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ORIGIN.

The Colonial Dames of America are the original Society,
the earliest patriotic and genealogical society ever founded by
women.

The other societies, more or less similar in their objects, that
have sprung into existence during the past fourteen years have
drawn their inspiration from The Colonial Dames of America.

The origin of the Society was very natural and simple. In
April, 1890, Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer and Mrs. John Lyon
Gardiner were spending the day with Mrs. Archibald Gracie King
at her home at Weehawken ; after luncheon, when walking on the
Bluff, near the spot where General Hamilton fell in the fatal duel,
Mrs. Van Rensselaer said: “ Let us found a patriotic society of
women, descended from Colonial ancestry.” Mrs. Van Rensse-
laer whilst speaking overlooked hills and valleys consecrated by
the sufferings of patriots. Within a radius of twenty miles was
the long line of earthworks, which the plow has not yet wholly
effaced. Fort Washington, Fort Lee, Harlem, were familiar lo-
calities. The recollections connected with these battle-grounds,
the sad retreat of our heroic army when the British entered the
city, the joyful return when the seven years of warfare had given
liberty and peace, these thoughts inspired the noble resolve to
keep the memories green of our Colonial and Revolutionary
Ancestors.

It is our duty, pride and privilege to continue the work and
to protect The Colonial Dames from misrepresentation. We have
endeavored to defend our title; our priority, originality, dignity,
no one can gainsay or dispute.

A list of the names of ladies known to have Colonial claims
was made by Mrs. Van Rensselaer and Mrs. Gardiner, and notices
were sent; those who promptly accepted the invitation to become
Dames were elected by acclamation, and were instructed how to
write out their pedigrees or charts. The critics criticised and the
wits were merry, but in despite of sneers and witticisms the
Society grew, the work prospered, and many were the aspir-
ants for enrollment. Colonial Dames and their affairs were the
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from pretensions to American ancestry.

One chief object of the Society was declared to be educa-
tional; the Dames must make their own researches in family
Bibles and old letters, and the pedigree-charts must be filled out
in their own handwriting; this was considered too onerous and
the rule was soon abandoned. With the same educational design
there were readings in history at the house of Mrs. Van Rensse-
laer ; the book selected was Dunlap’s History of the City of New
York; the readers were Miss Harriet Duer and Miss Delafield.

In February, 1893, the Dames received a card bidding them
to sign the Constitution and By-laws, on Monday, February 2oth,
at 40 East 29th Street, and to wear the insignia of the Society, on
that and at all future meetings of the Society, under the penalty
of being fined one dollar on each occasion when the badge was
not worn. The Constitution was signed by many, the clause re-
garding the badge and the fine became a dead letter.

We had no Board room for several years. Our charts, books,
etc., were kept by the Secretary, Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer,
all official business was transacted at her house, 102 Lexington
Avenue, and later at 40 East 29th Street. The generous hospital-
ity of Mrs. Van Rensselaer can never be forgotten. The Society
is greatly obliged to their first Secretary, who was also the Custo-
dian of their genealogies, and who gave her time and thought to
The Colonial Dames, with unwearied devotion, for seven years.

A small room was hired at 156 Fifth Avenue in January,
1896, and a larger one in February, 1897; we moved to our pres-
ent quarters at 109 University Place, June Ist, 1899. Our room
was furnished by liberal gifts, our walls are ornamented with rare
engravings and etchings. We had the courage to invite the
Dames to teas, when we were installed in our first small apart-
ment; some one said that our courage was great, for we had little
to show and only six chairs to sit upon.

INVASION.

Strangely enough, our troubles began with our popularity.
The original and picturesque name of the Society seemed to in-
spire many women, of any American ancestry, with fervor and
ambition. The chord of personal pride was touched when the
founders made one of the requisites of initiation the power to
memorialize an ancestor of renown in the annals of the country.

From the moment that the Society’s name and scope became
public the doors of the Secretary were besieged for admit-
tance, and aspirants would—nolens volens—become ‘‘ Colonial
Dames,” not very exactly realizing that the title of the Society
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its members into veritable Colonial Dames. Many insisted that
the right to become a Colonial Dame was one of inheritance, in-
alienable and inherent in the nature of things, a sort of title of
nobility. Such a preposterous idea was never held by the found-
ers—tar too clever to propose notions of primogeniture, or
seek to establish an aristocracy in the Republic of the United
States, under the innocent form of a patriotic Society. Indeed,
the very name “ Dame”’ had, in the days of our grandmothers,
of two or three generations back, become practically obsolete,
and “ Colonial,’ to ancestors fighting for independence of the
Mother Country, by no means a desirable appellation; the join-
ing of these two words suggested ante-Revolutionary times,
quaintness and picturesqueness, while “ of America” intimated
the largeness of scope and barred the idea of only local interest
—the whole an eminently fitting title for a Society of such pur-
pose and aim. When a vote upon its adoption was taken at a
preliminary meeting held at the house of Mrs. J. K. Van Rensse-
laer, No. 102 Lexington Avenue, New York City, May 16th,
1890, the votes stood thus: Ave: Mrs. King, Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs.
Martin, Mrs. J. K.. Van Rensselaer No: Mrs, Ikamb: Wins:
Fairfax, Mas, Trevor.

At the next meeting, held the 23rd of the same month, the
Constitution and By-Laws were adopted, Article First of the
Constitution providing “that this Society shall be known by the
name, style and title of ‘The Colonial Dames of America.’” (See
Case on Appeal, p. 263, fols. 787-788, Minutes of meeting, May
22rd, 18090, Plaintiti’s exhibit B_)

The society grew apace, and its membership extended into
various States.

No invasion of its title, or, to use a law term, piracy of the
name, occurred during the first year of its existence, but in the
following year there came to the knowledge of the Board of
Managers that an attempt would be made in Philadelphia to es-
tablish a society in that city which would adopt the title of this
Society. The Philadelphia members of this Society became
alarmed and asked, in order to strengthen their position, per-
mission to form a Chapter there. This was at once granted by
the head of the Society in New York, or, as it had become known,
“the Parent Society,’ in distinction from its Chapters. Steps
were taken in accordance with the Constitution, to form the
Pennsylvania Chapter, members there inviting some outside la-
dies to join the Chapter. These numbered fourteen and accepted
the invitation, but, in a few days, finding the Constitution and
By-Laws of the Society obliged allegiance to the fountain-head
in New York, resigned, but later, some of them returning again
to our Philadelphia Chapter, became most earnest and efficient
members. Others of these fourteen joined the Society which at
that very time was forming in Philadelphia an opposition Society

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and adopting the title of the original; the chief idea of this alien
Society being that of States’ rights. No opposition was offered
to it as a society for patriotic work, as it had been one of the ob-
jects of the original society to inspire just such work, but a very
urgent appeal was made to it, not to invade the title of the origi-
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In this connection it must be noticed that no split or division
has ever occurred in this Society. The fact that some fourteen
ladies from outside joined the Pennsylvania Chapter and in a
few days withdrew, should not even give color to such a miscon-
struction; their number being insignificant, numerically so un-
important as to bar all idea of carrying away with them any of
the property of the Society, title or other belongings. Not even
had they been members of the Society for any appreciable time,
which they had not been, could they have done so. (See Case
on Appeal, pp. 370-371, fols. 1110-1112.) There have, of course,
been changes in this as in all societies; members have dropped
out singly, from death and other causes, and new members have
come in and taken their places, but no great exodus has ever
occurred since its foundation.

It will thus be seen that from the very start this Society has
had a struggle for existence, and the first attack upon it came
from those to whom it had extended a friendly hand. The in-
jury done it has never been really known, owing to the unwilling-
ness of ladies to appear in Court and testify to certain facts. The
assuming of its title by other societies has resulted in numerous
injuries. Women have mistakenly entered them, supposing that
they were becoming members of the original Society, the result
being a loss to it of membership, social fellowship, and to its
treasury of funds, thus crippling its usefulness. It has further
been charged with wrangles and quarrels, but this unfair infer-
ence has been owing to the lack of knowledge of the true state of
the case. It was necessary to oppose the organizations formed
in various States, following the lead of the piratical Society of
Pennsylvania, and known as “State Dames,” otherwise the

original Society would have had a speedy ending, and, as it was,
incalculable injury was done it.

BILLS IN CONGRESS.

A bill to grant a National Charter to The Colonial Dames
of America was introduced in the 52nd Congress, first session,
January 7th, 1892, and referred to the Committee on the Library.
Mr. Cummings, from that Committee, submitted the following:
“ The objects of the Society are deemed worthy of encourage-
ment and as the incorporation involves no expense upon the Gov-
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on Library.)

No sooner had it become known that the original Society
had taken this step, than quickly upon its heels,some four months
later, on May 26th, 1892, did the usurping Society apply to the
very same Congress for a National Charter to be granted it as
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America! The
Session closed, however, without further action, and it was hoped
that the matter would be dropped, but the opposition Society
again presented bills in the 54th Congress, first session, in their
memorial making sundry charges against this Society which
obliged it to defend itself and to traverse those unwarrantable
charges. (See Appendix, Bills H. R. QOIO, S. 2215, 5200 Cone
gress, first Session, and Bills S. 3215, S. 3087, S. 3356, with
memorials. )

Very earnest and vigorous efforts were made by this Society

to defend its rights. A committee for this purpose was formed,
consisting of:

Miss Boudinot, New York.
Mrs. J. Lyon Gardiner, New York.
Mrs. Paul Dana, New York.
Mrs. H. Irvine Keyser, Baltimore.
Mrs. William T. Wilson, Baltimore.
Mrs. William Gilmor, Baltimore.
Mrs. Tunstall Smith, Baltimore.
Mrs. Henry B. Keyser, Baltimore.
Mrs. Charles Segrave, Baltimore.
Mrs. George McClellan, Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Woolsey Hodge, Philadelphia.
Miss Susan Palfrey Lee, Washington.
Miss Emily Tuckerman, Washington.

Miss Silvie de Grasse Fowler, Washington.

This involved various interviews with eminent legal authori-
ties, among whom were the Hon. Joseph Choate, of New York,
and the Hon. Rodman Paul, of Philadelphia, whose opinions
were most kindly given, and to whom the Society owes a debt
of gratitude, as also, to the two gentlemen who represented our
cause before the Committee of Congress: the Hon. Franklin
Bartlett of New York, and Mr. Skipwith Wilmer, of Baltimore.

Petitions were written and Senators interviewed, but, in all
cases, only that our cause should receive due attention and simple
justice was asked. The opposing Society having at this time
passed their Bill through both Houses of Congress and it having
been referred to a Committee, on February 13th, 1897, the two
Societies were summoned to a hearing before this Committee of
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following. The opposing Society was represented by Mr. Asa
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Mr. Wilmer gave the history of the Society, claimed priority
of organization and incorporation, or, as it was called, “ right of
way,” gracefully premising, that 1t was extremely pleasant to
come to a controversy where the issues are pretty sharply
marked, and where the controversialists were certainly equally
marked for the kindly and courteous feeling which they enter-
tain towards each other, and which they desire that those who

undertake to represent them should observe in the representation
of this case.

Mr. Bartlett, in taking up the legal points for this Soctety
said: “ Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: This, I
believe, is the second occasion, in a somewhat long career at the
Bar, upon which I have had the honour to appear solely for the
good of a cause, without being influenced by any compensation,
paid or agreed to be paid; the other was a case of Court martial,
where I succeeded, after thirty days’ trial, in exonerating the
officer. As your Committee is aware, a member of either House
cannot appear in any case before a Bureau, Department or Com-
mittee of Congress, except as voluntary Counsel, so | think I
come before you to-day in a semi-judicial way, and | may con-
sider myself in my statements, to a certain extent, amicus curie,
and I shall probably not regard the case from the extreme stand-
point of the advocate, to which my distinguished friend, Colonel
Gardiner, is always accustomed.”

Colonel Bartlett cited many decisions rendered by various
Courts against the assumption of titles and trademarks, and per-
haps the most important was the opinion of Mr. Justice Bradley,
of the Supreme Court of the United States, as follows: “ The
identity of names seldom arises, that is too monstrous a proposi-
tion to be considered, that is, that a company would infringe the
very name of a company, but it is the similarity in names which
must be checked by a Court of Equity.” (See Calendar Nos.
1702 and 1703, 54th Congress, Second Session, Report No. 1552.)

Mr. Asa Bird Gardiner contended that the original Society
of Colonial Dames was founded and named by Mrs. Martha J.
Lamb. This assumption was clearly shown to be without foun-
dation, by reference to the Journal of the Society and by the
overwhelming testimony of Mrs. J. Lyon Gardiner, it being
shown that she herself, with Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer,
were the founders of this Society. (See Calendar, Nos. 1702-
1703, Senate, 54th Congress, Second Session.)

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“all the circumstances, your Committee report adversely
upon both Bills; S$ 2087 and S, 2356,”

_ It will thus be seen that the piratical Society did not gain its
point in obtaining a National Charter in the name of the original
Society. It was their interference, however, that barred the orig-
inal Society from obtaining its charter from the Congress of the
United States. The triumph of the moment rested with the orig-
inal Society, as the movement then was, to prevent the bills of the
Opposition Society from passage. That movement was success-
ful; the decision of the Committee, however, barred the original
Society from its Bill, which had preceded all the others in the
52nd Congress, and which the later Bills, which followed,
embodied.

TO: THE COURTS:

So our Counsel took the case to the Courts in New York,
where it was tried before Judge Bookstaver. It was with the
greatest regret that this Society was obliged to vindicate itself
in this way, arousing a certain amount of resentment and oblig-
ing it to submit to attacks from the Press. Judge Bookstaver’s
decision will be found in the Appendix, and it will be seen that he
argued that as we were purely unselfish, and a patriotic set of
women, and not engaged in business, relief could not be had.
Reference to this opinion, which is given in full in the Appendix,
and comparison with the facts which came out on the trial, the
chief points of which are given above, will show how flimsy and
unjust such a decision will ever be held by those who take the
trouble to look into the matter; that of laches or delay being the
only point worthy of serious consideration, and which from a
legal view of the case might have weight, though it is thought,
in equity, none.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court had recently
decided in a like case—that of the Society of the War of 1812—
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commercial or not, an injunction should lie where the name of
one Society is unlawfully appropriated by another. In view of
this it was that an appeal was taken. In the foregoing it 1s
shown that earnest remonstrances in Philadelphia were made
against the assumption of this title, and sworn testimony shown
in the hearing before the Committee of the Library in Washing-
ton to that effect. But in spite of this, and its recent decision in
the case of the Society of the War of 1812, on appeal, Judge

Bookstaver’s opinion was upheld, we believe to the astonishment
of all concerned, and the only justification given has been that
this last Court of Appeal in this State is not allowed revision of
testimony and evidence. The case was, however, ably and ex-
haustively submitted by the Appellate Counsel, Col. Franklin
Bartlett. (See Brief for Appellant, Office, Colonial Dames of
America. )

That the women of this Society hesitated for some time
to bring this matter into Court and appear against friends, cost
them dear, for it gave the argument of laches, or long delay.
Our learned Counsel met this argument by saying that: “the
whole case of the defendants is one of avoidance or evasion,
purely technical in character, and which cannot appeal for a
mement to any sense of equity or fair play _.. .. it is virtually
saying to the plaintiff ‘ You are right in your contention, you
invented or coined the name in dispute, you first adopted and
first used the words ‘“ Colonial Dames” and we have taken the
name from you. We have appropriated your name and have in-
fringed your common-law right, we have taken that which did
not belong to us, and we have aggravated the wrong done to you
by making it as wide-spread as possible; but for all this injury,
for all these wrongs, there is no remedy and you can have no re-
dress, because you have waited, because you have failed to bring
an action against us at an earlier date, and so you have lost every

I right by laches or delay.’ ”

In giving these details as shortly as seemed possible to any
clear understanding of the matter, it is done because our Dames
know little of the case, and should be supplied with reasons for
what they stand for, not at all in any spirit of wishing to arouse
irritation or unkindliness, but the management of the Society was
in the hands of women who felt their responsibility, and their
action, backed by the whole Society, deserves a faithful chronicle
for those who come after.

_, The women of this Society have many friends in the oppo-
sition Society, and they are quite convinced that this history
has been unknown to them, and that many of them are quite in-
nocent of this wrong done in the past, the effect of which is
still felt. We mutually have a respect for the object of the two
Societies, and desire success in all patriotic movements.

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Our gold badge, with bars, clasp and ribbon, was adopted
after much debate. The original design of the Colonial lady,
with fan, was sketched by Mr. Whitehouse, in his studio at Tif-
fany’s. Mr. Seward suggested the Latin motto. The badge
ribbon of The Colonial Dames of America is intended to be
a pale blue, and as much like the colors of the Society of the
Cincinnati as possible. The ribbon is manufactured in France
for Tiffany & Co. expressly for our Dames. The silver-gilt
badges are precisely the same as the gold, in form and design.

Mr. E. D. French designed our Bookplate in 1893, and it
was first used in the limited edition of a year-book, prepared by
Mrs. Rutherfurd and Mrs. Van Rensselaer in that year.

