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EDWARD ROYAL_ SORBER, Germantown, Pa. (21437). Great•-grands Adam Ohl, pnvate, Col. William Bradford's Philadelphia Regt pon of Militia. · enna. OFFICIAL BULLETIN

GEORGE HOMER SPALDING, Lowell, Mass. (21476). Great•-grandson of 01' Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island, 1775-1778. ROLLIN AARON SPALDING, Lynn, Mass. (21481). Great-grandson of R b THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 0 Spalding, Second Lieutenant Fourth Middlesex County Regt. Mass M. . ~rt 11 gran d son o f R o bert S f>a 1dmg, · Jr., private, Captain Ballard's Company· C 1'ha '· 01' THe: Whitcomb'• Mass. Regt. • 0 one! FRANCIS HERBERT STEVENS, Wellesley, Mass. (21483). Great'-grandson , 0 OF THE Ephra•m Ste1.•ens, Sergeant of Minute Men, Col. Aaron Davis's Mass. Regt. ' SONS AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHARLES EDWIN SUTTON, East Providence, R. I. (2o67o). Great-grandson President General Organized April 30, 1889 of. R~~crt Sutt.on, Sergeant, Col. Timothy Walker's Mass. Regt., sailor M Morris B. Bea1dsley, Bridaeport, Conn. Incorporated by Act ol Conaresa June 9, 1906 Sh1p Eagle" m 1780. ass. JOHN NORTHRU~ THURLOW, Brooklyn, N. Y. (21330). Great"-grandso f MARCH, 1910 Number 4 0 Volume IV G~d Talcott, pnvate Conn. Militia; great•-grandson of Peter Bonticon ~ ta1n of Barque "Hawk," prisoner on "Jers~y" prison-ship. ' ap- Publiahed at the office of the Secretary General (A. Howard Clark, Smithaonian GEORGE WINTHROP. TOPPAN, Fairfield, Me. (2o965). Great•-~randson of (aotitution), Waahin~rton, D. C., in May, October, December, and March. Samuel P•llsbury, pnvate, Capt. Richard Titcomb's Company, Colonel w d , Entered as second-class matter, May 7, Igo8, at the post-office at Washington, Mass. Regt. a e s D. C., under the Act of July I 6, I 894. WILBERT EUGEN~ UNDERWOOD, Chicago, Ill. (2I3Io). Great•-grandson of Jos.ah Puree, pnvate, Colonel Prescott's and Colonel Brewer's Regts M Militia. · ass. THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN records action by the General Officers, the BENJAMIN PRINCE UPHAM, San Francisco, Cal. (2I527). Great•-grandson of Board of Trustees, the Executive and other National Committees, lists Jabez Upham, Sergeant Mass. Militia. of members deceased and of new members, and important doings of JAMES R. WADSWORTH, Chicago, Ill. C2I312). Great•-grandson of Hezekiah State Societies. State Secretaries are requested to communicate to the Wadsworth, private Third Conn. Line. Secretary General accounts of meetings or celebrations. DEPENDENCE STURTEVANT WATERMAN, Roxbury, Mass. (2I477). Great· grandson of John Waterman, private, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Mass. Regt. State Societies, Chapters, and individual members are urged to continue and grandson of Dependence Sturte1.•ant, Sergeant, Col. Theophilus Cotton's M ., increase their efforts to add to our membership. ~~ CHARLES HENRY WATSON, Stanford, Cal. (21528). Great-grandson -of Cyprian Watson, private Thirteenth Albany County Regt. New York Militia• great-grandson of Nathan Tefft, Jr., and John Buck, privates, Capt. Pete; OFFICIAL NOTICES. Van Vort's Company New York Volunteers. CARL CLYDE WEAVER, Minneapolis, Minn. (2I502). Great•-grandson of THE TwENTY-FIRST ANNUAL CoNGRESS of the National Society of Jo~athan Read, Member of Committee of Safety, private, Capt. Joseph Dur· the Sons of the American Revolution will be held at Toledo, Ohio, fee s Company Mass. Militia. April 30 to May 3, IgiO. The National Committee on Arrangements CHARLES MILTON WHITNEY, San Francisco, Cal. (20I75). Great•-grandson for the Congress consists of Mr. Nelson A. McClary, Chairman; Mr. of Asa Whitney, private, Col. John Douglas's Conn. Regt. George E. Pomeroy, Vice-Chairman; Col. Isaac F. Mack, Mr. William MILLARD F. WILFONG, Philadelphia, Pa. (21436). Great-grandson of Samuel Drew, private First Plymouth County Regt. Mass. Militia. H. Marlatt, and Mr. WiJliam S. Walbridge. The following prelim­ LEWIS ALBERT WILLS, Philadelphia, Pa. (21430). Great•-grandson of Andrew inary program is announced : Bacon, private, Capt. William Smith's Company New Jersey Regt., prisoner. Saturday, April 30, a pro forma session of the Congress will be held ALAN GRANT WILSON, Elkhorn, Wis. (2oo62). Great-grandson of Jacob and adjourned, without the transaction of business, to meet on May 2. Bockee, Lieutenant and Quartermaster's Sergeant Dutchess County New York The Executive Committee· will probably meet Saturday evening. Militia. Sunday, May I, patriotic services in Trinity Methodist Church, and social gatherings. 2 Ol"l"ICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 3

Monday, May 2, meeting of Board of Trustees at 9.30 a. m. At 10 COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION FOR ALIENS. a. m. the Congress will convene in business session. Monday eveni a general.reception wi~l be given by the Toledo Sons and Daughters:~ The demand for leaflets continues, and they are being sent out all the Amencan Revolution to delegates and visitors at the Hotel Seco over the country. There is no charge for the leaflets or for their de­ Tuesday, May 3, the Congress will convene about 9.30 a. m., an~ livery to any address. The chairman of the committee is Commander after adjournment there will be a ride about the city. Tuesday evening J. H. Moore, U. S. N. (retired), 1755 P St., Washington, D. C. a banquet to delegates by the Toledo Chamber of Commerce at the An attempt is being made in Congress to abolish the Division of ln­ Hotel Secor, and a banquet to the ladies at the Country Club by the fonnation in the Department of Commerce and Labor. This Division local Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. has been of the greatest assistance to our Society in the distribution The headquarters of the Congress will be the Hotel Secor. Th' of our leaflets. hotel is on the European plan, 304 rooms, $r.so to $4.50 per day: Oth~: The committee, realizing the danger, prepared a memorial to Con­ hotels are the Boody, Jefferson, Southern, St. Charles, Wayne St gress praying for the retention and strengthening of the Division. This Clair, Madison, Monticello, and Michigan. For quarters or ge~erai memorial, with a letter, was sent by direction of the President General information letters should be addressed to Mr. George E. Pomero to all Chapters and State Societies. It is pleasing to note that most of (Vice-Chairman of S. A. R. Committee), Toledo, Ohio. An illustrate~ the Chapters and State Societies have complied with the committee's pamphlet descriptive of the city may be obtained from the Toledo request, and that the memorials are being daily presented to Congress. Chamber of Commerce. The President General requested the assiitance of the Daughters of The Central Passenger Association has declined to make a reduction the American Revolution, which was granted at the next meeting of in railroad rates to Toledo. Since that Association must take the ini­ the Board of Management, and similar memorials and letters were tiative, delegates must therefore pay regular round-trip rates to the sent by that Society to all of its Chapters, with the result that their Congress. memorials are being presented daily to Congress. PERMANENT FuND.-In accordance with the requirements of Article It is the opinion of the committee that this prompt action of the VIII of the Constitution of the National Society, sixty days' notice has two Societies will save the Division of Information. been given to Presidents of State Societies of the following proposed It is thought that later something should be done to extend the use­ amendment to the Constitution of the National Society, recommended fulness of this Division by merely carrying out the present laws. by unanimous vote of the District of Columbia Society on February 22 1910, for adoption by the Annual Congress at Toledo : ' ORGANIZATION WORK.

Amend title of Article VI to read : The Committee on Organization in the North and West, Dr. Clark­ son N. Guyer, Chairman, accomplished the formation of the Nevada ARTICLE VI.-Dues a11d Permanent Fund. Society, at Reno, on February 19. This is the fourth new Society Add the following to Article VI as Section 2: organized in the Far West since the Denver Congress, the others being SE<;TION 2. T~ere shall be created a Permanent Fund, which shall be Wyoming, New Mexico, and Idaho. The committee expects soon to hFeld m perpetUity for the benefit of the Society, but the interest on said add North Dakota to the roll . . und may be used for the general expenses of the Society upon a unan­ Some progress is being made toward the formation of a Society in Imous vote of the Executive Committee. The .Permanent Fund shall be invested under the direction of the South Carolina. Executtve Committee, in securities allowed to be held by the savings A number of members on the Isthmus of Panama are about to organ­ banks of Massachusetts, Connecticut, or New York. ize a Society in that region, under the direction of Mr. G. C. Ferris, of Balboa, Canal Zone, a member of the Empire State Society. The ways and means for building up the Permanent Fund will be provided by amendment to the National By-Laws by the Board of Tr.ustees at the Toledo Congress. NATIONAL SOCII!;TY, S. A. R. 5 4 OFFICIAL BULLltTIN members and lady guests participating. President Stod~ard was ~cast­ PUBLICATION OF RECORDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR master. Compatriot Richard E. Sloan, Governor of Anzona, dr~~tewe~ he rapid progress of our country toward a more perfect con tbon o In the House of Representatives, February 28, 1910, Mr. McCall in­ ~nity, and spoke of the immense amount of good being brought about troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on b the so-called "House of Governors" holding annual conferences to Printing and ordered to be printed : lscuss vital questions concerning the government of the several. S~tes. Chaplain Winfield Scott spoke on Washington and the noble prmctples (H. R. 22007). A BILL to authorize the compilation of military and for which he stood. Arldresses were made by Mr. Wadsworth, of na~al records of the Revolutionary War with a view to their publi­ cation. Philadelphia, and Mr. J. Rockwell Jenkins, of Prescott. The annual business meeting was held at the Court House on Feb­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ruary 22, when the following officers were elected: President, Dr. Fr~n­ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary cis E. Shine, of Bisbee; Vice-President, Howard S. Reed, of P?cemx; of War is hereby authorized and directed to collect and compile with Secretary, C. F. Leonard, of Phrenix; Treasurer, Lloyd B. Chnsty, of a view to publication. the scattered military records of the Revol~ttion­ ary War, and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and Phrenix; Registrar, P. P. Parker, of Phrenix; Historian, Dr. Charles A. directed to collect and compile, with a view to publication, the scat­ Van der Veer; Chaplain, Rev. ]. W. Atwood. Governor R E. Sloan, tered naval records of the Revolutionary War. Isaac T. Stoddard, and H. B. Wilkinson were elected to the Board of SEc. 2. That all such records in the possession or custody of any official of the United States shall be transferred, the military records Managers. • to the War Department, the naval records to the Navy Department. The 1910 pamphlet of the Society gives information as to the ob)ec~s Stc. 3. That there is hereby appropriated, for the purposes of this of the organization, reasons for membership, information for apph­ Act, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated cants and new members, the Constitution and By-Laws, and a list of fifty thousand dollars for the War Department and ten thousand dol~ Iars for the Navy Department. present members. THE CALIFORNIA SociETY celebrated the anniversary of Washington's ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP. Birthday by a banquet at the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, when From December 1, 1909, to March 10, 1910, the Registrar General ap addresses were delivered on "Mary, the Mother of Washington," by proved and registered on the rolls of the National Society the appli­ Mrs. C. Elwood Brown; on "Washington as a Statesman,'' by Gov. cation papers of 392 new members, representing 31 State Societies, as James N. Gillett, and by James F. Tuttle, Jr., and Dr. Clarkson N. follows: Arizona, 4; Colorado, 23 (including members of new Societv Guyer, of the Colorado Society. . in Nevada); Connecticut, 45; District of Columbia, IS; · Illinois, 6.: The Society, in coooperation with the Daughters of the Amencan Indiana, 3; Iowa, 9; Kansas, 1; Kentucky, 1, Louisiana, 2; Maine, 10; Revolution, has issued a circular calling public attention to the law of Maryland, 3; Massachusetts, 18; Michigan, 6; Minnesota, 3; Nebraska, the State, approved March 18, 1909, relating to the desecration, mutila­ 3; New Jersey, roo; New Mexico, ro; New York, 36; Ohio, 14; Okla tion, or improper use of the Flag of the United States. homa, 2; Oregon, 11; Pennsylvania, 35; Rhode Island, 9; Texas, 5; THE CoLORADO SoCIETY held its annual business meeting at Denver Vermont, 3; Washington, II; Wisconsin, 2; Wyoming, 1; Montana, r. on February 22, when the following officers were elected: President, Among the new members are the Treasurer of the United States and Wardner Williams, Denver; Secretary and Registrar, W. W. Kirby, a number of other men prominent in public and business life; also a Denver ; Treasurer, W. T. Wynkoop, Denver; Vice-Presidents, C. N. number of sons of present members. In Colorado a father and three Wells and Clarkson N. Guyer, of Denver, Arthur Cornforth and Vic­ sons have recently been elected, and there are several instances else­ tor E. Keyes, of Colorado Springs; Chaplain, Rev. R. B. Peery; Board where of three or four near relatives joining the Society at one time. of Managers, Howard T. Vaille, Frank M. Keezer, B. C. Stoddard, Arthur Marshall, C. A. Keebers, and Dr. Orlando Brown. DOINGS OF STATE SOCIETIES. The annual banquet was held at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, THE AluzoNA SociETY held its fourteenth annual banquet at the on the evening of February 22. The principal address was by Presi­ Hotel Adams, Phcenix, on the evening of February 21, with about 6o dent Wardner Williams, on "Washington as a Man, a Statesman, and 6 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 7 a Patriot." Mrs. John Campbell, Vice-President General of the The Dmver Chapter, at its monthly meeting on January 20, 1910, Daughters of the American Revolution, spoke on behalf of that Soci­ had an address on "China" by Rev. John H. Houghton, President of ety. Victor E. Keyes, of the Greeley Chapter, told of the growth of the Colorado Society, and on February 17 there was an address by the Sons of the American Revolution and of its achievements. Mal­ Compatriot Frank McLaughlin on "The Growth of Liberty and the colm Lindsey, of the Colorado Springs Chapter, applied a broad mean­ Constitution." ing to patriotism. "It is largely the fault of the individual citizen if he says his city or State is n ~ t what it ought to be. His is the duty to THI> CoNNECTICUT SocmY, on February 22, held its twenty-first an­ dri~ c out corrupt officeholders and keep the government pure," said nual banquet at the Stratfield Hotel, Bridgeport, attended by about 300 Mr. Lindsey. members and guests, including the Governor of Connecticut, the Lieu­ In his oration, President Wiiiiams told of the personal and public tenant Governor, the last Governor, the Mayors of Bridgeport and of characteristics of Washington: Hartford. the President General of the Sons of the American Revolu­ tion, President Atwater, of the New Jersey Society, and Col. John W. "The)esson to us from the life of Washington is that of loyalty. To b~ patnots of the Washington type we must ring as clear and true as Vrooman, of New York. dtd the swords and muskets of our forefathers. President Lewis B. Curtis, of the Connecticut Society, presided as "Som.eone has said, 'The way to seem to be is to be it.' No soldier toastmaster. In his opening address President Curtis reviewed the or patnot who does not stand for right, justice, and liberty first last work of the Society during the year, including the formation of the and all the time is worthy to seek protection under the folds ~f th~ Stars and Stripes. The government that Washington fought and died Hartford Chapter and the completion of the Compo Beach monument, for and the government that our ancestors forsook their plows and to be dedicated about May I, shouldered their m~skets for is one tha~ ca!l be preserved only by vigi­ Governor Weeks told of the achievements of the State of Connec­ lance and consecration to the cause of JUStice and liberty. ticut, "one of the smallest as regards area and population, still one of "The heritage of age to youth is wisdom born of experience. Our go-:ernment h~s erecte~ a great shaft on the bank of the Potomac the largest in education, wealth, and industrialism, and second to none whtch stands hke the mtghty mountains of Mexico-a silent witness to in patriotism.'' the .greatness <;Jf a. life that was. A soldier who knew not fear; a Mayor Buckingham extended the greetings of the city of Bridgeport. patnot who !at~ hts . ail at the feet of his country; a diplomat who He urged the need of live patriotism in the hearts of the men of today. t;ever compro.mtsed hts governmen~; an executive who knew only jus­ he,~ an1 desptsed personal aggrandtzement-such was Washington. Agam we enter the sacred chambers of Mount Vernon. Here are "Patriotism is not only love of country and willingness to sacrifice the. living roon~s, the parlor, the l!brary, the guest-chamber. The re­ your lives for the preservation from destruction by a hostile force. but mams of Washmgton were placed m a vault not far from the mansion a willingness to sacrifice your time, skill, and ail the talents you possess he called home, and where the wife could sit by the window and rest for the betterment of your country. Be willing to sacrifice your time, her eyes upon his sacred tomb. Finaily Martha Washington died and efforts, and even your ambitions, when there is a caii to civic duty, was laid beside her beloved husband in a new tomb not far fro~ the whether it comes from city, State or nation. old one. "Do not be afraid to face criticism; rather welcome it. Do what "The sighing of the wind through the branches of the trees as it you think is fair, just, and equitable. Decide on the right course to swee_Ps across the placid water of the broad Potomac sings a ceaseless pursue, then fight it out, if it takes a lifetime, with that same deter­ reqUtem for these departed souls of American history. Here come the mination of character and fixed purpose displayed by your forefathers, representatives of ail nations, with bowed head and tear-stained eyes, never hesitating. never turning to the right or left, but marching to reconsecrate themselves to the cause of justice and liberty. With a straight to the front, head erect, with clear vision, and remembering prayer in the heart of 'Thank God for Washington,' the wayfarer that you are citizens of the greatest nation on God's footstool." murmurs: "'Sleep thy last sleep, President General Beardsley extended greeting to the guests present. Free from care and sorrow, He reviewed the work and told of the present needs of the National 'Tiii thou awake Society. He told of some of the results of throwing open the doors of In the dawning of tomorrow.'" our country to miiiions of immigrants of many nationalities, and of The annual memorial meeting of the Society was held at St. Mark's this Society's efforts to bring about their assimilation into the body Church on Sunday evening, February 20, when the sermon was politic as good Americans. preached by the President, Rev. ]. H. Houghton, D. D. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 9

