxrlxcm n f rom 1633 to

19 15. Publ ished by the H unting ton Fam i ly Association, H art fo rd, Conn . , 19 15. Pr ice,n et . Address R. Thom as H unt ington, Secretary -T reasurer, Box 144, Wethersfield, Conn .

Th i s Mem o i r wh ich is real ly a cont inuationand developm ent o f the “

Genealog ical Mem o i ro f the H unt ing ton Fam i ly,

” publ i shed in 1863,wi l l b e hai led w i t h de l ight by al l descendantso f the imm igran t, S im on H unt ing ton. Thatthei r nam e i s leg ion is best ev idenced by thefact that althoug h only a brie f sketch i s g i veno f any on e indi v idual. the book num bers 1 190pages. 140 o f wh ich i s g i ven to the index . It

i s a pi ty that the com pi ler saw fi t to dev iatefrom the u sual m ethod o f num bering descendants i n th i s real ly exce l lent work, m aking i tdifli cult for anyone b u t a sk i l led genealog i s tto fi nd readi ly the in fo rm at ion so care fu l lyg leaned. By a l i t tle care and patience, and

re ference to the fin e index. however. one can

lear n how to search the ancestor ; and the m a

teri al co l lected w i ll wel l repay for the t im e inm ak ing the search .

Am ong the num bers of Revo lu t ionary pat ri ots, one no tes the nam e of Barn abasH unting ton, bo rn May 29, 1 728. in No rw ich,Conn.

, who m arr ied Decem ber 1 1 . 175 1, Annaof H ebron, an d l i ved i n Frankli n , then

the West Farm s Parish of Norwich . H e was

on e of the se lectm en o f No rw ich . who on

May 30, 1774, i s sued a cal l to the pa trio ts ofthe town to m ee t o n the s i xth o f the nex tm onth "

to take into Consideration the Melancho l ly S i tuat ion o f ou r Civi l and Const i tu t iona lL i be rt ies R igh t a nd Pr iv i leges wh ich are

th reatened w i th destruct ion. by the E nem iesof h i s Maj esty's H appy Re ign and Governm ent over the Am er ica n Co lon ies. "

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Sta te Rege n ta a n d Sta te V i ce Reg a i n—1 9 1 84 7

ALABAMA Jo n x L EW IS Cones. 124 Mob i le St.. Mon tgom ery.MRS . WILLIAM GILW , D a dev i l le.

o o o o o o o o o o e o oMRS . T H OMAS F. a‘l. BOYLE, Va ldez .

H ARRV l C IIAa RR , Mesa .

MRS . GEORGE F. Fm u ms, 64 1 N . Pa rk Ave. , Tucson .

ARKAN SAS Sn zLLA Pc m-

r H ARDY .Ba tesv i lle.

MRS . SAM UEL P. D AV IS, 523 E . Capi to l Ave.,L i tt le Rock.

CAL IFORN IA JOH N C. LYNCH . 1845 U n iversi ty Ave. ,Berkeley.

CASS IU S C. Cum s, 1408 Victorta Park, Los An ge les.

COLORADO GERALD L . Seu m 'u tn , 1244 D etro i t St .. D en ver.

M i ss KATH ARIN E Sm Rv McELaor, Rou te 1, Bo x 1 , G ree ley.CONNECT ICUT .MRS . Jou x LAInLAw B URL, E ast Mea dows, L i tchli eld.

MRS . CH ARLES H . B i ssm , South in gton .

D ELAWARE Cc i—z C. H ALL, 706 West S treet, Wi lm in gt on .

M ISS E LEA NOR E. Too», N ewa rk.

D IST . OF COLUMBIAN RS . GAws M . BR I'SI IIAt Icn . 905 Mass. Ave ., Wa sh in g to n .

MRS . VluA K . Cw n ltx t su n‘

, 1608 l7lh St . , N . “Z,FLOR IDA M . CARRL'TH , 4 12 \V. La fayet te St Tam pa .

Mas. As sA L. Fum e, Or lan do .

GEORGLA H 0“'

AHD H . MCCAIL . 301 Ponce dc I .e0 n {\IIZIII III .

MRS . CH ARLES C. H OLT, 1 1 5 Cu l ver S t ., Macon .

W i LL tAx ALAN SON BRYA N , 1013 Pun ahou S t ., H o n o lu lu .

-l . CH ARLKS \V. PI 'RSELL , 15 15 Ada St Bo ise .

MRS . WARD Sto r m, 14 10 A lba ny S t ., Ca ldwel l .E LINOIS FRAN K BAH NS EN . 723 20th St Rock I sla nd .

MRS . Jou x H a n i Lm N H AN e r , 724 Broadway, Monm ou th.IND IANA H exav A. Bren . 1907 W. I l l in o is St ., In d ia n apo l is.

M i ss E m u A . Dox xm , Green sburg .

IOWA D I X I E COR -NEIL GEBH ARDT . 1205 SN OII‘I St . . Kn OKVIIIC.

Mas. CA“; GILBERT \N ELLS , H ickory H ill, Bu rl in g to n .

KAN SAS -l . 0 : 0 c T IIACH RR Gt uzan snv,

" R idgewood.

" In depen den ce.

MRS . L. L . KIEN E, 50 1 L in co ln S t .

, Topeka.

KENTUCKY o o o o o e o o e a hIns. E LI G. BOOM -2, I4“) Broad“'

ay. Padllcah .

M IS SJtzAx It: D . BLACKBURN , 7 18 U pp er 1 lth S t ., Bow l in g G reen .

LOU IS IANA TAL IAPERRo ALEX A NDER . 853 Co t ton St Shrevepo rt .MRS . ( i m am : ll. M ILLS , 4 18 M ila n St ., Shrevepo rt .

MAR IE CH ARLES \V. STEE LE, Fa rm in g ton .

Mas . \N'

t Ru G. CH APMAN, 482 Cum berlan d Ave ., Po rt lan d.MARYLAND ARTH I ’R Lu : Bosu tv . 1406 M t . Roya l Ave . , Ba l t im o re .

MRS . Wa tt s Rmou r, 200 D uke of Gloucester S t . . An n apo l is.

MASSACH U SETTS MRS . FRAx x D . E LL ISON . 44 Clark St Belm on t .MRS . FRA N KL I N P . S H UMWAY, 25 Bellet ue Ave., Me lrose .

MICH IGAN H . WAIT . 1 706 Cam bridge Rd. , An n Arbo r .

M tss ALlCt: Lou tss McD u rru z, 1012 W. Ma in S t ., Ka lam az

M INNESOTA Gc t»: C. SQ l'Illl-ZS . 698 Oaklan d Ave St . Pau l .MRS . W I LLIA M J . MORE I IARr, 104 P leasan t St. , Ma nka

MISS ISS IPP I T H OMAS B . FRAN KL Ix , 1018 3rd Ave N Co lum bu s.

MRS . CH ARLTON H . ALE X AN DER, 850 N . Jefferson S t . , J a ck so n .

MISSOU R I R . PAIN ‘

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H I . (103 N.

Ma in S t .. Cn rro lllu ll .MRS . Ac McGawoR, 577 S t . Lou i s S t . . Sprin gfie ld .

MONTANA Emm a" A. Mn RLtzs'

. 1 5 So u th Ben to n Ave He len aMRS . CIIARLrLS 80 1 S i lver S t .. Bu tte .

NEBRASKA CH ARLIS 1 1 . An n . S . 33rd S t .. Om aha .

MRS . E LLE! " G. DRAKE, 606 N . 6th S t ., Bea trice.

NEVADA CH ARLES S . S PRAGUE, Goldfield.

OFFICIAL

N EW HAMPSH IRE . .M ISS AN N IE WALLACE . Rochester.WILL BERNARD H owe, 35 Sou th St .. Con co rd .

N EW JE RSEY MRS .

‘W ILL IAM D USENBERRY SH ER RERD , H igh lan d Ave., H addonfield.

MRS . J AMES FA IRM AN FIELDER , 139 Gifiord Ave ., Jersey Ci ty H e igh ts.

N EW ME X ICO MRS . S INGLRION M . ASH RN RRLTRR , 702 Bayard St ., S i l ver Ci ty.MRS . WILL IAM H . POPE, San ta Fe.

BENJAMI N F. SPRAR IIR , Pa la t in e Bridge.

D AV ID B. PAGE, 15 7 W. 3rd S t ., Oswego .

N ORTH'

CAROL INA. .M ISS L IDA TU N S‘

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ALL RODH AR , Wash in g ton .

MRS . T H EODORE S . MOR RISON, 287 Pea rson D rive, Ashev ill‘

NORTH DAKOTA. .MRS . GEORGE M . YOUNG, Va l leyM ISS H RLRN M . CRAN E, Va l ley

OH IO AUSTIN C. BRANT, 848 N . Market St . . Can ton .

MRS. E DWARD LANS ING H ARR IS , 67 19 E uc l id Ave ., Cleve la n d.OKLAHOMA VV

ALTRR D . E LROD , 400 N . Gran d Ave., Okm u lgee.

MRS . C. H . PARKER, 1424 West Broadway, E n id.OREGON ISAAC L I12 Pm ensox , Eo la Rd.

, Sa lem .

MRS . F. M . WILK INS, 9 1 West 9th S t ., E ugen e.

PENN SYLVAN IA E R M A L . CROWR LL , Oak Lan e, Ph i ladelph ia .

AN TH ON Y WAYN I-z COOK, H o tel Schen ley, P i ttsbu rgh .

RHODE ISLAND MRS . CH ARLES E . LONGLEY , 87 Wa lcott St . , Pawtucket .M ISS FLORENCE G. BULLOCK, 74 H arr is Ave., Woon socket.

SOUTH CAROLINA . .MRs. FRRD H . H . CALH OUN , Clem son Co l lege.

MRS .

'H UGII,L . MCCOLL, Ben n ettsv il le.

SOUTH .MRS. E DWARD BALDW I N KRA'

m R . 907 Park St ., Watertown .

E . Sr . CLAIRE SNYDER, 6 17 zud St ., Wa tertown .

TENNE SSEE MRS . T H OMAS POLK , 583 E . Ma in St ., Jackson .

MRS . E DWARD M . GRANT, Morristown .

TE X AS MRS .JAH PS LowRY SM ITH , 1 101’

Ta lor St ., Am a ri l lo.

JOH N J . STEVENS, 31 1 Ma rt in L, Sa n An ton io .

L EI-zCH ARL i-zs M ILLER , 943 E ast lst Sou th St . , Sal t Lake City .

LUCIUS E . H ALL, 78 Ea st lst N orth S t ., Sa l t Lake Ci ty.VERMONT MRS . E DwARD S . MARS H , Bran don .

MRS . E . R . PEMBER, Wel ls.

V IRGIN IA M ISS ALR'rH RA SERPEIL , 108 D uke St . , No rfo lk .

MRS . JOH N A . ALRR AN DER , 1310 N . Augusta S t ., S taun ton .

WASH INGTON MRS . E DM U ND BOWDRN , 1534 18th Ave ., Sea ttle.

MRS . J AM ES S . MCKE E, H oqu iam .

WEST PARKS FIS H ER , 186 \Vi l ley St ., Mo rgan town .

L IN N BRAN NON, '

236 Cen ter Ave., Weston .

WISCON SIN MRS . JOH N P . H UM E, 539 Terrace Ave. , Milwaukee.

R U DOLPH B . H ARTH AN , 4001 H igh lan d Blvd , Mi lwaukee.

WYOM ING GRACE RAYMOND ‘H EBARD, Gran d S t . , Laram ie.

E . R ICH ARD SH IPP, 443 Beech St ., Casper.OR IENT . .MRS. CH ARLES S . LOB I NGIER ; care Judge Lob in

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er, Shan gha i, Ch ina .

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MRS . CAROL INS E . MCWILLIAH S H OLT, I lo i lo, I .H on ora ry Officers Elect ed fo r L i fe

MRS . JOH N W . FOSTER,MRS . D AN I EL MAN N I NG, MRS . MAr rm zw T . Scorr .

H o n o rary Predden t Pres idi n gMRS . MARY V. E . CARRLL.

H a n orn ry Vi ce -Pru i de n b Ge n e ralMRS . A. H ow/u m CLARK , 1895 . MRS . SARA T . KI NNEY , 19 10.

MRS . MORGAN SM ITH , 19 1 1 .MRS . M ILDRRD S . MA

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H RS , 1899 . MRS . H HO DORS C. BATES, 19 13.

MRS . MARY S . LocRwooo, 1905. MRS . E . GAYLORD PUTNAM , 19 13.

MRS . WILL IAIR L INDSAY , 1906. MRS . WALLACE D ELAF‘

IELII, 19 14 .

MRS . H RL RN M . BOYN N N , 1906 . MRS . D RAYIO N W . B t 'S t I x RIL , 19 14.

MRS .JOI I N N EWMA N CARRY, 19 16.

Na tion a l Board ofMan agem en t

Regula r Meet i n g , Wednesday , Decem ber I3. |9l6

The reg ular m eet ing o f the Nat ional Bo ardof Managem ent was cal led to order by the

President General, Mrs. W i l l iam Cum m ingStory, in the Board Room of Mem orial Cont i n en tal H a ll, \Vcdn esday, D ecem ber 13, 19 16,at A. M.

The fo l lowing prayer was offered by theChaplain General, Mrs. Lockwood :Our heavenly Father, we have com e to

gether i n Thy nam e to ask Thy protect ingcare and to thank Thee for all the blessings of the years that have com e to us.\Ve thank Thee for the plant ing of th isnat ion : we thank Thee for the preferredstock Thou selected and gu ided over thewaters that through the years have bu il tup th is nat ion an d planted the cross inth is goodly land. We thank Thee that som any descendants of those who sufferedi n the early years o f th is Republ ic are hereto represent them an d to bear test im onyi n sp ite of adverse cr it icism to their sturdiness of character, to their uprightnessand steadfastness i n all m atters that m adefor the good of th is nat ion—obeying the

laws and reach ing ou t for Thy hand wh ichled them i n the ri ght way. We ask of

Thee to overru le the devices of m en , set

straight the th ings they cannot govern or

al ter,take p ity on the nat ions n ow i n the

throes of conflict, i n Thy m ercy an d

goodness show a way where m en can see

none, vouchsafe to Thy ch ildren heal ingpeace again an d restore once m ore thatcon cord am ong m en and nat ions withoutwh ich there can be neither happ iness n ortrue friendsh ip n or any who lesom e fru itof to il or thought i n the world. H elp usto be w i l l ing to be led in the paths o fobedience to places of vision where we cansee the right, and th is nat ion be a counci llor to help lead the nati ons of the earthto peace and righteousness.H elp this Soc iety to ever keep i n m in d

the obj ect for wh ich it was founded to

cherish, m ainta in and extend the i n st i tu

t ions o f Am erican freedom : to foster truepatriot ism and love of country, and to

perpetuate the m em ory of the sp irit of them en an d wom en who ach ieved Am ericanindependence.

The m em bers o f the Board then j o ined i n

the Lord's Prayer.T he ro ll was ca l led by the Recording Sec

reta ry General, an d the fol lowing m em bersanswered to their n am es or cam e into theBoard room wi thin a short t im e : Art iz'eOfiicm : Mesdam es Story, Moody, Sm i th,Foster, Davis, Wood, c n ey, Lockwood,Boyle, Sm oo t, Ransdel l, Blodgett, M iss P ierce,Mesdam es Orton. S tern berg . M iss Barlow.

S ta te R egen ts : Mesdam es H all, Brum baugh,Gu ernsey. Bosley, E l l ison, \Vn it, Sherrerd,Spraker, Young, M iss Crowel l. Mrs. Long ley.S ta te Vice R egen ts: Mesdam es H owe andH arris.Tl e President General referred to the lossthat t he Soc iety had sustained in the deatho f valued m em b ers. m ent ioning Mrs. Augu staD an forth Geer, H onorary V ice Pres identGeneral ; Mrs. Tennis 5 . H am l in, the fi rstChaplain General ; Miss Clara Lee Bowm an,ex -Vice President General from Connect icut ;Mrs. Geo rge B. Mac farlane, Chairm an o f theCom m ittee to Prevent the D esecrat ion o f theFlag . The Presiden t General stated that sheso keenly fel t the loss of Mrs. Mac farlanethat she had n ot fel t incl ined for a t im e toappo int som eone else i n her place

, and thatshe had n ow received a form al req uest fromM issouri that they be a l lowed to nam e Mrs.

Mac farlane’s successor, and it seem ed onlyright and fit t ing that the request o f M issou rishould be granted. W ith regard to o therm em bers who had passed away the Presiden tGeneral said she would n o t om it the m ent iono f them because they were all prec ious to the

Soc iety a n d she deeply deplored the ir loss. andi t would be the understanding that the Re

cording Secretary General shou ld write ex

press ing the sorrow o i the Board. The Boardrose i n carry ing ou t the m ot ion of Mrs. Orton, seconded by Mrs. Augsb u ry, tha t the

Boa rd'

ri se: for a m om en t i n si len t recog n i

t ion of the loss the S oci ety has susta i n ed i nthe dea th of these valued m em b e rs.

The President General read her report, asfo l lowsR epo rt of Pres i dent General.

Mem bers of the National Boa rd of Managem en t, D aughters of the Am erican Revolut ionIn Vi ew o f the fact that im portant business

m ust be considered at th is m eet ing I presentno report. and sim ply w ish to express the

hope tha t other national officers a nd com m i tteem en w il l observe as m uch brevi ty as i s con

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The acceptance of the R ecordi ng SecretaryGen eral’s repor t was m oved by Mrs. B lodgett ,seconded by Mrs. O rton an d carri ed.

Mrs. Sm oo t presented a copy of the firs tvestry book of Chri st Church Fa i rfax Pari sh, m ade by Martha C. Powel l, h istorian of

the Mount Vernon Chapter, wh ich was re

ceived by the Pres ident General for the N at ion al Socie ty wi th great appreciat ion, and

accepted for the L ibrary by Mrs. Sternbergw i th thanks. On m o t ion of M iss Pierce, seeonded by M i s s Barlow, i t was carried that a

vo te of thanks an d apprecia ti on be sen t fromth is Board to Mrs. Powell of Mou n t VernonChapter for her valua ble g ift.Mrs. Young and M i ss Finch hav ing now

com e i n, the Pres ident General stated thatthe statem ent of the T reasu rer General wou ldnow b e proceeded w i th. an d a fter som e discussion as to the part that had gone be fore,the T reasu rer Gen eral took up her report f romthe beg inn ing .

R epo rt of T reasu re r Genera l.

Madam Pres ident General and Mem bers of

the N at ional lloard of Managem ent :You r T reasu rer General has the hono r tosubm i t the fo l lowi ng repo rt in regard to the

p resent financial condi t ion o f the N at ionalSociety of the D aughters of the Am ericanRevo lu t ion, to wh ich she inv i tes you r m ostcare fu l considerat ion. It i s of v ital im po rtance that the unsound condi t ion o f the T reasu ry of the Society be clearly understood bythe N ational Board of Managem ent, and you rT reasu rer General asks you r close attentionfor a few m om ents.On N o vem ber 30, 19 16, the N at ional Society

of the D aughters o f the Am erican Revo lu t ionhad in the cu rren t fund a balance o f on ly

a nd by the last day of th is m on th

the Society w i l l be faced w i th a deficit of

abou t unless unexpected revenu es arerece ived.

In order that the cau se of th i s fi nancia lcr is i s m ay b e ent ire ly clear i t i s necessary toset forth briefly several m atters .Pr ior to the October issue of the D . A. R.

Magaz ine wh ich cam e out abou t Septem ber20. 19 16. the Magaz ine was sen t on ly to anum ber o f paid subscribers, abou t to

copies be ing prin ted m onth ly . H owever,du r ing ou r las t Cong ress, on Apr i l 22 , 19 16.the fo l low ing reso lu t ion was adopted“Adoption o f recom m endat ion of Mag a zine

Com m it tee ; that herea fter by the paym ent o fher annu a l does e ve ry m em ber o f the D a u gh

ters o f the Am er ican Revo lu t ion becom es apaid subscr iber to the m agazine.

”

An exam inat ion o f the verba t im report ofthe proceeding s o f the last Congress (seepages 288, 290) disclo ses that there was no

The total co st o f i ssu ing copies o f them agaz ine in S eptem ber, 19 16 (Oct ober i ssu e) ,i ncluding office help, print ing , po stage, advert i s i n g agent, etc., was approx im atelyThe m agazine has never paid for i tsel f.

For the fisca l year ending March 31 , l9l6,the tota l rece ipts from the m agaz ine were

wh i le the to tal m agaz ine di sbu rsem ents du r ing the sam e year wereTh i s le f t a defici t o f nearly to be paido u t o f the Society

's funds. What the m agazine rece ipts have been since March 31, 19 16.and especial ly s ince the n ew adverti s ing agen twas em ployed, i s n o t known to the T reasu rerGenera l. as the Chai rm an o f the Magaz ineCom m i ttee has m ade no repo rt to her office.

A reso lu t ion req uest ing the Chairm an o f theMagaz i n e Com m i ttee to t u rn o ver m onth ly tothe T reasu rer General al l m oneys rece ived o n

accoun t o f the m agaz ine was la id on the

table a t the October Board m eeti ng, an d I

wi sh to interpo late r igh t here that n o insu l t

di scu ss ion of the financial en d o f the propos i t iou, n o specific quest ions being ra ised as

to the actual cost of sending the m agaz inef ree to the odd m em bers of the or

ga n i za t ion . A delegate whose nam e i s n ot

g i ven . m ade som e suggest ion as to the con

di tion of the T reasu ry, b ut th i s was prom ptlyru led ou t of order by the Parl iam entarian .

Please understand that the T reasu rer General i s n ot cri t ici s ing i n any way the actionof the Congress, b u t m erely cal l ing you r attent ion to the facts as di sclosed by the

record.

At the m eet ing of the N at ional Board o f

Managem ent on J une 22d last, the recom

m enda t i on of the Chairm an of the Magaz ineCom m i ttee that the practice o f sending the

m agaz ine to al l the D augh ters be begu n w i ththe October num ber ( i ssu ed abou t Septem ber20th ) was adopted. I quo te f rom the m in

u tes of the June Board m eet ing"The adoption of the first recom m en dation

of the repo rt of the Chairm an of Magaz ine.

M iss Serpell; Mrs. Thom pson. ( In accordance w i th the act ion o f the 25th Cong ress.the m agaz ine be sent to every D au gh ter of

the Am erican Revo lu tion in good standi ng ,beg inning w i th the num ber sent ou t in Septem ber October i ssue) an d that the

T reasurer General be au thor ized to pay the

According ly, copies of the Octoberm aga z ine were printed an d di str ibu ted.

The i ncreased expense incu rred i s m ade eviodent by the fo l low ing fig ures wh ich can be

ver ified by the records in the T reasu rer General

'

s officeThe to tal co st of issu ing copies o f the

m agaz ine in Septem be r, 19 15 (October i ssue ) ,including oni ce he lp, print ing , postage, etc,

NA-TIU NAL BOAR I) illIN U TES

was i ntended to Chai rm an o f Magaz ine as shesuggested . The pu rpo se o f th is reso lu t ion wasto in form the T reasu rer General of the fin ancial statu s o f the m ag az ine, and to enable herto m ake certain that there wou ld be m oneyenough in the T reasu ry to m eet the ru nn ingexpenses o f the Society and the heavy costof the m onth ly issuance of the m aga z ine. Anexam in ation of the last m agaz ine advert isem en ts m akes i t fai r to assum e that the re

ce i pts have n o t increased very m aterial ly, bu t

the T reasu rer Gen eral has n o defini te i n form at ion on th i s po in t.The heavy defici t cau sed by the m agaz ine

will ha ve to be bo rne by the Society. As

prev io u s ly stated, abo u t has been paidout for the October is sue of the m agazine.

Already has been pa id ou t for the

Novem be r m agazine. The to tal cost. whenall bi l l s for th i s i ssue are paid, w i l l be over

o r m o re than the co st of the Octoberissue. A ssum ing there fore that the m onthlyco st o f the m agaz ine, at i ts presen t circu lat ion o f over copies. w i l l cont inue a tabou t $8,6(D—an d un less actu al figu res to the

contrary are g i ven, we m u st assum e th isthe co s t o f the m agaz ine fo r twel ve m onth swi l l be Th i s i s a m o st con serva v

t ive es t im ate.

The average annua l su rp lu s of the Societyfor the past several years. a fter paym ent ofall debt s ( exc lu sive of m agaz ine co st ) . hasbeen abo u tEveryth i ng indicates that the g reater po rt io n o f th e cos t o f the m agazinewil l be a defici t. We do n ot know what thereceipts a re. or wi ll be. b u t fear that they w i l lnot am ou n t to very m uch . It i s evident thenthat w i th a su rplu s o f an d a m agaz ine defic i t o f from to to pay,the Soci et y w i l l be in a b ad way w ith in ayear i f th e m agazine continues to b e pub

lished. un les s the retu rns from advert i sing a re

very unex pectedly large . Not only w i l l no thin g at a l l be paid o n ou r pe rm anent fund.but we wi l l have to go in debt to pay for themagaz ine.

As sta ted i n the open ing parag raph o f th i srepo rt, th e Society had in the cu rrent fundon Novem ber 30. 19 16. If the rec

ord o f o the r years i s fo l lowed th i s year. theTreasu rer General 's ofli ce w i l l rece ive du ringthis m o n th (Decem ber ) abou t

'

i a

dues. etc. , m ak ing a tota l cu rren t fund of

In D ecem be r. l9 i 5. the expensesof the l) . A. R . ( including al l clerks. etc.. a n d

excluding m agaz ine co st ) . were If

the ex pen ses are the sam e th i s m onth— and

they w i l l probably be g reater—there w i l l onlyhe in the cu rrent fund o n D ecem ber3l. Th e D ecem ber num ber of the m agazinehas al ready been i ssued and m u st be paid forw i th in a few days . i t: cost, I assum e. w i l l

be the sam e as the October a nd N ovem beri ssu es, that is abou t Thi s leavesa defici t of A b i ll w i ll be presentedth i s m onth for abo u t for print ingthe proceeding s o f the last Cong ress. Th i sw i l l raise the defici t toi n o ther words, o n D ecem ber 31. 19 16, the

N at iona l Society o f the D augh ters of theAm erican Revo lu t ion w i l l n o t only have no

m oney on hand to pay the runn i ng expensesfor January. b u t w i l l have to go i n debt tothe extent o f to m ee t pending obl i ogalions, and th is does n o t include the cost ofthe January issue of the m agaz ine. which w i l lra i se the defici t to abo u t T h i s di sastrou s fin ancial s i tuation i s n ow staring us

in the face.

The T reasu rer General wou ld be recreantto her con st itu t ional r igh t and du ty as cu stod ian of the funds of the Dau ghters o f the

Am erican Revo lu tion i f she di d n ot cal l thesefact s to the attention o f the National Boardof Managem ent. I f the Society i s invo l vedin seriou s financial di ffi cu l ti es the T reasurerGeneral does n ot want the blam e to fal l u ponher shou lders. A m onth ago she presentedthese facts fu l ly to the Pres ident General andto the Chai rm an of the Finance Com m i ttee .

and her anx iety for the wel fare of the Na

t ion al Society dem ands that she al so u rge the

Board to g i ve i ts ser io us cons iderat ion to the

cri t ical condi t ion of the Society's finances .The facts are n ow clearly be fo re the Boa rd

a nd the T reasu rer General awai ts such act ionas the Board in it s w i sdom m ay take.

Som e qu estion has been raised i n regard tothe paym en t on land

,which i t i s

al leged was m ade w i thou t au thor ity. Thefact s in the case are these : On February 23.1 9 16, the Pres ident General had clo sed a transact ion for the pu rchase o f land forand in the early part o f June the papers forfinal settlem ent were sent to m y o ffi ce by theReco rding Secre tary General . N otes due ata certain fixed period had been g i ven by theN at ional Society in f u l l paym ent o f th is land,bearing interest at 6 per cent. An exam inat ion o f the transact ion conv inced m e that therate of interest was h igher than that wh ichthe Society had u sual ly paid. I. there fore,consu l ted with a m em ber o f o u r adv i soryboard. Mr . Charle s C. G lo ve r. President of

the R igg s N ati onal Bank. who cal led in h i sf riend. Mr. Charles J . Be l l . President o f theAm erican Secu rity T rust Co . , who ex

pressed h i s w i l l ingn ess to accept a propos it ionwh ich I m ade : that i s. fo r h im to pay fo r

the land that we intended pu rchasing and ac

cept ou r no te s hea ring in teres t a t 5 per centinstead o f (l per cen t and payable at ou r

pleasu re instead o f at certain fixed periods.

I then wro te the President General fu l lyin reg a rd to th i s suggested transact i o n a nd

124 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN RE VOLUTION MAGAZINEon the fo l low ing day the propo s i t ion wa s

clo sed, wi th her consent and approval . ThePres ident General adm i t ted to m e that theSoc iety had been saved cons iderable m on eyby the subst i tu t ion o f th e 5 per cent no tes forth e orig inal 6 per cent no tes, and by the factthat the m oney cou ld be paid on these no te sat the di scre t ion o f the N at ional Society i nstead of at certa in fixed per iods, thereby, o f

cou rse, enabl ing us to cu t down the runn ingof interest.Th i s who le transaction was explained to

the N at ional Board o f Managem ent at them eeting held on June 22 , 19 16, and the Boardtendered you r Treasu rer General a vo te o f

thanks fo r hav ing saved the Socie ty m oney.The Am erican Secu ri ty T rust Co ., wh ichho lds the no tes adv i sed you r T reasu rer General, under date o f Septem ber 13, 19 16, thatthe rev i sed t ransact ion had saved the Nat iona lSociety nearly al ready, and that am uch larger sav ing m ay be expected in the

fu tu re by the cu rta i l ing o f the no tes. It i s apaym en t of a no te held by th i s bankwh ich has been and i s be ing cri t ici zed.

The actual facts in the case w i l l com pletelyexonerate the Treasu rer General. Of the

paid on th i s no te, a l l b u t had

been expressly g i ven for land paym ent. or

had been di rected to that end th ro ugh pro perofficial channels. The T reasu rer Generalkn ew that pledges to the am o unt o fhad been gi ven at the last Cong ress towardthe Perm anent Fund, and she had every rea

son to bel ieve tha t these pledges wou ld m oreth an cover th is defici t .The T reasu rer Genera l of the N ational

Society, D au gh ters of the Am er ican Revolu

RE PORT OF R E CE IPTS AN D D ISBU R SE ME NTS OCTOBE R I - NOVEM BE R 30,

1 9 16.

CURREN T m rxu.

Balance in Ba nk a t las t repo rt, Septem ber 30, 19 16

R ece i p ts.

Annual du es ini t ia tion fees cert ificates $1 , D . A. R.

R epo rt to Sm i thson i an Insti tu t ion di e o f Insign ia .50, di rcetory dupl icate papers a nd l i st s exchange .3 5 , handbooks index of books in L ibrary interestl ineage books m agaz ine. sale of s ing le copies pro

ceedi n g s r ibbon sale of Twenty- fifth AnniversaryMedal s $10 ,

stat ione ry s lo t m ach ine .45, statu te bo okstelephone refund, revenue stam ps audi to rium

events $200. Tota l rece i pts

D isb ursem ent s.

Refunds : Annual dues $325, in it iation fee s $26 .

t ion has always fel t tha t i t was incum bentu pon her i n the exerci se of her sound di scre tion to dec ide when a land no te or whena bu i lding note shou ld be taken up, b u t th i si s ent irely aside from the i ssue i n th is case.

The Treasu rer Genera l had the approval ofthe N ational Board of Managem ent in the

paym ent on land. In her repo rt tothe Nat ional Board of Managem en t on Jun e22, 19 16; the T reasurer General in fo rm ed the

Board o f her inten t ion to take up no tes on

land. and the Board by accepting her repo rt,placed the stam p of i t s approval upon herpropo sed action .

Cri tici sm , however, has been m ade that thePres ident (

h

ien eral’

s countersig natu re was n ot

afli xcd to the check g iven in paym ent o f theland no te. The Const itu t ion a u

thor i zes the T reasu rer Gene ral to draw bycheck on the funds of the Society and con

ta ins n o wo rd whatsoever in regard to the

necess i ty of hav ing the President General’scountersign atu re o n any of her checks. i f

i t i s des i red to l im i t the Const i tu tional powerof the T reasu rer General to draw on the vario n t funds by hav ing al l checks counters ignedby the Pres ident Gene ral. the T reasurer Genera l suggests that the Continental Congressalone has a rig h t to am end the Const itu t ion.and that. there fore, the m atter shou ld b e pre~sented in due cou rse to the Twenty - s ix thCont inental Cong ress wh ich m eets next year.The T reasu rer Genera l resents being cal ledu p befo re the Finance Com m i t tee a nd ques.t i oned i n regard to the Perm anent Fund. b ecau se i t i s her conv ict io n that the FinanceCom m i ttee has n o j u r isdict ion what soeverover the Perm anent Fund.

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U

Washing to nAud i t i ng Acco unts : audits Au gu st . Septci i i ln r a n d Octo be r .

D . A. R . Repo rt to Sm i th so n i an In st i tu t i o n : 1 ' co pie s lsi b Rt ‘lli i rl

L ina ge : po stage and expressageProceeding s : po stage an d

S tatu te Books : po stageSpoons : spoons for Real D aughters ”Te lephone . serv ice and to l lFu rn i tu re : steel case. Reg i strar Gen era l ‘

2 sect ions fi l ing cabinet .Reg i strar General Office Fu rni tu re. Chai rm an Magaz ine Com .

decanters an d sto pper . Mu seum ant i que s i l versug a r tong s

To ta l D isbu rsem ents

Balance, Cu rrent Fund N o vem be rFranco -Am er ican Fund : ba lance at last repo rt Septem berD i sbu rsem ents : wreath, Gen . La fayette’s statu e .

Patrio t s' Mem orial D . A. R . Schoo l Fu nd : as at last repo rt Septem ber 19 I6 . .

Am er ican Intern at ional Co l lege D . A. R . Bu i lding Fund : ba lance at last repo rtSeptem ber . 19 16 : Rcce ipts : ( ri ppe r Country Chapter, .\ li cli .

Prcsi n a t io n o f H i sto ric Spo z li a lan ce at last repo rt Se tem be r 19 16

Rece i pts : D . C. ; D i strict o f Co lum bi a D au g hters 'i i tom ac ( hapter

R u th Brewster To ta l : D i sh i i rsen i en ts : erect ing fen ce fo r m i lesto nem a rkers fo r m i lesto n e fences $40 , T o ta l

0 1 ! depo s it N a t i o n a l Me trop ol i tan Ban k N o vem be r 10 16

I‘llll. ll‘l‘l SC H U LARS H ll'

( a sh balance at last repo rt Sc ) tem ber 19 16

Rece ipts : Cal i fo rn i a— a t large rs. An n ie L . A) res i n K. Bean s .

Mrs. Chas. M. Boo th . .Mrs Edi th B . Cran ford Mrs H att ie S . D i i en

Mrs. Martha G. H errick . Mrs. Joseph T ravelli F. F \\ e l i l iIndiana—Indiana Chapters M ich igan— Chapter. Coppe r Co i i i i t r iOhio—Chapters, Mo l ly Ch ittenden l. rsu la Wo lco tt Pen n syl

va i i i a—Chapters, Be l le fonte . W'arr ior R un \ o rkto n i i Ii i t i r

est, bank ba la nce

On depo s i t Nat ional Metropo l itan Bank Novem ber 19 16

Cash balance N ational Mctropo l i tan Bank .

Investm en t . second m o rtgage. No r fo lk, Va .. per cent

i nvestm ent : Perm anent F ,und Land N o tes per cen t

To tal Ph i l ippine Scolarsh ip Fund

Fm i ly N el son R i tch ie McLea n H i storical Fu nd. Investm ent : Perm anent Fund La nd No tes per cent . .

PATRIOT IC EDUCATION .

Recei pts : Arkansas— Chapter : John McAlm ou t Connect icu tChapters : Free love Baldw in S tow H annah Benedict Carter

M i ss Edna L . \\woodrufi H annah \Voodri i ff Chaagler i

Mary Floyd T al lm adge D i str ict o f Co lum bia li apters :

Mar i asli i n g to n Wende l l \\I'

oli e $60 , Georg ia— Chapters :Fie lding Lew i s Geo rge Walton Jam es Monroe No

braska— Chapter : Co ronado New Jersey— Chapters : Chinkcli ewu n ska Gen . La fayette \ ew X ork—Chapters : Salam anca Tuscaro ra

yOh io—C hapters : Co lum bu s Fort

McArthu r Pennsyl vania—Chapters : Chester Co untyCum ber land County l’ct er Mu hlei i herg TennesseeChapters : Adam D ale . Bo n n v Kate Cam pbe l l $15 ,

Capt. \\ m . Edm i ston Col. Thom as McCrory Com;

m odore Law rence . Martha Brat ton Sam u e l D oakShelby Watau ga Texas—Chapte rs Doug las

D i sbu rsem ents . He len D unlap Schoo l . Ark.,

L, reo rge ash i ngton U ni versi ty D .

C .

li

Berry Schoo l Ga . ,\V. C T . U .

Sett lem ent Schoo l , H i i i dri i an Ky. Pine Mounta in Settlem ent

NATIONAL BOARD M IN U TES

Schoo l ; Ky. $10 , Lees-McR ae Inst itu te N . c. $60 , Godm an Gu i ld,Co lum bu s, Oh i o $2 5 , Maryv i l le Co l lege, Tenn. $300 , T ennesseeA. R . Schoo l, T enn . Sou thern Indu str i al Educat ional

Association $10Petty Ca sh Fund

PERMANENT FUND.

Balance in Bank at las t report Septem ber 30, 1916 .

R ecei p t s.

Charter Fees $29 L i fe Mem bersh ip Fees $1 75Cont inen tal H al l Contribu tions : A labam a : C hapter, O l i ver Wi ley$10,—Arizona : a t large, Mrs. E va T . ensen $l— Cali fo rn ia :Chapter, San D iego $2 .

—Connect icu t : hapters, Sarah R igg sH um phreys three m em bers. bond $50 , S i b b i l D wight Kent, bond$55 .

—Geo rg ia : Chapters, Ochlochn ee $5 , Sergeant N ewton, certitiea tes $6.

- Iowa : Chapter, Clinton, ex ressage on Table t, Room—Kentucky : Kentucky Chapters, oom H enry Clagett,

Room $S. , T rabue R oom $5 .—Maryland : Mrs. Green leaf Johnson,

Bal ti m o re Chapter $100 .—M i cli i gan : Chapters, M ichigan Chapters,

case,“

M u seum Copper Country case, Mu seum Copper Country $9 .4S, Lu ci nda H insdale S tone, five m em bers, en

g ross ing t i tle page m em o ry book $S.-M i sso u ri : Chapters, D icey

Lang ston E l i zabeth Benton, penny a da Rachel D onelson S t . Jo seph $25 , Sarah Barton Nl

’

urpli y $6 , M iss MaryB. T aylor, at large $10,

—N ew H am psh ire : M i ss Annie Wallace,S tate Regent $10 , Old N um ber Fou r Chapter $2 .

- ~New erse at:la rge, M i ss Edi th A. Brockett —N ew York : rs . has.H . Lovett, Bronx Chapter, penny a day $7.

—Pen n sy1van ia : Mrs.

Sam uel A. Am m on a nd M i ss E l i za O. D enn iston, Pi ttsbu rghChapter, books for L ibrary $8.

- Texas : Chapters, E sther Me .

Grory $10 ,Mary Isham Ke i th $25 ,

Mrs. J . Wal lace Brosig , Robert Raines Chapter $5 , Mrs. J . A. W’

a lker, .25—Verm ont : Chapl$€r

5, H ands Cove $l.—W isconsin : Chapter, Benjam in Talli n adgeI o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

S i l ver Chain Contribu t ions : Ma ssachu sett s : Chapter, Fort Massachu setts —N ew Yo rk : Chapter, Fort Greene — W i sconsi n : Chapter, Port Wash ing ton

Contri bu t ions to Fina l Pa m ent o f D ebt, Mem orial Cont inental H a l lArkansa s : at large, i ss Katherine C. Brecken r i dge $S .

—Cal itorn i a : C hapters, Cal i fornia Oneonta Park $25 , Santa Barbara $15 .

—Co lorado : Chapters, Arapahoe $10 , D enver $25.

D i strict of Co lum bia : Chapter, Arm y N av $25.— _Flori da

Chapters, Col. Arthu r E rwin ackson v i lle $2 —Illi n O i s : Mrs.

\Vi lli am Bu tterwo rth, V . P. G. $1 — lndi a n a : M rs. W . W . Gaar,R ichm ond— Indi ana Chapter $25 .

—Iowa : Mrs. F. E . Fr i sbee,Mary Bal l \Vash ington Cha ter $25.

—Mai ne : Chapters, h annahW'

eston $10 , Kou ssi n oe S.—Massachu setts : Chapters, Fo rt

Phoenix $25 , Old Co lony $25, Mrs. H elen R . Blackm ar, OldCo lony Chapter $25, Peace Party $25,—M ieh igari : Mrs. FrancesP. Con n ab le, L ucinda H i i i sda lc S tone Cha ter $25, Mrs. Wm .

Wente, R u th 5 3 re Chapter $25 , Mrs. XV. W ith in gton, SarahT reat Prudden ha ter $10,— M i ssi ss ippi : Chapters, La Sal le $10,R ichard Caswel l fi

ll—M i ssou ri : Chapters, Char i ty S t i l le Lang sstafi $25. Webb City $5,— N ew H am psh ire : Chapter, E l len I.

Sanger $25.—New Jersey : Chapters, Gen . L afayette $25, Greenw ich Tea “Bu rnin

g$25,—New York : M rs. D an i e l Mann i ng , H on .

Pres . Gen . $25 , ch apters, Battle Pass $25, Cagt . John H arr i s $20,

Caugli n awaga $25, Cham la in $5, Mrs. P. A. Br i gg s, Co rp.Jo s iah Gri swold Chapter £40, Cu n ahu n ta $5, Mrs. Frances J . McCu llough , Cun ahun ta Chapter $5 , Fo rt Oswego $25, Gen . Wm .

Floyd $10, H endr ick H udson $10, lro ndequm t $25 , Ketewam okc

$10, Le R ay de Chaurn on t $25, M i n i si ti k Si l l. Ph i l i p Schuyler $20,Mrs. Jam es M ingay, Saratoga Chapter $2 5. M i ss

-

E l len H . Wal

wo rth , Saratoga Chapter $25, Schoharie $10, T i conderoga $10,Mrs. Lucy B . D udley, a t large $25, -‘o t 2 Mrs. Wm . C.

‘Boyle,R ec. Sec. Gen . $25, Chapters, Col. on a than Bayard Sm i th $5.Mrs.

Frances L . Achey, Jonathan ayton G i apter $25, MaryS tanley $25,Wah -w i l- a~way $50, Western R eserve, g roup of m em

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hers $75, Mrs. Wm . ( 1. Ro se. Re serve Chapter $35 , M i s sSarah L . Van D o rn . Western Reserve Cha pter $35.- RhodeIsland : Mrs. Cha s. ll. Lo u g h-

y . S tate Reg ent - l exas : Mrs.

Jo seph 11 . D e b re ll, Alam o Chapter $33, B . Bird

,

Pocaho ntas i i i — U tah : Chapter, S p i r i t o f L i ln rtv S’5,i n g to n aMrs. li li za Lea r) . V. l’ . ( 3. $ 35 -

est Virg i n ia : Mrs

Ann i e C. Sp i ln ta n , Jam es Wood Chapter $35, Chapter. Benj am i n Tal lm adge $10 .

tr i b u t io n s to Land : Alabam a : Chapters Andrew J ackson $1 ’5,Bi en t i lle B i gbee Val ley $1 25. Cherokee Co lbertl o rt S tro ther Franci s Marion $1 .25, Jo seph McD on ald

L igh t H o rse H arry Lee Martha \\ ayles Je ffersonMobi le $1 2 5, N eedham Br) an $1 25, Old Eb to n O l i o

\ er \\ i ley S’v

rlaca uga Toho ka, o scalo osa

Twyieken ham own 12 5, U nder i ve Fla g s —Co lo

rado : Chapter Monte Vista —Connect i cu t : (‘

hapters t Anna\Varner Bailey $12 5. Martha Pi tk in —Mich igan :M ich igan D e legation 25th Cont. Cong ress $27 , Copper Cou ntry( hapter Yo rk : Chapter. Manhattan $25 — 1 ’en n s\ t\ ania :McKean Chapter $5, Mrs. \laedaleu a S ta nfier al le) Forge( hapter $S,— Tem tessee ( hapter, Dm i d ( ra i g $3 75 — Texas :( haptcr,“

’il| i am Pi ndlm $1 .33

L iqu ida t ion a nd Endowm ent” Fu ndCom m i ss ions : Ins ign i a $97 50, Regents an d fi x - Regents Bars $44 ,

Ret o rd S h ie lds $3, R eco gn it ion Pi ns Spoo nsInterest on Bo n ds

To tal Rece i pts o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

D i s bu rsem en t s .

( None)

Balance N o vem be r 30th , 19 16

Balanm Am erica n Secu r i ty a n d T ru st Ct t lltpa llt'Perm a u i n t lm estm en t , t h icag u an d Alto n Bonds

To ta l Perm anent Fu nd,(

‘

a sh a n d In vestm ent .

Re spect fu l ly .

0 L 1\'

li

T rea su rer Gen eral . N . D . A. R .

Mrs. Bryan wa s here excu sed, the Pres i dentGen era l stat ing that when it wa s necessa ry toa sk quest ions she Wo u ld he. cal led fo r .

Afte r som e di scussion. Mrs. ( i recn awa lt

read her repo rt as Chairm an o f the Audi t ingCom m i t tee a s fo l lows :

R epo r t o f Audi t in g Com m i t tee.

Madam President General a nd Mem bers o f

the N at ional Board o f Managem ent :The Audi t ing Com m i ttee has the honor torepo rt that we have m et and care fu l ly exami n ed the repo rts o f the Nat ional Account ingCom pany, audi tors for the Nat ional Societyfor the m onths of October and N ovem ber .19 16, i n connect ion w ith the report s o f the

T reasu rer Genera l fo r the sam e m onths.We a re happy to in fo rm yo u tha t the ac

count s o f the T reasu rer Gen era l for thisperiod ag ree w ith the audi to r

'

s reco rd. as al sodo the balances of the va r i ou s funds. The

pe tty cash fund. stam ped enve lo pes a n d o therm i no r funds have been exam i ned a nd checkedup by the audi to rs, a nd found to correspondw i th the repo rt of the T reasu rer Geri eral aspresented.

The N at ional Accou nt ing Com pany, expertacco untants for t he Soc iety. i n su bm i t t ing the

October 19 16 repo rt to you r Com m i ttee. statea s fo l lows : “

The fo l low ing perm anent fundvo uchers to wh ich we cal led attent ion in our

June and Augu st repo rts. st i l l requ i re the ap

pro val of the President General , No . 59 1

Am er ican Secu ri ty and T ru st Com panya lso N o. 598 Am erican Secu ri ty and

T ru st Com panyThe fo l low ing letter from the N ational Ac

co unt ing (‘

om pa n y, expert acco untant s for

o u r Society . i s su bm i t ted fo r vo u r considerat i on :

1 1 5 Broadway, N . N ov. 1 3, 19 10 .

M rs. Frank F. ( i reen awalt . Cha irm an . Aud i ti n g Com m i ttee , N . . D R .

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To ta lMoney st i l l due the Magazine f rom adver

t i sem en ts am o unts to abo u tRespect fu l ly subm i tted,

FLORENCE G. c x ,

Cha i rm an .

Inasm uch as the Carey Print ing Com panya re able to subm i t th ro u g h thei r com pany, theth ird larges t printers i n the country and the

pr in ters of over fo rty-e igh t we l l - known m agaz ines, the lowest b id, the Magaz ine Com m i tteerecom m ends to the Board that the CareyPri nt ing Com pany b e awarded the n ew con

t ract for print ing the Magaz ine.

U nan im ou sly carried at m ee t ing o f Magaz ineCom m i t tee, D ec. 12, l9 l6.

The ed i tor o f the Magaz ine was g i ven perm i ssion by the Pres iden t General to be presentat th i s t im e . A general di scu ss ion fo l lowedon th i s recom m endation, du r ing wh ich Mrs.

Guernsey read a leng thy opinion from an a t

to rney as to the r ight o f the Board to m akeany m agaz ine contract . The di scu ss ion wasfinal ly interrupted by a m o t ion m ade by M rs.

Aug sb u ry. and seconded by Mrs. S ternberg ,that the Board adj ou rn for luncheon, M rs.

Augsb n ry announcing that she an d Mrs.

Spraker had sent inv itat ions to the luncheon toevery m em ber of the Board and i f any S tateV ice Regent was there she shou ld considerthat she was included in the invi tat ion . The

Board there fore adjou rned at for luncheon .

The a fternoon session was cal led to ordera t by Mrs. Gedney, Vice Pres ident General f rom New Jersey. who stated that thePres ident General had asked her to takecharge wh i le she obeyed a sum m ons to the

Wh ite H ou se, and that the t im e wh i le she wasgone shou ld be devo ted to the rece iv ing of

repo rt s, n o recom m endat ions to b e acted u ponu nti l her retu rn as she desi red to keep veryclo se ly in touch w i th the wo rk of the Board.

M i ss P ierce read her report as fo l lows

R epo rt of R eg istrar Gen eral.

Madam Pres ident General . Mem bers of theBoard of Managem ent1 have the honor to report appl icationspresented to the Board and 4 78 su pplem enta lpapers verified ; perm i t s issued Papersexam ined and n ot yet ver ified, o rig inal , 490 ;supplem ental. S upplem ental papers re

ce ived pri o r to January 1 , 19 15 , for wh ichaddi t ional in fo rm at i on has been requested b u tn ot yet rece ived 295, papers retu rned na y erihed, o rig inal. 32 : supplem ental. 56 . N ew

records verified, 31 1 .

Respect fu l ly subm it ted,GRACE M . PIERCE.

R eg istrar Gen era l, N . S . D . A. R .

The arreptan cr of the report of the R eg istra r Gen eral a nd tha t the Secreta ry be em powered to cast the ballot for the n ew m em bers

was m oved by Mrs. O rton , seconded by Mrs

\Vood and carried. The Recordi ng SecretaryGeneral announced that she had cast the ha lflo t for the m em bers adm i t ted. an d the

Chair declared the m em bers elected to the

N ational Society.

Mrs. Sm oo t then read her repo rt.

R eport of Organ i zi n g Secretary Gen eral.Madam Pres iden t Genera l and Mem bers o f

the N at ional Board of Managem en t :I w i sh to presen t for confirm ation the nam e

o f Mrs. F. M . ll'

i ll' i ns of Eugene, Oregon.fo r State Vi ce Reg ent in the place of M i ss M .

R u th Gu ppy res igned. A l so the nam e of Mrs.

R udolph B. H a rtm an of M i lwaukee. W is , for

confirm at ion as S tate Vice R egen t in the placeo f Mrs. John G. Rex ford resigned. Boththese ladies have been du ly elected by the irS ta tes to fi l l unexpired term s.Through thei r respect i ve S ta te Regents thefo l low ing m em bers a t large are presented forconfi rm ation as Organ i z ing Regen ts :Mrs. L ucia Weaver R obbi ns, Faun sda le.

Ala : Mrs. Cor i n ne Marfa rla nd L ipscom b ,D . C. ; M iss Ma rga ret Fi tzwa ter,

Clearwater, Flt ; Mrs. [5a Ellis R ob b i n s.

Wes t Palm Beach . Fla : Mrs. Fa i th D orseyYaw, Lavonia. Ga . ; M rs. L nlu M . Pea rceFa rm er, Thom son. Ga . ; M i ss Bertha E lisa b ethBerg en , Morri s, lll. ; Mrs. [Eva L i n ba rger l l

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u -orth, H am m ond, lnd. ; M rs. Edn a L . Frederi rkson , Charles C i ty. Iowa ; M iss fila rci aArthu r M ass, W i lli am sb u rg. Ky. ; Mrs. Mar ia n

Adele L ongfellow, Brookl ine, Mass : Mrs.

Alice Moss Ferr is, Laddon ia, Mo ; Mrs. lu re ,

M . H a r i ng , Mas si l lon, Oh io ; Mrs. di a ry A.

S ouls. Baker. Oregon : M iss Jen n i e L . l l 'ertg a te, H averh i l l, N . H M rs. H elen R eed doLapor tc, Rh inebeck. N . Y . ; Mrs. Grat e A i m ee

Reed Po rter, Fort P ierre, S . 11 ; M rs. ”Tu n icH u n t ing ton Qu i rk, Castle Rock, \Vash ington .

The N ational Board i s asked to au thori zechapters at the fo l low ing places :Washing ton. D . C h- l aysv i l le and Pinev i l le.

Ky. ; North and Paco let, S . C. an d Panam a.

The fo l low ing Organi z ing Regencies haveexpired by t im e l im i tat ionM rs. Lou ise Tha tcher H arri son . Al ta, Iowa ;

M iss Ma ry MrKcen . Moo restown. N .J. ; Mrs.

M i n n i e Bassett H ollom a n , Tuci un cari . N ewMex ico ; Mrs. LaRelle l l

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alla rc, She l ton, NebMrs. Flora M . K i n n cr . Warrensv i l le, Oh io :M rs. Alice Merr i ll O ’

llri rn , Skiatook, Okla.

M rs. S ue H i te lln m phreys, Greenv i l le. Texas.The Organ iz ing Regency of Mrs. FrancesBrooks Pi t tm an was repo rt ed to the OctoberBoard by m i stake. as hav ing e xpired. Shehas o rgan i zed her chapter.The resign at ions o f the fo l low ing Orga n i z

i n g R egents have been repo rted :

NATIONAL BOAR D M IN UTES

Mrs. D ora Myers H an n a, Long Beach, Cal . ;b l iss Gra ce lVi llcs S u llic'a n t, Baton Rouge,

L a ; M iss Fan ny H arn i t , Maum ee , Ohio ; andM rs. E leanor Cheney S chm oelc Boyd, King sv i l le. Texas .The reappo intm ent of the fo l low ing Organ

i z ing Regents have been requested by theirrespective S ta te RegentsM rs. L elia L ee L ush, Guntersvi l le, Ala ;

M rs. Grace L ocke D av is, R edlan ds, Cal . M rs.

M in n ie Moore Wi llson , Ki ss im m ee, Fla ; M rs.

Jen n ie Mershon H ilt, Buckner, Mo . ; M i ss

H en ri etta Worsham , Seventy- s ix, Mo ; M rs.

Alice Clara D i lwo rth, H o ldredge, N eb M rs.

Mary D ay D en n iston , Anaco rtes, Washing ton.

The R ichard Royal l Chapter of McKi n n ey.Texas

, wi shes to b e ofii cially disbanded.

The fo l low ing Chapters have reported the irorganizat ion since the October 6111 Boardm eet ing :Federal Ci ty, W

'ash ington, D . C. ; Olde

Town e, Loganspor t, lnd. ; Joseph M orr is, Fu lton , Ky. ; li lizabcth P i erce L a n cey, Pi t tsfield,Maine ; E rj a. Gen . John Glover, Ly nn, Mass ;M adam e H odn ctt , Cleveland, M i ss ; Lo u is ia n a Pu rchase, D e So to, Mo . ; Clay Cen ter,Clay Center, N eb D ouglas K in g ,

Mch. ; S i oux L ookou t, N orth Platte, N eb . ; E l

li ra tt, Falconer, N . Y . ; Alex a n der M a rt i n ,H i gh Po int, N . C. ; hla ry Cha n ey, \Va rren ,

Oh io ; Oxford Caroli n e Scot t, Ox ford, Oh io ;Sarah Ch ildr ess Polk, D al las, Oregon ; Tr iang le, N orth East, Penna ; Capt. lob es D emi n g , Brenham , Texas ; Betsey llf

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r ight, New

port, Wash . ; an d M ichael Trebcrt, Po rt Angeles, Wash ington .

Charters issued, 14 ; Charter Mem bers i nsi g ni a , 1 ; Bars, 42 ; S tate an d S tate V ice Reg ents Insig nia, 4 ; R egents

’ l i sts i ssued, 12 ;7 paid for, $35.

Adm itted m em bersh ip October 6, 1916 .

Actual m em bersh ip October 6,Respect fu l ly subm i tted,

Bar ry CARTER S H OOT ,

Orga n is i ng S ecreta ry Gen eral, N . S . D . A . R .

Mo ved by Mrs. S ternberg . seconded b y M rs.

Orton, an d carr i ed, tha t the report of the 0 rg

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a n is i ng S ecretary Gen eral b e accepted.

Mrs. Au gsb ury presented her report as follows :

Report of H isto ri an Genera l.

Madam Pres ident Gen eral and Mem bers of

the N ational Board o f Managem ent :The an nual let ters sent from m y ofli ce to

mem bers of the H i storical R esearch Com m i ttee have cal led fo rth a large num ber of en

thusi ast ic repl ies. The heart of you r H isto rianGeneral i s always cheered by these personalm essages so fi l led w i th loyal ty and interest.The co l lect ing and t ranscribing o f local h isto ry has been a prom inent featu re i n con tri b ut ions and in plans for fu tu re wo rk . The

heroes o f peace as wel l as those o f wa r, the

progress of social and econom ic condi t ions, thedeve lo pm ent o f re l ig iou s and educat ional m at

ters have been the them es of m any valuableaddi t ions to ou r co l lect i on of h is torical m ateri al. have to repo rt today a varied l ist wh ichincludes several g i f ts from friends ou ts ide ourm em bersh ip : Marriage Bonds, Edgecom b Co.,

N . C., 1 766- 1837 . Tarbo ro , Edgecom bCc . , N . C. , 1 763- 1854 , g iv ing nam es o f tes tatorand he i rs, Mrs. Pau l Jones, Tarbo ro N . C.

R em i n iscen ces of the“\Vood Yard, H on .

John H ays, LL . D . , Carl isle, Pa . Photog raphs,Flag D ay E xerci ses at Mu skegon, M ichigan ,in wh ich schoo l ch ildren participated,f rom Mrs. J . M . Snow, Mu skegon. H istoryof Blackshear, P ierce Co ., Geo rg i a, from 17571814, pam ph let of twenty- nine pages, by M issN e l l i e S tewart . Presented by Mrs. L . J . Langley, Rom e, Ga . Blue pr in t m ap of Braddock’sm i l i tary road from Cum berland, Maryland, toBraddock, Pa . , 1 755 . D onated by M i ss E lli eT eem er, Lorain, Oh io . Copi es, m i lita ry ar

ders, Arno ld's E xpedi t ion, 1 775: Presented by

M i ss Al ice Foster, Gardiner, Maine. D escendan ts of [Eli jah It . Cook and Chari ty Lockwood Cook. Pu bl ished and presented by Mrs.

W i l l iam H . Cortright, Regent “Chari ty Cook"

Chapter, H om er, M ich igan. Copy of deed of“Carter Park ; also o ldest tom bstone i n scri pt ion in L eom inster, Mass . Gi f ts of Mi ss Ellen E . Pierce. H isto r ical papers, Cali fo rniaIndians and the i r m yths, Early E xplorers o f

the Pacific Coast, FatherJun i fero Serra and

the m i ss ions o f E l Cam ino R eal , written bym em bers o f

“Santa Barbara" Chapter. Pre

sented by Mrs. Mary A. Bl iss. Poem— Tradit ion s of ll"allenpa upack, by Mrs. H elen M .

Cooke, H i storian “Wayne Chapter, H aw ley,Pa . S crapbook o f press cl ipping s, u nve i l ingcerem onies at g rave o f L ieu t . Bayl is,the only Revo lu t ionary so ldier bu ried in H enryCo ., M i ssou ri, from Mrs. Ch a rles R u ther fo rd,Cl inton , Mo . Copi es of two letters from Mrs.

Am aryl l i s E l l i s o f N ew Bern, N . C to her

s ister, Mrs. Sallt At tm ore o f Ph ilade lphia,1 79 1 . Al so The Old S ou th

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a chan ni n g pictu re o f country l i fe u nder the old

reg im e, wri tten by Mrs. Freder ick C . Roberts.Presented by M i ss L u cret ia Roberts, N ewBern , N . C . L i st of olhcers, loth Reg im ent,N ew H am psh i re m i l it i a ( 179 7 Mrs.

‘N.

H . S tory, Clarem ont, N . H . Press clippi n gs,u nve i l ing o f founta in in m em o ry o f the Cabarru s Black Boys, by D . A. R ., at Concord,N orth Caro l i na, H i storical sketch of thei r da ri n g deed Press clippi n gs, Mrs. R ob

erta Atk ins, L exingt on, Ky . Valuable papersread be fore Schen ectada Chapter ; Presentedby Mrs. W . T . Becker, are as fo l lows : L egendo f Bem i s H e ights ( po em ) , Passing of Bur

goyne, by W i l l iam Tem ple Becker, and Orig ino f the Flag , Mrs. Frank l in P.Wem ple. Prog ra mo f the Pageant o f Old D eerfield, g iven in Ang u st. Two hundred pensi on records have been

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chi ce from the o rig inal reco rdsin the U . S . Pension Bu reau and bo und i nperm anent form for the l i brary . Vo lum eforty - th ree o i the L ineage Book i s in the

hands o f the printer. wh i le wo rk on vo lum e

fo rty - (ou r i s hal f fin ished.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted.

MARY E . Accsw nv,

H istor ian Gen eral, A'

. S . D . A. R .

Moved by M i ss Barlow , seconded by Mi s sP ierce. and carried. tha t the report of the H istori a n Gen era l he a ccepted.

Mrs. S ternberg presented the fo l low ing re

po rt . reading . as was cu stom ary. only the

to tal s :

R epo r t of L i brar ian General.

Madam President General a nd Mem bers o f

the Nat ional Board o f Managem ent :1 have the hono r to repo rt the fo l low ingaccess ions to the l ibrary :

Boon s .

Genealogy of the Ayres Fam i ly of Fa i rficldCoun ty, Con n . Com pi led by J am es NoyesS ta tes. N ew H aven, 19 16.

Chron i cles of the Coch ra n es. Com pi led byIda Cochran H augh ton . Co lum bu s, 19 13.

The E ly An cestry. L i n eage of R i cha rd E lyof Plym ou th, E ngla nd. who cam e to Boston ,

Mass , a b ou t 1655 . a nd set tled i n Lym e, Con n . ,

1661 . Co l lected by Moses S . Beach and W i l li am Ely, M. D . Ed i ted an d enlarged by Geo rgeB . Vanderpoe l . New Yo rk, 1902 . Presentedby Mr. George B . Vanderpoel .The H am i lton s of Bu rn s ide, N orth Caroli n a ,

and the i r a n cestors a nd descenda n ts. By Patr ick H am i l ton Basken ' i ll. R ichm ond, 19 16.

Presented by the au thor.H is to ry of the H ub b ell Fam i ly . con ta i n i n g

g en ealog ica l reco rds of the a n cestors a nd de

scendan ts of R i cha rd H ubb ell from A.

1086 to A. D ., 19 15. By \Val ter H ubbe l l . N ewYork. 19 15.H isto ry of H um e, Ken n edy and Brockm a n

Fam i lies. By W i l l iam E veret t Brockm an.Wash ing ton, D . C. C. H . Po t ter and Com

pany. 19 16.

The H un t i ngton Fam i ly i n Am erica , 163319 15. Publ ished by H unti ngton Fam i ly Associ at i on . H art fo rd, 19 15. Pre sented by the

Associat ion .

The Ki n n ears a nd Thei r Ki n . Com piled byEm m a S igg in s Wh ite. Kansas City, 19 16.

Gen ea log y of Colon el An drew Lyn n J r. andMa ry Ashercraft Johnson a nd thei r descend

a n ts. By E l i za B . Lynn . Regent“Co lonel An

drew Lynn” Chapter. Presented by the au

tho r.N otes from a fam i ly record, l6o4- May ,

lQOS—Ju n e , 19 16 . ll'

elrster, ln g ersoll, Moss ,

King , llau 'lcy. llc arg . By \Vi lli am M . Mc

DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINEH arg . N ew Yo rk . Private ly pr inte d. Pre

sented by Mr. Joseph Manu el Andre i n i .The Cla n M cFarla n c. the div is i o n of the

cla n . The a n cestry of D av id D . McN a i r. ByMary W i l son McN a i r. H art ford, 19 14 . Pre

sented by the au thor.The Ancestry of Ka tha ri ne Choa tc Paul,

M rs. llr’

i llia m J . You ng , J r. Com pi led by EdwardJoy Pau l .D escenda n ts of George Puficr of Bra i n tree,

Moss . 1639- 19 15 . By Charles N u t t. Worces

ter. 19 15.

Pa rt i al Gen ea logy of John R eyn olds b orn i nE n g land. 1612 (supposedly ) . sa i led from Ipst t -i ch . E ng la nd. Com pi led and publ i shed byAli -ah Reyno lds. Al tona. Il l ino i s. 19 16. Pre~

sented by the au tho r.H istor ical a nd g en ealog ica l accou n t of Ah

drew R ob eson of Scotla nd, N ew York a ndPen n sylva n i a a nd of h is descenda n ts, 1653

19 16. Com pi led. edi ted an d publ ished by KateH am i l ton O sbo rne.

Gen ealogy of the S ta tes fam i ly. Com piledby Jam es N oyes S tates . N ew H aven, 19 13.

A g en ealogy of the Thom as fam i ly, 162519 1 1 . D escenda n ts of Jerem iah Thom as ofH a rper: Ferry, l

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i rg i n i a , a pa tri ot of the R eva la t ion . Com pi led by S te l la M i l ler. MountS terl ing . l9 ll. Presented by the com pi ler.The Tonsey fam i ly i n Am eri ca . By Theo

do re Cuyler Ro se. E lm i ra, The O sbornePress. 19 16. Presented by Mrs. Theodore Cuyler Rose.

Alli ed a n cest ry of the Van Culem lm rg fam »

i ly of Culem borg , H olla n d. l ly Edw in J aquet tcSe l lers. Ph i lade lph ia, 19 15 .

Gen ealogy of the descen da n ts of Om ri l l'

a r~

n er a nd m ore ex tended h istory of M i lo l l'

a r

n er and hi s fam i ly. By C . O. \Vam er. Pre

sented by the au thor.Gen ea logy of the ll

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i lsou - Thompson fami ti es. D escenda n ts of John ll' i lson of Coun tyAn tr im , i reland, a nd of Eli zab eth McGra udyThompso n of Cou n ty Tyron e, Irela nd. Com

pi led by the Wi l son-Thom pson Fam i ly Associ a t i on . Edi ted by Warren S . Ely . D oylcso

town, 19 16. Presented by M r. Lewi s LowThom pson .

The L ife and t i m es of An n e R oyall. BySarah H arvey Po rter . Cedar Rapids, 1909.Presented by the au tho r.l’eterb oro ng h , N ew H am pshi re, i n the R er o

lu t i o n . By j onathan Sm i th . Cl inton, 19 13.

The Jo u rna ls of Capta in Mer iwea ther Lewisa nd Serg ea n t John Ordu 'ay kept on the turred i t i ou of western explora t ion , 1803- 1806 . Ed

i ted by M i lo M. Quai fe. Madi son, W i scons in.19 15 . Vo lum e 22 of Co l lect ions o f W i sconsinS tate H i sto rical Society.The D u tch D om i n i c of the Ca tski lls, or The

T i m es of the"Bloody Brandt .” By D av id

Mu rdo ch . New Yo rk. 186 1 . Presented by theRev. Cha rles Maar .

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1 34 DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN R EVOLUTION MAGAZINECh u rch, Fort H erl' im cr , N ew York. R i stor ical ske tch by Rev. W . N . l’. D a i ley, 19 16 . The

las t two p re sen ted by M rs. Amos (3. D rape r .Our nat iona l flag ,

“The S ta r Spang led Ba n

n er .

”The h istory of i t . By Majo r Gene ra l

Schuy le r H am i lton . N ew York, 1887. P resented by Mrs. SandersJohn s ton .

Thanks are due M i s s L ida Tu l loch for m anyback n umbe rs o f the D AUGH TERS or rm : Am mXCAN R EVOLU T ION MAGAZIN E .

Ske tch of the Bond Fam i ly of HarfordCo. , Md. P re sented by M rs. j ohn Ham i ltonH art ley .Addenda to I tem s of Ancest ry . By a dc

scendan t , l. M . R. N ewpo rt, 19 16. P resen tedby Mrs. Thom a s A . Lawton.Pm pmcat s.

D a vcn rm s or rm : Au sn tcax Revou m ax

Mana m a, Nov" D ec ; H i s tory Teache rs ’M aga z ine , Oct Nov. ; I l l ino i s S tate H is tor ica lSoci etyJou rna l,Jan ; M ayflowe r D escendan t .Ju ly ; N ew [Eng land H is tor ica l a n d Gen ealog ical R eg is te r, Oc t. ; N ew York Genea log ica la nd B iog raphi ca l R ecord, Oct ; N e w YorkPub l ic L ib ra ry Bu llet in , Sept , Oc t. ; Oh ioArchaeo log ica l a nd H is tor i ca l Q ua rte rly , Oct . ;P i lg r im N otes a nd Q ue r ies, Oct . , N ow ; Sm ithCo l leg e S tud ies i n H is tory, Oct ; Ve rmon t" ,

The,Ju ly. Oct . ; l '

i rg i n ia illagas i n e of H i story a n d B iog raphy . Oct . ; ll'

i lli am and Ma ryCo l lege Q ua r te r ly, Oct .The abo v e l i s t i nc ludes 80 books, 1 5 pam

phlets and 18 per iod ica l s . S ix ty - two bookswere p resen ted . 1 pu rcha se d and 1 7 rece i v edi n exch ang e ; 15 pamph let s we re p resen ted .

R espect fu l ly subm i t ted,(Mrs. Geo rge M. ) M . L . STERNBERG,

L i b ra r ians Gene ra l, N . S . D . A. R .

Mrs. B rumbaugh pre sen ted on beh al f o f theD i st r ict o f Co lumb ia n ine v o lumes . stat ingtha t she had unde rt aken to get at leas t onev o lume f rom each chapte r in the D i st r ict , andthat th i s g i ft repre sen ted th ree chapte rs . Mrs.

Ste rnberg ex pre s sed her apprec i at ion andthanks fo r the generou s g i f t . On mot iondu ly seconded the repor t o f the L ib ra ri anGenera l was accepted .The P res iden t Gene ral he re took the cha i r

a nd announced tha t the d iscu ss ion o f the t e

por t o f the Cha i rm an o f Magaz ine Comm it teebe aga in resumed , reque st ing that M i s s F inchbe sen t for . wa it ing fo r M i s s F inchto appea r, M i s s Ba rlow read her repo rt asfo l lows :R epo rt o f Cura to r General.

Madam P res iden t General , Membe rs o f the

N at ional Boa rd o f Managemen tI ha v e the p leasu re and honor to report theprogre ss o f the work o f the Mu seum du r ing

the past two mon th s w ith the fo l low in g accessions :

Co l lect i on of 18 meda ls. s i lve r, b ronz e, t in,brass, commemora t ing e v en t s in Am e r icanh i s tory f rom 1030 to 184 1 . P resented by Mrs.Fred F. Bu llcn , Ch icago Ch apter, 1 11. Ch inal’la te of the R ev o lu t ionary Pe r iod . fo rme rlyowned by the fam i ly o f Mrs. E l izabeth W i seBlacki ston e Ri ley Hodges. P re sented by he rso n M r. \Vi lli am R i ley Hodges, o f \Vash i n g~ton, l) . C . Ch i na Bow l, known as Ch ri sten ingBow l, o f the R e v o lut ionary Pe riod, f romam ong the ch ina brough t to th i s coun t ry bythe ancestors o f the donor, Mrs. Pa rks F i sher.Morgan town, W . \

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a . S i lve r Suga r Tongs,former ly owned by the W il l ing Fam i ly o fPh i l ade lph ia, l 'enna . Pu rchased . f rom Mu

seum Fund . Foo t S tor e, fo rme rly own ed byMrs. (

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hloe Mal lory, whose h usba nd was anoffice r in the R e v olu t iona ry Wa r. She ca r

r ied th i s s to v e ten m i le s e v e ry Sunday tochu rch . P resen ted by her great - g ra nddaughte r, Mrs. llarri ct H . an cleve. o f N ew YorkC i ty, Y . S tafiordshi re Tea Pot, o f deepb lue and wh i te ; subj ec t “L a fayet te a t the

Tomb o f F rankl in . P resented by Mrs. Cla rence A. B rouwe r, o f Ga spee Chapte r, R . 1 .F ir e b ooks, "

0 ld Ch ina Book, O ld Pew te r ," O ld C locks" and “

D elft‘tea re.

The se books are o f unq ues t ioned au tho r ity onthe subj ect s t reated . P re sented to the Mo

seum by the a u tho r, Mrs. N . H ud son Moore.o f lron dequo i t Chapte r, N . Y .

“Ame r ican

H is tory i llu st ra ted by Con tempora ry M eda ls ,”by C. \\lyllys Betta, p resen ted by Mrs. FredF. Bu l len, o f Ch icago Chapter, III. “H i storyof Old L ace, by Mrs. Bu ry Pa l l ise r, presented by Mrs. Sa nders John s ton , o f MaryWash ingt on Chapte r, I) . C . " Book of H am l

teu r'en by E l iza Ca l v e r t H all.

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Th i s book i s o f spec i a l inte re st to D augh te rso f the Ame rican Re vo lu t ion. as much Ame rican h i story i s wo v en in to the se o ld co v e r let s.P resen ted by Mrs. L ida Cal v e rt Obencha in,o f Samue l D a v ie s C hapte r

, Ky .

E ight p iece s o f manu sc r ipt have been t e

pa i red by Mr. Be rw ick a t a cost o fThe M ich igan Case. pre v iou sly report ed . hasbeen g i v en in honor o f the s ix th S tate Regen t,Mrs. W i l l i am Hen ry Wa i t , by the M ich iganState Con fe rence.

Respec t fu l ly subm i t ted,CATH ER IS E Blu r-rm Bam w,Cu ra to r Gene ra l, N . S. l) . A. R .

The L ib ra ri an Gene ral de s i red to kn ow i fthe g i f t o f these bo oks repo rted by the Cu rator Gen era l we re the beg inn ing o f a n ew l ib ra ry, cal l i ng at ten t ion to the du t ies o f theL ib rar ian Gene ra l a s pro v ided fo r in the Byl aw s. M i s s Ba rlow ex pl a ined tha t she consi dered the se books b er too l s j ust as wa s hertypew r ite r, et c . Mo v ed by M i s s P ie rce

, see

onded by Mrs. Augsb ury. a nd car r ied,tha t

the report of the Cu ra tor Gene ra l he accep ted.Mrs. S te rnberg read the follow ing supplemen tal repo rt :

NATIUNAL BOARD M IN U 77 1 5

Supplem en tal R epo rt of L i b rari an Gen era l .

\\ork accom pl i shed by M iss W i lson, clerkaccredi ted to the o ffice o f the L ib ra rian Genera l. s ince the J u ne m eet ing o f the N at ionalBoa rd of Managem entThree vo lum es o f Pen sion Records, copies

of the o rig inal appl ications on file at the Pens ion Oni ce, m ade in the o ffice of the Reg i strar Gene ral. have been typewri tten. Ea chof these vo lum es contains 200 Pens ion rec

ords f rom on e to five pages each. u sually twopages. Cards m ade for each pensioner an d

al l so ldiers who test ified in the appl icat ion,averag ing at least cards to a vo lum e.

Two hu ndred a nd fi fty m em bers o f the

Society have been fu rn i shed w i th Block cer

t ificates. Said appl icat ions neces s i tated ex

am inat ion o f reco rds in the offices o f the

Reg i st rar General, T reasu rer General an d Organ iz i n g Secretary General ; preparat ion o f

data for the eng ro sser , ver ification of sam e.and address ing sl ips fo r m ai l ing tu bes.Data fo r the cert ificates of m em bersh ip for

the m em be rs adm i t ted to the Society at theOctobe r llo a rd m eet ing has been com pare dwi th the clerk in charge o f the departm ent.Th ree hundred an d n inety- fou r le tters havebeen wr i t ten for the L ibrar ian General inaddi t ion to o ther work in that o ffice.

Respect fu l ly subm i t ted.(M rs. Geo . M. ) M. l. . S imm er-i nc.

Mo ved by M i ss P ierce. seconded by M i s sBarlow . and carr ied. tha t the supplem en tal re

por t of the L i b ra r ia n Gen eral be accepted.

Mrs . li lodgett read her repo rt as Co rrespondi n g Secreta ry General.

Repo rt of Correspondi ng Secreta ry General .

Madam Pres iden t General an d Mem bers o f

th e Nat ional Board o f Manag em ent :1 h ave the hono r to repo rt that du ringOctob er an d Novem ber 930 let ters have beenreceived and 765 wri tten .

The fo l low ing suppl ies have been sent ou t :Appl icat io n blanks. leaflet s. “

H ow to

Becom e a Mem ber, 997 ; m in iatu re blanks.885 ; gen eral in fo rm ation, 888 ; Consti tu t ions,819 ; Trans fer cards, 805 .

Com m it tee L i sts have been m ailed to the

Nat ional Board o f Managem ent. the Chairm a n . Vice- Chai rm a n and Secretar ies o f the

Nat ional Com m i t tees.T he m a i l for the bu i lding has been di stri

bu te d each day. an d the clerical work of the

Finance Com m i t tee attended to .

Respect fu l ly subm i t ted,

D a nsv P. m m ,

Co rrespondi ng Secreta ry Gen eral,N . S . I) . A. R .

Moved by Mrs. S ternberg, seco nded byMrs. Orton, and carried, tha t the report ofthe Correspondi ng Secreta ry Gen era l be a r

t l’ft’d.

R epo rt of F i nan ce Com m i t tee.

Madam President General and Mem bers ofthe National Board o f Managem ent :A m eet ing o f the Finance Com m i t tee washeld D ecem ber llth , a nd l have the honor torepo rt the follow ingA requ es t for fi l ing cases for the office of

the Organiz ing Secretary Gene ra l. wh ich hasbeen presented bo th to the Finance Com m i ttee and the Board, was again taken up. Ou r

finances di d n ot seem to warrant the pu rchaseo f these Cases at th i s t im e. b ut as the b i llwou ld n o t have to be paid im m ed iate ly am o t ion was adopted as fo l lows

“I m o ve tha t the Bu i lding and Grounds

Com m i ttee be re qu ested to write to I l l ino i sfi rst, and i f they co u ld n o t fu rn ish the casest hat the Bu i lding an d Grounds Com m i ttee b ei nstructed to o rder the fi l ing cases .A bil l was presented by the President Gen

eral for fo r m oney advanced for hav ingle t ters m ult ig raphed in connect ion w i th the

pu rchase o f Mont ice l lo by the U . S . Governm ent and the fo l low ing m o t i on was adoptedco vering th is b i ll :

For the Revo lu t ionary Rel ics Com m i tteeM i ss Barlow. as Cha i rm an, repo rted that acti n g on the reso lu t ion passed at the last Boardm eeting she had cal led a m eeting of her comm i ttee for D ecem ber 12, that 79 not ices hadbeen sent ou t to m em bers al l over the U n itedS tates, fou r letters of regre t were rece ivedan d two m em bers attended the m ee ting.

The consideration of the recom m endationo f the Magaz ine Com m i t tee was aga in takenup and a fter pro longed di scu ss ion, M rs. Gedn ey m oved that the contract be presented to

the Board and M i ss Crowe l l ofl'

ered the m o

tion that fu rther considerat ion o f th i s recomm enda t ion of the Magaz ine Com m i ttee b e deferred for at least two m onths. lt be ingpo in ted ou t by M i ss Finch that there cou ld hen o contract unt i l the Board ordered a contract,Mrs. Gedney w i thdrew her m ot ion . M issFinch s tated that as chai rm an of MagazineCom m i ttee she wou ld take the responsibi l i tyof w i thdrawing the recom m endation o f thecom m i ttee. Mrs. Guernsey m oved tha t we

g ra n t perm i ssi on to the Cha i rm an of i llayaz i n c

Com m i t tee to w ithdraw her recom m en da t i on .

‘ln asm uch as the Carey Pr int ing Com panyare ab le to su bm i t through thei r Com pany,the th ird larg es t pr inters in the country andthe printers o f over forty-e igh t wel l - knownm agaz ines. the lowe st hi d, the Magazine Comm i t tee recom m ends to the Board that the

Carey Print ing Com pany be awarded the n ew

contract for print ing the Magaz ine. ) Thi swas seconded by Mrs. Wood and carri ed.

Mrs. Young . Chairm an of Finance Comm i ttee, nex t read her repo rt .

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I m ove tha t the President Genera l be re

im bu rsed for the am ount advanced.

”

The subj ect o f the expense of the Maga z inewas bro ught up an d discu ssed. The m attero f secu r ing a loan was su ggested, an d the

fol lowing m o tion was adopted :"

1 m ove tha t thi s comm i ttee recomm end tothe Board tha t a loan be nego t iated for anam ount su fficient to finance the Mag az ine forthe num bers that com e cut between n ow andthe t im e Cong ress m eets, beg inn ing w i th the

D ecem be r num ber : an d fur ther, that the

am oun t of the loan shall be reduced by m onthly paym ents f rom the rece ipts tu rn ec

‘

: overf rom advert is ing .

"

The T reasu rer Genera l’s report was readg iv ing the balance i n the Cu rren t Fund as

She brough t to the a ttention of

the Finan ce Com m i t tee a letter recei ved fromthe Co lum bia N at ional Bank, i n form ing t he

T reasu rer General in regard to the w i thdrawalof the Am bu lance Fund, tha t a check for

“

$890 was countersigned by Lou i s N ettem ent.Consu l for France at N ew York

,and they

issued a draf t on Paris to the order of Le

M i n stre de la Guerre dc 1a Republ ique Franca i se. Thi s in fo rm ation had been asked forbecau se i t was unders tood that the N at ionalSociety shou ld recei ve credi t on the books o fcontribu tions sen t, and th i s am oun t has n o t

been credi ted to the Society.

i t was a lso sta ted i n the T reasu rer General'srepo rt that a let ter an d check for $100 for

the N at ional Com m i ttee on Mem or ia ls to ou r

country’s patr io t ic founders had been rece ived,

the check m ade payable to the L inco ln N at ion al Bank.

ln explanat ion of th i s check , m ade payableto the L inco ln N ational Bank, i t was statedthat these funds were to b e handled in the

sam e m anner in wh ich the ‘Be lg ium Rel i e fFund was taken care o f. A check fo r the

to ta l rece ipts was to be sent to the Soc ietyby the T reasu rer o f the fund, to be enteredon the books o f the Society an d the T reasu rer General was to send back in exchangea check for the sam e am ount. A m o t ion wasm ade as fo l lows

“I m ove that th is com m i ttee recomm end

that the letter and check m ade payable to the

L inco ln N at iona l Bank for the National Comm i t tee on Mem or ia l s to ou r Country 's patr io t ic founders, wh ich was in erro r opened bythe Treasu rer General , b e sent by the T reasu rer General to the L inco ln N ational Bank,and tha t al l o ther donat ions rece ived for tha tpu rpo se be sen t to the L inco ln N ational Bank."

1 have been in fo rm ed that th i s letter wasn o t open ed by the Treasu rer General b u t i nthe c i li ce o f the Co rresponding Secretary General , an d I ask that when th is repo rt is accepted i t be done w ith th i s correct ion .

The m atter of Mrs. H enry L . Cook, Chairm an of the Comm i ttee on S ta te an d Chapter

By - laws, wh ich has been brought to the Pi

na nce Com m i t te e three difi'

eren t t im e s a n d hapassed to the consideration of the Board, hasagain be en re ferred to the consideration o f

the Finance Com m i ttee. The chairm an rec

om m ends that th is m atter be clo sed at th i sm eet ing i f po ss ible, an d as Mrs. Cook has paidth is m oney for work done that she be reimb ursed to the am ount of her bi l l ;( shou ld beVouchers for the m onths of October an d

Novem ber have been approved to the am ountof w ,105 .63.

1 ask the acceptance o f th i s repo rt, w i th i tsrecomm endat ions.

R espec t fu l ly su bm i tted,

Mas. Gnom e M . You n c,Cha i rm an .

The accepta n ce of the report of Cha i rma nof Fi n a n cc w i thou t the recom m enda ti o n s wasm oved by Mr s. Foster, seconded by M i ssCrowel l, and carried. Mrs. Young then readt he recom m endation rega rdi ng the loan . The

question be ing rai sed as to the au thori ty o f theBoard to m ake a loan the President Gen eralread Set . 7 o f Art. IX of the Const i tu t ion ,an d stated that the expense o f the Mag azinewas essential ly cu rrent. that there wa s no th ingm o re cu rrent than the m onthly paym en t o f i tsbi l ls, that it was paid from the Cu rren t Fundan d Cong ress had m ade i t cu rrent. T he

Pre s ident General read also a letter f rom the

N ationa l Account ing Com pany in wh ich i t wasshown that in Novem be r 19 1 1 a loan was m adethroug h the Board an d repaid Febru ary 19 12,w ith interest at 6 per ce nt.. to m ake good adefici t in the treasu ry ca u sed largely by the

i ssuance o f a di recto ry an d by paym ents onaccount o f a special exam inat ion o f the bookso rdered by Congress. The Pres iden t Generals tated al so that a m onth wou ld be forthcom ing from the Magaz ine eve ry m on t h to

pay on the debt an d to pay the o per cen t . i aferest. The di scu ss ion wh ich fo l lowed was

part icipated i n by pract ical ly al l o f the m em

bers present. as wel l as by M i ss Finch. Mrs.

Aug sb ury m oved the adopt ion of the recom

m enda t ion and a ro l l cal l vo te was asked forby Mi ss Crowe l l . Many o f the m em bers ofthe Boa rd fe l t that the D aughters shou ld beg i ven an opportun ity to he lp in thi s cr is i s before a loan was m ade, i nasm uch as they wereprofi ting by the vo te o f Congress an d were re

ce ivi n g the Magaz ine. Mrs. Augsb ury c c

cepted an am endm ent proposed by Mrs. Lockwood that the m oney be bo rrowed only in sm al lsum s as needed, and read her m o t ion, wh ichwas seconded by Mrs. Sm i th, as fo l low s : Im ove the adopt ion of the rccam m cnda t i o n ofthe Fi n a n ce Com m i ttee. the loa n s to b e n ego

t ia ted i n sm all a m ou n ts as n eeded. the total n o tto exceed A fter som e fu rther di scu ss ion M rs. Orton m oved the prev iou s quest ion.wh ich was pu t and ca rried. The R eco rd ing

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138 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLU TION MAGAZINEa nd reeom m enda tion was m oved by Mrs.

You n g , secon ded by Mrs. Au gsb u ry, an d ca r

r ied.Mrs. Youn g t li en brough t up the quest io n o f

the paym en t of the bi l l presen ted by the

Chai rm an o f the Com m i t tee on S ta te and

Chap ter By - laws for m o n eys pa id ou t for thework of the Com m i ttee, an d asked tha t theBoard pass a m o t ion tha t th is bi l l b e pa id .

The Presiden t Gen era l sta ted tha t th is m a t terhad been re ferred to the Fin an ce Com m i tteew i th power to act , and she wou ld ru le tha t theCha i rm an o f Fin an ce cou ld a pprove the

y oucher. No except ion was taken to th is ru l

i n g .

The T reasurer Gen era l ca l led a t ten t ion to

the m o t ion adop ted by the Board a t the Ju n em eet in g , “tha t the n um er ica l restrict ion as to

the n um ber o f c lerks em ployed i n the ofli ces o f

the Reg istra r Gen era l an d T rea su rer Gen era lb e rem oved, a lso he referred to the Bu i ld in gand Groun ds Com m it tee, and sta te d tha t th isru l ing was ca rried ou t at the October Boa rdm eet in g on the recom m en da t ion of the Bu i ldi n g and Grou n ds Com m i t tee on ly so fa r as i ta ff ected the Reg istra r Gen era l 's o ti i ce. b u t tha ther request had been tota l ly ign ored, a nd

m oved tha t an o ther c lerk b e su ppl ied fo r theT reasu rer Gen era l's olli ee a nd tha t the ru l in go f the Board o f j an ua ry 20, 19 15, rest rict in gthe n um ber o f c lerks i n the T reasu rer Genera l

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s ofi i ce to n in e be resc in ded a n d tha t th iso flice b e a l lowed ten clerks i n add i t io n to a nytem po ra ry serv ice tha t m ay b e n eede d du rin gthe ru sh season . The Presiden t Gen eral po in tedou t tha t the m a t ter o f the n um ber o f clerksfor each ofli ce had been tho ro ug hly gon e in toby a com m it tee a ppo in ted fo r tha t pu rposea nd the i r con c lusio n s were broug h t to the

Board and adopted, an d on e of the prov ision sm ade by the Board was tha t the m a t ter ofen gag in g c lerks shou ld com e from the Bu i ld in gand Grou n ds Com m i ttee. a n d tha t the recordswou ld n eed to b e Co n su l ted and tha t i t was am a tter to wh ich m uch t im e a nd con sidera t ionn eeded to b e g iven . Mrs. \Vood o ffered thesubst i tu te m o t io n tha t the T rea su rer Gen eralbe a l lowed the tem po ra ry assistan ce u n t i l the '

m a tter had been in qu i red in to , wh ich m o t ionwas n ot put, the Presiden t Gen era l sta t in gtha t n o doubt the Cha i rm an wou ld m ake a

recom m en da t ion to m ee t the T reasu rer General

'

s requ i rem en ts, a nd thus i t wou ld com e i nproper form .

Mrs. Aug sb ury presen ted on beha l f of MissP ierce, who was ou t of the room at the m o

m en t, a req u est of Ba i ley. Ba nks and B idd lefor a perm i t to procu re an in sign ia from Ca ldwel l Com pan y wh ich they m igh t u se for exh i b i t i on pu rposes to show how the va r ious speci al pin s m igh t b e worn on the sam e r ibbonw i th the in sign ia . Moved by Mrs. Wood , seccoded by Mrs. Spraker. a n d ca rried. tha t therequest of Ba i ley, Ba n ks a nd B iddle to use

o u r i n sig n ia for

g ra n ted.

T he Presiden t Gen era l presen ted the re

qu est o f Ca ldwe l l Com pan y to b e co n sideredt he o ffi c ia l m aker o f the in sign ia , sta t in g tha tn ow the U n i ted S ta tes Con g ress had ren ewedthe paten t, t hey wou ld be respon sible for an yin fr in gem en t as fo rm erly, and she recom

m en ded tha t the i r request be gran ted : a lso tha ta s they had been offic ia l sta t ion ers for a n um

b er o f yea rs they b e perm i t ted to con t in u e i ntha t ca pac i ty : tha t she had con sidered the sta

t ion ery un n ecessa ri ly expen sive b u t a t her re

quest they had produced sam ples o f a chea perg ra de of pa per, wh ich cou ld be procu red i n the

Busin ess C i l ice. The Presiden t Gen era l sta tedtha t n o j ewe ler shou ld b e g ran ted the priv i leg eo f m ak in g sou ven i rs o f an y k in d un less theyagreed to g i ve a percen tage to the So c iety.

Moved by M iss Crowel l, secon ded by M rs.

H a l l, and ca rried, tha t Ca ldwell 6 ’ Com pa n ybe the Ofli ei al Jeweler for the i n sig n ia . a n d

the Ofli rt’

al S ta t i on er . of the N a t i on al S oci ety.M iss Rogers hav in g been sum m on ed to pre ‘

sen t her repo rt, the Presiden t Gen era l t e

fe rred to the m ot ion o f the T reasu rer Genera l rega rd in g the in crease of her fo rce. a n d

a f ter som e d iscussion i t wa s expla ine dby M issR ogers tha t the act ion i n the case o f the Reg

i strar Gen era l was taken beca use she had

m ade a requ isi tion for a c lerk, tha t as soon as

the T reasu rer Gen era l m ade a requ is it io n fo ra clerk the Bu i ld in g and Groun ds Com m i t teewou ld set un der way the n ecessa ry procedu retha t had been fo l lowed i n the case of the k eg

i strar Gen era l, tha t tem porary help was a lwa y sg ran ted i n any office a s soon as the N a t ion a lO li iccr m ade a requ isi t ion for su ch service.

M iss Rogers then read her repo rt a s Act in gCha i rm an o f Bu i ld in g a nd Groun ds Com m i ttee.

R eport of Bu i ldin g and Groun ds Comm i t teeMadam P residen t Gen era l a nd Mem bers o f

the N a t ion a l Board o f Man agem en t :The Bu i ld in g a n d Groun ds Com m i t tee re

ports tha t u pon lea r nin g o f the dea th o f Mrs.

T en n is S . H am l in , fi rst Chapla in Gen era l . ando f M rs. Aug usta D an forth Geer, H on o ra ryV ice Presiden t Gen era l, flowers were sen t forthei r fu nera ls, and the Com m i ttee there forerecom m en ds :T ha t the two bi l ls for flowers, on e for $10.

and the other for $1082 be pa id.T he Com m it tee a lso repor ts tha t a com m un ica t ion has been recei ved from the Ch i ldren o f

the Am erican R evo lu t ion , a sk in g i f the g i f tof a bird ba th, or sun d ia l . for the g rou n ds ofMem o ria l Con t in en ta l H a l l wou ld be desi rable .

T he Com m i ttee repl ied , sta t in g tha t i n the i rOpin ion th is wou ld b e a m ost a cceptable g i ft,b u t sugg est in g tha t plan s, a descript ion , and

fu l l deta i ls be sen t, to be subm i t ted to the

Art Cri t ics' Com m i ttee be fore an y m on ey i s

ex h i b i t i on pu rpose: be

N ATIONAL BOARD M IN U TES

expen ded. l’po n repo rt in g to the Art t'

r i t ics'

Com m ittee the co n ten ts o f the lette r sen t tothe Ch ildren o f the Am er ica n Revo lu t ion , theyheart i ly com m en ded o ttr act ion , and expressedthe w ish tha t those proposin g g i fts wou ld i nevery p ossible case fo l low th is plan .

The Com m i ttee repo rts fu rt her tha t Al f redLawson , the j a n ito r who was ca l led to serv icein the N a t io n a l Gua rd, re tu rn ed to h i s workhere on Oc tober lltlt . For the t im e tha t hewas away th is Soc ie ty pa id h im h i s regu la rsa lary. am o u n t ing to

The Com m i ttee reports tha t for econ om y’ssake a spe c ia l lam p has been placed i n the

onice o f the O rg an iz in g Secre ta ry Gen era l, tobe used o n da rk days when con su l t ing the

ca rd ca ta lo gu e . A lso spec ia l l ig h ts have beeni nsta l led i n the L ibra ry fo r the u se o f Mrs.

l 'ea ler, Gen ea log ist, when work in g at n ig h t.i n order to avo id u sing the en t i re i l lum in at ingpo wer o f the L ibra ry .

In the la st repo rt the Com m i ttee ca l led theatten t ion o f the Boa rd to the in crease i n the

cos t o f su ppl ies, espec ia l ly o f paper. S in cethen the p rices have co n sta n t ly in crea sed, andthe Com m i t tee ha s m ade every effo rt to obta inthe suppl ie s at as low a fig u re a s po ssible.

T he Com m it tee reports on the subjec t ofthe eleva to r, re ferred to i t by the N a t ion a lBoard o f Ma n agem en t, tha t the fo l low in gproposit io n s ha ve been reco vcd

1 . From the A . B . See E lectr ic E levator Com pa n y :

“For the sum o f two th ou san d, si x hu n dred

do l la rs, we w i l l fu rn ish and in sta l lon e of o u r

“A . B. S ec

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au tom a t ic pu sh ~bu ttonelevators co m ple te, i n the abo ve bu i ld in g , a s

ing the pre sen t car and gu ides, and m akin gthe necessa ry cha n ges to the bu i ld in g to ac

com m oda te o u r m a ch in e ; we to rem ove and

have the presen t hydrau l ic pum p in g e qu ipm en t,

all as in acco rdan ce w i th our prepo sal o f D e

cember l l , 19 16.

have in sta l led i n the Pan -Am ericanUn ion , the Sm i thso n ia n In st itu t ion , ( Toa s t a ndGeodet ic Su rvey. an d the Club, aswel l as a n um be r o f pri va te residen ces, thetype of pu s

-h but ton m ach ine wh ich we pro

pose to in sta l l i n Con t in en ta l H a l l .2. From the Ot is E leva to r Com pan y

“The presen t hydrau l ic eleva to r appa ra tu s

wi th the except io n o f the ca r and stee l gu idesi s to be rem oved and replaced w i th the m osttandem type o f au tom a t ic, push - bu t ton con

trol . electr ic, pa ssen ger e leva to r.“The propo sa l su bm itted w i l l g i ve pract i

ca lly an en t ire ly n ew e leva to r. T he co st w i l li t $22 75 .

”

Thisno ise.

"

Both com pan ies have subm itted fu l l spec ificat i on s. blue - prin t s. etc.

The Com m ittee rep orts tha t requ ests a re

O t io n ally recei ved fo r co pies o f reco rds

wo u ld el im in a te a ll object ion able

i rom the L in eag e Book. As these requestscom e to the L ibra ry. where the L in eage ltooksa re kept , i t has been su ggested by the L ibrarian ( i en eral tha t a ll such requests be tu rn edover to the L ibra ry and be sen t from tha to llice. the n om ina l charge of twen ty-five cen tsbein g m ade for each reco rd, a s th is i s the

am oun t cha rged for cop ies o f appl ica t io n pa

pers. The R eg ist ra r Gen era l favors th is su g

g est ion . T herefore, the Com m it tee recom

m en ds :Tha t all requests for copies of reco rds from

the L in eage Book be t t trn ed over to the L ib rari an Gen era l and be m ade in her ctlice

w ith a cha rge o f twen ty -five cen ts for eachrecord.The Com m it tee reports tha t an appl ica ti on

has been rece ived f rom our prin ter an d m es

sen ger, Lecou n t kn own as Lee,"

sta t in g tha t a t the beg in n in g o f h i s serviceshere, he was prom ised an in crease o f sa larywhen he be cam e an expert prin ter, tha t he hasfor som e t im e been able to do all th is wo rki n a sa t isfacto ry m an n er. a n d a skin g fo r th isin crease, tha t i s. fo r fi f ty do l la rs a m on th i nstead o f fo rty do l la rs. H e sta tes tha t he hasa fam i ly and i s g rea t ly in n eed o f th is m on ey .

The Com m i ttee has rece ived let ters f rom sev

era l N a t io n a l Oli i cers, m o st h ighly com m en di n g the prin t in g done by Lee i n thousan ds o f

cards, letterhea ds, c i rcu la rs, etc . and u rg in gthe Com m it tee to recom m en d th is ra ise i n hi ssa la ry. As m essen ger a n d i n a ll o ther workhe has proved to be m ost eti icien t and va luable. T here fo re, the Com m i ttee recom m en dsTha t the sa lary o f LeCo u n t \Noodson be

in creased from fo rty do l la rs to fi fty do l la rsa m on th, beg in n in g D ecem be r 1 , 19 16.The Com m i t tee desi res to sta te wha t i s wel lknown to m a n y m em b ers o f the Boa rd, n am e

ly, tha t as a Com m i ttee we ha ve n o power tom ake ru les or laws fo r the Soc iety , tha t wea re govem ed en t i rely by m les m ade by the

N a t io n a l Board o f Man agem en t, tha t our

du t ies con sist i n this rega rd i n m ere ly br ingi n g recom m en da t ion s to th is Body, wh ich i ntu rn , as i t sees fi t, rej ects ou r sug gest ion s or

ado pts them . and no t u n t i l then do ou r recom

m enda t i on s becom e laws. We have n o powerg i ven u s, by the sta tu tes or an y ru l in g, to

m ake laws for the govern in g o f any odi ce i n

the bu i ld in g, excep t i n the Bu sin ess O ffice,over wh ich by a ru l in g of the N a t ion a l Boa rdwe have j u r isd ict ion . T he presen t Com m it teeha s been m o st pu n ct i l iou s i n n ever trespa ssin gi n the sl ightest deg ree u pon the wo rk o f an yoffice. Ou r object has been to be as he l p fu las po ss ible i n the n um ero u s. a rdu ou s and frequen t ly di ti i cult l in es o f ou r leg i t im a te wo rk.

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.The adopt i on of the repor t of the Act i ngCha i rm an of the Bu i ld i n g an d Groun ds Camm i ttee was m oved by Mrs. Sm i th, secondedby Mrs. Sprake r. an d carried. The adopt i on

of the first recom m en da t ion of the Bu i ld i nga nd G rounds Com m i t tee ( tha t the two b illsfor flower: be pa id) was m oved by Mrs. Augsb u ry, secon ded by M iss McD u t

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i ee, and carr ied . The adopt i on of the secon d recom m en

da t i on of the Bu i ld i ng a nd Grou n ds Com m i ttee was m oved by M rs. Bosley, secon ded byMrs. D avis, an d carried. Moved by Mrs.

Brum b augh, secon ded by Mrs. Boy le, and ca rr ied. tha t recommenda t i on N o. 3 be adopted.

Mrs. Bosley m oved tha t a bon d be taken upfor paym en t of deb t on M em or i a l Con t i n en ta lH a l l, wh ich was secon ded by Mrs. D av is . A i

ter som e discu ss ion , and the s ta tem en t by the

P res iden t General tha t n o fun ds specifica l lyg iven for a ny other pu rpose cou ld he u sed forthe l iqu ida t ion o f the deb t on the H al l, them ot ion was pu t and carr ied .The Cha i rm an o f the Com m i t tee on Fin alPaym en t P l an , Mis s McD ufice , who was p resen t i n her capaci ty a s S tate Vice Regen t represen t i n g M ich igan du rin g the ab sen ce f romthe Board R oom for a short t im e o f the S ta teRegen t. Mrs. Wa it, was in trodu ced by the

Pres iden t Gen era l and asked the S tate R e

gen ts presen t to appo in t a t the ear l ies t bossi b lem om en t ‘

a cha irm an for the fin al paym en twork, sen d in g her the n am e an d address o fthe appo in tee. a n d she asked also that thechapte rs b e in teres ted as m u ch as poss ib le i nthe work for the n ex t m on th .

Mrs. Boyle p resen ted a t ri b u te adopted bythe Con n ect i cu t Chapter Regen t s to M i ss C laraLee Bowm an

,ex - Reg en t o i the Ka ther in e

Gay lord Chapter, ex - S ta te Vice R egen t o f

Con n ect icu t. a n d ear-Vice Pres iden t Gen eral ,who passed from pa in to the peace and j oyo f the h igher li te o n Octob e r 7. a n d a t r ib u teadopted by the S ta te Regen t 's Coun ci l to Mrs.

E l izabe th H atch Cu rt i s . who a t the t im e o f herdeath on N ovem be r 1 7, was serv in g a s Correspon din g Secretary for Con n ec t icu t , b oth 0 !

wh i ch tr ib u tes were tu rn ed over to the Ed i torto appear i n the n ex t i ssue o f the Rem em

b ran ce Book.

A let ter from the direc tor gen eral o f theM iss iss ipp i Cen ten n ial E xpos i t ion was read byMrs. Boyle. in v it ing the N at ion al Socie ty tohold the 19 18 m eet in g on the Mis s iss ippi Gu l fCoa s t ; also on e from the Bu s in ess Men

’ sC lu b Cham be r o f Com m erce o f Mem ph is w itha l ike in v itat ion for Mem ph i s for 19 1 7, wh ichthe P res iden t Gen e ral s ta ted wou ld have tohe re fer red to the n ex t Con g ress.The appeal from the Fran ci s Vigo Chapter

for he lp i n secu r in g the h is tor i c H arr i son m an

s ion a t Vin cen n es was al so presen ted by Mrs.

Boyle. and she was requested to express thesym pa thy o f the Board i n the proj ec t and to

convey i ts regrets tha t i t cou ld n ot g i ve m o resubstant ia l help.A letter was presented from the Rege nt of

the Mag ruder Chapter adv is ing the Board thatform er m em bers of the chapter. who had

w i thdrawn w i t h the form er chapter regent.wou ld no t resto re the i r du pl icate appl icat ionpapers to the fi les of the chapter o f wh ich theyhad first. becom e m em bers, a nd the requestwas m ade that unti l the retu rn o f th i s property o f the chapter these m em bers a t largebe proh ibi ted from j o in ing any o ther chapter.T he Reco rding Secretary Gene ra l was in

st ructed to w rite the designated m em be rs a t

large that unti l they com plied w i th the lawso f the Society they wou ld be debarred fromthe p riv i lege o f active serv ice.

At the request o f the Pres ident General,Mrs. Boyle read a docum ent re ferr ing to the

regu lation fo rm er ly in force that a ll vacanciesin the reg u la r a rm y occu rr ing a fter J une 30shal l b e saved for the g raduat ing class o f thenext fiscal year o f the M i l i tary Academ y, a ndask ing that th is regu lat ion be m ade in to a lawand appl ied to the vacancies occurr i ng underthe National De fense Act . as the fee l i ng was

qu ite general that the operat ion o f the H aybi l l wou ld wo rk a considerable hardsh ip to

the West Po int student s o f the class o f WWin pu tting in civ i l ians ahead of the m en who

had g i ven fou r years o f thei r l ives to the se

verest and m ost thorough training . T h i s wasre ferred to the Chairm an o f Leg i slat ion i n

U nited S tates Cong ress. a nd on m o t i on o f Mrs.Moody . seconded by Mrs. “al l . i t wa s carr ied.tha t thi s Boa rd g o on reco rd as b e in g i n sym

pa thy w i th the rcq n est of the West Po i n tcadets.

Mrs. D raper hav ing requested to appear topresent on e or two m at ters

,presented a proo f

o f the Magaz ine wh ich was to be ou t in two

days. a n d explained how she had en deavo redto g i ve every state a chance to be representedin the m agazine w i th an account o f the con

ference and a picture o f the S tate R egent.She al so desi red to read to the Board the re

v i sed ru les for the quer ies in the Genealog ica lD epartm ent wh ich she fe l t were n ow n eces

sary. inasm uch as the Board in the beg inninghad prescribe d the ru les at present in force.

Mrs. D raper re ferred al so to requests receivedby her f rom t im e to t im e fo r copies o f ex»

t ract s from books in the L ibrary wh ich she

fe l t shou ld be g ranted. an d desired perm i ssionto b e ab le to say that th is wo rk wou ld he doneon the paym ent of a certain sum . The Pres ident General no t ified Mrs. D raper that th i sm igh t com e under the sam e class as the re

quests for copies o f records in the L ineageBook an d be tu rned over to the L ibrarian General . The at tent ion o f the Board was cal ledto the condit i ons ex ist ing w i th regard to the

pu bl icat ion o f the Magaz ine where, throu ghn o fau l t o f her own , the edi tor had repeatedly

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at five or five and a ha l f per cen t , the am ountbe ing bo rrowed as i t i s needed and n o t to

exceed a total of fi fty thou sa nd do l lars. Mr.

Glover, the pres ident o f the R igg s Bank, whohas always been a valued friend to the Society,and the Am er ican Secu ri ty and T ru st Co .,

whose pres ident Mr. Bel l, has al so acco rdedevery considerat io n to our Society, w i l l m aketh i s loan on the no te o f the Socie ty. Th isloan w i l l be paid off at the rate of at leasttwo thou sand do l lars a m onth from the re

cei pts from advert i sem en ts and subscriptions.so the treasu ry of the Soci ety w i l l n ot bedra ined or cr ippled in any way by the i ssu ingo f the Magaz ine to al l our m em bers.I regret that the T reasu rer General has oh

liged m e to repo rt as to a certa in paym en tshe has m ade on the land back of Mem oria lCont inen ta l H al l . Ea rly in th i s adm in istrationfu l l au thori zat ion was gi ven by Cong ress a ndby the N ational Board to the President General to pu rchase, at the best po ss ible term s,the land adj acen t to the H al l.The fi rs t pu rchase o f lan d m ade by th i s ad

m in istrat ion was m ade at the lowest figu re atwh ich i t was ever o tI ered to us, nam ely,a square foo t. Th is first pu rchase requ i red anini t ial paym en t of on e thou san d do l lars, wh ichI person ally '

ra i sed th rough the generos i ty of

som e of our m em be rs. the rem ain ing paym ent swere aran ged for in a series of sm al l notes atfive per cen t.

\Vhen I learn ed that the second lo t of landcou ld be pu rchased at the rate of a squarefoo t, and at a st i ll lower price for the lo t sat the extrem e back. I accepted the offer andag reed to raise fi fteen hundred do l lars forthe firs t paym en t, wh ich I di d. aga in our m embers help ing m e loyal ly.

In these t ran sact ions I wou ld say there weren o expenses to the Socie ty, n o agents

‘ fees o rcom m i ss ions to anyone. so le ly the expen se o f

searc hing the t i tle to the land and the lawyer’s

fee s for draw ing up the papers.A fter the in i t ia l paym en t on th i s land the

rem a in ing paym en ts were arranged for so thatn o paym en t wou ld be requ ired for over a year,and then i n such sm al l am oun ts that theycou ld eas ily be pa id f rom the Society’s i ncom e. The notes i n this tran sact ion bore s i xper cen t.All of the papers drawn up and subm i tted to

m e carry ou t these term s o f sale. n o papershave ever been presented to m e in connect ionw i th the reduct ion o f the rates of interestwhich the T reasu rer General repo rts in hers tatem ent. I am told by t he T reasu rer Geno

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eral that she has si nce m ade an arrangem en t bywh ich these notes now draw five per cent.Last sum m er I rece ived a check for

w i th a reques t f rom the T reasu rer Genera lthat l countersign th i s check that i t m igh t beu sed to m ake a paym ent on the l and back o f

the H all. As I knew that n o notes on the landwere due or wou ld becom e due on th i s l andfor over a year I wro te the T rea su rer Generalthat I cou ld n ot counters ign the check an d I

advi sed her that I did n o t appro ve o f tak ingup these land no te s be fore they were due andwh i le there was s ti l l a debt upon our H all thatthe m em bers were work ing so val i an tly to w i peou t. In addi t ion to th is I have always beli eved that fun ds g i ven for a spec ific pu rpo sem ust be used for that pu rpo se alone and the

T reasu rer Gen eral s tates in her statem ent thatal l of the m oney she appl ied to the paym enton land notes was not g i ven for that pu rpose.

La ter I learned that no tw i th standing the

fact that m y predece sso r, Mrs. Scot t an d 1

had been cal led on to s ign al l checks drawnon the perm anent fund. the check, for wh ichthe T reasu rer General says she has been erit ici zed, had been drawn and the m oney paidon the land wi thou t m y s ignatu re, and I am

to ld was paid even be fo re the check was se ntto m e to countersign .

I am to ld that all T ru st Funds. such as th iso f the Society, shou ld be drawn on only bychecks b'earing two sign atu res. and I shou ldsu ppo se that thi s wou ld be des ired by thosewho are di rectly responsible. It i s proper thatou r transactions be con clud ed on the m o st conserva t i ve m ethods.The N at ional Account ing Co ., who haveaudi ted the Society's books for several years,advi sed that the checks o f the Soci ety be

countersign ed and the N ational Board of

Managem ent vo ted, n ineteen to on e, that thechecks drawn on the pe rm anen t and specialfunds be counters igned by the Pres iden t General as wel l as the T rea su rer Gen eral andthat the checks drawn on the cu rren t fund bes ign ed by the T reasu rer Genera l, counters ign ed by the Cha irm an of the F i nance Comm irtee, who is a mem ber of the N at ionalBoa rd.

I am confiden t that the m em bers o f theN ational Board o f Manag em ent in vo t ing asthey did were im pel led only w i th the h ighdes ire to m ee t the respo n s ibi l i ty of adm i n i s

ter ing a tru st fund w i th the u tm o st ca re andconservat i sm .

I am , fa ith fu l ly you rs,D AISY ALL EN Sm av.

Presi den t Gen eral.

Is On e alm e E n ou h for

You r

Allm em bers o f the Na t iona l Society of the Daughters of the AmericanRevo lu t ion i n good s ta ndi ng are en t i t led to receive the Maga z i ne. Thereare o f ten severa l m em be r s m on e f am i ly or househo ld. I t has been sugges ted that the sen di ng of m o re than on e copy i n to such fam i ly or hou seho ld i s a need less expen se. I t i s be t ter, however, to sen d too m an y cop iesthan to ha ve the magaz in e fa i l to reach an y m em be

would be a di s t i nct econom y to the N a tion a l Society to avo i d the sendi n g of unnecessa ry m agaz i nes , b u t such econom y can no t be rea l i zed w i thou tthe au thon ty and coopera t i on of ou r m em ber s .

A rev i s ion of the m a i l i ng l i s t i n accordance w ith th i s no t ice w i l l in n o

way affect the sta tus of m em bers.

The b lank p ri n ted below w i l l m ake i t ea sy for you to send no t i fica t ionto th is office of cases where a sa v i ng m ay be obta i ned i n the publ ica t ion ofthe maga z i ne.

You r coopera t ion i n m eet i ng FLORENCE G . FINCH .

th i s d i fficul ty i s u rgen t ly reques ted. Cha i rma n Magaz i n e Comm i ttee

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ldah“87 ; Rhode Island, 1 7 ; Sou th Caro l ina. 54 ;

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Vo lu m e 2 of THE REMEMBRANCE BOOK of the DAUGH TERS o f the AMERICANREVOLUTION ,Ja n u ary, 1 9 1 7 , i s n ow ready for di stri bu ti o n . Pri ce te n ce n ts, post

Th is b oo lt co n ta i n s a ll Ob i t u a n o tices rece ived by the Edi to r of the Ma ga zi n es i n ce Ju ly l . l9 l6. a rra nged a cco r i n g to sta tes a n d cha p t era.

a lso a l i st o f D ecea sed Mem be rs. w hose na m e s ha ve bee n repo rted to the Na ti on a lBoa rd o f Ma n a gem en t. s i n ce j u n e . ”16 .

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is n ow ready fo r di str i bu t i o n .

Price 35 cen ts. p o s ta ge addi t i o n a l .Th is re po rt. bes i de s re co u n t i n g t he m a n y n o ta ble a ch i evem e n ts o f the Na ti o n a l

c i e ty . fro m Oc to be r. | 9 l4 to O c to be r. l9 | 5 . co n ta i n s a l i s t o f 3.000 REVOLU TIONARY SOLD IERS w i th la ce o f bu ri a l. se rv i ce . a n d i n m a n y i n st a n ces fa m i ly da ta .

Th i s l i st ha s bee n com p ired w i th g rea t ca re . i s tho ro u gh ly i n dexed. a n d co n ta i n s n a m es

he re to fo re u nrepo rt ed.

Seve ra l fin e illu st ra t i o n s add to the va lu e o f the wo rk.No Cha pte r ca n a ffo rd t o b e w i tho u t a co py.

Vo lu m e X I .“of the LINEAGE BOOK N . S . D . A. R . i s o n sa le . Pri ce Posta ge

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H ad the Da u gh ters o f the Am e ri ca n Revo lu t i o n n o o ther c la im u po n the g ra t i tu deo f th e n a t i o n . the produ ct i o n of these Li n ea ge Bo o ks w o u ld a lon e en t i tle them to Na .

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UCH has been sa id and volum es

have been w ri t ten descr ib i ng a t

lengt h the ma ny k i nds of ba th s civ ili zed m an ha s i ndulged i n f rom t im e to

t ime. E very po s s ible resou rce of the hu~

m i nd ha s been b rough t in to play to fa sh ionn ew m ethods of ba th in g, b u t s t range a s i tm ay seem , the m o s t im port an t , a s wel l as

the m o s t beneficia l of all ba th s, the “In ter

n al Ba th,” ha s been gi ven l i t t le though t.

The rea son for th is i s probably due to thefact tha t few people seem to rea l ize the

t rem endous pa rt that i n tern a l ba th i ngplays i n the acqu iri ng and m a i n ta i n i ng of

hea lth.

If you were to a sk a dozen people to de

u n e an i n tern al ba th , you would have a sm any d ifferen t defin i t ions, and the p robab i l i ty i s tha t n ot on e o f them wou ld be

co rrect . To avo id any m i sconcep t ion a s towha t const i tu tes an i n te rna l ba th , let i t besa id tha t a hot -wa ter enem a i s n o m ore an

i n tern a l bath tha n a b i l l of f a re i s a di n ner.If i t were po s s ible and agreeable to take

the great m a s s of th i nk i ng people to w i tne s s an average po s t - m o rtem , the s igh t sthey wou ld see and the th i ngs they wou ldlea rn would p rove o f such la s t i ng benefitand im pre ss them so p ro fou ndly tha t fu rthe r a rgu m en t i n favo r of i n tern a l ba th i ngwould be unneces sa ry to con v i nce them .

U n fo rtun a te ly, however, i t i s n ot poss ibleto do th i s , profi tab le a s such an experi encewould doub tles s prove to be . There i s,then , on ly on e o ther way to get th i s i nfo rm a t i on i n to the i r ha nds, and that i s by

acqu a in t i ng them w i th such kn owledge asw i l l enable them to appreci a te the va lue ofth i s long sough t for, hea l th producin gn eces s i ty.

Few people rea l ize wha t a very l i ttleth i ng i s necessary som et im es to im provethe i r phy s ica l cond i t ion . Also, they ha vea lm os t no concep t io n of how a l i tt le care

le s snes s, i n difi'

eren ce or neglec t ca n be thefundam en ta l cause of the m os t vi ru len tdi sea se . For i n s ta nce, tha t u n iversa l di so rde r from wh ich a lm os t a l l hum a n i ty i ssufi

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eri ng , known a s“con s t ipa t ion,

" “au to

i n tox ica t ion ," “au to- i nfect ion, and a m ul

t i tude of o the r term s, i s n ot on ly cu rableb u t p reven t able th rough the con s i s ten t

pract ice of i n tern a l ba th i ng.

H ow m any people rea l ize tha t n orma l

fu nct ion i ng of the bowel s and a clean i n ;

test i n al t ract m ake i t im possible to becomes ick ? "

Man of today i s on ly fi fty per cen teli i cien t . Reduced to s im ple E ngl i sh , th i s

m eans that m ost m en are t ry i ng to do a

m a n’s port ion of work on ha lf a m an '

s

power. Th i s appl ie s equa l ly to wom en .

Th at i t i s im po s s ib le to con ti nue to do

th i s i ndefin i tely m u s t be appa ren t to a l l .

N a tu re never i n ten ded the del ica te hum ano rga n i sm to be opera ted on a hundred per

cen t overload. A m ach i ne could n ot

s tan d th is and n ot b rea k down , and the

body certa i n ly ca nno t do m ore than a m a

ch i ne . There i s en t i rely too m uch u n necessary and avo idable sickn e s s i n the wor ld.

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H ow m any people can you n am e, i n cl ud

i ng you r se l f, who are phy s ica l ly v igo rous,hea l thy, and s t rong? The num be r i s appa lli ngly sma l l .

It i s n ot a com plex m a t ter to keep i ncondi t ion , bu t i t takes a l i t t le t im e

, and i n

the se s t renuou s day s people have t im e to do‘

everyt h i ng else neces sa ry for the a t ta i n

m en t of happ i nes s bu t the m o s t es sen t i a l

th i ng o f a l l— tha t of giv i ng thei r bod iesthe i r p rope r care.

\Vou ld you bel ieve tha t five to ten m i nu tes of t im e devo ted to sy s tem a t ic i n terna lbath in g ca n m ake you hea l thy an d m a i n

ta i n you r phy s ica l efficiency i ndefin i tely ?Gra n t i ng tha t such a s im ple p rocedure a s

th i s w i l l do wha t i s cla im ed for i t , i s i t n ot

wo rth wh i le to lea rn m ore abou t tha t wh ichw i l l accom pl i sh th i s en d ? In terna l ba th i ngw i l l do th i s, a nd i t w i l l do i t for people

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of a l l age s an d i n a l l cond i t ion s of heal th

and d isease .

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say, how im po rt a n t i t i s to keep the bodyf ree from accum u la ted body-wa ste (po i s

on s) . The i r do i ng so wou ld preven t theabsorp t io n i n to the blood of the po i sonou sexcret ion s of the body , and hea l th wou ld

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plex ion clean , you r m i nd keen , you r bloodp res su re norm a l , you r nerves relaxed, andbe ab le to en joy th e v igo r of you th i n you rdecl i n i ng yea r s , p ract ice i n terna l ba th i ngand begi n to—day.

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3 O lson !WhyWron g Eatin g i s Respon sible for More Sickn ess than An y Other

Ca use. How R ight Ea ti n g Rem oves the Ca use of S ickn ess.

By Art h u r Tru e Bu swell, M . D .

N ot long ago I had a ta l kw i th Eugene Ch ri st ian , thenoted food scien ti st, and hetold me of som e of h i s ex

peri ences i n the t reatm ent ofdi sea se th rough food. Incidenta l ly Eugene Ch ri st i anhas persona l ly t reated over

people for alm ostevery non -o rgan ic a i lm en t known w i th a i

most u nva ri ed success. An en v i ab le recordwhen on e con s iders that people nea rly al

ways go to h im a fter every other knownm ethodh as fa i led.

On e case wh i ch i nterested me great ly wasthat of a youn g busin ess m an whose cfh

ci en cy had been pract ica l ly wrecked throughstom ach acidi ty, ferm en tat ion , and const i

pa t i on , resu l t i ng i n phys ica l s lugg i shn esswh ich was natu ra l ly reflected i n h i s abi l i tyto use h i s m i nd. H e was twen ty poun dsunderweigh t when he first wen t to see Ch ri st i an an d was so n ervou s he couldn ’t s leep.

Stom ach an d i n test i na l gases were so severethat they cau sed i rregular hea rt act ion and

o ften fits of grea t m en ta l depress ion . As

Chr ist ian describes i t , he was n ot 50 per

cen t efii ci en t e i ther men ta l ly or phys ica l ly.

Yet i n a few days, by fol lowi ng Ch ri st ian '

ssugges ti ons as to food, h i s cons tipat ion hadcom pletely gone, a l though he had form erlybeen i n the hab i t of tak i ng la rge da i ly dosesof a stron g cathart ic. I n five weeks everyabnorm a l sym ptom had di sappea red— h i swei gh t hav i ng i ncrea sed 6 lbs . In addi t ionto th i s he acqu i red a store of phys ica l andm enta l energy 50 grea t i n com pa ri son wi thh i s former sel f as to a lm ost bel ie the factthat i t was the sam e m an .

Amway: m en t ion DAUGlt l s or w e Ast u te“ Ravow r ton “m ai n s when wri ti ng to advert isers.

An other i nstance of what . proper foodcom b i na t ions can do was that of_a m an on e

hu ndred pou nds overwe igh t whose on lyo ther di scom fort was rheum ati sm . T h i sm an ’s g reates t pleasu re i n l i fe was eat i ng.

Though convi nced of the necess i ty, he hes itated for m onths to go under trea tm ent , believi ng he wou ld be depri ved of the pleasu resof the tab le. H e fi na l ly, however, decidedto t ry i t ou t. N ot on ly did he beg i n los i ngweigh t at once, qu ickly rega i n i ng hi s norm a lfigu re , a l l s igns of rheum at i sm di sappeari n g, b u t he fou nd the n ew diet far m ore de

li ci ou s to the taste and afforded a m uchkeener qu a l i ty of en joymen t than h i s old

m ethod of ea t i ng and wrote Chri st i an a let~ter to that effect.

Bu t perhaps the m o st i n teres t i ng case tha‘

Ch ri st ian toldm e ofwas t ha t of a m u l t i -m i llion a i reh a m an 70 yea rs old who had beentrave l l i ng w i th h i s doctor for several yea rsi n a search for hea l th . H e was extrem elyem aci ated,

had ch ron ic const ipa tion , lumbago, and rheum at i sm . For over twen tyyears he had sufi

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ered wi th stom ach and i ntest i n al t rou ble, wh ich i n rea l i ty was superaci duou s secret ions i n the stom ach . T he firs tmen u s g iven h im were des igned to removethe cau ses of acidi ty; wh ich was accom

pli shed i n abou t th i rty days . And a fter th i swas done he seem ed to u ndergo a com pleterejuvenat ion . H i s eyes igh t, hea ri ng , t astean d a l l of h i s m en ta l facu l t ies became keenerand m ore a lert . H e had had n o organ i ct rouble—bu t he was s ta rvi ng to dea th f romm a lnu t ri t ion and decom posi t ion— a l l cau sedby the wrong se lect ion an d com b i nat ion offoods. After s i x m onths’ t rea tm ent th i s manwas as wel l and strong as he had ever beeni n h i s l i fe.

Those i nstances of the efficacy of righ t ea t ta in actu al men us for break fast,luncheon ,

i n g I have s im ply chosen at ran dom from and di nner, cu ra t ive as wel l as correct ive,perhaps a dozen Eugene Chri st ian to ld m e coveri ng every condi t ion of hea l th and s ickof, and they appl ied to as m an y di fferen t ai l ness from i n fancy to old age and for all oc

m en t s. Su rely th i s m an Chri s ti an i s do i ng a cupa t ions, cl im ates, and

grea t work.

I know of severa l i n stances where r ichm en an d wom en have been '

so plea sed w i th.

wha t he has done for them that they havesen t h im checks for $500 or $1000 i n addit ion to the am ou nt of the b i l l when pay i ng

Food i s the fuel of the hum an system , yet

some of the com bi nat ion s of food we pu t i n toou r system s are as dangerou s as dyn am i te,soggy wood, and a li t tle coa l wou ld be i n afu rn aceh - and ju st abou t as effect ive. 1 5 i tany wonder that the average l i fe of m an to

day i s b u t 39 years— an d that di seases of thestom ach , li ver, a nd k idn eys have i ncrea sed103 per cen t du ri ng the past few years?

There have been so m an y i nqu i ries fromall pa rts of the U n i ted States from peopleseeki ng th e ben efi t of Eugene Ch ri st i an

’s advice and whose ca ses he i s un able to handlepersona l ly that he has wri tten a l i tt le cou rseof lessons wh ich te l l s you exact ly what to eatfor hea l th , s t rength , and efficiency. Th i scou rse i s pu bl i shed by T heCorrect ive E a ti ngSoci ety of N ew York .

These lesson s ( there are 24 of them ) con

f lu t e cli p o u t a n d m a i l th e followi n g fo rm i n s tead of

wr i t i n g a le t ter, a th is In a copy o f th e o ffic i al bla nk

ado p ted by the S oc i e ty a n d wi ll b e ho n o red a t o n ce .

CORR E CT IVE EAT ING SOCIETY,D ep t. 75 2, 460 Four th Aven ue, N ew Yo rk Ci ty.

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Wi th these lessons at hand i t i s just asthough you were i n persona l contact wi th thegreat food speci a l i st, because every poss i b lepoi n t i s so thoroughly covered that you can

scarcely th i nk of a ques t ion wh ich i sn ’t answered. You can sta rt ea t i ng the very th i ngsthat w i l l produce the i ncreased phys ica l andmen ta l en ergy you are seek i ng the day yourecei ve the lesson s , and you w i l l fin d thatvou secure resul ts wi th the fi rst meal.I f you would l ike to exam i ne these 24 L i t

tle L essons i n Correct ive Eat i ng, s im plywri te The Correct ive Eat i ng Society, D epartm en t 75 2 , 460 Fou rth Aven ue, N ew YorkCi ty. I t i s n ot necessary to enclose anym oney wi th you r request . Merely ask themto send the les sons on five days’ t ri a l wi ththe unders tandi ng that you w i l l e i ther retu rnthem w i th i n that t ime or rem i t the

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Few hou ses have had a m o re i n teres ti ng h i s to r ica l e xpe r ience than ha s the

Jum e l m an s io n o f N ew Yo rk . In 1 903,

the Ci ty act i ng upo n the sugge s t ion of

represen ta t i ves f ront the Wa sh i ng tonH e igh t s , Kn ickerbocker , Manha t ta n , a ndMa ry \Va sh i ngt on Colon ia l Chapters ,pu rcha sed the prope rty for and

later the cu s tody o f the Man s ion was

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Am er ica n Revo lu t ion .

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Chapter m ee t i ng s . The o ther Chapte rshave fu rn i shed di ff eren t room s w i th ra reCo lon ia l fu rn i tu re. On e room i s be i ngfi l led w i th th i ngs excava ted, n ot f rontE t ru r i a n or Mycenae, bu t from the grea tc i ty wh ich n ow su rrou nds the Man s ion .

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rowheads, jewel ry, co i n s , H es s i a n cooki ng u ten s i l s , p i n s, swords . m eda l s , etc.

Mr. W. L a n ier Wa sh i ngt on‘ ha s loa nedh i s va luable Wash i ngton ia n Col lect i on tothe As socia t ion , and i t occup ie s severa l

The house, st and ing on the sum m i t ofH a r lem H eigh t s , i s a n oble and spaciou sCo lon ia l m a n s ion w i th a grea t ha l lth rough the cen ter , a nd w i th di n i ng rooma nd par lo rs ( n ow m u seum room s ) on

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a m ahogany s ta i rcase leads tothe upper s to r ies . D i rect ly oppo s i te thes i ngu la r ly beau t i ful gla s s doo rway i s theg rea t oblong octagon draw i ng room .

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com ed v i s i to r s for m ore than on e hu n

dred a nd fi f ty yea r s , an d wha t a ho s t ofd i s t i ngu i shed people have cro s sed tha tst ately colon nade and pa s sed th rough thecolored gla ss doo rway ! The fi r s t Chatela i n e wa s the bri de o f Roger Mor ri s .tha t beau t i fu l Ma ry Ph i l ipse whom\Vash ingto n had wooed i n va i n . The

Mo r r i s hou se becam e the cente r of m a nysoci a l act iv i t ies . At the b reak i ng ou t ofthe Revolu t ion Col. Mo rri s , be i ng a

s tau nch To ry , was fo rced to flee f romthe m an s ion w i th h i s w i fe a nd ch i ldren ,a nd la te r sa i led for E ng land.

I t was on e of the s t range fo rtu nes ofwar wh ich brough t , on the l6th o f Septem ber, 1776, Gen . Wa sh i ngton w i th h i sA ides acro s s tha t po r t ico to t ake po s sess ion of the m an s ion a s h i s M i l i tary H eadqu a rter s .The grea t d raw in g room n ow becam e

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H es s i a n T roops m a rched acro s s the po rt ico, and t ak i ng po s ses s ion o f the m an

si on , he ld i t un t i l the evacua t ion of New

A f ter the war the hom e pa s sedth rough va riou s hands . At on e t im e i tbecam e a tavern . \Va sh i ngto n— thenpres iden t—e n te r ta i ned a pa rty o f h i s cabi net officer s an d ladies a t di n ner there.

Few o ther D . A. R . hou ses ca n boa s t o fa di n i ng room whe re Wa sh i ngton , JohnAdam s, Thom a s Jefl'erson , Alex ande rH am i l ton and the i r w ive s have di ned .

A f ter m any changes o f owner sh ip, i n1810 S tephen Jum el , a ri ch French m er

cha n t bough t the hou se, and i t becam e

known as the j um el Man s ion . H e re

s tored i t to i t s o r ig i n a l be au ty . H e hopedto give i t to N apoleon Bonapa rte fo r ahom e . a nd wen t to France i n h i s own sh ipto br i ng the grea t Frenchm a n to Am er ica . Al though the E m pero r was unableto accep t thei r hospi ta l i ty Mon s ieu r andMadam e Jum el gai ned the fr iendsh ip o fthe Bonapa rtes .Madam e j um e l en te rta ined m o s t lav

i shly . L ike a queen she recei ved hergu est s sea ted on a da i s i n the grea t drawi ng room . She rode i n a Co lon ia l yel lowcoach an d fou r w ith po s t i l l ion s . S tephen

Pu tnam ’

s H eadqua rter:

Jum el died i n 1832 and on e day i n j ul yo f the nex t yea r, Aa ron Bu r r , w i th thesam e clergym a n who had per fo rm ed the

marriage cerem ony for h im fi f ty yea r sbe fore, cam e th rough the co lo red doo rway. and i n the we s t tea room was m ar

r ied to Madam e j um el . T ru ly th i s m ans ion i s l ike the fou n t a i n o f T rev i , forwhoeve r once v i s i t s i t , a nd see s h i s im agereflected the re, i s bound som e t im e to

com e b ack aga i n . Tha t Aa ron Bu rr afew m on th s late r pa s sed ou t o f that h i sto ric doo rway to re tu rn n o m o re, be longsto h i s s to ry a nd n ot to tha t o f t he old

wh i te m an s ion .

Acro s s the shadow s of the fou r pi l la rscame m any o f the grea t w ri te rs o f the

t im e, Jam e s l‘arton, Geo rge Bancro f t ,Ben son L o s s i ng, N a than ie l \Vi lli s ando thers . I t was i n t h i s hou se tha t Fr i tzGreen H a l leck w ro te Ma rco

’

Bozari s.

Madam e Jum el a nd her he i r s kep t them an s ion u n t i l 1887 when i t was so ld.

L a ter i t was ca l led E a r le's Cou rt , i t s la sti ndiv idu a l owne r be i ng Mrs. F. P . Ea r le.

N ow,u nde r the m anagem en t of the

H eadqu a rte rs As soc i a t ion th i s t ruly h i sto r ic hou se i s open da i ly, and i t s wea l tho f rom ance a nd a n t iqu i t ies del igh t s i tsm a ny v i s i tors.

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Two th i ngs are comm on to a l l D . A. R .

hou se s, the grea t flag s taff be fo re the

doo r f rom wh ich , du r ing the t im e the

house i s open to v i s i tors, the flag floa t s .a nd a f ramed Decla ra t ion o f Independ

ence hangi ng i n ha l l or pa r lo r. Ou t i nf ron t swi ngi ng f rom t ree, pole, or s ideof hou se we o f ten found m o s t a rt i s t icChap te r s ign s . A beau t i fu l w rough t i rons ign sw i ngs i n f ron t of the Pu t nam H i l lChapter H ou se i n Greenw ich , Conn .

Th i s Chapter, i n 1903, bough t the houseu sed by Genera l I s rael Pu t n am i n 1779a s h i s H eadqu a rter s . I t i s a sh i ngledf ram e two s tory hou se pa i n ted a l igh t yellow w i th so l i d green shu t ter s . I t s ta ndsi n a la rge wel l kept ya rd, shaded w i thgrea t elm , m aple a nd locu s t t rees. We

saw the re grea t po s s ib i l i t ies for ga rdenfetes, teas and pagea n ts.

As we leaned over the upper ha l f of

the old D u tch doo r a f ter sou ndi ng the

kn ocker , we saw on the wa l l an i llum ima ted D ecla ra t ion ; and a n old gra ndfathe r’s clock i n the ha l l co r ner gree tedu s w i th the hou r.The ca ret ake r l ives i n a s tone addi t io n

to the o rigi na l house, and her l i t t ledaugh ter esco r ted u s over the hou se, andtold us the s to ry of the sla t - back cha i r s .the h igh boy s , the m i rror s , and the old

fa sh ioned land scape wa l l pape r . The tea

room i s bles sed w i th two co rner eupboa rds hav i ng gla s s doo rs, beh i nd wh ichsh i ne old pew ter , lu s ter, and B r i t an n i awa re. Be tween the cupboa rds a nd dom in a t i ng the who le room i s a po rt ra i t ofI s rael Pu t nam— the ma n who knew n ot

fea r . \Vha t th r i l l i ng h i s to ry th i s m a n

ha s m ade for u s ! One of th i r teen ch i ldren , and the fathe r of ten he looked a tl i fe’s difii cult problem s w i th absolu tecou ra ge. H e was n ot foo l - ha rdy, b u t heneve r hes i ta ted to do the need fu l th i ngwha tever the haza rd. H e faced the wo l f ,the I ndi a n ’s s take, the gu npowder keg ,the adva nc i ng enem y w i th never athough t of ret rea t or de fea t . H e hadwon h i s spu rs du r i ng the Colon i a l wa rs .H e was 57 yea r s old when he le f t tha thi stor ic plow s t andi ng i n the fu r row . a n d

m oun t i ng a hor se s ta rted off to Sp read

the a la rm i ng t idi ngs and to offer h i sse rv ices to h i s own coun try .

We looked ou t of the w i ndow wh ichtradi t ion say s was the on e th rough wh ichthe Gene ra l . wh i le shav in g, saw the red

coat s of t he Br i t i sh approach i ng the

hou se, a nd qu ick ly ra l ly i ng h i s m en , he

ou tw i t ted the enem y and m ade h i s leapi n to h i s to ry .

Pu tn am H i ll

A f te r leav i ng the qua i n t old Chapterhou se we wa lked a lo ng l

‘n tu am Avenuet i l l we reached the top o f the h i l l f romwh ich the Gene ra l m ade h i s leap .

The Pu t nam llill Chapter'ha s placed

he re a grea t m em o r ia l s tone bea r ing ab ron ze t ablet to the glo ry o f the m an who

da red “to lead where n ot one of m a ny

hu ndred foes da red to fol low.

”The h i l l

has been som ewha t cu t away to fo rm aroad tha t leads down i n to the va l ley b eyond . bu t m any of the old rough s to nesteps a re s t i l l there. So we cl im bed downthe m o s s - covered and fem - befringed red

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We stayed a long t im e i n tha t old

schoo l room , look i ng ove r i t s t rea su res,and l i s ten i ng to the gen t le cu s tod ia n

’s stor ies of the m a r ty r schoo l m a s ter . We

D . A . R .

’

s and S . A. R .

’

s are born herowor sh ippe r s, and a s a pa rt of tha t wo r sh ipwe erect sta tues to the m em o ry of ou r

he roe s . Though n o po rt ra i t o f N a th anH a le ex i s ts, yet the you th fulnes s, the

cou rage, the ca lm ne s s o f H a le a s he u t

tered h i s la s t m em o rable words—“I on ly

regret tha t I have b u t on e l i fe to lo se form y cou n t ry, a re idea l ly po rt rayed by thescu lpto r s . The N a than H a le Chap terD . A. R . o f S t . Pau l ha s pl aced \Vi lli amOrdway Pa r t ri dge

’s s ta tue of the m a rty rwa lk i ng to the sca ffo ld i n on e of the

pa rk s of tha t ci ty . We had seen Mae

m on n ie'

s fi ne s ta tue o f H a le i n f ron t ofthe Ci ty H a l l i n N ew York , an d we m adea speci a l t rip to N ew H aven to see BelaPra t t 's bron ze s ta tue o f our schoo l m as

ter s ta ndi ng i n f ron t o f the old red Con

n ect icu t H a l l .We were glad to lea rn tha t a t Paw

tucket, Rhode I s land, there wa s a hou seowned by ou r D augh te rs , for the nam ehad pu zzled u s s i nce ou r ea r ly Geography day s . So , when the t ro l ley s toppeda t the civ ic cen te r o f l

’awtucket , we

a l igh ted and findi ng ou r u su a l i n fo rm at ion bu reau— the po l i te po l icem an— wepl ied h im w i th qu es t ion s and lea rned tha tPawtucke t i s a n I ndi an nam e m ea n i ngfa l l s of wa te r, tha t by the s ide o f thesefa l l s Sam ue l S la te r e rected i n 1 790 the

fi r s t co t ton m i l l i n th i s cou n t ry, a n d tha tthe Dagget Hou se owned by the D . A. R .

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s

D agget H ouse

wa s som e two m i le s ou t i n the S laterMem ori a l Pa rk .

Fol lowi ng h i s di rect ion s we p resen t lya r ri ved a t the beau t i ful S late r Pa rk .