The Board decided to have a Certificate of Membership,
and a Committee was formed, Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward, Chair-
man, who invited several artists to compete for the design. That
of Mr. Langdon Schroeder was accepted, after submission to the
General Society. It proved very difficult to obtain the Coats-
of-Arms of the original Colonies; the present Certificate is fault-
less and very beautiful. The Seal was designed by Mrs. John A,
Vanderpoel, to whom the Society is much indebted for her taste
and artistic skill. Many of our Dames have obtained the Certifi-
cates and had them framed.

The blue enamel Pin was designed by Miss Borrowe, and
approved by the Society in 1903.

It is obligatory to have either the gold or silver-gilt badge,
or the star pin, it is not necessary to have a certificate of mem-
bership.

The evidence that our Badge and Seal were universally ad-
mired is found in their being so closely imitated by other Colonial
Dames, who, apparently thinking that our title, badge and seal
are perfection, did not take the trouble to originate any other
title or badge for their own use.

COMMITTEES.

The Library Committee was organized in February, 1897.
In 1898 the Manuscript Committee united with the Library Com-
mittee. The following ladies have served, or do now serve on
these Committees: Miss Morse, Chairman; Mrs. J. Vinton Dahl-
gren, Mrs. J. S. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Weisse, Mrs. Macdonald, Mrs.
John G. Floyd, Mrs. Rufus Delafield, Miss Scharfenberg, Miss
Ward, Miss Robinson, Miss Delafield.

The Art ‘Committee, formed :at te) same time by Mrs.
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Manuscript Committees. Mrs. Evans is Chairman, Mrs. Mc-
Cready, Mrs. Suydam, Mrs. Alexander, Miss Borrowe and Miss
Morse. The minutes of these committees give detailed account
of books, manuscripts, engravings, etc. The chief donors have
been the Board of Managers, Miss Boudinot, Mrs. Hotchkiss,
Mrs. Dana, Mrs. Gilliat Schroeder, Dr. and Mrs. Cheesman,
Mrs. Edward King, Mrs. Balch, Mrs. Welman, Mrs. Evans,
Mrs. Butler Duncan, Miss Byrd, Miss Morse, Miss Delafield,
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, and Mr. Sidney E. Morse. We have
a valuable collection of works of Genealogy, Biography, and
Reference, complete files of English and Scotch newspapers
relating to the death of President McKinley, files of New York
newspapers during the period of the Spanish War, and some
rare Manuscripts.

Mrs. Rutherfurd was Chairman of the Printing Committee,
and on June 1oth, 1893, began the preparation of a volume contain-
ing the names and principal claims of the Dames. Mrs. Ruth-
erfurd sent a card to each Dame, dated June roth, 1893, urging
greater accuracy in the registration of names and the importance
of making a full list of claims. In July, 1903, Mrs. Rutherfurd
was taken from us, after a painful illness of five years’ duration.
We have a grateful recollection of her many services.

The Committee on Publication completed the work which
it had undertaken when the fifth volume of the Letters to Wash-
ington was published. To the research and energy of Miss
Boudinot we owe this work. At the request of the Board this
Committee continues to exist. Miss Boudinot is still Chairman.

The Committee on the Investigation of Claims was formed
early in the history of the Society. Mrs. Van Rensselaer was
Chairman, Mrs. Hare, Mrs. Fairfax, Miss Delafield. This
Committee now consists of Mrs. Cheesman, Chairman; Miss
Morse, Miss Delafield, Mrs. Bowden, Miss Carmalt. All claim
papers are examined by this Committee before they are passed
by the Board. One important work, in which the Secretaries of
the Chapters have assisted this Committee, has been comparing
the rank or dignity of offices in the thirteen Colonies, unifying
and classifying them, a difficult task.

The Committee on Historic Memorials was organized
December 1oth, 1903, at the house of the Historian, 475 Fifth
Avenue; Chairman, Miss Delafield, Secretary and Treasurer,
Miss Bartlett, Mme. de Vaugrigneuse, Mrs. d’Orémieulx, Mrs.
Davenport, Mrs. J. T. Low, Mrs, Randolph, Mrs. Edward King
and Miss Borrowe.

The Board of Managers authorized a Committee to act with
promptness in giving immediate assistance to our soldiers and
sailors, in camps and hospitals, during the Spanish War. Mrs.
Lewis Livingston Delafield was Chairman of. this Committee
which was appointed April 2sth, 1898. At the Annual Meeting,

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at Miss Delafield’s, April 30th, 1898, Mrs. J. Lyon Gardiner in
the Chair, the eloquent appeal from Mrs. H. P. Loomis was
read. The response was generous, over a thousand dollars was
at once subscribed, a United States flag was presented by Miss
Delafield; Mrs. Gardiner, in accepting the gift of the flag, spoke
words which touched the hearts of all present. Mrs. Loomis,
Miss Gardiner, Miss Emily Delafield gave their personal serv-
ices to our wounded and sick soldiers. The correspondence of
Mrs. Delafield and Surgeon-General Van Reypen is on file.
More than $6,000.00 was deposited in the Knickerbocker Trust
Company. The Dames contributed many comforts, a water-bed
was sent by Mrs. Delafield to the Hospital at Bedlow’s Island,
pillows, mattresses and 132 garments were given. Mrs. Richard
McCall Cadwalader was Chairman of the Committee of Chapter
II. Her personal influence was a potent factor; all summer the
ladies continued their work, forwarded many comforts for the
sick, and 986 garments. At the close of the War, Gen. Van
Reypen credited our Committee with a surplus of $2,779.70,
which, by vote of the Board of Managers, was given to benefit
soldiers and sailors in the Philippines. The reason that this sum
remained over was because, as time went on, our Government
supplied all the necessities of camps and hospitals, and therefore
did not draw upon the resources of citizens, who had, in the first
emergency, forestalled, by their zeal and patriotism, the action of
the United States Government.

The Committees have given afternoon receptions and read-
ings at the Board Room, 109 University Place, on the second
Monday of January, February and March, for four seasons.
Original essays and old family letters have been read and relics
shown. Miss Borrowe has kindly presided at the tea-table. The
ladies who have contributed papers are: Miss Boudinot, “ Wash-
ington the Beloved’’; Miss Robbins, “The Puritans in New
England”; Mrs, Weisse) “The Panenils of ostomy a. Vins
d’Orémieulx, “Letters of Gov. Wolcott and others”; Miss
Morse, “ Letters of Harriet and Maria Trumbull”; Miss Bart-
lett, “ The Influence of the Dutch on Colonial America”; Miss
Delafield, ‘‘ Home and Social Life, 1750-1812”; “Letters of
Margaret B. Livingston”; “ Some Ladies of the Revolution ” ;
“ Story of an Old Stone House”; Diaries from Chronicles of a
Pioneer School, by Mrs. Vanderpoel, Journal of Mrs. Silliman,
by Miss Morse. Miss Quincy’s delightful ‘“ Dorothy Q.” was
read first at a reception at Mrs. Hone’s, and has been printed in
booklet form, and is a charming addition to our Colonial lit-

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ENTERTAINMENTS.

The Dames were very sociable in the early years of the
Society ; we met very frequently at luncheons and teas; at every
meeting original essays or copies of old letters were read. ‘The
first evening party was given by Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner,
December 6th, 1891; the invitations were written on the backs
of playing cards and the Dames wore Colonial costumes ; it was
very brilliant, and the success of the “first Assembly of The
Colonial Dames of America” induced several ladies to apply for
admission into the Society.

Mrs. Frederic Bronson gave an afternoon reception Decem-
ber 15th, 1892; Mrs. Gardiner read a manuscript account of
Captain Kidd and his exploits, belonging to J. Lyon Gardiner, of
Gardiner’s Island, which has never been printed.

On January 15th, 1893, an afternoon tea was given by Mrs.
Peabody, and Miss Delafield read a paper entitled “‘ Some Ladies
of the Revolution.”

February 13th, 1893, a tea was given by Mrs. J. Boorman
Johnston, and Mrs. Johnston read the Centennial Oration of
Henry Brown, Esq., on Valley Forge, which he had delivered
March 15sth, 1876.

On March 15th, 1893, Miss Carola Livingston gave a recep-
tion to show documents relating to the de Grasse family, brought
from France. Mrs. Ward read a manuscript composition of
Major André, describing the Mischianza.

In April, 1893, Mrs. Gracie King entertained the Dames at
her country home, Highwood Bluff, Weehawken, New Jersey.
A very large party assembled. Miss Boudinot read a paper:
“A Chaplet of Witcheries,”’ and a gentleman read letters from
statesmen.

A Colonial tea-party was given in May, 1893, by Miss Dela-
field; hot cakes, fruit cakes, strawberries and cream were served,
old family silver and relics were shown, which several of the
Dames kindly loaned for the occasion. Mrs. Austen and Mrs.
Duane sent silver plate that they had inherited from Philip,
Second Proprietor of Livingston Manor.

May 23rd, 1893, being the Third Anniversary of the found-
ing of the Society, Mrs. Gardiner gave a luncheon to the Dames,
“to meet Mrs. A. Gracie King, President of The Colonial Dames
of America.”

The troth Anniversary of the Evacuation of New York by
the British was celebrated with due honors; the statue of Cap-
tain Nathan Hale was unveiled, and five commemorative tablets
placed in various parts of the city were uncovered. Our Colo-
nial Dames shared in the general interest and were represented
at the exercises in the City Hall Park. We were the better
prepared to enter into the spirit of these celebrations by having

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heard an essay on “ Nathan Hale, his life, services and heroic
death,’ written by Miss Harriet Duer.

On December 13th, 1893, at Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer’s
house, Mrs. Johnston read an historic sketch of Southampton,
Long Island, written by Mrs. Peabody, and “Lines on Sea-
wanaka,’ composed by Mrs. Van Rensselaer. The Indians, the
English settlers, the quaint simplicity of their life, were vividly
brought before us; we were, in fancy, on the lonely sand beach,
and felt the south winds blow over the breezy plains of the
fascinating island where Indian names and legends still linger.

January 12th, 1894, at Mrs. John Townsend’s, “ Letters of
Margaret Beekman Livingston ” were read by Miss Delafield, the
earliest in date being 1765, the latest 1708.

On February 14th, 1894, Mrs. Drexel entertained the Dames,
and read the Letters of General Washington to his Mother, Mrs.
Mary Washington. These letters were copied from the originals
in the State Department, and are important, as they correct a
false impression which was given to the public by a magazine
that published garbled extracts.

On the 7th of March, 1894, at Mrs. J. Muhlenberg Bailey’s,
Mrs. Crowninshield read a paper on the Dutch town, once called
Orange, and Beverwyck, now Albany.

On the 3rd of May, 1894, Miss Emma H. Delafield enter-
tained the Dames at a luncheon in her charming home, Felsenhof,
Darien, Conn.

May 23rd, 1894, Mrs. Gardiner gave a luncheon; over eighty
Dames assembled from New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland and
New York.

On December 30th, Mrs. James W. Beekman gave a recep-
tion at her house, No. 5 East 34th Street.

In January, 1895, Mrs. Robb gave a tea, and Mrs. Hancock,
from Philadelphia, read an essay on the family of William Penn,
or de la Pen, in England; their ancestors were allied to the
Norman nobility; photographs were shown of the old church
and manor-house at Stoke Pogis.

On the 13th of February, 1895, Mrs. Edward King gave a
reception. We heard read an old newspaper article, of unknown
authorship, belonging to Mrs. Fitzgerald, entitled ‘ Robert Liv-
ingston, First Lord of the Manor,” telling of the manorial cus-
toms, legal rights and privileges—a picture of those times, rather
than a biography. A print of the first Proprietor was shown,
taken from a miniature likeness; through the kindness of Mrs.
Fitzgerald this print was reproduced, and artotypes given to
several of the descendants.

At a meeting in March, 1895, Mrs. Hoppin read a paper,
written by Mr. Hoppin, on the Peace Conference of 1861. The
interview of the members of this Conference with Lincoln was

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related, which was closed with these noble words: ‘‘ Gentlemen,
I am President of the United States, not of a party.”

On the 17th of April, 1895, at the house of Mrs. Stout and
Mme. de Vaugrigneuse, Miss Morse read to us a most curious
account of “The Trial of Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Morse, for
Witchcraft, at Newburgh, Mass., 1679.” The testimony pro-
duced against Elizabeth Morse consisted of a strange and, to our
ears, amusing account of noises, bricks hurled down the chimney,
a calf dancing in its pen, a pig invading the sitting-room. ihe
sentence was twice reprieved; finally Elizabeth was pardoned by
Governor Endicott. An original letter of Mr. Peter Falconier,
private secretary to Lord Cornbury, was presented to the Society
by Mr. Wilmerding, with a request to give it to a descendant of
Mr. Falconier, he being an ancestor of the Bard, Pendleton and
Rogers families. The letter was therefore given to Mrs. Her-
man Livingston.

Mrs. Pruyn of Albany gave a luncheon on the 14th May,
1895, and took the Dames to the State Capitol, where they were
cordially welcomed by the Governor.

THE REVEL.

A Revel was given in the Madison Square Concert Hall, the
afternoons and evenings of November 21st and 22nd, 1895, for
the benefit of the Fort Crailo preservation fund. The Revel was
not a financial success. The historic tableaux were very beau-
tiful and received enthusiastic praise from competent judges and
artists. The tableaux were arranged chronologically to show the
advance of civilization on our western shores: first the Aborigi-
nal Indian, next the European Colonists, then the American
freeman; the philosophy of development from savagery to the
highest grade of civilization was thus represented. The charac-
ters in these tableaux were portrayed by seventy-three of their
lineal descendants. Miss Boudinot designed these tableaux and
carried them into execution.

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Purchase of Manhattan Island.
1626.

Peter Minuit of Wesel Westphalia was appointed Director General
of New Netherland by the States General of Holland and arrived at
Manhattan in the ship Sea Mew, May 4th, 1626. Soon after assuming
control of the government, he bought the whole Island from the Indians
in the name of the Dutch West India Company, for the sum of sixty
guilders, or twenty-four dollars.

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Councellor Peter Byvelt,
Indian chief Pacham,

Sachem, Mr. Reginald Thompson.
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TABLEAU? II,
The Herr. Patroon Van Rensselaer and the Jesuit Missionary.
1643.

Father Isaac Jogues, a Missionary to the Huron Indians, was captured
by the Mohawks and cruelly tortured. After months of slavery, he was
rescued by the Dutch authorities of Fort Orange and, under the protec-
tion of the Herr Patroon, was secretly conveyed to France, where he was
received by Anne of Austria.

The Herr. Patroon Van Rensselaer, Mr. A. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer.
(A lineal descendant.)

Father Jogues, Mr. Lindsay Van Rensselaer.

TABLEAU HI:

The Dutch Wedding.
1650.

The marriage of Margritta Van Slechtenhorst to Philip Pietersen
Schuyler took place in Albany, December 12th, 1650. The father of the
Bride was Director General of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck and one of
the most famous men of the Colonie. Over fifty of the descendants of this
marriage are members of the Colonial Dames of America.

Margritta Van Slechtenhorst, Miss Huybertie Lansing Pruyn.
Philip Pietersen Schuyler, The Groom, Mr. Archibald Livingston.
Brant Orent Van Slechtenhorst, Father of Bride, Col. Marvin.
Juvfrouw, Van Slechtenhorst, Mrs. William Gordon Rice.
Gerrit, Van Slechtenhorst, Brother of Bride, Mr. Walter Palmer.
Alida Van Slechtenhorst, Sister of Bride, Miss Sarah Livingston.
Aeltie Lansing, Bridesmaid, Miss Elizabeth Lynch.
Anthonie de Hooges, Secretary of the Colonie, Mr. Walton Oakley.
Jan Baptiste, Van Rensselaer, Dr. Howard Van Rensselaer.

TABLBAU o1V.

Grand Treaty of Peace.
1664.

After a series of struggles and border warfare regarding the boun-
daries between the Dutch and New England Colonies, a general Treaty
of Peace was made in 1664 between Governor Stuyvesant, acting for the
New Netherlands, the Deputies sent by the Council of Hartford, repre-
senting the English Colonies, and the Chief Sachems of the neighboring
tribes of Indians. One of the members of the Council of New Nether-
lands was de la Montagne, a well-known figure in the history of the
Colony; his gifted and accomplished daughter Sara married Dr. Hans

Munson Morris.
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all others by the Indians, acted as their Interpreter. She is represente
by a direct descendant.

Governor Petrus Stuyvesant, Mr. Thornton Floyd Turner.
Councellor de la Montagne, Deputies, Sachems, etc.

Sara de la Montagne Kiersted, Miss Effie Beekman Borrowe.

TABLEAU V.
The Captive Witch.
1665.

