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12 1 n.d. Other Document Historical Commission State information for General Assembly 1913 (copied pages). Includes copies of hand- written notes. 25 pages including notes.

12 1 04/20/1972 Newspaper Article: The Sun Journal, New Bern, North Carolina - "Mrs. Nixon Dedicates Stanley House" by Tom Gause. Copy not made.

12 1 08/25/1972 Letter Dr. Islyn Thomas to Mr. Robert J. Dole, Republican National Committee, re: the importance of President Richard Nixon's Welsh Ancestry from the President of St. David's Society of the State of New York. 3 pages with attachment.

12 1 03/01/1972 Brochure "Our Welsh Heritage" by Dr. Islyn Thomas of St. David's Society of the State of New York. 62 pages with insert. Only cover scanned.

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t ~ I PREFACE. I CALENDAR. J9 J3. i- ;L" MAY. SEPTEMBER. ~:1 This volume Is issued by the. North Carollna Historical Commission S M T W T F S S)[TWTFS .. _. .. .. i 2 3 •• 1 2 3 4 5 6 in order to furnish to the members of the General Assembly of 1913, 4 5 6 1 8 9 10 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 21 22 28 24 25 26 27 In convenient form, Information about the State which otherwise 25 26 27 28 29 ao 31 28 29 ao l would require much investigation In many different sources. It Is ! I JUNE. OCTOBER. also hoped that It may prove of value and service to others who , I 234 5 6 7 I 234 desire to have In succinct form such data about North Carolina. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6'7 8 9 10 11 t 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 1. 16 11 18 r 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Similar Manuals, Issued in 1903, 1905, and 1907 by the Secretary of 29 ao 26 27 28 29 30 31 ! State, and in 1909 and 1911 by the North Carolina HIstorical Com­ I JULY. NOVEMBER. mission, have proven of very general utility and interest. Requests ! 12345 •• ._ ._ •• _. 1 for copies have come not only from all over North Carolina, but from 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 2 3 4 5 678 13 .. 15 16 17 18 19 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 most of the States of the Union, and the demand for them has been 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 so great that these editions have long been exhausted, and it is now r ~ AUGUST. D~CEMBER. extremely difficult to secure a copy. I 2 .• I 2 3 4 5 6 The Historical Commission trusts that the members of the General 3 4 -5 6 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 10 11 12 13 14 I~ 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 :'1 :t 23 21 :t 23 24 25 26 27 Assembly of 1£)13 will find this volume of service to tuom in their :!4 ;%S- 2lI5 :; ~ ~SO ~ ~ 30 31 II work . •.=-:;;:;;.,.._-:.:::;,.-=:;..~~-:--=:~ .:::..~:=.::.::;=:=...::::--=:;::..:".=..:..~-=-~

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:verard13 PHEsmE~TS O}' TIlE PJWVI~TL\L COCl"eILl lrrlngt<>n l l Oct. 18,1775-Mar. 5,1776, Co~elius Harnett, New Hanover. RIC't" June 5,l776-Aug. 21,1776 Cornelius Harnett,' New Hanover. :>hnstonll Aug. 21, 1776-Sept. 27,1776 Samuel Ashe.a New Hanover. Howan' Sept. 27, 1776-0ct. 25,1.776 Willie Jones, Halifax. )bbs" 'ryoD" GOVEn~OH'S :ryonll j JIEJIHEUS O}' TIlE COeXCIL.' ISen~ XOT£.-Namcs are spelled as they appear in the lists preceding the Iournn le of l':lch ~rt1nH aeeaion, with varlations or modern forms in brackets. -( .SAMUEL STEPHE~S, Governor. Oct. [?], 1667­ 1670...... •..John Jenkins 1670 John Willoughby 1670 Peter Carteret .Hil 11lS2. 1670 [Francis?] Godfrey -r aed Xor\h Caro­

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"ntA Propri~lon lO Nov. 21, 1676-1677. 1677 , James Hill 1677 Timothy Biggs 1677 ; John Nixon

JOHN HARVEY, Deputy Governor. Feb. 5, 1678 [79]-Aug. [?], 1679. 1679 , Richard Ffoster [Foster] 1679 ...... •..John Willoughby 1679 John Jenkins 1679 Anthony Slocum 1679 Robert Holden

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· 1787. d ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF 1791-1792. ....Halifax il Dec. 30, 1791 Wyatt Hawklnsi Warren ....Chowan il Dec. 30, 1791 Griffith Rutherford Rowan ..... Martin y, I Dec. 30, 1,91. Charles Bruce Guilford .....Orange Dec. 30, 1791 William P. Littler Hertford · ....Perqulmans Jan. 2, 1792 Henry W. Harrington Richmond .....Bladen Jan, 2,1792 Thomas Brickell Franklln •....Chowan Jan. 2, 1792 ',' Philemon Hawkins Warren Jan.'l2,1792 Bythai Bell Edgecombe 1788. Jail. 12, 1792 Thomas Brown..': Bladen

f r · ... Perquimans ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF 1792. '" .Chowan ' Orange Dec. 18.1792 James Coor Craven j Pitt Dec. 18, 1792 Thomas Brown Bladen · Tyrrell Dec. 18, 1792 Willlam McClure Craven ....Martin Dec. 19, 1792 Wyatt Hawkins Warren • •.. Pasquotank Dec. 19, 1792 Thomas Brickell. Franklin • Dec. !9, 1792 Spyers Singleton Craven . , Dec. 28, 1792 Daniel Carthy Craven 1789. ..,.... · ...GUilford ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF 1793. ....Warren Dec. 19, 1793 James Coor Craven Dec. 19, 1793 William Mc9Iui'e Craven '" .Duplin Dec. 19, 1793 Thomas Brown Bladen ....Oullrord Dec. 19, 1793: . : William BrickelL Franklln '\ ..Surry Dec. 26, 1793 Richard Nixon Craven l' .Rowan Dec. 28,1793 John Umstead Orange Dec. 30,1793 Hallfax 90. ELECTl!JD BY THE ASSEMBLY OF 1794-1795. . . Guillord [..'Warren Jan. 10,1795 Thomas Brown Bladen " ..Mecklenburg Jan.l0,1795 John Branch Hallfax •.. Warren Jan. 12, 1795 Benjamin SeawelL Franklin ~ .Gullrord Jan. 12, 1795 George Lucas Chatham L.Rowan Jan. 19, 1795 , . Ransome Sutherland Wake I· Hertford Jan. 19. 1795 James Kenan Duplln Jan. 20, 1795 James Coor Craven '1 rI I i", I!. ~ 1 • \ I j,

