The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-14
DAUGhTBRs oFTHEREvohUTIoN
a Very Interesting Meeting of the New
Society.

Very Interesting Meeting of the New
Society.
The Daughters of the American Revolution
held its regular monthly meeting at the resi-
deuce of Mrs. Cabell, 1909 Massachusetts ave-
nue., on Thursday evening, Mrs. Flora Adams
Darling, vice president general in charge, in
the chair. At her request Mrs. W. d. Cabell
presided. The double parlors were filed with
ladies' Mrs Cabel congratulated the members
upon having perfected the organization. There
were seventy charter members on the roll.
Following is partial list of them: Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Flora Adams Darling,
Mrs. Gen. A. w. Greedy, Mrs. Justice Waite,
Miss Eugenia Washington, Mrs. William d. Ca
bell, Mrs. Gen. II. V. Boynton, Mrs. DR.. G.
Brown Goode, the Misses Washington, Mrs.
Julius c. Burrows Mrs. Col. Marshall Mac
Donald, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Mrs. G. w.
Shields Mrs William Earle, Mrs. Howard
Clarke, Miss Brecllinridge, Mrs. De Volney Eve
rett, New York; Mrs. Edward j. Darling, Miss
Cabell, Mrs. Randolph Keim, Mrs. w. Ross
Browne, Mrs. j. s. Goodfellow, Mrs. Anna Key
Laird, Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, Miss Ran
son. Mrs. Richard Rathbun, Mrs. Leland,
Massachusetts; Mrs. Messenger, Miss Emily
Lee Sherwood, Mrs. Judge Bentley, and Mrs.
Dr. u. w. Prentiss.
Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood read well-prepared
paper on the influence of the women of the Rev
olution, which ELECTED much praise. Mrs Oar
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cepting the position of honorary membership in
the society. Mrs. a. Howard Clarke of the
executive committee, read brief statement in
which she said: "We find that we have repre-
sentatives of some of the bluest and truest
patriotic blood in America The Washington
family is well represented in the descendants of
Col. Augustine Washington, half-brother the
General. One of our officers, Miss Eugenia
Washington, is great granddaughter of Col.
Samuel Washington, brother of the Father
of His Country At least two of the
Washington family enrolled with us
are great-ncices of Gen. Henry Lee,
familiarly known as Light Horse Harry
We have a granddaughter of Robert Morris,
one of the signers Of the Declaration. Three
applicants are direct descendants of Gen. Mel
son and of Gen. John Page, of Virginia. One
of these ladies writes: Roosevelt Mansion was
the home of my grandfather, Gen. Page, who
was an intimate friend of Thomas Jefferson,
and it was while sitting in a window of this
house that Jefferson penned the first draft of
the Declaration of independence grand
daughter of Patrick Henry, after giving some
historical facts relative to the great statesman,
closes her application for membership with a
quotation from his famous speech in the House
of Bargesses: Forbid it, Almighty God l
know not what course others may take but, as
for me, give me liberty give me deathn
There are Observation-Disclosures of Gems. Camp
bell, Cilley, Poor Stephens, and other great
leaders of the war on our rolls; also descend
ants of Paul Revere, Governor Cushman,
Isaac SnelDy, John quincy ADAMS, Isaac
Bledsoe, descendants of the Perry family,
John Leneir, and John Alden and Pris-
ella. Among our records is this little anecdote,
relating to the courage and heroism of woman
of the Revolution. The applicant writes: My
great-grandfather was captured and carried on
board the frigate Roebnek, then lying in the
Delaware opposite his farm. The commander
having heard that my ancestor had said that he
had rather drive his cattle as present to Gen.
Washington than receive thousands of dollars
in gold for them. sent detachment of soldiers
to slauglster the cattle. Then the cattle were
saved by the herosm of the young wife, who,
under fire from the soldery, drove the animals,
with the aid OF small boy into the farm yard "
the Revolution, in convention in New York,
congratuating the Daughters on having effected
permanent organization. Col. Jack made an
eloquent address. On motion of Mrs. Walworth
the despatch from the Sons of the Revolution
was responded to with thanks and cordial
greetings.