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NATIONAL— SOCIETY 
 OF -THE -SONS -OF -THE 
 AMERICAN • REVOLUTION 
 
 ORGAN^Z^ • APRIL 30, • 1889; • INCOR- 
 PORATED • UNDER • THE • LAWS • OF 
 THE • STATE • OF • CONNECTICUT 
 
 . HISTORICAL • NOTES • OF • THE • ORGANIZA- 
 TION • OF • SOCIETIES • OF • SONS • OF • THE 
 AMERICAN • REVOLUTION, • WITH • A • LIST 
 OF • NATIONAL • AND • STATE • OFFICERS, 
 AND • ILLUSTRATED • WITH • DESIGNS 
 SHOWING -THE • INSIGNIA 'OF 'THE 'ORDER, 
 FORM • OF • ARPLICATION ' FOR ' MEMBER- 
 SHIP • CERTIFICATES, • ETC. 
 
 PREPARED BY DIRECTION OF 
 
 DR. WILLIAM SEWARD WEBB 
 
 PRESIDENT-GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
 
 NEW YORK AND LONDON 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Objects and Purposes of the Society .... . 7 
 
 Historical 9 
 
 Officers of State Societies 12 
 
 Resolution — New Jersey Society 16 
 
 Call for Delegates to Convention 17 
 
 Names of Delegates to Convention 18 
 
 Officers of National Society 18 
 
 Vice-Presidents of National Sociei y 19 
 
 Resignation of L. P. Deming 19 
 
 Election of Dr. William S. Webb as President-General . . 20 
 
 Committee to Notify Dr. Webb of Election .... 20 
 
 Officers of National Society 23 
 
 Executive Committee 24 
 
 National Constitution 25 
 
 By-Laws 29 
 
 Membership — Eligibility 32 
 
 Power of State Society 32 
 
 Membership — Form of Application 33 
 
 Seal— Description of 38 
 
 Badge — Description of 38 
 
 Rosette — Description of 41 
 
 Certificate — Description of . 41 
 
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 Abbreviated Records of the First National Congress . . 43 
 
 Constitution — Adopted April 30TH, i8go 44 
 
 By-Laws 51 
 
 California 58 
 
 The American Flag 59 
 
 Officers — Elected April 30TH, 1890 62 
 
 List of State Societies, Dates of Organization, and List of 
 
 Officers Elected Since May ist, 1890 .... 64 
 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN 
 REVOLUTION 
 
 OBJECTS AND PURPOSES. 
 
 " I was born an American ; I live an American ; I shall die an American." 
 
 — Webster. 
 
 The Society of SONS OF THE AMERICAN Revolution 
 is non-partisan and free from bias in favor of any particular 
 religious denomination. 
 
 Its objects are patriotic and social : to cherish and main- 
 tain American laws in their integrity and American institu- 
 tions in their purity ; to perpetuate the spirit and memory of 
 the deeds of the patriots who achieved American indepen- 
 dence ; to promote and encourage the proper observance of 
 anniversaries and days commemorating important events in 
 early American history; to erect monuments marking his- 
 toric places and statues commemorating heroic names ; to 
 preserve documents, relics, and private records relating to 
 persons and events connected with, or who took part in, the 
 establishment of the independence of the United States of 
 America; to encourage such education as will best prepare 
 our children for the discharge of the important duties of 
 American citizenship ; and to promote social intercourse and 
 fellowship among its members now and hereafter. 
 
 Each Society is in harmony with all other Societies of 
 the kind in the country, and the objects are: 
 
 First, to unite in a Society every male resident of each 
 
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 State who can trace his descent from some person who 
 assisted in establishing American independence. 
 
 Second, to preserve the traditions, diaries, letters, and 
 mementos which are now hidden in attics and trunks ; and 
 to gather and preserve the relics and records of that period, 
 now in the possession of private persons. 
 
 Third, to stimulate the pride of birth, as being American, 
 and descended from Revolutionary ancestors. 
 
 Fourth, the Society is especially designed to stimulate 
 a love for our common country, its brave people and grand 
 institutions. This is a work worthy of the earnest support 
 and active sympathy of every true American, and the 
 Society of SONS OF THE American Revolution confi- 
 dently asks and expects the hearty co-operation and 
 enthusiastic help of sons of Revolutionary ancestors in 
 every State in the Union. 
 
HISTORICAL. 
 
 For several years previous to 1876 the country was 
 agitated over the question of celebrating in some fitting man- 
 ner the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence. Public journals and private letters were full of 
 suggestions, and in nearly every city of the Union some 
 preparations were being made for civil and military demon- 
 strations which should emphasize the events that preceded 
 July 4, 1776. 
 
 The Alta California, of San Francisco, published in its 
 issue of June 29, 1876, the following call: 
 
 " The descendants of the Revolutionary patriots are re- 
 quested to meet at the headquarters of the Grand Marshal 
 at No. 212 Kearny Street, at 8 o'clock this evening, for the 
 purpose of making arrangements to participate in the cele_ 
 bration." 
 
 About fifty citizens met in response to this call, marched 
 in the procession, and on the same day organized the Cali- 
 fornia Society of " Sons of Revolutionary Sires." 
 
 With the exception of the Cincinnati, this was the first 
 Society in the country, whose members were exclusively 
 descendants from " Revolutionary Sires." 
 
 The first circular, published in August, 1876, states the 
 objects of the new Society to be : 
 
 " To unite the descendants of Revolutionary patriots 
 and perpetuate the memory of those who took part in the 
 American Revolution and maintained the independence of 
 the United States of America; to promote social inter- 
 
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 course, mental improvement, and mutual benefit of its 
 members; to organize auxiliaries, co-equal branches, and 
 representative bodies at such time and places as the Direc- 
 tors may determine." 
 
 The new Society was intended to be national in its charac- 
 ter and work. The news of its organization was published 
 in the West and East. From Massachusetts, New York, the 
 District of Columbia, and other States letters of inquiry were 
 sent to Gen. A. N. Winn, the first President, requesting in- 
 structions and asking permission to organize like societies, 
 and commissions were issued to William Schenk, Granby, 
 Oswego County, New York ; J. W. Norcross, Lynn, Massa- 
 chusetts ; N. T. E. Chandler, in the Patent Ofifice, Washing- 
 ton, D. C, and to seven others in different States. Appar- 
 ently nothing came from these early efforts. 
 
 The California Society grew and prospered, but no new 
 Societies were formed. /On December 4, 1883, a Society was 
 organized in the city of New York under the name of " SONS 
 OF THE Revolution." Its purpose was: 
 
 " To keep alive among ourselves and our descendants the 
 patriotic spirit of the men who, in military, naval, or civil 
 service, by their acts or counsel, achieved American inde- 
 pendence ; to collect and secure for preservation the manu- 
 script rolls, records, and other documents relating to the War 
 of the Revolution ; and to promote social intercourse and 
 good feeling among its members now and hereafter." 
 
 The New York Society was at first small and its growth 
 slow. Two things have contributed to its present import- 
 ance, and show the influence the Society may exert upon the 
 public mind, and its power as a leader in public movements. 
 
 Its first great work was to secure the completion of the 
 pedestal of the celebrated Bartholdi Statue of Liberty after 
 the work had been practically abandoned. 
 
 Its second was to inaugurate and follow to a successful 
 issue the Washington Centennial of April 30, 1889. 
 
 To the Sons OF the Revolution is due the credit of 
 completing the Statue after it had been practically aban- 
 
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 doned ; while the Centennial celebration was conceived by a 
 member of the SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, and was carried 
 to a successful issue by the assistance of a committee of 
 Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 The proposition to celebrate the second centennial awak- 
 ened, if possible, more enthusiasm than did the celebration 
 of 1876, and led to the formation of several new Societies. 
 
 Pennsylvania was the first to organize, and then followed 
 other Societies in rapid succession until the organization of 
 the National Society. 
 
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 With the exception of the Cincinnati, which is based upon 
 official service and established on the law of primogeniture, 
 the California Society is believed to be the first Society organ- 
 ized with membership based upon service in the cause of 
 American independence and without partisan affiliation, 
 intended to perpetuate American traditions. 
 
LIST OF STATE SOCIETIES, DATES OF ORGAN- 
 IZATION, AND LIST OF OFFICERS. 
 
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 Organized July 4, 1876. 
 Preside7it, Col. A. S. HUBBARD, San Francisco. 
 Secretary, Charles J. King, San Francisco. 
 Treasurer, John P. Damron, San Francisco. 
 Registrar, Col. W. B. Eastin, San Francisco. 
 
 NEW JERSEY. 
 Organized March 7, 1889. 
 President, JOSIAH C. PUMPELLY, Morristown. 
 Secretary, J. LAWRENCE BOGGS, Newark. 
 Treasurer, 
 Registrar, JOHN Whitehead, Morristown. 
 
 CONNECTICUT. 
 
 Organized April 2, 1889. 
 President, LUCIUS P. Deming, New Haven. 
 Secretary, Meigs H. Whaples, Hartford. 
 Treasurer, Roland B. Lacey, Bridgeport. 
 Registrar, JONATHAN P. MORRIS, Hartford. 
 
 VERMONT. 
 