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John Allen ~ .1 I • I 1790 .. : John Bryan , Levi Dawson ", John Allen ,. 1791. John Carney " Levi Dawson , John Allen 1792 , .. , John Carney .John TiI!man John Allen , 1793 John Carney John Tillman John Allen i. 17~." John C. Bryan John Tillman 1796 Wllllam McClure .John S. West 1 John Tillman 1 .~ , 1796" WlIIiam McClure John S. West • " 1­ .. . , William Bryan ~ 1797 William McClure Henry TlIIman 'u·" WIlliam Blackledge .. 1798 Lewis Bryan Phillp Neale William Blackledge t \ 1799 v ••••••••••Lewis Bryan Phllip Neale 11 \ WlIIiam Blackledge ! 1800 Wllllam Gaston.: James Gatling John S. Nelson 1801. .. " .. " .....Richard D. Spaight, Sr...Lewis FonvllIe Henry Tillman 1802 Richard D. Spaight, Sr.15 • Lewis Fonv1Ile Wlll1am Blackledgeao WilIlam Bryan 1803 Stephen Harris., Lewis Fonville William Bryan 1804 W1I1iam Bryan , John S. Richardson Lewis FonvlIIe 1806 ' Wllllam Bryan John S. Nelson Charles Hatch 1806 ...•...... William Bryan Lewis Fonville John S. Nelson 1807 William Bryan Ed ward Harris

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Year Senators Ucon:,w"l/lltll'q 1807 Samuel Ashe WIlliam W..JUIII'1I Hinton .Tamell L808 ....•...... Franklin T. Bloodworth..Willlam W. Junell Hinton .Tllmell 1809 Franklin T. Bloodworth..Hinton .Talll~ll David JOllCH 1826 1810 ~ Thomas Devane David Jones Joseph Lamb 1827 1811...... •...•William Hill. Joseph Lamb John D. Jones 1812 ....•...... David Jones Joseph II. Lamb 18~9 George F'en Ilell 1813••••...... David Jones George Fennell Joel Parrish 1830 1814 David Jones.; Joel ParrIsh 1831 George FenneIl I 1816 James Larkins George FenneIl Joel Parrish 1832 1816 Richard Nixon, Owen Fillyaw Joel Parrish 1833 1817 ...... •...... •Samuel Ashe Joseph Lamb ! i 1834. Ed. St. George [ 1818. '" ..... '" ..M. W. Campbell...... '" .Joseph Lamb 1835. John Bunting 'I, 1819 '.' . George Fennell. Joseph Lamb John Bunting 1820 ...... •...... George Fenn~l1 John Walker Year L, I j Abel Morgan 1836. i le21...... •..M. W. CampbelI...•...... Abel Morgan I Lewis Thomas21 ! 1838. i EII L. Larkins 1822 Thomas Devane Joseph Lamb 1840. I·i 1I~ I Stokely Sidbury I 1823 " Thomas Devane Stokely Sidbury I 1842. I Joseph A. Hill 1844. I I ';,,"

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CLAY. 1861. ...••...... George Green . John D. Whitford 1868 [See Cherokee] 1865 ....•...... •..C. C. Clark 1875 J. S. Anderson M[atthias] E. Manly CLEVELAND. 1868 .•...... David Heaton W. H. S. Sweet 1861. W. J. T. Miller C. D. Piersonl~ • J. Tracy w, 1875.·...... •R. F. Lehman I' 1865 '" D[avid] Beam John S. Mannix j R. Swan ~ 1868 Plato Durham CUMBER~AND. i 1875 Plato Durham BOROUGH MEMBERS FROl\>[ FAYETTEVI.LLE.1S

COLUMBUS. 1788 .•...... •John Ingramt- 1835 Alexander Troy COUNTY MEMBERS. Absalom Powell [McAlllst~r] IS61 Richard Wooten 1788 .....•....•..•Alexander McCaIIaster I 1865 A. J. Jones Thomas Armstrong 1868 Haynes Lennon WllIiam Barry Grove t, 1875 Forney George James Porterfield George Elliott i CRAVEN. 1789 ...•...... John Ingram 1 BOROUGH MEMBERS FROM NEW BERN.1S John Hay • WllIlam B[arry] Grove 1788 John Sitgreaves James Moore t 1789 Isaac Guion Robert Adam COUNTY MEMBERS. 1835 ....•...... John D. Toomer 1 Archibald McDiarmid 1 17.88 Richard D[obbs] Spaight 1861. ., ..•.•...... David McNellI Joseph Leech Warren Winslow Abner Neale • M. J. McDuffie4 - I Benjamin WllIiams 1865 [Together with Harnett] RIchard Nixon NellI McKay 1789 John Allen R[alph] P. Buxton Richard Nixon D. G. McRae Joseph Leech 1868 W. A. Mann Thomas Williams J. W. Hoodl~ 1835 WiIIlam Gaston 1875 •.....••.•..••Ralph P. Buxton Richard D[ obbs}.Spalgbt J. C. Blocker ~