"Upon the patriotic men and women a great obligation rests. The thought, strengthening character, and elevating ambition which has Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution ought to have great ever marked the mighty achievements of all ages! It was such enthu­ influence upon the pages of history which are yet to be written. Each siasm and inspiration, conceived in heroic endeavor, continued with one of them has in his veins the blood of a man who helped to win commendable enterpri~e, coupled with never-ending determination, that our independence. Most of you have had an ancestor in each genera­ inspired Holland to give a home and a welcome for the oppressed of tiOJ~ of the life of this country who loyally did his part in each crisis every clime, with opportunity for broadest freedom to worship God. as It arose, and bravely stood for law and order. You have behind But such unceasing labor for humanity and untiring work for God can­ you the traditions, and you have been taught the principles to which not be confined within the limits of any country; it belongs to the these newcomers are strangers. world. And so it was that a mere handful of brave men leaving Hol­ "But whatever shall be accomplished by our Society depends upon land, landi~g on Plymouth Rock, laid the foundation for o~r civil and not the work of a few officers, but upon its individual members. 0~ religious hberty. The corner-stone was placed by Washmgton and that May morning when Admiral Dewey steamed into Manila bay other patriots of the American Revolution. The building was com­ sunk the Spanish fleet, and gave us our share of the white man's bur~ pleted by the labors of loyalty, and dedicated to the service of God and den, he modestly gave the credit to 'the man behind the gun.' With a free people. It stands today the most superb model of civil and re­ us everything depends upon 'the man behind the badge.' " ligeous architecture the world bas ever seen.'' Compatriot Edward W. Hooker, Mayor of Hartford, in the course The Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch of the Connecticut Society, of his address said: fou nded at Hartford on January 17, 1910, was fully organized on March 5, 1910, when a permanent Constitution was adopted. The following "I believe that it is of real value for us to take an inventory first of officers were elected at the January meeting: President, Dr. George our inheritance and then of our possessions. An individual may in­ c. F. Williams; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles G. Stone; Historian, herit a great fortune or a great name, and feel secure for many years because he has not taken an inventory of what he has, but only re­ Frank B. Gay; Chaplain, Rev. William De Loss Love, D. D. members what he ought to have. President Curtis, of the State Society, and Chaplain Love spoke on "Our inheritance consists of religious conviction, patriotism, the au­ the general purposes of the Society, and there was a discussion on the thority and responsibility of the majority of the people, and it is fo r us work that might be accomplished by the organization of the Hartford to inquire as to our present-day possession of these foundation stones of our democracy. * * * Branch. "The great questions today in our national and State government relate to the exercise of authority. Shall the nation be ruled in the T rn: DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA SocnttY held its customary "Ladies' interest of all the people, or will selfish private interests control? Night" meeting on January 19. About 300 members and guests were "Municipal government needs undivided responsibility and authority present. Compatriot Morris Sheppard, Member of Congress from to make it a productive force and one that can accomplish definite good Texas, delivered an eloquent oration on George Washington and his for the entire community. Here we find that we have strayed from our inheritance, and in an attempt to perpetuate valued tradition we work in organizing the nation, and a short address was made by Mrs. have weakened authority and produced an uncertain responsibility. Matthew T. Scott, President General of the Daughters of the Ameri­ We need a new possession, a new life infused into the inheritance that can Revolution. The addresses were followed by music and dancing. comes to us from our forefathers, and that will give to the govern­ The annual business meeting of the Society was held at noon, Feb­ ment of today the authority of the people, who will hold the executive officers to a close accountability for a wise exercise of the powers ruary 22. The "Oration for Washington by Henry Lee" was read by with which they are entrusted as the guardians of our liberty." Barry Bulkley, Esq. An amendment to the National Society Constitu­ tion was recommended for adoption at the Toledo Congress, providing Col. John W. Vrooman brought the fraternal greetings of the Hol­ for the establishment of a Permanent Fund. land Society of New York. In his address he urged the Sons of the The following officers were elected: President, Rear-Admiral George American Revolution to promote real patriotism and to see to it that W. Baird, U. S. N. (retired); Vice-Presidents, Col. W. B. Thompson, American manhood and freedom, American loyalty and equality, Amer­ Mr. W. V. Cox, and Col. G. C. Kniffen; Secretary and Librarian, Mr. ican principles of merit and fair play be continued and guaranteed to Paul Brockett, Smithsonian Institution; Treasurer, Philip F. Larner; each individual citizen of this republic. Registrar, Albert D. Spangler; Assistant Registrar, Philip B. Goode; Historian, Selden M. Ely; Chaplain, Rev. Thomas S. Childs. "May this Society, mindful of our heroic ancestors of whatever na­ tionality, labor as they labored, to increase that spirit of broadening 10 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. II

Tm: IDAHO SocmY held a meeting at Boise on December IS, I909, John Day, Thomas Sloo, Charlton R. Beattie; State Secretary, Thomas when Mr. Harry Keyser was elected Secretary and Treasurer and Dabney Dimitry, I224 St. Charles street, New Orleans; Financial Sec­ Mr. G. H. Shellenberger was elected Vice-President for the remainder retary, Robert T. Burwell, 8r8 Gravier street, New Orleans; Treasurer, of the Society year. Col. Charles A. Larendon, 8I5 Union street, New Orleans; Registrar, Hon. Louis D. Lagarde, Kennen Building, New Orleans; Historian, THE ILLINOIS SociETY has published "The Patriot's Program," a Henry Rightor, 8I8 Gravier street, New Orleans; Chaplain, Rev. John hanging card, reciting seventeen duties as the working program of the T. Sawyer, D. D., New Orleans. life of a true American citizen and a loyal Son of the American Revo­ The Society has changed the date of its annual reunion from Feb­ lution. ruary 22 to April 13, the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, The Springfield Chapter of the Illinois Society held its Washington author of the Declaration of Independence. Anniversary Dinner at the St Nicholas Hotel. Col. Charles F. Mills THE MAINE SociETY held its nineteenth annual meeting and banquet presided as toastmaster. Addresses were made as follows: "Patriot­ /on February 22, at the Falmouth Hotel, Portland. The speakers at ism in the Home," Mrs. Lewis H. Miner; "Patriotism in the School," the after-dinner exercises were: Hon. James 0. Lyford, of Concord, Hon. Francis G. Blair, State Superintendent of Schools; "Patriotism N. H., naval officer at the Boston Custom-House; Judge Oliver G. in the Church," the Rev. A. P. Higley, pastor Second Presbyterian Hall, of Augusta, the retiring President; Miss Louise H. Coburn, of Church; "Patriotism in the State," Hon. Charles S. Deneen, Governor Skowhegan, State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolu­ of Illinois; "Patriotism in the Nation," Hon. W. A. Northcott, Ex­ tion, and the Secretary, Rev. Joseph Battell Shepherd, of Portland. Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois and United States District Attorney. Mr. Lyford took for the subject of his address "Political Pessimism." THE INDIANA SocmY held its annual banquet at the University Judge Hall told of the benefit of patriotic orders, and Miss Coburn Club, Indianapolis, on February 25, the anniversary of the capture of expressed the thanks of the Daughters for the invitation to be present. Fort Sackville, Vincennes, by Col. George Rogers Clark, February 25, At the business session of the Society the following officers were 1779. Addresses were made by Col. H. A. Greene, Capt. Charles S. elected for the coming year: President, Hon. Melvin P. Frank, of Tarlton, Nathan A. Richardson, C. T. Jewett, and several other com­ Portland; Senior Vice-President, Dr. Seth C. Gordon, of Portland; patriots. Twelve officers from Fort Benjamin Harrison attended the Vice-Presidents for Counties, Androscoggin, Edward P. Ricker, of banquet. The Society adopted a resolution urging the continuance by South Poland; Aroostook, Willis B. Hall, of Caribou; Cum berland, the Government of the plan of finding suitable locations for immi­ Roswell F. Dotten, of Portland; Franklin, Everett B. Norton, of Farm­ grants. ington; Hancock, Benjamin L. Noyes, M. D., of Stonington; Kennebec, The following officers are elected for the ensuing year : President, Silas Adams, of Waterville; Knox, Eugene M. Stubbs, of Rockland; George 0 . Dix, Terre Haute; Vice-Presidents, George W. Benton, of Lincoln, Eugene Prescott Webber, of Westport; Oxford, Charles L. Indianapolis, Samuel M. Foster, of Fort Wayne, and Milton Garrigus, Hathaway, of Norway; Penobscot, Henry N. Fairbanks, of Bangor; of Kokomo ; Secretary, Bennett B. Bobbitt, Indianapolis; Treasurer, Piscataquis, Hon. John F. Sprague, of Monson; Sagadahoc, William Charles N. Williams, Indianapolis; Registrar, Garvin M. Brown, In­ B. Kendall, of Bowdoinham; Somerset, Charles F. Jones, of Skow­ dianapolis. hegan; Waldo, Ralph Emery, of Belfast; Washington, Paul D. Sar­ gent, of Machias; York, Lieut. Oliver P. Remic, of Kittery; Secretary, THE KANSAS SociETY held its annual election of officers on January Rev. Joseph Battell Shepherd, of Portland; Registrar, Albert R. Stubbs, I 5, resulting as follows : President, John M. Meade, Topeka; Vice­ of Portland ; Treasurer, Philip F. Turner, of Portland; Librarian, President, A. K. Rodgers; Secretary and Historian, D. W. Nellis, Nathan Goold, of Portland; Historian, Hon. Augustus F. Mou'lton, of Topeka; Registrar, Joseph L. Eldridge, Topeka; Treasurer, David W. Portland; Chaplain, Rev. William G. Mann, of Westbrook. Norton, Topeka. In the course of his address Mr. Lyford related examples of politi­ Steps are being taken to form several local chapters in Kansas. cal pessimism in the early and later periods of the nation's history. In THE LourstANA SociETY, on December 5, I909, elected the following conclusion, he told of the work of the optimists whose labors had officers: President, Edward Righto , ew Orleans; Vice-Presidents, helped to bring the nation through many crises: 12 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 13