There a t the edge of a l i t t le lake we

fou nd a la rge f ram e bu i lding wh ich hadthe fo l low i ng placa rd na i led to the wh i teclapboa rdsD agget H ouse E rected 1685 Rem od

eled 1790 R epa i red i n 1905 by The Pawtueket Chapter D a ugh ters of the Am erican R evolu t ion As a m em ori al to thei r

R evolu t iona ry An cestors a nd the Brave

Pa t r i ots of 1776.

Bu t i n va i n did we sound the b ra s sknocke r a t the f ron t doo r, and i n va i ndid we r i ng a t the rea r doo r . The m an

cu t t i ng the gra s s nea r by cou ld gi ve u sn o i n fo rm a t ion a s to the ca ret ake r. andthe m e rry -

go- rou nd m an who sa t di sco n

so la te by the s ide o f h i s em pty and qu ie twheel o f plea su re. on ly sadly shoo k h i shead when we a sked h im how we cou ld

get i n to the hou se. So we took p ictu reso f the old hou se, and o f the canoe s floa ti ng idly i n the s t i l l water s o f the lake, ando f the go rgeou s blu e fleu r de l i s grow i nga t the wa te r

’s edge, an d we re ju s t s ta rti ng to re tu rn to the c i ty , when down theroad cam e a grea t crowd of ch i ldren . A

schoo l p icn ic was on , a nd a t once the

who le a tm o sphere o f the pa rk was

changed. O n e gra s s cu t ter ca l led ou t to

h i s com pa n ion ,“Oh , dang i t a l l , he re

com e the k ids . I’l l have to go an d u n lock

tho se sw i ngs a s every d ra t ted you ngs te rw i l l wan t to have a sw i ng. Bu t the

m er ry -

go- rou nd m an saw pro spect ive

n ickel s . H i s face was beam i ng a s hes ta rted h i s whee l s i n m o t ion . And we

m arched ou t o f the Pa rk keep i ng s tepw i th h i s ga i ly pa i n ted s teeds i n the i r m adwh i r l .

\Ve wen t one day from Bos ton to Med

fo rd to see wha t was once con s idered thefi nes t m an s ion i n N orth Am e ri ca . I t wasrebu i l t f rom a n old bri ck farm hou se i n1732 by Col. I saac Roya l l , a wea l thy\Nes t Indi a m ercha n t . H e ra i sed i t toth ree s to r ies and deco ra ted the i n te rio rw i th panel i ng and m uch hand ca rv i ng. A .

D It ll' II eC b v ( a

SOME D . A . R . H OMES

R oyallH ouse.

l i t tle to the sou th o f the ma n s ion he bu i l ta large hou se for h i s twen ty - seven blacks la ves . The R oya l l s we re To r ie s, and a tthe ou tbrea k of the Revolu t iona ry warthey fled from th i s hou se wh ich was confi sca ted b y the Com m onwea l th o f Ma ssachuset ts. D u r i ng the s ieg e of Bos ton i tbecam e th e headqu arte r s o f Gen . Joh nS ta rk. A f te r the war the hou se l ived on

for a hun d red yea rs under on e ownerand a no the r . I t s th ick brick wa l l s andfou r m a s s i ve ch im neys nobly w i th s toodthe bu ffe t s o f t im e. I n 1901 i t was pu rcha sed by the Roya l l H ou se As soc i a t ion .

Severa l D . A. R . Chap ter s con t r ibu tedtow ard the pu rchas i ng fund.

The Sa ra h Brad lee Ful ton Chapterren t s the la rge a s sem bly room i n the s laveannex . R oom s i n the m an s ion have beenfu rn i shed by the Sa rah Brad lee Fu l ton ,Bo s ton Tea Pa r ty

,Joh n H ancock , and

M i nu te Men C hapter s . The hou se i s

u sed a s a m useum , and for pa t rio t ic and

educa t io na l pu rpo ses .We en tered the old sl ave qu a rter s fi r s t .

In the grea t k i tchen we re di splayed m a nyo f the cu l i nary u ten s i l s of a hundredyea rs ago . The large ra f tered ha l l adjo i n i ng i s the a ssem bly room of the SarahBradlee Ful ton Chap ter .S a rah m el ted her p reciou s pew ter to

m ake Revo lu t iona ry bu l let s , an d helpeda r ray her fa the r and bro ther i n war pa i n tand fea ther s for the fi r s t rea l Bo s ton TeaPa rty . On e of the ches t s th rown overboa rd tha t m em o rable day has, i n som em i racu lou s way, been pre served, and i sa t rea su red rel ic i n the Bo ston Tea Pa rtyroom of the house.

Cros s i ng a l i t t le cou rt ya rd we en teredthe s ta tely m an s ion . A grea t wa i nsco tedha l l run s d i rect ly th rough the cen ter ofthe hou se. The s ta i rca se, a m os t bea u t iful Colon ia l type w i th ha nd carved ba lu st rades, r i ses i n on e s t ra igh t sweep. I ti s so pe r fect tha t a rch i tec t s com e here tocopy i t s exact propo r t ion s . Ou r ciceronetold u s tha t twen ty - on e bri da l pa rt ieshave com e dow n tha t s ta i rca se.

The two draw i ng room s on the northare a l so a rch i tectu ra l gem s . T hey a re

pa neled co the ce i l i ng. the panel s be i ng ofsi ngle p ieces, som e o f them a fu l l ya rd i nbreadth . The w i ndow s on each s ide of

the fi replace a re beh i nd grea t ca rveda rches . The wa l l s a re so th ick tha t everyw i ndow ha s a deep m ahoga ny coveredw i ndow sea t . I n one o f these w i ndowsea t s tradi t ion says tha t S i r H a rryFrankland cou rted the fa i r Agn es Su rrage. E very room ha s a fi replace w i thwondrou s old D u tch blue or Mulber ryt i le s . On e fi replace ha s s ix ty - th ree t i les— eaeh a di fferen t B ibl ica l scene— the

th i rd t i le po rt ray i ng Ca in k i l l i ng Abe lwi th h i s le f t hand.

There are m any p ieces o f old rare fu rn i ture i n th i s m an s ion , a rea l p ie cru s tt ip table, a n exqu i s i te Qu een An ne dayb ed, a genu i ne pl um puddi ng low- b oy.

By the grea t k i tchen fi replace i s a n old

m onk’

s penance cha i r, tha t two- i n - on e

a tl'

a i r where i n the m onk could s i t a nd,

ho ld h i s p rayer - book in h i s b asasfatrbyr

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Georg ian Cou rt D oorway

tu rn ing the back of the cha i r down havea din i ng table a t wh ich he i s ob l iged tostand. In nei the r po s i t ion i s b e qu i tecomfo r table, a s com plete ea se o f the bodywasn ot con s ide red good for the sou l .

All of these a r t icle s have been gi ven orloaded by di ti eren t D augh te r s o r Chapter s. Wh i le we we re there a lady cam ei n w i th severa l very old qu a i n t s i l verspoo n s wh ich she p resen ted to the hou se.

The a rt i stocrat ic m an s ion graciou s lyrece ives the m odern p i lgrim s of to- day i nt ravel i ng dres s an d s tou t wa lk i ng shoe s ,and m eekly pocket s the twen ty - five cen t sadm i s s ion fee. Bu t I know i t dream s t e

gret fully of long ago when the coach a ndfou r cam e wh i r l i ng rou n d to the Geor

gian Cou rt doo rway and fa i r l adies an dgen t lem en i n brocaded s i lk s , powderedw igs, and s i lver shoe buckles en tered tom ake m er ry w i th i n i t s pr i ncely wa l l s .The Mol l y Varnum Chap te r o f L owel l ,

Ma ss ,own s a n old h i s tor ic hou se. I t

wa s bu i l t i n 1760 . I t i s set close to thes t reet, bu t ha s a fin e '

ya rd a t the rea rover look ing the Merr im ac r ive r . FiveRevo lu t iona ry so ldie rs have a t di fl’

eren

t im es l ived here. At on e t im e i t wa s u sedfor a ta vern , and the taproom i s on e of

the plea sa n tes t in the hou se. The m an telover the fi replace holds a m o s t cha rm i ngdi splay of old pewter .There are n i ne fi replaces i n th i s hou se.

The on e i n the squ a re f ron t ha l l ha s theblack H es s i a n andi ro n s tha t ou r revolu

t ionary heroes so loved to Sp i t uponOver th i s m an tel han g s a f ram ed l ist ofthe days we celebra te . Les t we fo rget , Itlzink the l i s t i s good for every hom e.

L i n coln’

s B i r thday, Feb . 1 2 :Wachi ngt i on

’

; B i r thday, Feb . 22 ; Pa tri ots" D ay,

Apr i l 19 ; lllcm or ial D ay. May 30 ; FlagD ay.Ju n e 14 ; Bu nke r I -I i llD ay .Ju ne 1 7I n dependen ce D ay, July 4 ; Colum b us

D ay, Oct. 1 2 ; Forefa thers’D ay, D ec. 2 1 .

The Spoldi ng H ouse, LowethM arsfio

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The Oliver Ellsw orth H om estead.

room whe re , a s on e so u rce o f revenu e,the D augh ter s serve tea eve ry a f te rnoon .

( )n the seco nd floo r a re se ve ra l res troom s , cloak room s

,a da i n ty old t im e

Ladies’

Powder Room , and the la rgeChap ter room capable o f ho ldi ng m o rethan the i r 2 10 m em be r s .The Pa i ne fam i ly have k i ndly a l lowed

som e of the i r fu rn ish i ng s to rem a i n i nthe hou se. On e s ide of the l ibra ry i sfi l led to the ce i l i ng w i th book s . On

a no the r s ide sha l low shel ves beh i nd g l a s sdoo r s di splay cho ice old ch i na an d pewter. I n the pa r lo r i s a Ch ippenda le cha i rw i th a h i s to ry . On e Pa i ne own e r— a

bachelo r— concluded to take a t r ip abroad.

So he ju s t clo sed the ho u se, locked thedoo r a n d depa rted. H e s tayed twen tytwo yea rs . U pon h i s retu r n the hou sewas opened and eve ry th i ng found a l lri gh t excep t tha t a set of Ch ippenda lec ha i rs were m i s s i ng. Severa l yea r s la te rthe cha i r s were fou nd i n a second ha ndsto re i n Jo l ie t , I l l . , a nd, a f te r som e t roub le a nd paym en t of m on ey, they wereretu rned to thei r old hom e. Ano the rPa i ne own e r was a co l lecto r of pa i n ti ngs , an d m any of them s t i l l hang uponthe wal l s .

The ho u se i s o f ten rented for Soci a lfunct ion s a nd for educa t iona l pu rpo se s .A m i le or so n o rth of the town of

\Vi ndso r, Con n i s the O l ive r E l l swo rthH om es tead . Th i s hou se, w i th abou t anacre o f adjo i n i ng land. was g iven , i n 1903,to the Connect icu t D augh ter s o f the

Am er ican R evolu t ion by the he i r s of

O l i ve r an d Abiga i l \V. E l l swo r th .

S ta te I) . A. R . m eet i ngsa re held here,a nd i t i s the hom e of the Ab iga i l Wol

eo t t E l l swo rth Chapter o f \Vi n dsor.

Our t ro l ley r ide f rom Spr i ngfield downto the old hom e on the Co nnect icu t ri verwas del igh t ful . The ca r s topped righ ti n f ron t o f the t a l l flag s ta ff , and we

pa s sed u nder the grea t elm s plan ted byO l iver E l l swo rth , i n to the com fo rt ableold fa rm hou se n ow u sed a s a m u seumand a s a m eet i ng place for the D . A. R .

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s

o fConnect icu t .An au to fu l l o f tou ri s t s a rr i ved a t the

s am e t im e , a n d the ca retake r took a l l ofu s over the hou se together i n qu i te them ode rn p i lgr im s tyle.

Ch ie f am ong the t rea su res we saw aShera ton b i rd'

s eye m aple ca rd t able ; a nold secreta ry w i th a rea l sec ret drawer,a p i nk sa t i n Ch ippenda le so fa, and a n

SOME D . A . R . HOMES

i n la i d Pem broke t able. I n the di n i ngroom we adm i red a n E ngl i sh ru n - a - roundfor tea. The m en tou ri s ts looked uponthe th ree- p i n t glas s toddy tum ble rs w i the n vy . The sp i nn i ng room was ful l ofold t im e m echan i sms and u tens i l s .

There was a fin e bu s t of Ol iver E l lswo rth i n the draw i ng room , a nd h i s sp i r i tseem ed to pervade the who le house. H e

loved so a rden t l y h i s hom e, h i s s ta te. andh i s coun try . Towards the en d o f h i s l ifehe sa id,

“I have vi s i ted severa l cou n t ri esa nd I l ike m y own the bes t . I have beeni n all the st a tes o f the U n ion , an d Conn ect icu t i s the bes t sta te. W in dso r i s

the plea san te s t town i n Connect icu t, andI have the plea san tes t place i n the townof W i ndso r . I am co n ten t , pe r fect lycon ten t, to di e on the bank s o f the Conn ecti cu t r iver.”Ou r ques t for h i s to rica l D . A. R . hom es

ended la s t sum m er w i th the Old Conco rdChapter H om e, wh ich we fou nd i n thepo s se s s ion o f s team fi t ter s and closed tov i s i tor s .There are o ther hou ses wel l wo rthy o f

a p i lgr im age. for, on e by on e, the Chapte rs a re tak i ng upon them selves the re

spo n s ib i l i ty a s wel l a s the plea su re of

own i ng the i r hom es.

Anecdotes ofFairfi eld, Con necticu tBv H a rr i et Tru bce Ga rlick

Som e t im e ago a gen tlema n . wh i le v i s i ti ng a town i n Con nect icu t for the pu rposeo f sea rch i ng i t s Revo lu t iona ry reco rd,ca l led upon the o ldes t wom an i n the v i llage, a s she was sa id to be able to give h imva lu able i n fo rm a t ion . D u r ing the i r conversa t ion he rem a rked tha t he had foundthe nam es of on ly a few soldier s on the

town ’s R evo lu t iona ry reco rd.

“D id n ot

your m en go to the wa r?”he a sked . The

lady of fou r score and ten yea r s drewher sel f up ou t of her cha i r a n d s tood befo re h im a s she repl ied : “

They a l l wen t,s i r . " Tha t a n swer wou ld have been aco rrect on e for eve ry town i n the Am erican Co lon ie s, a s there was sca rcely a nadul t or grow n boy who

“ fa i led to go tothe wa r. Many m en en l i s ted for th reem on th s a n d then re tu rned to the i r hom e si n order to ca re for the fa rm s . Re- en

l i s t i ng, they aga i n se rved for threem on th s an d were then gran ted a fu rlough . A so ldier f rom Fa i rfield pu rsuedth i s plan f rom 1 775 un t i l peace was declared between E ngland and Am er ica .

Colon ia l wom en were n ot on ly obl igedto have cha rge of every th i ng perta i n i ngto the hou se du ri ng the ab sence o f the i rhusba nds a nd bro thers , b u t o f ten t i l ledthe fields , ha rves ted the gr a i n a nd caredfor the l i ve s tock.

The Bulkley Tavern

In 1 775 a s Wa sh i ngton wa s on h i s wayto Cam br idge he pa s sed th rough G reen 'sFa rm s and was jo i ned there by the R ev .

M r. R ipley, m i n i s ter o f the v i l lage, whoaccom pan ied him for qu i te a di s t a nce .

U pon the i r a r r iva l i n Fa i rfield theys topped a t the Bul kley T avern . I have i nm y po s ses s ion the tea po t i n wh ich i t i ssa id tea was b rewed for \Vash in gton

,i n

Fa i rfield.

D u r i ng the con flagrat ion i n Ju ly , 1 779 ,i n Fa i rfield m any o f the wom en rem a i nedi n the i r hom e s i n o rder to save them f romdes t ruct io n , wh i le the i r hu sbands and

brothe rs were figh t i ng the B ri t i sh f rombeh i nd s to ne wa l l s or w i th the m i l i t a ryfo rces of the town . On the s i te where a

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m ode rn hou se n ow s ta nds , s tood a Colon ia l dwel l i ng wh ich wa s set on fire by theenem y. The lady o f the hou se had re

m a i ned there hop i ng to protect i t f rom the

ho rde of H es s i a n s a n d Tor ies who werebent on the u t ter de s t r uct io n o f the town .

When she saw the flam es , the housew i feru shed i n to her pa n t ry and b rough t ou tpan s fi l led w i th m i l k, pou red thei r conten t s on the fire and saved the hom e . l-ler

descendan t s proudly rela te th i s s tory of

the i r grea t gra ndm other'

s bravery .

The Br it ish rushed in to a house i n the

Ea s te rn pa rt o f the town and a f te r fi l l i nga bu reau drawer w i th hay, set i t on fire

a nd sa id to the wom an o f the hou se : If

you a t tem pt to pu t ou t the bl aze we w i l lshoo t you . U nm i ndful of the th rea t sheth rew the bu rn i ng com bu s t ible s ou t o f a nopen w i ndow . The secon d t im e the

drawer was fi l led and set on fire wh i le arenewed wa rn i ng was g iven : b u t bravelyshe repea ted the act . For the th i rd t im ethe fire was k i ndled, b u t the enem y weresudden ly called away and the house wasSpa red.

Mon ticel loBy Fa n ny H am i l

N ex t to our own Mem ori a l Con t i nen t alH a l l , the nobles t p roject tha t ha s everengaged the i n te res t of the Society i s theeffo rt for the acqu i s i t ion of Mon t icel lo,i n pe rpe tu i ty, for the people of the Na

ti on.When the delega tes to the 25th Con

t i n en tal Congres s vo ted such en thu s i ast icendor sem en t of the reso lu t ion iden t i fy i ngthe orga n i za t ion w i th the m ovem en t i nfavo r of Governm en t owner sh ip of the

hom e of Thom a s Je ffe rson , i t i s doub tful whether m any of them rea l ized tha tth i s m an s ion was the m os t a rt i s t ic hom ei n Am er ica i n i t s t im e and tha t i t i s today a noble h i s tor ic sh r i ne of wh ich anyN at ion m ay wel l be proud. Mon t icel lo i snea r Cha r lo t te sv i l le. Vi rg i n i a . and a l i t t leover a hu ndred m i les f rom Wa sh i ngton .

W i th au tom ob i les and good'

roads thehom e of the Au tho r of the Decla ra t ion o fIndependence m ay becom e a lm o s t a s acCe s s ible to the people a s tha t of the Fa the rof Ou r Cou n t ry a t Mou n t Vern on .

The b i rthplace o f Thom a s Jeffer son ,Shadwel l , was a t the foo t of the m oun t a i na nd was bu rn ed i n 1 770, the spo t n ow bei ng i n n o way m a rked. Two m i les f romh is boyhood hom e was a n i sola ted m ou nta i n

, 580 fee t h igh, wh ich he a f terwa rdsnam ed Mon t icel lo , or Li t t le Mou n t ,

"

on

the top o f wh ich , i n the m ids t o f g rou ndss ix acres i n ex ten t, stands the di g ni fied

s ta tely hom e s tead. wh ich was twen ty - five

yea rs i n the bu i ldi ng, du r i ng the i n te rva l sofJcfi'erson ’

s publ ic serv ice .

Pa r ton , i n h i s L ife of T hom a s j efi'

er

son ,”wr i tes :

Jefferson m eant that there shou ld be on e

hom e in Vi rg in ia worthy the occupation o f

per fect ly civ i l ized be ing s ; in wh ich art. ta steand u t i l i ty shou ld u ni te to p roduce an adm i table re su l t. What a p iece o f work i t was toplace such an abode o n the sum m i t o f h isl i t tle m ounta in , w i th n o arch i tect b ut himsel f, few workm en b u t slaves, n o landscapegardener w i th in th ree thou sand m i les, no

m odel s to copy, n o g rounds to im i tate. n o

t inctu re of h ig h garden ing in the Prov ince.The br ick s had to be m ade the t rees fel led.

the t im ber hewn, the na i l s wrought, the

vehicles constructed. the labo rers trained. on

the scene o f operat ions. No fin e com m od it iesCou ld be boug ht neare r than W i l l iam sbu rg , ahundred an d fi fty m i les di stant, n or m anynearer than E u rope. R e

.

had to send. for

even h is sashes to London. where on e lo t was

deta ined a m onth to let the pu tty harden !N o th ing b u t the coarsest . roug hest wo rk cou ldgo on in h is absence : and o f ten the bu sinessstood st il l for weeks. for m onths. for years.wh ile he was in pu bl ic service. Bu t he kepton w i th an indom i table pe rt i naci ty for aquarter of a centu ry. at the expirat ion o f wh ichhe had the m ost ag reeable and refined abodein Vi rg in ia, fi l led w i th object s o f taste and

the m ean s of in struction. and su rrounded bybeau t i fu l lawns, g ro ves. and garden s .

In 1 782 a di s t ing ui shed v i s i tor to th i scou n t ry f rom France, and a gu est a tMon t icel lo, w rote :

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En tra n ce to xllon t icellu , Churlu t trsz'i lle, Fa .

Mr.Jefl'erso n i s the first Am erican who hasconsu l ted the fin e arts to know how he sho u ldshel ter h im se l f from the weatherH e is an Am e rican, who . w ithou t ever havi ngqu it ted h i s own country. i s at once a m u s ici an,sk i l led in draw ing . a uedm e t r ici a n a n d ast ron o

m er. a natu ral ph i losopher. leg i slato r, an d

statesm an .

At va ri ou s t im e s a nd u nde r va riou scondi t io n s . s i nceJcfl'

erson h im sel f fi r s tfelt fina nc i a l em b a rra s sm en t . the pu r

chase o i Mon t icel lo by the Governm en tor by popu la r subscr ipt ion ha s beenag i ta ted. b u t the s to ry i s too long and toocom pl ica ted to here rehea r se.

A b i l l i s n ow pendi ng i n Cong re s s forthe pu rcha se o f Mon t icel lo by the Gover nm en t . the h i l l hav i ng b een i n t roducedth rough the efTorts o f Mrs. Cha rles R .

D a v i s , Vice—Pres iden t Genera l f rom M i nn eso ta . Cha i rm an Com m i t tee on Legi slat ion o f the D augh ter s of the Am er icanRevo lu t ion .

Mon t icel lo becam e the po s se s s ion , bygran t, o f the Jeffer son fam i ly i n 1735,and rem a in ed a fam i ly po s ses s ion un t i la f terJefl'erson ’

s dea th on the Fou r th o f

Ju ly . 1826. the fi ft ie th an n ive rsa ry o f

the da te he had m ade im m or ta l i n the

wo rld’ s h i s tory .

Jefl'erson ’

s daugh ter . Ma rthaJefl'ersonRando lph , was fo rce dby ex t rem e pove rtyto adver t i se the place for sa le an d i t hecam e the p ro pe rty o f Jam es T . Ba rclay.

In the deed o f sale there was a clau serese rv i ng the fam i ly bu r i a l plo t , wh ichi s a sho rt di s t ance down the v i ne bo rde redro ad f rom the hou se, to the de scendan t so f Jeffer son .

Barclay’s owne r sh ip was brief and thehou se w i th 2 18 acres o f land, i n 1834 .cam e i n to po s ses s ion o f U r iah P. Levy,of N ew Yo rk , a n officer i n the U . S .

N avy , a nd a f ter h i s dea th , fo l low ingm uch l i t ig a t ion , i t becam e the prope rtyo f the H on . Jeffe rson M . Levy . o f N ewYo rk Ci ty, who own s i t a t the p re sen tt im e. No rela t ion sh ip ex i st s between theJel’ferson fam i ly and the p resen t owne r.T he re i s n o con nect ion between th i s

effort of the D augh ter s a nd a fo r meragi ta t ion favo r i ng condem nat io n pro

ceedings. Mr. Levy i s qu i te w i l l i ng tha tMon t ice l lo shou ld becom e the pos ses s iono f the Gove rnm en t o f the U n i ted S ta te sto be pre served a s a m em or i a l to the

i l lu s t r iou s Jeffe rson . Th rough h i scourtesy and tha t of the Albem a r le Chap -

zf‘ ff hw‘

Tomb of Thom as lelfersu n , Mon t icello, Va .

ter o f Ch a r lo t te sv i l le, i t wa s po s s ible a tthe t im e o f the Octobe r Board m eet i ngo f the N a t io na l Socie ty for the Pre s iden tGene ra l , Mrs. S to ry, to ex tend to the

m em bers of the Boa rd a n i nv i ta t ion tov i s i t Mo n t icel lo on Sa tu rday, Octobe r 7 .

At th i s Boa rd m ee t i ng a com m u n ica

t ion f rom the C ham be r of Com m erce of

Cha rlo t te sv i l le, endo r s i ng the effo rt of

the D a u gh ter s and prom i s i ng co - ope rat ion , had been received .

I t wa s a represen ta t ive pa rty of ofli

ci al an d act ive m em be r s o f the o rga n i zat ion tha t accom pan ied the Pre s iden t Genera l on th i s p i lgrim age .

Mem be r s o f the Albem a rle Ch apte rm et the gu e s t s a t the ra i l road s ta t ionand took them i n au tom ob i le s a n d a fewca rri age s tha t gave an old- t im e touch tothe occa s ion , th rough the town and a longthe bea u t i ful dri ve up the w i nd i ng m ou nta i n road to Mon t icel lo .

The ga te wh ich gi ve s en t ra nce to the

es ta te wa s opened by a co lo red se rvan tso wel l t r a i ned i n her du ty tha t the act

wa s pe r fo rm ed i n a m anne r betoken ing

the rea l Sou the rn ho spi ta l i ty awa i t i nga t the m an s io n on the m ou n ta i n . Th '

road o f red Vi rg i n ia clay , wound up h i l lth rough bea u t i fu l woods, pa s t the re s t i ngplace o f Thoma s j effe rson and m em be r sof the R ando lph fam i ly, on the spo tselected i n h i s you th by j efl'erson h im sel fand h i s f r iend D abney Ca rr.A rough sketch i n i nk of a stone to

m a rk h i s grave wa s fou nd am ong the

Jeffer so n pape r s . It was o f a n ob e l i skof gran i te e igh t fee t h igh , a nd such theGovernm en t of the U n i ted S t a te s ha se rected a n d i t bea r s the fo l low i ng i n scri pt ion wh ich he des i red :

H ere was bu r iedT H O M A S j E F F E R S O N

Au tho r

OF TH E DECLARAT ION OF

AME R ICAN INDEPEND E NCE .

of

TH E STATU TE OF VIRG IN IAFOR RE L IG IOU S FRE E DOM, AND

FATH E R OF T H E U N IVE RS IT YOF VIRG IN IA

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The pa rty was recei ved on the stepsof the .m a i n en trance by Mr . Ca rl vonMayhofi, who, i n the

- absence of h i sw i fe, was a ss i s ted by Mrs. Albe r t H .

Tu t t le,and. Mrs. R . T . W . D uke, of

Ch a r lo t tesv i l le. The R egen t and ViceRegen t o f the Albem a r le Chapter, Mrs.

Jam es M . H i ggi n son and Mrs. Wm . N .

Tho r nton , w i th abou t twen ty m em ber sof the i r Chap te r, greeted the v i s i tors i nthe va r iou s room s .Mo s t o f the fu rn i sh i ngs n ow i n the

house have n o a s soci a t ion w i thJefferson or h i s f am i ly

,b u t the or i gi na l hand

som e floo r s a re i n place, the a rrangem en t of the room s i s u nchanged i n them a i n . and the whole i s su rp r i s in gly m odem i n san i ta t ion a nd plan .

I n the s ta tel y d i n i ng room and the cozybreak fa s t room adjo i n i ng, a boun teou slu ncheon was se rved a n d du r i ng the t im e,telegram s were read f rom the owner o fthe es ta te, the H on .Jefl'erson M . Levyand h i s s i s ter, Mrs. Ca r l von Mayhofl

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,

who were det a i ned i n N ew Yo rk by theform er

's i l lnes s . L a ter , a n hou r wasplea sa n t ly spen t i n the room s of the

m an s ion and upon the grou nds , i n wh icha re grow i ng m a ny ra re t ree s plan ted byJefl'erson ’

s hand and f rom ‘

on e po i n t ofwh ich m ay be ob ta i ned a v iew, i n the

m ids t of beau t i fu l V i rgi n i a coun t ry , of

the U n iver s i ty of Vi rgi n i a , wh ich hadbeen cha racteri zed by Jefferson a s the“ch i ld of h i s old age.

The hou r s of the la te a fternoon werespen t a t the u n ive rs i ty and a cup o f tea

served on,the veranda of the old Pres i

den t Mon roe hom e, a s the su n was set

t i ng, brough t to a close a m em o rableOctobe r day. wh ich the pa rty w i shed theym igh t have sha red w i th every D augh ter .The Mon t icel lo E s ta te com pr i ses over

700 acre s . The hou se i s o f cla s s ic des i gn ,I“) feet i n f ron t a nd 100 fee t i n dep th ,th ree s tor ies i n he igh t , w i th ex ten si ve

sub terranea n pa s sages of heavy const ruet ion .

There are m any va l uable rel ics tha twou ld be i ncluded i n the pu rchase . The rei s the old clock ove r the doo r of the

en t ra nce ha l l , w i th the ladder wh ich on e

ha s to cl im b to set a nd w i nd i t, an d thehuge wi nder s t i l l i n tact and i n u se- a l lof Jefferson ’s handiwo rk . There i s theCa racci bu s t o f Jefferson , wh ich was

cop ied f rom l i fe, tha t ha s stood thereever s i nce the a rt i s t ch i seled i t . Thereare bu s t s of Wa sh ington , H am i l ton and

Frankl i n .

The Lou is X IV m i r ro rs i n the hou sewere brough t f rom France by Mr.Jefl'erson , and the candelabra were u sed b y

h im . The o r igi na l des ign s for the p i l la rsi n the Cap i tol a t Wa sh i ngton are a t Mon

t icello .

So w idespread i s popu la r publ ic sen t im en t i n favo r of the po sse s s ion o f th i sh i s to r ic sh r i ne, tha t the H ouse Com m i ttee on Publ ic Bu i ldi ngs and G rounds ha sheld th ree hea r ings and the Sena te Comm i ttee on e hea ri ng, even i n the m ids t ofthe p resen t bu sy sho rt ses s ion of Con

gres s . I n the cou r se of these hea ri ngsi t ha s developed tha t has beenexpen ded,

s i nce the Civ i l \Var, i n the

res tora t io n of the bu i ldi ng i t sel f .The des i rab i l i ty of pu rcha si ng th i s

f am ou s es ta te by the Govern m en t hasbeen endo rsed i n let ter s from Pres iden tW i l son , Secret a ry La n s i ng and m anyo ther prom i nen t governm en t offic i a l s .The H ou se Com m i t tee on Publ ic Bu i ld

i ngs and G rounds had dec ided uponSa tu rday , Janua ry Z), for a v i s i t to Mon

t icello, bu t the p i lgrim age was neces sa r i lyde fer red i n con sequence of the fu nera l ofAdm i ra l Dewey .

At the t im e th is a r t icle goe s to pres sn o da te ha s been set , bu t the D augh ter sconfiden t ly expect a f avo rable reportf rom the com m i t tee i n con sequence of a

persona l v i sit i n the n ea r fu tu re.

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The ei gh teen th annua l con ference heldi ts Open i ng ses s ion a t Mon tgom e ry Tu esday n igh t , Decem ber 19 16, the PeterFo r ney and Franci s Ma ri on Chaptersaci ng jo i n t ho s tes ses .The second day of the con feren ce was

clouded w i th sadnes s over the dea th of

Mrs. Do l ly P. Cobbs , the m other- i n - law

of the be loved S t ate R egen t . Mrs. Wi ll i am G ray, V ice- Regen t, presi ded du r i ngthe rem a i n i ng m ee t i ng s o f the con fe rence .

The se s s ion Wedne sday m o rn ing was

m ade m em orable by the f act tha t all theform er Regen t s of the socie ty were presen t . Twen ty- fi ve ou t of the 27 Chapter si n the s ta te were rep resen ted by delega tesa t the m ee t i ng Wedn esday m orn in g.

On Thu r sday the Cha i rm a n on Pa

triot ic Educa t ion repo rted that n o de

ci sion had been reached i n rega rd to

plan s or loca t io n of schoo l .

Severa l plan s were di scu s sed as fol

low s

l .

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Tha t the D . A. R . decide on su i tab le loca t ion , bu i ld and equ ip a on e roomschoo l bu i ldi ng , an d m a in ta i n the schoo l

NORTH

At the S ta te Con ference held i n Valley Ci ty, Octobe r 14 , 19 16, report s wereread from the th ree town s, Bi sm a rck,Fa rgo and Bowm a n , where n ew chapters are i n p roce s s o f fo rm at ion . Mrs.

O . M . Young, who i s work i ng i n the

sou thwes tern pa rt of the s tate w i th i n a

radiu s of fi f ty m i les f rom Bowma n ,hopes to organ ize be fo re the com i ng Congre s s, and the o thers i n the nea r fu tu re.

on a sma l l sca le un t i l mo re funds couldb e secured.

2 . Tha t we accept the on'

er of an

A lex a nde r Ci ty gent lem an to gi ve land14 m i les f rom Mon tgom ery for the purpo se of bu i ldi ng a schoo l , to fu rn i shwo rth o f labo r a nd $500 ca sh , the D . A. R .

to gi ve $500 and the bu i ldi ng to be a

th ree room schoo l , p rope r ly equ ipped andma rked D . A. R . publ ic schoo l , allownersh ip or respon s ib i l i ty o f the D augh tersto then cea se. N o dec i s ion was reachedand the m at ter was re tu rned to com m ittee.

Mrs. Cun n i ngham subm i t ted a fl ag codep ri n ted i n a ve ry a t t ract ive m an ne r a n dw i th gumm ed back to faci l i ta te pa s t i n gi n back of schoo l h i s to ries .I t was the recom m enda t ion of the com

m i ttee tha t D . A. R . chapter s place as

m any of these flag codes a s po s s ible i nthe book s of the schoo l ch i ldren , i n efl‘ort

to keep before them the sacrednes s of ou rdu ty to ou r flag .

Mrs. Joh n Lew i s Cobbs and Mrs. W i l li am G ray were unan im ou s ly re-elected a s

S ta te Regen t and Sta te Vi ce- Regen t .

The tea given by the Sakakawea Chap ter( an accou n t o f wh ich appea r s u nde r“fork of the Chap ter s i n the Febru a ryi s sue) , a rou sed a grea t dea l of en thu

si asm and m uch good i s hoped a s a resul t .

The S ta te R egen t , Mrs. Geo rge M .

You ng, was t e-e lected for the com i n gyea r ; and M i s s H elen M . Crane was

elected S ta te Vice R egen t .

UTAH

As U t ah has bu t on e Chapter we haven o sta te con ference. Ou r select ion of

S ta te Regen t a nd S t a te V ice- R egen t i su sua l ly m ade i n Ma rch . Ou r on e C hapter i s n am ed the “

Sp i r i t o f L ibe rty,” and

i s grow i ng s lowly and s teadi ly. Therea re m em ber s sca t tered a l l over the s ta te,

b u t n o on e town except Sa l t L ake Ci tyha s enough to warra n t the fo rm i ng o f a

Chap ter. The wo rk i s en ti rely ph i la n

thropic a nd educa t iona l . D u ri ng the pa s t

yea r we lost our m uch che r i shed R ea l

D augh ter»M'S Ema" Sel ls.

m c .

l u l u: L ea -is Co b bs. S ta te Reg en t for Mrs. Lee Cha rles M i ller. S ta te Regen t forAlabama . Uta/i t

Mn . Cha rles S . Lob i ng icr , S ta te R eg en t for the Ori en t, La urelcroft, b y 6 0 0813

PARLIAMENTAR Y PUZZLES SOLVED

Conn \Vnnm s T now

From num erou s letters received by th i s depa rtm en t i t wo u ld appear that the proper m ethod to pu rsue in creating a com m i t tee i s unknown to m any m em bers o f the D aughters ofthe Am erican R evo lu t ion . The necessary procedu re i s s im ply and easi ly carried ou t, i t i sas fo llowsWh en by the prov isions of the By- Law s

S tanding Com m i ttees a re created the sam e p i ov i s ions direct how they shal l be appo inted.

\Vhen under the m o tion to Com m i t a specia lcom m i t tee i s created the com m i ttee m ay b e ap

po inted by the Chai r or the assem bly accordi n g to the term s o f the m o tion wh ich createdthe com m i t tee. In e i ther o f the a fo resaid casesthe com m i tt ee i s appo i nted. E lect ions are heldfor the m em bers o f the Board at the annualm eet ing b u t never for com m it tees . Wh enm ore n am es are su ggested for a com m i t teethan m ay he used i t i s cu stom ary to select theproper num ber for appo intm e nt by the fi l l ingof blanks. Th is i s al so cal led a floor bal lo t .The ru les governing the appo in tm ent o f comm i tt ees a re clearly set forth in Robert's Ru lesof Order, edi t ion o f 19 15 , pages 128 and 129 .

B . A. l. The u se o f the D . A. R . R i tual i snot com pu lso ry.

2 . The gavel i s u sed for the fo l low ing purpose : To cal l a m eet ing to order, on e rap . To

resto re order du ring a di so rderly m eet ing ,three sharp raps. To stop wh ispering am ongthe m em bers of the assem bly wh ile business orspeaking i s go ing on

,three sl igh t raps . The

gavel i s al so u sed to adjou rn an assem blywh ich has becom e u nm anageable . T h is i s doneby g iv ing a success ion of hard knocks on a

hard su r face and declaring that unru ly condit ions m ake i t necessary to adjou rn the m eeting .

To use the gave l to confirm a repo rt i s a u se

that i s im poss ible, as repo rts a re accepted or

adopted a nd never confirm ed and the gave l i sn o t u sed in the procedu re.

(M rs. T row, whose address i s 350 West 55th Street, N ew Yo rk C i ty, has consented to

answer, th roug h the m agaz ine, qu est ions o f a parl iam entary n atu re . To tho se who de s i rea personal reply a charge of o n e do l lar w i l l be m ade—E D ITOR. )

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3. In all cases a m em ber desm n g the flo o rm u st address t he pres iding o li icer. who w i l lrepeat the nam e o i the m em ber an d so acco rdher the floo r. If the pres iding ofli cer do e sn o t wi sh to acco rd the floo r she ignores t h e

m em be r who addresses her. In that eve nt t h em em ber des i ring the floor m ay appeal from t h e

ru l ing o f the Chair. Mem bers who r i se, a ddress the pres iding officer an d thu s ask for t h efloor w i th proper deco rum shou ld be reco gn i zed in the o rder o f the i r appl icat io n except i nthe event o f a n y m em ber desi ri ng the floo rhaving fo r fe i ted her r ight to i t . T h i s she m ayhave done by speak ing o n the subjec t be fo rethe house as o ften as the ru les al lowed her t o

o r by som e breach of decorum .

V. Ours! i on . m ay a special m ee t i ngbe Cal led, and who m ay cal l i t ?

An swer - A spec ial m eet ing m ay b e cal ledwhenever c ircum stances occu r to m ake a m ee ti n g o f the o rga nizat ion necessary . The n ec es

si ty of cal l ing a specia l m eet ing i s decided bythe pres iding o li i cer u nless the By - law s ex

press ly deprive her o f that power. As the r&sponsibi l i ty for the legal ity o f al l act ion tak e nby an organizat ion rests on the pres iding o ffi

cer, i t i s r igh t that she shou ld have the pow e rto call a special m eet ing , and as I have sta te d,she has that power unless specifical ly depri vedo f i t by the prov i sions of the By - laws .M. Qursfi o n .

— i s i t legal to elect m em be r sto a society hy a two - th i rds vo te ?Am a r a— The La w states that al l quest io n s

com ing u p fo r sett lem ent m u st be dec ided bya m ajor ity vo te. There a re two except ion s toth i s law, on e in the m atter o f an annual elect ion, wh ich requ i res a two- th irds’ vo te. th e

other in the m atter o f an annual e lect io n .

wh ich m ay b e decided by a plu ral ity vo te . It

i s there fore ev ident that i t i s n o t legal to e lec tcandidates for m em bersh ip in an o rgan i za t ionby a two - th i rds vote.

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Mrs. Spen cer was of a m ost attract i veperson al ity, even up to the last m on thsof her l i fe. Bright, vi vaciou s, w i tty, herbr igh t b rown eyes would sparkle wi thm i rth when she was am used

,and the

w r i ter has en joyed m an y a del ightfulcon versat ion w i th her. T iny of sta tu re .she had the n atura l grace of a ch i ld and

MRS. SARAH STARNES ELLIS

Sa c'

hem Sequoyah Chapte r, D . A. R . ,

McAlester, Oklahom a , has added to thero ster the n am e of a

“R ea l D aughter,”

Mrs. Sa rah E l l is .Mrs. E l l i s was born Ma rch 6, 1833, a t

Bo l iver Town , Ten n . Al though eightyfou r yea rs of age she i s act ive, hea rs wel l ,eyesight i s v ery n ea r ly n o rm a l , and sheta l ks i n an an im a ted in terest ing m an n er .She was on ly about th ree years old whenher fa ther died, yet her m em ory of h im i sc lear. She told m e of one day wa tch ingh im clean ou t a spr ing ,

when he los t h i sba lan ce and fel l in to the spri n g . Th isf r ighten ed her so m uch tha t she cr i ed .

When she was fou r years old, her m o the rm oved to Arkan sas, and i n 1869 to theold In dian T erri tory and set tled i n theChoc taw Na t ion . Sarah Stam es wa s

tw i ce m a rr ied , fi rs t to Mr. John Bu sheers,by th is un ion there was on e daughter ;secon d, to Mr . Isaac E l l is, an d by th i sun ion there were two son s an d on e

daughter. Mrs. E l l i s l i ved at Scu lleyvi lle,

In dian Terr i tory, when she wa s rearin gher youn g fam i ly, w i th m ost ly the In dian sfor n eighbors . She sa i d they were pea ceabl e and cou rteous a t all t im es . To hea rher relate the experi en ce of those pion eerdays i s l ike a story f rom som e old book .

H er fathe r was N icho la s S ta rn es, whovolun teered serv ice Septem ber 1 3, 1775,i n Vi rgi ni a, un der Capta in Crabtree, a ndserved as sergean t i n the sam e com pan yun der Colon el W. Cam pbel l . H e wa s i n

the ba ttle of Ki n g’ s Moun ta in , and was

Mrs. S a rah E lli:

i n the exped i t ion aga in st the CherokeeIn dian s, un der Col. Se v ier. In 1 781

1 782 served as sergean t un de r Capta inPruet t. N icho las S tam es di ed i n 1 835 .

Ou r C hapter feel s very proud to ha v ea s a m em be r a “

R ea l D aughter .”

MRS . (Z. T . CURA A. CN N , R egen t.

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the graciousn ess of the old t im e Southernlad ies . A f te r she was 80 yea rs o f age

she would dr i v e in to town herse l f to a t

ten d Chapter m eet in gs, or to ca l l on

fri en ds or a tten d to bu s in ess,and on ly

a mon th ago she d rove in to town w i thher daughter, her gran d~daughter and

her great -g ran d- daughter, and had theirp icture taken together, l i tt le rea l iz in g tha tso soon wou ld she sleep the lon g s leepwhere the p in es and cedars s ing a so f tand un en ding requ i em over her grave .

W ORK OF T H E CHAPT ERS

I f ever the t im e com es when wom en sha l l com e together sim ply and pure ly for the

ben efi t of m an kin d i t W i l l b e a power such as the wo rld has n ever before kn own .—Ma tt

Arn old.

( Ow in g to the n um ber o f chapter repo rts awa i t in g publ ica t ion the Edi tor has been obl igedto om i t a g rea t ma n y in terest in g descr i pt i on s o f socnal a ff a i rs, or m a tters o f loca l in terest.T he desi re of the i n di vidual chapter or i ts m em bers has to b e sa crificed for the goo d o f thewho le. I f the chapter h istor ian w i l l rem em ber tha t there are over fi fteen hu n dred chaptersi n existen ce : tha t th is D epa rtm en t i s n ot established for the pu rpose of publ ishin g a n an nua lreport— tha t shou ld b e sen t to the S ta te Regen t— b u t to reco rd workw hich m a

yb e o f va lue

for o ther cha pters : a n d tha t a ll repo rts shou ld bew ri t teu on on ly on e side of ti f po ssi ble he typew ri tten . i t wrll g rea t ly fa c i l i ta te m a tters.

e paper, andThe repo rts are a rran ged

a lphab e t ica l ly accord ing to states and a lphabet ica l ly accordin g to chapters i n the sta tes. )

Ki n n i ki n n i k Ch apter (Co lo radoSpr ings , Co lorado) . P r io r to Jan ua ry1 9 14 , there was bu t one Chapter o f theD a ughters of the Am eri can Revo lu t ion i nthe ci ty of Co lora do Spr ings, and i tsl im i ted m em bersh ip of eighty- five had

lon g been fi l led . Th i s fact in duced theS ta te R egen t , Mrs. W in field Scott Ta rb ell, to appo in t , on the twen ty-first of

J an uary, Mrs. N orm an Madi son Cam pb ell orga n iz ing regen t for an o ther Chapter, an d on the th irty- fi rst o f the sam em o n th , a t the res iden ce of Mrs. Beru c

H . H opk in s, The Kin n ik in n ik Chapterwa s o rga n i zed, w i th fi fteen m em be rs .The n am e K in n ik in n ik was chosen to

p re se rve a n oted In dian wo rd— n ot to

com m em o ra te the In d ian 's sm ok ing plan t,b u t because the v in e, w i th i t s br ightgr een leaves a nd red be rri es, i s as dearto the hea rt o f the western m oun ta in ee ra s i s the t ra i l ing a rbutus to the NewE n g lan der .

By previous i n v i ta t ion , the m em bers oft h e Zebulon P ike Chapte r jo in ed them em bers of the Kinn ik in n ik Chapter a t

the close of i ts bus in ess m eet ing , fo r tea

an d a socia l t im e, Mrs. Ta rbel l be ingp resen t .The program m eet in gs have been held

on the secon d T uesday i n each m on th .

E x cel len t pape rs and ta lks have beenp resen ted, dea l ing w i th Am er ican h i story of the Colon ia l and R evo lut ion arype riods. Soon a fter organ iza t ion , du ri n g a n espec ia l ly im press ive m eet ing tha tw i l l l ive long i n the m em or i es of them em ber s presen t, a beaut i ful flag was

pre sen ted to the Chapter by M rs. E l iza

be th Cass Go dda rd o f the Zebu lon P ikeChapter.

( Mrs. N . E m s S . CA M PBELL,R egen t .

Fort F i n d lay Chap ter (F i n d lay ,Oh io) has devo ted i tsel f the past year tothe study of Ma rylan d, as a Propri etaryProv in ce, her part i n the Wa r of theR evol ut ion , the War of 1812 and the Ci v i lWar.

On Jun e 7 the ofli cers for the yea ren terta in ed the Chapter a t a lun cheon .

The pla ce ca rds , prepa red b y the ChapterH istor ian , had on them n am es o f Co lon ia lD am es and R evo lut iona ry D aughters,wi th tab lo id b iog raph ica l sketches. Sec

t ion s o f the Flag law were read and ashort program of m us ic and rea din gswas gi ven .

The year ’s work as accom pl ished i sex cept ion a l ly grat i fy ing . The i n d iv idu a lm em bers of the Chapter gave gen e rou slyof the ir t im e and eff ort to m eet the ex

pen ses o f the va rious com m i t tee s. D u r ingthe year the Chapter pla ced th ree m a rkers on H ull

's T ra i l th rough H an cockCoun ty ; one be in g erec ted jo in t ly w i thFort McArthu r Chapte r o fKen ton , Oh io,on the spot where the t ra i l crosses fromH ardin Coun ty i n to H an cock Coun ty.

Th i s m arker i s pa rt o f an old m a rbl esha ft from the po rt ico of the H istori cCourt H ouse of H a rd in Coun ty, and hasthe fol low ing i n sc r ipt ionH ull

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s Tra il, 1 81 2 . Fort N eeessi ty 400

feet N orth, 1 5 0 feet east ; Old Spr i ng700 feet N o r th . E rected by Fort Mr

Arthu r a nd Fo r t F i ndlay Chapters,

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1 9 1 5 .

The secon d m a rker is pla ced a t R ivers i de I’a rk , F in d lay, Oh io . The base i san old m i l l ston e . T h i s i s su rm oun ted byla rge gran ite boulder, on the face of

wh ich i s the fo l low ing in scr ipt ion :H ere H ull

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s Arm y crossed the Blancha rd r iver on i ts way to D etroi t, Ju ne,1 81 2 . E rected by Fo rt F i ndlay Chapter,D a ugh ters of the Am e r i can R evolu t ion ,1 9 1 5 .

The th i rd m arker i s of a r ust ic designi n Ita l ian m a rble, an d i s pla ced a t a po in tfou r m i les south of F in d lay, Oh io , on

the S ta te Road . It has the in sc ripti on :H ull

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s Tra il, 1 81 2 . Erected by Port

F i ndlay Chapter, 1 9 1 5 .

In add i t ion to the m a rk i ng of H ul l’s

T ra i l , the graves of the fo l low i ng Revolut ion ary so ld iers ha ve a l so been m a rkedPr is-a te Jacob Bean , b 1 760 ; d 1 839 .

Pr i t -a te Israel Clark, b Mch . 9 , 1750

d Feb. 5, 1827 .

Pri va teJacob For , b Mch . 12 , 1764

d Aug . 16, 1844 .

P r iva te N i cholas H elm i ch , b 1 760.

P r iva te Zeb ulon L ee, b May 16 , 17 58

d Aug. 9 , 1848.

Don Am en P ARKER, H istorian .

Bellefon ta i n e Chapt er (Be l l efon ta i n e ,Oh io ) a ssem bled Jun e 26 , 19 16 , on the

lawn a t the L oga n Cou n ty H om e, for th e

pu rpose of un ve i l ing a tablet, m a rk ingthe cam p in g place o f H ul l ’s Arm y i n

1812 . The b ron ze tablet, bea ring the follow ing in sc r ipt ionH ull

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s Army i n 1 81 2 en camped on th i s

la nd own ed by Colon elJam es McPher

son , a R evolu t i on a ry S oldi er, who li esb u r i ed i n the adjo i n i ng cem etery.

was placed upon a huge bou lder, wh i chwas gi ven to the Chapte r b y Mr. I Ia rryH a rm on , and pla ced i n posit ion b y Mr.

Geo rge Ken n edy, the Supe r in ten den t ofthe Loga n Coun ty H om e.A very appropr iate program had been

a rran ged for the un ve i l in g cerem on y,

a nd a n um ber o f v isi to rs, in c lud in g the

L oga n Coun ty Comm i ssion ers, besides

the m em bers of the D . A. R . had assem bled i or th is pu rpose.

M i ss Dade Ken n edy, as R egen t of theChapter , presided , and the cerem on y was

open ed by the s i ng i ng o f Am er ica by all.

Then M iss Ken n edy spoke of t he purpose o i the cerem on y, and in t roduce dD r. George Wood An derson , Logan

Coun ty’s n oted E va nge l ist , who de l i vered

on e o f the st ron gest pa triot ic addressestha t has been hea rd i n years .A f ter D r. Anderson ’s address, Mrs.

L e roy Bless ing san g “The S ta r Spa n g led

Ban n er,”and du rin g the s ing in g of the

la st verse, M isses E thelyn and Bern iceMcPherson , g rea t-g reat g ran ddaughtersof Co lone l Jam es McPherson , slow lypul led the flag, wh ich up to th i s t im e hadcovered the boulder, and un ve i led the

tablet.After the un vei l ing of the tab let , D r.

C. C. Peale vo iced an ear nest prayer,after wh ich the en t i re assem blage ad

jou rned to the l i tt le cem etery, w i th in s ightof the Logan Coun ty H om e, whe re a

beaut i ful m agn o l ia w reath was placedu pon the grave of Colon el Jam es Mc

Pherson .

Mrs. J . J . An derson then read a ve ryappropr ia te poem ,

“S leep, Wa r ri o r,

S leep,”a f ter wh ich the cerem ony wa s

con c luded b y the D . A. R . ben ed ict ion .

(M i ss )D ADE G. KEN N ED Y, R egen t.

Can on sbu rg Chap ter (Can on sburg ,

Pen n . ) was organ ized Jun e 16, 19 12 .

The presen t m em bersh ip i s th i rty - one,

w i th fou r papers pen ding . The Chapter i ssues a year book, wh ich con ta in sthe subj ec ts for study, ch i efly of a h i storical n a tu re . The p rogram sea son beg i n s w i th t he first Sa tu rday of Septemher and en ds w ith the first Sa tu rday of

Jun e, when a Flag D ay program i s carr ied ou t . O ther spec ia l days observeda re Wa sh in gton ’s and L in co ln

's b i rthdays . In Ju n e , 19 16, the loca l n ewspape rpu bl ished for the Chapter the Pen n sylvan ia law for the protect ion of the flag .

Du ri n g 19 17 the Chapter proposes them a rk in g o f on e h isto r ica l s i te, that o f theold Bla ck H o rse Ta vern , wh ich was a

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for Tube rcula r Ch i ldren , the Schoo lfor Cr ippled Ch i ld ren the Open Ai r

\\lindow Classes , an d i m proper ly n ou rishod an d clothed schoo l ch i ldren .

A b ox of Ch r i stm as toys was sen t tothe isola ted ch i ldren ’s ward of the Ph i ladelph ia H ospi ta l .The Chapter has at the presen t t im e

abou t i n the t reasu ry of i t s hom efund , an d the Chapter hom e i s i n then ear fu tu re .

AN N A Ma nv Roat s so x ,

H istor i a n .

T ri an gle Chap ter (N o r th E a s t . Pa . )was o rgan i zed Octobe r 13, 19 16 . All

Pen n syl van ia ns should b e in terested i nour n am e wh ich br i ngs to m in d the factthat a t the t im e o f the Revolut ion th i sT r iang le was pract i ca l ly a N o- m an

's lan d.as Pen n sylvan ia’s n o rthern l in e wen t d irectly west to L ake E r ie, leav ing the sta teon ly fou r m i les of Lake f ron tage and n o

ha rbor : the New York l in e on the east o fu s bein g a l ready kn own to be di rec tlysouth of the western end o f Lake Ou

ta r io .

The Sta tes ofMassachusets,Con n ect i ~

cu t and Vi rgi n ia had som e cla im on th i slan d by the i r cha rters , but tu rn ed tha to ver to the n ew U n i ted S ta tes Governm en t , f rom wh ich Pen n syl van ia bough tthe lan d , a lso pay in g the In dian s for i ta s had been the pol icy of the Pen n s ;con sequen tly the T r iang le becam e a pa rtof the S ta te of Pen n syl van ia i n 1 792

and No r th E a st i s i n the n orthea sternco rn er o f the T r ia n g le .

At the hom e o f ou r Regen t , Mrs. Geo.

E . P ie rce , on D ecem ber 16, we celebra tedthe an n i ve rsary of the Boston Tea Pa rty,w ith m a ny o f ou r prospect i ve m em bers.By costum e and n am e , by sto ry and

m in u et, a l so by a paper g i ven by Mrs.

Alden , on the Boston Tea Pa rty, i n wh ichshe com pa red the t roubles o f the wom en

o f tha t t im e to the presen t boyco t t ofh igh pr i ced food by Am er ican H ou sew ives ; d id we re f resh ou r m em or ies andlea rn m o re o f R evo lu t ion a ry m an n ers anddo ings . Th i s a l so helped to i ncrea se the

sum that we in ten d to con tr ibute to thePh i l ippin e Schola rsh ip Fun d. as we a re

pleased to con s ider Mrs. Carol in e E . Mc

W i l l iam s H o l t one o f our townswom en

when she i s th i s s ide of the At la n t i c .(MRS . J . B. ) Ma nv McLAU n n L t N ,

H istor ia n .

Fa ir Forest Chapter (U n io n . S . C. )was organ ized May 4 , 19 1 5, w i th fortym embers, at the hom e of Mrs. L . J .

H am cs. On th i s occas ion we had thehon o r o f a v is i t f rom our Sta te Regen t ,Mrs. F. H . H . Ca lhoun .

The n am e, Fa i r Forest , was selectedfor i t s h i sto r i c va lue and rhythm i c b eauty.

Som e o f the fi rst im m ig ran t s tha t se t tl edi n th is coun ty, en cam ped on a com m an di ng em in en ce abou t 1 5 m i les f rom U n ion .

A beaut i ful val ley st retched fa r i n thed istan ce, a g rove of lo fty t ree s con cea ledthe st ream wh ich wa tered the tra c t b elow . One of the p ion eers , Jam es Mc

I lwa in , excla im ed : “Wha t a fa i r fo restth is l” The n am e attached i tsel f to the

place and then to the bo ld an d lo velyst ream . The Fa i r Fo res t Chu rch datesi ts o rig in f rom seven or e ight fam i l ieswho im m ig rated f rom Lan ca ster Coun tyPen n f rom the yea r 1 75 1 to l75 -l.

(H owe’s h i story o f the PresbyterianChu rch . ) La n drum says Lord Cor nwa l l i s was the o r ig i n a tor o f the n am eFa i r Fo rest , b u t th i s i s a n e rro r, as it wa sn am ed lon g be fore the R evo lu t ion .

D raper i n h i s “Kin gs Mou n ta in a nd i ts

I leroes,"

g ives ve ry in te rest ing a ccoun tso f the Fa i r Forest Settlem en t and theFa i r Forest Shoa l s. Al so dur ing theR evo lut ion , there was a fo rt b y th i s n am e.

The Chapter selec ted as i ts m ot to“S om e deeds should n o t per ish . S om e

n am es should n ot w i ther . And ou r em

blem i s the Oak Lea f , wh ich i s typi ca lo f st ren gt h , bra very and en du ran ce.

The Fa i r Forest Chapter i s i n i ts i nfa n cy, a s we ha ve j ust pa ssed ou r fi rstm i le post . H owev er, we have aecom

plished m u ch good. The fi rst wo rk wasto rec la im the old U n ion Cem etery . The

town a nd coun ty of U n ion rece i ved the i rn am es f rom th i s chu rch an d cem etery.

WORK OF TH E CHAPTER S

Floa t of the Old 96 Chapter

The cem etery i s ful l of h isto ric in terest.and the fo l low ing Re vo lut ion a ry So ldie rsare bu ri ed thereColon el Thomas Brandon

,Major

Thomas You ng, Squ i re Wi llia m Ken

n edy, Wi llia m Kenn edy, I r., Chri stopher

Brandon . W i fe o f R i chard Bra ndon , aRevolut ion ary soldier.On F i e ld Day the Chapter g ives a gold

m eda l an n ua l ly for the best h istori c essay.

Th is i s open to a l l H igh Schoo l ch i ldreni n U n ion Coun ty.

Belgi um Flag Day (Kin g Albert ’sbi rthday) was obse rved . a nd the Chapter was i n st rum en ta l i n ra is in g a n ea tsum of m on ey for tha t coun t ry . Whenthe John son R ifles of the S . C. R egi m en tle ft for the border, the Chapte r gave apocket tes tam en t to each sold ier. The

Fa i r Fo res t Chapter i s a foun der of theToma ssee In dustri a l School and has beeni n st rum en ta l i n placing i n the Carn eg i eL ibra ry several books . Am ong them ,

“L ife of H en ry Laurens,

”by Walla ce ;

\Valker. lfVom e-

n of the R evolu t ion ,

E l let .I t i s the ai m o f the Chapter to pre

serve all reco rds o i ou r heroes a nd

hero in es, thus show ing our g ra t i tu de forthei r un selfish l i ves , and a des i re to em u

la te their wo rthy ex am ple.MRS . L . J . N AME S, R egen t .

Old 96 D istri ct Chap ter (Edgefield,S . C. ) en tered i n the flora l pa rade o f

the coun ty fa i r recen tly. The aecompan y ing pic tu re shows the cha rac ter ofthe floa t. The L iberty Bel l was m adeof wh ite flowers w i th a bo rder of then a t ion al blue co lor. U n de r the bel l offlowers was a bron ze on e wh ich the li tt le boy ran g as the process ion passed,an d m an y spec ta tors were m oved to tearsa t the soun d. The whee ls were an int itat ion of the in sign ia of the D . A. R .

The blue and go ld was very effect i ve i nthe sun l ight ; and m any fel t tha t i t woulddo m o re to a rou se tru e pa t r io t ism tha n

M em o r ia l ( i n terci ty li r t ' i '

lcd by Old ( i ln ry Charter .

Old G lo ry Chap ter (Fran k l in ,T en n . )

has a ccom pl i shed m uch work a lo n gva rious l in es du r in g the past yea r . The

m ost im po rtan t f ea tu re pe rhaps— placi ng a m a rker a t the tom b o f An drewJackson— was desc r ibed i n the July issue . An other

,a nd on e of wh i ch Old

Glory i s proudest, i s the resto ra t io n o f

the old cem etery a t Fran kl in , and theerect ion o f the han dsom e m em o r ia l ga teway. For severa l yea rs th i s cem eteryhas been m uch n eg lected. In l9 l5 a t

the ea rn es t request o f the R egen t. Mrs.

N . B. D oz i e r, Old Glo ry Chapter un de rtook the wo rk of resto r in g i t.Th is was qu i te an u n dertak in g for a

Chapter so sm a l l i n n um bers,but w i th

the he lp of the Mayo r and Boa rd o f

Alderm en and the re la t ion s o f som e o f

those bu r ied i n th i s h isto r i c spo t . m u chhas been accom pl i shed . a n d

bushes have been dug u p, fa l len t rees

D ig itized b yGooglc

rem o ved . tom bs un ea rthed. wal ks m ade .

m an y o f the qua in t old bo x and tab le ttom bs st ra ighten ed up, i n m any pla cesthe ston e wa l l rela id, pin k c l im bi n gro ses set ou t by th is wa l l a n d b lue gra sssown . In fac t. th is old cem etery ha sbeen chan ged in to a pla c e o f bea u ty an d

rest .Th is cetn etery i s h i stori c g roun d . In

i t a re bu r ied m a ny o f the pion eer m en

a nd wom en who m ade for Fran kl in an d

\Vi lliam so n Coun ty a h i sto ry ful l o f

glo ry a nd ho n o r . Am on g the 340 i n hab i

an ts o f th is "

si len t c i ty"

are fou r R e volu t ion a ry so ld iers .The ga tes a re o f i ron 8% feet lon g

an d 5 feet h igh , the posts 2%fee t squa rean d 7 fee t h igh a re o f cut ston e a n d

cem en t . On ea ch post i s a han dsom em a rble tab le t 18 x 24 in ches . On e o f

them bea rs the wo rds : “F i rs! b u ry i n gg rou n d i n Fra nkli n

,la id ou t i n l8(l)

,

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TH E YEAR BOOK OF COU NCILbea rin g on i ts t i t le- page the quo ta ti on f romD an iel \Neb ster“ I was bo rn i n Am er ica ; I li ve an Am er»ican ; I sha l l di e an Am erican l"i s ded ica ted to the m em ory o f thei r Chapla in , Mrs. S i la s C. H yndshaw ( m o ther of ourH on . V ice Presiden t Gen era l, Mrs. D . C.

Bushn e l l ) , has a fu l l page pic tu re of her, an don the opposite page the quo ta t ion

“H er leav in g us was as the so f t brea th of

m o rn in g or the dri f t in g o f a c lou d i n the

sum m er sky ; and so, w ith the l igh t of H i s lovei l lum in a t in g her face, she sm i led an d sle ptto awaken i n the Better Lan d and m eet aga in

BLU FFS CH APTE R (Cou n c i l Blu ffs, Iowa ) .the sweethea rt o f her you th, tor whom her

hea rt had yea rn ed .

Som e o f the other quotat ions are“There i s rea l pat rio t ism i n do in g well the

sm a l l th in g s of l i fe.

"

"Our cou n t ry whether boun ded by the St.

John '

s and the Sabin e, or however o therw isebou n ded or descr ibed, an d be . the m ea su rem en ts m o re or less—st i l l ou r coun try to be

cherished i n all ou r hea rts and to be de fen dedby all o ur ha n ds.”An o th er exce l len t fea tu re n oted i s the g i v

i n g the n am e of an cesto r or a n cesto rs th ro u ghwhom the m em bers j o in ed the Soc iety.

STARS AND STRIPES CHAPTER ( Bu rl in g ton , Iowa ) . has j u st issued i ts n ew

Yea r Book, an n oun c in g i ts objec t to b e

At each o f the m o n thly m ee t in gsto foster true pa trio t ism an d love o f cou n t ry .

”

Am erica " and“T he S ta r Span g led Ban n er" w i l l b e sun g .

The subject for the yea r i s the h isto ry o f Iowa , i ts ea rly pi lg r im s, early tra i ls, fo r ts, set

tlem en ts. and com m u n i t ies. An even in g each i s a lso devo ted to the study o f The H a l fBreed T rac t and the Fo lk Lore of the Musq uakie I n d ian s.

The JAN ET MONTGOMERY CHAPTER( Ro ckvi l le, Md. ) has taken grea t in terest i nthe si te o f the old Presbyterian chu rch on the

Po tom ac- Rockvi l le road, form erly kn own as

"

Capta in John 's Chu rch .

"

Th is church , organi zed i n 1 7 16 ( and n o t i n 1 723 as was erro n e

ously sta ted i n the Ja n ua ry issu e of the m aga

z i n e) by the Rev. H ugh Con n , has lon g sin ced isa ppeared ; b u t the site was m a rked w i th a

bou lder i n October last . The accom pan yin gpictu re shows t he g ra veston e of the Rev. Jam es

H u n t, first se tt led pa sto r, who d ied Ju n e 2 ,1793, aged yea rs, and i s buried i n the

old chu rch - yard. The chapter has placed twoother bou lders on the Braddock tra i l , a nd a

m a rker, n ea r Layto n sv i l le, o n the g rave of

Su rgeo n \Va ters, a Revo lu t ion a ry so ld ier.

Tom b sto n e Po tom ac a nd Rochr i lle R oad,Jllrm tg . Md.

MARY \VASH INGTON COLON IAL CH APT ER ( N ew Yo rk Ci ty) ce lebra ted i tscom in g of age

— i ts twen ty - fi rst b i rtlu lay— N o vem ber 28, 19 16 , Miss Ma ry Van Bu rcnVa n derpo el was u n an im ou sly ren om i u a tcd fo r the po si t io n o f regen t wh ich she has so

ably fil led sin ce th e o rg an i za t io n o f the chapter : a n d the m em bers w ed w i th each o the ri n hon or in g on e who has do n e so m uch to g i ve the chapter the prom i n en t stan d i n g It

ha s he ld throughou t these twen ty-o n e yea rs.

\VILLARD S MOU NTAIN CHAPTER (Green w ich , N . has taken for i ts gen era ltopic du r in g the com in g yea r, The H udso n Va l ley i n H isto ry. An au tom obi le t ri p w as

taken to the ba tt lefie ld o f S a ra toga October 14 . and the en t i re va l ley from Lake Geo rge toN ew Am sterdam w i l l b e trea ted m o re or le ss com preh en si rely .

CHAPTER EVENTS AS RECORDED IN PRINTBELLE FON TE CHAPTER (Be l le fonte, Penna. ) records in i t s Year Boo k for 1916- 1 7

that Pennsy lvan ia was the second state to b e adm i t ted to the U nion, the date be ing D ecember 12. 1 787 . In responding to ro l l cal l the m em bers are expected in N ovem ber to g i ve 3

Than ksg i v ing sent im ent ; in D ecem ber, a quotat ion express ing the spi ri t of C hristm as ; i nJ anuary to te l l on e o f the h i sto rical events occu rr ing in the m onth ; in Febr uary to g i ve asaying f rom e i ther “'ash ing ton or L inco ln ; in May to gi ve the nam e o f on e at lea s t ofCentre Coun ty’s Revo lu t ionary So ldiers ; an d i n the o ther m onths to nam e on e o f the h isto r ica l even ts occu rring in that m onth .

IN TH E YEAR BOOK OF MARY BAKE R ALLEN CHAPTE R (Co rn wal l,a re to be found m any apt quotat ions, som e o f wh ich are :

“Patrio t i sm m u st be founded in g reat pri n ci ples and su ppo rted by g reat v i rtues.

”

"\Ye cannot serve o u r Co untry w i th an energy o f pu rpose or a fai th fu lness o f zeal too

s tead fast and ardent ."

TH E YEAR BOOK OF HAMPTON CHAPT E R (H am pton, Va . ) contains, am ongo the rs, the appropriate quo tat i ons :

“Lo ve o f country i s on e o f the lo f t i est v i rtues wh i ch the A lm igh ty has im planted i n

the hum an heart .

"

Ou r country, to be cher ished in al l ou r hea rts, to b e de fended by al l ou r hands.”

RAN lER CHAPTER (Seatt le, “’

ash inggu n ) has in addi t ion to i ts regu lar m eet i ng s ,for wh ich fin e pro g ram s have been arranged,a S tudy Class m eet ing the first and thi rd T uesdays from S eptem ber unt i lJu ne . wh ich has fori ts objec t s Se tt lem ent o f Old Oregon, Im m igra t io n a n d Cu rrent E ven ts . The sub topicsun der the form er, cont inu ed from last year,

H all Jack son Kel ley.A. S locum

The M i s s ionary E poch .

a . Indi an plea for rel igi ou s teachersMethodi st M is s ion, 1834

( 1 ) Led by R ev ason Lee( 2 ) T ra ve led w i t Wye th an d fu r

(3) Located in W i l lam ette Val ley.

Two en thu s iast ic S tate chairm en of the D i str ict o f Co lum bia have sent in ex tracts f rompubl ic docum en ts relat ing to the i r especial field of work, and request ing that the attentionof the D augh ters be called to i t . The first, a descript ion of the Fair fax S tone, on the

boundary l ine between Vi rg in ia and \Nest V irg in ia, i s descri bed at lengt h w i th i llu strations,in a pam ph le t i ssued by the Geo log ical Su rvey ; the other. a pam ph le t on the Am erican i zationof Mothers, an d the du ty of Am eri can m o thers to a id in the teach ing o f the Am ericanlanguage to m o thers, i f the best resu l ts a re to b e obtained from ch ildren, has recently been

issued by the Governm ent . Fu l l part icu lars can b e obtained by applying to M i ss Ada M .

Class ic, 1 900 5 Street, “’ash ing ton , D . C .

(4 ) Re i n i orcemen ts( 5 ) Branch Mi ss ions.

c. The Wh i tm an M i ssion, 1836( 1 ) Sent ou t by the A. B. C. F. M.

(Z) The Wh i tm an - Spau lding party(3) Re in fo rcem ents( 4 ) Branch M i ss ions( S) The w inter

's ride . 18424 3

( 6 ) The Massacre, 1847.d. The Catho l ic M i ssion( 1 ) Beg un by Fathers B lanche t andOem ers

Ea rly Sett lers( a ) Fu r hunters.( b) Seekers for totem s and lands.( c) The O regon T rai l .T hrough Terri torial D ays to S tatehood.

The cou rse o f study of“The H i story of the

Northwest" i s prepared by Pro f. E . S . MeanyU niversity of Washing ton .

CURRENT EVENTS

E veryth ing at th is t im e i s overshadowed by the on e

grea t problem of our country's

ai l, ou r du ty as patri ot ic ci t i zens, an d as descendan ts o Revo lu t ionary atr io ts. Eachughter wi l l undoubtedly read ca refu l! the m essag e of the Pres ident eral, on the

th ird page of the cover, and w i l l decide or herse l f how bes t to serve at th i s t im e.D u r i ng the pasc m on th there was held at Mem o r ial Cont inen ta l H al l a Congress of

Construct i ve Patri o t i sm who se sess ions were attended b m any able, though t fu l m en and

wom en. Am ong the sugg es tions m ade was on e that ali wom en shou ld reg i ster in someNational organizat ion, g iv ing her qual ifications, an d the part icu lar thing or th ings or thepart icu lar way by wh ich she m i gh t be of a id i n case o f wa r. Th i s su ggest ion was takenup by the Wom an ’s Sect i on of the Navy Leagu e, i n eo-o perat ion w i th the Red Cross. whoare send ing ou t the fo l lowing circu lars to all in terested.

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BOOKREVIEW S

MARYLAND ’

S COLON IAL EASTERN SHORE. H i stor ical Sketches o f Coun ti esand of Som e N o table S tructu res, by Swepson Earle a n d Percy G. Ski rven . Pr ice,Address Percy G. Ski rven , 3900 Cottage Ave.

, Baltim ore, Md.

The n ine count ies com pri sin g the EasternSho rw lx

'

en t, Talbo t, Som erset, Do rchester.Ceci l

, Q ueen Anne's, \Vorcester, Caro l ine a nd

—are described by m en who se wordscom e from the heart, and indicate a genu inelove fo r the spo t s po rtrayed. In the In troduc

t ion by Judge Jam es A. Pearce, the o ldestl iv ing g raduate o f Pr inceton U ni versi ty, heSpeaks o f the old m ano r hou ses s trung u ponthe beau t i fu l ri vers l ike jewe l s u pon si lverthreads, and no tes the care fu l tex t an d beaut i fu l photograph ic i l lu strations of these h i storic hom es, wh ich g i ves the work such awonder fu l sett ing . Many fam i l ies a re the descendan ts o f som e o f the bes t blood of

Eng land, and are m ore hom ogeneou s in orig inand character than those o f any o ther reg ionexcept the m ountain ranges wh ich stretch f romthe Po tom ac to the Great Ben d o f the T en

n essee R i ver. H ere wa s born a nd bred RobertMo rr i s, the financier o f the Revo lu tion ; Samuel Chase, S igner o f the D eclaration : TenchT i lghm an. the t ru sted staff o ffi cer of General“’ash ing ton : John D ickinson, the statesm anwho wro te the peti t ion to the King o f Eng landof wh ich the Earl o f Chatham said.

“al l

attem pts to im po se serv itude on such m en m u s tbe in vain .

" From the Eastern Shore alsowere recru i ted i n par t the com m and of Gen

eral Sm allwood, wh ich su ff ered so severely at

Long i sland. an d the com m and o f Co lonelH oward. wh ich hum i l iated the Brit i sh Reg u

lars at Cowpens. Iso lated by the Chesapeakeand D elaware Bays i t i s only in com parat i vely m o dern t im es that com m unicat i on w i ththe rest of the S tate has been at al l frequent .N ine hom es from each of the n i n e count ie shave been taken as i l lu strat ive o f the who le.“’here al l are so interesting i t i s exceeding lydiffi cu l t to m ake a select ion ; b u t on e no te sthe quaint p ictu re of S t . Pau l‘s C hu rch , erectedin 1 7 13 to replace a st i l l o lder structu re. asS t . Pau l's Parish was on e o f the th i rty pari shes la id ou t i n accordan ce w i th the Act of

Assem bly o f 1692 ; and Old T rini ty Chu rch,i n D orchester Co whose wal l s date back to1680. U nl ike S t . Pau l

's. the bu i lding has beenal tered in shape, b u t in the cem etery su rrou ndi n g the church l ies bu ried on e o f the form erGoverno rs. Thom as K ing Carro l l, as we l l asseveral Revo lu t ionary so ldiers. H ere al so i sa per fect l ikeness o f

“Makem i e

'

s Chu rch" atRehobo th , Som erset Co the o rgan izer o f the

fi rst General Presbytery of Am er ica at Ph i la‘delph ia and i t s first m oderato r. U po nMakem i e

’s death at H o lden's Creek, Va .,

i n

1 708. the R ev. John H enry took up the wo rkat Rehobo th. a nd m arr ied the w idow of Col.Franci s Jenkins, Lady Mary, daughter of S i rRobert King . When H enry died, in 1 71 7, hewas succeeded by the Rev. John H am pton,who soon therea fter m arried the beau t i fu lw idow of h i s predecessor. She su rvived th i s,her th ird hu sband, dying i n 1 744, a nd her

g rave i s st i l l to b e seen .

\Vye H ou se, the hom e of the L loyds, des troyed by the Bri tish , March 13, 1 781, wassoo n rebu i l t and i n al l it s beau ty crowns a n

em inence from wh ich on e ca n look over t hewoods to the Bay. Back o f the m anor hou sei s an old garden, w i th i t s w inding walk sbo unded by bo xwood hedges, a nd at on e s idei s the path to the old bu ryi ng g round, on eachs ide of wh ich stand two g igantic t rees, gu ardi n g l ike sentine l s the rem a i ns of the fo rm erg enerat ions o f the L loyd Fam i ly.Warw ick Fo rt Manor H ou se, i n u pper Do r

chester Cc., the ancestra l hom e of the H oo pers,was at on e t im e the hom e o f H enry Sewal l.Secretary o f the Prov ince o f Mary land.Abou t 1 740 the estate was bough t by C0 1.

H enry l-Ioopcr, who bu i l t the present m ans ion . To pro tect h i s fam i ly from the C ho ptank ln dian s, then roam ing the forests, Col.H ooper m ade the walls o f Eng l i sh brick, twofeet in th ickness ; the doors have h inges fou rfeet in lengt h, and stou t i ron bars on the

in s ide pro tect the inm ates f rom all intruders.The i nterior i s fini shed in rosewood and m a

boga ny, and a w inding s ta ircase w i th m ahogany balu strades add to the Co lonial effect . Col.H ooper’s son , al so nam ed H enry, took a n

act i ve part in the strugg le for independence,a n d in 1776 was m ade Br i gadier General o fthe m i l i t ia o f the lower hal f of the EasternSho re. The place has long been ou t o f the

hands of i t s form er owners, and i ts fu tu rei s a m ystery.No descr ipt ion o f the Eastern Shore wou ld

be com plete w i thou t som e m ention of Washi n gton Co l lege, at Chestertovm , Kent Co ., the

o ldest co l lege in Maryland, and the eleventhi n o rder o f fo undation in the country. Thecharter. granted i n enlarged the plano f the Kent County schoo l wh ich was foundedin 1 723, i f n o t earl ier. In a letter dated Newbu rgh, N . Y . , Aug ust 18. 1 782 , George \Vashi n g ton g raciou sly accepted the com pl im ent o fg i ving hi s nam e to the co l lege, and contr ibu tedfi f ty gu ineas toward i ts foundation. In 1 784he at tended Com m en cem ent and subscribed h i snam e as a m em ber o f the corpo ration o f Vi s

fi in i t iwn ri h t]

BOOK REVIEWS

i tors an d Go vernors. In 1 789 the degree o f

Docto r o f Laws was con ferred u pon h im ; andt hi s dip lom a, together w i th o thers from Yale,H arvard, Brown and Pennsylvani a, is pre~served in the arch ives o f the L ibrary o f Con

g ress. The origi n al bu i lding , the corner stoneo f wh ich was laid by Gov. Paca in 1 783, wasprobably on e of the most imposm g of the time.

Th is bu i lding was destroyed by fire i n 1827,and m any v ici ssi tudes have been exper ienced ;b u t i t has persi s ted throug h a l l changes, a n d

i ts doors have never been closed.

“At al l

t im es i t has clung to h ig h ideals o f scho larsh ip and character, and g i ven to the S tate an dthe N at i on Invaluable service in the trainingo f young m en for good ci t i zenshi p.”

TH E KINNEARS AND TH EIR KIN . A Mem or ial Vo lum e o f H i sto ry. B iog raphyand Genealogy wi th Revo lu t iona ry an d C i v i l a nd Spani sh \Var Reco rds, includin g m anuscript o i Rev. D av id K i nnear ( l840 ) . com pi led by E m m a S ig g i ns Wh i te, assi ste d by MarthaH um phrey' s Maltby, Genealogi st.Print ing Co. 1916.

Th is book of 578 pages. fi f ty of wh ich i s devoted to a n excel lent index treats m ainly ofthe descendan t s o f W i lli am and Jane ( S im pt on ) Kinnear, al l o f whom em ig rated to

Am erica between 1 790 and 1795. an d sett led i nPennsylvan ia, al though an attem pt has beenm ade to include all by the nam e o f Ki nnear inth is count ry. Am ong the m any fam i l ies thatin term arried w i t h the Ki nnears, on e n o tessketches o f the Monnett, fam i l ies ofPenna ; Youngs fam i ly of Young stown , Oh i oGri m es fam i ly o f N . H . : S im pson, D av is, andm an y o thers. As the Kinnears em ig rated a fter th e Revo lu ti on, there are of cou rse n o sol

Publ i shed at Kan sas Ci ty, Mo., by the T iernan - Dart

diers of that nam e who se records are g i ven ;b u t the personal sketches o f pioneer li fe on

the prai ries, and personal en counters w i th theIndians m ake the book m uch m ore l i fe- l ike.

The di fferent branches of the S im pson fam i ly,i ncludi ng the ancestry of Gen . U . S . Grant, a reg i ven in detai l ; and a short sketch of the ao

cestry ofJefl'erson D avis, w i th h i s p ictu re. alsoadd to the contents o f the book. Mrs. Wh i tei s wel l- kn own to genealog ist s as the au thor o fJohn \Valker of \Vint on, and th i s book w i l l b ean assistan ce to m any in thei r search fo r

know ledge.

TH E AN CE STRY OF KATH ARIN E CH OATE PAU L , com piled by her bro ther,

the late EdwardJoy Pau l, A. M.

545 Fi f th Ave., Cl inton, lowa.

Th i s wo rk o f 386 pages was begu n by GeorgeH oward Pau l a nd com pleted by h i s son , Ed

wa rdJoy Pau l, j u st be fore h i s death in 1904.Mr. Paul was a m an o f scho larly attainm ents,and h is work is m arked by logi cal system , andshow s ev idence o f grea t care a nd accu racy.

Over fi f ty pages are devo ted to re feren ces forstatem ent s m ade in the body of the wo rk. In

Pa rt I II a re m any copies o f Fam i ly B ibles. theD ia ry o f Jacob H ask ins at Lou i sbu rg . i n 1 759,an d a very interest ing art icle on

“The part

Price, Address Mrs. W i l l iam J . Young ,Jr.,

bo rne by Sergeant John Pau l in the

Captu re of Brig . Gen . R ichard Presco t t i n

On e h undred all ied fam i l ies, in cluding m anyof the prom inent n am es of N ew E ng land, arereco rded a nd the l i nes t raced to the po intwhere they jo in in the ancestral l ine o f Mrs.

Young. The book i s a di st inct addi t ion to n u

then t ic so u rces of in fo rm at ion. a nd w i l l b e ap

preci ated by a ll s tudents of N ew E ng land fami lies.

D ES CENDANTS OF GEORGE PU FFER o f Braintree, Massachu setts ( 1639by Ch a rles N u t t, A. B. 7 Monroe Avenue, Mass. Price,

Th i s wo rk o f 376 pages, th i rty o f wh ich are

devo ted to a fin e, com prehens ive index, t reatsof the descendants o f Geo rge Pu ffer a nd h i ssons Jam es a nd Matthi as , al l o f Massach u sett s.Begun m o re t han a generat ion ago by the

late Sum ner Appleton o f Boston, i t wascarr ied o n to com pletion by the au tho r, a son

o f Abiga i l Prent ice (Pufl'

er) N u tt, to whomthe book i s dedicated. The v i tal records o fevery town in Mass. and N . H . the abidingplace o f m o s t o f the Puflcr fam i ly, have beencare fu l ly searched, and al l in fo rm ation obtainab le from deeds and probate reco rds o f the

Mass. coun t i e s has been ga thered a n d in c o rpora ted in the h is to ry, a s have the records in

the Pension Ot'

tico. L ike m os t N ew E ng landfam i l ies, the m en took part i n the vario u s lndian wars prev iou s to the Revo lu tion and the

m ajori ty of them s ided w i th the Co lonists inthe later s t ru g g le. On e. Jos iah Pu ller, bo rnat Sudbu ry, i n 1 735 -6,

“an acti ve, i n fluen t i al ci t i zen, able and upright,

”was so eager

to serve h i s country that al though he had lo sta thum b in ea rly you th by the explos ion of agu n . he wore g loves when he went up for

m i l i tary exam inat ion. the thum b o f on e o f

wh ich was fi l led w i th wood. H e was Scr-reau t

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le f t eleven ch i ldren to carry on the nam e.

Twen ty-five o r th i rty records a re g iven in deta i l in th i s book so that the de scendan ts canreadi ly read thei r ti tle clear to adm i ssion topatrio t ic societ ies. On e record is such a goodi l lu stration of the Pu r i tan m o ther that i t i scopied verbat im . E sther Pu ffer. b 1 747, m arried D av id Baldw in of Canterbu ry, Conn ., an d

died Feb . 15, 182 5. E s ther wa s very piou sand strict w i th her ch i ldren . I t is related thatwhen th e ch ildren picked up apples to eat on

Sunday, she forbade thei r eating them . be

cau se they were gathered ou the Sabba th and

when her h ired g i rl cooked som e g reens thatshe had picked on Sunday Mrs. Baldw in m ade

her throw them away. Another i nstance o f

her ideas o f bring i ng up ch i ldren is to ld. D r.

E l ij ah Baldw in when a boy di d n ot l ike brownbread and m i lk a n d when he final ly dec l inedto eat a m eal o f i t h i s m other said : ‘

Very we l l .I wi l l set i t away till you are hungry .

’\Nh en

he asked for food again, she brough t the sam e

brown bread and m i lk and he aga in re fused toeat i t. She pu t i t away aga in and placed i t b efore him nex t m orn ing. The m i lk was so u rand he tu rned away from h i s break fast i n di sgu st, b ut i t was kept for h im and served aga inu nti l the poo r ch i ld final ly had to eat the s tu ffbefore h i s m o ther wou ld al low h im to ea t anyth ing el se.

"

SKETCH E S OF ALL IE I) FAMILIES , KN ICKE RBACKE R—VIE LE, H i storica l andGenealog ica l, by Ka thlyn e Kn i ckerbacker Viele.

York, 1916. Pr ice,

Th i s book i s a continuation o f the Vi eleFam i ly com pi led by the sam e au tho r som e

years ago, and deals m o stly wi th the K nickerbacker connecti on, fu l ly two - th irds o f the workbeing g i ven to t hat fam i ly. In Part Second,Cornel iu s Volkertzen (Velius) , the ancestoro f the Viele fam i ly of New Yo rk, i s m o stexhau st ively trea ted, and the au tho r showsthat m uch t im e and research in thi s cou ntryand in H o l land has been g i ven to the subject.In the Appen di x som e valuable addi t ions tothe Viele Records, m entioned abo ve. are

p rinted, no tably the cop ies of the two D u tch

Publ i shed by Tob ias A. Wr ig h t, N ew

B ible records of Isaac Fort, who m arri ed" Jam im a Vi ely

"Septem ber 18. 1729, and o t

Jerem iah D uBo i s o f D u tchess Co., N . Y., who

was m arried to Rachel Vi le June 22, 1 74 1 .On e no tes al so wi th interes t, in the record o f

recent m arriages, two ch i ldren of the S ta teRegent of U tah , Mrs. Lee Charles M i l ler,who se

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m aiden nam e was M inn ie Wi l l iam sViele . Any descendant of ei ther fam i ly wi llfind in thi s book facts wh ich cou ld n ot heobtained by the ordi na ry research worker. an dal so fu l l re ferences to au thor it ies for everyfact stated.

The D ecem ber, 1916, i s sue of TH E PATR IOTIC MARYLANDER has m ade i tsappearance, a l i tt le late, b ut none the less welcom e ; and on e notes with joy tha t theprom i se in t he form er issu e to com plete the Mu ster Ro l l of Kent County Mi l it ia in 1775,by print ing the nam es of tho se i n the 27th Battal ion, has been fu lfi lled. On e hopes that the“Lost Mu ster Ro l l” of the 7th Independen t Com pany, whose servi ces are so graph ical lydescribed by Franci s 8 . Cu lver in th i s i ssue, w i l l soon be found and publ ished. The Firs tGlass Facto ry in Am er ica, establ i shed on the Monocacy, near Freder ick, in 1 784, i s descr ibedb y Mrs. Frank Pelham S tone ; the h i stor ic Mu lberry T ree, connected wi th Mary land h i sto ryf rom the t im e of the landing of the Ark and the D ove, form s the subject of anothe rar ticle ; and in a th i rd the s tatem ent i s m ade that the

“S tars an d Str ipes" was not carried

by troops in battle unt i l the period of the Mex ican W'

ar, 1846- 7.

In the February, 1917, is sue of the CH ILDREN OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLU

T ION ,in a paper contr ibu ted by M i s s H elen 5 . Co le, the s tatem ent i s m ade that the fi rst

t im e an d place that the S tars and S tripes was un fu rled to grace a v icto ry was at the Battleo f Saratoga ; and in an art icle in the Am erican Monthly Magaz ine som e years s in ce i t wa sstated that Fort S tanwi x was the spo t where the Stars and S tri pes was firs t un furled. Wha tbetter subj ect for a pri ze essay cou ld be found than on e treat ing of the fi rst appearances o fthe S tars and S tr ipes, w i th au tho ri t ies therefor, i n every di fferen t capaci ty in wh ich i t ha sfigured? One notes wi th in teres t the account of the organ i za t ion of Judge H owe l l TatumSociety, u nder the au spices o f the N ancy \Vard Chapter. D . A. R . , of Chattanooga, Ter m.

The program o f the Annual Conven t ion, C. A. R . , Apri l 1 5- 21 , i s gi ven : and on e al sonotes i n the M inu tes o f the Board that the State Regents. D . A. R . , are asked, for the sakeo f harm ony and to obviate f riction . to appo int the S tate D i rectors o f the C. A. R. as S tateChai rm en o f the D . A. R . for the Ch ildren’s Soci ety.

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4798. Wacooxm My ancestor, John Wag

goner, a. R ev. so ldier, was b in France, cam e

to Am er ica when young , enl isted i n the Rev.

and served th roughou t the war, as on e o f Gen .

Wash ington's L i fe Guards. H e m i n Va. and

a fterwards m oved to Oh io, where h i s secondw i fe, who su rv ived h im ,

received a pension onaccount of h i s serv ices . H i s second w i fe wasnam ed Sarah M inn ie, and we th ink the firstw i fe was n am ed Sarah, al so .

'H i s ch . were :So lom on, E l i zabe th, Katheri ne, John , George,N ancy, Sam uel and Jacob. Mrs . H . L . M i ller,306 East Ro ss Ave. Tam pa, Fla.4805. Boon e. Attention is cal led to an er

ror i n the statem ent in the January 19 17 issuei n answer to th i s query . An n Boone who at

Abraham L i nco ln, and becam e the ancestresso f Pres ident L inco ln, was the daughter of

Jam es Boone ( son of George) and h i s w i feMary Fou lke (dau o f H ugh and An n (Wi ll iam s) Fou lke) . She

“d 4 m o . 4 day, 1807,

aged 69 years, 1 1 m o ., 2 1 days. 1 4 hou rs, 10m inu tes,

” acco rding to the reco rds o f E xeterFriends Meet ing . H er hu sband had died 1 m o .

31 day 1806 in h i s 70th year. Mrs. C. E .

T i n g ue, Cam bridge, N . Y.

4807 (3) Va ne- Roam son H ALL. The an

cestry of Parnel Vai l i s fo und in the Vai lGenealogy pub by H enry H . Vai l o f Wood

s tock, Vt . Parnel Vai l, b Feb . 6. 1 778 at Gu i lfo rd, Conn. m L inus Robinson, b Feb . 8, 1 775

a t D u rham . Conn, son of D anie l and Abigai l(Cu rt i ss ) Robinson . T hey l ived fi rst at Granv i l le, Mass. and later at Rochester, N . Y . Theyhad fou r ch. Rando lph, who (1 aged 19 ; Ccleste, and two other dau ghters . Parnel wasthe dau of N athaniel Va i l, b 1 755 a t Sou tho ld.I. and Mary H al l, dau o f Ph i lem on and

Sarah ( Page) H al l. N athanie l was a sea - cap

ta in ; a nd was the son o f Peter Vai l , b 1726 atSou tho ld, and h i s w i fe, Beth iah L andon, b1 730, dau of Judge Sam u el and Beth iah (Tu th i l l ) Landon . The l ine i s carr ied ou t to the

im m ig rant Jerem iah Vai l, and h i s secondwi le.Mary, w id of Peter Paine. I have n o recordof Rev. serv ice for ei ther N athan iel or PeterVai l, b ut shou ld b e su rpri sed i f they did no t

serve. Mrs. Con fl i ct ): Va i l Voslm rgh, 432

\Ves t Cedar S t . Ka lam azoo . M ich i gan. To

th is the Gen . E d. wou ld add that according toS tei ner's H i story of Gu i l ford, Conn . pp 138,436, 438 8: 439, Peter Vai l ( or Va i l l ) , son o f

John of Sou tho ld, L . I . settled in Gu i l fo rd ab1 762 , m Beth ia, s i ster of Capt. D avid Landonand served in the Revo lu t ion as a L ieu t . Sept.18, 1 781 Capt. Peter Vai l l was appo inted on e o f

a com m i ttee to pu rchase prov isions for the

Gu ard. Apri l 10, 1 781 Cap. Peter Va il l enl isted a com pany of Coast Guards, num ber ing 100,and se rved 8 m os. 20 days. Th i s g uard waspo sted i n di fl’eren t places along the coast, t el iev ing each other from day to day and con

cen trat in g wherever i t. becam e necessary. T hi s

Com pany was engaged in the m ost seriou s eucounter w i th the Br it ish wh ich took place on

Gu i l fo rd so i l . Th i s was at Leet's Island, anddur ing th i s encounter Capt. Peter Vai l l so i nj u red hi tn self wi th the exci tem ent. runn ing,etc. that he went into a decl ine and died f romthe effects of the encounter Oct. 30. 1 782 .

There was a Peter Vaill who was a private inthe Coast Guards, al so : and th i s i s probablyPeter J r. son of Capt. Peter. There wa s aNathaniel Vfa ! m en tioned on p 448 as serv ingas a pr ivate i n Capt. H and's C0 . C0 1. Talco t t

'sreg im en t. It i s qu i te poss ible that th i s i s a m i sprint, as the H i story of Gu i l ford m akes n o

m ention of a Vial Fam i ly in the town. It

wou ld be poss ible to write the Town Clerk ofGu i l ford, and get h im to look up the o ri gi nalm anu script ; or better st i l l, wri te the S tate L ib rary, who i f n ot the cu stodians of the rec

o rds, wou ld kn ow where they were. The u su alfee shou ld be enclosed. In the book,

“Re fugees

o f’

76 from L . I . to Conn.” m en t ion i s m adeo f a N athan ie l Vale who sew ed as a privatei n Capt . Thom as W ickes’ Co. Th i s m ay or

m ay no t b e the sam e N athaniel . Ph i lem on,father of Mary ( H al l ) Vai l was i n the sev

cu th reg im ent. Conn. L ine, was comm i ss ionedE ns ign Jan . 1 , 1 777 and L ieu t. Mch . 10, 1 778.

H e served u nt i l 1 783 ( p Peter Va il J r.was b 1 762, m Nancy Bo i sseau and d Oct, 1844.H e was a Rev. pensioner.4824 . McAL tsm (McClist er) . The nam e inth i s query shou ld be McCli ster. Jam es Me

Cl ister m oved f rom Lancaster Co . Penna. to

Jeflerson Co . Tenn . and there h is dau ghter,Mary, (b eleven m i les f rom L ancaster, Penna .

Nov. 25, 1 788) m Alexander McD on ald who

was the grandson of the Alexander m ent ionedi n query. The g randfather was 1» 1740, Bo teotourt. Co . Va . and i n 1 791 w ith h is son John( b 1 767 ) an d the in fant gran dson Alexander,m oved to Jefferson Co. Tenn . M rs. Wm . H .

McD on ald, 407 W . 5th . S t . No rth P latte, N e'

braska. To th i s the Gen . Ed. wou ld add tha tin Penna. Archi ves, Vol. 1 1 . pp 325 8: 7 i s fou ndthe nam e o f Jam es McCli ster as a private i nCapt. Mu rray's Co . Second Bat tal ion Penn a .

R ihe-m en stat ioned at K ing sbr idge ; and also i nsam e Co . stat ioned at headqu arters cam p nearFo rt Wash ing ton. In Vol. 1 1 1 , p 7 16 in a l i sto f n on com m i ss ioned offi cers and pri vates whoenl i sted Ju ly, 1 778 i n Capt . Jacob Ashm ead

'sCo . for the war, and served i n Th irteenth andSecond Penna . i s fo und the nam e o f J am esMcCli ster who

“res ided in Jefferson Co . Tenn.

4881 . E n n m . Joseph Eaton was the fatherof m y g reat g randm o ther, the da u H annahm ent ioned in the query. H annah was b Ju l y31 , 1754 and m E z ra Spalding i n Pla i nfield,Conn . They l ived died and are bu r ied i n Canto n . Pen n a . M rs. Ii . C. R oscnficld, Towanda,Bradfo rd Co. Penna.

GEN EALOGICA‘

I. D EPAR TMEN T

4888 (5) TA" . D an iel Taf t Jr. to H opest i l l Wh ite. According to som e private rec~

o rds H opest i l l's father was Jos iah Wh ite ; according to o t hers, gi ven by the Town Clerk o fMenti on, l

-Iop i st i llwas the dau of Thom as andDebo rah Wh i te, Thom as bei ng born Ju ly 15,1 7 1 7 . W1 en did Dan iel J r. di e? and wherecan proo f of h i s serv ice on th e Com m i ttee o f

Sa fety be found? M iss Grace E . Taft , 257\Vest 129 th St. N ew York Ci ty.

4892 . HAMMON D. E l i sha H am m ond, b ab1 7 12, was a farm er, a nd l ived on the farm ad

jo ining h i s father's in H am m ondtown , H e

was Se lectm an for several years and al so Assesso r o f the town o f Rocheste r. H e m Jan .

24 , 1 74 1. E l i zabeth H askel l and had e igh t ch i ldren. The date o f h i s death i s n ot g iven inthe H am m ond Genealogy, n o r i n the Vi tal Records. E benezer, h i s only ch i ld, was b at Rochester, Mas s. May 9, 1 743, l i ved in N ew Bed

ford, Mass . in 1 774 and in Petersham in 1786 .

H e d in 1815. pro bably at the latter place. H e

i n Nov . 23, 1766 D eborah Terry of N ew Bed

fo rd an d had Sarah, who m S tephen Leach ofH ornby. N . Y . : Joanna, who m Sm ith T urner ;E l iza be th who m D eacon Brigham ; E l i sha ( q .

v . ) Debo rah, who m Ol i ver Woodward o f

West Bridgewater, Mass : Patience who m

Azaria h Po ley : Abigai l who m Jabez Wh ippleof New Salem , Mass. and E benezer ( 1 786

E l i sha. o ldest son o f E benezer Sen . was

b in N ew Bed fo rd, Mass . Oct. 10, 1 774, graduated at D artm ou th Co l lege in 1802 , m o ved toS . C. in 1803 m in 1806 Cather ine Fox Spanno f Edgefield ; was elected Pres. o f the U n iv .

of S . C. in 1816, later m oved to Macon, Ga.

where he becam e Pri ncipal of Bethe l Academ yand where he (1 Ju ly 9, 1829 . H e had fou r ch .

am ong whom were Jam es H enry, b 1807, whowas Go vern o r o f S . C. in 1845 and U . S . Senator i n 1837, dyi ng i n 186 1 : an d Caro l ine Augu s ta, b 1809, who i n Rev. E zek ie l Fo ster H yde.

( Ham m ond Gen . by Ro land H am m ond, pub .

1894. PP 268 Gm . Ed.

49 15. DAVIS . The w i l l of a Sam uel D av i swas probated Feb . 26, 1 798 i n Bedfo rd Co. Va.

It i s fo und in the valuable n ew boo k j u st i ssued by Wm . M . Clem ens, 56 and 58 Pi ne St.N . Y. ( price, cal led Bedfo rd Co. Va.

Index o f W i l l s. T h is index g i ves the nam eso f al l testa to rs be tween the years 1750 and

1837 (w i t h date o f probate o f w i l l ) , and i sedi ted by Row land D . Bu fo rd, late Clerk o f

Bedfo rd Co . Va. The edi t ion is l im i ted to 300copies, an d conta ins m uch valuable in form at ion h itherto unpubl ished. Gen . Ed.

4928. Boon e. The s tatem ent was m ade inth is query tha t Ratcl i ffe Boone was the son o f

Jesse and De l i lah (Anderson ) Boone. Th i si s a m is take . It sho u ld be Jesse and Keziah ,or Kw iah Boone. D el i lah Anderson was thew i fe o f Ratcl i f

'fe an d not h i s m o ther . M rs. J .R . Spraker, 64 D orchester Road, Bufl

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alo, N . Y.

4930. Leavenwoar n . Anna Leavenwo rthwho m Ralph Rev i l lo Kee ler was b May 23,

1 789 in Roxbu ry, Conn . She wa s the dau o f

G ideo n Leavenworth , 2. Rev. so ldier, who wasb Oct. 26, 1 759 in Roxbu ry, Conn, m Lo i saH u nt, Oct . 16, 1 775 . Lo i sa d in 1828 an d Gid

eon d in Roxbu ry, Oct . 15, 1827 . G ideon wasa Com m i ssary under La fayette and was am em be r of the Leg i sl atu re in 1806. H e hadfive ch ildren. ( See Leavenworth Genealogy. )Gen . Ed.

4932 . Tern . According to S tock ing’s Tefft

Book the Joseph Tefft who m’

L ucy Brewsterwas b Ju ly 19, 1 738, and was son of Sam ue lan d Mary Tefft. H e had a second cou s in,Joseph Te fft, who was b Mch . 19, 1 737, and was

the son o f Jo seph and Esther ( Brownell) Teff t o f R ichm ond

, R . 1 . b u t th i s latterJoseph m ( 1 ) Ju ly 1 7, 1 757, Sarah Maxon ;and m (2 ) in 1 777, Al ice A lbro. M rs. Jen n i eS . S tewa rt, 1444 Sou th S tate S t. Syracu se,N . Y.

4933. D aw son . Mrs. Bertha H all Talbott,Rockv il le, Md. form er Regent of the JanetMon tgom ery Chapter, w ri tes that wh i le Chapter Regen t she suppl ied s i lk flag s for al l o f thegraves of Rev. s oldiers and patrio ts wh ich hadbeen located in Montgom ery Co. (27) and

am ong them Robert Doyn e D aw so n, who d

Aug . 24, 1824 , aged 66. H i s nam e was D ayne,n ot Dayne.

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D awson .

4937. H OLLIDAY. According to Mrs. M. C.

Torrey, Baird, M is s. the nam e of the w i fe o f

Thom as 'H o l l iday i s D ickerson, n ot D ickson,as g iven in the January i ssue.4939. Jon n sou . E l ij ah, son of D av id and

Zerv i ah Johnson, was bo rn in Sou th bo rough,Mass. Mch . 2S, 175 1 . H is m arri age i s n o t t ecorded in the Vi tal reco rds o f the town, b u th is ch i ldren's birth s ( twe lve i n al l ) are recorded, the o ldes t be ing John, b Oct . 26. 1 773, andthe youngest, H o l l i s, b Apr. 1 4, 1 797. Therewa s also an E l i sha Johnson, l iv ing i n Sou thbo rough at the sam e t im e. H e was b Ju ly I,1 753, the son o f i saac and Rachel Johnson, i n( 1 ) N ov. 29, 1 774, Abiga i l Newton, who (1

N ov. 30, 1 776, and he m (2 ) Sarah in 1778 or79. Gen . Ed.

4955. LE . The descendant s of Thom asLee, a branch fam ou s in Conn. sett led in N iant ic and the East Lym e H is to rical Socie tyhas recently pu rchased a nd restored the ir hom ewh ich dates f rom 1660. T hey have the fam i lyh i story an d fu l l genea logy ; an d a copy o f i tca n be obtained for ten do l lars. The old hou sefig u res in all recent hand books o f N ew E n gland, and i ts h i sto ry w i l l soon be in pr int. M issC. E . Bush, Secretary, E ast Lym e H i stor icalSociety, N iant ic, Conn.4956. Posrra . In the Foster Genealogy,

com pi led by Frederick Cl i fton Pierce, data isg i ven on p 55 1 of Nathanie l Foster, Rev. Sol

dier, father o f Nathan iel J r. a m ightyuhun terL'

v Ll)

186 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINEand t rapper. H e was b nea r R. I. ab 1740 ; mLydia Fisher and res ided at the t im e o f the

Revo lu t ion in H insdale. N . H . H e was in thebattles of Concord and Bunker H i l l, and

served throughou t the war ; was absent f romh is w i fe an d fam i ly seven years and ten

m onths w i thou t retu rning hom e. H e was i n

the batt les o f Fort S tanw i x an d Ori skany, an dwas under Gen . A rn o ld for a t im e. Af ter thewar he sett led in Johnstown, N . Y. where m o rech . were bo rn, a nd d in Sal i sbu ry, N . Y. in1829. Th ch . o f N athaniel and Lydia Fosterwere : E l i sha, b Mch. 31 . 1 764, m Po l ly Stree ter ; N athan iel . J r . b 1 766, m Jem im a S tree ter ;Zi lpha, b 1708. who d uom . : An n . b 1 770. mSam ue l Robinson, and d w i thou t i ssue : So lom on , b 1772 ; Sybel ( n o t Sy lv ia ) b 1 774 , mWalter H ast i ng s, and l i ved in Oh io ; E l i sha, b1784, d unm Po l ly, b 1788 m O l iver Chu rchi l l and had two dau gh ters ; Lydia. b 179 1 , m

Waterm an ; Shubael, b 1795, m E un iceSm i th ; and L ucy, m E l i sha Foster her cou s in .

Mrs. H elen G. B . Anderson , Pi t tsfield, Ill.

4960. TAPPAN . Col. Tenni s Tappan was hat King ston, N . Y. and d at Po ughkeepsie.

H i s w i fe was H ester, dau o f John Con ckli n of

Poughkeepsie, also 3 Rev . so ldier, acco rding tofam i ly tradi t ion. They had nine ch i ldren, b u tI can find reco rd of only five o f them . Bo thTenn is and h i s w i fe H ester are bu r ied i n theo ld bu ry ing g round at Pou ghkeepsie wh ichn ow has been di splaced. E l i zabet h , h is dauwho to R ichard Barnes, l i ved to be 95 yrs. oldand i s bu ri ed w i th th ree o f her ch . at Messenger

's Bay, One ida Lake, N . Y . where her son ,

Rev. D avid Barne s preached for m any years.I have her pictu re taken at the age of 93 yrs .H er hu sband, R ichard Barn es, i s bu ried w i thh is father, Wm . Barnes, at P leasant Val leyCem etery, ab 1 5 m i les from Pou ghkeepsie. H e

(1 m any years be fore h is w i fe . M rs. George G.

Brown e", Pondera Val ley Ranch , Conrad.Montana .

4967. m al ls -PRATT . Accordi ng to theLoom i s Genealogy, Martha L oom i s, b ab 1756at H art fo rd, Conn . wa s the dau of Benon iLoom i s, b ab 1 735, and h is w i fe Mary . H e

served in the regi m ent raised for the reduet ion o f Crown Po int Apri l, 1 755. and d 1 793at H art ford, leav ing bes ide Martha, E sther,b 1746 ; and Israel, b 1 753. M rs. P . 1 . Mc

H ugh . 2 15 Ea st Oak St . Fort Co l l ins, Co lorado. To th i s the Gen . Ed. wou ld add thatwh i le in the Loom i s Gen . Benoni i s spoken o fas a Rev. so ldier, the serv ice m entioned i s ev iden tly that per form ed in 1755 . In the Loom i sGen ealogy. Adonij ah Pratt i s spoken o f as theson o f D a n iel and Jeru sha (Chalker) Pratt o fH arw inton ; hu t in the Pratt Genealogy the

nam e is g i ven as D av id I’rat t : he m in 1 748.

and Jeru sha d Mch. 10. 1790. aged 80 yrs. lea vi n g nine ch. the younges t of whom was b i n

1 764. No Rev. service for e i ther Adonuah or

D av id Prat t i s m ent ioned in the Genealogy.

(Z) BULL . Com m odo re Jam es H . Bull,U . S . N . o f Santa Barbara, Cal i f and Mrs.An i ta Newcom b McGee, M . D . 1620 P Street,Wash ing ton, D . C. are com pi ling a genealogyo f the Bu l l Fam i ly o f Penna . wh ich w i l l probably be publ ished du ring the year. and wi l l nudoubtedly unravel m any a genealog i cal tangleam ong Bu l l descendants. Gen . Ed.

4969 . Jou n son . The fath er o f a CharlesJohnson was Capt . So lom on John son. a Rev.

so ldier, and sea captain . H is w i fe's nam e was

E l i zabet h R ice, an d he had a son , So lomonR ice John son . H e was m y father

's ancestor.Mrs. N a ncy John so n ll

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tn ry . W el l s, Vt.4975 . \Nam . The w i l l o f Thom as Wattsis recorded on p 193 Book D , Cu l peperIt i s dated Aug . 22, 1 749. m ent ions w i fe E sther, sons : Edward, John, Benj am in, Thom as.Jacob and W i l l iam ; daughters : Sarah , Esther,An n , Mary and Frankey . In Cu lpeper Co . Va.

Ju ly 10, 1 790, the w i l l o f Benj am in isrecorded, m entioning bro thers : John, Thom asan d Jacob ; s is ter Sarah Gaines. N ephewsBarnet t. Barnard, T hom as and Jam es are ap

po inted as execu to rs. The o lder Thom as leftto each ch i ld substantial lega cies, a nd theyseem to have scattered to ot her counties.T hom as d in Cu lpeper ; Edward i n Bedford;Jacob in Albem arle ; and som e i n Am herstMrs. C. A. D raper, Mo .

4979 ( 2 ) T u o n son -Axnsason . AndersonT hom son of th is query was the son o f WaddyThom son Sen . o f H anover, Lo u isa an d Albem arle Count ies, Va ., by h i s ( 1 ) w i fe, E l izabeth dau of N el son Anderso n Sen . o f Han

o ver Co . I be long to th is fam i ly, have seenthe record quoted and cop ied i t in m y notesat the t im e. I have the nam e N el son Anderson . Sr. n ot J r. who was, o f cou rse, the g rand»

father o f the Thom sons m entioned : Nelson .

Anderson , \Vaddy Jr . Sarah an d E l i zabethThom son. These five were ch . of Waddy Smby h is firs t w i fe. Of these, N el son a n d E l izabeth seem n ot to have m arried. Anderson i n

An n Anderso n . ev idently h i s first cou s in ; andh i s bro ther, J r. m ( l) a M i ss Anderson and ( 2 ) M i s s Orm sby . H i s fi rs t w i fe i ssuppo sed to have been a s ister to An n (Aodorson ) Thom son, Anderson

’s w i fe. WaddyThom son Sen . was a m em ber of the Lou isaCo . Com . o f Sa fety, in 1 775 (Wm . and MaryQuarterly, Vol. and h i s son , AndersonThom son was L ieu t . in the Rev. (Va . H ist.Mag . Vol. The o ther sons of “'addy Sen .

were al so R ev . so ldiers and Sarah Thom m n ,

previo u sly m entioned. i n John Lewis. N elsonT hom son l ived a n d d in Albem arle Co . Andorson and J r . located i n Bedfo rd Co.

Va . and D av id ( 1759 - 182 7 ) Thom son, who m

h is cousin E leano r ( 1759 - 182 7) dau o f An thony an d An n ( Bibb)

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di a n apolis, 1 nd.

4998. BUTLER (Bu srra ) . In the Jan. m ag

az ine the nam e Bu tler sho u ld b e g iven as Bu ster or Bu stard. The Gen . Ed. i s g lad to cor

rect th i s erro r, cau sed by n ot be ing able to

read the w ri tten nam e, and also to state thatin the L ist o f Va . Rev. So ldiers there i s m en

tion of a Claudiu s Bu ster, who was a Rev.

pensioner. In form ation o f h im can b e oh

ta i n ed by w ri t ing the Com m i ss ioner of Pensions

, In lt r ior D epartm ent, \Vash ing ton, D . C.

Ask for the record o f Claudiu s Bu ster o f Va.who was pensioned wh ile a resident o f Angu sta Co . Va . in 1835 . On p 4 74 of Vol. II o fAugu sta Co . R ecords , an abstract o f Claudiu sBuster's D eclaration i s g i ven . I le s ta ted t hathe was bo rn Nov. 2 4, 1 763, enl is ted in 1 780 inA lbem arle Co . under Capt. “'

m . Grayson. andwas disch . in March, 1 781 . H e served at Yo rktown , the H al f Way H ou se, and H am pton, b u twas in n o battle. In May. 1 781 , he re-en l i sted,serving three m ore m onth s, a nd was final ly

di sch . Aug . 1 781 . S ince the Revo lu t ion he hadbeen a J u st ice and a Sher iff i n Aug u s ta Co.In

“H i story an d Genealog ies

" by \V. H . Millero f R ichm ond, Ky. i t i s stated that Jane Woods

m John, n ot W i l l iam Bu ster. N o th ing furtheri s g iven of the fam i ly.5006. BATES. According to Jones’ H i story

o f“'

a i tsfield, Vt. Mary Bateswas the dau of John Da tes, 1) \Vest ford,Mass.ab 1 722 , who m oved in 1750 f r. West ford toAshbu rnham , Mass . where he was an assessorat the first elect ion, 1 705 . H i s farm fe l l w ithinthe l im i t s o f Ashby, wh ich was set 0 5 in 1 767.Ab 1774 he m oved to Shelbu rne, Mass . wherein 1 776 he wa s appo inted adx . o f the e state ofh is brother, O l i ver Bates who was Capt . of acom pan y in Col. Presco tt's reg im en t o f Mi nu te Men and received a wound from wh ich hed Ju ly 4, 1 775. John Bates m in “'

est ford.Mass. J une 7, 1 744 , Martha Foste r o f L ittleton , Mass. and in 1 777 was drowned whilecross ing the D eerfield river. Gen . Ed.

QUERIES

5007. H ARRISON . John H arb i son sn Isabella

Mi l l iken in Ki shaco qu i llas \‘

al ley. M illin Co .

Penna. be f. 1 785 ; later, settled near Jacksonv i l le, Centre Co . Penna. a nd was on e of the

fi rst tax - payers of Walker townsh ip. An ces

try,fam i ly data and Rev. record, i f any, de

s ired.

(Z) FIS H ER. John Fi sher, b 1 79 1 , m Cather ine Bailey of Wh i te D eer Val ley. Penna. and

had the fo l low ing bro thers a n d s isters : Chri st in a, who tn Jacob Ba i ley ; S u san, b 1 798, whom Wm . Foresm an : Adam , who located in Balt im ore, D avid, who settled near Indianapo l i s,1nd. and Geo rge who went .when a young m an

to I ’i t tshurg , Penna. Acco rding to t radi t ionthei r father's nam e was M ichae l. Can th i s b eproved? Ancestry and other data o f fam i lydesi red.

5008. McCu za nv-H osack . Martha Mc

Cleary m Ilen ry Ilosack ( h 1 750 1 11 Sco t land)in Adam s Co. Penna. and had s ix teen ch .

am ong them be ing Thom as, Ilen ry an d

Marga ret . Wanted, n am e o f parents o f

Martha, w ith al l gen . data, and Rev. serv ice,i f any .

(2 ) Pour i zn -MCCm . Margaret Po rterto Sam ue l McClean , Apri l 20, 1 773, a nd l i vedi n Yo rk Co . Penna. ancestry o fMa r

garet w ith a ll gen . data, and Rev. serv ice. i fa ny. Sam u e l was the son of and E l i zabeth ( Ru le ) Mcclean . D i d “'

m . perfo rm anyRev. service ? F. I . T.

5000. I i -n r n -D i -zm m x . L ieu t . E l i j ah Beem an m in 1 77 1 o r 2 , M i ss Ma tch . who i s bu r iedat Staffo rd \

'

t . Wan te d, ancestry, w i th al l

gen . da ta, a nd Rev. reco rd, i f an y o f MissH atch .

(Z) GIBSON . E noch G ibson, bro ther ofSm i th G ibson, was in the o f 1812. mE l i zabe th Jackson and l i ved at Buckhannon,\N

'

est Va. they sons of Capt. J ohn ( 2ison of Fort Pi t t ? I f n ot, who was theirfather ? .M. C. G .

5010. Ba x ea - t u . John Baker o f Thet

ford. Vt .'

m E l i zabeth R ich and had : Lm i na,b 1 783 ; Sam u el, b 1 781 ; Zacarias, b 1 783;L int on ( or S im on ) b 1788 ; Anne, b 1 790 ; N abby ( or Abby ) b 1 792 . John Baker d at Man

chester, N . If . i n 1815 . E l i zabe th ( R ich)Baker’s s i ster, Bathsheba , m R icharda Rev. so ldier. was the i r father ? D idhe serve in the Revo lu t ion ?(2 ) Is sign ing the Associat ion Test su f

ficien t se rv ice to ent i tle descendants to m em

hersh ip in the order ? C. M . P .

501 1 . I la n iu son . Rebecca H ar ri son, b j one9, 1 754, m J une 12, 1 773 H enry Be l l, b N ov . 7.1 745. a L ieu t. in the Rev. H enry's father v i

r s

D av id Bel l who m J udi th, s ister o f Col. Arc'

ba ld Cary. R ebecca's father was Benj am inH arr ison. D id he have Rev. serv ice ? T. I . .

50 12 . SLACK - PAUL. H annah S lack bat 1802 Pau l o f Am wel l twp.

ton Co . Penna. She had a bro ther, Ph i l ip .who m An n . s ister o f Pau l . was

the father o f H annah and Ph i l ip ? i t thePh i l ip S lack m entioned as l iv ing in Am wel ltwp . i n the Censu s o f 1800?( 2 ) lh -zs xm r- Aua st s. Rev D an iel Bennett

h 1 783 I n zern e Co . Penna. tn Sarah Adl

am s 1 11

1804, who was b m the sam eCo . i n 1787 . It 81- 1 9l |0 | IZGCJb v 0 0 0ole

GENEALOGICAL DE PARTMENT

they went from the \Nyom i n g Val ley to D e laware Co. Oh io. Sarah had bro thers and sistersas follows ; John , who a t D es ire Clark ; Squ ireEl ij ah, who m M i ss Cary ; and Mary, who at

Mr. Budd; D anie l and Sarah had ch . as follows : Susan nah , L ucy, H arriet, H annah.Wm , H u ldah, D aniel, Sarah, Mary, R u sse l lB, and John \«Vesley. Can anyone g i ve the

names of the paren t s of D an ie l a nd Sarah ?Was there Rev. serv ice in ei th er l i ne? R .A. B.

5013. \VIL SON . Jam es Wi l son, b near L ancaster, Lancaster Co. Penna. i n 1801, cam e toOhio bet 1820 an d 1826 where he m in 1827Lyd ia McBri de an d d 1841 . H e was the son

of John Wi l son. “’as John i n the Revolution?(2) Kan -Tsn x an r . Eln ah Kalb, son o f

John Kalb was b Mch . 9, 1803, i n Va. (po ssibly London Co. ) m Rebecca T en nant ( or Tenan t) in 1829 . She was b i n Wash ing ton Co .

Md.Jan. 26, 1813. \Vho were her parents?Did the pa ren ts of ei ther E l ij ah or Rebeccaserve in the Revo lu t ion ? John Kalb, E l ij ah

'

sfather was buried n ea r Lovettsv i l le, LondonCo. Va. F. B.

5014. GIBSON . Guaycn , 6 i on , or Guyon Gi bson , b in County Downe, Ireland, January 7,1747, m E leanor Kennedy in Pendleton D i striet, Sou th Caro l ina D ecem ber 8. 1 773, and

died of yel low feve r in 1 795. Wan ted to

know the place of h i s death . E .

'

E . H .

5015. ARMSTRONG. Rober t Arm strong l i vedin Greenbrier Co . Va. i n 1 780, m E l i zabethGraham . Thei r daughter m Joe l \\falker of

\'

a. Wh o were the parents of Robe rt Arm ‘

stron g and E l i zabe th Graham , when were theyborn and m arr ied? All Genealogi cal, Colonialand Revo lu t ionary data on both the Arm

strong and Graham side s incerely needed.

K. G. H .

5016. H ucu zs. In the early part of th e17th cen tury fou r brothers, Josiah . Orlando,Wi ll iam and John H ughes, le f t Wales, cam eto America an d se tt led i n Vi rg i nia . Laterone Josiah (whether th is on e or a descendan t of on e of these brothers, I do not

know), w ith at least three sons ( and probablymore children ) , John, Leander, and Jos iah,wen t to east Tennessee be fore the Indians le ftthere. Th is John H u ghes m Katie Bryant a ndhad the fo l low ing ch i ldren : Jack, R ice. Al lan,Harris, George“K. Pol ly, Ju l ia An n ,Jem im i a,Mahaba and Su s ie. L eander H ughes i n MaryLeonard and had the fo l lowing ch . : Anthony,Orlando, Josiah , John, Sarah and Am anda.Can any on e tel l m e m ore of these H u ghes?(2 ) Tu u u ru - D tcrcen so n . In 18 15. J.Y. Tramm el l was bo rn , I th ink in Georg ia.H is father wa s John T ram m el l, son ofThomas T ram m e l l, and h i s m o ther was

Mary D ickenson o r D ick inson . The T rammell s are suppo sed to have gone f rom S tone

Mountain, N . C. to Georg i a. Can anyone te llm e o f ei ther of these fam i l ies ? V. H . H .

5017. CH ILDS. In fo rm at ion as to paren tageo f H en ry and E l i zabeth Ch i lds, b probably in Tenn ; later l ived i n M0 . E l i z. m

Capt Gray and had a dau Mary An n . H enrym oved to U nion Co . Ark in 1840. Is thereany Rev. serv ice on th i s l ine?( 2 ) Phon on -“Eu la. Wm . We lch who

l ived in N . C. du ring the Rev. m FrancesProctor. “’ho were her parents ? 1 3 anyth ingknown of h i s parents ? H e m oved to CentralIll. ab 1790.

(3) D em on . John D enton, b ab 1 750 w i thw i fe Tabitha l ived fi ve m i les f rom whereN ashv i l le, Tenn. n ow stands. T radi tion sayshe was a Bapti st m in i ster. T hey had Jerem iah,E l ij ah and Tabitha. -

'as there any Rev . service i n th i s l ine? All gen . in form at ion des i red.

W. S . IV.

5018. PER KIN S - SWIFJ‘. Abigai l . Perk ins mZebu lon Sw i f t, who accordi ng to h i s tom bstone record was b in 1 790 in Vt . H e was son

o f D av id an d Lydia ( Saver-y ) Sw i f t, and theyl ived ab 1840 in Gencseo, L iv ing ston Co. N . Y.

“1 10 were Abigai l's pa rents? there Rev .

serv ice? D avid Sw i f t .was m June 4, 1 772,m oved to \"t and later to N . Y. where he alsodied. M . E . H .

5019. Man tra s - Ben n “ . In the N ov.

m agazine there i s a cu t o f the S tate L ineH ou se, bu i l t by C0 1. Ma tthres in 1783. D id

he have a dau Ann a who m Bent ley, Rev.

so ldier, in 1 785 ? If so, what was h i s g ivennam e, and what was h i s Rev. serv ice, i f ‘any ?C. B. C.

5020. “’Iwox - Sm r tt . Frances W i lcox of

\Vi lli ston , Ch ittenden Co . Vt . m i n Bu rl ing ton,Vt . Sam uel Sm i th o f Constable, Frank l in Co .

N . Y. Feb . 16. 1816. \Vho were the paren ts ofeach ? Is there Rev . serv ice in e i ther o f thesel ines ? M. A. H .

502 1 . T H URSTON -BU RCII . D aniel T hu rston,Son of Joe l and M i riam ( Blake ly ) T hu rstonb Easton, N . Y . 1 781, m in 1802, Margaret. dauo f Sam ue l and Barbara ( D ibble) Bu rch , b1 784 . D id ei ther Joe l T hu rston o r Sam uelBu rch have Rev. serv ice ? K. E . S . S .

5022. Jen rx sox . In the H i story o f D eerfi eld, Mass . by She ldon, i t i s stated that Am o sJefferson (orJepheson ) had the fo l low ing chAm o s who m Ju ly 3, 1 783, Sarah D erby, bo tho f Green fie ld, later m ov ing to Whately, a nd

had fou r ch . in 1 793 ; H annah , who m An.

1 4, 1 788, Mart in Graves ; So lom on who m Jaham i ah ; Susanna. who tu Meh . 1 1 , 1795, Rob

ert H azzard ; Joseph : S i lence ; Anna. In the

l i s t o f so ldiers in the Rev. from Mass. m e n

t ion is m ade o f a Joseph an d 3 So lom onJefferson , w i th o thers . D id th i s re fer to the

above fam i ly ? Am anxiou s to obtain an y further in fo rm ation in regard to the above fami ly, espec ial ly Rev. se rv ice. F. T .

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5023. KID N EY . Can som eone tel l m e who

were the parents o f Thom a s and E l i zabeth (o rBetsey ) Kidney o f D u tchess Co . N . Y . ? The

father wou ld b e o f the r igh t age to haveserved in the Revo lu t ion.

( 2 ) Woonwa nn . Mary Woodward m Asa

Ilazleton , a R ev. so ldier of Sutton, Mass.Who were her parents ?

(3) Goousvem -Acsrm . Jonathan Au st in,a Rev . so ldier from R . I . m Mercy Goodspeed.

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'

ho were the i r parents ? D id they have service ? R . M . A.

5084 . S t on e- H um ). Jeh iel S tone o f L i tchfield. Conn . who (1 in 1 780 wa s the father o fThom as S tone, at Rev. so ldier. D id Jeh ie lserve ? “h a t was the nam e of Jeh iel 's w i fe?( 2 ) H um - Ba s s” . Abiah -H u rd ( 1 766

1837 ) m in 1787 Thom as Lattin.

she the dau o f Benj am in llu rd ? H er m o therwas Betty Basse t, b Sept. 17, 1 731 . Was Bettythe dau o f Robert Basset ?

(3) H ows. Sarah H owe m i n 1803 Jonathan Fu rm an ( D ec. 8. 1 783 What re lation was she to H annah H owe who m AaronFu rm an o r N athan H owe who m Katie Furm an ? E . S . C.

5025 . STARK - Luca . John Stark from N . J .had a da u Su sannah who m Matth ias Luce of

Washing ton Co . Penna. Thei r son John m

E un ice Cooper. ls there Rev. serv ice i n th i sl ine ?5026. t t rrt e. D r. T i tu s Wh ipple, b Aug .

15. 1 74 1 , was bapt. N ov. 22 of the sam e yearin N ew London, Conn. \Vhere did he di e?H i s bu ry ing g round i s at Montv i lle, Conn., buthe i s n ot there . 8 . T . ll’.

502 7. Moun t s . D r. Jonathan Morri s of-

’

hi teley, Greene Co . Penna. had two bro thers :George Morri s who kept a tavern at New ton,Greene Co . Penna. an d John Mo rri s o f Mt.Mo rr is, Greene Co . What was the nam e o f

thei r father ? H e was said to have been aRev. so ldier. D r. Jonathan had two ch . : D r.

Spencer, and M i randa, who m Em r i Taylo r ofW

'h i teley . John m Mary Munde l l and hadGeorge who m Charlo tte Jones ; Margaret,Mary and Rebecca . Geo rge Sen . o f N ew ton.had : Sarah , Jackson and H arri son. V. E . S .

5028 . PALM ER. Are the nam es of Abijahand Pcleg Palm er am ong the s igners o f the“Mem orial to H art fo rd" s ign ed by 105 ci t izens o f S toning ton, Conn. m en ? \‘Vould th i sbe sufficient serv ice to cau se descendants toobtain recogn it ion in the D . A. R .

? E . J . K.

5029 . ADAM S . Moses Adam s. b 1 726. m ( 1 )H epz iba h D eath ; m ( 2 ) Mary Swan in Peterborough , and sett led in D ubl in, N . H . wheree ight ch . were born . the youngest in 1781 . On eso n . Jam es m Abigail H ayward and l i ved inD ubl in . Their so n Calvin m Rebecca Farewel l . D id Mo ses Adam s have Rev. serv ice o f

any k ind, and in what year did he die? G A. N .

5030. PARKER. Moses Parker, a Rev. sol

dier from Cheraw, S. C. m An n . \Vho w erethe parents o f each o f them ? D id ei ther ha veany Rev. serv ice?(2 ) Coon -Fw n an ov. Wm . Cook , a R ev .

so ldier, m entioned in Greg g's H i sto ry o f T he

Old Cheraws, m E l i z . Flou rnoy . “1 10 wereher parents ? D id they serve in the Revolut ion ? B.

5031 . Kfitzsncxm - Pa n xu . Andrew ParkerKeesecker was b in Berkeley Co . Va . i n 18 10.

According to tradi t ion h is fath er served i n t he-

’ar of 1812 , and h is g randfather in the Revolot ion. What was the nam e o f the grandfather ? All gen . data desi red. C. M .

5032 . Jon n soN - Bnooxs. Mary John so n m

John Brooks, a Rev . so ldier an d m oved f rornH unterdon Co . N . J . to T ioga Center, T iog aCo . N . Y . i n 179 1 . Any in form at ion in rega rd.‘o the Johnson fam i ly wou ld b e g ratefu l ly re

cei ved. A. It‘.

5033. L EWIS . Isaac Lew i s m h is cou s in .

E l i zabeth L ew i s and l ived n ear N inety S i x D i st riet, S . C. du ring the Rev. H e served a t thatt im e and h i s epau lettes and sword werehanded down for several generat ions . H i s

ch . were : Benj am in , who tu Mi ss H ayes ;Sam u el who m Mrs. D unbar ; ( Sam ue l wa s i nthe Black H awk War ; was b 1805 and d 1882 )Maria ( or Po l ly ) b 1 798 who m John Clark ;a dau who m Mr. Yokum ; E l i z . who m Mr .

N antz ; Su san ; Mahala, who m Sam uel Se lecrnan. Abou t 1804 the fam i ly m oved to Ky .

where, near Springfie ld, Isaac Lew i s i s bu r ied .

Can anyone g i ve any in form ation on th i s l ine ?L . C.

5034 . BEN N ETT. Am es ( orAm os ) an d E l iasBennett were brothers, and Rev . pens ionersf rom Preston, Conn . Who were thei r parents. and di d they have Rev . serv ice ? E l iasm Lydia Ju stin . Am os m \k

’

elthy Safl'

ord.

N am es o f parents o f each des ired.

(2 ) Cli m b - Rea . E l i sha Gu i ld (Gi le, Gyleo r Gu i le ) m Abigai l Rea . N am es of parentsand Rev. serv ices desi red.

(3) ROSEN KRAN S - STR ICKLAND. Jerem iahRosenkrans ( Rosenkran t , Rosenkrantz ) m

Sally Strickland at U pper Sm i thfield, N o r tham pton Co . Penna . N am e o f parents an dRev .

se rv ices of bo th des i red. F. A. D .

5035 . T H OMPSON . Caleb Thom pson. secondson o f Jonathan and H annah Thom pson wa sb Nov. 5. 1 737 in Be l l ingham . served in theR ev. and d in 1828. probably at Man son , Mass .

according to the“Genealog ical and Fam i ly

H isto ry o f Central N . Y .

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H e m Lydia AIden . What au thentic proo f i s there o f th i sserv ice? Where was he bu ried ? 15. i f. T .

5036. FOWLER - H om e. My g randfather,John Fow ler , was h ab 1 790 in A lban y. N .

Y.

m Eli a . H ow ie. Is there Rev. ancest ry ine i ther o f these l ines ? J . 15. C.

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5037 . \h’

tzu s . Sam uel We l l s ho rn in Va .

or N . C. m arr ied th ree t im es . By—lilisé rst[Wi lla

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5048. ALLEN . “'anted ancest ry and fam i lyh isto ry of Obediah A l len. ( 1755- 1 795) sup

posed to have been b in Conn . an d a cou s in o fE than a nd Ira Al len . l i e was on e o f t he

Green Mt . Boys, an d served under Capt.Nathan Sm i th in 1 778. H i s w i fe was Meg e

ta ble, and he had a son , T im o thy. They l i vedin or near Benning ton, Vt . dur ing the Revolut ion . E . A.

5049. Con s u lar. Cont ine Con n olly b M i lan,D u tchess Co . N . Y . Feb . 12, 1800, m Sara Mc

ln tyre ( 1 796- 1875 ) in M iddletown, Del. Co .

N . Y. Feb . 15, 1827, and d i n M iddletown Ju ly1 1

,186i . They had th ree ch . : Mary, Ma rth a

and Pezou . Ancestry of Contine Connel ly des ired w ith al l gen . da ta , and Rev. reco rd, i fany.

(2 ) MCIN TYRK. Sara Mcln tyre m entionedabove was the dau o f E ly McIn tyre who m

D iana and had : Ro sam ond, b Aug . 2 7. 1 785 :Orson ,

‘b 1 786. d 1805 ; Pezou, b Jan. 1 788, m

John A laben ; Claram ond ; b J u ly 22, 1 790 ;Abigai l, b 1792 ; Sara, b Au g . 3, 1 796 a t -D uane sburg h, S choharie Co . N Y ; m Cont ine Conn el ly ; Jesse ; D iana, b 1 798 ; E ly ; LeisterIi a n i og -m ‘Benj am i n Coo n ; Mele mhea 'Mary.

An cestry w i th al l 'gen . data desired, and Rev.

record, i£any .

(3) D AVi s - N i w s. Wm . D av i s m Abi ga i lN i les and had : Mariam , b 1 797 or 8, at O l ive,N . Y. m John Beadles an d had : D avi s, Abraham and Salom e : Rhoda, b Meh . 1 799, m

Sam ue l H i l l. and l ived at Ol i ve, N . Y . An

cestry w i th al l gen . data desired of bo th W i ll iam and Abiga i l . E . A. J.5050. Om n ew . W i l l iam O ldfie ld, b Va.

Feb : 2 1 , U SOhad a son nam ed Jonathan .W ha t

wa s the n ame of W i l l iam ’s w i fe, and whatserv ice did he per fo rm in the R evo lu ti on ?L . O. C.

5051 . SEARL ( Sc Ls)— Sws£n AN 0 -Woon

ARD. John Searl and Margaret Cook had ason G ideon b Nov. 13, 1 742 who was a Rev.

so ldier a nd d at Arl ing ton, Vt. Feb . 4. 1 798.

H e m Cyn th ia Sweet land ( b Sept. 9. 1 745—dSept. 9, 1 792 ) an d they had a son Gideon J r.b Meh . 1 1 , 1 763 at Arl ington, Vt. who also i n1 781 served w i th h is father in the Rev. arm y,and d at Wh itehal l , N . Y. Sept. 26, 1830.

Gideon Jr. m ( 1 ) H annah Woodard (b May

1 1 . 1 768—d May 31 . 181 1 ) and had : Abrahamwho i n Jerusha Wood ; Arza who i n An n

Wood ; Gideon who i n L u ran ia Sam uelwho at Isaac who m Martha H o tchki ss ;M i l l ie who i n Mr. R eyn o lds ; Cynth ia who i n

Mr. D ensm ore ; Phebe who m E leazer D ensm ore ; Po l ly who m and Jacob. H e then

m (2 ) Lucy (Osgood) H u l l , who had fou rH u l l ch i ldren, an d who had four Sear] chi ldren . Any addi tions to th i s in fo rm ationg rate fu l ly rece ived ; also des ire ancestry w i thal l gen . data o f Cynth ia Sweet land and H annahWoodard. E . S . C.

5052 . Sm n a. Jeh ie l or Jch ial S tone, fathero f T hom as S tone, a Rev. so ldi er l ived i n Gu i lfo rd where he enl i sted i n the Revo lu t ion. H e

(1 in 1 780 . H as h i s g rave been located? H as

anyone entered the D . A. R. on the reco rd o f

Jehie l S tone? 5 . T. C.

5053. BROWN - BEN SON . John Brown m

N ancy Benso n and l i ved near the l ine o f Ala .

an d Ca . Wanted, nam es of thei r ch i ldren and

to whom m arried.

( 2) H AH IL‘

m N - STRIN GER. Ancestry des iredo f Clarissa S tringer who i n Benj am in S tewartH am i l ton and l ived in Ra leigh, N . C. ab theclo se of the Revo lu t ion .

(3) LEE . Wanted, fu l l nam e of w i fe o f

Wm . L ee, Rev. so ldi er o f N . C. whose ch i ldren's n am es were : A l fred. Sam pson, Boyk i n,\Vi lli am and Po l ly . L . E . H .

5054 . FAnmsvn oucn . In 1804 Am brose Edwards deeds som e property an d styles himsel f “

of H en ry Co. fo rm er ly of A lbem arleCo.

”Th is deed i s w i tnessed by Edward Far

n eyhough . .Can anyone from A lbem arle Co.

tel l m e anyth ing of th i s Edward Fam eyhough ?

E . S . lV.

5055. s rs. In the Novem ber m agaz ine, 1)323, in the description o f the Battle o f Saratoga, the statem ent i s m ade that Morgan Lewi san d Col. W i lk inson acted for the Am er icans atthe su rrender of Bu rgoyne. Can you te l l m e

anyth ing of the fam i ly of th i s Morga n Lew i s?Are any o f the descendants m em bers of theD . A. R ? M . J . T.

5056. CAUL KlN S -PECK . H annah Cau lk insof N ew L ondon (1 Aug . 14, 1349. aged 73 yrs.She m D av id H owel l Peck who was b Aug .

20, 1 787, an d d Ju ly 1870 at M iddletown, Conn.-'

h o were her parents ?(2 ) H owa u Pecx . Mather Peck b April

26, 175 1 , d at Lym e, Conn . June, 1819 . H e

m Ruana H owe l l. “1 1 0 were her parents ?(3) WH ITE . H osea Wh i te, b 1 782 in Mass.

d 1856 at West Po int, Iowa. H e i n Grat iaW ri gh t . Who were h i s paren ts, and did h i sfather serve in the Revo lu tion. D . C. P.

5057 . SM lTH - R ICE . H enry Sm ith m atWar

w ick. Mass . L ucy R ice. She was the sistero f T im o thy R ice, the father ofMary A. (R ice)L i verm ore. Who were the paren ts o f H enrySm i th . \Vhere and when was he bo rn . and

what serv ice, i f any, di d he gi ve in the Revolu t i on ?

(2 ) Kn ox . According to the H i story o fPem broke Wm . Knox le f t H averh il l, Mass . in1 733 a n d settled i n Pem broke. N . H . Accord.

i n g to M iddlesex deeds a t Cambridge, Mass .

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Wm . Kno x o f H averh i l l, Mass . hu sbandm an,buys on e r ig h t in the town o f T un cook, N .

H . Feb . 12 , 1 734 . (T un cook form erly includedthe pre sen t towns o f A l lenstown and Peru

broke . ) \Vm . Kno x an d h i s son D av id signedthe Ass. Test in Al lenstown Apr. 12, 1 776,

according to N . H . S tate Papers. W i l l iam Knoxi s known to have had two sons, D av id and

\Vi lliam J r. D av id Kn o x, m y ancestor, ac

co rding to h i s tom bstone reco rd i n Tunbridge,Vt . was 1) 1 747, a nd d May 8, 1830. Abo u t1 770 he m Mary o f Brim fi e ld, Mass.She was b 1 752 an d d May 1 , 1812 . D avid and

Mary Knox had : E li a, who m Gou ld Cam p ;Jacob ; Mary ; D avid Jr. ; Wi l l iam ;

'John ;ln n om ; N ancy ; Sally ; ,Jam es and Cyru s. ln

fo rm ation concern ing Wm . Kn o x o f Pem brokede s ired. Wha t serv ice did he render in the

R evo lu t ion? R. I . P.