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.:=. Ir !l:lS -''"lou:"'.''] (or rill.: ':-:tateo tht~ foiIo"dn~ prlvutc collectlons, THE STATE LIBRARY OF NORTH CAROLINA• \lt1lll!o('r:n~ tll":'-," l!'<'ll-:dl.l~ of Yaltwhll' mnnuserlpts : letters nnd MILES O. SHERRILL, Librarian. ["il",r... "f 1;.1\'. Z,'l'll!<.n n. "'\tICl'. Judge J'lllH'S Iredell, Gen. Bryan Tbe State Library has become an agency of great Importance In the -l;rim<>s. :\[r~. C"l'lll'lla 1'. :-:1"':1('''1'. G,·Y. D:tyll1 L. Swain, Editor E. J. educational development of North Carolina. The educatlonnl move­ Hale, Dr. Cn lvin If. "·ll.·y. l Iou. .Tolm II. Bryan. Gov. Jonuthan ment of recent years has awakened great Interest In library work, Worth. Col. 'Yiili:lIlI L. ~llurl(kr'i, Go,'. 'Yillillm A. Graluun, the Petti­ and our people realize now more forcibly than ever before the value gn'''' fumlly. G,H'. Churles It. .\ycoek, Juige Archibald D. Murphey, of this work. The patronage of the State Library by students in our nud several smuller collections. , schools and colleges and by the general public within the past two 3. It has issued the followlug puhltcuttons : "P.ubllc Education In years has shown a marked growth and an Increasing reallzatlon of the. Xortlr Carolilla. 1,flO·1S,!0: A Dor-mnentnry History," 2 vols.} "The place of the Library in educational work. Not a day passes that Correspondence of .Ionathuu Worth," 2 vols : "Lltcrnry alld IIlstorical students are not found in the Library, at work tnvesttguttng various Ar-t tvlttes in Xortl: Carolina, 1!JOo-1!JOj"; "A Lcgtslutlve :\Ianual of SUbjects connected with the hlstory, industries, nnd general life of Xorth Cm-oltnu' for 1flOO. 1m1, and 1m3, and th irteen bulletins. North Carolina, or with the great problems of the Na~ion. and of the 4. It recovered for the State. through the gift of the Italian Gov­ world. This patronage is not confined to any particular school or race. N'IlI11l'nt, Canova's fa mons statue of Washiugton. It comes from the schools and colleges of Ralelgb, of the State at ;:;. It has erected in the rotunda of the en pitol a marble bust of large, from untverstttes such as Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Hnrvurd, Wi!ll:tlll A. Graham; and obtained, without cost to the State, similar and from students who are not connected with educational institu­ t.usts of )111tt. \Y. Ransom, SalJluel Johnston, and Jolm :\f. More­ tions at all. Tile pructleal poltttclun studying modern problems comes along with the historian whose researches arc among records hond. centuries old. It has nsststed a larg-e number of students in their Investlgatlons To meet all these varlous needs, tbe Trustees arevdlrectlng their into Xor'th Carolina history. alltl gave information about the hIstory etIorts to the building up of a great reference library. No works of pf the State whorever It was possible, and has encouraged In many fiction, unless they be by' North Carolina authors, or portray North \\';l~'S the study of our history In the, schools of the State. Curollna life, are purchased. The meager appropriation Is better ex­ )1f.:\Illf.RS OF TUE 111STORICAL CO)L\IISSION. pended, in the judgment of the Trustees, in the purchase of works \Y. J. Pf.ELE•.• _. • ._. ._. __ 1003­ of reference, history, biographies, treatises on problems of modern J. D. HUIIA)L. . • 1903-1905. II fe, etc., etc. }'. A. SO:-:DLEY • •• 1003-1905. All works written by or about North Carolinians, or about North RICIIAHD D!LLA1\Il .• __' 1903-1905. Curollnn, are purchased. ' The North Carollna collectlon now forms H. D. \Y. CO:-::-;OR .. __ .. .. • _1903-1907. Cn.\RLEs I,. RAPER, ._. • _. .. _. .190£'>-1907. one of the most interesting lind valuable features of the Library. TfI(nlAS \Y. ULOn,T _. __. _. _.. . _. __. . .H)05-1911. Another peculiarly valuable feature of the Llbrary is the collection J. BnY.'=' GRl)IES ._. .. _1905­ of bound newspapers. This now contains 2,535 volumes, There is ),1. C. S. XODl..E • • __ .. ~ 1907­ no other such collection of North Carolina newspapers in existence. D. H. 1I1LL • • • 1907­ I TIIO)!A8 ),1. l'IT"DI.\); • __ . • 1911­ Ranging in unbroken files from 1791 to date, they contain the history of the State during the most Important periods of bel' existence. SECRETARY. R. D. W. CO););QR_ ...... _ • .. __ .....1903­ SU!.IMARY. Total number or volumes in Library . _ 32,246 Tota.l Dumber oi Government books .. _ 5,8.52 ~ Total number or bound newspapers __ 2.8"25 ~ _ Total number of bound magazines .. _.. __ 1,6:.!9 ~:w •. , \ • ·i'" ~\':',:;,c:. ~..• "';:1.'- =-~':"): !.~ t. ;:.,,::,..,:;t.~~. Do.JlW OF I~XAL IYPRO\"Elol£.:'1TS. 119

s, c, f.,;:):·Z...('l(;L,\t .\:\".0 lCO:\"IJl(!(" St'r(;'J:r.. the State has an Interest; shall suggest such improvements, enlarge­ G V·};..,(V;:,'· u. .O.UlO" ments, or extensions of such works as they shall deem proper, and Covnaxox W. w. .nr1l'lU''-, ,'r offic,'o Person. such new works of similar nature as shalt seem to them to be de­ F. I{. HEWITT . Buncombe. manded by the growth of trade or the general prosperity of the State; Hrca ~Icn \E • : Xew Hanover, R. D. C.\I.DWEI:.L lI_.Robeson, the amount, condition, and character of the. State's Interest in rail­ :'.1. It. Ba\swELL · Xasb. roads, roads, and other works of Internal Improvements in which the State has stock or whose bonds she holds as security; the condition of Sc-R\".EY STArr. such roads or other corporate bodies and State Institutions in detail, .TOSf:PlI HYDE PRATT, State Geologist. .T. S. HOl.~[ES, Forester. financial condition, receipts and disbursements, etc. E. W. )In:Rs, Hydraulic nnd Civll Engineer. The board may require of the presIdent or chief officer of any rail­ F. B. LAXIT, Geologist. road or other works of publ1c improvement or any public institution .T. E. POGl:E, ,Ta. Geolog lst. In which the State has an Interest, a written report, under oath, of IlI.:dl\\·ay Elli=im'ers: \Y. s, FALLlS. R. P. COBLE, T. F. HICKER/;OX. It. T. Bnowx, E. L. PICKARD. the atralrs of his company or institution for the year, and a failure on ~I1ss II. )1. BmRY. Secretary, part of such chief officer of any public institution or company In which • , the State has an interest to make a true report Is made a misde­ i ., meanor, punishable by flne or Imprisonment. BOARD OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. Provision Is also made for the appointment of a special auditor to audit the accounts and books of all institutions, corporate bodies and Bil B. C. BECKWITH, Member at the Board, Raleigh, N. C. State departments whenever the Governor and the board may deem ~ State Board of Internal Improvements was created and made I It necessary. s corporate bj" chapter nS2, Acts of the General Assembly of ,I When the board, as it Is authorized to do, is making an investigation Carolina, ISIn. In 1830 tile board was made to consist of the of the atralrs of any public institution or company In which the State nor of the State, president ex officio, and two commissioners, to has an Interest or the official conduct of any official thereof, If any .nntnllv appointed by the Governor with the advice of the person shall refuse to obey any summons of, or shall refuse to answer u of State. any question when requested so to do, by a member of the board, he rter 101 of the Revisal of 1\)0;:; provides that the two commts­ shall be gultty of a misdemeanor, and may be fined and Imprisoned. : be !lOW nppotnted bicnntallv by the Governor with "the advice And upon report of the board, the Governor may suspend or remove Senate." The prtvate secretary of the Governor is secretary from o~ce any of said officials, if in the opinion of the board and the io of the board, which meets In the Governor's otttce, or at any Governor the interest of tile State demands it. ,Jat"{- ill the State us it may see fit. The Legislature of 1909 amended chapter 101 of the Revisal so that Board bas charge of all the State's Interest In all railroads, whenever the General Assembly shall direct or authorize directly or awl oHI"!:' works of internal improvement; and the Legtstature al!,lcll, "ulso all puhlic lnstltutlons in which the State has an Indirectly the erection or alteration or any building or buildings at . I'Xeei,ting the higher cducatlonal Institutions that are not any State Institution, charitable. educnttonal, or penal, the Board of ri t:l hie." Internal Improvements shall let the same out by contract, and take ,)a nl shall biennlally report to the General Assembly the COII­ trom the contractor a bond with sutllcient security payable to the State f all public or Sta te Institutions and buildings In t'.:eir charge. In such sum as the board mav decm surllctent, wlth the condition that -. road", nuu ot her works of Internal Improvements in whicb he will falthrull~' perform hls contract nceordtng to plans or sp«:ifiC:l.