 Organized April 2, 1889. 
 President, Hon. GEORGE G. Benedict, Burlington. 
 Secretary, C. S. FORBES, St. Albans. 
 Treasurer, William H. Zottman, Burlington. 
 Registrar, Hon. HiRAM A. HUSE, Montpelier. 
 
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 SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
 Organized April i8, 1889. 
 
 President, Hon. J. P. Richardson, Columbia. 
 Secretary and Registrar, U. R. BROOKS, Columbia. 
 Treasurer, A. P. BROWN, Columbia. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Organized April ig, 1889. 
 
 President, Hon. Charles H. Saunders, Cambridge. 
 Secretary, Alfred L. Brooks Fry, Boston. 
 Treasurer, Col. JOHN L. Stevenson, Boston. 
 Registrar, L. L. Tarbee, Boston. 
 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 Organized April 20, 1889. 
 
 President, Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore. 
 Secretary, JOHN R. DORSEY, Baltimore. 
 Treasurer, FRANCIS Putnam Stevens, Baltimore. 
 Registrar, Wm. Francis Cregar, Annapolis. 
 
 OHIO. 
 
 Organized April 22, 1889. 
 
 President, Rev. Wilson R. Parsons, Worthington. 
 Registrar and Treasurer, Henry A. WiLLIAMS, Columbus. 
 Secretary, A. A. Graham, Columbus. 
 
 KENTUCKY. 
 
 Organized April 23, 1889. 
 
 President, Hon. William Lindsay, Frankfort. 
 Secretary, JOHN W. Buchanan, Louisville. 
 Treasurer, Grant Green, Frankfort. 
 Registrar, E. Porter Thompson, Frankfort. 
 
 MISSOURL 
 Organized April 23, 1889. 
 President, JOSIAH FOGG, St. Louis. 
 Registrar and Secretary, H. J. Bliss, St. Louis. 
 Treasurer, Dr. Charles E. Briggs, St. Louis. 
 
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 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 Organized April 24, 1889. 
 
 President, Hon. Charles R. Morrison, Concord. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, \ Hon. ISAAC W. Hammond, 
 Registrar, \ Concord. 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 
 Organized June 18, 1889. 
 
 President, Capt. JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON, Montgomery. 
 Secretary Treasurer, ) Col. St. Geo. T. C. Bryan, Bir- 
 Registrar, \ mingham. 
 
 TENNESSEE. 
 Organized December 2, 1889. 
 President, Rev. D. C. Kelley, D.D., Nashville. 
 Secretary and Treasurer \^ ^^^^^ ^ Branch, Nashville. 
 Registrar, ) 
 
 MINNESOTA. 
 Organized December 26, 1889. 
 
 President, Hon. Albert Edgerton, St. Paul. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, A. S. Tallmadge, St. Paul. 
 
 ARKANSAS. 
 
 Organized 1889. 
 
 President, Col. Samuel W. Williams, Little Rock. 
 Secretary, Prof. JOSIAH H. Shinn, Little Rock. 
 Treasurer, Hon. James Mitchel, Little Rock. 
 Registrar, 
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 Organized February, 1890. 
 
 President, Rev. E. B. Andrews, D.D., Providence. 
 Secretary, THEODORE F. Tillinghast, Providence. 
 Treasurer, Olney Arnold, Providence. 
 Registrar, EDWARD Field. 
 
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 WISCONSIN. 
 Organized January 14, 1890. 
 President, DON J. Whittemore. 
 Vice-President, Prof. James D. Butler, Madison. 
 Secretary, Capt. Chas. King, U. S. A., Milwaukee. 
 Registrar, William W. Wight, Milwaukee. 
 Treasurer, PAUL D. Carpenter, Milwaukee. 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 Organized January 16, 1890. 
 
 President, Col. Samuel Merrill, Indianapolis. 
 Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
 Treasurer, Rev. C. H. McDoWELL, Indianapolis. 
 Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 
 
 MICHIGAN. 
 Organized January 18, 1890. 
 President, Hon. H. B. Ledyard, Detroit. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Frederick T. Sibley, Detroit. 
 Registrar, Silas Farmer, Detroit. 
 
 DELAWARE. 
 
 Organized January 29, 1890. 
 
 President, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington. 
 Secretary and Treas., ALBERT W. CUMMINS, Wilmington. 
 Registrar, L. B. J ONES, Wilmington. 
 
 WEST VIRGINIA. 
 
 Organized January 31, 1890. 
 
 President, Hon. John J. Jacobs, Wheeling. 
 
 Secretary a7id Registrar, Hon. GEO. L.Cranmer, Wheeling. 
 
 Treasurer, ROBERT White, Wheeling. 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Organized February ii, 1890. 
 Vice-President, Rt. Rev. Chas. T. Cheney, D.D., LL.D., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Secretary, Capt. RICHARD ROBINS, Chicago. 
 Treasurer, Lieut. Com'der HORATiO L. Wait, Chicago. 
 Registrar, JOHN D. Vandercrook, Chicago. 
 
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 At the organization of the New Jersey Society the follow- 
 ing resolution was adopted : 
 
 Whereas, There are now organized Societies of the SONS 
 OF THE Revolution in the States of New York, Pennsyl- 
 vania, and New Jersey, and 
 
 Whereas, It is desirable, in view of the approaching one 
 hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Wash- 
 ington as first President of the United States, that there 
 shall be sister Societies organized in every State and Terri- 
 tory in the Union, particularly in the thirteen original States, 
 that their members may participate in this centennial 
 celebration, 
 
 Resolved, That the President of this Society when elected, 
 and the two delegates to the National Society, are hereby 
 appointed a committee to invite the appointment of a like 
 committee from the New York and Pennsylvania Society, 
 to co-operate with them and to meet with the descendants 
 of Revolutionary ancestors from the difTerent States and 
 Territories, and assist in organizing Societies whose mem- 
 berships shall be composed exclusively of descendants of 
 Revolutionary statesmen, soldiers, and sailors. Under this 
 resolution the following committee was appointed : 
 Wm. O. McDowell, 
 J. C. Pumpelly, 
 Gen. Wm. S. Stryker. 
 
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CALL FOR A CONVENTION TO ORGANIZE A NA- 
 TIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
 REVOLUTION. 
 
 Newark, N. J., April lo, i88g. 
 The special committee of the " Society of the SONS OF 
 THE Revolution of New Jersey," to whom was referred the 
 duty of inviting the organizing of a co-equal sister Society 
 in every State and Territory in the Union and in France, 
 each Society electing delegates to organize a National So- 
 ciety, made up of the president, one delegate-at-Iarge, and 
 one delegate for each one hundred, or fraction of one hun- 
 dred, exceeding fifty, members ; every Society to be entitled 
 to at least three representatives, hereby calls a meeting of 
 such delegates to the National Society, elected or to be 
 elected, to take place at 9 A.M., April 30, 1889, the one 
 hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of George Wash- 
 ington, as first President of the United States, in Fraunce's 
 Tavern, New York, corner of Pearl and Broad streets, in the 
 room where General Washington made his farewell address 
 to the ofificers of the Revolutionary Army (which has kindly 
 been placed at our disposal by the proprietor for that 
 purpose). It is hoped that every Society will be fully 
 represented. 
 
 Wm. O. McDowell, 
 
 Chairman. 
 
 Wm. S. Stryker, 
 
 J. C. Pumpelly, 
 
 Special Committee. 
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 At nine o'clock on the morning of April 30, 1889, in 
 Fraunce's Tavern, in the same room in which Washington 
 met the officers of his army and spoke to them his words of 
 farewell, were assembled the following delegates : 
 
 Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., Connecticut. 
 
 W. O. McDowell, New Jersey. 
 
 H. K. Slayton, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 C. R. Morrison, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Fred. Leighton, Concord, N. H. 
 
 Luther L. Tarbell, Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 Frank R. Starr, Middletown, Conn. 
 
 Wilson L. Gill, Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 G. B. Abbott, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Clarence Stuart Ward, Boston, Mass. 
 
 Franklin H. Hart, New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Lucius P. Deming, New Haven, Conn. 
 
 John Jackson Hubbell, Newark, N. J. 
 
 N. C. Upham, Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Charles C. Page, M.D., New York City, for Alabama. 
 
 Andrew J. Woodman, Wilmington, Del. 
 
 Major George B. Halstead, Elizabeth, N. J., for Cal. 
 
 J. C. PUMPELLY, Morristown, N. J. 
 
 Gaius Paddock, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 G. L. Callaway, Greenville, S. C. 
 
 James C. Cresap, Lieut. U. S. N., Annapolis, Md. 
 
 The meeting was called to order by Wm. O. McDowell 
 Esq., chairman of the special committee of the New Jersey 
 Society, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Dwight, 
 President of Yale University. 
 
 For two days this Convention was in session and when it 
 adjourned a constitution had been adopted and the National 
 Organization perfected, by the election of the following 
 officers: 
 
 President : Hon. LuciUS P. Deming, New Haven, Conn. 
 Vice-President-at-Large : Mr. Wm. O. McDowell, Newark, 
 
 N.J. 
 