5058. BRYAN . D av id Chester Bryan bH unting ton, Su ffo lk Co . N . Y. Sept. 29 , 1771 ,m Ru th B ryan in 1 792 , in H untingt on, (whet hera relat i ve o r n ot i s n ot known ) b H untington,N ov. 14, 1 77 1 . They m oved to Batav ia, Clero

m ont Co . Oh io where he d Ju ly 31 , 1829 , and

she d Apri l 3, 1837. In 1800 they had beenl i v ing i n N . J . and i n 1803 in W i l l iam sbu rg,Oh io . Ancestry o f bo th Dav id a nd Ru th des i red, w i th al l g en . data, and Rev. service, i fany. i f

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5059. H um m xson - Mem m MargaretH u tch inson b 1 789 m Thom as Metcal fe and d

1 87 1 . H e was a son o f John andM i l ly ( Shacke l ford) Metcal fe. Margaret

's father's n am ei s suppo sed to have been Arch ibald and to havecom e f rom Mary land. Can proo f o f th is b eg iven ? Thom as an d w i fe l ived in Wood fo rdCo . Ky. m ov ing to Pendleton Co . a nd had :

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estern , T i l ford, Jam es, Arch ibald, John,Corde l i a who m a Mo rehead ; Le t icia who al som a Morehead ; Parthena who m a Vallandi n gham ; Martha An n who a t J . L . Fi ske ;Ka thar ine who m a Shoem aker. D i d Thom asMetcal fe ( 1 783- 1873) serve in the“’ar o f 1812 ?

Sn acxeu oiu) . M i lly or Am e l ia Shacke l ford, m ent ioned above was the dau of Jam esand Mary ( S tam ps ) Shacke l ford. H e was ban d l i ved in Fauqu ier Co . Va. up to the tim eo f h i s m arr iage wh ich i s supposed to havetaken place i n Ky. D id he serve i n the Revolut i on ? John Metcal fe was th e son o f Capt.John Metcal fe an d h i s wi fe, Su san Farrow,

an d m M i l ly Shacke l ford in 1 782 . Capt. Johnse rved e igh t years in the Rev. D id the son

John serve?

(3) Bone. E xperience Bu rr of H addam ,

Conn. m 1 771 D r. Joseph L ew i s of Lym e,

Conn . E xper ience was b 1753 and d 18 19 i nNorw ich , Vt . D id her father render a id inthe Revo lu t ion? Ancestry of E xper i ence des i red. K.

5060, N ELSON -MILLION S. Lucina N e l son m

Mr. M i l l ions an d tw ins, Em ily and Mart inwere bo rn. Em i ly i n George Lester, whosebrothers an d s isters were : T im o thy

,John

,

Benjam in, Mary, H anna, Anna, E l i za. An ces

t ry w i th a ll gen . data desi red o i th i s couple.I. . E . C.

5061 . Bowen -D ea n . Gwen Bowen, dauo f D av id Bowen o f Md. m Mr. D enham .

What was the nam e o f Dav id's w i fe? D id he

serve i n the Revo lu t ion ?(2 ) Ronm son -:v. McKi n ney Rob

i nson tu fi l i z . “'am sley, dau o f John Warnsley. “'hat was the nam e o f John's w i fe ? D id

he serve in the Revo lu t ion ? McKi n n ey Rob

in son was a Rev . so ldier. The Wam sleys weref rom Vi rg in ia. 111 . L . P.

5062 . Sum as s. Sam uel S tevens o f Mass .had several ch. Com m odo re Perry ; Jonathan ; Jane ; G i l son and N oah. A fter h i s m ar

r i age he l ived i n Broom e Co . N . Y . Was he

a Rev. so ldier ? D i d h i s parent s serve? C. IV.

H

5063. “'ILLS . H as anyone entered the D . A.

R. on the serv ice o fMatthew o r Thom as \Vi l l s,Rev . so ldi ers from Va. Can anyone tel l m e

anyth ing o f thei r fam i l ies? A . R . M cN .

5061 . Paaw- l osa r . Thom as Frew. b Feb .

14 , 1 779, i n Md. m Rache l L indsay b April15, 1 787. Ancestry a nd al l gen . data of bo thdes ired, wi th Rev. serv ice. i f any. H . R .

5065 . BROWN . E l i zabeth da u o f Benon i andMabe l Brown w as b Oct . 3, 1 750 and m Ed

ward Barney (b R ehobo th, Mass . ) Oct . 29 .1 770, presum ably a t L eyden, Mass. Wou ldl ike any data con cern ing Benoni or h i s w i fe.

D id he serve in the Revo lu t ion ? W. F. D .

5066. PEARCE. \Vi lli s Pearce l) 1 767 Su ssexCo . N . J . m Mary Shepherd Jan. 8, 1 79 1 and

m oved to Yate s Co . N . Y. i n 1803. H e had abro ther Benj am in . \Vas th i s the Ben j am inwho served i n the Rev. f rom Su ssex County?

was the nam e o f the father of W i l l i sa nd Benj am in ? Is there Rev. serv ice in th i sl ine ? V. 6 . 1V.

5067. Norm s . Robert A. Norri s and w i feMary l ived in \Vestm orelan d, Oneida Co . N .

Y . where he d in 1824, aged 53 yrs. Where didhe com e from ? “’hat was h i s w i fe's m aidennam e ? Who were the parents of each ? I . R .

5068. Gm som Gurzi zsr. W i l l i am Green m

N ancy W. G ibson in Fau qu ier Co . Va . Ju ly3, 18 1 1 , m arriag e bond s igned by Jam es G i l»Son . Wm . a nd N ancy W . Gibson Green re

m oved to H arri son Co . where she d i n 1846.After her death . \Vm . Green retu rned to Eastern Va . where he spent the rest of h i s l i fe.

In fo rm at io n des i red concern ing the parentso f Green an d N ancy \V. G ibson . \Vo uldbe g lad to co rrespond w i th any descendantso f th i s Green or Gibson fam i ly ? V. B. F.

5069 . CLAR K . Ancest ry des i red of Jam esB. Clark o f Va . who m E l i zabeth D aniels and

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m oved to Tenn. ab 1810, wi th al l gen . data,and Rev. serv ice, i f any.

( 2 ) CARM ICH AEL . A l fred Carm ichae l l ivedat H arrisbu rg, Penna. du ring the Rev. H e m

Margaret D uncan, and d i n Penna. H i s w idoww i th her ch. m oved to Tenn. Date of birtho f the i r son Jam es especial ly des ired. M . R . S .

5070. q sox -Wm cu m . Mary Fergu~so n of Ol ive, U lster Co . N . Y . m i n 1 770

Jam es W inchel l, a Rev. so ldier and i s bur iedat Ol ive Bridge, N . Y. She had a sister Ru th .

Ancestry o f Mary and Ru th desi red, w i th all

gen . da ta, and Rev. serv ice, i f any.

(2 ) CH URCH -H AKES . Ancestry o f Zervi ahChu rch who m i n 1 774 George So lom on H akes,desired. H er father was cal led “Capt.Chu rch" and was supposed to have l ived ei therin S ton ington, Conn. or i n Westerly, R. I.

(3) L awns . N athan Lew i s (1 May 13, 182 1

at Bal lston Spa, N . Y . aged 45 years. H i s

w i fe’s m aiden nam e was Pri sci l la H akes, andthey had fou rteen ch . When he bought landat Bal l ston Spa Aug . 22 . 1804. he was sty ledN athan Lew i s J r. Ancest ry w i th al l gen . data,an d Rev. serv ice, i f any, des ired. G . P. W.

the Rev. period. and had : Joseph, Catharine(Kit ty ) , Mary and An n . The father, Charle s,was an E piscopal ian , and h i s w i fe a Mo rav ian .

On e of the da ughters m Mr. Flanagan o f

Ph i ladelph ia, an d the i r son la ter becam e aM .C. ; ano ther tn Mr. Kel sh of Ph i lade lph ia ;and An n at T hom as W i l l iam s of Londo nderry Ire. D ec. 1 1, 1805, in Ph i la. An n was

b in Swedesbo ro ab 1 780. Can she be the

si ster of the Jo seph Con nowa i , son of Charlesand Catharine ( H offm an ) who was b Sept.12, 1 756, acco rd i ng to the records of the T r ini ty E p i scopal Ch u rch of Swedesboro ? An y

in fo rm at ion des ired.

(2 ) Hmm m- Baaww. An n Br i tt in b N ew

Brighton, N . J . m Arno ld Barlow D ec. 1 1 ,181 1 i n St. Peter's Chu rch, Ph i la. An n was

on e of th ree ch i ldren, the others being Benj am in and John, all b in New Bri gh ton. Ancestry o f these ch . des i red. They were lefto rphans at an early age an d i t i s presum edthat thei r parents (1 in an idem i c. Theywere taken to N . Y. and plac in a H ou se o fShel ter. H ow they cam e to Ph iladel phi a i snot known . Benj am in later sett led in B ingham ton (N . Y . an d John m Cather ine

CONWAY . Charles COPWW.

( Of Con Parker an d sett led in E l i zabeth Ci ty. N . J .nowa i ) and h i s w i fe Cathar i ne l i ved on a Any in form ation of th i s fam i ly de s ired .

farm in Swedesboro, Salem Co. N . J . dur ing R . L . B.

CORRECT ION

In the Janu a ry. 19 1 7. i ssue. page 72, the m arriage o f Jane Portm an to Thom as S um p ,

Au g . 17 , 1820, sho u ld he to T hom as .S’

Ia n e.

IN SCRIPT ION S IN ST . CLAIRSVILLE, OH IO.

(The firs t three a re in on e lo t in the Methodi st cem etery ; the two o ther Revo lu t ionaryso ldiers are bu ried i n the U nion cem etery. )

In

Mem ory of

\N i lli am PerrineA Revo lu t ionary Patrio t

who’

died

on the 4 th o f D ecem ber1838

Aged 75 years

In

Mem o ry o fE llen or Gi l l

Conso rt o f Sam ue l Gi l lD augh ter o f W i l l iam and Marga retPerrine was bo rn October 4 AI)1794 D eparted th i s l i fe Ju ly 7

AD 1826 Aged 31 years 9 m on ths

3 days

In

Mem ory ofMatthew R . Perrine

so n o f Wm . 8: MargaretPerr ine, wasborn October

7th AD 1790 departed th i sl i fe, Apri l 25th AD aged37 years 7 m onths 18 days

Capt . R . Thom psona revo lu tionary so ldier

Sep 5, 1848

Aged

88

In m em ory ofA lexander McGo u

ga n ; (a true pa triot,and so ldier of the Amer ican Revo lu t ion) who departed th is l i fe. onthe 16 o f Septem ber1833 aged 86 years .

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Bigg s, Jam es. to Rebecca Talb utt , D ec. 28, 1801 .

B i l ley, Peter, to Mary S im pson, Jan . 7. 1 796 .

B irch, Isaac, to E l i zabeth Walker, Sept. 8, 1815.B iret, Jam es. to Pr i sey Green, Jan . 5, 1799 .

Blackburn, Thom as, to Mary Jenkins, D ec. 22 , 1 790.

Black fo rd, H enry, to Sarah Parsons, May 2 7. 1815.

Blagden. George, to An n D av i s, D ec. 29 . 1 799 .

B lu e, John, to Catherine Evans. March 27. 1806.

Bo l l ing , Joseph, to Mary Moxley, May 14. 1796.

Bond, W i l l iam , to N ancy Taylo r, Oct . 3, 1807. 1801 .Bon tem pt . Francis. to Catherine Patterson, MBow l ing .

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George, to Sarah S taples. March l4,ay. 1 794.Bowl ing . George. to E l i zabeth Ve itch. Feb . 24. 1805.

Boyd, John, to E l i zabeth McMan n i n , Nov.. 1 792 .

Boyer, E l ias. to An n Bru ce, Aug . 16, 1803.

Brai thwait. W i l l iam . to E l izabeth Corry, Aug . 15, 1802 .

Bram m el l, Isaac, to An n H en n i ken , D ec .. 1793.

Branson,Vincent, to Lydia Co le, Oct , 1 795 .

Brawner, H enry, to Ki tty Mccrea. J une 9 . 1815 .

Bray. R ichard, to Rosanna N ei l , Nov. , 1 794 .

Bret t i n gham . Jam es, to Po l ly Brown. Ju ly 3. 1803.

Br ickles, George. to E l i zabe th Green. MayBright, John, to Sybi l W illiam s, 1 795.

Brocchu s, T hom as, to Rachae l Au stin. Nov .

Brockett, Robert. to E l i zabet h Longden, D ec. 1 4. 1815.

Brockett. \Valter B. , to E l i zabeth Byrne. Nov . 18. 1815 .

Brook, W i l l iam , to Margaret T rou t, Aug . 10, 1790.

Brooke, Ign atiu s, to Marth a Ro l l ins, D ec. 24. 1799.

Brooks. George, to Sarah Boswe l l, Feb . 19, 1 797.

Brown, D avid. to Mary Moxley. Sept . 1 1 . 1 798 .

Brown. Jam es. to Catherine S tewart , Apri l 8. 1 796.Brown, John, to Margaret Coates. Aug . 2 , 1812 .

Browne. Arch ibald, to E leanor Beal l, Feb ., 1 795 .

Browning . Jam es. to Sara h An n Brook. N ov . 10. 1 799.

Bruce, Aaron. to Nancy Sm i th. Sept. 2 . 1815.

Brufii eld, Sam u el. to Sarah Farre l l , N ov. 19. 1790.

Brum sey. Joseph , to Mary Sm i th, March 5. 1801 .Bryan. H anson, to E leanor Fludd, N ov. 1 1 . 1796 .

Buckland, W i l l iam , to An n Lynn, Nov. 1 795 .

Bu rford. John A ., to H a nnah Dyson. Feb . 23. 1804.

Bu rgess. W i l l iam . to N el ly T hom son , D ec. 3. 1 799 .

Bu rke. Jam es, to An n Power, Sept , 1793.

Bu tts, Mark, to E l isabeth W interbury, March 1 . 1798.

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Mas. Eamon " P. Moonv . Mas. JOH N L EE D i n wmm e,1 106 Jackson St ., \N i lm i n gtxm , D el. Fow ler, Ind.

MRS . R a er r Goons, MRS . Jen s F. SWIFT ,60 St . Em anuel St . , Mobi le, Ala . 27 15 Benvenue Ave. , Berkeley. Cal i f.

Mas . Ken r MRS . SAMUEL Mec n r Gava n ,

2317 Scottwood Ave., To ledo, Oh io 38 15 Magno l ia Ave., S t . Lou i s, Mo.

Mas. W tLLtAM H Atm -zs S u n -

n ,Mus. \VILL IAN H . T HOMPSON ,

The Snug gery, Parkersbu rg , \V. Va. E . Maxwe l l S t . , L exing ton Ky.

Mas. CH ARLES SPALDING T H OM AS , MRS . S H EPPARD W . FOSTER ,123 E . 16th Ave., Denver. Co lo . 7 1 1 Peachtree St . , A tlan ta, Ga.

Mas . CH ARL ES R DAVi s, S t . Peter, Min n.

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MRS .J. F . MAa . MRS .Josern S . W00 0 ,

42 N . Court St ., Portsm ou th , Va . 135 S. 2nd Ave., Mt. Vernon, N . Y;

MRS . 11 m FERRY L EARY,1551 loth Ave. , N ., Seat tle, Wash.

(Term of office expires 19 19 )Mass. Gro use MAY NARD M INOR , Mus. H ARoLu

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H i l lcrest, Mo l ine, 1 11. 2505 Maple Ave., D al las, TexasMRS . GEORGE W. GEDNEY, 50Montcla ir Ave., Montclair, N . J.

Mas. MARY S . Lockwoon,

The Co lum bia, Wash ington, D . C.

Co rrespo n di n g Se cre ta ry Gen m lMas. D u os A . BLoncsrr ,

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T H OH AS F. M . BOYLE, Valdez .

H ARRv L . CH AN DLER , Mesa.MRS . GEORGE F. FREEH AN , 61 1 N . Park Ave ., Tucson.

ARKAN SAS SIE LLA PICKE‘

IT I’IARDY , Batesv i l le.

SAM UEL P. D AVIS , 523 E . Capito l Ave.,L i tt le Rock .

CAL IFORNIA JOH N C. LYNCH . 1845 U nivers ity Ave . , Berkeley .

CASSIUS C. Corn s, 1408 Victor ia Park, Los Ange les .COLORADO MRS . GERALn L . SCH U YLFR , 1244 D etro i t S t . , D enver.

M ISS KATH ARIN E Sm Rv MCELROY, Rou te 1 , Box 1 , Greeley.

CONNECTICU T MRS . JOH N LAInLAw BU RL , East Meadows, L i tchfield.

CH ARLES H . Bi ssrL L, Sou th ing ton.

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M ISS ELEANOR E . Tone, N ewark.

D IST . OF COLUMBIAM RS . GAIUS M . BRI'MBAU GH , 905 Mass . Ave ., \Vash ing ton .

VIDA K. CLE H EN t SON , 1608 1 7th St ., N . W., Wash ing ton .

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AN NA L . FORuE, Orlando .

GEORGIA MRS . H owu n H . MCCAIL , 301 Ponce de L eon Ave., At lanta.MRS . CH ARLES C. H OLT, 1 15 Cu lver S t ., Macon.

H AWAII MRS . \VILL IAM ALAN SON BRYAN ,1013 Punahou St ., H ono lu lu .

IDAH O MRS . CH ARLES W . PI IRSELL , 15 15 Ada Sr., Bo i se.

MRS . WARD STON E, 14 10 Albany St ., Caldwel l.

ILL INOIS FRAN K \V. BAH N SEN , 723 20th Sr., Rock Island.

JOH N H AM ILTON H ANLEY, 724 Broadway, Monm ou th.

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M ISS ALICE LOU IS E MCD UFFEE, 1012 W. Main St ., Kalam a zoo .

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MISSOU RI MRS . WILLIAM R . PAIN TER, Jefferson Ci ty.

MRS . ARCH MCGRRtmR, 577 S t . Lou i s S t . , Spr ing field.

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Regu larMeet in g.Wedn esday .Jan u ary 17. l9l7A regu lar m eeti ng Of the N at ional Board o f

Manag em ent was cal led to o rder by the Presiden t General. Mrs. W

' i l l iam Cum m ing S to ry. i nthe Board Room o f Mem o rial ContinentalH all, J an uary 17, 19 17.The fo l low ing prayer was ofl

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ered by the

Chaplain General, Mrs. Lockwood :

Ou r H eaven ly Father, we l i ft up our

hearts to T hee in suppl icat ion for o u r

country and the wor ld at large ; m ay T hydiv ine power help every heart to walk inthe path s o f peace. H el p the su fferingthat has com e u pon the world by the am

bitiou and the s ins of m en . H el p the leaders of our governm ent prepare for the

ways o f peace that Thy nam e m ay be g lo

r ified i n our be lo ved country an d that th isgoodly land shal l be the beacon l ight in thewo rld to po in t the nations o f the earth toan exam ple where peace and love and

r ighteo u sness reign s. H el p u s to understand that th i s condi t ion can com e to nat ions only as indiv idual heart s bow i n reverence to Thee w i th a des i re to obey Thyho ly com m and. May Thy bless ing restupon th i s be loved Soc iety whose prim e m o

t ive is patriot i sm and love o f country.

H e lp us to real ize in fu lfi l l ing that du tywe are obeying T hy laws, co - workers w i thT hee in the l ines Thou hast lain down . In

al l that we do m ay i t b e done to Thy hono ran d g lory, and m ay peace, lo v ing peace,re ign th rougho u t ou r be loved land.

The m em bers o f the Board then jo ined in theLord's prayer.The President General announced that in theabsence o f the Recordi ng Secretary Gene ral,Mrs. Boyle, unles s there was som e object ionshe wou ld ask Mrs. Thom pson, the Vice President General from Kentucky, to act as Recording Secret ary General pro Icm .

Be fore the ro l l was cal led the President General stated that be fo re any bu siness was proceeded w i th she wou ld ask the Secretary to

send in the nam e o f the Board an express ionO f pro found sym pathy to Mrs. D ewey in the

lo ss that had com e to her an d to the enti recountry. The Pres ident Genera l said fu rtherthat the Society fel t the lo ss pecu l iarly b ecau se Adm i ral D ewey had been a m em ber ofthe Adv iso ry Board, always k ind, sym pathetic,and considerate, deeply interested in the or

gan i za t ion . and she was su re the m em berswo u ld feel a personal lo ss . The Pres iden tGeneral sa id she wou ld deem i t proper tha tthe flag shou ld be at ha l f m ast as the n a t i o n

was afllict ed in the death o f Adm i ral D ewey.

Mrs. S ternberg m oved a standi n g vo te fo r th i sa nd the Board rose in s i lent sym pa thy.

The ro l l was cal led by the Recordi ng Secretary General pro k m , M rs. Thom pson. a nd thefo l lowing m em bers answered to the i r nam e s o rcam e into the Board room w i th in a Sho rt t im e

Act ive ofli cm : Mesdam es Sto ry, Sm i th, D i nw iddie, Thom pson, D av i s, Maupin. L eary,M inor, Spen cer, Bu tterwor-

th, H owel l . Lockwood, Sm oo t, M i ss P ierce, Mesdam es Ransde l l, Augsb u ry, Sternberg , M i ss Barlow : S ta le

Reg en ts. Mesdam es Buel , Brum baugh , Bahnsen , Beck, Gu ern sey. Bos ley, E l l i son, \Va i t,Squ i res, M i s s Wal lace, Mrs. Spraker. M i s sRodm an, Mesdam es Young , Brant, M i s s Crowel l. Mesdam es Long ley. Calho un, Fisher .The Pres ident General read her repo rt as

fo l lows

R eport of Presi den t Gen eral.

Mem bers o f the Nat ional Board o f Managem ent, D aughters o f the Am erican R evolu o

t ionIn acco rdance w i th th e recom m endat ion o f

the Finance Com m i ttee that a loan be negot i ated for an am ount su fficient to finance the

Magaz ine for the num be rs that com e ou t be

tween n ow an d the t im e Cong ress m ee t s. be.

g i nning w ith the D ecem ber num ber ; an d fu rther, that the am ount o f the loan shal l be re

duced by m onth ly paym ents from the rece ipt sf rom adverti s ing , the N at ional Board o f Man

a gem en t vo ted on Decem ber th i rteen th , 19 16 .

the adoption of th i s recom m endation, the loansto be negot iated in sm al l am ounts as needed,the to tal n ot to exceedI have. i n acco rdance w i th th i s prov is ion .nego t iated for a loan of ten thou sand dol

lars w ith the R ig gs Nat ional Ban k at the rateo f fi ve per cent interest and wi th the Am er ican Sec u ri ty and T ru s t Com pany for a loan o f

fi fteen thou sand do l lars at the rate of five a nda hal f per cent interest, the understandi ng bei n g that o ther loans m ay be m ade, as they are

requ i red, the to tal am ount bo rrowed n ot to ex

ceed fi f ty thou san d do l lars .As you are aware. Mr. G lo ver. Pres iden t o f

t he R iggs N ational Bank, i s a m em be r o f o u rAdvi sory Bo ard and a valued friend o f th i sSociety. I cal led on Mr . Glover aecompan ied by Mrs. C . R . Dav i s. Vice Pres iden tGen era l Mr . G lover stated that i t was n o t

qu i te w i th in the cu stom o f the Bank to m akelo ans to any b u t depo s i to rs, b u t he said he

wou ld see w i th m e Mr. Bel l. the Presiden t o fthe Am er ican Secu r ity an d T ru st Com pany .

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NAT IONAL BOARD

Mr. Glover, however, said that the Bankwou ld be happy to accom m odate ou r Societyand wo u ld m ake a loan of ten thou sand dollars a n d accep t the N o te o f the Society as secu ri ty .

Mr. Bel l , Pres ident o f the Am e rican Secu rity an d T ru s t Co ., who has also been a g reatlyvalued fr iend o f th i s Organ izat ion , at once acceded to m y request and I fee l that we havereason to fee l g reatly obl iged to th ese gentlem e n.

Mr. Be l l has wr itten m e that he reg rets tha tthe bank i s com pel led to charge u s five and ah a lf per cent interest and shou ld the rates b ereduced in \Vash ington, he w i l l be g lad to re

duce the rate of interes t to u s to five per cent.O u r no te in th i s case al so i s the only secu rityrequ i red.

Respect fu l ly subm i t ted,D AISY ALLEN Sm av,

Presi den t General.The acceptance o f the President General

‘srepo rt was m oved by Mrs. Sm i th and secondedby Mrs. Leary. Moved by M is s Crowel l andseconded by M i ss P ierce tha t act i on of the m o

t i on to accept the report of the Presi den t Genn ot b e postpon ed u n t il after the Treasu rerGen eral

”: report a nd tha t of the Magaz i n e

Cha i rm a n a nd Edi tor have been hea rd. The

Pres iden t Gen eral requ ested t ha t the Chairm an of Magaz ine com e i n. Af ter considerabled iscu ss ion the prev i ous quest i on was m oved byMrs. Thom pson, seconded by Mrs. Squ i res, ‘

a nd carried, an d the m o t ion of M i ss Crowel lwas pu t an d carried.

The ques tion hav ing been brough t up as tothe lega li ty of the vo te o f the last Board in them atter o f the loan, the President General statedthat i t wou ld b e necessary to have the presenceo f the atto rney to whom the m atter had beenreferred, who was sent for, as was al so the

at to rn ey of Mrs. Ransdel l at her reques t.and these two gentlem en , Mr. Perkinsand Mr. Rau l t, were presen ted to the

Board. Mrs. Ransdel l asked that she be perm i t ted to m ake her s tatem ent im m ediately asbu siness of v i tal im po rtance and interest to theSoc ie ty was conta ined in th i s statem ent, and asher statem ent re ferred am ong o ther th ing s tothe Magazine she respect fu l ly requested thatthe Ch airm an o f the Magaz ine Com m i ttee, theEdi tor o f the Magaz ine. the Chairm an of the

Finance Com m i ttee and the Chairm an of the

Audit ing Com m i t tee be ca l led into the BoardRoom , and that th i s u sual cou rtesy be extendedto the bookkeeper also . The President General stated that n o t hearing any objection she

wou ld ask that these several persons be sum

m oued, and re ferring to the fact that i t wou ldtake som e l i t t le t im e be fo re they co u ld appear,su ggested that the t im e m igh t be u sed i n heari n g ot her repo rt s . Moved by M rs. li osley, seccoded by Mrs. Sm i th , an d carr ied tha t we con

t i n ue w i th the report: un t i l the m em bers asked

for a rr ive.

The Reg i st rar General was g iven perm i ss ionto present her repo rt at that ti m e, and the

quest i on be ing raised as to whether o ther thanm em bers m ight be pe rm i tted to rem a in in theBoard Room du r ing the t ransact ion o f bu siness other than that for wh ich they were cal led.

on m o t ion o f M i ss Crowel l seconded by Mrs.

S ternbe rg the Board voted tha t the g en tlem ena nd ladi es presen t who are n o t m em b ers of theBoard be perm itted to rem a i n du r i n g the presen ta t i on of the repo rt of the R eg i strar General.M i ss Pierce then read her report as fol lows

R epo r t of R egi st rar Genera l .

Madam President General, Mem bers o f the

Board of Managem ent1 have the hono r to repo rt 659 appl icationspresented to the Board an d 330 su pplem entalpapers verified ; perm i ts issued, Papersexam ined and n o t yet verified, o r ig inal, 499 ;supplem ental , Supplem en ta l papers t e

ceived prior to January I, 19 15, for which addi t ion al in form at ion has been requested b u t

n o t yet rece i ved, 159 ; papers retu rned noverihed. o r ig inal , 13 ; su pplem ental . 105. N ew rec.

o rds verified. 137. Real D au ghter, 1 .Respect fu l ly subm i t ted,

Gases M. PIERCE .

R eg is tra r Gen eral.On m o t ion of M i ss Pierce, seconded by M i ssBarlow, i t was carried, tha t the S ecreta ry cast

the ba llo t for the 659 applica n ts for m em ber

sh ip. The Secretary announced that she hadeast the bal lo t for the 659 appl icants and the

Chair dec lared them elected as m em bers o f

the National Society, i t being understood theyhad fu l fi l led al l the necessary requ i rem ents.Mrs. Smoo t fo l lowed w ith her report :

Repo rt of Organ i zi ng Secretary General.

Madam President General and Mem b ers of theN at ional Board of Managem ent :Through the i r respect i ve S tate Regents thefo l low ing m em be rs at l arge are presented forconfirm at ion as Organ iz ing Regents :M rs. Rosal ie B . Robinson , Ocala. Fla : Mrs

Eunice A . \h’h i te S t i les, Cherokee ; Mrs. Lau ra

-'rig h t Reeves, N ew ton ; and Mrs. M i l l ie Fol

som Sym onds, Spencer , lowa : Mrs. CatherineE l i zabe th Lay, Po rt Al legheny, and M i ss Flo rence E . Mench , Braddock, Penna : Mrs. W i l l ieMabel D ay Padg i tt . Co lem an, Texas ; M rs.

Su san C. W i therow, Central ia, and Mrs. Katharine E . Po l son, Pu l lm an, Wash ; Su sanMaude S tone H udler, Mount Vernon, N . Y .

The Nat ional Board i s asked to au tho ri ze aChapter at Monroe. M ich .

The fo l low ing Organiz i ng Reg encie s haveexpired by t im e l im i ta t ion : M rs. Roberta Ju l iaMag ruder Bukcy, D . C. ; Mrs.

A i leen Betteys Corbi t, Ox ford. M ich . ; Mrs.

Lou i se Cresap Ak ins. Lewi stown, Mont . and

Mrs. Lucy M . W'

oodward Vau th ier, Kings~v i l le. Texa s.

The reappo in tm en t o f the fo l low ing Organi z ing Regents have been requested by thei r respect ive S tate Regents :Mi ss Caro lyn Wh ite. D i l lon, Mou t . . andMrs.

L a Bel le Wal lace. Shel ton . Neb .

The fo l low ing Chapters have repo rted the i rorganizat ion since the D ecem ber i 3th BoardMeet ing :Chapter at McRae, and

“Al tam aha. Jesup.

Ga . ;“Com m odo re Joshua Barney , Balt im o re.

Md. ;“N ew Bedfo rd,

"

N ew Bedfo rd. Mass ;“Col. Frederick H am brig ht, King

's Mountain ; John Foster,

"

Monroe. an d“Joseph Mc

D owel l ." H enderso nv i l le, N . C.. and“Capt .

John j am es," Jackson . Oh io .

Charters issu ed, 6 ; Organiz ing Reg ent s'

com

m i ss ions. 31 .Adm i tted m em bersh ip D ecem ber 13. 19 16

Actual m em bersh ip D ecem ber 13. 19 16

Respect fu l ly su bm i tted,Ber ry CARTER S n oor ,

Orga n i z ing S ecreta ry Gen era l.

The Reg i st rar General stated tha t a pro testagainst the o rganizat i on o f ano ther chapter atMount Vernon. N . Y . , had been sent to her.

wh ich she fe l t shou ld be invest igated be forethe au thori zat ion for the organizat ion o f that ‘

chapter co u ld b e granted. Mrs. Sm oo t thereU pon m oved that her report be accepted w ithou t th i s au thor izat ion . Thi s was carr ied. i t b ei n g stated by the Chair that that appl icationwou ld b e acted on later in the day .

M rs. S ternberg presented her repo rt . readi ng , as was cu stom ary. only the tota ls .

R epo rt of L i brar ian Genera l.

Madam Pre sident General and Mem bers o f theN at ional Boa rd o f Managem ent :1 have the hono r to repo rt the fo l low ing ac

cess ions to the l ibrary

Booxs.

On ce upon a t i m e i n Con n ect i cu t . By Carol ine Cli flord N ew ton . Bo ston. 19 l6. Pu bl ishedunder au spices o f Co lonial Dam es o f Con n ect icu t . Presen ted by M i s s A . L . Taylo r .Pen n sylva n ia Magaz i n e of h i story a n d b i og

raphy . Vo lum e 40. Ph i lade lph ia. 19 16. Presented by Mrs. Robert Alexander.R epo rt of L i bra r i a n of Co n g ress a nd Re

port of S uper i n tenden t of the lib rary b u i ldi n ga nd g roun ds for yea r endi ng Ju n e 30. 19 16 .

19 16 .

Pub lica t i on : of the Am er ica n Jew ish H i stari ral S oci ety . N um ber 25 . Balt im o re, 19 17.Presented by the Society .

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Collect i ons of the N ew Jersey H isto r i cal S oci ety . Vo lum e 9 . N ewark. l9 l6.

The Massachuset ts M agaz i n e. Vo lum es 1 . 2 .

3. 4 and 8. Salem , Massachuse tts, 1908- 19 15 .

Presented by M i ss L i l l ian A. N o rton, o f Pa

t rio ts’ Mem o rial C hapter.Sketches of allied fam ili es Kn i ckerbocker

l'

i ele h istor ical a nd gen ea log ical to wh i ch i sadded a n appendix con ta i n ing fa m i ly da ta . ByKa thlyn e Kn ickerb acker Vie le. N ew York .19 16.

Marsh g en ea log y. Gi t -i n g several thou sa nddescenda n ts of John Ma rsh of H a rtford . Conn ect icu t, 1636 - 1895 . By D w igh t \\i h i tn eyMarsh . Am herst. 1895 . Presented by Mrs

H e len \Valdron .

In Mem oria m . H on . Gershom BradfordH eston— D eb o rah Brown e” IVeston of D ur

lmry . By Edm und Browne-ll \Veston . Prov idence. 19 16. Presented by the au thor .D escenda n ts of R ev. ll-f

’

i llia rn llf’

o rcester

re i th a b r ief n o t ice of the Con n ect icu t ll~’oo .rtcr

fam i ly. By J . Fox Worcester, 1850. Rev i sededi t ion by Sarah Al ice Wo rcester, 19 14 .

Presented by Mrs. H arrie t Pancoast thro ughMrs. Am os G. D raper.

Pa m -n u n s .

Pmuomcscs.

Ken tucky S tate H i stor ica l S ociety Reg ister ,Ja n ua ryzlloryla nd H isto ri cal .llag a

z i n e

Presby ter ia n H istor ical S oci ety Jon rn al.D cc .

N ew Jersey H isto r i cal S oci ety Proceedi n g s,JMy

N ew York Pu b li c L i bra ry Bullet i nVirg i n i a Magaz i n e of H istory a nd Bi og ra

The a bove repo rt includes 14 books. 4

pam phlet s an d 6 period ical s ; 1 1 books werepresented. 3 rece i ved in exchange. Thepam ph lets were presented.

The reg u la r wo rk o f the l ibrary has beencarried on w ithou t i n terru pt ion . M i s s \Vi lson has continued copying pens ion reco rds.

H is tor ical S oc i ety of A’m 'b n rgh Bay a n d

the H ig hla nds. Publ ication N um ber X V I I .Newlm rgh, N ew York, 19 16. Presented byMi ss L illian O . E s tab rook.

The Golden Jub ilee of M on s ig n or Lee .

Presen ted by Edna J . Sheehy o f Marci aBum s Chapter .E lm scr R ichardson of Man ches ter a n d

Bri stol. Verm on t , a nd R i chland, N ew Yorka nd h is descen dan ts, 1 774- 19 13. Com pi led byh a lo s Andrew R ichardson . Pu lask i . 19 13.

Presented by the com p i ler.S qu i re fam i ly chart . Par t III . ll

’ood

b u ry Bra n ch . Comp i led and presen ted byCharles L . Squ i re, M . D o f E lm i ra , N ewYork.

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R epo rt of R ecordi ng Secretary Genera l .Madam President General a nd Mem bers ofthe Board o f Managem entS ince the m ee t ing of the Board of Ma n

agem cn t on Decem ber 13. 19 16, m any m attershave cla im ed the attention o f you r RecordingSecretary General. Prom pt attention hasbeen g iven to the co rrespondence ; quest ion sregarding the ru l ing s have been looked intoand answered, as we l l as quest ions requ iringin fo rm at ion on vario u s m atters. Let terstouch ing upon the work of other officers havebeen properly referred, and the wr i ters so i nform ed.

Cards of adm i ss ion were sent ou t w i th inthe specified t im e to the n ew m em ber sadm i tted at the D ecem ber Board m ee t ing .

The officia l no t ices, letters of sym pathy, re

g ret and condo lence, in connect ion wi th th i sm eeting were al so prom ptly wri tten . The

m inu tes o f the m eet ing were prepared an d

tu rned over to the edi tor an d proo f read.

The 35l cert ificates wh ich have been signedby the Pres ident General have been issuedand m ai led.

The no t ices to m em bers of the Board o fthe January m eet ing were m ai led two weeksin advance.

All docum ents requ i r ing m y s ignatu re havebeen signed.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted.(Mrs. Wm . C. ) Aunts WILLla x s R . Bon g ,

R ecordi ng Secretary Gen eral.Mrs. Thom pson's m o t ion. tha t the report

of the Recordi ng S ecreta ry Gen eral be cc

cepted, was seconded by M iss P ierce and ca r

r ied.

In the absen ce of Mrs. B lodgett, Mrs.

Thom pson read the repo rt o f the Co rrespondi u g Secretary General . The Pres ident Genera lasked that the report regarding the sendingo f a check di rect to the L inco ln N ationalBank, New York City. be changed to read “inaccordance w i th the vo te o f the Nati ona lBoard o f Managem ent" instead o f

“in acco rdance w i th inst ru ctions recei ved from the President General . D u r ing the discu ss ion wh ichfo l lowed. M i ss P ierce a nd Mrs. Ransde l l m adethe request. wh ich was g ranted by the Pres ident General, that the i r nam es be rem ovedfrom the form letter sen t ou t offer ing li fem em bersh ips in the Com m i t tee on Mem orial sto ou r Country ’s Patrio t ic Founders. Mrs.

Wai t, stat ing that Mrs. Blodgett was detainedin N ew H aven on acco unt of the operat ionju st undergone by her son , m oved tha t act i o nregardi n g the repor t of the Co rrespondi n g S ecreta ry Gen eral be deferred u n t i l the Cot-rep

pon di n g S ecretary Gen era l ca n b e presen t.T hi s wa s seconded by Mrs. Spencer and car

ried.

Mrs. Sm oo t, referr ing to the pro test w i th re

gard to the au thori zat ion o f a second chapterat Mt . Vernon, New Yo rk, stated that si twou ld l ike to look into the m atter thoroughlya nd i t wou ld b e im poss ible to br i ng i t up un

t i l the February m ee t i ng . and she thereforem o ved tha t the au tho r i z a t i on of a chapter tob e form ed a t M t . Vern on . N ew York, byMrs. S usa n Maude S ton e H udler be crossedfrom the report of the Org an is in g S ecretaryGen eral a nd act i on deferred u n t i l the nex tBoa rd m eet i n g . Thi s was seconded by Mrs.S ternberg an d carried.

Mrs. Thom pson m oved that al l m oneys sen tto th i s Soc iety for th i s fund

, the Nationa lCom m i t tee on Mem o rial s to o u r Country

'sPatriot ic Founders, i n the fu tu re be sent tothe L inco ln Nat ional Bank, N ew York City.A fter a general di scu ssion, M i ss Crowellm oved tha t the m ot i on of the Act i n g Secreta ry Gen eral i n referen ce to the .lfon um en tm a t ter b e deferred un t i l after the report ofthe Treasu rer Gen eral, Edi to r, Cha i rm an ofMagaz in e Com m i t tee, etc. , be hea rd. T his wasseconded by Mrs. H owe l l an d carried.

The Chairm an o f Finance hav ing n ow arr ived, Mrs. Ransdel l read the fo l lowing

Report of T reasu rer Gen eral.Madam Pres ident Gen eral and Mem bers ofthe N at ional Board o f Managem ent :You r T reasurer General has the honor to

Subm i t the fo l low ing repo rt for the m onth ofD ecem ber, 19 16 :On Decem ber 3l st, 19 16, there was in the

Cu rrent Fund a nd bi l l s on handproperly approved, and yet u npaid, am ounti n g to There fo re. o n the last dayo f the vear there was an ex i st ing defici t in theT reasu ry o f

The bi l l s for the January i ssue o f the Mag:z ine. n ow in the hands o f the D aughters. andfo r the print ing o f the proceeding s o f the las:Cong ress, have n ot as yet been received.They w i l l probably to tal abou tAll o f these bi l l s are w i th the Carey Prin t

i n g Com pany. Mr. Fr iedm an. Vice Presiden to f th i s Com pany, when in Wash ington shortly a fter the Decem ber Boa rd m eet ing , in formed the T reasurer General 's o ffice, in the presence o f two w itnesses, that h i s Com panyWou ld b e w i l l ing to wait unti l a fter March l st,or later i f necessary, fo r the paym ent of thesebil l s. You r T reasu rer Gen eral u nderstandsthat he m ade a s im i lar statem ent to Mrs.D raper, Edi to r o f the Magaz ine. It is butfair and j u st for the Carey Print ing Compauy to extend th i s accomm odation to theD aughters o f the Am er ican Revo lu t ion. as wehave al ready g iven them a large am ou n t ofpro fi table bu s iness, hav ing paid them sincethe beg inn ing o f the i r contract w i th u s, $59.

The credi t o f the D au ghters o f theAm erican Revo lu t ion i s as good as go ld.

NATIONAL BOARD M IN U TES

At the Decem ber Board m eet ing a m ot ionwas adopted prov iding that a loan, not to ex

ceed shou ld be nego t iated in sm al lamoun ts, as needed, to finance the m aga z ineun ti l Congress shou ld m eet, an d pro vidi ngfurther that th i s loan shou ld be reduced bymon th ly paym ents from the receipts tu rnedover from advert is ing . A long w i th o thers,the Trea su rer General vo ted against th i s proposi tion .

Shortly a fter the Board m eet ing, the T rea surer General rece i ved a le tter from the Presi o

den t General, dated D ecem ber 16, 19l6, asfol lows :“1 am abou t to depo s i t shor tly in the t reas

ury of the National Society of the D aughtersof the Am er ican Revo lu tion. ten thou sand

do l lars, to be u sed in im m ed iatepaym en t o f the Magaz ine bi l l s exclu s i ve ly.

“The Edi to r’s salary is not to be paid from

th is fund.

"Wi l l you kindly reply, stati ng that you w i l lreceive in the treasu ry th i s am ount, and w i l lapply it once an d exclu s ively to the paym entof the Magaz ine bi l l s. and that the Edi tor'ssalary w i l l n ot be paid f rom th i s fund, and

oblige,To wh ich the Treasu rer General , under date

of Decem ber 19th , 19 16, repl ied as fo l lows“Your letter, stat ing that you a re abou t to

deposit short ly in the treasu ry of the Nat ional Society o f the D augh ters o f the Am er icanRevolution ten thou sand do l larsto be u sed in im m ediate paym ent o f the Magazine b i lls exclu s ively, except that the Edi tor

’ssa lary shou ld n o t be paid f rom th i s fund, an daskin g whether I w i ll rece i ve th i s am oun t inthe treasury an d apply i t at once and exclusively to the paym ent o f the m agaz ine bi l l s,except to paym en t o f the Edi tor's salary, hasbeen received.

“As th is quest ion invo l ves several con st i tu

t ional po ints, I do n o t feel at l iberty to an

swer personal ly b u t w i l l bring the m atter before the Nat ional Board o f Man agem ent ati ts next m ee t ing .

“As the Carey Print ing Com pany, wh ich ‘

i sthe only large credi to r of the Society, has .through its Vice Pres ident, Mr. Friedm an,notified m y representati ve that the Com panyis perfectly w i l l i ng to wait for the paym ent oftheir bi l ls, I do n ot feel that I am hu rt ing or

hi ndering in any way the work of the N at i onal Society, by th i s delay, especial ly as I havebeen to ld that i t i s you r intent ion to cal l ameeting o f the Board early in January .

”

Having seri ou s doubts as to the con st i tu

t ionali ty of the propo sed loan , the TreasurerGenera l felt that the prudent th ing to do, b e

fore rece iv ing th i s m oney, wou ld be to cal lthe matter to the attent ion o f the N at iona lBoard of Managem ent, especial ly as the m o

t ion i n regard to the loan di d not specifical ly

au thor i ze any part i clar person to m ake theloan.

Sect ion 7 o f Art icle IX of the Consti tu t ioni s as fo l lows :“No debt or l iabi l i ty, except the ordinary

cu rrent ex penses o f the National Soc iety.shall be incu rred, n or any project or plan requ i ri ng the expendi tu re o f m oney shal l b e en

tered into, for wh ich the N at ional Societyshal l be responsible, except by a vo te of threefou rth s o f the Board of Managem ent ; andevery obl igation for the paym en t of m oney except cheeks drawn aga inst depo s i ts. execu tedi n the nam e or in behal f of the N ational 5 0ci ety, shal l be nu l l an d vo id.

"

It w i l l be seen from th i s that al l loans. except those for the

“ordi n a ry curren t expen se!

of the S oci ety, m u s t be au thor i zed by a threefou rth s vote o f the to tal m em bersh ip of theN ational Board o f Managem ent, el se they are

abso lu tely vo id. lf, there fo re. the Magaz inei s n ot an “

ordi nary cu rrent expense” b u t aproj ec t, then the loan propo sed a t the lastm ee ting i s nu l l and vo id.

Th i s i s a m atter of such g ra ve m om ent tothe N at ional Soc iety that the T reasu rer General w i l l set fo rth briefly fo r the considerat ion o f the Board, her reasons for doubtingthat the Magaz ine i s an

“o rdinary cu rrent ex

pense.

1 .“Cu rrent" in the sense u sed in the Con

st i tu t ion m ean s “usual . The u sual , the o rdi

nary. the cu rrent expenses of the Society a re

for exam ple. clerks' salar ies. l ights, heat.po stage. etc. The Magazine as n ow i ssued. i sa proj ect . It i s an expendi tu re separate anddi st inct from the expenses u sual ly incidentalto the carrying on the work o f the o rgan i zat ion. The Maga z ine at i ts present c ircu lationo f approx im ate ly copies m onthly, i sco st ing the Society m ore than al l ou r o therexpen ses pu t together. It di ffers from al lo ther expenses, n ot only in k ind b u t in deg ree .

2 . But even i f we assum e, for the sake o farg um ent only, that the m agazine i s a “

cur

rent " expense, i t i s very doubt fu l whether theBoard has power to s ing le i t out and bo rrowm oney wh ich is to be u sed for Magaz ine ex

penses alone. The m oney wh ich the Boardbo rrow s, u nder the pla in intent of the Const i tut io n , wou ld necessar i ly b e avai labe for

al l ordinary cu rrent expenses, and n ot for on e

specified expense alone.

Bu t the loan m ade by a form er Pres iden tGeneral , Mrs. Scott, i s held u p as a precedentfor the present loan .

That case was enti re ly differen t. Mrs.

Sco tt , finding that the Soc iety was short o ffunds, at her own r isk dep o s ited her personalchecks am o unt ing to to the credi t of

the D aughters o f the Am e rican Revo lu t ion .

The Nat ional Board o f Managem ent took n o

act ion wha t so ever. T here was n o str ictly lega l

206 DAUGH TERS OF TH IEAM IER ICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINEobl igat ion on the part o f the Soc iety to repaythat loan, b ut Mrs. Sco tt knew that the m oralobl igat ion wou ld be sufficiently binding to se

cu re her from lo ss . H owever. had the So

ciety chosen to repudiate the debt there wou ldhave been no way under the law of forcingpaym ent .It shou ld fu rther b e no ted that the m ot ionprov iding that m oney shou ld be bo rrowed forMagaz ine expenses. au thor ized n o part icu larperson, or com m i t tee o f persons to m ake theloan . Are we to assum e that any on e of theNat iona l Officers wou ld have th i s power?Even i f const itu tional . wh ich i s very doubt fu l,the m o t ion was too vagu e and general to b eacted on w i th sa fety .

In po int ing ou t these object ions, the T reas~u ref Gen eral i s actuated only by the h ighes tm ot ives o f du ty. As the du ly elected and

bonded T reasu rer General . hav ing j u ri sdi Co

t ion over the financial,affairs of the Society.

she feels very keenly her respons ibi l i ty to the

o rganizat ion. She i s n ot t rying to h inder o rprevent in any way the paym ent o f ou r j u stdebts, b u t she is convinced that the Board i ni ts wi sdom can dev i se som e better and sa ferway of br idg i ng th i s cri s i s. In th is endeavorshe o ffers her heart iest co s operat ion .

At the D ecem ber m eeting the Board votedto take u p a bond on Mem orial Cont inentalH al l ou t of th e in the Perm anen tFund on Novem ber 30111 . Th i s has n ot beendone becau se only a sm al l po rt ion o f th i s m on

ey was avai lable for paym ent o n the bu i lding .

A br ief explanation w i l l m ake th is clear.The in the Perm anent Fund on

N ovem be r 30th . 19 16, was m ade up as fo l lows :Continental H al l Contribu t ions, Charters etc .

Contr i bu t ions fo r spec ial featu ressuch as room fu rni sh ings. etcContribu tions for M i ss McD u ffee'sfinal paym ent on H al l .

To tal in Perm anent Fund, No vem ber30 19 16

It w i l l b e no ted therefore, that o f the $7in the Perm anent Fund on Novem ber

30th last. only was avai lable fo r im ~

m edi ate paym ent on Mem orial ContinentalH al l .The for special featu res. of

co u rse. can o nly b e u sed for the specific purpo ses for wh ich it was g iven, such as fu rni sb ine room s. etc. As to the con

t r ibu ted for M i ss McD ufl'

ee'

s final paym en ton the bu i lding t he T reasu rer General was i ndoubt whether i t was available for im m ed iatepaym ent, for reasons set fo rth later.H ence, as only o f the m o ney in the

Perm anent Fund on N ovem ber 30th was inher j udgm ent clearly ava ilable fo r im m ediateuse. the di rect ion of the Boa rd to pay a $5,

000 bond on the Bu i lding cou ld n o t b e car

r ied ou t

i t w i l l be rem em bered that donors to M i s sMcD uflee

’

s fund i ntended that thei r m oneysho u ld be u sed to help pay off the las t $25,000 on the H al l. the plan be ing that the

debt shou ld b e l i f ted be fo re the end o f the

fiscal year, March Slst, 19 17 . If the m oney i sn ot u sed i n fin al paym en t . som e of the dono rsw i l l expect that thei r m oney b e retu rned. In

v iew o f th i s s i tuation, the T reasu rer Genera lhesi tated to u se th is final paym en t m oney w i tho u t spec ific au tho ri ty i m m the Board an d she

there fore asks instruct ions on the fo l low ingpo ints

To tal in Pe rm anent Fund. D ecem ber31. 19 16

The Cont inental H al l contribu t ions a re

sm al ler as the T reasu rer General was forcedto pay interest ou t o f the am ount avai lableon N ovem ber 3oth . It w i l l b e no ted that eveni f the lloard vo tes that M i ss McD uflee

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s fun dsho u ld he u sed im m edi ate ly there w i l l onlyb e ava i lable for paym ent on Mem o

r ial Continen ta l lla ll. a nd i t w i l l b e necessaryto draw on the spec ial featu res" fund in or

de r to take up a bond. and the Pres ident General has ru led at the D ecem be rBoard m eet ing that n o m oney shou ld be di svet ted f rom on e fund to supply a deficien cyin another fund. (

“That n o fund specifical l y

g iven fo r any o ther pu rpo se cou ld b e u sed forthe l iqu idat ion of the debt on the

1 . Shou ld the con trib ut ion s recei ved for

M i ss McD ufl'

ee‘

s final paym ent on the H al l b eheld unt i l the enti re i s co l lected? or

2 . Shou ld a bond be paid as soon aso f th is fund i s co l lected ? or3. Shou ld m oney co l lected for Mi ss Mc

D ofl'

ee‘

s fi nal paym ent fund b e com binedw i thother m oney received for Mem or i al Con tinetal H al l and as soon as the m oney from bo th

Sou rces taken tog ether am ount s to

should a bond be taken up ?The T reasu rer General m akes the above ex

planat ion and asks for instruct ion s in orderto m ake i t clear that she did n ot del iberatelyd i sreg ard the ru l ing of the D ecem ber Board.

I f the m oney had been avai lable the bondwou ld have been taken up as di rected.

The condi t ion o f the Perm anent Fund on

D ecem ber 31 , 19 16. was as fo l lowsCont inental H al l Contrib u t ions. Charoters. etc.

Contribu tions for special featu ressuch as room fu rni sh ing s. etc

Contribu t ion s fo r M i ss McD uflce'

s

final paym ent on H al l

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T rans fer to Perm anent Fund ; contribu t ion Mi s s Cel ia B . Gi l lette,M useum Fund

To tal D isbursem ents

Balance, Cu rrent Fund, D ecem ber 31 . 19 16 .

Franco-Am erican Fund : as a t last repo rt N ovem ber 30. 19 16 .

Patr i o ts' Mem o rial D . A. R. Schoo l Fund : as at last repo rt No vemMr m’ lglb O O O O O

Am erican Internatio nal Co l lege D . A. R . Bu i lding Ft tn d : as as last t epo rt N ovem ber

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30. 19 16Preservat ion H isto r i c Spo ts : balance as at la st repo rt No vem be r 30,

19 16 s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s e o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o e

On depos i t Nat ional Metropo l i tan Bank D ecem ber 31, 19 16

EM ILY N ELSON RITCH IE MCLFA N H ISTOR ICAL FU N”.

Inves tm en t : Perm anent Fund Land No tes, 5 per centPH ILIPPIN E SCH OLA RSH IP sm u nvst ttx r Pt

r

x n .

Cash'

balance at last repo rt N ovetn b er 30, 19 16Rece i pts : Cali forn ta ; Mrs. Sam uel V. Arm strong .

On depos i t N ational Metropo l i tan Bank Decem ber 31, 19 16Cash ba lance N ationa l Metropo l itan BankInvestm ent : S econd Mortgage, N o r fo lk, Va . 6 per centInvestm ent : Perm anent Fund L and N o tes, 5 per cent

Total Ph i l ippine Scho larsh ip FundPetty Cash Fund

Pa ra tor tc m ucu ton .

Rece ipts : Arkansas—Chapters : H ot Spring s o f Arkansas $25, PineBlufl

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$50 ; Connecticu t—Chapters : Sarah L udlow $10. SarahR igg s li um phreys$25 D i strict o f Co lum bia—Mary Bartlet t Chapter $25 ; Geo rg ta—Go v. j ohn M i l ledge Chapter Il l ino i sS t reato r Chapter $50 ; Iowa— Chapters : Ash ley $10. Beacon H i l l$25. Cedar Fall s D an i e l Boone $5. Gri u ttell $2 5, i n depen den ce $5, Iowa Fal l s $5, John S tanton $5, Log Cabin $25 , Marshalltown $10, Revo lu t ionary D am es $10, S tars and S tripes $5.Wash ingt on $10 ; N ew York— Mrs. John M i l ler H o rton. BudaleChapter $25 ; Oh io—U rsu l a \Volco tt Chapter $5 ; Pennsylvan iaChapters : Brookv i l le $10, Chester Count $25, Geo rge Clym er$50 ; Tennessee- Chapters : Cum berland 8 5, E l izabeth Marshall Mart in $28 5 , Margaret Gaston

D i sbu rsem ents : H elen D unlap Schoo l, Ark. $75 . Berry Schoo l, Ga .

D alton Free K indergarten, Ga. , Ashev i l le Industr i al Schoo l and Pease Mem o r ial, N . $25 . Mary v i l le (

T

o l

lege, Tett n ., $35, Sherwood E piphany M i ss i on, T ettn ., $5. Ten nessee I) . A. R. Schoo l , T enn , So u thern Indu strial Educat i on al Associat ion $50

Presi tt x t-zxr rvx b .

Balance in Bank at last repo rt, N ovem ber 30, 19 16R ece i p ts.

Ch art er lees, $25 , L i fe Mem be rsh ip Fees $25Cont inental H al l Co n tribu t ions : Flo r ida : Pr incess H i rr i lt i gu a Chap

ter $S. , Idaho : T opo n i s Chapte r $5 :M assachu set t s zAn u eAdam sTu ft s Chapter, cert ificates $5 : M ich ig an : M ich igan Cha pters,plate and case, Mu seum M rs. Ce l i a B . G i l lette, Sarah Casw e l l Ange l i Chapter, case. Mu seum N ew Jersey : N o vaCaesarea Chapte r to enro l l nam e o f Mrs. H . Slt ippen o n

Contr ibu t ion s to Final Paym ent o f D ebt, Mem or ial Cont inental H a l lCal i forn ia : Oneon ta I‘ark Chapter $25 : Co lo rado : I’eace P ipeChapter $5 : D i st rict o f Co lum b ia : Sarah Fran kl in ChapterFlor ida : Chapters : E verg lades $2 5 . Ph i l ip I’erry $5 : Geo rg ia :Mrs. Sam u e l Spencer, O g lethorpe Ch apter $25 : Indi ana : Mrs.

John N . Carey, H o n . V ice l’rcs. Gen . $2 5 ; Iowa : Mrs. Bet sey 0 .

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$7

D oit zed bvG

NATIONAI. BOARD .lIIN U TIES

La u ra M . Spe igh t $50 ; Vi rg in ia : Wes t V irg in i a S tate Conference Chapters : Kan awha Val ley M i ss Sue K.

Com m ission on Recogn i t ion Pins

D i sb u rsem ents .

Interest, B i l l s Payable, Bu i ldingInterest, Bi l l s Pavab le. LandCase an d plate, Mu seum , M ichCase and plate, Mu seum , N . Y

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

g O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

To tal D i sbu rsem ents

Balance o n hand D ecem ber 31 , 19 16 .

Balance Am erican Secu r ity 8: T ru st Co . Bank, D ec. 31 , 19 l6Perm anent Investm ent, Ch icago Al ton Bonds

To tal Perm anent Fund, Cash and Investm ent .

Respect fu l ly,(Mrs. Jo seph E . ) Omvs Powan . R a n sonu

,

T reasurer Gen -eraI.

‘N o te.—ln am o un t o f sa le o f s ing le co pies o f Magaz ine, June to Septem ber re

po rt, i s included fo r Rem em brance Books.

T he T reasu rer General repo rted al so the to talnum ber o f deceased 100, resi gn ed 78, dropped630, re instated 1 7 . The discu ssion which followed the presentat ion o f the statem ent f romthe T reasu rer General was at interruptedw i th a m o t ion to adjou rn for luncheon,

The a fternoon session was cal led to o rder bythe President General at Mrs. Ort onasked to be en ro l led as present, having been

delayed in arri val by a wreck of a f reigh t trainon the track .

Mrs. Maupin's m o tion that al l cr i tici sm in reports o f N ational Officers an d Com m i ttees beproven befo re the Board accepts these repo rtswas fu rther di scu ssed. T he quest ion be ingraised as to whether th i s m o t ion wou ld coveralso the su pplem entary statem ent of the President General wh ich she had pr

«ad for pub

2 10 DAUGHTERS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINElicat i on in the February issue of the Magaz ine,the President General read to the Board th i srepo rt and the verbatim repo rt o f a statem en tm ade by her at the D ecem be r m eeting o f the

Board. i n the cou rse of di scu ss ion, quest ionsw i th regard to the receipts f rom adverti s i n g inthe Magazine be ing asked M i ss Finch, she re

quested that the advert ising agent, Mr. Thom pson , be perm i t ted to appear and reply to thesequest ions. A fter pro longed di scu ss ion. Mrs.

Maupin w i thdrew her m o t ion, presenting an

o ther on e wh ich she am ended at the suggest iono f m em bers to read, tha t the supplem en ta ryrepo rt of the Pres iden t Gen eral and repor t ofTreasurer Gen eral w i th cr it i ci sm : eli m i n a ted

he pub lished i n the Feb rua ry m ag az i n e. Fol

low ing fu rther di scussion. Mrs. S ternbergm oved the prev i ous quest ion wh ich was sec

onded by M i ss Barlow an d carried. The m o

t ion of Mrs. Mau pin, seconded by Mrs. Bosley.was now put and carr ied.

The Edito r of the Magaz ine. being next cal ledfor her report, said that she wou ld first presen tthe second vo lum e of the Rem em brance Book,wh ich wou ld be sent ou t to every chapter du ri n g the week, th is book including al l the obitaaries sent in and a l i st o f al l the deceased m em

bers w i th in the las t s i x m onths. M rs. D raperstated also that ow ing to the m ot ion wh ich wasso very expl ici t in regard to the m inu tes. andow ing to the fact tha t there was a difi'eren ceo f opin ion as to the publ ish ing o f the supplem entary repo rt o f the P resident General. an dthe m inu tes of the Finance Com m i t tee o f J u ly2 7, she took the responsibi l i ty under the m o

t ion recom m ended at the Cong ress o f 19 1 1 andadopted. that the edi to rial m anagem ent shou ldbe under the contro l of the Edi to r, the Chairm an o i the Magazine Com m i ttee and the

Board, to wai t unt i l the Board cou ld act an d

dec ide what was to go i n the Magaz ine ; thatth i s deci sion was only arr ived at by her a ftershe had ascertained that n o adverti s ing had

been tu rned in to the printer even several daysbeyond the date on wh ich the Magaz ine shou ldhave gone to press. Mrs. D raper cal led attent ion to the statem ent m ade by the advert i singag ent a few m om ents be fo re that he had c losedtwo contracts su bject to the Magaz ine gettingo u t every m onth fo r a yea r. and state d thatonly Cong ress cou ld decide whether the Magaz ine wo u ld b e sen t to every D augh ter fo r ayear. and therefore the agent was n o t at l ibertyto m ake any such contract . The atten tion o fthe Board was al so cal led to the fact that theadvert is ing agent had n ot been w i l l ing to g i veto the Edi tor the deta il s regarding the adver

t i sem en ts he had stated he m ade contracts for ;M rs. D raper s tat ing that when the su i t was

brough t against M r. Fo rd for the insert ion ofal leged l ibelou s advert i sem ents in certa in napers the advert ising agent of those papers was

n ot m ade a party to the su i t, b u t the edi to rwas, and that there fore she, as Edi to r, con sidered i t proper that she shou ld know be fo rehand what k ind of advert i sem ents were to go

into the Ma gaz ine . Mrs. D raper propo sed th a tthe precedent es tabl i shed by the doubli ng o ftwo num bers on two previou s occasions be followed, bring ing ou t only two num bers be foreCongress instead of fou r, thu s avo iding the n ecessi ty o f m ak ing a loan. and said that she hadinterv iewed the h ig hest olli ci al in the Po stofii ceD epartm ent having in charge tho se m atters. andhe had assu red her that there wou ld be no th ingi n the po stal regu lat ions to prevent the do u bl ing np of these num bers, that for go od an dsu lli ci eu t reasons they wou ld perm i t th i s tohappen three tim es a year w i thou t m aking anyt rou ble regarding the second class m at ter.M rs. D raper referred to the bil l s o f the printe rwh ich showed an increase in the rates per page.for print ing the m agaz ine and stated that shehad been u nable to o. k . the bi l ls fo r ca ts.

wh ich was on e of her du ties, n ot know ingwhether or n o t the m ak ing o f these ca ts weretaken care o f i n the increased price per page.a nd asked tha t the Board take action . thu s rel iev ing her from any fu rther respons ibi l i ty i nth i s m atter.! n the m idst o f the di scu ssion fo l lowi ng thereport o f the Edi tor, M i s s Pierce reques ted perm i ssion to present her last l i st o f appl icant s form em bersh i p n um bering 122, m ak ing a to tal o f78l. and m oved tha t the Secreta ry east the ha l

lo t for 122 appli ca n t: [or m em bersh ip. T h i swas seconded by M i ss Barlow an d carr ied.

Mrs. Thom pson as Recording Secretary General pro tem . announced that she had cas t thebal lo t for these addi t ional appl ica nts and th e

President General declared them e lected.

M i ss Finch then read her repo rt as Cha i rm an .

Report of Magaz in e Comm i tteeM adam Pres ident General andMem bers o f th eN ational Board o f Managem ent

1 have to repo rt that the balance on handam o u n t s to O f th i s am ounta re checks in ha nd to be depo si ted.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted,FLORE NCE G. c u ,

Cha i rm an , Magaz i n e Comm i ttee.

Mo ve d by Mrs. Fisher, seconded by Mrs.

L eary and carried, tha t the Magas i n c repo rt b e

a ccepted. A fter fu rthe r di scu ss ion concerni ngm agaz ine affai rs a n d the ru l ing by the P re s ident General tha t a l l contracts for advert i si ngm u st he subject to the contract adopted betweenthe advert i s ing agen t an d the Society, Mrs.

Young read her repo rt as Chairm an o f FinanceCom m i ttee.

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Mrs. Young (N . aye.

Mrs. Brant (Oh io ) . aye.

M i ss Crowel l no . having vo ted no

on the lega l po int las t m onth I m u st againvote n o.

Mrs. Long ley (R . L) , aye.

Mrs. Calhoun ( 5 . n o . becau se I cannotsee that it i s a ru nn ing expense .

Mrs. Parks Fisher W . aye.

\Vh ile the Secretary an d stenographer weretal lying the vo te M rs. Bahn sen presen ted a request f rom a n ew chapter w ith regard to theau tho ri zat ion o f a nam e they very m uch w ishedto u se, and on m otion o f Mrs. Orton, secondedby Mrs. Augsb u ry. i t was carr ied. tha t the re

quest of the S ta te R egen t of I lli n oi s for then am e of a n ew chapter -b e referred to the Org an isi ng Secretary Gen eral wi th power to act .

Mrs. \Va i t asked for the appo in tm en t of ano rganiz ing regent. and the Orga niz ing Sec

retary General hav ing been obl iged to leaveearly in the day. the m o t ion was m adeby Mrs. “’ai t. secon ded by M i s s Pierce, an dcarr ied, tha t the request m ade by the S ta te R eg en t ofM ichigan tha t M rs. R uth E lli ot t Crooksof Alm a be appo i n ted Org an is i n g R egen t ofthe chapter form i n g i n Alm a be referred to theOrgan is ing S ecretary Gen eral w i th power toact.

Mrs. Thom pson report ed the resu l t of thevo te as 19 ayes. 14 noes. 3 not present. an d In ot vo ting. an d the Chai r declared carr ied them ot ion o f Mrs. Sm i th. seconded by M rs. Leary,the acceptance o f the President General's re

port.Mrs. Orton presented a request for a pens ion

for a Real D aughter, readi ng letters an d ahi

dav i ts recom m ending that th i s pension shou ldbe granted, an d on her m ot ion, num erou sly seconded, i t was carr ied that th is pension be

g ranted. the President General m ak ing the suggest ion, however, that the m atter be re ferredto the Chai rm an of the Com m i ttee on Real

R e ferr ing to the m o t ion prov iding for thee l im i nat ion o f al l cr it ic ism s in the repo rt o fthe T reasu rer Gen eral an d the supplem entaryrepo rt o f the President General . wh ich i t wasvo ted shou ld b e pu b l i shed i n the FebruaryMagazine, a m o t ion wa s m ade and secondedthat the m atter shou ld b e taken up at that tim e

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and n ot be re ferred to the E xecu t i ve Com m i t- r

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tee. The Reco rding - Secretary General protent . then proceeded to read the repo rt of Mrs.

Ransdel l m ade at the D ecem ber Board m eet ingwh ich was accepted by the Board as i t s tood, n ochanges be ing m ade. The Pres iden t Generalread her own su pplem en tary repo rt, w h ichshe chang ed i n a few i n stances in accordance w i t h su g ges t ion s .Mis s Pierce explained how i t happened tha t

she had seconded the m ot ion for the coun ters ign ing o f checks on the cu rrent fund, stat in gthat wh i le she di d n ot enti rely approve o f i t

and did n o t final ly vote for i t, she was interested that the m o t ion shou ld m ake pla in thatt he Chairm an o f Finance shou ld be a m em be rof the Board, an d therefore she had secondedthe m ot ion, an d she wou ld there fo re m ove tha tthe m ot ion requ i ring the s ig n a ture of the Cha i rm an of Fi n a n ce Com m i ttee to all checks of thecurren t fu nd be suspen ded du ri n g the rema i nder of this adm i n is tra t i on . Alter pro long edd i scu s s ion . the m o t io n seconded by Mrs. E l l ison was carried.

Mrs. Buel presented a request from the

S tate of Connect icu t that the Connect icu tD aughters be pe rm i tted to incorpo rate a n d

m oved tha t the request of the Con n ect i cu tChapter regen ts tha t the Con n ect i cu t D a ugh tersof the Am er i ca n R evolu t i on be perm i tted to

i n corpora te i n order to hold real esta te an d a

trus t fund b e g ra n ted. Th i s was seconded byMrs. Wai t an d carried.

Mrs. Calhoun referred to the fact that owi n g to Good Friday occu rr ing last year in Co ng ress week the Cong ress had lost a who le day ,

a nd yet had been able to beg i n n ew bu s iness onSatu rday m orn ing , and su ggested that th i syear the new bu siness be begun on Fridaym o rn ing in order that al l act ion taken by Congress m igh t be wel l considered an d the m em

bers hat e an oppo rtunity of del i berat ing on

the variou s phases o f n ew quest ions brough tup for attent ion, a nd m oved tha t th is Boa rdrequest the Prog ra m Com m i t tee for the 19 1 7Con gress to a rran ge for the i n troduc ti on ofn ew b usi n ess on Fr iday a . m . Th is was sec

on ded by Mi ss Rodm an and carried. .

Mrs. Greenawal t read her repo rt as Chai rm an o f Audi t ing Com m i t tee.

R eport of Audi ti n g Comm i t tee.Madam Pres iden t Genera l and Mem bers o f

the N at ional Board of Mana gem en tThe Audi ting Com m i ttee has rece ived the

repo rt o f the T reasu rer Gen eral for the m ontho f D ecem be r, 1 9 16. a n d a l so tha t of the N at ion al Account ing Com pan y. audi tors, for the

sam e m onth .

We have carefu lly exam ined bo th repo rt sand have found tha t the to tals of the account sof the T reasu rer. General ag ree w i th the auditor's reco rd. as do the balances of the variou sfunds. The pe tty cash fund. sta m ped en ve

lopes, a nd other m i no r funds . have beenchecked up by the audi tors a nd. found; to cor

respond w i th the report o f the Treasu rer General as presented.The National Accounting Com pany. expertaudi tors for ou r Society , repo rted January 9.19 17. to you r Audi t ing Com m i t tee. that the re

cent ru l ing s o i the N ati onal Boa rd o f Man

NATIONAL BOARD M IN U TESagem en t . in regard to the coun tersign a ture o f

all checks, had n ot been carried in to effect .Respec t fu l ly su bm i tted.

(Mrs. Fran k F. ) Mama I. . GREEN /«WALT.

Moved by M iss Barlow, secon ded by Mrs.

Thom pson . and carr ied. tha t the report of theAudi ti n g Com m i ttee be a ccepted.

Proposed am en dm en ts to the By—Laws wereread by the Reco rd in g Secreta ry Gen era l protent . N o a c t io n was ta ken , the sta tem en t b ei n g m ade tha t th is wou ld be pr in ted and sen tou t to all chapters w i th in the t im e prescribedby the Co n st i tu t ion and By - Laws.Mrs. D av is. Cha i rm an of the Com m i ttee.rea d the fo l low in g repo rtReport of Com m i tt ee on Leg isla ti on i n

U . 8 . Congress

The Com m i ttee on Leg isla t ion hav in g con

si dered the reso lu t ion referred to i t by th e

N a t iona l Boa rd o f Man agem en t re la t in g to

tfl'i li a t i on w ith the Na t iona l Coun c i l o fm en has passed the fo l low in g reso lu t ion : Tha tthe com m i ttee repo rt to th e N a t ion a l Boardtha t it ha s ca re fu l ly con sidered the quest ionof the affil ia t ion o f the N a t iona l Soc iety, D .

A. R ., wi th the organ i za t ion kn own as the N a

t ion al Co u n c i l o f Wom en . and tha t i t i s o f theunan im ou s opin ion tha t such act ion wou ld n oton ly be in adv isable a nd im pra ct icable. b u t ou tof ha rm on y w i th the Con sti tu t ion of the Na

t io n al Soc iety.

(Mrs. Char les R. ) E tn a H . D AV IS .Cha i rm an .

The m o t ion o f Mrs. D av is. tha t the reportof Com m i t tee on Leg isla t i on i n U n i ted S ta tesCong ress b e a ccepted. was secon ded by Mrs.

Lan gley an d ca rr ied .T he P residen t Gen era l sta ted to the Boardtha t there was deposi ted i n the R iggs Ban kwh ich was a pa rt o f the cu rren t fun d.and presen ted to the T reasu rer Gen era l ca rdsfor her sign a tu re . Atten t ion wa s ca l led byMiss Rodm an to the requ i rem en t i n the ByLaws tha t the T rea su rer Gen era l sha l l depo si tin suc h ban k in g in st itu t ion i n the City of

\Vash in gt on as the N a t ion a l Board of Mana gem en t sha l l select , etc. . and asked i f theR iggs Ban k was the selec t ion o f the Boa rd .

The Presiden t Gen era l then recomm en ded tha tt he depo si ts be m ade w i th the ban ks tha t hadaccom m oda ted the Soci e ty w ith the loan s, andi t i t seem ed advisable n ot to have as sm a l l asum as in the R iggs Ban k. she wou ldadv ise tha t the tota l am oun t be placed i n the

Am er ican Secu ri ty an d T rust Com pan y. Mrs.

Th om pson m oved tha t th is m on ey be placed i nthese respect i ve ban ks. A f ter som e d iscussion . i t bein g shown tha t the Na tion a l Soc ietyhad deposited i n the sam e ban k for twen tyon e yea rs. the m ot ion was pu t an d lost.The draw ing of sea ts was then proceeded

w i th i n accordan ce w ith the ru les o f Con gress.the Reco rd in g Sec reta ry Gen era l pro ten t .

dra w in g for those sta tes no t represen ted , w i ththe fo l low in g resu l t

Orien t

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Mrs. Th om pson read them o tion s as adopted .The Presiden t General brough t up the m a t

ter of the celebra t ion of Wash in gt on’

s Bi rthday i n Mem or ia l Con t in en ta l H a l l. and sta tedtha t i t was custom a ry for the Son s of theAm erican Revo lu t i on , the Son s of the Revo lat ion , an d the D augh ters of the Am erican Revolu t i on to u n ite i n the ce lebra t ion , and it hadbeen a rran ged th is yea r tha t the expen se of

the m ee t in g be equa l ly d iv ided between thethree soc iet ies. an d tha t i t wou ld be a m a t tero f con ven ien ce to ha ve the am oun t tha t th i sSoc ie ty wou ld pay— i t was est im a ted tha t i twou ld n ot be abo ve $125— tu rn ed i n ea rly,w ith the u n derstan d in g that an y su rplus le f tf rom the am oun t sha l l be retu rn ed to the Society. Moved by Mrs. Lea ry, secon ded by Mrs.

Sm i th, and car ried , tha t the pro ra ta am ou n t

dec ided on by the Joi n t Com m i ttee to celeb ra tethe 22nd of February be pa id i n to the Joi n tCom m i ttee a t i ts first m eet i ng .

An in vi ta t ion was rea d from the Georg iaS ta te Regen t to the Board to a tten d the S ta teCon feren ce m eet in g i n Q u i t rn an , Geo rg ia.Febru a ry 1 3, 1 4. 1 5 and 16. T he Presiden tGen era l expressed the than ks o i the Boa rdfor the in v i ta t ion .

A comm un icat ion was read from Mrs. D unn in g. Cha irm an of Pa tr iot ic E duca t ion , pre

sen ti n g the appl ica t ion of Elm i ra F. Groganfor the Pau l In sti tu te Scho larsh ip for 19 17- 18and recomm en d in g tha t the Boa rd approve ofthe applica t ion . Moved by Mrs. Lea ry, sec

en ded by Mrs. Ell ison , an d carried, tha t th isrequest be gran ted.An appl ica t ion for the use o f the in sign ia

on a l i tt le book o f poem s to Mrs. Don a ld McLean was presen ted by the P residen t Gen eral.an d on m ot ion o f Mrs. Buel, secon ded by Mrs.E l l ison , i t was ca rried. tha t the request to use

the i nsi g n ia on a book of poem s to be dedicated to Mrs. D on a ld McLean be gra n ted.

The rem a in in g m ot ion s were then read byMrs. Thom pson . and there be in g n o correetion s, the m o t ion s as read were approved as

the m in u tes of the m eet ing .

At a. m ., on m ot ion , the m eet in g ad

Respec t fu l ly subm i tted,(Mrs. Wm . H . ) MAY R. T n ou rson ,

R ecordi ng S ecreta ry Gen eral pro tent .

NUMBER OF MEMBERS ADMITI'

ED FROM EACH STATE

Jan uary I7. l9l7Alabama, 1 : Arizona, 2 : Arkansas, 7 ; Ca l iforn is. 20 ; Co lo rado. 1 1 ; Con nect icu t. 16 ; D i st riet o f Co lum bia , 23 : Flori da, 18 : Geo rg i a, 26 ;Idaho . 1 ; I l l in o is, 43 ; In d iana . 24 ; Iowa, 32 ;Kan sa s, 20 ; Ken tucky, 7 ; Lou isian a . 3 ; Ma in e,26 ; Marylan d. 7 ; Massa chusetts. 67 ; Mich igan .34 : Min n eso ta, 4 ; M ississippi, 12 ; Missou ri,22 ; Nebraska, 6 ; N ew H am psh ire, 1 1 : New

Jersey, 20: New Mex ico, 3: New York, 86N orth Caro l ina , 6 ; Oh io, 45 ; Ok lahom a. 7

Oregon , 2 : Pen n sylvan ia, 42 : Rhode Island,4 : So u th Caro l in a. 13 ; Sou th Dako ta. 5 : Tenh essee. 6 : Texas, 27 ; U tah , 3 ; Verm on t. 16V i rg in ia, 10 : Wash in g ton . 7 ; West V i rg in ia,ll : W iscon sin . 23 ; Wyom ing, 1 ; Phi l ippineIslan ds. 1 . Total. 781 .

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U CH ha s been sa i d and volum es a cqu a i n t i ng them w i th such kn owledge ashave been w r i t ten descr i b i ng at

length the m any k i nds o f bath s ci vili zed m an has i ndu lged i n f rom t im e to

t im e. E very po s s ib le resou rce of the hu

m i n d has been brough t i n to play to fa sh ionn ew m e thod s o f bath i ng, b u t s t ra nge as i t

may seem , the m o s t im po r tan t , a s wel l as

tle m os t ben efici a l of all ba th s, the “ I n ter

n al Bath,” ha s been gi ven l i t t le though t.

The reason for th is is p robably due to thefact th a t few people seem to rea l ize the

t rem endous pa rt tha t in tern a l ba th i ngplays i n the acqu i r ing and mai n ta i n i ng of

hea lth.

If you were to ask a dozen people to de~

fine an i n tern a l ba th , you would have a sm an y di fferen t defin i t ion s , and the p robab i l i ty i s tha t n ot on e of them would b e

cor rect . To avo i d any m i sconcep t io n a s towha t cons t i tu te s a n i n tern a l ba th , let i t besa id tha t a hot -wa ter enem a i s n o m o re ani n tern a l ba th tha n a b i l l of fa re i s a di n ner .I f i t were po s s ible and agreeable to take

the grea t m a s s of th i nk i ng people to w i tnes s a n average pos t- m or tem , the s igh t sthey wou ld see and the th i ngs they wou ldlea rn wou ld prove of such la st i ng benefi ta nd im pres s them so p ro foundly tha t fu rther a rgum en t i n favo r of i n terna l b ath i ngwould b e u nneces sa ry to con v i nce them .

U n fo rtu na tely , however, i t i s n ot pos s ibleto do th i s , profi t ableas such a n exper iencewould doub t les s prove to b e. There i s ,then , on ly on e other way to get th i s i nform a t ion i n to the i r hands , and tha t i s byD

w i l l en able them to appreci a te the va lue ofth i s long so ugh t for, hea l th produci ngn ece s s i ty .

Few people rea l ize wha t a very l i t tleth i ng i s n eces sary som et im es to im provet hei r phy s ica l condi t ion . Al so, they havea lm o s t n o concept ion of how a l i t t le cares

les snes s , i ndifferen ce or neglect can be the

fundam en ta l cau se of the m ost v i rulentdi sea se. For i n s ta nce, tha t un iversa l diso rder from wh ich a lm o s t a l l hum an i ty i s

sufferi ng, kn own a s“con s t ipa t ion ,

" “au to

i n tox ica t ion ," “au to- i n fect ion ,

" and a m ul

t i tude o f othe r term s, i s n ot on ly cu rableb u t preven table th rough the con s i s ten t

pract ice o f i n terna l ba th i ng.

H ow m any people rea l ize . tha t norm al

fu nct ion i ng of the bowel s a nd a clea n i ntest in al t ract m ake i t im po s s ible to becomes ick ? “Man o f today i s on ly fi f ty per centefli cien t . Reduced to s im ple E ngl i sh , th i s

m ean s tha t m o s t m en a re try i ng to do a

m an ’s po rt ion of work on ha l f a m a n’

s

power . Th i s appl ie s equ al ly to wom en .

Tha t i t i s im po s s ible to con t i nue to do

th i s i ndefin i tely m u s t be appa ren t to a ll .

N a tu re never i n tended the del icate hum ano rga n i sm to b e ope ra ted on a hu ndred per

cen t overload. A m ach i ne cou ld n ot

s tand th i s and n o t b reak down , and the

body ce rta i n ly canno t do m o re than a m a

ch i ne . There i s en t i rely too m uch u n n ecessary and avo idable s icknes s i n the world.

Always m en tion DAOGB H I S or fl u Azan i a : Rn ou m on Mm zm x when wri t i no 10 MW :

How m any people can you nam e, i nclud

ing yoursel f, who a re phy s ica l ly v igo rous,heal thy, and s t ron g? Thenum be r i s appallingly sm a l l .

It i s not a com plex m a t ter to keep i n

condi t ion , bu t i t takes a l i t t le t im e, and i nthese st ren uou s day s people have t im e to do

every th in g el se neces sa ry for the at ta i n

men t of happ i nes s bu t the m o s t es sen t i a l

th ing of all— that of giv i ng the i r bodiesthei r proper ca re.

Would you bel ieve tha t five to ten m i nutes of t im e devo ted to sy s tem a t ic i n tern a lbath ing can m ake you hea l thy a nd m a i n

ta in you r phy s ica l efli ci en cy i ndefin i tely ?Gran t i ng tha t such a s im ple p rocedure a s

th i s w i l l do wha t i s cla im ed for i t, i s i t n ot

worth wh i le to lea rn m ore abou t tha t wh ichw i l l accom pl i sh th i s end ? I n tern a l ba th i ngw i l l do th i s , and i t w i l l do i t for people

of a l l ages an d i n a l l condi t ion s of hea l th

and di sease .

Peop le don’

t seem to rea l ize, st range to

say, how i m po rta n t i t i s to keep the body

f ree from accum u la ted body—wa ste (po i son s) . Thei r do i ng so wou ld preven t theabso rp t ion i n to the blood of the po i sonou sexcret ion s o f the body , and hea l th wou ldbe the i nev i table resu l t.

I f you wou ld keep you r b lood pu re, you rheart no rm a l , you r eyes clea r, you r com

plex ion clea n , you r m i nd keen , you r bloodpres su re norm a l , you r nerves re laxed, andbe ab le to enjoy thev igo r of you th i n you rdecl in ing yea r s, pract ice i n terna l ba th i ngand begi n to- day.

Now tha t you r a t ten t ion has been ca l ledto the im po rt a nce o f i n te rn a l bath i ng ,

i tmay be tha t a num ber o f qu es t io n s w i l lsugges t them selves to you r m i nd. You w i l l

probably wan t to know \VHAT an In

ternal Ba th i s , WH Y people shou ld take

Always m u’

oo Dw eum n or run Ai rm en R EVOLUN OK Mac“

them, and the WAY to take them . These

and cou n t les s o ther qu es t ions a re a l l

an swered i n a booklet en t i tled “TH E

TH E WH Y andTH E WAY OF

INTERNAL BATH ING,

"

w r i t ten byDocto r Cha r les A. Ty r rel l, the i n ven to r ofthe

“

J . B. L . Ca scade,"

who se l i felong

s tudy and resea rch a long th i s l i ne m ake

h im the pre- em i nen t au tho r i ty on th i s sub

ject . N ot on ly ha s i n terna l ba th i ng savedand pro longed D octor Ty rrel l

's own l i fe,bu t the l ives of a m ul t i tude of hopeles s i ndi v i duals have been equ a l ly spa red and

p ro lo nged. N o book ha s eve r b een w ri t tencont a i n i ng such a va s t am ou n t o f p ract ica li n fo rm a t ion to the bu s i ne s s m an , the

worker, a nd the hou sew i fe ; a l l tha t i s

n eces sa ry to secu re th i s book i s to wr i te toD oc to r Cha r les A. Ty r rel l a t 134 \Ves t

S i x ty - fifth S t ree t, New Yo rk Ci ty , a nd

m en t ion hav i ng read th i s a rt icle i n D . A.

R . Magaz ihe, and sam e w i l l b e im m edi a tely

m a i led to you f ree of a l l co s t or obl iga t io n .

Perhaps you rea l i ze n ow, m o re than

eve r, the t ru th of these s ta tem en t s , a nd i f

the readi ng o f th i s a rt icle w i l l re su l t i n a

p rope r appreci a t ion on you r pa rt of the

va lue of i n tern a l ba th i ng, i t'

w i l l ha ve

se rved i t s pu rpose. \Vha t you w i l l wan t to

do n ow i s to ava i l you r se l f o f the oppor

tu n i ty for lea rn i ng m ore abou t the su b

jects, and you r w r i t i ng for th i s book w i l lgive you tha t i n fo rm at ion . D o n o t pu t off

do i ng th i s , b u t send[or the book n ow wh i le

the m at te r i s f re sh i n you r m i nd.

Procra s t i n a t io n i s the th ie f o f t im e.

A th ie f i s on e who stea l s som e th i ng. D o n'

t

a l low procra st i n at io n to chea t you o u t o f

you r Oppo r tu n i ty to get th i s va lu able i nfo r ma t ion wh ich i s f ree for the a sk i ng. I f

you wou ld b e n a tu ra l , b e hea l thy . i t i s n u

na tu ra l to b e s ick . \Yb y be un na tu ra l ,when i t i s such a s im ple th i ng to b e wel l ?

when wr i t i n g to adverti se ".

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By

Arth u r Tru e Bu swell, M . D .

A MAN'

S success i n

l i fe depends m ore on the

co- opera t ion o f h i s stomach tha n on a ny o the r factor . Ju st a s an

“a rm ym oves on i ts s tom ach" so

doe s the i ndiv i dua l . Sci

en t i s t s tell u s tha t 90%of

all s ickness i s traceable tothe diges t i ve t ract.Phy s ica l efii cien c i s the backbone o f

m en ta l efficiency. {Jn less ou r stom achsare effect ive] per fo rm i ng the i r funct ionsi n the way a tu re i n ten ded, we ca n

'

t be

phys ica l ly fi t . And un less we’

re phy s ica l ly fi t ,we ca n ’t be thoroughly succes s fu l .As D r. O r i son Swet t Ma rden , the n o ted

w r i ter sa ys ,“the b ra in gets an im m en se

am ou n t of credit wh ich rea l ly should goto the s tom ach .

”And i t

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s t ru e—keep thedi ges t ive sys tem i n shape and b ra in vi ta l!i ty i s assured.

Of cou rse, there a re successful m enwho have weak diges t ion s, bu t they a re

except ion s to the rule. They succeed i nspi te of the ir phy s ica l con di t ion . Ten

t im es the succe s s wou ld u ndoubtedly bethei r s i f they had the b ack i ng o f a st rongphy s ique and a per fect stom ach . Therea re a thousa nd m en who owe the ir suc

ces s i n l i fe to a good d iges t ion to everyon e who succeeded i n sp i te of a poo r (Ilges t io n a nd the m any i l l s i t leads to .

The cau se of pract ica l ly a l l stom achd i so rders— and rem em ber

, stom ach di sorders lead to 9076 of all sickn ess—i swrong ea ti ng.

Food i s the fuel of the hum an sys tem ,

yet som e of the com b i n a ti ons o f food wepu t i n to our sy s tem s are as dangerous asdyn am i te, soggy wood an d a l i t t le coa lwould be i n a fu rn ace—a nd ju st aboutas effecti ve. Is i t

,an y wonde r tha t the

average l i fe of m an today i s b u t 39 yea rs—and that di seases of the s tom ach , l iver

and kidn e s have i ncreased 103%du r ingthe pa s t ew yea rs l

.

The t rouble i s that n o on e has, u nti l recently,g i ven any study to the u est ion o f food and i tsrelat i on to the hum an y . Very o ften one

good harm less food when eaten in com binationwrth et her harm less foods creates a chem ica lreact i on i n the stom ach and l i terally explodes,

fizz?off dan gerou s

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tox ics whi ch en ter thean d slow ly ponson our en t ire system ,

gapp i ng our v i ta li ty an d depleti ng our effi ci encytn the m ean tim e.And yet j us t as w rong food select ion s and

com binat ions wi l l des troy ou r hea l th an d eflicien so w i l l the r i h t foods cre ate and m aintai n i l v igo r an m ental energy. And byr ight f we do n o t m ean freak foods—j ustood. ever

yday foods pro rly com bin ed. In

act, to fo low Correct i ve ti ng i t. i sn't even

necessary to u pse t our table.

Not long ago I h a ta lk w i th E ugene Christ i an, the no ted food sci en ti s t, a nd he to ld m e ofsom e of h i s experien ces i n the t reatm en t ofd i sease th ro ugh food. Inciden ta lly E u en e

Chri st ian has personally trea ted ove r All)

ficple for alm os t every n on -organ ic a i lm entown w i th alm os t u nvaried succes s. An en

v iable record when on g considers t ha t peoplen ear ly always

go t o h im a fter every o ther

known m ethod as fa i led.On e u se which interested m e greatly was

that of a young bu s iness m an who se effici enhad been pract i cal ly w recked through stom aaci di ty, ferm enta t ion an d const ipat i on resu lti n g i n physical slugg i shness whi ch was n atou rally reflected in h i s abi l ity

to u se h i s m ind.H e was twen ty pounds un erwe ight when hefirs t wen t to see Chri st ian and was so n ervoushe cou ldn’t s leep . S tom ach and intest i nal swere so severe tha t they cau sed i rr lar ca rtact ion and o ften fits o f great m enta l ression .

As Chr i stian descri bes i t, he was n ot emcien t ei ther m en ta l ly or

phys ical ly. Yet in a

few days, by follow mg C ri st i an'

a suggest ionsa s to food, h i s const ipation had completelygone al though he had fo rm er ly been m thehab i t o f taki n large da i ly doses o f a strongcathart i c. In ve weeks every abnorm al symptom had di sapti

ea red—h i s wei g h t having m

crea sed 6 lb s. n addi t ion to th i s he acqu i reda store of physica l an d m ental en ergy so am t

m com pari son w i th h i s form er sel f as to alm ostb e l ie the fact that i t was the sam e m an .

Ano ther in stance of whatprope r food com

b i na ti on s can do was that c a m an on e hundred pounds overwe ight whose on ly o ther dis

Aln -ayr m en t i on D sucn rn s or AI U ICAl R avou m on Macram e when wr i t i ng to adz-

ert i re u.

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ECALL tha t go lden day when yo u first read Hu ck Fin n l How you r m o t hersa id, Fo r goodn ess

’ sake, stop la ugh i n g a lo ud over tha t book. You sou nd so

si lly. Bu t you cou ldn 't stop laughin g.To -day when you read

“H uckleberry Fin n ou w i l l n o t lau gh so m uch . Yo u w i llchuckle o ften , b u t yo u wi l l also want to weep. e deep hum an i ty of i t— thc a tho s,tha t you n ever saw , as a b oy, wi l l appea l to you now. You were too bu sy laughing t o

i ce t he l im pid puri ty of the m aster's style.

Twa i n first wm te H uckleberry who did not know h im well were amazed.

" Joa nF i n n t h i s la n d was swept wi t h a ga le o i la u gh ter. o i Arc

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was the wo rk oi a poet—a hi st o ria n —g

When he wro te“The ln n u v n ts Abroad

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Bu t o ne da y t he re a ppea red a n ew b ook from wh im sical humor t ha t made the M y cl me

h i s pen . so sp i ri t ual. so true. so lo lty . t ha t. those more beara b le.

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s own set . Th is Is the set he wa n te d i n the ho me of each of thou who love

h im . Beca use he aske d i t . H arm rs have wo rke d to ma ke a perfec t set a t ha ll pri ce .

[M o re t he wa r we had a con t ract price [or pa per so we co u ld sell t h i s set oi M a rk Twa i n a t hall PM

Sen dtheCo u ponW i tho u tMon eyT he la st 0 ! t he ed i t io n is i n si gh t. The p ri ce of

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DA U G H T E R SOF THE

AMERICAN REVOLUT IONMAGAZINE

Vol. No. 4 APR IL. l9l7 Whole No . 297

Pa triotic Celebra tion a t Mem orial Con tin en ta l H a llFebruary 22. 1917

By Sarah H arvey Porter

A rem a rkable audien ce ga thered i nMem o r ia l Con t i nen t a l H a l l on the m om

i n g o f Febru ary twen ty- second to celec

b ra te the b i rthday of Geo rge Wa sh in gton . R em a rkab le, n ot on ly tha t i t comp r i sed. as on ly a \Va sh i ngton audienceca n , the Pres iden t of the U n i ted S ta tesan d m em bers of the Cab i net w i th the i rf am i l ies, the French Am ba ssador, andm em be rs o f the D iplom a t ic Co rp s ; j ust ices o f the Suprem e Cou rt, Sen a to r s ,R ep re sen ta t ives and o ther h igh offici al s .The th rong wh ich fi l led the hall to overflow i ng con s i s ted m a i n ly ol

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di rect descen dan ts o f thepa t r iots of the Am er ica nR evo lu t io n— ah audience con t rol led en

m a s se by heredi ty . B lood n ot on ly“ to ld"

a t th is jo i n t m ee t i ng of three pa t ri o t icsoci et ies—The N a t io na l Socie ty of the

D augh ters of the Am e r ica n R evolu t ion ,the D i s t ri ct Soc ie t ies of the Son s of theAm e ri ca n R evo lu t ion and the Son s of

the Revo lu t ion—i t su rged i n respon se tos t i r rin g words from the pla t fo rm and,l ike a t ida l wave, that s t rong, anci en tblood rose i n loya l ty to the Pres iden t ofthe U n i ted S ta tes, the cen tral figu re, perhaps soon to be the gu idi ng figu re of awo rld a t war.

Beau t i ful as was the set t i ng of the ocos s ian w i th i ts m a s ses of flower s and

flags, i t was appa ren tly unnot iced i n the

D igitized byGo

so lem n i ty of the hou r . Prel im i n a rycha tter was a lm o s t m i s s i ng. Very few

m u tua l greet i ngs pa ssed across the la rge

h a l l a s pe r sons were sea ted. T r ivi a l i t iesseem ed forgo t ten . On ly a n a t iona l cr i s i so f unexam pled grav i ty was rem em bered.

The i nvoca t ion by the Chapl a i n of theD i s t r ict of Co lum b ia Society, S . A. R

the R ev. D r. George H . McGrew, fi t tedthe occa s ion , and was a key- no te to the

who le .

The pres idi ng ofli cer. Newel l B.Woodworth , E sq . Pa s t Pres iden t Gene ra l ,N a t iona l Socie ty of the Sons of the

Am eri ca n Revo lu t ion , ca l led for a sa lu teto the Flag f rom the audience wh i le thepledge of L oya l ty was rea d ; m ade a tel li ng com pa r i son of the life of \Va sh i ngtonw i th the s im pl ici ty, pu ri ty and st rengtho f the m onum en t to h i s n am e ; pa id agracefu l t r ibu te to France and handledthe i n te rn a t ion a l s i tu at ion w i thou t gloves,comm endi ng the Pres iden t for break i ngofi

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diplom at ic rela t ion s w i th Ge rm any“when forbea rance cea sed to b e a v i r tue.

The Ma ri ne Band played the qua i n told m arch ,

“The Vt’orld Tu rned U ps ide

D own ,” im i ta t i ng a file an d dr um co rps

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wh ich played th i s m elody wh i le the Bri ti sh m a rched ou t of Yo rk town i n 1 781 .The go ld m eda l g iven by the Jo i n t Com

m i t tee of Men th rough i t s ofli cer, W i l

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l iam Van Zan dt Cox , was awa rded to

H a rold F. S tose, the t i t le o f whose es saywas,

“The \Vestern Cam pa ign of Geo rge

Roger s Cla rk, and the Ea r ly Ter ri tori a lE xpa n s ion o f the U n i ted S t a tes.

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The Pres iden t, whose f ace showed thes t rai n and a nx iou s ca re of the precedi ngday s th rough wh ich he had pa s sed, i npresen t i ng the m eda l to the boy, sa id

I t g ives m e a g rea t deal of g en u i n e pleasu reto presen t th is. I kn ow som e of the th ing :tha t you have go n e throug h, for I m yselfhave tried to wr i te h istory. I t i s m uch less ofan adven tu re than to try to enact i t , b u t i tn evertheless is the kind of adven tu re tha t liftsthe spiri t, a nd I hope i t has had tha t efl

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ect on

you , si r. They certa i n ly g ave you a b ig en oug h

subj ect to lift anyb ody a nd I con g ra tula te you .

ai r, tha t you ha w com e through, n ot on ly, b u tin fron t.

To a n observer the elem en ts of psychol0g ical i n teres t i n the l i t t le scene of

the m eda l p resen ta tion were m any : ThePres iden t of the U n i ted S ta tes revertedto the type of the sym pathet ic, plea sedschoo l - m a s ter—s l igh t ly b e n t a t t i tude,fa therly

,w i th a n encou ragi ng sm i le for

the m ode s t, m a n ly- look i ng boy. The ex

pres s ion on h i s face, as he began wasaga in scho la rly, a s when he fi rs t en teredpo l i t ica l l i fe ou t of the cla s s- room . Thencam e a change a s he sa i d w i th at L i ncolni an , wh im s ica l touch of hum o r tha t wri ti n g h i s to ry was

“m uch les s o f an adven

tu re than to t ry to en act i t .” Som eway.tha t l i t t le sen tence m oved m a ny i n the

audience fa r m o re deeply than a longspeech m igh t h ave m oved them . Germ any ha s long boa s ted tha t the Pru s s i anschoo lm a s ter won the war of 1870. The

Am er ican schoolm a s ter m av decide the

p resen t war.

The grea tes t su rp r i se of the wholep rogram cam e when Col. Freder ick C.

Bryan began to read ex t ract s from the

sta te papers o f Wa sh i ng ton . The au

dien ce p repa red to relax i n to a n a t t i tudeof ou twa rd i n teres t, som e perhaps evento n od, wh i le the u sua l re ference s to“en tangl i ng a l l i ances" were quoted . In

stead tha t audience, to the la s t person i ni t , sa t up and

“took n o t ice” a s i f ga lvan i zed by an elect r ic ba t tery . As on e re

po r ter ex pre s sed i t , the effect was a lm ostunca n ny . From the fi r s t addres s , the

second addres s, a nd on to the la s t on ecam e words , m agn ificen tly read by Col.Bryan , wh ich fi t ted i n every par t icula rthe presen t N a t iona l si tua t ion . On e grew“creepy,

" l i s ten ing. Su rely those sen

renees were handed i n as copy to a b igAm er ica n n ew spaper last n igh t ! Theywere neve r w r i t ten by a m an bo rn a hundred a nd e igh ty- fi ve yea rs ago concern i nga feeble fo l k cl i ng i ng to the edge of a

l i t t le corn er of the A tlan t ic seaboa rd !I f eve ry pa t r io t ic m agaz i ne and new spa pe r wou ld repr i n t the ex tract s so ad

m irably cho sen by Col. Bryan , and letGeo rge Wa sh i ngton 's gho st wa lk, i t

wou ld fo rever e radica te the a n nu a l droni ng of the paragraph abou t “

en tangl i n ga l l iance s, a s the acm e of Wa sh i ngt on

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s

w i sdom .

“To be prepared for war i s on e o f the m o st

effectual m ean s of preserv ing peace. A f reepeople ough t n ot only to b e arm ed, b u t di sc i pli n ed.

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“The distu rbed s ituation of E u rope and par

t icularly the cr it ical postu re o f the g rea t m arit im e powers. wh i l st i t ou gh t to m ake us them o re thank fu l for the genera l peace and secur i ty enjoyed by the U n ited S ta tes, rem in ds usat the sam e t im e of the circum spect ion w i thwh ich i t becom es us to preserve these bless ings.i t requ i res al so that we shou ld n ot over lookthe tendency o f a war, and even of preparat ions for a wa r. am ong the nations m ost concerned i n act i ve com m erce w i th th i s coun try.”“The U n ited S tates ough t n ot to i n du lge a

persuas ion that, contra ry to the order ofhum an events, they w i l l forever keep at adistance those pa in fu l appeal s to arm s wi thwh ich the h i sto ry of every other nat ionabo unds . There i s a rank due the U n itedS tates am ong nations wh ich w i l l be w ithheld.i f n o t abso lu tely lost, by the repu ta tion ofweakness. If we des ire to avo id insu l t, wem u s t be able to repe l i t ; i f we des ire to secu repeace, on e of the m o st power fu l inst rum entsof our r ising pro speri ty, i t m u st be knownthat we are at al l t im es ready for war.”

“The m ost s incere neu tra l i ty i s n ot su fficient

guard agains t ag g ress ions of nat ions at war.

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A r ipple of l augh ter pervaded the

hou se, ex tendi ng to the Pres iden t an dSecret ary of the T rea su ry, when Col.Bryan, gi v i ng Wa sh i ngton 's v iews on

ra i s i ng funds for prepa redness, qu o ted“No t a xes can be dev i sed wh ich are.

fi tm t n a n h i

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our true pol icy to s teer clear of perm anentall i ance w i th any po rt ion of the forei gn world ;so for, I m ean , as we on n ow at lib er ty to

do i t.”

Washi ngton a lways adv ised good fa i th and

ju st ice toward al l nati ons, an d u rged our peo

ple to cu l t ivate peace and harm ony w i th all.But wh i le he was thu s wedded to peace, the

excerpts j u st quo ted f rom h is address showedh i s know ledge of world condi t ions, h i s fai thi n arm ies and nav ies, and the i r necess i ty forou r nat ional sa fety.

D uring the latter part of“’ash i n gt on

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s termand the early part o f Pres iden t Adam s

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, we

becam e involved in seriou s diff i cu l ti es at di fferen t t im es w i th Great Bri ta in an d the FrenchRepubl ic growing ou t of the se i zu re by the i rcru isers of Am erican m erchantm en. These aggression s aga inst our r igh ts at sea were so

num erou s and so flag ran t that our coun t ryfeared we m igh t becom e i nvo l ved i n war.

Wash ington had ret ired to p ri vate l i fe in h isbeloved Mt. Vernon. The s i tuat ion becam e so

seriou s that Pres iden t Adam s called h im f romh i s hom e an d placed h im at the head of the

arm ies o f the Republi c. Ou r com m erce hadbeen seriou sly inter fered w i th by the Fren ch .b ut our terri to ry had not been i nvaded. Whenthe cal l cam e from Pres ident Adam s, Washi n gt on repl ied :

“In case of actual invasion byform idable fo rces, I certainly shou ld n ot i n

t rench m ysel f under cover o f age and retirem ent i f m y serv ices shou ld b e requ i red by m ycount ry to assi st i n repel l ing i t.I al lude to th i s internat io nal s i tuation only

to show that in the m ind of the great \Vashi n gton the in ter ference w i th ou r com m erce on

the h igh seas was a sufficient cau se for preparat ion aga inst depredation. It was n ot n eces

sa ry in h is m ind that we shou ld wai t unti l theenem y was a t ou r doo r unt i l we shou ld beg into prepare aga in st the fate fu l day when host i lefoo t m igh t be set u pon ou r sho res. War was

never declared aga inst France, b u t we did sus

pend comm ercia l intercou rse, au thor ized the

arm ing o f m erchantm en. and sen t fo rth the

sh ips o f ou r navy to captu re French arm ed

vessel s upon the h igh seas .In order that we m ay com prehend the reals i tuation as i t appeared to Wash ingt on, wem u st rem em ber that we were then a sm al lnat ion of perhaps sou l s. We were30 days and m o re from the European continen t. T he w ide expanse o f the sea , w i th theslow m ethods o f travel , consti tu ted a verystrong barr ier between ou rsel ves and any poss ible foe. Our com m erce then, expo rts and

im port s, am ounted to approx im ately000 annual ly. At that tim e we knew ne i therthe teleg raph, the telephone, the w i reless, therai l road eng ine or the steam vessel . The

arm am ents o f the present day were neverdream ed of. The fly ing m ach ine an d the su b

m arine had n ot occu rred to the m ost vi vi dim ag i nation. Yet du ring these ear ly periodsof our national ex i stence, our com m erce wasof such im po rtance that i t was deem ed vi talto declare an d pro tect our rights at see. An dwh i le Wash ing ton adv i sed aga i nst

“perm anental l iances w i th any port ion of the foreign

world,”ou r relations w i th o ther nati on s were

so invo lved that he did n ot hesi tate t o quali fyh is words by addi ng.

“so far, I m ean, as we

are now at l iberty to do i t .‘

H ow di deren t our si tuation now. t he

of Am er icans has i ncreased to a lmostInstead of a com paratively nar

row expanse of terri tory along the A tlan ticshore, we now extend from ocean to ocea n, tosay no th ing of our i sland po ssessions. Insteadof a fo rei gn trade of annua l ly. i thas reached the s tu pendou s amo unt of nearly

or m ore. The 30 days‘ t rip toE urope has been reduced to s i x. \Ve are a

world power whether we wish i t or not.

Thou sands o f Am eri can s go to the fou r co rners of the earth, annual ly, instead of the

com parat ively few who ventu red abroad in

the days of the early Republ ic. Ou r comm ercei s worldw ide No seriou s diff erences can occu rbe tween an y two foreign nations wh ich doesn ot g ravely aflec t our people and ou r in dtISr

t ries . Foreign ers of a hundred years an d m oreago are neig hbo rs today. The seas are the

h ighways of com m erce. The wel fare o f our

people requ i res that every port of entry shou ldbe open to our vessels every day in the year.If i t were im po rtan t i n the latter part o f thei 8th cen tu ry that our comm erce shou ld enjoythe f reedom o f the seas, i t i s vastly m ore so

n ow. I f i t were an offense aga inst the r igh tso f our people for a Bri t i sh or French cru i serto se i ze our m erchantm en in the days of

Wash ington an d Adam s, i t m u st be now m orerepugnan t to ou r Am er ican ideal s to have ou r

com m erce forbidden certain sect ion s of the

sea , to have them dec lared war zones, to

threaten to s ink and to s in k ou r ves se ls w ithoutwarn ing an d w i thou t caring for crew or pas

sengers. I f George \Vash ington bel ieved thatthe wel fare o f the country requ i red tha t heshou ld com e forth from h i s ret i rem en t in h i sold days to take comm and of ou r arm ies i norder to de fend the righ ts of Am ericans u ponthe h igh seas in 1 797 and 1 798, what wou ld hedo n ow when al l the world i s adam e, whenChri st ian civ i l i zation is in arm s, when the

righ ts of neu tral s are ign o red an d t ram pledupon, when Am er icans are g ui l ty of n o offensesave the exercise of thei r priv i leges u pon theh igh sea s ? Wou ld he n ot have fel t j u st ified.as Presiden t W ilson did, i n tender ing h i s goodo ffices to bring peace to hum an ity—aye. evenin su ggesting a Leag ue of Peace to reduce toa m inim um the cau ses of war ? \Nou ld heeave url o shores m a state of dc‘fi ifififfii nfig

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Wou ld he forbid our Am ericans to fol low thei rpu rsu i ts at sea ?

When o ur di fficu l t ies w i th Great Bri tain andFrance over the sei zing of Am er ican sh ips andthe cargoes arose, President Adam s an d General o rga n ized arm ies, bu i l t naviesan d m ade every preparation for expectedconfl ict .

fough t the wa r of 1812 to free the seas .E ver since tha t date we have i nsi sted that theywere h ighways o f com m erce for the ci t i zensan d subjects of every nat ion, grea t or sm al l,and today the greatest wa r o f h isto ry i s be ingfou gh t u nder the pretense o f free i n g th e seas .It ough t to be n o off ense ei ther against hum anity or ci v i l izat ion now for u s to i nsi st u pon thef reedom for wh ich we fough t in 1812 , and forwh ich the nations of the Old Wo rld claim to

be contending .

No te the paral le l between condi t ions under“'

ash i n gton’

s and Adam'

s adm in istrations, a ndn ow under Pres iden t \Vi l son . i n those days.\Vash ing ton an d Adam s, see ing the sto rm ap

proach i n g , prepared for ou r de fense . Today,

o u r Pres ident, fearing tha t hos ti l i t ies m ay or!

cur, i s u rg ing the . N at ion to set i t s hou se i no rde r. As the publ ic m en o f that day werep ray ing that open ho st i l i t ies m igh t be averted.

so n ow the publ ic m en of o ur Nation a re

praying that we m ay escape the bittern ess o fw ar.

The Cong ress o f the U n ited States wou ldn ot vo te for wa r unless, in the ir j udgm ent. i ti s necessary for the m aintenance of our Na

t i o n al hono r and in teg ri ty. The Pres identwo u ld n o t appro ve war unless he. too , fel tthat it was the last reso rt fo r a free peoplean d for the preservat ion o f the ir se l f respect .Th e Am er ican people under W i l son. l ike the

Am er ican peo ple u nder Wash ington, are aspeacefu l ly di spo sed as the warring nat ionsacross the water w i l l perm i t them to b e, b u t

in the de fense o f the i r rights as warl ik e asthese nations m ay com pe l them to b e .

Am erica wants n ot only peace for hersel f,b u t peace fo r the wo rld. H er am bition i s n o tt o excel i n the arts o f war, b u t i n the pu rsu i t so f peace. We ask no favo rs o f an y nat io nsave the r ig ht to conti nue in friendly intercou rse w i th them wherever they m ay b e

located. We dem and n o priv i leges wh ich wea re n o t ready to acco rd to o ther nations. We

have aim ed to ho ld the scales o f neu t ral i tyw i th an even hand. we acco rd n o privi legeto any nation wh ich we wou ld n o t cheer fu l lyg rant to any o the r.The war was scarce ly a few weeks old unt i l

the Pres iden t, speak ing for ou r g reat country,ten dered h is o ffices to the be l l igerents in the

cau se o f hum an i ty . That peace m ight com e

has been the prayer o f the people. Th at wem igh t b e a h um ble instrum ent in the handso f Providence to bring abo u t a cessat ion o f

host ilit ies i s our heart’s desi re. We covetne i ther the lands n or the pos sess ions of anyo ther nation . But wh i le we have been eagerto act as the fr iend of al l these na t ions, bo thGreat Britain and Germ any have n ot hesi tatedto inter fere when m i l i tary necessi ty from the i rv iewpo int seem ed to requ i re i t.The recent act o f the Pres iden t in severing

diplom atic relat ions w i th Germ any seem s tohave had a sobering eff ect upon the Germ anIm perial Governm ent, an d i t w i l l con t inue tohave a sobering effect so long as our peoplestand un itedly w i th the Pres ident.I do n ot be l ieve there - is a m an i n e i therbranch o f Congress who wou ld approach adeclarat ion o f war w i thou t the gravest concern . I do n ot be l ieve he wou ld vote for warunless he were conv inced tha t ou r N ationalhonor and sa fety requ i red i t. an d that he hadthe su ppo rt o f a large m ajo ri ty of h i s const it uency back hom e.

The dest in ies o f ou r country have been sa fein the hands o f ou r Pres idents an d the Con

g resses in the past, and they w i l l cont inue to besa fe in the fu tu re. They were elected by thepeople, are representat ive o f the people and

w i l l n o t act in a grave m atter such as warcontrary to the w i shes o f the peo ple. b ut inacco rdance w i th thei r w i shes whe ther the re

su l t be peace or war.

Th i s addre s s was f requ en t ly i n te rrupted by appl au se , wh ich a t i t s close,was pro longed and voci ferou s . Manybel ieved tha t i t con veyed to the coun trym uch wh ich the Pres iden t cou ld n ot

then sa y, b u t w i th wh ich he agreed, possib ly. i n subs tance.

R eproduct ion s of h i s to ric flags werethen pre sen ted to the Son s o f the Am e r ican R evo lu t ion an d the Son s of the R evolu t ion by the N a t iona l Society B aughter s o f the Am er ica n R evo lu t io n th roughthei r Pre s iden t Genera l Mrs. \Vi lli am

Cum m i ng S tory, who sa id

I des ire to presen t on th is on e hundred a nd

e ighty- fifth anniversary of the birth o f the

Father o f ou r I l lu stri o u s Country in th i s beaut i fu l hom e erected by patrio t ic Am er ican wom en to the m em o ry o f the sacr ifices of ou r

ancesto rs o f the Revo lu t ion. two flags—reproduct ions—under wh ich our patrio t ic an ces

to rs fou gh t an d ach ieved our N at ional Frecdom . I desi re to o ffer these flag s to the two

Soc iet ie s—The Sons o f the Revo lu t ion an d

The Sons o f the Am erican Revo lu t ion—whosefr iendly coo pera tion and assistan ce has m arkedour publ ic ce lebrations o f th i s na t ional ho l iday.

The flag I o ffer to the So n s o f the Am ericanRevo lu t ion is a reproduct io n o f T he Fi rstN ational Flag o f the U n ited S

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by the Cont inen ta l Cong ress on June 14 th,1 777. The or ig inal of th is flag was first produced by the patien t han ds an d the needle o f

a patr io t ic wom an o f the Revo lu t ion- BetsyRoss—the w i fe o f John Ro ss, an upho l stereron Arch stree t, below Th ird, in the City of

Ph iladelph ia. Am er ican blood was first shedbeneath i ts fo lds at the Battle o f Cooch 'sBridge. be low Wi lm ing ton, D elaware. September 3rd, 1 777 . where a m onum en t has beenrecently erected to Com m em orate the event.Th is flag was again di splayed a t the Batt le o f

Brandyw ine, that sam e m onth, a nd i t led the

patrio ts of the Revo lu t ion in al l engagem entstherea fter. On Septem ber lst , 1 777. on the

sh ip “Ranger,

”com m anded by John Pau l

Jones, i t firs t rece ived i ts N ational Salu te of

twenty- on e gu n s. The French N ation on thatm em o rable date extended to the In fant Republ ic th i s hono r. Th i s flag I hand to Mr .

Ph il ip F. L arner. the Pres ident o f the D ist ricto f Co lum bia Soc iety o f the Sons of the Am erican Revo lu t ion .

And th i s flag i s another b'anne r under wh ich

our fo refathers o f the Revo lu t ion fou ght andbled. It i s The Royal ( or Bou rbon ) Flag of

France. It orig i nated in the reign o f Lou i sSeven th, in the twel fth centu ry . For si x hundred years i t was the fla g o f the FrenchMonarchy. Its field was fi rst o f azure~hlue

w ith a clu ster o f fleu rs- de- l i s, b u t in the fou rteen th centu ry i ts fie ld was changed to wh ite,the fleu rs- de- l i s bei ng reduced to th ree of go ld.On Am erican sho re s th i s banner becam e con

sccra tcd to the Cau se o f L iberty. It wa s

brough t here by ou r French al l ies under Lafaye tte and Rocham beau . U nder th i s RoyalFlag w i th the French fo rces invest ing Yorktown in 1 78l. there were brigaded three l igh tregi m ents, on e of wh ich served u nder the

com m and of Co lone l Gim at o f the Frenchforces and of Major Wyllys of Connect icu t.

On Febru ary 5, the S tate R egen t of Connecti cu t issued a a ll to the D aughters in th ats ta te to redouble eff o rt s to increase the m em bersh ip of the Am eri ca n Red Cross” a nd i n

every way to“co-operate w i th them in the i r work .

"

The Call closed w i th the words : “Thesp ir i t of ’

76 bids us ral ly on e and al l, rega rdless of creed or party, to the support o f the

Pres iden t, g ladly and loyal ly u pholding h im in h i s s tand for the honor o f th e nation, for thej u s t de fense of i ts ci ti zens in the pea ce fu l exerci se of the ir r igh ts, and for the m ain tenanceof hum an i ty and civ i l i zat ion in the world."

Two days later m es sages were sen t to the Presiden t of the U ni ted S ta tes and to the

Governor of Connecticu t. o ffering in the nam e of the.

D au ghters o f the Am er ican R evo lu t ionin Connec t icu t, 5000 strong .

“the fu l lest m easu re of devo ted serv ice. Letters of appreci ation

and grati tude were recei ved from bo th execu ti ve heads.

Th i s com m and included five com pan ies ofAm er icans o f the Connecti cut L in e. T hiscom m and di st ingu ished i tsel f on the n igh t o fOctobe r i 4th, 1781. by cap tu r ing on e of the

enem y's redoubts ou ts ide o f Yorktown. Colon el Alexander H am i l ton led a l igh t battal ionof fou r com pan ies. two of wh ich were f romN ew Yo rk and two f rom Connect icu t. Th i scom m and under th i s Bou rbo n flag form ed

part of La fayette’s l igh t di v i s ion. wh ich he ldthe r igh t of the bes ieg ing l ine be fo re Yorktown. On the ro l l s o f ano ther regi m ent, comm anned by Co lone l the Marqu i s de Rost ian g.who wa s prom o ted to the rank of brigadi ergeneral fo r the di st ingu i shed conduct o f hi sreg im ent at the S iege o f Yorktown, we readw i th pride the nam e of N ico las Ju sserand,who se fam i ly i s now rep resen ted by the Ambassador o f France who honor s us by h ispresence today. ’

1 h i s ti n g o f ou r Fren ch al l ieso f the Revo lu t ion, the em blem o f a dyingm ona rchy who se peop le were in spi red w i th the

sam e love o f l ibe rty a s ou r Am erican fore.fathers. the D au ghters of the Am e rican Revo~lu t i on des i re to o ffer to the Sons of the R evo~lu t i on , an d I there fore hand i t to GeneralGeo rge R ichards. the Pres iden t of th at Societyin the D i strict of Co lum bia.

After the benedicti on , pron ounced bythe Reveren d Doctor Ran do lph H . Mc

Kim the people s low ly d i spe r sed to the

m um of the Ma ri n e Ban d, wh ich

th roughou t the en t i re ex erci se had beenespec i a l ly beau t i ful and effect ive—and

ano the r epoch-m ak i ng celebra t ion was

added to the m any wh ich have t akenplace i n the tem ple of pa t r iot i sm e rectedby the D augh ters of the Am e r ican Revolu t i on .

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be greatly enhanced by a considerat ion o f thehands by wh ich i t was m ade and presen tedAdm idst al l the dis tresses and sufieri n gs of

the Arm y, from whatever sou rces they haveari sen, i t m u st be a conso la ti on to ou r v irtuou sCountrywom en, that they have never been ac

cused of wi thho lding the ir m ost zealou s eff ort sto support the ca u se we a re enga ged in ; an dencou rage those who are de fendi ng them inthe fi eld. The arm y does n o t want g ratitude. n or do they m i splace i t in th is in ~stance .

A l though the fr iendsh ip o f you r Fatherm ay induce h im to see som e th ings th roughtoo part ial a m edi um—yet the indu lgen t m an

n er in wh ich he is pleased to express h im se l frespect ing m e, i s indeed very pleasing—fornoth ing in hum an l i fe ca n afford a l i beral m indm ore ra tional , and exqu i si te sat is fact ion than es,

the approbat ion of a wi se, a g reat and av ir tu ou s m an .

Mrs. Wash ing ton requests m e to presen t herCom pl im en ts to Mr. Bache a nd you rsel f, w i thwh ich you w i l l bo th be pleased to accept

,o f

m ine. and be l ieve m e to be w i th g rea t con sid (For fu rther deta i l s in rega rd to th i s wo rk,cration and esteem and fac- s im i le of the Broadside issued by the

Yr M02 wom en see“The Sent im en ts of an Am erica n

Mo s t H ble ' Servt Wom an," by I . C . Fi tzpatrick , in the m agazine

M rs. Bache G. Wash ingt on fo r D ecem ber, 1915 . Edi to r.)

Th e N at ional Ch airm an o f the Conser vat i on Com m i ttee has issued a le tter to the m em

bers o f her com m i ttee deal ing w i th the - di fferent phases o f the wo rk. two extract s f romwh ich w i l l prove he lp fu l to m any o ther D aughters, I have n o doubt.

“T im e i s ano ther facto r o f wh ich we a re too prodigal . an d the lack of i t for the per.

form an ce o f the tasks wh ich l i fe bring s to u s i s ow ing large ly to o ur neg lect in concentrat i ngon the su bj ect in hand. There i s so m uch to be done by every bu sy wom an that th i s concent ra t i n g upon the im m ediate bu siness of the m om ent i s the very best way of conserv ing hertim e as we l l a s her streng th .

"

Those o f you who have m uch to do'

w i th large ru ral di stricts w i l l find that i t w i l l b e ag reat he l p to you i f you w i l l send to the U . S . D epartm ent o f Ag r icu ltu re for the i r l i sts o fpubl icat ions for the ben efi t of ‘Farm “'

ome nf You w i l l fi nd there a re pam ph lets upon everysubj ect con fronti ng you, and you can have them for f ree di st ribu tion."

The Sub - Chai rm an of the Patr io t ic Education Com m i ttee, M i s s Al ice Lo u i se McD ufiee.has issued a circu lar to Chapter Regent s cal l ing attention to the

“

great oppo rtun ity o f the

D au ghters o f the Am er ican Revolu t ion.

for service.” as “at n o t im e has Am erican izat ionwo rk been so im portant as n ow.

”She asks them to u rge fo re ign - bu m wom en t o study to

becom e worthy ci t izens, clo s ing her appeal by ask ing al l to cooperate i n ho lding a n Am er ican i za t ion D ay som e t im e i n the near fu tu re.

The Bu reau o f Im m ig rat ion of the U . S . D epartm ent o f Labo r has al so i ssued an appealto the D au gh ters cal l ing attention to the U . 5 . Em ploym ent Service o f the Federal D epart .

m ent of L abo r, the obj ect s of wh ich a re to obtain em ploym ent for m en and wom en. alsofor placing g i rl s o ver 16 years o f age. In th is serv ice am ple provi sion i s m ade for g iv ingin fo rm ation concern ing indu st ry. vocat ional g u idance and indu strial train ing t o boys andg i rl s under s ix teen years, as we l l as those above that age desi ring the sam e. All serv ice isf ree.

TheMa rqtfisdeChastel lux i n h i s ‘

T ra

vel s i n N or th Arnerica 1780-82”w ri tes of

a m o rn ing ca l l on Mrs. Bache.

“She

m er i ted a l l the an x iety we had to see

her. for she i s the daugh ter of Mr.

Frankl i n . She conducted u s i n to a roomfi l led w i th work , la tely fin i shed by the

ladies o f Ph i ladelph i a . Th i s work con

s i s ted ne i ther of em bro idered t am bou rwa i s tcoa t s, n or n et work edg i ng, n or of

gold and s i lver brocade—i t was a qu an tity o f sh i r ts for the soldiers of Pen n . The

ladies bough t l i nen f rom the i r p ri vatepu rse s a nd took a plea su re i n cu t t ingthem ou t and sewi ng them , them se lvesOn each sh i rt was the nam e of the m ar~

ri ed or u nm a rri ed lady who m ade i t ,an d they . am oun ted to over

H istoric Ba llot Box of the Massachusetts Daughter 5A da in ty b rochu re, p ri va tely p rin ted

and distri bu ted by the S ta te Regen t ofMa ssach uset ts, Mrs. Fran k D . E l l ison .

gi ves an i n terest in g accoun t of the ba l lotbox be lon gi ng to the D augh ters of the

Ameri ca n Revoluti on i n Massachu setts,on e of the m ost wonderful boxes i n thewor ld. T hi s box is com posed of two

h u n d r e d and

eigh ty p ieces of

wood, all of h i s

t o r i c a l va lu e,cont r ibu ted f roms ixty ch a p te r sand ten i ndi v i

dua l s , fitt ed to

gether w i th the

m o s t pa i n staki ng ca re. The rei s o n e b i t o f

wood f rom the

J o h n A d a m shom e s t e a d , i n

Qu i ncy ; a no therf rom a t ree i nthe \Vh i t t i e r

garden a t Am e sbu ry ; o ther s from the“Me rr im ac

”; the

“O lym p i a

”

(D ewey’

sflagsh ip) ; the Genera l I s rael Pu tn amhou se i n D a nver s ; the old D agget t hou sewh ich s tood a t the com e r ofT rem on t andHo l l i s st ree t s , Bo s ton , and i n wh ichprepa ra t ions for the Bo s ton Tea Pa r tywere m ade ; p ieces f rom the f ram e-wo rkof Fo rt E ri e, in Ca nada ; the m ulber ryt ree on the D orothy Qu i ncy es ta te i nQu in cy ; the old Qu i ncy hom e s tead,whi ch was bu i l t in 1635 and bu rned i n1769 ; f rom

“Grea t Q uabb i n,” the go lden

oak i n Ruhei d ; from the Old Sta teH ou se ; the house of D o ro thy Brewer i nWa l tham , from the Wh i t i ng elm i nAmherst—on e of the o ldes t and m os tbea u ti fu l t rees i n the S ta te. There i s apiece of wood from the Presco t t hou sei n Pepperel l , and from the hom es tead, i nNewton Cen t re, of S . F. Sm i th , whowrote “

Am eri ca " ; f rom the pa r lor floo rof the Roya l l H ou se i n Med i ord : f romthe two- hun dred- yea rs’ old E benezer

Lea rned house i n Wh i ti n sv i l le ; f rom the

s ta i r ba nn i s ter of the John H ancock hou sei n Bos ton ; from the Adams hou se i nQu i ncy ; f rom the Old Sou th Meet i ngH ou se in Bo s ton . On e fragm en t i s fromthe ba rn of John and H an nah Godda rd,where amm un i t ion was secreted for

Genera l Wa sh i ngton's arm y on D or

e h e s t e rH e igh ts. (OldJ o h n Godda rdpu t ca rpe t on thefeet of h i s o xen ,so t h e i r ploddi ng s teps m igh tn ot be h e a r d ,

a n d conveyedt h e a r m s a n dam m u n i t ion b yn ight i n h i s cxca rt to the wa i ti n g a r m y . )There i s a p iecef rom the

“Au

gu s ta ,"

L o r dH owe

’

s flagsh ip,wh ich was su nk i n the ba t t le of Red

Bank, N ew Je r sey , i n 1 777 . Therei s a p iece from the E l io t oak i n N a t ick ,u nder wh ich John E l io t preached to

the I ndia n s . The old Concord Bri dgei s rep resen ted, an d the fi rs t Pa ri shChu rch o f Co nco rd, w i th in who se wa l l sthe fi r s t Provi nci a l Congress was held.

Another p iece is f rom the D ebo rahWheelock hou se o f U xb ri dge, da t i ngback to 1768 ; the Br i t i sh ma n - o

'- \va r,

Som er se t,"w recked off Cape Cod i n

1 778 ; the Lo ngfel low E lm ; the \Vash i ngo

ton Elm ; t he H ancock T avern , Bo s ton ,wh ich da tes back to 1634 . N or ha s theH olm es house i n Cam br idge w i thheld i t stoken— tha t hou se wh ich was the headqu a rter s o i Genera l Artem a s \Va rd i n1 775— n or Ma s sa chu set t s H a l l at H arva rd, bu i l t i n 1 7 19, a nd u sed a s a ba rrack s i n 1 775, n or the apple t ree on the

hom es tead o f Ma ry D rape r of Roxbury,n or the Peck hou se of At t lebo ro, da ti ngback to 1700. There i s a fin e b i t from

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the Jonathan E dwa rds elm a t Northam pton ; f rom a clock ‘

ca se, wh ich da tes backto 1 792 and was m ade i n E ngland ; f romthe Paul R evere hou se ; f rom the hou seof Ab i ah Fo lge r Frankl i n of N an tucke t

( she who was the m o the r of Benj am i nFrankl i n ) from the hou se s where Debor ah Sam pson and Ch ie f Ju s t ice Cu sh i ngwe re bo rn ; from the f r iga te

“Con st i tu

t ion .

"

There i s a l so a b i t f rom the dowe rche s t of Prudence \Vrigh t of Pepperel l ,wh ich da te s back to 1 775 .There i s a p iece of wood f rom the

Cla ret and the“H a l fMoon ,

" fromthe Fi r s t Meet i ng H ouse i n H i ngham ,

wh ich was the fir st publ ic hou se of worsh ip i n New E ngl and, i ts da tes bei ng1664- 1681 ; from the Gen era l Ben jam i nL i ncol n house i n H in gham , da ted 1690 ;f rom the famou s Cha rte r Oak ; f rom the

t ree to wh ich Mother Ann Lee h i tchedher hor se i n 1758 wh i le she preached tothe Sha kers ; (Mo ther Lee lived i n Sh i rley, Massachu set t s, and was one of the

brave women who took suppl ies to the

Am er ica ns a t grea t r i sk to her self) .There i s a b i t o f wood f rom the E am esGa r ri son hou se, da ted 1693. ( Eam e swas on e of the ch i ldren who esca ped theI ndi a n m a s sacre a t Fo rt May ten i n

li ram i n gham , 1675 The re i s a p iecef rom the Abraham L i ncoln hou se in

Spr i ngfield , I l l i no i s ; f rom the old elm on

Boston Common . An other i s from the

E ndicot t pea r t ree, plan ted i n D an ver s in1630, and st i l l bea ri ng ; yet a no th er f romthe Pa r son Pa ri s

’

s w i tch house i n D anvers, wh ich da tes back to 1692 . Therei s a p iece f rom Jefferson

'

s desk , the woodhav i ng been taken f rom the spo t whereh i s arm re s ted when he w rote. There i sa b i t of the m agno l i a pla n ted a t MountVe rnon by L a faye tte, and of a m agn oli aplan ted at Mount Ve rnon by Wash i ngton . There i s a p iece of the pl a t fo rm on

wh ich Presiden t McKi n ley was i n augu

ra ted ; from the l ive oak under wh ichJohn We sley p reached i n Georgi a ; f romthe lower pa nel of the sou th door o f theJoh n H ancock house i n Boston—a b i t ofwood wh ich was doub tless b ru shed m anyt im es by the dres s of D o ro thy Qf rom the H ou se o f the Seven Gable s i nSa lem ; f rom the D ea n \Vi n throp hou sei n W i n th rop ; from K i ng

’

s Chape l , Boston ; f rom the old be l f ry in Lex i ngt onfrom wh ich the a larm was run g to ca l lthe M i nu te Men to Lex in gton G reen onApri l 19 , 1775—and a b i t of the o ri gi na lt im be r f rom the Bigh t Tavern , bu i l t i n1690 a t Faneu i l H a l l Squa re, Bo s ton.N ea r ly every pe r iod i n Am er ica n h i s to ryi s represen ted i n th is assem b lage of

rel ics, m ou n ted i n s i lver, and ca re fu l lyg ua rded day a nd n igh t i n a sa fe depo s i tb ox from wh ich i t i s taken once a yea rto u se a t the elect ion of S ta te R egen tand Sta te Vice R egen t.

The January and February issues of Gen ealogy have been received, and al so then um bers for j anuary, 19 1 7, of the Campbell, L incoln , M i ller, M i tchell, Mon tgom ery an d

Tu rn er Genealog ies.

Each one o f these pam ph lets contains m uch valuable data on the fam i l ies represen ted,and the i ssues of Genealogy a re also interesting, al though on e notes w i th regret that thevaluable abst ract s of Vi rg in ia w i l l s wh ich have been running fo r som e m onths, and hadreached in the D ecem ber, 19 16, i ssue the w i l l abstract of Sam ue l H airston of Cam pbel lCounty, Vi rg i n ia, who se w i l l was fi led Apri l 5, 1782 , i s not continued so far th i s year. Let

us hope i t i s s im ply a tem po rary su spension o f the series. Annou ncem ent i s m ade that w i ththe February, 191 7, i ssu e a n ew departu re w i l l be undertaken. N o n ew Genealog i cal booksw i ll b e publ i shed du ring the year, ow ing to the h igh co st of paper, labor, etc. . b u t eachi ssue of Genealogy w i l l have som e especial featu re and w i l l retai l for on e do l lar, al thoughthe subscript ion price o f two do l lars a year w i l l rem ain the sam e. The special featu resadverti sed are : Feb r ua ry. Greene

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Marr iages in Rhode Island ; March, H arr ison Fam i lyRecords ; Apri l, Wrigh t Marriages in N ew York : May , Loga n Fam i ly in Am erica ; Ju n e .

COOpcr Marr iages in Pennsylvan ia : July . Edward H awes o f D edham and h i s descendants :August, Boone Fam i ly in Am erica ; S eptem b er, Sco tt Marriages m Am er ica ; October .

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General H ugh Mercer

By L . B. S tru ble

O f. Gen era l H ugh Mercer, i n hono r of

who se m em ory th i s chapte r o f the

D augh ters of the Am er ican R evo lu t ioni s n am ed, h i story tel l s u s m uch tha t i snoble and good. H e was bo rn a t Aberdeen i n Sco t land abou t the year 1 720,a nd rece ived h i s educa t ion a t the celeb ra ted u n ive rsi ty o f the ci ty o f h i s b i rth .

H e g radu a ted i n m edicin e, a n d soon a iter was appo i n ted a s an a s s i st an t su rgeoni n the a rm y of Pr i nce Cha rles Edward,the Pretender, an d served i n tha t ca paci ty on the bloody fi eld of Cu l loden i n

1 746. H e em ig ra ted to th i s cou n try i n1747 a n d sett led n ea r wha t i s n ow the

town o f Mercersburg i n Pen n sylvan ia .

H i story gi ves b u t li t tle i n form a t ion as

to h i s l i fe a nd pu rsu i t s from the t im e ofh i s set t lem en t i n Pen n sy l va n i a un t i l1 755, when he ear ly o ffered h i s servicesi n the French and Indi an Wa r. H e

volun teered i n Braddock '

s ce lebra ted expedi t ion to Fo rt D uquesne a nd was se

verely wounded i n the shou lde r du ri ngthe engagem en t a t Monongahela , andshowed his endu rance and hero i sm bywande ri ng a lo ne th rough a t racklessw i lderne ss to Fo rt Cum be r land, a di s

ta nce o f on e hu nd red m i les . For h i sbravery and cou rage i n th i s expedi ti onhe was awa rded a m eda l by the Corpora t ion o f Ph i ladelph i a . In 1 758 he wasm ade a l ieu ten an t-co lonel i n com m a nd attha t po s t , and accom pa n ied the a rm y o f

Genera l Joh n Fo rbe s to P i t t sbu rg, be i n gch ie f i n com m and for a per iod of severa lm on th s . Af ter th i s ex pedi t ion Genera lMerce r appears to have le f t the a rm yand re sum ed p ract ice of h i s profes s ion ,loca t in g a t Freder ick sbu rg, V i rgi n i a .

D u r i ng the t roublou s t im es tha t ex ~

i sted i n the Colon i es upon the eve of theR evo lu t ion , such a sp i r i t a s was Mer

ce r'

s cou ld n ot long rem a i n i n act i ve .

E a r ly i n 1 775 he o rgan ized and dr i l ledthe Vi rgi n i a M i l i t i a , and i n the fo l low i ng

yea r the M i nu te Men . For h i s work hewas appo in ted co lonel o f the Th i rd Vi rgin i a R egim en t . Of h i s love for h i sadop ted coun t ry there can be n o doubt.A proo f of th i s , i f a ny i s needed, i sfou nd i n h i s speech, m ade a t the t im e of

ofl'

eri n g h i s se rv ices for the war to the

V i rgi n ia H ou se of Bu rges se s . H e a rose

be fore tha t body an d excla im ed,

“H ugh

Mercer w i l l se rve h i s adop ted coun tryand the cau se of li berty i n any ran k or

s ta t ion to wh ich he m ay be appo i n ted .

"

Nobler and m o re patri o t ic words cou ldn ot have been u t te red. At the reques t of

Wash i ngton he was chosen by Congressa br igadie r - genera l i n Ju ne, 1 776, and

was appo i n ted to the com m a nd of the

Fly i ng Cam p. H is devo t ion to the m usei n wh ich he was enl i s ted i s nowhere better shown tha n i n h i s appea l s to the t i red.u npa id an d un fed m en a t Bergen N eck.and i n h i s pleadi ng s wi th h i s sold ie r s a tBrun sw ick to rem a in i n the se rv ice of

the coun t ry a t a t im e when tha t servi cewas so m uch n eeded, a period tha t m u stb e con s idered am ong the very da rkes ta n d m o s t discou raging hou r s of our

R evo lu t ion .

Me rce r was am on g the hero ic m en who

m a rched down the bank s of the D e lawa re on the even tful mo rn i ng o f the at

tack upon T ren ton, and i t was h i s br igade o f Con t i nen ta l s that fi red fi r s t onthe H es s i a n p icket s st a t ioned on Pen

n i n gton road, a nd then rap i dly pu sh i ngfo rwa rd w i th h i s t roops en tered the

town i n the rear of Po tts’T an ne ry on

\\fa r ren s t ree t. and preven ted the H eso

s i an s f rom fo rm i ng. Mercer’

s conductth roughou t the ba t t le of T ren ton was

m a rked by tha t energy and hero i sm thathad a lways cha racter ized h i s whole ca

ree r a s a soldier . I n that m em o rablecounci l of war, convened i n the D ou gla ssH ou se, tha t m u s t a lway s rem a i n on e of

the m o s t th r i l l i n g a nd im po rt an t even t sD igitized byGo

GENERAL H UGH MERCER

i n the an n a ls of the Am eri ca n Revolu

t ion, held by Wa sh i ngton and h i s gen

era ls imm ed i a tely fol lowi n g the Ba t t le

o f T ren ton , Ge nera l Me rcer took a con

spicuou s pa rt . I t i s even sta ted by som eh i s to ri ans th at the bri l l ian t flank m ovem ent of the Am erican Arm y tha t so

thoroughly ou tw i t ted the Br i t i sh an d

m ade the successfu l a ttack upon Pr i nce

ton po s s ible was the sugges t ion of Gen

era l Mercer . Of the pa rt that ou r hero

took i n the Bat tle of Pri nceton ,fo rm i ng,

a s i t does, the m o s t m em orable even t ofh i s l i fe, we perha ps a m do n o bet ter tha nto qu o te f reely f rom the h i s tory of that

en gagem en t as gi ven by our la te di s t i n

gu i shed town sm an, Gen era l W i l l i am S .