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I F~------l IJ ft<-,- ~$).,:> ·I.C;~~ ".J L .' . r ~ .) • r. f 154 lfISCD.l-\;\"[oL"S. ", TilE STATE CAPITOL. IS:; !;.~ It must be remembered that the stone with which the building WIlS --The lobbies and Hall of Representattvea have their columns and erected was the property of the State. Had the State been compelled antre of the Octagon Tower of'Andronicus CYlrhestes. and the plan to purchase this material, the cost of the Capitol would' have been of the hall Is of the formution of the Greek theater and the columns considerably Increased. and autre In the Senatorial chnrnber and rotunda are of the Temple of The following is a description of the Capitol, written by David Erectheus, :Minerva Polias, lind Pundrosus, in the Acropolis of Athens, Paton, the architect: near the above-named Parthenon. "The State Capitol is 100 feet in length from north to south by "Third, or attic story, consists of rooms appropriated to the Su­ 140 feet from east to west. The whole height is 97% feet in the­ preme Court lind Library, each containing an area of Gn3 square feet. center. The apex of pediment is 61 feet in height. The stylobate Is Galleries of both houses have an area of 1,300 square feet; also, two 18 feet in height. The columns of the east and west porticoes are i. apartments entering from Senate gallery, each 16n square feet, of four 5 feet 21h Inches in diameter. An entablature, including blocking II presses and the lobbies' stairs, n8S square feet. These lobbies, as course, is continued around the butldlng, 12 feet high. .t~ well as rotunda, are llt with cupolas, and it is proposed to finish the "The columns and entablature are Grecian Doric, and copied from il Court and Library in the florid Gothic style." the Temple of lIHnerva, commonly culled the Parthenon, which was In the summer of 1840 the work was finished. The Assembly had, erected in Athens about 500 yellrs before Christ. An octagon tower .({ t: in December, 1832, appropriated $50,000 for the building. Mr. Boy­ surrounds the rotunda, which Is ornamented with Grecian cornices, V lan, Judge Cameron and State Treasurer Mhoon and their associates etc., and its dome Is decorated at top with a similar ornament to that i . of the Chorugtc Monument of Lysicrates, commonly called the Lan­ spent that sum in the foundation. They proposed to have a Capitol i: thorn of Demosthenes. worthy of the State. At every subsequent session the Assembly made , additional appropriations. There was some cavlling, and the com­ "The interior of the Capitol is divided into three stories: First, ~' the lower story, conslsttng of ten rooms, eight of which are appro­ missioners resigned; but the Legislature and the new commissioners r!l priated as offices to the Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Comp­ took no step backwards. Year by year they pressed on the work as l' it had been begun, uutll at last, after, more than seven years, the sum + troller, each having two rooms of the same size-the one containing I· J an area of 649 square feet,' the other 528 square feet-the two com­ of $531,674.46 was expended. As large as that sum was for the time, mittee rooms, each contalntng 200 square feet, and four closets; also, when the SUlte was so poor and when the entire taxes for all State T' purposes reached less than $100,000, yet the people were sa tisfied. the rotunda, corridors: vestibules, and piazzas, contain an area of ,~ 4,370 square feet. The vestibules are decorated with columns and The building hull been erected with rigorous economy, and it was an autre, similar to those of the Iontc Temple on the I1Issus, near the object of great pride to the people. Indeed. never was money better ,[ Acropolis of Athens. The remainder Is grolned with stone and brick, expended than in the erection of this noble Capitol. sprmgtng-from columns and pilasters of the Roman Dortc, Speaking of this structure, Samuel A. Ashe, in an address on David "The second story consists of Senatorial and Representatives' Paton, delivered in 1909, says: "Not seventy years have passed since' the completion of this bulld­ '1"~ chambers, the former containing an area of 2,545 and the latter 2,849 / square feet. Four apartments enter from Senate Chamber, two of lng, yet it has undying memories. It was finished the year Henry Whl~ ;1 which contnm each an area of 169 square feet, and the other two Clay was set aside and his place as the leader given to Genernl f; Harrison. Four years later Clay spoke from the western portic'O; contain each an area of 154 square feet; also, two rooms enter from i bur, like Webster and Calhoun, tile prize of the presidency was de­ ;t.­.1­ Representatives' chamber, each containing an area of 17Q square I ~,... nled him. The ,01et'S of other men of large mould also Il;lve he-'n 'f" feet; of two committee rooms, each containing an area of 231 feet; ,,~ bt1lrd within II.is Capltol. Here. tOO, our great jurls:s--(;as[oD. ~;1 of four presses and the passages. stairs, lobbies, and colonnades, con­ l'... ~,.... Rot:in. Pearson aoo their ;J""o<:!.:lte$--b"Jd their ~"Jf){.\.'1 ::11111 bTt)u~ht . .~'~ taining an area ot 3,204 square feet. ft ,~~~. - &1 UILII~Nh.; ,-- -~_. ·~.jr..'.>..~... _·. >i"tf.:\#. :J, t,.,,,.:t~J"~; ...·..-•..H /"if . ,~.:". ~~- ;.:'\ «, t