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 Chaplain : The Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D,, Yale 
 
 University. 
 Secretary : Lieut. James C. Cresap, U. S. N., Annapolis, Md. 
 Assistant Secretaries : 
 
 Mr. Wilson L. Gill, Columbus, Ohio. 
 
 Mr. G. L. Callaway, Greenville, S. C. 
 
 Mr. Charles Jas. King, San Francisco, Cal. 
 Treasurer,- Mr. Gaius Paddock, St. Louis, Mo. 
 Registrar : Hon. THOMAS MARSHALL Green, Maysville, Ky. 
 
 The following gentlemen were elected Vice-Presidents : 
 
 A. S. Hubbard, San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 Gov. Simon B. Buckner, Frankfort, Ky. 
 
 Major J. C. Kinney, Hartford, Conn. 
 
 Hon. C. H. Denison, Portland, Me. 
 
 Hon. P. C. Washington, Charleston, W. Va. 
 
 Gov. D. R. Francis, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 Col. C. Williams, Little Rock, Ark. 
 
 Hon. G. B. West, Birmingham, Ala. 
 
 Gov. Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C. 
 
 Gov. Robert S. Green, Trenton, N. J. 
 
 Rev. John G. Morris, D.D., Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Hon. L. L. Tarbell, Marlboro, Mass. 
 
 Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes, Fremont, Ohio. 
 
 Hon. H. K. Slayton, Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Mons. Edmond de Lafayette, Senateur, Paris, 
 
 France. 
 Gov. W. P. Dillingham, Montpelier, Vt. 
 Admiral D. D. PORTER, U. S. N., for District of 
 
 Columbia. 
 
 For seven months these oflficers labored to strengthen the 
 existing State Societies and to lay the foundation upon 
 which new Societies should be organized. The work, how- 
 ever, assumed such proportions that President Deming was 
 unable to give to it the time required to perform the duties. 
 
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 and on the 23d of November, 1889, handed his resignation 
 to the Board of Managers, and Dr. William Seward Webb, 
 of Vermont, was elected his successor. 
 
 For a short time the duties of the President were performed 
 by the Vice-President-at-Large, who at once appointed a com- 
 mittee to wait upon Dr. Webb and notify him officially of his 
 election. 
 
 Arrangements were immediately made, and a time ap- 
 pointed, when this duty could be performed. On the 7th 
 of December, 1889, this committee, consisting of the ex- 
 President, Hon. Lucius P. Deming, of Connecticut, Chair- 
 man, and : 
 
 Mr. William O. McDowell, of New Jersey, 
 
 Major J. C. KiNNEY, of Connecticut, 
 
 Col. Wm. a. Crombie, of Vermont, 
 
 Mr. Meigs H. Whaples, of Connecticut, 
 
 Col. Ethan Allen, of New York, 
 
 Ad.-Gen. T. S. Peck, of Vermont, 
 
 Gov. R. S. Green, of New Jersey, 
 
 Mr. Henry Hall, of New York. 
 
 Mr. J. C. PUMPELLY, of New Jersey. 
 
 Mr. Paul Revere, of New Jersey, 
 
 Mr. J. L. BOGGS, of New Jersey, 
 
 Mr. L. L. Tarbell, of Massachusetts, 
 
 Mr. A. B. Fry, M. E., of Massachusetts, 
 
 Mr. Wilson L. Gill, of Ohio, 
 
 Mr. C. E. McDowell, of New Jersey, 
 
 Mr. H. F. Osborne, of New Jersey, 
 
 Hon. Wm. H. Arnoux, of New York, 
 
 Mr. Henj. Myer, of New Jersey, 
 
 Lieut. James C. Cresap, U. S. N., Maryland ; 
 
 and accompanied by : 
 Hon. Ciiauncey M. Depew, 
 Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, 
 Gen. Alex. S. Webb, 
 Commodore A. Van Santvoord, 
 
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 Mr. Edmund C. Stanton, 
 
 Mr. Legrand B. Cannon, 
 
 Mr. Samuel D. Coykendall, 
 
 Colonel Forbes, 
 
 Mr. George R. Gibson. 
 
 Mr. Chester Griswold, 
 
 Mr. Thos. L. James, 
 
 Mr. Wm. H. Lee, 
 
 Mr. Logan C. Murray, 
 
 Mr. Elliot Shepard, 
 and many other distinguished gentlemen who had been 
 invited to accompany the committee, met at the residence 
 of Dr. Webb, in the city of New York. 
 
 Letters from 
 Gov. J. P. Richardson, Vice-President for South Carolina; 
 Gov. W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont ; 
 Hon. E. W. LeCompte, Secretary of State, President of 
 
 the Maryland Society ; 
 Rev. Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., Chaplain of the So- 
 ciety ; 
 Rev. W. R. Parsons, D.D., President Ohio Society ; 
 Hon. Francis P. Stevens, Maryland Society ; 
 Adjutant-General James Howard, of Maryland ; 
 Hon. Chas. H. Saunders, President Massachusetts So- 
 ciety ; 
 Josiah Fogg, Missouri Society ; 
 
 Ex-Governor JOHN J. Jacob, Vice-President for West Vir- 
 ginia; 
 Hon. Edwin S. Barrett, Vice-President for Massachusetts; 
 Hon. William Lindsay, President Kentucky Society ; 
 Hon. Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut Society; 
 Mr. John W. Buchanan, Secretary Kentucky Society ; 
 Adjutant-General WILLIAM S. Stryker, of New Jersey 
 
 Society ; 
 Theo. W. Morris, of New Jersey Society ; 
 Admiral David D. Porter, U. S. Navy, Washington ; 
 Mr. A. J. Woodman, Vice-President for Delaware; 
 
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 and a number of other gentlemen were received, ex- 
 pressing regrets that circumstances prevented their being 
 present and participating in the ceremonies of the occasion. 
 Speeches of notification and congratulation, followed by 
 a banquet, and the new President assumed the duties of 
 his oflfice with the best wishes of his friends and with bright 
 prospects for the grand National Organization of which he 
 was the recognized head. 
 
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 NATIONAL OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE 
 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
 
 President-General, Hon. Seward Webb, N. Y. City, N.Y. 
 Vice-Pres.- " Mr. Wm. O. McDowell, Newark, N. J. 
 
 " for Alabama, Major Goldsmith Bernard West, 
 Birmingham. 
 
 " " Arkansas, Colonel Samuel W. Williams, 
 Little Rock. 
 
 " " California, Col. A. S. HUBBARD, San Francisco. 
 
 " " Connecticut, Major J. C. KiNNEY, Hartford. 
 
 " " Delaware, Mr. A. J. WOODMAN, Wilmington. 
 
 " Illinois, Rt. Rev. C. E. Cheney, D.D., LL.D., 
 Chicago. 
 
 " " Indiana, Hon. W. H. ENGLISH, Indianapolis. 
 
 " " Kentucky, Hon. S. B. BUCKNER, Frankfort. 
 
 " " Maine, Hon. C. H. Denison, Wiscasset. 
 
 " " Maryland, Rev. John G. Morris, D.D., Balti- 
 
 more. 
 
 " " Massachusetts, Hon. Edwin S. Barrett, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 " " Michigan, Hon. W. H. Brearley, Detroit. 
 
 " " Minnesota, Hon. John B. Sanborn, St. Paul. 
 
 " " Missouri, Hon. D. R. Francis, Jefferson City. 
 
 " " New Hampshire, Hon. H. K. Slayton, Man- 
 
 chester. 
 
 " " New Jersey, Hon. ROBT. S. Green, Elizabeth. 
 
 " " New York, Hon. Wm. H. A. Arnoux, New 
 
 York City. 
 
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 Vice-Pres. for Ohio, Hon. R. B. Hayes, Fremont. 
 
 " Rhode Island, Hon. E. B. Andrews, Provi- 
 dence. 
 " " South Carolina, Hon. Wade Hampton, Co- 
 
 lumbia. 
 " " Tennessee, Dr. D. C. Kelly, Nashville. 
 
 " " Vermont, Hon. W. P. DILLINGHAM, Mont- 
 
 pelier. 
 " " Virginia, Hon. FiTZ-HUGH Lee, Richmond. 
 
 " " West Virginia, Hon. JOHN J. Jacob, Wheel- 
 
 ing. 
 " " Wisconsin, Hon Wm. D. Hoard, Madison. 
 
 " Dis't Columbia, Admiral D. D. PORTER, 
 U. S. N., Washington. 
 " " France, Edmond DE Lafayette, Paris. 
 
 Sec'y-Gen., Lieut. J. C. Cresap, U. S. N., Annapolis, Md, 
 Ass't-Sec'y-Gen., Mr. Chas. Jas. King, San Francisco, Cal. 
 Mr. Wilson L. Gill, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 " Mr. Wm. Francis Cregar, Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Treas'r-Gen., Mr. jAMES Otis, New York City. 
 Regist'r-Gen., Mr. L. L. Tarbell, Boston, Mass. 
 Chaplain, TiMOTHY DwiGHT, D.D., LL.D., New Haven, 
 Conn. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Dr. William Seward Webb, Chairman, Vermont. 
 Lucius P. Deming, Connecticut. 
 William O. McDowell, New Jersey. 
 Edwin S. Barrett, Massachusetts. 
 Goldsmith Bernard West, Alabama. 
 Robert T. S. Green, New Jersey. 
 L. L. Tarbell, Massachusetts. 
 Alexander S. Webb, New York. 
 J. C. Cresap, Secretary, Maryland. 
 