S t ryke r, whose h i s tory of the ba tt les ofT ren ton and Pri n ceton m u s t a lways re

m a i n a m agn ificent m onum ent to h i sm em o ry . N o Jerseym a n can read the

th ri l l i n g accou nt of the su fferi ng an d

hero i sm o f tha t ban d of m en du r i ng then i ne ty day s i n New Jersey, figh t i ng forthe r i gh t s of m an , as reco rded by Genera l S t ryker, w i thou t h av i ng h i s pr ide i nh i s n a t i ve s ta te and h i s love o f cou n t ryi ncreasedThe n ight m arch u pon Pr inceton o f General

Mercer an d h i s ti red, weary, hal f-c lad brigadein the early m o rn ing hou rs o f the th i rd of

Janu ary, seven teen hundred an d seventy- seven,i s fu l l o f thri l l ing interest, and fo rm s on e o f

the m o st im portant epochs i n ou r country'sh i sto ry. E very precau t ion was taken to pre

ven t the enem y from lea rn ing o f the m ovem ent s o f the Patrio t ic Arm y, even the rim s ofthe wheel s o f the gun carr iages were wrappedto preven t any sound from betraying the i rm o vem ent s to the H ess ians. At abou t dayligh t General Mercer’s Brigade m arched to

ward the S tony B rook Bridge w i th the i n tent io n o f secu ring a posi t ion of advan tage thereso tha t in the even t of pursu i t by Lo rd Cornwal l i s, the Bri ti sh com m ander m igh t b e deta in ed there. H i s brigade. consist ing o f onlyabo u t th ree h undred and fi fty m en , were com

posed o f the sam e troops that he had com

m an ded in the st ree ts of T renton . Theyreached the coveted posi t ion be fo re the Bri ti sh and, finding th e enem y in equal num bers.qu ick ly fo rm ed i n l i re of ba tt le in the openfield, and. su ppo rted by two cannon, com

m en ced fi r ing . The enem y were a l itt le m o rethan one hundred fee t away an d at once re

tu rn ed the fire. The Brit ish fo rce was com

po sed o f vet eran so ldiers, who were m uch

bet ter equ ipped than were the Cont inen ta ls.and when the sm oke of batt le cleared awayit was found that Mercer's B rigade had abandon ed i ts pos i t ion and was flyi ng in con fu sion.The horse that Mercer rode was so badly i nj ured that he was com pel led to di sm ount. H eimm ediately endeavored to ral ly h is m en , b u tfound h im se l f unable to do so . Wh i le at

tem pting to re- fo rm h i s m en he was struck bya Brit ish so ldier on the head w i th a breech o fa m u sket, was fel led to the g ro und and se

verely inju red. H i s heavy su rtou t overcoatconcealed hi s rank and the enem y gatheredabou t h im m i stook h im for General Wash ington and called for the rebe l gen era l to su r

render. lndignan t at be in g cal led a rebel hepart ly aro se an d endea vored to de fen d h im

sel f w i th h i s swo rd b ut was overwhelm ed,

bea ten down and pierced w i th seven bayonetwounds in h i s body and two u po n h i s head.

Feign ing death the Brit ish le ft h im , b ut the

shou t of v ictory that greeted h i s cars f romh is v ictor iou s com rades a few m inu tes laterseem ed to g i ve h im renewed l i fe. Gen . Washi n gton , no t icing the di so rde r am ong the Bri

gade o f Mercer, and the m ovem ent o f the

enem y to secu re the cres t of the h i l l, w i thou ta m om ent’s hes itat ion expo sed h im sel f to agal l ing fire an d u rged them to ho ld th eirground. In th i s he was success fu l and the

day was saved. Mercer, su ffer ing severelyfrom h is wounds and the bi tter co ld, wascarr ied f rom the field to the hou se o f Thom asClark, an d was tenderly nu rsed and ca red forby the Qu akeres s Sarah Clark, her s i ster H an

nah and a fai th fu l neg ro servant. A fter reachi n g the hou se of Thom as Clark, Mercer heardthe no i se o f the Briti sh cross ing S tony Brook

"

and he ordered Majo r John Arm strong, theson o f h is old com m ander i n the French and

Indian War, to leave h im a nd fo l low the

Patrio t A rm y that so greatly needed the ser

v ices o f every m an . Mercer was gi ven paro leby the Bri ti sh . Wash ington, on the fou rth dayo f January, the day im m ediately fo l low ingthe batt le, hearing that Mercer was st i l l l i vi n g, sent under a flag o f t ruce the celebratedD r. Benj am in Ru sh and Capt . Geo rge Lew i s.h i s aide-de-cam p, w i th a com m i ss ion to Lo rdCornwal l i s request ing perm i ss ion for them to

rem ain an d care for Gene ral Mercer. On January seven th , the repo rt s of the condi t ion o f

the Patrio t General were encou rag ing, and al lhoped for a speedy recove ry. Mercer, h im sel fa phys ici an , however cal led the attent ion of

the su rgeons to a bayonet wo und, the sm al lestof the wounds, under h i s r igh t arm , wh ich hesaid wou ld cos t h im h is l i fe. H i s prophecywas only too t rue, and a fter severa l days ofintense agony an d su ffering he expired in thearm s of h i s devoted frien d and fe l low patr io t,Capt. L ew is. on the m o rning of Sunday, January twel fth . Th u s ended the ea rth l .

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o f the gal lant and hero icMercer. H i s rem ain swere taken for bu rial to Chr ist Church Yardin Ph ilade lph ia on January 16, 177 7. The . fu

neral was attended by over th i rty thou sandpeople, consi st ing of the Counci l o f Safety,m em bers o f Assem bly, gen tlem en of the Arm y,and a large n um ber of the m ost respectableinhabitants of the ci ty .

On the twenty- s ixth day of N ovem ber, 1840.h i s rem ains were exhum ed and taken to Lau relH i l l Cem etery, near Ph iladelph ia, and therere- interred w i th m i l i ta ry honors. A handsom e

shaft has been erected over h i s rem ains tom ark h i s last eart h ly rest ing place. The nam e

of Mercer has been gi ven to n o less thanei ght counties of the several states of ou r

U n ion. Fo rt Mercer, on the D e laware R iver,was al so nam ed in h i s hono r. The phys ician sof Pennsylvan ia are at presen t rais ing a fundto erect a handsom e m onum ent in h i s m em oryat Mercersburg i n that state. At the expen seof the Governm en t, a m onum ent was erectedat Fredericksbu rg, in Vi rg i n ia, wh ich bearsth i s fi tt ing in scr ipt ion

Sacred to the Mem ory ofH UGH MERCER,

Bri gadirrcGen cral of the Arm y of the U n i tedS tatcs. H e d ied on the 12 th of Ja nua ry,1777, of the Wou nd: H e R cccivcd on t he

3rd of the Sam e Mon th, n ear Pri nceton ,i n N ew Jersey, Brarrcly D efendi ng the

L i b ert ies of'

Am cri ca .

The Con g ress of the U n i tcd S ta tes, i nTest im ony of H is Vi rtue: an d Thei r

Gra t i tude, H ove Caused ThisMon um en t to be E rected.

No spo t i n New Jersey i s the objectof m ore h i s to ri c research than the v ici ni ty of th i s ba t t lefield where Gen era lMe rcer fel l . The p rope r ty of the sa idThom as Cla rk i s n ow owned by H . E .

H a l l, who reveres the m em ory of Gen

era l Mercer . H e perm i tted a tablet to bee rected on hi s lawn di rec t ly i n fron t ofh i s ho use , by the Mercer E ngi ne Comoany of Pri nceton . on October 1 , 1897 .

The b ronze tablet con ta in s the fo l low i ng :

To the Memory ofGEN ERAL H UGH MERCER ,

The R evered Ma rtyr of AmericanIndependence.

Born i n S cotla nd Abou t 1 720.

Educated a: a Physi cian ; Im m igra ted to

Amcr ica i n 1747.

Was Appoi n ted by Con g ressJun e 5, 1 776A Brigadier

-Gen eral i n the Am eri canArmy .

War Mortally Wou nded a t the Ba tt le ofPri nce ton on Jan ua ry 3, 177 7, and D ied

i n the H ouse n ow S tandi ng N ear

This Spot .

Jan ua ry 12, 1 777.

This Tab let was E rected by Mercer E ngi ne

Compa ny. N o. 3, of P ri nceton , N ew Jersey,at i t: Send- Cen ten n ial Celeb ra ti on on

Octob er Fi rst , E ig h teen H u ndred and

To the righ t of th is m on um en t s tandsa cannon res t i ng on a carri age. On i ts

face i s i n scri bed “

J . W. R . a nd the

reverse s ide, To the left standsa fl ags taff f rom wh ich floa t the colorsof L iberty ; the th ree form in g an a t t raeti ve group on the beau t i ful shaded lawn .

The fin e old t ree s , them selves , seem afit ti ng rem i nde r o f those days lon g past .Genera l H ugh Mercer

’

s fa th er, gran dfa ther a nd grea t - gran dfa ther were all

Mi n i s ter s of the Gospel . H i s m o ther wasAnne Mu n roe, daugh ter of S i r RobertMunroe, who fought wi th dist i n ct i on inthe Bri t i sh Arm y on the Con t i n en t atFon ten ay and elsewhere.

Genera l Mercer m a rr ied M i s s IsabellaGordon , of Frederi ck sbu rg, V i rgi n ia.

They had three son s a nd on e daugh ter ;two sons n eve r m a rr ied. on e son anddaugh ter m arr ied and left descen dantsst i l l l ivi ng i n Vi rgi n ia, Geo rgia and

Texas.

The s ix th largest ci ty in the U nited S tates. Cleveland, Oh io, has doubled i ts popu lati ons ince 1900. according to

"Wom an's “'ork. Of m en of vot ing age , fifty - th ree per cent.

a re fore ign bo rn ; and n o less than seventy- s i x per cent. o f Cleve l and's peo ple are

ei ther foreign bo rn or of fore ign parenta ge. More than hal f the ch i ldren in the publ icschoo l s speak a fore ign tongu e ; an d forty - seven lan guages an d dialect s are spoken w i thi nthe ci ty

The News- Let ter of the Daughters o f 1812 for March , 19 1 7, has j u s t been rece i ved. i naddi t ion to the u sual repo rts from chapters, and the detai l s o f the patrio t ic wo rk m en tionedin ou r las t i ssue, there i s an interest ing accou nt o f a pictu re of Co lum bu s. hung in the H erm itage s ince the days of Andrew Jackson, to whom i t was resented i n 1837 by Sam ue l D .

Bradfo rd o f Ro xbu ry, Mass , w i th cop i es o f letters to an from Jack son to BM IOTdsy.G0 ( I

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STATE CONFER ENCES

AR IZONA

The S t a te Con feren ce of the D augh the Federa t ion of Clubs t ake place the

ters of the Am eri can Revo lu t ion s la tedto take place a t Globe, Janua ry 24 , 19 17.was po s tponed on accoun t of the u nus

u ally i nclem en t wea ther an d consequen t

bad condi t ion of the roads, bu t w i l l beheld la ter i n the yea r . I t i s pl anned

to have the S ta te Con feren ce o f the

D augh ters and the annua l m eet i ng of

sam e week, and i t i s des i red to jou rn eyby the celebra ted Apache T ra i l , wh ichbo th o rgan i za t ions are un i ted i n w i sh ingto preserve and perpe tuate.

The S t a te Regen t , Mrs. H a r ry L .

Chandle r , and S t a te Vice R egen t, Mrs.

George F. Freem an , were elected for twoyea rs a t T ucson , Janua ry , 19 16, i n ac

cordan ce w i th the S ta te By-L aw s .

ARKANSAS

The N i n th An nua l Con ference o f the

Daugh ter s of the Am e ri ca n Revo lu t io nm et a t L i t tle R ock Febru a ry 1 5 and 16,19 17 , Ba s i l Ga i ther, Gi lbe rt Ma r sha l land L i t t le R ock Chap ters act i ng a s hos

tesses. The Sta te Regen t , M i s s H a rdy,pres ided . The address of welcom e was

m ade by Govern or Ch ar les H . Brough ,and other prom i nen t st a te and ci ty ohi

eials addressed the delega tes, n ea rly ahundred i n n um ber, who were a ssem

b led. A D . A. R . Club com po sed of

form er Sta te officers and Chapte r R e

gen ts was fo rm ed, and a comm i t tee pre

sen ted m eda ls to the Fi r s t Regi m en t of

the Arkan sas N a t iona l Guard. R eports

f rom the S ta te ofli cers and Ch a i rm enshowed tha t the Arkan sas D augh ter shad n ot been idle du ri ng the pa s t yea r ;a rem a rkab le i ncrea se of i n tere s t i n thework o f the organ iza t ion and a la rge ga i ni n m em be rsh ip be i ng shown . Mrs. Sam

u el P. D av i s, presen t S ta te Vi ce R egen t,was elected Regen t , and Mrs. FrankTom l i n son

, St a te V ice R egen t for the

com i ng yea r. Mrs. H elen N o r ton an d

Mrs. Ju l ia McAlm on t Noel were electedH ono ra ry S ta te R egen t s ; and a f terthank i ng the Chapters and a l l who hadcon t r ibu ted to m ake such a pleasan tga ther i ng, the con ference adjou rn ed to

m ee t i n 19 18, a t som e place to be selectedby the Adv i so ry Boa rd.

COLORADO

The Fou rteen th An nua l Con ferencewas held i n D en ver, Ma rch 14 and 1 5, byi nv i t a t ion of the Denve r, Co lorado and

Peace Pipe Chapter s . Acco rdi ng to theat tract ive program m e i s su ed, th e Conference w i l l be ca l led to order by the

S ta te R egen t, Mrs. Gera ld L . Schuyle r,and the addres s o f Greet i ng w i l l b e del ivered by H on . Ju l ius C. Gun ter, Gov

ern or of the s ta te. Repo rt s of Chap te rR egen t s an d S ta te Cha i rm en w i l l occupythe a t ten t ion of the delega te s du ri ng thebu s i ne s s ses s ion s : and there w i l l be arol l ca l l of chapter s for con t ri bu t ion s tothe deb t on Mem o ri a l Con t i nen ta l H a l l.Severa l soc i a l a ffa i r s have been p ro v idedfor, and the u su a l elect ions w i l l takeplace.

CONNECTICUT

The twen ty- th i rd genera l m eet i ng of

the D . A. R . was held a t D anbu ry, N ovem ba r 9 , a s gues t s o f the Ma ry \Voo ster Chapte r . The a f ternoon ses s ion washeld i n the audi to r ium of the Fi r st Con

grega ti on al Church , the m ee t i ng placé

of the Fi rs t Eccles i a s t ica l Society of

D anbu ry, es tabl i shed i n 1696, and whoseh i s tory i s so clo sely iden t ified w i th the

h i s tory of the tow n . The keyno te o f

the en t i re program m e was Am er ica n i sn i .The S ta te R egen t, Mrs. Buel , i n respond

Digitiz ed byo n

M iss S tella Pickett H a rdy, Mrs. H a rry L . Cha ndler,

S ta te R egen t for Arka n sas S ta te R eg en t for Ar ison a

Mn . G. M. Bm m baug h, Mrs. John La idlaw Buel,S tat e Reg en t [or the D istri ct of Colum b ia S ta te R eg en t [or Con n ect i cu t

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i ng to the address of welcom e, p ra i sedthe Chapter

’s wo rk i n fo s ter i ng a Se

ci ety o f the Ch i ldren o f the Am e ricanR evo lu t ion, and added : I do n ot hes ita te to say tha t every Chap te r i n the

s ta te ough t to orga n ize an d m a i n ta i nthese ch i ldren 's soc iet ies a s t ra i n i ngschool s i n the wo rk o f the Son s andD augh ter s, a reserve a rm y o f youngAm eri ca n ci t izen s pledged to Am er icanidea l s and t augh t to hono r the Flag i nthe i r hea r t s a s wel l a s to sa lu te i t w i ththeir hands ; Mrs. M i nor, V ice Pres iden t

Genera l,spoke on Our R espon s ib i l i t ie s

to the N a t ion ,"dwel l i ng especi a l ly on the

wom a n ’s s ide ; and D r. Ea ton gave the

pr i ncipa l addres s on"

The Mes sage o f

Am er ica to the N ew Age.

”

The Connect icu t D . A. R . a s a s ta te ,

have j u s t accepted a beques t o f a no the rhom e"— the Govern o r Jona tha n T rumbu l l house a t Leba non , Conn .

The S ta te Con ference, wh ich i s pu rel ya bu s i nes s m eet i ng, w i l l m ee t Ma rch 28,

i n N ew H aven , by i nv i ta t ion of E ve L ear

Chapte r.

DELAWARE

The Annual Con feren ce o f the B aughte rs of the Am er ican Revo lu t ion wa s heldi n \Vi lm i n gton , Febru a ry 22, 19 17 , Mrs.

H a l l , the S ta te R egen t, pres idi ng. A

re solu t ion com m endi ng the act ion o f

Pres iden t \Vi l son i n sever i ng rela t ion sw i th Germ any and od’eri ng the serv iceso f the Socie ty i n ca se of open hos t i l i t ies,was pa s sed w i th en thu s i a sm . Mrs. H a l lwas p re sen ted w i th the flag bequea thedthe Society by the form er S ta te R egen t,Mrs. Corn el ius Taylo r ; an d the Baugh

ters so lem n ly repea ted the pledge a s follow s : “We the D augh te rs of the Am er ican Revo lu t ion , who fin d re s t u nde r thyfolds, pledge ou r l ives and ou r sacredhono r to love an d pro tec t thee , our count ry and the l ibe rty of the Am ericanpeople.

The S ta te R egen t , Mrs. Geo rge C.

H a l l , and the S ta te Vice R egen t , Mi ssE leano r E . Todd, w e re un an im ou sly re

elected, and Mrs. Edm und P. Moody,V ice Pres iden t Genera l , was u n an im ou sly nom i na ted for rev electi on .

D ISTR ICT OF COLUMBIA

The an nua l S ta te Mee t i ng of the

D augh ter s o f the Am e r ica n R evo lu t ioni n the D i s t r ict o f Co lum b i a , w i l l b e heldApr i l 3 and 4 , a t Mem o r i a l Con t i nen ta l

H a l l . Im m edi a tely a f ter adjou rn m en t on

the a f te rnoon of the th i rd the S t a te Con

ference, com po sed on ly o f the regu lar ly

accred i ted delega tes to the Con t i nen ta l

Congres s , w i l l m ee t a nd elect a S tateR egen t a n d S ta te V ice R egen t for the

com i ng yea r ; a nd nom i na te a ca ndidatefor Vice Pres iden t Genera l . The worko f the fifty

- s ix chapters i n the D i s t r ict ,a long pa t r io t ic cha r i t able and ph i lanthr0p i c l i nes w i l l b e set fort h i n de ta i l ;a nd va riou s am endm en ts to the By- Lawswi l l be acted on .

FLORIDA

The Fi f teen th Annua l S ta te Con ference of the D augh ter s of the Am er icanR evolu t ion was held i n D eL an d, Flor ida ,Febru a ry l s t a nd 2 nd, the ho stes s chapter be i ng the Col. Ar thu r E rw i n . A re

cept ion was tendered the delega tes on

the n igh t of Janu a ry 3 l s t a t the Col legeArm s H o te l . There were two l uncheon sa t noon the fi rst day, and on e the second

— au tom ob i les we re on ha nd a t all t im es

for the plea su re and co nven ience o f the

D augh ter s , and a beau t i fu l banque t wasg i ven on Thu r sday n igh t— the la t ter bei ng a fea st of rea son and flow of sou l,w i th an unu su a l ly ta len ted speaker astoa s t m i s t re s s .The two day s we re crowded w i th t e

po rts and d i scu s s ion s of the good work

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to b e done, and a l ready accom pl i shed.

Many v i s i t i ng D augh ter s b rough t g reeti ng s f rom di s t a n t s t a tes . The S ta teR egen t

’

s repo r t was m o st deta i led and

com prehen s i ve, i n wh ich there was as t rong plea for cc- ope ra t ion be tweenm em ber s , and officer s of st a te and nat i on al socie t ies . Mrs. Arthu r B. G i l kesof Jack son vi l le was elected S ta te R egen t,

Mrs. \Vm . M. Brown , of M iam i , S t a teV ice R egen t, Mrs. F. E . B . T aylo r , Jacksonv i l le, was elected H onora ry S t a te Regen t .Mrs. Melv i l le VV. Ca r ru th , ou r S t a te

R egen t , was endor sed by the con ferencefor Vice Presiden t Gen era l . D u r i ng herr egency the m em be rsh ip i n the s ta te ha si ncrea sed a lm ost fi f ty per cen t .

GEORGIA

The D augh ter s o f the Am er ica n Revo a l so the Boy s'

and G i r l s'

Scou t Movelu t ion held thei r l9th an nua l S ta te Con

ference i n Qu i tm an , Ga . , Feb ru a ry 13th

to l6th , 19 1 7, the gu e s t s o f the H an nah

Cla rke Chapter . Mrs. H owa rd H . Mc

Ca l l , S ta te R egen t , pres ided. 62 dele~

ga tes f rom the 66 chap ter s were presen t .

The fi rs t ofl'i ci al act was sendi ng a telegram to Pres iden t Woodrow W i l son , en

dorsi n g h i s policies and pledgi ng to h im

the loya l ty o f the Geo rgi a D augh ters.

The Con ference endor sed the m ovem en t for the Geo rg i a D . A. R . to becomem em ber s of the R ed Cros s Socie ty an d

ga ve a dona tion for the ex t ra land pu rcha sed to en la rge Con t i nen t a l Mem o ri a lH a l l . Ma ny im po r tan t resolu t ion s werepa s sed . Fi r s t i n im port a nce was the

fo rm a t ion of a“S ta te D . A. R . Loan

Fu nd for g i rl s an d boys" was

g i ven i n sc ho la r sh ips th i s yea r by Georg i aChapter s , and 75 m eda l s and p ri zes forh i s to r ica l es say s and be s t averages i nh i s to ry were g i ven . Many h i s tor ica l

places , s i tes . an d R evol u t ion a ry Soldier sGraves have been m a rked, and . a rev iva li n i n teres t i n the OldT ra i l s R oad. Fo r tyCoun ty H i s tor ies are n ow bei ng com

p i led b y the Chapters . U n i ver sa l M i l it a ry T ra i n i ng i n schools was endo rsed

m en t ; co- opera t ion w i th the pu b lic

schoo l s i n Am er ican iz i ng the fo re i gn bo rnm o ther and ch i ldren .

U rging Leg i s la tu re to pass a b i l l topreserve coun ty reco rds an d keep themi n goo do rde r, and to h ave a “

Flag Lawpa s sed for Geo rgia .

I n teres t i ng Congress i n m a rk i n g the

G rave of Ben jam i n H awk i n s an d the“Kett le Creek Bat t le Ground.

And pl aci ng a U . S . Fl ag on everyschoo l - hou se i n Georg ia.

I t was vo ted to ob ta i n b e t ter m o v i ngp ictu re fi lm s for ch i ldren ’s m a t i nee s ; tos ta nd when Am e r ica a n d S ta r S pa ng ledBan ner are played in parks or publ icplaces ; and to form a n ew Comm i ttee

zto

be known a s Prepa redness Comm i t tee .

A del igh t fu l h i s to r ica l even i ng was gi venby Mrs. S . W . Fo s te r, Vice Pre s iden tGenera l— an i l lust ra ted lectu re on Con t ineu ta l Mem or i a l H a l l . Mrs. H ow a rd H .

McCall, S ta te R egen t, and Mrs. Cha s . C.

H ol t, S t a te Vice R egen t were t e

elected. Mrs. Sheppa rd W . Fo s te r , VicePres iden t Genera l was nom i na ted for reelect ion for Vice Presiden t Gene ra l .Man y plea sa n t soci a l affa i r s we re en

joyed, an d Co n feren ce adjoum cd to

m eet i n Athen s , Febru ary , 19 18.

MARYLAND

The An nua l Con ference was held i nthe old h i s to r ic town of An napol i s , Ma rch1 5 a nd 16 ; and the Capi tc . w i th i t s Revolu t i on ary m em o r ies fo rm ed a fi t t i ng spo tfor the ses s ion s . The Pre s iden t Genera lwas the gu es t of hono r an d rem a i nedth roughout the Con fe rence,

m uch i n teres t i n i t s del ibera t ion s . Gov

cruo r H ar r i ngt on m ade the p r i ncipa laddress on the fi r s t day, and u rged themto com b i ne to a id the gove rnm en t a t th i scri s i s . The presen t S ta te R egen t , Mrs .

Arthu r Lee Bo s ley , an d S ta te Vice Reev i nci ng gen t , Mrs. Weem s R idou t , were re- elec t

Mrs. Ju l! " F Swift, Mrs. Sam uel M. Green ,

l i ce P res iden t Gen era l from Californ i a Vice Presiden t Gen eral from M issouri

Mrs. John Lee D i n a 'iddi e, Mrs. ll/ i lli a i n H . Thom pson ,Vi ce Pres iden t Gen eral from Indi ana Vi ce P res iden t Gen era l from Ken t ucky

238 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZ IN E

ed to thei r respect i ve offices for the comi ng yea r . Mrs. W i l l i am H yde T a lbo t twas nom i n a ted for Vice Pre s iden t Genera l and Mrs. J . Charles L i n th icum for

Co r respondi ng Secret a ry Genera l . A

m ost b ri l l i an t recep t ion was held a t the

E xecu t i ve Man s ion , Thu rsday even i ng,when Gove rno r and Mrs. H a r r i ngton enterta i n ed a l l the delegates and m em be r sof the Con fe rence, and num erou s o the rsoc i a l fea tures added to the enjoym en t ofthe gu es ts.

MINNES OTA

The An nu a l Con ference of the D aughters m et i n S t . Paul , on Febru a ry 22,19 17 . Abou t 1 50 delega tes and m em ber swere p re sen t . Beca u se the D augh ter sbel ieve a s a whole tha t N a ti ona l Preparedn ess i s conducive to wo rld w idepeace i t pledged, a s a pa t r io t ic o rga n izat ion , hel p an d co—o pe ra t ion to the Pre s iden t o f the U n i ted S t ates i n h i s efl

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ort s

for N a t ional prepa redn ess. A s t rongplea for the un qua l ified Am eri ca n i za t ionof fo re ign - bo rn per sons was m ade ; andplan s were discu s sed whereby everyschoo lhouse i n M i n nesota shou ld fly aflag du r i ng school hou r s . A b i l l to preven t sin gin g of the S ta r Span gled Ban ner

i n ca fes a nd places of am u sem en t w i th .1 0

though t of a rou s i ng t rue pa t r io t i sm , was

d i scu s sed. The repo r t s of S ta te Cha i rm en an d Chapter R ege n t s showed a

qu icken i ng o f i n tere s t th roughou t theen t i re s ta te, a nd i t was an nou nced tha tex ten s i ve im p rovem en t s w i l l be m ade on

the h i s to r ic S ibley H ou se, a t Men dota ,

owned by the S ta te O rgan i zat i on ,th is

spr i ng.

Mrs. Jam es T . Mo rri s was electedS t a te Regen t, and Mrs. A. E . Wa l ke r,S ta te Vice R egen t ; a nd Mrs. Geo rge C.

Squ i re s , the p re sen t S ta te Regen t . wa sunan im ou s ly endorsed for Pres iden t Genera l a t the com i ng Con t i nen tal Congress.

M ISS ISS IPPI

TheAn nua l Sta teCon ference wh ich hadbeen plan ned for Febru a ry 20- 23, by thela te Mrs. Thom a s B. Frankl i n , fo rm e rS ta te R egen t, was held at T upelo a splanned. Mrs. Cha r l ton H . Alexande r,S ta te Vice Regen t , p res idi ng. I t wasm o s tha rm on iou s, the lovely spi r i t of the lo s tleader seem i ng to b rood over the m eet i ngfor wh ich she had given so m uch though t.an d h igh idea l s and u n sel fi sh devo t ionwere apparen t i n every l i ne of work .

Mrs. Edm und Favo r N oe l was electedS t a te R egen t , and Mrs. J . M . Morga nS t a te Vice Regen t for the com i n g yea r ,Mrs. Alex ander act i ng as R egen t un t i lthe close of the Co ngress.

The la s t day of the Con ference wa s

spen t a t H ou s ton , where a bou lde r on theN a tchez T race was dedica ted w i th ap

prOpr i a te cerem on ies, Mrs. N oe l an d

M i s s Agn e s Ca rpen ter bein g the comm i ttee i n charge.

NEWJERSEYNova Caesa rea Chapter acted a s

ho s tes s a t th e annua l soci a l m eet i ng o f

the D augh ter s of the Am er ica n R evolut ion of New Jer sey, wh ich was held a t

the H otel Newa rk, on

\Vedn esday, Novem ber IS, 19 16. Mrs.

W i l l i am D . Sherrerd, S ta te R egen t , pres ided. The i nvoca t ion was a sked hy Mrs.

W i l l i am L ibbey of Pri nceton , fol low i ng

wh ich Mrs. George \V. Gedney , Vice

Pres iden t Genera l from New Jer sey .

gave a plea s i ng ta lk and pa id a wa rm

t r ibu te o f p ra ise to ou r l ate Adju tan tGen era l , W i lbu r F. Sadler, J r di recti ngspeci a l a t ten t ion to h i s s i nce re an d hel pful i n tere s t i n a l l pa t r iot ic work . The

H ono rable \Vi lliam H . Speer, Ci rcu itCou rt Judge of N ew Jersey an d the

Reve rendWa r ren W. Gi les o f the Du tchR e fo rm ed Chu rch o f E a s t O range, del ivered i n sp i r i ng a nd i n st ruct ive addresses, fol low i ng wh ich the S t a te Cha i rm engave repo r t s of the wo rk of the i r severa lcom m i t tee s and the m eet i ng adjourn edfor lu ncheon .

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ARRIAGE CORD X CHANGE

Through the Na tional Com m i ttee on H istorical Research

Mrs. W illard S. Augsbu ry. H istori an Gen eral, Chairm an

From the ea rli est records of the Fi rst P resbyter ia n Chu rch of Alex a n dr ia , Va . , du r i n g

the m i n istry of R ev. Jam es M u i r, 1789 - 1818.

Copied a nd a rra n g ed by Ma ry G. Pu rcell, H i sto r i a n M ou n t Vern on Chapter .

( Con t i n ued from Ma rch, 19 1 7, Issu e . )

Ca i ther, Sam uel, to Mary Marsheim er, June I, 1 797.

Ca l lahan, Jam es, to Rebecca -

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allhou se, Au g . 1 1. 1 790.

Can no, John N ewton, to An n “'

attles, J une 5 . 1802.

Cannon, N athaniel , to E l i zabeth H al l, D ec . 5, 1 796.

Card, John, to Mary J ane Al len, J u ly 18, 1800 .

Carey, Benj am in, to Catherine L u tz, June 1 7, 1 796 .

Carey, Patr ick, to Jane Reed, Oct ., 1 793.Carlyle, Dan iel, to Martha D oug lass, May 1 1 , 1 789 .

Carro l l, S incla i r, to Agnes Jo hnston, M ay 9, 1802 .

Carson, John, to E l i zabeth Jerom e, May 2 1 , 1809 .

Carson, Sam uel, to Jane H am i l ton, N ov . 28, 1806.

Cartr i gh t, Seth, to Mary Levering , Sept., 1 792 .

Carvel, Peter, to Cather ine L owe, June 23, 1 790.

Casso, John Jo seph, to Margare t H eath, May 2 , 1799 .

Ca tlett, CharlesJ., to Anne Fa i rfax, May 1 , 1806.

Cawood, Ben j am i n, to Anna Fergu son, Nov. 12. 1814 .

C hapin, Gu rden, to Margaret Reeder, Jan. 7, 1 793.

Charles, D uncan, to Marga re t S tone, N ov. 3, 1 796.

C hason, Lew i s, to An n Freem an, Oct . 4 , 1801 .Ch ick, Charles, to E leano r Gooding , Sept ., 1 795.

Ch isho lm , John, to Mary An n Grig sby,Ja n . 5, 180 1 .

C hri st ie, John, to Jane Jackson, N ov. 29, 1808 .

C hri stm an, John, to E l i zabeth Barr, N ov . 25, 1804 .

Christophe, Chri stian , to H arr iet ( fox , April 1 5 , 181 1 .Chu rch, G i lbert, to Sarah H ayes, March 12, 1807.Chu rch, H enry, to Margaret McCalli stcr, May 27 . 1802 .

Clark, H ezek iah, to Marga ret Clark, N ov . 2 7, 1 79

0.

Clark, Isaac, to Mary Sm i th, Oct . 10, 1815.

Clark,John, to Clo u gh ly L uckett, D ec. 30, 1 799 .

Clark, Robert , to N ancy Montgom ery, N ov. 14 , 1 795 .

Clem ents, Sam u el , to E leanor Garre tt, Oct 1 75 2 .

Clem ents, \Mi l l i um , to Sarah Boo th , June 2 , 18 02 .

Cl ifford, N ehem i ah, to Jen ny Fergu son, Au g . 1 , 1 797 .

Cl inton, Sam ue l, to Su sanna L indsay, J un e, 1 792 .

Cobu rn, Pri em i es, to Jane Moody, Feb . 9 , 1797.

Colli n, D av id, to Sarah Findlay, D ec. 17, 1801 .

Coffin, John, to E l i za Benn ett, J une 5, 1802 .

Co llagen, John, to An n \Vr i ght, Oct. 20, 1 799 .

Cohagen, John, to E l i zabeth Bow ie, May 24, 1812 .

Cohen, W i l l i am , to Cather ine Carey, Apri l 30, 1801 .

Colbert , Thom as, to Jane E arp, Au g . 14, 1800.

Co le, T hom as, to T ryphena H and, N ov. 6. 1806.

Co l lard, Sam uel, to Rachael D arrel l , Ju ly 18. 1799 .

Co l l ins, \Vm . A ., to Sarah Slat ford, June 13, 1802.

Conn, Thom as, to Cassina Lake, Feb . 7, 1 79 1 .

Conner, Fran cis, to E l i zabeth Appleby, D ec . 19, 1 796.

Conney, D enni s, to Su sanna Cockeri l, Oct ., 1 792 .

Conway, Robert, to Margaret Sweet, May 22, 1809 .

Cook, George, to Po l ly Sp ickctt , D ec. 1 . 1796.

C0 0 k. Thom as, to Susanna King , Ju ly, 1 792 .

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Copper, Thom as, to Sarah Foster, Sept. 12, 1797.Copper, T homas, to Nancy Cockeri l, Apr i l 2 , 1 799 .

Com e, Joseph, to Rebecca D av is, Aug . 1 7, 1808.

Corn lady, Peter, to Ki tty \Vedgeworth, Oct . 22 , 1 798.Con an, John, to Sarah Downs, March 17, 1 790.

Cou rts, D aniel, to Margare t Pea rson , April 14, 1 798.

Covert, John, to E li zabe th D oxey, Aug . 23, 1807.

Cox , Jesse, to N ancy H arris, March 9, 1 799 .

Cozeen , John, to Anne Avery, Ju ly 9, 1 799 .

Cram m ,Sam ue l, to Mary H ickm an, Jan . 1 , 1812.

Crandel, Thom as, to Sarah S t rai t, Jan . 21 , 1801.

Crandel l, Joseph, to Jane Tal lbo tt, N ov. 30, 1806.

Cranston, John, to N ancy Cooper, Aug . 2 , 1 789 .

Craw ford, John, to Margaret D elawhan , D ec. 15, 1 796.

Crease, John H ipperly, to Jane N ewton, Oct . 2 , 1813.

Crispin, John, to K i tty Po tte r, Oct . 15, 1 796.

Croak , R ichard, to E l i zabeth B lackbu rn, Sept . 2 , 1 790.

Crosby, Lew i s, to Sarah An n R u ssel l, May 1 7, 1809 .

Cross, W i l l iam , to Sarah Johnston, March 24, '1 799 .

Cu rt i s, Joseph, to E l i zabeth Ch isho lm , Sept., 1 795 .

D ade, Charles S tuart, to Jane Adam , May 23. 1309.

D ade, Francis , to H arriet Shepherd, D ec. 12 , 181 1 .

D ali en, Joseph Green, to E l i za Cook, Nov. 7, 1 799.

D alton, D an iel, to Margaret Em m ett, June 1 1 , 1801 .D aniel , Jam es, to Sarah W

'r igh t, D ec. 31 , 1789

D arl ing , George, to Mary Isler, March 9, 1 797 .D arn el l, John, to Rhody Taylo r, Aug . 16, 1810.

D avey, Davey, to Betty Bow l ing , Aug . 2 1 , 1806.

D avid, D avid, to Mary Kieth, Ju ly 25, 1 789 .

D avidson, Basi l H . , to E l i za H unter, Ju ly 9, 1807.D av is, D aniel , to Frances Grim es, May 14, 1802 .

D av is, E l ij ah , to E l i zabeth Britt ingham , Apr i l 27,D ay, H orat io, to Martha D unn ing ton, May 18, 1815 .

D eBu tts, R ichard, to Lou i sa D u laney, Apr. 2 5, 1812 .

D eKraRt, F. C to H arriet Sco t t, Feb . 13, 1812 .

D eNeale, Georg e. to Mar Patten, Ju ly 3, 1 796.

D cn e tt, Aaron, to E l i za ark, Ju ly 1 1 , 1814 .

D etterly, Michael, to Mary Coon es, Apri l 1 , 1804 .

D evan n , Jonathan, to Becca Ja ins, Jan . 7, 1 792 .

D evaughan, Sam ue l, to Anna Glasgow, Aug . 1 794.D i ck, D av id, to Sarah An n Posey, Sept. 18, 1810.

D ixon, John, to Mary Ju ra, Apri l 14, 1805.

D o lph in, Swan, to Rebecca Carne, Apri l 3, 1790.

D a ri n g , Jam es, to Jane Vau ghan, Jan . 7, 1 793.

D orsay. M i les, to S inah Mo lan , Oct 1 792 .

D ougherty, Arthu r, to Rebecca Sm i th , June 29, 1801 .D ougherty. Jam es, to Ne l ly S t. Geo rge, 1 793.

D oug las, D an iel, to Charlo tte Orm e, Aug . 28, 1 795.

D oug las, Jam es, to E l iza Kincaid, N ov. 1 7, 1812 .

D oug las, John to Mary Mox ley, Apri l 3, 1 791.D outyli es, John Lam e, to An n Cam eron , Sept. , 1 794 .

D ove. John. to Nan cy Grant, Ju ly 7, 1 795 .

D owdal l, John, to Margaret S tokely, Apri l 23, 1804.Doyle, Ganet, to Martha D errick, N ov . 24, 1796.

D rake, Edward, to Ju l iana Cazenove, Feb . 1 1 , 1800.

D rew, Charles. to Po l ly H ub le, D ec. 9, 1804.

D rinnen. T hom as, to Mary Taylor, Feb . 10, 1808.

Ou t’l'

ey, John, to Mary D eeble, Feb . 5, 1 796.

D u ffey, John, to Mary Ki n sell, Sept. 14, 1808.

D u lan ey, Wal ter, to Anne Farre l l , June 1 , 1 790.

D u laney, “'i lli am , to An n S im m s. March 23. 1 798.D unbar, Jesse. to E l izabeth Gri ffin , Ju ly 7. 1 796 .

D unbar, Jesse, to Sarah S tr icklen, Aug . 3, 1 797.

242 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINED u n can , An drew, to Ann e Bel lona, Sep t. 9. 1 797.D uncan , Robe rt, to H an n ah Ben n ett, D ec. 1 7. 1801.D un la p, j ohn , to E l i zabe th H a n n a , Nov. 14 , 1 795.D u nn , J am es, to Pen elope Cayton , Oct . 2 1 , 1810.

Dye, Reuben , to E l i zabe th Tu rn er. Ju ly 17, 1804.

Dyer, Fra n c is, to Ma rga ret H un ter, Mch . 18, 1813.

D yer, Gideon , to Ma ry Ba rwel l. N ov.. 1 793.

D ykes, M un go, to An n \Vade, D ec. 22, 1 79 1 .

( To be con t i n ued. )

Exhi b i tion ofPreparedness i nJapan

The above i llustrat ion represen ts a prom i n en t fea ture of the An n ual Fi re Pa rade inTok io, Japan .

Jan uary 7. The pu rpose of the parade i s to show to the Inspector Gen era land h is sta ll the sk i l l and abil i ty of the m en i n an y posi t ion i n wh ich they m igh t be ca l ledto act i n t im e of fire. The bam boo ladders a re held fi rm ly on the groun d by som e of the

m en wh i le others per fo rm all k in ds o f acroba tic feats to show the i r “preparedn ess. "

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244 DAUGH TER S OF TH E AME R ICAN R EVOL U TION MAGAZIN E

3, 1790, i n the 27 th yea r of her age, m arriedsecon d Ma ry Parke of W indham , N H ., and

d ied Oct . 31, 1822 . H i s ch all by h i s secon dw i fe, were : Sa ra h, born May 2, 1795, who

m a rried T hom as H olm es ; John , born 1 797,

who d ied youn g, as d id Alexan der ; An n is,born 1800, m arried John Ca rr ; S ilas, born1802 , who m arr ied Clar issa Copelan d ; Mar

ga ret who d ied unm arr ied ; Ba rn abas, bornSept. 1 7, 1806, who m arried An n Bowen ;Sam uel, who died unm arried ; Mary, born Sept.22, 1810, who m arr ied Jon as W. T u t tle ; andAl ice, bo rn 1812, who m arried So lom on Griffin .

Jm m D UNCA N, bo rn i n Lon do n derry Mch .

3, 1 734 , cam e to An trim Sept . 20, 1 773. H e

m arried first h i s Cou sin , Ma ry D un can , D ec.

10, 1 762 , who d ied Sept. 20, 1800, aged 63years, and he m arr ied seco n d An n Sea ton o f

Am herst, N . H who d ied Oct . 4 , 1834, aged75 years. H e d ied Feb . 14, 1823.

ZAcca eu s FA IRBAN KS , bo rn i n Fram in gham ,

Meh . 22, 1759, w aried first Ma rch 3,1 779, Mary Brin ley by whom he had : Zaccheus,bapt. Au g. 15, 1 779 ; N an cy, bapt . May 27, 1780,

m a rried first Majo r Ba rz i l la i Ban ister and second So lom on Estey ; Po l ly, who d.y. , an d

Thom as, born Jun e 17, 1 783, who m arriedMa ry Law . H e m a rr ied secon d Ma rtha Ga tesby whom he had seven ch i ldren : Mary, bornApri l 23, 1 787, m arr ied So lom on Rhodes an d

Ca therin e bo rn Mch . 20, 1789, who m ar

r ied Robert D un can ; D ex ter, b 1 790 and

Sam uel, b 1 793, bo th o f whom d ied unm ar

r ied ; Clar issa, born Oct . 4 , 1 794 , who m arr iedN a than iel N icho ls: Charles, born Sept . 15,1 796, who m a rried Maria Pa rker ; and Cu rt is,born N ov. 13. 1798, who d ied un m a rr ied . Ac

cord in g to,the Fa irban ks Gen ea logy he i s sa id

to have m arried a th ird t im e and had five m orech ildren ; b u t the town records say tha t th esecon d w i fe, Ma rtha Ga tes, was born Apr. 8,1 766, and d ied May 2 1, 1853, and tha t she wasthe m o ther of t he five ch i ldren above m en

t i on ed— \Voodhury, born Oct . 31 , 1800, who

m arried Mer iam W i lcox ; Su san n ah, born 1802,who d ied you n g ; Luc in da, bom Mch . 30, 1804,who m arried Josiah D un can : \Vi lli am E ,

born Apri l 1 7, 1806, who m arri ed H an n ah Ccbu rn : an d Abig a i l, bo rn Ju ne 16, 1808, whom arried \V. W. Cohu rn . Zaccheus diedJa n .

27 . 1845, in An tr im to wh ich town he m oved i n1 798.

Gnom e GATES , bo rn Fram in gham ,

Aug . 8, 1 753, m a rried H an n ah Ba rret t o f

Ma rlbo ro, Mass , who d ied Meh . 28, 1834; aged84 yea rs. H e was at the Lexin g ton Ala rm and

a lso a t the Bat t le of Bun ker H i l l. Cam e fromFram i n gharn to An trim i n 1880, where he d iedD ec. 13, 1844 or 5 . H e had : Po l ly, born D ec.

9, 1789, who m a rr ied John H u tch in son ; Pa tty,born Ju ly 23, 1791 ,who m arried T im othy H i l ls ;and Cha rles, a sold ier of theWar of 1812, whom arr ied E l izabeth C. Cum m in gs.

ALEX A NDER Gam a , bo rn i n Lon don de rry ,

Feb . 9, 1755, cam e to An tr im in 1 785 and D ec.

28, 1786, m arried Sa rah Adam s of Lon donderry, who d ied Mch . 9, 1839, aged 79 yea rs.H e d ied Apr il 1, 1830, and had : W ill iam , b o rnOct. 12, 1 787, who m a rried Soph ia Weston ;Mary, born Jun e 26, 1 789, who m a rri ed S tephenD an forth ; D r. Jam es Adam s

,bornJan ., 1 790

or 9 1 , who m a rried first Sarah Wa l la ce an d

secon d Pr isc i l la Gl idden : E l izabeth, born J u ly15, 1793, who m arried Thom as Ca rr ; Thom as,

born Jan . 18, 1 795, who m a rried Ma rt haPa rker ; Sa rah , born Feb . 7, 1797, who m a r

r ied John G. Fl in t ; and Jan e, born Aug . 28,1800, who m a rri ed Jerem iah H i l ls.N OAH H ARDY,

“D eacon ," bOrn a t H o l l is, N

‘

. H .,

S ept. 1 7, 1 758. m arried i n 1 787 Sa rah Spo ffo rd ( 1765 - 1850 ) and d ied at An trim D ec.

2 1 . 1835 . T hey had : Noah , born Sept. 16,1 789, m a rried fi rst Jerusha K im ba l l, and sec

ond D o l ly H ubbard ; Betsy, who m a rried E z raPresco tt ; Sa l ly, born 1 79 1, who m a rried D av i dAm es,Jr. ; D av id, born abou t 1 797, who m ar

r ied Sa l ly Fa rwel l ; H an nah, who m arriedBen j am in Bu ckmi n ster ; S i las, bo rn 1 799, whom arried Abig a i l Fa rley ; an d Lo is, who m a r

r ied H en ry Kelsey.JOS IAH H mm cx, bo rn i n 1 762, cam e to Antrim i n 1807 w i th h is first w i fe, E sther Tarbel l o i H udson , N . H . March 16, 1841 , hem arried secon d, Fan n ie H oward, an d d iedApri l 8, 1853. All of h i s ch i ldren d ied i nch i ldhood.JAM ES H OPK I NS cam e to An trim i n 1 783 an d

m a rried first, i n 1 788, Ka th er in e Ai ken , who

d ied Sep t. 6, 1820. H e m a rried secon d h i scou sin , Mrs. Jen n ett Cleaves, May 4, 1823, andd iedJan . 2, 1842, i n the 84th year of h i s age.

PITMAN H OWARD , cam e to An trim abou t1800 w ith h i s w i fe, who was the m o ther of allh is ch ildren . A fter h er dea th he m a rri ed Fann i e S teven s of Mon t Vern on , N . H ., a nd

d ied Aug . 29, 1830, aged 83 yea rs.

H ucn JAM ESO N cam e to An trim from Lon ~

donderry i n 1 777 w ith h i s w i fe, Marga retS teele, an d d ied there Aug . 1 7, 1 795 . H i s

w idow d ied at the hom e o f her son i n NewH udson , N . Y ., i n Ju n e, 1848, aged 95 years.T H OMAS JAM ESON, bro ther of H u gh, cam e

to An trim i n 1 783 w i th h i s fi rst w i fe, MaryS teele, the m other of h i s ch i ldren . She d iedJun e 5, 1831 , a ged 71 years, an d he m arriedsecon d Ju n e 28, 1832 , Mrs. Mary ( Baldwin )Ken da l l, and d ied Jun e 12 , 1837, aged 78yea rs. H e had : John , born Ju ly 6, 1785, whom arried Mary P ierce ; Margaret, born May16, 1 787, who m arried Zenas Tem ple ; Thomas,bo rn Mch. 1 7, 1 789, who m arried N an cy Cochran ; Jam es, bo rn Mch . 25, 1 79 1 , who m arriedDorcas Cleaves : An drew, born Feb . 6, 1 793.who m a rried Lou isa Th ippen ; An n ,

born Oct .30, 1794, who m a rried Robert H . Cleaves;H ugh , born Aug . 18, 1 796, who m a rried Sophia

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Cum m in gs : Mary, born Aug . 16, 1798, who

m a rried first John H osley an d second T hom asPreston ; and A lexan der, born Jan . 15, 1800,

who m arr ied first Lu c in da Averel l an d secondN an cy J . Bel l.D AVID MCCLUR E, born i n Gofistown , N . H

i n 1 758, m a rr ied Martha W i lson of Lon donderry, N . H ., and cam e to An tr im i n 1 784,

where he d ied May 24, 1835 . Martha d iedJan .

18, 1847, aged 86 years. They had : Man leyW. , who m arri ed Ma rtha M . Page ; and Cyrus,who m arr ied N an cy E . D avison , possiblyo thers.

JOH N MCCOY, bo rn i n W in dh am , N . H . (orLon don derry, N . i n 1 750, m a rried firstMarga ret Boyd i n 1780. by whom he had John ,Jr., who m a rr ied H an n ah Taylor. She d iedApr. 4, 181 7, aged 63 yea rs an d he m a rr iedMrs. Ma ry (H u tch in s) H a rtwel l of H illsborough, N . H ., and d iedJan . 9, 1823.

Rose" MclLVAm e, born in W in dham , N . H .,

Sept . 19, 1748, m arried Jan e McAdam s D ec.

30, 1773, an d cam e to An trim i n 1 785 . H e

sign ed the Ass. Test i n W indham i n 1 776 and

d ied Ma rch 27, 1833. H i s w i fe d ied Feb . 17,1833, aged 82 years.D A NI EL N ICH OLS,

“D eacon , cam e to An

trim i n 1 774 ; m arried Mary D en sm ore D ec.

29, 1 785, and d ied Mch . 3, 1812, aged 58 yea rs.

La w n . PA IGE, who sign ed the Ass. Testi n \Vea re, N . H ., cam e from there to An trimi n 1 793. H e m arried fi rst Betsey Brown , whod ied i n Wea re i n 1 785 , and m a rried secon dMrs. Phebe ( Sa rgen t ) Green , who d ied i n1833. H e d ied N ov. 13, 1805, ag ed 53 years.

ALexANm-zn Pu san, who cam e to An trimf rom Green field, N . H ., m a rr ied abou t 1763N an cy D ickey who was bo rn Jun e 2 , 1 744 , andd ied Aug . 30, 1823. H e d ied Apri l 12, 1817,aged 81 yezrs. They had : Ma rtha, bo rn Au g .

13, 1 764, who m arried D an iel McN eil; D av id,bo rn in 1 766, who m a rried fi rst Martha Ramsay and secon d Mrs. Shea rer ; Alexan der, bo rnMch . 8, 1 768, who m a rr ied Vash t i Pa rker :John , born 1 780, who m a rried Marga ret Aiken ;Sam uel, who m arried i n 1801 H an n ah R ideou t ;and Sa bra, who m a rr ied Pyam H erri ck.BENJAM I N SlMONS or S i H ONDs cam e to

An trim from Mon t Vern on , N . H . , i n 1 793

w i th h i s w i fe, Ma ry ( Po l ly) Avery or Averi l l.H e d ied i n 1826, aged 65 yea rs. T hey had :Lu cy, bo rnJan . 30, 1 784, who m a rried E nochSawyer ; Po l ly, born May 2 1 , 1 787, who m ar

ried Robert Bu rn s ; John , born May 3, 1 790,who m arr ied Sa l ly B . Preston : Sa l ly, bornMeh . 8, 1 792, who m a rried Wm . D . Atwood ;Ben jam in , born Jun e 5, 1 796, who m a rriedBetsy Preston ; N an cy, born Feb . 24 , 1798,who m arried S im eon Bu ck : Sabrin a, born Feb .

25, 1803; and Mark, born 1807, who d iedyoun g .

JOH N SM ITH , son o f W IL L IAM ( see below) ,was bo rn i n Lon don derry, N . H i n 1 757 and

m arried Jan e W i lson . H e d iedJan . 12, 1826,

an d hi s w idow d ied i n 1856, aged 88 years.WILLlA l‘t SM ITH , Kern i n I relan d Feb . 9,

1 715, cam e to An trim .

i n 1 77 1 w ith h i s w i fe,Ma rgaret D un ca n , who d ied Apri l 8, 1796, aged67 years. H e was l iv in g i n An trim ( Soc ietyLan d ) i n 1 776 when he sign ed the Ass. Test,a nd d ied Aug . 3, 1800.

JAM I-IS STEELE, born Ma rch , 1 724 , m a rr iedfirst Peggy Ram sey, who d ied n ea r the c loseof 1757. H e m a rri ed seco n d in 176 1 Mrs.

Ma rga re t ( Parker) Cochran , an d d ied Feb .

19, 1819.

T H OMAS Sm wAn cam e from Merrim ac toAn trim i n 1 775 w i th h i s w i fe, Sa rah McCa u

ley, who d ied i n Ju ly, 1817, aged 67 years.H e died D ec. 9 , 1803, aged 54 yea rs.ADAM Tsu n am is, who sign ed the Ass. Test

in \N i ndham , N . H . , cam e f rom there to Antr im , h i s w i fe, Ma rga ret L in dsay, havin g d iedi n “’i ndham April 5, 1784, aged 65 yea rs. H el i ved un t i l Sep t. 13, 1 795, when he di ed, aged83 years.JOH N T H OH PSON m arr ied fi rst E sther Red

i n gton an d cam e to An trim f rom Beverly,Mass., i n 1793. Ju ly 25, 181 1 , he m a rriedsecon d Betsy D ay, and died i n 1842, aged 81yea rs.

CH ARL ES Tum s, born i n H am i l ton , Mass,Meh . 1 1 , 1 749, m a rr ied Feb . 20, 1 77 1 , LucyD odge, who was born Jun e 10, 1 749, an d d iedi n N ew Boston , Jun e 9, 1843. They cam e toAn tr im i n 1 796. where he d ied Oct . 29, 1820.

T hey had : W i l l iam T ., born Feb . 1 , 1 773, who

m a rried Mary \Noodb u ry ; Seth, bo rn May 4,1 783, who m a rr ied E l i zabeth Po lan d ; Jedediah,born Mch. 19, 1 786 ; D an iel, H epsabeth andAn ne, all of whom d ied youn g ; G Iarles, bo rnJan . 26, 1 777, who m arried Sa rah Austin ;Sa rah, born Feb . 6, 1 778, who m arried fi rstIsaac Warden an d secon d John Allds ; and

Eli zabeth, who m a rried Jam es Tu t t le.

JAu es WALKER, bo rn 1 760, m a rr ied firstH an n ah Woodbu ry o f N ew Boston , by whomhe had : Alexan der, who d ied u n m arried ; Ben .

j am in ; S im eon, who m arried Ma rtha Ri n g ;Jacob : Jam es, who m a rried Sally Cu rt is ; andR achel, who m a rr ied Joshua E . Woodbu ry.Jam es m a rried secon d i n 1827 Luc in da Bom an( or Bowen ) , who wa s born i n 1 796 and d iedin 1865 . They had : E lv ira, who m arried JohnL. Tewksbu ry ; Marga ret A., who m arriedJam es Town s ; an d Isaa c, bo rn Jan . 16, 1830,who m arr ied N an cy J. R icha rds. Jam es diedFebruary 1 7, 1837.Surn am e WES TO N,

“D eacon ," born i n Read

i n g, Mass , N ov. 19, 1 751, m arr ied Jan . 20.1 779, Mary D eL an cy, who d ied Aug . 4 (or1838, aged 82 yea rs. H e d ied May 1 1, 1831 .T hey had : Rebecca, who d ied u nm a rr iedSou theri ck, Jr. , who m arried Sarah S tua rtMacCauley ; Soph ia, who m a rried W i l l iamGregg ; Leon a rd, who m arr ied A lm a W

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and DeLan cy, who m a rri ed E l izabeth Moore.

PETER Woooavsv, born i n Beverly, Mass,Mch . 28, 1 738, m arried i n 1 760 E l i zabe th(Dodge ) Rea ( 1 735 - 1812 ) and cam e fromMo n t Vern on . N . H . , abou t 1800 to An trim ,

where he d ied Oct . 1 1 , 1817. H e had : Lev i,bo rnJan . 20, 1 761 , who was captu red on the

Priva teer E ssex, ca rr ied prison er to En g lan d,where he d ied ; Jesse, bo rn Oct . 22, 1762 o r 3.who m a rried Abiga i l Bou twel l ( 1766Peter, who was bap t i zedJan . 1 1, 1 767 ; E l i zabeth , ca l led Bet ty, ba pt ized Feb . 12, 1 769 o r

70, who m a rried Peter Jon es ; H an n ah, ba pt i zed Feb . 24, 177 1. who d ied you n g : an dMa rk, bo rnJan . 1 , 1 775, who d ied i n 1828.

The Mo l ly Aileen Chapter ha s a lso prepa red a l ist of Dea th No t ices o f Revo lu t ion aryPa tr i o ts from the fi les of the New H am psh i re Pa trio t an d S ta te Gazette f rom 1828 to 1854,together w ith an in dex of the sam e .

i ssue Of the m agaz in e.It i s ho ped to g ive ex tra cts from these i n a fu tu re

PARLIAMEN TARY PUZZLES SOLVED

COR A W T aow

As the t im e for ho ld in g the Con t in en ta lCon g ress approaches the m in ds o f the Chapters are tu rn ed toward the se lec t ion o f delegates, and a quest ion has been sen t th isdepa rtm en t f rom severa l sou rces. The quest ionis as fo l lows : H ow shou ld de lega tes b e chosen ,by appo in tm en t or e lec t ion ? The quest ionh in ges on the fact tha t i n the S i x th Art ic leOf the Con st i tu t ion o f the N a t ion a l Soc iety,D . A. R ., the e lec t ion o f a l te rn a tes i s m en

t io ned, b ut n o t tha t o f de lega tes. I t wou ldseem tha t Sec. 5 of Art ic le X I o f the By - Lawswas an swer en ough . i t i s there sta ted tha t theChapters m ust elec t de lega tes on or be fo reMa rch fi rst . H owever, as the quest io n has

been subm itted there m ust be som e con fusioni n rega rd to th is po in t i n the m in ds o f som e

o f the D augh ters. The po in t to be rem em ~

bered i s tha t the Con st i tu t ion and By- Lawsof the Na t ion a l Soc iety m u st be taken as a

who le, and Art ic le V I o f the Co n st i tu t ionm u st b e carried ou t i n acco rdan ce w i th Art ic leX I o f the By- Laws. U n der the L aw of the

U n i ted S ta tes all de lega tes m ust be elected.A person who i s a ppo in ted i s n o t a lega l deleg a te. Th is i s on e o f the m an y po in ts wh ichshow the n ecessi ty o f hav in g the Con st i tu t ionand By- Laws rea rran ged so they m ay readco n secu t i ve ly.F. Q uest i on —“h en a Chapter has n ot

a dopted By - Laws i s i t n ecessary for i t to ho ldan an n ua l elect ion ? The Chapter 1 have i nm in d i s on e fo rm ed by an o rgan i z in g Regen t .Artwork— In Art ic le X 1 , Sec . 5 , o f the By

1 .aws of the Na t ion a l Soc ie ty i t i s sa id : “EachChapte r sha l l elec t a Regen t, Secreta ry, Reg istra r, Treasu rer, other oFficers, and Loca l Boa rd

Of Man a gem en t, at the t im e o f year tha t bestsu i ts i ts con ven ien ce.

"

Th is pla in ly sta tes tha tall Chapters m ust ho ld an an n ua l e lec t ion w i thor w i thou t By- Laws. The power to a ppo in tR egen ts i s g i ven the S ta te Reg en ts or 0 r

gan i z in g Sec reta ry Gen era l i n such S ta tes as

ha ve n o S ta te Regen t, b u t i t i s d ist in c t ly sta tedtha t the Regen ts are on ly appo in ted for on e

yea r. Art ic le IV, Sec. 4 , N a t io n a l Con st i tut ion . Con sequen t ly, an an n ua l elect ion is n m es

sa ry i n th is case as wel l as i n the other . U n

der the Con st i tu t io n and By- Laws of the N at ioal Soc ie ty each Chapter m ust ho ld an an n ua le lect ion . i rrespect ive Of how the Chapter wasfo rm ed.

L. Quest ion —“fi rm does a com m it tee ter

m in a te i ts ex isten ce ? Can i t ex ten d over anan n ua l m eet in g , or does the an n ua l m eet in gterm in a te the ex isten ce o f all com m i ttees ?Am e n—A com m it tee m u st term in a te w i th

the adm in istra t io n u n der wh ich i t was ape

po in ted. I t ca n n o t projec t in to a n ew adm ini st ra t ion . I f an organ i za t ion cha n ges i ts

a dm in ist ra t ion an n ua l ly, then all com m i ttee sterm in a te a t the an n ua l m eet in g . Th is i s thecase w ith all Chap ters o f the D . A. R . , as theye lec t thei r o lli cers and Boa rd of Man agem en ta n n ua l ly. I f the adm in istra t ion ex ten ds overm o re than o n e yea r, as i s the case w i th theN at ion a l Soc iety, D . A. R ., then a com m itteewo u ld n o t n ecessari ly term in a te w i th the an

n ua l m eet in g , i . e . , the Co n g ress. The quest iono f the appo in tees o f on e adm in istra t ion ho ld .

i n g o ver in to a n ew adm in istra t ion was dec idedby the Con g ress o f the U n ited S ta tes a t the

t im e o f the e lec t ion of Thom asJeflerson as

Presiden t .

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sign ed the Trea ty o f Cahuenga January13, 1847 , whereby Ca l i fo rn ia becam e aU n i ted S ta tes prov ince . The house wh ichis a heap of adobe l ies abou t three m i lesno rthwes t of H ol lywood. It i s the ambi t iou of Mrs. Forbes to have the s ta tepurchase the si te, rebu i ld the house andes tabl i sh a park to be known as theFrem on t- P ico Park , whose nam e wou ldcon t inual ly bri ng to the m i nd the patri ot ic deeds of tha t grea t general , JohnC. Frem on t.

Mas. E . A. FARR INGTON ,

H istoria n .

Sa rah .Wh itm an H oo ker Chap ter

(Wes t H art fo rd, Conn . ) dedicated and

presented to i ts town February 27, 19 17 ,a handsom e l ibrary as a m em ori al to D r.Noah Webste r, the grea t lex i cographe r,who was bo rn i n 1 758 i n West H artford and li ved i n tha t place ( then a partof H art ford, Conn . ) u n t i l he en teredYale U niversi ty i n 1774 .

The dedica t ion took place i n the a f

tern oon a t 3 o’c lock and was opened

w i th prayer, fo l lowed by a bri e f addressof gree t i ng by the Regen t and Chai rm anof the Bu i ldi ng Comm i t tee, Mrs. W i l l i amP. Barber, wh ich was responded to byH ono ra ry Vice Presiden t Genera l , Mrs.

Sara T . Ki nney, Vice Presiden t GeneralMrs. Geo rge Maynard M i no r and S tateRegen t Mrs. John La idlaw Buel .Open house was kept unt i l the even ing

sess ion a t 8 o’c lock , when the l ibrary wasfo rm a l ly presented to the town by theR egen t on beha l f o f the Chapter, andwas accepted by A. C. S tem berg on

behal f of the town .

The idea of a m em oria l to N oah Web

ster in the form o f a town l ibra ry origih a ted w i th the Wes t H art ford Grangei n 1899 , when an a t tem pt was m ade. tora ise The proj ec t was too bigfor the place and the t im es, and a f tera few yea rs the m at ter was dropped.

In 1906 Sarah Wh itm an H ooker Chapter, D . A. R . , m any of the m em bers ofwh ich were in teres ted in the m at ter o rigi nally, took up the proj ect and appropri a ted $200 as a nuc leus for the fund

Webster Mem orial L i brary

The fi rs t floo r i s located we l l abovegrade. and there a re two en t rances f romthe o u tside of the bu i lding leadi ng downa few steps in to the assem b ly ha l l wh ichex tends the lengt h o f the bu i lding

,i s

we l l l igh ted and has a sea t ing ca pac ityof 200. Th i s ha ll w i l l be ava i lable forsoc iety m eet ings, and according to thedeed, provides a hom e for the SarahWh i tm an H ooker Chapter, D . A. R.

The i nterior deco rat ions of the bu i lding are sim ple, fo l low ing ou t the iCblo‘

n i alGOOSIC

for such a pu rpose, and in Janua ry , 1907 ,the Chapter asked for genera l con t ri .but ions . Novem ber 30, 1909 . a m a ssm eet i ng was he ld i n th e town ha l l an dthe fol low i ng m on th Mrs

'

. Mary J .

Shepard gave a lot for the s i te. Fromtha t t im e the m em o ri al was a ssu red a i

though i t requ i red five years m ore to

ra i se the though t necessa ry . U pon stak i ng ou t the lot for the erect ionof the bu i ldi ng i t was found the lot wasi nadequate for the bu i lding planned, a nda f te r con ferences w i th the town a splendid lot was gi ven by the town loca tedw i th i n the c i v ic square . The bu i ldi ngwas sta rted i n Ju l y, 19 15, and the corners tone was la id w i th appropri a te exerc i se sOctobe r S, 19 15.The bu i ldi ng is o f red brick w ith m ar

ble t rim m ings , an d i s of the up- to-date

com bined Colon i al and Ca rnegi e type.

WORK OF TH E CH APTE RS

s tyle o f the ex te rior. The ,plas ter i s

pa in t ed wh i te w i th blue t ri mm i ngs , an dthe woodwork i s finished in cherry .

T he re a re two Co lonia l fi rep laces wh ichha v e be en equ ipped w i th Co lonia l furn i sh i n gs by the Wom en

’s L i tera ry Clubo f \Ve s t H art ford .

The capac ity of the l ibra ry i svo lum e s, and a l ready vo lum esha ve b een secured.

Mas. Rov C. WEBSTER.

M art ha W ash i ngton Chap ter (D i st ri e t o f Co l um bia ) has been deeply i nterested i n the m ovem en t for the preserva t ion o f h i s toric spo ts, w ith recen t c ifo rt s devo ted to the res to ra t ion of them i l es ton es on the boundary l i nes as origi na lly su rveyed by Gen . Wash ington w i thi n wh i ch to loca te the N at iona l Cap ita l .To ou r Chapter the plea su re was given o fe rec t ing a su i table fence protect i ng M i les tone N o. 6, on wh ich i s placed a m arke r.Th i s s tone i s the s ix th on e f rom the

eas tern po in t of the origina l square form !

i ng the D i s trict on the l i ne running sou thwes t to the sou thern po i n t . It is loca tedon a fa rm tha t l ies pa rt ly w i th in theD i st ric t bu t m os t of i t , known as theBarnaby t rac t of land, i s s i tua ted inPri nce Geo rges Coun ty, Ma ryland.

In assoc ia t i ng grea ter h is to rica l importance w i th th i s even t , a search of thereco rds revea l s the fac t tha t the landitsel f fu rn i shes a chapter from the Revou t i on a ry pe riod to surround the s tonewi th added value. Seve ra l t housandacres o f land bordering on the Po tom acand Anacost ia R i vers and ex tendi ng eas tward in to wha t i s n ow Prince GeorgesCounty, was in possession o f Rev .

H enry Addi son as ea rly as 1663, by o riginal gran t f rom E ng land. H e was anEpi scopa l Clergym an of the E ngl i shChurch . H i s es ta te was di v ided i nto va

rious“m anors” under nam es s t i l l fam i l

iar in thei r appl ica t ion to sm a l ler port ions of la ter su rveys . The tory sen t im ents of the Addi son landowners causedthese mano rs to be confi sca ted i n theoverthrow o f Bri t ish ru le, bu t a f ter i ndependence was dec lared the grea ter part

o f the esta te was resto red to them , and

down to the presen t t im e som e o f th i sp ropert y i s he ld i n the fam i ly nam e of

Addi son , di rec t descendan ts o f the fi rstset t ler.

MARY J . MILU GAN ,

H istor ia n .

M ary Wash i n gton Chapter (\Va shi n gton , I) . C. ) held i ts twen ty - fi f th an

n i versary a t the \Vash i ngton Club underthe auspi ces o f the Charter Mem bers andL oca l Board. It was a rem arkable occasion , th i s Chapter being the th i rd or

gan i zed i n the N a t ional Soc iety , the firstand larges t i n the D is trict , and the m otherof m any D i st ric t Chapters . It was na tu ra l tha t the Charter m em bers we re wom en of prom inence, and tha t even ing thefron t sea ts were reserved for them . Therehave been twelve N a t ional offi cers elec tedf rom th i s C hapter

, and m any have led i ndebate on the v i ta l ques t ions i n the N at ion al Congress tha t has so w i sel y gu ided us un t i l n ow we num be r nea rly on e

hundred thou sand.

Ou r first Regen t, Mrs. E l izabe th B la i rL ee, becam e bl i nd i n ou r se rv ice , andwas a remarkabl e wom an she has passedon and a l so Mrs. Marg ueri te D icken s,M i ss E l izabeth B ryan t Johnston a nd Mrs.

M i randa B . T u l loch ; a nd for these noblewom en the C hapter offers a prayer inm em ori am eve ry year . It was a s ingu larco inc idence tha t ou r fi rs t R egen t , M i ssJanet E . R ichards , was the secretary o f

the fi rs t prel im i nary m eet i ngs twentyfive yea rs ago. She brought the o riginalno tes and selec ted the m os t i n terest ingm ot ions, an d as she read them , so vi v idlydid she po rt ray the characters of the objcctors that those who were fam i l ia r w i ththe early days recogn ized the speakers .She showed tha t even then be fo re organiza t ion ,

when Parl iam entary ru l ing wasun fam i l ia r to m os t wom en, the asp i rant sfor recog ni t ion were ready w i th po in tso f o rder an d object ions to ru l ings . On elady being so anxious tha t resolu t ionsshould be lega l sa id she kept a lawyer inthe hom e. ( It was her in n i t—RetryCtr -heC

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dec i sions of these prel im i na ry m ee t ingshave been the foundat ion for o ther Chapters i n the D i st ri c t. Th i s sam e sp i ri tof com ba t i veness i s shown a t the Congress to th i s day .

Mrs. Ma ry S . Lockwood to ld i n herna ive m anner her do ubt of jo i ning a

Chapter a f ter she had a t tended the prel im i nary m eet ing, fea ri ng i t wou ld n ot beharm onious.The S ta te R egen t, Mrs. B rum baugh ,

brough t greet ings f rom the D i st ri ct Chapters ; M i ss Vi rgi nia M i l ler, M i ss Do ri ndaRogers, form er R egent s, and Mrs. T i tt

ma n , M iss McBla i r, form er N at ional cfhcers , m ade brie f rem arks . The Loca lBoa rd sugges ted a s i lver offe ring, and asthe do l lars fel l i n the s i lve r baske t let tersand regret s were read f rom form er m embe rs.

It was fo rtuna te to have w i th us M i ssVi rgin ia M i l ler, who has represented theChapter a t every Congress s i nce i t wasorganized ; M i ss Al ine Solom o ns, whoas L ibra rian Genera l , led us to v ic to rywhen the Chapter rai sed a fund to endowthe l ibra ry i n Cont i nen ta l H a l l and Mrs.

Charl es W. R ichardson, our able ViceR egen t and form er S ta te R egen t , whoa ided in eve ry way to m ake the an n i ver~sa ry a success. These ladies and otherac t i ve m em bers have kept up the s tanda rd of the Chapter by thei r pe rsona l i tyand pa t ri ot ic labo rs for the good of the

order.It w i l l long be rem em bered as a rem i

n i scen t even ing and an insp i ra t ion to

cont inue the noble work . The soc ia l hou rwas enjoyed by m em be rs an d g uest s, andthe re freshm ents were se rved i n the ample room s o f the c lub .

(Mrs. Sanders) Sa g a n I IAL LJon u s‘

ron .

Atlan ta Chap ter (At lan ta , i sthe o ldes t Chapter in Georg ia, an d thesecond i n age in the N a t iona l Order. TheChapter celebra ted i ts 25 th bi rthday Apr i l15, 19 16, when the then R egen t, Mrs.

Bates B lock, gave an elegant recept iona t her hom e in honor o f th i s even t.May 10, 19 16, i s notable in the h is to ry

of the Chapter. At th i s t im e there was

unvei led, w i th i nterest ing exerc i ses, thefounta in given by Mrs. Joseph Madi sonH igh i n hono r of the At lan ta Chapter tothe Ci ty o f At lan ta . Th i s m em oria l sogenerously erected by Mrs. H igh , s tandsa t the junc t ion of Peacht ree and Pi f

teen th s t reet s. The i nscri pt ion upon thebase of th i s m em ori a l reads

“In honor of the At lanta Chapte r,

D aughters o f the Am e rican R evolu t ion .

Founded i n 189 1 by M i ss Jun ia McKi n

ley and Mrs. Ma rtha Berrien D uncan .

E rec ted by Mrs. Joseph Madi son H igh ,R egen t,The ch i e f h i s tor ica l wo rk o f the Chap

ter during t he pas t yea r i s the com pi L

a t ion o f a l ineage book for publ ica t ion .

It i s in tended to cover the h i sto ry of the

Chapter, repo rt s f rom a l l R egen ts and

the l ineage of each C hapte r m em be r.The work i s wel l unde r way, and the

com m i t tee having i t i n charge i s m ak in gcare fu l e ffort for accu racy i n a l l report sand s tatem ents to be em bodied in th ebook .

The h i s torica l work of the yea r emb races severa l valuable papers tha t follow the S ta te H i s to rica l Program . The

Chapter a lso gi ves p rize m edal es says tocerta i n schoo l s i n At lan ta ( the obj ec tbeing the st im ulat ion of in teres t i n Revolu t i on ary H is tory ) , a l so a schola rsh ipi n Wash i ngton Sem inary, At lan ta . Mrs.

H oward H . McCall, a m em ber of At

lanta Chapter, i s Sta te R egen t , and Mrs .

Chas . R ice i s the newly e lec ted R egen t ofthe At lan ta Chapter.

(M i ss ) Au ce Ba x-

ran,

H istoria n .

Fo rt E ar l y Chapt er (Co rdelc, Geo r

g i n ) , though o n ly th ree years of age, ha saccom pl i shed m uch . The year 19 16 j us tc los ing. has indeed been a fu l l yea r,m arked w i th m any beau t i fu l m i les toneso f pat rio t ic endeavor. March fi rst theChapter i ssued a h i story of Cri sp County,beaut i fu l l y i l lust ra ted and handsom elybound ; Ju l y Fou rth, an e lect ri c Am erican flag was p resen ted to the Ci ty of

Cordelc, an d unvei led w i th b ri l l i ant cere:m on ies . A fea tu re of th i s occasion twas f

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Mem ori al Spri ng a t Fort Early S i teFo rt E arly Chapter has presented to

the pup i l s of the gram m ar schoo l s of

Cordele th i s fa l l for l i tera ry wo rk, fou rm edal s i n the form o f sm al l go ld enamc led Am erican flags, and to the h ighschoo l pup i l s for sam e work , a handsom ego ld p iece.The Chapte r ob ta ined for 19 16- 19 17

twelve splendid gi f t scho larsh ips am oun ti ng a l together toFort E a rly Chapter i s com posed of

zea lou s, pa t rio ti c wom en, im bued w i th anearnes t des i re to advance every departm en t of wo rk for wh ich ou r splendidorgani za t ion s tands sponso r.

Mas. E . M . E SPY,

R egent.

Gov . j ohn M i lledge Chap ter (D a l ton ,Ga . ) m a rked during the las t yea r on e ofthe m os t h i s toric houses in th i s statethe Vann house . It stands on a s l ightlyri s ing em i nence overlook ing the v i l lageo f Sp ring P lace, an d was bu i l t for a

res idence by Joseph Vann , a ch i e f o f theCherokees. It i s in a good s ta te of perva t ion

, i s bu i l t of bri ck, and i s twoful l stories h igh w i th basem en t a nd a t t ic .It i s said to have been bu i l t o f brickbrought f rom Savannah, Ga . , on the

back s of ponies . Th i s t radi t ion i s bo rneou t by the fac t tha t workm en em ployedto a t tach the Chapter m arker di scoveredtha t the bricks were o rigi nal ly c reamco lor. Th i s brough t an i nves ti gat ionfrom wh ich i t was ascerta ined t ha t thebrick cou ld n ot have been m ade i n th i ssec t ion becau se of the colo r and a l so thequa l ity o f the m a teria l i n thei r com pos i t iou .

Two tal l ou ts ide ch im neys a re wel lprese rved and o f grea t th ickness. The

corn ice around the bu i lding has co rn icebrackets w i th roset tes of ca rved woodbetween, n ot on e of wh ich i s m i ss ing.

T h i s co rn ice has been p ierced i n placesso tha t gu ns cou ld be inserted and thebu i ldi ng de fended .

The en t rances, bo th back and f ron t,a re pure Co lonial w i th large double doo rs,above wh ich are fan - shaped t ransom s ofc lear glass .As you en ter the w ide, h igh—ce i l i nged

hal l wh ich ex tends the fu l l lengt h o f thebu i lding you see the sp i ra l s ta i rway, appa ren tly unsuppo rt ed, a wonder fu l a ro

ch i tectu ral ach ievem en t .U nder the broad w indows are wha t

were once cunn ing l y h idden secre t placesfor h iding valuables, bu t the Open ingsare n ow clo sed w i th boards .On the le f t as you en ter i s a large

room w i th a wonder fu l ly ca rved woodm antel o f unique cons t ruct ion and des ign . The cclla r, or ba sem en t , i s an i nterest i ng place, an d conta ins three room s,on e o f wh ich has n o doo r, the on ly openings be ing sm al l w i ndows wh ich , i t i ssa id , o rigi nal l y had i ron bars.There i s a t radi tion tha t when Ch ie f

Vann was pa id the share of m oney tha twas d ue h i s t ribe for thei r lands by theU n ited S tates Governm en t he never div ided w i th them , and for th i s reasonwas k i l led by m em bers of h i s t ribe, thesecre t o f wha t becam e of the mgrteysdyC

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Rondelet Used by Benon i Gi llett, Revolut i onary Soldiering w i th h im . It i s sa id tha t hi s wi fehad to ld he r own people be fo re h is dea ththa t she had requested h im n ot to di sclose to her the h idi ng place of the m oneyfor fea r the Indians m igh t com e i n h i sabsence a n d torture her and force herto revea l i t . The bel ie f i s so genera ltha t the m oney was h idden by the ch ie fand neve r found tha t fo rtune hun tershave repea tedly dug over every foot ofground a round the hou se search ing fori t.Jus t be fore the rem oval of the Indians

west,they had becom e so host i le to thei r

wh i te ne ighbo rs tha t Geo rgi a S tate t roopswere sen t to Spring Place and thei rheadqua rters were a t the Vann house.H ere i t was tha t John H oward Payneautho r of

“H om e- Swee t - H om e”—ar

res ted on the charge o f inc it i ng the Indian s to res is t rem ova l was brought , triedand exonera ted by the Georgia au thori

t i es.In the land lot tery, conduc ted by the

S tate o f Geo rgia for the di sposa l o f theCherok ee lands, i t seem ed tha t the Vannlot was qu i te a pri ze , and content ionsarose abou t it s possess ion . There wasqu ite a ba t t le in t he house and bloodwas shed, bu t so far as known , n o on e

was k i l led.

MRS . W'ARRE N R . D am s,

H i storia n .

Ab raham L i n coln Chapter (L i nco l n ,

Ill. ) held a m os t i n terest i ng m eet ing i nO ctober

, 19 16.

‘

E a rly rem i n i scences weregi ven by the R ea l D aughter, Mrs. Wo

desk i , i n her usua l entertaining and

spright ly m anner ; the Chapter dec idedi n connec t ion w i th the year’s study “

H i s

tory of Il l ino i s” to assi s t i n t rac i ng andm ark i ng the rou te over wh ich AbrahamL i nco ln t raveled wh i le i n h i s youngerdays a t tending cou rt i n the old E ighthJudic ia l D i st ric t , com pri s ing the eighteen count ies i n the cent ra l pa rt o f thesta te. of wh ich L ogan Coun ty i s on e.

The pleasan t su rpri se of the a f ternoo nwas the appearance of M i ss Jessie D eanG i l let t , w i th her rare souven i r of theR evo lu t ion ; an d as each m em ber enjoyeda nd apprec iated the pri v i lege of handl ingthe wel l - preserved rel ic , each face expressed reverence and a lso g ra t i tude tothe owner for the opportuni ty gi ven .

Th i s was an oak R ondelet or can teencarri ed i n the Revo lu t ionary “’ar byBenon i G i l let t, son of Capt . ZaccheusG i l let t , who tu rned ou t a t the L ex ingtonAlarm a n d a l so served i n 1776 i n the m il i t ia for the de fense of New Yo rk .

Benoni G i l let t was bo rn Ju ly 23, 1760.

en l i sted a t Farm i ngton,Conn . , i n Bald

w in’s M i l i t ia R egim en t and se rved i nthe Bu rgoyne cam ign . H

” man l iedPhoebe D ean Octobe

pi'I

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a t Fai r H aven , now New H aven , Con n .,

a t the t im e o f h i s appl icat ion for pens ion, and died there .

The R ondelet , or can teen , was gi vento h i s son ,

John D ean G i l let t , who em i

grated to Il l ino i s i n 1834 ; and h i s son ,

n ow l i v ing a t the age o f e ighty - e ightyears

,John D . G i l let t , o f Colorado

Springs, Col. , presen ted i t to i ts presen towner, M iss Jess ie D ean G i l lett , who.

w i th two o ther grea t grand—daughtersof Benon i G i l le t t , are m em bers of theChapter, and were presen t a t the m ee ti ng .

bIAT ILDA PARKER Gxu asrm ,

(Mrs. Dav id) H istoria n .

Fort Arm strong Chap ter (Ro ckIsland, Ill. ) toge the r w i th the Mary Li tt le D eere Chapter of Mol ine, and

the H annah Ca ldwel l Chapter of D avenpo rt . Iowa, jo ined i n celebra t ing the centen n ialof the establ i shm en t o f Fort Armst rong, on the i s land o f Rock Island, Ill.The cornerstone of the blockhouse wasfo rm a l ly dedica ted i n May 10,

19 16, theh undred th ann iversa ry o f the es tabl i shing of the fort as a U S . Governm en tou t po s t aga ins t the Indians . Th i s fortm easu red 270 feet on each s ide . and wasprotected a t each com er by a blockhouse.

On e of these blockhouses has been reconst ructed, as fa i th ful ly as poss ible—eachlog represent ing the pe rsona l con tri b ut ion o f a pioneer fam i l y of the comm uni ty— and i t s com plet ion was celebrated a tthe centenn ial celebra t ion, June 18- 24 ,

19 16. At tha t t im e Mrs. Bu t terworth ,Vice Presiden t Genera l f rom Il l ino i s,represen t ing the N at iona l Soc iety , gave ashort address ; and the S ta te R egen t s ofIl l ino i s a nd M innesota brought gree t ings .On a prom inen t po i n t eas t o f the b lockhouse stands the handsom e m onum en terected som e Years s ince by the Fo rtArm st rong Chapter, and serves to cal lat tent ion to th i s spo t o f the thou sandswho da i l y pass by .

(Mrs ) MARY B . MONTGOME RY,H i storia n .

Spri n gfield Chap ter (Spri ngfie ld ,

Ill. ) rece i ved at i ts October m ee t i ng thegi f t o f an I l l ino i s S ta te Flag. Th i s beaut i fu l gi f t was m ade by Mrs. J . S idneyBu rnet t o f Ch icago, i n m em ory o f herm o ther, Mrs. Sarah M . Leaver ton , w i feof R . L . McGu i re, for m any yea rs anen thus ias t ic and interested m em ber whowas ca l led away D ecem ber 3, 19 1 5 . The

flag w i l l be t reasured i n loving rem embrance o f her in whose m em o ry i t wasgi ven .

L . S t u oem u M ILLE R, H istoria n .

Fran cis V igo Chap ter (V i ncennes,In d. ) has been work i ng for seven yea rsto preserve and res tore the W i l l iamH enry H arri son H ouse in Vi ncen nes.bu i l t i n 1804 , on e of the rea l spo t s wh ichi s of h i sto ri ca l s ign ificance to the N orthwest Terri to ry . On the lawn on f ron t ofthe m ans ion T ecum seh he ld h i s “

pow

wow" w ith Genera l W i l l iam H en ry H ar

ri son . Fina l l y, on Octob er 17 , 19 16 , theVincennes Wa ter Com pany, who had

bought the property for set t l i ng tanks,ofl

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cred i t to the Franc i s Vigo Chapterfor m uch below wha t i t had costthem . A com m i t tee, cal led the H arri sonH ouse Com m i t tee , was imm edia tel y ap

po i nted, and started on a cam paig n forra i s ing the requ i red am oun t . Aided bycon t ribu t ions from i ndi v idua l s and or

ga n i za t ion s i n Maryland , Mi ssou ri , Il l ino i s , Iowa, Kansas, Ma ryland, M i nne~sota . N ew Jersey, New York, Texas andVerm on t . as wel l as f rom every partof the S tat e o f Indiana, the deed was

recent ly s igned, and the Fra nc i s VigoChapte r becam e the proud owners o f th ism ansion , ca l led by one

“The Wh i te

H ouse o f the Northwes t T erri tory .

" andby another, A second Mt . Vernon .

The m ansion stands several hundredfeet f rom the b anks of the \Vaba sh R i ver,fac ing the s m th . The wes t s ide of thehouse. wh ich does n ot show i n the p icture . i s a cu rved wal l , m ak i ng tha t sideo f the Counc i l Cham be r m ore beau t i fuland unusual . It i s bu i l t of brick, w itha basem en t i n wh ich are the servants’quarters, a n d each room has an old- fash:ion ed fi replace . The woodworlt

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nu t , and above the en t rance doo r, w indow glass i s placed i n an open fan - shapedm anner accordi ng to the s tyle o f that day.

The who le hou se i s substan t ia l ly bu i l t ,a nd the room s are com m odious. In on e

o f the sla ts of an inside shu t ter, i n aroom on the m a in floo r, i s a bu l let holewh ich was the resu l t o f a bu l let beingfi red by an Indian, wh ich he a im ed a tthe Governor who was wa lk ing the floo rw ith h i s baby b oy i n h i s arm s . There aretwenty - on e room s in the m ansion , anda l so an at t ic , where m ay be seen the ra fters pu t together w i th wooden na i l s ; andf rom the w i ndows o f wh ich a beau t i fu lv iew m ay be secu red.

From January 16 , 19 16, to January16, 19 17 , tou ri st s to the num ber ofv is i ted the m ans ion . In addi t ion a H arrison H ouse D ay was held las t November for paroch ia l and publ ic school ch i ldren, a n d ove r young m i nds werei m pressed w i th th is v i s ible rem inder of

L adi es of the L ake Chapter (S p i ri tLake , Iowa ) unvei led, w ith approp riatecerem onies, Augus t 29 , 19 16, a b eau t i fu lbronze tablet se t i n a large gran i te b ou lder upon the court house lawn . The

bou lder was dug from the ground la few:)gle

p ioneer days and were m ade t ru l y thankfu l for the preserva t ion o f th i s h i sto ricplace.Yet , w i th a l l th i s work of local i n te r

es t, the Chapter has n ot fa iled to recogn ize i ts pos i t ion as a un i t i n the N a t ion a lSoc iety ; has con t ribu ted largely to M e

m oria l Con t i nen ta l H a l l , and las t yea rdid i ts fu l l share towa rds swel l ing the

Belgian R el ie f Fund . \Ve have alsoerec ted in our c ity cem etery a m on um en to f Ital ian m arble over the grave of Franc i s Vigo . who fu rn ished Col. Clark w i ththe necessary expenses of the arm ywh ich captu red Vincennes .

Mas. FRAN K \V. Cu an s.

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S i te of S tockade i n D i cki nson Co., Ill.

fee t nort h of the place where i t now

stands, and the ta ble t bea rs the fo l low inginscript ion :This ta blet m a rks the spot where the

people of th is com m u n i ty were shelteredduri ng the Ind ia n upris i ng of 1 861 a nd

1 862 . L adies of the L ake Chapter,D aughters of the Am eri ca n Rvolu t ion ,dedica ted to the pioneer m en and wo

m en of D icki nson Cou n ty, 1 9 1 6.

The occas ion o f the unvei l i ng waslooked upon as an Old Se t t lers’ p icn icand ove r on e thou sand people were assem bled, twen ty - on e of them be ingam on g those who sought re fuge in thestockade Augu s t 29 , 1862 . Af ter a p icn icdinner th e program was opened w i th thesinging o f “Am erica" by the schoo l ch i ldren and the invo cat ion by the Chapla inof the chapter. S ena tor L . E . Franc is,son of a p ionee r fam i l y, pres ided, and ina graph ic m anner to ld the in terest ingstory o f those ea rly days . The S tateRegen t , Mrs. D ix ie Gebhart , gave a

Fran ces D i gh ton W i lli am s Chapter(Bango r, Maine) celebra ted Wash ington ’s Bi rt hday, and the e ight i eth anniversa ry o f the bi rth of thei r fi rs t regen t ,Mrs. Corel l i \V. S im pson, w i th a banque ta t the Co lon ia l . Jus t as the guests weresea ted, w i th Mrs. S im pson as the gues tof honor, and Mrs. Addie L . H arvey,t he presen t regen t , a t her righ t hand, ahera ld ann ounced tha t very di st i ngu i shedv i si tors had arri ved to do hono r to theoccas ion ; and as they cam e i n w ith s lowand s tatel y s tep thei r nam es were ca l led.

They were Geo rge \Vash ingt on , w ithMartha \Vash ingt on on h i s arm ; Mr.

Law rence \Wash ington, escort ing Bet tyFai rfax ; Alexander H am i l ton, w ithMrs. John Jay, and the Marqu i s de Lafayet te w i th M i ss Peggy Chew All werein correc t Co lon ia l costum es , wi th w igs.ruffles, knee breeches and shoe buckles ;hu t Martha Wash ington’s dress was especially s t rik i ng. It was of elegan t floweredbrocade 200 years old, w i th fu l l sk i rtand t ram . After the dinner toas ts weredrunk to Wash ingt on's m em ory, an d to

the hos tess, Mrs. S im pson , who responded happi ly . Then the tables were pu shedback and the Colonial guest s danced asta tely m inuet wh ich was so en thusi ast i

ca l ly applauded tha t i t was repeaLed.

-Al‘easel and draw i ng paper were t é i i esj e '

ty

splendid address, set t ing forth the grea tpu rposes of the D . A. R . , and H on . H a r

vey Ingham , ano the r son of a p ioneer,described m os t e loquen t ly early Iowa h i story . Mrs. A. M . Johnson, the regent ,who had to i led uncea s ingly for the success of the en terpri se, presen ted the table t to the P ioneers of D ick i nson Coun ty ;the flag was drawn as ide by the two old

es t wom en presen t who were shel teredi n the stockade fi f ty - fou r years ago, andthe table t was accepted by the Coun tyAt torney i n behal f o f the people o f theCoun ty . Then, as the regen t ’s l i tt ledaughter ho i sted the flag, a sa lu te, thecheers of the c rowd and the s t rains ofthe

“S ta r Spangled Banner ”brought the

happy occasion to a c lose.JAN ET ARTH UR, H istor ia n .

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Mrs. Lydia Wixon

up, and George Wash i ngton b l i ndfo ldedthe gues ts wh il e each essayed to m akedraw ing s of obj ec ts unseen and unseeing. Prizes were gi ven to the bes t andthe wors t exam ples, and th u s ended on e

o f the m os t del ight fu l ga therings tha twas ever enjoyed by the chapter.Kou ssin oc Chapter A u g u s t a

Maine) celebra ted the one hundred th an

n i versa ry of the i r R ea l D aughter, M rs.

Lydi a W i xon , a t the hom e o f her niece,Mrs. G. P . E l l i s, Sept . 1 , 19 16. H er

father,John Rol l ins, was a m em ber of

Wash i ngton’s bodyguard, and m any arethe in teres t ing inc iden ts she has to ld thechapter wh ich were rela ted to her byher father. Th ree of her sons fough t i nthe Ci vi l War, thereby con t i nu i ng thepat rio t i sm . Koussi noc Chapter i s just l yproud of her.The chapter i s part icu larly act i ve th i s

yea r i n Ch i ld We l fare work, hav ing

gi ven a big wh i s t pa rty when $1 50 wasc lea red, to be used for caring for abrigh t, i nterest i ng gi rl of fi f teen yea rs,who los t both feet in an au to acc iden t.The Chapter has accepted he r as i ts special work, sending a teacher to her threet im es a week, who w i l l t ra in her in somespec ia l branch whereby she can becomese l f - suppo rt ing.

(Mrs. E . C. ) L UCIE Goo x i N CARLL,H istor ian .

Old York Ch ap ter (Yo rk , Ma ine).dedicated Ju ly 22, 19 16, a bou lder andtablet to com m em o ra te the bravery and

sacri fice of the M i nu te Men of York inthe seven yea rs’ war for independence

Bou lder E rected by Old York Chapter,Ma i n e

fough t agains t E ng land. The bo u lder wasplaced near the Cong rega t iona l Churcha t York Vi l lage and the cerem onies werew i tnessed by a large num ber of summerres idents i n addit ion to the townspeople.Mrs. M. \V. T ruesdel l , R egen t of theOld York Chapter, was i n charge of theexerc ises of the a f ternoon, wh ich iacluded addresses b y the

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recen t ly ga ve a play tha t wou ld have donecred i t to persons of m a turer years .(Mrs. Melv in ) MARY M ERR ILL MAN N ,

H istori a n .

O range Moun ta i n Chapt er (Orange,N . L ) , w i th a m em bersh ip o f80, i s happyto report a year of i nteres t i ng m eet ing s,hav ing had good speakers, good m usicand a soc ia l ha l f hou r a t each session .

A p rize of a five do l lar gold p i ece i sgi ven i n June every year to the s tudent i neach of the fou r h igh schoo l s of “

The

Oranges w ri t i ng the bes t essay on

U n i ted S ta tes h i sto ry, and th i s year wehave a lso contri bu ted a fi f ty do l la rscho larsh ip th rough the Sou thern Educat ion al Assoc ia t ion. Th i s work was ab lypresen ted to u s by Mrs. J . Low rie Bel l .who to ld of the need o f a id and co- ope rat ion from the D . A. R .

February 22d we held ou r annua lluncheon , wh ich as always was the “banner day.

" as we a lways have su ch a goodt im e w i th ou r gues ts ; a nd S unday, Febru ary 25th , we held, as usua l , ou r pat ri ot ic church se rv ice in com m em ora t ionof the bi rth o f \Vash i ngton .

(Mrs. H o race H . ) LOU ISE A. SM IT H ,

H istoria n .

The Keskeski ck Chap ter (Yonkers ,N . Y . ) presented a m os t dign ifi ed andbri l l ian t prog ram in the h is to ric bu i ldi ng,Manor H a l l , on the evening of Febr ua ry22 , 19 16.

The obj ec t o f th i s program was toarouse pat r io t ic i n teres t i n the past andp resen t of ou r coun t ry . The Mano rH ouse in i ts splendid sta te of preservat ion m ade a fi tt ing background for th eold Du tch and Co lon ia l figu res wh ichm oved over i ts th resho lds . The Mano rH ouse was placed under R evo lu t iona rygu ard— as i t m igh t have been during\‘Vash i ngton

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s t im e—a guard i n blue andbu ff s tat ioned a t each ent rance . al so ahousehold a t tendan t in Co lonial li very .

The program was presen ted i n the

grand old bal l room and consi s ted of

groups of l i ving p ic tures represent ingdifferen t pe riods o f the h i sto ry of ou r

count ry . Many of the groups wereposed a f ter old pa in t ings a nd pri n ts andthe costum es were ve ry care fu l l y selected— a num ber of va luable hei rloom sbe ing used . The gen t lem an who im person a ted John Qu i ncy Adam s appearedi n the cou rt cos tum e wh ich Mr. Adam swo re when he was am ba ssado r a t theCou rt o f St . Jam es . An Em pi re gowno f Abiga i l Adam s was a l so wo rn .

On e group of p ic tu res representedprom inen t wom en o f the R evo lu t ionarype ri od. The types were selected w ithcare and th i s sec t ion of the program wasa feature in i t se l f . A very c lever im persona t ion o f Abraham L i nco ln furn i shedthe interest i n the Ci v i l \Va r group . The

c l im ax o f the program was the Pea ceg roup— the figu re o f Peace a t tended bya so ldier and sai lo r represen t ing “Pre

pa redn ess.

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Fol low i ng the program . a bal l wasgi ven. All the guest s, o ver th ree hundred in num be r. were costum ed. At i n

tervals during the danc ing, the center oft he bal l room was the scen e o f h isto ricaldances— an old D u t ch dance, the m i nuet,the French gavo t te, the lancers in m s

tum e of the s i x t ies and a p ickan innydance .

A very st rik i ng p icture m et the eye asthe guest s stood as ide an d a rrangedthem selves unconsc iousl y i n p ict u resquem asses aga ins t the Co lonia l a rch i tecturewhen a band o f Indians s t raggled intothe open ing, p i tched cam p and rehearseda pan tom im e. being in terrupted by the appearan ce of H enry H udson and h i s seam en who were rece ived w i th proper In~dian cerem ony. The Indians were costurned as nearl y as po ssible h i storical lyco rrect , a f ter the eastern Indians of the\Vappi nger Con federacy , who occupiedth i s s ide o f the H udson Val ley .

Mano r H a l l has becom e dea rer to useas a chapter bo th because of the effortwe have pu t forth to arrange th i s enterta i n m en t , and a l so because of the in teresti t has a rou sed in the com m un i ty .

(Mrs ) MARY D un uev SM ITH .

N ew R och elle Chap ter-D igglgggvbywm

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ch el le, N . Y. ) has fa i r records in pa tr iot ic ac ti v i ty, a l though older soc iet ies i nthis “proud ci ty of the waters”—a ocal led l ike i ts an c ien t pro to type , La Rochel le, France—have fores ta l led us i n

mark i ng the m any h i s tori c spots.The chapter was form a l l y ch ri s tenedFebrua ry 28, 19 1 1 , by Mrs. E l len H a l lCrcsman , ou r fi rs t hono ra ry m em ber,whose death , fe l t by the soc iety, i s a sadloss to th i s chapter wh ich has been hel pedby her kindness, her swee tness and hergrea tness . At her funera l we form eda gua rd of hono r, lay i ng whi te cam a t i onsupon the casket.Ea ch yea r we presen t flags to the pub

lic l ibra ry an d gi ve prizes to pup i l s ofthe publ ic schoo l s i n the pa t ri o t ic essa ycontes t. We respon d to m any appeal s,at hom e and abroad, i n chari table andpatrioti c causes. We cont ribu te to thelocal H om e for the Aged and throughour cha i rm an of chari t ies, v i s it the sickand a i d the poo r. We send l i tera ture tothe soldie rs ; take pa rt i n the cerem oniesof Mem o ri al Day and celebra te Washington

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s bi rthday. We m arched in thegreat pa rade of N ew Rochel le’s Preparedness D ay ; he l ped the i n fan t i le paralysi s sufferers and are n ow m eet ingto sew for the Red Cross.Gett ing co -ope ra t ion of other N ew

York S ta te chapters we pu rchased theEmpi re S ta te Fl ag for the na t ional pos toti i ce ; the sm a l l balance rema in ing of

State D . A. R. m oney go ing w i th an addi tional dona t ion from ou r t reasu ry to

the Martha Berry Schoo l . To Georgetown Chapter’s schoo l for m oun ta in g i rlswe dona ted.Am used to en thu siasm by Mrs. J. T .

Lockwood, regen t ofWh i te Pla ins Chapter. we in terv iewed the County Supervi sors. i nfluenc ing them to purchaseWashington’s H eadquarters at NorthCastle, nea r the Coun ty seat .Impressi ve church serv ices were heldFebmary 18th i n hono r of the chapte rat which ou r chapla in, Rev. W i l l iam E .

a re fam ous i n the town . Chapter Day i sthe bi rthday of Thom a s Pa ine. The h i stori c Pai ne esta te here i s a na t iona l m aseum—a m ecca of h i s tori ca l i n teres t i atern at iona l.

We m ain ta i n a sec t ion in the publ icl ibra ry con ta in ing abou t on e hundredvolum es . Press not ices are prese rved i na sc rap- book . A typew ri t ten h i s tory of

the chapte r has been kept f rom the be

gi nn ing and a fin e Year Book i s publi shed.

On e New Rochel le newspaper has aD . A. R . colum n , s tart ed to prom ote, by“dign ified publ ic i ty," loca l i n terest i n theo rder.Am ong our chapte r mem bers are

m others of nearly fi f ty boys bu t onlysi x gi rl s, a fac t dem ons t ra t i ng, inc idental ly, som e resource in m en to se rve the i rcount ry . An avenue, m o reove r, for pat ri ot i c work, begi nn in g, like cha ri ty, a thom e.As the R e fugee s who founded our

town i n 1688 had B ible p recepts p ic turedupon thei r fireplace t i les, f rom wh ich them oth ers ins t ruc ted the ch i ldren da i ly, sowe, fai th fu l to the slagan of the soc iety,“H om e and Coun t ry," have these boysnear and dear, i n t ra in ing to s tand bythe Flag of thei r Fa the rs .(Mrs. Wm . Leete ) AN N A B . STON E,

H istoria n .

Western Rese rve Chap ter (Cleveland, Oh io) celebra ted i ts twen ty- fifth

annive rsary February 19 , 19 1 7 , by aluncheon a t the H ollenden H otel . a twh ich on e hundred and fi f ty m em bersand guests were presen t.The assem bly- room , where so m anyh i s torica l even t s have taken place, wasdecora ted w i th the beau t i fu l s tars and

st ripes, and as the long l i ne of guest s,led by the pages, dressed in wh i te,wended thei r way down the long roomand found thei r places, a beau t i fu l elect ric flag, i n the cen ter ri ght back of thespeaker's table, was i l l um inated and al l

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the flag in a l l t im e to com e, for i t standsfor

“On e N a t ion indi v i s ible, w i th L ibe rty

an d Jus t ice for a l l .” To the le f t wasthe da te, 1892 , and to the ri gh t 19 17 .wh i le di rect ly ba ck of the regent, Mrs.

S . S . Saffo ld, was the i nsign ia , the whee land di stafi

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done i n si lver. A bunch of

Am erican Beau ty roses, twen ty-five i n

num ber, decora ted the speaker’s table,wh i l e a t the sm a l ler tables the Colonia lcandlest icks w i th s i lver shades could befound.

Mrs. Charles H . Sm i th , Custodian of

the Flag, was fi rs t of the a f ter- luncheonspeakers, and she gave the short historica l set t ing of the chapter. Mrs. GeorgeM . Sm art fol lowed w i th “

Twenty- five

Yea rs of Pa tr iot ic Work i n Cleveland.

"

She fo l lowed the work of the chapterth rough the years, pa id t ribu te to the la teMrs. O . J . H odge, and Mrs. B . F. Taylor,and Mrs. Mary R ank i n Gou lder. The

work in i t ia ted and suppo rted by them , i a

c luded the '

presen tat ion of to en

dow a ' cha ir '

o f Am erican h istory i n theCollege for Wom en ,

W R . U . , a nd3thefirst effort s t oward American i za t i on of

foreign born .

U nde r Mrs. A. E . H y re, the fou r c lubsof boys known as “Sons of the R epub l ic”were concent ra ted a t Brownel l S choo l .M rs. Edward L . H arr is , wh i le regen t,in i t ia ted the sane Fou rt h" obse rvance,and the chapter’s suppo rt of the workam ong Sou the rn m ounta ineers and

m ovem en t towards a m o re genera l observance of the flag law and respec t forthe flag . The

“G i rl H om e- m akers. " ori

g i n ated by Mrs. \V. B . N eff, and takenup by the s ta te and na t iona l soc iet ies ; theCatheri ne Avery Soc iety, Ch i ldren o f theAm erican R evo l u t ion, and the foundingof whee l an d dis taf’f gu i lds ; the foundingof the Catherine Avery Mem oria l l ibra ryand a perm anen t headquarters fund, an dthe we lcom ing of newl y na tural ized c it izens were m ent ioned am ong la terach ievem ents. “

In war and peace wes tand ready, dem oc rat ic and energe t ic ;ou r chapter faces the futu re w i th loya l tyand enthus iasm ,

" sa id Mrs. Sm art i nc losin g.

Mrs. Gert rude Van R en ssela er W i ckham

, on e o f the six cha rte r m em bers n owl i vi ng, an d the firs t Oh io wom an to appea r on the program a t the Second Cont i n en tal Congress, held in Wash i ngtontwen ty - four yea rs ago, read the addressshe gave on tha t occasion, “The M i ss ionof the D . A. R .

” Mrs. W i lliam C. Boyle,recording secre ta ry general o f the N at i on al Soc iety, read le tt ers of congratulat ion f rom Mrs. W i l l iam Cum m i ng S tory.pres iden t genera l , who had expected to

be p resen t, and Mrs. Thom as K i te, ofCin c inn a t i, pas t s ta te regen t . Gree tingswere gi ven by Mrs. Edward Orton ,Jr.,

of Co lum bus ; D i rector Gene ra l i n chargeof R eport s to the Sm ith sonian In sti tut ion, Mrs. Aust i n C. B rant , of Can ton,S ta te R egen t, and Mrs. Clayton R.

Tru esdall, o f Frem on t, H on o rary S tateR egen t. Mrs. Edward L . H arri s, S tateR egent - e lec t, to comm em ora te the twenty

-fifth ann iversa ry o f Wes tern R eserveChapter, founded by the late Mrs. Ca therine H i tchcock T i lden Avery , presentedto the N a t iona l Soc iet y, i n the nam e ofthe chapter, $100, to be appl i ed on the

fina l paym en t of Mem o ria l Con t i nentalH al l . Two pa ges recordi ng the li fe andse rv ice of Mrs. Ave ry, to be i nsc ribed inthe Book of R em em brance f rom M ichigan , a t Mem o ria l Con t inen ta l H a l l , presented by the la te Sena tor Bu rrows. inm em o ry of h i s w i fe . Mrs. Avery wasbo rn i n M ich igan, and the fi rs t years ofher m a rried l i fe were spen t the re . Mrs

Boyle very grac ious ly accepted the gi fti n the nam e of the N a t ional Soc ie ty .

Two touch ing inc iden ts of the occasionwere the cal l ing of the ro l l o f charterm em bers, a t wh ich fou r of the s i x l i vingresponded— Mrs. Soph ia E . Roberts,Mrs. Caro l ine B . Babcock , Mrs. Ju l ia V.

W i lcox and Mrs. Ge rt rude V. R . Wick.

ham ; an d the presen ta t ion of the si lvergave l by Mrs. Charles H . Sm i th , whichwas accepted in the nam e of WesternR ese rve Chapter, by the regen t, Mrs. S.

S . Safi'

old.

The glori ous old “Star Spangled Ban

ner”concluded the p rogram, and wi th

eyes a l i t t le m oi s t, bu t We

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st ruck, except possibly the aged an d

feeble Parson Bu rt,who wandering in

fear from h i s hom e, was found dead thenex t day i n a field, e ither from fr ight,or a bu l let .E arly i n January, 1776, Bri t i sh sol

diers again cam e to the harbor, an d f romthen un t i l 1 778, a pe ri od of fear and u n

certainty preva i led. \Vom en and ch i ldren from a l l the seacoas t towns wereadv i sed by the legis la tu re to m ove to thein ter io r, an d everyth ing was in con fu

s ion . May 25, 1 778, a detachm en t ofabou t 500 Bri t i sh and H ess ians, underL ieu t . Col. Cam pbel l , cam e up the bayf rom N ewpo rt , proceeded to Warren,and then took the road to Bris to l . At

B u rr’s H i l l were severa l houses , i n on e

of wh ich l i ved the sheri fl' of the coun ty .

They took him p ri soner, and on e of thesoldiers had a tuss le w i th h i s w i fe overa s i lver teapo t she was clea ning. She

was sm a l l , bu t ac t i ve, and had a tongu eof her own , a nd— she kept the teapot .As the soldiers m arched th rough townthey se t on fire the houses on thei r l ineof m arch . In on e there were n o m en ,

nei ther was there wa ter ; bu t the wom enhastened w i th the i r pans o f m i lk and ext i n gu i shed the flam es . La ter the m ark sof the fire were concea led by new boa rds ;bu t when the house was torn down in1858 the charred wood was revealed.

In Sept . 1 778, La faye t te took com

m and of the po rt s abou t R hode Island,an d had h i s headquarters a t “Cam p nearBri s tol , a t the hom e of Mr. R eyno lds .(Th i s house has had a su i table table tplaced by the S . A. R . ) H e arri vedthere alone, earl ie r than had been expected, an d Mrs. R eynolds supposed hewas the Genera l 's servan t . H e asked forfood, wh ich she though t was s t range, bu tprov ided som eth i ng wh ich he a te hea rt ily . H e sa t so long a t tabl e tha t Mrs.

R eynolds rem i nded h im the General wasexpec ted soon , and she w i shed everyth ing clean on h i s arri va l . H er su rpri secan be im agi ned when she found theyoung servan t" was th e dist ingu i shedgu es t .In 1779 , grea tly to the del ight of the

8.

Lvn xa'

M . Coon s, H is tori an .

H am pton Chap ter (H am pto n , Vi rgin ia) has held m eet i ng s regu larly eachm onth i n the hom es of the m em bers . atwh ich the genera l top ic of the yea r book .“Co lon ia l H om e Art and H andicra f t,"was considered .

There was a rejo ic ing when the heal thof ou r regen t

,M rs. S . H . Sayres, was

equal to her pres iding over the chapteragain and under her insp i r ing leadersh ip.

the chapter freely responds to loca l a ndgenera l dem ands .Mrs. J . E . \Varreu, the regi s tra r of the

chapter, sen t to the Moun ta in M i ss iona large b ox m ade up of con t ri bu t ions ofth e m em bers of the chapter an d theirf riends . The chapter w i l l di scuss, “Grea tE ven t s in the Grow th o f Am erica ”

du r

i ng the com ing year. The subj ec ts be

c i t i zens, the soldiers were rem oved f romthe town, and i n 1 780 only th ree sm alltowns in the s tate had less proper ty thanBristo l . N one. except N ewpo rt , faredso hard or m et w i th such loss i n theRevo lut ion as Bri s to l . Ye t the i n hab itan ts gave gladly, so grea t was the i r zeal :and when Wash ington passed th roughthe town in March , 1 781 , every honorwas pa id h im . The w idow o f poo r Parson Bu rt , who had a l i tt le schoo l , taughther ch i ldren th e couplet

“In seven teen hu ndred a nd ei gh ty

- on e

I saw General Wash i ng ton .

”

charging them to rem em ber i t u nti l theirdy ing day .

Al though the pe riod of s t ress and

s torm was so long drawn ou t an d harassing, the town ha s n o ro lls o f en l i s tm entsand even the nam es of al l those whoserved so long and so fa i th fu l ly cannotn ow be rescued f rom obl i vion . Let us

s t ri ve by the preserva t ion “

of p ri vatepapers and t radi t ion s to do al l we canto bring to l igh t and prese rve the deeds.n o ma tter how sm a l l, of those fa ith fulpa t riots

WORK OF TH E CH APTERS

Ma rker E n d ed by N arc issa Whi tm an Chapter“Firs t Am eri can L egi sla t ion , 1619 ,S ign i ng o f the Dec lara t ion of In dependence ,

" “F ram ing o f the Cons t i tu t ionof the U n i t ed S ta tes ,” “

Inaugu ra t ion o f-

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ash i ngt on — H i s Farewel l Address .”

The ro l l c all a t each m eet ing be fore thepapers on these h i storica l subj ec ts areread ar e i ndeed interes t i ng and are :Nam e o f a nces tor th rough whom eachm em be r i s en t it led to m em bersh ip ; residence o f a n ces tor ; serv ice of ancestor ;an ancest ra l story ; earl i es t ances traldate na t io na l descen t o f ances tor ; a patri o t i c u t t erance . It i s a pleasu re to seehow i n t im a te the chapter feel s w i th eachancestor o f the Am eri can R evolu t ion .

The H am pton Chapter has i t s si x teenthbi rthday on the 23rd of th i s m onth

,Jan

uary .

The chapter has i ssued a tt rac t i ve pos tcards , ha v ing views of h is to ric places inH am pton , an d these gi ve an excel len tim press ion of the scenes o f earl ier days

in the h i s tori c Vi rgin ia town . The h itorian o f the chapter i s com p i l ing ach rono logy of H am pton a n d v ic in i ty,wh ich wi l l be both in te res t ing and i n

st ruct i ve when com pleted, as the da tew i l l be from 1607 to the presen t da te,19 17 .

N ow, on the th resho ld of another year,le t u s hope for peace and prosperi ty .

w i th the hono r o f ou r coun t ry i n tac t .(Mrs. \Vm . \V. ) AN N E P. R xcn a nn sox ,

H istor i an .

N arci ssa W h i tm an Ch ap ter (Yak im a , \Vash ing ton ) ce lebra ted Jul y 4 ,19 16

,by unvei l ing a m on um en t m ark ing

a h i s toric spo t i n the p ioneer h i story of

the val ley .

The m arker i s a fi f teen ton f ragm en to f basa l t ( nat i ve rock ) . It m arks thescene o f a th ree days’ bat t le be tweengovern m en t fo rces and O regon volun

teers aga ins t the Indian s i n

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ing the ou tbreak of the Indians i n wha ti s known as the Yak im a War. The m on

um en t bears th i s legend : “Yak im a War

— Ba t t le of Pahot icu te, Two Bu ttesNovem ber 9 , 1855. E rected by D . A. R . ,

Ju ly 4 , 19 16.

The program of presen ta t ion of the

m onum en t was i n charge of the N arci ssaWh i tm an Chapter. Mrs. L . L . Po rter,regen t of the chapter, presided . The exerci ses opened w i th s i nging Am e rica .

”

A . J . Splawn ga ve the h i sto ry of theba t t le and the causes tha t led to i t .The presen ta t ion speech was m ade byMrs. C. E . U del l , vi ce regen t of the

chapter,and the response by Judge R . B .

M i lroy. E xerc i ses c losed w i th sa lu t ingthe flag and s in gi ng “

The S tar Span gledBanner .”

Th i s ba tt le is known to the a rm yreco rds as the Bat t le of Two B u t tes . Theba t t le fo l lowed the di sa st rous a ttem ptof Major H al ler to penetra te the Yak im aVa l ley . The H a l ler troop was cu t to

p ieces on e m on th be fore, twen ty m i lesabove th i s spo t on the Toppenish .

An‘ expedi t ion was fi tt ed ou t a t The

D al les, Oregon , under Major G. J .R aines. Ph i l . A. Sheridan was a l i eutenan t i n com m and of dragoons . ColonelJ . W . N esm i th comm anded 350 Oregonvo lun tee rs, ha l f of the force of the expedi t i on . Oppos ing them were abou t 3C!)Indians under Ch ie f Kam iaki n . The In

dians were de fea ted.

(Mrs. A. J . ) MARGARET C. Spu wn .

E l iza b e th L udi ngto n H agan s Chapter (Mo rgan town, \Ves t V i rgi n ia) hashad an act i ve yea r. In the c losing weekof October exe rc i ses of an except iona l lyi n terest ing character were held i n theH igh Schoo l audi torium . Fram ed cop iesof the state flag laws—al so steel flag po le—were p resented to the schoo l s and thewooden sta tue of heroic size of Pa t ri ckH enry , wh ich for 40 years had su rm oun ted the old cou rt house, was l ikew i se ded ica ted to the schoo ls. All of

wh ich was a ttended w i th appropri a te exerci ses im bued wi th the proper sp i r i t ofpa t riot i sm .

Th i s chapter, du ri ng the yea r, throughi ts com m i t tee on Pa t rio t ic Educa t ion inSou thern Moun ta in Schoo ls, gave a totalof $46 for tha t pu rpose to the Pi neMoun ta i n Sett lem en t School, Ken tucky ;H elen D un lap Schoo l , Arkansas, an d theJosiah E l l is School , Virgi nia, collect i vely.It a lso placed a “Ma i ne" m em o ri al tab leti n the audi torium of the Morga n townH igh Schoo l, and con tr ibu ted to the fundfor l iqui da t ing the lan d debt of the

N . S . D . A. R . , and to the Mem ori alCont i n en tal H al l fund.The m eet i ngs are well atten ded and a

l i vel y in terest ma in tai ns in all proceed

in gs and undertak in gs of the chapter.Mrs. Frank Bu tler T rot ter, wi fe of the

Presiden t of the Wes t Vi rgin ia U niversi ty, i s our effic ient and painstak i ng Regen t .(Mas. T . R . ) Ma n ssa W. Wu rsn nm u

Pack H orse Fo rd Chapt er (Shepn erdstown , W . Va . ) was o rgan ized Feb.22 , 19 16, a t the o ldes t town in the state,set t led very ea rly in Colonia l days— PackHorse being i t s fi rs t nam e, and the rivercrossing of the Po tomac, f rom Marylandto Vi rgin ia, bea r i ng a l ike n am e, was theh ighway f rom Marylan d and Pen nsyl

vania in to Vi rginia .

We have had m on thly soci al and business m eet ings and have a chapter roomfu rn i shed, and have gi f ts of value. Wecelebra ted Ju ly 4 , 19 16 w ith a schoolch i ldren ’s parade ; pla ced Flag laws inou r col lege and publ ic schoo ls ; have loca ted 28 graves of R evolu t ionary sol

diers ; en tertained “ the Wes t Vi rgi niaS tate Con ference N ov . 1 and 2 , 1916;i ndexed “

H is toric Shepherdstown "for

the D . A. R . l ibra ry, and are c los ing outfi rs t year’s work by erect i ng a bronzetablet to preserve the nam e of ou r chapter and the origi nal nam e of the townand r iver crossing of Co lon ia l days.Th i s tablet was unvei led Feb. 22 , 1917.

the bi rthday of Gen era l George Washi n gton, whose grw t

- grea t- grea t- greatgrea t nephew. Jam es Phiuimzsqsks'sxog ie

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,com pletely surrounding

the fo rt , excep t on the side toward theri ver

,where the grea t ga tes were . The

for t was ful ly garr i soned unt il 184 1 ,when the troops were ordered to Florida ,bu t a sm al l detachm en t being le f t at FortH oward un t i l 1852 . A f ter that t im e aProvos t Marsha l l ’s headquarters was estab li shed ; and i t was in 1865 tha t the lastoffic ia l o rder was sen t to Fort H oward,

th i s be ing the fu l l desc ript ion an d theo rder for the arres t ofW i l kes Boo th , theassassin o f Presiden t L i nco ln .

Fo l low i ng M i ss Mart i n, M i ss Merri l lo f St . Lou i s, the guest o f honor a nd

daughter of Capta in M . E . Merri l l , whowas com m andan t o f Fort H oward i n1834 , was in troduced . M i ss Merri l lsta ted tha t her bro thers were bo rn in thefo rt . She cal led a t ten t ion to a tree s tandi ng abou t 600 feet di rec tly west of theflagsta ff ,

say ing tha t a t the t im e her parents occup ied the com m andan t ’s quarters,thei r po rch was shaded by that tree . An

old p ic tu re of the fo rt plain ly shows thesm al l t ree standing near the house. U n

fort una tely the fire of last year, whena warehouse and o i l tank s were bu rned.

so dam aged th i s h i storic old t ree tha t i tappears to be dy i ng.

She said tha t the house erected for th euse o f the com m andan t i n 1834 was yerylarge , bu i l t i n the s tyle of sou thernhom es w i th detached k i tche n, wh i ch m us thave been m o st i nconven ien t du ring theco ld w inter of th i s c l im a te. There werelarge po rches or gal leries, two in f ron tand two a t the back . There was a spacious hal l running through the m iddle o fthe house, wh ich was probably u sed asa di n ing room , an d two large room s onei ther side o f the hal l . The second floo rwas arranged in the sam e m anner. Bu tthe th i rd floor was cu t up i n to m anysm a l l room s . M i ss Merr i l l i s under theim pression tha t the on l y m ethod of hea ting was by m eans o f the big fireplaces :a nd as the ce i l ings were very h igh and

the room s large, the occupan t s ev identl ydid n ot su ffer from an overheated house.

In 1862 , when the Ch icago Northwes tern R a i l road cam e th rough , the siteo f the fort cam e in to possession of thera i l road com pany .

Capta in Merri l l and Capta in Mart inScot t , who were closely assoc ia ted and

i n t im a te f riends, were k i l led a t the battleof Mel ina D elR ey, Mex ico , i n 184 7 , bothbeing m em bers of the 5 th U n ited S tatesIn fan t ry .

M i ss Merri l l told o f the m anner inwh ich the soldiers at tended serv ice afterCh r ist Ep i scopa l Church had been bu il ton the eas t s ide of the ri ver. H ow herm o ther had wa tched them m arch to thewa ter's edge, where they em barked inboa ts, crossed the ri ver and then swungup the s treet to the m usic o f the li fe anddrum . She to ld of the qua in t appearanceo f the church so arranged tha t a part ofthe congrega t i on were sea ted w ith theirbacks to the a l tar, and tha t i n order tobe com fortable in co ld wea ther m ost ofthem carri ed foo t warm ers . E ven thegoss ip o f those old days has com e downto us, for i t i s sa id that som e of the gayyo ung soldiers w ro te bi l le t dou x in

chu rch , wh ich were sm uggled f rom handto hand, unt i l they reached the fa ir recipi en t for whom they were in tended.

The Reverend Jam es K ieb, then gavea num ber of fac ts in regard to the historic church of wh ich he i s rec tor.Ch rist E p i scopa l Church was organ

i zed i n 1 829 a t Men om i n eevi lle, on the

Fox R i ver, near the presen t si te of thev i l lage of Al louez .R ober t Irw i n, a m em ber of the well

known Irw in fam i ly of Green Bay , wasa t D et ro i t a t th i s t im e as m em ber of thelegi slatu re . A pe t i t ion for i nco rporat ionwas sen t to h im , was presen ted to and

passed by the legis latu re and a r t icles ofincorpora t ion were gran ted. Chri stChurch Parish i s n ow eighty- seven yearsold. Th i s church was close ly connectedw i th the fo rt ; the firs t serv ices were heldi n the s tockade, be fore a church bu i ldingwas erected. On e of the prec iou s rel icso f the very ear ly days i s a pew ter chal icethat was u sed i n serv ices held in the fort .E lea zer \Vi lli am s, the ggfigllggy 41353!

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Dauph i n of France, cam e to th i s v ic in ityas a m i ss ionary i n D eacon

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s Orders,u nder the au thori ty o f the D om est ic andFo re ig n M issionary Soc iety of N ew

York . H e accom pl ished a great dea l ofwork am ong the Indians, m arried and

set tled a t L i t t le R ap ids, 9. po in t a fewm i les be low D e Pet e, on the Fox R i ver,where he l i ved for som e yea rs . H e final lyretu rn ed to the eas t where he died .

Fa the r K ieb m ade re ference to the remarkabl e work o f B ishop Kem pe r in theearly day s i n establ i sh i ng the Ch ris t ianrel igio n i n the northwes t terr itories andexpressed h i s ea rn es t w i sh that in the n otdistan t fu tu re a su i table m em orial beerec ted to Bishop Kem per in the churchyard o f Ch ri s t Church .

In c lo s ing he spoke of an ideal plan,wh ich ha s rece i ved som e encouragem en t,to ha ve t he c ity acqu i re the property or

as m uch of i t as po ssible, covering thesite of the old for t on the ri ver bank ,using i t for a park, wh ich wou ld m akefor c i v ic beau ty a nd wou ld for al l t im ekeep green the m em o ry of the days ofold Fo rt H oward.

The i n teres t of th e par ty having beenaroused by these rem i n iscences and descri pt i on s so i n teres t ingly narra ted, a tthe sugg es t ion of the regent , the p i lgrim srepaired to several au tom obi les and weredriven to Kel logg st ree t to v i s i t an old

fort bu i lding, wh ich was m oved to i tspresen t s i te, when the rai l road com panysecu red the land. There are several o fthese old bu i ldings in th i s vic in ity . The

on e loca ted on Kel logg s tree t i s the largest . It i s the bu i ldi ng wh ich was usedfor the hosp i ta l . It n ow s tands on acorner, and jus t to the rear o f

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i t i s asma l ler st ruc ture, sa id to have been thequarterm as ter's quarters.The old hosp i ta l bu i lding i s i n a fai rly

good‘ s ta te o f preservat ion and has n ot

been m odern ized to any grea t extent . Itis n ow used as a dwel l ing and the cecupants very k i ndly opened thei r doors tothe pa rty, who enjoyed see ing the old

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fash ioned h igh cei l inged room s, the brassdoor knobs

,the b ig i ron keys a t leas t

six inches long, i n the old t im e locks, ap

Georgia and have hel ped the S tuden ts 'a nd the steep long fl ights of s ta i rs, w iththe dark hand- ra i l and del ica te squarebani sters and hand—carved newe l postsa t top and bot tom . Som e of the origi nalshu t ters are s t i l l on the ou ts ide of thew indows,— shu t ters that are heavy ands t rong enough for de fens ive pu rpo sesand to hold them back aga inst the wa l lwhen open are qua in t hand w rough t i ronscro l l s

,m any of wh ich are s t i l l i n place.

Across the en t i re f ron t o f the house i sa veranda, som e ten fee t w ide, overwh ich the second story exten ds . The

cei l i ng of the veranda i s plastered and toa l l appea rance the o rigi nal plas ter s t i l lrem ains . The s truc ture is very su b stan

t ially bu i l t and we were told tha t underthe c lapboards, the bu i lding i s en t i relycovered w it h sheet lead.

The p i lgrim age then led to Ma therst reet , where the th i rd h i s toric house wasvi s i ted. Th i s house has been the property and hom e of the Scho l ten fam i l y forthe pas t forty-five years . It i s a twos to ry bu i ldi ng, sa id to have been thek i tchen of the com m andan t 's qua rters.It or igi nal ly cons is ted o f two very largeroom s on each floo r w i th s ta i rs

,pant ries

and c lose ts be tween . Addi t ional room shave been added. b u t the f ron t of thehouse, tha t part wh ich s tood in the stockade, i s practi ca l ly un touched and i s in aper fec t state of preserva t ion . Wh i le th ewal l s are decora ted i n up- to- da te m anner,the hand hewed uprigh t t im bers plainl yshow . There the D aughters reveled i nenjoym en t of the hand wrought i rondoor la tches, and the doo rs , hand-m adeand heavy , cal led forth adm i rat ion . N earthe top of on e of them , sm a l l panes o fglass were set, let t ing l igh t i nto wha twou ld o therw ise have been a dark passage. Set into the wa l l o f the room , n ow

used as a parlor, i s a w indow of fourt i ny panes wh ich l igh ts a recess underthe stai rs.On the second floor i s the landing a t the

top o f the s ta irs and two big a iry sleepi ng room s, l ighted by w indow s a t e itherend of the hou se and by four dorm erw indows, two i n each room , being place

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exact l y opposi te each other, thus crea t ingthe bes t possible ven t i la t ion. N ot m uchof the ou tsi de surroundings are to beseen f rom these dorm er w indows, un lessone c l im bs up express ly to look ou t, for

they are placed h igh up f rom the floor.We were assured by ou r hostess, tha t sofar as she knows, the w i ndow glass i stha t wh ich was placed o rigina l ly and thewavy l ines th rough som e of the sm allpan es bears ou t her bel ie f .U pon the a rri va l of the party a t the

hom e of Mrs. C. D . Lyons, the hos tessof the a f ternoon

,dainty re freshm en ts

were served, a f ter wh ich the cha irma n ofthe program com m i t tee announced tha tM i ss Edi th Camm of Green Bay hadk i ndl y consen ted to favor the chapterw i th som e of the ta les of the old fortwh ich had been to ld her by her fa th erand grandfa th er.M i ss Camm sa id : “My gran d fa ther,

Orderly Sergean t j ohn Camm , dam e toFo rt H oward in 1826, f rom Sacket t’sH arbor, New York, w i th h i s regim en t,the 2nd U ni ted S ta tes In fant ry , MajorW i l l iam Wh i st ler in comm and. Mygrand fa ther l i ved in a log house by ther iver, nea r the presen t s i te of the fi shhouse of the Boo th Com pany . It was inth i s house tha t my father, Thom as M .

Camm , was born on January 16, 1828,

and he was the first wh i te ch i ld born onthe wes t s ide of the r iver.

“The s tockade su rrounding the fort

was a t th i s t im e abou t fi f teen feet h i ghand was bu i l t of square hewed t im bersse t endw i se in the ground.

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R e ferring to an old draw i ng of thefort , M i ss Cam m drew a t ten t ion to abu i lding loca ted be tween the fort enc i osure and the ri ver, say i ng : “

Th i s wasthe com m i ssa ry s to rehouse . It was u sedas a warehouse by D ousma n 81. E lm ore in1862 and 1863 and was la ter sold to

H i ram Cornel l and m oved to Valen t ine,N ebraska, where i t a t tained dign i ty asthe coun ty cou rt house. North of th i sbu i ldi ng was the Su t ler’s s to re, kept fora t im e by Colonel Jones, who cam e asSu t ler in 1835 . In 1850 th i s bu i ldingwas m oved down on the ice and placed a t

the corn er of Pearl andWa lnu t streets,where i t was occup ied by m y grandfa therwho conducted a genera l s tore there. Thefirs t pos t office was a l so located there, myunc le Oscar Grey being t he fi rst post.m aster. The bu i lding was a f terwardssold to D . M. Brom ley, who had a tinshop there, ari d som e yea rs la ter it wasbu rned to the grou nd.

“The bu i lding a t the northea st corn er,

the o ldes t i n the fo rt , was a t one t imethe hom e of Major W i l l i am Wh istler.It was in th is hou se in 1832 tha t L ieutenan t Fos ter was k i l led by a soldier ofh i s own com pany, nam ed D oy le . Doylehad been im pri soned for drunkenn essand he persuaded h i s guard to take himto L ieu tenan t Foster's qua rters

,saying

tha t he des i red to speak to the officer.A f ter a few m i nu tes conversa t ion, Doylesudden ly seized the gun from the guardshands and shot

,and k i l led L ieutenant

Foster. H e was cou rt -m art ia led and

sen tenced to dea th .“A num ber of years a f ter

,the bu i lding

in wh ich th i s c ri m e was com m i t ted becam e the hom e of'J. C. D elaney, a fifer.and he an d h i s w i fe always i nsi sted thatthe house was haunted .

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In describing the plan of the fort ,MissCam m sa id : “

On e i ther s ide of the

grea t fron t ga te or sa l ly po rt were rowsof cel l s. Above on the north s ide wasthe guardhouse a n d l ight pri son and on

the south side the post l ibrary and of

fices. All the bu i ldings as wel l as thes tockade were as wh i te as U nc le Sam 'spa in t (wh i tewash ) cou ld m ake them .

The m agaz ine was loca ted ou tside thes tockade .

,It was a square s tone strue

ture, w i th m etal doo rs and roo f . Nothingrem a ins o f th i s bu i lding.

“At on e t im e, wh en m y fa ther was a

voung boy, an Indian was im pri soned inon e of the cel l s nea r the grea t ga te, forwha t cr im e or wha tever becam e of h im

m y fa ther never kn ew. bu t he used tosee h im when the g uard brough t h im out

i n to the yard for exerc i se, and each dayhe not iced tha t the Indian cu t a notchi n the log above the ga te . Long afterthe Indian was gone the l i ne of notches

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f rom i t m ay be of i n teres t , in view of

the fac t tha t so m uch has been sa id of

la te regarding preparedness .“W i th a v iew to tes t the s ta te of the

garri son for de fence, I di rec ted a fewshe l l s to be fi red . The Officer of Ordnance begged t im e to prepare som e fusesas they requ i red som e paring down beinga l l too large for h i s sheel s . Som e hourswere occup ied in th i s prepara t ion . The

fuses were dri ven and a tr ial m ade suffic ient to prove that bu t few presen t knewei ther how to prepare a shel l , to load thep i ece or to fire i t when loaded and tha tthe fuses tha t cos t such lengt h of t im eto get ready were n ot ign i table n or to

be m ade so by any m eans a t hand to use .

Ou t of perhaps a dozen shel l s n ot m orethan two bu rs t .”The la teness of the hou r m ade the

clo sing of th i s rem arkab le session im ~

pcra t i ve, and each on e presen t carri edaway a qu ickened in teres t in the protect ion and prese rvat io n o f the h i s to ricalplaces , rem in i scences and t radi t ions o f

W i scons in’s m os t h i sto ric c i t ies, D e Perean d Green Bay .

GE N E Sru areva n r .

Cheyen n e Ch ap ter (Cheyenne, Wyom ing ) repo rts a steady grow th i n m emhersh ip an d a l i vely in teres t i n the do ingsof the soc iety am ong i ts m em bers . The

grea t L i ncoln H ighway runs throughon e of the s treets of the c i ty and w i tha na tura l pri de we desi red to m ake i tas a t trac t i ve as possible to the eyes o fstrangers m otoring through , so we offered two prizes for the pret t ies t flowergardens and nea tes t lawns .we have g iven ou r annua l donat ion to

the Red Cross Fund and to the Associ a ted Chari t ies of th i s c i ty, and havea lso sen t to Miss Berry’

s school in

Word has j ust been rece ived from \Vyorn in g that bo th bil ls recom m ended for pas

sage by the Jacques Laram ie Chapter and the D augh ters general ly o f the S tate havepassed. On e is the adopt ion o f a S tate Flag , and the o ther, the adopt ion o f a S tate flower.Now that these bil ls have becom e laws the Daughters are concentrat ing their energy on

get t ing an addit ional appropriat ion to m ark the Oregon T rai l i n Wyom ing as Wel l asH istoric sites and battle-fields.

Georgia and have helped the S tuden ts'Aid Fund a t the S ta te U n i versi ty atLaram ie . Th i s f und i s held for the purpose o f lending m oney to studen ts whoare n ot able to pay al l the i r expense s atthe un iversi ty

, to be repa id w i tho u t interest at. thei r conven ience. We considerth i s an im po rtan t work .

\Ve have con tribu ted to Mem orialCont inen ta l H al l , held a tag day for theBelg ian su fferers a nd gave re l ie f to our

N at iona l Guardsm en a t the s ta t ion , whowere assem bl i ng from al l part s o f the

s tate to m obi l ize a t Cam p Kendri ck . We

we re there a t i n the m orn ing to

se rve the t i red and hungry boys wi thcoffee, sandw iches and doughnu t s, andlater sen t a wagon load of goodies to t hecam p to rel ieve the m ono tony o f armyfare . Th i s in i t ia l work was the exam plefor various o ther n on - pa t riot ic soc iet ieswho w i shed to show thei r loya l appreciat ion of the young de fenders of ou r count ry .

The scene o f the unve i l i ng an d dedica t ion o f the Wa lbach m onum en t at theLannen Ranch was a pre t ty on e . The

m onum en t was placed on a h igh h il lshow ing the spo t on the t ra il where thefo rt was bu i l t to de fend em igran t s f romthe Indi ans . The inscript ion expla ins i tsel f : Cam p For t Walbach, U nited S tatesM i l i tary Pos t , Septem be r 20, 1858

Apr i l 1 9 , 1859 . Marked by the s tate ofWyom ing S . A. R . , D . A. R . , Cheyenne,19 14 . A f ter the cerem onies the assemblyo f abou t on e hundred people seatedthem selves in a grove be low the h i l l onwh ich i s s i tua ted the Lannen R anch andl i stened to speeches by prom inent m en

and by our S ta te R egen t , D r. G race H ebard. a nd ou r chapter regen t , Mrs. Mau ‘

r ice Groshon .

Mrs. I . S . BARTLETT, H istor ia n.

BabyWeekMay l- 7 , 19 1 7

Beam PREPARE m a rr n ow.

“The old trees m ust li e as they fal l , b u t the l itt le twigs m ust be guarded, and pro

tected from the bl ight o f storm and stress, that our Country, when the ch ildren o f todayshall becom e its governi ng power, m ay indeed be a N at ion that feareth God. No greaterthought can contro l the m ind o f every true Am erican than that of the personal responsibi li ty of every Am erican C it izen for the pro tect ion o f the fundam ental power o f the StateThe ch i ld i n hom e ; i n schoo l ; in church and i n State.

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’ash i n g to n , D . C.

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3902. (2 ) E Ls on‘m . The H enry E l ls

worth o f LaFayet te, Ind. was H enry \N i lliamE l lsworth, b 1814 , d 1804 i n N ew H aven, Conn .

H i s wi fe was Mary E . West o f Salem , Mass ,

and two of their daughters are m em bers o f theD . A . R . llen ry \N i lli am

’

s fa ther was H enryLeavit t E l lsworth who m N ancy A llen Goodrich

, and was Com m ission er of Patents o f

the U . S, and d i n Fair H aven, Conn., i n 1869 .

The father of H enry Leav it t E l lsworth wasO l iver E l lsworth, b W indso r, Conn., 1745, whoserved i n 1 775 as a m em ber o f the Com m itteeof M i l itary Accounts i n the Conn. Legislature.Th is com m ittee was called the

“Pay table.”In 1 778 he was elected to the Cont inental Congress where he cont inued to serve unt i l 1 784when he becam e a m em ber o f the Governor’sCounci l of Conn . an d a judge of the S tateSuprem e Court . In 1 787 he was on e of the

representa t ives from Conn. i n the Con st i tu

t io n al Convent ion, and secured the adopt iono f

“the Conn. Com prom ise” by the narrow

m a jori ty o f on e vote. This com prom ise calledfor the establ ishm ent o f two H ouses, the U pper, chosen on a basis of equal ity between the

states, an d the Lower. on a represen ta t ive b asi sproport ioned according to populat ion. In 1 789

he was chosen on e of the first Sen ators fromConn. and as Cha irm an of the J udic iary Comm i ttee drew up the bi l l wh ich organized the

j udiciary system wh ich is st i l l i n force. In 1 796

he was appo inted by Wash ingt on Ch ie fJust ice of the U. S . Suprem e Co urt, wh ich ofli ce

b e fi lled unt il 1799 when, w ith others, he wassent to E urope to adj ust the differences thath ad arisen between the U n ited S tates andFrance. The negot iat ions, carried on alm ostent irely by E llsworth, resu l ted i n the s ign in gof a treaty whereby France conceded the rightso f neutral vessels an d prom ised indem ni ty fordepredat ions on Am erican com m erce. From1802 , unt i l h i s death i n 1807, he was a m em bero f the Governor's Counc il of Connect icut, andon the reorganizat ion of the Connect icutjudiciary early i n 1807, he was appo inted Ch ie fJ ust ice of the S tate. b u t died before enteringupon h is dut ies. H e m Abiga il, dau . o f Wm .

and Abigail (Abbo tt ) Wo lcott when she was

only sixteen years of age. H er good natureand practical com m on sense sm

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who m John Glazebrook and had a son R icha rd G lazebrook ; E l i z ., who i f! John Sh a d and

had a dau Ca therine (Ki t ty ) W inn, who m

her first cou sin. the above R ichard Glazebrook.Rev. Benj am i n Ance ll of Yangchow, China,and Rev. Watson W inn of S t. S im on Island,Ga . , are com pil ing a h isto ry of th i s W innfam i l y and I am su re w i l l be g lad to sharew i th you any in form ation in regard to th isfam i ly. Su san Frances \Vinn, b L unen bu rgCo .. Va ., Mch. 1 1, 1826. d N ov. 10. 1882 inArk. She at Apri l 10, 1853. Capt. L ew i s Carter. and her s ister Maria m 1 ) Mr. Pridgeonwho was k i l led en rou te to Cal i f. , an d m (2 )Capt. Marchant ( or Marchand) of Cal i f.M rs. H . 5 . Kelly, 944 W. Grace St .. R ichm ond, Va.