"If new conditions bring new cares, new duties, new responsibilities Charles F. Read, of the Bostonian Society, read a paper descriptive and, withal, new dangers, we should not avoid them if we could. W~ of Washington's visits to Boston. Edwin D. Sibley spoke on "Charac­ could not avoid them if we would. Nations, like individuals, grow or ter Studies." decay. Stagnation is death. Isolation is dissolution in this era of progress. Hermitage is the dry rot of self-righteousness, the degen­ Resolutions were presented by Walter K. Watkins, and passed unan­ eracy of cowardly selfishness. imously, in vindication of the probity and official faithfulness of Sam­ "Government by the people is not the creation of these United States uel Adams. but the evolution of centuries of struggle. It is traced in the blood of The resolutions say, in part: martyrs, in civil war, in persecution, in the travail of nations and the suffering of individuals. It has halted, it has been turned back, it has "The Massachusetts Society, Sons of the American Revolution, feels been abandoned at times in despair, but every epoch has noted some that the record of facts, the indorsement of Samuel Adams by his advance. The generation succeeding has planted the standard a little fellow-townsmen, and the action of the provincial government are suffi­ farther forward than its predecessor. It will not be on the battle­ cient to place his name above the aspersions cast on his fame by biased field that we shall be called to maintain the heritage of the fathers, but critics." in the daily struggle for civic righteousness. The stream cannot rise higher than its fountain. In a republic the people are the sovereigns The Malden Chapter of the Massachusetts Society met on January and the rulers the servants. The higher the intelligence of the sover­ 22 to listen to an informal talk by Historian General Walter K. Wat­ eign the greater will be the capacity of the ruler. Every people gets as kins on "Genealogical Searches in Old and New England." good government as it deserves. Neither constitutional amendments nor remedial statutes are self-acting. They must have the support of Tat MICHIGAN SociETY, at its meeting on January 28, had an ad­ public sentiment. It is only through the indifference of the people that liberty can be abridged." dress by Gen. Henry M. Duffield on " athan Dane." General Duffield reviewed the character and achievements of this statesman and jurist Tat MASSACHUSll'l'TS SociETY, to the number of some 200, met at of the Revolutionary period, the great influence which he exerted on the Hotel Vendome, Boston, on February 22, and observed Washing­ American jurisprudence, the lessening of the list of capital crimes, a ton's Birthday. more humane view of the punishment of criminals as ordered under The President of the Society, Judge Edward C. Battis, of Salem, the old English statutes, and similar humanitarian work. Attention presided, and Brig.-Gen. Philip Reade was chairman of the committee was called to the Ordinance of I78i, which fixed a form of government of arrangements for the affair. for the territory northwest of the Ohio. John Adams, of Gardner, a son of a Revolutionary soldier, and now General Duffield quoted Daniel Webster as sufficient evidence that 95 years old, was by vote of the Society invited to the platform. the honor of composing that great charter of liberty, a charter which Col. Robert E. Patterson, U. S. A.; Col. Thomas Wood, U. S. M. C.; antedated the Constitution of the United States, was the work of the Charles Irving Thayer, representing the Sons of the Revolution; Ed­ jurist Nathan Dane. It is to Dane that we owe the first law school win S. Crandon, and William Trowbridge Forbes were also in attend­ in America, which is one of the departments of Harvard University. ance, the three patriotic societies, the Sons of the Revolution, the Sons The paper was discussed by Mr. George W. Bates, Prof. J. Remsen of the American Revolution, and the Grand Army of the Republic, Bishop, Rev. Lee S. McCollester, Mr. Charles M. Woodruff, Mr. Ed­ being thus represented. The Society of Colonial Wars was also repre­ ward A. Sumner, Dr. S. H. Knight, Mr. Enoch Smith and Mr. Joseph sented by several members. Greusel. Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson was the first speaker. He de­ The foundation of educational endowments in Michigan was traced scribed the life and character of Washington, paying a high tribute to to athan Dane, and also the immortal sentiment that "Neither slavery his military skill, his patriotism, and the purity of his public life, and nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof extolled the great work he had done for America. the party shall have been duly convicted in a court of justice," should Rev. Dr. Henry Bedinger, of Salem, dwelt at length on the character ever be allowed in the territory northwest of the Ohio. of Col. Daniel Morgan, who came at the head of his regiment from On January 29 the Society gave a luncheon at the Pontchartrain to the Shenandoah valley to New England, and fought with Washington Maj. Gen. Curtis Guild, of Boston, former Governor of Massachusetts. throughout the War of the Revolution. The address of Compatriot Guild was a characterization of the IS 14 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R.

American idea, which quickly makes into a homogeneous and liberty. TBI> NEBRASKA SociETY held its annual meeting at Omaha on Feb- loving people, all of whatever race, who seek out new homes under ruary 22. "d the folds of the Stars and Stripes. He sketched the work done in Last year, on the 19th of April: an address. written ~y Prest ent achieving independence by the Irishmen, the Germans, the Frenchmen Ralph W. Breckenridge was read m every pubhc scho.ol m the State and the Poles. He showed how loyal these people are now to Ameri~ of Nebraska, wherever possible, by a member of the Soc1e~y, and, whe~e can institutions, and he encouraged whatever might induce to serve the members were not obtainable, by a teacher. It was. dectded that. th1s cause of patriotism in this country. cedure should obtain permanently, and that Apnl 19, the anmver­ Governor Guild found instances all through our history, and in ~:~y of the battle of Lexington, should be celebrated in this way each every crisis, how men had come to the front, and how the citizen of year. . 8 foreign birth was not less devoted than the native son in his love for The following officers were elected: Prestdent, Pressly J. Barr, 4 20 liberty and American institutions. This he showed by the episode of California street, Omaha; Senior Vice-President, Paul W. Kuhns, the sinking of the Maine and the heroic offering of themselves for Omaha; Junior Vice-President, E. R. Gurney, Fremont; Secretary, sacrifice of the sailors of the fleet who volunteered for a share in E. 0. Halstead, 2509 Farnam street, Omaha; Treasurer, John F. American institutions. This he showed by such instances as the sink­ Flack, Omaha; Registrar, D. C. Patterson, Patterson Bank, Omaha; ing of the Merrimac at Santiago harbor, in 1898. Historian, Henry E. Palmer, Omaha. Hon. John S. Miller, of Chicago, followed Governor Guild, touching THE NEVADA SoCIETY was organized at Reno on February 19, with a like strain of patriotism as he had observed it in the mixed popula­ nineteen charter members. tion of his city, calling attention to the part which the native and The National Committee on Organization in the North and West adopted citizens of the great West had played in the Civil War. was represented by Dr. Clarkson N. Guyer, Chairman; ~r. Frank M. Keezer Secretary, and Col. A. S. Hubbard, who were assisted by Com­ Tm: MoNTANA SocmY held its annual business meeting and banquet patriot' James F. Tuttle, Jr., of Denver.. The follow_ing officers w.ere at the residence of James U. Sanders, of Helena, on February 22. elected : President, Dr. Gordon B. Hamilton, Masomc Temple Build­ . "When George Washington's Birthday was celebrated for the first ing, Reno; Vice-President, Robert M. Price; Secretary, C. P. Eager, time one hundred and seventy-eight years ago, it was a cold winter's Reno; Treasurer, W. E. Otis, Jr.; Registrar, Albert D: Ayres. . A day, but doubtless in his whole career, even during the time spent at banquet was held at the Riverside Hotel, President Hamilton prestd­ Valley Forg~ he never felt weather as frigid as that of his last anni­ ing as toastmaster. The programme was as fo~lows: , versary, on Tuesday, February 22, which, though it had a record of 32 degrees below zero, with deep snow, and misty air through which the Invocation, Rev. Charles Leon Mears; presentatiOn of Nevada Char­ yellow rays of the sun weakly glimmered, failed to quench the patriotic ter Dr. Clarkson Newberry Guyer, Vice-President General National ardor of the Sons of the American Revolution who met for the six­ So~iety, S. A. R. ; "Loyalty to the Flag," Hon. Albert D. Ayres; "The teenth til!l~Jn _honor of this day." Nevada Society, S. A. R.," Hon. Oscar]. Smith; "Greetings from Cali­ :.. The following officers were elected, all of Helena: President, Wil- fornia S. A. R.," Col. A. S. Hubbard; "Mission of the S. A. R.," Hon. liam A. Chessman; Vice-President, Henry C. Arnold; Secretary, Leslie Frank Merriam Keezer, ex-President Colorado Society, S. A. R.; Sulgrove; Treasurer, Charles J. Brackett; Registrar, Cornelius Hedges; "The Spirit of the West," Hon. Robert M. Price; address, Hon. Joseph Chaplain, Edward C. Russell; Librarian, James U. Sanders. F. Tuttle, Jr., founder of Colorado Society, S. A. R. The retiring President, Charles J. Brackett, presided as toastmaster. On Sunday, February 20, patriotic addresses were delivered by Com- Compatriot Henry Nichols Blake responded to the toast "Historical patriot Tuttle in two of the churches at Reno. Landmarks," with special mention of the Old South Church at Boston. THE NEW JERSEY SocmTY held its twenty-first annual meeting on Compatriot Palmer spoke to the toast, "The Patriots of the Revolu­ January 3, in the assembly rooms of the New Jersey His.torica~ Society, tion." Compatriot Howey spoke on the Federal Constitution, and re­ Newark. The proceedings of the meeting have been published m a pam­ marks were also made by Compatriots Hedges, Chessman, Bartly, phlet of 24 pages by Secretary James R. Mullikin. President Atwater Arnold, Sanders, Perry, Burroughs, Russell, Van Hook, and Sulgrove. I6 OFFICIAL BULLB'I'IN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R.

reviewed the Society's work, showing a very active year. The Secretary phonso Bradley, John Richardson, Emery Dexter Newell Force, Albert reported 136 members added to the rolls, the largest year's growth in French, William George Frost, Benjamin Vincent Harrison, Frederick the history of the Society. The present active membership is 504. Bates Lovejoy, Willis Clarke Noble, Frank Henry Presby, Frederick A resolution was unanimously adopted favoring the establishment of a William Schoonmaker, Solomon Wright, Jr., and Elvord G. Chamber­ National Park and the erection of a memorial bridge on the Delaware lain. River at the point where General Washington and his army crossed on The order of exercises was as follows: Calling the meeting to order, Christmas night, 1776. by the Provisional Chairman, George Curtis Sterling; reading of pre­ The following officers were elected : President, Edward S. Atwater amble, by Washington Irving Lincoln Adams; invocation, by the Rev. 78 Broad street, Elizabeth; Vice-Presidents, Thomas W. Williams, and Harry Emerson Fosdick; presentation of colors, by John Brewer Rev. Linn E. Wheeler; Secretary, Col. James R. Mullikin, 312 Belleville Wight; singing, "The Star Spangled Banner," led by the Llewellyn Club; avenue, Newark; Treasurer, Lieut. Col. Oscar H. Condit, East Orange. reading of minutes of preliminary meeting, by the Provisional Secretary, Registrar, John J. Hubbell, Newark; Historian, Prof. William C. Arm~ Arthur Howard Churchill; report of the committee on constitution, by strong, New Brunswick; Chaplain, Rev. John Hobart Egbert, Irvington. the Chairman, W. I. Lincoln Adams ; report of the committee on nomi­ A banquet of the New Jersey Society in memory of Washington, his nations, by the Chairman, John Richardson Emery; election of officers; officers and men, who suffered great privations at the encampment at response by the President-elect; address, by the Rev. Harry Emerson Morristown in the winter of 1777, was held at the vVoman's Club, East Fosdick; singing, Part Song, by the Llewellyn Club; addresses, by Presi­ Orange, on the evening of February 4, attended by about 200 members. dent General Morris Beach Beardsley, Vice-President General Moses An address of greeting was delivered by Judge Edward S. Atwater Veale; John H. Burroughs, Treasurer General; Rev. Frank Oliver President of the New Jersey State Society, who also made the presen~ Hall, D. D., Chaplain General; President Cornelius A. Pugsley, of the tation address of the Society's testimonial to Mr. George Curtis Ster­ Empire State Society; State President Lewis Beers Curtis, of the ling, Founder and President of Montclair Chapter, No. 3, consisting of Connecticut Society;" State President Edward S. Atwater, of the New engrossed resolutions of thanks for his untiring efforts in forming the Jersey Society; patriotic recitation, by Frank A. O'Connor; addresses, Montclair Chapter. Addresses were made by President General Morris by President John Leonard Merrill, of the Orange Chapter; President B. Beardsley; Rev. Dr. William Force Whitaker; Hon. C. A. Pugsley, George T. Parrott, of the Elizabethtown Chapter, and by other guests; President of the Empire State Society, on "The Development of the singing, "America," lead by the Llewellyn Club; benediction, by Rev. Republic," and by Rev. W. Warren Giles. Amory Howe Bradford, D. D. Orange Chapter gave a reception at the home of Col. Henry A. Potter, THE NEw MEXICO SociETY held its annual business meeting in the East Orange, N. ]., on December 9, 1909, to the members who were afternoon of February 22, and in the evening the annual banquet was organizing a Chapter in Montclair, the Elizabethtown Chapter, and given at the Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque. The officers elected were: Judge Atwater, President of the New Jersey Society. Over 100 mem­ President, Dr. J. W. Elder, of Albuquerque; Vice-Presidents, Harold bers and guests were present. Addresses were made by President At­ H. Hurd, of Roswell; Dr. T. P. Martin, of Farmington, and Pitt Ross, water, President Parrot, of the Elizabethtown Chapter; Mr. George of Albuquerque; Secretar , W. R. Lyon, of Albuquerque; Registrar, Curtis Sterling, now President of the Montclair Chapter, and by several Hon. F. W. Clancy, of Albuquerque; Treasurer, 0. A. Matson, of others. Albuquerque; Historian, George S. Klock, of Albuquerque; Chaplain, The M o11tclair Chapter was organized at the Hotel Montclair, Mont· C. C. Bateman, U. S. A., Fort Bayard. clair, N. ]., on January 4, 1910, with over one hundred charter mem­ The toasts at the banquet were responded to as follows: "The aims bers. About 200 members and guests were present. The following offi­ and objects of the Society," Attorney General Frank W. Clancy; cers were elected: President, George Curtis Sterling; First Vice-Presi­ "The Arizona Society," H. F. Robinson; "The Iowa Society," R. W. dent, Washington Irving Lin_coln Adams; Second Vice-President, John Scofield; "Washington as a Man," R. W. D. Bryan; "Washington as a Brewer Wight; Secretary,; Arthur Howard Churchill; Treasurer, Ed­ Soldier," Louis H. Chamberlain; "Washington as Statesman and Presi­ ward Huntington Holmes; Historian, Thomas Irving Crowell; Chap­ dent," Judge Ira A. Abbott; "The Ladies,'' George S. Klock. lain, Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick; Board of Managers, Edward AI- 18 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 19