 The following is the National Constitution adopted by the 
 delegates to the National Convention, April 30 and May i, 
 1889. 
 
CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 The name of this Society shall be " The Society of the 
 Sons of the American Revolution " (organized April 30, 
 1889). 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 The purposes of the Society are to keep alive among our- 
 selves and our descendants and in the community the patri- 
 otic spirit of the men who achieved American Independence, 
 to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, 
 records, and other documents relating to the War of the 
 Revolution, and to promote social intercourse and fellowship 
 among its members now and hereafter. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Any person may be eligible for membership in a State 
 Society who is above the age of twenty-one years, and who 
 is descended from an ancestor that assisted, while acting in 
 any of the following capacities, in establishing American In- 
 dependence during the War of the Revolution : 
 
 A military or naval ofificer ; 
 
 A soldier or a sailor ; 
 
 An of^cial in the service of any one of the thirteen origi- 
 nal States or Colonies ; 
 
 An official in the service of the United States or Colonies ; 
 
 A recognized patriot who rendered material service to the 
 cause of Independence. 
 
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 But nothing herein contained shall preclude any State 
 Society from prescribing such requisites of eligibility for 
 membership therein within the foregoing limits as it shall 
 deem proper and expedient. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 Section i. The Society shall embrace local organiza- 
 tions, co-equal State Societies, and a National representa- 
 tive body. 
 
 Sec. 2. When there is but one organization of the 
 Society in a State, it shall constitute the State Society. 
 
 Sec. 3. Local Societies may be organized only under 
 direction of the State Society. 
 
 Sec. 4. The National organization shall be the National 
 Council of the Society, and shall have adequate powers for 
 the just maintenance of the common interests of the Society. 
 
 It shall consist of male delegates, as follows : 
 
 (i) The President of each State Society. 
 
 (2) One delegate-at-Iarge from each State Society. 
 
 (3) One delegate for every one hundred members of the 
 Society within a State, and for a fraction of fifty or over. 
 
 Sec. 5. The following named ofificials shall be eligible as 
 honorary members of the National body, without a vote, 
 provided they are eligible to membership in the Society : 
 
 (i) The President of the United States, the Vice-Presi- 
 dent, and the Chief-Justice. 
 
 (2) The Governors of the States and Territories of the 
 Union. 
 
 (3) The Superintendents of the United States Military 
 and Naval Academies. 
 
 (4) The Presidents of all Universities and all Classical and 
 Technical Colleges in the United States, the charters of 
 which grant authority to confer degrees. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 A Society, which shall, in all respects, be co-equal with the 
 State Societies, may be organized under this Constitution, 
 
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 by not less than seven persons, in any Territory of the 
 United States, in the District of Columbia, or in any for- 
 eign State. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 The officers of the National organization shall be a Presi- 
 dent, Vice-President-at-large, a Vice-President from each 
 State Society, a Secretary and three Assistant Secretaries, a 
 Treasurer, a Registrar, a Chaplain, which officers shall con- 
 stitute the Board of Management. 
 
 The President and the Vice-Presidents shall not be eligible 
 for a second re-election as their own successors. 
 
 In all meetings of the Board of Management seven mem- 
 bers shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 The officers of a State organization shall be a President, 
 one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and 
 such other officers as the said organization shall determine. 
 The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be combined. 
 
 All officers shall be elected in such manner and for such 
 period as the State Society shall determine. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 The Board of Management of the National body shall 
 provide a seal for its own use, and shall provide a badge 
 which shall be the sole badge of the Society. 
 
 Each State Society may adopt a seal for its exclusive use. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 Sec. I. Each State Society shall transmit to the Regis- 
 trar of the National organization for the records of the 
 Society, on the first day of January in each year (or as soon 
 thereafter as possible), (i) a roll of all the members, or 
 changes therein, with line of descent from Revolutionary an- 
 cestor of each, and (2) a description of all important docu- 
 ments collected during the year. 
 
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 Sec. 2. Each State Society now existing, or which may 
 hereafter be organized, shall remit to the Secretary of the 
 National organization, for transmission to the Treasurer, on 
 the 30th day of April of each year, the sum of 25 cts. 
 (twenty-five cents) for each member in good standing ; which 
 money shall be applied to the uses of the Society under the 
 direction of the National Society or of the National Board 
 of Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 This Constitution may be altered or amended at any an- 
 nual meeting of the National body by a vote of three fourths 
 of the members present, provided that a notice of sixty days 
 be given by the Secretary of the proposed alteration or 
 amendment. 
 
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 SECTION I. 
 
 The National organization shall hold an annual meeting 
 on the 30th day of April in each year, at which the 
 officers of that body shall be chosen. All nominations 
 of officers shall be made from the floor and not by commit- 
 tee, and the election shall be by ballot. Any person receiv- 
 ing a majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected, 
 and shall hold office for the ensuing year and until his 
 successor shall be chosen. 
 
 In the event of the appointed day of meeting falling upon 
 Sunday, the meeting shall be held on the following day. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 A special meeting of the National body shall be called at 
 the direction of the President, with the written consent 
 or request of five members of the Board of Management, 
 and a notice of thirty days shall be given by the Secretary 
 of the purpose of such meeting. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, or in 
 his absence a Vice-President taking precedence in the order 
 in which the several State Societies were organized, shall 
 preside at the meetings of the National body. The general 
 duties of the officers shall be such as usually appertain to 
 their offices. 
 
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SECTION IV. 
 
 The Secretaries of the National organization shall conduct 
 the general correspondence of that body. He shall have 
 charge of the records, documents, and the seal and, together 
 with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Na- 
 tional body. 
 
 He shall, under direction of the President or (in case of his 
 inability) the Vice-President-at-large, give due notice of the 
 time and place of all meetings, and shall attend the same. 
 He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings 
 and orders, and shall give due notice to the several oflficers 
 of all votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings affecting them 
 or appertaining to their duties. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 The Treasurer of the National organization shall receive 
 the funds and securities of that body; they shall be depos- 
 ited in a reliable bank or savings institution, to the credit of 
 the " Society of the Sons of the American Revolution," and 
 shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the 
 uses of the Society only, as directed by vote of the Society, 
 or by the Board of Management upon the order of the 
 Secretary and the certificate of the President. He shall 
 keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and at 
 each annual meeting shall report the same, at which time a 
 committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 The Registrar of the National organization shall keep a roll 
 of all members of the Society, and shall have the care and 
 custody of all historical, geographical, and genealogical 
 papers, manuscripts, and documents of which that body may 
 become possessed. 
 
 He shall make copies, under direction of the Board of 
 Management, of such documents as may be loaned tempo- 
 rarily to the Society. At each annual meeting he shall 
 make a general report. 
 
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 SECTION VII. 
 
 The Board of Management of the National organization 
 shall recommend plans for promoting the objects of the 
 Society ; shall prepare business, and shall authorize the dis- 
 bursement and expenditure of unappropriated money in the 
 treasury for the payment of current expenses. 
 
 It shall superintend the interests of the Society, and shall 
 execute all such duties as may be committed to them by the 
 Society. 
 
 It shall have power to fill any vacancy occurring or exist- 
 ing in the National body, and an ofificer so appointed shall 
 act until the following annual election, or until his successor 
 shall be chosen. 
 
MEMBERSHIP— ELIGIBILITY. 
 
 Any person may be eligible to membership in the So- 
 ciety who is a male above the age of twenty-one years, 
 and is descended from an ancestor who assisted in establish- 
 ing American independence during the War of the Revolu- 
 tion, either as a military or naval officer, a soldier, or a 
 sailor; an official in the service of any of the thirteen 
 original Colonies, or of the United Colonies or States, or of 
 Vermont ; a member of a Committee of Correspondence or 
 of Public Safety ; or a recognized patriot who rendered 
 material service in the cause of American independence. 
 
 Within this law State Societies may make their own rules 
 as to eligibility to membership. They may limit but not 
 extend this. To become a member of the Society it is neces- 
 sary to fill out and sign two applications, one to be filed 
 with the Secretary of the State Society, and one to be sent 
 to the Registrar-General of the National Society to be pre- 
 served among the national records, if the application is 
 approved. 
 
 It is expected that these records will bring to light many 
 untold bits of family history and personal bravery hereto- 
 fore unknown. 
 
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 National No... 
 
 State No. 
 
 The New York Society of the 
 Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 OF 
 
 DESCKNDANT OF 
 
 Application examined and approved 
 ; 189 
 
 Staie Registrar. 
 
 Accepted by the Board of Management 
 
 189 
 
 State Secretary. 
 
 Application 
 
 Filed with Sec'y 
 
 Notification of election 
 
 Fees paid 
 
 Duplicate sent to Registrar General. 
 Certificate of Membership delivered 
 Badge delivered (ist Class, Gold) 
 Badge delivered (ist Class, Silver) 
 
 Badge delivered {2d Class) 
 
 Officers' Plaque 
 
 Duplicate Cross 
 
 Deceased 
 
 Resigned 
 
 DATES. 
 