4770. Waccenm It i s poss ible that theJohn Waggener. who m Sarah Garnett in 1 785,m ay b e the son of Major Andrew Waggenero f Rev. fam e, and N ancy Chapm an, h i s w i fe,Th i s m an had a son John. b Apri l 14 . 1768,who went to Ky . and had a large fam i ly, b u tno th ing m o re of h im was known by m y an

resto r, h i s bro ther, Major Andrew Waggene r,J r conspicuou s as a so ldier in the war of

1812 . whose son . Col. Char les Beal l Waggener,was m y father. There were five bro thers bynam e o f Waggen er, who em ig rated in 1 742

from Germ any. On e was Andrew, ano therEdward. Can anyone g i ve the nam es o f theo ther three. Andrew .Jr., 111 Attasah Beal l,dau of Charles Beal l and h is w i fe TabithaPri sci l la, ab 1 770 or 1 77 1 . I wou ld be veryg lad to know of th is fam i ly al so , especial lythe m aiden nam e o f Tabitha. M iss L. B.

”fagg cn cr, Arbu ck le, \Vest Va .

4822 . Bu cu a m m . There were ev identlyseveral fam i l ies by nam e o f Buchanan and

Bohannon in Aug usta Co .. Va ., du r ing the

Revo lu t ion. On e, m entioned i n Abstract s o fAugu sta Co . , Va. Records, Vol. 1 1 1 . p 187,had a w i fe, Margaret. and ch i ldren as g i ven inthe query. Then Col. John Bu chanan, otherw i se cal led John Buchanan, Gent . m arriedMargaret Patton. da u o f Col. Jam es Patton(whose w i l l dated 1 750. was probated in 1 769 )and d ab 1 772 . In 1 773 or 4 she m arr ied (2 )Wm . Anderson and was l iv ing in Bo tetou rtCo . , Va . , in 1 777. Col. John had a son , John,who was Second L ieu t. i n D anie l Mo rga n

'scom pany an d was ordered f rom M iddlebrook,N . J., to N . Y ., where he was k i l led i n thebattle o f Saratoga ; and a dau Mary who tn

Andrew Boyd. bes ide several o ther ch ildren.am ong them \Vm . an d Jam es, both of whomm o ved to Ky ., Margare t who m ( 1 ) in 1 773Jo seph D rake, who was k i l led by the Indiansin Ky . , an d h is w idow m (2 ) Wm . Jones, andm oved to Tenn . Anna, b Nov. 28, 1 765, who

m E phraim D rake in Ky. ; and Jean. Mar

garet, si ster o f Col. John Buchanan, m a Cam pbel l and had son Wm . Another John Buchanan

l i ved in or near West Middletown, Penna.,wh ich at on e t im e was part of Augu sta Co .,

Va., and had a dau Mary, who m Jam es Boyd.

E xam inat ion o f the deeds a nd w i l l s at theWash ington Co . Cou rt H ou se m igh t determ inewhat becam e of the son , John, whose fa therd in 1 776. M iss Efli e Ta m er, 1957 E . 3lst St .,L orain, Ohio .

4829 . E st es -H oax es. E l i zabeth E stes who mReuben H ughes Feb . 19, 1800, res ided i n

Mason Cc . , near Guyan do tte, Wes t Va. She

was the dau o f Benj am in and Selah (Tharpe)E stes, of Bed fo rd Cc. , Va. My record spel lsi t Selah Thorp : ano ther Cel ia Tharpe. Ben

j am in d in 1816. leav ing s ix teen ch i ldren.

Joel, m y g randfather. was the th i rd so n , and

was b 1 775 or 6. E l izabeth was the youngestch i ld. We can fin d n o ev idence that Ben jam i n served i n the Rev. H i s second son , T ri plet t. m oved to N . C. , and fou r daugh ters i nan d m oved to Ky. I have a copy o f Ben j am i n E stes’ w i l l. m ade 1816, w i th nam es of allthe ch i ldren . Joel H . Estes.

Another answer to th is query has been re

ceived from .Mrs. R . B. CIay tor, 542 N orthS t. , Bedford, Va ., who states that in the wi l lo f Benjam in E stes. reco r ded at Bedford, Va .,

Ju ly 22 , 1816, m en t ion i s m ade o f h i s ch . asfo l lows : T ri plett, Joe l , Benj am in, Jr., Thomas,Wm ., E l i sha. Edm ond, Sarah, L ucy. N ancy.E l i zabe th and Martha ( twel ve in all. ) Lucym ( 1 ) Georg e R ucker. an d (2 ) Mr. Mo rton :N ancy m Mr. Fears : E l i zabe th i n ReubenH ughes : Martha m John N an ce ; Sarah to Mr.N oe l l . Se lah , or Sealab Thorpe, was the dauof Thom as and Sarah (T riplett ) Tho rpe, wasb in E ssex Co ., Va ., and tn Benj am i n Estesab 177 1 or 72 . Im m ediately a fter thei r m arr i age they m oved to Bedford Co ., where allthe i r ch . were born. Sarah Thorpe, m o ther ofSe lah ( Tho rpe) E stes, m (2 ) Thom as O

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a n d Mrs. Claytor wou ld be g lad to ascerta inwho were Sarah ’s parents.4892 . H AMMOND. Ebenezer H am m ond, who

m D ebo rah Terry. was a p rivate i n Capt.Nathan iel H am m ond’s ( Rochester) Co . . whichm arched Apri l 20. 1 775. i n response to the

Alarm of the 19th to Marshfield ; serv ice 4days ; al so i n Capt. Joseph Parker's C0 . Col.

John Cu sh ing’s reg

’t . ; enl isted Sept . 2 1 , 1 776.service 1 m o . 9 days at Rhode Islan d. (Mass.So ldiers an d Sai lors of the Rev., Vol V1 1. p

and H am m ond Genealogy.49 1 1 . H orxm s. T here was a C0 1.

\Vm . H opk ins who was a res iden t of Gooch~land Co ., Va. H e was a son of Co l. JohnH opk ins of the Revo lu t ion : was a planter andC0 1. of the M i l i t ia, and m Mary Massie. Thei rch . were : Nathaniel Mass ie (who m LucyI i arden o f N el son Co . . Va ., who em igrated to\Varreu Co., Ten n . in 1855, an d set tled ab 1 1m i les wes t of McM i n nv i lle on the N ashvillep ike) : Sam uel who i n Martha g qfifl lfij fl t

GEN EALOGICAL DEPARTMENT

Wi ll iam . All of them set tled in Warren Co..

Team. in 1855 . Mrs. Ulysses E. Low. D ayton.Iowa. To th is the Gen . Ed. wou ld add thatCol. John H opk ins o f Goochland Co .. Va. ,owned a large estate in Goochland Co .. Va. ,

and his w i l l was probated Ju ly 20. 1807. H i s

w i fe was Mary King . and ch. were : H enry.George Wash ing ton. Jam es. W i l l iam . E l i zabeth. Judi th. Jane. Anne Sparks. Mol ly. Thomas and John . Th is Col. John H opk ins was am em ber of the Gooch land Com m i ttee o f

Sa fety in 1775 ; L ieu t . Col. and C0 1. in the

Revo lu t ion. acco rdi ng to an answer to a queryin the May. 19 14 . i ssue o f the m agaz ine. S ti l lan other W i l l iam H o pkins o f Va ., i s m en

t i oned by Mrs. L. C. Cf a tty . Cl inton. Mo .. who

takes from a H opk ins Genealogy the fo l lowi n g statem ent : John. Arch ibald an d W i l l i amH opkins. bro thers. cam e to Shenan doah Valley. Va be fo re 1 749 . W i l l iam is sai d to havem An n . s ister o f E phraim Lo ve. and to havehad a son . John bapt. May. 1 76 1 . who m h i scousin. E l i z . H opk ins. dau o f Arch iba ld. She

was bapt. Nov. . 1 76 1. m ab 1 781 . and d Apr. 23.1814 . John and E l i z . had : Jennet, b Mch . 18.1 782 ; E l i z. b Jan . 5. 1 784 : \Nm . . b N ov. 23.

1 785 ; D av id. b D ec . 25. 1 787, d 1857 ; Mary.b 1789 . d 1850 ; Arch ibald, b Jan . 26, 1 79 1 ;Jam es. b D ec. 8. 1793. d Apr . 30. 1852 . Arch iba ld. the pioneer. m Jennet Love a nd had :

Ephraim , Wm . H Jane. Mary and E l i zabeth .

Th i s second .c h ild. Wm . H . , m ( l) in 1806Anne Ralston . and m (2 ) H ester B . Kratzer.John Hopk ins. the pioneer. m Jean GordonOct . 12. 1739 . an d had a son . Arch ibald. whom ( l ) ab 1 785 E l i z . Poage. and had : Wm ..

John . Jane. Mary. Sarah and Robert . A fterE l i zabeth's death. Arch ibald m (2 ) MargaretShankl in and had ten ch . : Gordon. Benj am in.Thom as. E 1i z . . E l ij ah . Jam es. H arr ie t. Archibald. Edw in and Gracy An n . Wm . H opkin s.son of Arch ibald and h is ( 1 ) w i fe. E l i zabeth.m Jane W i l son \Vi lli s. b Jan . 22 . 1790. and d

Dec. 2 1 . 185 7. They had n ine ch i ldren : Arch ibald \Vi l son ; Joe l W i l l is ; E l izabeth ; JohnCraw ford ; Martha : Stephen Dowse ; GeorgeBurder ; Marga ret and Me l inda.

492 1 . D a cvm ae. In the record of the

French so ldiers who served in the Revo lu tion1 find the nam es : Le Cesar or Cezar ( 1 778fin 1779 ) M le Com te de Broves. Che f d

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cadre. Com m andant. Matelo ts : Quartier deSa in t Jean de Lu z. D aguerre. Auger. de

Ciboure : Daguerre. Pedro . de Sare. p. 68.

On p 33 is the fo l low ing : Le Fantasque ( 17781779) M de Sufi ren . Capitaine de vai sseau.Commandant. Matelo t . Quart ier de Saint Jea nde Luz. D ag uerre. D om inique. d'Asca i n . L eLanguedoc ( 1 778- 1 779 ) M de Boula i n v i lli ers.

Capitaine de vai sseau . Com m andant . sou s lesordres de M le Com te D '

E sta i n g . Vice Adm iral. Mate lo t s : Quart ier de Sa int Jean deLuz. Dague rre. Jean -Marti n . de Sare. Th i s i s

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n ot a l i s t of soldiers who cam e wi th La fayet te.b ut of tho se who fought under Rocham beaua fter Fran ce gave officia l ass is tance. M issD ouglas H ills, Mackay. Ida ho.

4929 . Jon es. Cadwal lader Jones served as aCaptain in the Rev. in Va . Cont . L i ne. accordi n g to McAli ster

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s Va . M i l i t i a in the Revolu

t ion. Sect ions 3 an d 1 13. Cadwal lader Jones.probably the sam e m an was pen sioned for

Rev. serv ice and was a res iden t of W i l son Co . .

Tenn. . in 1835 . be ing then 89 yrs. old. Wr itethe Com m i ssioner o f Pensions. Interio r D epartm en t. Wash ington. D . C.. for m ore i n

form at ion. Mrs. R obert Ferri s, Laddon ia.Mo. To thi s the Gen . Ed. wou ld add thatthere were two m en by nam e o f Cadwal laderJones. who served i n the Rev. from Va . On e

was Capt . of a com pany in Baylor's L igh tD ragoons. was b in Va . in 1 755. where he (I in1796 ; the o ther was a private. and probablywas the on e who later was pens ioned fromTenn .

4932 . Tern . Capt. Joseph Tefft. Jr., bMeh . 19. 1 737. who served in the Rev. f romR . I .. m Sarah Max son. n ot Lucy Brewster.Mrs. Allen R ockwell. Rockwel l

‘s Mi l l s. N . Y .

494 1 . \N H ITAKER. Jonathan Wh i taker. b 1 723.d June 1 7. 1 786. and m Mary M i l ler. H i s

second ch i ld. Jonathan. b N . J., m MaryM i tchel l . was educated for the m in istry ; wasO rderly Sergeant in the

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R ev. War. serv ingtwo years ; in 1 792 le f t N . J . for Fayette Cc ..

Penna. thence in 1800 to Warren Co .. Oh io .

where he had a farm . H e was Ju st ice of thePeace for 2 1 years. had ten ch . as fo l lowsNathan iel Abigai l . b 1782 . d. y. :

Jonathan M. , b 1783 : W i l l iam . b 1785 ; Sarah.b 1787 ; Abigai l . b 1789 ; Benj am in. b 1 79 1 ;S tephen. b 1793 ; Jam es. b 1 795 ; an d Mary. b1801 . The abo ve i s taken from the Genealog icalChart of the W

'h itaker Fam i ly publ i shed abten years ago by Ephraim Seward Wh itaker.Longv iew H osp ital. Cincinnat i. Oh io. Thi schart contains m uch o ther in fo rm ation con

cerning Jonathan \Vh i taker and h is deseendants down to 1900. The dates of the birth so f h is ch i ldren wou ld fu rn i sh a substi tu te forda tes of birth and death for the Reg i st ra rGeneral . M iss Edi th H . Whi taker, 2546 Glenwood Ave. , To ledo. Oh io .

494 1 . D u n n e. Revo lu t ionary Soldiers by nam e of Geo rge. John. Peter. Sebast ian ( or Basta in ) Jaco b. and Matt h ias D unkle.under difl

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eren t spe l l ing s of the nam e servedf rom Penna. , accordi ng to the Index t o the

Fi fth Series Penna. Arch ives . Gen . Ed.

4956. 170 5 1 5 11. Two m ore answers to th i squery have been recei ved. a n d 1 no te that bo ths tate that the w i fe o f the Rev . so ldier. Natha n icl Foster. was Lydia Frisbee. n o t Fisher ;and that the i r dau . An n m Dan i el . n o t Sam u e lRobinson . These a re m m or m atters. espec ial lyas the Robinson d wi thou t i ssu e. b u t in the

278 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN RE VOLUT ION MAGAZI N Einterest o f h i stori calreco rded. Gen . Ed.

4958 . H ULL. Jeh ie l or Jeh ial H u l l, who a t

Ru th Phe lps, was the youn gest o f seven children o f Cornel iu s and Meh i table (Graves)H u l l, an d was born in Conn. (Ki l l ingworthor Du rham ) , Feb . 28. 1 728. Corn el iu s died i n1756, lea v ing a large estate. Whi le there i sColon ial ancestry of som e em inence, Jehiel wasborn too early to have had Rev. ancestry.

Mrs. Carr i e H ull H erbie-ou , 228 Sou th 19thAve. East. D u luth, Min n.4979. T n ou rson . In the answer toth is query publ ished in the March issue, m en

tion i s m ade o f only five ch . ofWaddy Thomson, Sr., by h i s first w i fe. H e had s ix, theo ther be in g D avid Thom son ( 1 759- 1827 )who at h i s cou sin, E leanor Anderson (dau of

An thony and An n ( B ibb) T hom son, an d

m oved to Ky . N el son d u nm . in 1798 ; Anderson i n h i s cou sin, Anne Anderson, b utd. s . p. i n 1826 ; an d Waddy, Jr., m ( 1 ) E l izabeth Anderson, dau of Ri chard and An n

(Meriwether) Thom son, and rn ( 2 ) Su sanOrm sby (or On esby ) o f Bedford Co . Ac

cording to m y records, Anderson and Waddy,Jr., di d n ot m arry s i sters, Anderson

’s w i febe ing the da u of Col. N el son Anderson of

Bedfo rd and H anover Counties. Mrs. C. H ar

per Andam an , Ivy Depot, Va .

4980. H ALL. My great gran dfather,Capt. John H al l, of Vt , was wounded Ju ly 6,1777, at the batt le of H ubba rdstown, and d afew days la ter. H i s two sons, Alpheu s, andone whose nam e I canno t recal l were takenprisoners and confin ed in Fort T iconderoga,b u t later escaped. Som e of thei r descendantsm oved to Ten n., and i t i s qu i te poss ible thatthey m ay b e the an cestors o f Mahala who m

Wm . 5 . Bla ir. C. E . Belcher, MD ., Charlot te, N . S .

5010. A letter addressed to the Reg i strar General, N . S . D . A. R. , ask ing abou tthe Association Test, wou ld gi ve au thori tativein fo rm ation as to the quest ion of e l ig ibil i ty.Gen . Ed.

5025. STARK -Luce. In the m agaz ine forJu ly, 19 13. th i s quest ion i s qu i te fu l ly answeredby Mr. S . Judson Stark, 1 1 L u zem e Ave., Pi ttston , Vt. Col. John S tark o f Mo rri s J.,a great g randson o f Aaron S ta rk of New

London. Conn ., was 1) in 1 730 in Flan ders( Roxbu ry ) , Morri s Cc., to Mary D i l la and din 1825. H e had: Reuben , b Apr. 1 7, 1766, atSarah H opkins an d d in 1836 ; John, who m

Catherine Reed ; Aaron ; Su san who at Mat

th ias Luce ; Mary who 1 11 Robert Carl isle ;Sarah who i n John Carr, and Anna who tn

Isaa c L eFevre. John S tark was a SecondMajor and L ieu t . C0 1. in the Rev. Gen . Ed.

accu racy they are 5028. Pau la . The nam es of A b i j ah andPeleg Palm er a re n ot am ong th e sign e r s o f the“Mem or ia l o f H z t ford,” s igned by 1 05 citizen s of S ton ington , Conn . Gen . Ed.

5029. Aosu s. Moses Adm i t s o f D u b l in,N . H ., signed the Associa ti on Test i n 1 7 76.according to N . H . S tate Papers. Vo 1 . X X X ,

p 44. Gen . Ed.

5043. H a n son . H . Massey H an so n a n d

Capt. Walter H an son were li vi ng at P o rt T o

bacco. East H un dred, in 1775-8, accor d i ng to

the Censu s of al l m ales over 18 yrs. ta k en byPeter Grifli th, Constable, a nd publi shed o n p305, Vol. I of

“Marylan d Records, Co lo n i al,Revo lu tionary County, Church,

” as co m p iledan d ed i ted by D r. G. M . Brum baugh. 905 M as s .Ave., in 19 15. John and Capt. John H a n so nwere also l iv ing there at that t im e ; an d W al

ter H anson wa s l iv ing at Port Tobacco . W e s tH undred. In 1 790 there were l iv ing i n Ch a rle sCounty, John H anson, Sr., H enry M. H an so n.Wal ter H anson, Sr., E sq , John H anso n o f

John. an d Walter H anso n , Jr. Gen . Ed.

5046. Ans u s -Fssssr r. As Brooklyn w as

orig inally part of the adj acent towns of Canterb u ry and Pom fret, i t i s di fficu l t to dec i depos it i vely wha t serv ice belongs to e ith er th e

Brooklyn o r the Pom fret resident. Accordi ngto the deeds o f property N oah Adam s o f

Brooklyn an d h is w i fe M iriam ( n ot E l izabet h )deed land in 1 793 wh ich belonged to M i ri am .

as the daughter of her deceased m oth er,E leanor, w id. o f L ieu t. Ben j am in Fassett, whowas k il led in 1 777. There was an Elizabet hFasse tt. bapt. in the Cong . Chu rch at Brooklyn ,

Oct . 16, 1 757, who was of a su i ta ble age to

have m arried N oah Adam s,Jr ., i n 1770. H er

brother was L ieu t. Benjam in Fassett. who m

E leanor Adam s, an d her father was Benj am in Fassett, Ir., who at

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for h i s second w i fe,D ec. E l izabe th T ucker. Accordin g toland deeds, however, she m Sam uel Turn er o fW inchester, N . H . Two ch . of N oah Adam s.Jr., and h is w i fe, E li z. were bapt. i n Brooklyn,Conn. They are : Jeru sha, bapt. in 1 772, an dAm os, i n 1775 . There were th ree fam i l ies ofFassetts i n Brooklyn. at the sam e t im e, and

several of the nam e o f Adam s. On e m ustconsu l t land reco rds and w i l ls, therefore, aswel l as m arriage reco rds i n t ryi ng to sett lerelat ionsh ips . Gen . Ed.

5057. Kn ox. An exam i nati on of the

N . H . S tate Papers fa il s to reveal that anyrelati onsh ip between Wm . and D av id Knox i sg i ven. H e m ay, therefore, have been the son

D avid, or he m ay n ot . There were th ree m enby nam e of W i l l iam Knox who signed the

Ass. Test from N . H . One from A l lenstown,on e from Pem broke, a nd on e from “Conwayand locations .” Gen . E d.

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Po rtagev i lle. N . Y. Mch. 9. 1864. She had abro ther Cu rt ice who l ived in A lden , N . Y .

Ancestry, w i t h al l gen . data, and Rev. reco rd,i f any, desi red.

(2 ) Kzt m cc. I saac Ke l logg. son of“Capt.

Isaac Kel logg"

was b 1727 and d l800. H e or

Martha, dau o f Jonathan Merr i l l, and l i vedin W'insted and New H art ford, Conn . wherehe was appo i nted J . P. May 13, 1773. R ev.

record desi red. L. L. V.

5077. Sm u su s. Wm . Stephens had a son ,Stephen A. who was b Feb . 6, 1 790 ei ther inVa . or Ky who m oved to L inco ln Co . MO. in1828. m . also had a dau who m her cou sin,Obed S tephens . Ancestry w i th al l gen . data,and Rev. record, i f any, on th i s l ine des ired.

(2) PARKE. \Vrn . Parke b 1822 m Cyn th iaS tephens. H e was the son of Perry and

N ancy (W i lson ) Parke of Ky . Ancest ry w i thall gen . data, and Rev. record, i f any, des ired.A. I .

5078. Su m -Pa x ton . Jerem i ah Sm i th , sono f John Sm i th ( b Feb. 2 1 , 1 751 ) and h is wi feAnna H uscl ( b N ov. 8, 1778) m M i ss Lee, dauo f John a nd Margaret Lee. The i r son , H o racem Sarah Pax son, (dau o f Am os Paxson of

So lebu ry, Bucks Co . Penna. b 1 798, d 1888 an d

h i s w i fe, Rachel E ly. ) Rev. record on any o f

these li n es greatly des ired. Rachel had a

bro ther Isaac who had eh. : John , \Varren ,A l ice an d Anna who m Mr. Sm i th . L . H . C.

5079 . Ph ineas \Varn cr, b Saybrook. Conn. 1 749, m E unice Chu rch , dau ofS im eon a nd E un ice Chu rch o f Chester, Conn.l i ved i n Saybrook, and d in 1812 ; h is w i fe,E unice bo rn in 1 748 l iv ing u nti l 1823. Offic ialproo f o f se rv ice o f Ph ineas W

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A. M . W. H .

5080. Sm xss. Frederick R. Stokes en

l i sted at Sum pter Cou r t H ou se, 5 . C. to servein the wa r of 1812 and h i s w idow drew a

pension fo r h i s serv ice a fter h is death Ju ly26, 1859. H e i n ( 1 ) N ancy McKay, an d m

( 2 ) Martha E. Maddo x . w id o f Jam es Mad

dox . Ancestry of Freder ick des ired. E . S .

5081 . ALLEN . John Allen o f M iddleborou gh,Mass. was a private i n the Rev. on an alarmat H ow land's Ferry , R . I. m arch ing to T iverton , R . I . enl i sted D ec. 9 , 1 776 an d served sevendays. When an d where was b e bo rn ? H . A. H .

5082 . AUGER . Sem an the Auger b 1 786 R ichm ond, Vt . m at W i l l i ston , Vt . Clem ent Tu ttleab 1807 . W i l l som e on e te l l m e w here to findthe h istory of the Auger fam i ly ?

(2) PARKFR - ISBELL. Charles Parker bConn. in 1802 m D ebo rah lsbe l l

bo rn in Woodbu ry. Conn . 1 wo u ld l i ke verym uch to know the early h isto ry of these fami l ica or where I cou ld fin d i t .

(3) Rsvu ou n’Wm . R aym ond was cal led

Capta in . H e l i ved in Norwalk, Conn . and laterin Gansevoor t, N . Y. H e had a dau ghter

E l i zabe th who at in 1 792 John Thom pson. All

gen . and Rev . data, i f any, o f Wm . Raym ondand whom he m arried, greatly des i red.

(4 ) Flucn -Wrn sww. Inform ation des iredo f early h isto ry of the fam i ly of H annah Fitchb Coventry, Conn . ab 1735 m N athan ie l W ins.low. Where can I find gen . o f th i s fam i ly ?W

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as N athanie l W inslow i n Rev. serv ice ?( 5 ) Room s . Abram Robe rts m Anne ab

1 795. L ived in Monroe Cc. , N . Y . H ad a sonCharles W. Robe rts. Gen . and Rev . data, i fany, desi red. B. T. R .

5083. MARTIN . Ancestry, descendan ts andRev. record nam e o f w i fe and ch ildren desi redo f Capt . Sam ue l Mar ti n, b 1 732 who en teredthe Rev. as a p rivate in Capt . Robt. Alexander'scom pany, and was at the batt les of King

'sMountain and E u taw Spr ing s.(2 ) Km . Capt. R obe rt Kerr. b 1 728. a

so ldier of the .R ev. d Apri l 4, 1 799. Wantednam es o f w i fe and ch i ldren .

(3) H u ma n . N am e of w i fe of Capt.Jam es H an nah, Rev . so ldier, des i red : al sonam es o f ch ildren. R . D . M .

5084 . Pat R ichard Peele ( b m

Bou te tort Co . . Va., Apri l 15, 1806, Sa rah Gi l l.H e was a pens ioner of theWar o f 1812 . Wou ldl ike the nam es o f the parents of R ichard Peeleand Sarah G i l l and Rev. service i f possible.

( 2 ) An neasou . I sabe l la Anderson m IsaacD av isson May 25, 1 779 . She was b Oct . 26.1 756. They l ived in H arri son Co W . Va.

where they reared a large fam i ly of ch ildren .

Who were the parents of Isabel la Anderson ?(3) PRINGU L Thom as Pri ng le b 1 735 d

1 823, m arr ied Su san who d Sept. 2 1 , 1807 i nBou rbon Co . , Ky. Thei r o ldest so n Jam eswas b Rock ingham Cc ., Va ., 1 782 . What wasSu san Pring le

's m aiden nam e and ancest ry of

T hom as Pring le desi red. R . H .

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5085. In form ation desi red o f D ani el Tu rn er who m E l iz . U pdeg raff and had dauE l i z. b 1 778 in Fayette Co. Penna, who m

Sam uel H unt o f N . J . in 1 797. Ano ther daum a H edges and an o ther a Jenk ins . T hey al lm oved to Oh io ab 1804 or 5. Dan iel a f terwardsm oved across the Oh io r iver back o f N ewport,Ky. where he died. Was D aniel in the Rev.

w ar ? What was the date of h is bi rth ? \Vhatwere the nam es o f h is paren t s ?(2 ) MCCL IN TUCK. Margaret McCli n tock

was b in 1 756 an d d in No rthum berland Co.

Penna. in 1840. She had a s ister N ancy who mJohn W i l son . Margare t was scalped by theIndian s when fleeing to Freeland Fo rt for prot ect ion . H er hu sband, Jam es D u rham , was

taken pri soner as we re al l the other m en whow ere pro tecting the fort. Gen . McDon ald sentthem to Fort N iagara where they stayed u nti lthe clo se o f the Rev. Who was the father ofMargaret ? H i story states that John an d Mat

thew Mccl in tock cam e w i th H awki ns Boone’spar ty to the rescue of the fort where John and

GENEALOG ICAL DEPARTMENTMa tthew were killed. Were they brothers ofMarga ret an d N ancy or was one of them the i rfather ?(3) In n -Cu m . In fo rm at ion desi red o f

H enry Lo tt b 1 708 d 1 784 an d Mercy h i s w i fewho d 1 747. P ru dence, dau of John and Letitia Carter was b 1 755 d 1840 and m D anielCa rson .

b 1 754 . John. son o f D an iel and Prudence Co rson rn Margaret D u rham in Penna.Wou ld l ike to know i f H enry Lot t or JohnCart er were in the Rev. war . E . C. H .

5086 . Bu ocu a u e—Maunox. Isaac, Mo sesResdi n and Mercy Beaucham p. a father an dthree so ns. rece ived large grants of land on the

L i tt le Kenbawa an d D yl Creek in West Vi rgi n ia in the yea r 1 792 . Mercy m E l i zabethMaddo x who had a s ister Mary ( i ) . Wou ldl ike to kn ow wh ich was the father— i i I saa c,whom he m arr ied, where they cam e from an d

why the l an d was granted to them . If anyRev. serv ice, what ? Al so paren ts and h istoryof E l i zabe th Maddo x . B . R . K.

5087 . R u sseu - D i scou . ( Darscoct ?) Old

i am i ly records state : Jacob R u ssel l, of T or

rington ( or Terr i n gham ) Mass. b June 29 ,

1770 m Abigai l D i scoll June 1 1 . 1 799 ; she wasb Dec. 6. 1 777, her father ca m e from D ubl in.Ire. Who was Jacob R u ssel l

’s father and didhe or the father of Abiga i l D i scoll render Rev.

serv ice ?( In som e old records the latt er nam e i sspel led D iski ll. )( 2 ) POST-VAN REN SSELAER . E leano r Carl

Russel l o f Lee, Mass . dau of Jacob an d Ab i

gail ( D i scoll) R u ssel l b Feb . 1 , 1806. m atLeban on, N . Y . Jan . 25, 1829, Mo rton W . Pos t.Mort on W . Post b Sept. 13, 1807 was the son

of Roswe l l E . Po st who was a graduate o f

Yale an d “a no ted edua tor .

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Roswel l E . Posti n a dau of

“the old H o l lander Van Ren ssev

laer." Wha t were the g i ven nam es of the

fathers o f Roswe l l E . Pos t and h is w i feVan Rensse laer and i s there Re vo lu t ionaryservice ?

Am s. D ata concern ing any Rev.

service of D an iel Ayres (w i fe was Pam el iaBuck ) or h i s father Wm . Ayres, o f W i lkesbarre, Penna. (These m en were later ki l led i nan Indian m assacre. )(2) EAN N . Al so som e ances try o f SarahEa ton of Verm ont ( possibly dau of Sam ue lEaton ) who m H arry Ayres of Oh io, son o f“W above m ent ioned Dan iel Ayres. Al so ofPamela Buck who m th i s D aniel Ayres i nPen na. A . C. H .

339. SEN EKKB- SUSONG. Kathar ine Su song(b June 14, 1 771 ) m J an . 29 . 1 793, E l ias Go ttheb Sehoen ecker ( late r spel led Seneker ) , andfai led in Rockbridge Coun ty, Vi rg in ia. Anyi n forma tion abo u t the fam i ly des ired. Whatwasher father’s nam e. Rev. reco rd, dates, nam eof l ’

lfc. and nam es of chi ldren ?(3) Tuou as-Wa va . Jacob Thom as cam e

from Germ any to Pa ., and from there to Ruthton , near Bristol, Team -Va. H i s son, JohnT hom as m Su san Weaver, an d they l ived inH o lston Val ley, near Bri sto l . 1 5 there Rev.

serv ice for Jacob T hom as, and who was h i sw i fe ? Ancestry w i th al l data des i red.

(3) Boon ea - Bu scu u za . Peter Booher mMagdalene Buechler, and l ived on S inkingCreek, near Bristo l . H i s father cam e fromPa . Any in form ation regarding them , especia lly Rev . serv ice des ired.

(4 ) Woau v- H ou -zs/wn e. N athan Worleg',

who se fa ther cam e f rom h e , was born Fe14, 1 787. H e m Su sannah H olesapple, whowas b Feb . 8. 1 785. When were they m arr ied,and who were thei r parents? An y in form ation abou t the fam i l ies desi red. 5 . T. W.

5090. BUTLER . W i l l iam Bu tler,a so ldier in

the Rev . was Col. 4th Penn . Reg im ent. I havea com plete l ine o f descent from h im , b u t lackcorrect dates, p lace of birth and death . Cananyone g i ve m e the dates of h is birth , death,m ar riage, and w i fe

’s m aiden nam e. The nam eso f h is ch i ldren w i th all general kn ow ledge oft hem ? C. B. S .

509 1 . Gnom e. Can anyon e gi ve m e thenam es o f the parents an d ch i ldren also Revolu t i on ary serv ice i f any. of the father of W i ll iam Geo rge. Bo rn 1 790 or 91 he m arried atBal tim ore, Maryland An n Pr ice, born at Elkton , Maryland abou t 1798. Wi l liam Georgewas a so ldier of war 1812 . H e en l isted at Elkton , Ceci l Co ., Maryland May 2, 1813 to May20, 1813, under Captain John R . E van s,M i l i t ia of Md. Oct . 12, 1878 h i s w idow.

then l iving in Sou th E vanston , Il l ino i s,80 years of age, appl ied for a pension,wh ich was granted. W i l l iam George and wi feAn n Price had ch : Charles Jefferson , 1) 1819 ;M i lici en t An n , b 182 1 ; Wash ing ton Colum bu s,1824 ; Franci s Mari a, 1826 ; Maria Lou i sa, 1829 ;Catherine Mati lda, abou t 1833. W i l l iam Georgedi sappeared ; ( neve r heard defin itely o f aga in )abou t 1857 or 8 from h i s hom e in N ewtown,Oh io. The son Wash ington Co lum bu s Georgem Sarah Cu rrel l , 1848 Cadi z, Oh io . N . G. A.

5092 . Wu eewcx . Am ari ah Whee lock l ivedi n Cavendi sh, Vt . i n 1816 and I th ink for som eyears before. Can anyone g i ve m e the nam eo f h is father and g randfather an d tel l fromwh ich branch of old Ralph Wheelock he wasdescended? I wou ld l ike the genealogy of thePalm er fam i ly between Walter Palm er, whocam e over from Eng land in 1629 and GershomPalm er, abou t 1 750. Who ca n gi ve m e any:th ing abo u t the fam i ly o f Snows, prev iou s toSam 'l Snow. abou t 1 725.

( 2 ) Le Faw n. Abou t 1 725. two boys werebrough t over from the Island o f Jersey. T heyhad no f r iends on board the vessel an d saidthey were pu t on the sh ip by a m an they didn ot know. They were 6 and 8 years old andwere nam ed Robert and John Le Fevre. T hey

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were taken to Topsfi e ld, Mass. an d placed infam i l ies to be brough t up . T hey had the ap

pea rance o f be ing f rom hom es o f cu l tu re andweal th b u t no th ing was ever learned abou tthem . Robert was m arried. Can anyone tel lto whom ? H e had a daughter Mary who

m arried abou t 1 765 3 Ph i l ip Thom as, a fterwarda so ldier in the Rev. war. H e enl isted fromSo . Boston, becam e a ca ptai n in the l0th Mass.reg t. (Col. T hom as Marshal l ) . A f ter the warhe l i ved i n R indge. N . H . I wou ld l ike thenam e of Mary Le Fevre's m o ther. D . V. W.

The LooKo t'

r, 5 16 Poplar S t . . Chattanooga, Tenn. , wr ites that m any letters o f inqu iry havebeen rece ived by them on account o f the s ing le no t ice inserted i n the Gen . D epartm ent. Theyh a ve decided to add to the l i st of Sou thern Fam i l ies treated by them in fu tu re i ssues, thefo l lowing

Arm s trong ,Bland, Bo l l ing , Brent, Brooke. Byrd, Carro ll, ( Jefferson) D avi s. Gaines.

Lee, N ick l in, Page, Preston Spo ttswood and Tal ia ferro.

An lu nax TO Heb roso Co. Wri t s, 1 754 - 1830, has been publ i shed by W i l l iam M. Clemens.56 Pine Street. N ew York City, price Th i s g ives the nam e o f each tes tator, alphab e t ically arran ged, w i th date o f probate, and is com piled by R ow land D . Bu ford, lateC lerk o f the Co unty. It i s well worth the pri ce to al l gen ealogi s ts who m ake a s tudy ofVirgi n ia fam i l ies .

LATEST REPORTS FROM STATE CONFERENCESThe Califor nia Conference, held i n San Franci sco, February 8 and 9. 1917, devoted m uch

t im e to plans fo r the wel fare cf wom en and ch i ldren a nd for teach ing respect for the Flagfor the com i ng year. The present S tate Regent an d Vice Regent were t e-e lected ; and it wasdecided to ho ld the nex t Con ference tn Lo s Angeles.

At the Colorado Conferen ce Governo r Gunter was presented, at the conclus ion of h isaddress of welcom e, w i th a repl ica o f a cu p u sed in the hom e of T hom as Jeffe rson . Coun tI lya To lstoy to ld of the work of h is father, Count Leo To lstoy, am ong the Ru ss ian pea san tsa nd also of the Red Cross in the present wa r ; Mrs. Schuyler was re-elected S tate Regen t.Mrs. Norm an M . Cam pbell, Vice Regent. and Mrs. Jam es Benton Gran t was nom inated forVice Pres iden t General .

At the R hode Island Conferen ce, held March 8, WV. Mrs. Albert L. Calder was electedc ta te Reg ent, Mi ss Edi th May T i l ley, S tate Vice Regent. and the re tir ing R egent. Mrs.Charles E . Long

ley, was nom inated for Vice Presiden t General.

The Nat ional Society, Chi ldren o f the Am er ican R evolu t ion, repo rts w i th so rrow the

death o f Mrs. J . B . G. Cu st is, N a tional Reg i st rar, at her hom e in \Vashing ton, D . C. , Feb ru

ary 24, 1 9 1 7. Mrs. Cu sti s was al so a m em ber o f the D o l ly Madi son Chapter, D . A. R. , andwas

wel l known to m any of the D aughters in all parts o f the coun try.

Word has al so been recei ved of the pass ing away on N ovem ber 22, 19 16, at Memphis.T enn , of Mas. SARAH [i rrs H a ves, a m em ber of the Marquette, M ich ., Chapter :and on January 8, 19 1 7, at Waterloo ,

M ich , o f Mas. E u ru aasm Sw ‘

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Of the 738 Real D aughters who have been m em bers of the Society sin ce the beg i nn ing.only 68 n ow rem ain.

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r ing form er m em bers of the Magruderchapter f rom the priv i lege o f acti ve serv iceunti l thei r dupl icate appl ication papers hadbeen resto red to the fi les o f the chaptero f wh ich they had firs t becom e m em bers,and explained that she was in receipt of

a com m unicat ion from the S tate Regentof the D i str ict o f Co lum bia stat ing thatMrs. Bukey, whose reappo in tm ent as Organ i z i n g Regen t was presented in the re

po rt o i the Organiz ing Secre tary General tothe Board for confi rm at ion. had never w i thdrawn her papers f rom the Mag ruder Chapter.as these papers were st i l l in the fi les of theT h i rteen Co lonies Chapter, wh ich was the

chapter she had fi rst j o ined. which fact wasattested by a no te recei ved f rom Mrs. Room e,the Regent o f Th i rteen Co lonies Chapter.The s ta tem ent be ing m ade by the S tate Re

gen t of the D istrict of Co lum bia that Mrs.

Bukey intended to fo rm her chapter o f en

t i rely n ew m em bers who had never be longedto the Magruder Chapter, and i t appearingthat Mrs. Bukey had. com pl ied w i th al l therequ irem ents. her reappo intm ent as Organ i z

i n g Regent was recom m ended by the Organi zing Secretary General .Mrs. Wood

’s am endm en t to the m o t ion to Respect fu l ly subm it ted.accept the repo rt o f the Organ iz ing Secretary (Mrs. Wm . C. ) Asslc Wlu ss n s R . BOYLE .General with the excepti on of the authori za Recordi ng Secretary Gen eral.

NUMBER OF MEMBERS ADMITTED FROM EACH STATE

February 23. 1917

Alabam a. 1 1 : Arkansas, 13 ; Cal i fo rnia. 16 ; 4 ; N ew Jersey. 22 ; N ew York. 146 : N orthCo lo rado . 12 : Connect icu t. 35 ; D i str i ct o f Co Caro l ina, 23 ; N o rth D ako ta. 1 ; Oh io. 82 ; 0 klum bia. 67 ; Flor ida, 7 ; Gem g i a . 4 1 ; Idaho. 5 ;I l l ino i s. 58 : ludi an a . 26 : Iowa . 56 ; Kansas. 5 1 ;

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ll , Oregon. 6 ’ Pen.

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hKentucky. 25 ; Lo u i s i ana. 4 ; Maine, l l : Marv R hode slan d, 8 ' Sou th Caro l i na. 59 ’ u t

land. Massachu se tt s, 87 ; MIch lgan . 35 ; Dako ta. 3 : Tennessee. 8 ; Tom . 31 : Ve rm ont.M inneso ta. 10 : M is s i ss i ppi , 13 ; M i ssou ri, 66 ; S ; Vi rgi n ia. l8 ; \Nash i n gton , 14 ; “’est Vi rMontana. 1 ; N ebraska. 2 1 ; N ew H am psh ire, g in ia. 30 ; “’i scon si n , 24 . Total,

Cha irm en ofCom m i t tees for the Twen t y-sixth Con t inen talCongress

Apri l 1 7- 22, 1917

6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O C O D O Q Q O U I D O O O O O C Q OMRS U E LIZA Fw y Lm Y

Mas .Ja mes H s u umou L EWIS

Vice Chairm an. Mas. Wu . WALLACE Gan

Mas. Beam s L i ucocu H eusn s

Mas. Vwa K. Cu msm son

Mas. SAMUEL Spen ce:Mas. J . R . Sem en -

r

Mas. J . EAKtN Ga uss?M i ss Ftoaen cs a h ucu

t ion of a Chapter at Mt . Vern on. N . Y ., was

then pu t . A r is ing vote was cal led for. the

resu l t be ing e ight in favor and e igh t oppo sedw i th the vo te o f the Pres ident Genera l . Af tersom e fu rther di scu ss ion. on e o f the m em be rsof the Board hav ing retu rned to the room .

the vote was aga in taken. the resu l t show ingn ine in favo r o f the am endm en t an d sevenaga in st. the Chair announcing the am endm en tcarried. to am end m o t i on to accept report ofthe Orga n is i ng Secretary Gen eral w i th the ex

cert ian of the a u thor iza t ion of a chapter at

M t . Vem on . The m o t ion as amended was thenpu t and ca rri ed.

Mrs.‘Sm oo t presented a supplem entary t e

port for the au tho ri zat ion of a chapter a tEw ing. Vi rg in ia, wh ich. on m o t ion du ly sec

onded, was adopted.

In the absence of the T reasu rer General,Mrs. Boyle read to tal num ber deceased. l79 ;res ign ed, 183 ; dropped. 6 ; re insta ted. 47.

Moved by M i ss Pierce, seconded by Mrs.

Boyle. and carried. tha t th is report of the

Treasurer Gen era l be received.

The m ot ions. as passed. were read and app roved. At l z4o, on m o tion . the m eet ingadjou rned.

H a i r u n der th e arm s i s a n eedless an n oyan ce . You can t e

m ove i t i n t h e m ost agreeab le“wom an ly

”way b y u si n g El

Kado ,a san i tary ,colorlesslot i on

Bl Rado i s easi ly appli ed t o th eface. n eck or arm s. w i th a p i ece

o f a b so rb en t co t ton . E n t i re l yh arm less . a n d does n o t st i m u la teo r co a r s e r; la ter ha i r growt h .

Ask for M . a t an y to i let goods

cou n ter . Two si zes, 50C. an d

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have been w r i t ten de sc rib i ng a t

length the m any k i nds of ba th s ci vili zed man has i ndulged i n from t im e to

t im e. E very po s s ible resou rce of the hum anm i nd has been brough t i n to play to fa sh ionn ew m ethods o f ba th i ng, bu t s t range as i tm ay seem , the m os t im port an t , a s wel l as

the m os t ben efici a l of all bath s, the “I n ter

n al Bath ,” ha s been gi ven l i t t le though t .

The reason {or th is is probably due to thefact tha t few people seem to rea l ize the

t rem en dous pa rt tha t i n terna l ba th i ngplays i n the acqu iri ng and m a i n ta i n i ng of

hea l th.

If you were to ask a dozen people to de

fine an i n ternal ba th , you would have as

m any d i fferen t defin i t ion s, and the probab i l i ty i s tha t n ot on e of them wou ld b e

co rrect . To avo i d any m i sconcept ion a s towhat con s t i tu tes an i n te rn a l bath , let i t bes a id tha t a hot -w a ter enem a i s n o m o re ani n terna l ba th tha n a b i l l of fa re i s a di n ner.If i t were pos s ible and agreeable to t ake

the grea t m a s s of th i nk i ng people to wi tne s s a n average po s t - m o r tem , the s igh tsthey wou ld see and the th i ngs they wouldlea rn would p rove o f such la s t i ng benefi tand im press them so pro fou ndly tha t fu rther a rgum en t i n favo r of i n terna l ba th i ngwould b e unneces sary to conv ince them .

U nfo rtuna tely , however, i t i s n ot poss ib leto do th i s , profi t able a s such a n experi encewould doubt le s s prove to b e. There i s.then , on ly on e othz r m ay to get th i s i aform a t ion i n to thei r hands and tha t

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acqua i n t i ng them w i th such kn owledge a s

w i l l enable them to appreci a te the va lue o f

th is long sough t for,hea l th produc i n g

n eces s i ty .

Few people rea l ize wha t a very l i t t leth i ng i s necessary som e t im es to im p ro vethei r phy s ica l cond i t ion . Also, they havea lm ost n o concept ion of how a l i t t le ca re

les snes s, i ndifi’

eren ce or neglect can be thefundam en ta l ca use of the m os t vi rulen tdi sea se. For i n s tance, tha t un i ver sa l di so rder from wh ich a lm o s t a l l hum a n i ty i ssufferi ng, kn own as

“con st ipa t ion ,

” “au to

i n tox icat ion,” “au to- i n fect ion , and a m ul

t i tude of o the r te rm s,i s n ot on ly curab le

b u t preven table th rough the con s i s ten t

p ract ice of i n tern a l ba th i ng.

H ow m any people rea l ize tha t norm a l

fu nct ion i ng of the bowel s a nd a clean i ntest i n al t ract m ake i t im poss ible to becom e

s ick ? “Man o f today i s on ly fi f ty per cen tefl‘i ci en t . R educed to s im ple E ngl i sh , th i s

m ean s tha t m os t m en are try i ng to do a

m an 's po rt ion of work on ha l f a m an ’

s

power . Th i s appl ies equa l ly to wom en .

Tha t i t i s im pos s ible to con t i nue to do

th i s i ndefin i tely m u s t b e apparen t to a l l .

N a tu re never i n tended the del icate hum ano rgan i sm to b e ope ra ted on a hu ndred per

cen t over load. A m ach i ne cou ld n ot

s tand th i s and n ot break down , a nd the

body ce rta i n ly can no t do m o re than a m a

ch i ne. There i s en t i rely too m uch un n ecessary a nd avo idable s ickn es s i n the wo rld .

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presen ted by the Cha i rm an , Mrs. E l i za

Fer ry Lea ry, Vice Pres iden t Genera lf rom Wa sh i ngton, and adopted by the

Congres s . It showed 2349 de legate s en

t i t led to vo te at the Congress.

The Offici a l Reader then ca l led the

rol l .The Cha irm an of Program ,

Mrs. H am

i l ton Lew i s , presen ted her repo rt , andm oved the adop t ion o f the progr am ,

wh ich was seconded by Mrs. H owa rd of

Texa s and ca r r ied.

Mrs. Thom pson of Ma ssachu set ts pre

sen ted a reso lu t ion wh ich , a f ter reci t i ngthe se ri ou s condi t ion ow i ng to the sta te

of war be tween the U n i ted S t a tes and

the Im pe r ia l Ge rm an Gove rnm en t, au

thori zed the Pres iden t Genera l“to ap

po i nt a com m i ttee of n ot m ore tha n five

to confer a nd ou tli n e some plan or pla nsto be presen ted to the Congress n ot la ter

tha n Fri day A. M i n order tha t the N a

t i ancl S oci ety, D a ughters of the Am erican R evolu t ion m ight go on record b eforethe world as offeri ng the serv i ces of thei rwhole organ ized body for the cause ofour cou n try and thei r alli es i n th is hou r

of n eed.

” Many of the S ta te Regen tsrepo rted the work a l ready done a long thel i ne s of prepa rednes s and de fense, andpledged the i r loya l ty and e ffo rt s to the

Govern m en t , a n d i ndiv idua l s a l l over thehou se pledged thei r loya l ty to the Gov

ern m en t and to any plan o f wo rk the

N a t iona l Society m igh t adop t to a s s i s tthe Governm en t . Mrs. Brum baugh of

the D i s t r ict of Co l um bia a t the clo se of

her pledge and repor t a sked tha t theCong re s s led by the Pre s iden t Generalgi ve the sa l u te to the flag . The adopt ionof the resolu t ion o ffered by Mrs. Thom p

son was pu t and ca rr ied a f ter the se evi

den ces of the pa t r io t ic fervo r of the

Mrs. H owa rd of Texa s presen ted a

resolu t ion cfl'

cr i n g the se rv ices of the

Societ y to the Pres iden t and the coun t ry ,wh ich was seconded by Mrs. Buel ofCon nect icu t an d ca r r ied w i th ea rnes t enthu si asm .

A resol u t ion was a l so p resen ted byMrs. M i nor of Connect icu t , pledgi ng the

Society i n favor of un iver sa l m i l i ta ryserv ice, and di rect i ng tha t cop ies of thereso lu t ion b e sen t to the Pres iden t , Secretar i es of Wa r and N a vy, Cha i rm en of

the Com m i t tees on Mi l i ta ry Afl'

a i rs i nboth hou ses of Congres s, to the V icePres iden t a n d the Speaker of the H ou se.

Th is was seconded un an im ou s ly an d carr ied w i th a ri s ing vo te .

The Congress , led by M i s s E l i za be thPierce, ga ve the sa l u te to th e Flag. anda t pm . adjou rnm en t was t aken un

t il

For the exerci ses Monday a f te rnoonthe H a l l was crowded w i th a body of

purpose ful wom en , eage r to m ake the

respon se o f pe r son a l serv ice to the Na

t ion 's ca l l . \Vav i n g flags,i n spi ri ng pa t ri

o t ic m u s ic and eloquen t addres se s m adeth i s occa s ion m em o rable am ong the m anys im i la r occa s ion s s i nce the fi r s t Congresswas here conven ed twel ve yea rs ago.

Af ter the i nvoca t ion by Rev . Ro landCo t ton Sm i th , and m u s ic, Mrs. W i l l i amCum m i ng S to ry made her fa rewel l address, i n wh ich she rev iewed the aecom

pli shm en ts of the o rga n iza t ion du r i n g herfou r- yea r term .

The H onorable E . M . Wen tworth,Pres iden t Genera l , S . A. R . , decla red thatthe Son s of the Am er ica n R evo lu t io n believed i n pay i ng the debt of the i r pa t riotfa ther s to France.

An ova t ion was gi ven M . Ju lesJu sserand, the French Am ba s sado r , when herose to del iver h i s addres s . The Am bassado r pra i sed the U n i ted S ta tes for joi ni n g the allic. i n the war and sa id Francewas deeply gra t ified. H e re fer red to thebonds o f f r iendsh ip wh ich l i nked the twocoun tr ie s an d vo iced the con v ict ion thatthe de fea t of the Teu ton ic Power s wasce rta i n , n ow tha t the U n i ted S t a tes haden tered the “far.

Both the E ngl i sh and I ta l i an Am bassadors and the i r w i ves were sea ted on

the pla t fo rm du r i n g the a f tern oon .

The Pre s iden t o f the U n i ted S ta teswas unable to be presen t as has been h iscu s tom on these occa s ions.

The audience en thu s i a s t ica l ly ap

plauded L ieu ten an t Genera l S . B. M.

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You n g, Presiden t of the N a t iona l Assoc i a t i on for U n iversa l M i l i t a ry T ra i n i ngwhen he decla red :

“The Daughters of the Am eric a Revo lu t ion

were the fi rst grea t Wom en's Society to raisei t s vo ice in support o f th is fundam enta l p ri nciple o f the N ation's m i l itary po l icy an d tha t wew i l l never have a N ation in the h ighest senseo f the word unti l al l of our ci t i zens rendereq u a l N ati onal serv ice.

The res t o f the afternoon and even i ngw e re gi ven over to soc i a l affa i rs, wh ichwe re u nu sua l ly b ri l l i an t and wel l atte nded . The weather du r i ng the weeko f the Congres s be i ng idea l , the D aughte rs were able to a t tend num ber s of tea sa n d recept ion s, on wh ich occasions theyren ewed old f ri endsh ips and form ed n ewo nes and exchanged op i n ion s con cern i ngpl a n s for the pa t r io t ic work i n wh ich a l la re re tu rn i ng hom e to engage.

Previ ou s to the Congres s D r. Cha r lesD . Wa lcot t , Secre ta ry, an d the Regen t so f the Sm i th son ian I n s t i tu t ion had

open ed the n ew N a t i ona l Museum for arecep ti on S a tu rday even i ng, Apr i l 14 th ,f rom 9 to 12 o

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clock ; an d for Mrs.

Joh n Mi l ler H ort on , candida te for Presi den t Genera l , the Bu ff a lo Chapter hadgi ven a recep t ion a t The New W i l lardon S a tu rday a f tern oon f rom 4 to 7 .

The Kan sa s D augh ter s held a recept ion a t the New \Vi l l ard H o tel i n hon oro f Mrs. Geo rge Thacher Guernsey, S ta teR egen t and Ca ndida te for Presiden tGenera l , on Monday a f ternoon . Mrs.

Guern sey was a ss i s ted i n rece iv i ng by a l lthe candida tes for office on her

A recept ion was gi ven a t the Powh a ta n H o tel by the M i n neso ta delega t ioni n hono r of Mrs. George C. Squ i res, candi da te for the o ffice of Pres iden t Genera l .M i s s Flo rence Macbeth , a m em ber o f theMet ropo l i ta n Ope ra Com pany of N ew

Yo rk, sa ng at i n tervals du ri ng the re

ce i v i n g hou rs.

Mrs. Jam es H am i l ton Lew i s . a t theS horeham . held a recept ion f rom fi ve toseven . Mrs. McAdoo ,

w i fe of W . G .

McAdoo, Secretary of the T rea sury , andMrs. G rego ry, w i fe of At to rney Genera lG regory , stood w i th Mrs. Lewi s who i sthe w i fe o f Sen a to r Lew i s , the sen io rSen ator from I l l i no is.

The H a l l was th ronged i n the even ingfor the u su a l Pres iden t Genera l

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s recept ion f rom n i ne t i l l eleven . Mrs. S to ryrecei ved on the plat form w i th her nat ion al offi cers i n the receiv i ng l i ne.

T UESDAY, APR IL 1 7 .

The m o rn i ng ses s ion was ca l led to

o rder a tDevo t iona l exerci ses were conducted

by the Reverend Docto r Wood .

H er repo rt , as Cha i rm an of the N a

t ion al Board of Managem en t , was readby the Pres iden t Genera l , received w i thapplau se. an d the audience rose to showappreci a t ion . At the m eet i ng of the

N a t iona l Boa rd of Managem en t the Satu rday prev ious th i s report was a t herreques t ordered publ i shed i n fu l l i n them i nu tes of tha t ses s ion . I t w i l l appea ri n the June m agaz i ne.

The S ta te Regen t of Ga . presen ted thefol low i ng resol u t ionThe delegates from Ga . m ove that al l m em

bers and v i si tors at th is Congress be requestedto obta in sm al l U nited S tates flag s and wearthem du ri ng the en ti re session as a record o f

the spi r i t of the D augh ters o f the Am er icanRevo lu t ion in ou r nation's declara t ion o f war .

Seconded by Mrs. Polk , S ta te Regen tof Tenn

, and ca r r ied.

The Pres iden t Genera l added to her

repo r t a verba l on e i n rega rd to the m ovem en t i naugu ra ted for the pu rcha se of

Mon t icel lo .

The repo r t of the Chapla i n Gene ra lwas read by Mrs. Lockwood and receivedw i th prolonged applau se, the Congres sr i s i ng. M rs. Boyle m oved tha t Mrs.

Lockwood be m ade H ono ra ry Chapla i nGenera l for li feh n um erously secondedand car r ied by a r i s i ng vo te.

The repo rt of the R ecordi ng Secret a ryGenera l , Mrs. Boyle, was presen ted and

accep ted. a s were the repo rt s o f the Corre spon di ng Secre ta ry , Mrs. Blodget t, an dthe R egi s t ra r . M i s s G race Pierce.

Mrs. Ran sde l l , T rea su re r Genera l , presen ted her report , pr in ted cop ies hav i ngbeen di st ribu ted, and s ta ted tha t i t wouldbe read by the offi ci a l reader . The repo r twas rece i ved a s read. i t s adopt ion be i ngde fer red u n t i l the Audi t i ng Com m i t teeand the accoun tan t s m ade tlreiy-

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The N a t ion a l Officers who had n ot yetrepo rted reques ted tha t a la te r hou r bea s s ign ed for thei r repo r t s when the pro

g ram wou ld be m o re f ree and there m igh tbe a la rger audience, and a reces s wast aken .

At the a f tern oo n ses s io n Mrs. Rober tLa n s ing, Secre ta ry of Mem o ri a l Con t ineu t a l H a l l Com m i t tee , presen ted her re

po r t and i ncorpo ra ted i n i t an accoun t of

the propo s i t ion of the O t i s E leva to rCom pany to i n sta l l i n the nea r fu tu re a tthe i r own expen se 3 n ew engi ne of the

bel t- dr i ven type wh ich w i l l el im i na te then eces s i ty of gea r s and en t i rely overcom e

the p resen t no i se. A vo te o f thank s toM i s s D o ri nda E . Roger s an d the m em

be r s o f the Bu i ldi n g and Grou nds Comm i ttee

,a l so to the O t i s E levato r Com

pany was m oved and ca r ri ed.

M i s s Flo rence F i nch repo rted a sCha i rm an of the Magaz i ne Com m i t teea nd her repo rt prec ip i t a ted a d i scu s s iontha t con sum ed m uch o f the a f ternoondu r i ng the t im e o f wh ich there was m uchcon fu s ion and res t les sne s s i n the Con

gress. There were som e con t r ibu t ion sfor the benefi t o f the m aga z i ne, the la rgest of wh ich was tha t of Mrs. Bran t ,S ta te R egen t o f Oh io, who brough t

wh ich sum had been con t r ibu tedby Oh io m em ber s i n respon se to her

appea l for SOc per m em ber for the m agaz i ne.

A f ter the Cha i rm an ’s repo r t was

adopted on m ot ion o f Mrs. Goode , Mrs.

M i no r m oved the repea l o f the act ion ofthe 25th Cong res s i n rega rd to the m agaz i ne. H er m ot ion a s fina l ly pu t and car

r ied was a s fo l low s :“Tha t we repeal the act ion of the 25 th

Cong ress whereby by the paym en t of hera n n u al dues each m em ber of the D ough

ters of the Am er ica n R evolu t i on becom esa pa id su bscr i ber to the m agaz i n e a nd

tha t th i s m ot i on b ecom es opera t ive aftertheJu ne issu e a t the expi ra t ion of thecon t ract w i th the pr i n ter.

”

M i s s Fi nch m oved to recom m end tha teach m em be r of the Soc iety pay on e dol

la r a s subscr ipt ion to the m agaz i ne. Sec

onded by Mrs. Buel and ca r r ied.

Mrs. D raper , Edi to r of the Magaz in e,p resen ted her repo rt wh ich was adop tedand i ts recom m enda t ion s con s idered ad

seri atum . Tha t a l l queries sen t be t e

tu rn ed to the sende r w i th the i n fo rm a t io ntha t n o m o re can be rece ived un t i l thefi r s t of Janu a ry , 19 18, was adoptedu nan im ous ly . The recom m enda t io n tha tthe R em em brance Book of the m aga z i nebe herea f ter placed unde r the ju ri sdict ionof the Chapla i n Genera l was carr ied, a swas the recom m enda t io n tha t herea f te rthe Edi tor b e requ i red to au tho r ize a l lm agaz i ne b i l l s .In accordance w i th the prom i se m ade

to the Twen ty - fi f th Con t i nen t a l Congres sto presen t a plan to el im i na te the select ion of edi to r f rom po l i t ics , she subm i t teda plan wh ich had p rev iou sly been app roved by a m a jo r i ty o f the S ta te R egen t s . Th i s was adopted ; b u t a m o t ionto recon s ide r ow i ng to the sm a l l num be ro f delega tes p re sen t , was en tered.

Mrs. Meach , of Vi rg i n i a , m oved a vo teof thank s to M i s s Fi nch and her comm i ttee for the i r a rdu ou s and con sci en t iou slabo r i n execu t i ng the w i l l o f the Congres s of 19 16 concern i ng the m agaz i ne.

wh ich was seconded a nd ca r r ied by ri s i ngvo te and a reces s was taken .

Be fo re t ak i ng up the even i ng's bu s ines s , the Pres iden t Genera l expres sed herappreci a t ion o f the se rv ice o f Mrs. Fra nco i s B. Mora n to the N a t iona l Soc ietya nd announced tha t Mrs. Mo ran had au

thori zed her to send to the Pres iden t theo ffer o f her hom e con s i s t i ng of som efi f ty room s a n d twelve ba ths to be usedi n ca se o f n eed : tha t Mrs. Mo ran propo sed to appo i n t f rom the N a t iona l Society a gove rn i ng boa rd o f wom en tha twou ld look a f ter tha t im po rt an t brancho f serv ice to the cou n t ry . A r i s i ng vo teo f thank s for th i s gene rou s o ffer wasg iven .

M i s s Florence Macbeth sang the Bel lSong f rom Lakm e, a ffo rdi ng the Con

g res s g rea t plea su re and a s an enco re theS ta r Spangled Ba nner, i n the la s t twol i nes o f wh ich the a udience jo i ned.

On a qu es t ion o f p r iv i lege, Mrs. D raperexpl ai ned the si tua t ion i n rega rd to her

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serv ice dem anded by our country in the pres

We therefore recom m end that th is Cong ress. here assem bled, au thor ize a sta ndingCom m i t tee‘ on War Re l ie f, to serve du rin th i swa r, and in order that the connect i on w i t _ theAdv isory Board o f the Counci l o f Nat i onalD e fense m ay be continued w i thou t in terru pt ion we recom m end tha t th i s present com m i ttee act as a tem porary com m i ttee unti l the perm anen t m em bers m ay be appo inted by the

Pres iden t General E lec t .The fo l low ing recom m endat ions are al so

offered in order that no t im e m ay be lo st iniden ti fy ing our N at ional Society w i th the

g reat problem s wh ich con front u s :That each S ta te Regent shal l ask each Chap

ter Regen t to appo in t a representat i ve, thesem em bers to fo rm a standing com m i ttee o f the

S ta te to elect the i r Chai rm an and cc—o peratew ith the N ational s tanding Com m i t tee on War

Rel ief .That th rough th is cc -opera ti on the represen

ta t ive of each Chapter ca n carry to her associates defini te plans of work whereby eachChapter m ay se lect i t s own defini te l ine froml ines au tho r ized by our N at ional standingcomm i ttee.

That the Chapters in each state create afund in wha tever way m ay seem adv i sable,tha t in t im e o f need m ay be tu rned over to theN at ional Society or u sed by them se l ves in anyem ergen cy wh ich m ay ari se .

The m em bers o f the Adv i so ry Boa rd of the

Counci l for N at ional D e fense present at them ee t ing cal led spec ial a ttention to the fact :First, that ou r food supply shou ld be n ot

only conserved b u t increased to i t s greates tca paci ty, to supply food n ot only for ou rse l vesb u t for ou r A l l ie s, thereby preserv ing by i ntelligen t oversigh t and am ple suppl ies the hea l than d strengt h o f bo th .

Second, tha t we assi st in fu rn ish ing thePress in ou r lon li ty du ly au tho rized s ta t i st icsand in form at ion wh ich w i l l be fu rn i shed us bythe Go vernm en t and be i n a po s i tion to doin tel l igent, person al work .

It i s there fore recom m ended that each Chapter selec t a m em ber or m em bers to study thesesubject s and present to the Chapter som e plano f local work along these li n es, special atten

For

:lbeing g i ven to the cu l t ivation o f waste

anTh i s Com m i ttee n ow m akes a fervent appeal

to each an d every m em be r o f th i s g reat o rgani zat ion . be l iev ing that at th i s t im e al l party l inesand al l local i ssues be la id as ide. No rth, Sou th,East and West working together as a un it,

and that each m em ber accep ting offi ce or assignm en t o f work accept only that for wh ichshe m ay be best adapted a nd where she i sw i l l ing to devote her t im e, streng th an d m ean sin o rder that efficiency. bo th in wo rk and

though t, m ay bring our eli o t t s to a su ccess fulconclu s ion an d o n e worthy of our Ancesto rsand our g reat Society.

a o a a o t a t a o

The fo l low i ng let te r f rom H on . T heodo re Roo sevel t was rea d by the Pre siden t Genera l :

The Am er ican Society for the Rel i e fof French War O rpha n s

Pr i ncipa l Ofii ce, 120 BroadwayThe Fa the rles s Ch i ldren of Fra nce

Bra nch , 665 Fi f th Aven u eNew York , Apr i l 1 7th , 19 1 7 .

MY DEAR Mas. STORY :

May I sugges t tha t be fo re the g rea tconven t ion over wh ich you are pres id i n gb ri ngs i t s ses s ion s to an end there i s on eform of act ion wh ich would be pecul i a rl yfi t t i ng for i t s m em ber s to t ake ? You

a nd you r a s soc i a tes are the di rect descendan ts of the m en who fough t ou rRevol u t ion ary War. S ide by s ide w i ththo se m en s tood the so ldie r s of Fra nceu nder La fayet te, R ocham beau and the i rfel lows . I t was th i s a id o f French sol

dier s , com b i ned w i th loan s of Frenchsh ips and gi fts of French m oney , wh ichm ade po s s ible the succe s s o f ou r s t rugg lefor i ndependence. The serv ice wh ichFrance thu s rendered to u s was decla redby Wa sh i ngton , on the m o rn ing a f terthe v ictory a t Yo rk town . to ca l l for “

u n

a l terable gra t i tude .

"

Th i s se rv ice was

o f such v i t a l character a s to con s t i tu tea deb t o f hono r wh ich every Am e ricanshou ld rega rd a s a sacred obl iga t ion , tob e repa id wheneve r the oppo rtu n i tya ri ses .Tha t oppo rtun i ty ha s com e n ow , u nde r

such ci rcum s ta nces tha t i n pay i ng ou r

deb t to France we a l so render the grea test po s s ible serv ice to hum an i ty a s awhole. France i s fi gh t i ng to- day for her

ve ry ex i s tence a s a na t ion . Mo re than‘ In accordance w i th the above reso lu t ion the follow

’

ri g Perm anent Com m i t tee wasannounced Monday. Apri l 19 1 7 : Mrs. Matthew T . Sco t t. t ha i rrn a n ; Mrs. A S .

Bu rleson,Vi ce Cha i rm an an d Act i ng Secretary ; Mrs.

FJam es B . Grant, Co lo . ; Mrs. W i l l i am H . Wait,

M ich ; Mrs. Fra nk B . E l l i so n, Mass : Mrs.

S . C. ; Mrs.

Pank W . Bahnsen, lll. ; Mrs. F. H . H . Calhoun,Jam es Low ry Sm i th , Texas . The announcem en t o f fu rther m em bers w i l l be

m ade later. An open letter from Mrs. Sco tt i s to be found on page 36 1 .

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t ha t, she i s figh t i ng our ba t t les a s well ash er own . She i s figh t i ng for Am ericani dea l s , for dem ocracy and civ i l iza t ion ,a nd for the reign o f ju s t ice am ong then a t ion s o f m a nk i nd. She needs ou r hel p.

I t i s es t ima ted tha t ha lf a m i l l ion Frenchch i ldren have lo s t thei r f a thers i n th isw a r . The French Gove rnm en t

,s tagger

i n g u nder the s tupendou s financi a l bu rden s o f the wa r, can con tr ibu te on ly pa rt i ally to the su ppo r t Of these ch i ldren .

T hou sa nds of them , especi a l ly i n the di st r icts so b ru t a l ly deva s ta ted by the re

t rea t ing Germ a n a rm y, are u t ter ly des t i~t u te . They m u s t ha ve qu ick and gen

e rou s a i d, or ma ny o f them w i l l peri sh .

They should be saved for the nex tg en era t ion , to t ake the places of the m enw ho have died tha t the n a t ion m igh t l ive.

The Am er ica n Soc ie ty for the R el ie fo f French War O rphans has under takent o prov i de for these v ict im s of th is m os tru thle s s war, and to ca re for them U n t i lt hey sha l l reach a n age a t wh ich they w i l lb e se l f - suppo rt i ng . The Soc iety ha sb een i nco rpo ra ted for fi f teen yea r s, and

i ts work w i l l be con t in ued a fter the end

of the war. I t s expen ses . bo th i n th i scoun t ry and i n France, are pa id fromm em be r sh ip du es a nd a n u nderwr i t i ngfund, and a l l m oney s con t r ibu ted to i t sWa r O rphan s Fund or for i ndiv idua lo rphans are rem i t ted to France w i thou tdeduct ion .

I ea rn es t ly hope tha t the Da ugh ters ofthe Am er ican R evo lu t ion , recogn iz ingthei r pecul ia r fi tness for the wo rk, andi ndeed thei r pecul i a r obl iga t ion to per

fo rm i t , w i l l give form a l approva l to theAm er ica n Society

’s rea l ly noble cha ri ty,an d w i l l pledge them selves a s a n organ izat ion to co- opera te w i th the Soc ie ty bygua ran teei ng suppo rt for a la rge num be ro f o rphan s .

'

I hu s you r o rgan i zat ion w i l lt ake upo n i t sel f the du ty of pay i ng i tsshare i n ou r D ebt of H ono r to France.

Very si ncerely you rs,TH EODORE ROOSEVELT .

To MRS . WILLIAM CUMM ING STORY,Pres iden t -Genera l of the D augh terso f the Am er ica n Revolu t ion .

To the Am er ica n S oci ety for the Relief of Fren ch Wa r Orphan s, 120 Broadway,The Fa therless Ch ildren of Fra nce Bran ch, 665 Fi f th Avenue

In response to yo u r appeal. I enclo se m y

Contribu t ion to the War Orphans Fund o f the Soc iety

Founder, w i th dues at the rate o f $500. per annumBene factor, $230.asSu sta in ing Mem ber, $100.a Contr i bu t ing Mem ber, 10. or m ore per annum

N am e

Address

M ake cheq ues payable to : TheAm eri can S oci ety for the R elief of Fren ch "for Orphan s, or to,

At the reques t of the Pres iden t Gene ra l , a m o t ion was pa s sed “

tha t the

S ociety vote a t once to do everythi ng i tco uld i n a m oral a nd fin an cia l way to

h elp the Am eri ca n S ociety for the R eliefof Fren ch War Orpha ns.

Mo t ion s were a l so ca r r ied“Tha t at the close of ou r Con t i n en tal

Congress, after due consulta t ion w i th

Thomas Cochra n , Treasurer.

the R ed Cross as to wha t they m ost n eedi n the way of m ore room for thei r work,and i n order to render wha t i m m edia tea nd pract ical ass istan ce we can , we

ofier to them the use of all the space i n

th is b u ildi ng we can possi bly spa re.

”

“Tha t the D a ugh ters of the Am erica n

R evolu t i on use every endeavor to educa te

the gen eralpu blic to a true reygmggeafog

2 98 DAUGHTERS 0 1" TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION MJGJZIN IZour flag by sta ndi ng i n s ilence du r i ng theplay i ng or s i ng i ng of the S ta r SpangledBa n n er .

”

That every Da ughter of the Am er ican Revolu t i on i m m edia tely reach her

S en a tors and Represen ta t ives a nd u rgethem to sta nd[or an d support u n iversalm i li ta ry tra i n i ng a nd serv ice.

”

At the pa tr iot ic sess ion on Fr iday even i n g , Pro f . S t iegl i tz o f the U n ivers i ty o fCh icago, and Pre s iden t o f the Ame ri canChem ical Soc iety presen ted the fo l lowi n g mot ionW

'

hereas. there is a g rea t shor ta ge.

ln thesupp l ie s o f p la t in um ava i l ab le for sc i en t i ficand in du st r ial pu rposes. and

the shortage is i n very g rea t m easu re due to the ex ten s ive use o f p lat in um forj ewe l ry and othe r a rt icles o f lu x u ry. there forebe i tResolved, tha t the N at ion al Aca dem y o f

Sc ien ces,i n th is cr i t ical s i tu at ion where al l the

resou rces o f the N a t ion shou ld be pu t to theuse o f those im m ediate ly ac t ive i n the con s truet ion and de fen s ive work o f the coun t ry. appealto the wom en and m en o f Am er ica te. refu sedu r in g the per iod of \Na r to pu rchase or accept a s g i ft s jewel ry and other art icles m ade i n“hole or i n par t o f pla t in um ex cept su ch asa re al ready under con tract. and thu s to al lowal l the ava i lab le supp l ies o f the m eta l to beu sed where they ca n do the g rea tes t good.

wh ich was for mal ly adopted the n extday .

Mrs. Jam es Ca rro l l Fra z ier, Ch a irmano f the N avy League Com fort Com m i ttee. tohl i n deta i l o f the work o f her comm i t tee i n mak in g sleeveless j ackets , scar fsand wr i s t lets wh ich cou ld on occa s ion heused as gloves , sugge st in g that the womeno f certa in s ta tes m igh t make en ough forthe m en on the sh ips o f the i r state . A

mo t ion was adopted “tha t each delega te

engage i n th i s splendid work of kn i tt i nga nd take back the word of the work toher chapter a nd sta te.

”

For fu l l in format ion , apply to N avyL eague Com fort s Comm i t tee, 74 5 Southern Bu i ldi ng . D . C .

On Thu rsday even in g the ch ie f i tem o fin terest was the report o f the Cha i rm ano f Tel lers , Mrs. Dea rborn o f N . H . , whoan n ou n ced the fol low in g officers elected :Pres iden t Gen eral ,Mrs. George Tha c her Guern sey, 677.

Chapla i n Gen eral,M i ss E l i sabeth F. Pierce, 792 .

R ecordi ng Secre ta ry Genera l .M i ss Em m a L . Crowel l , 846 .

Co rrespondin g Secre ta ry Genera l ,Mrs. .Woodbu ry Pn lsi fer, 687 .

Organ iz i ng Secreta ry Genera l ,Mrs. Du ncan U . Fletcher, 725 .

Reg i s t ra r Genera l ,M i s s Grace M. Pierce, 890.

T rea su rer Gen era l ,Mrs. R obe rt J . John s ton , 746 .

H i s to ri an Gene ra l ,Mrs. Geo rge K. Cl arke, 819 .

D i rector Genera l i n C ha rge o f Reportto Sm i th son ia n I n s t i tu t ion .

Mrs. Ben j am i n D . H ea th, 736 .

L ib ra r i an Genera l ,Mrs. Jam es M . Fowler, 738.

Cu ra to r Genera l ,Mi ss Ca ther i ne B. Ba r low, 837 .

Vi ce PRES IDEN TS GEN ERAL row T um s

YEARSMrs. Jam es Ben ton Gran t , Co lo . . 944 .

Mrs. Fred H . H . Ca lhoun , 5 . C 938.

Mrs. Cha r le s E . Longley, R . I ., 898.

M i s s Jean ie D . Blackbu rn , Ky. , 875 .

Mrs. Sam uel McKn ight Green , Mo . , 859.

Mrs. Sheppa rd \V. Fo s te r, Ga . , 845 .

Mrs. W i l l i am H . T a lbo t t, Md. , 826 .

VICE Passm sn rs GEN ERAL FOR ONE

YEAR

Mrs. Edm und P. Moody, Del 787 .

Mrs. G. Wa l lace W. H anger , D . n o.

Mrs. W i l l iam C. Rob i n son , Ma i ne, 769 .

Vice Pres iden t Genera l to fi l l the onexpi red te rm

Mrs . C. B. Le t ton,N eb ra ska , 869 .

H ono ra ry V ice Pres i den t Gene ra l ,M rs. Geo rge M . S ternberg. 748 .

Edi to r o f Magaz i ne.M i s s N a ta l ie Sum ne r L i ncol n , 7 1 1 .

Af ter the applau se had sub s ided the

Pres iden t Genera l i n v i ted the newlyelected ofii cers to the pla t fo rm , a n d ia

t roduced them to the Congres s . Mrs.

Guer nsey, Pres iden t Genera l elec t . spokea s fo l lows :

“I have n o wo rds b u t the m u te lan

guagc of the hea rt to thank you for the

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confidence i n m e wh ich you have shown .

I t i s a n hono r tha t any wom a n of th i sn a t ion m igh t wel l covet bu t a t th i s m om en t 1 am th i nk i ng n ot of the honor b u tof the respon s ib i l i ty wh ich tha t honorim po ses . I do n ot feel tha t th i s i s thet im e for m ak i ng o f long speeches an d

la rge prom i ses . I s im ply w i sh to expres sm y thanks to a l l of you .

At the conclu s ion o f the repo rt of theCha i rm an of Pa t r io t ic Educa t ion . Mrs.

J am es C. D unn i ng, she presen ted M i s sMa r tha Ber ry , who to ld i n her u su a l i nterest i n g m an ner the s to ry of her wo rkam ong the boy s a nd gi r l s i n the m oun ta i ndi s t r ict s and p resen ted the Pres iden tGenera l w i th a n exqu i s i te f an m ade bythe gi r l s of her schoo l . Many o rde r swere t aken for fa n s, the pr ice be i ng on lyfou r dolla r s , a nd o rder s for o thers m ay

a t any t im e be sen t w i th the pr ice to

M i s s Ma rtha Berry . Moun t Berry, Ga .

A m o t ion to es t abl i sh a fu nd to be

known a s the I ndi a n Schola r sh ip Fundwas a l so adopted, a s was the m o t ion

“Tha t the P residen t General allow a

pho tog raph to b e taken of herself, wh i lesta ndi ng as our ch i ef ex ecu t ive ofli cer

for the last t i m e ; a nd tha t these pho to

g raphs be pu t on sale i n order to crea te

a fu nd to be known as the D a isy AllenS to ry Fu nd. the pu rpose of the som e to

b e used for the prom ot i on of the work ofour g rea t o rga n isa t i on , the choice ofwh ich m ay be nam ed by her.

"

Mrs. McClea ry, Cha i rm an of the Old

T ra i l s Comm i t tee presen ted to each delega te a copy o f the speech of Mr. Bor

Iand i n the H ou se o f R epresen tat ives . an dof the di scu s s ion of the p ropo sed b i l lfor a N a t iona l H ighway . Th i s speechclo sed w i th the fo l low i ng t ri bu te to the

N a t iona l Society

These t ra i ls have n ot com e abou t by accident .T hey are the true index o f the Nat ion's prog ress—the l i fe h i story o f a people. T hat theyare l inked in a com plete chain from ocean toocean is n ot a m atter o f chance, b u t each l inkrepresents an epoch in the g rowth of th i sRepubl ic. T hey are the au tograph o f a nat ionwri tten across the face o f a cont inent.The Boston Po st Road un ited the in fant

Co lon i es; Braddocks Road led to the val ley

o f the Oh io ; the Cum be rland'

Road saved to

u s the Sou thwest ; the Sou thwest gave to us

Lou i s i a na Provm ce, and.

the res tle ss f ront i ersm en of that n ew dom a i n gave us Texas andca rried our flag to N ew Mex ico, Cali fornia,a nd Oregon.

All the sk il l o f m odern sci en ce has neverbeen ab le to dev i se or di scover w i th in the con e

fines o f the U n ited S tates better natu ral rou tesof transpo rta tion than these p rim i t i ve old trai ls.On them the in fant feet o f the N at ion havetrod in i ts am bi t i ou s enterpr ise to grasp thefu l l f r ui ts of i ts oppo rtun it ies.The Revo lu t ion, wh ich m ade u s a Nation,

g ave u s al so the opportunity for the con questo f a cont in en t and set be fo re u s the m a nifestdesti ny wh ich shou ld extend the feeble and

strugg l ing f r inge o f settlem ents u po n the bleakAtlan ti c coast acro ss m i les o f v irg in territo ry to the wondrou s Sou th Sea a nd bringi t a l l under on e flag . w i th on e civ i l i zat ion, onelang uage. o n e l i te ra tu re , a n d on e law .

i t i s to the credi t o f the Dau ghters o f theAm erican kevolu t ion that. t ru e to the grea th isto ric inspiration o f the i r body, they a re de

vo t i ng them sel ves to the preservat ion and

perpetuat ion o f these h istor ic trai l s and thatthey have a righ t to expect to enl i st the en

thusi ast ic su ppor t of the N ation in th is greatpu rpose.

On e o f the i n teres t i ng fea tu re s of theCongres s was the pa t r io t ic speech o f the

H onora ry Pres iden t Genera l . Mrs. Mat

thew T . Scot t , who w i th her old- t imefo rce and v igo r and i n her own i n im i t

able s tyle expres sed her'

appreci a t ion of

the fou r splendid wom en who had beencandida tes for Pres iden t Genera l , a l l o fwhom were her pe r son a l f r iends . She

to ld o f her own o ffer to the Governm en t,for wha tever pu rpo se i t m igh t be needed.o f her hom e i n Bloom i ngton

,I l l . ; and

a f ter a ferven t appea l to pa t rio t i sm,

u rged the D augh ters to s t0 p pe t i t ion.

i ng and go hom e and plan t po t a toes .”

The m o s t dram a t ic. perhaps , was on

S a tu rday a f tern oon , when , a f ter the an

noun cem en ts of the pledges o f Mrs. Bel lam y and Mrs. Bu t ter wor th the Con

gre s s rose and jo i ned i n s ingi ng Pra i seGod f rom Whom allBles s i ngs Flow .

”

A m o t ion wa s pa s sed “ tha t Mrs. S toryb e m ade Cha i rm an of the Mon t icelloAs soci a t ion u n t i l th i s work i s fin i shed.

She began the work a nd shou ld fin i sh i t ."Mrs. S tory was a l so elected H ono rary

Pres iden t Genera l , and Mrs. Guern sey.

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Cha i rm an of the Mem or ia l Cont inen ta lHa l l Comm i ttee.

The Congress wen t on record as endorsi ng proh ibi t ion . Ch i ld Labor Laws,Ch ild-We l fare R esearch , and many othermea sures for the good o f mank i nd. The

usual votes o f than ks were passed ; andjust before n ine o’clock Saturday even

in g, the President Gen era l Mrs. S toryca l led Mrs. Guernsey to the pla t form a nd

handed over to her the badge o f thePresiden t General , and the ga ve l o f heroffice. Mrs. Guernsey responded

,

pressing the hope tha t whenever shecam e to \Vash ington she would vi s i t herformer hom e, assured her that she wou ldalways find there in a warm welcom e, andthe audience j o ined in singi ng “

T i l l We

Mee t Aga in .

George Eskridge , ofVirginia , Gua rdian ofMary Ball

By Mary H . West

Geo rge E sk ridge, o f Sandy Poi nt ,\Vestm orelan d Coun ty , Vi rgin ia . cam e toth i s cou n t ry som e t im e previou s to 169 6.

The E skri dges are o f Lancash i re , En gland. H e m a rried fi rst , R ebecca . dunghter o f Sam uel and Ma rga ret ( l’h i llpot )Bonum , o f \Vestm oreland Coun ty . J u stwhen the m a rriage took pla ce has n o t

b een determ ined, b u t i t was previou s tothe da te m en t ioned above. H e was a law

yer, and becam e very prom inent in theaffai rs o f the count ry . H e was a m em b ero f the H ou se o f Bu rgesses in 1 702 - 1 4 - 20

22 - 23- 26—27—28- 30—32 . In 17 1 4 he wasCoroner for Po tom ac D i st rict : Mem bero f Q u am m 1 7 14 ; Vest rym an o f Coplcl ’a rish Chu rch \Va rden between 1731 - 5 ;Toba cco Agent for Westm oreland and

No rthum berland Coun t ies 17 14 , and

K ing’s Atto rney from 1 7 19 to 1732 . H e

was a l so Q u een ’s Attorney for No rthumberland and R ichm ond Coun t ies .By h i s m a rriage w i th Rebecca Bonum

he had fou r sons — ll’ i llia m , George.

Rob ert and S am uel, and two daughters ,S arah and Ma rga ret . By th i s secondm a rriage , ab out 1 7 15 , to E l izabeth .

daugh ter of R obert Vaulx , he had onedaughter, E lizabeth . Willia m Eskr idge,the eldest son , m a rried Abiga i land had fou r sons. From h im was

descended L ieu t . Wi l l iam E skridge, o f

the R evolu t ion , who died in FrederickCounty, Va . , Oc tober 3, 1830. AlsoL ieu t. George li skridge, who served inthe R evo l ut ion

, and who died i n ('

i rayson

County, Kentucky, Augu st 18, 1827 .

George E skridge,Jr. , ma rried Pri sc i l lao f D orchester . Md. H e died

i n 1 731 , leav ing four sons . S am uel 15sk

r idge, who was a m em ber o f the PeaceCom m i ssion in 1 737 , m a rried firs t :H annah R u st . By her he had on e daugh

ter. R ebecca , who m a rried her cou sin .

Peter R u st . Sam u el E sk ri dge m a rriedsecond : abou t 1735 . Jane Ash tonBy the second m arriage he had fo u r sons

— Charles, R ichard, Bu rdette and John.

Bo th of the la t ter a re sa id to have servedi n the R evo lu t ion , Bu rdet te in SouthCa ro l ina . and John in Vi rgi nia . RobertEskridge, born abou t 1700, was a physici an . H e was educa ted i n England. andi n 1 738, three yea rs a fter the dea th ofh i s fa ther. he and h i s w i fe. Pri sc il la,wen t to Eng land. Whether they retu rnedor not i s n ot shown in the reco rds .S a rah Ifskridge, born 1708. died 1753,

married Capta i n \Vi lloughby N ew ton .

From them was descended Mrs. H a r rietLane Johnston, n iece o f Presiden t Buchanan . M a rga ret Eskridge m a rried.

previou s to 1 735. H ow son Kenner, o f\Vestm orelan d County , son o f Capta inFranc i s Kenner. Elisa beth E skr idge,m arried first : i n 1 735 . Capta i n W i l l iamAylett . whose second w i fe she was. Byh im she had two daughters, Anne, bo r nabou t 1 736 . died D ecem be r 1 2 th 1 768,a nd Ma ry . bo rn about 1 738 Anne Aylettm a rried D ecem be r 3, 1 757 . R icha rdH enry Lee, son of Thom as and H annah( Ludwel l ) Lee. H e was bo rn a t S tra tfo rd. Westmoreland Coun ty , January 20 .

1 732 , and died a t C hant i l ly, sam e cou nty ,June 19 , 1794 . Ma ry Aylet t ma rri edThom a s L udwel l L ee bo rn D ecem be r 30,

1 730 , bro ther to R icha rd H en ry . Af terthe dea th o f Capta in Wi l l iam Aylett i n1 744 , E l izabeth (E skridge ) Aylet t . whowas ca l led th e “youth fu l w idow, m ar

ried Co lonel Jam es S teptoe, whose secondw i fe she wa s, a lso . By h im she had fou rsons . From thei r e ldest son George , aredescended Mrs. Cha rles D ana Gibsonand her si s ters

,the beau t i ful Langhor ne

gi rls . "In the w i l l of Mrs. Mary H ewes .

m other o f Ma ry Ba l l , wh ich was pro

bated Ju ly 29 , 1 72 1 , she di rects “m y sa idD augh ter Ma ry Ba l l to be u n

der the t u t i lege a n d govern m ent o f Capta in Geo rge E sk ridge during her m inori ty .

” In ano ther pa rag raph o f the will

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304 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZIN Eshe says, I do hereby appo int m y saidson

,John Johnson , a nd m y trusty and

wel l - beloved friend, Geo rge E skridge,E xecutors o f th i s, my last w i l l and testam ent .The son (by her first m a rriage) , John

Johnson , died soon a f ter h i s mother, andGeorge E skridge was le f t so le executor.E l izabeth Johnson , Ma ry Ba l l’s s tep- sister

, was the w i fe o f Sam u el Bonum,

nephew of the w i fe o f George E skridge .Mary Ba l l l i ved w i th them , and was lovi n gly cared for by them . D r. G . \V.

Bea le wri tes : “I t was i n a l l l ikel ihood,

that as a wa rd o f Major E skridge, andthrough the above rela t ionsh ip, and n o t

wh i le vi si t ing i n Eng land, as som e m a i nta in , Ma ry Bal l found the acqua intanceand assoc ia t ion wh ich led to her m a rriagew ith August ine Wash ington , and su b se

quent em i nence i n the coun try’s anna ls .”The ori ginalp ortrai ts o f George Esk

ridge an d h i s first w i fe, R ebecca Bonum .

were owned by Genera l Peter C. R ust , adescendant of R ebecca E skridge, daughter o f Sam uel . They cam e into h i s possession together w i th severa l beau t i ful

PROPOSED INDEX TO VIRGINIAWILLSNotice has j ust been received o f the publ ication in the near fu ture by the Society of the

Co lon ia l Dam es of Am erica of a m ost val

u able and long -needed work—Ao Index to

Wi l ls and Adm in istra tions on E states in the

County Records of V irg in ia , com piled byWi l l iam Clayton Torrence, Secretary Va lent ine Muscum , a nd Associa te Edi tor o f Wil l iamand Ma ry Col lege Quarterly, assisted by E . N .

Torrence and M . L . Ga rland. Th is index wi l lin clude all w i lls and adm in i stra t ions be tweenthe years 1632 a nd 1800 wh ich a re st ill preserved. It w i l l be a lphabet ica l ly arranged,and show the exact loca tion o f every wi ll andadm in istra t ion . As the clerk of each cou rt inV irg in ia is directed by sta tu te to m ake, upo nreq uest. a transcript o f any record in h is office,u pon the paym ent of a reason able fee, i t isreadi ly appa rent how m uch t im e, la bor and

expense the publ ica tion of this index w i l lsave genea logi sts and their cl ients. In m anyV irg in ia coun t ies the cou rt-ho uses are i n acces

s ible by ra i lroad an d the trip by boa t o r acrosscountry is extrem ely uncom fo rtable and

fa t igu in g ; and there is no thing wh ich a con

sci en ti ou s genea log ist dreads m o re than . a ftera long , fa t igu in g and expensive jou rney to on e

o f these inaccess ible places. to find tha t thelabor is in va in. By the pu bl ica tion o f th isi ndex on e can tel l w i th in a few m om e ntswhether any record rem a ins o f the personsought. According to the Prospectu s. everycounty in Virg in ia in wh ich there rem a in anyrecords o f wi lls a nd adm inistra tions on esta teshas been visi ted a nd l ists m ade o f the docu

m ents w i th da tes of the docum ent or date o frecord thereo f. The nam es o f testa tors and

intesta tes obta ined by th is m ethod o f l ist in ghave been a lphabet ica l ly arranged under sur

nam es. This Index is the first a ttem pt to con

struct a practica l gu ide to the m a ter ia l forgenea logy an d fam i ly h isto ry wh ich l ies h idden away i n the county records ; a nd the com

p iler, Mr. Torrence, has spent twelve yea rs i nga therin g together h is m a teria l.The price o f the forthcom ing vo lum e w ill

b e and postage, to be pa id upon noticetha t the work i s ready. Address all com m un icat ions to M i ss An n a 8 . Boyki n . Acting Treasu rer, 4 19 East Frank l in St .. R i chm on d.

,Va.

pieces o f s i lver because h i s branch of thefam i ly were the last to l i ve in the old

hou se . The portrai ts were le ft in storagein N ew York unt i l abou t twen ty yearsago when Judge R . T . \V. D ulse,Jr. , of

Charlottesv i l le, Va . , was inst rum enta l inha ving them restored an d photographed.Genera l R ust then loaned them to MountVernon where they hung un t i l about threeyears ago, when he sudden ly took themaway . H e died abou t two years ago and

the p ictu res have d i sappeared. I t wou ldbe a patriot ic deed to di scover them . pu r

cha se them and restore them to Moun tVernon, on whose wa l ls they should t e

main .

When one no t ices the sim i lar i tv b e

tween the nam es of those who cared forMa ry Ba l l i n her you th—George Eskridge, Sam uel a nd Elisabeth Bon um and

the nam es o f her ch i ldren- on e wondersi f her son , the Fa ther o f Ou r Coun t ry ,was n ot nam ed i n hono r of h i s m other'sgu a rdian , Geo rge E skridge, o f Westm oreland Coun ty , Vi rg in ia , of whom Iam proud to be a descendant .

A True Love S tory of the Olden TimesBy La u ra J" . Pla n ts, M . D .

More than one hundred years ago ayoung and pret ty m a iden stood over a

la rge wooden bread- trough,de ftly m i x

ing “ry 'n Indian bread. She wa s ap ictu re of sim ple, unconsc iou s beau ty .

The yea rs o f her gi rlhood had been spen ti n he lp ing her m o ther in hou seholddu t ies, for she was the e ldes t o f sevench i ldren . Or, when occasion requ i redshe dropped corn for her fa ther and

brothers or v ied w i th them in hoeing thelong stra ight rows .She cou ld hetche l the flax , tw i rl the

di stafl’

, ca rd the woo l , or spin and wea vethe va riou s yarns i nto flanne l for the i rgowns, blankets for the beds, ful l - clothfor the m en to wea r, or l inen for sheets ,p il low - ca ses, table cloth s and towels o fva riou s pattern s .And she could b leach them, too, when

the appl e blossoms were fa l l ing, unt i lthey ri val led snow i n wh i teness . And

when her de ft fingers had fash ioned themfor serv ice , they w ere du ly sprinkled w i thlavender and packed away i n the ceda rchest brought f rom the Old Cou ntry , orin the bureau drawers her fa ther hadm ade from a cher ry tree fel led from the i rfo rest fa rm when the clea ring was made,sawed i nto boa rds by hand and sea sonedfor years . L ikew i se, f rom th i s cherrylum be r were fa sh ioned tables, l ightstands, bu rea u s and dressers wh ich beaut ified the hum b le hom e .She could cook as wel l as her mother,

wh ich was her h ighes t ambit ion ; di p thecan dles and m ake the soap.

An d n ow , as she s tooped over the tray ,she was the personificat ion o f per fectyoung wom anhood. H er wa vy brownhai r, tha t had a gl int o f gold when a sunbeam crossed i t , was com bed back f romher wh i te forehead and ga thered i n a neta t the back . H er large blu e eyes werefu l l o f sweetness and pu ri ty . They cou ldtw inkle w i th m errim en t or m o i sten w ithsadness as the differen t chords o f her

sen sn i v'

e nature were tou ched w i th joyor sorrow.

H er cheeks were flu shed w i th the roseso f hea l th and exerci se . H er l ips werel ike Cupid’s bow, c rim son - dyed. And

her full, rounded figu re seem ed pu l sa t ingw ith j oyous l i fe and pl easure i n her work.She had fini shed kneading the bread, setit to rise

,in a cha i r

‘

n ear the big openfire-

place where the backlog was b uming bri skly, the tea- ket t le sing in g on thecrane and the di sh - kett le was ready foru se.

The spacious brick oven was red fromthe g low ing coals . As Naom a inspectsi t, she finds i t we l l heated andw i th a longhand led i ron shove l she removes the

coa l s and ashes to the fire- place, mo i s tensthe oven broom an d sweeps the sm oo thbot tom clean

,then shu ts the doo r to let

i t coo l a l i tt le, pou rs hot wa ter on to thewh ite bread- shovel , dips i t i n co ld wateran d i t i s ready for the loaves o f brownbread she has fash ioned .

She places on e a t a t im e on the shovel,opens the oven door and w i th a de ft.qu ick m ot ion , s l ips i t f rom the shovelonto the oven bottom , far back, to m akeroom for the rest of th e ba ki ng.

Then she takes the bean -

pot , fil led tothe brim w i th pork and beans ; then a jarof dried apples, wh ich were taken fromthe string, soa ked over n ight , pu t i n to thejar wi th p len ty o f water, a cup o f boi ledc ider, and m aple sugar and covered w ithbrown bread dough . Then cam e shapelyloa ves of whea t bread and ba rley bread,p ies o f va riou s k inds and la stly, g ingerbread.

She had jus t closed the door o f theoven when she hea rd a rap a t the openk i tchen door. “Why, R euben , i s tha tyou ? Com e i n ,

" she says as a brightglow spreads over her fa ce .

“ I can ’t ," said R euben Gray, h i s faceflu sh ing red, wh i le ‘h i s m a n ly form , l ikea young Apo l lo, darkened the doo r. I

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were home i n the i r beds,dream ing love’s

young dream .

The next day R euben came over aga in .

Bu t th i s t im e he sought Farm er T ru emanan dwh i le h i s face grew red and h i s handswent i n and out o f h i s pockets , asked himi f he m igh t keep com pany w i th h i sdaughter.Farm er T ru em an ’s eyes tw i nkled as he

answered.

“Jest as you an d she canagree . N aom a is a good gi rl and I ha in ’tany th ing agin you R euben .

”

I t did n ot take R euben long to find

Naom a and ask her i f he cou ld come tosee her nex t Sunday n igh t . She sa id shewou ld be glad to see h im .

The Sabbath cam e a nd N aom a 's vo iceseemed sweeter and richer and the old

hym ns had a n ew m eaning a s she sang .

The Lord My Pa stu re Sha l l Prepa re "a nd Wa i t ing i n H i s Cou rts Today .

"

For

R euben was i n a l l her thoughts .The sun went down . The spare room

had been swept and garni shed. The

yel low painted floor shone w i th du st lesslu ster. The best b ed stood i n one corner.The

“ l i ve geese fea ther bed" rose h ighabove the s traw t ick

,rounded and shapely

f rom head to foot . A bed qu i l t p ieced upi n Tu rkey red sta rs on a wh i te g round,

qu i l ted i n shel ls, covered i ts am ple port ions. A snowy l inen sheet was foldedover a t the head. The sm a l l p i l low ca seswere trimm ed w i th hom e- kn i t lace. A

wh ite va lance hu ng a lm ost to the floorand the bright ch intz cu rtains were t iedto the h igh posts w i th ribbons .A

“chest of drawers" w i th sh ininghandles was i n place. A look ing -

g lassw i th the picture o f a basket o f fru i t andflowers a t the top, enclosed i n a gi l tfram e, hung be tween the w indows . A

l igh t stand s tood under i t, covered w i tha wh ite f ringed towel , on wh ich was a

Bible and hym n - book . And spl in t- b ottom ed cha i rs were ranged around theroom w i th thei r backs to the wa l l . The

fireplace was fil led w i th fresh pine bough san d a p itcher o f ferns and flowers stoodbetween the brass andi rons . On them antel piece were brass candlest icks, b etween them the snq ers on a pa inted

t ray . And on each end a ch i na vasebrought f rom the “

Old Country .

"

An d here N aom a , i n her new cal icogown wai ted for R euben . A step

,a

kn ock a t the door an d he was th ere . Thecandle was l i t, the l ight stand p laced inthe m iddle o f the room , a cha i r on e itherside, at a goodly di sta nce. And R eubenbegan cou rt ing N aom a .

T herea fter every fortnigh t found themin the same place and be fore ma ny m oonsthei r vows were pl ighted an d N aom a wasbu sy spinn ing an d weaving, b leach ingand p iecing an d fash ioning for her ownhousekeeping, and em bro idering the wh item u sl i n that was to be her wedding gown .

So two yea rs cam e an d went . Reu

ben 's hou se was ready and the day wasset wh ich was to com plete the oneness ofthe i r l i ves, when R euben was taken sick.

“Typhu s feve r,” the docto r said. And

no sk i l l , no nu rsing , no love could saveh im f rom the Grim D estroyer.H o lding her hand, her nam e on h i s l ips,

he wen t back to the God who gave him .

N aoma's heart was broken . No tearscam e to he r w ide open eyes . She prayed,i n an agony o f despa i r, tha t she m ightgo w ith h im. Then she lay a long t im ea lmost as dead as Reuben . Then thetears came l ike a flood and her reasonwas saved.

"

N aom a, sa id the mother, as she t riedto com fort, “i t’s God ’s w i l l tha t R eubenshou ld die. You m u st t ry to be resign ed.

"

“Yes, i t

’

s God's w i l l," she s low ly re

peated. But who does n ot kn ow tha tth i s was lip- resigna t ion , wh i le the hea rt,w i th a great th rob o f angu i sh, bled a freshas she k i ssed the cold wh ite brow an d

stroked the sh in in g ha i r and bl in dlyca l led on the dumb l ips to spea k .

They la id h im away i n a grove wherethe w i ld flowers b loom ed and for a t imeshe went to the gra ve to weep there .But the sad days cam e and went , unt i l

peace, l ike a river flowed in to her sou l .though the love for R euben bu rned and

g lowed l ike a candle, on the al ta r o f herhea rt, wh ich years cou ld n ot qu en ch .

She was the light o f her hom e, t i l l , on eby one, i ts in m ates had depagted.

”ThenIfl l'l7 0 \I w f

A TR UE LOVE STOR Y OF TH E OLDEN T IMES

o ther hom es were Opened to her a n d shebecam e a m ini stering ange l wherever shew en t . She cou ld nu rse the sick, fash iona nd m ake every art icle o f wearing ap

pa rel for m en and wom en, cook, spin an dw eave and above al l , she cou ld cheer an db le ss every one she was w ith .

H er presen ce was l ike a ray o f su n

sh ine and Aunt N aom a was loved and

welcom ed by young an d old.

N inety - two years a fter her bi rth theD eath Ange l cal led. She was a lm ostgone when a sm i le l ighted up herw ri nkledface and her last words were, “ I sha l lm eet R euben there. " And the constan theart was s t i l l .

(Dr. La u ra Plantz , au thor o f thi s story, wi ll be 88 yea rs old May 8, 191 7. She is a Charterm em ber o f the Society, N a t iona l N um b er 228, the daughter o f a Rea l Daughter, g rand~da ughter o f a

“Minu te Man”who fough t in the ba ttle of Lex ing ton, and was the first

wom an to pract ice m edicine in the S ta te o f Verm ont . S he wri tes tha t the incident u ponwhich the sto ry was founded is strictly tru e, the nam es only being fict i t i ou s.

— Edi tor. ]

The H istoric Chu rch ofNew Castle, N . H .

By Ka tha r i n e H . G. W inga te.

I t i s not o ften we pause to th ink of

t h e debt o f grat i tude we owe to thech urches o f Co lonia l and R evolu t iona ryt im es . There are many o f these old

chu rches wh ich are veri table treasurehou ses of h i story and romance, wai t ingon ly the t im e o f a m a ster hand to cal li n to be ing l i terature as fa sc ina t ing as anyever w ri tten . Around them have clu stered the hopes and di sappoin tm ents , thejoy s an d so rrows o f whole com m u ni t ies :i n them ha ve been fou nd i nspi ra t ion andh igh ideals for da i ly l i v ing , and tha t peacea n d com fo rt wh ich have helped m anyw ea ry feet over the ha rd p laces of l i fe ;w h i le from them have com e records i nva luable i n establ i sh ing dates of bi rth ,m a rri ages an d dea th s o f those who ha veh e lped to m ake the h i sto ry of ou r cou nt ry . They s tand each on e a noble m onum en t to those who ha ve pa ssed on and atower o f strength to those who dwe l lw i th i n the l im i ts o f the i r influence .There stands today , i n the qua int l it t le

v i l lage o f N ew Castle, on the coast o f N ew

H am psh i re, an old Congrega t ional chu rchw h ich i s rich in h i story and tradi t ion . I tsearl iest days l ike those of the v i l lage aresomewha t obscu re . N ewcast le i s s i tuatedon Grea t I s land, a t the m ou th o f the Piscataqu a ri ver, abou t th ree m i les sou th~ Cong regat ion al Church , Castle, N . H .

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eas t o f Portsmouth . The I sland i s abou ta mi le square and a lm os t squa re in shapew ith fou r rocky po ints . Ma rt i n Pringexplo red the Pisca taqua for ten or twelvem i les in 1603 and Cham pla in touchedhere in 1605 . Capta i n John Sm ith vi s i tedthe place i n 16 14 a nd described i t a s “Asa fe ha rbor w ith a rocky shore," a moreconc i se desc ript ion than wh ich i t ha s undoubtedly never had. H e a lso nam ed theI s les of Shoales som e e ight or n ine m i lesdi sta n t, a fter h im sel f, Sm ith ’s I sles. Thefirst settlem ent was m ade a t Odiom es

Poi nt , just across L i tt le H a rbor fromN ewcastle, and there the first hou se wasbu i l t i n 1623. The sou thern pa rt o f

Grea t Island be ing nea rest Odiom es

Po in t was set t led . T hat part o f the I sland was ca l led Cu ta long and the northern pa rt In alon g . Capta i nWa l ter N ea le,a t rue so ldie r of fortune, was first Govern or o f the set tlemen t about L i t tle H arb or.

N ewcastle was for a long t im e the sea to f the Prov inc ia l Govern m ent and theresidence of the Gove rnors . The ProvinceH ou se was si tu a ted on a sl igh t em inenceopposite the head o f the road leadingf rom the vi l lage to Fo rt Const itu t ion .

The first gun was p laced upon the rocksof the no rthea st po int of the Is land in1 631 . I t i s possible tha tJafl'

rey’

s Po in twas fort ified st i ll earl ier . Fort Con st i tut ion was known as the Castle in the earlydays and the p lace has a lways been cal ledFort Po in t . In 1666 fort ificat ions w erebegun and becam e known la ter as FortW i l l iam and Ma ry . Du ring the R evolat ion ary War the nam e was changed to

Fort H ancock , and agai n j ator to FortConst i tu t ion . I t was manned in the earliest t im es by m en o f N ewcastle who, for

th i s reason , were exem p ted f rom du tiesi n the cam pa ign s aga in st the French andIndians . R icha rd Cu tts was Comm andi ng Officer of the Fort in 1674 , and E l iasS t i leman l ieu tenan t .At almost every tu rn o f the w inding

road o f N ewca stle are sign posts u ponsom e o f wh ich i s the figure of Pau l Revere, on hi s fly ing steed, for i t was toth i s point he made h i s first and very im

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portant, i f not most famous, ride. On the13th of D ecembe r

, 1 774, he was dis

patched by the Com m i tt ee o f Sa fety of

Boston to Mr. Samue l Cutts o f the Portsmouth Com m i ttee and rode expresscarry ing i n format ion o f the order by theBri t i sh tha t no gun powder or m i l i tarystores should be expo rted to Am erica ,and that a la rge ga rri son was on '

i ts wayto Fort Wi l l iam and Mary . The nex tday the Son s of L iberty o f Portsm ou th ,together w i th the pa trio ts o f Rye and

N ewca s tle, about four hu ndred m en . nu

der the com m and of Majo r John Langdon , proceeded to the Fort an d ca l ledupon Capt. John Cochran to su rrender.

They were fired upon by cann on and

sm a l l arm s, b u t n o one was inj ured andthe Capta in and h i s five m en , two o fwhom had been rec ru i ted for the occasion , were ea s i ly overcom e by fou r hunred men . They hau l ed down the King’sco lo rs and rem oved a hundred ba rrel s ofpowder wh ich were taken by water upthe Pisca taqua river to D u rham and fromthere di stribu ted to o ther pla ces . Tha t

pa rt of i t was secreted under the D u rhamm eet ing hou se has been qu es t ioned, b u tthe fact tha t the Rev. Mr. Adam s, pa storof the chu rch , was of the pa rty , tha t them eet ing hou se was nea r the wa ter andtha t a lm os t every w ri ter on the subj ec tm ent ions i t having been lodged there.wou ld seem suffic ient to set t le the m at ter.A strong tou ch of hum o r i s g i ven the expedi t i on by the counters ign of the Sonso f L ibe rty wh i le prepa ring the a ttack :

“We are go ing to take a glass o f w ineWith Capta i n Cockeri ne, Cockeri n e.

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On the next day, Thursday , D ecember1 5th , 1 774 , a party o f men un der theleadersh ip o f Major John Su l l i van re

tu rned from D u rham to Portsm ou th andtha t night rem oved the l ighter cannonan d a l l the sm a l l a rm s from the Fort.Th i s captu re o f Fo rt W i l l iam and Marywas the first organized fight o f the R evolu t ion ary War and the first gun was therefired on D ecem ber 14 , 1 774 . On the 5th

o f Decem ber, 1774 , the powder an d shotin Fort George, Rhode Is land, were rec

m oved to Providence,but Ngi‘fi‘hgm ) .L

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John \Ven tworth , the same who fled toFort W i l l iam and Ma ry for protect iona t the close o f h i s ca reer. The Wen tworth s a re sa id to have been the bestprovinc ia l governors . Governor BenningWentwo rth held the office for a quartero f a century at a t im e o f grea t m ateria lprosperi ty . H e accum u la ted much weal thand l ived w ith a lm ost rega l splendor andpomp in h i s mansion on L i ttle H a rbor.H e entertained lavi shly, and held h i scounc i l s in a grea t sta te room , bu i l t fortha t pu rpo se, benea th wh ich was s ta bl ingfor forty horse s . The m a nsio n was bu i l ti n 1 750 . D rake says o f i t : “ I ts a rch itectu ral de fo rm i ty wou ld have pu t R u sk in beside h im sel f . A ram bl ing collec

t ion o f bu i ldings, seem ing ly the ou t

grow th o f differen t pe riods and condit ions, are incorpora ted in to an i n harm on

iou s who le . The resul t i s an oddity inwood.

"

The in terior o f th i s queer old bundleo f joiners’ pa tchwork " has, in som e o fi ts apa r tm ents, rea l ly bea u t i ful decorat ions . The m an telp iece o f the counc i lcham be r i s em bel l i shed w i th elabora tecarv ing s , sa id to be more than a year'slabo r o f the workm an . The offic ial m eeti ng place o f the Provinc ia l Cou nc i l lo rswas in Por tsm ou th , b u t they usua l lyfound u pon a ssem bl ing the fol low i ngsum m ons : The Governor desi res h i srespects, and invi tes the Counc i l to h i sresidence a t L i t t le H a rbo r, to drink theKing ’s hea l th . Th i s m ean t bu siness i ndeed and consum ed a long t im e ; a t theend of wh ich , such as did n ot s leep n u

der the table were provided w i th qua rters am ong the fifty- two room s o f them ansion .

”

The Wen tworths are sa id to have beenra ther pecu l ia r i n the i r tastes aboutwom en" and “

when they did n ot m a rrythe i r cooks , they a lways appea r to havetaken thei r cou sins and each o ther’sw idow s . Governo r Benning \Ven tworthat one t im e la id h i s heart and fortunesa t the feet o f a low ly Po rtsm ou th m a idenwho scorned him a nd m a rried a sh ipwright . At the age o f s ix ty he m a rrieda pretty servant gi rl o f twenty. Mr .

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Albee says o f h i s m a rri age When heordered Rev . Arthu r Brown . at the cone lusion o f a dinner party to m a rry h imto Martha H i l ton , he was supposed to

have dem eaned h im sel f . Bu t i t was h isgrea t esta te an d office that people though to f , in th i s N ew H am psh i re K i ngCophetua . There was noth i ng in th e

m an superior to the beggar m a id hehad chosen .

”H e le f t h i s esta te and

wea l th to Martha H i l ton who con t inu edto l i ve in the m ansion a t L i t tl e H a rboran d a fterwa rds married Col. M ichael\Ven tworth . H er da ughter by th i s m a rri age married S i r John \Nen tworth . an

E ng l i shman , who cam e to Po rt smou th in1800. Col . M ichae l was a gay l i ver andbetween them they m anaged to sp endthe who le o f the la rge fo rtune left bythe Governor. Wash ingt on m ade a t ou rof the Eastern S ta tes in 1789 and reachedPo rt sm ou th on October 31 . The n extday be ing S unday , he a t tended chu rchtw ice, vi si t ing two denom inat ions . Indifl

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eren t towns wh ich he v is ited, i t i srecorded o f the Fa th er o f h i s coun t rytha t he wen t to chu rch tw ice on Sunday ,an exam pl e we wou ld do wel l to fo l lowin these days o f rel igi ou s l iberty an d

laxity . The nex t day, Monday , November zud, he wen t fish ing w i th a band o f

m u sic , b u t the cod, probably having l i tt leea r for m u sic, kept a t a too respect fu ldi stance. H owever, a shrewd fishe rmanhad thought ful ly provided a fin e twelvepounder a t the end of a l ine wh ich Washi ngton had the plea su re of draw i ng f romthe wa ter. ' H e was sa lu ted w i th th i rteenguns as he pa ssed Fo rt Const i tu t ion , and,

when the fish ing was over,v i si ted the

Wen tworth m ansion where he was en terta i n ed i n grand sty le by Col. M ichael andMartha H i l ton Wentworth .

Af ter l ingeri ng perhaps too long overi ts m ost interesting h i storica l sett ing , we

com e a t length to the old chu rch o f NewCa st le. The present edifice i s a wel lpreserved square wh i te bu i lding, w i thda rk green shu t ters. Inside are thesquare box pews o f a centu ry ago. w i tha h igh pu lpi t . reached on e i ther side by afl igh t o f steps . The col lec t ion i s s t i l l

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t aken up i n a red plu sh box w ith a longh andle, so that he who col lec ts the t i thes,wh i le s tanding ou tside the pew door, canrea ch to the u tterm ost en d o f the pews .A ga l lery ex tends arou nd three sides o fthe church . A tablet beside the churchdoor makes th i s s imple statem en t to thep asserby : “Congrega t iona l Church, E st ab li shed

’

There seem s, however,t o be a we l l founded bel ie f that thechu rch was i n ex is tence long be fore thatt i me and i t i s n ow certa i n tha t there wereearl ier m ini sters than tho se whose namesa ppear on the table t i n fron t o f the pulp i t . S ince the tablet was pu t up factst hen unknown have been revea led byt h e di scovery o f the o ldest town records.T h ey were found, a f ter hav ing been los tfor m any years, i n H ert fo rdsh i re, E n gla nd, and were retu rn ed to the i r home i nN ew Ca stle . They commence w i th thei ncorpora t ion of the town in 1693 and

t h row considerable l ight on the earlyh i story of th e place . T he i nt ima te relat ion be tween the church and the town int he early days o f N ew E ngland i s wel lknown , the chu rch di rect ing and con

t ro l l ing the a ffai rs o f the Co lony . I t wasn ot un t i l a f ter 164 1 tha t there was aw i l l ingness o f the genera l cou rt to adm i tto the r ight o f suffrage those who weren o t chu rch mem bers, i f otherw i se qua l ified. Mr. Albee te l ls u s tha t : “

The fun

dam en tal reason for town organizat ionw a s tha t there m igh t be a chu rch ; tha ti t m ight have a lega l standing ; that taxesm ight be levied, and a t i the appropria tedfo r th e support o f the m ini ster and o therexpenses o f a rel igiou s establ i shm en t .When , there fore, the people here askedto be incorpora ted as a town , the ch ie fground of the i r pet i t ion was tha t theym ight have a church o f thei r own . Now

th i s does not, by any m eans, sign i fy theyhad none ; i t means tha t they wan ted au

thori ty to tax the who le com m u ni ty fori t s suppo rt, and have a ‘set tl ed m ini st ry ,’a bus iness upon wh ich they woulden ter un t i l assu red of th e right to exactcontribut ions from a l l c i ti zens accord ingto thei r prope rty .

”Mr. Albee th inks i t

probable a chu rch was bu i l t a t N ew

Ca st le as soon as the place had a sma l lpopulat ion , between 1630 and 1640 . Tha tthe l i t t le co lon y wh ich se ttled a t Odiorne’s Po in t was n ot w i thou t art icles forrel igi ous use i s proved by the fo l low ingi nventory o f 1635 :I grea t Bi ble, 1 2 serv ice books, I pew

ter flagon , r com m un i on cup, 2 fin e,ta blecloths, 2 n apki ns.

The chu rch was probably first underthe Epi scopa l fa i th . T radi t ion tel l s of

on e, the R ev. R obert Jourdan , who waseducated for the E p i scopa l m in i st ry and

cam e to N ew Cast le soon a fter 1640 . H i s

home was wi th in the enclosu re o f FortConst i tu t ion and there he died and was

buried i n 1679 . On e o f h i s sons ma rrieda dau ghter o f Capt. E l ias S t i lem an , Commander o f the Fort , and the nam e Jourdan appears am ong the i nhabi tants t i l la fter the begi nning o f 1800. The ridgeof rocks upon wh ich theWalbach Toweri s bu i l t was once ca l led Jourdan’s R ocks .The Rev . Benjam i n Woodbridge i s

m en t ioned as m in i ster o f the N ew Castlechurch du ring the t rouble w ith the“S tone- th row ing D evi l " i n 1682 ; for

New Cast le was n ot w i thout i ts excitem ent over w itchcra ft, a l though to i tshonor i t can be said tha t no w itch wasexecu ted i n tha t place . The first caseoccurred i n 1656 , and i s sa id to be theearl iest case recorded i n N ew H ampsh i re,when Mrs. Susanna T rimm in gs accu sedGoody Wa l ford o f Wi tchcra f t. Al thoughthe case cam e to t rial . Goody Wal fordwas on ly bound over to appear at thenex t term of cou rt , but later, the ma t terhaving been dropped, the w i tch i n tu rndem anded o f her persecu tors a thou sandpounds damages , and rea l ly obtained five.

Bu t the most u nu sua l case occu rred atthe hou se of GeorgeWa l ton and, for severa l m on th s caused the grea test discomfort to its inm ates . R ichard Cham berla in, roya l secretary o f the Province o fN ew H am psh i re, was a gu est i n thehou se during th i s t im e and w rote a h i story o f the st range affai r wh ich he ca lled“L i thob oli a ; or, the S tone - th row ingD ev i l ,” publ i shed in London in 1698. H e

tel ls us tha t he h im se l f was not injured.

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on ly a la rm ed by the stones, b u t tha tothers of the household were b lack and

blue from being h i t, and he m en t ions theR ev . Benjam in Woodbridge and GeorgeJa f’frey am ong those h i t . The stones wereof sizes from sma l l pebbles to thosewe igh ing th i rty pou nds ; som e hot, som eco ld ; they crashed through w indows, andro l led over floors, a t on e t im e a wholehat ful of sm al l ones be ing p icked up.

H am m ers, candlest icks , andi rons. pots,stoo ls and hoes jo ined in the f rol ic, andthe spi t wen t up the ch im ney . H aycocksflew u p i n the ai r and rested u pon theapple t rees . All these do le fu l doingswere accom panied by “

di sma l wh i stl ing ,”“screech ing and trampl ing as o f co l t ’sfee t" and there was u sua l ly a black ca t

som ewhere i n sigh t . Crooked p ins, prayers and a l l known cu res for w i tchcra ftwere t ried w i thou t a va i l . D i st ingu i shedvi si tors from o ther provinces cam e to seethese wonderfu l m ani festa t ions and to

run the ri sk o f being pe l ted. Som e o f thebew itched stones were preserved at thet im e . Capt . Wal ter Ba re foot , Com m ander of the Fo rt and at one t im e L ieut .Govern o r o f the Province. i s sa id to

have had one i n h i s po ssession . Af terseveral m onth s the troub le gradua l lycea sed. Mr. Cham berla in i s of the opini on tha t i t cau sed Wa l ton’s dea th , a i

though he l ived for som e yea rs a fter ;b u t h i s esta te wen t to p ieces a nd form any yea rs there has been n o vest ige o fh i s hom e le f t .A fter Mr. Woodbridge, the Rev .

Sam u el Moody cam e to the N ewca st leChu rch . H i s sa la ry was to be seven typounds pe r year and h im sel f to find“hou sing an d all o ther conveniences a t

h i s own charge . H e rem a ined n ineyea rs and was su cceeded by the R ev.

John Em erson who had been h i s classm a te a t H a rva rd. Rev. John Em erson 'snam e i s the first on the tablet i n fron t ofthe pulpi t wh ich con ta ins the nam es ofs ix o f the earl ier m in i s ters of the chu rch .

H e came on a sa la ry o f si x ty- five pounds,“besides the cont ribu t ions of strangers"and the prom i se to bu i ld h im a parsonagewh ich i t seem s for som e reason , probably

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lack o f funds, was not done . H e v i si tedEng land du ring hi s pastora te a t Newcast le, becam e a fa vo ri te a t cou rt and att racted the adm i ra t ion o f Q u een Anne,who became a pa tron of the New CastleChu rch and sent i t many gi fts . In

seventeen hu ndred and twe l ve, e i ther becau se h i s sa la ry was too sm a l l , or becau sethe new parsonage was n ot w i th i n sight,he dec ided that the “

ayre” did n ot agreew ith h i s th in const itu t ion ,

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an d so hem ade a change o f cl im a te by m oving tothe di stan t town o f Portsm ou th . H i s

place was soon fil led by the R ev . \Vi lli am

Shu rtle ff and the town voted “tha t Mr.

Shu rtlefl' shou ld have £65 per yea r for

h i s annua l sa lary du ring ye t im e he l ivedsingle ; but when h i s fam i ly inc reases bymarriage he shal l have £80 pe r year.H e m ade ha ste to secure the i ncrease byma rry i ng the beau t i fu l Mary Atk inson,hei ress o f th e town . H e was a man of

m uch pat ience an d meekn ess , wh ich hesore ly needed, for M i stress Mary 's temper was far from lovely . Some au thorit ies say she peppered h i s fish w ith snuff,others that she threw a shovel fu l o f ashesfresh from the fire over i t . All agreethat she m ade h im a pri soner in h i s ownstudy wh i le he was fini sh ing h i s preparat ion for the Sabba th m orn ing service.Then she wen t to chu rch and sea ted hersel f calm ly in her pew . The be l l rangtw ice and thrice the usua l t ime, unt i l atlast som e of the good men went to herpew and inqu i red wha t had be fa l len them i ni ster . She repl ied he was a t hom ewhen she le ft . Accordingly they wen tto the m ini s ter’s hou se and rem oved theba rricade f rom h i s study door. T he poorman begged they wou ld not revea l thepl ight he had been in , wh ich prom i se theym ade and are sa id to have kept du ri ngh i s l i fet im e . She seem ed to grow m oreseda te w i th age, and bequ ea thed a handsom e s i lver tanka rd to be handed down toher hu sband’s successors in the Portsm ou th chu rch where the lat ter pa rt ofh i s m in istry was spent . When she ap

peared in m ou rning a fter her husband’sdeath , her own brother, Theodore Atk inson , i s sa id to have caught and torn her

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Old Frost Cem etery, N ew Castle, N . H .

n ea r the tu rn in the road wh ich leadsto the Fort . The first town m eeti n g under the charter in 1693 wa s

ca l led to he held “In ye m eet ing hou se ;

to ag ree w ith a m ini ster and di scou rseo ther th ings for the town 's benefit .” The

next year we find the town voted for aga l lery to be m ade i n the la tterm ost endo f ye m eet ing - hou se for the wom en to si tin , wh ich was done at a cost o f £3 ; andagain i n 1 70 6, “voted tha t Mr. JosephS im pson lay ou t 505 i n g la z ing ye n ew

m eet ing - hou se, be ing so m u ch m oney dueto ye town from sa id S im pson for yefram e o f ye old m eet ing- hou se and wha thoa rds was to i t . "T he second chu rch bu i lding, wh ich

tradi t ion says was the gi ft o f Cha rles I ,m u st have been som ewhat preten t iou s ,espec ia l ly i n i ts in terior decora t ions .Cha rles 1 reigned from 1625 to 1649 : soi f there was a ny founda t ion for th i st radit ion , i t m u st have been the firs tchu rch bu i lding instead o f the second,

wh ich was h i s gi f t . Cap t . John Venna rd, a m a n of wonder fu l m em ory and

for yea rs the no ted te l ler of m any in teres t i ng ta les o f N ewca s t le, describes i tas ha vi ng the Eng l i sh coa t o f a rms inla rge dim ensions , canvases u pon wh ichwere red a nd bl ue angel s. a nd a m agn ificent a l ta r piece, the g i ft of the firstL ieu tenan t Governo r John \Ven tworth .

“The anc ient cups and bread sa lver o f thecomm union service , g iven by Mrs. Jane

perell, have been m el ted over in to m odernstyle . Alas ! The h igh m ahoga ny pu lpit .w i th i ts sounding boa rd above, was a tthe western end of the chu rch . Aroundth ree sides ran a gal lery i n wh ich weresea ted the comm on fol ks , wh i le the gent ry sa t i n the squa re pews in the centero f the church . Th ree tyth i n gm en wereelected regularly by the town f romto 1839 . I t was the i r du ty to sea t thepeople, to keep order be fore and du ringthe service, to waken drowsy people bytou ch ing the i r noses w i th long sta ffs w i thwh ich they a lso reprim anded, less gen t ly,s inners and m i sch ievou s boys . I t wasa lso tn ei r du ty to see tha t the Sabba thwas qu ietly kept , vi s it i ng the ta vern s forthat pu rpo se, and not a l low ing m en to

lo i ter abou t the co rners of the streets orboa t landings . The m in i ster's s lave actedas sexton ; an d, for many years, the townvo ted “

to Cu f’fy 103 . for the care o f yemeet ing- house .

"

H e was sa id to havehad a wonderfu l gi ft for ringi ng clea rlyan d sweet ly the old chu rch bel l , an d h isto l l i ng a t fu nera ls “brought him an ex traa l lowance o f funera l rum , and the adm iration o f the m ou rners. " The bel l wasrung to cal l c i t izens to town mee ti ngs . toarms , to prayers and upon the a rri va l ofa n ew Govern or . I t rang du ring the

ea rthquake o f 1727 , i t rang ou t the peaceo f the R evo lut ion from sunri se to sunsetand i t to l led the dea th o f Wash ingt on.

I t rang all night long and for the last t im ea rel l , a s ister o f S i r W i l l iam Pep when the news o f peace w ith England

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came i n 181 5. The presen t chu rch wasbu i l t ea r ly in the nineteenth century an dthe pa ri sh i s fortuna te in hav ing a goodm odern parsonage .

Almost oppos ite the chu rch i s a l itt leold neg l ected cem etery known as the

Frost Cem etery becau se o f the m anym em be rs o f tha t fami ly there bu ried . At

tracted by a l i tt le ta ttered, faded flagl i ft ing i t s ragged folds to the breeze, ween ter an d read on the old gray headstonethe fol low ing inscript ion :

In

Mem ory ofCapt. Meshach Bell

who departed th is life 1 8th

July 1 786 Act 34 Yea rs7 Mon ths 1 7 D ays.

\Vho was Capt . Meshach Bel l ? The

Bel l fam i ly was on e o f the ea rl iest toset t le in New Cas t le. The e ldest son wasalways ca l led Shadrach, the secondM eshach and the th i rdAbednego .

“Wha twh im possessed the fou nder of the fam i lyto burden h i s posteri ty w i th the u ncouthappe l la t ions of those three anc ien t salam a nders , I know not .” In the NewH am psh i re R ecords we find Cap t.T hom as Bel l i n Command o f Fort W i ll i am an d Ma ry i n 1 745, an d in “The Mus

ter R ol l o f Capt . Thomas Bel l for TwelveMen at H i s Majest ies Fo rt W i l l iamMa ry f rom Dec. 1747, to Mar. we

fin d the nam e of Meshach Bel l . I t i scu riou s to no te the pay for the Ca pta ina t th i s t im e was 55s, tha t for the m en

30s. Th i s Meshach was probably fa thero f Capt . Meshach , for in 1776 and 1 777

we fin d Meshach Bel l , L ieut . on Cap t .Calfe

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s payrol l , wh i le i n 1781 we find

Me shach ,Jr., En s. , under Ca pt . Ebene

zer D earing. D ea ring’s com pany orderi s a curiosity

Fort Wash ington, N ov. 30, 1781 .

H ono red S i r : P lea s to Pay CaptnE ben ezer D earing all the wagers tha t i sDew to u s as Solgers i n the matrossCom pany an d you l o Blig your H umbe lServen ts.

(Then fol low signatures o f twelvem en . )To the H onored nickles Gi lm on T res

herey for the S ta te o f N ew hau sher.W itness Meshach Bel l , J r.

At the t im e o f h i s dea th we find Capt .Meshach Bel l commandi ng Fo rt W i l l iaman d Ma ry on the princely sa lary o f £6per m on th . E l ia s Ta rl ton was especia l lyappo in ted in h i s place to the command o fthe Fort and com pany unt i l S ept . 14 ,1786, when Capt . T i tus Sa l te r was ap

pointed .

Besides the last rest ing place o f Capt .Meshach Bel l , there are m any l itt le graveya rds i n New Castle . On e com es in sighto f one or perhaps more a t alm ost eve rytu rn in the w inding roads ; for there arei n N ewcast le “nine genera t ions o f thedead and b u t one o f the l i v ing.

” The

whole Island i s ha l lowed by mem ories o fthe past and i t abou nds in spots o f h i storic i nterest . N otable among them i sthe Boa tswa i n Al len house, bu i l t i n 1734the hom e of Capta i n John Pau l Jonesboa tswa in on boa rd the R anger. But noother spo t appea l s to us so strongly as

the old chu rch, and as the rays o f Fo rtPo in t l ight reach ou t over the oceangu iding the sh ips tha t pass in the n ight ,so may the l ight o f the old Congrega t iona lChurch con t i nu e to sh i ne over l i fe’s u ncertain sea. gu iding many a passingt ravel ler sa fely hom e.

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STATE CONFER EN CES

By inv i ta t ion o f Eve L ea r Chapter, theTwenty - fou rth Annua l S ta te Con ferenceof Connect icu t, D . A. R . , was held a tN ew H aven , Ma rch 28, 19 17 . In theabsence o f the Chapter R egent , Mrs.

John T . Manson, the Vice R egen t, Mrs.

F . F. Knous,wel com ed the de lega t ion .

The S ta te R egent, i n behal f of the de legat i on , thanked E ve L ear Chapter forthei r hosp i ta l ity ; and a lso sa id tha t thecountry was pract ica l ly a t war a nd u rgedConnect icu t D aughters to th i nk wha tea ch can do ; to conserve al l resou rces, toavo id needless wa ste, s tu dy dietet ics,econom y in clothes, plan t vegetab le gardens ; to be prepared i n eve ry way whenthe t im e for act ion com es. A resol utionwas passed endors ing Govern or H ol

com b's stand i n pract ica l prepa rednessfor Connect icu t ; a lso on e endorsing u n i

versa l m i l i ta ry service .

The N ineteenth Annua l Con ferencemet a t Em poria , Ma rch 27 , 28 and 29 .

Al though i t was the larges t con ferencei n the h i story o f the S tate, the long progr amme was complete down to the lastdeta i l i n t ime for adjou rnm en t at 1o'clock i n the a ftern oon of the 29 th .

Addresses of we l com e were gi ven thecon ference by the R egent o f the Empor iaChapter

,Mrs. Brau cher ; Mr. W i l l iam

Al lan Wh i te, the wel l known author, andM ayo r H am er, of E m poria , the re

spon se be ing g i ven by the S ta te R egen t,Mrs. George Tha cher Gu ernsey.

The report s of the S ta te Officers andSta te Cha i rm en of N a t iona l Com m i ttees ,were espec ia l ly interest ing and showedprogress an d increasing act i vi ty in bothN a t iona l and S ta te work . The reportswere a lso noteworthy in the majori ty o fcases for the i r brev ity and defin i ten ess.

A memoria l service was held du ringthe a f tern oon of the 28th for N a t iona land ex- N at iona l Officers and Chapter

Com m i t tees reported grea t act i v i ty i nRed Cross work and increased enrol lm en to f R ed Cross members ; con tribu t ions tothe Margaret H en ry Memoria l fu nd forMaryvi l le Co l lege, pat riot ic lectu res ,p ri ze awards in school s, w ide di stri b ution o f flag ru les, photost at ing o f R evolu t i on ary pension records, m a rk ing of oldt rai l s, an d g rat i fy ing conservat ion work .

By the w i l l o f the late Mary H . D u t

ton , o f L ebanon, Con nect icut, the Govc ru or Jona tha n T rum bu l l house a t

L ebanon , Connect icut, has been be

quea thed to Connec ti cu t Daughters o f

the Am erican R evol ut ion . The O l i ve rE l l sworth hom estead a t W indsor i s a l sothe prope rty o f Connect icu t D . A. R .

The S ta te R egent, Mrs. John LaidlawBuel , and the S tate Vice R egen t, Mrs.

Cha rles H . Bisse l l, were unan im ou s ly t eelected.

Mem bers who had d ied du ring the year.T h i s serv ice was conducted som ewha tdi fferen t ly f rom the usua l cerem onies oftha t nature . A Chai rman read the b rie fmemorial s and as each was com pleted,

a representat ive f rom the Chapters andi n the case o f the Na t iona l Officers, th eS tate R egen t, placed a sma l l bou qu e t o fflowers in an evergreen w reath p repa redfor tha t pu rpose.The con ference en thusia st ical ly adoptedreso lu t ions to co—operate w i th the R ed

Cross Society and the Uni ted S ta tesNavy Leagu e, many of the Chapters having al ready form ed classes in Red Crosswork . R eso lu t ions were al so adopted towork for the S ta te Flag Bi l l and the

O regon T rai l Bi l l and to urge the passageo f these bi l l s by the nex t legi slature . A

suggested change i n the design o f theS ta te flag was re ferred to the Commi tteeon the S tate Flag .

The elect ion o f officers resu l ted i n theelect ion of M i ss Ca the rine Campbel l. of

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a l so the i r cc- opera t ion to the L i ncolnCi rcu i t Mark ing Assoc iat ionA bri l l ian t recept ion was given to al l

v is it ing D aughters and the loca l Chapter.and a dinne r to ex - S ta te Officers, presentS ta te Officers a nd others, was g i ven

The S tate Con ference convened a tSa pu lpa , Ma rch 29 , 19 17 , as the gu estso f the N ancy Green Chapter.I t was a large and en thu sia s t ic m ee t

ing. The candidacy o f Mrs. George T .

Guern sey for Presiden t General was endorsed, a telegram was sent to Sena torOwen pledgi ng the suppo rt o f the Oklahom a D aughters to President Wi l son’s

The Fou rth Annua l Con ference washeld a t E ugene, Ma rch 9 and 10, 19 1 7 ,the Oregon Lew i s and Cla rk Chapterbeing hostess . The Assem bly H a l l,where the sessions were he ld, was art i st ical ly decora ted , the place of honor bei ng gi ven to the second Flag ever made inO regon . Th i s Flag was m ade f rom threek inds o f clo th—co t ton, wool and si lkand wool . The cha i r occu pied by theS tate R egen t when pres iding was overthree hundred yea rs old an d was ent i relyhand- m ade .The reports o f the S ta te Ofl‘i cers

showed several new Chapters formeddu ring the year and a cont inued grow thin pa t riot ic work as wel l as in num be rs .Many resol ut ions o f m ore than pa ssingm om ent were passed, am ong them on e

endorsing the Presiden t for h i s stand forp repa ring th i s country for war even tual i

wh ich added pleasu re to the very successful Con ference wh ich closed Thursdayevening , March 29 , a fter hav ing aecompli shed the bu siness a t hand most profi tab ly.

war po l icy ; a m ovem en t was sta rted fora D . A. R . Mu seum co l lect ion, a nd itwas dec ided to publ i sh a S ta te YearBook.

Mrs. \Val ter D . E l rod, of Okm u lgee.was re- elected S ta te R egen t and Mrs. F .

L . Workm an, of Sapu lpa, was e lectedState Vice R egent.

t ies ; another ca l l ing upon each D aughterto di splay a F lag, dai ly, f rom her hom ea th i rd endorsing the act ion o f the S ta teL egi sla tu re i n passing a bond i ssu e forthe im provem en t o f S ta te R oads in Ore

gon . Five hundred dol la rs was p ledgedtowards a \Vom an

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s Bu i lding for theS ta te Universi ty ; and i t was voted to u se

eve ry effort to m ake Febru a ry 22 a legalschoo l hol iday throughout the S ta te .The Con ference assi sted i n dedica t ing

a m a rker a t Coryel l Pass , to the em i

g ran ts who first fo l lowed th is T ria l in1846 , the on e su rv iv ing pioneer o f theT ra i l being presen t . The cerem ony wash ighly im pressi ve.The S ta te R egen t and S ta t e Vice Re

gent were t e- elec ted, and i t wa s vo ted tomee t in Port land i n 19 18, and a t Albanyin 1 9 19 .

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The Twen ty- th i rd S tate Con ferencewas he ld a t Prov idence, Ma rch 8, 19 17 .

The m eet ing was ca l led to order by theS tate R egen t a t 1 1 A. M . The i nvocat ion was by Mrs. Susan A. Ba l lou, H on

orary S ta te R egen t, and the reports of

the S ta te Ofli cers fol lowed.

In her ann ual summ a ry the S tate Re

gen t expressed '

her pride in her on e

thou sand D aughters, espec ia l ly du ringthe las t yea r when so m any had been engaged in rel ie f work, and praised the ire fforts to preserve reverence for the

Flag. As she closed her remarks, beautiful roses

,p inks and baskets o f flowers

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w e re presented to her by several Chapterso f the S ta te.

L u ncheon was served from tablese ffect i vely deco ra ted i n the N at iona l colors a t the conclu sion of the morn ingse rv ice. The first business of the a fternoon was

“E lec t ions.” Mrs. Albert L .

Ca lder, zud, was elected S ta t e R egent ;M i s s Edi th May T i l ley , S ta te Vice Regen t . a nd the presen t State R egent , Mrs.

Cha rles Edm und Longley, was en thusia st i ca lly endorsed for Vice Presiden tG en era l .G roups of songs, i ncluding Old

T he Con ference o f the D aughters o fthe Am erican Revo lu t ion in Sou th Dakot a w as held a t S iou x Fa l l s , March 2 1 ,1 9 1 7 , and was la rger an d m ore en thusi

a st i c than ever be fo re . The report s o fthe different Officers and Cha i rm en o f

T he S i xteenth Annua l Assem bly washe ld in Sea t t le, Wash ington , March 30a nd 31 , w i th Lady S t i rl ing Chapter asho s tess .The Assem bly convened a t 10 o’clock

w i th fou r hundred D augh ters presen tf rom the seven teen Chapters o f the S ta te,the e ight Organ iz ing R egents and m em

bers a t la rge represent ing Chapters bei n g organi zed.

The m eet ing was opened by a processiou a l led by Mrs. \V. M . W i l l iam s andpages ca rry i ng F lags, fo l lowed by theS ta te R egent, Mrs. Edmund Bowden ,

w i th Mrs. I . L . Patterson . Sta te R egentof O regon . Then fo l lowed past S tateR egents and S tate Officers .A m ost en thu siast ic m eet ing was held

du ring the ent i re se ssion of two days .The program m e consi s ted o f excel len treports wh ich were fu l l o f interest andencou ragement .A grea t dea l o f importan t bu siness was

transacted and the fol low ing resolu t ionwas carried : R eso lved, Tha t the Si xteen th Annua l Assem bly , D . A . R of the

Com m i t tee s showed an increa se in m em

hersh ip and wo rk du r ing the yea r. Mrs.

E . St . Cla i re Snyder was elected S ta teR egent an d Mrs. Rolvi x H a rlan was

elec ted S ta te Vice R egent for the com

i ng yea r.

Glo ry ,” w ritten by Kate Mccu rdy , of

Jackson, Oh io, were exceedingly w el lsung by Mi ss H elen Pett i s, who ,

i n theclosing num be r, led in the singi ng o f“The S tar Spangled Banner” by the audi ence.

An address was gi ven by the R ev . Gib

son C. Mosher, o f Eas t Greenw ich . on"

The H um ani ta rian Sent im ent o f theD aughters of the Am e rican R evo lu t ion ,”in wh ich he em phasi zed the va lu e o f service, above power or fam e, say ing thosewho had died for th e i r cou nt ry wou ldnever be forgotten .

S ta te o f Wash ingt on, decla res it sel f n uequ i vocal ly i n favo r o f the princ iple o f

uni versa l m i l i tary service as the on lythoroughly dem ocra t ic system of rea l N at i on al prepa redness aga i nst m i l i ta ry ag

gression .