Tat EMPIRE STATE SociETY held its customary "Ladies' Night" meet­ Tat PENNSYLVANIA SociETY held its annual business meeting at the ing at the Hotel Astor, New York City, on February 15, attended by rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg, on February 22. The about 300 members and guests. Mr. Franklin Matthews gave a lecture reports of the officers showed that much had been accomplished in on "Around the World with the American Fleet," illustrated with views patriotic lines, and that the Society is in excellent condition, about 75 taken by Mr. Young, Correspondent of the New York Sun. new members having been added. The following officers were elected: The Board of Managers, on January 7, adopted resolutions indorsing President, Major Moses Veale, 727 Walnut street, Philadelphia; Vice­ the project of a State Park along the west shore of the Hudson, and Presidents, William L. Jones, Rev. S. B. McCormick, Col. R. W. commending the generous and patriotic exhibition of advanced public Guthrie, S. D. Hubley, Col. F. K. Patterson, Albert Bissell, Thomas spirit on the part of Mrs. Edward H. Harriman, Mr. J. Pierpont Mor­ Stephen Brown; Secretary, F. G. Paulson, SIS Wood street, Pittsburg; gan, and Mr. George W. Perkins, also compatriots John D. Rockefeller, Registrar, Francis Armstrong, Jr., Pittsburg; Treasurer, Ogden Russell, Gov. ]. Franklin Fort, and Gov. Charles E. Hughes for their advocacy Pittsburg; Historian, Rev. Jesse P. Martin; Chaplain, Dr. Warren G. of this commendable project. Partridge, D. D. At the annual banquet at the Union Club about 115 were present. The Tat OHIO SociETY is aroused to active patriotic work in view of the principal addresses were by Hon. Hampton L. Carson, on "Washington approaching Congress at Toledo. Twenty-six bronze medals have been in His Relation to the National Idea," and Henry Russell Miller, Esq., issued by the National Society to the Ohio Society for presentation as on "Our Inheritance." awards for the best essays on the principles of the Revolution written A souvenir of the banquet was a pamphlet, with colored illustrations, by high-school students. on the history of "Our Flag," by Francis Scott Key, 3d. The Benjamin Frat1kli11 Chapter, of Columbus, Ohio, observed the The Philadelphia Chapter held its annual meeting and banquet on anniversary of Lincoln's birthday by listening to a lecture by the English January 17. The special feature of interest was an address by Major evangelist, Dr. W. J. Dawson, who gave his views of the greatness of Moses Veale, President of the Chapter, on "The Settlement of our Abraham Lincoln and of the patriotic work he accomplished. Country." Tat OREGON SociETY celebrated the birthday of Benjamin Franklin Tat RHODE IsLAND SociETY held its annual business meeting at noon by holding a "smoker" on the evening of January 17. The paper of the on February 22, at the rooms of the Rhode Island Historical Society, evening was prepared by Prof. Frederick S. Dunn, of the University of Providence. The following officers were el~cted : President, Frederic Oregon. He devoted his attention to the less familiar phases of Willard Easton, Pawtucket; Vice-President, Charles Dean Kimball, Franklin's life, giving a great deal of information about his work in Providence; Secretary, Christopher Rhodes, 290 Benefit street, Provi­ the city of Philadelphia and Province of Pennsylvania for thirty or forty dence; Treasurer, Arthur Preston Sumner; Registrar, Francis Eliot years prior to the Revolution. Bates; Historian, Robert Perkins Brown; Chaplain, Rev. Samuel Heber The annual business meeting was held at the University Club, Port­ VI' ebb; Poet, John Prescott Farnsworth. land, on the afternoon of February 22, and in the evening the annual The annual dinner was at the Narragansett Hotel at 7 o'clock in the banquet was given at the Hotel Portland. The officers were re-elected evening. Among the guests were Governor A. ]. Pothier, Mayor Henry for the ensuing year. Announcement was made of the winners of four Fletcher, of Providence, and Mr. John S. Crosby, of New York. prizes of $Io each, and twelve of $5 each, awarded to the public school children of the State for the best essays on subjects pertaining to the "I believe our State is entering upon a new era of constructive work, American Revolution. An appropriation of $roo was made for similar and such a reception as you have given me encourages me to do my full duty," said Governor Pothier. "It is necessary that we live up to the prizes to be awarded February 22, I9II. high standards that these :men of the past have set for us. I believe President Wallace McCamant presided at the banquet. Addresses the American people are the greatest and noblest on earth today, and were made by Hon. William D. Fenton, Hon. Robert S. Bean, W. W. yet it seems that we have not yet reached the point to which we should Cotton, D. Solis Cohen, and Edgar B. Piper, and informal remarks by attain. Integrity and honesty of purpose should be the foundations upon which our citizenship is built. Gen. Thomas M. Anderson, U. S. A. "The day of the schemer in politics, in society, and in business is past. The people demand today men of integrity and honest purposes." 20 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 21

Edwin A. Burlingame read some unpublished letters written by Rev. Colonies, Now the Nation," Judge R. A. Pleasants; "The State ?f Ebenezer David between January, I776, and I778. John P. Farnsworth, Texas," Hon. George T. Jester; "Patriotism," Rev. Father A. E. Otis, Poet of the Society, presented a poem entitled "The Minute Men S J · "The Daughters of the American Revolution," F. F. Downs; of I775·" John Sherman Crosby's subject was "vVashington, Jefferson, "Th~ 'City of Galveston," Hon. Lewis Fisher; "Lessons of the Past," and Lincoln." Congressman Sheffield discussed "The Patriotism of the John Charles Harris. In addition to the set program of toasts, re­ Fathers." sponses were made by Mrs. A. V. Lane, Mrs. Cornelia Branch. Stone, THE TEXAS SociETY held its annual meeting at Galveston, on Febru­ Mrs. Edwin Bruce, Colonel L. J. Polk, Hon. Edward F. Harns, and ary 22, when a large number of members and their families gathered Judge Clay Stone Briggs. frcm Houston, Austin, and other places to commemorate Washington's THE VERMONT SociETY, at its annual meeting held at Burlington Birthday. Public exercises and a business meeting were held during the on December 8, elected the following officers: President, William forenoon. There was a cruise on the bay from I to 3 o'clock, on the Tarbox Dewey, of Montpelier; Vice-President, Hon. Zed S. Stanton, pilot boat Texas. In the evening a banquet was given at the Cafe Ritter, of Roxbury; Secretary, Walter Hill Crockett, of Montpelier; Treas­ followed by a concert and dance at the Garten Verein. urer, Clarence Lucius Smith, of Burlington; Registrar, Henry Leon­ At the business meeting reports were made by President Beers and ard Stillson, of Bennington; Historian, Walter Hill Crockett, of Mont­ Secretary Briggs on the work and pres!!nt condition of the Society. pelier; Chaplain, Rev. Homer Abial Flint, of Montpelier. The following officers were elected: President, Gen. J. R. Waties, THE VIRGINIA SociETY met on February 22 and re-elected all officers Houston; Senior Vice-President, Henry M. Trueheart, Galveston; Sec­ ond Vice-President, Judge Clay S. Briggs, Galveston; Secretary, John to serve for another year. Charles Harris, Houston; Treasurer, Wilber H. Young (re-elected), The Alexander Hamilton Chapter of Tacoma, Washington, held Austin; Historian and Registrar, E. E. Rice, Galveston; Chaplain, E. its annual meeting on January II, I9IO, and elected officers as follows: B. Wright (re-elected), Austin. President, E. B. Judson; Vice-President, R. G. Walker; Treasurer, At the public exercises Judge Clay S. Briggs delivered an address C. C. Hunt; Registrar, H. G. Rowland; Secretary, B. L. Harvey. on the purposes and principles of the Society, in which he said: The Chapter plans to have six meetings during the year. These "The Sons of the American Revolution stand for something more meetings are business, literary, and social in their nature, and are held than simply the establishment of an ancestral record. It is their pur­ at the residences of the various members. After the business is trans­ pose to keep constantly alive the fires of patriotism, like the fires on the acted there is generally a paper or a talk upon such subjects as "James altars of Vesta, so that in time of need their flame may be caused to glow and burn with the intensity and brilliancy commensurate with Madison" "The Realist and the Idealist in our History," "Thomas the demands of the times. George William Curtis, in his familiar Jefferso~,'' "Tales of the Revolution,'' being a story of the army life of essay on 'Family Portraits,' satirizes those who are content to live an ancestor; "The Northwest in the Revolution," and so on. The upon the reflected glory of their ancc tors, but he cannot and does not Chapter has found that these meetings add greatly to the public interest rebuke those who uphold that record while striving to do what they can to further and strengthen the principles of liberty and freedom in the work of the General Society. upon which rest the foundations of this Republic." THE WYOMING SociETY, on February 12, united with the Daughters Mayor Lewis Fisher welcomed the visiting members to Galveston. of the American Revolution in the celebration of Lincoln's birthday. He was followed by Hon. Edward F. Harris, who delivered an oration Brig. Gen. Frederick A. Smith, U. S. A., gave an address on the na­ on Washington's Farewell Address, discussing the sentiments expressed tional flag. Rev. Leon C. Hills presented an address on Abraham in that document and their application to national conditions of the Lincoln. The programme was interspersed with music. About 65 present day. people were present. The evening banquet at the Cafe Ritter was begun at 6.30 p. m. A large number was present. Ex-President W. F. Beers was the toast­ master. The addresses were as follows: "Our Country: Once the 22 OFFICIAL BUI.I.ETIN NATIONAl. SOCIETY, S. A. R. 23