Judith Varlett was born in Holland and came to this country with
her parents in 1662; they resided in Hartford, Connecticut, during that
reign of terror when for the most trivial cause or unaccountable circum-
stance people were accused of being in league with the Evil One. While
attending some local festival, Judith Varlett was torn from the arms of
her family and immured in prison. She was only freed from the terrible
fate which threatened her by a letter from Governor Stuyvesant to the
authorities in Hartford. She afterwards married Samuel Bayard and as
her dower brought him landed estates at “ Hobocken,” and the “ Great
Rocks above Wiehocken,’ New Jersey. She is represented by a lineal
descendant.
Judith Varlett, Mrs. Thomas Sturgis.

TABLEAU VI.
The Brave Mrs. Van Cortlandt.
1689.

The celebrated revolt, known as the Leisler Rebellion, took place in
1689 and culminated on September 20th of that year, when Leisler, who
had seized the reins of power, sent to the Van Cortlandt Manor House
for the charter of the city, its books, seal and papers. These had been
hidden in the cellar, and Mrs. Van Cortlandt refused to deliver them to
Leisler’s emissaries or to reveal their place of concealment.

Mrs. Van Cortlandt, Mrs. Richard Stevens.
Sergeant at Arms, Mr. Mellon.

TABLEAU: VII.
Mr. Gardiner and Captain Kidd.

About the end of the seventeenth century, the famous Captain Kidd
captured a vessel named the Quidah Monarch and secured a quantity of
gold, silver, precious stones and valuable merchandise. This booty he
carried to Gardiner’s Island and hid in a hollow near Cherry Hill Harbor.
After secreting the treasure, Kidd went to the Manor House and threat-
ened Mr. Gardiner with death if the treasure should be removed, but he
tried to ingratiate himself with the Proprietor of the Manor and Mrs.
Gardiner by presenting the lady with a magnificent piece of gold brocade,
and on leaving dropped a large diamond into a pitcher of water that stood
on the table. The treasure was delivered to the Authorities by Mr. Gardi-
ner, and the receipt for the same (which covers a large sheet of parch-
ment), is now at the Manor House, Gardiner’s Island, where the brocade
also is still preserved.

Mrs, Gardiner, Miss Keith.
Captain Kidd, Mr. John A. Van Rensselaer.
Negro Servant, Peter, born a slave on the Stevens Estate,

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James Alexander defending the Liberty of the Press.

_ The New York Weekly Journal, published by John Peter Zenger,
In 1734, became the vehicle for attacks by the oppressed colonists on the
detested English Governor Cosby, who retaliated on his enemies by throw- ce
ing Zenger into prison. James Alexander, one of his Majesty’s Council te
for New York, and also Councillor in New Jersey, defended Zenger before A
the grand jury, January 28th, 1735. The trial, which became noted in the
history of New York, was the first blow struck for liberty and ended in
establishing the freedom of the Press.

James Alexander, Edwin Stevens Lewis.

TABLEAU 1X
1758.
The Lover’s Farewell.

Captain Henry Bouquet was ordered on the third Expedition against
Fort Duquesne, and before leaving paid his addresses to Miss Anne
Willing. She, however, refused him, and he remained unmarried for her
sake. Miss Willing married and is represented by a descendant who wears
a gown owned by her ancestress.

Captain Henry Bouquet, Mr. Cadwalader.
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Miss Julia Lewis.
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Mrs. Trumbull, Miss Morse.
Mrs. Samuel Howell, Jr., Mrs. Phillips.
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Mrs. Boudinot, Miss Julia Butler.
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On the 21st December, 1895, Mr. and Mrs. John Vinton
Dahlgren gave an evening reception in honor of Mayor and Mrs.
Strong, whom the Dames were invited to meet.

March 7th, 1896, Mrs. d’Orémieulx gave a social tea party.

On the 21st April, 1896, Mrs. Johnston gave an afternoon
reception.

Mrs. Edwin Stevens, the former mistress of Castle Point,
whose gracious presence we sorely miss, invited us in the fol-
lowing terms:

Dame Martha Bayard Stevens
asks the honor of your company on
Tuesday afternoon, December the eighth,
at four o’clock,
to partake of a dish of tea,
and hear a short history of the Colonial Dames whose
portraits adorn her walls.

A large party assembled. Dame Stevens read a charming
paper on the Bayard, Stuyvesant, Alexander, Spratt and Stevens
families, illustrated by their portraits. The chairs in the drawing
room had been used by General Washington and his Staff Ofh-
cers. A letter was read from Governor William Livingston
to Mr. Stevens, warning him against the assaults of the mos-
quitoes at Hoboken. A touching incident was the introduction of
Peter, a venerable negro, dressed in a colonial livery, who made
his bow to the ladies and retired. Peter was probably the last
survivor of his race held in bondage in the State of New Jersey ;
he was certainly the last man who, as slave and servant, lived in
the same household for over ninety years.

Mrs. William Warner Hoppin gave a large evening recep-
tion and supper to the Dames, January 11th, 1897. General
James Grant Wilson read a paper on the Colonial soldier and
statesman, Colonel John Bayard.

Mrs. Edward King gave an evening reception 2Ist January,
1897, and Professor Goodnow read a paper on Social Reform.

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February 16th, 1897, Mrs. I. Townsend Burden gave an

evening reception, at which a paper by the Hon. Chauncey
Depew was read.

On February 2ist, 1897, Mrs. James A. Burden gave a
musicale and afternoon tea.

On March 11th, 1897, Miss Byrd gave an afternoon tea, and
read to the Dames some “ Letters of Colonial Ladies,” a fore-
taste of the delightful book, ‘“‘ The Byrds of Westover.”

_ On March 18th, 1897, Mrs. John Hone gave a reception, and
Miss Quincy read her paper: “ Two Colonial Dames—Dorothy
Q. and Dorothy Quincy Hancock.”

January 11th, 1898, Mrs. William Walton Rutherfurd gave
a reception in the Ladies’ Annex of the Metropolitan Club. Mrs.
Peabody read an essay on Lord Stirling.

February 23rd, 1898, Mrs. McCready gave a large luncheon.

April 21st, 1898, Mrs. Drexel entertained the Dames at her
house in Philadelphia.

Miss Harriet Kip Campbell gave a luncheon to the Dames
at her country-place, The Valley, Millburn, New Jersey.

In the spring of 1896, Miss Boudinot gave a luncheon at her
country home at Bernardsville, New Jersey, and a reception on
the 19th January, 1898, when Miss Delafield read some of the
“Letters to Washington.”

On the 16th of October, 1898, the Inauguration of George
Clinton, in 1777, as the first Governor of the State of New York,
was appropriately commemorated by the unveiling of a bronze
tablet, placed on the exterior wall of the Court House at King-
ston. The tablet was donated by Mrs. Ira Davenport, in the
name of The Colonial Dames of America. A special train took
the party to and from Kingston, and lunch was served at Gen-
eral Sharpe’s, a delightful and most interesting excursion.

March 14th, 1899, Miss Hamilton entertained the Dames at
afternoon tea.

On the 2sth of March, 1900, Mrs. Gerard received the
Dames, and the report of the Chairman of the Committee on the
Bill before the Senate was read.

December 2nd, 1903, Mrs. Davenport gave a delightful re-
ception, in honour of Mme. de Laugier-Villars, President of
Chapter IV, Paris, and of Miss Dewey, Secretary of Chapter V,
San Francisco.

February, 1904, Mrs. Oscar F. Livingston gave a lunch-
eon to Mme. de Laugier-Villars and the Board of Managers.

A postponed conference was held on April 14th, 1904, at the
Randolph Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, preceded by
a luncheon, given by Chapter II to the visiting Dames, at the

Acorn Club.

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I may have omitted mentioning some one or more of the
entertainments given by Dames of the Parent Society; if so, my
apology is that I have been unable to obtain a complete list of
invitations and have had to depend partly upon my memory.

Several members of our Board and other Dames joined
Miss Adéle Fielde’s class for instruction in Parliamentary Pro-
cedure in 1896. The following year Miss Helen Van C. de Pey-
ster invited the Dames to drawing-room meetings, at Mrs. de
Peyster’s house, for a repetition of Miss Fielde’s admirable
course; these lectures, followed by conversation and afternoon
tea, were very instructive and pleasant.

The Sons of the Revolution have given our Dames prece-
dence over the other Societies of ladies at their annual service of
commemoration of the Birthday of George Washington. Our
Board of Managers show appreciation of many courtesies by

sending a basket of flowers, annually, to decorate their banquet-
table. In all differences of opinion, the Sons of the Revolution,
the Society of the Cincinnati, and the Society of Colonial Wars
have been our steadfast friends.

The Board of Managers would gladly have given a dinner,
luncheon or large reception each season to all our Dames; the
crusade against our society necessitated expenses which crippled
our resources. The Board has never failed, either as individuals
or in their collective capacity, to entertain members of our Chap-
ters when they visited this city. The Annual Meeting, each
April, is preceded by a luncheon, at Sherry’s, Delmonico’s, or at
the house of a Dame, and followed by afternoon tea. The ladies
who have entertained the Dames at the Annual Meetings have
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1892—Miss Beekman.

1893—Mrs. Drexel.

1894—Mrs. Bronson.

1895—The Board of Managers, at the Ladies’ Annex of the
Metropolitan Club.

1896—The Society met at Sherry’s.

1897—Mrs. Trevor.

1898—Miss Delafield.

1899—Miss Delafield.

1900—Mrs. de Peyster.

1901—Miss Hamilton.

1902—Mrs. Edward King.

1903—Mrs. McCormick.

1904—Mrs. Gerard.

eaPERERA NENT

CHAPTERS.

Our Chapters have loyally assisted the Parent Society on all
occasions, and have done noble work in Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Washington; our younger Chapters in Paris and San Fran-
cisco have begun well and show a laudable desire to further our
objects. Mrs. Keyser, President of Chapter I for ten years, did
much in every way to promote the welfare of the Parent Society
as well as that of her own Chapter: we regret her resignation as
President and thank her warmly for her efficient work.

We are indebted to Chapters I and II for very many delight-
ful readings and entertainments. Mrs. Drexel and other Dames
in Philadelphia opened their houses to receive us at a mid-winter
Conference when a blizzard prevented nearly all of the Dames
from availing themselves of their hospitality. Chapter I, Balti-
more, gave a series of luncheons and receptions in February,
1897, on the occasion of the unveiling of a tablet in memory of
Washington. The summary of the work of Chapter I is given
by Mrs. Ahrens, the Historian. Chapter II, Philadelphia, is fully
reported by Miss Balch, their Secretary.

Chapter III was organized in March, 1898. On May 24th,
1902, after the ceremony of the unveiling of the statue of Mar-
shal de Rochambeau, the Chapter gave the visiting members a
luncheon and Mrs. Richard Lewis Howell an afternoon tea. The
Colonial Dames of America sent a delegation to Washington to
place a wreath upon the statue of the Comte de Rochambeau.
The wreath was given by Mrs. Dana, Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward,
Mrs. Edward King and Mrs. Butler Duncan in the name of the
Colonial Dames. Miss Silvie de Grasse Fowler, a great-grand-
daughter of the Comte de Grasse, represented the Washington
and Miss Balch the Philadelphia committees. Miss Boudinot,
in the absence of our President, presented to the Comte de
Rochambeau the magnificent wreath and the following address:
‘“ For our President in her absence, and in behalf of the Society
of The Colonial Dames of America, it is my pleasant duty to lay
this wreath at the foot of this statue in grateful remembrance of
the service rendered to our ancestors by Lieut.-Gen. le Comte de
Rochambeau, Marshal of France. Further, I am bidden to ex-
tend a hearty welcome to the members of this special embassy
from France, coming so far for the purpose for which we are
gathered here to-day. Among those we note the honored name
of La Fayette. Monsieur le Comte et Madame la Comtesse de
Rochambeau et Messieurs, I pray you, in the name of The Colo-
nial Dames of America, Soyez les Bienvenus.” The Comte de
Rochambeau acknowledged the courtesy of the Colonial Dames
in the following letter to Miss Boudinot: _

‘““Madame—Je vous prie d’éetre mon interpreéte et celui de
Madame de Rochambeau auprés des Membres de votre Société,

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Dames at a luncheon, and Mrs. Howell at afternoon tea. The

Society sympathize with Chapter III in the loss they have sus-

tained in the death of Mrs. Howell.

Chapter IV, Paris, has for its President the Comtesse de

Laugier-Villars, who gave a reception in the spring of 1903 to

her Chapter and to other Dames visiting in Paris. For several

1 / years before this Chapter was organized, Mme. de Laugier-

Villars and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer placed annually a wreath on

the grave of La Fayette; this touching tribute is continued by the

Chapter. At the unveiling of the statue of La Fayette, our Paris

: Chapter had the seats nearest the statue assigned to them and
, were received with marked distinction.

Chapter V, San Francisco, was organized July 17th, 1902,

and has held monthly meetings during the season ever since, at

which, after the business of the Society was transacted, papers

have been read or an entertainment of some sort given.

CHAPTER I,

our oldest Chapter, has done much and most excellent work, of
the kind for which the Society was formed, as will be seen by
the annexed list:

A commemorative entertainment, on February 22nd, has
always been held by Chapter I, usually at the house of Mrs.
Keyser, until this year, when the great fire made any such fes-
tivity ill timed. The houses of the members have been most
generously thrown open to the Society, especially those of the
President, Mrs. Keyser, the Vice-Presidents, Mrs. S. Lee and
Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, and Mrs. William C. Pennington,
one of the Incorporators and, until very lately, the Treasurer of
the Chapter.

Colonial Tableaux and Theatricals of exceptional brilliancy
have been given. Exhibitions have been held of Colonial Em-
broideries, Silver, Heirlooms, Books and Manuscripts. Papers
have been read on Colonial Art, Architecture, and Gardens. A
Commemorative Address on Maryland Day (March 25th) cele-
brated the Landing of the First Settlers in Maryland.

Other papers read before the Chapter were: “ Manners and
| Customs in Colonial Times,” by Mrs. S. S. Lee; “ The Diary of
\ Mile. Zalitzki”; ‘La Fayette,’ by Mrs. Wilson Patterson;
| “ Painting and Sculpture,’ by Mrs. E. N. Morison; “ Novels and

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dotes drawn from the Genealogical Records of Chapter I.”

CHAPTER 1,

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Feb. 22nd. To the placing of a commemorative tablet in the
building now occupying the site of the old Fountain Inn
(the Carrollton Hotel), where Washington sojourned
on the three historical occasions when he visited Balti-
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May 5th, 1775, on his journey to Philadelphia, as a delegate
to the Second Continental Congress,—

September 8th, 1781, on his way to the reduction of York-
town,—

April 17th, 1789, when proceeding as President-elect to his
Inauguration at New York.

This tablet was unveiled in the presence of the Governor of
Maryland, the Mayor of Baltimore, and others.

It was destroyed by fire, with the building on which it was
placed, in February, 1904.

To the restoration of the Old Swedes Church, Wilmington,
Delaware,—an object in which some members of Chap-
ter I were deeply interested, and for which they invoked
anid received the aid of the Society at large..........2.

Their contribution was applied to the reproduction of the
old sittings or pews of the church, and in doing this
work, the original aisle of brick and stone, two hundred
years old—which had long been hidden by a wooden
flooring—was brought to light.

To the publication fund of the Calendar of Wills, of Mary-
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To the fund for erecting a Statue at Winchester, England,
in memory of King Alived the Great... 2. 21 one aeee

(Two members of Chapter I were present, as delegates, at
the interesting ceremonies attending the unveiling of
the statue.)

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cre in 1622), presented to Johns Hopkins University, to
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The Endowment Fund here mentioned was raised in re-
sponse to an offer made by several public-spirited gen-
tlemen of Baltimore, to present a valuable tract of land
to the University. Their princely gift, however, was
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PHILADELPHIA.

Prior to the formation of Chapter II, Philadelphia, several
interesting entertainments were given by members of the Society.
At Mrs. Bowden’s Miss Balch read her translation of the narra-
tive of the Prince de Broglie, giving an account of social life in
Philadelphia, Newport and Boston in 1782. Mrs. McClellan en-
tertained the general Society; and members from New York,
Baltimore and New Haven met their sister Dames of Philadel-
phia. Miss Ann Chew read Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward’s intro-
duction to Major André’s manuscript, and exhibited his original
water-color designs for the costumes of the Knights of the
Blended Rose; these, with his description of the Mischianza (the
original manuscript), he had given to Miss Peggy Chew. Mrs.
James Bowden read a graphic and touching account of Major
André’s imprisonment and execution, written by her grandfather,
General Ebenezer Stevens, an eye-witness of the same.

Following these gatherings,. made memorable by the exceed-
ingly interesting papers read, were one or two informal meetings.
Subsequently, after the formation of Chapter II, much work was
accomplished and the following entertainments given:

At Mrs. Chapman Mitchel’s, a tea, at which Mrs. Brinton
Coxe read a charming paper, “A Real Colonial Dame,” telling
of the work done by her ancestor, Ann Willing, and her friends,
during an epidemic of fever in Philadelphia.

