The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-17
Hn11ywoon MEMORIAL AssoCIATIoN-

HoLLYwooD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
TRIBUTE TO Mrs. LEWIS n. WEBB.-Pur-
suant to notice in the Dispatch, there was
quite q large attendance of ladies at the
meeting of this association on yesterday
evening. The report of the treasurer was
duly presented, and although the precise
amount Of receipts and expenditures has
not yet been definitely ascertained, it
NAV be safely asserted that the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars has been cleared
'by the late Bazaar. Subsequent returns
may increase this amount.
The following letter, which not only ex-
presses the feelings of those directly con-
nected with the Bazaar, but of all who
have been witnesses of Mrs. Webb's unit
ring energy in the prosecution of the
work of the association, was adopted by q
unanimous vote, and ordered to be en-
crossed, and copy sent to the president ::
From, the Ladies of the HoHy,oood Memorial
Association to Mrs. Le,ciS n. Webb, pre-
Sident:
Madam,-The result is so rarely equal
to the sanguine expectation, and the
realization of the fact so seldom surpasses
the pleasure of anticipation, that the
ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Bazaar
feel that they may be pardoned for ex-
pressing to their president their sense OF
the complete success which has attended
their late endeavors. There were many
difficulties and obstacles to overcome, but
the Bazaar became an accomplished fact !;
and every eXertion which it cost has been
more than repaid by the feeling that sue
o,,,c,,1 nnJ h,, ,r,upaI 0raaf and noble
work.
To all those generous persons who con-
tributed to the Bazaar, as well as to those
who were its earnest and liberal support
ers, the ladies of the Bazaar return their
most cordial thanks but they still feel
that all would have been comparatively
nothing but for the rare ability and skill
which have been shown by you, the pre-
sident Of the association. Your office re-
quired unfagging energy, impartial judg-
ment, practical good sense, administrative
ability, unfailing tact, and patient courtesy,
in an eminent degree, and to your posses
sion of those qualities, and to your entire
devotion to the object which you had un-
dertaken, the good fortune which has at
tended US is mainly and principally due.
You, Madam, will please accept our
heartfelt thanks and warm acknowledge
ments and it will surely be consolation
to you in all time to know that you were
as jealous in your care of the Confederate
dead as in your attentions to the sick or
wounded soldier, and that the day which
marked the close of the Hollywood Memo
rial Bazaar will be known in our history as
the last day of the Imprisonment of him
who for so long bore the burden of the acts
of his suffering but devoted people.
The right still remains to work for and
love each other, and while the South is the
South, and the name of Virginia is sremem-
bered, your work and your name will be
ever honored and never forgotten.
Much feeling was exhibited by the ladies
as they crowded around the worthy recipl-
ent of this touching tribute of respect, as
suring her that every word came from the
hearts of her co-workers in the noble task.
There will be another and final meeting
of the Association at Mrs. Robert Ould's
next Thursday afternoon at o'clock.