CHARLES H. FISHER, a member of the Massachusetts Society, died February 28, I9IO. LEANDER FISHER, a member of the New Jersey Society, died January 22, I9IO. IN MEMORIAM. HEZEKIAH GAYLORD, a member of the Connecticut Society, died May2, I909. CHARLES E. ADAMS, former President of the Massachusetts Society, RoBERT W. HILL, a member of the Connecticut Society, died I909· died February r8, 1910. ALBERT H. HoADI.EY, a member of the Massachusetts Society, died FRANCIS W. AI.LEN, a member of the Connecticut Society, died June 30, 1909. December 29, I909· JoSIAH M. HUBBARD, a member of the Connecticut Society, died De­ DR. OscAR M. BARBER, a member of the Connecticut Society, died April 3, I9Q9. cember 20, 1909. FREDERICK S. HuNT, a member of the Connecticut Society, died 1909. CHARI.ES L. BASSETT, a member of the Connecticut Society, died Jan­ uary IO, I909· FREDERICK A. }ACKSON, a member of the Connecticut Society, died EDWARD C. BEECHER, a member of the Connecticut Society, died March 29, 1909. April I7, 1909. WILLIAM D. IU:I.LY, a member of the Empire State Society, died at Atlantic City, N. ]., December 9, 1909. ARTHUR B. BREED, a member of the Massachusetts Society, died Jan­ uary 25, I9IO. RICHARD HAZEN KrMBALI., a member of the New Hampshire Society~ died October 27, I9Q9. Co~:,. FRANK W. CHENEY, a member of the Connecticut Society, died May 26, I909· DAVID C. LAKE, a member of the Kansas Society, died I909· EDwARD T. Co>:, a member of the Connecticut Society, died October RuFus W. LEWIS, a member of the Connecticut Society, died March s. 1909- 2I, I909- AI.BERT R. Co~:,ToN, a member of the Empire State Society, died GEORGE G. MARTIN, a member of the District of Columbia Society, February 23, I9IO. died November 9, 1909. }AMES H. DII.I.AWAY, ]R., a member of the Massachusetts Society WILLIAM PERRINE McMICHAEL, a member of the New Jersey Society, died February 26, 1910. ' died April 30, I909· FRANK T. DwiNELI., a member of the Massachusetts Society, died WILLIAM H. MoRRis, a member of the Empire State Society, died January 13, 19IO. August ro, I909- WII.UAM W. EATON, a member of the Massachusetts Society, died WILLARD NYE, ]R., a member of the Massachusetts Society, died March February I, I9IO. 5, Igo8. RuNNION MARTIN PATRICK, a member of the District of Columbia. DR. AI.viN H~tRBERT Ecci.ESTON, a member of the Rhode Island Soci­ ety, died January 23, 19IO. Society, died December 3I, 1909. }AMES W. ELDRIDGE, a member of the Connecticut Society, died CHARLES F. PEIRCE, a member of the Massachusetts Society, died February 6, 1909. February 28, 1910. WILLIAM H. EI.Y, a member of the Connecticut Society, died May SAMUEL WINTER PLUME, a member of the District of Columbia So­ 26, I909· ciety, died November 2, I909· }AMES FAXON, a member of the Massachusetts Society, son of a sol­ FRANK K. PoRTER, a member of the Massachusetts Society, died J anu­ dier of the Revolution, died February 20, I9IO. ary 25, I910. 24 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 25

EDWARD MooRt RoBINSON, a member of the Empire State Society, died at Philadelphia, January 4, 1910. RECORDS OF 273 NEW MEMBERS ENROLLED BY THE REGISTRAR 0RRY M. SH~PARD, a member of the Connecticut Society, died June 1, GENERAL FROM DECEMBER 1, 1909, TO FEBRUARY 15, 1910. 19Q9. J ACKSON SMITH, a member of the District of Columbia Society, died PETER CHRISTIE ACKERMAN, Montclair, N. J. (2t65t). Great"-grandson of January 28, 1910. Abraham Ackerman, private, Col. Theunis Dey's Bergen County Regt. New · Rtv. GIDEON S. ST~w ART, a member of the California Society, died Jersey Militia. June 9, 1909, aged 84 years. GEORGE HAMILTON ADAMS, Latrobe, Pa. (21448). Great-grandson of Jacob Adams, private, Ensign Powell's Company Washington County Penna. Militia; WILLIAM J. SMITH, a member of the Empire State Society, died great-grandson of John Crum, private, Col. Baker Johnson's Maryland Regt., January 10, 1910. pensioned. 3 JAM~S P. TAYLOR, a member of the Connecticut Society, died October FRANK WESLEY ALDEN, Delaware, Ohio (21467). Great -grandson of Jona­ IO, 1909. than Alden, private, Col. David Wells's Mass. Regt. JOSEPH LANCASTER BRENT ALEXANDER, Phrenix, Ariz. (18791). Great­ S~H E. THOMAS, a member of the Empire State Society, died Febru­ grandson of Benjamin Prichard, private Conn. Troops, pensioned. 1910. ary 6, GEORGE SMITH ALLAN, Montclair, N. J. (21652). Great-grandson of James JAM~S W. THOMPSON, a member of the Connecticut Society, died Smith, Lieutenant Eleventh Company Colonel Babcock's Regt. Rhode Island July 6, 1909. Militia. CHARLES WILLIAM ALLEN, Portland, Me. (20968). Great-grandson of Wil­ RoDOLPH Douw TowNS~ND, a member of the Emptre State Society liam Hamilton, private, Capt. Thomas Hartshorn's Company, Col. Michael died December 21, 1909. ' Jackson's Mass. Regt. DAVID TRUB~£, a member of the Connecticut Society, died September NELSON LEATON ALLYN, Springfield, Ill. (21323). Great-grandson of James 25, 1908. Moore, private, Col. George Rogers Clark's Regt., Captain Virginia Militia. GEORGE K. ANGLE, Silver City, N. Mex. (21006). Great2-grandson of Matthias WILLIS H. UPSON, a member of the Connecticut Society, died April 1, Abel, private, Col. William Chamberlin's and other New Jersey Regts., pen­ 1909- sioned. JAM~S LYMAN VAN BURtN, a member of the Empire State Society HARRY B. ANGUS, Washington, D. C. (21209). Great2-grandson of James 3 died February 26, 1910. ' Angus, private Third Albany County Regt. New York Militia; great -grandson of John Benham, Corporal, Phineas Bradley's Conn. Artillery Company, pen­ WILLIAM WARD, a member of the Connecticut Society, died 1909. sioned; great•-grandson of Judah Benjamin, private, Moseley's Detachment Conn. Militia; great3-grandson of Elias Winans, Lieutenant First Essex G~N. H~NRY W. W~ss~Ls, a member of the Connecticut Society, died County Regt. New Jersey Militia. September :26, 1909. ROLLIN VALENTINE ANKENY, Ja., Seattle, Wash. (20993). Great-grandson JAM~S H. WH~L~R, a member of the Empire State Society, died of Peter Angeny, Ankeny, Captain Fifth Company Bedford County Penna. November 23, 1909- Militia. S. C. ARBUCKLE. Columbus, Ohio (21464). Great2-grandson of John Harris, DAVID W. WILLIAMS, a member of the Connecticut Society, died June Member of Pennsylvania Provincial Congress and of Committee of Safety, 8, 19Q9. Sub-Lieutenant of Cumberland County. WILLIAM KIBBEE ARCHBOLD, Syracuse, N. Y. (21801). Great2-grandson of William Dana, Captain-Lieutenant, Col. Richard Gridley's Mass. Artillery Regt.; great'-grandson of Peregrine Foster, private, Col. Job Cushing's Mass. Regt. EDWIN CHARLTON ATWATER, Spokane, Wash. (20981). Great'-grandson of Peter Taft, First Lieutenant Thirteenth Regt. Mass. Continental Infantry. OLIVER KINSEY BADGLEY, Montclair, N. J. (21785). Great2-grandson of Jonathan Badgley, private Essex County New Jersey Militia. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R.

DAVID HEBER BALDWIN, Montclair, N. J. (21665). Great·grandson of David ANDREW LEE BOLTE, Chicago, Ill. (21318). Great-grandson of Joseph Baker, Baldwin, private Second Essex County Regt. New Jersey Militia. private, Col. Ira Allen's Vermont Regt. JOSEPH SALLING BALDWIN, Ja., Washington, D. C. (21214). Greatl.grand. EDWARD LANDER BOSSON, Pittsburgh, Pa. (21681). Great-grandson of son of John Paxton, Captain Rockbridge County Virginia Militia. J ohnathan Davis Bosson, private, Lieutenant Daniel Frye's Company . of DAYTON BALL, N. J. (6o6J). Supplemental. Great·grandson of William Ball, Artificers, privateer on Mass. ship "Aurora;" great1-grandson of W•llwm private Essex County New Jersey Militia. Bosson, Jr., minute man, Col. John Greaten's Mass. Regt.; great'-grands?~ .of William Bosson, Sr., private Third Plymouth County Regt. Mass. Milttia; GEORGE SHOENBERGER BALLARD, Evanston, Ill. (21321). Great·grandson great•·grandson of George Chapman, private Mass. Coast Guards, Quart~r­ of James Hamilton, Lieutenant Seventh Lancaster County Battalion PennL 1 Militia. master, brigantine "Massachusetts;" great -grandson of Warwick Palfray, Pnze Master, brigantine "Massachusetts," Naval Officer Port of Salem; great"· FREDERICK BISSELL BALLOU, Waterloo, Iowa (21630). Great·grandson of grandson of Edmund Benfield, private, Capt. Benjamin Ward's Company N atlta11iel Ballo,., private Rhode Island Militia, pensioned. Mass. Coast Guards. WILLIAM JOHN BALLOU, Ludlow, Vt. (21057). Greatl.grandson of Setll FREDERICK BOSTWICK, New Haven, Conn. (21754). Great-grandson of Amos Ballo,., private, Col. Samuel Ashley's New Hampshire Regt. Bostwick, Ensign Nineteenth Regt. Conn. Continental Infantry, Col. Charles BLAIR BANISTER, Lynchburg, Va. (N.Y. 21595). Great·grandson of loh,. Webb, and Second Conn. Regt. Banister, Lieutenant·Colonel Virginia Cavalry, Member of Continental Con­ AUGUSTUS OSBORN BOURN, )a., Bristol, R. I. (21551). Great•·grandson of gress. William Eddy, private, Colonel Gridley's and Colonel Walker's Mass. Regts., SAMUEL DENHAM BARNES, Seattle, Wash. (20996). Great·grandson of and in boat service, pensioned. Daniel Barnes, Captain Eighth Regt. Conn. Continental Line. THOMAS NEWTON BOYLE, Crafton, Pa. (21433). Grandson of Charles Boyle, PERCY CANFIELD BARNEY, New York, N. Y. (21349). Supplementals. private Penna. Frontier Rangers. Great"·grandson of Abraham Williams, private First Westchester County Regt. GEORGE GULICK BRADLEY, Montclair, N. J. (21668), Great1·grandson of New York Militia; great1·grandson of Sylvester Andrew, private, Colonel Top­ Moses Bradley, private, Capt. Samuel Gilman's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's ham's and other Rhode Island Regts., pensioned. New Hampshire Regt. NATHAN BOWEN BARTON, Providence, R. I. (21559). Great.grandson of HAROLD HALL BRADLEY, Montclair, N. J. (21669). Great1-grandson of Samuel Dorrance, Captain of Alarm Company of Scituate, R. I. Moses Bradley, private, Capt. Samuel Gilman's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's GEORGE JARVIS BASSETT, New Haven, Conn. (2o87o). Great2-grandson of New Hampshire Regt. Reuben Pratt, Sergeant, Colonel Worthington's Conn. Regt.; greatl.grandson HERBERT CHAPMAN BRADLEY, Montclair, N. J. (21667). Great1·grandson of Timothy Starkey, Captain, Colonel Worthington's Conn. Regt.; greatl. 01 Moses Bradley, private, Capt. Samuel Gilman's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's grandson of Sam11el Covert, private Fifth Battalion Wadsworth's Conn. New Hampshire Regt. Brigade; great•·grandson of Ephraim Goldsmith, Captain Conn. Militia, killed ARTHUR MINIER BREED, Corning, N. Y. (21592). Great2-grandson of at Valcour's Island, October, 1776. Nathaniel Breed, Surgeon's Mate, Col. Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regt. WILLIAM MILLER BAUCHELLE, Montclair, N. J. (21623). Great-grandson EVERARD CARROLL BREWER, Elizabeth, N. J. (21659). Great-grandson of of Seth Webb, private, Capt. Reuben Scofield's Comp:my Conn. Coast Guards. Daniel Brewer, private, Capt. George Rogers's Company Second Cumberland GEORGE RICHARDSON BEARDSELL, Lynn, Mass. (19990). Supplementals. County Regt. Mass. Militia. Great'·grandson of Nathaniel Walker, Lieutenant, Col. Jonathan Holman's WALTER BENNETT BREWER, Montclair, N. J. (21653). Great•-grandson of Mass. Regt.; great2·grandson of Comfort Freeman, Sergeant, Col. Jacob Davis's Regt. Mass. Militia. lames Hovey, Hoovey, Captain oi Connecticut privateer schooner "Swallow.'' ARTHUR CRANSTON BREYMAN, Portland, Oregon (21384). Great-grandson ALBERT CLAYTON BECKWITH, Elkhorn, Wis. (2oo65). Grandson of David of John Cranston, private, Col. Archibald Crary's Rhode Island Regt. Beckwith, Sergeant, Lieut. Col. Samuel Canfield's Conn. Regt. BLOOMFIELD HOLMES BROOKS, Denver, Colo. (2tt38). Great'-grandson of HOMER CHARLES BENDER, Reno, Nev. (Colo. 21828). Great2.grandson of lames Sayre, private, Captain Sheppard's Company Second New Jersey Bat· Jonathan Fassett, Captain Vermont Militia. tali on. EUGENE WELDON BIGLER, Newburgh, N. Y. (21590). Great-grandson of HAROLD PITNEY BROWN, Montclair, N. J. (21614). Great2-grandson of John Ezekiel Magie, private New Jersey Minute Men. Seward, Colonel Second Sussex County New Jersey Regt. ARTHUR HARRY BISSELL, Montclair, N. J. (21619). Great•·grandson of ROBERT EBEN BUCKLIN, Port Orchard, Wash. (20997). Great2-grandson of J osePI• William Bissell, private Second Regt. Conn. Light Horse. Stephen Babbitt, private Morris County New Jersey Militia. FRANCIS ARMSTRONG BOARD, Montclair, N. J. (21657). Great-grandson of HARRIS SUTTON BURROUGHS, Brooklyn, N. Y. (21599). Great-grandson of Francis Armstrong, private, Col. John Hathorn's Orange County Regt. New York Militia. John Burro11g/r.s, Sergeant First Hunterdon County Regt., New Jersey Militia and Continental service, pensioned. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 29

