E Washington Sulgrave 3*.eview. Bulletin no. 3 [n. d.] Hew York-London, I-- .Its I)()( PUKSKNTH!) BY / The Sulgrave Review "Bulletin No. 3 Published by The Sulgrave Institution, 233 Broadway, New Yorlc, N. Y. English Branch, 189 Central Builditigs, London. 'To foster friendship and to prevent misunderstanding among English-Speaking Peoples."—Articles of Incorporation Sulgrave Institution. "To celebrate the Century of Peace between America and Great Britain was in- deed a peace movement based on common sense. If I again should be nominated and elected President of the United States I should make friendship among English- Speaking peoples the feature of my foreign policy; indeed, I should go so far as to advocate an alliance between America and Great Britain as being, in association with France and a number of other countries, the best assurance of world peace for the future.—Theodore Roosevelt, to a friend shortly before his death. f> 'If friendship among English-speaking peoples is worth striving;.for, is it not also well worth having patience and forbearance for?" SuLGRAVK Manor Viewed from the Court The Sulgrave Review Bulletin No, 3 Published as a Preliminary to the Sulgrave Review, a Quarterly standing for American-Briiish friendship. SULGRAVE OFFICIAL PERSONNEL Charles W. Fairbanks, (deceased), Alton B. Parker, New York, Chancellor Honorary Chancellor George Gray, Delaware. Honorary Theodore E. Burton, New York, Vice Chancellor ^^i<^^ Chancellor Whitlock, Ohio, Honorary , /^- • Brand l o i i r^i -t- loseph (j. Dutler, Jr., (Jhio, Ireasurer Secretary Lyman J. Gage, California, Honorary ^ g Humphrey, New York, Secretary Treasurer Honorary Members Emeritus, ex officio Perley Morse, New'lYork, Chairman British Ambassador to the United States Auditing Committee American Ambassador to Great Britain BOARD OF GOVERNORS Honorary Chairman and Member Alba B. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa. ex officio Loomis C. Johnson, St. Louis, Mo. Theodore Roosevelt, (In Memoriam) Dr. George F. Kunz, New York William Howard Taft, New Haven, Mrs. Peter W. Meldrim, Savannah, Ga. Connecticut. Robert C. Morris, New York Charles Evans Hughes, New York Alton B. Parker, New York James M. Beck, New York General John J. Pershing, Theodore E. Burton, New York Louis Livingston Seaman, New York Joseph G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, O. Rear .Admiral William S. Sims Col. Bennehan Cameron, Staggvilie, Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio N. C. T. Kennard Thomson, New York William A. Clark, New York Dr. Roland G. Usher, St. Louis, Mo. Washington, D. C. Samuel Gompers, George E. Vincent, New York W. O. Hart, New Orleans, La. W. Lanier Washington, New York Edward W. Hatch, New York. Major-General Leonard Wood, Chi- Dr. John Grier Hibben, Princeton, N.J. cago, 111. Herbert C. Hoover, Washington, D. C. Andrew B. Humphrey, New York John A. Stewart, New York, Chairman 3 OFFICES OF THE SULGRAVE INSTITUTION 3903 Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway, New York OFFICES OF THE BRITISH SULGRAVE INSTITUTION 189 Central Buildings, 1 Tothill Street, London, England CANADIAN PEACE CENTENARY ASSOCIATION Hope Chambers, Ottawa, Canada SuLGRAVE Chapel, Where George Washington's Ancestors are Buried. — FOREWORD THE WHO, WHAT AND WHY OF SULGRAVE The Sulgrave Institution takes its name from the Sulgrave Manor, the home of George Washington's ancestors in Northamp- tonshire, England, which Manor property, including house, out- buildings and about ten acres of land, was purchased in 1913 by a public spirited body of English men and women, who, to show their good-will for their kindred of America, turned the estate over to a Board of Trustees to be forever maintained as a place of pil- grimage for all who venerate the name of that Colonial English- man who became the Father of the American Republic. PEACE CENTURY CELEBRATION Coincident with the purchase of the Manor, which was an item in the program formulated by an International American and British Committee organized to celebrate, in 1914-1915, the one hundred years of peace among English-speaking peoples following the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent, in 1815, the plan was conceived of creating ultimately a society to take up perma- nently the work of "furthering friendship and preventing misunder- standing among English-speaking Peoples and as between them and other peoples of good-will." HISTORY OF CENTENARY It may not be amiss at this point to quote a few words from the Year Book of the Centenary Committee as relating the history of this endeavor at international good-will: "The movement adequately and properly to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the ratification of the Ghent Treaty iri 1915, which began mformally in 1906, assumed a public status on February 20th, 1910, through the organization of the American Committee for the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Peace Among English-Speaking Peoples. "The celebration movement derives its inspiration and impetus from the fact that, for one hundred years, all disputed questions between America and Great Britain have been settled one by one by means of diplomacy, or arbitration. This achievement is all the more striking when there is taken into consideration the unforti- fied frontier of over 5,000 miles which separates the United States from its Northern neighbor and friend —Canada. 