New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-09
no CELEBRATE IN ANNIVERSARY.
PROGRAMME OF TIE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
IN NETWORK AT WHITE PLAINS TO-DAY.

PROGRAMME OF TIE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
IN NETWORK AT WHITE PLAINS TODAY.
The Society Of the sons of the Revolution IN inc
s+ata IN NewYort will celebrate today the 116tb
ann,versary of the adoption OF the Declaration OF IN
depepdence by the convention OF the colony OF New
York The exercises will take place on the size OF
the old courthouse at White Plains, where inc new
York Legislature assembled when II received inc
news OF the Declaration OF Independence by the CON
tnental Congress. The members OF the society ana
their guests will leave the Grand Central station by
.necial train At 10 a. M The return train will arrive
in e,yYork at 8 D. p A luncheon Will be served
at O'Clock. The ladies will be entertained by Mrs.
Isabella H. MITCHELL whose grounds ad3oin the site OF
the old courthouse. Cappa's 7th Regiment haho VIII
furnish the music.
The exercises which will begin at IL O'Clock.
will consist OF an opening prayer by tho Rev. BROOK
hoist Morgan. chaplain Of the society an orauoh og
Isaac Newton Mills Judge Of Westchcster County re-
marks BY Frederick s. Tallmadge. president OF the
society: selections from the minutes OF the ITO
vlncia Congress. including letter from the presi-
dent Of the Continsnta Congress, saying that the
Declaration OF independence had been adopted, ana
asking that the New-York Legislature ntify the ac-
lion read by sylvester l.. H. Ward; reading OF the
Declaration Of independence. by James b. Lockwood
School Commissioner of the Second District OF West
chester County, whose great grandfather, Major LOCK-
wood, was member OF the New-York Legislature wheh
II met at White Plains in 117O. Dir. Ialnnadgc
will also read a poem written for the occasion by
Hiss Ruth Lawrence. daughter OF Judge A. h Lawrence
The committee in charge announces that the guests
Of the society will be Mr. and Mrs. William H. ROD
ertson Judge and Mrs. J. o. Dykman Mrs Martha
j. Lamb, Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid State Senators
Charles P. McClelland, Thomas Hunter and General
Martin T. Mcmahon State Assemblymen Thomas X.
Fraser Daniel +. Martin. j. W. Hustled. James +.
Ouiaiey and James H. Person. d. Ogden Bradley
win represent the Andre Monument Association, and
Dr. Richard Il. Coutant, the Tarrytown Historical
Society James Wood Thomas G. Cornell, David
Hawley David A. Rowe and William A. Woodwork
will represent the Westchester Historical Society.
rhe New York Historical Society will be represented
w the following committee John A. King. Francis
Tones, Edward F. Delaney, Daniel Parish. jr..
Charles Isham William KelbY Professor II. p.
Johnston, John Jay John II. hbeel, John A. Weehes.
jr Gerard Beekman Robert b. Roosevelt. George
Clinton McKesson, j. Bleecker Miller, Fordham Nor
rs and Maturin Livingston Delateld
Following Is the committee in charge Of the cele-
bratiou: sylvester L. II. Ward, chairman; George C.
Andrews Charles Butler Reese Campbell the Rev.
Alexander b. Carver. David Cromwell, Livingston
Crosby William NJ. Dubois, George Gardiner Fry.
Le Roy Livingston Goodrich Harvey Hustled, A.
Jackson Hyatt, Frederic ". Jackson. James Belts
Lockwood, William T. Lockwood. William 5. Lyon,
Walter II. Mesa Isaac n. Mills, William a. Mitchell.
George ". Popyam, William ). Pophanl, Orlando b.
Potter, Marcus ID. Raymond, Evelyn p. Roberts.
Jared Sandiord samuel X. Satterlee. Colonel Andrew
X smith, Henry p. Stewart. DR.. John NJ Tiden and
James H. Townsend. The present membership OF the
New York Society Is l,OoO.