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SEC. 4. Eve~' person presenting himself for regi~tration suull be tor muster, bonsebold and kitchen rumtrure, the mecbnnlcal and agTIcultornl Implements of mechanic-s and farmers, libraries and able to read and write any section 01 the Constitution In the Eng­ selentlflc instruments, or any other personal property, to a value not lish language; and before he shall be entltled to vote he shall have exceedIng three hundred dollars. paId, on or before the first day of :\Iay of the rear In which he pro­ SEC. 6. The taxes Ievled by the commissioners of the several coun­ poses to vote, his poll tax for the previous year as prescrlbed by ties for county purposes shall be levied In like manner wIth the State Article V, section 1, of the Constitution. nut no male person who • taxes, and shall never exceed the double of tile State tax, except for was on January 1, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to a speelal purpose, and with the spectal approval of the General vote under the laws of any State in the tJnlteu States wherein he ·Assembly. then resided, and no lineal descendant of any such person, shall be SEC. 7. Every act of the General Assembly levying a tax shall denied the right to register and vote at any election In this State state the special object to which it Is to be applied, and It shall be by reason of his fallure to possess the educational qualifications applled to no other purpose. herein prescribed: Providc~, he shall have registered In accordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1. 1!l08. The Gen­ ARTICLE VI. eral Assembly shall provide for the registration of all persons en­ SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBIUTY TO OFFICE. titled to vote without the educational qualifications herein prescribed, and shall, on or before November 1, 1908, provide for the making of SECTION 1. Every male person born In the United States, and every a permanent record of such registration, and all persons so regis­ male person who has been naturalized, twenty-one years of age, and tered shall forever thereafter have the right to vote In all elections possessIng the qualifications set out In thls article. shall be entitled by the people In thIs State, unless disquallfleu under section 2 of to vote at any election by the people In the State, except as herein this article: PrOVided, such person shall have paid his poll tax as otherwIse provIded. SEC. 2. He shall have resided in the State of North Carolina for above required. ' SEC. 5. That this amendment to the Constitution is presented and two years, in the county six months, and In the preclnct, ward or adopted as one indivisible plan for the regulation of the suffrage, other election district In whlch he offers to vote, four months next with the intent and purpose to so connect the differellt parts and to preceding th~ election: Provided, that removal from one precinct, make them so dependent upon each other that the whole shaH stand ward, or other election dIstrict, to another In the same county, shall not operate to deprive any person of the right to vote in the precinct, or fall together. SEC. 6. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elec­ ward or' other election district from which be has removed until four months after such removal. No person who has been convicted, tions by the General Assembly shal! be viea cocc. SEC. T. Every voter in Korth Carolina, except as in this article or who has confessed his guilt In open court upon indictment, of any disqunlltied, shall be ellgible to office, but before entcrtng upon the crime, the punishment of which now is or may hereafter be impris­ duties of the office he shnll take and subscribe the rollowtnz oath: onment in the State's Prison, shalt be permitted to vote unless the "I, _ , do solemnly swear (or atlinn) that I wil] sup­ sald person shall be first restored to citizenship in the manner pre­ port and maintain the ConstitutiOt. 'and laws of the United States scribed by law. and the Constitution and laws of North Carollua not inconsistent SEC. 3. Every person offering to vote shall be at the time a legally therewltb. and that I will faIthfully discharge the duties of rny registered voter as herein prescribed and in the manner hereafter office as So help me, God." provided by law, and the General Assembly of North Carollna. shall SEc. 8. ~ foll(".-ing dasse5 of persons :<\wll be di"'luallfi'''1 tor enact general registration laws to carry Into effect the provisions of ~: Pirst, all persons w bo ~\\.1l! (!ellr th£- ""in; of .Alm i~lJt,. <;,.011. this article, I H r~;l·~-'..\rH;I.."'j. ~KL'"T~·Ill:s.. MEMDEIlS OF CONGRESS. 2a! , ,.j,,'l (,( l"':~;; ".I.~ I'n",J,I•cnr (I( tll ... X')rrh Carullna Hal!r(;atl Com, Democratic Presidential Elector In the First Congressional District '.'" In l,,'~; W:;S 11,(· dl<.'!'"(' "f tIll' [)t'lIlocrarlc (':IUCUs for rnired o·" in 1800. Has been for several years, and Is now, Chairman of the r :'P:li!t"l" In 1--:,,,. and wa~ (h-f('atl'd In open session by 11011. PublIc Scbool Committee of Washtngton, Elected to the Fifty,slxth, ('I' C. Pritchard. t hronch a combinatioll of Republlcnns and POPlI­ Fifty-seventb, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty­ <; was el.wiruwlI o( Dernocratte State Convention.. 1!)()(), U)]O; ,1 t~'ell for t(,11 )'(':lrs a rnombor of the Board of TrustC'Cs of the .~ second, and Sixty-third Congresses. Address; v;,-asblngton, N. C. 'l' L'nlverstty ; is also a 'I'rusteo of Trinity College: was chosen t ;iuentlal Elector for the State at large In 1000. )Iarrie<1 )Iis." y P., the eJd('~t <1all,!::hter of Cnited States Senator, afterwards CLAUDE KITCHIN, f Justice, A. S. )Ierr,lmon. Octo her 31, 1878.• Was elected to the (Second Di.~trict.--Countles; Bertie, IMgecombe, Groene, IIalIfax, S(·~te ('(1 Sta tes to succeed Jpter C. I'rttehard, Hepubliclln, for Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, and Wilson-8 couutles.) erm jwginllinA' :lfllrch 4, HIO:1. I1is nrst term expired March 3. CUUDE KITCHIN, Democrat, of Halifax County, was born In Hall· The unanimous choice of the Democratic caucus, he was :·t('(1 January HI, 10(y'), for a s('cI)l1l1 krill. fax County, N. C., near Scotland Necle, )Inl'ch 24, 1809. Graduated from Wake Forest College, June, 1888, and was married to Miss Kate Mills, November 13th of the same year. Admitted to tbe Bar Septem­ ber, 1800, and has since been engaged in the practice of tbe law at REPRESENTATIVES. Scotland Neck. Elected to Fifty-seventb, Fift;}"~ighth, Fifty-nintb, Sixtieth, SIxty-first, Sixty-second, and Slxty-thlrd Congresses. Ad­ dress': Scotland Neck, N. C. JOllX Ill:)IPIIREY S:\IALI,. -,., ni-~Ir'ict.--Counties: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck. JOHN MILLER FAISON. Gates, Hertford, Hyde, )la1'tin, Pasquotank, Perqulmans, Pitt, I and v;,'ashfngton-14 countlcs.) (Third Distriet.-Countles: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Ons­ ~ lIr~lrlIREY S~IALr~ Democrnr, of Benutort County, was born low, Pamllco, Pender, 'Sampson, and 'Ynyne--9 countles.) .bing-toll, X. C. Educated in the schools of 'Vashlngton, and at J. JOHN MILI.ER FAISON, Democrat, of Faison, was born near Faison, , ('0!I eg-l'. ","orth Carolfnn, Is a lawyer- in active practice, l N. C., April 17, 1802; attended Faison Male Academy lind lived on /lpg-e In 18,(; and tancht school from 1870 to 1880. Licensed to ~ farm in early life; graduated in B.S. course at Davidson College, ., " law In Januar~', IS'll. EJect('(] Hl'acling- Clerk of the State ~. North Carol1na, In 1883, and studied medicine at UnIversity of Vir­ in 1S-'>1. I:Jectro ~uperintl'lldent of Public Instruction of ginia and received M.D. diploma; tben attended post-grndunte medicnl rt County in the latter part of ISS1. Electecl and continued ! course at New York Polyclinlc In 1885, and wns licensed to practice :' as I'olidtor of the Inferior Cour-t of Bcnurort Countv from medicine in North Carolina In 1SSa, and became 11 member of the IS".,. I'roprieror and (~litor of the 1fusllillglon Gazctte from North Carolina Medical Society; has practiced medicine and surgery 1"/;. _·\ttorm': of the nqanl or COIllIllI."siollcrs of Bvnnrorr 1 and farmed at Faison, N. C., sluee : has for many yenrs taken an from 1'"'."" to J "'!II;. .\ mpIJ11",'r of the City Council from :If:l.\'. ! active interest In politics and other public questions; has been a )~.iY~ l~!ICl. a ud for ('illt:' ye:lf. durin;: t liat r)(\r~n(l. wn s ~J:I,r\)r member of the County' Democratic Executive Committee; lll~mber of ~l;;::.!'7I'n. ("bairn;;t.n t,[ riH' II"~dl~(:r;ltic Exeeuth-t.... C()Ii::lJ:::'''t" the North Carolina Jamestown Exp08itlon Commission; was married C]~~lir t)H~ ·ii.... t ('(.j;;..:;..i ...... i,,!:.:ll I':l'<"ri,", In 1" ...... ma n f)! l'.-:-rnn­ to Miss EUza F. DeVane, of dUnton, N. C., in December, 1887, who, :.'.... ·~'·tH:;~t· t,>·:I.;:-l~::> ... · "'f H.·~l·.I(llrt ("fll1t:ty fr~m ~,,~, to 1~~".. witb their six children, is now living. Elected to the Sixty-second