At an evening entertainment given by the Misses Chew,
members from the Society at large listened to Dr. S. Weir
Mitchel read from advanced proof sheets his “ Hugh Wynne.”

Miss Penn-Gaskell Hall gave, on December roth, 1896, a
luncheon, at which Chapter II heard and approved of the Memo-
rial to Congress prepared by the Society.

In 1897, Mr. George Sidney Fisher gave, at Mrs. John
Thompson Spencer’s, on the evening of February 27th, a very
delightful account of “ Colonial Customs,” and on April 21st, at
an evening party at Mrs. Joseph Drexel’s, Mr. George Hazel-
hurst read a graceful sketch of ‘‘ The Beautiful Miss Vining,” of
Delaware.

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to hear an account of a journey made through western Pennsyl-
vania and New York early in the nineteenth century by Mr.
Robert Hare; this paper, with some few annotations, being read
by his granddaughter, Mrs. George McClellan, who later, on
April 28th, invited the Society to lunch and to hear a most excel-
lent and interesting paper on “ Some Letters of John Dickinson.”
written and read by Mrs. Richard McCall Cadwalader ; and again
on December roth, Mrs. McClellan gathered the Chapter to dis-
cuss some matters of business and partake of afternoon tea, after
which we listened with pleasure to the Narrative of Charles
Hare, Midshipman in His Majesty’s Service, from prison at
Sarre Libre in the Province of Lorraine, to Mayence and down
the Rhine to Rotterdam, in the month of August, 18009.

In 1899, arrangements were made by Chapter II, to hold the
second Conference of the year in Philadelphia, and it was called
for February 13th at the house of Mrs. Thomas Balch. Mrs.
Balch invited the officers and members of the Board of Man-
agers in the three cities where our Society was then flourishing
to luncheon, but owing to the blizzard many of them were pre-
vented from even leaving their homes. There was no Confer-
ence, but the Dames who came, fighting their way through the
snow, had a merry time. Ten days later, February 23rd, a num-
ber of Dames came on, both from New York and Baltimore.
Chapter II resolved not to be daunted by the elements, and, on
March oth, the postponed Conference was held at Mrs. McClel-
lan’s, and largely attended. It was preceded by a very delightful
luncheon given by Mrs. William Rotch Wister. Later on, Mrs.
Spencer gave us a pleasant afternoon tea, and in the autumn,
Mrs. George McClellan and Mrs. George Willing had informal
teas and readings.

Miss Binney began the series of social gatherings in 1900 by
giving, January 25th, a large tea, to which she invited a number
of friends, not members of the Society, and all were greatly
pleased with Miss Quincy’s charming sketch of “ Two Colonial
Dames,” read by Miss Balch.

On February 16th, Mrs. Thomas Fleming Parker gathered
us all again to partake of her hospitality and enjoy a most inter-

esting family paper, as she read “‘ Passages from the Diary of ©

Anne Warder.”
On March 22nd, at the house of Mrs. Thomas Balch, Miss
Balch read a short paper called ‘‘ Robert Brooke, Acting-Gov-
ernor of Maryland,” taken, with a few additions, from her broth-
er’s book: “ The Brooke Family of Whitchurch, England.” It
was followed by “ Recollections of Joshua Gilpin during the
Revolutionary War,” culled by Mrs. Gilpin from the MS. diary
of one of her husband’s ancestors; owing to her illness the paper
was read by her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Lynch Montgomery.
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Mrs. Brinton Coxe to read us an interesting family paper.

Chapter II did not forget the 23rd of May, 1900, the tenth
anniversary of the founding of the Society, and Mrs. Edgar Hunt
Butler gave a luncheon for the Chapter at her house in German-
town, at which Miss Balch, the first member of the Society in
Philadelphia, owing to her election on June 6th, 1890, read a very
interesting and amusing paper on “ Witchcraft,” prepared by
Miss Mary Trumbull Morse, and read with her permission.

On November 27th, Mrs. McClellan invited the Chapter to
luncheon to meet Miss Eugenia Hargous Macfarlane, and for-
mally discuss the plan of taking charge of the Randolph Mansion
in East Fairmount Park, which the Commissioners of Fairmount
Park had agreed to place in our care. The Chapter, after hear-
ing the report of the Board, voted to raise the money necessary
to thoroughly repair and repaint this attractive old dwelling, a
Committee was appointed and the work begun.

On February 6th, 1901, the second Conference of the year
was held at Mrs. George McClellan’s, and the Dames on leaving
there went to a handsome luncheon given to the Society by Miss
Mary Swift Buckley and Miss Katharine Buckley, after which
Miss Catherine Dulany Belt read her interesting sketch of “ An-
napolis, the Home of Daniel Dulany.”

On March 2nd, the Chapter met at Mrs. Spencer's to hear
ins) fohn Kine, Van Rensselaer's account of “ The Dirst Hove
of Aaron Burr.”

The Annual Meeting took place on April 16th, at the Ran-
dolph Mansion, and the Chapter viewed with great interest the
work done during the winter under the able guidance of the
Committee on Repairs, and decided to formally: open the Man-
sion; on May ist, the Chapter gave a large afternoon reception;
Mr. William Brooke Rawle read a detailed and interesting ac-
count of the house, which had originally belonged to his family
and was then called “ The Laurels.” Among those present, be-
sides the Dames of Chapter II, their families and friends, were
officers and members of the Society of the Cincinnati, Society of
Colonial Wars, the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of May-
flower Descendants, the Society of Foreign Wars, and some of
the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, who, one and all, highly
commended the work done by our Dames.

In 1902, besides two or three informal gatherings of the
Chapter, held at the houses of the Dames, Mrs. George W.
Childs Drexel gave a handsome luncheon to the Society, and the
number of Dames from New York, Baltimore and Washington
was larger than at any other meeting.

On February 5th, Mrs. Gilpin read a very interesting sketch
of the “ Life of Alexander Hamilton,’ and accounts of his death,
from the original letters of his father-in-law, Gen. Philip Schuy-

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him till the end.

Our Annual Meeting took place on April 16th, at the Ran-
dolph Mansion, and the Chapter was greatly pleased with the
furniture given or lent by members of the Chapter, and three
Dames in New York, who thus kindly showed their interest in
the work of their Philadelphia sisters. At the beginning of June,
Mrs. Camac gave a garden-party at the Randolph Mansion, to
the Chapter and a number of friends.

Miss Catherine Dulany Belt brought the Chapter and her
friends together on the afternoon of February 11th, 1903, to
partake of tea and hear two very interesting papers, read by the
gentlemen who were the authors; one by Mr. Thomas Willing
Balch, on “ The Account Book of the First Philadelphia Assem-
blies, kept by John Swift, the Treasurer (1748),’ and the other:
“A short Sketch of Dr. Benjamin Rush,” by Mr. William Mas-
ters Camac.

On April 18th, 1903, a very delightful luncheon was given
at the Randolph Mansion by Mrs. William Lyttleton Savage,
and again the guests, not members of the Chapter, were charmed
with the colonial dwelling cared for by the Dames.

On February 4th, 1904, another most attractive luncheon
was given to the Chapter and a number of friends by Miss Julia
Mayer Keim, at whose request Mrs. Robert P. Robins read a
most interesting paper on “ Miss Franks, the Queen of the Mis-
chianza.”

There have been other meetings, at which other papers have
been read, but unfortunately I have not been able to obtain any
account of them, and not being present, have no record of them.
I have also made no mention of our Board Meetings nor of all
our Annual Meetings; their minutes have been faithfully kept,
and the work done by the Chapter testifies to the interest and
zeal shown by the Dames of Chapter II.

BLisk WILLING BALCE,
Secretary, Chapter I].

CHAPTER .V.

SAN FRANCISCO.

November 26th, 1902, a monthly meeting was held. Papers
were read on The Mayflower and The Puritans.

December 27th Colonial Costumes and Dances were illus-
trated.

January 22nd, 1903, a paper: “ Glimpses of Early Colonial
Homes.”

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the Revolutionary War, from the Founding of the Colonies.”
March 22nd, 1903, Annual Meeting and Election of Officers.
Lunch cooked and served in Colonial style.
s April 23rd, 1903, a paper: “‘ The First Meeting of the Conti-
nental Congress,” “ The Liberty Bell.”
October 22nd, paper: “A Ramble about the Old Town of
Hingham, Mass., and a Service on the Old Ship Church, erected
1681, and still in use.”
November 25th, 1903, papers: “ The First Colonial Thanks-
giving,” and “ Thanksgiving in 1684.”

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Our object in writing this booklet is gained if it has given
to any Colonial Dame a clearer insight into our methods and
their results. It has been asked for what purpose do Colonial
Dames exist, what do they do and how do they do it. These
questions we have tried to answer; and to those who love a brief
reply, we say: the Society exists to live up to its motto, Colere
Colomiarum Gloriam,; its work is as varied and as all-embracing
as that of the great Republic whose foundation stones were laid
by the men whom we honor.

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52d Congress—tist Session. EL, Ro 510:

[Report No. 256.]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

JANuARY 7, 1892.—Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered
to be printed.

FEBRUARY 10, 1892.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed.

Mr. LITTLE introduced the following bill:
A BEE

To incorporate the Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That Elizabeth, Duer
King (Mrs. Archibald Gracie King), of New Jersey; Elizabeth Coralie
Gardiner (Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner), of Gardiner Island; Eleanor Van
Rensselaer Fairfax (Mrs. Hamilton Fairfax), of New York; May King
Van Rensselaer (Mrs. John K. Van Rensselaer), of New York; Mary
Van Wyck Church (Mrs. Benjamin Silliman Church), of Kentucky;
Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, editor of the Magazine of American History; Miss
Cornelia A. Beekman, of New York; Annie Townsend Lawrence (Mrs.
Walter Bowne Lawrence), of Long Island; Charlotte Lloyd Schmidt
(Mrs. Oscar Schmidt), of New York; Martha Bayard Dod Stevens (Mrs.
Edwin Stevens), of New Jersey, trustees of said society, and their asso-
ciates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic by
the name and title of the Colonial Dames of America, for patriotic, his-
torical, and educational purposes. The particular business of said society
is the collection and preservation of relics, manuscripts, traditions, and
mementoes of the founders and builders of the thirteen original States
of the Union, and of the heroes of the War for Independence, that the
memory of their deeds and achievements may be perpetuated; also, to
promote celebrations of great historic events of national importance, to
diffuse information on all subjects concerning American history, and cul-
tivate the spirit of patriotism and reverence for the founders of American
constitutional liberty.

Said society is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the city
of New York, so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends, to an
amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars; and it may adopt
a constitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law.

Said society shall have its principal office in New York City, and may
hold its annual meetings in such places as the said incorporators may
determine.

Said society shall report annually to the secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution concerning its proceedings, and said secretary shall communi-
cate to Congress the whole of such reports, or such portion thereof as he
shall see fit.

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hog 52d Congress—Ist Session. Report No. 256.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA.

FEBRUARY 10, 1892—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed.

Mr. Cummincs, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the fol-
lowing

i REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 1519.]

The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the bill (H.R.
1519) to incorporate the Society of the Colonial Dames of America,
submit the following report:

The Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized in the
city of New York, May 23, 1890, and was the first society of women for
purely patriotic purposes ever founded in this country. Its scope 1s much
broader than any of the societies of women with kindred aims which have
since been formed, in that it seeks to perpetuate the memory of the
founders of the Colonies as well as the heroes of the Revolution. It is
composed entirely of women who are descended in their own persons from

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\ Hamilton, John Jay, Chancellor Livingston, Rufus King, John Langdon,
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\ Robert Morris, Lewis Morris, Gen. Mifflin, Governor Rutledge, Gov-
\ ernor Griswold, Philip Livingston, Lord Sterling, Morgan Lewis, John
N 3 Morin Scott, Mr. Quincy, William Floyd, Surg. Gen. John Cochrane,
N » \ James Duane, and many others, and is constantly increasing its roll of
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The society is purely patriotic and educational in its objects, which
are:

(1) To collect and preserve relics, manuscripts, traditions, and me-
mentoes of the founders and builders of the thirteen original States of the
Union, and of the heroes of the War of Independence, that the memory
of their deeds and achievements may be perpetuated.

(2) To promote celebrations of great historic events of national im-
portance, to diffuse information on all subjects concerning American his-
tory, particularly among the young, and to cultivate the spirit of patriotism
and reverence for the founders of American constitutional history.

The objects of the society are deemed worthy of encouragement, and
* as the incorporation involves no expense upon the Government the com-
mittee recommend the passage of the bill.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

May 26, 1892.—Referred to the Committee on Education and ordered to

be printed.
Mr. REyBuRN introduced the following bill: 4
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To incorporate the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That Emily B. Ban-
ning (Mrs. Henry E. Banning), M. Louisa Spruance, Miss Spottswood,
Mrs. W. P. Johnston, and Mrs. John B. Rodney, of Delaware; Deborah
Brown Coleman (Mrs. G. Dawson Coleman), Elizabeth Duane Gillespie,
Fanny Hollingsworth Arnold (Mrs. Crawford Arnold), Elizabeth Mc-
Kean (Mrs. Thomas McKean), and Julia Rush Biddle, of Pennsylvania ;
Elizabeth Alford Smith, Mary Dickinson, Caroline E. Nixon, Mrs. Cleave- | he
land Hetson, and Mrs. Elmer E. Green, of New Jersey; Anne Smith Von Cn
Kapff (Mrs. Frederick Von Kapff), Ellen Howard Bayard (Mrs. Rich-
ard Bassett Bayard), Eleanor Rogers Goldsborough (Mrs. George Robbins
Goldsborough), Emilie McKim Reed (Mrs. William Reed), Mrs. Rebecca
Chapman, and Mrs. Eugene Blackford, of Maryland; and Florence Kid-
der, of North Carolina, trustees of the said society, and their associates
and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the
name and title of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of Amer-
ica, for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes. The particular
business of the said society is the collection and preservation of relics,
manuscripts, and traditions of the founders and builders of the thirteen
original States of the Union, the perpetuation of the memory of their
deeds and achievements, the promotion of celebrations of great historic
events of national importance, the discussion of information on all sub-
jects concerning American history, and the cultivation of the spirit of
patriotism and reverence for the founders of American constitutional (|
liberty. Said society is authorized to hold real and personal estate in }
the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful
ends to an amount not exceeding the limits prescribed by law; and it
may adopt a constitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law.
Said society shall have its principal office in the city of Washington,
and may hold its annual meeting in such places as the trustees thereof
shall designate. Said society shall report annually to the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institute concerning its proceedings, and said Secretary shall
communicate to Congress the whole of said reports, or such portion thereof
as he shall see fit.

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May 26, 1802.

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referred to the Committee on the Library.

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Mrs. W. P. Johnston, and Mrs. John B. Rodney, of Delaware; Deborah
Brown Coleman (Mrs. G. Dawson Coleman), Elizabeth Duane Gillespie,
Fanny Hollingsworth Arnold (Mrs. Crawford Arnold), Elizabeth Mc-
Kean (Mrs. Thomas McKean), and Julia Rush Biddle, of Pennsylvania ;
Elizabeth Alford Smith, Mary Dickinson, Caroline E. Nixon, Mrs. Cleave-
land Hetson, and Mrs. Elmer E. Green, of New Jersey; Anne Smith Von
Kapff (Mrs. Frederick Von Kapff), Ellen Howard Bayard (Mrs. Richard
Bassett Bayard), Eleanor Rogers Goldsborough (Mrs. George Robbins
Goldsborough), Emilie McKim Reed (Mrs. William Reed), Mrs. Rebecca
Chapman, and Mrs. Eugene Blackford, of Maryland; and Florence Kid-
der, of North Carolina, trustees of the said society, and their associates
and successors are hereby created a body corporate and politic, by the
name and title of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America,
for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes. The particular busi-
ness of the said society is the collection and preservation of relics, manu-
scripts, and traditions of the founders and builders of the thirteen original
States of the Union, the perpetuation of the memory of their deeds and
achievements; the promotion of celebrations of great historic events of
national importance; the diffusion of information on all subjects concern-
ing American history, and the cultivation of the spirit of patriotism and
reverence for the founders of American constitutional liberty. Said society
is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia
so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not
exceeding the limits prescribed by law; and it may adopt a constitution
and make by-laws not inconsistent with law. Said society shall have its
principal office in the city of Washington, and may hold its annual meet-
ing in such places as the trustees thereof shall designate. Said society
shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution con-
cerning its proceedings, and said Secretary shall communicate to Congress
the whole of said reports or such portion thereof as he shall see fit.

[Calendar No. 1032.

54th Congress—tst Session. S. 3087.
IN DEE SENATE OF THE UNIZED SLATES:
May 7, 1896.

Mr. Lopce introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on the Library.