And be it fu rther R eso lved, Tha t th i sAssembly u rge the enac tm en t into lawby the Congress o f the U ni ted S ta tes o fthe plan for u ni versa l m i l i ta ry serv ice ,recommended by the Genera l S taff o f theArm y , as represen t ing the best expertopinion on the su bject .Mrs. Overton Gen try E l l i s was elected

S tate Regent , and Mrs. S . P. Kei th lySta te Vice R egent .The soc ia l affa i rs consi s ted o f a break

fa s t gi ven by Mrs.

-V. H . O l iver, R egen to f Lady S t i rl ing Chapter, i n honor of

Mrs. Edm und Bowden , S ta te R egent , tothe v is it ing S ta te R egen ts, pa st S ta te Regents . S ta te Boa rd o f Managem en t , Chapter R egents, O rgani z i ng R egents, Pa stR egents an d Ofli cers of L ady S t i rl ingC hapter, and severa l o ther bril l ian t fu nct ions .

W ORK OF TH E CHAPTERS“I f ever the tim e com es when women shall com e together sim ly and purely for the

bfn efi’t‘of m ankind i t w i l l be a power such as the world has never be ore kn own .

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a grea t man i nteresting descri pt ions of soc i a l affa irs, or m atters of lom l interest.The des i re of the in i vi dua l chapter or i ts m em bers has to be sacrificed for the good o f thewhole. I t the chapter histo rian w i l l rem em ber tha t there are over fifteen hundred chaptersi n ex i stence ; tha t th i s Departm ent is not establ ished for the pu rpose of publ ish ing an annua lreport—tha t shou ld be sent to the S ta te Regent- b u t to record work wh ich m a

ybe of va lue

for other chapters ; and tha t all report s shou ld b e wri tt en on only on e s ide of ti f ossible be typewri tten, i t wi l lalp ab ct i cally according to sta tes an

H avan a Chapter (H avana , Cu ba ) ,held i ts first soc ia l meet ing a t the residence of the Regen t, M i ss Ma ry E l i zabeth Springer. Mrs. R obert R icha rdsonE l l i s rec ited a pa triot ic poem , an d m usica l selections com pleted the programme.Ow ing to i t be ing the bi rthday of theR egent, she was the rec ipien t of m anyflora l gi fts .H i sto ric qu eries were propounded, and

Mrs. Adol f H orn won the pri ze, consisting o f an a rt i st ic copy o f “The D ecla rat ion o f Indepedence.

In accorda nce w i th the annua l cu stom ,

the H avana Chapter awarded a prize forthe best essay on “Wash ington," to apu p i l o f M i ss Ph i l l ips’ School , i n the

Vedado, on Wa sh ington’s Bi rthday.

Am ong a number o f contestants, M issLorra ine Mat tox was the w inner . M i ssAl ice S te inha rt (daughter o f the formerU n ited S ta tes Consul Genera l S te inhart ) ,rec i ted “

The Mak ing o f the Flag ,

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m em ora t i n g Betsy Ross' work . The R e

gen t presen ted the pri ze w i th a few pat

r iot ic rem a rks, and told of her la st vi si tto N ew York when she a ttended them emorial services a t Old T rin i ty for thedecora t ion o f graves o f R evolut ionaryheroes rest ing in tha t h i storic spot . To

her was ent ru sted the plac ing o f Ea sterl i l ies to decorate Wash i ngton 's sta tu e on

the steps of the Sub -T rea su ry , on tha toccasion .

M i ss Ines Vi rgin ia Springer, h i sto riano f the H avana Chapter, has en l i sted a

num ber o f annu a l members of the American R ed Cross . They meet once a weeka t the residence o f her bro ther, Uni ted

rea tly fac il i tate ma t t ters.

a lphabeti ca l ly according to chapters in the sta tes. )e paper, an d

The reports are arranged

S ta tes Vice Consu l Springer, in theVedado, an d a l l are i nterested in thegood cau se.

MARY Eu za aer rr Sen t s cea,

Pi edm on t Cont i nen tal Cha pter (Atlanta , du ring the la st fou r yea rshas been under the able leadersh ip o f

Mrs. R ichard P. Brooks, who has m adethese yea rs a period of notable ach ievemen t . The spec ial work o f the Chapte rhas been in the cause o f Pat rio t ic Educat ion ; an d scho la rsh ips have been gi ven tothe Ma rtha Berry School , Tallu llah

Fal l s Industri a l Schoo l , B lai rsvi l le Co l leg i ate Insti tute, and M inera l B lu ff Indu strial School . The program m es gi veneach mon th ha ve been in terest ing a nd in.

st ruct i ve, an d the anni versary day s ea chyea r have been appropriately observedw i th exerc i ses planned for each occasion .

The crowning event in the h i s tory of

the Chapter was the ce lebra t ion o f theN ineteen th Anni versary o f the format ion o f the Chapter. On th i s occa sion ,

Novem ber 25, 19 16, Mrs. Brooks , theR egen t , presented to the S ta te, th roughthe Chapter, a handsom e o i l pa in ting.“Nancy H a rt Captu ri ng the T ories . " I twas most fitt ing that th is— the first display o f a wom an to be placed on the wal lso f the S tate Cap i tol , shou ld stand as amem oria l bo th to the work o f the Chapter, and at the sam e t im e as a tribu te tothe heroi sm o f one o f Georgi a's fearlessand m ost pa triot ic R evo lu t iona ry wom en .

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ten n ial o f ou r S tate, the yea r's programm es were devoted to study o f thehi story o f Indiana , from i ts st i rring daysas a te rri tory to i ts present pre - em inenceas a S ta te noted for i ts progress a longl ines of a rt l i tera tu re an d edu ca t ion, aswel l as agr i cu l tu re and grea t m an u facto ries . Loca l ly, th i s Chapter has pu rchased and placed on on e of the m a inbusiness streets, a sani ta ry drink ing fou ntain an d presen ted i t to the town and has

had i ts th i rd m un ic ipa l Chri stm a s treeplaced in the town park , bri l l ian t ly l ightedw i th co lored elec tric l ights, an d u nderwh ich the townspeople ga thered onCh ristm a s n ight an d sang Chri stm asca ro l s. The funds to do th i s were procu red by fu rni sh ing extra music a t aloca l m oving p ictu re hou se for one evening, advert i sing same and sel l ing t ickets .for wh ich the manager a l lowed us ha l fthe proceeds .On last Flag Day, a guest day was

observed at wh ich Mrs. j ohn N ewmanCarey, o f Indianapo l i s, H onora ry VicePresiden t Genera l o f Indiana , a nd M i ssE l izabeth Brown ihg, Ci ty L ibrarian o fIndianapo l i s, were ou r di st ingu i shed v is itors an d gave interest ing and pa t riot ictal ks . Mrs. Carey, on th i s occasion , presented the Chap ter w i th a handsome si lkFlag an d D . A. R . em blem holder. On

Wash ington 's B i rthday 3 Colon ia l T eaand E xh ibi t was g iven wh ich was a

ma rked su ccess . Many old rel ics o f Revolu t ion ary days were di splayed, incl uding costum es. di shes, fire- arms an d

utensi l s ; and a grea t num ber of qu i l ts ,bo th anc ien t and m odern , wonder ful forneedlework , color and design were hu ngabou t the room s . The proceeds fromth i s' exh ibi t w i l l be used for patriot icpurposes . Th i s year a study o f standardm agaz ines has been dec ided u pon, w ithpa triot ic pa pers and Observances interspersed, an d a prosperous and interes t ingyea r i s looked forward to .

m razn S . Iswm ,

H istor ia n .

Iowa Falls Chapt er ( Iowa Fa l l s ,Iowa) , held an open m eet ing i n D ecem

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ber, in o rder to ob ta i n and preserve loca lh i story . The a f ternoon was gi ven overto ou r gu es t s, the p ioneers o f the town ,

who devoted the t im e to chronicles andrem in i scences of ea rly days.A stenographer was presen t an d the

accoun ts were recorded. These are inthe hands o f the R eg i s t ra r a n d w i l l bepreserved w i th the Chapter reco rds .D u ri ng the a ftern oon the fac t was

brought ou t tha t R ichard A. Sargea n t, aso ldier o f the war o f 1812 and grea tgrandfa ther o f a loca l res iden t , l iesburied in the Iowa Fa l l s Cem etery .

Aside from the better know ledge of

loca l h i sto ry the a fternoon brough t m oreclearly to the m inds o f the Chapter m em

bers the rea l m ea n ing o f p ioneering and

a deeper apprecia t ion o f the wo rk o fthose who bla zed the ea rly t ra i l s .

JESSIE F . WALLACE,H istoria n .

Ab i lene Chapter (Abi lene , Kan sa s) .recen tly celebra ted i ts firs t bi rthday .

Februa ry 5, 19 16, we organized w i th on lythe requ i red num ber o f mem bers o f theN at iona l Soc iety . We feel tha t we havem ade a good beginn ing an d hope tha t theyears to come w i l l see m u ch good aecompli shed.

In March , 19 16, when on ly a mon thold, we were very much su rpri sed and

del ighted w i th having rece i ved a t theS ta te Con ference the firs t prize for having the la rgest per cen t . o f ou r m em berssubscribers to the Maga z ine.

Mrs. F. A . \Vi lcox , the organ izer andFi rst Regen t of ou r Chapter, was u nanim ously re- e lected for the second yea r.The Chapter has grown from twelve totwen ty mem bers .Our R egent presented the Chap ter w i th

a beau t i fu l si lk Flag a t the Janua ry m ee ting. At the Februa ry meet ing ou r ViceR egent, Mrs. J . M . Gle i ssn er, en

terta i n ed the Chapter a t a one o'clockluncheon in honor o f ou r guest, Mrs. G.

T . Gu ern sey, S ta te R egen t , an d ourChapter R egen t, Mrs. F. A.W i lcox . Mrs.

Gu ernsey very i nterest ingly ta l ked to u s

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a bout ou r Flag and the work o f the Soci ety in genera l .We hold m on th ly m eet ings a t the

hom es o f m em bers from October to Mayi nc lusi ve. Ou r program m es a re m ade upo f papers on subj ec ts of h i storica l intere s t , large ly loca l an d S ta te .

MAM r E . EDWARDS ,H istorian .

Caddo Chapter (Shrevepo rt , i sa b ou t to celebrate i ts second bi r thday a tth e Lou i s iana D . A. R . Convent ion , tobe held in N ew Orleans on Apri l 7 .

The Chapter sprang in to ac t i ve exi s ten ce in March , 19 1 5, w i th a cha rt erm em bersh ip o f fifteen . There are n ow

tw en ty - th ree m embers who hope to becom e we l l in form ed as to D . A . R . cu s

tom s a nd conven t ions, a long w i th suchwo rk a s they can accompl i sh in a worthw h i le m anner, a lso to increase thei rm em bersh ip to a logica l l im i t .The Chapter ha s al ready completed an

u ndertak ing wh ich , for a t ime, seemedm on um en tal, _ b u t wh ich has n ow beencom pleted in a h ighly sat i s factory m an

ner, due in no sma l l m ea su re to the pa instak ing efforts o f M i ss Tabi tha H olm es,a s Corresponding S ec retary . The workh as been the secu ring o f dupl ica te recordsf rom Spa in, where the original recordsha ve been for over one hundred years .T hey con si s t o f an account o f the

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on lyR evolu t ionary ba tt le fough t on Lou i sianaso i l , and con ta in a roster o f fifty or m orena m es . fil l ing a blank in Lou i siana h i story tha t has heretofore existed.

Caddo Chapter has taken grea t plea su re and persona l pride in the fact tha tth e S tate R egency o f Lou i siana for thepa st year has been held by Mrs. Tal iaferro Alexander, who i s the Chapter'sO rganizer, Fi rst R egent, friend and ad

v i sor at a l l t imes .The Chapter i s entering i ts th i rd yea r

w i th a cont inued study o f Sou th Am erica ,

and w i th an overwhelm ing desi re to beo f serv ice to “

H om e and Country,” inthe grea t cris i s con front ing ou r Government . There m ay be wonderful Oppor

tun i t ies to render such serv ice to ou r

coun try be fore the close o f the yea r, andthere are always wonderfu l opportuni t iesto render su ch service to ou r own Am erican homes .

Colonel T im othy B igelow Ch apter(Worcester, Mass ) , has a m em bersh ipo f two hu ndred and twen ty . Three yearsago they were able to secure a Co lon ia lhouse bu i l t i n 1 774 for a Chapter house,and are n ow wo rk ing very ha rd to payfor the sam e. The house has a ha l l la rgeenough to accom m oda te the m em bers ,wh ich has recent ly b een ofi

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ered for theu se o f the Uni ted S tates R ed Cross .The Chapter i s ve ry proud o f having

a R ea l D aughter o f the R evo l u t ion as am em ber. She i s Mrs. E l izabeth Mo rse,o f \Vestboro, Ma ss , an d i s e ighty - five

yea rs old.

The past year has been most success

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(Mrs. L u ther P . ) H istori a n .

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76 Chapter (N ew O rlean s ,held a m eet ing on Ma rch 9 , 19 17 ,

wh ich i s desc ribed in the L ’

Abei -lle de In

N oue'elIe-Orlea ns, as fo l low s :“The fea tu re o f the occasion was a

fac- sim i le reprodu c t ion, th i rty inchesh igh , o f the famou s Cam bridge E lm . u n

der wh ich Wash ingt on took the oa th of

office as Com m ander- i n - Ch ie f o f theAm erican R evolu t iona ry Arm y . On thetree was the legend : ‘Under th i s treeWa sh ington first took com m and o f theR evo lu t ionary Arm y, July 8, and

alongside was ra i sed wha t was known a sthe grand Union F lag , the flag u sed byWash ington be fore the adopt ion o f thepresent Flag o f the United S ta tes . ThatFlag conta ined th i rteen a l ter na te red a ndwh i te stripes , the Union being the F lago f Grea t Bri ta in .

“The tree was gu a rded by U ncle Sam ,

wh ich , w ith m in ia tu re reproduct ions o f

the Betsy R oss Flag o f th i rteen s tripesand th i rteen sta rs an d \Va sh ington buttons, const itu ted the favors for the occasion .

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Mem oria l to the Pi oneers of Kalam azoo Co ., M ich.

ful. Ther e has been pa triot ic work donein the publ ic schools— addresses on theu se and abuse o f ou r Flag . The JuniorDa ugh ters have been very act i ve underan efficient leader. and there have beenm any interest ing socia l even ts du ring thevear.

ADELLA L . JOH N SON , H istoria n .

L uc i nda H i nsdale S tone Chapter(Kalamazoo , in i ts th i rteen thyea r of patrio t ic service i s a flou rish ingorga n iza t ion of on e hu ndred and si xtym em bers. \Ve fit t i ngly observe pat riot icho l idays a s fa r as we are able and it i sou r a ttem pt to insp i re others to a s im i larrespect for such occasions : an d to th i send the school ch i ldren ha ve In t imesbeen asked to assist i n ou r exerbi ses.

On F lag D ay, 19 16, the chapter u n

ve i led the bou lder wi th the bronze tablet ,bea ring the nam es o f the pioneers whocame in to Ka lama zoo Coun ty over the

t ra i l wh ich i t m a rks be fore 1840 . The

m onum en t was u nvei led by ou r be lovedChapla in , Mrs. H en ry H oyt, the on ly survi vi ng p ioneer whose nam e i s on theboulder. The old tra i l i s n ow kn own asthe Terri toria l R oad and has beenm arked at variou s places by the Baughters. On the sam e day a Flag po le waserected ju st a few hundred feet away tom a rk the s ight o f the Old French T radi ng Post .For 19 16- 1 7 ou r programme i s a m is

cellan eou s one, consis t ing o f ta l ks bywel l - known m en an d women o f ou r owntown .

Ou r five Ch i ldren o f the R epubl icClubs are l i ve Orga n iza t ions do ing con

stru ct i ve work am ong the boys and gi rl s.The older boys have taken up a sys tema t ic s tudy o f Ci vics to make them selvesmore in tel l igen t Am erican c it izens . TheG i rls of the Mercy Wa rren Club havetaken up the work o f mak ing baby clothes

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Irondequoi t Chapter H ouse, Rochester, N . Y.

The work o f the Chap ter for th i s yea ri s be in g devoted la rgely to benevo len two rk, espec ia l ly tha t o f Belg ian R el ie fan d R ed Cross work . N ea rly has

been ra ised an d con tribu ted by the Chapter du ring the past yea r for pa trio t icand benevolen t work . The Cha pter hasfor severa l years gi ven $25 yearly inpri zes for school essays on pa triot ic subjects selected by the Chapter.The Chapter has been prepa ring h i s

torical ma teria l in connec t ion w i th theR oad Com m i t tee, wh ich w i l l bu i ld a S ta teh ighway a long the Genera l Su l l ivan T ra ilthrou gh th i s reg ion . When the road i sbu i l t i t w i l l be ca l led the Genera l Su l l ivan T ra i l , and su i table m a rkers w i l l beplaced a long the T ra i l by the pa trio t ic soci et ies o f the route.On e o f the o ldest esta tes on the T ra i l

i s tha t o f the la te Mr. Andrew Fi tzsim

m ons,who died a sho rt t ime ago, aged

82 yea rs, on the fa rm where he wa s

born . Augu st 18, 1834, a nd where hehad a lways l i ved. H i s grandfa ther JohnFi tzsimm on s, was a young so ldier i n thearm y o f Genera l John Su l l i van when he

wa s sent by Gene ra l George Wa sh ingt onon the fam ou s expedi t ion aga in s t the Indians o f th i s va l ley , wh ich culm ina ted inthe ba t t le o f N ew ton . The g l i s ten ingm onum ent com m em ora t i ng tha t ba t t le i si n pla i n sight o f the Fi tzsim m ons hom e .

When the young so ldier was relea sedfrom the wa rs he retu rned to th e va l leywh ich had looked so fa i r to h im when hem a rched through w i th the conqueringm i l it iam en, and i n 1 790 bough t the an

c ient unclea red lands tha t becam e the oldhom estead. H e was able to secu re thedeed to the land i n 1 797 and the i n strumen t has been in po ssession o f the fam i lyever since . John Fi tzsim m ons had anum ber of ch i ldren , am ong them a son

D avis, who was the fa ther o f Andrew.

All o f them were m en o f prom inence anda l l are bu ried in Pioneer Cem etery , nearlyopposite the Fi tzsim m ons home .

E sr n sa E . SATTE RLEE, H istoria n .

I rondequo i t Chap ter (Ro che s ter, N.

ha s for i t s hom e a hou se w ith a veryinteres t ing record.

Bu i l t in 1835, i t has always'

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p rom inen t h i storica l fea tu re o f the

c i ty . The lot was origi na l ly owned byN a tha nie l R ochester, for whom the Ci tyi s nam ed, and fou r generat ions o f hi sfa m i ly ha ve res ided there, including twoR ea l D a ugh ters of the Am e rican R evolo t ion .

N o o ther residence in the Ci ty has hada record o f on e fam i ly o f su ch di st inc t ionoccupy ing i t con t inuous ly for seven tytw o years .Old G lo ry floa ts above the m a in en

t ra nce, a nd brackets on the p i l la rs ho ldsm a l ler flags . The offic ia l em blem i se lec t rica l ly l ighted a t night .In 19 1 1 a woman 's exchange was

o pened for the m u tu al benefit o f theCha pter an d consign ors, where a varietyo f cho ice needlework i s for sale as wel la s baked goods

,salads , an d preserves . A

room in the ba sem en t con tain ing an old

fash ioned firepiece makes an idea l showroom for an t iqu es, including fu rn i tu re,ch ina , pewter, and luster ware, wh ich area l so for sa le .Last year the Chapter en thu sia st ica l ly

too k up the work o f m a k ing Suppl ies forthe Rochester Base H op i ta l , the R edCro ss, an d Belgian Rel ie f, wh ich i t i s sti l lca rry ing on .

AZAL IA E . \VEAVER,

(Mrs. L u c iu s E . ) H istor ia n .

Geo rge Cli n ton Chapter (W i lm i n gton . Oh io ) , reports tha t on accou nt o f theSm i th one per cen t. law our appropri at ion for the ma intenance o f W i lm ington ’sPubl ic L ibra ry was cut down $550 onthe year. Our Chapter, wh ich com posesthe L ibra ry Assoc ia t ion , have workedha rd to help ra ise suffic ient funds tokeep the L ibra ry running properly . A

R umm age Sa le, Ca feteria an d Sa le of

Paper netted us $203, th i s, w i th con tri but ions o f m em bers o f more than one hundred volum es o f wel l—chosen l i teratu rehe lped us . Th i s yea r Counc i l a re gi vingus a l i tt le addi t iona l so we w i l l be shorton ly $2 50. We a re g i ving a series o fProvi s ion Sa les to ra i se i t .Ou r Twen t ieth Birthday Ce lebra t ion

was he ld a t the hom e o f Mrs. W. R . H a le .

The repo rt o f the first decade of theChapter was read, to re fresh the m em oryo f those presen t at the t im e and as newh i story to those who have becom e m embers s ince, and then the second decade.The nex t meet ing was ou r Annual

L uncheon,when M i ss Farren read a h i s

tori cal sketch o f George Wash ingt on andMrs. D euel gave an account o f a v is i t toN ew York where she was presen t at theOn e H undredth Ann iversa ry o f theD ea th o f Alexander H am i l ton, when twoChap ters o f the D . A . R . placed a wrea tho f immo rtel les on h i s tom b in T rin i tyChurchyard. She saw the spot where theFirs t Presiden t took the oa th o f ofli ce an dwas i naugu ra ted, went by the Bronzedoors in to the old yard o f the fam ousSchuy ler hom e where there was a treetha t Genera l \Vash ington had brough tfrom Moun t Vernon and planted h im sel f,one o f the th i rteen plan ted there to represent the Colonies. At an other m eet ing wehad a very in terest ing paper on no ta bleAm erican trees, am ong the interest ingth ings told was the story o f the Oh ioBuckeye, as wel l as m a ny legen ds o fvariou s o ther t rees . Al together the yea rhas been m ost profii tab le in m any ways .(Mrs. W. R . ) An y FU L LE R H ALE,

H istoria n .

Oregon L ew i s an d Cla rk Chapter(Eugene, has now an adm i ttedm em b ersh ip o f fi fty-five. The fou rthChapter to be organized in the S ta te andthe second outside o f Po rt land, it found,and ha s covered, a w ide fi eld o f pa t riot icen dea vor.Beginn ing w i th prog ram m es of Colon

i al h i story and the westwa rd im m igrat ion , we pa ssed to a study o f the Lew i sand Cla rk E xpedi t ion and of O regonh i story . To com m em ora te the arri va lo f L ew i s and Clark on the Pac ific Coa stin Novem be r, 1805 , we inaugu ra ted a“Lew i s and Cla rk D ay” i n Novem ber,when we hold, ea ch yea r, a Chapterlun cheon and prog ram m e, tak ing th i s opportun i ty to enterta in ou r S ta te R egentand the S ta te Ofli cers in ou r Chapter.We have con tributed, bYD ifilfiadi i at o

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tags an d teas to the R ed Cross, theBe lgian R el ie f

,and the Mem oria l H a l l

funds . Ou r m em bers took the in it ia t ivein form ing a loca l organ izat ion for aidingthe Red Cross, w i th the resul t that a la rgenum ber o f wom en n ow mee t regu larly tosew on hosp ita l suppl ies . More recen tly,one o f ou r num ber, M i ss Lu c i le D unn,has given considerabl e t im e and effortto a branch o f the G i rl s’ N a t iona l H onorGua rd, having a l ready enrol led som e onehu ndred and twen ty -five gi rls, who arepledged to patriot ic service. We havepart ic ipa ted in the observance o f Mem

oria l D ay and F lag D ay, including, i n19 16, a Preparedness pa rade . For F lagD ay we secured the product ion o f a pa tri ot ic film a t a loca l p icture hou se and

a ttended the th ea ter in a body .

In Apr i l , 19 16, a notable exh ib it o fan t iqu es was arranged, for wh ich hundreds o f rare an d priceless he i rloom swere loaned by the c i t izen s o f Eugene.I t i s hoped tha t the D aughters may beable to repea t th i s di splay o f an t i ques,sa id to be the first one arranged by theD . A. R . i n O regon .

D u ring the past year the loca l Boardo f Educa t ion gran ted to u s the pri vi legeo f chri stening a fin e n ew school bu i lding, to wh ich we gave the nam e o f Washi ngton . Be ing inv ited to assist at thededicatory exerc ises, the chapter tookoccasion to present to the school a largef ram ed po rt ra i t o f the first Presiden t o fthe Uni ted S ta tes . The R egen t , Mrs. B .

L . Bogart, m ade the presenta t ion ad

dress, the gi ft be ing accepted by M i s sIda Pa t terson , Principa l , and also aprom inen t D aughter.The Chapter is very justly proud o f i ts

la test ach ievemen t, the erect ion o f amarker on the Oregon T ra i l . Th i s i s thefirst m a rker to be placed in Lane Countyand the h i stori c spo t selected i s on thePac ific H ighway , three m i les fromE ugene. Th i s spot, known as Coryel lPass, was a fa vori te cam p ing place of

the early p ioneers to the W i llam ette Valley . When , on Ma rch 9 and 10, ou r

Chapter i s hostess to the Oregon S ta teCon ference, the marker w i l l be dedica ted

w i th approp riate ceremon ies . Th is S tateConference, i t m ight be o f in t erest tonote, w i l l be the first D . A. R . Conferenceever held ou ts ide o f the c i ty o f Po rt land,and thus indica tes the grow th o f ou r Nat ion al organ iza ti on in the S ta te o f Oregon .

The L ew i s and Clark Chapter has eachyear had a representat ive at the Cont ineu tal Congre ss in Wash ington, o ftenthe only delega te f rom Oregon .

As Organiz ing and Chapter R egen tun t i l i l lness com pe l led my resigna t ion , i ti s a plea su re to tes t i fy to the fin e spi ri t o fpa triot i sm, the abso lute loya l ty an d theremarkable harmony o f in terest di splayedby the members o f O regon L ew i s and

C lark Chapter. May we have cont i nuedopportun i ty for serv ice !

MAE BEADLE FRI N K,

H onorary R egen t .

Quem ahon i n g Chapter (Johns town ,a l though on ly fou r yea rs old hasa m em bersh ip of on e hu ndred. We havea scho larsh ip a t H indm an Schoo l , CoweeMoun tain Schoo l , and gi ven prizes toou r Ben jam i n Frankl i n Cl ub, C. A. R .

Th i s last year th i rty- fou r essays on the“L i fe o f Benjami n Frankl in” were sub

m i tted an d the Chapter found i t qu itedifficul t to se lect the th ree prize w inners,so wel l w ri tten were m any o f them . The

loca l newspaper printed the prize essayswh ich added to the i nterest, and when iti s remembered tha t the ages o f the w inners were ten and twe lve years, one reali zes how the boys worked.

On Wash ingt on's B i rthday a recept ionwas held a t the hom e o f the R egent,where rel ics o f the R evolut ion were di splayed, and a s i lver o ffering was ta kenup. The graves o f two R evolu t iona rysoldiers, Sam uel Cole and George L ucas,have been m arked w i th bronze tablets.Th e stones on wh ich the tablets a re p lacedare them selves rel ics , being stone t iesfrom the old Portage Rai l road, presen tedby the Pennsylvan ia Ra i l road an d in cont rast w i th today‘s ra i l road equ ipm en t arepractica l ly as qua in t and anci e

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cha racter. Wash ington ’s first victorieswere retreats," bu t h i s in trepidi ty wasas grea t as h i s cau t ion , an d th i s h i s enem ies lea rned to the i r u ndo ing. The mostable m en o f h i s own t im e as wel l asthose o f later generat ions ha ve pa idtribute to h im .

Preceding D r . Ax son 's address a fin em u sica l prog ram was del i vered. and a ti ts close, the regen t o f the chapter, Mrs.

\V. D . Ga rl ington . in t roduced Mrs. Al

vin Va len t ine Lane, past regen t an d n ow

Vice- Presiden t Genera l of the N a t iona lSoc iety . Mrs. Lane ga ve briefly. b u tfu l ly the facts tha t led to the o rganizat ion o f the N a t iona l Soc ie ty i n 1890 and

it s p rinc ipa l work s ince tha t t im e. She

spoke espec ia l ly of the work o f the TexasD aughters in secu ring an appropria t iono f from the L eg i slatu re to su r

vey the old San An tonio T ra il , a partof the King’s H ighway

,n ow a lm ost com

pleted ; and sa id tha t the D . A. R . had

placed m a rkers a long the ent i re t ra i l ,five m i les apa rt . Scho la rsh ips in theUniversi ty o f Texa s have been awa rded,the T exas Room fini shed and fu rn ished,a nd the Jane Doug la s Chapter ha s beenact i ve in present ing flag s an d flag codesto the publ ic schoo l s and in g i v ing m oney,m eda ls and h i sto ric books as prizes foressays on h i s to rica l subj ect s .In com m ending Mrs. Lane ’s address,

Mr. Axson sa id tha t perhaps i t was justas wel l tha t the Sons ba rred the Baughters from jo in ing in 1890 , as i thad forced them in to th i s g rea t . splen !

di d o rgani za t ion o f the i r own . The pro

g ram closed by the singing o f the S ta rSpa ngled Banner," i n wh ich al l tookpa rt ; the stage was da rkened. and then“by the dawn 's ea rly l ight " there cam ein to v iew tha t sta r- spangled banner tha tever wa ves over “ the land of the f reeand the hom e o f the bra ve .

(Mas. C. W . ) FAN N IE S EGL‘

R Fosren ,

H istori a n .

Bra t tleboro Chapter (Bra t t l ebo ro ,

Vt . ) i s the la rgest chapter in the state,w i th a m em bersh ip o f 1 56 . Ou r two

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hono rary m embers, bo th cen tena rians,Mrs. E l iza Morse and Mrs. Ma ry FieldH adley , are res iden t s o f ou r town and

thei r ancestors took im po rta n t pa rt inthe sett lem en t of Bra t t lebo ro.

We ha ve had a m o s t success fu l yea runder the able leadersh ip o f ou r regen t,

Mrs. Mary F. H adley, Born October 15. 1816.Mrs. L ym an H o lden . Besides the tenregu la r m eet ing s, the \Vays and MeansCom m i ttee held a su ppe r and sale an d

a series of u niqu e soc ia l s, w i th gra t i fy~i ng resu l ts . On \Vash i ngt on s Bi rthdaythe Chapter m em bers were mos t de l igh tfu l ly enterta ined by the regen t a t herhom e .

The Chapter has g i ven to the Cont ineu ta l H a l l Fund an d to each o f the fol~

lowing : Ku rn H a t t in H om e ; D . A. R .

Schola rsh ip a t N o rw ich Univers i ty :D . A. R . Bu i lding Fu nd for the In tern at ion al Col lege a t Springfield, Ma ss ,

Bra t t leboro Mu nic ipa l Chri stm a s T reeThe So ldiers Ai d Fund and th rough theefforts o f the Chapter, money was ra i sedtowa rd the Belgian R el ie f Fund.

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The H i storian has recent ly publ i shedthe nam es o f the R evol ut iona ry Pensioners o f W indham Co ., Vt . The Chapterm a rked 120 graves and w i l l m a rk 50m ore th i s yea r. A bron ze tablet i s tobe pla ced on the grave of a mem ber ofthe Bo ston Tea Party, the unvei l ing of

wh ich w i l l probably take place in Ju ne.

Through the influence o f the Bra t t leboro Chapter an am endm en t to Sect ion4 1 53 o f Chapter 180 o f the Publ ic S ta tu tes o f Verm on t perta in ing to the careand m a intenance o f cem eteries in th i ss ta te, was endorsed by the S tate Conference held a t Mon tpel ier, Vt . , and

a f terwa rds passed by both hou ses, andsign ed by the Governor o f the S ta te.

Th i s am endment makes i t obl igatoryupon the town offic ia l s to see tha t cem eteri es are properly cared for and keptin good condi t ion , i nstead o f be ing doneu pon pet i t ion o f ta xpayers.The Bra ttleboro Chap ter revised and

i ssued a new set o f By- law s th i s yea r .Mas. CH ARLES Axecav,

H istori an .

Stuart Chap ter (Wy thev i l le, Va . )has com pleted its twen ty -first yea r o fvery in terest ing work . Twelve meetings are held each year or once a m onth .

E leven a t the homes of d ifferen t m em

bers, and one an ou t ing. Th i s year wehave very in terest ing subjects for thepapers, contributed each m eet ing by di fferen t members, a s to the orig in and ob

REAL DAUGHTERSThe pass ing away o f three m ore Rea l Daughters has been reported du ring the past

m onth . M rs. S arah McIn tosh McG ill, a m em ber of John McAIm on t Chapter, and the la stRea l Daughter in Arkansas, was born A st 23, 1825, in Sum ter Co. 5 . C. the dau ghtero f WILLIAM Mclnm sn o f S. C. and the June 7, 19 16.

Mrs. Fa n n ie M u n roe, m em ber of the Musgrove M i lls Chapter, was born in 1835 a fterher fa ther,Joe 6 m m , a bo ld scou t, was seventy- four years o f age, a nd was the da ughterof the th ird wi fe. She died i n Laurens Co . 5 . C. March 5, 19 17.

Mrs. Ja n e S argen t Fuga te. a m em ber of the Col. Charles Lew is Chapter, was born i n

1831 , and was the daughter ofJen a tt lAH SAM ENT of V irg in ia, an d h i s second w i fe, Ca thrine Ben n ett . She died at Mi lwood, West Va. , Febru ary 14, 19 1 7, and is survived by heryounger sister, Mrs. Zerkle. a m em ber of the John Chenoweth Chapter.

jce t o f the hol idays occurring i n them onth they are g i ven . All the m em bersof the Chapter so ld flag s, the proceedsfrom wh ich were sen t to the Com m i ss ionfor R el ie f o f the Belg ians . Al so the Chapter had erected a drink ing fou n ta in form an a n d bea st, in the town o f \Vythe

vi l le, to the m em ory of Col. Thom a sBoyd, who '

was a descendan t o f a R evolu t i on ary soldier, and devoted h i s l i feto the developm en t o f th i s sect ion o fVi rgin ia .

We have m ade a con tribu t ion to

Mem oria l Cont inen tal H a l l , and ha vealso had the pleasure o f helping w i ththe Memoria l in R ichmond, Vi rgi nia, tothe S igners o f the D ecla ra t ion of Indepen den ce. We have assi sted in the developm en t of the moun ta in boys . \Vh i lethere are n ot m any po in ts of in terest ,a s to the R evolut iona ry pe riod i n th i ssect ion , as i t was very spa rsely settleda t tha t da te , S tua rt Chapter hopes tolocate and m ark any graves tha t m ayexist in th i s v ic in i ty, o f any Revolut ion ary so ldier.The Chapter i s a very en thusiast ic

on e, and we hope to keep be fore thecomm uni ty , and in st i l in the schoo l ch i ldren the love , and respec t of the N at ion '

an d the Flag, m ore espec ia l ly a tth i s t im e, ow ing to presen t fo reign re

la t i on s o f our coun try .

(MRS . H . H . ) Lom st-z Caocxer CARTE R,

H istoria n .

71020 16677167”T he 2 6th Con t i n en tal Cong ress has repea led the act of the 2 sthCon t i n en ta l Cong ress whereby “

by the paym en t of her an n u a ldues each m em be r of the D augh ters of the Am er i can R evo l u t i onbecom es a pa id su bscr i be r to the M agaz i ne

”and has d i rected

hat the M agaz i ne a f ter j u n e t st, be aga i n pu b l i shed on a su b

scr i p t i on basi s.

Su b scri p t i on ra t es, per year , p a ya b le i n adva n ce .

S i n gle cop y , Post pa i d, lSc .

1 2 5 of $50 0 0 i s offered by the Pres iden tGen e ral M rs. Geo rge Thache r Gu ernsey to

the sta te secu r i ng the l a rgest num ber of su bscri pt ion s i n p ropo r t i on to i ts m em be rsh i p Fi l l ou tsu bscr ipt i on b l an k below and m a i l w i th check or

m on ey o rde r to the T reasu re r Gene ra l , N . S .

R . M em o r i al Con t i n en tal H a l l,Wash i n g ton ,

D . C . M ake all checks and m on ey o rde rs payab leto the T reasu rer Gen era l . All o the r busi n ess con

n ected w i th the M agaz i n e shou ld b e t ransacted w i thM rs. Geor e M ayn a rd M i n o r, Vi ce Presi den t General f rom

r

Con nect icu t and Cha i rm an of the D augh

ters of the Am er i can R evo lu t i on M agaz i ne Com m i ttee,W a terfo rd, Con n ect i cu t .

AN N E ROGE R S M IN OR

Cha i rm a n

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E nclosed please find . dol la rs in pa ym ent o f m y

subscript ion to the D augh ters o f the Am erican R evo l u t ion Maga z ine, f rom

S treet

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Wi ll iam Corrie L ipscom b son of John and

E l izabeth L ipscom b was born Sep t. 3, 1 792Jan 19. 1 795 a ch i ld was bo rn , son of Johnand E l iza be th L ipscom b an d D ec6 March 1 1 .1 795 n ot Bapt i s

‘l

March 27. 1 796, a ch i ld was born. son of

John an d E l izabeth L ipscom b and was ca l ledJohn Tunsta l L ipscom bPh i l ip D eggc L ipscom b son o f John an d

E lizabeth L ipscom b was born October 16, 1 798Ann D egge L ipscom b Daughter o f John and

E l izabeth L ipscom b was bo rn January 8, 18011804. Ju ly ll Jane Corr ie L ipscom b was

bo rn, da ugh ter to John and E l izabeth L ipsCom b a nd depa rted th is l i fe Ju ly 5, 1806Janu ary 1 9. 1807 a ch i ld was born son o f

John and E l izabeth L i pscom b and ca l“RobertMiddleton L ipscom b.In a no ther hand are to b e found the i tem s :

l826. Apri l 14. died E lizabeth L ipscom b, w i feo f John L ipscom b in the 58th . yea r o f her age.

2nd. m a rriage o f Grandfather John L ipscom b was to Lucinda Bratsfield of PrinceWi l l iam Co . Va . They had o n e ch i ld, Thom asMiddleton L ipscom b, born 1828(Mem . m ade by S. A. L ipscom b.)S . A. L ipscom b was a lso a D a ughter

a nd firs t “regent o f Colum bia Chapter.

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T i tle Page of Com pa n i on to the Alta r.

organi zed in the D i strict Of Co l um bia in . book was bequea thed to her niece . and

Apri l , 1894 . At her dea th the preciou s we fin d the la s t ent ry in it i s as fo l lows :

At Chri st P. E. Chu rchMaud \Vestco tt L ipscom b, daughter o f

\\v’

i lli am Corrie L ipscom b Jr. ( son o f Wi l l iamCorrie and Phebe Adga te L ipscom b ) and

grea t- grandda ughter of E l izabeth (c ge )

L ipscom b and John L ipscom b was jo in ed inthe esta te of m a trim ony to Frank Fo sterGreenawa l t by Rev . Morton i n A lexandria ,\

'

a . June 1 7, 1 91 1 . Marriage service in th isbook used for cerem ony.

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The March issue of GENEALOGY, edi ted by \Vi lli am M . Clem ens. 56 P ine Street , NewYork City, is g iven u p, as m en ti oned in our last issue. to the H arrison Fam i ly .

r i ages from Conn ., Ky., Md MassMa r

N .J. , Pen n a and Va . , a re g iven ; a short sketch o f

the S igner and two Pres idents by nam e of Harrison. and five m arriages in the Ca ro l in as.Am ong these las t on e no tes the m a rriage i n Bertie Co . N . C. May 18. 1 790 o f ReubenHarrison and An n Mi tchel l . On e no tes wi th reg ret tha t the carefu l a lpha be t ica l arrangem ent o f the m arr iages, wh ich added so m uch to their va lue, is m issing i n th is issue ; b u trecords the publ ica tion for the first t im e o f abstracts o f two H arr ison wi lls : Tha t o f Ba tta i le Harrison, of Amherst Co . Va . filed Oct 7, 1 776, which m en tions w i fe Fran cis. son s :Reu ben, John. R ichard, Jam es and Franky. and dau ghter Betty Tin sley ; a nd o f Cu thbertHarrison of Prince W i ll iam Co . Va . filed Feb . 7. 1 780. wh ich m entio n s sisters : Frances,Ann , Leth and Sarah Harrison and E l izabeth Sco tt, and grandfa ther Thom as H arrison.

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Through the Na tional Comm ittee on H istorical Research

L ist of leg i ble m arriages perform ed in the Reform ed Church at Caughnawaga (n owFonda ! Tryon ( now Montgom ery) coun ty , N ew York by the Rev.

Tu on as Rom s : (Rom eyn) Pastor from 1 772 to 1 795.

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), H istorian, Caughnawaga Chapter, Fonda,

Archer, An a nias, to E l izabethJeescher, D ec. 2 1, 1 772 .

A lg i re, Bast ian, to Maria Weever, Feb . 2, 1773.Alg ire, Johann is, to Margari ta Een ie,Jan . 4 , 1 774 .

Arnold, E l ias. to Gertrude Groesbeek, March 9. 1777 .

Al len, Thom as, to Margri ta Jacobs, Nov. 30, 1 778.

Browne, Robert, to Jane McD ole, June 27, 1775.

Batem an, John, to Terace Vin i tt , J une 27, 1 777 .

li assett , Benjam in, to Isabe l Br isect, Sep t. 8, 1 779.

Biddle, Barent, to N ancy Wa lker, N ov. 19, 1 779 .

Pe ck, Jam es, to E lizabeth Bushart, Feb . 24 , 1 787.

Bo ldm an, John , to Hannah Runyons, Ma rch 12. 1 788.

Bu x ton, Jam es, to Marri ta Vroom an, June 8. 1 793.

Coupli n, Sam uel, to Bethseda Boddte, March 8. 1 773.Co lm an , Baren t, to E liza Cromm el, N ov. 14. 1 773.

Cadugal, John, to Anna Quak, Oct. 30, 1 774.Crum m , John, to Ca trina R udolph, Sept. 1 , 1 776.

Canel, John, to Maria Van Alstyne, D ec. 26, 1 776.

Casaadt, Fran s, to N an cy John son, June 20, 1 777.Crom well, Ph il ip,Jr ., to Lena Lu is, Apri l 27, 1 778.

Coven hoven , Jacob, to Maria Clem en t, Sept . 10, 1778.

Creg i er, Mart ia ns, to Catelyn t i e D u i vebeck , Oct . 25, 1 778.

Coven hoven , Abram , to N el ly Marla t,Jan . 23, 1 780.

Crowly, W i l l iam , to Anna Mason , Nov. 12, 1 780.

Coyne, Johann is, to Lena Lendre, Aug . 1 784.

Ca Ma thew, to Mary \Wood,Jan . 1 784 .

Cl ine, Grolan d, to Dev i lt i an Reu hi lbu rn u s, N ov. 1 1 , 1786.Cassi ty, David. Esq .. to Joa nna D eyter,Jan . 22 , 1 787.

Cu i ssabeen , Adam , to Po lly Rum yo i n e, Feb . 20, 1 786.

( ferel, Wil l iam , to Ca tr ina Lew is, Apri l 19, 1 786 .

Coughn et . Wi l l iam , to Peggy Van Jan . 1 7, 1 788.

Crom wel l. S tephen, to H an n ah Ba ton, 1 790.

Clu te, John D ., to S i lvia Mi l ler, 1 79 1 .Dag ley. H ugh, to N andy Ha rrison , Nov. 2 , 1 772 .

Davis, Isaac, to Ca trina Wi lson. D ec. 12 , 1 772 .

Dunn, R ichard. to N ancy Barret t. Aug . 15. 1 773.

Doom , Johannis, to Soph ia A lg i re, Jun e 28. 1 774 .

Davis, John,Jr., to Nancy Biddle, Ju ly 2 . 1 774 .

D e Grafi'

,Johann is, to Eva Van Du sen . Feb . 6. 1 775.

Do lman .John, to Maria Hoff, Aug u st 25 . 1 779 .

Dox tader,Ju rry, to Lena Rees,Jan . 10, 1 781 .

Davis, Michael, to An n a tje Shu l ts, Sept. 1 , 1 785 .

Dockstader, George H ., to Ca trina Con n i n ger.Jan . 2 . 1 786.

Du ti i n , Edward, to E l izabeth Ga llicher, Sept . 28, 1 788.

Dox tader, Ma rcu s M ., to Sara Brower. 1 79 1 .Dyckm an, N icholas. to E l izabeth Kayck, May 7, 1 793.

E rb i tsi n ger, Bal t is. to Magda lena Moore. D ec. 2, 1 772 .

Eberhardt, Johannes, to Christina Oct . 19 . 1 777 .

Elm er ( or Em er) . to Ca trina Golli n ger.Jan . 19. 1780.

Endyts, Jacob. to E va R ues, N ov. 1 1 , 1 786 .

Ergersi n ger, Ph il ip, to Baa ta Ho l lenbeck. March 20, 1 787.

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McH en ry, John , to E l izabe th McCarty, March 5, 1 773.Macherson, John , to E l izabeth Grands,Jan . 8, 1 775.

McRoy, John, to Magr i ta Klin e, May 10, 1 775 .

McW i lliarn s, John, to Jenn y L it tle, June 26, 1 775 .McLeed, Reynold, to N ancy McKi nsey, Feb. 1 1 , 1 776.Marla t, Thom as, to Nancy Bol ton, Oct. 18, 1778.

M i l ler, Adam , to E l iza beth R obertson, May 2, 1 779 .

McCla rm et , Jam es, to Ma ry McMart i n , Oct. 12, 1 779 .

McMa rt i n , John, to Nelly Cam eron , Oct . 18, 1 779.

Mon tayn e, Joseph, to Gerty Quackenbush, Dec. 6, 1784.

McMester, John, to Peggy McMester, Dec. 12, 1784.Moore, Thom as, to E l izabeth Serv ice, Dec. 1 784.

Mason, John , to Chloe Van Aldgen edgter, Aug . 10, 1 785 .McD onald, Dani el, to Sen Covenhoven ,Jan . 2, 1786 .

Maxwell, Peter V., to Sarah Pu tnam , Apri l 19. 1 786.

Mabee, Hendrick, to Soph ia Osterm ann, May 27, 1 786.

MacQuade, Gu ise, to Sophia Gardin ier, May 27, 1 786.

Mu ir, Peter, to E l iza Beekm an, May 13, 1 786.McIn tyre, to Rebecca Quack, 179 1 .Nefl

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, Johann is, to Joha n n a Ca se, March 2, 1774.Oosterm an , Christ ian , to E l iza beth N ev/ki rk, Ju ly 8, 1 777.Opdyke, Abraham , to Anna De Leyne, 1 790.

Pru im , Davis. to Elsye Mom breete, Nov. 25, 1 772 .

Post, Johann es, to Deborah Coyn e, Oct . 20, 1 773.Pu tnam , Victore, to Ma ria Shu l ts, N ov. 9, 1 773.

Pu tnam , Dav id, Jr., to Catrina L idder, Ju ly 24, 1 774.Plank, John , to N ettye Ga rd in ier, Jun e 8, 1 775.Pru im , Hen drick , to Sa rah D e Freest, Aug . 26, 1 775 .

Pu tnam , Frans, to Deu s May 2 , 1 776

Pu tnam , JacobJ., to E l izabe th Mccarthy, May 27, 1 777.

Pu tnam , Frans, to Maria Fonda, Dec. 28, 1 777.

Pu tnam ,Jurry, to Mar ia Forbes, May 23, 1 779.Pelli n ger, Chr ist ian, to Margri ta D ievendorf, N ov. 1 5, 1 784.Pru im , J acob, to D arette Lo tt, Sep t. 1 , 1 785 .

Phi llipse, Ph i l ip N ., to An n atye Ki l ts,Jan . 2, 1 786.

Plan ce. Peter, to Charlo tte S to l ler, Nov. 22 , 1 786.

Poo l, Peter, to Mar ia Van D erwerker,Jan . 2, 1 793.

Palm art i er, Michael, to Gerty Hagem an , May 18, 1793.Quacken bu sh, Peter, to Su sannah Bradt, Feb . 19, 1 774 .

Quackenbush, Myndert, to Maria Vrom , March 15, 1 774 .

Quackenbu sh, Dav id, to Ca tr ina Terwi l l iger, April , 1 775.Quacken bu sh, Peter P., to E l iza beth Davids, Aug . 19, 1 775.

Q u i n aal, James, to Mach tel Col l ier, Apri l 7, 1 776.

Quackenbush, N icholas, to Magdelena Coll ier, Apr il '

8, 1777 .Quackenbush, Dav id, to Ca trina Tyson, Apri l 30, 1 780.

Quaker, John, to Eve Hin gham , Feb . 20, 1 786.

Qu ack, Jam es, to Engelte Coll ier, March 8, 1 786.

Q u icton , Com fort, to Deborah W i gel, April 9, 1 786.Quackenbush, John W., to Al ida Van 1 790.

Robinson, Robert, to Ma rgrita \Wh i te, Nov. 19, 1 775.

R ighm i er, Hen drick, to Maria Sehwar, D ec. 2 , 1 784.Reese, Wi l l iam , to Ca trin a Vroom an, Feb . 16, 1787.

Roberts, Conrad, to L ina Eicker, Jun e 1 , 1 786.Sal isbu ry, H arm on us, to Susannah D elgs. May 10, 1773.

Selm ser, Hendrick, to Anna Ma ri a Ehan i st i n . March 13, 1 776.S tein, N icho las, to Ca trina Pi gh tm yer, D ec. 24, 1 776.

S im m ons,Jacob, to Eva Veeder, Ju ly 2. 1 777 .

S ta ll, Joost, to Pol ly Gran t, Ju ly 24 . 1 777.Swart, Wouter, to Eve Quackenbush, March 8, 1 788.

Sal ts, Frans, to Maria Cash, Augu st 26, 1 778.

S im eer, N icholas, to Margri ta Em m er, April 26, 1 779.

Sebel, Wil l iam to Maria N ut ri sh , Ju ly 30, 1 779 .

Shew,Henry to Anna Coosety , March 8, 1 784 .

MARR IAGE RECORD E X CHAN GE

S tarren , N icho las, to N an cy Mun son, w idow, D ec. 1 1 , 1 784 .

S tarr i n , Wi l l iam , to Deborah Ph i llipse, Aug . 18, 1 785.

S tein, John , to Ca tty Wu rn , N ov. 1 1 , 1 783.

Swart, Jacobus, to Susannah Vedder,Jan . 24, 1 787.Sm i th, John , to Margri ta Sn ook, Feb . 8, 1 787.

Shew, Jacob, to Han n ah Pu tn am , March 10, 1 787.Schu i lbe, Lawrence, to Pedcyte Van Wither, May 9, 1 787.Shade, Geo rge, to R achel Gardin ier,Jan . 2 , 1 786 .

Sou thwood, \Vi lliam , to Margaretta Ho l lenbeck, March 23, 1 786.Short, Wi ll iam ,

to Susann ah Hoover, May 12, 1 786 .

S tandring , Ma t th i ashto Susa n n ah You n g , June 5, 1 786.

Sharjur, John , to Margri ta Van D e Weber, Ju ly 1 5, 1 786.

S tucken, Wil l iam , to E lizabeth R ickard, June 1 1 , 1 786 .

Spon en b u rgh, George, to Gu rty Adam s, June 24 , 1 786.

Seeber, Wil l iam H ., to An n a tye Kilts, 1 79 1 .Schuyler, B., to Deborah Mabie, 1 791 .Sm i th , Aren t, to Maria Han sen , Oct . 3, 1 792 .

Sam m ons, Thom as, to Maria Wood, D ec. 1 6, 1 792 .

Sm ith , Ben jam in , to Ca tr in a Dockstader, Feb . 7, 1 793.

S to ller, Michael, to Lena L ingenfel ter,Jan . 2 1 , 1 774.Tan ner, Jacob, to Maria L u is, Ju ly 24 , 1 773.

Tr uax, Jacob, to Ca tr in a D ox tader, March 5, 1 775 .

Thom pson, Jam es, to E l izabeth Ga ll in gs,Jan . 1 784 .

Van Alsyyn e, Gysbert, J r.,to Lerm i tje Quak, Dec. 1 1. 1 772 .

Van Bracksten , G i lbert,Jr., to Polly W i , Oct . 9 , 1 773.

Va n Voa st, Ph i l ip, to An gelye Van Antwerp, March 15, 1 774 .

Van Slyck, to Maria S tein , Augu st, 1 774.Veeder, Sym on , to Margri ta Terwilliger, Oct. 22 , 1 774 .

Van A lstyne, Abram , toJan n etje Quak, June 13, 1 775.

Van Du sen , Gi lbert, to N e i lye Van An twerp, Oct . 19, 1 775 .

Van Loon , John , to E l izabeth Fye, Au g . 20, 1 776.

Van Alstyne, N icholas, to Corn el ia Van Alstyne. Feb . 20, 1 777.

Veeder, Sym on , to Margri ta Pu tn am , J une 1 , 1 777.Van S iyek, N icholas, to Gu rtruy Fisher, Sep t. 24 , 1 778.

Vroom an , Hendrick H ., to E Ii zab eth' S im m on s, Ju ly 22 , 1 779.

Van Hoorn, Thom as, to Maria Frederick, Oct . 2 1 , 1 779.

Van Bu ren , W'i ll iam , to Ca trin a Pu tn am , Aug . 1 784.

Van ~Alstyn e, Johannes M ., to Sarah Wem p, Jun e, 1 784 .

Van Joseph, to Angeltye Van A lstyne, March 13. 1 784 .

Van Alstyn e, Pe ter N ., to A l ida Mabe, April, 1 784 .

Van Co ise, Johan n is, to E va Mabe, Ap ril, 1 784 .

Van Abram , to An n i tge Van S iccl, 1 784 .

Van Si b i lier, Ren ier, to E n gen tye Phi llipse, D ec. 13, 1 784 .

Va n Alstyn e, Ph i l ip, to An n a Davis, Augu st, 1 785 .

Vosburgh, Peter, to Lav inda Gran t, Sept. 1 , 1 785 .

Veeder, John S ., to Ca tr in a Win ne, Oct. 12, 1 785 .

Vogel, Johann is, to Ca trin a Plan s, Nov . 1 1 , 1 785 .

Vroom an , Peter ( bach . ) to Rebecca Fusdi e, N ov. 20, 1 785.

Van Bessay, Sam uel, to Jaru sha E goel, D ec. 25, 1 785 .

Va n Ness, Wi ll iam , to Maria Sulton ey, D ec. 25, 1 785 .

Van Buren, Hendrick , to Stofii e E n geldegter,Jan . 30. 1787 .

Van Nest, Sam uel , to Maria S i r March 6, 1 787.

Van A lstyne, G. , to E l izabeth Cratsen b ergh , Apri l 1 , 1 787 .

Van Brock l in , H arp i t S .,to An n etye Badben ,Jan . 2 , 1 786.

Van Dusen ,Ma tthew, to Po lly Ostrander, Feb . 19 , 1 786 .

Veeder, Abram V ., to Ca trin a Van Antwerp, Apri l 15, 1 786.Vann Epps, Evert, to Polly Min thorn e, Jun e 20, 1 786.

Veeder, JohnJ. , to Maria A. Fonda , May 1 1 , 1 788.

Veeder, Johan n es, Sr ., to E l izabeth Wa llace, 1 789 .

V i sscher, John J to Sarah B . Han sen , 1 790.

Van Evera, John , to Jan e Sm i th, 1 790.

Van A lstyn e, Mart in M to Mar ia S . Vroom an , D ec. 2, 1 792 .

Vroom an , S im on , to Maria Van Der Werker, March 2 , 1 774 .

\Va ll , Edward, to D ab orah Bu tler, Ju ly 6, 1772 .

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Wh i taker, Thoma s, to Sarah D ox tader, March 5, 1 773.

Wert, Johann is, to Ma ria Doro thea , May 23, 1 774 .

Warner. Jam es, to Ca trina Snyder, D ec. 29, 1 774 .

Wh i ttom el, John , to Ca trina Lan s ing ,Jan . 13, 1 781 .Wem ple, Corn el ius, to Sarah H . Wem ple, Nov. 20, 1784.Winne, Jacob, to Su sannah Evertse,Jan . 14, 1 778.

Wadel, Adam , to Hannah Adam s, N ov. 20. 1 785 .

Wever, Johann is, to Lena Kelder, Feb . 12, 1 787.

Wilson, John, to Sarah Newkirk, Feb . 12, 1 787.

Wem ple, Auren (w idower) , to Al ida Wem ple, Dec. 18, 1 787.West in, Robert, to An n etye Ph i llipse,Ja n . 2 , 1 786 .

Wem ple, Douw, to En geltye Zeeley, Apri l 7, 1 783.

Wi ll iam s, David, to Mary Springer.Jan . 1 , 1 774 .

Ya tes, Abram , to Anna Ma rgeri ta H err ing, April 27, 1 778.

Ya tes, W i agt . to Maria Q uyter, N ov. 29 . 1 785 .

Ya tes, Abram A., to W i n tye Len erdson ,Jan . 2, 1 786.

PARLIAMENTARY PUZZLES SOLVED

Co nn WEL LE S T ROW

So m uch interest has been evi n ced in the

recent parl iam enta ry dispu te in the U ni tedS ta tes Sena te tha t i t seem s t im ely to presen ta short account of i t . Many m em bers of theN a tiona l Society o f the Daughters o f theAm erican Revo lu t ion have expressed a des ireto be inform ed o f the parl iam entary po ints i nvo lved and th is art icle wi l l answer all suchquest ions.The previous quest ion is a subsidia ry m o tion

wh ich is used to ascerta in the possib i l i ty o f

clos ing discu ss ion. I t m ay be introduced a t

any tim e wh ile a discu ssion is i n progress andwhen introduced is im m edia tely pu t to vote.The proper form em ployed is, “A ll those infavor of clos ing the discussion on the m o ti onbefore the hou se wi l l say aye. Those opposedto clos ing the discuss ion on the m o t ion beforethe house w i l l say n o .

” I f two- th irds of theassem bly say aye, the previous quest ion iscarried as i t requ ires a two- th irds vote to

close di scu ssion.

Th is m o t ion has never been a l lowed in theU n i ted S ta tes Sena te ; the ru les govern ing theproceedings o f the U ni ted S ta tes Sena te havenever perm i t ted discu ssion to be checked. The

m o tion has been in u se i n the Hou se of Rep.

resen tat i ves b u t n ot in the Senate. ln leg isla t ive procedure th is m o t ion is u sua l ly ca lled“The Clo ture.”When the Arm ed Neu tral i ty " bi l l was

under discuss ion in the Sena te a m o t ion wasin troduced to the effect tha t a vo te on the

pending bi ll shou ld be taken. Th is m o ti on re

qu i red a unan im ous vo te. Four Sena torsvoted in the nega t ive, so the m ot ion was lost .The question then a rose as to the ju sti ce of

a l lowing four to hold up business. The resultwas tha t the U n i ted S ta tes ha s deci ded to

adopt the use of the Previou s Quest ion. U nderthe provis ions of the Consti tu tion of the

U n ited S ta tes the Senate has a right to determ ine the ru les o f i ts proceedin gs.B. Ou t sflow—What i s filib usteri n g ?

.

Answer.— Making an im proper u se of Par

li am en ta ry Law in order to obstruct bus iness.

5 . Quest i on .—Vt’ha t au thor i ty have you for

teach ing tha t the divisions of By-Laws shou ldnot be ca lled “

art icles" ?Ai rm en—First. because the defi ni tion of the

word “art icle" is a division o f a contract . A

By- Law is an explana tion of how a contract

sha l l be ca rried ou t ; the contract a lways restsin the Const i tu t ion, which is com posed o f art icles, or in a Chapter, wh ich is a lso so com posed.

Second, beca use a By- Law m u st have an

anteceden t, wh i le an a rt icle is a lways the

founda t ion to wh ich the By - Law refers .Th ird, becau se ou r Law Cou rts have a lways

upheld the view I have sta ted.

There is no th ing i l lega l in ca l l ing a divis iono f By- Laws an art icle ; i t only stam ps the

docum en t w i th having been drawn by a personwho did n ot understand the difference betweencau se and efl‘ect .

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Jam es H . McCobe, 3917 Magnol ia Ave., St.

Lou i s, Mo., ki ndly sent the two above answers.4777 . (2 ) FU N K. John Funk of S trasburg , Va. m a dau of Ph i l ip Stover who bought

acres of lan d from Lord Fa irfa x an d

sett led a Germa n colony from Penna . thereon .

S trasburg was for m any years ca l led S tover'stown. Mary, dau o f John Funk m John Wa ll,at on e t im e postm aster o f Win chester, Va . and

m y grandfa ther John Fran k l in Wa ll, b 1799,was their youngest son . (M iss) Edi th M .

Wall, Begg s, Ok la.

4805 . Boos t . A tten ti on is ca lled to a m i s

take i n the answer to th is query wh ich ap

peared i n the January issue, the re ference forthe sta tem en t being the Po tter Genealogy. Intha t book i t is sa id tha t the An n Boone whom in 1747 Wm . Winter or ( b 1 728 )was a s ister or aunt of Dan iel Boone. Th iserror has a lso been repea ted in the CrawfordGenea logy an d severa l other books ; wherea sshe cou ld n ot have been e ither the s ister or

aunt of the p ioneer as he had neither auntn o r s ister of tha t nam e. I t wou ld b e m ostinterest ing to kn ow who she rea l ly was. An

error of a sim i la r na tu re occurs in the an swerto th is query i n the March issue. Th is isalso in regard to an An n Boone, b u t in th isin stance the Ann Boone nam ed is not cla im edto be the rela t ive of Dan iel Boo n e, b u t theancestress of Abraham L incoln. Ann Boone,b Apri l 3, 1 737, dau o f Jam es and Mary( Fou lke ) Boone m Ju ly 10, 1 760, AbrahamL inco ln, b 1736 . Al though the sta tem en t isfound in various books tha t th is couple wereancestors of the m artyred Pres iden t, i t wasrea l ly Abraham ’

s ha l f brother, John L in coln,who was the Pres ident's grandfa ther. Johnwas a son o f Mordeca i L incoln by h i s firstwi fe, Hannah Sa lter whi le Abraham who i n

Ann Boone was the son of the second wi feMa ry. See

“Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln"by Lea and Hu tch inson, a lso Penna . Magaz ineof H istory and B iography Vol X 1 , p 220.

There were severa l interm arriages betweenthe Boones and L inco lns, b u t none of the

Pen na . Boones were ancestors of Pres identL inco ln. Mrs. J. R . Spraker, 64 DorchesterRoad, Bu ffa lo, N . Y.

4807. (3) Rosm son . Being a direct descendan t o f Cap t. D an Robinso n I am able tog ive you the resu l t of m y sea rch in town h istories and fam i ly records. D an Robinson, bMay 2 , 1 725, was the so n o f David Robinson( 1694 - 1 780) and h is w i fe, Rebecca Mi ller of

Middletown, Conn. bJan . 26, 1 719 , who hadn ine sons and four daughters and d Sept. 2.1 780. D an was the fou rth ch . and m ab 1 750

Ab iga i l Cu rt iss sett l ing in Granv il le, Mass.from Du rham ,

Conn. together w i th h is threebro thers ; T im othy. Ph inehas an d Noah . Capt .D an had several ch. on e of whom , D an , servedin the Rev. Dan was b in 1 758 and m BetseyCowdry of Hartland, Conn . and had three

sons and six daughters. One sou , Chauncey.( 1 795- 1874 ) m Po lly Hubba rd, dau o f TitusHubba rd, Rev. so ldier, and s ister of Col. Alanson H ubba rd, who was in the Regu la r army.

Polly was b Apr. 13, 1 794 and d Mch. 1 , 1882.

1 do no t know the nam es of the o ther twosons of D an an d Bet sey (Cowdry) Ro binson ;b ut on e of their daughters m 3 Ba ldw in, onea Barnes, on e a Moo re, Clara m Adam B la ir ;A l ice m En os Bo ise, and the s i xth we do n ot

know even the nam e o f. Mrs. R oger N orth,546 “test 124th S t ., N ew York Ci ty .

4817. BRYAN . Dan iel Boone Bryan ( 17581845 ) was bo rn i n N . C., placed on the pen sionro l l o f Sco t t Co . Ky . in 1833 for serv ice i nN . C. M i l i t ia as a priva te an d d in Ky . Fur

ther part icu la rs of h is serv ice can be obta inedby wri t ing the Com m iss ioner of Pens ions, lnteri or Depa r tm ent, Wash ing ton, D . C. Dan ielwas the son of Wm . Bryan ( 1733- 1 781 ) whotn Mary, si ster o f Daniel Boone. \Vi lli am was

b in Chester Co . Ky . rem oved to N . C. ab

1 755 and w i th three bro thers em igra ted fromthere to Fayette Co . Ky. in 1 779 . H e was in

the fort a t Brya n ’s sta t ion when i t was a t

tacked by the Indians and was m orta llywounded. H i s son Wi l l iam was k i lled . Mrs.

J. R . Spraker, 64 Dorchester Road, Bu ffa lo,

N . Y. To th is the Gen . Ed. wou ld add thatWil l iam Bryan had a lso a son Sam uel whowas 3 Rev. pens ioner, and when h is w idowappl ied for her pension she filed a rem arkablefam i ly sta tem ent of her husband’s fam ilywh ich had been handed down for genera t ions.In th is sta tem en t the l ine is ca rried back to

Morgan Bryan, the im m igran t who m MarthaS trode an d had n ine chi ldren . Wil l iam . theseven th ch . o f Morgan had ten ch. i n Rowan

Co. N . C. before m oving to Ky. z Sam uel,Dan iel, Wi l l iam , Phebe, H ann ah , John, Sarah,Abner, E l izabeth an d Mary . Sam uel, the old

est eh . m Oct. 5, 1 775, in Rowan Co . N . C.

Mary. dau of Col. Jona than and Isabe l la H un t .They had eleven ch . : Ann, Phebe, Wm .. Ah

n er, Luke ( b N ov. 22, 1 784 , m 1807 Mary.dau of Capt. John an d Sarah Sanders ) .Thom as, Sarah, Ma ry, Dan iel, Ham pton and

Sam uel . In 1834 the pen s ioner, Sam uel Brya nand h is w i fe Mary were l iv ing w i th their ch .

Luke an d Thom as i n Marion Co . 1nd.

4874 . (Z) BOON E . Squ ire Boone, bro therof Dan iel, owned Boone's M ill i n Buck CreekValley , Harrison Co . 1 nd. prior to 1856 . H e

had two sons, E n och and Isa iah, and probablyo thers. Isa iah had the fo l low ing ch . : Gran .

v ille, L a fayette (whose fu ll nam e was Squ ireHeath Manley Ma rqu is de La fayet te GreeneJenn in gs Tipton Mi lton, Min ervawho ln Sam uel Bea rd and had a son , Wal laceTom pk in s Bea rd ; Adal ine who m Perry Ba ldw i n and Em i ly who m Marsha l l Sam uels. The

last two couples m oved to MO . near Hann iba lab 1850. Squ ire Boone. brother of Dan iel isbu ried in a cove near the o ld Boone’s Mil l in

GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMEN T

Harrison Cc., Ind. H e requested his sons,Enoch an d Isa iah , to open h i s tom b a fterthree days an d si t by him three hours, whichthey di d. I t is sa id tha t Gen . Fred E . Funston’

s m o ther (m a iden nam e An n E . Mitchell)i s a g rea t grand-da ughter of a s ister of Dan ielBoone. M rs. L . P. Sen tn ey, Hu tch inson, Kansas, who was born in the old Boone hom e, thenown ed by Peter Wo l fe, an d ca l led Wo lfe'sMi l l.4880. Wet-m m. In Vt. Rev. Rol ls, p 277,in a pay roll of Cap t. E l ias Weld's Mi li tiaCo . who m arched to Roya lton an d Haverh il li n the A larm , Oct . 1 780, the nam e of Sam uelWeden appears as a priva te who served threedays. On the grave stone m a rk ing the graveof Thomas Weeden i t says “

Ens ign ThomasWeeden.

” Whether th is serv ice was in the

Revo lu t ion or n ot is n ot s ta ted, b u t i t hasa lways been assum ed so . 5 . A. Spear, Wood

stock. Vt . To th is the Gen . Ed. wou ld add

that bo th Thom as an d Sam uel \Veedon wereliving i n H a rt land, V t . in 1 790 accordin g to

the Censu s of tha t day .

4888. ( 5 ) Wa rm . H opest i l l Wh i te, bornJu ly 15, 1 7 1 7, was a dau of Thom as Wh i te, b1688, a nd Deborah Read b 1695. whom he mJu ly, 1 7 10. The Josiah Wh i te m ent ioned inMch. answer to th is query was brother of

Hopest il l, and was b 1 723. M rs. E .J. Kli ng ,4 16 Nevada S t ., Nevada . Mo. Som e a u thori t iesg ive the nam e o f Hopest il l as H opesti l lChap in ; o thers say she was a grand- daughterof Jos iah Chap in o f Mendon. Dan iel Ta ftJr. is sa id to have died in 1 790. N o more answet s to the ancestry of Hopes ti l l w i l l be pu bli shed as i t is evident ly a Co lon ia l Query ; bu tany correspondence w ill be forwa rded to the

querists b y the Gen . Ed i tor.4933. Dawson . Robert Doyn e Dawson was

the son o f Thom a s Dawson an d h is w i fe E l izabeth Lowe. She d in Montgom ery Co . in 1800aged 92 years. Their ch . were : Beno i, Mary.Sarah, E leanor, Robert Doyne ( Rev. so ldier) ,E l iz. Rebecca, Jane a n d Verli nda, who at Jam esA lln u t t Jr. son of Jam es an d Sarah ( Lawren ce) A l ln u tt . In the Census o f 1 790 RobertD. Dawson is a res iden t of Montgom ery Co .

and i t is probable tha t in her la ter years E l iza ‘

beth cam e to l ive w i th her son . M n . 1 . 2 .

Keller, 1608 B loom S t ., Lex ing ton, Mo .

4984 . Wan ton . According to the Bible record of S im eon \Ma lton and his w i fe Agn es(or Hester) their daughter Ma ry. or Pol lywas b Nov. 25. 1 774, and m Jam es MackeyDec. 24, 1 793. S im eon l ived in Am el ia Co .

and Nottoway Co . adjo ins Am el ia Co . I havenot been able to fi nd an y ev iden ce tha t S im eonWalton served in the Rev . H e was b in or

near Hanover Co . Va . Jam es and Po l lyMackoy had the fol low ing : Wa lton. Thom as,John . Jam es, Agnes, Martha, Am erica . E l izabeth. Mar ia. Tabi tha, \Narr ing , and Ma ry.

Wm . H . Block. Plym ou th, Ill. M r. B lack also

sta tes tha t i t is fam i ly traditi on that S im eon

Wal ton was brother o f George Wal ton who

a f terwards becam e Go vernor o f Ga . Mrs. P.

E . Metcalle Colli n s, Metca l fe. M iss . wri tesquest ion in g the s ta tem ent tha t George Wa ltonhas n o descendants excep t through Madam

Octavia LeVert. and says that E l iza Murrayof Ga. who m Jam es Co ll in s i n Miss. hasa lways been supposed to be a descendant ofGeorge Wa l ton, and tha t on e of her ch i ldrenen tered the D . A. R . som e years ago, pre

sum ab ly on tha t record. To th is the Gen . Ed.

wou ld add that n o on e is accredi ted to Geo rgeWa lton, the S ign er, i n the D . A. R . Ca ta logue.The lady above m en t ioned m u st have en teredthe Soc iety through som e o ther dist ingu i shed5003. H ART. At the occa s ion of the pre

sen ta ti on to the sta te o f Ga . by the P iedm ontCont inen ta l Chap ter o f the pa in ting N an cyHart Cap turing the Tories" an eloquent h istorical address was del ivered by H on . Luc ianLama r Kn ight. A fter a beau t i fu l tribu te towom anhood an d the D. A. R . i n particu lar, hedescribed the l i fe of N ancy Hart dwel l in gespecia lly on the hero ic ep isode the p ictu recom m em ora tes—how she held six Tories a t

b ay unt il succor cam e i n the person of her

husband w i th h is fo l lowers. A t the close hesta tes : “

To find the grave of our hero ine wem ust look to the ‘

dark and bloody ground‘of old Kentucky ; b u t even there our sea rchw i ll be va i n . Her last rest i n g -place is un

kn own. save to the fri endly dews and to thefragran t flowers. Perhaps the song bird knowsi ts secret . We canno t tel l . Bu t som ewhere.in the Land of the B lue Grass, sleeps N ancyHart ; an d wherever she l ies m ay her deepslum bers be forever sweet. She left us whenthe war ended, to jo in her hu sban d's k indred,

on the forest tra i ls o f Dan iel Boone ; but herethe cu rta in falls. She has lef t u s n o

m ound to bedew w i th our tea rs, to bedeck w i thou r garlands ; b ut she has left u s an imm orta lm em ory. I t perm ea tes all our l i fe. I t l ivesin the pra tt le of the nu rsery, an d in the loreo f the schoo l- room . Re- incarna te, i nten thousand m o lds of bea u ty, N ancy Ha rt isw i th us st i l l—st i ll fight ing for the Flag . We

need no t look for her am on g the dead, because she l ives aga in.

”Gen . Ed.

5007. (2 ) H am tson -Mrm xz n - F i sa n . As

I am a descendan t o f both John Harbison an d

Michael Fisher, I am able to add a l i ttle tothe inform a ti on gi ven by M . E . M . JohnH arbison and John H o l t Jr. m s isters Sarahand Isabe l la Mi ll iken ; and John H ol t's son .

JohnJr ., a t h i s first cous in, Ma ry ( 1796dau of John an d Isabel la ( Mi ll iken) Harbison.

Mary's bro thers and s isters were : Jam es ;Nancy who m Wm . Ba ird ; Isabella who m

Joseph McKi bben ; Jane who m ( 1 ) Wi ll iamRoss and (2 ) Sam Ba ird ; a dau who m

Robert Mcca lmon t ; and another who m M r.

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Swanzey. Sarah and Isabe l la M i l l iken weredaugh ters of Jam es M i l l iken, b County D own,Ireland, who m E l i zabe th D av i s. an d in m iddlel i fe cam e to th i s country. sett l ing in CentreCo . Penn a. where he (I i n 1 772 . Jam es andE lia . M i l l iken had : Sam u e l ( 1 753- 1804 ) aR ev. so ldier who m in 1 775 Margaretta Foster ; N ancy who at Robert Gardner ; Isabel lawho m John H arbi son ; Sarah, 0 1 700 who i n

John H o l t ; a nd Jane who m in Ire land RobertPatterson. J am es i s sa id to have died soona fter hi s arri val in th i s cou ntry ; an d acco rdingto t radi t ion when Sam uel was away servingh i s country, the wom en had m any an encounterwi th the Indian s on what was then a frontiersett lem en t. My ancesto r throug h whom I en

tered the D . A . R . was John H o l t and inthe sam e battal ion ( Fi f th ) o f Cum berlandCo . M i l i t ia in wh ich he was an ensign, JohnH arbison served as a private. I have alwaysfe l t that th is was the o n e re ferred to . ( SeePenna . Arch ives Fi f th Series, Vol. VI, pp 2958: The M i l l ikens were said to have beenSco tch - Irish, according to som e au tho ri ties ;o thers say French H ugu eno ts who fled firs tto Sco tland, then Ireland, then Am erica. Myconnect ion w i th the Fishers i s in th i s way.

John H o l t J r. and h is w i fe Mary H arbisonhad a son W i l l iam who m Mary Foresm an( 1828 m y g randm o ther. Mary was theyounges t ch . of Wm . Foresm an ( Feb . 7. 1 799

May 9 , 1887 ) and h i s ( I ) w i fe, Su san Fisher,whom he m Mch . 1 1 , 1824 . The other ch .

were : Fisher ( 1829 - 1908 ) m E s ther H ughes ;H annah, b 1825, m John Baird ; E l i zabeth( 1826 - 1906) m H u gh H ayes . Su san ( Fi sher )Foresm an d i n \Vh i te D eer Val ley Penna.

when m y g randm o ther was three years old,

an d W i l l iam m (2 ) E l i za Buchanan and m ovedto Snowshoe twp. and fin al ly to Prarie H om e,She lby Co. Ill. where he died. Su san ( Fisher )Foresm an ( 1 798- 1831 ) was the youngest ch .

of M ichae l Fi sher. My g randm o ther alwaysspoke of her g randfather as M ichae l Fisher ;and although she knew l i tt le abou t her m o ther

'

s people never seem ed at doubt in regardto the nam e M ichae l . M is s Mary C. H i rli n gcr,208 Sou th Centre S t .. Ph i l i psbu rg, Penna .

T here was a M ichael Fisher. b Ju ly 9 , 1 751 , inD edham , Mass . who had a si ster. S iby l, b 1 749in sam e place who cou ld have been the fatherof John, b 1 79 1 . T he genealogy doe s n ot

carry the l ine fu rther, b u t states that M ichae lan d S ibyl were ch. of Wm . Fisher and h i s w i feMary Bo t tel le, who m oved to Do ug las, Wor

cester Co . Mass. b ef. 1763. The records o f

Worcester Co . or of D ou g las m ig ht throwl ight on the subj ect. M iss E u n i ce Pla i t,Carthage. Mo.

5016. H U GH ES . Jesse H u ghes, the em igrant,sett led in Powhatan Co . Va . j u st nort h of

Goochland Co . in 1638 ; and ab 1 730 the fou rbro thers m entioned in the Query. Jo siah , Orlando, Wm . and John H ughes sett led acro ss

DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN RE VOL UTION MAGAZ IN EH ughes Cree i n Gooch land Co. Orlandowas m y ancestor. Sept. 26, 1 768 th e w i ll of

Orlando H ughes was probated in Cum berlandCo . wh ich was dated in J u ly o f the sam e year .

Th i s m ent ions h is w i fe E l i zabe th and son sAnthony, Josiah and Lean der. J une 26, 177 :the w i l l o f L ea nder H ughes wh ich was datedin March , 1 775. was probated in Cum berlandCo . Deeds o f lan d of Anthony H ughes inGoochland are also recorded. Felix T . H ughcs.

Keokuk, Iowa. To th i s Mrs. Ma ry H ug hes

Ma rk, adds that her g reat grandfather was D r.

John H ughes of Co lum bia, 5 . C. H e m SarahW inn May 19, 1 792 had e ight ch . an d d 1835 .

H e was an Eng l i shm an by birth . U n fo rtu

nately Mrs. Mack g ives n o address, b ut i t i shoped that she w i l l see th i s no t ice in the m agazi ne and send the address to the Gen . Departm ent.5021 . T n uasrou . Joe l Thu rston. son of

John and Sabra ( or Saharah ) T hu rston of

Rehobo th, Mass. was b there Feb . 9 . 1 739 or

40 ; m M i r iam Blakely of Penna. who d Feb .

28, 1819, aged 82, and died, h im sel f, Meh . 10,

1833 aged 93 yrs. H e owned a large farm inthe N ine Partners' T ract, D u tchess Co .

. N . Y .

At the t im e of the Rev. wa r in wh ich heserved. he los t everyth ing , and h is m ind alsofor a t im e. H e recovered, went to Ea ston,N . Y. and ab 1804 bough t a sm al l farm inBaker, N . Y. then an unbroken w i lderness.H i s ch . were : Joe l, b Jan . 19, 1804. m Lou i saP . Munger ; Jason, b 1 760, m Be t sy Paine :W i l l iam , m Sapph ira S t rickland ; J am es, bAug . 14, 1 771 , m ( 1 ) Sarah La throp. m ( 2 )Lo i s Gou ld ; D av id, b 1 773, a t Anna D ickerson ; Rachel , tw i n o f D avid, m Reyno lds Kenyon ; John, b ab 1 775, m Abi gai l T r ipp : D ani el. b June 4 , 1 781 . m Margaret Bu rch ; Samuel Blake ly. b June 15, 1782 , m Phebe H ud

dleston ; M i r iam , m E phraim Sm i th o f D u tchess Co . N . Y. The above i s taken from the

T hu rston Genealogy. M i ldred C . R ei ley.

Wape l lo, Iowa. To th is the Gen . Ed. wou ldadd tha t in Robert's N ew York in the R evolut ion, pp 96 and 25 1 , m ention i s m ade o f Joe lThu rston o f D u tchess Co . who drew LandBounty R ights, an d served in the Lev ies .5029 . ADAH S . Mo ses Adam s rem oved from

Sherbu rne, Mass. to D ubl in, N . H . i n 1 773.and was therefo re the on e who s igned the

Associat ion Test in D ubl in . Mrs. ll’

m . A ustinCcslrr, Cape Vincent, N . Y.

5038. CALLAWAY . The fo l low ing in form a

t ion o f the Cal loway fam i ly m ay a id J . T . I. .

as ev idently these m en be longed to the sam e

branch of the fam i ly. John Cal loway w i thw i fe, Bethany (Arno ld) Cal laway, em ig ratedfrom H al i fax Co. N . C. to Ca . ab 1 782 or 3.

H e was probably born i n Bedfo rd Co . Va .

prio r to 1 750 and d ab 1820. W i th severalbrothers he fought in the Cont inen ta l An nyfrom N . C. for wh ich serv ice he was g i ventwo o r th ree t ract s of land in W ilkes Co . in

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E l i z. H . Co lem an, and had two sons, and d bet. 1850 and 1860 Joseph. b Aug . 19, 1804 ,m Jan . 1 , 1824, Margaret Adam s, and d N ov. 10. 1866 ; Thom as, b Mch . 2 1 , 1806, m Jan . 9 ,1823, Sarah Ansley ; D avi d, b Ju ly 13, 1808, m ( 1 ) Sarah Len nox Oct . 26. 1826, a nd ( 2 )Feb . 16, 1859, Fannie Cobb ; Terese. b Feb . 27 . 1810. m May 10, 1827, D ewey E l l ingt onL i p fo rd and d Ju ly 27, 1865 ; Robert, b 1812 , d. y . ; Raven n a IVarren ,

b Nov. 28. 18 13

a t D ec. 28, 1834. Malvry Jane Blackwel l ( b D ec. 6, 1816, d Aug . 22, 184 1 ) and (1 Jan . 1842.

at Jackson. M i ss . Robert A tk ins d May 8, 1816, and h is w idow m (2 ) John D onald, bywhom she had n o issue. Ravenna andMalvry Atk in s had on ly on e ch who l ived to m atu r ity ;Fram es Jan e ( b Oct . 26, 1835 ) who a t Ju ly 26, 1850. Christopher C. H arr is ( h Mch . 3,1821 at R ichm ond, Ky . ) and d Sept. 20, 1885 at Bu t ler, Mo.

The above was contr ibu ted by Mrs. Malvry Atk in H arr is Claudy, of L iberty, Mo .

QUERIES

5093. D awn -

r. Peter D ew i tt served in theR ev. was bo rn in 1 735 and l ived at on e tim e

i n Cranberry, N . J . did he di e, and

what wa s the nam e o f h i s w i fe? Peter had abro ther, Aaron, who m and 1 w i l l g ladly ex

change in fo rm at ion ah Aaron for news abPeter .(2 ) Paoaasco-Cu vron . E l s ie Probasco m

“’

m . Clayt on in Ph i la. bet . 1800 and 1810. Theym oved to Wh i te Lake, Su l l ivan Co. N . Y.

where she died. Was the m other of twentyon e ch . m any of whom m o ved to the west .Ah 1859 Wm . Clayton went to N ebraska to

l ive w ith on e o f h i s sons, and (1 there in 1862.

When an d where was E l s ie bo rn and whatwere the nam es of her parents ? E . L . B.

5094. EAGLE - COLTON (GOLDEN ) . EdwardEarle. b 1 798, d 1863. was the son o f JohnCo l ton ( or Co lden ) Earle, who m E l s ie Earl .Is there Rev . ances try on e i ther o f thesel ines ? G. M . IV.

5095 . H OWARD - YOUNG. R ichard H owardwho in M i ss D uckwor th had a son . Vi ’m . who

was b Aug . 1 7, 1 795 i n Bu tler Co . Ky . and m

N ancy Young . She was b Jan. 3, 1802 inCharle ston , 5 . C. b u t m oved to Ky . in 1807 .

H er father, Jared Young entered the Rev . i nN . J . when only n ineteen yrs . o ld.

‘Wm . and

N ancy were m arr ied ah 1820 in Ky . l i ved atBrucev i l le, In d. unt i l 1848 when they m ovedto H ighland, Iowa Co . \Vi scon si n . They hadten eh . : Sarah , b 182 1 ; Mary, b 1823 ; Weston.b 1826 : Jared. b 1828 ; b 1832 ; John, b1834 ; N ancy, b 1837 ; T hom as. b 1840 ; Am erica , b 1846 an d Am anda, b 1849 . Sarah , Maryan d Am anda (1 o f Cho lera in 1849 ; \Veston,Wm . . and John were i n the Civ il war ;N ancy was m y m o ther . R ichard H oward3 Rev. so ldier ? All gen . data desi red. N .

5096 . D AWSON . D id Thom as D awson, b1 7 08 o r h is son , Ven on i D awson . 1) 1 742 renderany serv ice in the Revo lu tion ? N . K . B .

5097 . CAN BY - L EW IS . Rachel Canby m

Joseph Lew i s in 1 79 1 . Joseph was the son of

D av id and Lyda (Vernon ) Lew i s and Rachelwas the dau of Jesse Canby on whose farmwa s fou gh t the batt le of Brandyw ine. D id

Jesse Canby or h i s fa ther Theo phi lu s Canby

serve in the Rev . war? D id D av id Lew i sserve ?( 2 ) Bann i xww—Ocu -zver. Conrad Barr i k

low b M iddlesex Co . N . J . Ju ly 10. 1742 a t

Sarah M i l ler, b Oct. 1 1 , 1737 . We know t hathe was in the Rev. war. Officia l proo f desi red.

H endrick Barrik low m Marri boh Oglevee,who se father was cal led Capt. John or Geo rgeOglevee, f rom Ceci l Co. Md. Ofli ci al proo fo f serv ice of th is cap tai n desi red. M . B. E .

5098. ALLEN . John A l len, known to havebeen a R ev . so ldier, m Rachel Wh i te an d

the i r dau Am e l ia b 1 797 tn A lan so n Bacon in1814. Were there o ther ch . of th i s couple?If so, what were the i r nam es ? Ofli ci al proo fof serv ice of John A l len, ei ther i n Mass . o r

N . Y . des ired.

(2 ) Bacon . Alanson Bacon . m ent. abo vewas the son of e i the r N athanie l o r EbenezerBacon from e i ther Conn . or N . J . b u t m ay

have served i n the Rev. from N . Y. Offici alproo f o f service. as wel l as al l gen . data con

cerning th i s ancesto r desired. W. H . B .

5099 . GREGORY . Isaac D . Grego ry o f Greenbrier Co . West Va . m N ancy Dysard and had

a bro ther John a nd poss ibly a brother S am u e lwho was Gov. of N . J . Who wa s the i r fatherand di d he serve in the Rev. war ? G. S . H .

5100. W ISE . A b r a h a m . D avid. D an iel.H enry, Isaac an d Jam es Wi se em ig rated w i ththei r parents from Cu lpepper Co. Va . to Gal

lat in ( n ow Carro l l ) Co . Ky . where they bough tlarge tracts o f land b et . 1813- 1820. What werethe nam es of these parents ?(2 ) SANGER . Adin Sanger was a Ca pt. i nWar of 1812 f rom N . Y . Who were h i s parents ? D i d the father serve in the R ev. war ?

N . S . L .

5 101 . GEORGE. Jam es George , said to havebeen a Rev. so ldier, had a son Br inkley George .

There i s a pam ph let o f th is George fam i l ywri tten by \Vm . Wi l l iam son b u t I have lo stm y copy . Is there a copy at Cont inenta l H al l ?Official proo f of service o f Jame s Geo rg edesi red.

( 2 ) Gow ns . Sam uel Go lden enl i sted f romH al i fax Co . Va . in the Rev. Is there any record of h i s serv ice in the l i st of Va . Rev . 5 01

diers ? B . G. G.

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5 102 . Armor-r. Sal ly Abbo tt b. Sept. 4.1 765 ; d. N ov. 9, 1838 ; m arried at R ichm ondN . H . in 1 793 to N athan son of Jerem iahT hayer of that town. Wanted nam es and

dates o f Sal ly Abbo tt's an cestors.

(2 ) BLAIR. Jam es B lai r li ved in Bol tonVt. in 1 790 w i th h i s w i fe E sther Ro ffe or

Ro l f . E sther i s said to have had a si sterE l i zabe th who never m arr ied . Jam es an d

E s ther cam e to Bo l ton from Londonde rry Vt .o r N . H . Wanted : na m es and dates o f thei rances tors.(3) FRAN KL IN . Sarah Frank l i n b. Nov. 4 ,

1 772 ; d. in 1855 ; m arr ied Oct . 3. 1 79 1 , to

An thony, son of An thony Field o f Ferri sburgVt . She be longed to the Socie ty o f Friends.H er father's nam e i s said to have been Jo shua.W anted : nam es and dates of her ancestors.( 4 ) St occ a . Nathan iel S tockwe l l, b.

1 79 1 , cam e w i th hi s bro ther Asa, b. abou t 1 777,t o Bo l ton Vt. befo re 1810. N athan ie l m arri edlst Betsey Benne tt ; 2n d, E un ice M i l ler ; 3rd,W idow Adam s. and m oved to Chel sea Vt .Asa m arried 2 or 3 t im es an d had severa l ch i ldren . \Vau ted : nam es an d dates o f NathanielS tockwel l ’s ancesto rs.( 5 ) Bowen . John, Jam es, H ezakiah an d

A lexander R ichard Bowe n were sons of

Franci s Alexan der Bowen . They cam e fromMaryland or Vi rg inia to Ch i l l ico the Ohio .

From there they went to Do ver Oh io whereAlexander s tayed and was l i v ing in 1839. The

o ther brothers wen t on to 1nd. Alexan derwa s born in 1810 and m arried Rebecca Ferri sbe fo re 1835. Are the Bowens of N ew England a n d those of Virg i n ia o f the sam e fami ly ? Wou ld like nam es and dates of Alexander Bowen's ancestors an d nam es and dateso f Rebecca Ferri s

‘

s ancestors.( 6) Cu m . Orrin S . Clark born abou t

1805 i n Ru t land Co . Vt. m arried abou t 1827E l len Ki l patrick bo rn 1809 i n E ssex Co. N . J .

1n 1857. th ey l ived i n D al las Townsh ip, Cransford Co . Ohio. H e was in the 179th Regt .

0 . Vol. ln f. Co . B i n Civi l War. H e was

l as t heard o f in 186 7 in Charleston 1 11.

\Van ted : nam es and dates of Orr in S . Clark'sancestors ; an d names and dates of E l len Ki lpatrick 's an cestors. M. A. C.

5 103. Rvnrst (R IDER ) Co st u m es. L loydRyder b Dec. 6. 1 783, was son o f Sam ue lR yder and Mary Cum m ing s m Aug . 29 . 1 779

bo th o f D artm ou th, Mass. Other ch i ldren ofSam u e l and Mary were : Edward and H enry .tw in s, b D ec. 24, 1 780, N ancy b 1 785, Dav id b1 788. Who were the parents of Sam ue l who mMary Cum m ing s? A. Sam uel Ryder's w i l l ,prob. in Taunton , Mass. May, 1808 m ent ionsw i fe Kez iah an d ch ildren T hu rston

,W i l l iam .

Sam uel. Edward, H enry, L loyd, H annah She ldon , Mah i ta b le Cum m ing s. Mary H ask ins,Sarah R ider, E l izabeth, Mosher and N ancy

Co rnel l . Was Kez iah a secondwi fe of Sam uelm ent ioned above or was th i s ano ther m an bythe sam e nam e? Who were the parents o f

Mary Cum m ing s and was there Rev. serv iceon that l ine?(2 ) Macu n aen -At u v (ALM IE ) . L loyd

Ryder m E l izabe th Alrn y, dau of G iles A lm yand Mary Macum ber (m Is there R ev.

service on th i s l ine ? Wh o were the parentsof Mary Macum ber and i s there a Rev. recordon that l ine? I . B. B.

5 104 . GRIFFIN - Loses . Joshu a Grifi‘i n servedin the Rev. f rom D u tchess Co N . Y. H e mJane Lo see. Ano ther Jo shua Grifli n al so wentf rom the sam e County. Were they father an dson ? F. M . P.

5 105. LU KE! (Loom ) . In an s. to query4702 . D ec. 19 16 m agazine. i t i s s tated that JohnVan Ki rk, so n o f S am uel and Mary Pr iceVan Ki rk tn E l i za beth Luker (Looker ) . Whowere the parents o f E l i za be th L uker and wherecan I find a genealogy of the Looker fam i ly ?\t re can I fi nd the Rev. reco rd o f Gen .

Looker ( Luker ) ? The nam e i s spe l led bysom e o f the fam i ly bo th Looker and Luker.I . L . H .

5106. PIERCE. Wanted, dates and laces ofbirth , m arriage and death an d nam e 0 w i fe ofJohn Pierce m ent ioned i n Rober ts ’ "

N ew Yorkin the Revo lu t ion” as private i n the 8th Al ba nyCo. M i l i ti a under Capt. De i l Rockefellow a ndCO1. Robt . Van Ren sselear.

( 2 ) D E NN N . Wanted dates an d places o fbirth, m arr iage and death and nam e of w i feo f Jo seph Denton m entioned i n Roberts' “

N ewYo rk in the Revo lu tio n " as serv ing in Col.Albert Pawl ing

's Thi rd Re t. of Orange Co .

M i l i t i a for which he recei v bo unty land. H ehad a dau E l i zabe th who at ( 1 ) Jo seph Co lem an , a Rev. so ldier ; (2) in

seph Bali ley andd in Chem ung Co. . N . ov. 24 , 1830 aged77 years .(3) Con ron '

r . Accordingto Cert i f . 44071 ,

R icha rd Com fo rt recei ved 1 s 6 'Ad for serviceas private in Capt. Thom as S to ra 's Co . ofCol. Bri n kerhoff

’

s reg t . of D u tchess Co . Mi l it ia . ( Cert i f . of treasu rer, m anu script reco rd,Vol. 9, N . Y. S ta te L ibrary. ) R ichard Comtort’s dau H annah b Aug . 29, 1 782, m Jerem iah Colem an ab 1803 and h ad the fo l low ingch . : Myrt i lla , b 1804, M i l icent b 1805 . Charlo t teh 1807, E l i zabeth b 1809 , Sam ue l H . b 181 1 .Sal ly b 1813, O l i ver P. b 181 7, Wm . N . b 1820.Ri chard b 1823 and Maria b 1825. W ish toknow when and where R ichard Com fort wasb orn ,

died an d m arried. al so w i fe's nam e a nd

whether there were other ch i ldren than H annah . M. O.

5 107. H aws-Gam mon . W i l l iam H a s bGlouces ter Co .. N . J . Apr. 20. 1 792 m ezi ah

Garri son in sam e county. Fam i ly tradi t i onsays that fathers o f bo th served in the Rev .

1n form at ion wanted as to the i r ancestors andwa r records . A. B.

5lo8. Em cesm n . I have the Rev . recordso f Jam es Eg g leston who (1 at To rringt on.Conn al so that o f Gershom Egg leston o fN o rth S toningt on, together w i th som e fam i ly

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data of both m en . \Vi l l b e glad to pass theserecords on to anyone who W i shes them .

(2 ) LAWRENCE . Wanted, fam i ly da ta of

Am o s Lawrence o fW indso r, Conn. who servedas sergt . in Capt. Abner Pr ior

’s Cc .. 5 th reg t .of Conn . M i l i ti a. Whom di d he m arry a nd

who were h i s parents and hi s ch ildren ? H i sson Am o s al so served in the Rev. as team sterunder Capt. Gu rdon Wadswo rth a nd as private under Capt . John Cochran and m SabraE%g leston . C. B. B.

109 . Sm au - S rm v.

glo

hn0 . Storm . 1)

1808 in Mohawk Val ley, Y . ( Schenectady.I th ink ) , m H arr iet S erry b in Conn . H i s

son m Mar Isabe l Lam Who was the fatherof John Storm an d did he se rve in the

Rev. ? Was Isaac Sto rm o f D u tchess Co . , N .

Y . , ancestor o f N o . 29 157, L ineage Book. Vol.xx

gc, related to the above m ent i on ed S to rm ?

A .

5 1 10. Bm v -T n ou a s. Wanted. nam e andR ev. serv ice o f the father o f Issac Berry, bJan. 1 . 177 1 in Berkeley Co Va ., d Dec. 7,1834, m in Freder ick Co ., Va . D ebo rah T hom asb Feb . 20, 1 77 1 in Madison Co .

, Va . What wasthe nam e o f the father o f D eborah Thom asand did he have Rev. service?(2 ) Tow n san n—Sw r n -Annou s. Wan ted,

Mary b 1 750. d 1839, m 1 778 Ma i . John Addom s

,Rev. so ldier, at H opewel l, Du tchess Co . ,

N . Y . and l i ved in the sam e County unt i l 1 79 1 .

Wanted. nam es o f ch i ldren of S tephen Townsend. Was there any Rev . serv ice i n D e

bo rah Sm i th's l ine? Proo f of serv ice o f JohnAddom s desi red.

(3) R eeve. Wanted, roo f o f R ev . serviceo f S im on Rum sey Reeve 1 738, d 1 794 , m 1 761

Phebe Adam s o f N . Y. H i s ch i ldren werebapti zed i n N . Y . City, records o f wh ich showtha t he l i ved there f rom 1 765 - 1 774 . H e (1 inH unterdon, N . J . The nam e Capt. i s foundo n h i s g rave stone. Fam i ly tradi t ion says thathe was a sa i lor and pu t h im se l f and h i s vesse l s( o f wh ich he owned on e and hal f interest inano ther ) at the serv ice of the Am ericans .T hese vessel s were bu rned by the enem y. S . H .

5 1 1 1 . Bu an n s x -Ma rrn sws-T a vw n . CalebBu rbank m H annah Matthews. bo th o f Salemor Lynn, Mass. Thei r dau Katherine m PeterTaylo r. All gen . data and Rev . serv ice on anyof these l i nes des ired. L . T . G.

5 1 12 . Pau n rv.

“H enry Cc . . Va . T hom as

Prunty. Em , A. 1 780 under T . Cho ice .

"T here

i s a “Prun tys

”( town ) i n th is county and a

“Prun tytown” in Tay lo r ( or Preston ) Co . .

W . Va . For whom was each nam ed? DavidPru nty m Ma Issue, Leonard, Dav id(Mem ber o f gon g ress) . John and E l i zabeth .

Were Thom as and D avid connected? H ow ?

Who were the parents o f D av id, Mary, Thom asand hi s wi fe? All gen . an d Rev . data des ired.

Pruntytown was nam ed for D avid o r hi sfather.( 2 ) D nacoo. E l i zabeth Prun ty ( 1 788—1853)

m Wm . D ragoo in Prun tytown, had ten ch i ldren and m oved to Delaware Cc . , 1nd. i n 1835 .

Wm . had known bro thers and s isters. Peter,Benj am in, Mary and Martha . Bo th s isters m

Goughs . Were the Fayette Co Pa., ( 1 790)D rag oos related? H ow ? Who were thearen ts and randparen ts. bo th sides o f Wm .

ragoo? AI gen . and Rev . data des i red.

(3) WALLACE . Gavin Wa l la ce d i n Chartiers twp .

, Washin on Co ., Pa ., D ec.

H i s he irs were, w i e, es, ch N ancy Mc

Clo skey, John . Robert , alm y Moo re, Ci nit( Janet ? ) \Vallace. T hom as, g randson,Wal lace. Who were h i s aren ts an d tho seo f hi s w i fe, Agnes ? Who id Robert ( d Carro l l Co Ohio, 1835 ) m arry an d who were her

ii

i /ren ts ? D ates and Rev. data des ired. E . B .

5 1 13. Gooom cn'

rs LAN DERS ( Landreths)H AN NAH . Rev . records an d g en . data desi redon al l o f the fo l low ing : Goodnights. M ichaeland Abraham ; Ma

gLanders ( or La ndreth s)

of Va ., and Mary annah o f Ky.

(Z) E LAM - E VAN S - LAN H AMS . Jesse Elamwho m Ro sa Evans was the father o f IsaacE lam , b Va . Nov. 181 1 and m Mary Lanham .

Rev. reco rds an d in fo rm ation des i red o f theE lam fam i ly of Va ., o f the father of Ro saE vans o f Va . and of the father of Mary La nham . L . B. G.

5 1 14 . HALE. Who were the paren t s o f E liW. H ale who m Patsy Jo rdan a nd who had ason S tephen W . H ale, b U nion D i st rict. 5 . C.

an d m Em m a Cunningham i n Gibson Co .,

Tenn ? J . K. C.

5 1 15. MEAD. Ancestry desi red o f Char lo tteMead. b May 4 , 1 797, m Benj . Coo k Mch . 18.1819. d 1851 . She i s known to be long to theMeads who sett led in No rth Norw ich . Chenango Cc .. N . Y. ab 1803. Wa s her father

'snam e Thom pson or Am o s ? They were bo thsons of Jonatha n Mead. G. S . D .

5 1 16. VAN D vxr. Wanted, dates o f birth.m arr i age and death o f Peter Van D yke, S r.

o f Kinderhook. N . Y nam e o f wi fe and datesof her bi rth and death . Al so , dates of bi rth .m arria e a n d death of Pete r Van D yke, J r. ofKinder ook, N . Y . , nam e of h i s w i fe a nd dateso f her m arria e a nd death . Jane Va n D ke.

dau of Pe ter an Dyke, J r. m Oct . 16, 808

{esse Merw in who was b Aug . 25. 1 784 a n d dcv. 8, 1852 . When was she b and when did

she die? Ea ch of these Van D ykes served inthe Rev. C. M . H .

5 1 1 7 . S PARK S . Wanted, an cest o f Ma j .Sam uel S arks who served in the ar o f 1812D id h i s ather serve in the Rev .

? H i s da uE l i za Sparks, b Ph i ladelph ia, Pa . , Ju ly 16. 1813m May 9, 1831 D r. Jam es Cog swe l l Fi sher.M . F. C.

5 1 18. Gm swow . Wou ld l ike the parentageof Bridgm an Gri swo ld of W indso r, Conn . b1791 , d 1836 . Who wa s h is w i fe ? Wa s i t H an

nah H i s ch i ldren were Everette. Rog er.Fr i end, T rum an, ord a nd B ishop. K. B . S .

5 1 l9 . An nm sox . Wanted. the nam es o f theparents o f T hom as Farm er Anderson. b Bu rkeCo . , N . C. 1 778. m Margaret Box , 1803 and d1 784 in Banks Co ., Ga . Was Abram Andersonhi s father ? Who was Abram 's w i fe ? T hom asFarm er Anderson had two bro thers. Sam ueland E l i sha and a s ister N ancy Ballew .

( 2 ) WELL BORN . Who were the paren ts o f“Wm . R . W'

e l lbo rn who m Mali s sa Bu sh inFrank l in Co . . Ga . Was there any Rev . n u

cestry on th i s l ine?

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on Bowers or S tone l ines. Lau ra Bowers bAug . 2 7, 1 794 , d Ju ly 4, 1847, m H arvey S toneb Mch . 9 , 1 792 , d Mch . 6, 1849 . Where werethey born ? T hei r early m arried l i fe was spentat Genesee, Tom pkins Co ., N . Y . T hey m ovedto L inn Co ., Iowa in 1845 and died there.

( 3 LAWRENCE. Jo seph Lawrence servedas a Ranger 1 778- 1 783. H e was b at H untertown, n ow Ge ttysbu rg , Adam s Cc .. Pa . an d d

i n \Vash ing ton Co . , Pa. , Jan. 1 , 1 79 7. Whenwas he born and who were h i s paren ts and

bro thers and si sters ? All gen . data des ired.

5132 . BALLARD—JOSLYN . Was Jerem iah Ballard

,b Lancas ter, Mass . in 1 751 ( son of Jos iah

a nd Sarah Carter Bal lard) , who m RebeccaJo slyn, 1 779 a Revo lu t ionary so ldier ? Was

Nathan iel Joslyn . father o f Rebecca, b. La ncaster. Mass. a Rev. so ldi er ?( 2 ) STAPL IN . D i d D anie l Stapli n b Rod

m an , 17. Y., 1 782 who m E sther W i l son of

New H art ford, N . Y. have Rev. an cest ry ?

(3) lsu a at . Achsah Isham m JoshuaLoom i s a nd the i r dau Ach sah Loom i s m .

-’i n throp Shepard, Aug . 1 792 at \Vest ti eld,Mass. Was the father of Ach sah Isham i nthe Rev ?

( 4 ) NOBLE . Was Sam ue l N oble, fa ther o fS i lence Noble who rn Gideon Shepard. N ov.

1 766 at \Vest ti eld, Mass . i n the Rev.? M . A. B .

5 133. ALE X AN DER- H AM ILTON . Mary A lexander, cou s in o f Arch ibald Alexander. the

Presbyterian D i v ine, m D av id H am i l ton inN ew Bedfo rd, Pa . and m oved to Fa i rfield Co .,

Oh io abou t 1806- 7. Who were her parents a ndg randparents and i s there Rev. serv ice on

these l ines ?( 2 ) Asn aaoox - Peru s . Wm . Ashbrook

who served in the War o f 1812 was the son

o f a Bapt ist m in ister who served i n the Rev.

and died o f sm al lpox . What was the father'sg iven nam e . All gen . data on th i s l ine des ired.

Two m en by nam e o f Ashbrook cam e fromEng land an d sett led in H am psh ire Cc .

,Va . and

three m en by that nam e m arried three Peterssisters . \Vm . Ashbrook m entioned above m

D oro thy Pam el ia I’cters. All gen . data an d

Rev . ancestry o n th i s l ine des ired.

(3) H u m - CAMP. “’ou ld l ike h i story of

the H arter fam i ly o f Conco rd. S . C. and of

that branch o f the Cam p fam i ly to wh ich H erm an Cam p be long s . C. 2 . C.

5134 . Gmsox - H orxm s. Andrew G ibson of

Sco tch - Iri sh descent em ig rated to th i s countryab 1 765 and m Sarah H opk ins ab 1 773. H er

parents were Sco tch Irish and l i ved at or

near Lancaster, Pa . \Vhen and where wereAndrew and Sarah H opk ins Gibson m arriedand di d he serve in the Rev.

? All gen . dataand Rev. service des ired. 1 3. C. W.

5135. MCADORY . Mary McAdory m Lark inA. Kel ly in Madi son Co ., Ala . abou t 1836 . In

form ation o f her parents John and Mary

McAdory des ired and all gen . da ta and Rev.

service, i f any .

( 2 ) Ka n -Foot !: Ances t ry des i red of

Christopher Kel ly and w i fe, Martha Foo te,who (1 in Madi son Cc., Ala. ab 1830 or al i t tle earl ier . M . S .

5 136. v . Maiden name and ances t rydes ired o f Mrs. Jem im a Perry (w i fe of Ca pt .E zra Perry ) who according to the Pro viden ce.R . 1 . Gazette o f Feb . 1808, d i n Rehobo th , Ma ss .ich. 4, 1808. The above i s quo ted in t he Vi ta lRecords of R . I.. Vol. 1 4. p . 1 79 . The nam eso f E zra and Jem im a Perry's chi ldren w i l l b efo und on p . 71 7, Vi ta l R eco rds o f R ehobo t h ,Mass. C. D . I’. H .

5 137. W lllTli'lELD- BI YAN . Wanted, proo fo f R ev. serv ice o f Capt . \Vm . \Vh i tficld wh owas a Capt . o f m i l i t ia under Marion a n d wa s

at the batt le o f Gu i l ford Cou rt H ou se. H e mRache l Bryan an d d Mch . 31 . 1 795 . N . S .

5 138. Wu tT tN G- H OLT. Co tton \Vhi t i n gserved as private in Col. Abijah S team s' reg t.H e m arched w i th the com pany to W i l l iam stown . Aug . 22 , 1 777 on an a larm . In the

records o f Leom inster re ference i s m ade to them arriage o f Co tton Wh it i ng and Su sann a H o l t,Nov. 26. 1 779 and to the baptism of E l isabet han d Su sanna, the ir chi ldren. Wou ld l ike t o

know the places a n d date s o f b i rth o f Cottonan d Su sanna . Co tton \Vh i t i n g d in Chester.Vt . ab the year 1816 that be ing the year i nwh ich h i s estate was sett led. H e went toChester in 1810 b u t I do not know fromwhat place . G. W. P .

5139 . H L‘

BBEL - TOWN ER - Kw . SarahH ubbe l (Towner ) Kel logg was the w i fe o f

G ideon Ke l logg who se fa ther, Isaac. served inthe Rev. Is she the dau of Capt . Matthe wH ubbe l m entioned as l i v ing i n Fa i rli eld. Conn.

ti l l h i s death in 1 772 or of Wo lcott H u bbe l. hi sson ? G i ve her bi rth date and any o ther data.G ideon Kel logg l ived i n No rw ich or Fa i rfi elri .Conn . B . K . T .

5 140. PH 1 L1JI‘S . E squ i re Ph i l l ips b Preston .

Conn . 1 758 served in the Rev . 1 775 - 1 777 underCo l s . Doug las. Ga l lu p an d Ledyard. Ancestrya nd proo f o f Rev. serv ice desi red.

(2 ) Ga t es—Pu m a»; Isaac Gates at

D ebo rah Partridge at Preston. Conn . i n 1 773.

\Vau te d. n am es o f parents and bro ther s andsi sters o f bo th a nd any Rev. serv ice on e i therl ine. F. E . G.

514 1 . Boon e-Ren t s . Ra tcli fl’

e E . Boonewas the only son o f Su san Betti s and a Booneo f Cam den. S . C. \\I

'

ould l ike to know the

Chri st ian nam e o f th is Boone a n d h i s genealogy . Wa s i t Jam es or Jesse and was he re'

lated to Danie l Boone ? The father o f S u sanBetti s, R ichard Bet t i s. had a g rant o f 1 500

acres o f land from King George for wh ich hepaid a n d wh ich i s st i l l on record i n the s tateLand Ofli ce at Co lum bia. S . C. Th i s land wasin Camden D i strict T here m u st b e som e

GENEALOGICAL D EPAR TMEN T

reco rd of h i s daugh ter’s m arr iage to th is

Boo ne. L . B . S .

5 142 . Baown -Baaam cron . Isaac Brown b1 750 m 1775 E sther Barrington in North S toni n gton an d d in N . Y . Sui te in 1836. It i s saidt hat I saac was i n the N avy at the t im e o f the

R ev. a nd for seven years a f ter was Ca pt. ofa whali n g sh ip. H i s ch i ldren were : E stherb 1 776, Bridget b 1 777. Po l ly b 1 779 , H annah b1 781 , I saac b 1 782. Alan son b 1 784, E un ice b1 786. H e had bro thers. Thom as and W il l iam .

Who were the paren ts o f Isaac Brown an d

E s ther Barr ing ton ? G. D . W.

5 143 . DODGE. Ancest ry desi red of Amm iDodge who l ived i n Burr i llv ille ( then Gloucester ) , R . 1 . prior to H e m Lucy Jennisonand had the fo l low ing chi ldren : Nancy m

Jes se H arr i s o f Pascoag . R . I. ; Olney, b Bu rri llvi lle bet. 1 790 an d m 1824 D o rcasEa r le, da u o f Joshua ( See Ea r le Gem ) ; Barn ey ; A lpheu s who l i ved at D erby. Vt . whereAm m i d of sm al l -pox a fter 1824 . E . T . D .

5 144 . H UBBARD - CH APIN . Gen . data andproo f o f Rev. service des ired of Jona thanH u bbard of Pi ttsfield, Mass. who fough t in theRev . War. H i s dau Rachel m Ely Chapin.

A. B . W.

5 145 . Enwm s. Several so ldiers by the

nam e of Edwards served in the Rev. fromMas s. Whi ch of these was the father o f

Eden Edwards an d what are the dates an d

place s o f h i s bi rth, m arriage and death ? To

whom was he m arri ed and what are the dateso f b i rth and death for h is w i fe and p laces ofres idence?

( 2 ) Wm .. What Rev. so ldiers w i th the

su rnam e ofW i l l served f rom Va ., Md. or Pa . ?

D id any o f them have a son Wm . W i l l who wasb ab 1g93 and who to E l izabe th McCum psey

o f Pa .

( 3) McCt meszv. What Rev. so ldiers b ythe nam e o f McCumpsey served from Pa ?

D i d an y o f them have a dau E l i za beth who to

W i lli am W i l l ? E . W. Z.

5 146. WARN ER - CLAR K . Wanted, oti i cial

proo f o f serv ice of Se th Warner o f Belchertown . Mas s. H e was b in 1740, m Mary Clarko f N o rth H am pton and had a so n nam ed T i tu sWarner who a t Mary Bagg . G. Y.

5147. Rem -Baom sam n . Col. Joseph Reed.b Nov. 27 , 1 733, d Oct . 19. 1804 . bu ried i nCha n ee ford Graveyard. York Co .. Pa . m Jan.23. 1 765 Jan nette Bro therton of Yo rk Cc. . Pa .

Sh e d Jan . 27. 1838 and i s bu ri ed i n Cro ss CreekGraveyard. Wash ington Co .. Pa . Who was

Jan nette Brotherton's father and was he aR ev . so ldier ?

(2 ) Rem -But t ers. N icholas Reed. son of

Col. Joseph Reed. 1) Reed’s M i l l s. York Co .,

Pa. i n Eli za beth Fu l ton, dau of Jam es Fu l tono f York Cc ., Pa. and m oved to Wash ington

Co ., Pa . in 1 797. N icho las Reed (1 1854 . WereJam es Fu l ton or any of E l i zabeth Fu l ton’snear relatives Rev. so ldiers ? F.M . M . P.

5148. TH OMPSON . H arvey Thom pson b1814 m Ca ro l ine H osted of N . Y. b 1819, andhad : Mary, b 1840 ; Rosanna, b 1843 ; Cather ine. b 1845 ; D arl in, b 1849 ; J am es, b 185 1Betsy. b 1853 : De l ia an d Nel ia, twi ns, b 1858an d Bu rton and Bertha, tw i ns. b 1863. H a rveywas the oldes t son of Darl in Thom pson ( 1 7881868) and h i s w i fe Ro sanna, and the o ther chwere : Marie, b 181 1 ; R u th. b 1813 ; Betsy, b1818 ; Dan iel . b 1820 ; D e l ia, b 1825 : Geo rge,b 182 7 and H arriette b 1833. Who were the

ancestors o f D arl in T hom pson ? Is there Rev.

service in th i s l i ne? G. M .

5 149. Rem . John Reid. a Rev. so ldier, diedin Madi son Co . Ky . to wh ich place he had comefrom Ireland via Penna. and Va . H i s w i l l.dated 1818. m ent ions w i fe Eli z . and fo l lowin gch : John, Jr . m Mary Mackey. 1793 ; Margaret,m Jo seph H ia tt ; Jam es, m Anne H al l, 1 790 ;Po l ly, m John Cloyd, 1 795 ; Jane, m Wm .

Young ; Ro bert ; Wm . ; Sal l ie, m Jo seph Wo l f~scale E l i z . m Geo . Creath, 1 796 . Wanted,parentage and official proo f of service.

(2 ) H YAT'

I‘

( H u n ) . Joseph H yatt, m en t.above d Madi son Co. Ky. leaving w i l l probated Feb . 3, 1823, m ent ion ing w i fe Margaret(Re id) an d eh : Wm . who m Martha T ribble ;Jane m an Owens ; E l i z. m Geo. Watts ; Gr izelda. m Phi l ip Tu rn er in 1814 ; Moses : Freder ick Jude, m Martha H um e. Wanted Rev .

service, parentag e an d al l gen . data.(3) Tow n . Ph il i p Tu rner. m ent . above

who m Gri zelda H yatt in 1 793 was the son ofJohn Tu rner, Rev. so ldier who enl isted f romRowan Co . N . C. and was a ion eer to Madi son30 . Ky. com ing there from edford Co . Va. i tis com m only be l ieved. H i s w i l l, probated inMadi son Co. Ky. Feb . 1813. m en tions ch by( 1 ) wi fe R ebecca : Andrew ; T hom as, whom ( 1 ) Anne Patterson and (2 ) An n Berry :Edward who m Lucret ia Mober ly ; John who mPo l ly Taylor ; Co rnel iu s who at SarahSweeney ; Anna ; Sarah who m T hom Tyree ;and Charity . By h i s (2 ) w i fe Jane, the fo l lowin g ch : Jam es who m Be tsy Moberly ; Ph i l ip ;prev iou sly m ent . ; Barne tt. who m N ancy Taylor ; Jessie who m Pol ly Brown ; and Jonathanwho m Sarah Bart leson. All gen . data desi red. al so parentage and Rev. service, i f any,in th i s l ine des ired. 1 . E . K.

5 150. WOOD. Geo rge Wood bet . 1805 an d

1809 owned a num ber of town lo ts in Charlestown. then the county seat of Clark Co . Ind.

Wanted nam es of w i fe and ch i ldren of th i sGeo rge Wood for whom Wood stree t i nCharlestown was nam ed.

( 2 ) Woon s. Geo rgeWoods. for m any yearsCom m i ss ioner of R evenu e for St . Anne. m

Jane. dau of Sam pson Matthews o f Bath, Va .

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an d d i n 1847. T hey had : John, Sam pson,Wm . ; Andrew ; Warw ick ; George ; Mary m aT i llottson ; Jany an d Martha who m D r. D ay.

The daughters and the i r hu sbands m oved to

Lew i s Co. Who did George, son of Georgean d Jane (Matthews) Woods m arry ? F. B . W.

51 51 . Wsv- Sw r n . T hom as A. Way b ab1800 in Freder ick or H agerstown, Md. had abro ther Joshua who m Lu cinda. Thom as mM i ss Sm i th ab 1830 and m oved to Wrightstown, Ohio . T hey had th ree sons : Joshu a,John and Wm . Sm i th, the latter b ab 1838.

Parentage and al l gen . data desi red of bo ththe Way an d Sm i th ancestors. W. S . W.

5 152 . FLOWERS -VAN BLu N K. Jam es Flowers. 3 Rev. so ldier from Bucks Co . Penna. m

Rachel Van Blunk . Ancest ry of each des ired.

( 2 ) WEEKS - STACEY. Benj am in Weeks,Rev. so ldier from Barnstable Co .. Mass . at

E ls ie S tacey an d had : S tu tely Joseph ;Benj am in, b 1 798, m E l s ie W i lcox ; Obed,L ucy and o thers. H i s w i l l was probated in1805 at H al i fax , Vt . to which place he m ovedsoon a fter the Rev. Wanted, dates of bi rth,m arriage and death, and ancestry of Benj am i nand E l s ie ( S tacey ) Weeks .(3) Wmoox . Benj am in \Vi lcox , R ev.

so ldier from Conn . m at S tonington , Conn .

Thank fu l Worden, b Nov. 15, 1 763. Wanted,ancestry, an d dates o f birth an d m arr iage o f

Benjam in Wi lcox .

( 4 ) STOUT-MOON . John Stou t, b OrangeCo . N . C. 1 789, m oved to 1 n d. i n 1814 an d m

E l i z. Moon . Ancestry o f bo th des ired.

( 5 ) VAN ANrwaae- c orr. Wm . Van

Antwerp b Feb . 15, 1800 m Maria b Jan . 1 7,1 799 and had : John b Ju ly 22 . 182 1 i n H oboken , N . J . who m E l i z . Wycoff Oct . 29 , 1845 .

Ancestry of abo ve desi red.

( 6) Mclu rvlu-z. Jo seph McIn tyre 3 Rev.

so ldier of Manchester. Vt . had a son Abrahamwho m (2 ) i n 1 766 Jem im a Brackett . Whatwas the nam e o f h i s ( 1 ) w i fe? Who was thewi fe o f Joseph ? All gen . data des i red. H . I. .

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5153. MA'

rm s. E l i j ah Math i s was b ab 1800i n or near Spartanbu rg Co ., 5 . C. Was h isfather or g randfather a Rev. so ldier ?( 2 ) COCH RAN . Wm . Cochran b ab the tim e

of the Rev. war in Li nco ln Co . N . C. m Catherine Greene, 1 th ink . Ancestry, w ith all gen .

data. and Rev. serv ice, i f any. des ired.

(3) PARKER -Kau ai . Sal l ie ( Sarah ) Parker, b du ring the Rev. in N . C. a t George Ki ser.al so spel led Kei ser and Ci ser. Ances try w i tha l l gen . data an d Rev. serv ice, i f any, of

e i ther Parker or Kei ser ances tor.(4 ) H lLL-M ILLIN ER. Wm . H i l l b Ga . ah the

t im e o f the Rev. m Sophronia P. M i l l iner, b1815 or 1820 in Ga . Ancestry. w i th al l gen .

data an d Rev. serv ice i f any, of ei ther H i l lor Mi l l iner. H . M . B.

5 154 . CLARK. Ancestry des ired of Martha

Cordel ia Clark of San di sfield, Mass., who wasb Jan. 1 1 , 1 762 , (1 Jan . 16, 1849 and m Ashu rKnig h t, a Rev. so ldier o f Mori son, Ma ss.

Who were her parents an d was her father aRev. so ldier ?(Z) H YDE. In form at ion wanted o f the

fam i ly o f Ephra im and Sarah H yde of Mon

son , Mass. Thei r daughter Ruby, b 1 795. d1849, m Rev. Jo seph Knight. Is there R ev .

serv ice in th is l ine of H ydes ?(3) Scan . Joe l Sco tt, b 1 751 , a Rev .

so ldier o f Whately, Mass. m Mary Bacon an d

had chi ldren, Joel, R u fu s, Mary, Abiga i l andChester . Is th i s the Mary Sco tt who to Socrates Frisse l l in 1814 ?( 4 ) H OWELL Ancest ry. w i th dates, de

s ired of the fam i ly o f N athan H owel l o f Mor

r i stown, N . J . who served in the Rev. C. H . D .

5 155. Mccun N (McCu un e) . Arch ibaldMcclain was a prom i nent m em ber of the

Com m i t tee of Sa fe ty for W i lm ington, N . C..

m em ber of the Cong ress for H i l lsboro . Aug .

1 775 . H e le f t one dau who m George H oopero f Wi lm ington, N . C. D id he have any son s ?Wou ld li ke the date a nd place of h is bi rth .

Was the Wm . Mcclain of Sm i th Co ., Tenn .

h is son ?( 2 ) Ta ym a. Edm und Taylor from King

an d Queen Co., Va. was father of Lew i s, D ick,

John, Edm und, Jam es and H owe l l, Mrs. D r.

Brandy, Mrs. Mo re, who se hu sband was aMe thodi s t m in ister, and E l i za beth who at

Jo siah R ocks in N . C. and m oved to Sm i thCo ., T enn . where Jos iah Rucks, a Bapti s t m i ni ster preached for abou t 40 years i n Kn obS pring s chu rch . Was Edm und Taylor a Rev.

so ldier ? H i s bro thers were Wm . and Jo seph.All g en . data desi red on th i s li ne.

(3) R UCKS . Jam e s R uck: and h i s brotherJos iah cam e to Va . f rom Sco t land or Ire landand bo th were Bapti st m in isters . J am es l i vedand died in Va . D id Jos iah R uck: renderRev. serv ice ? H e (1 i n Tenn.

( 4 ) D U " . W'

as Co l. Jam es D u ff o f Freder icksb urg , Va ., b 1 761 who m E l iza be thS tro thers, dau of Anthony S tro thers, a Rev.

so ldier or was h i s father ? What was h i sfather's nam e. The Fredericksbu rg Ferry wason h i s land.

( 5) Basscxmt . Was John B leecker whol i ved at Greenbu sh-ou - H udson, near Albany.N . Y . , a Rev. so ldier ? H i s ( 1 ) w i fe wa s JaneGi l l i land and h i s ( 2 ) w i fe Katherine Schuyler,widow of Gen . Ph i l Schuyler. E . S . L .

5 156 . GRIFFITH -MARTI N . Where a n I findthe Rev. record o f Edward Gr iffith who m aM i ss. hla rt i n ? Bo th are said to have l i ved inShen andoah Val ley b u t a fter m arriage m ovedto Washington Co . . Pa . Wanted. Rev. recordson bo th Gri fli th and Mart in lines.( 2 ) MARQUIS - PARK . Is there Rev . servi ce

for T hom as Marqu i s. b near W inchester. Va .

in 1 753. In 1 775 he at Mi ss Jane Park of the

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m Catherine Adam s, a niece of Pres identAdam s. 1 think Wm . H . Kim bal l was b inMass. in 1 782 . Wou ld l ike to know who h i sfather was an d i f had Rev. serv ice—J. R . B.

5 167. Lasswzu . Who were the parents,bro thers and s isters of Andrew Lasswe l l, bFeb . 1 781 in London Co. , Va., m oved to ShelbyCc ., Ky. and then to Green Cc ., Ky. H e m .

N ancy Wrigh t of Cu lpeper Co ., Va. D id h is

father serve in the Rev. ?

(2) LasswELL - Loxc. Who were the parents of Pri sc i l la La sswe ll, b Fau qu ier or London Co.

, Va. She wa s a m em ber of the Bapt i st Chu rch there. She m Jam es Long in1 789 . H e was b in Lo ndon Co ., Va. was ason of Edward Long and a grandson of Thomas Long of Penna. Wou ld l ike to correspondw i th som e m em ber of the Lasswe l l fam i ly o f

Va . or Ky. and wi th som eone of the Lo ngfam i ly o f Pa. or Va .

—A. W. S .

5 168. PALM ER. Who was the father o f Subm i t Pahn er, b 1 743 m Sam uel Cheseb rough( Chesbro ) in 1765 and d in 1834. Is thereRev. ancestry on the Palm er li ne ?(2 ) D UN BAR- H EATH . Wanted, dates of

bi rth, m arriage and death of N ancy M. D u n

bar and Dr. W i l l iam Jackson H eath who l ivedat or near Circlev i l le, Ohio. Were Maj . PelegH ea th and Maj . Wi l l iam H eath, Rev. so ldiers,re lated to them and how ?

(3) Woons uax . D i d Wi l l iam Woodbu rno f Moundsv i l le, Marshal l Co., W. Va . haveRev. serv ice? H i s bro thers' nam es were Peter,Jam es, John and Alec—T. A. C.

5 169 . COLE - lCHVNF. Ca pt. Thom as Co le, aRev. so ldier, b Vo luntown, Conn . i n 1 735 m

M i r iam Kinne of Windham Co . Wanted, thenam es of the pa rents of M i riam Kinne w i thal l gen . data, al so the dates o f her birth, m ar

ri ag e and death . D id her father have Rev.

service ?

( 2 ) COLE - CLARK . Sergt . Am os Cole, a R ev.

so ldi er and son of Capt. T hom as Co le, b inVo luntown, Conn . Nov. 16. 1 759, d in Sherbu rne, N . Y. in 1852 . H e m M i ss LucyClark of W indham Cc .. Conn. Wanted, thenam es of the parents of Lucy Clark with al lgen . data, al so dates of birth, m arriage and

death of Lucy. D id her father have R ev.

serv ice?(3) H U S‘

rON . L ieu t. Wm . H u ston o f Pa.

served s i x years i n the Rev. Wou ld l ike the

nam e o f h i s w i fe an d the dates of the i r bi rth,m arriage and death . Al so places of birtha n d death o f W i l l iam . H e rem oved to Frederick Co ., Va. a fter the Rev.

(4 ) H us-

row. W i l l iam H u ston, son of

L ieu t. Wm . H u ston o f the Rev. cam e w i th h i sw i fe Su sannah Boyd from Frederick Cc ., Va.

to Ohio in 1802 . Su sannah b 1 772 i n Maryland was rai sed a Quaker, b u t after locati ngin Po rtsm ou th, Oh io becam e a Presbyterian.

As a ch ild she went over the batt lefie ld of

Brandyw ine, the day af ter the ba tt le. Who

were h i s parents and wa s there Rev. servi cein th i s l ine i—I . F. M.

5 1 70. Renew s - Scorn H endricks Robert s b181 7 m E l izabeth Sco tt b 1823. bo th of Mon

m ou th Cc ., N . J . Who were the ances tors ofea ch and was there Rev. se rv ice on th i s li ne ?

( 2 ) YOUNG. Wanted, ancestry and al l gen .

data o f Sarah A. Young o f Pu tnam C0 0N . Y. who m arried an d rem oved to 111. abou t1840. Is there Rev. serv ice i n the Young li ne?

(3) T n on p xm s. Wanted, dates o f birth ,and death o f E l izabe th, da u o f N athan iel andE l i zabeth (Oakley ) Thom plt i n s o f Red Mi l ls.N . Y. Is there R ev. se rv ice in the Thompki nsfam i ly ? If so wou ld l ike offi cia l proo f of

serv ice and all gen . data—I . A. R .

5 17 1 . H U NTER. Jam es H unter who (1 Sept .28, 1825, aged 93 years, was a Rev. so ldier.H e m E l i zabe th H unter who d Aug . 7, 1831

aged 88 years. Jam es H unter was an elderin the D erry Chu rch an d h i s letter i s da tedMay 5, 1800 an d s igned by John 8 . Pattersonan d Wm . Montgom ery. Who were Eli zabethH unter's paren ts ? A dau Ma ry H unter, whod Ju ly 2 , 1816, aged 50 years, m May 5, 1 791

Jam es S i l l im an, b County Antr im , Ire landMay 7, 1 760, d Aug . 13, 184 1 . In fo rm at ion onth i s fam i ly des ired.

(2 ) Ca n v a s . T hank fu l and E noch Chapm an were the parents o f M inerva C. S i lli rn an .

H er brothers were, D i v i llo, Lo renzo an d Civi lian and her s ister was, De l inda C. Ordway.

H er aunt in Canada was Parm el ia Morehou se.

M i nerva was b Sept. 10, 1819 and d Ju ne 2,1848. All gen . data and Rev. se rvice on th isl ine des ired—M . G. M cL .

5 1 72 . H m cxu zv. Mary or Mercy H inck ley,b Apr. 24 , 1 771 at Chatham , Mass. m . ( 1 ) inAddi son Co ., Vt ., Feb . 1 7. 1 792, S im psonGoodspeed, a R ev. so ldier . Who were her

parents?( 2 ) SPRAGUE-ALLEN . Sylvia Spragu e m atCharlo tte, Vt . D avid Al len, a nephew o f Col.

E than Al len. Who were her parents ? Whowere h is fa ther and m other? —M . A. C.

51 73. R i x - SArm ltn . Wanted, data regardi n g Jam es R ix who m H annah Saffo rd of

Preston, N ew London, Conn. H e had a da uJem im a who a t D anie l Gray. D id Jam es R ixor H annah Safi'ord, h i s w i fe have Rev. servi ceon the i r l ines ? Wanted, al l gen . data.(2 ) BENTLEY . Wanted, al l gen . data on

l ine o f W i l l iam Bentley. H e m Phoebe Greenand l i ved in Cayuga Co ., N . Y. at Mi l l bank.

H e had a dau Sabrina b 1804. d 1877 who 11 1

S tephen R ix Gray o f Berl in , N . Y. and severa lsons. W i l l iam Bentley was the son of CalebBent ley who was b 1 740, a Rev. so ldier.Wanted, dates o f birt h, m arr iag e and deathof Wm . Ben tley and h i s wi fch H . G. B. A.

5 1 74 . An u tsm an . Franci s Arm i stead. son

of John and H annah Arm i stead of So u thamPari sh. Cum berland Co ., Va. i n May 1 776H annah, dau of Joseph an d Anne Pr ice, a lso

GEN EALOGICAL D EPARTMEN T

of Cum ber land Co. and had is sue : Wi l l iam ;Franci s, who m a dau of Pleasants Lucker : E li za beth, m Robert R an som ; H annah m

1807 Robert Glover ; D elph ia m Joshua Bernard ( or Bu rner ) ; Frances, m 1808 E l ij ahG lover. Franci s Arm i stead, Sr. d Oct . 27,1819. D i d he serve in the Rev. ? Franci sA rm i stead, Jr. was adm in istrator of hi s es tate.

—B. C. C.

5 1 75. Woonwann—Ovm rr-Pu rsa. Am on gthe set tlers f rom the v ici nity of New Fa i rfield,Conn. bet. 1788 and 1800, i n the v ici ni ty ofW ysox, Lu zerne Co., Pa. in the Shen andoahVal ley ( so ldier g rants ) were fam i l ies by then am e o f Woodward, Ov iat t and Pepper . John,J acob and Naom i (Po l ly) Pepper were ch i ldren o f ei ther D anie l or S tephen . N aom iPepper m John Ov iatt (Ovi tt ) , a Rev. so ldierf rom Mi l ford, Conn ., and thei r first dau was

n am ed Charlo tte Woodward Ovi at t. Wou ldli ke the correct paren tage of above Pepperch i ldren, also the fam i ly connect ion, i f any,w i th the Woodward fam i ly o f New Fa i rfield,Conn. Wou ld al so l ike the fam i ly connect ionw i th the Peppers o f N ew Fa i rficld or Sherman , Conn. (Brookfield Twp. ) w i th the oldJacob Pepper l ine of Ox ford, Brookfield or

H ardw ick, Mass.—N . M . 0 .

5176. Swi rr- S now. E l isha Sw i f t 1) 1 778,S haron, Mass , (1. Poo l v i l le, N . Y ., Apr. 7. 1851 ,m Lyd ia Snow b 1 784, (1 H am i l ton, N . Y ., Jan.26, 1858. Who were Lydia Snow's paren ts andg randparents ?

Gaa n a u . Who were the parents of

John Kennedy Graham , bJan . 30, 1 783, nearMcconnel lsbu rg , Pa ., d Aug . 2 1 , 1841 , nearN ew Albany, 1nd. H e had bro thers, Robe rtand Thom as, and si sters, Elizabe th, who m

Mr. Gam ble of E l izabethtown, Pa. , and Jane,who died young—M. B. M .

5 177. Is there anyt hing in any o f the backn um bers of the D . A. R . Maga z ines abou t the“Madam e Jum el H ou se” o r

"R ichm ond H i l l ,"

the hom e o f Aaron Bu rr when he was VicePres ident of the U . S . ? If so, what num bers?

5 1 78. An n a» Area s. Benj am i n Alward, aso ldier of the Rev., was a res ident of Bern a rdu s Twp ., Som erset Co ., N .J., and d inSom er set Co ., N .J., Oct . 24 , 1813. H e m i n1 772 - 73 i n the sam e county Sarah Ayers .Wanted, da tes of bi rth , m arr iage and death

and place of m arr i age o f Sarah Ayers andp lace an d date of birt h of Benjam in Alward.

The i r son , S tephen, was b Apri l 14, 1 797, nearBou nd Brook, N . J .( 2 ) Wrxon - Sm rn sn - H zn on son . Sam uelWi kofl

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of Monm ou th Cc ., N .J., a Rev. so ldier,was b Oct . 12 , 1 732 , m Gertrude Shipm an,Nov. 1 , 1 759, and d Apr. 24, 1826. T hei r son ,Sam uel, was b Sept. 2, 1 767, an d m ( l )Vasht i—and thei r last ch i ld was b June 14,1812 . S am uelW ikoff m (2 ) N ancy An n H en

derson , an d they had a dau b May 13, 1816.

T hey m oved from N . J . to Oh io ab 1820.

Wanted—date o f m arriage o f Sam ue l W ikoflan d Nancy An n H enderson .

—L. G. H .

5 179. Wa i cn‘

r. N ancy Wrigh t b Ju ly 25,1 781 , at Sou th ington (Farm ington ) . Conn., m

1800 N ewel l D ay a nd removed to Oh io i n 1823.She had a bro ther, Ichabod Wright. Whowas her father ? What town or chu rch rec

ords i n Sou th ing ton shou ld be consu l ted and

what genealog ies ?—M. D . D .

5180. Cocswzu . Pat ience Cog swel l m

G ideon Beem an. H e was b Ken t, Conn ., Apr.

8, 1 781 . She was b Ju ly 19, 1 781 , and d 1862 .

Who were her parents and di d they have Rev.

serv ice?WHJJAMS . E l i zabeth ( or Betsy )

Wi l l iam s m H om er Beem an. who was b atH opewel l, N . Y ., ab 1803. H er paren ts wereEli W i l l iam s and Martha Alderma n. Whowere the parents of E li W i l l iam s, where washe born , an d i s there Rev. serv ice on hi s l ine ?

Au sr m. Ru fu s Aust i n was b Jan. 6,1 793. H i s o ldes t dau, H arri et, was b at Burli ngton , Vt. , Feb . 15, 1816. Where was R u fu sbo rn, who were hi s parents an d did they haveRev. serv ice ? Ru fu s Au stin's w i fe, I be l ieve,was E leano r Fedoch M i tchell—M . B . T.

5 181 . Swan son . Wanted, dates of bi rth,m arr iag e and dea th w i th nam e of w i fe of JohnSam pson, who cam e from Ireland and settledi n Wash ing ton Co Pa . When ? D id he haveRev. service? Al so, wanted, dates of birt h,m a rr iage and death and nam e o f hu sband ofSarah Sam pson, h i s daugh ter. -M. J.5 182 . Chews . I s the David Crews, a m em

b er of the Consti tu ti onal Convention of Ky.,

the sam e D avid Crews who served in the Rev.

f rom Va., and who i s m entioned i n the 1 11.Papers as g i ven in the Repo rt of the S ta teL ibrarian of Virgi n ia for 1910- 191 1 ?—J. L . B.

NATHAN HALE’

S FIRST SCHOOL

Bust of N a tha n H ole.

In the March , 19 17, m agaz ine, i n the i nterest ing art icle on Som e D . A. R . H om es,

" i sa pictu re o f the N athan H ale Schoo l hou sei n New Lo ndon to wh ich place he went in1 774 and where he rem a ined u nt i l he gave up

h i s l i fe for h i s country. In a letter f rom aDaughter, Mrs. Abby F. Cook Mu ndsen . of

Ch icago , “I.. who i s n ow in her n inet ieth yearb u t

“sti l l takes an interest in the D . A.

she wr ites that be fore Nathan H ale went toNew London, f rom the late fal l of 1 773 to

N a than H ale First Schoolhouse.

the spring o f 1 774, he taught schoo l at Ea stH addam , Mrs. Mu ndsen

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s nati ve town . The

schoo l hou se was bu i l t abou t 1 749 and stoodin the fo rk o f the roads in the l i tt le greenwhere n ow stands a bronze bu st of the Revolu t ion ary hero . The East H addam Schoo lhou se continued to be u sed as a schoo l u nti labou t 1 799 when i t was so ld to Ca pt . E l i j ahAttwood who remo ved i t to a place ju st sou thof the bu ryi ng ground where i t sti l l stands. arem inder of those ea rly days of the Republ ic.