LOUIS RICE BURTON, New Haven, Conn. (20863). Great2-grandson of Abra­ RANK EPHRAIM CHESLEY, Iowa City, Iowa (21626). Great•-grandson of ham Billings, Lieutenant Mass. Militia. 1' Aaron Ward, Sergeant, Col. Stephen Schuyler's Sixth Albany County Regt. CLARENCE CHARLES BUXTON, Oklahoma City, Okla. (18967). Great•• New York Militia, pensioned. grandson of James Buxton, Captain Tenth Mass. Regt.; great"-grandson of LUCIUS LE ROY CHINN, Montclair, N.J. (21782). Great3-grandson of lames Samuel Haynes, private, Col. Eben Walbridge's Vermont Regt.; great"-grand­ Ball, Chairman of Lancaster County, Va., Committee in 1774 and 1775· son of Thomas Haynes, private, Capt. Elijah Dewey's Company Vermont ARTHUR HOWARD CHURCHILL, Montclair, N.J. _<~1622). Great-grandson of Militia; great•-grandson of John Stanton, Adjutant Vermont Militia; great•• Solomon Churchill, private, Capt. Stephen Churchill s Company Mass. Militia. grandson of Bezalee/ Wood, private, Capt. Joseph Bellows's Company Mass. EARLE HART CLAPP, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (21007). Great-grandson of Militia. Elnatltan Perry, private Mass. Light Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel John GRANT MONRO BUXTON, Oklahoma City, Okla. (18968). Great3 -grandson of 2 Brooks. James Buxton, Captain Tenth Mass. Regt.; great -grandson of Sam1tel Haynes, WILLIAM HUGHES CLARKE, Detroit, Mich. (20623). Great•-grandson of 3 private, Col. Eben Walbridge's Vermont Regt.; great -grandson of Thomas William Clarke, recognized patriot, hospital service at Battle of Princeton. Haynes, private, Capt. Elijah Dewey's Company Vermont Militia; great"-grand­ son of John Stanton, Adjutant Vermont Militia; great•-grandson of Bezaleer HENRY GAYLORD CLEAVELAND, Montclair, N.J. (21656). Great-grandson Wood, private, Capt. Joseph Bellows's Company Mass. Militia. of Moses Cleaveland, Lieutenant Conn. Cavalry, and scout. JENKS CAMERON, Tacoma, Wash. (20991). Great-grandson of Samuel Smith, WALTER AVERY CLEAVELAND, Montclair, N.J. (2t6ss). Great•-grandson Captain Fifth Pennsylvania Line. of Moses Cleaveland, Lieutenant Conn. Cavalry, and scout. FLETCHER FREEMAN CARMAN, Montclair, N.J. (21610). Great2-grandson of DE LANCEY GWILLIAM RICE COCROFT, Providence, R.I. (21553). Great•· Josln•a Fletcher, private, Capt. Abisba Brown's Company, Col. Josiah Whitney's grandson of Caleb Legg, Corporal, Col. Joseph Read's Mass. Regt. Mass. Regt. MASON FREEMAN COCROFT, Providence, R. I. (21552). Great•-grandson of EDWARD GOULD CHACE, Albion, R. I. (21554). Great"-grandson of Samuel Caleb Legg, Corporal, Col. Joseph Read's Mass. Regt. Ward, Member of Continental Congress, 1775. HENRY VAIL CONDICT, Essex Fells, N. J. (21776) .. -~reat:gra~dson ?f Ebe­ ALLEN GUNNISON CHAMBERLAIN, Denver, Colo. (2IIJ9). Great2-grandson nezer Condict, private Morris County New Jersey M1htia, d1ed m servtce. of Ichabod Chamberlain, private, Col. Jonathan Holman's Mass. Regt. LOREN CORNWELL, Denison, Iowa (21628). Grandson of Asltbel Cornwell, ELVORD GOODRICH CHAMBERLIN, Montclair, N.J. (21778). Great-grandson. private, Capt. Return Jonathan Meigs's Company Second Conn. Regt. of Henry Tewksbury, Lieutenant, Col. Peirce Long's New Hampshire Regt. FLORANCE ARTHUR COUNTRYMAN, Watertown, So. Dak. (Minn. 21504). LEWIS HENRY CHAMBERLIN, Albuquerque, N.Mex. (21010). Great-grandson Great-grandson of George Countryman, Lieutenant, Colonel Clyde's Regt. of Asa Seymour, private, Capt. Abraham Sedgwick's Company Conn. Militia. New York State Troops. pensioned. ISRAEL CRANE, Montclair, N. J. (21780). Great2-grandson of William Crane, WALTER CHANDLER, Elizabeth, N. J. (159). Supplemental. Great-grandson Captain New Jersey Militia. of John Rogers, Member of Continental Congress and voted for Declaration of LEWIS J. CRARY, Chicago, Ill. (21314). Supplementals. Great-grandson of Independence July 4, 1776, Major of Lower Battalion of Maryland Militia, Levi Cook, private, Colonel Brewer's Mass. Regt.; great-grandson of Thomas Member of Maryland Conventions. Nichols, Lieutenant Hampshire County Regt. Mass. Militia, Col. David 'Yells, FRANK TOMES CHAPMAN, Montclair, N.J. (21783). Great-grandson of Albert Member of Committee of Safety; great-grandson of Ichabod Walker, pnvate, Chapman, Major Fifth Regt. Conn. Line. Capt. Ichabod Robinson's Company Vermont Militia; great2-grandson of David ROBERT WILLIAM CHAPMAN, West Haven, Conn. (2o864). Great-grandson Palmer, private, Col. Ebenezer Walbridge's Vermont Regt.; great"-grandson of Jedediah Chapman, Sergeant, Col. Jedediah Huntington's Conn. Regt., pen­ of Ezra Crary, Representative in Connecticut General Assembly. stOned; great•-grandson of Lebbeus Chapman, Lieutenant, Colonel Meigs'!> FRANK JOSSELYN CURRIER, Lynn, Mass. (21490). Great•-grandson of Joseph Conn. Regt., pensioned. Richards, private, Capt. William Farrington's (2d Lynn) Company Mass. WALTER CHARNLEY, Nueva Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico (Pa. 21445). Militia. Great"-grandson of John Strong, Captain Seventeenth Conn. Regt.; great•• JOHNSON BARTON DANIEL, Wonder, Nev. (Colo. 21148). Great-grandson of grandson of Elisha Root, Lieutenant, Capt. Noadiah Hooker's Company, Col­ Henry Daniel, private Northumberland County Penna. Frontier Rangers. onel Wolcott's Conn. Regt. JAMES HORNOR DAVIS, Clarksburg, West Va. (D. C. 21219). Great•-grand• MINOTTE ESTES CHATFIELD, New Haven, Conn. (20871). Great•-grandson son of Benjamin Robinson, Sergeant, Colonel Baylor's and Col. William of Caleb Tullle, private Conn. Militia; great3-grandson of Moses Ford, Cor­ Washington's Regts. Virginia Cavalry. poral 17th Company, 2d Regt. Conn. Militia. JOHN MERRILL DAVIS, Rio Grande, Ohio (2146o). Great-grandson of Zacha­ JOHN LEONARD CHATTERTON, Paymaster, U. S. Navy (D. C. 21210). riah LJavis, private, Col. William Butler's Penna. Regt. Great•-grandson of Ebenezer Husted, private Sixth Dutchess County Regt­ New York Militia. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. 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JOSEPH KIRBY DAVISON, Philadelphia, Pa. (21683). Great-grandson of Wii­ JOHN HENRY FOW, Philadelphia, Pa. (2168o). Great-grandson of Matthew liam Davison, private, Captain Hankinson's Company First Hunterdon County Pow, private First Penna. Battalion, Colonel De Haas. Regt. New Jersey Militia. ALFRED MAURICE FREER, Ja., New York, N. Y. (21804). Great8-grandson of JOHN EDGAR DECKER, Montclair, N. J. (21615). Great•-grandson of Jacob Garritt Freer, Jr., signer of the Association at New Piau, N. Y., May 10, Squirrel, Eichorn, private Fourth Regt. New York Line and Second Regt, 1?75· Ulster County Militia. FRANCIS LYMAN GILMAN, Montclair, N. J. (21616). Great2-grandson of Isaac BENJAMIN GARRISON DEMAREST, Montclair, N. J. (21666). Great2-grand­ Dennison, Sergeant, Lietenant-Colonel Enoch Hallett's Mass. Regt. son of S olomon Freligil, Chaplain First Regt. New York Line. FREDERIC SIMEON GOODMAN, Montclair, N. J. (21777). Great-grandson of HENRY FAIRBANKS DEVENS, Pittsburgh, Pa. (21446). Great'-grandson of Noah Goodman, Major, Colonel Marshall's and Colonel Dike's Mass. Regts. Richard Devens, Commissary General Mass. Militia, Member of Committee of CHARLES ELDEN GORTON, Montclair, N. J, (21621). Great2-grandson of Safety. Ebenes:er Tilden, Captain Clark's Company, Wadsworth's Conn. Brigade. GEORGE MAXWELL DIVEN, Elmira, N. Y. (21583). Great-grandson of Jolin ROSCOE LEIGH GUERNSEY, Cheyenne, Wyo. (20032). Great'-grandson of Diven, private Penna. troops. Lawrence Kelly, private Northumberland County Penna. Frontier Rangers. EARL F. DRAKE, Detroit, Mich. (21704). Great3-grandson of Daniel Hammond, JAMES FAYETTE HADLEY, Denver, Colo. (2n45). Great-grandson of John private, Capt. Amarial Fuller's Company Mass. Militia. ::ieavy, private, Captain Bell's Company, Second New Hampshire Regt. JOHN BOYD DUFF, Carrick, Pa. (21685). Great-grandson of Abraham Bougher, LEVI W. HALSEY, Montclair, N. J. (21620). Great-grandson of Stephen Halsey, private Ninth and Thirteenth Virginia Regts. private, Col. Josiah Smith's Suffolk County Regt. New York Militia. MONROE STERLING DUTCHER, Des Moines, Iowa (21631). Great'-grandson GORDON BATTELLE HAMILTON, Reno, Nev. (Colo. 2I141). Great3-grandson of Thaddeus Sterling, private, Colonel Silliman's and Colonel Mead's Conn. of Ebenezer Battelle, Second Major First Suffolk County Regt. Mass. Militia. Regts., pensioned. MORGAN HAND, Ja., Ocean City, N. J, (Pa. 21449). Great2-grandson of CHARLES PHILBRICK EAGER, Reno, Nev. (Colo. 2n46). Great-grandson of Nathaniel Moore, Sergeant Third Hunterdon County Regt. New Jersey Peter Smith, private, Colonel Scammel's New Hampshire Regt., pensioned. Militia. NICHOLAS HOWARD EAS'rON, Central Falls, R. I. (21555). Great-grandson ZELOPHEARD HAND, Montclair, N. J, (216n). Great8-grandson of John of William Eddy, private, Colonel Gridley's and Colonel Walker's Mass. Mackey, Colonel Cape May Battalion New Jersey Militia. Regts., and in boat service, pensioned. ARTHUR CLARK HARRINGTON, Berwick, Me. (Mass. 21491). Great2-grandson HENRY RICHARDSON EDWARDS, Philadelphia, Pa. (21677). Great-grandson of Abraham Harrington, Corporal, Col. Thomas Gardner's Mass. Regt.; great•• of Jolin Edwards, Major Fifth Penna. Battalion. grandson of Moses Hodsdon, Jr., minute man Mass. Militia; great'-grandson of Benjamin Scates, private York County, Mass., Militia; great'-grandson of JOHN FASSETT EDWARDS, Spokane, Wash. (20995). Great2-grandson of Asa Elea::er Clark, private Mass. Militia, pensioned; great•-grandson of Thomas Stevens, Lieutenant at Forty-Fort, killed in Wyoming Massacre July 3, 1778. Russell, private, Captain W'hittemore's Artillery Company; great'-grandson of CHARLES EGINTON, Lanesboro, Minn. (21503). Great'-grandson of Selah Nathan Powers, private Mass. Militia; great•-grandson of Phineas Thompson, Graves, private, fifer, Colonel Wigglesworth's Mass. Regt. private Mass. Militia; great2-grandson of Jolin Viles, Jr., private Mass. Militia. DANIEL DAVIS LEWIS FARSON, Philadelphia, Pa. (21679). Great-grandson ALBERT EDWIN HATCH, New York, N. Y. (21584). Great'-grandson of of George Lewis, Major First Barnstable County Regt. Mass. Militia. Simeon Lord, Captain-Lieutenant, Col. John Bailey's Mass. Continental Regt. 2 WILLIAM D. FENTON, Portland, Oregon (21377). Great -grandson of Isaac FREDERICK MARTIN HAVILAND, Montclair, N. J. (21787). Great•-grandson Hicks, Captain Third Georgia Regt. of Benjamin Haviland, Jr., private Third Dutchess County Regt. New York GEORGE MciNTYRE FERRIS, Elkhorn, Wis. (2oo63). Great-grandson of Militia. Israel Ferris, private, Capt. Abraham Mead's Company Ninth Conn. Militia. JAMES BARRATT HAYNES, Omaha, Nebr. (21404). Great-grandson of John (Name incorrectly given in December Official Bulletin as George Washington Far,.ham, Corporal First New Hampshire Regt. Ferris.) JAMES F. HINKLE, Roswell, N. Mex. (210II). Great-grandson of Thomas Par­ CHARLES NELSON FISHER, Ja., Providence, R. I. (21556). Great2-grandson sons, Lieutenant Third Regt. Virginia Continental Dragoons. of Richard Fisher, Corporal, Col. Thomas Craft's Mass. Artillery Regt. JOHN I. HINKLE, Hagerman, N. Mex. (21012). Great-grandson of Thomas Par­ HARRY MESSINGER FISHER, Montclair, N. J. (21664), Great2-grandson of sons, Lieutenant Third Regt. Virginia Continental Dragoons. Sylvanus Drew, Captain of schooner "Lady Washington," Mass. boat service. STANLEY JOSHUA HIRSCH, New York, N. Y. (21579). Great•-grandson of RODERICK DUNCAN FORCE, Upper Montclair, N. J. (21781). Great2-grandson Jonas Phillips, private, Capt. John Linton's Company, Col. William Bradford's of Jedediah Phipps, Member of Committee of Safety of Sherborn, Mass., pri­ Battalion Philadelphia Militia. vate Mass. Militia. RUSSELL DORR HOLABIRD, Los Angeles, Cal. (Conn. 21751). Great'-grand­ CHARLES SAMUEL FOSTER, Central Falls, R. I. (21557). Great2-grandson of son of Timothy Holabird, private Sixth Company, Colonel Burrell's Battalion Israel Arnold, Sergeant, Col. Jabez Bowen's Rhode Island Regt., pensioned. Conn. Militia. OFFICIAL BULL:E:TIN NATIONAL SOCI:E:TY, S. A. R. 33