 .189 
 
 189 
 
 89. 
 
 89. 
 
 89 
 
 89 
 
 89 
 
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 APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 National No.... State No. 
 
 ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, N. S., S. A. R. 
 
 To be made in duplicate and sent to the Secretary of the State Society, who shall forward 
 •one copy, when approved, to the Registrar General of the National Society. 
 
 TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF 
 
 The New York Society of the 
 Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 I, , being of the age of twenty-one years 
 
 and upwards, to wit, of the age of , hereby apply for member- 
 ship in this Society by right of lineal descent in the following line from 
 
 who was born in 
 
 on the day of. , 17 .., lived in 
 
 . and who served in the War of the Revolution. 
 
 I was born in the of County of.. 
 
 State of on the day of 18 
 
 I am the son of ...and 
 
 his wife, and 
 
 grandson of and 
 
 _ his wife, and 
 
 great-grandson of and 
 
 his wife, and 
 
 great-great-grandson of and 
 
 . his wife, and 
 
 great-great-great-grandson of _ and 
 
 his wife, and 
 
 great-great-great-great-grandson of and 
 
 his wife, 
 
 and he, the said ....is the ancestor who assisted in 
 
 establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of 
 
 Nominated and recommended by the under- 
 signed, a member of the Society. 
 
 Signature of applicant. 
 
 Residence. 
 Occupation. 
 
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 ANCESTOR'S SERVICE. 
 
 Any man may be eligible to membership in the Society who is above the age of twenty- 
 >one years, and is descended from an ancestor who assisted in establishing American 
 Independence during the War of the Revolution, either as a military or naval officer, a soldier 
 or a sailor ; an official in the service of any of the thirteen original Colonies or of the United 
 Colonies or States or of Vermont ; a member of a Committee of Correspondence or of Public 
 Safety ; or a recognized patriot who rendered material service in the cause of American 
 Independence. 
 
 When the applicant derives eligibility of membership by descent from more than one ances- 
 tor, and it is desired to take advantage thereof, the history of each of said ancestors' services 
 and the intermediate generations of the pedigree may all be written upon these pages ; but it is 
 desired that the history of each ancestor shall be written upon a separate blank, when possible. 
 
 State fully such documentary or traditional authority as you found the following record 
 upon, and „lso the residence of ancestors if known. 
 
 My ancestor's services in assisting in the establishment of American Inde- 
 pendence daring the War of the Revolution were as follows : 
 
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 The following is a memorandum of the authority for the above statement ; 
 
 (Signature of Applicant) 
 
 (The following acknowledgment need not be filled out, unless required by the law of the 
 
 State Society.) 
 
 State of. / 
 
 V ss i8g 
 
 County of . \ 
 
 Personally appeared 
 
 signer of the above and foregoing application and statement and made oath 
 that the statements therein contained are true to the best of his knowledge and 
 belief before me. 
 
 Official Signature, 
 
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 This form of application has been approved by the Board 
 of Managers, and they earnestly recommend its general 
 adoption. 
 
 The preservation of the evidence which these applications 
 are intended to furnish, is of vital importance in both a his- 
 torical and genealogical point of view, and while it is even 
 .now too late to save many valuable records, and impossible 
 to find the connecting links in many chains of pedigree, 
 others are still accessible and easily traced. The National 
 Registrar will be a central and well-known repository where 
 the historical and genealogical records can be carefully pre- 
 served and also made easy of access. 
 
SEAL OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY S. A. R 
 
 The seal of the Society is one and seven eighths of an 
 inch in diameter, and consists of the figure of a Minute-man 
 standing by the side of a plough, holding in his right hand 
 a musket, and enveloped by thirteen stars ; the whole en. 
 circled by a band three eighths of an inch wide, upon which 
 appears the : legend in raised letters : " National Society of 
 the Sons of the American Revolution, Organized April 
 30, 1889." 
 
 SEAL OF STATE SOCIETIES. 
 
 It is recommended by the National Board of Managers 
 that the same design be adopted as the seal for each State 
 Society, with the addition of an inner circle, containing the 
 name of the State and date of organization as follows: 
 " CaHfornia Society S. A. R., Organized July 4, 1876." 
 
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 INSIGNIA, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
 
 After a careful canvass of many propositions and designs, 
 the Board has adopted as the insignia of the Order, the 
 decoration, legend, duplicate, ribbon, and rosette proposed by- 
 Major Goldsmith Bernard West, Vice-President for Ala- 
 bama. The designs have been chosen from the sketches 
 and specifications made by J, H. Whitehouse, of Tiffany & 
 Co., of New York. 
 
 CROSS OF THE S. A. R. 
 
 To be worn on the left breast, or at the collar, on all 
 ceremonial occasions at which the Order may assist or be 
 present ; on national occasions when in full dress, or (op- 
 tionally) when the officer or member is in uniform. 
 
 Description of Cross : — Obverse : A silver cross of four 
 arms and eight points, same size as the Chevalier's Cross of 
 the Legion of Honor of France ; arms enamelled white. In 
 the centre, a gold medallion, bearing bust of General George 
 Washington, in profile, surrounded by a ribbon in blue 
 enamel, on which, in gold letters, is the legend: "Libertas 
 et Patria," — the motto of the Order. A laurel wreath in 
 green enamel encircles the medallion, midway between it 
 and the points of the cross. 
 
 Reverse : Same as obverse, except that the medallion 
 bears the figure of a Continental soldier, and is surrounded 
 by a blue enamelled ribbon, inscribed in letters of gold, 
 " Sons of the American Revolution." 
 
 THE EAGLE AND RIBBON. 
 
 The cross is surmounted by an eagle in gold or silver, the 
 whole decoration being suspended from the collar or left 
 breast by a ribbon of blue silk with white edges. 
 
 SIGNIFICATION. 
 
 Quoting from the " Study of the Insignia," submitted by 
 Major West : 
 
 The cross of four arms and eight points, enamelled in 
 white, is drawn from the cross of the ancient chivalric Order 
 
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 of St. Louis of France ; but the monarchical lilies which 
 were placed between the arms have been left out. In their 
 place we surround them with the laurel wreath of Republi- 
 can victory. There are two good reasons for selecting the 
 form of the Cross of St. Louis as the groundwork for our 
 decoration. It was the Grand Master of that Order, Louis 
 XVI., who lent to America the aid she so badly needed to 
 win the fight for national independence ; and nearly all of 
 the gallant French officers who personally fought with and 
 for the Colonies were Chevaliers of the Order. It is in- 
 tended as a recognition of them and their services, and is a 
 compliment to their country and their descendants that we 
 propose, in some part, the form of the historic Cross of St. 
 Louis, 
 
 The medallion in gold, which forms the centre of the 
 cross on its obverse side, and bears the bust and profile of 
 Washington, appears too appropriate to demand explana- 
 tion or argument. The legend surrounding it in letters of 
 gold on a ribbon of blue enamel, " Libertas et Patria," ap- 
 pears at once in keeping' with the general design and in 
 harmony with the principles and purposes of the Order. 
 It has since been adopted as the motto of the S. A. R. 
 
 The reverse side of the cross is like the obverse, except 
 that the reverse bears on the gold medallion the figure of a 
 ^' Minute-man," a type of those old Continental soldiers who 
 
 " Left their ploughshares in the mould, 
 Their flocks and herds without a fold," 
 
 and rushed to the defence of liberty and country at the 
 first sound of the gun, the echo of which was " heard 
 around the world." 
 
 The legend on the ribbon surmounting it is the full title 
 of the Order. Surmounting the cross is the American eagle 
 in gold or silver. 
 
 The whole decoration is suspended from the left breast, 
 or collar, by a blue ribbon with white edges. These colors 
 ■of the Order are selected because of their signification, and 
 
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 because blue was the color of the uniforms of Washington's 
 staff. Taken altogether, the colors of the ribbon and decora- 
 tion are the national colors — red, white, and blue. 
 
 THE ROSETTE. 
 
 The rosette is in the form of a button with a raised cup, 
 made from the ribbon foiming a part of the principal decora- 
 tion. It is to be worn in the upper left-hand button-hole of 
 the coat on all occasions, at discretion, when the full in- 
 signia of the Order is not worn. 
 
 The rosette being of silk is comparatively inexpensive, and 
 is furnished by the S( cretary of the National Society to 
 Secretaries of State Societies, from whom it may be ordered 
 by individual members. 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP OF SONS OF THE 
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
 
 The Certificate of Membership is issued by the National 
 Society to the Stato Societies. It is printed upon the best 
 quality of parchment paper by the American Bank Note 
 Company, and is in the best style of the engraver's art. It 
 is surmounted by the American eagle, the emblem of 
 Liberty, and is illustrated by two designs — one representing 
 Washington crossing the Delaware, and the other a scene 
 at Valley Forge. It also has upon it a portrait of Washing- 
 ton, and the coat of arms of the State in which it is used. 
 
 Every person admitted to membership in a State Society 
 is entitled to a Certificate, which is numbered by the Registrar- 
 General and authenticated by the signature of the National 
 ofificers and the ofificers of the Society in which the member 
 is enrolled. 
 