May 14, 1896.
Reported by Mr. WeEtTMorRE without amendment.
A BILL

To incorporate the National Society of Colonial Dames of America.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That Justine Van Rens-
selaer Townsend (Mrs. Howard Townsend), of New York; Elizabeth
Duane Gillespie (Mrs. E. D. Gillespie), of Pennsylvania; Eleanore Kinsey
Gordon (Mrs. W. W. Gordon), of Georgia; Britannia Wellington Kennon
(Mrs. Beverly Kennon), of Washington, District of Columbia; Elizabeth
Banning (Mrs. Henry G. Banning), of Delaware; Emily K. Reed (Mrs.
William Reed), of Baltimore, Maryland; Esther Jackson (Mrs. J. J.
Jackson), of Baltimore, Maryland; Elizabeth Byrd Nicholas, of Wash-
ington, District of Columbia; Letitia Green Stevenson (Mrs. Adlai E.

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Stevenson), of Illinois; Ellen Sever Hale (Mrs. George S. Hale), of
Boston, Massachusetts : Mary Adams Quincey (Mrs. H. P. Quincey),
of Boston, Massachusetts; Sara Putnam Lowell Blake (Mrs. George Baty
Blake), of Massachusetts; Grace Parkman Coffin (Mrs, ©. -P. Cofim),
of Massachusetts; Elizabeth Rebecca Lowell Sprague (Mrs. F. P.
Sprague), of Massachusetts; Mrs. Samuel G. Colt, of Connecticut; Mrs.
Charles Dudley Warner, of Connecticut; Bettie Andrews Atkinson (Mrs.
John Wilder Atkinson), of North Carolina; Lucy Wright Giles (Mrs.
Clayton Giles), of North Carolina; Belle De Saussure, of South Carolina;
Eleanore Van Rensselaer Fairfax (Mrs. Hamilton B. Fairfax), of New
York; Catharine Parker Beekman (Mrs. William Bedloe Beekman), of
New York; Katherine Euphemia Turnbull, of New York; Susan De
Peyster Livingston (Mrs. Robert E. Livingston), of New York; Maria
Duane Bleecker Miller, of New York; Alice Elizabeth Chapin Brewster
(Mrs. Henry Colvin Brewster), of New York; Cornelia Jones Chadwick
(Mrs. French Ensor Chadwick), of New York; Alice Claypole Vander-
bilt (Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt), of New York; Anna Livingston Reade
Street Morton (Mrs. Levi Parsons Morton), of New York; Florence
Bayard, of Delaware; Elizabeth D. Knight, of Delaware; Mary Floyd
Delafield Neely (Mrs. Henry Adams Neely), of Maine; Abigail Adams
Johnson Seymour (Mrs. Horatio Seymour), of Michigan; Sara Cotton
Smith Perry (Mrs. William Stevens Perry), of Iowa: Evelyn Byrd Cabell
Robinson (Mrs. William Russell Robinson), of Virginia; Elizabeth Henry
Lyons (Mrs. James Lyons), of Virginia; Lucy Carter Trent (Mrs. Peter-
field Trent), of Virginia; Isabella Dixon Mays (Mrs, Peter H. Mays), of
Virginia; Edith Bucklin Hartshorn Mason (Mrs. Livingston Mason),
of Rhode Island; Florence Madeline Bridgham (Mrs. Bridgham),
of Rhode Island; Jeannie Lippit Weeden, of Rhode Island: Mary Jesup
Blair (Mrs. James P. Blair), of Washington, District of Columbia ;
Henrietta Greely (Mrs. Adolphus W. Greely), of Washington, District
of Columbia; Maria Stockton Dayton (Mrs. William Clarke Dayton), of
New Jersey; Mary Dickinson, of New Jersey; Florence Hill Kidder (Mrs.
George Wilson Kidder), of North Carolina, and their associates and suc-
cessors are hereby created a body corporate and politic in the United
States of America by the name of The National Society of Colonial Dames
of America, for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes, to perpet-
uate the memory and spirit of the men and women who, in the colonial
period, by their rectitude, courage, and self-denial, prepared the way for
success in that struggle which gained for the country its liberty and Con-
stitution, by acquisition and protection of historical spots, and the erection
of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research into the
colonial records, and the publication of the results; by the preservation
of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual patriots, and
to encourage in all who come under their influence true patriotism, built
on a knowledge of the self-sacrifice and heroism of those men of the
colonies who laid the foundation of this great nation.

Sec. 2. That said society is authorized to hold real and personal es-
tate in the United States, so far only as may be necessary to its lawful
ends, to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, and may
adopt a constitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law, and may
adopt a seal. Said society shall have its headquarters or principal office
at Washington, in the District of Columbia.

SEc. 3. That said society shall report annually to the secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, and said secre-
tary shall communicate to Congress such portion thereof as he may deem
of national interest and importance. The Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution are authorized to permit said national society to deposit its
collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other material for history,
in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National Museum, at their dis-
cretion, upon such conditions and under such rules as they shall prescribe.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Fifty-
fourth Congress.

GENTLEMEN :
The undersigned, members of the Societies of the Colonial Dames
of America, asking for a charter for “ National Society of the Colonial
Dames of America,’ under Senate Bill No. 3087, respectfully submit the
following facts in answer to protest made to your Honorable Body by
the original New York society of Colonial Dames of America.

The first society of “ The Colonial Dames of America” was organized
in New York in May, 1890, but it was not incorporated at that time.

In the spring of 1891 this New York Society sent an invitation to
Philadelphia to form a Chapter of “ The Colonial Dames of America.
A few ladies joined this New York society, but after examining their
Constitution it was thought by the majority undignified to join such a
Chapter, as it obliged them to accept the following conditions:

1st. All application papers were to be sent to New York for exami-
nation.
2d. All dues and initiation fees to be paid to New York.
3d. All general meetings to be held invariably in New York.
4th. At such meetings the delegates from other State Chapters not
to be allowed to propose any new business, but only to consider
the business laid before them by the New York members.
sth. Such Chapters to have no voice in the election of officers, as
all such officers had already been elected.
At the request of some members of the Pennsylvania Historical So-
ciety, a meeting was called in Philadelphia on August 8, 1891, and a
Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized,
a President and other officers elected. |
After vainly trying to effect a union upon equal terms with New
York, the following circular letter was sent to the thirteen Colonial

States:

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The women of Philadelphia, represented by the undersigned, wish to
form a Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America, as part
of a National organization, on the following terms:

Ist. That each State Society shall have its own Constitution and

officers.

2d. When a sufficient number of State societies shall have been

formed, each society shall elect delegates to a general convention
_to adopt a Constitution and elect officers for a National Society.
Will your society accept this basis of organization and join us in
forming a National Society?
Very sincerely yours,
President_of the Pennsylvania Society
of the Colonial Dames of America.
Mrs. ALEXANDER BIDDLE,
4. President of the Pennsylvania Society
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This letter was never answered, and after waiting a reasonable time,
and receiving no acknowledgment of their proposition, the Pennsylvania
Society was duly Incorporated June toth, 1801.

The Managers of the New York, finding that they had made a mis-
take, changed their Constitution, and three days after the letter was sent
to them from Philadelphia, they, for the first time, incorporated their
society, April 13th, 1891, under the name of “The Colonial Dames of
America.” Under this Act of Incorporation, this society has no right or
claim to the name of National. The word was never used on any of their
official papers. It did not appear in their deed of incorporation, nor has
it appeared on any of their ballots, notices or invitations unto this day.
It was printed on the fly-leaf of a small book of by-laws, about Decem-
ber, 1891, eight months after Pennsylvania had suggested the plan of form-
ing a National Society. This book of by-laws was a State affair, as no
names appear on it except the New York members.

In April, 1891, the Maryland Society was organized and duly incorpo-
rated in December, 1891. New Jersey followed in April, 1892, and Dela-
ware in May, 1892. Favorable answers were received from these States,
Pennsylvania again proposing the plan of forming a National Society, and
a meeting was held May 10, 1892, in Wilmington, Delaware, and the
“ National Society of Colonial Dames of America” was organized.

7 ouice then all the thirteen original States and the District of Colum-
bia have joined the Federation, including a New York Society, founded on

the National Constitution. The last society admitted into the Federation
was in 1894.

The plan adopted was the same as at first suggested, each colonial
State being independent in its local government, but all bound by the pro-
visions of the National Constitution.

Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, the founder of the original New York Society,
always hoped that her society would eventually embrace all the States of
the Union. Her colleagues were not in accord with her, however, and she
disapproved of their conduct as an American, tending to State centraliza-
tion and establishing an aristocracy.

In 1892 Mrs. Lamb made application for a National Charter, but
before it left the Library Committee, she changed it, substituting names
from the incorporated societies in other States, and did not press its
passage before Congress.

She found that her society was making mistakes. Members were
refused without reason, except personal antagonism. No claims were
recognized unless candidates had a certain social position. Papers fully
endorsed by committees in charge were suppressed, and charges were made
against the characters and lives of men whom this Nation had honored
as patriots.

The original society of Colonial Dames in New York has only suc-
ceeded in establishing two chapters, one in Maryland and one in Pennsyl-
vania. These societies are limited in their membership.

The membership of the National Society exceeds 2400, and associate
societies have been organized in twenty of the non-colonial States.

The principles and works of the National Society are Educational,
Historical and Patriotic.

This committee can show proof of every assertion made in this paper.

(Signed) Mrs. J. Van Rensselaer Townsend, Mrs. E. D. Gilder-
sham, Pennsylvania; Mrs. John Sanders, Pennsylvania; Mrs. James D.
Winsor, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Anne E. Wharton, Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Charles Curtis Harrison, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Wm. Read, Maryland; Mrs.
R. L. Shippen, Maryland; Mrs. E. H. Bayard, Maryland; Mrs. Eugene
Blackford, Maryland; Mrs. E. S. Beall, Maryland; Miss Mary Dickinson,

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ware; Mrs. William D. Johnstone, Delaware; Miss Kate E. Turnbull, New
York; Mrs. Wm. H. Browne, District of Columbia; Mrs. F. E. Chadwick,
New York.

Pennsylvania Society of the C. D. A., 450 members,
Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, President, etc., etc., etc.
Maryland Society of the C. D. A., 312 members,
Mrs. Frederick Von Kapff, President, etc., etc., etc.
The New Jersey Society of the C. D. A., 232 members,
Mrs. A. Meredith Dickinson, President, etc., etc., etc.
The Delaware Society of the C. D. A., 53 members.
The District of Columbia Society, C. D. A., 85 members.
The Virginia Society, C. D. A., 200 members.
The Rhode Island Society, 70 members.
The Massachusetts Society, 160 members.
The New York Society, 25 members.
The South Carolina Society, 110 members.
The Connecticut Society, 180 members.
The Georgia Society, 75 members.
The New Hampshire Society, 65 members.
The North Carolina Society, 50 members.

Non-Colomnial States.

California, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Ohio,
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Louisiana, Colorado,
Illinois, Mississippi,
Kentucky, Minnesota,
Tennessee, Arkansas,
Iowa, Texas,

by their respective Chairmen.

54th Congress—2d Session. SP 3350:
Pre Sh NATE OF THE UNITED STATES

DECEMBER I0, 1806.

Mr. Hate introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on the Library.

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To incorporate The Society of the Colonial Dames of America.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Umted States of America in Congress assembled, That Mrs. John Lyon
Gardiner (Elizabeth Coralie Livingston Jones), Gardiner’s Island; Miss
Cornelia A. Beekman, New York: Mrs. Edwin Stevens (Martha Bayard
Dod), New Jersey; Mrs. J. Hampden Robb (Cornelia Van R. Dhayer),
Massachusetts; Mrs. William Warner Hoppin (Katherine Beekman),
New York; Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward (Sophia Howard), New York:
Mrs. Walter Rutherfurd (Isabella Brooks), New York: Mrs. Oscar Eger-

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T. Livingston (Susan Bard Rogers), New York; Mrs. Paul Dana (Mary

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Virginia; Mrs. Stephen S. Lee (Sarah Fenner Mallett), Rhode Island; .
Mrs. Robert Garrett (Mary E. Frick), Maryland; Mrs. William C. Pen- :
nington (Emily Louisa Harper), Maryland; Miss Emma Elliott John- @
stone, South Carolina; Mrs. Robert A. Dobbin (Elizabeth Swan Key), :
Maryland; Mrs. Clapham Murray (Mary Grundy Gibson), Maryland;

Mrs. Jesse Tyson (Edyth Johns), Maryland; Mrs. J. Wilson Patterson

(Margaret Sherwood), Maine; Mrs. William T. Wilson (Eliza W. Beale),

Virginia; Mrs. James Swan Frick (Elise Winchester Dana), Maine; Mrs.

J Fenner Lee (Mary Cornelia Read), Maryland; Mrs. Edward King

(Elizabeth Fisher), New York; Miss Jane J. Boudinot, New Jersey ;

Mrs. Timothy Matlack Cheesman (Clara Livingston), New York; Mrs.

dOremieulx (Laura Wolcott Gibbs), New York; Mrs. Frederick J. de

Peyster (Augusta Morris), New York; Mrs. James Boorman Johnston

Mary Hoppin Humphreys), New York; Miss Adelaide Hamilton, New

York; Miss Julia Livingston Delafield, New York; Miss Emily Tucker-

man, Washington, District of Columbia; Mrs. John B. Trevor (Emily

Norwood), New York: Mrs. Percy King (Sarah Goodhue), New York;

Mrs. Richard H. Derby (Sarah Coleman Alden), New York; Mrs. John

Sterrett Gittings (Rosalie May), Maryland; Mrs. Tunstall Smith (Jose-
phine Fairfax), Virginia; Mrs. Wiiliam Gilmor (Mary Lloyd Key),

Maryland; Mrs. Hollins McKim (Lydia Hollingsworth Morris), Mary-
land; Mrs. W. Graham Bowdoin (Katharine Gordon Price), Delaware;

Miss Susan Palfrey Lee, Washington; Mrs. W. Livingston Watson (Ellen

Swan), Maryland: Mrs. W. Hall Harris (Alice Patterson), Maryland;
Mrs. George Adolf Ahrens (Bertha E. Hall), Maryland; Mrs. William
T. Howard (Rebecca Williams), Maryland; Mrs. Ernest Morison ( Pris-
cilla Ridgely White), Maryland; Mrs. George McClellan (Harriet Hare),
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Thomas Balch (Emily Swift), Pennsylvania; Mrs.
Richard McCall Cadwalader (Christine Biddle), Pennsylvania; Mrs. i(
George Brinton Phillips (Ellen Emlen Jones), Pennsylvania; Mrs. Na- | .
thaniel Chapman Mitchell (Margaret Yates Brinton), Pennsylvania; Miss :
Elise Willing Balch, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Charles B. Penrose (Katherine
Drexel), Pennsylvania; Miss Anne Sophia Penn Chew, Pennsylvania;
Mrs. Thomas Fleming Parker (Lisa de Veaux Foulke), North Carolina; Is
Mrs. William Herbert Washington (Constance Bowden), North Carolina ; iV &
Mrs. George Woolsey Hodge (Mary de Veaux Powell), Pennsylvania ;

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Mrs. Brinton Coxe (Maria Middleton Fisher), Pennsylvania; Mrs. Horace
Binney Hare (Emily Power Beale), Washington, District of Columbia; .
Mrs. Robert Morris (Lucy Pickett Morris), Pennsylvania; Mrs. William
Rotch Wister (Mary Channing Eustis), Massachusetts: Mrs. William

Masters Camac (Catherine Murray Rush), Pennsylvania; Miss Maria

Gouverneur Mitchell, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Richard Tilghman (Gabriela de

Potestad) ; Mrs. Joseph Drexel (Lucy Wharton), Pennsylvania; Miss

C. Guilielma Penn-Gaskell Hall, Pennsylvania; Mrs. John Thompson

Spencer (Rebecca Wallace), Pennsylvania; Mrs. James Bowden (Alexa

Charlotte Stevens), Pennsylvania, and their associates and successors, are |
hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name and title of The

Colonial Dames of America, for patriotic, historical, and educational

purposes. The particular business of said society is the collecton and

preservation of relics, manuscripts, traditions, and mementoes of the found-

ers and builders of the thirteen original States of the Union, and of the

heroes of the War for Independence, that the memory of their deeds and

achievements may be perpetuated; also, to promote celebrations of great

historic events of national importance; to diffuse information on all sub-

jects concerning American history, and cultivate the spirit of patroitism

and reverence for the founders of American constitutional liberty.

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United States, so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends, to an
) amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars; and it may adopt a
seal, have a constitution, and make by-laws not inconsistent with law.
| Said corporation shall have its principal office in New York City, and
may hold its annual meetings in such places as the said corporation ‘may
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i To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States:

The Memorial of the Undersigned, Members of the Society of the
Colonial Dames of America, respectfully represents:

1. That there is now pending before the Library Committee of the
Senate, a bill providing for the granting of a charter from the United
States to this Society, which was originally incorporated under the laws
of the State of New York on April 13th, 1891, by the title, “ The Colonial
Dames of America.”

2. That there is also pending before the same committee another bill
known as Senate Bill 3087 providing for the incorporation of another
society by the same or substantially the same title.