AMASA MAYNARD HOLCOMBE, Washington, D. C. (21215). Great1-grandso,. .CHARLES MARKWARD KNOX, Johnstown, N. Y. (21582). Great'-grandson of of Holland, or Hollon, Maynard, private, Capt. Samuel Wood's Company Ma~ Andrew Mitchell, Second Major Twelfth New York Regt. Minute Men. WILLIAM FRANCISS KNOX, McKeesport, Pa. (21692). Grandson of Jamu SAMUEL JUDD HOLMES, Montclair, N. J. (21673). Great-grandson of Abner Francis, private, Col. James Moore's and Col. John Hannam's Penna. Regts., Goodale, private, Captain Howe's and Captain Gates's Companies Mass. Militia. pensioned. STANLEY HARRY HOLMES, New Britain, Conn. (21752). Great•-grandson of CHARLES H. LARKIN, Spokane, Wash. (20994). Great-grandson of Abel Lar­ Morris O'Brien, volunteer in capture of British ship "Diligent" and others at kin, private in \Vesterly Rhode Island Alarm Company; great•-grandson of Machias, Maine, in I775· Thomas Sheffield, Major Rhode Island Militia. JAMES WAITE HOWARD, Newark, N. J. (21607). Great2-grandson of Jesse OSBORNE LEACH, Danvers, Mass. (21492). Great-grandson of Benjamin Leach, Howard, First Lieutenant, Capt. James Allen's Company, Colonel Carey's Sailing Master of "Hawk's Prize" and privateersman, prisoner at Mill Prison, Mass. Regt. ~ngland; great2-grandson of Eleazer Crafts, MaJor, Col. Samuel Johnson's THOMAS S. HUBBELL, Albuquerque, N. Mex. (21oo8). Great•-grandson of Mass. Regt. Comfort Hubbell, Captain Conn. Militia, Member of Committee on Inspection ROBERT LEACH, Columbus, Ohio (21463). Great-grandson of Valmtine Leach, and Observation. Sergeant, Colonel Peyton's Virginia Regt. and Morgan's Sharpshooters. ROWLAND LACEY HUNTER, Bridgeport, Conn. (20872). Great•-grandson of AURELIAN EDWIN LEFFLER, McKeesport, Pa. (21691). Great2-grandson of Zacharial• Lacey, non-commissioned officer, General Silliman's command, Conn. Conrad Leffler, Member of Committee of Safety, Surgeon-Major Sixth Berks Militia, pensioned. County Battalion Penna. Associators, died in service in I777· HENRY P. IHMSEN, Pittsburgh, Pa. (21676). Greatl..grandson of Simon Ruff­ WILLIAM HARRISON LEFFLER, McKeesport, Pa. (2169o). Great2-grandson ner, Jr., and •great•-grandson of Simon Ruffner, Sr., privates Penna. Frontier of Conrad Leffler, Member of Committee of Safety, Surgeon-Major Sixth Rangers. Berks County Battalion Penna. Associators, died in service in I 777· WOODWORTH JAMES, Boston, Mass. (19386). Supplemental. Great"-grandson WILLIAM MURRAY LEWIS, Ely, Nev. (Colo. 21143). Great'-grandson of of Elisha James, private, Col. John Cushing's Mass. Regt. Moses Harrington, Captain, Colonel Dyke's Mass. Regt. RUPERT WARD JAQUES, Lynn, Mass. (21486). Great1-grandson of Reuben GEORGE S. LINSCOTT, Holton, Kans. (17965). Supplementals. Great1-grand­ How, private, Captain Titcomb's Company, Colonel Gerrish's Regt. Mass. son of Andrew Dunning, Member of Committee of Correspondence; greatl. Guards; great'-grandson of Humphrey Sanders, private, Capt. Edward Pay· grandson of David Hitchcock, private, Capt. Thomas Lawson's Company Mass. son's Company Mass. Militia. Militia; great2-grandson of Frederick Sprague, private, Colonel Meigs's Conn. JAMES HENR¥ SCARFF JARRETT, Towson, Md. (21726). Great-grandson of Regt.; great'-grandson of Joshua Sprague, private, Col. Joab Stafford's Inde­ Jesse Jarrett, Ensign Eighth Harford County Battalion Maryland Militia, pendent Company Mass. Militia; great"-grandson of Jacob Keen, private, Col. Member of Committee of Safety. Theophilus Cotton's and other Mass. Regts. CHARLES PERCIVAL JONES, New Orleans, La. (21252). Great•-grandson of WELLS LEWIS LITTLEFIELD, Bay City, Texas (20757). Great2-grandson of Thomas McKissack, private, Captain Ballard's Company, Colonel Patton's John Lewis, private, Colonel Mecklin's and Colonel Burwell's Virginia Regts., North Carolina Regt. pensioned. CHARLES STEVENSON JONES, Montclair, N. J. (21671). Great-grandson of JAMES CLARENCE LORTON, Springfield, Ill. (21320). Greatt.grandson of Isaac Jones, private Fourth Lancaster County Battalion Penna. Militia. Robert Lorton, private Fourth Virginia Regt., pensioned. RUSSELL TAMERLANE JOY, New York, N. Y. (21585). Great2-grandson of WILLIAM HENRY LORTON, ~pringfield, Ill. (21319). Great-grandson of Nathan Hine, Captain Thirteenth Regt. Conn. Militia. Robert Lorton, private Fourth Virginia Regt., pensioned. MURRA) CRANE KIGGINS, Deal, N. J. (21618). Great-grandson of Nathaniel HENRY WILLIS LYON, Bridgeport, Conn. (2o865). Great1-grandson of Ger­ Crane, private, Essex County Troop of New Jersey Light Horse; great2-grand­ shom Banks, private Conn. Militia, pensioned. son of John Paul, private, minute man, Essex County New Jersey Militia and I,EE McCLUNG, New Haven, Conn. (20873). Great"-grandson of James White, Line. private Tenth North Carolina Regt. JOHN RITCHIE KIMBALL, Detroit, Mich. (2o625). Great1-grandson of George EDWARD LEON McCONAUGHY, Rochelle, Ill. (21322). Great2-grandson of Kimball, Captain of Lunenburg Company Mass. Militia, alarm of April 19, James McCurdy, private Penna. Militia. 1775, Member of Mass. General Court. HOWARD ANTHONY McGRAW, Detroit, Mich. (21706). Great'-grandson of JAMES EDWARD KING, Wilkinsburg, Pa. (21450). Great2-grandson of Samuel William Odell, private, Colonel Silliman's Conn. Regt., mariner on ship "Oliver Postlethwaite, Captain and Quartermaster Penna. Militia. Cromwell," pensioned. JAMES WESLEY KINNEAR, Pittsburgh, Pa. (21689). Great-grandson of JOHN WILLIAM MciNTOSH, Spokane, Wash. (20990). Great-grandson of John Samuel Parshall, private, Colonel Drake's New York Regt.; great1-grandson of Efner, Effenear, Sergeant, Albany County New York Militia. James Parshall, Ensign West Orange Regt. New York Militia. 34 OFFICIM BULLETIN NATIONM SOCIETY, S. A. R. 35

JAY DONALD McLEAN, Pittsburgh, Pa. (21~47). Great2-grandson of Samuer WILLIAM EATON OTIS, JR., Reno, Nev. (Colo. 21149). Great"-grandson of Postlethwaite, Captain and Quartermaster Penna. Militia. Ebenezer Eaton, Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Drury's Company, Col. John Nixon's GEORGE LEE McPHERSON, Portland, Oregon (21378). Great2-grandson of Mass. Regt. Noah Lee, Captain, Col. Moses Hazen's Continental Regt. HERBERT A. OWEN, Bar Mills, Me. (20970). Great-grandson of Thomas Har­ LEON WOOD MANTON, Montclair, N. J . (21786). Great2-grandson of Daniel mon, private Twelfth and Second Mass. Continental Regts., Orderly, "General Manton, Lieutenant, "Captain-General's Company" Rhode Island Light Horse, Washington's Life Guards." FREDERICK PARKER MARBLE, Lowell, Mass. (21487). Great2-grandson of THOMAS HARMON OWEN, Buxton, Me. (20969). Great-grandson of Thomas John Stark, Brigadier-General New Hampshire Militia, Brevet Major-Genera) Harmon, private Twelfth and Second Mass. Continental Regts., Orderly, "Gen­ Continental Army. eral Washington's Life Guards." 2 WILLIAM BRUCE MARKELL, East Orange, N. J. (2166o). Great2-grandson of MINER HARRY PADDOCK, Brooklyn, N.Y. (21596). Great -grandson of Ste· Jacob Snell, private, Colonel Klock's New York Regt., killed at Battle of Oris­ phen Eaton, private, Col. Samuel Wyllys's Conn. Regt., pensioned. kany, August 6, 1778. FRANK BENNITT PAINE, Bridgeport, Conn. (2o866). Great•-grandson of THOMAS PAUL MARTIN, Taos, N. Mex. (21015). Great"-grandson of Paul Jedediah Paine, Captain Mass. Infantry. Martin, private Eighth Penna. Regt. CHARLES HOWARD PALMER, JR., Rochester, N. Y. (21803). Great<-grandson FRANK M. MASTERS, Sewickley, Pa. (21687). Great3-grandson of James Mar­ of J onatlran Edson, private, Capt. Joseph Cook's Company Mass. Militia. tin, Captain Second Bedford County Battalion Penna. Militia. HENRY EMERSON PALMER, Omaha, Nebr. (21403). Great-grandson of Adna CHARLES LEON MEARS, Reno, Nev. (Colo. 21147). Great2-grandson of Noah Cowles, private Second Hampshire County Regt. Mass. Militia; great-grandson Harrison, drummer, private, Berkshire County Mass. Militia. of I chabod Palmer, Lieutenant Conn. Militia. HENRY BER1'RAM VOORHEES MECKE, Philadelphia, Pa. (21678). Great"­ HENRY BREWSTER PALMER, Rochester, N. Y. (21802). Great•-grandson of grandson of Roelef Voorhees, private Third Middlesex County Regt. New J er­ Obadiah Bardwell, Corporal, Capt. Job Alvord's Company Mass. Militia; grea~ sey Militia. grandson of Joseph Bardwell, private, Capt. J obn Cowles's Company Mass. Militia. ARTHUR YOULE MEEKER, Upper Montclair, N. J. (21670) , Great'-grandson of Benjami?• Meeker, private Essex County New Jersey Militia. LE MOYNE LITTELL PARKINSON, Pittsburgh, Pa. (21444). Great-grandson of George Shillitoe, private First Cumberland County Battalion Penna. Militia; IRVING AVARD MEEKER, Montclair, N.J. (21672). Great2..grandson of Ben­ great-grandson of William Littell, private, Col. Thomas Proctor's Penna. Regt.; jamin Meeker, private Essex County New Jersey Militia. great-grandson of James Torrence, private Eighth Cumberland County Bat· JAMES HARTLEY MERING, Crafton, Pa. (21693). Great•-grandson of William. talion Penna. Militia. Chapman, private Capt. Henry Gaither's Company First Maryland Regt. FRANKLIN J. PARR, Cherokee, Iowa (20650). Great"-grandson of Samuel CHARLES ALBERT MERRELL, Detroit, Mich. (21705). Great-grandson of Elliott, Sergeant, Capt. Edward Paschall's Company, First Philadelphia Regt. Caleb B. Merrell, private Mass. Militia; great2-grandson of Giles Jackson of Foot. First Major, First Berkshire County Regt. Mass. Militia. ' ROBERT GEORGE PATTERSON, Columbus, Ohio (21465). Great2-grandson of SAMUEL MILBANK, New York, N. Y. (21587). Great•-grandson of Joseph Hugh Thomson, Sergeant, Capt. Jeremiah Talbot's Company, Seventh Penna. Wakeman, private Conn. Continental troops, pensioned. Line. CHARLES ANDERSON MILLER, Denver, Colo. (21144). Grandson of Charles ARTHUR WELLESLEY PERKINS, Farmington, Me. (20971). Great-grandson Anderson, drummer, fifer, private Chester County Penna. Militia. of Richard Higgins, private, Capt. Isaiah Higgins's Company, Col. Thomas JOHN I. MILLER, Van Wert, Ohio (21466). Great-grandson of Isaac R yall, pri­ Marshall's Mass. Regt.; great•-grandson of Isaiah Higgins, Captain, Col. vate Eastern Battalion Morris County New Jersey Militia. Thomas Marshall's Mass. Regt. DANIEL FRANCIS COOK MOOR, Washington, D. C. (21220). Great•-grandson JOSEPH S. PHEBUS, National Military Home, Kans. (17972). Great-grandson of Daniel Moor, Captain First New Hampshire Regt. and Fifth Continental of George Phebus, private Fourth Maryland Line, pensioned. Infantry. BYRON PHELPS, Seattle, Wash. (20989). Great-grandson of Moses Phelps, pri­ HENRY CADY NEWKIRK, New York, N.Y. (21580). Great•-grandson of John vate, Colonel Bailey's Mass. Regt.; great2-grandson of John Phelps, private Newkirk, Captain Second Ulster County Regt. New York Militia. Mass. Militia. GEORGE KINGSLEY OLMSTEAD, Denver, Colo. (21 140). Great•-grandson of SIDNEY A. PHILLIPS, New York, N. Y. (21586). Great-grandson of Jonas Ebenezer Terry, private, Col. Nathaniel Terry's Conn. Regt.; great'-grandson Phillips, private, Capt. John Linton's Company, Col. William Bradford's Bat­ of Ezra Smith, Sergeant, Capt. Daniel Bowker's Company, Colonel Webb's talion Philadelphia Militia. Mass. Regt. FRANCIS JONES POND, Montclair, N. J. (21674). Great2-grandson of William JO::;EPH B. FELT OSGOOD, Salem, Mass. (21493). Grandson of Christopher Bacon, Second Lieutenant, Colonel Greaten's Mass. Regt. Osgood, First Lieutenant, Capt. Jonathan Gardner's Company First Essex CHARLES A. POWERS, Genoa, Ohio (21461). Great"-grandson of Tolcutt Gould, County Regt. Mass. Militia. Gold, Mariner on Frigate "Alliance/' pensioned. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 37