 It is further authenticated by the seal of the National 
 Society on a gold surface, impressed in the lower left-hand 
 corner. These Certificates can be obtained by addressing 
 the Secretary of each State Society. 
 
ABBREVIATED RECORDS OF THE FIRST 
 NATIONAL CONGRESS 
 
 LOUISVILLE, KY., ON THE 30TH DAY OF APRIL, AND THE 1ST DAY 
 OF MAY, 1890. 
 
 The first Congress of the National Society was called to 
 order by Past President-General Lucius P. Deming, of Con- 
 necticut. The President-General, Dr. William Seward Webb, 
 was absent in Europe, and in compliance with a vote of the 
 Board of Managers, General Alexander S. Webb was called 
 to the Chair by Mr. Deming, and continued to preside over 
 the deliberations during the entire session of the convention. 
 
 A committee, consisting of Hon. Wm. H. Arnoux, Gen. 
 Alexander S. Webb, and Lieut. J. C. Cresap, U. S. N., 
 reported a new Constitution which was adopted by the 
 Congress. 
 
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CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
 
 ADOPTED APRIL 30TH, 1890. 
 
 ARTICLE L 
 NAME. 
 The Name of this Society shall be the 
 
 "SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION." 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 OBJECTS. 
 
 The objects of this Society are, to perpetuate the memory 
 and the spirit of the men who achieved American Indepen- 
 dence, by the encouragement of historical research in re- 
 lation to the Revolution and the publication of its results, 
 the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records 
 of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and 
 patriots, and the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic 
 anniversaries ; to carry out the injunction of Washington in 
 his farewell address to the American people, " to promote, 
 as an object of primary importance, institutions for the gen- 
 eral diffusion of knowledge," thus developing an enlightened 
 public opinion, and affording to young and old such advan- 
 tages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for 
 
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 performing the duties of American citizens ; to cherish, 
 maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom ; 
 to foster true patriotism and love of country ; and to aid in 
 securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Section i. Any man is eligible for membership, who is of 
 the age of twenty-one years, and who is descended from an 
 ancestor who, with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid 
 to the cause of American Independence, as a soldier or as a 
 seaman, or a civil officer in one of the several Colonies or 
 States, or of the United Colonies or States, or as a recognized 
 patriot ; provided that he shall be found worthy. 
 
 Sec. 2. For the purpose of making more nearly perfect 
 the records of our Revolutionary ancestors and their de- 
 scendants, any woman of Revolutionary ancestry may file a 
 record of her ancestor's services and of her line of descent 
 with any Registrar, who shall send a duplicate to the Regis- 
 trar-General. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person is eligible for honorary membership 
 subject to the limitations as to age and descent established 
 in the case of active members. 
 
 Sec. 4. The National Society shall embrace all the mem- 
 bers of the Societies of the Sons OF THE American Revo- 
 lution now existing or which may be established under this 
 Constitution. Such Societies shall regulate all matters rela- 
 ting to their own affairs, shall judge of the qualifications of 
 their members, and of those proposed for membership, sub- 
 ject to the provisions of this Constitution. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Section I. The General Officers of the National Society 
 shall be a President-General, three Honorary Vice-Presidents- 
 
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 General, five Vice-Presidents-General, a Secretary-General, 
 Treasurer-General, Registrar-General, Historian-General, Sur- 
 geon-General, and Chaplain-General, who shall be elected by 
 ballot by a vote of the majority of the members present 
 at the annual meeting of the National Society and shall hold 
 office for one year and until their successors shall be elected, 
 and who together with the Presidents of the State Societies, 
 ex-officio, shall constitute a general Board of Managers, of 
 which Board seven shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 Sec. 2. An Executive Committee of seven, of whom the 
 President-General shall be the Chairman, may be elected by 
 the Board of Managers, which Committee shall, in the 
 interim between the meetings of the Board, transact such 
 business as shall be delegated to it by the Board of Mana- 
 gers. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 DUES. 
 
 Each State Society shall pay annually to the Treasurer- 
 General twenty-five cents for each active member thereof. 
 All such dues shall be paid on or before the opening of each 
 annual meeting of the National Society, in order to secure 
 representation therein. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 
 
 Section i. The annual meeting for the election of the Gen- 
 eral officers and for the transaction of business, shall be held 
 on the 30th day of April or on the first day of May in every 
 year. The time and place of such meeting shall be desig- 
 nated by the Board of Managers. 
 
 Sec. 2. Special meetings shall be called by the President- 
 General when directed so to do by the Board of Managers, 
 or whenever requested in writing so to do by twenty-five or 
 more members representing at least five State Societies, on 
 
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 giving thirty days' notice specifying the time and place of 
 such meeting and the business to be transacted. 
 
 Sec. 3. The following shall be members of all such general 
 or special meetings, and shall be entitled to vote therein : 
 
 (i) All the officers, the ex-Presidents-General and the 
 ex-Vice-Presidents-General of the National Society ; 
 
 (2) The President, and Senior Vice-President of each 
 State Society ; 
 
 (3) One delegate at large from each State Society ; 
 
 (4) One delegate for every one hundred members of the 
 Society within a State and for a fraction of fifty or over. 
 
 The following named officials shall be Honorary Mem- 
 bers of the National Society, provided they are eligible to 
 membership in the Society, but shall not be entitled to vote : 
 
 (i) The President, the Vice-President, and the Chief- 
 Justice of the United States ; 
 
 (2) The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the 
 House, the Secretary of War, and the Secretary of the 
 Navy of the United States ; 
 
 (3) The Governors of the States and Territories of the 
 United States ; 
 
 And also the Senior officer of the Army, and the Senior 
 officer of the Navy of the United States. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 The Board of Managers shall have authority to adopt and 
 promulgate the By-Laws of the National Society, to pre- 
 scribe the duties of the general officers, to provide the seal, 
 and to designate the insignia. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Amendments to this Constitution may be offered at any 
 meeting of the National Society, but shall not be acted on 
 
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 until the next meeting. A copy of every proposed amend- 
 ment shall be sent to each member, with a notice of the 
 meeting at which the same will be acted upon, at least thirty 
 days prior to said meeting. 
 
 A vote of two thirds of those present shall be necessary to 
 its adoption. 
 
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BY-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 
 
 SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
 
 The Committee on Constitution were directed to prepare 
 a code of By-Laws and report the same to the Board of 
 Managers. 
 
 That committee reported on the 31st day of May, 1890. 
 Their report was adopted, and the following By-Laws, 
 together with the Constitution, are now the Laws of the 
 Society. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 All nominations of officers shall be made from the floor, 
 and the election shall be by ballot. A majority shall elect. 
 The nominations may be acted upon directly, or may be 
 referred to a committee to examine and report. 
 
 ARTICLE IL 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 The duties of the general officers shall be such as usually 
 appertain to their offices, and they shall have such other 
 
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 duties as are hereinafter imposed. They shall report at 
 the annual meeting and at such other times as they may 
 be required to do by the General Board of Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 PRESIDENT-GENERAL. 
 
 Section i. The President-General, in addition to his gen- 
 eral duties, shall be ex-officio chairman of the General Board 
 of Managers and of the Executive Committee and a 
 member of every other committee. 
 
 Sec. 2. At each annual meeting he shall appoint the fol- 
 lowing Standing Committees 
 
 Committee on Auditing, 
 
 " " Correspondence. 
 
 " " Credentials, 
 
 " " Finance, 
 
 " " Organization, 
 
 " " Unfinished Business, 
 
 The duties of the above committees shall be such as 
 usually pertain to committees of like character, and such as 
 may be defined by the Board of Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 VICE-PRESIDENT-GENERAL. 
 
 Section i. In the absence of the President-General one 
 of the Honorary Vice-Presidents-General or one of the Vice- 
 Presidents-General shall be elected to preside at the Annual 
 Meeting. 
 
 Sec. 2. In the prolonged absence or inability to act of 
 the President-General the executive authority shall be 
 vested in the Vice-President-General first in order of 
 precedence. 
 
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 ARTICLE V. 
 SECRETARY-GENERAL. 
 
 The Secretary-General, in addition to his general duties, 
 shall have charge of the seal, give due notice of all meetings 
 of the National Society or General Board of Managers, 
 of which he shall be ex-officio a member. He shall give 
 due notice to all general officers and State Societies of all 
 votes, orders, and proceedings affecting or appertaining to 
 their duties. He shall distribute all pamphlets, circulars, 
 rosettes, and supplies as directed by the General Board of 
 Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 TREASURER-GENERAL. 
 
 Section i . The Treasurer-General shall collect and receive 
 the funds and securities of the National Society. He shall 
 deposit the same to the credit of the " Sons of the American 
 Revolution " and shall draw them thence for the use of the 
 National Society as directed by it or by the General Board 
 of Managers upon the order of the President-General, 
 countersigned by the Secretary-General. His accounts 
 shall be audited by a committee to be appointed at the 
 Annual Meeting. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall, if so required by the General Board of 
 Managers or the Executive Committee, give bonds for the 
 safe custody and application of the funds. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 REGISTRAR-GENERAL. 
 
 The Registrar-General shall keep a Register of the names 
 and dates of the election, resignation, or death of all mem- 
 bers of the several State Societies, and shall have the care 
 and custody of all duplicate applications for membership. 
 