5 "It is natural, therefore, that spontaneously there should have grown up a desire in America and throughout the British Empire to celebrate this century of peace between two peoples who are kindred in language, law, and institutions. "And it is desired that all American memorials shall, in senti- ment and purpose, be less a commemoration of the past than covenants for the future of amity and good-will. It has been said in very truth that: "The celebration of this anniversary offers the best opportunity our age will see for the cultivation of world-wide good-will." ORIGIN OF SULGRAVE The following quotation may throw some light upon the origin of the Sulgrave movement, which matter has been some- what in dispute. London, England, July 3, 1919. "No need to write that I follow the good work of the Sulgrave Insti- tution with increasing interest. I wish time and advancing years allowed me to do more to help. I recall your earliest efforts, I think as long ago as 1906 when you came to Gloucester, Mass., and out- lined the project to John Hays Hammond and me. (Signed) Moreton Frewen". To John A. Stewart, Woolworth Building, New York, N. Y. In carrying out this prearranged plan of perpetuating the work begun in 1910, a resolution authorizing the creation of "The Sulgrave Institution", a society to center in Sulgrave Manor, was approved at a meeting of trustees of Sulgrave Manor held at the American Embassy in London in March, 1914, Ambassador Walter Hines Page in the Chair. Since that time the work of the Institution has been going steadily on. The membership of the Institution is now about 8500, including its Associate Mem- bership; and it represents every English-speaking country. On November 8, 1917, the Sulgrave Institution of America was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, under a charter which reads as follows: CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE SULGRAVE INSTITUTION The specific purposes for which the said Institution is formed are: First: To foster friendship and to prevent misunderstanding among English speaking peoples; Second: To inform our mutual peoples in the arts and practices of peaceful intercourse, for the benefit of our respective nations, and as a help and an ex- ample to all mankind; Third: To encourage, promote and promulgate the basic sentiments of democracy; Fourth: To discuss, to comment upon, to elucidate, explain and interpret questions of common interest, in public address and in printed publication; Fifth: To bring together into a closer community of interest those societies, associations and general organizations, together with all individuals, that are engaged in any work which tends towards the understanding of the Anglo-Saxon- Celtic point of view, culture, laws and related institutions; Sixth: To aid in upholding and maintaining the fundamental institutions of the English speaking world and in fostering the ideals which inspired their creation; Seventh: To maintain buildings, which shall be used as a place of meeting and popular assemblage, as a repository of memorabilia, of historic relics, and as centers from which can be prosecuted and carried on the work in connection with the above-mentioned objects and purposes; Eighth: The Institution may, if desirable, pursue its activities in associa- tion with the Board of Trustees of Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of George Washington in Northamptonshire, England, of which Board the American Am- bassador to Great Britain is, ex officio. Chairman. INCORPORATORS OF SULGRAVE (Ex-officio Members Advisory Council) William B. Howland Harry Shaw Perris Aberdeen & Temair John A. Stewarf Wm. C. Demorest Joseph G. Butler, Jr. J. Taylor EUyson Wm. Church Osborn Bennehan Cameron Leonard Wood Robert Sharp Harry L. Brown W. O. Hart Geo. W. Davis Martin Behrman Loomis C. Johnson W. Lanier Washington Roland G. Usher Charles P. Taft Andrew B. Humphrey John Grier Hibben Alton B. Parker George F. Kunz William A. Aiken Louis Livingston Seaman T. Kennard Thomson Samuel Gompers Herbert Hoover SULGRAVE'S OFFICIAL ROSTER ADVISORY COUNCIL Charles W. Eliot, Massachusetts, Louis W. Hill, Minnesota Honorary Chairman Arthur L. Weatherly, Nebraska Clark Howell, Georgia, Honorary Vice Franklin Murphy, New Jersey Chairman Alexander C. Humphreys, New Jersey William A. Clark, Montana, Chairman John Grier Hibben, New Jersey Members D. K. B. Sellers, New Mexico Arthur Capper, Kansas George F. Baker, New York Emerson C. Harrington, Maryland William Allen Butler, New York Theodore G. Bilbo, Mississippi Edward J. Berwind, New York Emmet D. Boyle, Nevada Joseph N. Francolini, New York R. Livingston Beeckman, Rhode Island Frederic R. Coudert, New York W.