3. That in support of the latter application there has been presented
to the Senate within a very short time a memorial setting forth certain
alleged reasons why this latter society should be incorporated under
said title.

4. That this memorial contains many erroneous statements and mis-
takes as to facts and dates which your present memorialists are prepared
to show if the same are deemed material for the proper consideration of
the subject.

But the said memorial establishes the fact that the society which in
Senate Bill 3087 is asking for a National Charter is not the society which
was first organized or which received the first charter by the name of
“The Colonial Dames of America.”

6. The memorial in support of Senate Bill 3087 claims for the society
which it represents lofty and patriotic aims and purposes which we seek
neither to criticise nor oppose. We claim, however, for our own society
aims equally lofty and patriotic, and cannot admit the right of any other
society to seek the aid of the National Government to appropriate a title
which we were the first to use and which was confirmed to us by the
State of New York.

7. We prefer to leave unanswered the charges which are made in the
memorial of this junior society as to the manner in which our society has
been managed, or the motives which have actuated its members or con-
trolled its action. We have not sought to interfere in any manner with
this younger society, nor would we have appealed to your Honorable Body
but for the fact that an attempt was made by the other society to invoke

P the aid of the Federal Government to strip us of a valued right to the title
Ee by which we were and still are known.

8. We respectfully ask that your Honorable Body, through its Com-

mittees, will afford us an opportunity to substantiate these facts.

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To the Congress of the United States of America:

The undersigned, members of The Colonial Dames of America, re-
quest and petition your honorable body to pass an act incorporating them
under the laws of the United States.

The act we place before you is in form and substance the same as the
one introduced in the House of Representatives in January, 1892, as H. R.
1519, and reported favorably by the Committee on the Library of that body Cs
soon after, a copy of which report is substantially as follows:

_ “The Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized in the
City of New York, May 23, 1890, and was the first society of women for
purely patriotic purposes ever founded in this country. Its scope is much
broader than any of the societies of women with kindred aims which have
since been formed, in that it seeks to perpetuate the memory of the
founders of the Colonies as well as the heroes of the Revolution. It is
composed entirely of women who are descended in their own persons
from the founders and builders of the Republic of the United States of
America. Although not yet two years old, it already represents in its
membership, in lineal descent, founders of ten of the thirteen original
States—New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New .
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina;
and of the prominent patriots of the Revolutionary period—Alexander
Hamilton, John Jay, Chancellor Livingston, Rufus King, John Langdon,
Roger Wolcott, Roger Sherman, John Alsop, Judge William Patterson,
Robert Morris, Lewis Morris, Gen. Mifflin, Governor Rutledge, Governor
Griswold, Philip Livingston, Lord Sterling, Morgan Lewis, John Morin
Scott, Mr. Quincy, William Floyd, Surg.-Gen. John Cochrane, James
Duane, and many others, and is constantly increasing its roll of members.

“The Society is purely patriotic and educational in its objects, which
are:

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1. To collect and preserve relics, manuscripts, traditions and memen-
toes of the founders and builders of the thirteen original States of the
Union, and of the heroes of the War of Independence, that the memory i:
of their deeds and achievements may be perpetuated. | <

“2. To promote celebrations of great historic events of national im-
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tory, particularly among the young, and to cultivate the spirit of patriotism | :
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“ The objects of the Society are deemed worthy of encouragement, and \ :
as the incorporation involves no expense upon the Government the Com- by

mittee recommend the passage of the bill.” |
The incorporators named in the present bill are substantially the same \ 3
as those originally named, except where deaths or resignations from the
Society have made changes necessary.
The objects and merits of the Society are correctly set forth in the
above report, but it may be found desirable to repeat them again. ( §
The Society was organized May 23, 1890, in the City of New York,
under the name above mentioned, and was incorporated in the State of |
New York, on April 13, 1891, under the same name, and it has the honor
to be the first of all the patriotic societies for women instituted or founded. }
The objects of the Society are purely patriotic, and its membership is
composed of women who reside in many different States of the Union,
and who are the descendants of men who have aided in the establishment
of this government or its original States. pag
The intrusion on the valuable time of Congress for an object of this !
kind requires an explanation. It is due to the fact that though for a con-

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| siderable period the Society has been in the enjoyment ‘of its name, an act
" was introduced in your honorable body to incorporate a. society similar
in purpose and scope under the name, “ The National Society of Colonial
| Dames of America,” a name practically the same as that now enjoyed by
your petitioners. That bill is now before the Senate and is known as coe
’ 3087. A protest was accordingly forwarded to your honorable bodies
against the passage of that act. There is no objection to the incorporation
of that society, or as many others as Congress may think desirable or
necessary, but the society which is seeking the passage of the last-named act
should not ask that our name be given to them. They can gain all they ask
for, so far as legislation is concerned, by consenting to have the name of
their incorporation amended to one radically and totally different from the
one we have enjoyed without interruption for nearly seven years. Since
the organization of our Society, its aims have been steadily pursued and its
usefulness and members have increased. It has formed Chapters in other
States, and it intends to extend its operations and scope as far as it 1s
i possible with due regard to the character of its membership. Its member-
ship is essentially National, and if any society is to be incorporated by Act
of Congress, it respectfully represents that by reason of its seniority in
formation that it is entitled to be first recognized by your honorable bodies.
Especially true is it that any National Society to bear our name should be
the Society which now uses that name under authority and rightfully, and
not an organization just forming, which has no right, either in good taste

or in good morals, to claim the name of an existing corporation.

We have priority even in the very question now before you. The pro-
posed act incorporating us as a National Society was before Congress, as
stated above, in 1892, and it is submitted that this fact alone should decide
the question in our favor. Nothing more favorable to our character and
objects could be written than this very report of the House Committee
which we submit, and we are content to let our case rest upon that report.

The attempt to secure the incorporation of the National Society of
Colonial Dames of America was known to us only recently, else the pro-
test forwarded would have been put before your honorable bodies much
sooner, and it is not to be charged against us that any delay in taking
action was due to our neglect or inattention.

It is hardly necessary to go to great length in an argument over the
similarity of the names of the two incorporations. The additional words,
“National Society,” which have been introduced into the Senate bill, do
not really distinguish the other proposed society. Any society incorporated
by Congress is a National Society, whether those words are used in the
title or not, and the addition of those words really amounts to surplusage.
Bearing on this point, it can also be stated, and proved from documentary
evidence, that our Society used the words “ The National Society of the
Colonial Dames of America” on its publications. Its printed Constitution
and By-Laws have that very title upon them, indicating that even the very

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N President the Colonial JANE J. Bouptnot.

\ : Dames of America. Harriet L. Ropsins.

N | ISABELLA RUTHERFURD, Mary D. Butter Dana.

N Second Vice-President. Mary Hoppin JOHNSTON.

\ CHARLOTTE Litoyp SCHMIDT, ELLEN V. SWARTWOUT.

N Treasurer. SOPHIE LAWRENCE DUER.

N CiarRA LIVINGSTON CHEESMAN, ELIZABETH FISHER KING.

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CorNELIA A. BEEKMAN. SUSAN Pa.rrey Les,
JANET TILLoTSON MontTGOMERY. Baltimore.
Mary TRUMBULL Morse. ELLEN Swan Watson,
CAROLYNE ARCHER DANA. Baltimore.

GERTRUDE W. Moran.
CorRNELIA LIvINGSTON CrosBy.
ANNE Harrison Byron.

Maria CADWALADER HONE. Baltimore.
EvELYN Byrp BurbEN. BERTHE HALL AHRENS,
FRANCES Morris Warp. Baltimore.

KATHERINE DUER SMITH.
Mary GARDINER THOMPSON.
JuLia Livincston DELAFIELD,
Historian C. D. A.
KATHARINE WooLsEY CARMALT.
KATHARINE L,. S. DAVENPORT.
CAROLINE BAYARD ALEXANDER.
CorRINE P. DIcKINSON.
Mary WASHINGTON KEYSER,
President of Chapter I.
SARAH F. LEEs,
First Vice-President.
Mary A. GARRETT,
Second Vice-President.
Emity H. PENNINGTON,
Treasurer Chapter I.
EMMA ELLiotr JOHNSTONE,
Secretary Chapter I.
EpytH JoHNs TYSON.
Mary CorNneELIA LEE.

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Pelmiore. LEIZABEDH, B: Ca ae
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ELIZA W. BEALE WILSO Bil ars Marra Mippieton Coxe,

ELISE DANA FRICK,

Baltimore. Pennsylvania. t
Rosatige May GItTTINGS, Lucte MARSHALL Morris, !
Baltimore. Pennsylvania. |
JoSEPHINE FAIRFAX SMITH, KATHARINE BUCKLEY, .
Baltimore. Pennsylvania.
Mary Lroyp Key GILMor, Mary Swirt BUCKLEY, ‘
Baltimore. Pennsylvania.
LyprA HoLtincswortH Morris CoNSTANCE WASHINGTON, (1
McKim, Baltimore. Pennsylvania. 1

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ALICE PATTERSON Harris,

ReBEccA WILLIAMS Havarp,

Baltimore.

ANpb OTHERS.
HarriET Hare McCLe.ian,

President Chapter II, Phila.

Emity Swirt BALcH,

First Vice-President.

CHRISTINE BIDDLE CADWALADER,

Second Vice-President.

MARGARET J. MITCHELL,

Treasurer.

ELLEN EMLEN PHILLIPS,
Secretary Chapter II,

Philadelphsa.

ELisE WILLING BALCH,
Mary DE VEAUX Hopce,

Pennsylvania.

RERECCA WILLING SPENCER,

Pennsylvania.

KATHARINE DREXEL PENROSE,

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| By BooxstTAver, J.

} The Colonial Dames of America v. The Colonial Dames of the State
of New York; The Colonial Dames of America v. the unincorporated
’ association calling itself The National Society of the Colonial Dames of

America and Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend as president thereor—-
These two actions, tried and argued as one, are brought by the plaintiff
corporation, “ The Colonial Dames of America,’ respectively against an-
other New York corporation, “The Colonial Dames of the State of New
York,” and an unincorporated association called “ The National Society of
the Colonial Dames of America,” and the relief sought in each case is a
permanent injunction restraining the defendants from continuing to use
the names severally adopted by them, on the ground that such names are
substantially the same as the name of the plaintiff, and constitute an in-
fringement upon the plaintiff's right to the exclusive use of that name.
The circumstances concerning the origin of the three organizations, so tar
as it is necessary to refer to them, are as follows: In the spring of 1890 a
group of ladies in the City of New York formed an unincorporated society
for the purpose of promoting the study of the colonial days of the country,
and of perpetuating the memory of the men and events of those times, and
of protecting and preserving any relics, whether buildings or writings or
of some other character still surviving from that period. After some
discussion the name “Colonial Dames of America” was adopted as
a suitable designation of the society so formed, membership in which
was limited to women descended from ancestors living in this country
during the colonial period. By April, 1891, several ladies in Phila-
delphia had become members of this society, a Pennsylvania chapter
having been inaugurated. On April 8, 1891, another society, similarly
constituted and for similar purposes, was organized in Philadelphia, and
adopted the name “The Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of
America.” Overtures were promptly made by the Pennsylvania society
to the New York society for a union upon the basis of independent State
organizations, which should, after a sufficient number had been formed,
unite into .a national society. The New York society held aloof from that
proposal, however, and proceeded at once to incorporate under the laws of
this State. The Pennsylvania society continued, and succeeded in its plan
of forming a national society, which society is the defendant in one of these
actions, and is called The National Society of Colonial Dames of America.
At the present time it has branches in thirty-five different States, and num-
bers over 4,000 members. Meanwhile, and in April, 1893, the other defend-
ant, the Colonial Dames of the State of New York, was incorporated, and
already numbers over 500 members. The plaintiff has a membership of
about 300. At the outset it should be noted that this case is unique in that
none of the parties is engaged in any business, in the sense of seeking
financial gain. On the contrary, all are equally seeking to accomplish
patriotic and unselfish ends. It is, therefore, obvious that the rules govern-
ing the right to trade-marks and trade names, evolved, as those rules have
been, from selfish attempts on the part of one person to appropriate for
his financial benefit what rightfully belongs to another, and decisions of
courts in thwarting such attempts, do not apply to such a case as this, or,
at any rate, ought not to be applied with the same strictness. Keeping in
mind the distinction just pointed out, the following facts are important,
and, to my mind, controlling in this case: The plantiff, with full knowl-
edge, has stood by for all these years and made no attempt to prevent the
defendants from using the names they have severally adopted. They have
iP gone on increasing in membership and enlarging the field of their opera-
: tions. Some idea of the importance of the work done by them can be
derived from the fact that, through the instrumentality or initiative of the

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Rhode Island branch alone of the one defendant, a sum exceeding $21,000
was raised and spent for the relief of our soldiers during the recent Spanish
war; while the other defendant has, since its organization, and for various
purposes, collected and disbursed a still larger sum. There may be some
significance, moreover, so far as one of the defendants is concerned at
least, in the circumstance that, after the plaintiff was incorporated in this
State, its own certificate of incorporation was accepted and filed by the Sec-
retary of State, there being at the time a statute prohibiting the filing of a ie
certificate of incorporation of any corporation having the same name as an a
existing corporation, or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated :
to deceive. However that may be, there certainly is more significance in
the fact that the Legislature of the State, by Chapter 837 of the Laws of
1896, recognized not only the existence, but the name, of the same defend-
ant by authorizing the Department of Parks of this city to intrust to it the
Van Cortlandt Mansion in Van Cortlandt Park. In pursuance of that au-
thority the property was leased to the society for a long period, and is now
under its control and care. Another important consideration telling in favor
of the defendants is found in the fact that there is no proof that anyone has
ever joined either of them in mistake for the plaintiff, or has been otherwise
deceived or seriously confused as to the identity of the three societies; (e
and, from the nature of the case, it seems hardly possible that any such
mistakes can ever accrue, to an important extent, at least. There has been,
it is true, some miscarriage of mail, many letters intended for the defend-
ant, the Colonial Dames of the State of New York, having been, in the
first instance, delivered to the plaintiff. It is denied, however, that any
of the plaintiff’s mail has ever been delivered to the defendant. Under
such circumstances the plaintiff has no grievance (Commercial Advertiser
Ass'n v. Haynes, 26 App. Div., 279). If this were a controversy between
ordinary business concerns, and to be determined strictly in accordance
with precedents, there would still be a serious doubt as to the plaintiff’s
right to an injunction. In the Hygeia Water Ice Company v. The New
York Hygeia Ice Company (140 N. Y., 94), the court, under the particular
facts of that case, refused to restrain the defendant from the further use
of its name, although the similarity there was, in my opinion, fully as great
as it is here. But, as before said, this is not a case to be tested strictly
by the ordinary class of authorities, and therefore no further reference will
be made to such authorities. Reasons which may be all-sufficient to in-
duce a court to restrain a defendant from making money that a plaintiff
is entitled to make may be wholly inadequate to warrant such interference
where it is a question of doing good deeds. In such a case the public
welfare will not be conserved by too great astuteness in recognizing the ‘
exclusive rights that sometimes are accorded to priority. The work as well I Sy
as the workers should be considered, and chiefly considered; because it NS
is more important that philanthropic work should be done than that any |
particular person should have the gratification of doing it. In this case | &
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is any advantage in the peculiarly suitable appellation “ Colonial Dames a
let them all have that advantage. If they cannot see their way to a com- S
position of their differences and to a union, or if they think they can do
better acting separately, so be it. I will not lay a straw in the way of any
of them, but rather wish them all Godspeed and the fullest measure ot |
success in their good efforts. Judgment for the defendant in each case,
put without costs. |

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FOREWORD.

_ The Society of THE Cotonta, Dames or AMERICA reaches
its majority in this year of 1911. Of its Founders it may be
said that “ They builded better than they knew”; witness the
many kindred societies which have since fallen into line, even
appropriating the very name of this society in which there has
never been a secession or break.

On our coming of age we naturally take an introspective
view and ask—What were we?—What are we?—and What have
we accomplished? First, what were we? A small body of
women, drawn from the more aristocratic circles of society, un-
versed in business or parliamentary law; shrinking from pub-
licity, but inspired with a sense of duty in the preservation of ;
historic traditions and memorials and the necessity of arousing (a
the nation to the danger of imminent loss. What are we? A
well-organized, dignified, compact society, with chapters reach-
ing from San Francisco to Paris and from the Gulf to the
Northern States. No attempt was made on the part of the
founders to call into being a large, unwieldy association, but
rather one of gradual, healthy, and natural growth. What have
we accomplished? Perhaps the greatest work of all, inspiring
the whole nation to reverential care for all that speaks of the
wisdom and patriotism of our forefathers. Patriotic societies
of men had existed, but these were rather for good fellowship. Uf
One great work had been accomplished by a woman, the noble
achievement of Miss Cunningham in the preservation of Mount
Vernon.