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 He shall issue, upon the requisition of the Secretary or 
 Registrar of the several State Societies, certificates of mem- 
 bership and insignia to every member entitled thereto, 
 through such Secretary or Registrar. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 HISTORIAN-GENERAL. 
 
 The Historian-General shall have the custody of all the 
 historical and biographical collections of which the National 
 Society may become possessed, and shall catalogue and 
 arrange the same, and shall place the same in a fire-proof 
 repository for preservation. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 CHAPLAIN-GENERAL. 
 
 The Chaplain-General shall be a regularly ordained minis- 
 ter, and shall open and close all general meetings of the 
 National Society with the services usual and proper on such 
 occasions. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 STATE SOCIETIES. 
 
 Every State Society shall 
 
 (i) Notify the Secretary-General of the election and 
 appointment of all officers and delegates. 
 
 (2) Pay to the Treasurer-General on the first day of 
 March or within sixty days thereafter the sum of twenty-five 
 cents for each active member thereof. 
 
 (3) Transmit to the Registrar-General duplicate appli- 
 cations of all accepted members and notify him of the res- 
 ignation, or death of all members thereof. 
 
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 ARTICLE XL 
 GENERAL BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
 
 Section i. The General Board of Managers shall pre- 
 pare and carry out plans for promoting the objects and 
 growth of the Society ; shall generally superintend its inter- 
 ests and shall execute such other duties as shall be com- 
 mitted to it at any meeting of the National Society. It 
 shall have charge of the printing of the Diploma and the 
 manufacture of the Insignia, and shall determine the price 
 at which the same shall be issued. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall have authority to admit or re-organize 
 as a State Society any association of fourteen or more 
 persons duly qualified for membership in the Society. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall have power to fill any vacancy occurring 
 among the general ofificers, and an ofificer so elected shall 
 act until the following annual election and until his successor 
 shall be elected. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall have authority to make, alter, and 
 amend the by-laws as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. 5. The President-General may call meetings of the 
 General Board of Managers at any time he may deem neces- 
 sary, and shall call such meeting upon the written request 
 of any five members thereof, provided that not less than five 
 days' notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be 
 given. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
 
 The President-General may call a meeting of the Execu- 
 tive Committee at any time, and shall call such meeting on 
 the written request of three members thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 SEAL. 
 
 The seal of the Society shall be two and three eighths of 
 an inch in diameter, charged with the figure of a minute- 
 
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 man grasping a musket in his right hand, and surrounded 
 by a constellation of thirteen stars, who shall be depicted 
 in the habit of a husbandman of the period of the American 
 Revolution and as in the act of deserting the plough for the 
 service of his country ; the whole encircled by a band three 
 eighths of an inch wide, within which shall appear the legend 
 " National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
 organized April 30, 1889." 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 CERTIFICATES. 
 
 All members of the Society, wherever admitted, shall be 
 entitled to a certificate of membership duly attested by the 
 President-General, Secretary-General, and Registrar-General, 
 countersigned by the President, Secretary, and Registrar of 
 the State Society, to which such member shall have been 
 admitted. 
 
 ARTICLE XV. 
 INSIGNIA. 
 
 The Insignia of the Society shall comprise (i) a cross sur- 
 mounted by an eagle in gold or silver, (2) a duplicate for the 
 same in miniature, (3) a rosette. 
 
 Section i. The Cross shall be of silver, with four arms, 
 and eight white enamelled points, same size as Chevaliers' 
 Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, with a gold medal- 
 lion in the centre, bearing on the obverse a bust of Wash- 
 ington in profile, and on the reverse, the figure of a minute- 
 man, surrounded by a ribbon enamelled blue, with the 
 motto " Libertas et Patria " on the obverse, and the legend, 
 " Sons of the American Revolution " on the reverse ; both in 
 letters of gold. The cross shall be surmounted by an eagle 
 in gold or silver, and the whole decoration suspended from a 
 ring of gold by a ribbon of deep blue with white edges, and 
 may be worn by any member of the Society on ceremonial 
 
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 occasions only, and shall be carried on the left breast, or, 
 if an officer, at the collar. 
 
 Sec. 2. The duplicate shall have all the essential features 
 of the cross, but shall be miniature size. 
 
 Sec. 3. The rosette shall be seven sixteenths of an inch 
 in diameter, of usual pattern, displaying the colors of the 
 Society, and may be worn by all members at discretion in 
 the upper left hand button-hole of the coat. 
 
 ARTICLE XVI. 
 INDEBTEDNESS. 
 
 No debts shall be contracted on behalf of the National 
 Society, Every obligation for the payment of money, ex- 
 cept checks drawn against deposits, executed in the name or 
 on behalf of the National Society, shall be null and void. 
 
 ARTICLE XVII. 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a vote of 
 three fourths of the members present at any meeting of 
 the General Board of Managers, notice thereof having been 
 given at a previous meeting. 
 
CALIFORNIA. 
 
 The first Society of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
 tion having been organized in Cahfornia under the im- 
 mediate supervision of Colonel A. S. Hubbard, of San 
 Francisco, and from that time until now, Colonel Hubbard 
 having unceasingly continued to labor, not only to promote 
 the interests of the California Society, but to increase the 
 interest in the objects which that Society was organized to 
 promote, it was considered by the delegates to the first 
 congress desirable to recognize in some way the obligation 
 which the National Society, and all State Societies, owe to 
 the first Society in California, and to Colonel Hubbard. This 
 feeling found expression in the following resolution, offered 
 by Judge Deming and unanimously adopted. 
 
 Whereas, The Society of the Sons of the American 
 Revolution was first organized in the State of California, 
 on the Fourth of July, 1876, and 
 
 Whereas, To Colonel A. S. Hubbard, of the California 
 Society, is due, in a large degree, the credit of organizing 
 that Society, and in a still larger degree the credit of main- 
 taining that Society through trials which would have dis- 
 couraged a less patriotic man, now therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That in the publication of the names of the 
 Presidents-General of the National Society of the SONS OF 
 the American Revolution, the name of Colonel A. S. 
 Hubbard be hereafter included. 
 
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THE AMERICAN FLAG. 
 
 The influence of the Society of SONS OF the American 
 Revolution has been felt in very many ways, and has re- 
 sulted in awakening a stronger love for the American flag. In 
 many of our States, in consequence of the direct efforts of 
 members of this Society, our flag now waves over public 
 buildings, schools, and colleges, and the sentiment against 
 its being degraded to the position of an advertising medium 
 found expression in the following resolution, presented by 
 J. C. Pumpelly, Esq., of New Jersey, which was unanimously 
 adopted. 
 
 Whereas, Our National flag is used for advertising and 
 other purposes not in harmony with the dignity nor the 
 grand purpose for which the same was adopted, 
 
 Resolved, That we recommend to our different State So- 
 cieties, that they request their representatives in Congress 
 to prohibit by proper legislation such misuse of the Flag of 
 our Union. 
 
 The following resolution, offered by Judge Wm. H. 
 Arnoux, of New York, was also unanimously adopted. 
 
 Resolved, That the National Society of the Sons OF 
 THE American Revolution hereby request that on the 
 coming Fourth of July all bands of music throughout the 
 United States, in parades, public assemblies, and places of 
 amusement, shall confine themselves to playing our national 
 airs. 
 
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 After the adjournment of the Louisville Convention, and 
 possibly by reason of the resolutions there passed and 
 the action there taken, the President of the United States 
 ordered and directed that the National flag shall be con- 
 stantly displayed over the Executive Mansion, instead of 
 occasionally as heretofore. 
 
 In recognition of this patriotic order, the following re- 
 solution, which was offered by Hon. H. Wm. Arnoux, was 
 unanimously adopted by the Board of Managers, at their 
 meeting of May 31, 1890. 
 
 Resolved, That the National Society of the SONS OF THE 
 American Revolution hereby respectfully present to the 
 President of the United States their approbation of his 
 patriotic determination to continually display the American 
 flag over the White House, and commend his example to 
 all others in authority. 
 
 This resolution was at once forwarded to His Excellency, 
 the President, by the Secretary-General. The following is 
 the correspondence upon the subject : 
 
 Annapolis, Md., June 3, 1890. 
 
 The Sons of the American Revolution, through their 
 General Board of Managers, have the honor to present to 
 His Excellency, the President of the United States, the 
 accompanying Resolution expressive of their approbation at 
 viewing the daily display of the American Flag over the 
 Executive Mansion. 
 
 By direction of the General Board of Managers. 
 With great respect, 
 JAMES C. CRESAP, Lieut. U. S. N., 
 
 Secretary-General. 
 His Excellency, 
 
 Benjamin Harrison, 
 
 President of the U. S., 
 
 Washington City. 
 
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 Executive Mansion, 
 Washington, June 4, 1890. 
 Lieut. James C. Cresap, 
 
 Annapolis, Md. 
 My Dear Sir : 
 
 The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of 
 your favor of the 3d instant, enclosing resolutions passed by 
 the Sons of the American Revolution, and to express 
 to you, and those for whom you speak, his sincere apprecia- 
 tion of this friendly expression of esteem. 
 
 Very respectfully yours, 
 (Signed) E. W. HALFORD, 
 
 Private Secretary. 
 