GEORGE ANDREW POWERS, Brooklyn, N. Y. (21597). Great"-grandson of RALPH KIRKHAM SAFFORD, Springfield, Mass. (21495). Great•-grandson of George Powers, private, Captain Waldron's Troop of Brooklyn Light Horse. John Kirkham, Fife-Major, Col. S. B. Webb's Conn. Regt.; great3-grandson of SIDNEY SCOTT PRATHER, Louisville, Ky. (19686). Great'-grandson of Alez. Jonathan Stoddard, Ensign Third Company Colonel Mott's Conn. Battalion. ander Mcintosh, Brigadier General South Carolina Militia, Member of Pro­ ALDRICH JOHN SAMMIS, Brooklyn, N. Y. (21598). Great1-grandson of_ =~•I vincial Congress and General Assembly. Scudder, Second Lieutenant First Suffolk County Regt. New York M1htia; CHARLES JOHN PRINCE, Boston, Mass. (21488). Great2.grandson of lono.s great•-grandson of Eliphalet Chichester and of Jacobus Nostrand, privates Col. Parker, private Capt. John Bridge's Company, Col. Eleazer Brooks's Mass. Josiah Smith's Suffolk County Regt. New York Minute Men. Regt. ELMER ELLSWORTH SANBORN, Lynn, Mass. (21496). Great•-grandson of TUNIS CLINE QUICK, Falls Church, Va. (D. C. 21216). Great•·grandson of ]onatha" Sanborn, private, Col. Hercules Mooney's New Hampshire Regt. Abraham Quick, Colonel Second Somerset County Battalion New Jersey CHARLES WILBUR SANDFORD, Montclair, N. J. (216o9). Great-grandson of Militia. Jolm Spear, Lieutenant, Capt. John Craig's Company New Jersey Militia. 2 WILLIAM J. RAINEY, Detroit, Mich. (20624). Great -grandson of Thaddeuz FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHOONMAKER, Montclair, N. J. (21617). Great­ Crane, Colonel Fourth Westchester County Regt. New York Militia. 1 grandson of MartiniPkinsoK, SiiJ1er of the Declaration of Independence. HARRIE ALLEN SACKETT, New York, N. Y. (21578). GreatLgrandson of Adnail Sackett, First Lieutenant Third Hampshire County Regt. Mass. MilitiL OFFICIAL BULL~IN NATIONAL SOCI~Y, S. A. R. 39

LEWIS M. STERLING, Seattle, Wash. (20992). Great1-grandson of Philip WELLS THOMPSON, Bay City, Texas (20758). Great-grandson of John Lewis, St,.der, private, Capt. Henry Fister's Company German Battalion (Pa.) Conti­ private, Colonel Mecklin's and Colonel Burwell's Virginia Regts., pensioned; nental troops, pensioned. great-grandson of William Thompson, Captain Virginia Line. CHARLES HAMBLETON DAVIDSON STOCKBRIDGE, Boston, Mass. (21498). H:ENRY WARE THOMSON, Burlington, Vt. (21056). Great-grandson of Fred­ Great-grandson of John Stockbridge, Lieutenant Mass. Light Infantry, Conti­ erick Ware, private, Colonel Alden's Mass. Regt., pensioned. nental service. ROBERT CURRIE THOMSON, Montclair, N. J. (21661). Great•-grandson of ANSON PHELPS STOKES, Ja., New Haven, Conn. (21756). Great•-grandson of Mark Thomson, Thompson, Colonel Sussex County New Jersey Militia. Thomas Phelps, Second Lieutenant, Colonel Baldwin's Regt. of Artificers. CriARLES KNOWLES TRIPP, Lynn, Mass. (21499). Great2-grandson of Burtis ALTON WILSON STONE, Morrisville, Vt. (21058). Great•-grandson of Uriah Soper, private, Colonel Graham's Regt. New York Militia. :>tone, Corporal, Col. Joseph Marsh's Regt. Vermont Militia, seaman on Galley RINALDO WILLIAM BOYD TROUPE, Baltimore, Md. (20950). Great1-grand­ "Spitfire," pensioned. son of Tl•omas Boyd, Lieutenant Fifth Maryland Regt. JOSEPH A. STROWBRIDGE, Portland, Oregon (21379). Great-grandson of CHARLES HARDING TURNER, Waterloo, Iowa (21629). Great-grandson of William von Bodman, First Lieutenant, Capt. Abel Thayer's Company Mass. George Southwick, minute man in Danvers, Mass., Company, killed April 19, Militia and other service. 1775, during British retreat from Lexington. ELMER E. STUDLEY, Raton, N.Mex. (21013). Great-grandson of David Stud­ ROBERT H. TYNDALL. Indianapolis, Ind. (21083). Great2-grandson of Samuel ley, Corporal, Col. David Wells's Mass. Regt. Eddy, Sergeant-Major, Colonel Bradford's and other Mass. Regts. WILLIAM BECK STURTEVANT, East Boston, Mass. (21485). Great-grandson CHARLES ARTHUR VAN DER VEER, Ph~nix, Ariz. (18794). Great'-grandson of Nathaniel Shaw, private, Lieutenant Treat's and other companies Mass. of John Schenck, Captain, Colonel Holmes's New Jersey Regt. Militia. FRANK H. VAN DIKE, Upper Montclair, N. J. (21612). Great-grandson of WILLIAM HENRY SUTTON, Sa., Montclair, N. J. (21624). Great2-grandson of Thomas Skillman, private, Captain Ten Eyck's Company Second Somerset Joseph Ireland, private First Suffolk County Regt. New York Militia and County Battalion New Jersey Militia. Minute Men. CHARLES MONSON WALKER, New Haven, Conn. (21753). Great-grandson of WILLIAM HENRY SUTTON, Ja., Montclair, N. J. (21625). Great•-grandson of Joseph Walker, private, Col. Seth Warner's Additional Continental Regt. Baltus Van Kleek, private Sixth Dutchess County Regt. New York Militia. FREDERICK JEROME WALTER, Roswell, N.Mex. (21009). Great•-grandson of ABRAM LINCOLN SWARTWOUT, Washington, D. C. (21217). Great'-grandson Henry Bartley, private, Colonel Woodhall's and other New York Regts., widow of Samuel Swartwout, private, Col. A. Brinkerhoff's Dutchess County Regt. pensioned. New York Militia. 'l'HOMAS WATIES, Houston, Texas (20760). Great-grandson of Thomas Waties, GEORGE 0. SWASEY, Tacoma, Wash. (20998). GreatLgrandson of Samuel Captain in General Marion's Partisan Corps, 1780-1782. Philbrick, Captain Fourth Company Ninth New Hampshire Regt., Member of Committee of Safety. FRANK WHALLEY WATSON, Portland, Oregon (21381). Great1-grandson of Ammi Cutler, private, Capt. John Walton's Company, Col. Eleazar Brooks's ELWIN CARLTON TAYLOR, Central Islip, Long Island, N. Y. (21593). GreatL Mass. Regt. grandson of John McCord, private Fourth Orange County Regt. New York Militia. J. FRANK WATSON, Portland, Oregon (21382). Great-grandson of Ammi Cutter, private, Capt. John Walton's Company, Col. Eleazar Brooks's Mass. Regt. LEWIS STODDARD TAYLOR, Washington, D. C. (21218). Great-grandson of Abraham Fairchild, Adjutant, Colonel Seeley's Regt. New Jersey Militia; EMILE ROSE WEADON, New York, N. Y. (21589). Great'-grandson of George great"-grandson of Abner Fairchild, private, Captain Lindly's Company New Weedon, Brigadier General Continental Army 1777-1783. Jersey Militia. FRANK ELBRIDGE WEBB, Boston, Mass. (21500). Great•-grandson of Nathan WALTER W. TAYLOR, Montclair, N. J. (216o8). GreatLgrandson of John F1l· Webb, private, Col. John Nixon's Mass. Regt., and mat ross Colonel Crane's lows, private Fourth Company Col. John McCrea's Thirteenth, Saratoga, Regt. Third Artillery Regt. New York Militia. FRANKLYN CURTISS WEDGE, Redwing, Minn. (21505). Great'-grandson of ARTHUR JOHN TENNEY, Branford, Conn. (2o868). GreatLgrandson of Isaac Elihue Bettham, private, Col. David Wooster's Conn. Continental Regt. Dcdge, Sergeant, Col. Israel Putnam's Conn. Regt. NATHAN HERBERT WEED, 1\!ontclair, N. J. (21662). Great•-grandson of AUGUSTUS SMITH THOMPSON, New Haven, Conn. (20875). Great'-grandson Nathan Weed, private Ninth Conn. Militia, Captain of Coast Guards. of Lewis Mallett, private, Captain Peck's Company, Colonel Douglas's Conn. WALTER AUGUSTINE WELLS, Washington, D. C. (21213). Great•-grandson Battalion. of Henry Hilleary, First Lieutenant Montgomery County Maryland Militia; CHARLES HAYNES THOMPSON, Portland, Oregon (2138o). Great-grandson great2-grandson of Joshua Clarke, First Lieutenant Middle Battalion Prince of Amos Thompson, private, Col. Samuel McCobh's Mass. Regt. George's County Maryland Militia. OFFICIAL BULLlt'l'IN OFFICIAL BULLETIN WALTER AARON WEST, Elkhorn, Wis. (2oo66). Great1-grandson of Daniel 01" Knowlton, Lieutenant, Col. John Chester's Conn. Regt., prisoner on ship "Jersey." THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FREDERICK MERIAM WHEELER, Montclair, N. J. (21779). Great-grandson of John Meriam (Merriam), minute man April 19, 1775, at "Merriam's Cor­ 01" THI!! ner," near Concord. ROBERT SPENCER WHITE, Providence, R. I. (21558). Great2-grandson of Antipass White, private Thirteenth Mass. Continental Regt., "driver of field SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION piece," Colonel Lamb's Second Continental Artillery, pensioned. President General Or11anized April 30, 1889 JAMES THOMAS WHI'l'TLESEY, Montclair, N. J- (21675). Great-grandson of William Allen Marble, New York City Incorporated by Act of Conllfeu June 9, 1906 Eliphalet Whittlesey, private Third Berkshire County Regt. Mass. Militia. JOHN WESLEY WILKINSON, Beaumont, Texas (20759). Great-grandson of MAY, 1910 Number I / Dan Kent, Sergeant, Colonel Walbridge's Vermont Regt. and other service, pensioned. Published at the office of the Secretary General (A. Howard Clark, Smithoonian W. B. WILKINSON, Pbcenix, Ariz. (18790). Great'-grandson of Jonathan Davis lnatitution), W__.,ubinaton, D. C., in May, October, December, and March. private New Jersey State Troops, Militia, and Continental Line. ' Entered ,as second-class matter, May 7, 1908, at the post-office at Washington, LUTHER DELORAINE WISHARD, Montclair, N. J. (21654). Great-grandson D. C., under the Act of July I 6, 1894- of William Wishart, Sergeant and Ensign Westmoreland County Penna. Militia, CoL John Proctor's Battalion. CHARLES EDWARD WOOD, Wilmington, DeL (N.Y. 21805). Great2-grandson THE OFFICIAl, BuLI.ETIN records action by the General Officers, the of Joseph Rhoads, private Second New York Line, CoL Philip Van Cortlandt. HOWARD 0. WOOD, Brooklyn, N. Y. (21591). Great-grandson of David Wood Board of Trustees, the Executive and other National Committees, lists private, Colonel Chapin's Mass. Regt. ' of members deceased and of new members, and important doings of FREDERICK ORR WOODRUFF, Weston, Mass. (21851). Great2-grandson of State Societies. State Secretaries are requested to communicate to the Noah Woodruff, private, CoL Roger Enos's Conn. Regt. Secretary General accounts of meetings or celebrations. FARNSWORTH WRIGHT, Reno, Nev. (Colo. 21826). Great•-grandson of Samt