Our able Historian herein relates the publications, restora-
tions, medal awards, tablets placed, and other memorials, all the
accomplished work of this society by its earnest and capable com- Is
mittees, whose work can in no wise be estimated by the non- Ss
workers, nor can too much praise be awarded to them. Ne

It is to the younger members of our society, of whom we |
rejoice to say there are numbers, that we call, to keep alive this :
lamp of remembrance so reverently lit by our founders.

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PATRIOTIC. WORK.

: In 1905, our Committee on the Investigation of Claims com-
mB pleted their long and arduous task of comparing, classifying, and
unifying the services of our ancestors, which entitle us to be-
come Colonial Dames; a work requiring much research. It was
necessary to reéxamine the relative official dignity of the various
courts, of the sheriffs, of the treaty and boundary commissions,
and of other civil functionaries during the Dutch and English
| periods. Members of our Chapters in Baltimore and Philadel-
i phia were associated with us, and we thank them for having
given much time and study to this historic research. We have
4 tried to avoid too great laxity, which by breaking down polit-
| ical and social distinction, would detract from the dignity
of our Society. A pamphlet will be printed, containing a list
of the offices which we grant as colonial claims. This will en-
able any aspirant for membership to determine for herself
whether her ancestors held positions which meet the require-

ments of this Society.
In 1906 we were fortunately able to assist our San Fran-
cisco Chapter in caring for the sufferers by fire and earthquake

in that city.

On April 25th, on the invitation of the Secretary of the
Navy, a delegation went to Annapolis, to assist in the Com-
memorative Ceremonies for John Paul Jones, and were after-
ward entertained at tea by Mrs. Warfield, the wife of the Gov-
ernor of Maryland.

“The Letters to Washington” have received, from their
first publication, a full meed of praise from students of Amer-
ican History. The Society at large gave generously to the pub-
lication, which, with the amounts from sales of the work, leaves
a surplus in the hands of the Publication Committee; further,
the Committee reports liberal donations of the volumes to small
libraries and institutions. This surplus has enabled the Com-
mittee to subscribe $50.00 to the very interesting work going on in
England: the publication of the colonial records of the Privy
Council, referring largely to events in America. The further
work of the Committee is the publication of this volume.

im 1907 (he Society presented tothe Soctety for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities a pair of wrought-iron
Gates, with their brick pillars and wall, to form a suitable en-
trance to the Graveyard on Jamestown Island. The presenta-
tion and dedication were made on Ascension Day, May oth.
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a silver cup, presented to “ The Officers and Men of the North
Atlantic Fleet,’ in recognition of the kindly loan of the Yank-
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The erection of the Jamestown Gates was the united work
of all our Colonial Dames. The officers of the Society and very
many of the Dames from New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and Washington, were at the dedication, with a large party of
guests, members of other patriotic societies. Our late President
made a beautiful address. She was seriously ill at the time, but
she never hesitated to give her strength to the cause she loved.
Her address, when accepting the key from Miss Balch, the able
and energetic Chairman of the Jamestown Gates Committee,
and presenting the Gates to the Virginia Society, follows:

~ As President of the Society of Taz Cotontat Dames OF CH
AMERICA, I accept this key from you, Miss Balch. In so doing, |
let me first thank and congratulate you, as Chairman, and the (%
other members of the special Committee that had in charge the "
executive part of this work, on the happy and successful ter-
mination of your labors. Though our Society is primarily here
to-day, not to receive and hold, but to pass these Gates over to
another Society, words of thanks to fellow-members are not
altogether out of place; most assuredly they are deserved. THE
CoLontaL Dames are grateful, too, for this distinguished gath-
ering. In a sense your presence here to-day will make memo-
rable this very occasion itself, though we are actually here to
celebrate the more memorable and momentous event that took
place on this spot a day in May three hundred years ago.

“We that are gathered here to-day outnumber that in- ie
trepid little band who, on that 14th of May, 1607, here raised i
the British flag. But they proved, in the face of dangers and 1}
difficulties most appalling, valiant enough and resourceful enough
to retain the foothold thus gained, and so make possible the
ultimate acquisition of this great Continent by the English-speak- Ns
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“Each age has its own especial problem to solve; each has ‘
to work out its own salvation with fear and trembling. We of
the present generation have ours, and many and complicated
they doubtless are. The problems of the early colonists may
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what has been termed their ‘awful human tragedy ’—seems to
us of a later day, whose fortunes are more happily cast, too
far off to call for the expression of any feeling so personal as
gratitude, but when we forget, we drift. The celebrations of an- |
niversaries and centennials such as the one we are now holding, !
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realize that the same sturdy qualities of heart and brain that
enabled our forefathers ultimately to prevail are needed just
as much now, if our country is to be a light to all nations, and
fulfill its proper destiny, the destiny so ardently planned for it
by the early patriots. When the lesson of their self-sacrifice,
fortitude, and devotion for their country’s sake are borne in
upon us in all their grandeur, we find, in the words of the poet,
that, after all,

‘We have a voice with which to pay the debt
Of boundless love and reverence and regret,
For those brave men who fought and kept it ours.’

“Tt was something of this spirit that prompted our Society
—Tuer CoLtoniAL Dames oF AMERICA—tO erect these iron gates,
to help to perpetuate the memory of those who, by their lives
and deeds, made possible the growth that has developed into
this great Republic. Through our gift we thus have a share,
even though a small one, in the ceremony attendant upon this
Tercentennial.

“Nor are we women altogether out of place here. As
CoLoNnIAL DaAMEs we are descendants of those who made history
in Colonial days, and as women we stand here at this spot, which
has well been called ‘the Cradle of the Nation,’ the place of
the Nation’s early infancy—and a woman’s proper place is by
the cradle.

“But I have a pleasant duty to fulfill. In the long roll of
societies organized for patriotic purposes, to venerate and keep
alive the memories of our country’s past, the ASSOCIATION FOR
THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA ANTIQUITIES holds a high and
memorable place. The State of Virginia, ‘the Mother of Presi-
dents,’ is of all states rich in such memories, and the A. P. V. A.
has not been idle. These very grounds, the sacred precincts of
our earliest history, are owned by it, and interesting excava-
tions of a valuable historic nature are being carried on under its
direction. To such an Association we give these Memorial
Gates. Let me now, as President of THE CoLonraL DAMES OF
AMERICA, present, in behalf of its members, this key, the symbol
of ownership, to you, Mr. Cabell, who are to receive it in behalf
of the ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF VIRGINIA AN-
TIQUITIES.”’

Mr. J. Alston Cabell received the gift in behalf of the So-
ciety which he represented, and in a most courteous reply,
thanked the Dames for the honor they had paid the old town,
and expressed the gratification of the Society for the Preserva-
tion of Virginia Antiquities.

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after Washington’s own designs. Our part of the restoration is
the Pulpit, Stair, Sounding-board, and Reredos. The Chapters
assisted us in this work.

Our latest work was the outgrowth of the Hudson-Fulton
Celebration of 1909. The Henry Hudson Memorial shaft, at
Riverside Drive and Seventy-second Street, is a beacon-light by
night and a noble monument by day. The facsimile, in a tem-
porary, perishable form, was unveiled in 1909, a year before
the solid shaft was built. The presentation to the City was
then made and the gift accepted, with suitable ceremonies,
speeches, and songs. Mrs. Dana spoke as follows:

~ Regretting deeply the enforced absence of the President
of The Colonial Dames of America, Mrs. Edward King, 1, as
acting-President of the Society, extend a hearty greeting to the
company gathered here, and I congratulate you, Mrs. Daven-
port, and the other members of the committee charged with the
execution of this work, on its successful accomplishment. To
you is due the thanks of your fellow-members for the ability
with which you have carried out their wishes regarding this
memorial to Henry Hudson.

“We have met to dedicate a memorial to Hudson as the
discoverer of the River below us. To him it was simply a
striking feature of an unknown wilderness. To-day it is one
of the most famous and most crowded waterways known to the
civilized world. It is not surprising, therefore, that the repre-
sentatives of many nations should assemble to do Hudson
honor, or that they should couple his achievement with Fulton’s
astounding invention of the Steamship. Neither is it unfitting
that The Colonial Dames, a Society of American women, should
here express their great pride and profound gratification at be-
ing enabled to join so effectively in the notable ceremonies now
in progress and to erect here a monument which, while it will
stand for the preservation of Hudson’s memory, will also be
a lasting sign of this Society’s interest in the history and in the
beautification of the City of New York.

“Tt has been our good fortune, thanks to the graceful
friendliness of the people of the Netherlands, whose emissary
Hudson was when coming to these shores, as it were to see
with our eyes the very ship that brought him here. Turning
from her to the tremendous fleets surrounding her, to the City,
and to the enormous crowds of men and women, we see that the
little Half Moon’s contribution to the world’s development has
been indeed worthy of commemoration. The Colonial Dames
of America have sought to do their share of this public duty by
placing this light-bearing shaft in a public place on the river’s
bank.

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momentous deed.”

We presented a bronze copy of Houdon’s plaster bust of
Robert Fulton, belonging to the National Academy of Design,
to the New York Historical Society, and, in conjunction with
the Metropolitan Museum and other Societies, a duplicate bronze
to the Academy, in recognition of their courtesy in allowing us to
make these casts. This copy of Houdon’s bust is a noble work
of art. Nine copies have been made and thanks given to our
Committees for their wise forethought in perpetuating the orig-
inal plaster bust of Robert Fulton.

The New York Historical Society gladly associated us with
themselves as the Official Committee on Fulton relics, plans,
souvenirs, portraits, etc., a most interesting and valuable Ex-
hibition, which attracted hundreds of visitors to their new hall.
The labor, the self-denying devotion of our Hudson-Fulton
Committee, is beyond all praise. Remaining in the city through
the hottest weather, they fulfilled their laborious task in the
most thorough manner. The reports of these committees, which
you have heard read, give but a faint idea of their patriotic
exertions.

The Jenny A. Gerard gold medal we gave to Barnard Col-
lege to be awarded for excellence in American History. It was
won last June by Miss Gertrude Hunter, the Valedictorian of
her class.

The most recent gift to the Society is a plaster cast of
Ceracchi’s marble bust of General Alexander Hamilton, given
to Lewis Gouverneur Morris, of Mount Fordham, New York,
by his nephew, Alexander Hamilton, the grandson of Alexander
Hamilton. Mrs. Fordham Morris has given this valuable plaster
bust to The Colonial Dames of America.

READINGS AND ENTERTAINMENTS.

Our Committees have given receptions and readings, as in
former years, in the Board Room. In 1905, the papers read
were:

Narrative of Mrs. John Quincy Adams of her journey from
St. Petersburg to Paris, in 1814, kindly loaned by Miss Quincy.
Letters of Chancellor Livingston to his sisters, from France,
1801-1803. Letters from Mrs. Margaret Beekman Livingston,
1779-1791. Our late President, Mrs. Gerard, gave a large re-
ception, and Miss Beatrice Herford recited some of her clever
Monologues.

1906.—Mrs, Keitt Pinckney Walker gave an old-fashioned,
substantial, Colonial tea party, and the Historian read the Diary
of Hannah Lawrence, a love episode of the British occupation

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of this City, which was kindly loaned by the Schieffelin family.
Mrs. Henry P. Loomis gave an entertainment. wh

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the accomplished artist, Miss Carl, who is world-famous for
her portrait of the Dowager Empress of China. We heard
of her curious experiences, of her life at Court, and saw her
wonderful jewels.

The papers read in the Board Room at our teas were:

In January, The Diary of Mrs. Montgomery, repeated by
request. In February, A Chaplet of Witcheries, by Miss Boudi-
not, also by request. In March, Selections from the Letters of
Judge R. R. Livingston were read. The midwinter Conference
was held in this city.

1907.—In February a reception and reading were given.
Miss Morse permitted the Historian to read the Diary of Mrs,
Silliman, entitled “ The Portrait of an Ideal Husband,” exem-
plined in Mr. Silliman, a very clever composition. The at-
tendance was large; all our Officers and nearly all the members
of the Board were present.

1909.—Three entertainments were given. At a large re-
ception in the Board Room, a paper of exceptional interest was
read: “ The Diary of Captain Benjamin Gould, 1776 ”’—a Revo-
lutionary officer, patriot, and farmer; one of the men “ who
fired the shot that was heard around the world.’ This diary
was kindly loaned to us by Miss Janet Henderson, and
afterwards given to The N. Y. Historical Society by the |
Henderson family. Miss Williamson gave us the pleasure '
of hearing Mr. Keep’s lecture on New York Colonial Libraries, \]
illustrated by stereopticon views, and Mrs. J. Duncan Emmet re- (i s
ceived the Dames and many other ladies at an afternoon recep- hy
tion. Miss Agnes Repplier gave her witty lecture on the &
“ Temptations of Eve.”

Notable among the entertainments was the tea given by
Mrs, J. T. Low, by the gracious permission of The Sons of the
Revolution, at the historic Fraunces Tavern.

1910.—In January and February readings and talks were
given in the Board Room. The subject was the “ Life and Let-
ters of John Barker Church.” Mr. Church was prominent in
financial and fashionable circles in London and in New York “
during the Colonial and Revolutionary periods; his descendants a
in the Church, Cruger, Bunner, and Morse families have in- ‘a
herited much of the versatility of his talents. These papers
were lent to us by the late John B. Church, of Geneva, and the
late Benjamin S. Church. The Midwinter Conference was held
at the house of Mrs. Loomis, on March Ist. Mrs. Davenport
and Miss Carmalt read the November reports of the work done
by the Committees during the summer. December 8th, Mrs. i
Hone entertained the Dames and many friends. Mrs. Chris-
topher Wyatt read selections from Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensse-

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Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Mr. Rogers sang “ The Three Grena-
diers” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” all standing
and joining in the chorus.

1911.—January 18th, Mrs. Hoppin gave a large reception
to The Colonial Dames. The Rev. Dr. Van Dyke read his beau-
tiful Canadian story, ‘““ The Maiden of the Lighthouse ” and two
of his patriotic and spirited poems, “ The Flag” and “ Coming
Home.” Mr. Hoppin read a letter from Mrs. Cushing, written
in 1790. On Friday, February 3d, Mrs. J. Duncan Emmet re-
ceived the Colonial Dames of America at 103 Madison Avenue.
Mrs. Loomis introduced Miss Agnes Repplier, whose address
was on Colonial Philadelphia, 1740 to 1789. Franklin the In-
ventor, Franklin the founder of the Philosophical and Scientific
Societies, Franklin the originator of the Public Library, Frank-
lin the promoter of the Fire-engine Companies, was admirably
portrayed. The playhouse war, and final triumph of the theatre-
goers, when the Act against theatricals was repealed, were amus-
ing episodes.

Mrs. Dahlgren played on the harp selections from Bach and
Debussy, with a lovely touch and expression which charmed the
listeners.

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CHAPTERS.

Our Chapters are now six in number, by the addition, in
1910, of a new Chapter in Shreveport, La. Through their Sec-
retaries, the Chapters have sent a detailed account of their
specific work; all have aided in the patriotic works of the Gen-
eral Society. Baltimore and Philadelphia have, for several
years, entertained delightfully at the semi-annual Conferences
held in their cities; our Board of Managers always are happy to

receive at their homes Dames from the Chapters who visit
our city.

CHAPTER] 1

On April 20, 1904, Miss Fowler gave a tea to the Society.
The Chapter presented a silver loving cup to Mrs. H. Irvine
Keyser, as a token of regard and esteem and appreciation of all
that Mrs. Keyser had done for the Society, of which she had
been the first President. On December 31, 1904, Mrs. Francis
M. Jencks gave an entertainment.

In 1905, the Chapter contributed to the fund for’ the pres-
ervation of St. Paul’s Churchyard, one of the oldest graveyards
in Baltimore. On February 22, 1905, the Conference of the
Society of Colonial Dames of America met in Baltimore.
Previous to the Conference, Mrs. William T. Wilson, President
of Chapter I, gave a luncheon in the Banquet Hall of Hotel
Belvedere, to members of the Chapter and the visiting guests of
the Society. After the luncheon, the Conference was held at the ia.
residence of Mrs. William T. Wilson. Later, Mrs. N. Winslow We
Williams entertained the Chapter and guests at “tea.’ On #
March 25th, a Musical was given by Mrs. Douglas H. Gordon. ~

In the autumn of 1906, a Committee was appointed to pre- Is
pare and present to President Roosevelt “ A Memorial on the Ae
Preservation of Niagara Falls,” the Committee being presented |
to the President by Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary of the
Navy. On February 22, 1906, the Henrico Medallion was
bestowed on a graduate student of the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity for excellence in research work in American History.

On February 22, 1906, Theatricals were given by Mrs. Wil- | 4
son Patterson, in which the younger members of the Chapter took is
part. On March 25th, Mrs. John Gill gave a Musical to the Chap-
ter. In June, 1906, Mrs. William M. Ellicott gave a tea to the if
members of the Chapter. On April 25th, by invitation of the 3
Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte, twenty-five
members of the Chapter were present as delegates at the Com- 4
memorative Ceremonies of John Paul Jones, at Annapolis. In is
April, Chapter I sent a contribution for the fire sufferers to the
San Francisco Relief Fund.