COLONEL DAN IEL KEMPER

In the m aga zine for Febru ary, 19 1 7, in the i nterest ing and instructi ve art icle by M issN atal ie Sum ner L inco ln on the S t . Mem i n

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s Portrai ts the s tatem ent was m ade accom panyi n g the po rtrai ts of the Kem pers that “

n o mention i s m ade in the data obtainable o f them aiden nam e of General Kem per's wi fe.” Sca rcely had the book been publ i shed when letters began to be reecived, g i v ing the desired in forma t ion—an d the las t word to date cam e

ju st as we are go ing to pressl

The reco rds o f the birth s an d death s o f D an iel Kem per’s fi rst and second w ives and the ir

thi rteen ch i ldren. wr i tten in t he old fam i ly Bible in the large. clear hand o f D aniel Kem perh im sel f up to the t im e o f h i s death , i s st i ll preserved by o n e o f h i s de scendan ts . Fromth i s record we fi nd that Col. Kem per wa s m arr ied first to Jane Branson by whom he hadSoph ia Co rnel ia, bo rn 1 777 ; a n d second, in New York May 20 1 785 , to E l izabet h Mariu s,who was bo rn in N ew York March 20, 1 753, an d died in N ew Brunswick, N .J., Apri l 14,1830. E l i zabe th was the daughter o f S l vester Mariu s and h i s w i fe Phoebe ( Fen n i tye)Bergen an d the g rand-daughter o f Jacob ari u s Crocu s and Mary Sal isbu ry. Mary Sal i sbu ry was the daug hter o f Capt . Sylvester Sal isbu ry, the first Eng l i sh com m ander o f FortO range a fter the captu re o f N ew Ne therlands by the Brit ish The Groen s fam i l were o rigi n ally o f Ital ian o r i g in a nd l ived i n H o l land be fore com ing to th i s country . A ter the m ar

ri age w i th M i ss Sal isbu ry, Jacob dropped the" Crocu s" and was known as Jacob Mar i u s.

The hom es o f the Sal isburys an d Van Bergens, Mrs. Kem per's ancestors, are descr i bed in the

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BOOK REVIEWThe Apri l i ssue of the National Genea log ical

Socie ty Quarterly beg ins the s ix th vo lum e and

i s the first num ber to be i ssued by the newlyelected edi tor, D r. Gaiu s M. Brum baug h, oompi ler o f that invaluable work, “

Mary land Records. Co lonial. Revo lu tionary, County an dChu rch,

"and au thor o f several genealog i es.

The book shows the sam e painstak ing carean d accu racy o f deta i l which characterizes allof D r. Brum baugh

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s wo rks ; an d th i s num berespeci al ly appeals to the Daughte rs of theAm er ican Revo lu t ion , as i t con ta in s the n am esof 3136 Patr io ts from Montgom ery and Washi n gton Counties who took the oath of Fideli tyand Suppo rt. A copy of these l i st s was m adeseveral years ago by Mrs. Margaret Robert sH odg es, an d pre sented to the N at ional Society.D . A. R. N ow throug h the cou rt esy of theL ibrar ian General and Mrs. H odges they are

printed for the first t im e. To m eet the i acreased co st in m aterial s the subscr ipt ion priceof the Quarte rly has been increased to

a year ; a nd the edi tor annou nces that thefo rm s of the Apri l i ssue w i l l be held for abrie f t im e to enable those who w ish to obta incopie s o f th is h i therto inaccessible m aterial todo so . An index w i l l appea r in the January,1918. i ssue ; and. i f the dem and ju st ifies do ingi t, wi l l be publ ished

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earl ier and so ld at asm al l sum . As the ma terial i s alm o st worthles s w i thou t an index i t i s s incere ly hoped thatthe dem and wi l l at once ju s ti fy i t s public »

t i on . The Oath as taken in Montg omery Co .

i s as fo l lowsI, A. B . do swear I do n ot ho ld m yse l f

bound to y i eld any Al legi ance or obedien ce tothe King o f Great B ri ta in h i s hei rs or successors and that I wi l l b e t ru e and fai th fu l tothe S tate o f Maryland and w i l l to the u tm o stof m y power, Support m a inta in and de fend

the Freedom an d Independence thereo f andthe Governm en t as Now E s ta bl ished aga i ns ta l l open enem ies and secre t an d T ra i torou sCon spi racies an d wi l l use m y u tm o st en

deavou rs to di sclose and make Known to the

Go vernm en t or som e on e of the judg es or

Ju s ti ces T hereo f all treasons or T ra i teron sConsp i racies att em pts of Com binat ions aga instT hi s S tate or the governm ent Thereo f wh ichm ay com e to m y know ledge so he lp m e God.

These retu rn s were wha t was sent in du ri ngthe m onths of March and Apri l. 1 778. In the

Acts of the Assem bly i t was o rdered that allCiv i l Officers take the Oath, al so

“every vo ter

for De legates or Sheri fi'

s or for E lecto rs ofthe Sen ate excepting that

“a Quaker. Menon i st or D unker, shal l so lem nly, s incere ly. andtru ly dec la re and affirm thereto in the Wordsthereo f .” It was al so ordered t ha t “

everyM ini ster, Teacher or Preacher o f the Gospel.imm ed iately a fter div ine Service. at everyChu rch, Chape l, or Meet ing - H ou se. wherethey offici a te. on som e S unday in the Monthof May nex t

” pu bl icly m d the Oath. Fai lure to obey was punished by a fin e o f fivepou nds.There are severa l o ther art icles wh ich wou ld

be su fficient to arou se interes t in th is num ber,were they n o t obscu red by the publ ica tion of

the Li st o f Patrio t s. Am ong them we no tee special ly an interes t ing insta lm ent of the

Bu l lock Genealogy by H on . 1 . R u sell Bu l lock.i n which ment ion i s m ade of the Revo lu tiona ry so ldiers, Col. Nathan iel and Ens ign Lu therMarti n, connect ions o f the Bu l lock fam i ly ;and the quaint diary o f H ezekiah Wi l son ofMontgom ery Co .. Md., wr i tten du r ing the

years 1 780 and 1803. in wh ich m any inciden tsand genealog ica l facts of i nteres t are reco rded.

GEORGIA DAY

Geo rg ia D ay. wh ich wa s au thor ized in 1909 by the leg i slatu re, to com m em ora te thelanding o f Genera l Og lethorpe, was celebrated February 12, 19 1 7. in all the schoo l s o f theS tate. Prog ram s were arran ged, dwel l ing on the g lorious achievem ents of the S ta te an dtel l i ng o f the fam ou s m en an d wom en Geo rg ia has produced.

“Do you know that Georg ia advanced last year from ten th to fi fth place am ong agr i

cu l tu ral S tates ? That hal f the sea i s land co tton in the U nited S tates ts grown tn Georg i a ?That the biggest oak tree i n the world i s i n Toom bs County?

Do you know that the firs t Sunday Schoo l in the world was organized at Savannah ?That Wesleyan Co l lege. at Macon. was the fi rst co l lege i n the world chartered to wom en ?That a sew ing m ach ine was u sed by a Geo rg i a wom an two yea rs be fo re H owe appl ied forh is patent ; a nd tha t D r. Craw ford Long di scovered anesthes i a at Jefferson, Ga ., tn

These a nd dozens of other facts were dwel t upon by the schoolo teachers in thei rrespect i ve classes.

Nation a l Comm ittee on War Rel ief ServiceThe Presiden t of the U n i ted S ta tes hav i ng ca l led on the wom en of th is

N a t ion to orga n ize i n to a Ci t izen A rm y serv ice on i ndu s t r i a l , econom ic,agri cu l tu ra l and a l l pa tri ot ic l i nes, the si den t Genera l of the N a t i on a lSocie ty o f the D augh ters of the Am erica evo lu t ion , Mrs. Geo rge ThacherGue rn sey, ha s appo i n ted the War Rel ief Serv ice Comm i t tee to fo rm ulate a

practi ca l plan for act ive serv ice, th is Comm i t tee to succeed the Comm i t teeon War R el ief Serv ice Plan , a po i n ted by Mrs. W i l l iam Cumm i ng S tory,then Pres iden t Gen era l , a t the first ses s ion of the Twen ty - six th Con t i nen ta lCongress , on Apr i l I6, 19 1 7, wh ich Com m i t tee m ade i ts fina l report toCongress la ter i n the week. The m em bers of the presen t Com m i t tee represen t the s ix div i s ion s of the Coun try , des ign a ted by the War Depa rtm en t.

At the fi rst m eet i ng of th i s Com m i t tee on Apri l 25, 19 17 , the fo l low i ngpl an was adop ted and i s recomm ended to a l l loya l m em bers of the N a ti on a lSociet as the m ost effect ive way of coopera t i ng w i th the w i shes of Presiden t i lson .

R egi st ra t ion blank s w i l l be sen t to every m em ber of the N a t iona l Socie ty ,li st i n her for act ive serv ice. These b lank s cover the fol low i ng subjects :A. ew in g, m endi ng, kn i t t i ng. B. N u r s i ng

, prepa ra t ion of su rgi cal suppl ies, genera l supply room serv ice, pack i ng, sh i pp i ng, laundry serv ice. C.

Cook i ng, can n in g jel l ies, fru i t j u ice s, sto r i ng an d can n i ng v etab les, hospital, die t k i tchen , cam p wa i t ress. D . Chau ffeu r, Arm y am a l ah ee, t rans

porta t ion of t roops. E . T ra i n i ng i n com m erci a l , m e rca n t i le, agr icu l tu ra l ,professiona l l i fe. F. Telephone and telegraph opera tors. G. T ra in i n gcam p. H . Ga rden s,

pla n t i ng unused grou nd and parks i n po ta toes, i h

flu en ci ng fa rm ers to p an t m ore whea t and co rn . I . Sav i ng old papers.rubbers and ca ns to be co l lected and so ld to de f ray expenses of loca l comm i ttees on War Rel ie f Serv ice, N . S . , D . A. R . J . Fos teri ng pub l ic displayof flags from all bu i ldi ngs, publ ic and p ri va te. K. I n terprete rs a nd t ran sla tors of fo reign lan es. L . Crea t i ng sen t im en t for sa le ofWar Bonds.

M . ( Suggest i on s or pu rely loca l wo rk . ) N . S ign i fy any servi ce you

ca re to gi ve, wh ich i s n ot 5 cified on th is l ist .A cap of the m i nu tes 0 the m ee t i ng of th i s com m i t tee and a let ter from

the H on . rlVroom an , Assi s t a n t Secreta r of Agr icul tu re, con ta i n in g sug

§est ion s for work, w i l l be sen t to every Sta te Regen t a nd every Chapteregen t .

The wo rki n g plan i s as fol low s : Through the si x D ist r ict Cha i rm en ,the regi stra t ion blan k s and comm u n ica t ion s f rom the Agri cul tura l Departm en t and the N avy League w i l l b e sen t to the S ta te R e cu ts. The S ta teRegen ts w i l l forwa rd th i s i n form a t ion to the Chapter egen ts, who w i l li n s t ruct their m em bers and di s tri bu te regi s t ra t ion blanks to each m em ber.

These regi stra t ion blank s, when fi l led ou t by the m em be r s, a re to be col

lected by G tapter R egen ts, a nd retu rn ed by them to the S ta te Regen t, whow i l l fo rward them to the D i s t ri ct Ch a irm en . By th is m ethod, the Cha i rm a nof the N a t iona l Comm i t tee w i l l be pu t i n po s ses s ion o f the com plete regi st ra t ion of the Na t iona l Society, wh ich she w i l l place i n the han ds of thGovernm ent .Mas. MATTH EW T . Scorn , H ono rary President General . N . S . D . A. R .,

Au ren SID NEY Buat zsosr, Vi ce Cha irm an and Acti ng Secretary,IN I F S tree t, Wash ington , D . C.

Mas. JAM ES BENTON GRAN T, V ice Pres ident General , Co lo rado .

Mas. Fm H . H . CALHOUN , Vice Pres ident General , Sou th Ca ro l ina.

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ru t ELM SON , State Regen t. Massachu sett s .Mas. W i i t ta u H en l v WAIT , S ta te Regen t, M ich igan.Mas. Feast s W. Ba h n sen , S tate Regent, I l l in o i s.Mas. James Lowav Su rrn , S tate R egen t, Texas.

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135 S . 2nd Ave., Mt . Vern on, N . Y . 1 106 Jackson S t ., W i lm ington,Mas . ELIZA FERRY Len v, Mas. G. WALLACE W. H u ron ,

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Mas. t u r C. Roam son , North Anson, Maine.

(Term of ofii ce expiresMas. Gnom e Mavtu an M i n na, Mas. H AROLD R. HOWE LL,Waterford, Conn . 630 4 Ist S t . , D es Mo ines, Iowa

Mas. WILLIAM G. Srsucea, Mas. C. H AM ILTON Ten a n t s,

N ashvi l le, Tenn . 623 N o rth S t . , New Or lea ns, La.

Mas. WILL IAM Bum awoar n , Mas. ALVIN V. LANE,H i l lcrest, Mo l ine. Ill. 2505 Maple Ave., Dal las, Texas

Mas. Gnom e W. Ga mer , 50 Montclai r Ave., Montclai r, N . J .

(Term of office expi resJam s Beu ron Gu m , Mt ss sa u na D . Bt scxauan ,

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Mas. Ch u t es Loueu r , Mas. S H EPPARD W . Posrn ,

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Mas. Wru an r H . Tam ar-r, Rockv i l le, Md.

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hCn ARu zs A. BLACRRUR N ( Emma Marvi n ) , m9 W . S ilve r S t ..

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DR. MARY BARCOCR ATWArn , 516 H ayes Ave., H elena.

N EBRASKA Mas. E lm GRANT DaAn (H e len Mart Bradley ) , 6% N . 6t h S r. .

Mas. FRAN R I. RINCER (Jen ni e Gert rude Bell ) , 935 D St , L i nco ln .

NEVADA Mas. Cn ARLEs Su m SPRACUE ( B lan che Seaman B. ) Go ldfi eld.

NEW WILL BER NARD H OWE , ( Ida IL ) , 35 Sou th St. . Conco rd.

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Mas . WILLIAR D U SENEERRY 5 5 mg,H ig hland Ave., H addo n fie ld.

Mas. JAR ES FAIRx AN Fa rm , 139 Ci ord Ave .,Jersey C i ty H e i g h ts.

S I NCLETON M. AS H ENm m ( Netti e 702 Baya rd S t ., S i lve rCIBARN ] . FREDENRUROR 5m m ( Florence Mo rrell) , P a la t i nen ge.

Mas. D AVID B. PAGE ( Co ra H olbrook ) , 1 57 W . 3rd S t. , Osweg o .

NORTH S . MORRISON ( E l la H enri e tta ) , 287 Pa rson D r i ve,5 CV! C.

MRS. Wu . PAR KER MERCER (Mary S Elm C i ty..MRS . GEO. M . YOUNG (Au gu sta L ) , alley Ci ty.M i s s H ELEN M . CRAN E , Val ley Ci

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MRS .JOH N TOLMAN MACK (Flora A li ce D aven po rt ) 712 Wayn e S t . ,San duslcy.

OKLAHOMA WALTER D . ELROD ( Jenn i e M . Elrod) , 400 N . Grand Ave ., 0 1:m u gee .

MRSSaEDwARD LYN AN WORR N AN (Vassa Kelly) , 1 108 E . H o b so n,nu pa .

OREGON .MRS . ISAAC L . PATTERSON (Mary Woodwo rth ) Eo la Rd., Salem .

MRS . F. M . WIL KIN S ( Emm a Co l tra ) , 9 1 W . 9th St. , Eugen e.PENNSYLVAN IA ANTH ON Y WAYN E Coon (Lora H a in es ) , Cooksbu rg , or 60 1

C1 de S t. , Pi ttsbu rg .

MRS . GRAN T DRE IS EACR (Ann e Ka ler ) . Lewi sbu rg .

RH ODE ISLAN D MRSPAun

L . CALD ER (H elen V. G. Canfield) , 35 Sou th An g eli S t.,rovi ence.

MISS EDITH MAY T ILLEY,P. 0 . Box 315 H ope St. . N ewport .

SOUTH CAROLINA . .MRS . E . WAL KER D UVALL ( Eleanor H um es ) , Cheraw.

MRS . H UGH L . MCCOLL (Gabr i e l le D rake) , Ben n ettsvi l le.SOUTH DAKOTA . .MRS . E . ST. CLAIRE SN YDER ( Florence Go ve ) , 61 7 2ud St .,Watertow n .

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MRS . T H OMAS POLK (Lau ra Lee Sharpe ) , 583 E . Main St ., Jackson .

MRS . EDWARD MAR K GRANT (Mar%rot T u rley) , Morri stown.

MRS .JAu ES LOWRY S u m s (Mari e um ) 1 101 Taylor St ., Am ari l lo .

MRS .JOH NJ. STEVE N S ( Bettie 1 1 Mart in St . , San Anton io.

UTAH CC_M1LLER (M inn ie Wi l l iam s ) , 943 Ea st lst Sou th St., Sa l t

e 1137.

MRS . S . W . MORRISON ( Fannie 32 7th East St ., Sal t Lake City.MRS . EDWARD SPRAGUE MARS H ( Isabe l Re n olds) , Brandon.MRS . E . R . PEMRER (Caro l W inchel l ) ,Wel ls.

ALETII EA SERRELL , Westover Ave ., N o r fo lk.MRS . JOR N ADAu ALExANDER ( Jam es E l la Selm an ) , 1310 N . Augu s ta

St. S taunton.

WASH INGTON Gen n y Em s ( Jenn i e W i lh ite) , 1 609 Water St. ,m pla.

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TERL INO PRICE KEITH LY (Mabel Beecham ) , 2624 R u cker Ave.

verett .

WE ST VIRGIN IA. . L IN N BRAN NON (Verona Maid ) , 236 Center Ave Weston .

MRS . JAM ES S . PH ILLIPS (An na a t im er Chapli n e) , Box 1 , Shepherdstown .

WISCON SIN MRS . JOH N P. H UME ( Ju l ia Cracra ft) , 539 Terrace Ave. , M i lwaukee.

MRS . RUDOLPH BEESE H AR‘

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MAN ( Clara 4001 H i gh land Park,M i lwaukee .

WYOMING MRS . E DWARD GILLET TE (H al l ie Co i lecn ) , Sheridan.

MRS . BRYANT BUTLER BROOKS (Ma N aom i ) , Che enne .

ORIENT CH ARLES SU R N ER LORI NOIER {E l la Bal lou ) , han gha i ,MRS . T RUMAN SLAY'

ION H OLT (Caro l ine E . Mcwi l l i am s) , Iloi lo.Phil ipp ine Islands.

OFFICIAL

H on orary Officers Elect ed for Li fe

H on orary Presi den ts Gen eral

FOSTER,MAN N ING,

MRS . MAT-

m ew T . ScortMRS . WILU AII Cu n u i Nc STORY.

H o n o rary Proaidon t Pa ddi ng

MRS . Mm V. E . CADELL.

H o n orary Vi n o-Presi de n ts Gen era lCLARE , 1895 .

MRs. Mun RED S . MAT-R ES , 1899.

MRS . MARY S . Locawooo, 1905 .

WILLIAM L IN DSAY ,1906.

MRS. H ELEN M . BOYNTON . 1906.MRS . SARA T . KIN NEY, 19 10.

MRS . MORGAN 5 m m , 191 1 .MRS . IIEODORE C. BATES , 19 13.

MRS . E. GAYLORD PU TNAII , 1913.

MRS . WALLACE DELAI IELD, 1914 .

MRS . DRAYTON W. BU S II N ELL 1914.

MRS . JON N N EWM AN CAREY, l916.Mas. GEORGE M . STERNBERG, 19 1 7.

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEE S

The followin g announcem en t has been m adeby the Pres ident Gen eral :E xecu t ive Com m i ttee : Cha i rm a n , Mrs.

George Thacher Guernsey ; Secre ta ry, M i ssEm m a L. Crowel l ; Mrs. Robert J . Johnston,Mi ss Grace M . Pierce, Mrs. George Mayn ardM ino r, Mrs. Woodbu ry Pu lsi fer. Mrs. D u ncanU . Fletcher, Mrs. G. Wal lace W. H anger, Mrs.

G. M. Brum baug h, Mrs. George C. H al l.Cha irm an of Fi na n ce Com m i ttee : Mrs. G.

M. Brum baugh .

NUMBER OF MEMBERS ADMl'

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ED FROM EACH STATE

At March 31. I9l7. Meeting

Alabam a, 16 ; Ari zon a, 1 ; Arkan sas, 5 ;

Ca l i forn ia, 25 ; Co lorado, 15 ; Connecticu t, 4 1 ;De laware, 4 ; District of Co lum bia, 33 ; Florida , 1 1 ; Geo rg ia. 53 ; Idaho, 5 ; I l l ino i s, 67 ;Indiana, 5 1 ; Iowa. 76 ; Kansa s, 33 ; Kentucky,18 ; Lou i sian a. 5 ; Maine, 24 ; Maryland. 6 ;Massachu setts 69 ; M ich igan, 27 ; M innesota,1 5 ; Mi ss issipp i , 9 ; M i ssou r i, 57 ; Montana, 7 ;

Nebraska, 20 ; New H am psh ire, 5 : NewJersey, 19 ; New Mex ico, 1 ; N ew York, llS ;North Caro l i na, 25 ; North D ako ta, 1 ; Oh io .60 ; Oklahom a, 8 ; Oregon, 15 ; Pennsylvan i a,95 ; Rhode Island, 1 1 ; Sou th Caro l ina, 26 ;Tennessee. 19 ; Tex as. 56 ; Verm ont, 20 ; Vi rg i nia, 19 ; Wash ingt on. 42 ; West Virg ini a, 10W i sconsin. 30 ; Wyom i ng . 0 1 ; H awai i , 1 .Total, 1272.

NUMBER OFMEMBERS ADMITI'

ED FROM EACH STATE

At the Apri l 14.

Alabam a, 6 ; Arkan sas, 9 ; Cal i forn ia, 12 ;Co lorado. 13 ; Connect icu t, 12 ; D i strict of Colum b ia, 9 ; Flo rida, 5 ; Georg i a, 16 ; Idaho. 4Il l ino i s, 23 ; Indian a. 21 ; Iowa, 27 ; Kansas. 14 ;Kentucky. 1 5 ; Maine, 6 ; Mary land. I ; Massachusetts, 15 ; Mich igan, 33 : M innesota, 8 ;Mi ssi ssippi, 1 ; Mi ssou ri, 20 ; Montana, 4 ;

l9l7, Meet ing

Nebraska, 14 ; N ew H am psh ire, 6 ; NewJersey, 12 ; N ew York. 40 ; Nort h Caro l i na, 4Nort h D akota. 3 : Oh io, 31 ; Oklahom a, 5 .

Oregon. 9 ; Pennsylvania, 24 ; R hode Island,4 ; Sou th Caro l ina. 13 : Sou th D ako ta, 2 ; Tenn essee. 3 : Texas, 13 ; Verm ont. 4 ; Vi rgi n ia, 9Wash ington, 10 ; West Vi rg in ia, 9 ; Wi sconsin,8 ; Wyom ing , 3. Total, 502 .

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's Address to the N at iona l Board, Apri l23. 19 17Iowa Adopts a S tate Flag .

Fi n an ci al S ta tem ent of President GeneralN at ional Com m i ttee on \Var Re l ie f Serv ice .

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s L iberty L oan Com m i tteeLetter f rom Pres ident Gen eral to Edi to rT ales o f Ye Oldc King

’s H ighway. H arr i et Tru bce Ga rlickT he Gu l f Coast o f M is si ss ipp i. Zoe Parry .

Typical Colon ial H om es of New Yo rk an d New Eng landLetter from Chairm an o f Magaz ine Com m i tteeAccess ions to Mu seum at Mem orial Con tinental H al l

The N ational Board for H i s torica l Service

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Regu lar Meet ing . Apri l 14 .R egu lar Mee ting, Apr i l 23, 191 7 .

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Vol. L . No. 6 JUNE . 1917 Whole No . 299

MRS. GEORGE THACHER GUERNSEY.

PRESIDENT GENERAL . NAT IONAL SOCIETY

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMER ICAN REVOLUT ION

Mrs. Geo rge Thache r Guernsey , then ewly elected Pres iden t Genera l o f theN a t iona l Soc ie ty D augh ter s of the

Am er ica n R evolu t ion , ha s been wel lknow n to the m em ber s of the Socie tyfor a. num be r of yea r s, a s she wa s fo r

n i ne yea r s a m em be r o f the N a t iona lBoa rd of Managem en t as S ta te R egen tof Kan sa s and ha s taken an act i ve pa rti n the work of the Society on bo thN a t iona l and Congres s iona l com m i t tees .Mrs. Gu ern sey, who was Sa rah E l i za

beth M i tchel l , was born i n Oh io , bu t i sof Pen n syl van ia and Vi rgi n i a ance s t ry .

H er f a ther, the R everend D an iel P.

M i tchel l, who Wen t to Kansas to es tabl i shthe Me thodi s t Chu rch i n tha t pa r t of thecoun t ry . was the grandson o f the R ev

erend John M i tchel l who cam e to th iscoun t ry f rom E ngland i n 1 763, servedi n the Revo l u t io n for seven yea r s , a ndpreached the Gospe l for forty yea rs .Mrs. Gue rn sey com es f rom a long l i neo f clergym en on bo th s ides of the hou se .

On e of her ance s to rs was An thony JacobH enkel , who cam e to Am er ica i n 1 7 17a s on e o f the fou nder s o f the L u theranChu rch i n th i s coun t ry . H e se t t led i nPen n syl van i a and was pa s to r of the

chu rch a t Fau lkner ’s Swam p. the olde s tL u theran Chu rch i n the U n i ted S ta tes .

I n addi t ion to her great- gra ndfa the r, theR everend John M i tchel l , Mrs. Gu ern seyen ter s the Society th rough John and

Ch r i s tophe r H a r ro ld, An thony Al tm an ,Geo rge Tctcr and Pa t r ick McCa n n , a ll

soldier s of the Revo lu t ion . She i s am em ber of a num be r of orga n i za t ion s .no tably the U n i ted S ta tes D augh ters o f

181 2 ; Co lon i a l D augh ter s of Am er ica ;the U n i ted S ta tes N avy L eague, of wh ichshe i s a m em ber o f the govern i ng boa rd ;the Order of the Ba s tem S ta r ; the N at ion al Socie ty of Pa t r io t ic Wom en of

Am er ica , and the N a t iona l S t a r Spa ngledBan ner As soci a t ion , of wh ich she i s av ice- pres iden t . H er ch ie f work and i nterest , however, lie i n the N a t ion a l Society D augh ter s o f the Am e rican Revolut ion . and she w i l l upho ld the dign i ty of

the office and render di s t i ngu i shed ser

v ice th rough her app reci a t ion of the re

spon si b i li t i es en ta i led by such a n office,a n d her ab i l i ty to devo te t im e and

s t rength i n giv i ng all her splendid execu

t ive power to a w i se adm i n i s t ra t io n o f

the Society ’s a ffa i r s an d di rect i ng them

along the pu rely pa t r i ot ic li nes uponwhich the S oci ety is based.

Mrs. Gue rn sey i s a firm be l ieve r i nthe Con s t i tu t ion o f the N a t iona l Soc ictv— tha t Con s t i tu t ion, the work of far

D ig itized byG

370 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN R EVOL U TION MAGAZINEsee in g m i nds, wh ich fo rm ed the laws ofthe o rgan i za t ion w i th a vi ew to su s ta i ni n g i ts power. Yea r a f ter yea r the Const i tu t ion has been the subject of deepand ea rnest con s idera t io n , and, a s i tsta nds n ow, i s the w i l l of the N a t iona lSociety, sanct ioned by the Con t i nen ta lCongres s to rep re sen t the Law and to

b e obse rved and upheld by every m em

ber—bu t espec i a l ly by the N a t ion a l Officers who m u s t gu ide the va s t i n tere s t s ofthe o rga n iza t ion for wh ich i t was f ram ed,and wh i t‘h they a re pledged to serve tothe be s t o f thei r ab i l i ty .

Mrs. Guem sey'

s po l ic ie s are be s t expla i ned by her addres s to th e N a t ionalBoa rd o f Ma nagem en t on Ap r i l 27 , 1 9 17,wh ich fol lows :

PRES IDENT GENERAL'

S ADDRESS TOTHE

NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Today we begi n ano the r yea r i n the h i sto ry of ou r Soc iety,an d toge ther we f ace

a per iod i n the h i s to ry

o f our coun t ry wh ich

w i l l p rove our wo rtha s Am er ican wom en,and ou r r igh t to ca l lou r o rgan i za t io n the

grea tes t pa t r io t ic so

ci ety i n the wo r ld.

U pon u s r e s t s ag r e a t re spon s ibi l i tywh ich each o f u s m u s tsha re, and I am con

fiden t tha t n ot on e of

u s w i l l f a l ter i n herde te rm i n a t ion to do

her pa r t i n upho ldi ngou r ho ly t radi t io n o f

H om e an d Cou n t ry.

I t i s w i th a hea rtfi l led w i th g ra t i tude and appreci a t io n o f

the h igh hono r con fe r red u pon m e tha t Iaddres s you for the fi rs t t im e a s you rPres iden t Genera l , a n ofl

‘i ce wh ich represen t s the h igh idea l s o f t ru e Am er ican i sm ,

a nd wh ich i s a n i n sp i ra t ion and i ncen t iveto gi ve the b es t tha t i s i n m e to devotedserv ice i n the wo rk o f pa t r io t i sm i n i t slo f t ies t s i gn i ficance. I shall n ot w as te ou rp reciou s t im e i n wo rds b u t a sk you to

help m e p ro ve m y s i nceri ty o f pu rpo seby deeds , a nd to let my reco rd speak form e a t the en d of the yea r.At th i s t im e ou r fi r st con s idera t ion i s

wha t to do for ou r Cou n try . We have

III" . Georg e Thacher Guern sey,Pres iden t Gen eral

placed ou r bea u t i fulbu i ldi ng at the ser

v ice of the Governm en t we have fo rm ed

a “'

a r R el ie f Comm i t tee to wo rk w i ththe N a t iona l De fenceSociety ; we h a v epledged ou r sel ves to

a id the wo rk of the

R ed Cro s s and k i nd r e d o rgan iza t ion s,and n ow we m u s tm a ke g o o d o u rpledge s by orga n iz i ngfor p ract ica l wo rk i na pract ica l way. We

m u s t concen t ra te ou r

fo rces and I bel ievet ha t we m ay ob ta i nbe t ter resu l t s i f eachS ta te Regen t w i l l undertake to o rga n ize

the wo rk we m ay decide to do upon con

su ltat i on w i th the War D epa rtm en t , i nher own S t a te . I t i s im po s s ible i n th i sgrea t coun t ry to fo l low a set ru le . Wha tw i l l b e en t i rely su i ted to N ew E ngland,for i n s ta nce, w i l l n ot b e pract icable i n theWes t or t he N o rth or the South , so weshould begi n by adju s t i ng ou r plan s to fi teach sect ion of the coun t ry . I t w i l l grea t lyf aci l i ta te m a t ters i f we fo l low th i s m e thod, for the m em ber s of the Boa rd a re

fam i l i a r w i th the sect ion s o f the cou n t rywh ich they represen t—know j u s t wha twomen i n the i r S ta te s are best . fi tted to

Lt ake cha rge of the work, an d

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hiieti ii ie

PRES IDENT GENE RAL ’

S ADDRESS

Mrs. Ma ry S . L ockwood,H on ora ry Chapla in Gen eral

n eed be lost i n m a k i ng expe r im en ts. We

ca n no t afiord to lo se t im e n ow. We are

a l l do i ng R ed Cross wo rk— a lm o s t everychap ter i s doi ng som e th i ng wh ich w i l lb e of se rv ice—bu t I th i nk tha t the Nat ion al Soc iety o f the D augh ters of the

Am e rican R evo lu t ion should have som especia l m ean s of serv ice wh ich sha l l bedes igna ted by the Govern m en t i n addit ion to wha t the m em be r s are do i ng a t

p resen t, and tha t form of serv ice be i n gdecided, a pla n o f o rga n i za t ion u po n thel i nes I have sugges ted ca n be adop teda t once. We s ta nd ready to do anyth i ng— to gi ve every th i ng— so let u s prepa re cu rselves to m ee t a ny dem a nd u po nu s w i th a defin i te plan o f act ion fo rm ed

on sou nd bu s i nes s p ri nciples . I t i s thep ract ica l m ean s wh ich w i l l be the m o s teffect ive m ean s .In our rou t ine wo rk . I am o f the sam e

op i n ion i n rega rd to the m em be r s o f th i sBoa rd know i ng the work be s t su i ted to

thei r loca li t i es a s i n ou r work of pre

pa redn ess, and i n appo i n t i ng the N a

t i onal Com m i t tees hope to have the

a s s i s ta nce of the S t a te Regen t s i n choo s

i ng wom en who are m os t fi t ted to under

Mrs. Geo rg e M . Stem b erg ,

H on ora ry l u ‘

c- I’rcstdcn t Gen era l

take the com m i t tee work . I do n ot b e

l ieve i n la rge com m i t tees . a s I havefou nd th rough my exper ience a s S t a teR egen t that the wo rk i s m o re sys tem a t ic,the resul t s m o re sa t i s f acto ry , when the

cha i rm en have sm a l l com m i t tee s of act i veworker s , a nd be l ieve tha t the sam e ru leappl ies to N a t io na l Com m i t tees . The

acceptance o f a n appo i n tm en t on a comm i t tee should m ean accepta nce o f a t e

spon s ib i l i ty to work on tha t com m i t tee,si nce the N a t ion a l Cha i rm an i s n atu ra l lyan x iou s to p roduce good resu l t s an d

should n ot be ham pe red i n her endeavo rto produce them .

Whenever a ca l l ha s com e f rom the

N a t ion a l Socie ty, the D augh ter s have re

sponded p rom pt ly and generou s ly, eventhough the wo rk be long i ng to the chapter s dem and b o th t im e a nd m oney . The

S ta te work th roughou t the cou n t ry i si ncrea s i ng rem a rkab ly, s i nce each S ta te,i n addi t ion to the work of the va r iou sN a t iona l Com m i t tees , ha s som eth i ng to

accom pl i sh wh ich be longs to'

the S ta tea lone, and i t u su a l ly m ean s th at the

chapter t rea su r ies are s t ra i ned to the

l im i t, so the day i s n ot fa r off— i i i ndeed

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PR ES ID EN T GENERAL '

S ADDR ESS

Mrs. R obert I . John ston ,Treasu rer Gen eral

to the pu rcha se o f the land upon wh ichan office bu i ldi ng m ay b e erected. The

i ncom e of the Society, care fully handled,

w i l l, or shou ld, be su fficien t to take ca reof a n ew bu i ldi ng w i th ve ry l i t tle a s sista nce f rom the S ta tes. I do n ot b eli eve

i n con stan t dem a nds for m on ey b eyondthe usualyea rly con tri b u t i ons tha t S ta te sand chapter s ca re to m ake. I f eachchap ter cou ld pla n i t s work w i th a cer

t a i n kn owledge tha t ju s t so m uch of i ts

funds were to be appl ied to cer ta i n oh

ject s i t wou ld be m uch ea s ier for all

conce rned, an d the day i s su re to com e

when th i s w i l l be a n accom pl i shed fact.Con t i nen ta l H a l l has been a nd a lway sw i l l be our ch ief sou rce of pr ide, an donce pa id for i t can be m a i n ta i ned fromou r i ncom e.

An office bu i ldi ng w i l l n ot b e the grea tex pen se to erect tha t Con t i nen ta l H a l lha s been . \Ve do n ot need a n elabo ra teb u i ldi ng. wha t we need i s a pract ica lon e, wel l equ ipped for da i ly u se an dcon ta i n i ng pla i n , sub s tan t ia l fu rn i tu re,plen ty of space and l igh t . The re shou ldbe re s t room s and a di n i ng room for the

clerk s, and every t im e- sa v i ng dev ice tha t

M rs . Ja m es .M . Fowler,L ib ra r i a n Gen eral

can be obta i ned, for the wo rk i s exacti n g a n d the p resen t fo rce of clerk s i sfrequen tly ove rwhelm ed w i th the ru shof bu s i ness.

The N a ti on a l Soc ie ty, a wom a n'

s or

ga n i za t ion , shou ld take p r ide i n hav i ngi ts cfli ce force wel l t rea ted ; i t shou ldlead i n a l l tha t appl ies to efficien cy, an dw i th a sp i r i t of cc- ope ra t ion be tween thecler ica l fo rce an d the offici a ls our effi

ci en cy is double.

There i s n o i dleness i n Con t i nen ta lH a l l ; the gi r ls there a re i n teres ted i nthe i r wo rk ; m any of them a re m em be rsof the Society . and eve ry oppo rtu n ityshou ld be gi ven them. to do thei r besteasi ly . An office bu i ldi ng w i l l do awaya lm o s t en t i rely w i th the con fu s ion du ri n g Congress week. Many of the S ta teshav i ng fu r n i shed room s i n the H a l l des i re to u se them for m ee t i ngs , and wherethat room i s u sed for ofl‘i ce pu rpo ses i tm ean s tha t the who le s tructu re i s dem ora l ized for a week . \N i th a sepa ra teofli ce equ ipm en t th i s cou ld b e avo ided.

There are two room s , the L ibra ry andthe Mu seum , wh ich , a s I sa id be fore,can no t be m oved, and both of them

374 DAUGH TER S OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE

Ai rs. Georg e Kuhn Cla rke, M i ss Ca ther i n e E . Ba rlow,

H is tor ia n Gen eral Cu ra tor Gen eral

shou ld be able to spread ou t . The

L ibra ry has n ot yet a r r ived a t the he igh tdep icted by Mrs. Cabe l l 's v i s ion— splendid though i t b e ! I t should be able tocom pete w i th any o f i t s k i nd i n the count ry, and i n t im e lead m o s t of them . I t i sn ecessa ry to the Socie ty to have tha tL ib ra ry a no t able ach ievem en t, and I bel ieve we shou ld give i t a m o re adequ a tea l lowance for the pu rcha se o f book s . Atpresen t i t i s a l lowed ju s t one hundreddo l la rs a yea r. and un t i l , I bel ieve, twoyea rs ago tha t appropr i a t ion was b u t

fi f ty do l la r s . H i s to r ica l an d genea logica lwo rks are ex pen s ive ; i t i s n ot a lwaysposs ible to ob ta i n them by gi ft, especi a l lywhen the pu bl i sher s or com p i ler s are n otm em be rs of the Soc ie ty, yet the bes t ofthese publ ica t ion s should b e on our

shelves . Bes ides m a k i ng ou r L ibra ry a

th i ng of adm i ra t ion a nd respec t, the fu rther equ ipm en t would save t im e i n at

least two depa rtm en t s . I t i s ve ry n ecessa ry for the Edi to r of the L i neage Bookan d the Society 's Genea logi s t to spen dm any hou rs i n the L ibra ry of Congres s ,because we do n ot have the book s neededi n thei r resea rch work . We should be

able to adju s t ou r i ncom e so tha t booksm ay be pu rcha sed when n eeded. I t wou ldn ot a t any t im e be a grea t expen se becau se there wi l l b e n o e x t ravagance su cha s buy i ng sim ply to acqu i re a num be r ofbook s ; wha t we w an t i s the best on ly,and for tu na tely we have exper t au thorit ies i a cha rge o f tha t depa rtm en t .The Museum , too shou ld grow . Much

of our prope r ty i s at the N a t ionalMu seum becau se of lack of adequa tepro tect ion , b ut of la te the la rge, sun nyroom i n Con t i nen ta l H a l l ha s a s sum edan added i n tere s t and the Cu ra tor Genera l i s ga theri ng m a ny objec t s of va luefor our co l lect ion there. Som e day i tm igh t be we l l to have a s t rong gr i l l wo rkon the doo r s open i ng ou t on the Sou thPo rt ico a nd the com ple te sa fety of our

h i stor ic rel ics w i l l then b e assured.

Ma ny have though t tha t the rem ova lof the bu s i ness depa rtm en ts from Con

t i n en tal H a l l m igh t take away i n terestfrom our s ta tely bu i ldi ng ; i f an yth in g.i t w i l l i ncrea se tha t i n teres t . We can

make i t s t i l l m ore wonder fu l , preserve i tsbeau ty , and by i ncreasi ng the L ibra ryand Museum ma ke ou r headqua r ter s the

PRES IDEN T GEN ERAL ’

S ADD R ESS

m o st per fect m em ori a l i n the world . Of

cou r se I am th i nk i ng ahead, bu t as theD augh ters, th rough the ir con t r ibu t ionsto the la nd

,kn ow tha t we sha l l soon

po s sess a ful l t i tle to that prope rty, theyknow a lso tha t the land thus acqu i redshould n ot lie idle, and i t is easy to

v i su a l i ze an an nex to the H a l l , wh ichw i l l m ea n m ore wo rk accom pl i shed inles s t im e, and the preserva t ion of a l l thatha s m ade Con t i nen ta l H a l l so fam ou s .\Vi th les s dra i n on the Soci e ty, and

w i th the rap i d i ncrea se i n m em ber sh ip,ou r i ncom e wi l l b e able to m a in ta i n an

o ffice sect ion in addi t ion to the H a l l ,where the cost w i l l even tu a l ly be less,the N a t ion a l Com m i t tees w i l l have a

la rger scope. The Comm i t tee on Pa t r io t ic Educa t ion m u s t grow ; i ts work i sm o re im po r ta n t each yea r . H i s to ricR esea rch, Preserva t ion of H i s to r icS po t s, Preven ti on of D e secra t ion of the

Flag,m u s t be l ibera l ly suppo rted i t we

a re to l ive up to ou r tru e pu rpo se s .Ou r Maga z i ne, wh ich u nder happier

c i rcum s ta nces m igh t have been a sou rceo f i ncom e, i s n ow cau s i ng an appa l l i ngdefi ci t i n our t rea su ry . For yea rs ou r

o ffi ci a l orga n has been a sou rce of con

sidcrab le wor ry, b u t i t had prospects o f

b ri ng i ng us an i ncom e, or a t lea st of

be i ng able to pay for i t self.U nder exper ien ced bu s i ness m anage

m en t a w ider ci rcu la t ion wou ld havem ean t adver t i s i ng, a nd i t i s by advert i si n g a lon e tha t a m agaz i ne i s kep t al ivefinanci a l ly. The Red Cro s s an d othero rga n iza t ions m a i n ta i n flou r i sh i ng otfi

c ial orga ns by the m eans of placi ng themi n the hands of publ i sher s, n ot pr i n ters,an d the i ncom e f rom the advert i s i ngm ore than covers e xpen ses.

Co ngress has dec ided tha t the Magaz i ne m u st retu rn to the form er m ethodof bei n g i ssued upon a pa id sub scri p t ionbasi s, wh ich w i l l , of cou r se, reduce i tsc i rcu la t ion , an d there fo re i ts advert isin gva lue. We need the Magaz i ne an d i t

should b e the true offici a l o rga n carryi n g a l l offici a l new s to every chap ter, toevery m em ber , thu s sa v i ng po s tage an d

pri n t i ng, s i nce the offici a l ci rcula r s andcomm i tt ee an noun cem en ts m ust n ow be

Mrs. Ben jami n D . H ea th,D i rector Gen eral i n Charge R epo rt to the

S m i thson ia n In st i tu t i on

sent sepa ra tely . I hope that every on e

of you w i l l orga n ize a sy s tem a t ic cam

pa i gn i n you r S ta tes for the Maga z i nean d br in g i ts c i rcu la t ion to a po i n t whe rei t w i l l be a good adve rt i s in g m edium .

5 0 m an y of the m em bers have welcom edi t i n the ir hom e s for the pa s t yea r tha tthey m ay n ot wa n t to give i t up—a f actwh ich m ay hel p i n advan ci ng the work ofsecu ri ng sub sc r ipt ion s . We sha l l en

deavor to secu re the best poss ib le workat the be s t po s s ible ra tes. as a n um be r ofwel l kn own and est abl i shed publ ish i ngfirm s are an x ious to subm i t b i ds for a

con t ract . These w i l l b e pl aced beforeyou a t the June m ee t i ng by the Cha i rm an oi the Magaz i ne Comm i t tee, Mrs.

Geo rge M . M i no r, of Conn ecticu t, an d

there i s n o reason why the Maga z i neshould n ot becom e a sou rce of i ncom e i nt ime. It i s, as I have sa id, a necessi ty ;i t i s a s m uch a part of

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ou r Society a sth i s bu i ldi ng of ou rs. and we who haveach ieved Mem or i a l Con t i nen ta l H a l lshou ld certa i n ly t ake pr ide i n produci ngan offi ci a l o rgan wh ich sh a l l equa l i f n otexceed i n va l ue a l l pub l ica t ion s of a simi lar natu re. So let us pu t our shoulders

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Sta tem en t of the Presiden t General i n Regardto the Fin an cia l Condit ion of

N. S. D . A . R .

Between the date o f the T reasu rer General's repo rt of March 3lst and the closeo f Cong ress a g reat m any t ra n sactions took place.

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1 h i s be i ng the ease, I have decidedshow yo u exact fi nancia l condi t ion at the clo se o f Cong ress when the present

adm in istrat ion entered offi ce.

T here was a balance o f i n the Cu rrent Fund. The Soc iety owed

on account o f the no tes g i ven for Magazine expenses. There were a lso

b i lls contracted by the old adm in i stration b u t n ot pa id by them , am ou nt i ng toThe Society w i l l a lso have to pay for the May an d June num bers o f t he Magazinein accordance w i th the contract m ade by the old Magazine Com m i ttee . T hi s w i l lam ount to abo u t The Society al so owes L a ldwell 8: Com panyo n account o f the Block Cert ificates and the Bowker Com pany have a bi l l aga i nst theSociety for on acco un t o f the Magaz ine. (Th i s last bil l has been in dispu te. )

we m u st add an am ount necessary to

fay the Society’s expenses to Decem ber

Slst . Most of the Society 's revenue for 19 1 has already been rec eived a nd judg ingb last year, our cu rren t expense s to Decem ber 31st W Ill b e abou t m o retli’

an ou r rece ipts. To sum u p, we owe in Cu rrent Fund

Bowker Co . (Th i s bil l has been in di spu te)E xcess running expenses to D ecem be r 3 l st

Less balance o n hand

N et debt in Cu rren t

We al so owe in the Perm anent Fund on account o f land pu rchased, al sobo rrowed from the McLean lli stor ical Fund a n d bo rrowed f rom

Ph i l i pp i ne Scho larsh i p Endowm ent Fund, or a to tal of From th is shou ldsu btracted the Ch icago a nd Al ton bonds am ou nting to or a n et debt in

the Perm anen t Fund o f So the tota l debt i s as fo l low

Do n o t th ink from the abo ve s ta tem ent that ou r fi nancia l a ffa irs are in a cri t icalcondi t i on . D u r i ng the past fou r years has been paid o n the Mem or ialCon tm en tah H all debt. and ou r beau t i fu l hom e i s ahsolu tel free from debt . ( Inth i s

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co n n ect i on i t i s only fai r to no te that abo u t o fyth i s am ount was raised

du r i ng the las t '

ea r o f the adm in i strat ion o f Mrs. Matthew T . Sco tt. ) There hasalso been pa i d on the land. Ou r fi nancial condi t ion i s better than everbe fore b u t we a re n o t ou t of debt a nd every effo rt m u st b e m ade n o t only to payo ff the debt on the land b ut a lso the defi ciency i n the Cu rrent Fund.

SARAH E LIZABETH GU ERN SEYPresiden t Gen era l, N . S . D . A. R .

NAT IONAL COMMITT EE ONWAR REL IEFSERVICEIn accordan ce w i th the a nnoun cem en t i n la s t m on th

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li ef Serv ice Comm i t tee has i s sued th rough Mrs. W i l l iam H . Wa i t, S ta te Rege ntof M ich iga n , let ter s f rom the Agr icul tu ra l Depar tm en t a nd the N avy Leagu e,toge ther wi th regi s t ra t ion blank s and o ther l i tera tu re. The fol low i ng let tersw i l l speak for them sel ves and for the Com m i ttee :

92 Waters Avenu e,West New Bri g hton, N . Y.

To the D aug hter: of the R evolu t i omPa tri ot i c Wom en of Am eri ca :

A great cr is is has descended upon the nat ion : we a re at war w i th a sleepless, resou rce fu land relentless enemy . E very hou r our foem an i s drawm g nearer to ou r shores.

It i s an hou r when every m an m u st do h i s du ty, when every wom an m u st do her du ty.We a re safe i f we are v ig i lant. Bu t the hou r dem ands the spir i t o f '

76, t he cou rage o fBu nker H i ll, the devot ion . o f Val ley For e. Each on e m u st do the work w hich i s possible.

We m u s t com e w i th our offer ings to t e a ltar o f ou r cou ntry. All the g loriou s spi ri tsof hi story a re look ing down upon u s. Let u s be a nation rou sed an d reso lu te.

U p f rom the bleeding heart o f France there com es a cry from the str icken an d deso latehom es o f a hero ic people. It is the cry o f France in her trag ic hou r— France the beau ti fu l,the rom an tic, the daring—France. the f riend of Am erica—France that hu rr ied to ou r he lpin that old t im e when ou r inci p ien t nat ion was wrapped in the sm oke an d flam e o f t heRevo lu tion.

The people of France are perhaps the m os t arti stic an d sensi t ive people on the g lobe.

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n i e i r ach ievem ents are peri sh ing ; thei r m en are dying on blood fi elds . S hal l we let t heseed of th is poet ic an d peace fu l_people pe ri sh from the earth . Shall we n ot save the

chi ldren, the hung ry. homeless ch i ldren ?Patr io t wom en, there i s a g reat work wai t ing for you r m o therly heart s an d hands—a

g reat and sacred work . You ca n com e forth to rescue f rom g r ie f a nd penu ry the orphanedch i ldren o f France. You ca n be fr iend the father les s and the m o therless . T h i s i s you r work.H ere i s you r opport un i ty to serve God, for the serv ice of God i s the serv ice o f hum an i ty.

The ch i ldren of Fran ce, they are cry i n g to you from the i r shattered hom es ; the needbread, they need she l ter, they need raim ent. Fran ce i s stricken : the swo rd o f the Run i sin her bleeding s ide. The agony i s in her heart, yet she ho lds her g round w i th the m agn ificen tcou rag e o f the gods. By her bravery and devo t i on she has becom e the i nsp iration o f nations.W i l l you n ot l i sten to the appeal of France i n her m o rt al hou r ? H er cry to you , 0

wom en. i s a cry for the rescue of her hel pless chi ldren . H ave you t im e for work ? Then.m ake garm ents for the l i ttle ones. H ave you m oney ? Le t i t go free ly to crea te hom esfor the hom eless. T hi s is the hou r for ou r m artyr - love.

D augh ters o f the R evolu t ionWou ld you enter into a g reat r i esthood as sacred as the gates of H eaven ? H ere i s

you r oppo rtuni ty ! For who so hat n o w i l l b u t to b e feet fo r God's k indness. hea rt forGod

‘s b en efi ccn ce, l ips for God's com passion . lo . unto h im i s a priesthood greater than

that of Aaron and m ore du rable than that of Melch i zedeck l

Bowm L'IARKH AM .

Mem oria l Cont inental H al l, Wash ington. D . C.

May 3, 191 7 .

H i s Excellen cy . J . I.Ju ssm n o,

Am bassado r o f France,Wash ingt on, D . C.

The Cha i rm an of the War Rel ief Serv ice Com m i ttee o f the Nat ional Society D aug hterso f the Am e rican Revo lu t ion requests o f You r E xcel lency a su ggestion as to t he m o steffect i ve serv ice that thi s g reat o rganizat ion, num bering over n ine ty - fi ve thou sand wom en,can render France in th i s cri t ical hou r.We wou ld in som e pract ical

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way show ou r appreciat ion o f, a nd our sym pathy w i th,

the g reat fi g h t that France i s wag i ng in behal f of dem ocracy, hum an freedom a nd ci v i l i zat ion, an d i f there i s on e way rather than another in wh ich we m ay prove our fa i th byou r works we w i ll g ladly avai l ou rse l ves o f that pr ivi lege.

Very respect fu l ly(Mi ts

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X1é) Jua n C. Scorr, Cha i rm a n , N a t i on al Com m i ttee, If’ar R eli ef Serv ice,

(Mus. A. Ann a: S . Bun cson , Vice-Cha i rman .

NATIONAL COMM ITTEE ON WAR R EL IEF S ER VICE

Ma tthew T. Scott, Mn . A. S . Burleson ,Cha irma n V ice- Cha irm a n

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Au x Bu r s U N IS Wash ing ton, May 4. 1917.D ear Madam :

In reply to you r request on behal f o f the Nation al Soc iety D aughters of the Am er i canRevo lu t ion, for a suggestion as to the bes t m ethod o f express ing, in a pract ical way. you rsym pathy an d fr icndsh i w i th France in the strug g le she i s m ak i n for hum an liberty . andi n wh ich you r cou ntry as nobly jo ined, I have the honor to say t at, in m y op i n i on. thereis perhaps n o be tter way i n wh ich you r g rea t Soc iety cou ld express th i s feel ing o f fel lowsh i pthan by caring for som e of the ch i ldren o f France o rphaned by th i s war i n whi ch our

com m on interest s and the interests of civ i l i zat ion a re at stake.The works inst i tu ted for the rel ie f o f the confl ict a re very num erou s, very m eri toriou s,

and for m o s t of them Am er ican genero s i ty has pro ff ered the m o s t valuable he lp. Bu t i twou ld seem part icu lar] fi tt ing . s ince i t i s the i r desire to act , tha t the D aug hters o f theAm erican Revo lu tion 5 ow especia l ly thei r interes t in the sons and daughters of Francele f t fatherless by the g reat s trugg le.

l have the hono r to be, Madam . w i th heart fe l t thanks fo r th i s n ew token of Am er i cansym pathy and good w i ll, Respect fu l ly you rs, Jussm rw .

May 4 th , 19 l7.Mus . Mam a“! T . 56 0 1 1 , Cha i rm a n i l

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a r R eli ef S ervi ce Com m i ttee, N a t i onal S ociety D oug hters of the Am er ica n R evolu t ion .

D ea r M rs. S co t t :I shal l be happ

ya n d honored to accept an d to transm i t to France su ch contr ibu t ions

as the D au ghters o the Am erican Revo lu t ion m ay send m e for that pu rpose, an d I needm rcely express m y g ra ti tude for thei r generou s intention.

Very sincerely yours,Eu se Ju ssm n n.

In accordance w i th the rule of the N a t iona l Society, a l l fu nds for th isu rpose m u s t b e sen t to the T REASURER GE N ERAL , Mem o r i a l Con t i nen ta l H a l l ,a sh i ngt on , D . C. She w i ll t ran sm it to Madam Jus serand a l l m oney rece ived

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382 DAU GH TERS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINEbu t i t wi l l be an added inducemen t tosubsc ri be to th e J uly i ssue to be ableto read them .

On Saturday, May 12 , a mem ori a lbu i l t by the Governmen t o f the U n itedS ta tes and Pa tri ot ic c i t izen s to the

women o f the No rth and the Wom en o f

the South, held i n lovin g memo ry by an ow un i ted coun try,” was ded icated tothe servi ce o f the American R ed Cross .As every in ch o f space i n the bu i ldin gi s i n use con sta n t ly , the exerc i ses wereheld i n our H al l . H on o rab le W i l l iamH owa rd Ta ft presided ; the pre sen tat ionwas made by the Secretary o f War, andaccepted by the Pres iden t o f the U n i tedStates, i n h i s capac ity as Pres iden t o fthe Red Cross Assoc iat ion , who spokeas fo l lows :Mr. Cha i rm an , Mr. Secre ta ry . Ladies an d

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I t g i ves m e a ve ry deep grat ificat ion as thet i tu lar head o f the Am er ican Red Cross toaccept in the n am e o f tha t as soc ia t ion th iss ign ifica n t and beau t i fu l g i f t. the g i ft o f th eGovernm en t and o f pr ivate i nd iv idua l s whohave con ce i ved the i r du ty i n a n ob le spi ri tand upon a g rea t scale. I t seem s to'

m e thatthe arch i tec tu re o f the b u i lding to wh ich the

Sec retary al lu ded sugg ests som eth in g verys ign ifican t. There are few b u i ld ing s i n Washi n gt on m ore s im ple i n the i r l in es an d i n the i rorn am en ta t ion than the beau t i fu l b u i ldin g wea re dedicat in g th is even ing . I t b reathes a sp ir i to f m odes ty and seem s to ado rn du ty w i th i t sproper garm en t of beau ty. I t is s ign ifican ttha t i t shou ld be dedica ted to the wom en who

served to al levi a te su li er i ng and com fo rt thosewho were i n n eed du rin g ou r C iv i l War, becau se the i r though t fu l, d is in teres ted, sel f - sacr ificing devot ion is the sp i r i t wh ich shou ld alwaysi l lu s tra te the se rv ices o f the R ed Cross .The R ed Cross n eed s a t th is t im e m ore thani t ever n eeded be fore the com prehen din g sup

po rt o i the Am er i can peop le and al l the faci l it ies wh i ch cou ld b e pl aced a t it s d isposa l toper form i t s du t ie s adequ ate ly . and effi ci en t ly.I be l ieve tha t the Am er ican peop le perhapshardly yet real ize the sacr ifices a nd sufieri n g s

tha t a re b e fore them . We thou gh t the scaleo f ou r C iv i l Wa r was u n preceden ted, b u t i ncom pari son w ith the s tr ug g le in to wh ich we

have n ow en tered the C iv-i lWar seem s alm os tin s ign ifican t i n i ts propo r t ion s and in i t s expendi ture o f t reasu re an d o f b lood . An d.

therefore. i t i s a m at ter o f the g rea tes t importan ce tha t we shou ld a t the ou t set see to i ttha t the Am erican Red Cross i s equ ipped a ndprepared for the thin g s tha t lie before i t . I t

wi l l be ou r in st rum en t to do the works o f a ilev ia ti on and o f m ercy wh i ch w i l l a t ten d th iss tru gg le. O f cou rse. the sca le upon wh i ch i tsha l l act w i l l be g rea ter than the scale o f anyother du ty tha t i t has ever a t tem pted to perform . I t is i n recogn it ion o f tha t fac t th at theAm er ican Red Cross has j u s t added to i tsorgan i za t ion a sm al l body o f m en whom i t haschosen to ca l l i ts Wa r Coun ci l—n o t b ecau sethey are to coun sel war, b u t becau se they areto serve i n th is spec ial war those pu rposeso f cou n se l wh ich have becom e so im pe ra t ive lyn ecessa ry. T he i r firs t du ty w i l l be to ra isea g rea t fun d ou t o f wh i ch to d raw the rc~

sou rces for the pe r form an ce o f thei r du ty,and I do n o t bel ieve tha t i t w i l l be n ecessa ryto appeal to the Am er ican people to respon dto the ir ca l l for fu n ds, be cau se th e hear t o fth is coun t ry is i n th i s war, and i f the hea rto f the cou n t ry is i n the war. i t s hear t w i l lexpres s i tse l f i n the g i f ts tha t w i l l be pou redou t for these hum an e pu rposes . I say the hearto f the cou n t ry i s i n th is war becau se i t wou ldn ot have gon e in to i t i f i t s heart had n o t been

p repa red for i t. I t wou ld n ot have gon e in toi t i f it had n ot firs t b el ieved tha t here was anopportu n i ty to express the character o f theUn i ted S ta tes . We have gon e i n w ith n o

special g r ievan ce o f ou r own , because we havea lways sa id tha t we were the f rien d s and ser

wan ts o f m ank in d . We look for n o profit.We look for n o advan tage . We w i l l accept n oadvan tage ou t o f th is wa r. We go becausewe be l ieve tha t the very pr in c iples u pon wh ichthe Am eri can Repub l i c was foun ded a re n ow

a t s take and m u s t be v in d ica ted. In such acon tes t, there fore, we shal l n ot fa i l to respon dto the a ll to serv ice tha t com es th rough th ein s t ru m en tal i ty o f th is parti cula r organ iza tion .

An d I th ink i t n ot in appropr iate to say th is :There w i l l be m an y expre ss ion s o f the spi rito f sym pa thy a nd m ercy an d an d

1 th ink tha t i t is very n ecessa ry tha t we shou ldn ot d i sperse our act iv i t ies i n those l in es toom u ch ; tha t we shou ld keep con s tan tly i n vi ewthe des i re to have the u tm os t con cen tra t ion andefficien cy o f efiort, and I hope tha t m os t, i fn ot al l. o f the ph ilan th rop i c act iv it ies o f th iswa r m ay be exerc ised i f n ot th rou gh the RedCross, then th rough som e al ready-con s ti tu tedand exper ien ced organ i za t ion . Th is i s n o warfor am ateu rs . Th is i s n o war for m ere spontan eou s im pu l se . I t m ean s g r im b u s in ess oneve ry s ide o f i t. an d it is the m e re coun sel o fp ru den ce tha t i n our ph i l an th ropy as we l l a s inour figh t in g we shou ld ac t th rou gh the i n str u

m en tal it ies al ready prepared to ou r han d andal ready expe ri en ced i n th e tasks wh ich a re

g oi n g to be ass ign ed to them . Th is shou ld bem erely the express ion o f the pract i ca l gen iuso f Am erica i t se l f, an d I bel ieve tha t the pract ical g en iu s o f Am er ica w i l l d ic ta te tha t theeffort s i n th is war i n th is par ti cu lar field shou ld

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OFFICERS AND WAR COUNC IL OF AMER ICAN RED CROSSThe firs t m eet i ng of the ofli ccrs a nd thc n ew ly appoi n ted war cou n c i l of the Am er i canR ed Cross was o n S a tu rday, May 12 . L ef t to r i g h t, fron t row : Rober t W. D eForcst,vi ce-presi den t ; Woodrow W i lson , pres i den t of the R ed Cross ; form er Presi den t W i llia mH . Taf t . chai rm an of the ex ecu t i ve com m i t tee ; E li ot t ll’odm 'orth

,actua l ex ecu t ive head

of the org an isa t i on . In the b ack row a re H e»

Gray-son P. M u rphy, Cha rlcs N orton a ndCorn el i us N . B l is s, I r., the on ly o ther m em ber of the coun c il, is n ot presen t.cou n ci l.

be con cen t rated i n experi en ced han ds as oure ffo rt s i n o ther fields w i l l be.

There i s an o ther th in g that i s s ign ifica n t anddel igh t fu l to m y thou gh t abou t the fac t tha tth is b u i ldin g shou ld be ded ica ted to the

m em ory o f the wom en b oth o f the N orth and

o f the Sou th. I t is a sort o f lan dm ark o f theu n i ty to wh ich the people have b een b rou gh tso fa r as any old quest ion wh ich to re ou r

h ea rt s i n day s gon e by is con cern ed ; and I prayGod tha t the ou tcom e o f th i s s trugg le m ay b etha t every other elem en t o f d ifferen ce am on g s tu s w i ll be ob l i tera ted and tha t som e day hi stor ia n s w ill rem em ber these m om en tou s yearsa s the years wh ich m ade a si n g le people ou t

o f the grea t b ody o f those who ca l l them selvesAm er ican s. The ev iden ces are a lready m an ytha t th is is happen in g . The div is ion s wh ichwere predicted have n ot occu rred a nd w i l l n otoccu r. The spir i t o f th is people i s al readyun i ted a nd when e ffor t an d su ffer in g an d

sa cr ifice have com p leted the un i on m en w i l l

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dward N . H u rley , a ll m em b er: of the war

n o lon ge r speak o f an y l in es e ither o f raceo r o f as sociat ion cu t t ing a thwart the grea tbody o f th is n a t ion . 5 0 tha t I fee l tha t wea re n ow b eg in n ing the processes wh ich w i l lsom e day requ i re an other b eau t i fu l m em orialerec ted to those whose hear ts un i tin g, un i tedAm er ica .Immedia tely a fter the exerc ises the

Presiden t rev iewed the \Vom en ’

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teer Aid Corps o f the D i st ri ct o f Columbia R ed Cross Chapter from a port icoerected immedia tely i n fron t ofMem ori a lCon t in en tal H al l . On the way to h i ssea t i n the revi ewi ng stan d, he, w i th theother m em bers o f the \Va r Cou n c i l of theAme ri can R ed Cro ss, ju s t appo in ted.

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I NDEPENDE NCE, KANSASMay 25 , 19 17 .

Mrs. Amo s G . D raper ,

Memor ia l Cont inen ta l H al l .My dea r Mrs. D raper

The Reco rd ing Secretary General feel s that the m inutes o f the Apri l23 Boa rd m eet ing shou ld go i n the June Magaz ine— I wou ld, therefo re,request that you take ou t the index and run in the Apri l 23 Boa rd m inu tes,and as the m i nutes run a few pages over the number taken by the Index, 1wou ld suggest tha t pages 40 1 and 4 1 1 cou ld b e taken ou t to make moreroom ( tha t i s, the ma t ter now i n type on those pages) ; and i f necessary,on e or two o f the book rev iews.

Instead o f bi nd ing the index i nto the Magaz ine, we w i l l havecopies of the Index run o ff in pamphle t form, an d I wou ld ask that youi n sert a not ice in th i s number o f the Magaz i ne i n form ing subscribers that acopy o f the Index ca n be procu red by wr it ing to M em or ia l Con t i nen t a l H al l .As you know , many o f the D aughters do not save thei r magaz ines andw i l l n ot ca re fo r the Index .

Very s in ce rely you rs,S ARAH E . GU E RNSEY,

Presi dent Gen eral.

N OT ICE .

In accordance w i th the above request , any subsc riber to the D AUGH TERSor Tm : Amm uca x R svow r lox MAca zm l-t wh o des i res a n Index to Volum e

L i s requ ested to w ri te to

Mem ori a l Con ti n en tal Ha ll, Wash i n gton , D . C.

The p roo f ha s al ready been read for the i ndex .(Mrs. Amos G . ) BEL L ME RR I LL D u ran

,Edito r.

May 2 5, 1 9 1 7 .

Tales ofYe Olde King'

s H ighwayBy H a rri et Tru bee Garlick

The people o f today as they t ravel f romBo ston to N ew Y o rk i n a few hou rsseated com fo rtably in an au tomobi le,over h ighways espec ial ly prepared forthem can scarcely real ize that less thanon e hundred and fi fty years ago many o fthe se roads d id not ex i st .In 1637 when R oger L u dlow and Capta in Mason pursued the Pequot s th rougha part o f Connec t icu t they fol lowed thet rai l o f the Ind ian who had marked thepaths

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accessi b le to the foo t t raveler andto on e obl iged to ford sw i f t ly flow ingstreams .In 1639, only two years a fter the Pe

quo ts were conquered i n the swamp n owbearing thei r name and com m erora ted bya monument , R oger Lud low w i th a company o f brave m en and women enthusedby the glow ing account he had g iven

Pequo t Mon um en t

them o f seashore val leys and fert i le h il ls,jou rneyed over the Ind ia n t rail f romWindso r to U ncowa . Al though theyonly numbered n ine to ten fam i l ies i tsfa i r fiel d s so appealed to them they immed iately set tled there.

The Ind ian t ra il s known as t roddenpaths were sca rcely two feet w ide an d

were covered by grass. moss an d pineneed les, un t i l the hobnailed shoes o f thewhite man caused the beau t i fu l woodland path s to become hard and bare.

Afterward a broader road was made forhorses w i th blazed t rees for gu ide po s tsand as t ime passed became an unevenand w ider h ighway over which the jol ting ca rt carried del icate women and l i t tlech i ldren .

The K ing's H ighway or Post Road followed the same path as d id the Ind iano f 1637 when he fled for re fuge to theh il l in Pequo t Swamp. Al though th isroad i s st i l l rem em bered by its a nc ien tt it le, K ing's H ighway o r Post Road , anda few o f it s m i lestones remain to rem indthe t raveler that many yea rs ago i t wasthe great and only pathway through NewE ngland, be fore many yea rs the locat iono f thi s road w i l l b e quest ioned i f postsa t it s cross roads are not placed bear ingalo f t a s ign upon which is w ri t ten inla rge let ters K ing’s H ighway or PostR oad .

In the ea rl iest Colon ial days let terswere ca rri ed by chance t ravelers or bywater. John W i n th rop ava iled h im se l ff requen tly o f the k in d ly d i spos i t ion o fthe m en who came to N ew L ondon tobuy and sel l by send ing let ters to placesthey passed upon thei r journey homeward .

T he first mounted Post f rom N ewYork to Boston sta rted January 1 , 1673.

“The Ca rr ier was engaged to be act ive,stou t, inde fat igable. honest, attent ive toal l st rangers t ravel ing i n h is companyand to watch for the best roads andfords . " The Post ri ders who advert i sedwere private ca rri ers. They é tw lm (

TALES OF YE OLD E KIN G’

S H IGH WAY

to ri de pos t for the good o f the publ ic.The fol low ing rhyme attached to on e o fthe i r adve rt i sem en t s i s dated January 18,1799 .

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er rugged h il l s and val l ies w ideH e never yet has fa iled to bri dge i t ;As s teady as the flow in g t ide

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H e hands a round the no rthern budget .The term “Post R oad" i s sa id to have

o riginated i n France and origin a l ly inst itu ted for carry ing Court or Gove rnm entme s sages. “

In France they were fixedby Lou i s X I

,by Ord inan ce June 19,

They were es tabl i shed in E n gland about 1672 ; al though i n 1 548 the

u se o f post horses were fixed at a pennya m i le. K ing W i l l iam and Mary, onFebrua ry 1 7 . 169 1 - 92 i ssued let ters patentto Thom as N eal grant ing h im fu l l powerto establ i sh offices i n the i r ch ief Po rt s“and sa id Magest ies Colon ies and Planta t ion i n America ; and appo i n t Offi ce rsfor rece i v ing and d i spat ch ing let ters,packages, at such rates and sum s o fmoney as the plan ters shal l agree togi ve .

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On Apri l 4 , 1692 Andrew H am i l tonwas appo in ted D eputy Postmaster General for the Pl anta t ions and Colon ies inAmerica . May 26, 1692 a lette r f romthe Q ueen d i rected to S i r W i l l iam Ph ips,Governor o f Massachuset ts Bay

,con

fi rmed the apopi n tm en t .“In l and Ma il : f rom R hode Island to

Boston each single let ter s ix pence ; f romConnect icu t to Boston , n i ne pence ; fromN ew York to Boston

,twel ve pence. All

publ ic let ters were to be sent f ree o fcharge. The ferries were to al low the

Post to pass f ree . H am i l ton agreed toe rec t a post cfl‘ice in Bo ston . Be t e

Spon s ible for the prope r prov id ing andequ ipm en t o f m en and ho rses for the del i very of the m a i l wh ich shou ld pass fromBoston to New York at lea st once aweek ; certa in days we re chosen for i tscom ing and go ing. The letters o f thatper iod were fi l led w ith state ly sen ten ces,st i l ted ph rases and al so conta i ned the

news o f the day for there were no newspape rs and no pe ri od icals . When the

w ri te r ’s feel ings were st rongly a ffec ted

e i ther th rough sympathy or a ffect ion thelette r wou ld o ften be expressed in rhyme.

I have be fore m e a let ter wr it ten in S tratford, Connect icu t, a t a later date bu t express ing the sent iment I w i sh to convey .

“S t rat ford, Augu st 24th, 1793.

“D ear Mrs.Jones“I have had in contem pl at ion ever s ince thedeath o f you r hu sband to wr i te you a fewconsolatory l i nes on the subject, b u t the m anyavocat ions wh ich have fal len in m y way haveobl iged m e to de fer the m atter unt i l presen t

tim e. I have prosecu ted m y inten t ions poet ical ly because i t seem s better adapted to su chpu rposes as i t genera l ly m akes a m ore durable im press ion on the m ind and though m ywarm est ex pec tat ions canno t even suppose thata few l ines o f th is natu re can afford you anyreal comfort yet they w i l l be a w i tn ess o f thegood inten t ions o f a f r iend who thou gh heca nnot rem ove the weigh t o f you r afflict ionm ay chance to soo th for a l it t le t im e a t least.Scarce had you reached l i fe's fa ir m er id ianhe igh t

When al l you r hopes were swal lowed up i nn igh t.A gloom y nigh t, whose m ornings never ri seW i th beam s resplendent to i l lum e the sk ies.A nigh t o f death , N atu re's perpe tu al dreadSpread fort h i ts cu rta in s rou nd thy lovelyhead.Arrayed in a l l the terrors o f h is powerTo blas t thy hopes o f every fu ture hour.

0 h ! heavy st roke ! I saw h i s l i fe res ign ed,And fe l t the a ngu ish work ing on thy m i nd,Saw the hard confl ict. and the aw fu l stri feWh ich c losed the scenes o f thy husba nd’s

u se fu l l i fe.Alas ! how early f rom thy bosom torn,And le f t the w idowed, deso late, forlorn.Oh ! cou ld he b ut have spoken , and fon d ly

p ressedThy tender hand upon hi s m an ly breast,And i n fa in t accent s wh ispered, we m u s t part .What t ransport s fill h is sou l to hea r and

sm g,

Those bri l l ian t g lor ies wh ich su rroun d our

K ing .

P ray then my f rien d all p l a int ive notes forbearAnd th ink what g lor ies crown thy hu sbandthere.

Th ink on tha t hou r, when you shal l r ise onh igh,An d m ee t h im i n those m ans ions o f the sky.Clad i n the br igh tness o f the eternal re ignAnd heavenly bl iss al l natural spr ing aga in

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Mi lestone: on Ki ng’

s H ighway

int repid spir i t she ev inced i n overcom ingal l obstacles to her jou rney i s worthy o fou r h ighest adm i rat ion .In 1 753 Benj am i n Frank l i n was appo inted Postmaster General for the

Am er ican Co lon ies . D u r ing his fi rst yea ri n office he made a tour o f the countryfor the pu rpose o f inspecti ng and e stabli sh i n g ma i l rou tes, and i t ' i s sa id v i s i tedevery post office in the Colon ies w i th theexcept ion o f one at Charleston , S . C.

Fi ve months were taken in per form ingthe jou rney . Frank l in rode in a coach o fh i s own des ign w i th a machi ne whichw a s an i n vent ion o f h i s at tached to theveh ic le and wh ich regi stered by the revolu t i on o f i ts wheel s the numbe r o f m i lesth e chai se passed over. A gang o f m en

c losely fol lowed w ith cart s fi l led w ithpost s or m i lestones . At each m i le the

coa ch hal ted and a stone or pos t wa sdropped wh ich wa s a fte rwa rd set andthe King's H ighway was marked by the

m i le stones st i l l stand i ng by the road side.The K ing's H ighway was also markedat it s c ross road s by gu ide posts whichwere o f ten gruesom e monum ents ; forthe su ic ide was doomed by law to b e i n

terred at the four co rners o f the road andthe sign post driven through the body tofasten it to the earth so i t cou ld not riseand wander forth among the haunts o fm en .

There were no mai l coaches before therevolut ion , bu t in 1 783 Le v i Pease o fBoston , who had served h is count ry du ring the war by carry ing valuable d ispatches for La fayet te and the Am er icanofli cers and had i n th i s way become fam i l ia r w i th the best routes for tra ve‘i ngth rough certain sect ions, conce i ved theplan o f open ing a l ine o f stage coachesbetween Boston and H art ford . The on l yo th er per son who seem ed to have fa i th i nthe en terpr i se wa s a young m an named

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Captain Pease and he were the fi rststage drivers over the Post road fromBoston to H art ford and “v ice versa .

”

The jou rney requ i red four days at a costo f ten dollars for each passenger. Thel ine soon ex tended to N ew York . JosiahQ u incy descri bes a ri de f rom Bostonto N ew York i n on e o f Captain Pease’scoaches wh ich was cons idered a methodo f t ranspo rtat ion o f wonder fu l expedit ion .

H e rel ates tha t the jou rney occupied aweek ; the coaches were old an d schackl ing and much o f the harness was madeup o f ropes . H orses were changed every1 8 m i les . As the road s were general lyi n a d read fu l cond i t ion the stage wa s aptto get in to quagm i res or ru t s and thenthe d ri ver wou ld cal l upon h i s passengersto aid in ext r icat i ng i t f rom what o ftenre sembled the "

S lough o f despond . Not

w i thstand ing these obstacles the stagecoach was an improvement upon the

saddle horse and p i l l ion .

In Octob er 1 789 Pres ident Geo rge\Vash ingt on accompan ied by Ma jorJackson , Mr. Lear and six servantst raveled over the K ing’s H ighway on atour th rough the eas tern S ta tes . The

Presiden t desc r ib es the road for the

greater pa rt , indeed the whole way f romN ew York

,as very rough and stony, bu t

the l and st rong, wel l covered w i th gra ssand luxu r ian t crops o f Ind ian corn i nterm i xed w i th “Pompion s” (wh ich wereungathered i n the field ) . On every handnature’s flower ga rden m u s t have coveredthe way s ide an d waste places w i th a masso f cr imson and go ld, whi le the fol i age

Pequot II i ll, Groton

o f the t ree s on h il l and val ley were bri ll iant in thei r Autumnal color i ng.

The King’s H ighway and i ts anc ien tmi lestones br ing to our memory ta le s o fearly N ew E ngland . The story o f thegreat Sachem Sassacu s's royal res i den ceon Pequot h il l in Groton ; the power fu lt ribe over which he ru led and th e i r an n ih i la t ion as a nat ion whi le fight ing fo rpossession o f the hu nt ing groun d s o fthe i r fathers i s ak in to another ho rr iblemassacre wh ich took place 144 years a iterwa rd upon an other o f i ts h igh places.Although the hero i sm o f the garrison i nFort Gri swold has been immortal ized bya monum en t no hand has erected a m e

mo ri al to the red man who d ied fight ingfor home and Fatherland . The monument ded ica ted to the heroes o f FortGri swold i s on Mou n t Ledya rd and overi ts en t rance on ma rble i s the follow ingin scr ipt ion

Gro ton Mon umen t a nd Fort Gr iswoldTh is dIormm en t

t eas erected u nder the pa tronage of the

S ta te of Connect icu t, A . D . 1830 . a nd i n

the 55 th yea r of the I ndependenceof the U. S . A.

In m em ory of the Pa t ri ots,who felt i n the m assacre a t Fort Gri s

wold, n ear this spot,on the 8th of S eptem ber, A . D . 1781 ,

when the Br i t ish ,u nder the com m a nd of

the t ra i tor, Ben edict Arnold,b u rn t the town of N e wLondon and

Groton , and spread desola ti on and woe

throu hou h'

g t t 3: 'egwr'ig itized by ( a t

TALES OF YE OLD E KIN G’

S H IGHWAY

On the south o f the pedestal oppos i tethe fort i s the fol low ing inscri pt ion :“Zebu lon and N aphtal i were a peoplethat jeopa rded thei r l ives u n to the deathin the h igh places o f the field .

" Judges 5Chapter, 18 verse.

An anc ien t record o f the town rel atesthat many yea rs ago i ts fi r s t .town clerk ,wh i le hoe ing on the pla ins and w i th h ist rousers ro l led to h is knees and d ressedin hom espun , was saluted by a gentlemandressed i n the l ates t London fa sh ion whoi nqu i red i f he was John D av ie.

“Yes,

”

wa s the rep ly .

“Then I salute you , S i r

John D avi e, Creedy Cou rt, D evon .

”Al

though aston i shed and possibly pleasedw i th the news the n ew Baronet fi n i shedthe row he was hoe ing on a wager andthen escort ed the gue s t to h i s home wherehe t reated h im to cake and w ine . T rad it ion does not relate how the new s a ffected hi s w i fe and s i x chi ldren and howthey en joyed the change f rom the s im plel i fe i n the l it t le brown farm hou se to thestately gran deu r o f a ba ron ia l hal l .D u ring the war o f 181 2 , Commodore

H ardy in the “R am i l ies,” and Si r H ughP igot t in the “O rpheu s” hove in s igh t .

M ajor Sm i th at once man ned Fort Gr i swold and the women and ch ildren fledi n to the in terior. At the l a st mom entthe Majo r found that there was no wadd ing for the cannon and sent ou t fo rflannel , bu t the houses and stores werec losed and none cou ld be secu red . As

the mes sengers were retu rn ing to the

fort they m et on the st reet Mrs. An naBai ley and related to her thei r story .

She imm ed ia tely sl ipped ofl’ her flannelpet t icoat w ith the rem a rk that i t was tob e g iven to the B r it i sh at the cannon ’smouth . The offi cers and ga rrison weregreatly plea sed w i th the lady 's sp i r i t .\Vhen the danger was over CommodoreD ecatur gave a g rand bal l at wh ich Mrs.

Bai ley was the hero ine o f the even ingand l ater her fame spread th roughou tthe coun t ry and she was v i s ited b y Lafayet te, Monroe. Jackson and othernoted m en .

“Mother Bailey, as she wascal led

, pa s sed away in 1851 aged n inetyyea rs . New London has the honor o f

hav ing the fi rst Pr int ing Press in Con~n ect icu t . The first printer was ThomasShort , who came to N ew L ondon abou t1 709 . H e printed the S aybrook Pl atform (wh ich is sa id to b e the fi rst bookprin ted in Connect icu t ) in 1 7 10

,and

soon a fter d ied . In 17 13, Mr. T imothyGreen , a descendant o f Mr. Sam uelGreen o f Cam br idge , Ma s sa chu set ts , thefi rst pr i n ter in N orth Amer ica , was i av i ted by the Counc i l to set tle i n the

Co lony and be printer to the Go vernorand Company" w i t h a salary o f fi ftypou nd s annual ly.The sufl

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eri n gs experienced by N ewLondon du r ing the R evolu t ion a ry War

and i t s part ial de st ruct ion by fire on Septem ber 6th , 1 781 , are too fam i l iar to berepeated here . H i story has immort ali zed the hero ic deeds o f the m i l i t ia inN ew L ondon during the hou rs wh icht ried “men ’s sou l s" and legends have re

l ated stori es o f the bravery exh ibi ted bythe w i fe and mother a s she watched fromthe fa rm hou se door her beloved ma rchover the K ing's H ighway to the defenceo f the town . O ver that same h ighwaythe Pequot s had fled a fter they were defeated by the E ngl ish in 1637 . H ot lypu rsu ed by Captain S toughton and h i sl i t tle a rmy they took re fuge in a swampwhich was soon surrounded by the

enemy . The Indians real iz ing that deathby sta rvat io n wou ld b e the fate o f the i rw i ves and ch i ld ren who had accompan iedthem in the i r fl ight and were the cause o fthe i r be i ng ove rtaken, su rren dered. Al

though the Ind ians numbered 80 persons,

on ly 30 were warri o rs. Two Sachemswere spared because they prom i sed tolead the i r captors to the h id ing place o fSassa cus. U pon thei r a r r ival at theIndian v i l lage o f Gu i l fo rd they refusedto bet ray the i r ch ie f and were beheaded .

On e o f the heads was mounted on a polewh ich was fi rm ly imbedded in a rock ju tt ing out in to the S ound . The rock ca l ledSachem’s H ead i s a last ing monument tothe m em ory o f the Ind ian who pre fer reddea th to d i shonor. The wom en and chi l ~d ren ' were scattered among other t r ibes,or sold as slaves. (To be con t i n ued)

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TH E GULF COAS T OF MISS ISSIPPIea r th . For th ree days they danced andsang three t imes a day. On the th i rdday they planted a po le be fore the fort ,and went to get Iberv i l le. On e o f theIndians took him on his back, while aho ther held up h is feet . and they ca rr iedh im to the post to the sound o f the i rch ichlco is . These were gou rds fi l led w i thpebbles, w ith which a strong noise wasproduced . The comm ande r was placedon a deersk in, and a ch ie f pu t h i s handson h is shou lders from behind and rockedh im as i f he were a baby going to sleep.

Then the savages st ruck the post on ea fter another w i th a wooden hatchet rel at ing each t ime thei r hero ic deed s—and

more. Presents were gi ven to them, andthey were much a stoni shed at the noi semade by the fi ring o f gun s.A fter th i s f r ien d ly recept ion into the i rnat ive doma in i t i s hard to bel ieve that“man's inhuman ity to man” shou ld haveso soon ca used the i r complete ex term inat ion ; for rather than be taken by anoverwhelm ing foe these Ind ians choseto m arch m en , wom en and ch ildrenha nd in hand to the i r deaths in the plac idwaters o f the i r bay from which to th i sday the waters are o ften st rangely vo ca lw i th what the legen d-makers tell usi s the echo o f thei r last chant .In February, 1728, there arrived a sh ipcontain ing what was known as the “

Cas

se t te G i rls.

”These were to be the w ives

o f the Colon ists and were so- called becau se each b rought a l it tle casket ortru nk ( cassette) which conta ined herc loth ing. They were in charge o f theU rsu l ine Nuns and “were o f good character ." D escent f rom these was, in a fterdays, to be held a ma rk o f good fam i lyand ma ny o f the most a r i stocrat ic fam il ies of Lou i s iana sprung f rom them.

In the letter o f an E ngl i shman, datedD ecem ber 10, 1 75 1 , we read“It seems that th i s sec t ion has someth ingwhich d i st i ngu i shes i t in that al l per sonsa re o f such honest ex t ract ion that i twou ld b e difli cu lt to marry in to fam i l iesw i th d ishonor.

“In al l o ther cou nt r ies, the m en who

devote themselves to cu l t ivat ion o f the

fields are mere day- l aborers, in general ,and the owners o f importan t plantat ion sd i sda in the know ledge and the deta il s o fhusband ry . H ere, on the cont rary, therei s a noble and worthy pri de, s ince the

greates t pra i se that can be gi ven to ayoung man is to call h im a good planter,that i s to say, a m an who understandsthe labo rs o f the fiel d s. The l ad ies themsel ves d i st ingu i sh and prai se the mostintel l igent and the most d i l igent, a po l icysu ffic iently strong to make th is sect ionreach the h ighes t per fec t ion . The c reo lesa re not sat i sfied w ith theory only

,bu t

w ith dai ly pract ice, w i thou t hav ing thatrudeness which is brought abou t gene ral ly by the heavy labors of the fields.They leave the plow wh ich they havebeen hand l ing for hours to offer the i rhand to a lady to help her across the furrows that they themse lves have opened .

Fo re ign ers adm i re the elegan ce o f thei rmanners and the good sense w i th whichthey reason on al l subject s.”The Wax Myrtle taper, now so popul a r, was first made on th i s same Gu l fCoast.In 1 776 Don Franc i sco Bou l igny t ran s

m i tted to the Span i sh Go vern men t a longand im portan t m emo i r concern ing the

p rov ince. In i t he men t ions : The treethat produces wax i s found everywhere,and requ i res no cu l t ivat ion . The onlyth ing to do i s to gather the seeds whenthey are ripe and me l t them i n l argeket tles . When exposed to the sun , the

wax becomes almost as white as that o fbees, and cand les a re made o f i t wh ichare as pretty and l ast as long as thosemade o f beeswax .The waters o f the Gu l f Coast abound

i n h i story and my s tery. H ere the bo ldand adventurous La fitte pl ied h is t rade.

Capta in K idd added to h is un told t reasu res and i t i s general ly b el ieved thatmuch o f i t was and i s st i l l h idden alongthe beau t i fu l Tchou t icaboufl'

e and the

beach front.The shel l - mounds found along the

many streams and bayous, h i stor ianstel l u s, were m ade there by the ea r lyInd ian t ribes.

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The Islands, D ee r, Cat, the Chandeleurs and Ship a re al l to ld o f i n the journ als o f the ea rly pe r iod . The la t te r is o fm o re th an pa s s ing in terest . It was heretha t Iberv i l le anchored h is squad ron , infact . i t was the l an d ing fo r al l ves sel sbecause o f it s deep wate r . The st rategicvalue o f th is island wa s ea r ly recogn ized,hav i ng been u sed by the B r i t i sh flee t andarmy in 18 14- 1 5 i n the i r at tempted cap

tu re o f N ew O r leans and on the i r d i sa st rou s ret reat . Al so by Genera l Bu t lerand the Un ion fleet in the ca ptu re o f N ewO rleans du ri ng the between the

S tates . " At i t s c lo se , Fort Massachu

sett s , s i tua ted the reon , was used as apri son for Con federates.Several m ino r engagem en t s between

the Un ion and Con fede ra te gunboat stook place here. The U n ited S ta tesS . S . H a t te ra s ( later su nk a t Gal vestonby Adm i ral Semmes , o f the famous Ala ~bam a ) was on e o f the Un ion blocka d ingflee t at Sh ip Island .

A Board o f Un i ted S ta tes N a val E ngi n eers, appo in ted by Secreta ry \Vel les,ea r ly in the war, a fter a t rip f rom Key\Ve st , Florida , to the R io G rande R iveron the Mex i can boundary, repo rted that,in the i r opi n ion

,S h ip I s lan d , M i s s is s ipp i,

w a s the key to the gu l f and shou ld betaken and he ld at any cost .General Pakenham sa i led d i rect fromPen saco l a w i th h is flee t to th i s port . Thesa fe anchorage and per fec t protect ionhad led h im to select Sh ip Is l and a s therendezvou s fo r the Bri t i sh squadron . ByD ecembe r 12 he was ready to advanceand leave hi s sh ips - of- war sa fely an

chored in the deep waters at Sh ip Is land :he advanced toward L ake Bo rgne w i thh is sol d ie rs in la u hches and ba rge s wh ichhe had bu i l t for ca r ryi ng h is cannon . Atthe en t rance to the lake he was m et byfi ve gu nboat s and captu red them .

The fi r st wa r ve s sel hea r ing the nam eM i s si s s ipp i was a U n ited S tates vesselin Farragu t

'

s fleet, at Ship I s land andwa s su nk near Po rt H ud son

, M i s s i s s ipp i ,i n t rying to run by the Con federate batteri es.

U nder Persona l G l impses," in the

Wreck of“La Gam e

”

O f later days we m ight ment ion tha the re l ived at “Beauvo i r,” so- cal led becau se of the exceed ing beau ty o f theplace, the fi rs t and only Pres ident o f theCon federate S ta tes o f America . It washere that he w rote, under h i s own “v ineand fig- t ree” the h istory o f “

The R i seand Fa l l '

of the Con fede racy .

The home i s now used as a place wherethe t i red and d i sabled Con federate Veteran s, the i r w ives and w idows may pa ssthe even ing o f thei r l i ves, awa it i ng the

la s t cal l . H ere where N atu re seems tohave suppl ied al l needs they can forgetthe m i s fortunes wh ich have forced themin old age to appeal for assi stance to theS tate they sought to save, in the lateunpleasantness.

L i tera ry D igest o f Februa ry 3, i s aqu ota ti on f rom Dewey 's au tob iography :

“N o wo rd o f com men dat ion I have t e

ce i ved i s more prec iou s to m e than Capta in Sm i th 's repo rt , i n which he sa id :

‘

I con s i der tha t I shou ld be neglecting a mo s t im portan t duty shoul d I n eglec t to ment ion the coolne s s o f my execut ive officer, M r. George D ewey, an d thesteady, fea rle s s , and gal lan t manner inwh ich the officers a nd m en o f the M i ss i ss ipp i de fended her, and the orderly a nd

qu iet manner i n wh ich she was abandoued .”The Mex ican gu nboat La Gue rre.said to have been captu red between

1846- 8 and later u sed as a l ightsh ip bythe U n i ted S tates Governmen t, was

blown in to the Bay o f S t . Lou i s som eforty years ago where her rem a in s n owa re, though no longer vi s ible abovewa ter .

Typica l Colon ia l H omes ofNewYorkandNew'

England

Oldest b u tch H ouse on Man ha t ta n—A reli c of the 1 7th Cen tu ry . a n Upper Broadway—theOld Dyckma n H om estead. Presen ted to the C i ty i n l9 l5 . The H ouse Was Occupied a:

Br it is h H eadqua rter: D ur ing the Revolut ion

Colon ialHom e In

Haverhill, N. H .

Th i s old- fash ioned wh i te, fram e dwe l l inghou se is typ ical o f m any to be found in theo lder towns and v i l l ages o f New E ngland.Faci ng the “

Square” where m u sters were he ld,i t was form er ly the abode o f H on . JosephBe l l, l aw-partner o f H on . Ru fu s Choate, andin Cou rt t im e resounded w ith the sounds o fgayety. The wh i te fence, w i th i t s woodenba l ls, ha s rem a ined in tac t for several generat ions. The baby chapter o f N ew H am pshi rewas recen t ly organ ized a t H averh i l l Corn er,near the s i te o f th is hou se w i th 50 charterm em bers, Mi ssJenn ie Westgate, R egen t.

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Accessions to Museum

Pewter Cakea basket M edal Presen ted to the N a t ion a l

an gh ters of the Amer ica n R evolu t i on . b v.

Am er ican Comm iss ion for R elief i n Belg ium

Am ong the in terest ing re l ics presen ted to theN at ional Society at the Twen ty- s ixth Cont i n en tal Congress was a' pewter cake- basket,exqu is itely wrough t, given by Mrs. Em m a H .

M . Wrigh t, through the Col . Loam m i Baldwi nChapter, “’ohu ru , Mass, and a Fi l ipino dress,o f s i lk , w ith jacket of m i n cloth, over a centu ry old, presen ted by the regent of the Mani laChapter, M rs. H enry W . E l ser, through theState V ice R egen t o f the Orien t, Mrs. Carol in eMcwi l l iam s H ol t.The bronze m edal w ith the b u ds of the

King and Queen o f Belgium on obverse, and

on reverse, an allegorical p ictu re o f L ibertysu ccori ng the poor, is on e of the valued treasu res and a sacred m em ento.

Filipi n o Costume, 1 10 Yea rs Old

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YE OLDE HEIRLOOMSAm ong the valued treasu res o f Mrs. O. M . Skel ton, Exe ter, Ontar io, i s a cam eo

brooch, beau t i fu l ly carved, o f Raphae l Peale and h is swee theart. i n bo ld re l ie f . T h i scam eo pm , wlu ch can be worn also as a pendan t, i s a lm ost two inches long. and on e andon e- ha l f w ide. The background i s o f a so ft, l igh t brown ; the fi gu res a re wh ite and deeplycarved, and i t i s sa id to have been cop ied fi rst from l i fe by Rem brand t Peale, the fam ou sart ist, and then carved . Rem brand t and Raphae l Peale were ch i ldren o f CharlesPeale, the fam ou s art ist and Revolu t iona ry soldier who i s desc ri bed in a recen t i ssue o fthe m agaz ine.

In a sm al l town i n Connect icu t there once l ived the O lm stead Fam i ly, the head o fwh ich was the Reverend J am es Olm stcad. H i s daugh ter, H annah, born i n 1 733, m arr iedMr. S am ue l Whelp ley, al so a prom inent fam i ly in the town, and had seven ch i ldren . T hei rs ixth ch i ld, Reverend Sam ue l Whelpley, m arr ied i n 1 790 M iss N ancy \Vhea ton and m ove dto Morr istown, N .J. , where he was first a preacher, and then for fou rteen years the Pr incipal o f the Academ y located in that p l ace. H e then m oved to N ewark, N .J., where hetook charge o f an academ y and where he d ied . On e o f the s i sters o f Sam ue l Whe lp ley,Ru th . bo rn abou t 1 755, m arr iedJohn Fowler, and al so had seven ch i ldren. L ik e b er contem porar ies she spun the m ater ial for her wedding gown, wh ich was o f fines t tex tu re,em broidered i t and pu t l it t le “

pi n tu cks" on the ru ffle. She i s sa id to have been a beau t i fu lp ictu re w ith her au bu rn ha ir and laugh ing, blue eyes as she stood at the al tar i n her hom e»m ade gown o f wh ite ; an d the p ic tu re was treasu red by m any o f her form er swee t- hea rt sas a dream o f heaven ly radiance.

Bu t t im es were hard. and when the l it t le son was abou t to be bap t ized, the t reasu redwedding- gown over wh ich R u th had spen t so m any hou rs was taken from the che s t andcu t up for the ch ristening dress, and u sed not on ly by the first - born b u t by a l l the s i xbrothers and s i sters. Then aga in i t was la id away, and aga in in 1810, when the be lovedson had a daugh ter o f h i s own to be chr istened—Crelda - the gown was brough t ou t andu sed for her and the other grandch i ldren. When Ru th was at last la id away to rest i t wa sfoun d she had bequeathed th i s cheri shed possess ion to the favor ite granddaugh ter, Crelda,who u sed i t for her n ine ch i ld ren, and ga ve i t to her daugh ter M ary, who u sed i t for hernine ch i ldren, on e o f them being the presen t owner. M rs. C . M . Skelton , E xeter, On tar io,whose ch i ldren and grandch i ldren have been ch r i stened in the preciou s rel ic, wh ich. al thoughshow ing the effect s o f t im e, i s st i l l in fa irly good condi t ion, as shown by the p ictu re on theopposn e page.

The head bag seen i n the sam e p ictu re was m ade al so by Ru th (Whelpley ) Fowlerand carr ied a s a bes t, v is it ing bag. T he f r i l l a t the top was m ade f rom a p iece o f s i lkle f t over from H annah (Ohn stead) Whelpley'a wedding- gown. It is dark p lum co lor,and s t i l l i n good'

con di t ion . The cha ins i n the p icture were m ade by t wo daugh ters o fRu th Fowler, an d the snu ff box was u sed by her hu sband.Mrs. Skel ton has also a book in wh ich locks o f ha i r taken f rom di fferen t m em bers

o f the fam i ly, som e o f them over two hu ndred years ago, are preserved. Photograph s o fth i s ha i r w i l l appear i n the n ew Fowler Genealogy upon wh ich Mrs. Skel ton i s worki ng,and w i l l be d ist inc t ly a un ique addi t ion.

In form at ion has ju st been received that the very at tract ive and instru ct ive booklet, ent i t led MY FLAG,wh ich was pr inted i n honor o f the centen nial o f “The S ta r Spangled

Banner" and it s au thor, Franc i s Scot t Key, is now for sa le by John Wanam aker in h i s N ew

York and Ph i ladelph ia stores for ten cen ts a copy. It w i l l be sold in lot s o f on e hundred for five do l lars to patri ot ic organ i zat ions ; and the editor glad ly comm ends i t to sm al lchapters who w i sh to m ake a l itt le m oney for patr iot ic pu rposes.The booklet con ta ins a sketch o f the inc i dent s that led up to the wri t ing o f the song. a

po rtra i t o f Key, and o f Betsy Ross in terv iew ing the com m i ttee appo in ted by Congres s. al sotwo p ictu res in co lors—the or igi nal Fort Mcl-Ien ry Flag and the m onum en t to Key in Freder ick— the m u s ic and word s o f “The S tar Spangled Banner, together w ith th ree pages o fi nterest ing “Fl ag Fact s,” and a short accoun t o f the or igin o f the term “

Old Glo ry ."In th i s connect ion at tent ion i s cal led to the fac t that Apr i l 1 4, 191 7, a Flag Circu l ar wasi ssu ed by the Adju tan t Genera l, wh ich m ay b e obta ined w ithou t cost by address ingAdju tan t Gen eral, War D epa rtm en t, ll’ash i ng ton , D . C.

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D oll of Colon ia l Tim es

T h i s dol l, the represen ta t ion o f wh ich is fulls ize, was brough t over to Am erica by H en riet taMar ia H ardym an H arr i son, daugh ter o f Benj am in H arri son o f Berkeley, Va . ( 1673- 1 710)and handed down in the fam i ly, be ing nowowned by Mrs. An n e Pr i trlwt t R icha rdson ,

“L i tt le Be rke ley, H am pton, V irgi n ia, togetherwi th m any other valuable rel ics.

Raphael Peale and H i: Sweetheart , Made byH is Brother, Rem bra n dt Peale

H a nd- m adeley ) Olm tr

Weddi n Gown o R ut/t (Whelpad M e In to C ristem ng Gownfor H er Chi ld, 1 770

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The Na tion a l Board for H istorical ServiceOn Apri l 28, 19 17 , a group o f b i stor ical schol ars f rom vari ous part s o f thecou ntry m et in Wash ington to considerthe sort o f serv ice wh ich the h istori an

can render to the coun t ry at the presentt ime. The resu l t o f th is con ference wasthe establ i shment of the N at ional Boardfor H i storical Se rv ice, compo sed o f thefol low ing : Mr. Vi ctor S . Cla rk, autho ro f the H i story o f Manu factu res in the

U n i ted S tates ; Mr . R obert D . W. Con

n or, secretary o f the S tate H istorica lComm i s s ion o f N orth Carol ina ; Professors Cha rles D . H azen and Jam es T.

Shotwell, o f Columbia U n ivers i ty ; Professor Cor! R ussell F ish, o f the Un ivers iry o f \Vi scon si n ; M r. Ga i lla rd H u n t,

Ch ie f o f the D iv is ion o f Manuscripts inthe L ibrary o f Congress ; ProfessorCharles H . H a ll

,o f Cornel l U niversi ty ;

P rofessor F rederi ckJ. Turn er, o f H ar

vard U n i vers i ty, and Mr. ll’

aldo C. Le

la nd,secretary o f the Am er ican H i stori

cal Assoc iat ion . The Board i s a volunt ary and un ol

’ficial body but i t hasrece ived assurances o f hearty suppo rtfrom representat i ves o f the h istoricalp ro fes s ion in al l parts o f the country .

The objec t o f the Board i s broad ly toserve as on e o f the med i a th rough wh ichthe h i storical scholarsh ip o f the nat ionmay render i ts appropr iate serv ice. An

impo rtant part o f th i s serv ice i s to supplythat fund o f sound in formation re specting the h istorical aspect s o f p resent problems wh ich mu s t necessar i ly serve as abasi s o f intel l igent opin ion . Many quest ions now be fore us, or that w i l l i nev i tably a ri se, relate to matters to wh ichthe general publ ic has gi ven but l i tt lea tten t ion but i n whi ch studen t s o f hi s tory

Inqu i r ies o f an h isto rical nature or rel at ive to the work o f the Board may b eaddres sed to i t s secretary , ll”. 6 . L ela nd,

at 1 133 ll’oodward Bu i ldi ng,Wash i ng to n, D . C.

have long been interested . For example,what is meant by the expression “

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f reedom o f the seas and how has i t cometo have i t s present mean ing ? H ow doesi t happen that Poland i s in th ree pa rt sand what have been the respec t ive expey

ri en ces o f those parts ? Why i s the Kingof Pruss ia the German Emperor? Whyi s Bohem ia a part o f Austri a—H unga ry ?Why are we jo in ing today w ith a powerw i th wh ich we have fought two wa rs ?\Vhat have been ou r experiences in pastwars and what lessons have we learnedf rom them ? \Vha t have been the ideal so f the Uni ted S tates and i n what wayshave we endeavored to mainta in them i nthe past ?

In supplyi ng in format ion to the publ icrela t ive to such quest ions as these the

Board expects to secure the serv ices o fthe most competent schol ars . At the samet ime i t holds it sel f ready to per form suchserv ices for the N at ional or State governm en ts as they may demand from i t .It hopes al so to secure the interests o fthe future stu dent o f h i sto ry by en cou raging the col lect ion and p reservat ion o fmaterial o f al l so rt s wh ich w i l l serve torecord and i l lust rate present events.The Board has no propaganda to pu tforth ; i t i s not endeavo r i ng defin i tely toshape publ ic op i n ion ; it s ch ie f concern i sthat publ ic op in ion shou ld b e wel l i nformed to the end that i t may b e i n telligent .

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lf ever - the t im e com es when wom en shal l com e together s im p ly and pu re ly for theben eht o f m anki nd i t w i l l b e a power su ch as the world has never before known . — .lla tthewArn old.

(Ow i ng to the n um ber of chapter reports awa it i ng publ ica t ion the Edi tor has been obl igedto om i t a great m an in terest ing descr ipt ions of soc ia l affa irs, or m at ters o f loca l in terest.The des ire o f the i n iv i dual chapter or i t s m em bers has to b e sacr ificed for the good o f thewho le. If the chapter h i stor ian w i l l rem em ber

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that there are over fi fteen hu ndred chaptersin existence ; that th i s D epartm ent is not establ ished for the pu rpose o f publ i sh ing an annu alreport— that shou ld b e sen t to the S tate Regen t- b u t to record work wh ich m a be o f valuefor o ther chap ters ; and that al l report s shou ld b e wr i tten on on ly on e s ide o f t te paper, andi f ossi b le b e typewri t ten, i t w i l l(greatly fac i l i tate m at tters.

a lphabe ti ca l ly accord ing to chapters in the states . )alp abet ica lly according to s tates anCopa de Oro Chapter (Al ameda,Cal . ) enjoyed hearing at first hand thesto ry o f the Pony Express, an i n st i tut ion

,i n the brie f span o f i t s ex i stence,

wh ich contributed more to the rapidearly developmen t o f Cal i forn ia than d idany other mode o f commun icat ion o f i tsday or since.

If, i n the presen t day, the name “PonyE xpress” stands ou t more clearly in thememory o f Cal i fo rn ian s, i t was a hou sehold word throughou t the U n i ted S tatesi n the early ’

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s, as i t brought the Westi n c lose touch w i th the E ast and demonstra ted the possibi l i ty o f a rou te for thegreat i ron way .

Mr. Greene Majors, whose w i fe i s theR egent o f Copa de O ro Chapter, i s ason o f Alexander Majors, member o fthe firm wh ich establ i shed and operatedthe Pony E xpress, and was able to tel la wonder fu l ly interest ing story o f thed ifficu l t ies and successes o f the firstt rans- cont inental l im i ted , f rom the

know ledge he ga i ned during the int imateassoc ia t ion w i th hi s father, the man whoplanned and success fu l ly executed the

Operat ion s o f that l ine.

So in teres t i ng and in st ru ct ive was i t,the D aughters o f the Chapter dec ided i twou ld b e most fi t t ing th i s yea r to havethe story repeated for the benefit o f al lD . A . R .

The story can best b e told i n Mr.

Majors’

s own word s .“It was in the late fi ft ies o f the l ast

centu ry that Senator Gw in , fi rst U n i tedS ta tes Senator f rom Cal i fo rn ia , rept esen ted to my father, A. Alexander Ma

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jors, then a membe r o f the fi rm o f R uspsel l ; Majors and Waddel l , at that t imeGovernment fre ighters on the w i l d west~ern plains, that i f my father wou ld es

tabli sh a pony express l ine f rom the M i ssou ri R iver to Sac ramento, Cal i forni a,and ma inta in i t for a year or two. todemon st rate the heavy snow s were nota barri er to cont inuous t ravel the yearround, he, Senator Gw in , wou ld vouchsa fe the Government wou ld not perm i t i tbe ing a financ ial loss to my father , whoma intained i t cou ld not po s s ibly be a

success fu l bus iness ventu re.

“It requ i red i n gold co in to es

tab li sh an d sta rt th e l ine. It was equ ippedw i th the best qual i ty o f strong westernbred horses, the stat ions w i th suppl iesfor man and beast were bu i l t and stockedabou t every ten m i les to supply the t e

lays of horseflesh , the most da r ing spiri t swere engaged to do the r id ing, and onApri l 3, 1860, the aw fu l race againstt ime, flood , Ind ian arrows, desperadoesand untol d dangers began .

“A pony sta rted sim u l taneou s ly f rom

St .Joe, M i s sour i and Sacramen to, Cal ilorn ia . It w i l l be remembered there wereno telegraph l ines at that t ime connec ting Cal i forn ia w i th the Ea st, i n fact i twas because o f that l ack as much as forany othe r reason . the more rapid meanso f com mu n ica t ion was des i red .

“The t rain from H ann ibal , Mo . , to St .

j oe carr ied the pony express mai l bag.al ready made u p, for Cal i forn ia . “7heni t ar rived at the S t .Joe depo t an enormous mu l t itu de o f people were gatheredat the stat ion to see the pon y rece ive

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WORK OF TH E CHAPTERSh is ma i l and begi n the long and peri lousjou rney . The cl anging bel l and snort i nglocomot ive had subsided in to s i lence asthe w i ld un tamed steed, w i th h is bronzedr ider, j ohnn ie F rye, dashed alongside thema i l car. The messenger tossed the ma i lbag astride the horn o f the sadd le andaway went the r ider in a whirlw i nd o fdust from the shout ing, exc i ted c rowd .

On ly a m oment’s t ime was requ i red toreach the M i ssouri R i ver ferry, a shortd i stance f rom the o ld Patee H ouse, sowel l known to al l o ld t ime westerners ;the st ream was soon crossed an d thenthe dash for Sacramento began i n earnest .

“N ight and day, th rough storms, floods,

m ud, dust, ice and hot bro i l ing sunsh ine,the ri ders set the i r teeth and urged thei rfa i th fu l an imal s to ma inta in the c l atterthat soon unfit ted them for any servi cewhatever .

“A fter two years o f superhuman

st ruggle and hardsh ip on the i r pa rt , thetelegraph l ine wa s connec ted betweenthe Pac ific Coast and the Ea st . and thenthe pony and hi s r i der lost the i r occupa t ion .

“The l ine wa s a total financ ial fai lu re,

bu t as a phy s ica l demonst rat ion , i t was agrand success and fu l ly accompl i shed it spu rpose.

“Many blood- curdl i ng events occurred

du ring the strenuous, bri l l iant career o fthe Pony E xpress, the route o f wh ichwas across the corner o f Kansas i n toN ebra ska south o f the Black H i l l s,through the R ocky Mountains to S al tLake, thence through N evada to Ca rsonCity and on the Pl acerv i l le a nd Sacramento .

“R iders were shot f rom the i r horses

and the an imal s wou ld ru n into the stat ions unattended , bea r ing U n c le Sam’sp rec ious ma il . The pon ies were shot ord i sabled under thei r riders and the latterwou ld grab the ma il pou ch and r un fordea r l i fe for the nex t f resh horse. A

br ie f ep i tome o f many such occu rrenceswou ld fi l l volumes.

“It i s stated that on the date the first

pony was to arrive i n Sacramento the

whole c i ty tu rn ed out as i f a publ ic hol iday were to b e ce lebra ted , w i th bandsand rattl ing d rum s

,ready to rece ive the

first mes senger over t he l ine, and that awager o f had been made as tothe arr ival on t ime.

As the schedu le t ime drew near thevast mu l t i tude s tood w i th bated breathon the ou tsk i rt s o f Sacramento, watchesin hand, all eyes stra ined look ing up theo ld em igr an t road . A l ight clou d of dustwas seen in the d i stance. The bandstart ed up, the cheer i ng began and ju s tten m inutes be fo re the appo inted t imethe dust covered r ider, h is pony's nostr i ls d i stended l ike two flared p in t cups ,and puffing l ike a bel abored engine, d rewre in in the m ids t o f the th rong .

“H e was at once su rrou nded , cheered

and congratu l ated,and he and hi s pony

were bedecked w i th flowers— veri tableheroes o f the hou r. The rel ic fiend waspresent and i t i s fu rther related, to theshame o f the crowd, that every hai r inthe pony ’s ta i lwas pu l led ou t on the spot,as a memen to o f the occasion .

" Postage on d i spatches of hal f anounce in weight cos t $5 each and the

Government prin ted spec ial stamps forthe purpose. D i spa tches were w ri ttenon t i ssue paper to avo id ext ra po s tageand al though the cha rge was so h igh thel ine d id not pay even on e—ten th the ex

pense o f ope rat ion and fat her los t theent i re by the venture, as Senator Gw in was not

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success fu l in induc ingCongress to make good .

“The ma in object o f the enterpri se

was accom pl i shed , however, wh ich wasto prove to Congress that it was pract icalfor a rai l road to attempt to run t rainsover that rou te in the w i nter, w i th the

resu l t, more than suffic ien t subsidy wasgranted by Congress to H u n t ington ,H opk ins, S tan ford and Crocker to bu i ldthe Cent ral Pac ific R a il road .

“\Vi th i n si x ty days f rom the t ime o f

the agreement to u nde . :ake the enterpri se, the firs t two pon ies sta rted frome i ther end o f the m i le rou te, theregu l ar runn i ng t ime over wh ich wasten days, or 200 m i les i n every twen ty

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a success an d many became interestedand dec ided to hunt up the an cest rywh ich be fore had seemed so remote.

(Mas. PH IL IP S . ) Bu n cu n K. Tonn es,R egen t.

E li za b eth R oss Chapter (O t tum wa,Iowa) has spe n t a ve ry busy, pleasantand profitable year .The fi rst meet ing l ast fal l , was a Me

mori al day,lov ing t ributes were paid to

the memory o f four members deceased .

Th is year ou r Memo ri al Servi ces w i l l bebe held i n May. The serv ice w i l l be heldi n the cemetery and the graves o f ourdeparted s i sters st rewn w i th flowers.L ate in October a publ ic (progress ive) exh ibi t ion o f “Colon ial H e i r looms”was held i n th ree o f the D . A. R .

homes . Th is exh ib it was very interes ti n g and inst ruct ive. An adm i s s ion feewas charged and a neat sum netted thechapter.At the January meet ing a valuable his

torical sketch was read by Mrs. Thral l ,"

Rem in i scences o f P ioneer D ays inSou theastern Iowa , the story go ingback 75 years in Iowa hi s tory , a personalrem in i scence o f the P ioneers’ T rai l , la tercal led the Mormon T rai l and the Go ldSeekers' T ra i l , through th i s part o f Iowa .In February the chapter was inv i tedto spend an a fternoon at the AdamsSchoo l (8th grade) . The pupil s enterta in ed del ight fu l ly w i th a program o fpa t riot ic songs, rec ita t ions and flag dri l l s.The princ ipal i s chai rman o f ou r Fl agComm i ttee" and i s do ing splend id worki n pat r iot ic educat ion .

In Apri l Mrs. Ju l i a Gaar o f In d ianapoli s was our gu es t . She told u s in avery charm ing manner o f her t r ip to theCal i forn ia E xpo s i t ion w i th the D . A. R .

spec ial .We have placed in our publ ic l ibrarya complete set o f l ineage books, w ithi ndex. \Ve al so subscribe for the

D . A. R . Magaz ine for the l ibrary .

We have secu red from the proper auth ori t ies at \Vash i ngton , D . C. . d i rect ion sfor locat ing Fort San ford at Garri sonR ocks nea r Ot tumwa . We ha ve made

the locat ion o f th i s o ld Ind ian fort andhope to erect a su i table marker i n thenear future.

Perhaps the on e th ing where ou r i nfluen ce i s be ing fel t and fol lowed i n ou rtown i s in our members d i splay ing the i rflags on every po ss ible occa s ion . R e

cen tly Ot tumwa was v i s i ted by VicePres iden t and M rs. Marshall . On th isoccasion the reques t was given that theD . A. R . l ad ies d i splay the i r flags in as i lent t r ibute to the second lady o f theland du r ing the t ime o f her stay in thec i ty . The response was en thus ia st ic .The chapter had a dainty basket o fOphel i a roses, w i th a note o f greet ingto Mrs. Ma rsha l l , awa i t ing her arri valin her room at the hotel . She later worea large bu nch o f these roses during theluncheon tendered her by the women o fOttumwa, and sweet ly expressed her

pleasu re in the courtesy tendered her bythe D . A. R .

Flag D ay was the greatest day in ou rcalendar s ince the organ izat ion o f ou rchapter, as we l l as a h i s to ry - mak ing d ayfor Ot tum wa . Thi s year the t im e seemedopportune for a Mun ic ipal Celebrat iono f the day . A comm i ttee cal led a publ icmeet ing o f al l o rgan izat io ns and ind iv iduals interested in th is pat r iot ic event .The respon se was more th an encou raging. Im m ed iate ly comm i t tees were appo i n ted to ca rry ou t plans sugges ted bythe D . A. R . Funds were raised bypopu la r subscr ipt ion . A 100- ft . steelflagpo le wa s pu rchased and rai sed inthe l i tt le park in the center o f town . Sev

e ral c i t izens were mo s t generous to us ,bu t th i s report has only to do w i th theD . A. R .

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s. Mr . and Mrs. \V. R . D aumpresented th is chapter w ith two flags topresen t to the c ity . Mrs. D aum i s acharter membe r and the organ iz ing v iceregen t o f th is chapter. The flags presented were regu lat ion army - post flags

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on e 24 f t . long and the other a smal ler,or sto rm flag. A splend id pa rade wasstaged on the a fte rnoon o f Flag Day.

H undreds o f marchers ca r ry ing flagsand hundreds o f decorated cars and '

veh ic les were in l ine. The res idents a!D ioitized b i. \ 1 0 0 Qk

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bus iness m en part ic ipated in a f riendlyri valry in l avi shly d isplaying the R ed.

White and Blue on the i r homes an d business houses. The parade wa s the mostbeaut i fu l affa i r o f the k ind ever held inO ttumwa . The D . A. R . , apprec iat ingthe interes t in thi s celebrat ion , fel t theyshou ld do a l i ttle more than the i r share,and had 16 beaut i fu l ly decorated carsin l ine, lead ing the parade w ith a carent irely covered w i th whi te flowers

ca rry ing on ei ther s ide an immen se em

blem o f the D . A. R . in per fec t im itat iono f ou r badge. Columbia was sea ted i nthe tonneau. On a h igh sea t at the backrode George Washington . A largeAmeri can eagle pe rched on a sh ield onthe f ront o f the car, the ea gle hold inglong ri bbons o f red, wh ite and blue i n

h is beak ; these r ibbons se rved as l inesfor George Washington , who drove.

Th i s car halted at foot o f flagpole. Co.

G formed a ho l low square, w it h the chapter members and thi s car o f state i n thecenter. After in vocat ion by Rev. Van

D yke, George Wa sh ington presented theflags to the c i ty, Mayor Carter accept ingthem i n t ru s t . The flag ra is ing wasbeaut i fu l and impres s ive, and was w i tn essed by thou sand s o f people. Th reegray- haired Grand Arm y m en raised thelarge flag to the top o f the pole, where i twas un furled , Co . G fi ring a salu te vo lley and the First Caval ry band play ing“The S tar Spangled Banner," the peoplesingi ng. For a lon g mom en t the flaghung l imp abou t the pole, an d just atthe moment when the band swung wel li n to the first l ine o f that beau t i fu l song,the breeze ca ught the b ig flag and i t rippled ou t in perfec t st raight l ines ; i t wasa mo s t i n spi ring moment . A short program o f flag d r i l l by schoo l ch ild ren ,pat r iot ic airs by the First Caval ry ba n d ,a splend id address by Mr.Jn o . Lew i s,and a beau t i fu l solo by Mrs. N . B . Bl i sh ,“Your Flag and My Flag, concludedthe exerc i ses. In the even ing a patr iot ic concert was g iven by the FirstCava l ry band

,ass i s ted by a cho ru s o f

100 voices . Mrs. Bl i sh was requestedto sing aga in “

Your Flag and My Flag.

”

The crowd was the largest ever assembled for a concert in O t tumwa, est imatedat Perhaps the most impress ivefeature was the pro found, almost reveren t i al attent ion o f the people, and the

spontane i ty w i th which they jo ined the

choru s in s ing ing the patri ot ic numbers .When the last number o f that splend idconcert was gi ven, they fel t, deep inthe i r hea rt s, t hat they “had come to theend o f a pe r fec t day.

"

Mas. F. B . T u m c, R egen t .

L ogan -Wh i t ley Chapter (S t an ford,Ky . ) i s i n i ts babyhood ,‘ bu t we feelthat our first days have been very precoc ions ones . Our chapter was organ izede ighteen months ago wi th th i rteen charter membe rs. Th i s number has almostdoubled and we ha ve a body o f interested,

ca pable women .

Ou r effic ient regen t, M iss E stherWh itley Bu rch , i s a great - great- granddaughter o f Co l . W i l l iam \Vh i tley, thatfea rless leader who w i th John son ledthe

“Forlorn H ope" to v ictory , dest roying Tecum seh and h is m ighty baud.

M i ss Bu rch is mo s t t i reless in her effort sand interests ; w ith such a leader to encourage u s, and w i th the memory o fsuch sold iers as Col . Wh i t ley and Col .Logan to in sp i re us, we are sure to forgeahead i n ou r D . A. R . work , an d i n thefutu re we too may ga in a v ictory .

La s t year the S t . Asaph Chapter ofD anv i l le erected and unvei led a ma rkerat L ogan 's Fort ( the fi rst set tlemen t o fS tan ford , then cal led S t . Asaph . forwh ich the D an v i l le Ch apter i s named ) .A numbe r o f st i rring pa triot ic Speecheswere gi ven, a fter wh i ch the ma rker wasgi ven over to ou r chapter for sa fe keeping. A soc ial hou r fol lowed and the

v i s i t i ng daughters were much enjoyed .

On the 22d o f February and the 4 tho f Ju ly the chapter was en terta ined bymembers. On Flag Day the membersdecorated the i r homes w i th flags . Memorial D ay was observed , ao in terest ingprogram be ing a rranged , the ch i ldrentak ing pa rt w i th songs and a pro fus iono f flowers.

WORK OF TH E CHAPTERS

The work in wh ich we have been m o s tinterested and enthu sed has not yetrea ched ou r hopes and ambit ions, bu twe have not lost fa ith i n t rying to promote pictu re show s su i table for chi ldren .

Th i s i s be i ng done wi th most ex cel len tresu l t s i n the c i t ies and we feel that i tcou ld b e managed i n the smal ler towns .We w i sh to create a desi re in our ch ildren for good pictures, as wel l as toel im i nate th e bad ones. We al so hopeto make th is scheme profitable financ ial lyand u se the proceed s to fu rn i sh a la rgeflag a n d perhaps a staff for each o f ourc i ty school s .Ou r chapter has recently, w i th the as

si stan ce o f some o f the teachers, o rgani zed two “Ch ildren o f the R epu bl ic”c lubs, on e for the boys and on e for thegi rl s. \Ve wonder i f we are not the firstchapter to Organize these c lubs ?(Mas . T . W . ) F RA NCES A . PE NN ING

TON , H istori an .

La fayett e- L ex i ngton Chapter (Lexi n gt on , Mo . ) reports for the yea r justc losed a membersh ip o f 4 7 . The mee tings a re held in the d ifferent homes o fthe mem be rs ; fol low ing a bus iness andl i terary program a soc ial hou r w ith t e

freshm en ts i s enjoyed . Most interes ti ngand in st ruct ive pa pers have been prepa red an d read during the year on theE a r ly H i story o f M i ssou ri , “

America’sFir s t Thanksgi v in g i n Song and S tory,"“America 's Revo lu t ion ,” “Ou r N avalBatt les o f the R evolut ion . E ach FlagD ay has been celebrated w i th the Indepen den ce and Kan sas City Chapters , byinv i ta t ion . Wa shi ngton 's B i rthday wasce lebrated w i th an in fo rmal tea for thechapter m em bers and the i r f r iends bythe regent, Mrs. S teele, and a highly enterta i n i n g program wa s given ; subjec ts,

“La fayett z,

” “Pres identW i l son : H ow Shal l We R ank TheeUpon Glory 's Page," “O ld T ra il s,” “

The

N at ion al League for Wom an 's Serv ice.

”

A fter the read i ng o f th i s pa per, the chapter unan imously adopted the fol low ingresolut ion : “We, the D aughters o f theR e v o l u t i o n o f La fayette- Lex ington

Fran kli n Cab i n 0: I t Appea red i n 1913 WhenTyrn ed Over to the An n i: S tockton ChapterAn n i e S tockt on Chapter (Burl i ngton , N . had the d i st inct ion las t yea ro f be ing the first on e in the S tate toorganize a Ch i ld ren o f the Republ ic"Club, cal led the

“Ben j ami n Frank l in .

It i s stead i ly grow ing and the membersshow great interest in patriot ic affairs .Ou r quaint headquarters ( shown in

the photograph) , assoc iated by t rad i t ion

Chapter '

do pledge an ew our al legianceto the Flag and to the R epubl ic forwh ich i t stand s

,and ask that we b e per

m i tted to assi st in any work that theN at iona l League for Woman ’s Servi cem ay des ignate, that is in accordan ce w i ththe work o f ou r organ izat ion .

”S ix h is

toricalpictu res o f La fayet te County weresent the Sta te Regent, Mrs. Sal isbu ry,to be used as ' sl ides . Cards on the“Desecrat ion o f the America n Flag"were pu rchased and placed in publ icplaces by the chapter, a fter an inc idento f fl ag desec rat ion was reported . We

purchased and placed i n Central Col legeL ibrary a book case for our l i teratu re,w i th a beau t i ful D . A. R . Sh ield In s ign iahangi n g above. A regi ster was placed inthe hotel for the D . A. R . v i s i tors an dtou ri sts pa ss i ng th rough Lex ington overthe

“O ld T ra i l s Road .

" We co - ope ratew i th “

S terl ing Price Chapter, U . D .

“Woman 's Le x i ngton Club" and Cen

t ral Col lege G i rls Club" in every wayfor the se rv ice and bet termen t o f ou rcom m un ity .

(Mas ) N a n m a Com m STEELE ,R egen t .

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MY ANCESTORSA Mem or ial o f 10 1m PAINB and Man AN N MAY o f East Woodstock, Conn . Com pi led bythe ir son, Lym an May Pa ine, 4224 Lang ley Ave., Ch icago, and pr ivate ly prin ted.T h i s volum e o f 236 pages is a tr ibu te o faffec t ion to the paren t s o f the com pi ler andcon ta ins sketches o f the fam i ly o f each an cestor unt i l i t is m erged into the l ine o f anotherfam i ly. A short accoun t i s also given o f theance st ry o f the com p i ler's wi fe, espec ial ly theCarr, C l ark. Gr iswo ld , H azard and al l ied fam

i li es. E dward Gr iswo ld ( 1 758 who m a rr ied A senath H u rd in 1 783. a fter he hadserved as 3 R ev. soldier f rom Conn andm oved to H erk im er Co ., N . Y ., where he

died, i s am ong those whose l ine is carr iedback to the im m igran t, al though there is nofu rther record o f the H u rd l ine.

The com p i ler states that m ost o f the m a

ter ial i s obta ined f rom pr i nted genea log iesand town h istor ies ; b u t he has brough t toge ther these fact s in a c lear m anner ; and sowell indexed i s the book that for anyone whoi s i nterested in N ew E ngland fam i l ies i t w i l lprove o f great help. A few l ine s a re carriedback i nto E ngl an d, notably the T racy fam i ly,b u t m ost o f the m ater ial rel ates to the ex

plo i ts o f the Am er ican branches o f the fam i lyt ree. N o c la im for Revo lu t ionary serv icewh ich i s not eas i ly proven seem s to be m ade,a lthough on e notes the Revo lu t ionary serv icerecorded o f Eben ezer Sm i th, one o f Capt .Sam uel McClellan

’

s body o f t roopers ; Capt.Matthew Bowen o f Wood stock ; Sergean tT hom as May of Ea st W oodstock ; a nd Jed id iah Morse o f Wood stock ; as well as Colonialsen ' ice for m any m ore .

A num be r o f qu a i nt i tem s are recordedwh ich add interest to the work. In 1820,when a n ew church bu i lding was proposed in

Woodstock, a com m i ttee con ferred w ith them in ister, R ev . E i iphalct Lym a n , abou t them oney due h im , and he agreed to t ake $300i n fu l l sat is fac t ion for h is arrears o fin order tha t the “

m eet ing- hou se" m igh t beerected at once. Capt.John May, who led thes ingi ng in chu rch in 1 756, when he was nearlyseventy years o f age, accu sed Capt . Paysono f “oppos ing h im i n tu ning or sett ing the

psalm ;”b u t i t was dec ided th at “Brother Payson had m erely m ani fested s ign s o f u n easi

ness,” and the accu sat ion was d i sm i ssed. Rev.

Jedidiah Morse wrote a “R egi ster o f m y pastl i fe—J u ly 1 9, 1810—I am now 84 years o ldth is day," i n wh ich he states that Sept. 12,1 749 , he took the oath o f freem an and s incethat h i s whole t im e has been fi l led u p annual ly w ith on e or m ore o f the publ ic concernsi n h is nat ive town. D ec. 3. 1 764, he waschosen Town C lerk, wh ich office b e fi l led fornearly t wenty~e igh t years. D uri ng that t im e

he recorded deeds, leases and execu t ions ;births ; 377 m arriages ; bes i des al l townvotes, etc.. a l l o f wh ich was done w i thou tany com pen sati on o r reward . In Aug , 1 774,he was appo inted Ju st ice o f the Peace by theGeneral Assem bly and so on annual ly unt i l1801 . 783 j udgm en t s were obta ined be forem e and 140 other act ions set t led . I m arr ied65 couples. I wrote 45 w i l ls. I was appointedN otary Pub l ic by Gov. Sam uel H unt ingt on,wh ich com m i ss ion i s in fu l l force to th is day.

I have served m y fel low m en forabou t 50 years i n the necessary. the fat igu i ngbu si ness o f a farrier, accord in g to the best:o f m y sk i l l and abi l i ty both n igh t an d day.”

GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF JOH N TH ORN E, also the D irec t D escendant s o f JA MEST n oaN t-z and H A NNAH BaowN o f Sal i sbu ry, Mass , and Kingston. N . H ., com p i led byEdm u nd D ana Barbou r o f Boston for John Calv in T hom e, 2 16 N orth Mai n S i ., Concord, N . H .

Th i s book o f s ix ty- two pages con ta ins thenam e and shor t sketches o f abou t 500 d irec tdescendan t s o f Jam es T horne, espec ia lly in thel ine o f John. the second son. who m arr iedfi rst E l i zabe th, and second, E l izabeth Brown,and sett led in Kingston, N . H . The shortsketches o f the sons i n law i n the di rec t l ineo f descen t are o f grea t value ; and t he indexai ds m ater ia l ly i n ascerta in ing j u s t wh ich l ines

a re carried ou t . One notes w ith in teres t thato n e o f the descendant s o f Jam es Thorne,Ph ineas, i s sa id to have tau g h t D anie l Websterin S al isbu ry, as wel l as other prom inen t m en

o f the age. L ike m any New Engl and fam i l iesthe d ifferen t branches spread ou t i n the westand sou th, and res iden t s o f Texas and M i n n eo

so ta can c la im descen t f rom th is old N ew

England worthy.

4 10 DAUGH TERS OF TH E AMER ICAN REVOL UTION MAGAZIN E

OLD MERCERSBURGBy the Wom an’s C lub ' o f Mercersbu rg. Pennsy lvan ia. Publ ished under the au sp ices o f theJou rnal o f Am erican H istory, 1912 . Price, Address Mrs. C. F. Fendr ick, Mercersbu rg, Penna.Th is attract ive h is tory, pub l i shed in the formand type o f the J ou rn al o f Am erican H istory,on ly en la rged . present s co ld fact s i n a m ostreadable and attrac t ive form . It i s m ost eujoyab le, and the i l lu strat ions attrac t and compel on e u nconsc iou sly to read the h istor icalm ater ial near them . The fron t ispiece, a p ictu re o f Jam es Buchanan ( 179 1 F i fteenthP res iden t o f the Uni ted S tates, was taken f roma portra it pa i n ted for Mrs. Lane i n ls31 ; andanother p ic ture o f h im adorns the sketch o fon e o f Mercersbu rg's greatest sons. The towncal led fi rst West Conococheague, then Sm i thtown f rom on e o f i t s earl iest sett lers, W i l l iamSm i th, was later nam ed for the f am ou s Gen

eral. H ugh Mercer. a sketch o f whose l i feappears i n the Apr i l i ssue o f the m agaz ine.

W i th such a pastor as the "

Reverend Capta in " John S teel to m o ld pub l ic opin ion, i t i ssm al l wonder that th e num ber o f Revolut i on ary patr iot s i n proport ion to the num bero f i nhabitant s seem s very l arge . The F indlays, H u stons, and Irw ins were res ident s o fthe set t lem en t ; and extract s f rom the ledgero f Sam ue l F ind lay di sc lose m any nam es in .qu ired o f frequen t ly in the co lum ns o f thoGenealog ical D epartm en t o f th i s m agaz i ne A

good index adds to the value o f the book andrenders i ts con ten ts access ible to the reader.

PARLIAMEN TARY PUZZLES SOLVED

Con Wenuas Taow

The importan t part that Parl iam en tary Lawhas p l ayed i n the proceedings o f the H ou seo f Representat ives and Senate o f the Uni tedS ta tes du r ing the recen t war agi tat ion shou ldconv ince the m ost skept ical o f the value at

tached to a work ing knowledge o f the subjec t.When on e Senator was able to hold up the

proceed ings o f the United S tates and the w i l lo f the people o f the Uni ted S tates by a ski l l fu lappl icat ion o f Parl iam entary Law, i t s efli cacyhas been fu l ly dem onstrated . On e o f ou r leading sta tesm en has sa id w ith tru th and conv iet ion that the m an who has m astered Parl iam enta ry Law has m ade h im sel f m aster o f anys ituat ion .M . S . Q uest i on .

—\Vi l l you give the et iqu etteo f the D . A . R . p i n , and how to wear it ?Answers—T he Ins ign ia o f the D . A. R . i sdescr ibed i n Art ic le X IV o f the By - Laws o fthe N at ional Soc iety . All Chap ters have the

p r iv i lege o f u s ing the Ins ign ia on the i r paperand otherw ise. Ancestra l bars m ay b e addedi f righ t to wear sam e i s proved . The Ins ign iam u st always b e worn on the lelt breast . Mem

bers are forbidden to len d the i r p ins and anym em ber al low ing another to wear her Insign iafor fe it s her righ t to i t. Any m em ber m ayobta in a perm i t wh ich w i l l enab le her to pu rchase the Insign ia, on the back o f wh ich hernam e shal l b e engraved . T he u se o f the In si gnia is secu red to the N at ional Soc iety Baugh

ters o f the Am er ican Revolu t ion by spec ialAct o f the Congress o f the Uni ted S tates.The badge for i n form al wear i s al so descr ibed in the Art ic le be fore m ent ioned .J . B. Q uest i on —When a person dec l ines anom inat ion. has that person a righ t to w ithdraw her nam e? Wh o m ay w i thdraw the

nam e o f a nom inee, the on e nom inated or theo ne nom inat ing ?Am a r a—Under the L aw a person n om

i n at i n g another m u st be able to assu re theassem bly that the person whose nam e i s pl acedi n nom inat ion is w i l l ing to be nom inated andw i l l serve i f elected to the pos i t ion for wh ichshe i s nom inated. If the Law was not sodrawn i t wou ld be a waste o f t im e to n om

i n ate. Consequent ly. i f a fter gi v i ng pe rm iss ion to have her nam e pl aced in nom inat ionthe one nom inated feel s ob l iged to dec l ine thehonor. i t is her p lace to w ithdraw her own

nam e and expl a i n why. In fact,no on e elsehas any r igh t to w ithdraw the nam e.

C. Quest ion —Who i s a qual ified voter?Amm an—A qual i fi ed voter i s one who has

pa id the dues for the cu rren t year and i squ a l ified to vote at the annua l e lec t ion. Whena m em be r joins an organizat ion she qu al ifiesby pay ing the fees and dues prescr ibed by theBy- Laws. After that the paym en t o f annua ldues enables her to reta i n her pos i t ion as aqual ified voter.

X CHANGE

From the earli est records of the Fi rst Presbyter ian Chu rch of A lexan dr i a, Va ., du r i n gthe m i n istry of R ev. Jam es Ma i r, 1 789 - 1818.

a nd arran ged by M rs. Mary 6 . Powell, H istorian M ou n t Vern on(Con t i n ued from Apri l, 191 7, issue)

Easton , D av id to Sarah Cra ik, Oct . 18, 1 796.

Edelen , Edward to Sarah Moore,Jan . 6, 1802 .

E ldr idge, Lev i to Val in da Pet t i t, Oct . 31 , 1 807.E llicom , George to E lean or Mason , Mch . 2 7, 1 790.

E l l iott, John to Am el ia M i l l s, D ec . 20, 1812 .

Em erson , Aqu i la to Ph i l l ippe E lli s, May 19 , 1808.

En dicot t, Jam es to Pol ly Cal l, Oct. 1 , 1805 .

En twist le, Isaac to An n Ryan ,Jan . 13, 1806.

Eolff, John Valen t in e to Mary H i tchm an , Apr. 8, 1 796.

E van s, John to Jan e Robertson , Ju ly, 1794 .

Evan s, Thom as to Cather in e S l im m er, Sept. , 1 793.

Ewart s. H orat io to Cloan n a D ud ley, Ju ly 1 1 , 1803.

Ewe l l, Charles to Br idget Borrowdale, Feb . 19, 1812 .

Fa i rb rothers, John to E l izabeth Ends, May 30, 1805.

Fa i rfield, Reuben to An n Beal l, N ov . 20, 1 79 1 .Farrel l, Robert to Peggy ln sley, Ju n e, 1 794 .

Farrel l, Th om as to An n Weston ,Jan , 1 794 .Faw, Ab raham to Sarah Moody, Apr. 30, 1806.

Fawcett, John to Jan et M i tchel l, Sept. 9, 1799 .Feagan s, Joseph to Mary Zester, Oct. 23, 1 790.

Fergu son , Zaccheus to Su san n a Wal lace, N ov .. 1 794 .Field. H orat io to Margaret Boyer, N ov. 4, 1804 .Fieldon , Wi l l i am to Cather in e D er ia, N ov. 28. 1 789 .Fi n ley, H en ry to Pol ly Carrol l, Meh . 4, 1 796.Fi tzpatrick, Thom as to An n W i lkin son , Mch ., 1 795.Fla tford, Thom as to Sara h Wi ley, Mch . 2 . 1 79 1 .Flem i ng , An drew to Catheri n e S teel, Apr. 25. 1 793.Fletcher, W i l l iam to Cather in e Wr igh t, Apr. 2 1 , 1 796.Flower, Sam uel to Mary Lowden ,Ju ly 2 7. 1798.Foley, Den n i s to E l i zabeth Du n n , Ju ly 27, 1 790.Ford. An drew to Jan e Mu ley. Sept . 5, 1 796.Foster, John to An n G ilp in ,Jan ., 1 792 .Fox ton , W i l l iam to Margaret R icks. Ju n e 28. 1 799 .Foxwood, D an iel to Sarah H il l , Ju ly 25. 181 1 .Fran cis. John G. to Jan e H ays, May 10. 1807 .Fran cis, Matthew to An n D u n n i n gton , Ju n e 10, 1804Fran cis, Thom as to Margaret Sm i th , N ov. 5 , 1 79 7Frederick. H en ry to Sarah MacMan n i n

. Sept. 6.Freem an , Ben n ett to Peggy Gu zm an , Jun e. 1 792 .Freem an , Sam ue l to N e l ly Mac D on ald, Oct . 28. 1 795.Fry, Leon ard to Mary Al len , J un e 1 7, 1 797.Fu l ford, Jospeh to Pol ly Sm oot, May . 1 792 .

Fu lm ore. John to Mary An n Gal l ic, Ju ly

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GEN EALOGICAL D EPARTMEN Tthe p ion eer. J ohn Lew is o f Augu sta Co. Va .

was an officer u n der Braddock and waswoun ded a t hi s de fea t . H e was an elder i n theP resb y ter ian Chu rch and res ided at SweetSpr in g s. Va . H e m An n Mon tgom e ry, hadeigh t ch and d 181 1 . The ch were : Margaretwho at J am es McFarland o f P i t tsb u rg , Pen n a. ;Major J ohn , who was a n oli i cer i n the Rev.

and com m an ded a com pan y a t the Ba t t le o fM on m ou th and m ( 1 ) J an e 5 . Thom son and

( 2 ) Mary P reston ; Thom as who was appo in tedMaj or by Wash in g ton , and l ater served u n de rWayn e ; Alex an der, b 1 763 who i n and lef tpo steri ty ; Wm . T ., who was b 1 766, m E l iz.Cabe l l o f Nel son Co. Va . and d 1828 n earLyn chb u rg , Va . ; Aga th a. b 1 774 . m Co l . O l iverT owles o f Cam pbe l l Co. Va . i n 1 794 and d1843 ; E l i zabeth M. b 1 777 who m Co l . JohnT ren t o f Cum berlan d Co. Va . and d 1837 ; D r.

Charles W . b 1 780 who a t Ma ry B. I rv in e . The

above i s taken from the"

Gen ealogy o f theLew is Fam i ly in Am erica" by Wm . T . Lew is.M iss O t t i e M . Green er, K irksv i l le, Mo .