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..~ ~ ~-- ¢ 334 C....A):"IAl. OrnOJU..A. ., ­ 17H ...... •••••.•••Ed,.-.rd )Ioseley OFFICIAL REGISTER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.' 1744-1755••••.••••• Enoch Hall 1749-1755••.•.•...•.Jamt.-& Hasells ~I 1755-1758...•••..•.Peter Henley I PHESIDENTS OF TllE t,'m;XCIL, OIl m'l'EU HOUSE. 1758 .•....••....••• '" ltil._:~ , 1758-1766.•....••.•Charles Derry ~ 1673-1679 John Jenkins ~~" 1766-1767.•..•..•..James Hasell , 1699 Henderson Walker ,;;;, '.1-', 1767-1776.. , .•. , ...Martin Howard 1706 •...... William Glover' ~., t 1708 ...... •....•..Thomas Cary , 1774-1775...... •.James Hasell- (• 1711-1712 Edward Hyde XOTES. I 1712-1722 Thomas Pollock lEleeted under Locke's "Fundamental Constitutions," but never came to the colony. 1722-1723 William Reed.. 'In 1741.....hilc Chief Justice Smith wae absent in England, John Montgomery received a temporal")' appointment as chief justice. Judge Smith dying in England. Judge Mont- 1727-1729 Christopher Gale gomelj~ was commissioned chief justice in 174a. . . 'Served "" chief justice in the absence of Judge Hall. 1731. " William Smitlf

OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE 010' CO:lDJO:\"S. I SPEAKERS. 1666. ' " George Catchmald Albemarle 1675 ...... •..Thomas Eastchurch .# I 1676 Thomas Cullen 1697 , John Porter -e- .Chowan t 1,08 Edward Moseley ." " .Chowan rn 1. " " William Swann " Albemarle t 171::.. " Thomas Snoden [Snowden] ,,11 17]:>-17::3 Edward :\Ioseley Chowan I'ZI. Thomas Swann 1 j l 1 i 3.36 COLOXIAL OFFiCIALS. THE GENERAL AsSE~[BLY. RICHARD EvERARD, Governor. 337 First Assembly. Second Assembly. ~jrst session, Edenton, Nov. 1, 1725-Nov. 2, 1725. Edenton, ~ept. 21, 1736-0ct. 12, 1736. Second session, Edenton, Apr. 5, 1726-Apr. 13, 1726. Speaker William Downing Tyrrell :peaker (first session) ..... Maurice lIIoore [Journals of the Lower House have been lost.] peaker (second session) ..John Baptista Ashe Beaufort Third Assembly. lerk '" John HIcks r I First sessIon. New Bern. Feb. 6, 1738[39J-Mar. 7,1738[39]. i Second session, New Bern. Mal'. 7, 1738[39]-Mar. 8, 1738[39J. G£OIlGE BuRRINGTON. Governor. Third sessIon, New Bern, Nov. 15. 1739. 1 Speaker WHUam Downing Tyrrell First Assembly. I Clerk WllIlam Herritage Edenton, April 13, 1731-1\1ay 2j. 1731. I Fourth Assembly. -eaker.•...... Ed ward Moseley.•...... •..Chowan srk " Ayliffe Williams First sesslon, New Bern. Feb. 5, 1739[40J-Feb. 27. 1739(40). Second session, Edenton, July 31, 1HO-Aug. 22. 1140. Second Assembly. Speaker John Hodgson.•....•.....••.•...Chowan Edenton, July 3, 1733-July 18. 1733. .. Clerk. " •...•.. " William Herrltage 'aker '" " Edward Moseley Chowan Fifth Assembly. rk " " AyIiffe Williams i I First session. Edenton, Mar. 15, 1742-[ 71. Third Assembly. l- Second session. Edenton. July 22, 1743-July 27, 1743. Edenton. Nov. 5. 1733-Nov. 8, 1733. Speaker ; Samuel Swann ~.Onslow 'use never organized, as the Council. or Upper House, faUed to I secura a quorum.J Sixth Assemb)y. 'l! I First'sesston. New Bern, 'Nov. 15, 1744-Dee. 4. 1744. ! Fourth Assembly. Second session, New Bern. Apr!! 8, J,.745-AprU 20, 1745. Edenton, Nov. 6, 1734-Kov. 13, 1734. Speaker...... •.....!:?amuel Swann...... •.Onslow " Iker : Edward l\Ioseley '..Chowan k Abra[hamJ Biackal1. Chowan Seventh Assembly. First session, New Bern, June 12, 1746-June 28,1746, Second session, Wilmington, Nov. 21. 1746-Dec. 5. 1746. GAURIEL JOIINSTOX, Governor. Speaker SamueI Swann....•...•...... Onslow First Assembly. Eighth Assembly. Sdenton. Jan. 15. 1734f1735]-Mar. 1, 1734[1735J. First sesSion. New Bern. Feb. 25. 1746[47]-Mar. 7.1746[47J. xer , William Downing Tyrrell Second session. New Bern. Oct. 2. 1747-0ct. 9, 1747. : ' ' Jo~"ph Anderson Third session, New Bern, Mar. 18. 1747(48)-AprfJ 6. 1748. Fourth and fifth sessions, Journals lost. 22

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CHAFJLA1H .ILL M. WOOD. Vlel. ~"I..IDI.NT. T"I. ... 'U"I." IIIE'i. K[NNI[TH O. JONCS JOHN J, vO"wr_TH '.T *.C.W. JAW". HU8H L. IItQ.l.TS. J'" 'l,TH "VI: ...iltl.••• CHUltCM ZMD JOHM J. YOllWI."TH , ,tt COAl;.lotI..IIIHT SQUAIIt[ HENIIIY WILL 1""5 , Wf'~T ,eTN ST. "D wtL,.IItI.D .1I111.I.NWAY MONT"••l., N.Y. tOe... IIECOIID I Nil IECIIIT All Y OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY: "EW YOII" 1001 t 7' W£ST 231'10 STREET IILL ... WOOOII I NEW YORK, N.Y. 10010 .O...IIID 0" DllltI.CTO... HU.H L. "o.I.RTa, Jill. '. 'fA{'-) TE . 12121 924-841!5 H .. HlltY ~A".O". "Gel. lilT A. ,.OWKI.•• ~H. D -tt~r.~\tI-. ~ ..JL~t ".o we ALLleTI" "'LOYD "AI).. ('6P\ III. TALllalH DAV'. ~S . oil C}~~\ 0'-\ tJ \.il~ \~.-'" h'Jgust 25, 1972 lillY. "I""ITH D. JO"I' ~ ./J~lease ~ VI' J\ ,,' '\V'" reply to ••CIIIIT .... T I ...lllnu. .~~\j.i \~~V4\ I \~~ ~ 'JJ~\. \tF\ 86 Kings Road J. Hue HeON JON 118, ...... 1.. ~\ ~\~.L ~\~~ a son, New Jersey