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In 1907, Chapter I codperated in the erection of Iron Gates
to the Churchyard of the old historical Episcopal Church in
Jamestown. The Chapter also made a special contribution to
the “Jamestown Exposition ” of a “ Replica of the Henrico Me-
dallion.” The Medallion was framed and sent with a key
describing it and placed in the Exposition. At the close of the
Exposition, the Medallion was presented to the “Society for
the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.” During the winter
of 1907, through the untiring efforts of the Chairman of the
Committee on Preservation of Fort McHenry, Mrs. Hollins Mc-
Kim, having in charge the work, in collaboration with other
patriotic societies an appeal was made for the preservation of
Fort McHenry and the historic ground where stood the flag-
staff from which floated the flag that inspired Francis Scott
Key to write the “ Star-Spangled Banner.” The appeal was
successful, and the old Fort has been turned over to the proper
authorities to be used as a Public Park. It is very interesting
to note that during this year the original draft of the “ Star-
Spangled Banner” was sent to New York to be sold. The
young daughter of the Chairman of the Fort McHenry Com-
mittee, Mary Camilla McKim, hearing of this, wrote letters
which resulted in the manuscript being bought by a patriotic
citizen of Baltimore, Mr. Henry Walters. This year Chapter I
bought from the United States Government an old gun car-
riage to remount one of the four old guns remaining at Fort
McHenry. In January, 1907, Mrs. Francis M. Jencks gave an
entertainment, at which the younger members of Chapter [
danced a minuet. On February 22d, the President of the So-
ciety, Mrs. William T. Wilson, gave a Musical. On April 25th,
Mrs. William M. Manly gave a Reception.

In March, Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs gave a Musical.

On February 22d, the Henrico Medallion was presented to
a graduate student of the Johns Hopkins University for thesis
on Colonial History.

During the winter of 1908, Chapter I was invited to co-
operate with the ‘ Municipal Art Society of Baltimore” to make
the exhibition of the ‘‘ American Society of Sculpture” a suc-
cess. From the thanks and words of appreciation of the Presi-
dent of the Municipal Art Society, in his yearly report, the
Colonial Dames felt they had been of some assistance. In 1901,
Chapter I had contributed to the restoration fund of Pohick
Church, Fairfax County, Va. This old church was founded
in 1772, and the original plans were the work of Washington’s
own hands. In 1908, the restoration was completed. One of
the Washington pews was restored by Mrs. H. Irvine Keyser,
the first President of Chapter I. In 1908, Chapter I had the
privilege of contributing to the fund for the “ Jenny A. Gerard
Memorial Medal.”

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of St Barnabas Church, Prince George’s County, Md., one of
the oldest Episcopal churches in Maryland. The old church
had never had a bell, so through the contributions of individual
members of the Chapter and the Chapter itself, a very hand-
some bell was cast and presented to the church, and for the first
time in two hundred years the sweet tones of a bell pealed forth
from the old belfry on Easter morning, calling the congregation
to worship. Two commemorative entertainments were given.
On February 22d, a Musical at Mrs. Miles Whites? jn 7 On
March 25th, a Musical at Mrs. Robert B. Morison’s.

On February 18th, the Conference of The Society of the
Colonial Dames of America was held in Baltimore. Luncheons
were given by Mrs. Douglas H. Gordon and Mrs. William Gra-
ham Bowdoin and Mrs. Allan MacSherry to the visiting Colonial
Dames. In the afternoon the Conference was held at Mrs.
Henry Barton Jacobs. After the conference, the Dames were
entertained at tea. During 1909, the work of the Chapter con-
sisted in the effort to collect and prepare for publication the
records of its members, also photographs of old portraits, coats-
of-arms, colonial homes, silver, jewelry, furniture. The Com-
mittee on Publication (Mary Washington Keyser, Chairman,
Eliza W. Wilson, Mary B. Ames, Mary F. Jacobs, Mary Grundy
Murray, and Emma Elliott Johnstone) received so many inter-
esting manuscripts, that they decided to publish two volumes
instead of the one which they originally planned, so the work
was carried over to the following year, and the Committee felt
much encouraged by the interest taken in the work. Two com-
memorative entertainments were given this year: February 22d,
an illustrated lecture on Annapolis at Mrs. Arthur W. Machen’s,
and on March 25th, a reception and “ Living Pictures in Colonial q
Costumes,” at Mrs. Joseph Sweetman Ames’. 9

Chapter I took up again the work of the publication of “ An- (F
cestral Records and Portraits.” This work occupied the atten- We
tion of the Chapter during the winter. Through the untiring |
and persevering efforts of the Chairman of “ The Committee on
Publication,” Mrs. H. Irvine Keyser, all the material for the
two books was collected by April, and sent to the publishers in
New York. The two volumes were issued in December, 1910, ‘
and have not only given great satisfaction to the members of is
the Society, but will be a monument forever to Chapter I, The
Colonial Dames of America, and of endless value to future gen- :
erations. On February 22d, theatricals were given by Mrs. \
Henry Barton Jacobs. On February 22d, the Henrico Medal
was presented to a graduate student of the Johns Hopkins
University for thesis on Colonial History. .

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further work, as all their resources for the present have been
used for the publication of “ Ancestral Records and Portraits.”

RosA STEELE, Historian.

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Chapter II has steadily continued the work it began in 1898,
of helping to keep in order the historic Christ Church Grave-
yard at Fifth and Arch streets, by giving a yearly contribution
for that purpose to the Vestry of Christ Church. The Ran-
dolph Mansion in East Fairmount Park has been well looked
after by the House Committee; all necessary repainting and re-
pairs have been carefully attended to and a new shingle roof

ut on.

: On April 14, 1904, after a pleasant luncheon given to the
visiting Dames at the Acorn Club by Chapter II, the second
Conference of the year was held at the Randolph Mansion,
where we made welcome a large number of Dames from New
York, Baltimore, and Washington. Our Annual Meeting was
held two days later, April 16, 1904, at the house of our Presi-
dent, Mrs. George McClellan.

On March 28, 1905, the Chapter and some of its members
met to celebrate its tenth anniversary, at the house of Mrs.
Chambers, when Mrs. McClellan read an interesting history of
Chapter II. On April 16th, the Annual Meeting was held at the
Randolph Mansion.

On February 10, 1906, Mrs. Sullivan called the Chapter
together to listen to a delightful Recital of Colonial Songs by
Mr. Bispham. The Chapter met again at the Randolph Mansion
on April 23, 1906, for its Annual Meeting, the Board having
deemed it wise to change the date on account of the weather,
and the Chapter then decided to keep to the 23d April in the
future for its Annual Meeting. On May 9, 1906, Mrs. Pen-
rose invited the entire Society to a pleasant luncheon at the
Acorn Club, and a number of Dames came from New York and
Baltimore.

On February 2, 1907, Mrs. Thomas Balch gave an after-
noon reception, when a sketch of the proposed Gates at James-
town was shown to the Chapter and its friends, and Mr. Hazle-
hurst read an interesting paper on “ Old Philadelphia.” The
second Conference of 1907 was held at the Randolph Mansion
on April 18th, and, owing to the approaching Presentation of
the Jamestown Memorial Gates proved an extremely interesting
one. The visiting Dames were asked to luncheons by some of
the members of the Chapter, and after the Conference Mrs.
Mason gave a pleasant and well-attended reception to the So-

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ciety at the Randolph Mansion. On April 23, 1907, the Annual
Meeting was held at Mrs. Penrose’s, who afterwards gave the
Chapter an agreeable Musicale.

In the autumn of 1907, Mrs. McClellan suggested that the
Chapter take up the study of Colonial Times. This was well
thought of, and the Dames divided themselves into three groups, 4
and took up the study of different phases of Colonial life and a
history. A number of informal gatherings were held, at which |
short papers about Colonial times were read. On March 27,
1908, Mrs. Joseph Drexel gave a charming Musicale for the
Chapter, and on April 23d, Mrs. J. Dundas Lippincott invited
the Chapter and friends to luncheon at the Randolph Mansion
before the Annual Meeting. On December 10, LO08; © Mrs:
Bradbury Bedell invited the Chapter to a beautiful luncheon in
the Red Room of the Bellevue-Stratford. A very large number
of Dames were present and listened to a valuable paper by Mrs.
Hodge on “ The Establishment of the Church in America.”

Mrs. McClellan gave a Tea for the Chapter on March 25,
1909, when two interesting papers on Literature in Colonial
Times were read by Mrs. Hare and Mrs. Richard A. Gilpin.
On April 27, 1909, the Annual Meeting of the Chapter was
held at the Randolph Mansion; afterwards Mrs. Struthers and
Mrs. Chambers gave a Tea there, at which Dr. McClellan read
a sketch of the well-known Dr. Physick.

On January 21, 1910, Mrs. Purves gave a Musicale for Le
the Chapter, at which Mr. Douty sang. On April) 247 TOL, 7
after our Annual Meeting, Mrs. William Penn Gaskell Hall ‘
gave a pleasant Tea at the Randolph Mansion. On june: mr | 3
1910, Mrs. Sullivan invited the Chapter to a Musicale at her i
country place at Radnor. Hearing last spring from one of our
members that the Gates at Jamestown needed repainting, Chap- :
ter II had a fresh coat of paint put on. During all our years as a | $
Chapter, Chapter IT can feel proud that whenever asked to help i :
in any work of the Society, it has always been able to respond, \s
and that its interest in such work is as great as ever.

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Laugier-Villars and Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, previous to the for-
mation of the Chapter, of placing a wreath on the grave of
Lafayette on Decoration Day. The Chapter was represented
on an interesting occasion, when Mr. John H. Harjes presented
to the City of Paris a replica of the statue of Benjamin Frank-
lin, by John C. Boyle, which stands in front of the Philadelphia
Post Office. This ceremony took place on April 28, 1906, in
the large hall of the Trocadéro. The meeting was opened by
Ambassador McCormick, and speeches were made by Mr. Har-
jes, M. Barthou, and others, Prof. Albert H, Smith being
the orator of the day and representing the Government of the
United States. After the oration was concluded, the assembly
adjourned to the charming spot at the opening of the rue Frank-
lin, near the Trocadéro, where the unveiling took place, sym-
pathetic reference being made to the terrible disaster at San
Francisco, which had caused a postponement of this ceremony.
The statue bears the dates 1705-1790, and these words of
Mirabeau: “Le génie qui affranchit l’Amérique et versa sur
Europe des torrents de lumiére! Le sage que deux mondes
réclament! ”

The membership of Chapter IV varies according to the
transference of members from the home Chapters, but now num-
bers about twenty Dames. The meetings have not been numer-
ous, but interesting papers have from time to time been read,
and the Chapter always welcomes to a meeting the home mem-
bers who notify the Secretary of their arrival in Paris. His-
toric facts of great interest to Americans could undoubtedly
be found amid the vast accumulation of books and pamphlets in
the Bibliothéque Nationale and other Paris libraries by those
having a special aptitude for this line of work.

MARGARET TAYLOR JOHNSTON, Secretary.

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In October, 1904, Mrs. W. Bc Carr, being hostess. letters
were read from our President, Mrs. G. L. Smith, traveling, giv-
ing an account of her visit to Old Salem Witch House and His-
toric Old Home of George Winslow at Plymouth. January 10,
1905.—Tea served by Mrs. W. B. Carr in cups so old and his-
toric that the conversation was turned to the “ Boston Tea
Party,” and a most enjoyable hour spent. February 16, 1905.
—Mrs. Philetus Everts, hostess. Paper read by Mrs. Thos.
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dians in San Luis Phillipe Valley in California, ea ae a
first marriage of Spanish by Padres. These Spanish were the
parents of General Vallejo, California’s last Governor under
Spain. March 16, 1905.—Mrs. M. T. Stealey, hostess. Play
given, Petticoat Perfidy.” Readings, humorous and historical.
Colonial costumes worn by young ladies who served tea.

September 21, 1905.—Mrs. G. L. Smith, hostess. Letter
from Miss I. M. Cowell, presenting $250 from Miss Sarah
Cowell’s estate. October 19, 1905.—Mrs. A. J. Raisch, hostess.
Papers: “Old Boston and Vicinity,’ by Mrs. Simmons, illus-
trated with pictures of Colonial buildings; interesting relics dis-
played, including linked buttons made from wood of Charter
Oak, an old one-shilling bill, and several pieces of historic Blue
China, on which were illustrations of Old Churches of Early
Boston. Miss Stealey read paper on “Old Salem and Witch-
craft,’ illustrated. November 16, 1905.—Mrs. M. L. Stealey,
hostess. Paper: “ John Hancock’s Life and Character,” by Mrs.
Ws, Carr.

February 26, 1906.—Donation toward fund for restoration
of Pohick Church. During the spring of 1906, our Chapter held
no meetings, owing to the great disaster which befell San Fran-
cisco April 18th. Letters of sympathy and anxious inquiry were
received during our period of distress from all our Sister Chap-
ters, and liberal cash donations from the Parent Society and
Chapter I, of Baltimore.

October 18, 1906.—At this meeting formal reports of com-
mittees intrusted with relief work were heard, and votes of
thanks were tendered to the Parent Society and our Sister
Chapters for their sympathy and material aid, which enabled
us to assist the unfortunate. January 17, 1907—Donation
toward fund for erecting Gate at Jamestown. March 21, 1907.
—Mrs. Howard Overacker, hostess at Tea. Papers: “ History
of Famous Old Elm at Boston,” “ Plymouth Bells Made by
Paul Revere,” “The Old Province House,” and “The Crack
in Plymouth Rock.”

May 21, 1907.—Chapter entertained at Breakfast by Mrs.
Ri 3 Stealey. ‘Toasts: “Our President,” ~ Cut Ancestors,”
“ Ourselves,” and “Our Hostess,” responded to by vartous
members.

December 4, 1907——Mrs. George Law Smith, hostess at
Tea. Papers: “ Boyhood of Washington,” “ Character Sketches
of Toussaint L’Overture,” and “ Settlement of Jamestown.”

January 23, 1908.—Mrs. Stealey, hostess at Tea. Papers:
“True Story of Pocahontas” and “ Settlement of Jamestown.

February 24, 1908.—Mrs. J. C. Martin, hostess at Tea.
Day devoted to the celebration of George Washington’s birth,
with several papers on Character and Life of the great man,

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Donation toward Gerard Memorial.

November 28, 1908.—Chapter V entertained its members
and guests at the Fairmont Hotel, where a breakfast was given
to commemorate the Landing of the Pilgrims and also to cele-
brate the national feast of Thanksgiving. The table was deco-
rated with a mass of yellow chrysanthemums and autumn leaves.
Many clever addresses were made and stories told, making the
occasion delightfully informal and happy. May 8, 1909.—
Tea at Fairmont Hotel. Decorations: Japanese iris of varie-
gated hues.

October 21, 1909, to May 27, 1910, Inc—Meetings were
devoted to reports of committees concerning medallions being
prepared for presentation to San Francisco High Schools for
American Colonial History Essay Contest. Inspection of de-
signs and reception of the successful sculptress, Miss Florence
Manor, also consumed the time of several meetings.

September 22, 1910.—Chapter entertained at Luncheon by
Mrs. George Law Smith at her home in Piedmont Heights.
Competitive essays read and award made to Lowell High School
of two bronze medallions, one for the best essay written by a
girl; the other for best essay written by a boy. The medal re-
mains the property of the school for one year. December 15,
1910.—The Chapter was entertained at Luncheon by Mrs. Al-
bert J. Raisch, previous to repairing to the Lowell High School
for the presentation of the medallions, which represent Paul
Revere on his famous ride. Our President, Mrs. George Law
Smith, made the presentation speech, incorporating historical
ideas and drawing lessons instructive and beneficial from the
life and character of the famous man who forms the motif of
our medallion.

Besides the meetings mentioned in this report, our Chapter
has held many of a purely business nature, including the annual
meetings and election of officers.

EK. V. Ratscu, Secretary.

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A Chapter of The Colonial Dames of America was organ-
ized in Shreveport, La., February 14, 1910, with a member-
ship of seven members.

The officers elected were : President, Mrs. John Pinckney
Scott; Vice-President, Miss Mary Taylor Furman; Secretary,
Mrs. Thomas Alexander Jordan; Treasurer, Mrs. Thos. Craig-
head Lewis. The meetings are well attended, and the members
show interest and enthusiasm. After the business is over, we
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to place in the Peoples’ Library of Shreveport books of colonial
history, biographies of colonial heroes, and reference books of
that period. To this collection we shall add from time to time,
filling a need, and placing these books where they will do the
most good and be a benefit to the community. We are begin-
ning to feel that we shall accomplish something effective and of
permanent good, and that our existence will not be in vain. The
books have been selected, and we feel very proud that we were
able to make this donation during the first year of our organiza-
tion. A good deal of interest is manifested by the members in
looking further into genealogical lines, and many have added
ancestral bars to their badges recently. We expect to begin our
next year’s work with vigor and interest, and our strength will
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