4822 . Bucn a n a n . From the un pub l i shedMss. o f T . H . H olm es I fi nd the fol low in grecord . \Vm . Buchan an . l iv in g i n Cum berlan dCo. Pen n a . an d la ter in Oh io Co. Va . m E l i z.H en ry, dau o f Geo. and Margaret (Youn g )H en ry. She was b ab 1 766 and ab 1805 thecouple m oved to In d ian a, l iv in g i n wha t waskn own as " Bu chan an Se t t lem en t" in R ipley Co.

ab IS m i les from the Oh io R ive r. E li a. su r

v ived her hu sb an d and d i n 1848. They hadseven ch . as fo l lows : Wm . who i n ( 1 ) J an eBu chan an , h i s cou s in : Marga ret who m Wm .

Cowan . her cou s in ; Ma t t ie who at John H am i lton : Geo rge who as Mary John son ; E l iz . whom Wesley Cowan , her cou s in ; N an cy who m

Sheppard ; and Po l ly who i n Gal lat inMu ms. E l izabeth (H en ry ) Bu chan an 's s is ter.Marga ret b ab 1 769 m Geo rge, b rother o f \Vm .

Bu chan an i n Oh io Co. Va . and m oved to Belm on t Co. Oh io, where they l ived on a fa rm on

the b anks o f S t i l lwater Creek u n t i l thei r dea th.

The ir ch. were : Wm .. Peggy who m Wm .

D augher ty ; Mat t ie, who d.u nm . , W i l son and

E l i z . b oth o f whom m ; Vi’m . who rn Mrs.

Thom pson ; An drew who m . ; and three otherswho d.y. Marga ret ( H en ry ) Bu chan an (1 be

fore her hu sb and, George Bu chan an , a nd

he m ( 2 ) N an cy Ga l loway ab 1810 and l ivedsom e years. su rv iv in g h i s b rother, W i l l iam .

M rs. Geo. C. Pi t ts, 3604 Mor re l l Ave . Kan sasC ity. Mo .

4830. “li tm u s . The n am e o f the w i fe o fI saac \Vi lliam s, who was b Ju ly 16, 1 737 i nPen n a . and d Sept. 25. 1 825, i n Oh io, wasN an cy Bu rke. She was o f I r ish descen t . Ido n ot kn ow whether their dau S icha who m

I saac D awson had an y b rothers or s isters .Mrs. Sheldon S . Anderson , 421 N . 5 th St .

Terre H au te, 1nd.

4842 . (3) McCoa tt . R obe rt , son o f Sam

u el Mccorkle, was b 1 760 Aug usta Co. Va . ab

si x m i les s.w . o f S tatm ton . H e en l is ted i nOc t. 1 776 a t S taun ton . and was a ss ig n ed toCapt. M ichael Bowyer’s Co. i n Twel f th reg't.Th is reg 't. was ordered to Ph i la . i n Meh . 1 777,a nd wh i le there Robert Mccorkle was s tr i ckenw ith sm al l- pox . Upon recovery he jo ined thea rm y a t \Ves t Poin t. and wen t w i th i t toBran dyw in e and Germ an town . The w in ter o f1 777-8 was spen t a t Val ley Forge. In the

sprin g o f 1 778 he was ordered to Wh i te P l a in sand then to “'

est Po in t where he was d isch.N ov. 14, 1 778. H e t e - en l isted i n the sum m ero f 1 780 and was g iven the pos t o f OrderlySerg 't . i n Capt. S tr i b li n g’s Co. o f the FirstReg im en t o f Gen . Green e's Br igade, a nd

fou gh t a t N i n ety - S ix and E u taw Sp ri n g s .Rob er t McCorkle at May 12 , 1 785 , E l iza

b eth , dau o f Jam es an d Ca ther in e (Ty ler )Fo rres t . She was a m em ber o f the Spo t tsylvan ia Co. b ran ch o f the Ty ler fam i ly o f Va .

Ab 1809 the McCorkles m oved to Oh io, sett l in g n ear a po in t then kn own as R u ssel l ’sP l ace, i n Lawren ce Co. where he (1 Mch . 10.1833. Thei r ch . were : J am es, b 1 786 ; Mary,b 1 790 ; Sarah , b 1 793 ; Sam uel , b 1 796 ; Robert . b 1 798 ; J ohn , b 1800 ; An drew, b 1803 ;E l i zabe th , b 1807 ; J acob . b 1810 : and Ca ther in e, b 1813. T . 0 . M ccorkle, 4 700 Geo rg iaAve . \Nash i n gt on . D . C .

4951 . (3) WATERS . In a foo t - n ote, p 638to Supplem en t o f Lossi n g ’

s Field Book o f theRevo lu t ion i n a l is t o f the N aval com m an dersappo in ted by Con g ress du rin g the war, w i ththe da te o f thei r respect ive com m iss ion s secord in g to the Jou rn al s o f Con g ress. appearsu nder da te o f Mch . IS, 1 777. D an ie l Wa ters .See al so Goldsbo rough

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Mrs. F. C. Bu ckley , 1610 S ix teen th S t .

Super ior, To th is the Gen . Ed. wou ldadd that i n Vol. X VI o f the L in eage Book isfou n d the s ta tem en t tha t D an iel \\t'aters ( 1 7311816 ) com m an ded the schoon er “

Lee thatcaptu red m an y pr izes. H e was prom oted , 1 777 ,to Capta in an d gave valu ab le sea serv ice forthe Colon ies. H e m Agn es Sm i th and M is sA l ice Morton , whose N a t ion a l N um ber i s1 5618. en tered the Soc iety th rou gh h i s dau

An n e N an cy Waters who m N a than iel Br idge.

In"N aval Record s o f the Am er ican Revolu

t ion ” prepared from the or ig in al pape rs i n theL ib rary o f Con g ress we find tha t J un e 19,1 778, Cap t . D an ie l \Va ters had re fu sed com

m an d o f the “Res is tan ce, and the Mar in e

Com m i t tee had wr i t ten h im abou t i t. and thatJan . 30. 1 781 he was Capta in an d on e o f theBon ders o f the Mas s . sh ip Fr ien dsh ip o f 16gu n s, w i th a crew o f 70 m en .

4982 . ( 2 ) Cnosnv . In a com m u n icat ionfrom M rs. S a ra M . L . H aley, Sou th Lee,N . H . she s ta tes that J on athan Crosb y was aresi den t o f N ot ti n gham . N . H . i n 1 766 whenhe si gned a rem onstran cc aga in s t se tt in g off

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the Sou th West Pari sh . (N . H . Town Papers,Vol. X III, p 106) and that an exam inat ionof the S tratford Co. D eeds at Dover. N . H .

wou ld probably g ive the date o f JonathanCro sby’s go ing to G i lm anton where she th inkshe was located in 1776. As Mered i th and

G i lm anton are qu i te n ear each other ; and asn o m an by nam e o f Jonathan Cro sby signedthe Test f rom Gi lm anton, i t i s very probablethat the m an referred to in Answers in the

March i ss'ue was the o n e who was in N ott ingh am i a 1 766, and the father o f Betsy (Cro sby )Spokefield. Gen . Ed.

5003. H ART. On the au thor i ty of the o ldestm em ber of the H art fam i ly, M iss J u l ia Su gg,N ancy Morgan H art i s bu ried in H en dersonCo . Ky i n the old H art g rave yard on CashCreek . M i s s S ugg

's m o ther m arried the fi rstt im e Aunt Nancy 's” H u sband's bro ther. and

was cal led Grandm a Cash to dist ingu i sh herf rom the o ther Grandm o ther I i a rt . After shed ied the body was brou ght to M i ss Sugg

'sm o ther's hou se and rem ained there over n igh t.H er g rave was covered w ith beau ti fu l , w i ldflowers. and the plo t su rrounded by fores tt rees . I w i l l v isi t the spot and take pictu reso f the place, for the m agaz ine as I am her

descendant. Mrs. D av id Banks H ar t, H enderson . Ky .

5072. Carm a . My great g randfather. Barnard Carter E l l io t t wa s b Conco rd. N . H .

Apr. 1 , 1 784 . where he d D ec. 7, 185 1 . H e i n

D eborah We lch , b D ec. 1 1 , 1 784 . H e was the

son of Barnard E l l iott o f N ew ton and Con

cord, N . H . who i n E l i zabeth Carter. She was

the dau o f D an iel Ca rt er, b Sal i sbu ry, Mass.1 720 m D eborah Fow ler and d in Conco rd,N . H . Th is l ine i s carried back to the im m igrant, Thom as Carter, b E n g . who w i th h i sw i fe, Mary, em ig rated to th i s country . M rs.

Ida S teven s McKi n n ey , D eco rah . Iowa . To

th i s the Gen . Ed. wou ld add that there was aD aniel Carter who s igned the Ass. Test in1 776 i n Concord, N . H . b u t as n o death datei s gi ven on e can n ot tell w ith any deg ree o f

certain ty whether th i s i s the sam e or n ot .

T here was ano ther D an iel Carter who in 1832w as a Rev. pen s ioner. b ab 1758. H e wou ldn ot have been old enou gh to have s ign ed the

T es t in 1 776, b u t qu i te po ssibly i s the so n of

the o lder D aniel .5072 . (3) WELCH . For fu rther in fo rm a

t ion in regard to D ebo rah “'

elch who m Barnard Carter E l l io t t. especial ly throug h the

fou rth dau who m a S tevens. wr ite to Mrs.

Ida S teven : McKi n n ey , D ecorah. Iowa.5073. CRAWFORD. Wi l l iam Craw ford. bin that part o f Spo ttsylvan i a Co . Va . wh ich i sn ow Orange Co . in 1 732 . m in Frederick Co .

Va . H annah Vance and had th ree ch ildrenSarah , John an d E ffie. Nov. 2 7, 1 786 JohnCraw ford so ld the old hom estead o f the

Youghi oghen y to Edward Cook and em igrated

to the S tate o f Oh io , settl ing upon lan d be~

quea thed to h im by h i s father, a t the m ou tho f Bru sh Creek in Adam s Co . where he d in1816, leav ing th ree sons, Mo ses, R ichard and

W i l l iam . F. M . Balla rd ( a descendant o fRi chard S tephenson J r . a hal f bro ther of Col.Wm . Craw ford) , Cov ing ton, Ky .

5074 . \VARDELL. E l iak im \Vardell servedas a private in Col. W

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ei sen fel ’s reg't . Capt.

H unt's Co. N . Y. S tate M i l i t ia . E l iak im d

i n Pu tnam Val ley J une 20. 1823 ; was b 1 76 8,and m ( 2 ) a w idow Mrs. S u san Ru sse l l ( 17811861 ) in 1819. By h is ( 1 ) w i fe, Catherinehe had : Lydia, b June 23. 1 789 ; Robe rt. bMay 8. 1 79 1 , d 1826 ; E l i zabeth , b Apr. 5. 1 793.d 1 795 ; John, b May 16. 1 793 ; Jam es , b 1 79 7,d 1799. By the second w i fe he had : MaryFrances. b Ju ne 6, 183 1 , d D ec. 2 1 , 189 5 ; a n dSarah An n , b Apr. 1 , d Jan . 4 . 19 1 7.She was b in Pu tnam Val ley. a nd was a "

RealD aughter" and m em ber o f D ebo rah Sam pso nChapter, her N ational N o . be in g 99 724 . M issSara E . I-Vi Iba r, Reg i strar, B ridgewater, Mass.5082 . Auct 'lt. Edwi n P. Auger, 390 Broad

S t .. M iddletown , Conn ., has wr itten or i s wri ti n g an Augu r Genealogy. Mi ss Fra n ce: Br i gdm (g rand- dau o f Jona than Brigden an d h i sw i fe, H arriet Auger, 5 E lm H orn e-ll,N . Y.

5082 . (3) Ru mou r). There was a Wi l l iamRaym ond who served as a private in the com

pany o f Capt. Matthew Mead o f N o rwalk,Conn. f rom May 6 to D ec. 5 . 1775 ( See Conn .

Men in the Revo lu tion, p 67 ) who m ay b ethe on e inqu i red abou t. T here were severa lo thers m en t ioned in Conn . Men . It was qu i tecom m on to m ake the Rev. so ldiers Captain sof the M i l i t ia Com pan ies im m ed iate ly a fte rthe Revo lu t ion, a nd h is t i t le m ay have beenacqu i red in that way . Gen . Ed.

5083. Mu m s . In Versail les. Ky . , in'i l l

Book G, p 384, i s a w i l l reco rded o f a Sam ue lMartin, hea ri n g date Oct. 2 1 . 1818, in wh ichhe m en t ions hi s wi fe. Su sanna, sons, Benjam i n a n d E l ij ah , a n d m akes h i s unm arr ieddaugh ters a bequest equal in proportion to

what had been g i ven h is m arr ied daughters,except h i s daug hter Su sanna, an d says there in :To her I w i l l no th ing m ore than I have already g i ven unless she becom es a widow whichi f she does she m ay then have her po rtionequal to that o f her si sters, b u t i f she doe sn ot becom e a w idow that po rt ion m entionedI w i l l an d g i ve unto her first fi ve ch i ldren.nam ely. H enry, Mahala. Caty. N ath an andS tephen H o lm an . I do n ot know whet herth is Sam u el Mart in was a R ev. so ldier or not,

b u t tru st th is in fo rm at ion m ay b e o f help.M rs. L . Calv in S u therland, H anover, Ind.

5088. AYRES . There i s a record o f serv iceo f a D an iel and a \Vi lli am Ayres o f LancasterCo . to be foun d in Penna. Archives, Fi fth,

GEN EALOG ICAL D EPAR TMEN T

Series. Vol. VII, pp 467. 812 8: 983 for D an ieland 246 for “’ i l l iam . Gen . E d.

(3) Lon - CARTER. The Arch ives ofPenna. show that a H enry L o tt o f Bucks Co .

was, on Aug . 19, 1 775 . Capt. of a com panyof M i l i ti a in the R ev. known as the ”Fou rthAssociated Co . of No rtham pton twp . Buck sCo. and h is age as g i ven in the records atthat t im e wa s 68 ; hen ce th i s H enry Lo tt wasI) ah the t im e o f the on e m ent. i n the Query .

There was al so a Jerem iah Lott. b ab 1755in Bucks Co . Pen na. who (I at B loom sbu ry,N . J . i n 1822 . H e en l isted firs t i n Aug . 1773

i n the M i l i t ia for the town o f So lebu ry, underCapt . John Corryell; and aga i n in 1 779 as aT rum pe ter i n Capt. H eard's Co. Col. S tephenMoylan

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s reg’t. L ig h t D ragoons. serv ing un t i lJu ly 12, 1 783. I have been try ing to ascer

ta in i f he was a son of the above m entionedH en ry Lo tt .5089. Su son c. Three m en by nam e of

Su song—Andrew,Barbary and John, are m en

t ion ed in the E igh th Repo rt o f the Va. S tateL i brary. Andrew Su song i s al so m entionedas a private in the T h i rd Co . of the N ew

E leven th Penna. Cont inental Regi m en t. enli sti n g Mch . 25, 1 777 and serv ing t i l l J an. 17,1 781 . Th i s reg im ent was under L ieu t. Col.Adam H ubbel l J r. o f Wyom ing , and servedon the f rontiers, so i t i s qu i te poss ible thatthe i tem s abou t Andrew Su song re fer to on e

and the sam e m an . The bou ndary l ine between Penna. and Va. was n ot determ inedw i th any prec i sion at that t im e . Gen . Ed.

5090. Burm a. Prom W. 3 . L ong , 32 King's

H ig hway, H addonfi eld, N . J . com es the i nform at ion that W i l l iam Bu tler was b i n Yo rk,Penna. J an. 6.

.1 745 and d May 16. 1 789 at

P i tt sbu rgh, Penna. H e was comm i ss ionedL ieu t . Col. of the Fou rth Penna. reg i m ent,and had two sons. Mrs. E lea n o r .lIrCartn eyBam ford, 91 N . Frankl in St . W i lkes- Barre,Pen na. wri tes that he was bu ried in T rini tyChu rch Grave yard ; was the son o f Thom asBu t le r and h is w i fe E leanor, who cam e to

Am erica shortly a fter the i r m arriage. T hom asd J u l y, 1 79 1, \Vest Pen n sborough . Cum berlandCo . Penna. Mrs. Bam ford th ink s that he i sp ro bably the sam e m an who to Jane Carm icha e l an d b ad a dau Rebecca who m Sam ue lMcCu tcheon . ( See L ineage Boo k D . A. R.

Vol. p (Wheeler states in h is H isto ry o f N o rth Caro l ina, that L a fayett e, at ad inner g i ven in h i s hono r wh ile he was i n

Ph i ladelph ia, said that when he w i shed anygood wo rk done i n the Revo lu t ion he alwaysasked a Bu tler to do i t. Gen . E d. )5 101 . ( 2 ) GOLDEN . N o m ent ion i s m ade of

Sam u e l Go lden or Go ldi n i n Va. L i s t o f Va.So ldiers ; althou g h there are several m en bynam e o f Go lden w i th o ther Christ ian nam e s.Gm . E d.

Fishk i l l, N . Y . 1 745, d in D eer Park. N . Y.

i n 1828. H e served as a private in the

Du tchess Co. M i l i t ia i n 1 775. H e m Chari tyPerk ins ( 1 747- 1815) and had a son John whom Phebe Gi lders leeve ; a son Thom as, b 1 794who m Abigai l D av ids, and probably others .S everal o f h i s descendants have becom e

D aughters of the Am erican Rev. th rough h i srecord. Gen . Ed.

5 1 16. VAN D i me. Peter Van Dyke J r. bKi nderhook. N . Y. 1 767 served as a drum m erb oy in the N . Y . Levies in 1 780 in Capt. IsaacBogart

's com pany for the de fense of the f ront ier ; m Maria Youland a nd d 1810. A de

scendan t of Jane (Van D yke) Merwin hasentered the Society. an d the Reg i strar Gen eralw i l l, upon request. fu rn ish the nam e of thedescendant. Gen . Ed.

5121 . BAKER. Vt'

ayn e Co. Oh io was n ot

sett led i n 1 750 and as H enry Baker's son was

born in Frank l in Co . Penna. and h is brotherserved f rom Pen na. i t i s probable that H en ry,h irn self, served from that s tate. There a re anum ber o f m en by nam e of H enry Baker,m en tioned in Penna. Arch ives. Fi fth Ser ies.who l ived in the sam e local i ty f rom wh ichH enry’s bro ther cam e. No on e can enter theD . A. R. on the serv ice of the bro ther o f al ineal ancesto r. The l ine m u s t be unbrokenin order to obtain recogn i tion . Gen . Ed.

5124. (2 ) For in form at ion in t e

gard to the fam i l ie s o f the m em bers of theFair fax Com m i ttee o f Sa fety, the Gen . Ed.

wou ld re fer to Mr. S . C. S tu n tz, Secre ta ryFai rfax Co. H i s to rical Socie ty, Vienna, Va.

In wri t ing h im , however, do n ot forget toenclo se a fee.

5 145 . (2 ) Wm .. There were fou rteen di fferen t m en . at leas t, by nam e of W i l l whoserved in the Rev. f rom Penna. The on lywh ite m an of that nam e recorded as se rv ingf rom Va. was Robe rt W i l l. m en t. in th e Supplem ent to L i s t of Va. So ldiers, as hav ingrece ived a Bounty Land. Gen . Ed.

5 143. (3) MCCU MPSEY. A lexander, Johnan d Robert MeCum psey served in the Rev.

f rom Penna. according to Penna. Archi ves,Fi fth Series. Gen . Ed.

5 155 . (3) R ucxs. The only R ev. so ldierby nam e o f Ruck s m ent. i n the L i sts o f Va.So ldiers access ible to the Gen . Ed. was Benj am i n R ucks.5164. (2 ) RICH EY. T here was a John

Ri chey who served in the Rev. from Va. ac

co rding to Va. So ldiers, pub . by Va. S tateL ibrary, and was on t he f rontiers, known asthe Ill. D iv. T h i s m ay b e the on e des ired.T here was al so a John R i tch ie who servedas a Ranger on the front iers, who was bo rn

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M INNE SOTA MRS . JAMES T . MORR IS , 2 109 Bla isdel l Ave., Min n eapo l is.MRS . A. E . WALKER, 2 103 E ast lst S t ., D u lu th.

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MISS ISS IPP I E . F. N OEL, Lexin g ton .

MRS . JOH N MORRIS MORGAN, Co lum bus.M ISSOU R I MRS . WM , R . PA INTER , Jef’ferson Ci ty.

MRS . ARCH MCGREGOR, 577 St . Lou is St .. Springfield.MONTANA MRS . CH ARLES A. BLACKBURN , 809 W. S i lver St .. Bu tte.

D R. MARY BABCOCK ATWATER, 5 16 H ayes Ave., H elena .

N EBRASKA MRS . E LLET GRANT D RAKE, 606 N . 6th S t ., Bea trice.

MRS . FRANK l'

. R INGER, 935 D S t ., L in co ln .

N EVADA MRS . CH ARLES SILv SPRACU E, Goldfield.

WILL BERNARD H OWE , 35 Sou th St Con cord .

CH ARLES WATSON BARRETT , 99 Su l l ivan St , Clarem on t.WILL IAM D U SEN DERRv SH ERRER D H ighlan d Ave.,

H addon fi eld.JAMES FA IRMAN FIELDER

, 139 Gi t’lord Ave , Jersey Ci ty H eights.

S INGLETON M . AS IIEN EELTER,702 Bayard St ., S i lver City.

BEN ] . F SPRAR ER Pa la t in e Bridge.

D AV ID B . PAGE, 157 West 3rd St . ,gOswego.

T H EODORE S . MORR ISON,287 Pearson D rive, Asheville.

WM . PARKER MERCER E lm City.

NORTH DAKOTA . .MRS

OFFICIAL

GEO. M . YOUNG, Va l ley Ci ty.M ISS H ELEN M. CRANE, Va l ley City.

OHIO E DWARD LANS ING H ARR IS, 6719 E u cl id Ave., Clevelan d.MRS . JOH N TOLMAN MACK, 712 Wayn e S i ., San dusky.

OKLAHOMA WALTER D . E LROD, 400 N . Gran d Ave., Okm u lgee.

MRS. E DWARD LYM AN WORKMAN, 1 108 E . H obson , Sapu lpa.

OREGON .MRS

MRS

ISAAC L. PATTERSON, Eola Road, Sa lem .

F. M . WILK INS, 91 West 9th S t.. E ugene.

PENN SYLVAN IA .MRS. ANTH ONY WAYNE COOK, Cooksburg .

MRS.

RH ODE ISLAND . MRS

H . GRANT D RE ISDACH , Lewisbu rg .

ALBERT L. CALDER, 35 Sou th An geli St ., Prov iden ce.

M IS S E DITH MAY T ILLEY, P. 0 . Box 315, H ope S t. , N ewport .SOUTH CAROL INA MRS

MRS

SOUTH

E WALKER D UVALL, Cheraw.

H UGH L . MCCOLL, Ben n ettsv il le.

E . ST. CLA IRE SNYDER, 617 2n d St ., Wa tertown .

MRS."

ROLYIx H ARLAN, 1603 S . Pra i rie Ave., S iou x Fa l ls.

TENN ESSEE TH OMAS POLK, 583 E . Ma in St ., Jackson .

MRS

TEX AS

MRS

UTAHMRS

0 . 0 0 C Q QRIIRS

MRS

EDWARD MARK GRANT, Morristown .

JAMES LOWR Y SM ITH , 1 101 Taylor St ., Am ari l lo.

JOH N J . STEVENS, 31 1 Mart in St. , San An ton io .

L. C. M ILLER, 943 Ea st lst Sou th S t., Sa l t Lake City.S . W. MORRISON, 32 7th E ast St ., Sal t Lake Ci ty.E DWARD SPRAGUE MARS H ,

Bran don .

E . R . PEMDER, Wel ls.

VIRGIN IA ALETH EA SERPELL, 902Westover Ave., Nor fo lk.

MRS JOH N ADAM ALExAN DER, 1310 N . Augu sta S t . , S taun ton .

WASH INGTON OvERTON GENTRY E LL IS, 1609 Water St ., Olym pia .

MRS

WEST VIRGIN IA. . .MRs

STER LING PRICE KE ITH LY, 2624 R ucker Ave ., E verett.L INN BRANNON, 236 Cen ter Ave. , Weston .

MRS . JAM ES S . PH ILL IPS, Box 1 , Shepherdstown .

WISCONSIN JOH N P. H UME, 539 Terrace Ave., Milwaukee.

MRS . R UDOLPH BEESE H ARTMAN, 4001 H ighlan d Pa rk, Milwaukee.WYOM ING E DWARD GILLETT E, Sheridan .

MRS . BRYANT BUTLER BROOKS, Cheyen n e.ORE NT CH ARLES SUM NER Lom NGIER , Shan gha i, China .

MRS. T RUMAN SLAYm N H OLT, Illoi lo, Phil ippine Islan ds.

H o n ora ry Officers Elect ed fOr Li fe

MRS . JOH N W. FOSTER,MRS . D AN IEL MANN ING,

H on orary Presi de n t: Gen eralMRS. MATTH EW T . SCOTT,

MRS . WILL IAM CUMM ING STORY.Ho n orary Presi den t Presi di n gMR S . MARY V. E . CABELL.

H o n orary V i ce -Presi den ts Gen eralMRS. A. H OWARD CLARK, 1895. MRS . J . MORGAN SM ITH , 191 1 .

MRS . M ILDRED S . MATH ES, 1899. MRS . T H EODORE C. BATES, 1913.

MRS . MARY S. LOCKWOOD, 1905. MRS . E . GAYLORD PUTNAH , 1913.

MRS . WILLIAM L INDSAY, 1906. MRS . WALLACE D ELAI'IELD, 1914.MRS . H ELEN M . BOYNTON, 1906. MRS . D RAYTON W. BUSH NELL

, 1914.

MRS . SARA T . KINNEY, 1910. MRS . JOH N N EWMAN CAREY, 1916.

MRS . GEORGE M . STERN DERG, 191 7.

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ette. Am er ican L i berty, For t Pi t t and Tel lesde Rocham beau, Wash ing ton, D . C ; Tw inFall s, Tw i n Fal ls, Idaho ; Col. Asa Wh itcom b,Ki ngfield, Me ; Margaret Corbin, Bo ston, andNel ly Cu s ti s Lew is, Walpo le, Mass ; H att iesburg , H att iesburg, M i ss ; Gen . Asa D an fort h,Syracu se an d S idney, S idney, N . Y . ; Caro l inaPatr io ts, Mount O l i ve, N . C. ; Massi l lon, Mas

s i l lon, Oh io ; Barnwel l, Barnwe l l ; H udsonBerry, Anderso n and Jerem iah Jones, N orth,5 . C. ; Kath er ine H ou sm an, Taylo r, Tex as ;K in g

’s Wood, King swood, W. Va ., and AnneP ickett , Alexandria, Va.

Adm i tted m em bersh ip Feb . 23,

Actu al m em bersh i p Feb . 23, 19 17

R espect fu l ly subm i tted,Bm v Cm Su oor,

Organ iz ing Secretary Gen eral, N . S . D . A. R .

Mrs. Sm oo t referred to the o rgan izat ion o f

the General D an forth Chapter a t Syracu se, ands tated tha t i n regard to the m o t ion au tom a t ically di sbandi ng chapters when they fe l lbe low the req u i red num ber of twel ve, her o i

hee had been fo l lowing the ru le of al low inga cha pter that becam e inacti ve a l i tt le tim e toget the m em bers lack ing. un less thi s chapterhandica pped the organizat ion of an o ther chapter, and des i red to know i f she had been cor

rect in her ru l ing . The Pres ident Generals tated that th i s ru l ing wou ld be m ainta ined un

less there was som e o ther act ion taken .

M i ss Crowel l, S tate Regent of Pennsylvan i a,re ferred to the chapter recently organ i zed i nthe D is tr ict of Co lum b ia wh ich was m entionedi n the report o f the Organ iz ing Secreta ry General as Fort Pi tt, and presented a pro tes t onbehal f of the Pit tsburgh Chapter wh ich hadowned Fort Pi t t for alm os t a qu arter of acentu ry. A f ter a pro longed di scu ssion. the

Organiz ing Secretary General chan ged her re

po rt to read “the chapter of wh ich Mrs. L i ps

com b i s Regent .The adoption of her report w i th thi s chan ge

was m oved by Mrs. Sm oot, seconded, and ca r

ried .

The m at ter of the n ew cha pter be ing organi zed by Mrs. Bukey was then taken up, an d

a fter considerable di scu ss ion it was m oved byMrs. “food, seconded, and carried, tha t theOrg an i s ing S ecretary Gen eral call tog ether thei n terested pa rties, a nd tha t she be g iven powerto act

Referr ing again to the nam e of Fort P i tt ,the President General suggested that the m a t

ter be le f t to the Organ i zi ng Secretary Generaland the Pres ident General an d the Regent tofi nd a nam e that w i ll be acceptable to themtha t is n ot Fort P i tt, i n wh ich suggest ion M i s sCrowel l acqu iesced.The Pres ident General cal led attention to

the prov is ion in the Const i tu t ion for the ap

po intm ent o f organ i z ing regen ts, and s ta tedt hat s ince Mrs. H udler had been se lected bythe S ta te Regent of N ew York, and the Or

gan i zi n g Secreta ry General wa s will ing to ap

po int her, the Pres iden t Genera l stated shewou ld declare the chapter lega l ly organ izedan d au tho r i zed. Many o f the m em ber s rose .

to the i r feet in pro tes t against th i s ruli ng ,Mrs. Lockwood s ta ting that i t was i l lega l, asthe m atter cou ld only be carr ied by a vo teo f the Board.

Mrs. Wood read a te legram pro tes ti ngaga inst the au tho r iz ing of a second chapter a tMt . Vernon. and a lso read a letter f rom theMayor of Mt. Vernon .

A teleg ram f rom Mrs. Guernsey pro testi ngaga inst the shortness of the not ice for theS pec ial Board m eet ing was read by the Pres ident General, who rea d also Sec. 4, Art. VIIof the Cons ti tu t ion.The m ot ions as passed were read and approved. At p. m ., on m ot ion, the m eet ingadjou rned.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted.Cu nn i n g Bn im n Baaww,

Recordi ng S ecreta ry Gen eral pro tem .

Regu la r Meet i n g , Ap ri l 1 4 , 1 91 7

A regu lar m eet ing of the N ational Boardof Managemen t was cal led to order by the

Pres ident General, Mrs. Wi l l iam Cum m ingS to ry, in the Board Room of Mem or ial Cont i n en tal H all, Satu rday, Apri l 14, 19 17, at

a. m .

The Chap la in Gen eral, Mrs. Mary 5 . Lockwood, opened wi th prayer as fo l lowsOu r H eavenly Father, we look u pon Thee

as our refuge a nd ou r streng th . In these dayso f stress and stri fe and darkness let the sun

l ight of Thy m ercy break through the cloudso f horro r an d m ay Thy vo ice be heard in our

heart s assu ring us o f Thy u nchangi ng w i l l to

shape the wo rld for peace and righ teou sness .H ave m ercy u pon al l tho se whom want threaten s an d tho se who are lef t w i thou t stay or

hope. H elp each on e o f th is great patr iot icbody to put sel f aside and have an eye s ing leto the g lor i fi cation of ou r Nat ion. H elp eachon e to fai th fu l ly per form the du t ies assignedto them , and i n al l our work m ake i t a workof love. Let us n o t forget that peace em anatesf rom indiv idual heart s and through indi vidua lm inds i t spreads over the wor ld. Le t the

u ni ted thought o f th is great Socie ty go forthon the w ing s of love and peace, and to tha tend let us pray.

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The m em bers of the Board jo ined wi th the and ca rr ied, tha t the report of the Presiden tLord's Prayer.Mrs. Ra nsde l l a sked that the Board s ing

Am erica. including two verses to the sam e ai rb u t di ti

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eren t words, copies for wh ich weredis tr ibu ted am ong the m em bers.The ro l l was then cal led by the R ecording

Secre tary General w i th the fo l low ing resu l t :Act ive Ofii cerr , Mesdarn es S to ry, Goode,

Sm i th, D i nw iddie. Green, Thom pson, Foster,D avi s, Maupin, Wood, Leary, Minor, Spencer,Bu tterworth , H owel l, Teba ult, Lane, Gedney,Lockwood, Boyle, Blodgett, Sm oo t, M i s s Pierce,Mesdam es Ra nsdel l, Augsb u ry, Orton, S ternhcrg . S ta te R eg en ts, Mrs. Cobbs, Mi ss H ardy,Mesdam es Schuyler, Bu e l, Bru m baugh. Carru th , McCall, Bahnsen, Beck, Guern sey,Boone, A lexander, S teele, E l l i son, Wai t,Squ ires, Painter. Au l l, Mi ss Wal lace, Mes

dam es Sherrerd, Spraker, M is s Rodm an, Mes

dam es Young . Brant, Patterson, M i s s Crowel l,Mesdam es La n gley, Calhoun. Po lk, Sm i th,M i l ler, Marsh . M i ss Serpell, Mesdam es Bowden , Fi sher, H um e. S ta te V ice R egen ts, Mes

dam es Freem an, R idou t, Alexander.The Pres ident General annou nced that theBoard wou ld be the guests of Vi rg i n ia, Org an i z i n g S ecretary General, Mrs. Sm oot ; VicePres ident General, Mrs. Mati pia , and S tateR egent. M is s Serpell, and unless som e obi cet ion was m ade the Board wou ld adjou rnp rom ptly at 1 o

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clock for luncheo n.

T he Presiden t General stated that a casewas to be heard by the Board at that m eet ingh aving to do w i th certain charges m adeagainst certa in m em bers wh ich these m em bersdesi red to have an opportunity to re fu te in thep resence of the Board, and asked whe ther them atter shou ld be taken up at once or the regular order of bu s iness proceeded w i th . Movedb y M i ss Pierce, seconded by Mrs. Ransde l l,a nd carried, tha t we proceed wi th the reg u la rorder of b usi n ess.The Pres ident General s tated that she had

n o report o ther than the report wh ich she

wou ld g i ve at Cong ress, wh ich was long , andshe did no t consider i t advisable to g i ve the

report so m any tim es, so she wou ld conten th ersel f w i th saying how happy she was to see

so large a representation o f the Board and

t o express the hope. wh ich she fel t was in them inds and hearts o f al l, that the com ing Cong ress m igh t be a u se fu l an d product i ve and

p rogressive on e, on e worth wh i le. The Pres ident General stated that when her repo rt,wh ich conta ined n o recom m endat ions. was

no th ing b u t a resum e o f the accom pl i shm ent ofth is adm in istration. was presented to Cong ressand approved and accepted. as i t m u st n ecesc

sari ly be, she wou ld l ik e to have i t consideredher report to the Board a nd printed w i th theo ther oflicers' reports in the Mag az ine. Movedby Mrs. Orton, seconded by Mrs. Augsb ury,

Gen eral when m ade to the t h Con t in en talCon g ress be reg a rded as pa rt of the proceedi ngs of th is Boa rd m eet ing a nd b e pr in ted i nthe Magaz ine.

R epo rt of Presi den t Gen eral.

Mem bers of the 26th Cont inenta l Congress an dH ono red Guests :T h is m om ent that has drawn together the

m em bers o f a great patriot ic band o f Am er ican wom en i s a m om ent of g reat spir i tual si gn i fia n ce and m y heart goes ou t to you inlov ing welcom e and great so l ici tude.

l ventu re to bel ieve that every on e of you,

m y D aughters, i f you fo l lowed the patrio ti cim pu lse of you r own des i re, wou ld at thism om en t be engaged in som e serv ice of praet ical value to ou r Country, for an Am ericanwom an who fai l s at th i s tim e to real ize herpersonal obl igation to serve, i s n ot wo rthy of

her descent f rom the Patrio ts .W

' i th the fu l l knowledge that we have graveresponsibi l i t ies wh ich we m u st m eet, an d thatwe are tak ing tim e tha t i s n ot ou rs to waste,we are assem bled, and shou ld th i s Cong ressfa i l in u se fu lness o r sincerity o f pu rpo se, or

degenerate through personal interest s into an

occasion n ot o f the h ighes t u se fu lness and

value, we wou ld be gu i l ty o f lowering the

s tandard of our great Body an d fai l som ewhati n the pu rpo se for wh ich we were created,the inspi ration o f patr io t i sm .

I know that you w i l l real ize you r obl igations,and that in you r hearts there i s the prayer. OhGod, g i ve m e sense to see m y du ty and

streng th to do i t. You wi l l, 1 am su re. adoptm easu res that w i l l bring into service the splendid resou rces o f our nine ty- si x thou sand or

ga n i zed Am erican wom an hood.

Wh i le I am t ru ly thank fu l that I m ay re

po rt to you a phenom enal ly ti ne condi t ion o f

ou r be loved Society, and the achievem ents forth is adm ini stration have far ou tstr ipped anypast period, th is i s b ut the natu ral g rowth o f

a g reat Body, and i t does n ot approach in m agn i tude what shou ld be accom pl i shed du rin gthe nex t th ree years, for no per iod i n the

h i story of our Cou ntry has ever o ffered suchopportuni ty for bri l l iant ach ievem ents as doesth i s period i n ou r im m ediate fu tu re. My lovi n g asp irat ions ru sh forward into the fu tu re,and I shal l g i ve m y m i te o f acti ve serv ice i nthe ranks j u s t as I have been so happy an d

priv i leged to g ive i t as Ch ie f E xecu ti ve o f th i snoble Body.

In the opening days of th i s adm in i strat ion,certa in deta i l s presented them se l ves, wh ich i nm y opinion wou ld fac i l i tate bu s iness an d co n

serve t im e a nd effort, a nd n ow that the

changes have been ad opted a n d are wo rk ingou t as a sat is facto ry rou tine i t am u ses m e tolook ba ck u pon the fact that these m easu res

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were opposed. \Ve had pr ior to th i s adm ini stra t i o n been accu stom ed to have the nam eso f the appl icants read by the Reg i strar Genera l an d then vo ted on [or acceptance, b ut thereading o f these nam es consum ed so m ucht im e that they were gi ven in thi s fash ion : Alabam a, s i x Browns. two Sm i th s, three Jones ;Connect icu t, n ine Wh ites. fou r Robinsons ; etc.

Th i s conveyed n o know ledge o f personal ident ifi cation to the m em bers who vo ted on thei radm i ttance. an d I sugg e sted that the Reg istrarhave m ade a num ber o f copies o f her l i st o fappl icants, di v ided into states. a nd g i ven to

the di fferent S tate Regents in t im e to a l lowthem to look over the l i st an d ascertain whohad passed, and then that the Reg i strar General present her repo rt in th i s form : I here i npresen t for adm ission to m em bersh ip in theNat ional Society o f the D augh ters of the

Am er ican Revo lu tion the nam es contained inth is l i st. the appl ica nts having m et al l the re

q u i rem en ts o f el ig i bi l i ty. and m o ve that theSecretary b e em powered to cast the bal lo t toe lect m em bers.T hi s m ethod was adopted and worked wel l

{or a few m ee t ing s o f the Board. when two

o r three m em bers grew apprehens ive o f som et h ing .

—l do n o t know what.—and we had to

g o back to the old m e thod o f reading su r

nam es only. for abou t fo rty m inu tes. unti l thefo l low ing Cong ress convened an d I cou ld subm i t to you m y plan and you saw the adv i sab i li ty o f th is conservat ion of t im e. and we haves ince em ployed m y m ethod o f repo rt . 1 m en

t io n th i s m atter that m ay seem u nim portant.o nly to dem onst rate the fact that i t i s o f tend i fficu l t to introduce very s im ple m easu reswh ich a re im provem ents b u t wh ich m eet oppo s i tion purely becau se they are

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The reading o f the m inu tes of the Boardm eet ing s at the clo se o f the m ee ting insteado f at the fo l low i ng m ee t ing i s a di st inct impro vem ent. as in the past the Board was att im es only cal led together every fou r m onths,a n d the m inu tes be ing held over from on e

m eet ing to the o ther were natu ral ly very old

news when they cam e ou t i n the Magaz inefou r m onths a fter they had been m ade. On eo f the candidates for President General statesin her cam paign l i teratu re that the Board needo nly b e cal led every fou r m onths. b u t I don o t at al l ag ree w i th th is po l icy o f hers. for.i n m y exper ience. a g reat corporat ion w i th alarg e i ncom e a nd large di sbu rsem ents. a largeco rps of salar ied em ployees. and m anybranches of act i ve wo rk. canno t do ju st ice tothe Organizat ion in cal l ing together so in trequ ently i ts adm in i strat i ve body. It m ay beve ry inconvenient to travel across the cont inentto attend m onth ly Board m eet ing s. b u t thebu s iness o f th i s Society m u st n o t be held up.i n j u st ice to the states an d the m em bers. for

U pon assum ing the o ffice o f execu ti ve headof th is Soc iety. I at once fe l t the need of athoroug h know ledge of the ru les that hadbeen from t im e to t im e m ade by Cong ress andthe N ational Board of Managem ent, and, on

reading these ru les wh ich are very large ly thework ing ru les o f ou r Board, 1 fo und o n e l i tt lepam phlet wh ich was printed, a nd a quanti tyo f loo se leaves o f typewri tten: m aterial wh ichwas m os t cum bersom e and inconvenient. 1

appo inted Mrs. L i v ing ston Rowe Schuyler, anexcel lent parl iam entar ian. a nd a com m i t tee toclass i fy these ru les and publ ish them . Thi swas rather expensive as i t was a very difiicu l t piece of wo rk, b u t i t i s essential that therecord o f govern ing ru les o f a gr eat bodybe in clear. convenien t form for re ference,and today any m em ber m ay pu rchase th i s booko f S tatu tes, a nd w i l l find i t o f g reat as si s tancein m aintaining the ru les of th i s Organization .

You are all aware o f the m enace that threatened our beau t i fu l Mem o r ia l H a l l when the

property im m ediately adj acent to i t was ownedby o ther people, an d you m ay have heard som eof the threats to bu i ld s t ru ctu res thereon tha twou ld b e very detr im ental to ou r property. Iw as g lad to avai l m ysel f o f the au tho ri ty g i venm e by Cong ress to pu rchase the land back o fou r bu i lding at the lowest po ssible rates . Yo ua re aware that throug h the generos i ty o f

several of ou r m em bers 1 was enabled to rai sepersonal ly the am ount s necessa ry for the firs tcash paym ents on our land. You also recal lthe fact that we did m ake the pu rchase at thelowest ti g u re at wh ich the land had ever beeno ffered, nam e ly, and a squarefoo t . In the m atter o f the pu rchase of thefirst lo t o f land. we are indebted to Mr.

Charles C. Glover for hav ing assi sted u s to

acqu i re i t. a nd in the second pu rchase the transact ion was m ade di rect ly be tween the owners o f the property a n d the National Society.n o real estate com m i ss ion be ing paid. or anyexpense incu rred. except that o f search ing the

t i tle and the attorney’s fee for drawing up thenecessary papers . A fter the first cash paym entwas m ade. the rem ain ing paym ents have beenarranged for by a ser ies o f no tes fo r com

para t i vely sm al l am ounts a t qu i te long interval s apart so that the land ca n be paid for,w i thou t at a l l cr ippl ing the treasu ry. f rom thei ncom e of the Soc ie ty, and the m em bers needn o t b e taxed fo r contribu t ions to pay for theland. a re fortunate i n having secu red al lo f the land back o f the H al l except the twoco rners in the extrem e rear. The lo t in thedi rect cen ter of the rear (wh ich we havebo u ght ) pro tects u s from the erection o f abu i lding acro ss that f rontage, wh ich was aser iou s m enace to our property.

When Cong ress vo ted to send our D . A. R .

Magaz ine to every m em be r in good standing ,

th i s vo te becam e a law wh ich had to be obeyed.

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m o st generously fi nanced the product ion in theH all o f “

The Batt le Cry of Peace. The otherprodu ct ions were paid for by the di fl

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com pan ies producing them .

To every appeal I have m ade to our m em

bers for service to our Country. the responsehas been qu ick and generous . The fo l lowi ngletter I have j u s t sent out in ou r m ag az ine,a nd the reco rd of response that i s n ow com ingto m e shows that the hearts of our wom ena re in thi s an d they w i l l do thei r part to securefor ou r be loved Count ry the protect ion she

shou ld have. If ou r loyal se rv ice ha s beenneeded throu gh the m onth s past. when everywom an has prayed w i th al l her heart that wem igh t b e spared the ho rrors of war in this.ou r own be loved land, how m uch m ore m u stwe n ow devo te ou r best e ffo rts to N a t i on al'

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vice to m eet the war that has been th ru st uponus by Germ any, a nd wh ich we i n honor m u stm eet lE very wom an shou ld, in my op inion , m ake

her firs t du ty service to her cou ntry. and I

be l ieve that our m em bers wi l l do th is. Our

be lo ved Mem oria l H all, shou ld be the centerof organ ized serv ice and from i t, spreadingto every state. l ines of service shou ld be developed so that the resou rces o f indi v idual san d the power o f a g reat o rgani zat ion shou ldb e devoted to al l that wom en can do to serveou r Country.S ince you honored m e by that greatest priv ilege that m ay com e to an Am erican wom anin the l ine o f offi cial service, by m aking m e

the Presiden t General of th is wonder ful or

gan i za t i on , I have devoted my bes t eff ort s tothe work . I have pres ided over every m eeti n g, held du ri ng the past fou r years. of theN a t ional Board o f Managem ent, every m eeti ng o f the E xecu ti ve Comm i t tee. and attendedthe m eet ing s o f count less other com m i ttees. I

have personal ly s igned every cer ti fi cate of ad

m i ss ion that has been i ssued. and per form ed

o ther offici al du t ies to the best o f my abi l i ty.I have represented the Society on countlessim po rtan t occasions, always w i th the prayerthat I m ight represent you . m y beloved m em

bers, worth i ly. and I have t ried to adm i nis terthe affairs of ou r Society j u stly and fa irly,a t rue consecra tion of sel f m u st. I th ink,neces sa ri ly com e to any wom an who i s pr iv ileged to serve as I have served ; an d your

loya l su ppo rt. you r fai th ful and in te l l igent cooperat ion. has enabled m e to accom pl ish all

tha t I have been able to do. I count i t thecrowning g lo ry o f m y l i fe to have served asyou r devo ted Pres iden t General.

DAISY ALLEN Srol v,

Presiden t Genera l. N . S . D . A. R .

The Recording Secre tary General then readher repo rt as fo l lows

R eport of R ecordi n g Secretary Gen eral.

Madam Presiden t Gen era l and Mem bers ofthe Na ti on a l Boa rd :I have the hon or to repo rt tha t ca rds of ad

m ission were sen t ou t w i th in the speci ti ed t im eto all the new m em bers adm i tted a t theJamu a ry, Februa ry a nd March m eet in gs. The offici al n o t ices, letters o f sym pa thy, regre t andcon do len ce i n con n ec t ion w i th the Jan uarym eet ing were a lso prom pt ly wr i t ten .

The 1377 cer t ifica tes wh ich have bee n sign edby the Presiden t Gen era l sin ce my repo rt tothe Jan ua ry Boa rd ha ve been issued andm a i led.The n o t ices to m em bers o f the Boa rd o f

the Spec ia l Meet in gs for Febru a ry and Marchwere sen t ou t as soon as the da tes were fixed .I have sign ed all docum en ts requ i r ing m ysign a tu re.

The n o t ices o f a ppo in tm en t on Con g ressional Com m i t tees have all been sen t ou t. andthe acceptan ces and regrets n o ted and fi led .L ists ha ve been fu rn ished all Con g ression a lC ha i rm en and the prin ter, and proo f read o fthese com m i ttees for the prog ram m e.

D u ring the fou r yea rs o f my a dm in istra t ion ,for the first t im e, the olli ci al sten ographer hasbeen on the t im e ro l l . I t happen s th a t byreaso n of her fam i ly respon sibi l i t ies and o therc i rcum stan ces she has foun d i t m ore con ven

i en t to take her lea ve a day here and therean d fract ion s of days, and even an hou r n owa nd then , con sequ en t ly she has been all thet im e pract ica l ly on du ty . She ha s n ever compla in ed o f abid in g by the ru les and has askedn o spec ia l con sidera t ion , when she has haddeducted f rom her sa la ry every yea r va ry in gam ou n ts for t im e u sed i n excess of her th irtydays an n ual lea ve.

I t has n o t, however, seem ed fa i r to m e tha tthe N a t ion a l Soc iety shou ld a l low an em ployeeto work som et im es u n t i l m i dn igh t repo rt in gm eet in g s and then to dedu ct from her sa la rythe ha l f hou r she wou ld be la te the fo l low in gm o rn in g . I do n ot ask tha t an y o f the ru lesbe wa i ved or any spec ia l con sidera t ion shown ,b u t I do ask tha t the 126 hou rs she has g i veni n overt im e be pa id for by the N a t ion a l 5 0ci ety . (Th is does n o t in c lude the o vert im eg iven du rin g the Con g ress an d in c ide nt to i t . )I take pleasu re i n presen t i ng Vo lum e I I I o f

the ru l in gs of Con gress and the Boa rd, ca rryi n g on the wo rk so ably begu n by m y predecessor. I re fer to th is as Vol. III, the firstvo lum e o f the ea rl ier ru l in gs hav in g beenprin ted and issued i n the days when theoffices o f th is Soc iety were st i l l a t 902 F S tree t .

Respect fu l ly subm i tted,(Mas. WM . C. ) An n" : W i nn /i st s R . Bovu z,

R ecordi ng S ecreta ry Gen eral.Moved by Mrs. Boon e, secon ded by Mrs.

Thom pson ,a nd ca rried, tha t the report of the

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R ecordi ng S ecreta ry Gen eral be accepted. On

m o t ion of M iss P ierce, secon ded by Mrs. Mau

p i u . i t was carried, tha t the recom m enda t i oni n cluded i n the report of the R ecord in g S ccrctory General be a rccptcd.

Mrs. Sm oo t read her repo rt as Organ i z in gSecreta ry Gen era l :R eport of Organ i zi ng Secre ta ry Gen eral.Ma dam Presiden t Gen era l and Mem bers o f theN a t ion a l Boa rd o f Managem en t :Acco rd in g to the R u l in g o f the 22nd Con t in

en ta l Con g ress I presen t n o Orga n i zin g Regen ts for con firm a t ion , n or chapters to be

a u tho ri zed.The fo l low ing chapters are to be offic ia l lyd isban dedGren ada a t Gren ada. Miss. ; Josiah E veret t

a t Lyon s, N eb . ; Kuyohoo ra a t H erk im er,N . Y . ; Lew is Ma lon e Ayer a t Ba rnwel l, S . C.,

and On on daga a t Syracu se, N . Y.

The fo l low in g chapters have repo rted thei rorgan i za t ion sin ce the March illst Boa rd m ee ti n g :

la ke Cham pla in , Sou th H ero, Verm on t ;Susan Ran do lph, Van da l ia, Mo ., an d the chapter at Port A l lega ny, Pen n a .

The adm i tted m em be rsh ip March 3]19 1 7

The actua l m em bersh ip Ma rch1917

Respect fu l ly subm i tted.Bm v Cu m Su oor,

Organ iz i ng Secreta ry Gen era l, N . S . D . A. R .

In rega rd to the recomm en da t ion for the

d isba n d ing of the On on daga Chapter a t Syracuse, N . Y ., Mrs. Sm oo t referred to the ru l inga u tom a t ica l ly d isban d in g chapters when theyfel l below the requ i red n um ber for ex isten ce,and sta ted tha t chap ters were gi ven a l i tt let im e to secu re the m em bers they lacked ( havi n g , of cou rse, i n the m ea n tim e n o rep resen tat ion a t Con gress or the sta te con feren ce )— i fthey d id n o t han d ica p an o ther chapter by forci n g them to have e ig h t n ew m em bers ; tha tshe had a fforded every oppo rtun i ty to the

On on daga Chapter to m ake good the i r cla imtha t they had twel ve m em bers on thei r ro l l,wh ich they had fa i led to do , an d she was

there fore i n her repo rt recom m en d in g tha tthey be offic ia l ly d isban ded . On m o t ion o f

Mrs. Maupin . secon ded by Mrs. Thom pso n . i twas ca rried, tha t the Org a n is in g S ecreta ryGcn rral

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s report be accepted. The Presiden tGen eral expressed her person a l apprec ia t ionof the work o f Mrs. Sm oo t as Orga n i z in gSecreta ry Gen era l . the S ta te Reg en ts o f Ken

tu cky, Oh io. New Jersey, Wash in g ton . Mich igan , Oregon . Nor th Ca ro l in a , Missou ri , Alabam a , V i rg in ia . Ten n essee, Mrs. Stern berg and

others, test i fy in g to the assista n ce she had

ren dered them i n the i r sta te wo rk. an d to her

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splen d id abi l ity . Mrs. Sm i th m oved a ri si n gvote of tha nks for the splendid serv ice of ou rOrg an iz i ng S ecreta ry Gen eral, Mrs. W i llia nsA. S m oo t , which was secon ded by Mrs. Boo n ea nd ca rr ied .

At the request of the Presiden t General.Mrs. Maupin , V ice Presiden t Gen eral f romV i rg in ia . took the cha i r.Miss P ierce read her repo rt as Reg istra r

Gen era l, sta t in g tha t i t covered on ly two

weeks' work. as at the specia l m ee ti n g he ldMa rch 31 she reported 1272 m em bers adm i tt ed.

R eport of Treasurer Gen eral.

Madfm Presiden t Gen era l and Mem bers of th eNa t ion a l Boa rd o f Managem en t :The report of the T reasu rer Gen era l to the

Con t inen ta l H a l l Comm i ttee last even i n gshowed the pa ym en t of 2 bon dsthu s reduc i n g the in debtedn ess toTh is i s a plea su re to us all.

A m a tter tha t m ust be adj u sted by the Boa rdi s the d isposit ion o f a check g i ven by Madamde Tava ra Apri l 30th, 19l5 for $3230.

When perm ission was g i ven vMadam de Tava ra on Apr il 26th , 1915 to ask assistan ce foran am bu lan ce i t was don e w ith the u n derstan d in g tha t the Soc iety wou ld be at no ex

pen se.

When her c i rcu la rs were ma i led she used

R epo rt of R eg i strar Gen eral.

Madam Presiden t Gen era l, Mem bers o f theBoa rd of Man agem en t1 have the hon o r to report 312 appl ica ti on spresen ted to the Boa rd and 686 supplem en talpapers ver ified ; perm i ts issued for insign ia942, an cestral ba rs 496, a nd recogn i t ion pin s698. Papers ex am in ed an d n o t yet ve r ified,or igi na l 625. su pplem en ta l 843. Suplern en t al

papers rece ived prio r to Jan ua ry 1 , 19 15, fo rwh ich add i t ion a l in fo rm a ti on has been re

quested b ut not yet rece i ved 108 : pa pers t e

tu rn ed u n verified. or ig ina l 52 . supplem en tal222. N ew records veri fied 874 .

Respec t fu l ly subm i tted,Caner: M . Pm ,

R egistrar General.Moved by M iss P ierce, secon ded by Mrs.

Ort on , and ca rr ied, tha t the Secretary east th e

ballot for 312 appli ca n ts for m em b ersh ip. TheRecord ing Secretary Gen era l an n oun ced tha tshe had cast the ba l lot for 312 appli ca n ts. an dthe Chai r decla red them elected. Mrs. Brumba ugh m oved to a ccept the report of the R eg i strar Gen eral w i th a ri si ng vote of tha nks forher service to the S oc iety. Secon ded by MissH a rdy an d carr ied .Mrs. Ra n sde l l read her repo rt as fo l lows,du r ing the read in g of wh ich the Presi den tGen era l resum ed the cha i r.

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the enve lopes o f the Soci ety, g iv ing her check,as there was a quest ion as to the expense. The

T rea su rer General has had a repo rt fromMadam de Tavara stating that she had col

lectedTh i s am oun t di d n ot pass through the books

o f the National Society and therefore no

credi t has been g i ven the N ational Society forth i s rel ie f wo rk .

The T reasu rer General asks the Board to

instruct her as to the di spo si t ion of the checkin ques ti on.

I have the honor to subm i t the fo l lowing report of receipts an d di sbu rsem ents fromJanu ary 1 to March 31 . 19 17 :

(The i tem i zed report w i l l appear in a later i ssue of the m agaz ine. )

Fe llow Mem bers —1 have pu t for th m y very best efforts in th i s difficu l t ofli ce.

cou ld do n o m ore.Angel s

Respect fu lly subm i tted.

Ou vz Powen . RANsDELL,

T reasu rer General N . S . D . A. R.

The T reasu rer General then reported 45 deceased ; 31 resigned ; and 13 re- instated.

On m ot ion, the res ign at ions were accepted and the th i rteen m em bers were re- in s tated intothe N at ional Society.

The President General stated tha t the statem en t from the T reasu rer General wa s re

cei ved as read. Moved by Mrs. S ternberg ,

seconded by Mrs. Blodgett. tha t the check

g iven by Madam e de Ta va ra be cashed. Af tersom e di scu ssion the m o t ion was pu t . and aris ing vo te being cal led for, was carried byan affirm ati ve vo te o f 34 as aga i nst 26 in thenegat i ve. Moved by Mrs. Goode. seconded byM rs. Young . tha t Madam de Tavara be re

im bu rsed for postage spent for patr io t ic work.T h i s m o tion was pu t an d los t.Mrs. Aug sb u ry presen ted her repo rt, w i th

the perm ission o f the Board re fra in ing fromreadi ng the l i s t o f contr ibu tions .

R epo rt of H istori an General

Madam President General an d Mem bers of theN ational Board of Managem ent :It g i ves m e great pleasu re to repor t that the

wo rk o f my offi ce is fu l ly com ple ted to datea nd ready for the approval . I trust, of the

Congres s.Vo lum e Forty - fou r of the L ineage Book w i l l

be ready to g i ve ou t w i th i ts com panion. Volum e Forty- three. nex t week . R eaders o f

Vo lum e Fo rty- fou r w i l l no te w i th pleasu re theu nu sua l num ber o f supplem ental serv ices . Th i shas com e abou t qu i te largely throu g h the pu bli ca t i on o f the v ital records o f m any of the

New Eng land towns . D aughters who have i nyears past m ade di l i gent and fru i t les s searchfor genealog ical data are n ow enabled to find

the des ired fam i ly records in the publ ic l ibraries o f ou r pr incipal ci t ies. It is hoped thata pe ru sal o f Vo lum e Forty- fou r m ay insp iretho se Daughters whose nam es w i l l appear inthe vo lum es im m ediately to fo l low . to renewedeffo rt s in prov ing supp lem ental ancestry .

At frequent interval s du r ing the past yearsi t has been m y pr iv i lege to m eet m y co- workers of the N ational Board in th is beau ti fu lroom . The l i st o f Nationa l Offi cers and S ta teR egents for 19 12 - 13 contains t hi rteen nam esi nc luding m y Own . wh ich st i l l appear on thero l l of the N ational Board. Not al l. however,have been constantly i n office. Th is l i t tlegroup then m ay be counted as the veterans o fou r num ber who have seen the g radualchan ges. we lcom ed the newcom ers and regretfu l ly parted w i th the m any who have ret i redto the ranks.As you r H i storian i t i s proper that I shou ldre fer to the hou rs o f con ference. t im es o f tenthat tr ied our sou l s and le f t u s exhau sted i nm ind and body. hou rs o f soc ial relaxat ion inour Banquet H al l and al l the rou tine o f them anagem ent o f an o rganizat ion, so great an dso far reaching as ou r own . Personal ly Iwou ld express to ou r Pres ident General andthe m any wom en present who have proventhem sel ves loyal D aug hters and t ried f r iendsm y heart fel t reg re t that these pleasant offiefal relat ions m u st cease for m e at the ad

jou rnm en t o f the Congress. The bu rden hasbeen heavy b u t the serv ice worth whi le.

The fo l low ing g i f ts have been recently t e

cei ved for the Com m it tee( Item i zed l ist w i l l appear in later m agaz ine. )

R espect fu l ly subm i tted.(Mas. WILLARD S . ) Man E . Aucsauav.

H istori a n Gen eral.The accepta n ce of m y report was m o ved by

Mrs. Au gsb ury. seconded by Mrs. S ternberg ,

a nd carr ied. Mrs. Leary m o ved that a ri si ngsta te of tha nks be g iven the H istor ia n Gen era l.wh ich was seconded by Mrs. Bowden andcarried.

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o f fi f teen hundred, seventy-on e letters. Fi f

teen hundred. th i rty - seven le tters have beenwritten .

Twe l ve hundred, ten orders for suppl ieshave been fil led, wh ich cons isted of the fol

low ing :Appl ica tion b lanks, Mi niatu re blanks,

Leaflets “H ow to Becom e a Mem ber.

”

General In fo rm ation. Con st i tu

t ion s. T rans fer ca rds.A copy of the Propo sed Am endm en t to the

By—Law s to be acted upon at the Congresswas m ai led w i th in the prescr ibed ti m e to everychapter an d to the m em bers of the N ation a lBoard o f Managem ent.The m a il for the bu i lding has been di str ibu ted a nd the clerical work of the FinanceCom m i ttee has been done i n th i s ofli ce.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted,

(Mrs. D elo s A. ) PECK Bw ncsrr,

Corresponding S ecreta ryActi on regarding m y repo rt for Decem ber.

1 916. presented at the m eet ing of the Boardi n January was de ferred unt i l i cou ld be presen t . It i s m y w i sh that the statem ent m adethere i n . to wh ich except ion was taken, be lncorporated in m y repo rt and that the repo rtfor Decem ber appear in the m inu tes of th i sm eeti ng .

R eport of Correspondi ng Secreta ry General.Jan ua ry 1 7, 1 9 1 7

Madam President Gen eral and Mem bers of

the National Board of Managem ent :I ha ve the hono r to report that du ring the

m onth o f D ecem ber, 1916. 295 letters have beenrece i ved and 308 wri tten .

S uppl ies have been sent ou t as fo llowsAppl ication blanks. Leaflet s “

H ow to

Becom e a Mem be r."4 71 ; Min ia tu re blanks.

422 : General In form at ion. 422 ; Const i tu tions.2 75 : T rans fer cards. 275.

A check for was recei ved in th i s officefor the National Comm i t tee on Mem o rials toour Cou ntry’s Patrio tic Founders an d in ao

cordance w i th inst ru ct ions recei ved from the

President General the check was sent to the

L inco ln Nat iona l Bank New York. N . Y.

The m ai l for the bu i lding has been di stri bu ted each day and the clerical work of the

Fi nance Com m i ttee has been done i n th i soffice.

Respect fu l ly su bm i tted,(Mrs. D e los A. ) D AISY P. Bwncm .

Correspondi ng S ecreta ry Gen eral, N S D AR .

Mrs. B lodgett spoke o f the g reat dem and fori n form ation in regard to the flag . and showeda l i tt le pamphlet go tten up by a chapter inVerm on t gi vi ng instruct ions abou t the flag . and

suggested that the Nat iona l Society send ou t

to al l o f i ts chapters a leaflet wh ich m ig ht enable them to answer quest ions w i th regard to

the flag wi thou t hav ing to sea rch the Congress ioua l or Sm i thson ian reco rds . Th i s. thePres iden t Genera l ru led. wou ld com e under thecharge of the Com m i ttee on the Prevention ofD esecrat ion of the Flag . Moved by Mrs.

Sm oo t. seconded by Mrs. S ternberg. an d ca r

r ied, tha t the report -

of the Correspond i ngS ecreta ry Gen era l be accepted. A vo te oftha nks to the Correspondi ng S ecreta ry Gen era lfor the fi n e work i n her oflice, was a l so m ovedby Mrs. O rton. seconded by Mrs. Augsb u ry,and carried.

Mrs. Boone. S tate Regent o f Kentucky.brough t to the 'attenti on of the Board a cardgo tten ou t by Mrs. Jam e s A. Leech . in regardto the flag . presented th rough the Fi nca st leChapter. wh ich requested that the card m ig h tbe approved. Mrs. Boone m oved that theBoa rd endorse the

“Flag i n Every H om e Card”resolu t ion to be offered a t the N a t i on al m eeti ng . Th is was seconded by Mrs. Brant andcarried.

Mrs. Young read her repo rt as Cha irm ano f F i nance Com m i ttee .

R epo rt of F i n an ce Comm itt ee.

Madam Pres ident Genera l and Mem bers o fthe N ational Board of Managem en t :1 have the honor to report that du ring the

m on ths of January. February an d March you rChairm an has approved vouchers to theam ou nt ofThe largest expendi tu res have been forMagaz ine, print ing, Edi tor

's sa lary. clerical

service. Cleri ca l serv ice.Com m i t tees an d ex tra service. to ta l.

Em ployees o f H all, Post

age, including stam ped en evelopes.Patr io t ic Educat ion, Rea l Daughterssu ppo rt,A req uest was rece i ved from Mrs. Mcclearyin j anuary. a fter the Board m eeting, askingthat a stated sum be al lowed her Comm i tteewi th wh ich to order a few thou sand copies o fthe repo rt o f Represen tat ive Bo rlan d onJanu ary 4 th in the U . 5 . H ou se of Representat ives.on the National Old T rai l s Road. The cos tto be $16 53 for the firs t on e thou sand and

for each addi t ional thou san d o rdered. Itwas suggested by Representat ive Bor land tha t$500 spen t in th is way wou ld go fu rther thanany o ther fo rm of publ ici ty in the interest ofthe National Old Trai l s Road Ocean to OceanH ighway. On e hundred thou sand copies o fth i s report wou ld cost Mrs. Mcclearystated she di d n o t expect $500 b u t wou ld l iketo have enough to o rder a few thou sa nd copiesto be u sed in her wo rk.

A bi l l for $I6 .SO. for cler ical serv ice. po stageand rent of typewri ter. was rece ived from Mrs.

H enry L . Cook, Chai rman of Comm i t tee on

S tate and Chapter By-L i wz, which requi res

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the action of the Board be fore i t can be paid.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted.(Mas. Gnom e. M. ) Aucu sra F. You xa.

Cha i rm an , Fina n ce Com m i ttee.

Mrs. Young m oved the adopt ion of her re

po rt. Th is was du ly seconded and carried.Moved by Mrs. Boyle. seconded by Mrs. Ortonand carried, tha t b i ll presen ted by Fi nance

Com m i ttce be pa id.

Mrs. Greenawal t read the repo rt of theAudi t in g Com m it tee.

R epo rt of Audi ti n g Comm i t tee.

Madam Pres ident Gen era l and Mem ber s ofthe N ational Board o f Managem ent :The Audi t ing Com m i t tee has rece ived the

report s o f the T rea su rer General for the

m onths o f January. February and March 1917.and al so the repo rt s o f the N ation al Accounti n g Com pany, the audi tors for our Society.for the sam e m onth s.We have care fu l ly exam i ned these repo rts,

an d have found that the accounts o f the T reasn rer General agree w i th audi tor

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s reco rds. asdo the balances of the variou s funds. The

pet ty cash fund. s tam ped en velopes, an d o therm ino r fu nds have been checked up by the

audi tors. and fou nd to co rrespond w i th the

reports of the T reasu rer Gen eral as presented.

i n let ter transm i t t ing the Apri l repo rt, theNat ion a l Accounting Com pany, ou r expert acco u n tan ts. advi ses as fo l lows : “We find thatthere are fi f ty-o n e checks. amounting to $244.wh ich were i ssued on va ri ou s dates pri or toJanuary 1 . 1916, and have n ot yet been presen ted to the bank for paym en t. \Ve recom

m end th i s am o unt be taken into the Cu rren tCash Rece ip ts for Apri l . 191 7, there be ing l i tt lel ikel i hood tha t these old check s wi l l ever bepresented.

” You r Audi t ing Com m ittee ad

v i ses that th i s recom m endation b e adopted.

We are ha ppy to in fo rm you that the T reasa rer Gen eral's books and an nual repo rt havebeen audit ed. a nd that the annu al repo rt o fthe T reasu rer General is n ow i n the hands ofthe pri nter.The Com m i ttee fu rther report s that the N a

t i on al Acco unt ing Com pany, expert accou atants for the Society. has repo rted to them inJanua ry. Febru a ry and March, 1 9 17. respec

t i vely. a nd again on Apri l 12th. that the o rde rpassed by the Nat ional Board o f Managem ent.Decem ber 13. 19 16, requ i r ing the T reasu rerGene ra l to t rans fer the S pecial Funds o f theSocie ty f rom the Cu rren t Fu nd to a SpecialAccount. has n ot been com pl ied w i th by theT reasu rer Genera l. The fo l low ing m o tionwas presented and u nan im ou sly carr ied by theAudi ti ng Com m i ttee, Apr il 1 1 th :

“T hat we

repo rt to the N at ional Boa rd of Managem en ttha t the T reasu re r General has fa i led to com

ply w i th the order of the N ational Bo a rd o f

Managem ent, o f D ecem ber 13. 19 16, as ou t

l ined i n the fo l low ing recom m endat ion pre

sented by th is Com m i ttee, fo l lowi ng the adv iceof the exper t accountants. nam e ly,

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Tha t th eSpec ial Funds in the cu stody o f the Soc iety,n ow depo s i ted in the N at ional Met ropo l i tanBank, be trans ferred from the Cu rrent Fundto a separate bank account i n the Nat ionalMetropo l i tan Bank, to be known a s a “

S pec ialAccou nt.

”and that al l checks drawn f rom

th is S peci al Account" shal l be req u i red to

have the cou nter- s ign atu re o f the Pres iden tGeneral in the sam e m anner as the Perm anentFund check s. ’

Respect fu l ly subm i tt ed.

(Mrs. Frank F. ) Mam ) L i vscou s Caa x swau ,

Cha irm a n , Audi t i ng Com m it tee, N . S . D . .‘i . R.

Moved by Mrs. Thom pson. seconded byMrs. Boone, and ca rried, tha t the repo rt of theAudi ti ng Com m i ttee be accepted wi th tha n ks.

M is s Crowel l, Sta te Regen t o f Pen n syi

van ia. reported tha t the S tate H i sto r ian ofPennsylvan ia, M i ss Mary 1 . S ti l le, a ch arterm em ber, was i n the hospi ta l, and i t wo u ldplease her to rece ive an express ion o f sym

pathy from the Board. The R eco rding Secreta ry Genera l was requested to expre ss the

Sym pa thy of the Boa rd for th i s valued m em

ber, and thei r ho pes for her im pro ved conditi on.In accordance wi th prev iou s act ion, the

Board adjou rned at 1 p . m . for lu ncheon .

The a fternoon session was ca l led to orderby the Pres iden t General at o

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clock.The Reco rding Secretary Gene ral rea d ale tter in the interest o f th e pu rcha se o f whatis su ppo sed to be the largest Am eri can fla gi n exi stence. m ade by a you ng g i r l who hads in ce died, bu t who se m o ther wa s des i rou s ofdi spo s ing of the flag for som e patrio t ic purpo se. the flag be ing n ow in sto rage in a bankat Mo rr istown. N .J., the requ es t be ing m adet ha t perm iss ion be g ranted to wri te to everyS ta te Regent to bring th i s m atter be fo re thechapters and by m eans of a sm al l con t ribu t ionfrom each mem ber, acqu ire the flag fo r Me

m ori a l Cont inen tal H al l. A recom m en dat io nfrom Mem o rial Continental H all Com m i tt ee,adopted a t the m ee t ing he ld Febru ary 2 1 . 19 1 7.was al so read, asking favo rable considerati onof the Board for th i s pro ject . A fter some d iscussion . i t was m o ved by Mrs. Goode, secondedby Mrs. Brant a n d ca rried. tha t perm issi o n b eg iven to com m un ica te w i th the m em bers ofour S oci ety i n a n endear-

a r to ra ise m on ey forpu rchasi ng flag . The Pres iden t General t e~qu ested the Vice President General and theS tate Regent f rom N ew Jersey to look in tothe m a tter a nd fin d ou t wha t they cou ld i nregard to the flag .

Mi ss Rogers. as Act ing G i a i rma n o f Bu i ldi n g a nd Gro unds Com m i tt ee, read her report.

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R eport of Bui ldin g and Groun ds

Madam Presiden t General and Mem bers of

the N ati onal Board of Managem ent :

The Bu i lding and Grounds Comm i ttee t e

po rt s as fo l lows;

A telegram was recei ved from the llli n o i s

S tate Conference, in session at D anvi l le, l l l ino i s, throug h the i r S tate Regent, ask ing to

have the wal l s of the Il l ino i s room redeco

rated. Est im ates were obtained and wi th theau thor izat ion of the llli no i s D aughters thework of pa int ing the walls has been done.

At the request o f the M i ssou r i D aughters.a nd at the i r expense. the wal ls o f the Bu s inessC hi ce have been painted. an d fu rn i tu re con

s i st ing o f a flat- top desk. a bookcase. twocha irs and a typewr iter stand have been pu rcha sed for the Bu s i ness Ohi ce.

The S tate o f Verm ont has presented an i nn er hand- rai l f rom the second to the th irdfloo r, sim i lar to the o thers g i ven by that S tate .

T h is Com m i t tee has taken charge o f hav ingth i s m ade an d placed i n po sit ion .

The S tate o f Maryland, th rough the i r StateVice R eg ent. Mrs. R idou t, has repo rted thei rw i l l ingn ess at som e fu tu re t im e to pay fora n ew fi l ing case fo r the Maryland room . the

o ffice of the Treasu rer General .

The S tate of Kentucky. wh ich has taken theAssem bly room , has paid m ore than hal f thesum agreed upon fo r the room , and i s m akingplans for fu rni sh ing the room .

By di rect ion of the National Board o f Man

agem en t. th is Com m i t tee obta ined f rom the

O t i s E levato r Com pany plans and est im atesfo r el im inating the no i se m ade by the e levator.The i r est im ate. as previou sly repo rted. was

As there was no m o n ey avai lable forth i s pu rpo se, no th ing was done. As a for lornho pe. the Act ing Chairm an o f the Bu i ldinga n d Grounds Com m i t tee wro te a letter to the

Pres ident o f the Ot i s E levator Com pany inN ew Yo rk, cal l ing h is attention to the veryser iou s and unpleasant condi t ions. and u rg i ngh im to take steps to rem edy the trouble. In

response to th is letter. a delegation was sen t

here from the N ew Yo rk ofii ce o f the Com

pany. an d a study was m ade o f the elevato r .The local m anager repo rted that they had deci ded to m ove the elevato r pum p to the bo i lerroom , which wou ld el im inate part of the no i se.a nd they were w i l l ing to do th i s at no expenseto the Society. La ter on . the Com pany m adea repo rt o f ano ther plan wh ich they ofl

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cre lto the Society. no tw i thstandi ng the fact thatthe expense wou ld be severa l hundred do l larsg reater . T h is plan i s em bodied in the fo l low~

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Febru a ry 2 1. 1917.M i s s D or inda E . Rogers. Chai rman.Bu i lding and Grounds Comm i t tee.Mem or ial Conti nenta l H al l,Wash ingt on, D . C.

Dear MadamConfirm i ng our conversat ion on Monday. wehave dec i ded to rem ove the presen t pum p and

m o tor i n the Mem or ial Con ti nen tal H al l. andrep lace them w ith a n ew pum p o f a be l t dr iventype. wh i ch w i ll el im i nate the necess i ty o fgears. and we fee l w i l l ent i rely overcom e the

presen t noise, wh ich i s so object ionable.

It had been our des ire to have th is changecom pleted prior to you r Congress on Apr i l1 5th . b u t we a re in form ed by the m an u fac

tu rers o f the pum p that ow ing to the greatdi ffcu lty i n obta i ning raw m ateri al. and thecongested condi t ion o f the i r factory. they cannot m ake de l ivery o f pum p in less than twom onths.We regret th is be ing the case. and wh i le

we cou ld m ake changes to the presen t eq u ipm en t . wh ich wou ld redu ce the noi se som ewhat,we feel that i t wou ld not b e ent irely sa ti sfacto ry, and we tru st that you w i ll bear w i thu s u n t i l we can instal l the n ew pum p .

You rs very tru ly.On s v am n COM PA NY

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By E . Q . H orton,Local Manager.The Com m i ttee reports that the work o f the

Super in tendent. Mr. Ph i l l ips, has been m os teffic ien t and sat is factory du r ing the past year.H e has been m ost care fu l, pa instak ing andeconom ical .The Com m i t tee al so repo rt s that the condit ions for the serv i ng o f the luncheon du ri ng

the week o f Congress were su ch th i s year thatthe congest ion wh ich i s great each year atthe entrance to the lunch room i n the basem en twou ld be i ncreased. ow i ng to the fac t that them aga z ine room i s no longer ava i l ab le. Anum ber o f plans were su ggested. b u t i t wasabsolu tely im po ss ible to find any addi t iona lspace u nt i l final ly a p lan was dev i sed o f u s inga part o f the large room nex t to the lu nchroom . For thi s pu rpose a doorway has beencut i n the hal l. thereby m aking i t poss ible tohave an ent irely separate en trance. thu s avoiding the crowded condi t ion wh ich has form erlyalways preva i led . The pl an is to use th is roomonly dur ing the noonday recess. to accom m odate the overflow . T h is work was done u nderthe fr iend ly adv ice o f a ski l led engi neer, andthe Com m it tee fee l s su re w i l l prove o f thegreatest benefit and com fort to the m em berso f the Cont i nenta l Congress . Accordingly,we recom m end first .Tha t the b ill of $75 for cu tt i n g the doorway

from the fron t hall to the a i r cham ber be

pa i d.

The Comm i ttee rep ort s that a wreath o f

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Mrs. D raper sta ted that her pu rpose i nwri t ing the le tter was to know i f she was author ized to O . K. the bi l l s. not know ing tha tthe pr ice was correc t : that she had askedinstru ct ions o f the Board at the J anu ary m eeti n g , b u t i n the stress o f bu s ines s her requestwas overlooked. Af ter som e fu rther di scu ss ion, the order o f the day was cal led for, thePresi dent General ru led that th i s m atter wou ldcom e u p l ater for fu r ther i nvest iga t ion, andMrs. D raper was excu sed .The part ies in the m at ter o f the chargeswere then sent for, and a fter al l i nterestedwere assem bled i n the Board Room the Pres iden t General read the afii dav i t con ta in ing thecharges, protest be ing m ade by the V ice Pres ident General from New York tha t these statem en t s were not charges. b u t were g iven as ev idence why the au thor izat ion o f another chapter at Mt. Vernon shou ld not be perm i tted— the

Pres i den t General ru led that the Board wou lddeci de on the quest ion as to whe ther thesewere charges or not . After the presentat iono f the case by the Pres iden t General, at tent ion was cal led by Mrs. \Nood to Art . X VI,second paragraph o f the By- Laws which re

qu i red that charges m u st b e properly fi led w i ththe Recording Secretary General , s igned bythree m em bers o f the Soc iety. and that threeweeks not ice m u st be g iven be fore the Boardcou ld cons ider i t , and that no su ch chargeshad been fi led. nor had proper not ice b eeng iven . The attorney represent ing M rs. H ud

ler, Mrs. Cram and M i ss Abbe. stated thatthe prov i s ions were ent i re ly for the benefi to f those aga i nst whom charges had beenbrough t. and that on behal f o f h i s c l ient s hewou ld wa ive the prov i s ions. Mrs. M idgleywas asked to presen t her charges, and a fterstat ing that there had been none pre ferred,asked perm iss ion to read the ev i dence presented by her at the Specia l Board m eet ing.Febru ary 23. wh ich was gran ted . Af ter anum ber o f interru pt ions and cons iderab le di scu ssi on , i t was m oved b y Mrs. Sm i th, secondedby Mrs. Brum baugh and Mrs. Bu e l , that M rs.

M i dg ley b e allowed to proceed. In answer toqu es t ions for fu rther in form at ion i n regardto the m atter, the Pres iden t General gave anou t l ine o f the statem ent s given in the ev idenceby cer ta i n m em bers abou t certa i n other m em

bers. T he m ot ion o f Mrs. Sm i th was thenpu t and carried . Mrs. M idg ley aga in resum edt he reading o f her ev idence. D u r ing the readi ng except ion was taken by the Pres iden tGenera l to a statem ent m ade by Mrs. Midgleyw i th regard to a rem ark m ade b y the President General a t the Febru ary 23 Board m eeti n g . wh ich the Pres i den t Genera l des iredshou ld be u nderstood in the sp iri t i n wh ich i twas m ade by her. After prolonged di scu ss ion,du ri ng wh ich M rs. Maup in. at the requ es t o ft he Pres i den t General , took the cha ir, a m ot ion by Mrs. Po lk, seconded by Mrs. Fi sher,

tha t every loyal D augh ter of the Board susta i n the Presiden t Gen eral i n s ta t i n g tha t ifB ron x Chapter had charges to m ake theyshould m ake them i n the i r own chapter i as tead of b r i ng i n g to the Board, was pu t andcar r ied .Mrs. M idg ley hav ing prese nted her case,

an d n o on e e l se presen t des ir ing to add to theev iden ce, the a t torn ey for the de fen se askedtha t Mrs. H ud ler be sworn . Moved b y Mrs.

T hom pson , secon ded by Mrs. Or ton , a nd carried. tha t as Mrs. M idgley wa s n ot pu t u nderoa th, M rs. li n dler b e n ot requ i red to b e pu tu n der oa th . The at torn ey then presen ted n um erous papers and affi dav it s, cal l in g on Mrs.

H u d ler to reply to a ques t ion w ith reg ard toon e o f the sta tem en t s m ade b y Mrs. Midg ley.The a t torn ey al so p resen ted affi dav it s an d

s tatem en t s f rom Mrs. Cram a nd Mi ss Ab be.

T he in teres ted part ies were then requested tow i thdraw i n order that the Board m igh t takewha t act ion i t des i red. After som e fu rtherd iscu ss ion , i t was m oved by Mrs. Spen ce r. sec

onded by Mrs. Maupin , and carr ied, tha t th i sBoard hon orab ly ex on era te these person saga i n st whom charg es were m ade by theB ronx Chapter.Mrs. Sm oo t asked for in s tru ct ion s from the

Board as to the presen t s tatu s o f the chapterdes i red to be au thor i zed w i th Mrs. H ud ler asOrgan iz in g Regen t ; the Pres iden t Gen eralru led tha t i t was her u n de rstan d in g tha t theob ject ion to the au thor izat ion o f the chapte rwas rem oved a nd the chapter was du ly a n d

p roperly organ ized . The ques t ion was asked byM iss Pierce whethe r a chapter cou ld be declared organ i zed u n t i l a fter the pape rs had beenapproved by the Board . Mrs. Sm oo t dec la r in gtha t i t was im poss ib le tha t they cou ld he eo n

si dered organ ized, n otw ith stan d in g the m em ~

b ers m igh t have he ld an organ i z in g m eet in g .

The m ot ion was m ade, du ly secon ded, a ndcarr ied, tha t M rs. H udler b e au thor ised toproeeed wi th her organ i sa t i on . Som e di scu ss ion en sued as to the m an n e r o f the p rov is ioni n the con st i tu t ion and by - laws w ith regardto the au thor iz in g o f org an iz in g regen t swh ich had been qu oted by the Pres iden t General a s hav in g a hear in g on the act ion takeni n reg ard to the chapter des ired to he organi zed b y Mrs. H u d ler, and i t was shown tha tboth the re feren ces i n the con st i tu t ion a nd byl aws requ ired tha t the appoin tm en t o f an or

g an i z i n g reg en t, by e i ther m ethod, m u s t b eapproved by the Board, i n add i t ion to the

recom m en da t ion o f the Org an i z ing Secreta ryGen eral or o f the S tate Regen t .The R eg is t rar Gen eral , M is s P ierce, presen ted her las t l i s t o f app l icat ion s for m em

bersh i p, 100, m akin g a total o f 502. and m ovedtha t the S ecreta ry eas t the ballo t for 190 appl i ca t i on s for m em b ersh ip. Th is was secon dedby Mrs. Orton an d carr ied. T he Secretaryan n oun ced the cas t i n g o f the

434 DAU GH TERS OF TH E AMERICAN REVOL UTION MAGAZIN E190 appl ican t s, and the Pres iden t Genera l declared them elected to m em bersh ip .

The S tate Regen t o f Wash in gton b rough tup the m a tter wh i ch she had been com m ission ed by her assem b ly to presen t regard ingthe fact tha t Cha i rm en o f N a t ion a l Com m i ttees had n o leg al stan din g on the floor o f theCon g ress— tha t Wash in g ton was m u ch in terested, on e o f their D augh ters, who happen edto be a N a t ion al Cha i rm an . had traveled threethou san d m i les a t an expen se o f several hu nd red do l lars to at ten d the Con g ress, and wou ldhave n o vote or even a sea t i n the Con gress .Mrs. Bowden presen ted a m ot ion . wh ich she

s tated i f ou t o f order i n the Board she wou ldl a ter presen t to Con g res s— tha t N at ion a lCha irm en b e g iven a seat an d a vote the sam eas delegates a t the Con t in en ta l Con g ress . ThePres iden t Gen era l ru led that tha t wou ld haveto be a con s t i tu t ion al am en dm en t , b u t it washer b e l ie f tha t the Cha irm an o f Seat in g hadm ade som e arran gem en t for the seat in g o f theN at ion al Cha i r men . Mrs. Leary exp la in ed thec rowded Con d i t ion o f the audi tor ium , m an y o fthe delegates be in g ob l iged to s i t i n the galler i es. The Pres i den t Gen eral re ferred to thedevoted serv ice ren de red b y Mrs. Leary i nthe capac ity o f Cha irm an o f the Creden t ialCom m it tee. a n d i t was m oved by Mrs. Sm iththat a r i s in g vote o f thanks be ex ten ded toMrs. Leary. Th i s was secon ded a n d carr ied .Mrs. Thom pson s ta ted she w ished to go o n

record as con dem n in g al l cr i t icism s o f ou rPres iden t Gen eral and asked for a r is in g voteo f thanks for al l her cou rtes ies to u s a t al lt im es . Th is was secon ded by Mrs. Boy le.

Mrs. Maup in took the cha ir an d pu t the m o

t ion for a r i s i n g vote of than ks for o ur l’rcsiden t Gen eral. wh ich was carr ied u n an im ou s ly .L ove and adm ira t ion for the Pres iden t

Gen eral was expressed b y m an y m em b ers o fthe Board, who told how they had been in citedto g reater cli o rt by her in fluen ce a nd ex am ple.

Mrs. S tern b erg reques ted tha t the Boardg ran t her the p r iv i lege o f hav in g the serv iceso f an ex t ra c lerk du r in g som e o f the even in g so f the Con gress i f she fou n d her serv i ces wereab solu tely n eeded to g i ve proper care to theL ib rary, wh ich reques t was secon ded by Mrs.

Sm oo t . Moved by Mrs. Aug sb u ry. sec on dedby Mrs. O rton , and carr ied, tha t the request

of the L i b ra r ian General i n the ma t ter of an

ex t ra clerk, if n ecessary du ri ng Cong ress, b eg ran ted.

The Pres iden t Gen eral re ferred to the leetu re to be g i ven a t the Pan Am er ica n Repu bl ic b u i lding the fo l low in g even in g a tp . m ., for wh i ch she had fi fteen t icke ts adm i tt ing th ir ty person s, for those m em ber s o f theBoa rd who m red to ava il them selves o f th ep r iv i lege.

The Pres iden t Gen eral s ta ted that the qu est ion o f the paym en t o f the b i l l re ferred to i nthe com m u n ica t ion from Mrs. D raper was s t i llu n set t led. Mrs. O rton m oved tha t i t be pa i d.A ri s in g vote was be in g taken , when the quest ion was ra ised as to whethe r the Soci ety rea l lyowed the b i l l, m an y o f the m em be rs be in g o fthe opin ion tha t i t was n o t a j u s t b i l l . The

Pres iden t Gen era l s tated tha t i f the Ch a irm ano f Magaz in e and the Cha i rm an o f the Com m i ttee on Fin an ce 0 . K.

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d the b i l l i t m u s t be al lr igh t, a nd Mrs. Or ton am en ded her m o t ionto read , tha t we pay the b i ll referred to i n thecom m u n ica t i on of Mrs. D raper, the edi tor ofthe Moga

s i n e, provi di ng i t receives the approva l of the Fi n an ce Com m i t tee. Th is wassecon ded by Mrs. Cob b s an d ca rr ied.

The m ot ion s as adopted were then read bythe Recording Secreta ry Gen eral . The quest ion was ra ised as to a m ot ion tha t had beenca rri ed au thori z in g the appo in tm en t o f a t egen t for the second chap ter i n Mt . Vern on ,and a statem en t was m ade tha t Mrs. Sm oo thad sa id be fore leav in g the Board room thataccordin g to the l aw n o on e cou ld be appo in tedorgan i z in g regen t a t tha t Board m eet i n g . ln

asm uch as the n otes o f the s ten og raphershowed that the m ot ion had been m ade andcarr ied. Mrs. Sprake r s ign ed the m ot ion tha tMrs. H udler be au thor ized to proceed w ithher chap te r. wh ich was secon ded by Mrs. Carru th, who a lso secon ded the or ig i na l mo t iono f Mrs. Sm oot .The m ot ion s hav in g al l b een read, i t was

m oved by Mrs. O rton , secon ded by Mrs. Au g sb u ry, and carr ied, that the m i n u tes as readb e adopted.

At p . m on m ot ion . the m eet i n g ad

jo urn ed. Resp ect fu l ly su bm i t ted.(Mus. Wu . C . ) Assn-zW ILLIAM S R . Bon n ,

R ecordi ng S ecretary Gen era l.Regular Mee ti n g , Mon da y, Apri l 23, 1 9 1 7 .

A regu la r m ee t in g o f the N a t ion al Board o fMan ag em en t wa s cal led to order by the Pres iden t Gen e ral, Mrs . Georg e Thacher Gu ern sey.i n the Board Room o f Mem or ial Con t in en talH al l . Monday, Apr i l 23, 19 17, a t 10 a . m .

The Chap la in Gen eral. M i ss E l i sab eth F.

P ierce spoke o f the m an y b eau t i fu l re feren cesthat had Com e to

'hand and tha t h ad to do w i ththe rela t ion o f the D augh ter s o f the Am er ican

Revolu t ion to the grea t cr is is o f our cou n t ry,som e o f wh ich she wou ld g ive. F irs t “Spi r i t" .

S t. John VI. 63 : I t i s the sp i r it that qu i cken eth ; the flesh prohteth n oth in g , the word stha t I speak u n to you , they are sp ir i t an dthey a re l i fe. I I Cor. Ill, 1 7 : Where th esp i r i t o f the Lord i s there i s L ibe rty. Secon d“Vi s ion ," Prov. XX IX . 18 : When there i s

n o v is ion the peop le pe r i sh

NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMEN Tst ra in t) b u t he that keepe th the law, happyi s he. Act s XXVI, l9 . Whe reupon 0 Kin gAgr ippa, l was n o t di sobedien t un to the

H eaven ly v is ion . T h ird "

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had though t o f what she cou ld b r in g to theBoard that m orn in g , i t cam e to her wha t Mrs.

D ee re had sa id som e years be fore o f set ti n ga watch be fore ou r l ips ; Psa. CxLl. Set a

watch 0 Lord be fore m y m ou th : keep thedoo r o f m y l ips . Psa . X I, 15 : 0 Lo rd openthou m y l ips and m y m on th sha l l show forththy prai se. Mat t . X V, 8 : Th is people drawethn ear u n to m e w i th their m ou th and hon oreth

m e w i th the i r l ips ; b u t thei r hear t is far fromm e .

Psa . X IX, 14 : Le t the word s o f m ym ou th and the m ed i tat ion s o f m y hear t b eaccep tab le i n thy s igh t, 0 Lord. m y s tren gthand m y Redeem er. And then “

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that doe th the w i l l shal l kn ow the D oc tr in e.

Mat t . XX . 36 -40 : Teacher, wh ich i s the grea tcomm an dm en t in the l aw, and he sa id u n toh im Thou shal t love the Lord thy God w i thall thy heart and w i th al l thy sou l and w i tha l l thy m in d. Th i s is the grea t com m an dm en tan d the second l ike u n to i t is th is. Thou shal tlove thy n eighb or as thysel f. On these twocomm an dm en t s han ge th the who le law and

the prophet s . M icah VI : 8 : H e hath showedthee 0 m an ,

wha t is g ood ; and wha t doth theLord requ i re o f thee b u t to do ju st ly, and tolove m ercy and to walk hum b ly w i th thy God ?Fol low in g the prayer o f the Chapla in Gen

eral the Board u n i ted i n repea t in g the Lord'sP rayer .The Con g ress hav in g voted that each N a .

t i on al Oti i cer be requ i red to take the oath o foffice to b e adm in i stered by the Chapl a in General be fore en ter in g u po n the du t ies o f theo ffice to wh ich she had been elected. the Chap:l a in Gen eral read the form adop ted and ad

m in istered the oa th to the Pres iden t Gen eral ,who i n tu rn adm in istered i t to the Ch apla inGen era l . As the ro l l was cal led each ofii cer

was asked to stan d up and take the oath, wh ichwas don e b y affi rm at ion .

The rol l cal l resu l ted as ' fol lows . w i th the

addit ion o f severa l who cam e i n du r in g the

m orn in g : Act ive Oflicers. Mrs. Guern sey,M iss E l i sabeth F. Pierce, M i ss Crowe l l, Mesdam es F letcher, J ohn ston , Pu l si fer,Mi ss G raceM. P ierce. Mesdam es O arke, H ea th , Fowler,Miss Barlow, Mesdam es Gran t . Calhou n ,Lon g ley. M iss Blackb u rn , Mesdam es Green ,

Foster. Talbot t . Moody. H an ger. Rob in son ,Wood , Leary, Min or, Spen cer. Bu tterworth ,H owel l . Teba u lt , La n e . S ta te Reg en ts , Mesdam es Cob b s, D av is, Schuyler, Bue l, H al l,Brum b au gh. Bahn sen , Beck. Gebhard t , M is sCam pbe l l . Mesdam e s Boon e, Alexan der, Chapm an ,

Bosley, E l l i son . \Va i t , N oel . Pa in ter,H owe. Spraker. Morr ison . You n g . H arr i s , Pa tte rson , Cook. Sm ith . Marsh , M is s Serpell,Mesdam es Bran n on . H um e. S ta te Vi ce Re

gen ts, Mesdam es Freem an . R inger, H ol t .

The Pres iden t Gen era l then addressed theBoard ( see pag eThe Record ing Secretary Gen era l, M issCrowel l, stated she had n o repor t to presen ta t that m ee t in g .

The fol low in g report was read by the Org aniz in g Secretary Gen eral, Mrs. D u n can U .Fletcher.R epo rt of Organ i zi n g Sec reta ry Gen eral.M ada m P res iden t Gcn cra l a nd ilIcn tb crs of the

N a t i on a l Boa rd of Ma n agcm cn t :

Through the S tate Regen t o f Neb raska,Mrs. Theresa Moore McGi n i t i e o f Ne l igh.N eb .,i s presen ted for confirm at ion as Organ .

i z in g Regen t .The org an i z ing regen cy o f Mis s Ab by H ar

lan Jewet t o f Lacon ia, N . H . has expired b yt im e l im i tat ion .

The re- appo in tm en t o f Mrs. Jan e Ban cro f tKress o f Man i towoc, W i s. has been requestedby the S ta te Reg en t o f W i scon s in .

The N at ion al Board i s aske d to au thor izechapters a t the fol low in g places : Leon and

Sac C ity, Iowa ; Bos ton , Mass ; McColl, S . Can d Rou n d H i l l . Va .

Respect fu l ly subm i t ted,

(Mrs. D u n can U. ) ANNA L ut'

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Tcu m .

Org an iz i ng S ecreta ry Gen eral, N . S . D .

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The acceptan ce of the repo r t of the Organi : i ny S ecretary Gen eral was m oved by M is sSerpell, secon ded by Mrs. Brum b augh, andcarr ied .T he Reg is t rar Gen eral , M is s Grace M.

P ierce. s tated tha t she had n o rep or t to m ake,the prev iou s week hav in g been su ch a b u syweek i n the offi ce i t was im poss ib le to han d lea ny papers . M iss P ie rce presen ted, however,seve ra l sugges t ion s to faci l i ta te the work i n

her office, on e for a n ew an ces t ra l card catalogu e, m an y m em bers o f the Board en dors in gth is requ es t o f the Reg i s trar Gen eral . M is sP ierce a l so asked tha t requ es t s for perm it s fora l l in s ign ia, an cest ral b ars as we l l as the

recogn i t ion p in s be m ade through the jewe lerand th rough Mrs. Key. thu s sav in g a g rea t dea lo f ti m e b oth to the office o f the Reg i s t ra rGen eral and to the jewelers. Re feren ce wasa lso m ade by Mi ss P ierce to the im m en seam ou n t o f work accom pl ished i n her officedu rin g the pas t year. ex act ly ll.000 papershav in g been ver ified, a n d tha t u n t i l la st Oc tob er there had been a restr i ct ion i n the n um b ero f c lerks em ployed i n the Reg is trar Gen e ral ’soffi ce. Th is hav in g b een rem oved two tem

porary c lerks a t di fferen t t im es had b een a i

lowed her. the en t i re t im e o f on e c lerk hav ingbeen taken up w i th the copying o f dupl i ca tepapers on orders, and n ow she wou ld ask fortwo tem pora ry c lerks w ith a v iew o f the i rb ein g pe rm an en t c lerks i n the office. Mis sP ierce also asked that the Board o f Man agem en t con s ider a regu la r date for it s m eet in g si n order to faci l i ta te the work i n tha t office

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I recomm end that a B i l l s Payable reg i sterbe procu red for the office of the T reasu rerGeneral and that a l ist of the secu r i t ies beentered i n a secu r i ty book.

Respect fu lly su bm i tted,Many H . S .Jon n srou ,

Treasu rer Gen eral. N . S . D . A. R .

M rs. Johnston read al so the fo l low ing l i sto f recom m endations handed to her by her

predecesso r. who had expected to present themto the Cong ress i n her ca pa ci ty o f T reasu rerGeneralYou r T reasu rer General desires to m ake

certai n recom m endations to the ( .on gress. She

doe s th is so lely f rom an earn est des ire to prom o te the bes t interests o f the Soci ety. As aresu l t o f fou r years

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exper ience in the m an

agem en t of the financial a ffa i rs o f the Daughters. she m akes the fo l low i ng recomm enda

t ions an d s trong ly u rges the i r adopt i on.

1 . That in any financi al arrangem ent m adeb y the N at ional Soc iety the T reasu rer Generalb e a party thereto.

2 . That the sign ature of the bonded Treasu rer alone shal l su ffice u p on al l checks .3. That the T reasu rer General shal l have

charge o f al l funds o f the Soci ety wh ich m u s tb e depos ited i n a bank in the City of Wash ington ; and that no chai rm an o f any com m itteeor indi v idual shal l contro l any of i t s funds .4 . T hat the Congress au tho rize the i n com

i n g T reasu rer General to reduce the debt ofthe Society whenever sum s are avai lable,t hereby saving interest .5 . That n o m oney be borrowed b y the So

ci ety unt i l i t i s actual ly needed. thereby savi n g interest .6. That n o funds o f the Society shal l beloaned to a N at ional Officer.7. That n o second m ortgage shal l ever beaccepted as sati s facto ry in m ak ing an investm ent of the funds of the Society.8. That the funds of the Patr io ts' Mem o r ial

D . A. R . Schoo l and the Am er i can Internati onal Co l lege be invested in the Perm anent Fundand thu s draw 5% instead o f Z%.

9. That no act ion shal l be taken b y the

National Board o f Managem ent u pon any important financial m atter wh ich cou ld have beenforeseen. unless sam e was presented for con

s ideration at a prev iou s m eet ing o f the Board.

10. That the Franco - Am er ican Fund. $2 1 1 .

02 . b e t rans ferred to the Cu rrent Fund.

1 1 . T hat t he Board ru l i ng o f June 2 1 . 1909 .he rescinded an d n o m atter be re ferred to alawyer unt i l so ordered by the National Boardo f Managem ent . “

Tha t the Pres ident b e al

lowed to take lega l advice whenever. in heropinion. i t seem s necessary. and the expensefor such advice .be pa id fo r by the T reasu rerGeneral .”

12. That no reim bursem en t for any ex

pense o f the Society b e m ade unless vouchershow s receipt for sa id bi l l .The Pres iden t General stated that these

m atters wou ld al l com e up for discu ss ion an daction u nder n ew bu s iness.Mrs. Boone. S tate Regent fo r Kentucky.be ing com pe l led to leave on an early train.was gi ven perm i ssion at th is t im e to bringbe fo re the Board a propo sit ion w i th regard tothe Kentu cky Room . She stated t hat las t year.understanding that the Assem bly Room was

the only avai lable room in the bu i ldi ng . thei rs tate had asked for i t. b u t n ow that i t actual lybe longed to them they real i zed how hopeless i twas w i th rega rd to deco rat ion or placing o f

fu rn i tu re—that instead o f tak ing five years inwh ich to pay for the room , the state had

pa id for i t in on e year—m ud n ow ano ther roomhad been di scovered that had been u sed as asto rage room . reached by a doo r through the

Kentucky Room . b u t wh ich was m uch bet tershape and heigh t, and her state w ished i fpo ss ible to su bst i tu te th is room o ver the port ico for the assem bly room . a nd they wou ld askthat the necessary hal lway be m ade throughthe assem bly room by m eans of g lass part it ions—thu s perm i t t ing the u se o f the two

parts o f the assem bly room to be u sed for

storag h the expense for th is to be bo rn e byt he National Soc iety. It was ru led that th i sm atter al so shou ld b e taken up under n ew

bu s iness.Mrs. Bahnsen m oved tha t we take a recess a t

on e o’

clodr for lu n cheon a nd recon ven e a t

2533; seconded by Mrs. Brum bau g h a nd ca r

r te

The Pres ident General stated that she hadinvi ted Mrs. Squ i res to be present at the Boardm eet ing and a card in reply was read regre tt ing her i hab i li ty to accept the inv i tat ion and

ex tending g reet ing s and adi eu s to the m em bers.M i ss Barlow. Cu rato r General . to ld o f the

need o f n ew wal l cases for the Mu seum . a nd

asked that the S tate Reg ents take ba ck wordthat the Mu seum requ ired fou r addi t ionalcases. the price o f each case be ing $138. M i ssBarlow reported also the fo l low ing access ionsdu ring Congress .

R eport of Cu ra tor General.

Madam Presiden t Gen era l a nd .lfcm bcrs of theN a t i o n a l Boa rd of Ma n agem en t :

I have the hono r to repo rt on the fo l lowi n g access ions to the Mu seum du ring the weeko f Cong ressPa i r of si lver cu ff li nks. S i lz'er kn ee b uckles,form erly owned by Sam ue l Adam s. and ll’ i n eg lass . presented by M i ss Jane Adam s Fo ster,D . C . Pctetcr cake basket . presented by Mrs.

Em m a “’r igh t through Col. Loamm i Baldw i nChapter. Mass. Green glass bot tle. form erly

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own ed by Kez ia h Nye. bo rn 1 784. presented byM i ss Lucy E vans o f Mo l ine Chapter. Ill.

Pew ter spoon“ra t - ta il" desig n , presented by

Mrs. Clarence A. Brouwer. R . 1 . Ba by shoes,wo rn by Ph i l ip Snowden in 1 763. presented byMrs. Florence Snowden E h len. Md. Cup a nd

S a ucer, and S i lver ta ble spoon . presented byMrs. Sarah Van Deu sen. D . C . F ilipi n o dress,on e hundred and ten years old. presented byMrs. H enry W. E lser. Mani la, P. I . E m bro i

dered cu lls of Ma ndari n coa t . and Am b er a ndfade beads, presented by Mrs. Charles S .

Lobing ier. Shanghai. Ch ina. Man uscr ipt letter, presen ted by Mrs. Lou i se W. Mu rray. Pa .

S i lver tea spoon ,presented by M i ss Emm a

Price. M ich . Ma n uscr ipt , presented by Mrs.

Li l l ian Pike Room e. D . C.

Respect fu l ly su bm i tted.Ca rn rsu n s Bum

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cm Ba acow.

Cu ra tor Gen eral. N . S . D . A . R .

Mrs. Bahnsen m oved the accepta n ce of thereport of the Cu ra tor Gen eral. Th is was

seconded by M i ss Pierce and ca rr ied.

The Pres ident General annou nced that theOfficial Pho tographer w i shed to take a pictu reo f the n ew Board, an d im m ediately on ad

i n u rning for lu ncheon the m em bers were cc

quested to m ee t h im for that pu rpo se.

Mrs. Pu l s i fer stated that she wou ld n ot m akea regu lar repo rt at that t im e. b u t presen ted aletter rece i ved by her from N o rth Caro l inaw i th re ference to the m oving o f the hou se inwh ich the const itu t ion o f N orth Caro l i na wasdra fted. Mrs. Mo rri son. S tate R egent of

N o rth Caro l ina. s tated that she was in com

m u n i cat ion w i th the wri ter o f the letter and

though t i t wou ld be very easy to arrange them atter. Moved by Mrs. Bahnsen, secondedby Mrs. Gebhardt. and carried. tha t the m a tterpresen ted by the Corrcspon di n g .

S ecreta ryGen era l i n rega rd to N orth Ca roli n a be re

ferred to the S ta te R eg en t and the S ta te.

The President General stated that as far aspo ss ible the Chai rm en o f the Com m i tteescal led fo r in the i ty- Laws wou ld b e m em berso f the Board. an d announced M rs. Brum baughas Chairm an o f Finance. Mrs. H a n g er o f

Audi t ing . Mrs. Sheppard W . Fo ster of Pr i nti n g , a nd for Revo lu tionary R el ics . M i ss Catherine Bri tt in Barlow . a nd that Mrs. GeorgeMaynard M ino r wou ld he Chairm an o f Magaz ine Com m i ttee—and that Mi ss R ogers hadconsented to serve as Acting C hairm an o f

Bu i lding and Grounds unt i l som e on e cou ldb e appo inted.

The T reasu rer General . Mrs. Johnston , Rec

ording Secretary General , M i ss Crowel l , Regi strar General . M i ss Grace M . Pierce, VicePres ident General from Connect icu t an d Chairm an of Magaz ine Com m i t tee. Mrs. M ino r ;Co rresponding Secretary General. Mrs. Pu l sifer ; Organi zing Secretary General . Mrs.

Fle tcher ; Vice President Genera l f rom D i str ict

o f Co lumbia and Chai rm an of Audi t i ng Comm i tt ee. Mrs. H anger ; S tate R egent o f D i st ricto f Co lum bia and Chairm an o f Fi n ance Comm i ti ce . Mrs. Brum baugh ; a nd S tate Regent o fD e laware. Mrs. H al l, were placed in nom inat ion for the Execu t ive Com m i t tee . On m o t ionof Mrs. Bu tterwo rth, seconded by Mrs. Wai t,i t was carr ied. that the Secretary cast the vo tefor the m em be rs o f the E xecu t ive Com m i ttee.

M i ss Crowel l announced that she cast the vo tefor these fo l low ing m em bers o f the Execu ti veCom m i t tee. Mrs. Johnston, M i ss Crowe l l, Mi s sGrace M . Pierce, Mrs. M ino r. Mrs. Pu l s i fer.Mrs. Fle tcher. Mrs. H ang er, Mrs. Brumbau gh. Mrs. H al l ; and the Pres ident Generaldeclared :T reasu rer Gen era l, Mrs Johnston ; Reco rd

i ng Secretary General . M i ss Crowe l l ; Reg i s tot rar Ge nera l. M i ss Grace Pierce ; Corresponding Secretary General , Mrs. Pulsi i

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er ;

Organi z ing Secretary Gene ral. Mrs. Fletcher ;S tate Reg ent o f the D i strict. Mrs. Brum baugh ;State Reg ent o f D e laware . Mrs. H al l ; VicePres ident General from Connecticu t. Mrs.

M inor ; Vice President Genera l from the D i s

t riet. Mrs. H anger. elected as m em bers o f theE xecu ti ve Com m i ttee.

Mrs. Brum baug h. repo rt ing for the FinanceCom m i ttee. stated that she had asked the

T reasu rer Cen eral's o ffice to fu rnish her astatem ent wh ich she w i shed to read. b u t wou ldin the m eantim e present a recom m endation ;that in V iew o f the fact that som e bi l l s hadbeen paid w ithou t consu l t ing contracts. she

recom m ended tha t i n a m a n y b i lls have beenovrrpa id arrordi ug to con tra ct tha t they m a yb e adj usted by the Fi n a n ce Com m i t tee. Th i swas seconded by Mrs. Sm i th a nd carried.

The Chairm an o f Magaz ine Com m i t tee. Mrs.

M ino r. u rged the m em bers o f the Board to

t ry an d secu re subscr i be rs for the Magaz ine ;that inasm uch as she did n ot intend to handleany m oney she wo u ld n ot be requ ired to

fu rn i sh a bond ; tha t al l subscriptions were togo thro ug h the T reasu rer General who wou ldsend the nam es o f tho se who subscribed to

the Chairm an and i t wou ld be her endeavo r tosee that each m em ber who su bscr ibed got them agaz ine . S tat ing that she knew n o actioncou ld b e taken unt i l n ew bu s iness. Mrs. Minorpresented the fo l low ing m o tion. that the m a t

ter o f recei v ing bids a n d deciding u pon a contract w i th the pu bl isher for the m agazine b ereferred to the E xecu t i ve Com m i t tee w i thpower to act . In explanation o f th i s Mrs.

M ino r stated that i t wou ld b e necessary to m akea n ew contract be fo re the June m eet ing o f the

Board. an d that acco rding to the vo te of the

Cong ress the May and June num be rs wi l lcont inu e to go free to every m em ber o f the

Society. the paid subscr ipt ion l i st go ing intoeffect w i th the Ju ly n um ber. so that any m oneythat i s sent in from the present date to Ju lywou ld b e held and the subscript ions wou ld

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beg i n w i th the fi rs t of Ju ly. the pr ice beinga year, and 1 5c fo r a sing le co py. Mrs.

A lexander, S tate Regent o f Lou i s iana, askedthe priv i lege o f being the firs t subscr i be r underMrs. M inor, i f no on e e lse had already doneth i s

, and o f turn ing o ver to the n ew T reasu rerGeneralM iss Rogers. Acting Chai rm an o f Bu i ldi ng

an d Grounds Com m i t tee, stated that she hadn o fo rm al repo rt to m ake, b u t she had one o r

two suggest ions in wh ich perhaps the Boardm ig ht b e i nterested. On e was the qu est ion o f

having gas brough t into the bu i lding , whichwou ld cos t only $ 30 to bring in, a n d thenn ot very m uch m ore to pu t in the k i tchens.u psta irs and in the ba sem ent. Ano ther wasw i th regard to the bu lbs in the chande l iers inthe Board Room ; that she u nderstood thatMrs. Manson had g i ven the interes t o fw h ich was to be u sed i n keeping u p the BoardR oom . a nd the Art Com m i ttee a nd the Bu i ldinga nd Gro unds Comm i ttee recom m ended thatn ew bu lbs or shades be pu t in place o f the

l arge g lar ing ones, b u t that she was to ldthe was draw ing only two per cent ,a nd the $20 wou ld there fo re n o t b e enough tom ake the des i red chang e. M is s Rogers re

ferred to the uni form ru le o f re ferr ing everyth ing . the sm al lest as wel l as the larges t, thathad been g iven to the bu i lding to the Art

Com m i t tee, the m em be rs o f wh ich were so fin e

a nd had so f reely g i ven thei r t im e. M i s s GraceL inco ln Tem ple especial ly g i v ing her he lp a nd

t im e whenever requ ired. M iss Rogers statedthat she i ntended to recom m end that on e o f

the m en who had b een only recei ving $30 am onth , who was em ployed as telephone operator and part of the tim e as g u ide. an d who did

m any others th ing s. be i ncreased a m onth .M i ss Rogers was requ ested by the Pres identGeneral to g i ve the Board the benefi t o f heri nvestigat ion into the m atter o f the KentuckyRoom when that cam e up u nder n ew bu s inessdu r ing the a fternoon .

The fo l low ing com m unication was then readfrom Mrs. Bu rleson, w i fe o f the Postm asterGeneral .Ladi es :By reques t o f Mrs. Ra fter, Pres ident o f theCapta ins o f the Gi r l Scou ts Assoc iat ion” and

V ice President o f the “Central Gardens Comm i ttee.

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I am ask ing that the vacant lo ts lyingbeh ind Continental H a ll a nd owned by the

D aughters o f the Am erican Revo lu t io n Society,be tu rned o ver to the G i r l Scou ts Associationfo r cu l t ivat ion as a k i tchen garden . Th e

vegetables g rown w i l l b e div ided am ong variou s Orphanages o f the ci ty for the u se of

the i r inm ates .Very tru ly,

Ade le S . Bu rlesonMoved by Mrs. H owel l, seconded by Mrs.

Sm i th, and carried, tha t the request of Mrs.

Adele Bu rleson , tha t the vaca n t lots ly i n g beh i n d Mem or i al Con t in en tal H all, own ed by the

N a t ional S ociety, D a ug h ters of the Am er ica nR evolu t ion , b e tu rn ed over to the Gi rl S cou tsAssoci a t ion for cult iva t ion as a ki tchen ga rden ,b e g ran ted.

Mrs. Brum baugh. as Chairm an of FinanceCom m i t tee, here presented ano ther recom

m enda t ion ; tha t th is Board a u tho r ise the paym en t on Apr i l 2 7lb of the prom issory n ote a nd i n terest of a to tal of

th i s being a part o f the loan ofto fi nance the Magaz ine—an d m oved i ts

adopt ion. Seconded a n d carr ied.

Inasm uch as Mrs. Calhoun was unable to

gi ve her repo rt as S tate Regent at the Cong ress she was g i ven perm i ss ion at th i s t im e tobring be fore the Board the m atter o f the

o rgani zat ion o f an indu strial schoo l by the s tateorga n i za tion o f the Daughters o f the Am erica n Revo lu t ion i a Sou t h Caro l ina. The startis m ade w ith ten acres o f land in the sou thwes tcorner o f the s tate. ten m i les f rom Walhal la,the term inal o f the rai l road, b u t access ibleby g ood roads . The location i s o f hi storicinterest for i t com prises a part o f the Revolut i on ary land grant to Gen . Andrew P ickens.and i t was here that hero ret i red to spend theclosing years o f hi s l i fe. The schoo l wi l l b eopened th is fal l w i th three bu i lding s, on e. theschoo lhou se. the second, a l i ttle co ttage hom ewhere a lady w i l l b e placed in charge. and i ti s hoped to have i t serve as the com m unitycenter . It i s the des ire to pu t m ore into the

l i ves of the wom en in that di str ict The governm en t w i l l establ ish the th i rd bu i lding on the

s ite. a cheese facto ry. an d the o lder pu pi l swi l l b e taugh t that indu s try. T hi s i s done bythe governm ent in o rder to encou rage dairyingand s tock rais ing in the m ountain dis tr icts .The schoo l w i l l be starte d w i th an endowm ent fund. a nd the first is be ing rai sedby on e hu ndred chapters or indi v idu al s g i v ing$100 each, who w i l l b e enro l led as founderso f the schoo l— already over si xty o f the hundred founders had be en pledg ed. In addi t ionto th i s. there i s ano ther endowm ent fu nd to

wh ich any contr ibu t ion cou ld be m ade. b u t i twas thou gh t m any chapters an d indi v idual swou ld b e g lad to becom e a founder of the

schoo l . The $100 cou ld b e paid in fou r annua linstalm ents of $25 ea ch . The si x ty alreadysecu red have. w it h only two exceptions. beencontr ibu ted f rom w i th in the state. Mrs. Calhoun to ld al so o f the i r hope of placing atrained nu rse in the schoo l to teach first a i d.the principles o f san itation in the hom e. wh ichwou ld no t only he lp the comm un ity. b u t wou ldm ake i t poss ible for the pu pi l s to becom epract ica l nu rses : that they had m any plansfor the fu tu re. a nd only lacked the opportun i tyto carry them ou t .

Mrs. Bu shnell, H onorary Vice President

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Moved by Mrs. H a l l. secon ded by Mrs. Foster,a nd ca rried, tha t the m a t ter reg a rd ing the

In s ig n ia be referred to the In s ig n ia Com m i tteeto repo rt a t the J u n e m eet in g .

The T reasu rer Gen era l presen ted a l ist offive m em bers to be re in sta ted a n d m o ved tha tthese m em b ers b e re in sta ted. Th is was sec

on ded by Mrs. l’ulsi ler a nd ca rr ied .

T he T reasu rer Gen era l repo rted tha t thepo l icy fo r the acc iden t in su ra n ce o n the bu i ldi n g was abo u t to expire, and i t was m oved byMrs. John ston . seco n ded by M iss P ierce. a ndca rr ied, tha t Acc iden t Policy b e ren ewed forthree yea rs a t a n expen se ofMrs. j ohn sto n presen ted the fo l low ing sup

plem en tary report.Su pp lem en ta ry R eport of Treasurer Gen eral.I hereby presen t the fo l low in g sta tem en t o fCu rre n t Fu n d at c lo se o f busin ess Apri l 2 1,19 1 7 :

Ba la n ce March 31 , 19 17Rece i pts Apri l 1 - 2 1. in c lu si ve

D isbu rsem en tsBa la n ce April 2 1 . l9 1 7Ba la n ce Apri l 2 1 , 19 1 7 .

B i l ls payable( Maga z in e Apr. 2 7 )

MARY H . S .Jo i m srort ,

Treasu rer Gen eral.The T reasu rer Gen era l sta ted a lso tha t the

u n redeem ed pledges on the l iqu ida t ion o f the

debt o n the H a ll am ou n t in g to over was

take n ca re o f by Miss McD u t’

fee'

s check. an dtha t she had i n structed the clerk i n the oli i cc

to ho ld the check u n t i l the m o rn in g o f Apri l30 a n d n o t i fy M iss McD u lTee tha t she wa s toco l lect the u n redeem ed pledg es. O n m o t ion of

Miss P ierce. seco n ded by Miss Ba rlow. i t wascarr ied . tha t the Trea su rer Cen t ral b e i u

s tru cted to hold the Mark of M i ss Ma fi'

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u n t i l the m orn i n g of the 30th of Apr il. 19 17 .Mo ved by Mrs. Brum ba u gh, seco n ded by Mrs.

Gebha rd t . a nd carr ied. to accept the supplem en ta ry report of T reasu rer Gen era l.T he T reasu rer Gen era l then read the recom

m enda t ion s of Mrs. R a n sdel l . Moved by Mrs.

Bahn sen , secon ded by Mrs. H a l l. and ca rried ,tha t recom m en da t io n N o . 1 be a dopted. ( Tha ti n a ny fin an c ia l a rran gem en t m ade by the

N a t io n a l Soc iety the T reasu rer Gen era l b e a

pa rty there to . )lt a ppea rin g tha t Mrs. Mcclea ry, Cha i rm an

of N a t ion a l O ld T ra i ls Ro ad Com m i ttee , waswa it in g to address the Board. the co n sidera t ionof Mrs. Ra n sdell

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s recom m en da t io n s was de

ferred . a n d i t was m oved by Mrs. Bah n sen ,

secon ded by Mrs. Foster. and carr ied , tha t Mrs.

McClea ry b e i nvi ted to appea r before the Boa rd

a nd presen t the Old Tra i l: R oad ma tter.

A fter g iv i ng a general su rvey of the s i tuationwi th regard to the old trai l s roads and the bi l lintroduced by Mr. Bor land, Mrs. McClearyu rg ed the m em be rs o f the Board to ag ree on

som e am ou nt to al low the Chairm an o f the

N ationa l Old T rai l s Road Com m i t tee, whoevershe m ig ht b e, a stated sum for the use o f her

Com m i ttee so that she m igh t know how to

pla n her work .

Mrs. Minor m ade the announcem ent tha tthe Pres ident General had o ffered a pri ze o f

$50 to b e g iven to the state secu ring the larg estnum ber o f su bscript ions to the m agaz ine i nproportion to i ts num bers.The Pres ident General stated that she hadasked the Act ing Chairm an o f Bu i lding and

Grounds Com m i ttee to rem ain i n the bu i ldingi n o rder to speak o f the Kentucky Room whenn ew bu s iness wa s brou ght u p, a nd i t was therefo re m o ved by M rs . H anger , seconded by Mrs.

Talbo tt . an d carried, tha t the Act i ng Cha i rm a n

of Bu i ldi ng a nd Grou nds b e asked to repo rtn ow.

M i ss Rogers referred to the suggestion o fthe Chairm an o f Art Crit ics Com m ittee. and

M i ss T em ple, a m em be r o f that Com m i ttee.that the room beyond the Assem bly Roo m .

larger, o f m uch better propo rt ions. w i th awonder fu l or icl w indow. be fu rni shed by Kentucky instead o f the Assem bly Room . the i ridea being to m ake a passage way w i th g lasspart it ions o n each side th rou g h the Assem blyRoo m . Th i s wou ld lea ve a sm all room on eachside o f the passa ge wh ich cou ld b e u sed fo r

sto rage pu rpo se s. fo r wh i ch the larg er roombeyond was be i ng u sed at the presentt im e. The ch ie f po int at i ssu e wa s whetherKentucky wo u ld have to bear the expense o f

pu tt ing in these part it ions . As the m atter wasnever discu ssed i n a fo rm al way. there hadbeen n o est im ate m ade as to the co s t of theal terat ion su ggested.

M i ss Rog ers re ferred also to the Splendidservice g i ven at all t im es by the Super intenden t . Mr. Ph il l i ps , o f the m any ways in wh ichhe saved the Soc iety m oney. and o f h i s deepinteres t in the bu i lding : that everybody

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who

had com e in contact w i th h i m be fo re o r du ringthe Cong ress had rem arked on h i s faith fu lnessa n d cheer fu l serv ice, an d she d i d n o t w ish toreti re from the wo rk w i thou t express in g herapprec iat ion and adm i rat ion fo r Mr. Ph i ll ipsand the splendid serv ice he has rendered.

After som e fu rther di scu ssion w i th regardto the Kentucky room , i t was m oved by Mrs.

Fow ler, seconded by Mrs. Brum baugh , an dcarr ied tha t m ore defin i te i n fo rm a t ion reg a rdi ng the Ken tucky Room be b rought to theJun em eet i ng to b e acted o n a t tha t t i m e.

The T reasu rer General then read recom

m enda t io n No . 2 from Mrs. R an sdell’

s l i st,that the s ignature o f the bonded T reasurer

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General alone shall suffice upon al l check s.Moved by Mrs. Brum baugh, seconded by M i ssPierce. and carried, tha t recom m enda t ion N o.

2 b e adopted.

Recom m endat ion No . 3; that the T reasu rerGeneral shal l have charge o f al l funds of theSociety. wh ich m u st be depo si ted in a bank

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the City o f Wash ing ton ; and that n o cha i rm an of any com m i t tee o r i ndi v idua l shal l cont ro l any of i ts funds. It being shown that theconst itu t ion already pro vided that thi s shou ldb e done, on m o t ion o f Mrs. Fo ster, seco ndedby Mrs. H owe l l , i t was ca rr ied. tha t recomm enda t i on N o. 3 of Mrs. Ran sdell b e la id on

tab le.

No . 4, being a recomm endat ion to Congress,was laid o n the table, as were Nos. 5 and 6 ,

the statem en t being m ade that wh ile the Boardw as in accord w i th the spiri t o f the recom

m endat ion s n o act ion was necessary. Mrs.

Johnston there fo re m o ved tha t recom m endat ion s 4 . S a nd 6 b e la id on tab le. Carr ied.

Mo ved by Mrs. H o l t, seconded by Mrs.

Brum baugh and carried, tha t recom m en da t ionN o. 7 be adopted. (That n o second m ortgageshal l ever be accepted as sat is facto ry in m ak

i n g an investm ent o f the funds o f the So

c iety . )The adoption o f recomm endat ion No . 8 was

m o ved by' Mrs. Fletcher. seconded by Mrs.

Fow ler : (T hat the funds o f the Patrio t s’

Mem o rial D . A. R . Schoo l and the Am ericanInternat ional Co l lege be invested in the Perm anent Fund an d thu s draw 5 per cent. i nstead '

of 2 per cen t . ) After som e di scu ss ion,the m o t ion was lo st .Mrs. Brum baugh moved tha t we adopt

recom m enda t i o n N o . 9 . (That n o action shal lb e taken by the N ational Board o f Managem ent upon any im po rtant financ ial m atterw h ich cou ld have been fo reseen. unless sam ewas presented for cons iderat ion at a prev iou sm eeting o f the Board. ) T hi s was secondedby Mrs. E l l i son an d carried . .

The adopt i on of rccom m cn da t i on N o . 10

was m o ved by Mrs. H o l t. seconded by Mrs.

Brum baugh : that the Franco-Am er ican Fund,9 1 1102, b e t rans ferred to the Cu rrent Fund.

It be ing shown that the expense o f the wreathplaced every year on the La faye tte statue in“'ash ing ton cou ld be ju st as wel l appropriatedf rom the Cu rrent Fund. the m o t ion was pu tand carried.

After som e di scu ssion w i th regard to

recom m endation No . 1 1 , that the Board ru l ingo f J une 2 1 . 1909, be resci nded and n o m atterb e re ferred to a lawyer unt i l so o rdered by theN at i onal Board of Managem ent— "

That thePresident Gen eral be al lowed to take legal adv ice whenever. in her opin ion. i t seem s accessary. and the expense fo r such advice be paidfo r by the T reasu rer General"— and the statem ent by Mrs. Minor that the rescinding of

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th i s m ot ion m igh t t ie her hands as Chai rm ano f Magaz ine Com m i ttee, i f o n consu l tat ionw i th the Pres ident Gen eral i t was deem ed ad

v i sable to have legal adv ice w i th regard to a nyo f the ques t ions ari s ing ou t o f the change o f

arrang em ents for the publ i sh ing o f the m agaz ine, i t was m o ved by Mi ss Pierce, secondedby M i ss Barlow, an d car ried. tha t recom m enda t ion N o. ll be la i d on the ta ble.

Mrs. Brum baugh m o ved to adopt f acom

m enda t ion N o. 12 . that n o re im bu rsem ent forany expense o f the Soc ie ty be m ade unlessvoucher show s recei pt for sa id b i ll. Th is wasseconded by Mrs. Fo ster. and carr ied.

Mrs. Johnston asked i nst ru ct ion as to the

ba nks in wh ich the m oney shou ld be dc si ted,and i t appearing that the presen t arrangem ent,wh ich had been in ex i stence for m any years,was very sat is factory. i t wa s m o ved by Mrs.

La ne. seconded by Mrs. H anger, and carr ied.

tha t the m on ey: b e depos i ted i n the N a t ion a lMetropolita n Ba nk a nd Am eri ca n S ecu ri tya n d Tru st Compa n y, as heretofore.

The fo l low ing was read from Mrs. Ransde l lThe E x -Treasu rer General wi shes to cal l

the attent ion o f the Board to the class ifi catio ni n her annual repo rt. o f the office o f the Cor

responding Secretary Genera l . The i tem sshou ld readCorrespo nding Secretary GeneralClerical serv ice $9l7.83Po stage, expres sage, te legram . cards,blanks, wrappers. po stal gu ide.blank book. bonding clerk a ndsharpen ing

$2.7(XN S

She asks that th is Board ca ll atten tion to theabo ve.

Ou vr. Poweu . R AN SDEIJ.The President General stated th i s wou ld be

com e a part of the reco rds a nd needed n o

act ion.

The Treasu rer General asked for i n struc

t ions in regard to the m anner o f handl ing the

m agazine m att er. whether a separate fundshou ld be kept and a clerk be detai led to looka fter these rece ipts . Mrs. Brum baugh m ovedthat a clerk be deta i led to take care o f the

subscript ions to the m agazine. T h i s was

am ended to read, a clerk in the T reasu rerGeneral's o ti i ce. and the ru l ing was m ade bythe President General that al l m oney be

kept i n the Current Fund and n o t in aspec ial fund. s ince the bi l l s wou ld have to bepa id from the Cu rrent Fund as hereto fore.M i ss Crowel l fu rther am ended the m o t ionto include the m oney from the adver

t i si n g as we l l as from the subscri pt ions . T hesewere al l accepted by Mrs. Brum baugh and i n

corpora ted in the fo l low ing m o t i on . tha t a

clerk b e deta iled from the Treasu rer Gen eral’s

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ofiee to a t tend to all moneys of the magaz i n e.Seconded by Mrs. E l l i son a nd carried.

Instruct ion was al so asked by the T reasu rerGenera l w i th regard to the Bowker m atter,a nd i t wa s m oved by Mrs. Buel l. seconded byMrs. H a l l. and carri ed, that the ma tter of theBozeker cla i m b e referred to the Cha i rma n ofthe Maga

z i n e Com m i ttee.

The Pres ident Genera l announced that sheexpected to keep a clerk at the H al l to attendto al l her correspondence. a nd that al l le tterswou ld recei ve prom pt repl ies. whether theycou ld b e atten ded to or no t— that her per

sonal secretary wou ld be Mi ss D enni ston. whowou ld be at the bu i lding on du ty at al l t im es.The announcem ent was a lso m ade that Con

g res s had th i s year m ade provi s ion for thef ree di s tribu t ion o f the Proceeding s to everychapter, the National Board of Managem ent.a n d the ret i ring Board o f Managem ent, and

that the publ ication o f th i s wou ld b e under thecharg e o f the Recording Secretary Generala nd be publ ished as prom ptly as possible.

The m o t ion re ferred by the Cong ress to theN at ional Board o f Managem ent, Whereas th isCong ress has adopted an oath of office to b e

adm in istered to al l N at ional ofii cers. be i tR eso l ved ; tha t at each succeeding Cong ressal l n ewly e lected Nat ional o fficers be publ iclyinstal led and the oath of chi ce be adm ini steredby the Chaplain General then in office. wast hen rea d by the Recording Secretary General.a n d i t was m oved by Mrs. Brum baugh . sec

o nded by Mi s s E l i sabe th F. Pierce and M i ssGrace M. Pierce. and carr ied. to adopt f reamm enda t i on N o. I from Con g ress.M is s Crowel l al so read the fo l low ing m o t ion

wh ich was re ferred to the Board : that eachm em ber of the D au g hters o f the Am er icanRevo lu t io n . when wr i t ing to any ofli ce of Con

t i n en tal H al l, enclo se a stam p for reply. a n d

fu rther, that the m oney so saved f rom N a

t i on al expenses b e expended fo r fam i l ies o f

m en enl i sted for de fense of country . On m o

t ion o f Mrs. Brum bau gh . du ly seconded. i t wascarried to lay th is on the ta b le.

The m o t ion re ferred by Cong ress to the

Com m i ttee on Leg i s la t io n was al so read byM i ss Crowe l l ; that th is Cong ress indo rse the

bi l l by Mr. Ransde l l, Ru ral Sanitat ion, be forethe U . 5 . Cong ress. and the am endm ent to th i sbi l l by Mr. Bankhead for A Bu reau o f In

s truct ion for the Prevent ion o f D i sease . Afterdi scu ss ion. i t was m o ved by Mrs. Lane. sec

coded by Mrs. Leary. a nd carrie d, tha t theBoard approve the b i ll on R u ra l S an ita t ionofl

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ered by Senators Ransde l l a nd Bankhead.

Mrs. M inor brough t u p the m o t ion presentedby her at the m o rn ing sess ion tha t the m a tter

of rece iv i ng b i ds a nd deci di ng upon , and con

t ra ct i ng wi th a pu b lisher for the Magaz i n e. be

referred to the Ex ecu tive Com m i t tee w i th

power to art . Th i s was seco nded by M is sGrace M. Pierce an d ca rried.

At the req uest of Mrs. M inor, the Cha irm an o i Magazine Com m i t tee, the edi tor wasperm i tted to appear before the Boa rd andpresent a repo rt at that t im e, an d wh i le Mrs.

D raper was be ing sent for, the request o f theT reasu rer Genera l for perm i s sion to pu rchasea book in wh ich bi l l s payable m igh t b e reg istered and for l i st ing secu r it ies was taken up.an d on m ot ion o f Mrs. Wai t. seconded byMrs. Bos ley, i t was carr ied. tha t the Treasu rerGen eral b e empowered to buy two books, on e

for list i ng b ills paya ble and the other for listi ng secu r it i es.

Mrs. D raper tu rned over to the ChaplainGeneral , M i ss E l i sabeth F. Pierce. the m ateria lfor the Book o f Rem em brance wh ich. by theadoption o f the recom m en dation o f the Edi torof the Magazine to Congress . had been pu tin charge o f the Chaplain General .Mrs. D raper to ld o f the s ituat ion w i th t e

gard to the continu ed m ai l ing o f the Magazineunder second cla ss po stage, and stated that i tm igh t be necessa ry fo r her to have a letterf rom the Recording Secretary Genera l . TheChairm an of Magaz ine Com m i ttee expressedher approval o f Mrs. D raper's effo rt s. an d on

m o t ion o f Mrs. Lane, du ly seconded. i t wascarried that th is let ter be g iven to Mrs. D raperas the Edi tor of the .

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Mrs. D raper al so re ferred to the appeal ofthe Secret ary o f the T reasu ry to the newspapers to publ ish the advert isem ents o f thebonds to b e floated b y the g o vernm ent. and

asked perm i ss ion of the Board to have on e

pag e o f the advert is ing devo ted to an advert i sem en t o f the bond i s sue as o n e o f the waysthe National Soc iety co u ld he lp the governm ent. Moved by M is s Grace M . Pierce. sec

on ded by Mrs. H arr is. a nd carr ied. tha t o n e ofthe adverti si ng pag e: of the May a nd Ju n en um bers of ou r .llagos i n e be devoted to theadvert i sem en t of the N a t i on al Bond issue ofthe N a t io n a l Gor'ern m en t.Mrs. D raper requested perm is s ion to have

the sl ip prin ted no t i fying tho se sendi ng qu er ieso f the act ion o f the Cong ress, an d th is perm iss ion was granted. W i th regard to the bi l lfor cu t s. abou t wh ich there was som e qu est ion. Mrs. D raper was g iven perm is sion to

s im ply O. K. i t as hav ing rece ived thecu t s. Mrs. D raper al so requ ested o f then ew officers e lected to have thei r p ictu res i nher hands in t im e to sen d to the pr inter forthe June Magaz ine. and gave an ou t l ine ofsom e o f the featu res to appear in that n umb er. The quest ion o f the cu t s n o t retu rnedby the printer. especia l ly the St. Mem i n cu t s.was di scu s sed at length . Mrs. D raper stat ingthat she had insi sted o n the retu rn o f everycu t that had been u sed s ince she was edi to r .She al so s tated that she had herse l f paid at

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in the Delaware Room , no tw i thstanding the

D au ghters o f D elaware were extrem ely aux

io u s to have the pictu re i n the i r room , i t be inga pictu re o f thei r S igner and the art ist a g reat,g reat g randn iece o f th is m an Caesar Rodney.

N o action wa s expected to be taken by the

Board at th i s t im e. b u t Mrs. H al l w ished thatthe m atter m ight b e looked into by the propercom m it tee.

Mrs. Brum baugh m oved tha t the act ion ofthe Hoa rd of Feb rua ry 1 74 8. 19 15. rega rdi nglllrs. Ii n key , b e rescinded, explaining that them o t ion was to the effect that the request bythe Magruder Chapter o f \Vash ing ton be

g rante d. that the n ew chapter of wh ich Mrs.

l i nkey wa s o rgan iz ing regent b e n ot allowedto com plete i ts o rgan i zat ion unti l the propertyo f the Mag ruder Chapter had bee n retu rn edto i t, and t hat through thi s m o t ion on e wom anwas be ing held respons ible for the act ion of

m any wom en : that Mrs. Bukcy had endeavo red to the bes t o f her abi l i ty to have the

papers retu rned to the Magruder Chapter.b u t som e m em be rs were reluctant to g i ve upthe i r papers, and wh i le throu gh thi s fai lu reon the part o f these m em bers they were debarred from act i ve part icipat ion in the affairso f the N at io nal Society, as the m atter n ow

stood, wh i le Mrs. Bukey had herse l f com pl iedw i th the request . she was proh ibi ted from or

g an iz i n g a chapter o f wom en who had neverbeen chapter m em bers . The m o t ion to rescindwas seconded by Mrs. Moody and Mrs. H an

g er. a nd carried.

Mrs. E l l i son sta ted that the Lucy JacksonCha pter o f Massachu setts des ired perm i s s ionto inco rpo rate under the laws o f the S tate i no rde r to ho ld pro perty, as they were pu r

chas ing an h isto ric hou se . Moved by Mrs.

Fo ste r. seconded by Mrs. Cobbs, and carr ied.

tha t Mrs. Elli son’

s request be g ran ted tha tL ucy Jackson Chapter b e allowed to i n corpo

ra te u nder the lllossuchu setts S ta te laws.

Mrs. Pa i nter announced that Mi sso u r i m adea sm al l contr i bu t ion, wh ich she was instructedto g i ve to the Pres ident General, wh ich she

be l ieved was the first contribu t ion to the n ew

Com m i ttee fo r the Rel ie f Fund.

M iss Grace M . Pierce re ferred to the t e

qu es t o f the Act ing Chairm an o f Bu i lding an d

Grou nds Com m i t tee for the increase in the

sa la ry o f on e o f the em ployees. and m o ved,tha t o u r em ployee Georg e H ughes be g ra n teda n i n crease of pay of per mon th . Th is

was seconded by M i s s Barlow and Mrs. Cobbs“and carried.

M i ss Barlow m o ved tha t m y assi sta n t, M issPrisci lla 15. Ken t , b e g iven th ree days

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s ickleave, Monday . Tuesday a n d Wedn esday ofth is week, expla in ing that she had served on

the Credential s Com m i ttee a nd was so ex

hausted i t wou ld be im possible for her to

com e back unt i l the close o f these three days .T h i s m o t ion was seconded by Mrs. Leary andcarr ied.After som e di scu ss ion as to the am ou nt

on hand i n the t reasu ry and the statem ent thatthe fo rthcom ing two i ssu es o f the Magazinecou ld be paid for w i th the balance o f the

loan al ready a u thor ized to be m ade. i t wasm oved by Mrs. La ne that the Pres ident General b e au tho rized i n case of necess i ty to borrow m oney for the cu rrent expenses . Mrs.

Brum ba ug h cal led the attention of the Boardto the recom m endat ion adopted earl ier in the

day that n o act ion shal l b e taken by the Nat ion al Board of Managem ent u pon any im

po rtant financial m atter wh ich cou ld have beenfo reseen . unle ss sam e was presented for con

siderat ion at a prev iou s m eet ing o f the Board,and the announcem ent was m ade by the Pres ident General that no t ice wa s g i ven that th i sm atter wou ld com e up for considerat ion a tthe June Board m eet ing . The date when theJu ne Board m eet ing wo u ld he held was takenup and a fter considerable di scu ssion , thePresident Genera l set the date for June 20,that date appearing to m eet m ore nearly thedes ires o f the m ajo ri ty of the m em bers .M i ss Grace M. Pierce m oved tha t the clerks

who have b een employed overt i m e i n ci den t tothe Cong ress. b e pa id[or such t i m e. T h is wasseconded by M i ss Barlow and carried.

S tating that the m atter of the need for theloan cou ld n o t have been foreseen be fore th ispresent Board m eet ing . since th i s was thefirst Board m eet ing in th i s adm i n i strat ion ,Mrs. H anger m oved that i n case con di t ion oft reasury m akes i t n ecessa ry . a loan b e m adeto cover cu rren t expen ses. Seconded by Mrs.

Wait. and carried.

The Recording Secretary General then readthe m o t ions as passed, an d there be ing n o co r

rect ions, the m inu tes were approve d. Aton m otion. the m eet ing adjou rn ed.

Respect fu l ly subm i tted,EMMA L . Cnow tzu q

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