LtV'''. ~A.T ~"I..IDI.NT. IDWA"D III. IIDWA"O. Mr. Robert J. Dole JOaHUA W.o DAYII.., M.D. Republican National committee III08ltlllT L. III~IIIIT. 310 First Street 1II081111T A. ,.OWKI., PH.D .. re HAIID T ,,&.11.. II. DAY'. Washington, D. C. 20003 ""Y. JOHII M. OWIN, ".A.o. 8.D. "IIY ...... ITH O. JONI. Dear Mr. Dole z ". Me "LLlaT.... LLOYD WIL,P'RI.D .IIIII1MWAY Subject: 'the Importance of cow..tT TI.II CHAt"M"" President Richard Nixon's LIT .. ""TUIIII. Welsh Ancestry Dill. THOM .... I.. 811110

."""VOLK.CII IDW ...IID ". 1.0W""'0. I know that you are extremely busy at this WI ...lll11aHIP time but I thought possibly you would be intereste~ w.e.w. JA...... in our new book entitled "Our Welsh Heritage" which • CHOLA".HIP • "I.NT WILLIAW. is included with this letter •

HOPKIN. MIDAL A.A"O IItIV. _IMNITM o. JONIS If you will refer to Page 34, also the last WIL.H STUDIES page of the book, you will find very interesting DII. III0lEIIIT E. _"."" facts regarding President Richard Nixon's Welsh "UIIC background. 'III""CES WILLI"..I HIITOII .... N DII. EDWAIID G. HAIIT"'''''N There are many millions of Americans who .I.....LO.,C...L COLLECTION are proud of their Welsh heritage and are very IDUAIID H. "'''OIl active throughout the United States through their PUlL IC ITY WIL'IIEO .IIIE"W"Y membership in many Welsh Societies such as the St. Z 1.-01 •• AYE . David's Societies, Church organizations, etc. • AYIIDE. N.Y. Ill. I (IIZI U4..U. In fact, today over 500 copies of "Our Welsh Heritage" books were shipped to Chicago to go on sale at the National Gymanfa Ganu which is to be held over Labor Day in that city. (See Page 25)

Since we are a non-profit organization they will go on sale for only $1.50 each which barely covers our cost. Now in the event the National Re­ publican Organization wishes to purchase and distribute PHYSIC I AN 10A"D 0' IT~WA"O• ~1lI~'IDIINT • t:.C"~TA"Y .JO~HuA W. DAVll•• M.D. Hr.NRT ~A".ON" OHAI.....A .. Dill. 'SLYN THOM .... "O"MAN MOM's WILLIAM O. IRVING. M.D. 2" Ill.ING. "OAD 81·84 10TH AYE. C OUNS£L LOR tolU~H L. "C?Ir.RT •• JR. MAOI.ON. N.J. 07e.0 WOOO,IO£. N.V. 11877 R. TALI£SIN OAVI. H~IllI~"T Ill ••CU:"L 12011 177·017a IBua.' (212) 728·4481 .1llr.NT WILLIAM.

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HIIN.. V ~A".ON • .. oall IlIT A. ,.OW.. ~ •• "H. 0 August 25, 1972 ... "'C ALL'.TII.. LLOYD Mr. Robert J. Dole ... TALIII.IN DAY'I Republican National Ccxnrnittee Page Two Iny. IlEIlllETH 0. JOllEa aEellETAIlY UUIIITua

J. HU ....O.. JONII•• M.a.lI. copies of "OUr Welsh Heritage" book we would co­ operate in supplying you with any quantity that LIYINe "A.T ""II••DIINT. you might desire at the price of $1.50 each. IIDWAIlID Ill. IIDWA"O.

JO.HUA W. DAYIII...... D. IIoaEIIT L. IIoaEIITa unfortunately we have only recently been .. oalllllT A. ,.OW..II •• "H.D informed of President Nixon's Welsh backqround . IlIICHAIIlG TALI~.IN DAYI• through the efforts of the White House Staff, and .. ~Vw JOHN .... OWIIN.....A •• awD. were only able to add this information on the last .~Yw KIINNIITH O. JO"II.

... MC ALLI.T~" LLDYO page of the second printing of the book Which has wIL""IID e"II~"WAY just come off the press. In the revised printing- of the book next year President Nixon will have a C DM ... IT Til II CHAI"MIIN

LIT~IIATU.t:. more prominent place in the book. Millions of 0 ... THOMA.~..... 0 Americans of Welsh ancestry will be extremely • ~N~VDL~NC ~ interested in President Nixon's Welsh background, 1I0WA"D II. 1I0WAIlID. which I am sure would benefit his reelection campaign. "'~"II••HI" W.C.W. JA"'II. .CHOLA...HI" Another thought would be that if it would .IIC:NT WILLIA.... help President Nixon's reelection I would be more HO".IN. "'1I0AL AWA"D than pleased to accept an invitation to the White _[v.•["t"t[TN O. JON[. House to personally present "Our Welsh Heritage" WILaH aTUDlla DII. II08111T I. _a.N to President Nixon. This would only take a few Mua.t minutes of the President's busy schedule. ,.II.IlCES WILLI.",a 1118T",I.N Any photographs or publicity of the presenta­ Oil. EOWAIlD a. HAIlT"'.NN lIE ....LOaIeAL COLLICTION tion would create considerable interest for many

IDUAIlO H. "'INOIl millions of Americans of Welsh decent who are living ~UlILICITY in all of the 50 States. WIL,.IIEO allllNW.Y 2 ,.-0.1 41 AYE. It might be of interest to you that I first ••yaIOE. N. Y. I tl8 I 12 III 224-UU met president Nixon in Mexico City in 1952 at the inauguration of the Mexican President. The second time I met President Nixon ~s in 1962 in Italy while we were both at the Milan Airport waiting for a plane to take us to Geneva, Switzerland where his family was vacationing at the time. PHYSICIAN .OAIlIO OP' STEWAIlIO. PII~'ID~IIT MCIlIIlTARY JOSHUA W. DAYIES. M.D. HE .. IlIY PAR.ON •• OMAtIllW"" Oil. ,."1'.1'.0..... ItOI'M".....~.e WILLIAM D. IIlIYI .... M.D. a •• K'N'. 110.. 0 Ill-I. 10TH "VE. COUNSEL.LOIlI HUGH L. 1lI0.EIlIT•• Jill. ...u".ON, ••J. 071140 WOOO.IDI.. ".Y. "177 l1li. TALIE.IN DAYI. HEIIII.EIlIT Ill. SCULL IZOO 177-0171 (BU ••) la la, 721-44111 .IIIIENT wILLIA.... S

CHAPL.AIN .ILL 1rto4. wOODS Ylce .. 1lI•• IO ••T. TllIllAaUllIl.II IIIIEY. KENNETH O. JON~S JOM" J. TOIIIIW(IIIITlol '.T w.C.w. J...... HueH L ...ael._Ta. JR. P'IP'TH AYE. PIIIIES •• CHU"CH HrNIIY WiLL 11...1 aMO JOH. J. YOIllWIlIlITH "4 COAC "lL.14 .. T SQUAIIIIE 7 W,.T eeTlol .T . lito WI"~lIeD .IIEENW .. Y ....O.. TIIIIO.I.. N.Y. 10841 IIECOIIO'NI IICllfT AllY Nrw VOIIK 101111 IILL ... wOOOI

.0.. 110 or OllnCTOII. (2'2192~4'5 HU.H L. IIO••"Ta. JIIII. TEL.: HII."V " ..".ON• .. He "T A. f'OWkl.., PH.D Ill. Me ALLlaTCIIII L \'01'D Mr. Robert J. Dole August 25, 1972 Ill. TALIC.UI DAVia lIev. KEN.eT. O. JONE' Republican National Committee Page 'rhree

IECIIETAJlY ~"ell'TU' J ••UI ••O e E. I am planning a three weeks trip to Wales

L'V'.I rAn rll~.'DENT. and Europe starting about September 10th, so in the ~DWAIID II. EDWAIID. event you like my suggestion to present the book to JOaHUA W. OAVIC., M.D. President Nixon, it should be put into action before 1I0.~IIT L. 1I00~IIT. 1lI0eCIlIT A. ,"owal.•• PH. D I leave.