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY, 
 ELECTED APRIL ^o, 1890. 
 
 President-General, Dr. WiLLlAM SEWARD Webb, Vermont. 
 Vice-President-General, Hon. LUCIUS P. Deming, 
 
 Connecticut. 
 " " Gov. Simon Bolivar Buckner, 
 
 Kentucky. 
 " " Hon. William H. Arnoux, 
 
 New York. 
 " " Mr. JOSIAH C. PUMPELLY, 
 
 New Jersey. 
 G. Brown Goode, Ph.D., LL.D., 
 Washington, D. C. 
 Secretary-General, Lieut. James C. Cresap, U. S. N., 
 
 Maryland. 
 Treasurer-General, Mr. James Otis, New York. 
 Registrar-General, Mr. Luther L. Tarbell, Massachusetts. 
 Historian-General, Mr. William Francis Cregar, 
 
 Maryland. 
 Surgeon-General, WiLLlAM THORNTON PARKER, M.D., 
 
 Rhode Island. 
 Chaplain-General, Rev. CHARLES EDWARD Cheney, Bishop 
 of Illinois, Illinois. 
 
 HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS-GENERAL. 
 
 Admiral DAVID D. PORTER, District of Columbia. 
 General JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, District of Columbia. 
 Edwin S. Barrett, Massachusetts. 
 
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 PAST PRESIDENT-GENERAL. 
 Hon. Lucius P. Deming, Connecticut. 
 
 HONORARY PAST PRESIDENT-GENERAL. 
 Col. A. S. Hubbard, California. 
 
 BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
 
 The General Board of Managers of the National Society- 
 consists of all the officers of that Society, together with the 
 presidents of all State Societies. 
 
 ADDRESSES OF NATIONAL OFFICERS. 
 
 Dr. William Seward Webb, President-General, 
 
 Grand Central Depot, New York City. 
 Hon. Lucius P. Deming, Vice-President-General, 
 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 Lieut. James C. Cresap, U. S. N., Secretary-General, 
 
 Annapolis, Md. 
 Mr. Luther L. Tarbell, Registrar-General, 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 Wm. Francis Cregar, Historian-General, 
 
 Annapolis, Md. 
 Wm. Thornton Parker, M.D., Surgeon-General, 
 
 Newport, R. L 
 Rt. Rev. Chas. Edward Cheney, D.D., LL.D., Chaplain- 
 General, Chicago, 111. 
 
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 LIST OF STATE SOCIETIES, DATES OF ORGAN- 
 IZATION, AND LIST OF OFFICERS 
 ELECTED SINCE MAY i, 1890. 
 
 CALIFORNIA. 
 
 Organized July 4, 1876. 
 President, Col. A. S. Hubbard, San Francisco. 
 First Vice-President, CHARLES J. King, San Francisco. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Col. W. B. Eastin, San Francisco. 
 
 NEW JERSEY. 
 Organized March 7, 1889. 
 President, JOSIAH C. PUMPELLY, Morristown. 
 Secretary, J. LAWRENCE BOGGS, Jr., Newark. 
 Treasurer, Paul Revere, Morristown. 
 Registrar, John Whitehead, Morristown. 
 
 CONNECTICUT. 
 Organized April 2, 1889. 
 President, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Norwich. 
 Secretary, LuciUS F. ROBINSON, Hartford. 
 Treasurer, Roland B. Lacey, Bridgeport. 
 Registrar, J. G. Woodward, Hartford. 
 
 VERMONT. 
 Organized April 2, 1889. 
 President, Hon. GEORGE G. Benedict, Burlington. 
 Secretary, C. S. Forbes, St. Albans. 
 Treasurer, William H, Zottman, Burlington. 
 Registrar, Hon. Hiram A. Huse, Montpelier. 
 
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 SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
 Organized April i8, i88g. 
 
 President, Hon. J. P. Richardson, Columbia. 
 Secretary and Registrar, U. R. BROOKS, Columbia. 
 Treasurer, A. P. Brown, Columbia. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Organized April ig, 1889. 
 President, Hon. CHARLES H. Saunders, Cambridge. 
 Secretary, ALFRED L. BROOKS Fry, Boston. 
 Treasurer, Col. John L. Stevenson, Boston. 
 Registrar, L. L. Tarbell, Boston. 
 
 MARYLAND. 
 
 Organized April 20, 1889. 
 President, Gen. BRADLEY T. Johnson, Baltimore. 
 Secretary, John R. Dorsey, Baltimore. 
 Treasurer, Francis Putnam Stevens, Baltimore. 
 Registrar, Wm. Francis Cregar, Annapolis. 
 
 OHIO. 
 
 Organized April 22, 1889. 
 President, Rev. WiLSON R. Parsons, Worthington. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Henry A. Williams, Columbus. 
 
 KENTUCKY. 
 
 Organized April 23, 1889. 
 President, Hon. WiLLlAM LiNDSAY, Frankfort. 
 Secretary, JOHN W. Buchanan, Louisville. 
 Treasurer, Grant Green, Frankfort. 
 Registrar, E. Porter Thompson, Frankfort. 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 Organized April 23, 1889. 
 President, JOSIAH FOGG, St. Louis. 
 Registrar and Secretary, H. J. Bliss, St. Louis. 
 Treasurer, Dr. CHARLES E. Briggs, St. Louis.. 
 
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 TENNESSEE. 
 
 Organized December 2, 1889. 
 President, Rev. D. C. Kelly, D.D., Nashville. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, JOSEPH G. Branch, Nashville. 
 
 MINNESOTA. 
 
 Organized December 26, 1889. 
 President, Hon. ALBERT Edgerton, St. Paul. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, A. S. Tallmadge, St. Paul. 
 
 WISCONSIN. 
 Organized January 14, 1890. 
 President, DON J. Whittemore. 
 Secretary, Capt. Chas. King, U. S. A., Milwaukee. 
 Registrar, William W. Wight, Milwaukee. 
 Treasurer, Paul D. Carpenter, Milwaukee. 
 
 INDIANA. 
 Organized January 16, 1890. 
 President, Hon. Will E. English, Indianapolis. 
 Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
 Treasurer, Rev. C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
 Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 
 
 MICHIGAN. 
 Organized January 18, 1890. 
 President, Hon. H. B. Ledyard, Detroit. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Frederick T. Sibley, Detroit. 
 Registrar, Silas Farmer, Detroit. 
 
 DELAWARE. 
 Organized January 29, 1890. 
 President, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington. 
 Secretary and Treas., ALBERT W. CuMMINS, Wilmington. 
 Registrar, L. B. Jones, Wilmington. 
 
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 WEST VIRGINIA. 
 Organized January 31, 1890. 
 President, Hon. John J. JACOBS, Wheeling. 
 Secretary and Registrar, Hon. Geo. L. Cranmer, Wheeling. 
 Treasurer, ROBERT White, Wheeling. 
 
 ALABAMA. 
 Organized February 10, 1890. 
 President, Capt. JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON, Birmingham. 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Col. St. Geo. T. C. Bryan, 
 Birmingham. 
 
 ARKANSAS. 
 Organized February ii, 1890. 
 
 President, Col. Samuel W. Williams, Little Rock. 
 Secretary, Prof. JOSIAH H. Shinn, Little Rock. 
 Treasurer, Hon. James MiTCHEL, Little Rock. 
 
 ILLINOIS. 
 
 Organized February ii, 1890. 
 Vice-President, Rt. Rev. Chas. E. Cheney, D.D., LL.D., 
 
 Chicago. 
 Secretary, Capt. RICHARD ROBINS, Chicago. 
 Treasurer, HORATiO L. Wait, Chicago. 
 Registrar, JOHN D. Vandercrook, Chicago. 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 Organized February ii, 1890. 
 President, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, LL.D., New York 
 
 City. 
 Secretary, Edmund C. Stanton, New York City. 
 Treasurer, James Otis, New York City. 
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 
 Organized February, 1890. 
 President, Rev. E. B. Andrews, D.D., Providence. 
 Secretary, THEODORE F. TiLLlNGHAST, Providence. 
 Treasurer, Olney Arnold, Providence. 
 Registrar, Edward Field. 
 
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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 Organized April 21, 1890. 
 President, Admiral D. D. Porter, U. S. Navy. 
 Corresponding Secretary, W. C. WiNLOCK, Washington. 
 Recording Secretary, F. O. St. Clair, Washington. 
 Treasurer, Col. Marshall McDonald, Washington. 
 Registrar, G. Browne Goode, Ph.D., Washington. 
 
 NEBRASKA. 
 Organized April 26, 1890. 
 President, C. S. Chase, Omaha. 
 Secretary, Nathan J. Burnham, Omaha. 
 Treasurer, W. W. Copeland, Omaha. 
 Registrar. Rev. Luther M. Kuhns, Omaha. 
 
 LOUISIANA. 
 
 Organized May 16, 1890. 
 President, Hon. Wm. H. Jack, Natchitoches. 
 Secretary, T. JONES CROSS, Baton Rouge. 
 Treasurer, Hon. W. H. PIPES, Baton Rouge. 
 Registrar, Jacob McWilliams, Baton Rouge. 
 
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