The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-14
VOMEN'S GOOD WORK,
Efforts to Complete Mary Wash
ingt0n's Monument.
.SusscRlPTlons FROM SEATTLE.
Ass r Being Done - Homer the nsm-
ssy e vFashiastos's s1othsr-Mrs.
source Part In II.

Mr.. Ida Remington Sau;re. the wife of
Senator Watson G. Squire, who is vice
president for Washingto1i of the National
Mary Washington Memorial Association,
ts much interested in the work of that
association and has secured number of
subscriptions from residents in this city.
The National Mary Washington Memo
nal Association is the successor to the
property Of the original monument enter
prise. In 1879. forty years after the death
OF Mary Washington, Silas r. Burrows, of
New York, presented handsome memo
rial tablet for tho spot where this honored
woman was buried, on her own plantation
OF Kenmore on the Rappahannock river
ne4f Fredericksburg. The cornerstone OF
thts monument was laid by President AM
drew jackson In 1888, but it was never
completed, owing to the business mis-
fortunes and subsequent death Of the
donor. The present association has sue
ceeded to the right and the property be-
longing to this former enterprise, and the
present subscriptions are for the purpose
OF carrying the memorial to completion.
lts present neglected and unfinished con-
dition Is thus described in the appeal to
the women of the United States issued BY
the officers Of the association:
The grave Of Mary. mother OF Washington,
Hes neglected and deso'ated- A monument
begun there, but never completed, stands black
ened ana dfiapidatcd. We wonld rescue from
total oblivion tire name OF woman whose
memory should be heilowed in every American
home, and pay tribute to her noble mother
hood by erecting monument in her honor.
The president of the United States, tho
chief justice of the United States supreme
court and the governor of Virginia are
ar oEcio directors of the association. and
MRS. Amelia c. Waite, the widow of the
late Chief Justice Waite, is vice president
of the board Of directors and president OF
the board OF women managers. of which
the other officers are: First vice president.
Mrs. Matilda w. Emory: second vice pres
ident, Mrs. Elizabeth Blair Lee; secre-
taries, Mrs. Margaret Hetzel and Miss
Maud Lee Davidge. Mrs. Hetzelis q resi-
dent Of Clifton Station, Va, and is also
secretary of the directors. The treas
urer of the directors is Z. Francis
Riggs, the Washington City banker. The
other directors are Reginald Fendail and
Blair Lee, both Of Washington city. A
vice president is appointed in each state.
whose duty 1t is to organize branch asso-
Citations in her state and adept such meas
ures as she may deem expedient to pro-
cure funds for the erection of this
monument, and for its future care and
preservation; also to secure the largest
enrolment Of memhesA possible and for
ward the rolls of names with the sums
contributed, to the secretary Of the ma
tional association ftS permanent record.
The vice presidents of states are ~ fol-
lowss Mrs. Senator Blair, New Hamp-
shire; Mrs. Coy. Dillingham;, Vermont:
Mrs. Roger yY&ret. Massachusetts /;
Mrs. Burrows, KhSderIsfand: Mrs. Niche-
hs Beach, Connecticut; Mrs. Senator Nc
Pherson, New Jersey;. Miss Charlotte
Penaletou. Philadelphis; Mrs. Senator
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