II'C.AIID "ALI~"N 01.1'1. 111.'1. JOM. M. OW&N. M.A•• a.D. I certainly would like to hear from you. IIEV. KENNET. 0. JO.E. Ill. we ALLlaTIER LoL.OYD wlL.""I.D ."I.CMWAY

CO....'TUE C.AIII"EN LITIlIlIATUIlIIl 011.1'.0..... E ••'110

ellMIlYOLoIlMCIl EOWAIID II. EDWAIID• ... 11...... HI .. IT:emw w.c .w. JAWlla aCHOLA".H'" Enclosure ...IENT WILLoIA.... CC Clark MacGregor HOP.,I•• MEDAL. AW ..IIO WIY. _CNMI.TM O. JON.8 P.S. If it would be proper and desirable WILl. STUO'II I could at the same time as I present the 011. 110.1111' I. "OIlIAN ..UIIC b00klet to President Nixon, make him an ~IIAilCII WILLIA..I honorary member of our Society, if he 80 • ISTOIIIAN Clesired • Oil. EOWAIIO I ••AIIT ..A.N .E"ALOIICAL COLLICT'O. rouAllo ....INOII I'UIL IC ITY

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, ·"t .. ~,. 'SClANTON, "Pa. -:- Dr; Islyn, . member of the war prOfluetlon -AIIoda&ioa aM De PIII&let ID~ nomal, ~I"N.J., weU..uOWD board, '. aDd later worked with Vice tide, to..... ,...... IJe teaiv. autbo, ·lecta·'., ' .i.,n~tiOnal 'PreIJklent Lyndon JobnsoB on the Al­ 'llis ~froID .dIe~," r, and consultant to. • lasties industry, liance for Progress program, Scrantoa IB lMI. : .'.,Y" ' adckd tohiS . Yimpressive lilt . carrelltly tervia, as. Ii. He is the author of'''bfjecnbri of eitatiOJlj WtilIn he wai named _____presidea' of the New York Moldin~ of Plastics," -WIlich is Jie"' "Welsbman of~h Year" and be-­ State St. Davldtl SocietY,:be recent­ J(arded as a basic textbook 'for trse came the reciJiiiWt 01 the It70 011-.' ly wal electedte membershIP .. tbe mdustry, has written aurMFous'iT­ ti~ed Ci~ Award presented "olliJrable Society of C,)'JDrocfoaoriD, ticles on technical subjects relatied by 'theSt. David's Society 01 ScraD­ founded in 1711 for De ellCOlD'81e­ to the plastics industry-:alld ser~s ton, Pa., at their annual dinner ment of tbe .rts, literature and as a consultin~ editor of "Interlla­ March l. "JeRee of W.Ies. tional Plastics En~i...ee'in~,rta Dr Thomas. a former resident of H~ has been in frequent demand technical publication ~ in U1b­ SC~n, was desij(nated to receive , a~ speaker at Welsh affairs and as don. "'l'"'''' ~ thecitveted awai'd based on his , his business interests have broa­ Dr. Tbomas was tb,,'inc1p\a1 membership in the society and his dened over the years, Dr. Thomas speaker at the Annuat'8t:'DaVid's personal contribution to the fields of has fostered his inherent love of Banquet of the Welsh SodetJof ruw business and science, music and his allegiance to his Jersey on Saturday ev~ Mar"h A graduate of Johnson School of Welsh heritage. . 6 in Dunellen, N.J. His.sHject "'S Technology. Plastics Industries Dr. Thomas is one of the founders, Welsh Heritage. " " u ,,:, Technical Institute, Dr. Thomas a charter member and past pres­ In his speech, Dr. Tbomasemp1tll­ also attended Columbia University ident of the Newark Sectio.n of the sized the fact that thoseof'Welsh de­ and the University of SCranton. . Society of Plastics En~ineers. He scent ~ve every reaSOD~~,pr~d He began IUscareer in the plastks also served for six years on the na­ of the .little mountain~_~untrYf>f industry in 1130 witb Consolidated tional council and later served as Wales; which down thr~~ ~e 00(1­ Molded Products Corp., leaving as national president among ~ memo tunes, never weaken~ i.Jl.\t$ str¥9l­ cbief engineer in 1'4%. He wal a bership of 14,000 engineers. ' Rle' to retain its lanJ(QM.e. ,eult\lfEl professor of plasticl eagineeriag at In 1959, he was awarded adistin­ a~ customs. ~I£~?; "~ Brooklyn Polytecllidc IDstitute. Dr. Islyn Thomas guished life membership in recogni­ cowi&f~sen() In 1942, he became associated tion of his outstanding service to the For its size, few Mtteri~"'aB with the Ideal Toy Co. as general . . . distiDlUisiaed citizen society. much of tbemselves to manager, when the industry was en­ did Wales ~ men who bOt'~ly 10 ' gaRed in the conversion of toy fac- industries. a job whicb has involved With tbe Society of,Plasdcs Iadus­ liberty, bUt who ..,.o~,~ f~ tories to war production. . extensive traveling and has made tries, Dr. 1bomas was OD t~.board for it. Seventeen stgn4i(Qr.,~ He later became interested in the his name recognizable as one of the of dlre~ 'or a umber of yean cia ration of IndepenJf._e,.. .ne!.~.', ' ei purchasing, seUl~ and mergillg of top plastics consultants in the free and from 1956 to 1'51 was the 08­ presidents of the United''SUltes _ pl.lIstie companies throughout the world.' , do_I cllaltma. of tile Mold Makers' Jefferson Davis, prej~U6'n:t of '.~~e worlii lnd in 1960 became an inter­ During the term bf President DlvilioD of SPI. Be is also a Confederacy. were of ~l~'ext,"f- m~ national co~ultant for the plastics Harry S. Truman, he served as a ...ber of tile Plastics Pioneers tion. ' "':' "!<; :1 :- .....;_ .. ~ ·'1"~·:-~~l~, ~ ..~

by Dr. Islyn Thomas

(THE RED DRAGONSHALLLEADTHE WAY)

WALES- "NURSE OF ALL THE BRITISH RACE" "Thou most renowned Wales, thou famous ancient place, which still has been the nurse ofall the British race. " (M. Drayton)

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