The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-04-14


Bunner, Murray & c., $4,000; Tench
Francis, $27,500; W. Bingham, J. M.
Nesbitt & Co., Richard Peters, Samuel
Meredith, James Mease, Thomas Bar
clay, Hugh She'll, John Nixon, Henry
Hill, $25,O0O each; John Dunlap, John
Mease, Kean & Nichols, $4,000 each;
George Campbell, John Patton, Benj,.-
min Fuller, George Meade Il Co., John
Donaldson, James Caldwell 0o00 each;
Samuel Caldwell, John Shee eud Sharp
DELAY, $1,000 each.
Iu 1871 50, though peace was not OBJ
tanned, the burden Of war was over, and
the members of the society had leisure
to attend to it's affairs. At the meeting
held Dec. II, 1881, it was reso we'd that
General Washington should be invited,
with his suite, to dine with the society;
but the declaration was made that this
deviation from the rules of the society
shall not be deemed precedent hereaf
ter" General Washington,i in conse quence
Of engagements, did not accept the invi-
tation, bnt on the same evening it was
resolved to made him q member of the
socisty--a proceeding somewhat contrary
to the rules, inasmuch as the patriot WAS
mol of Irish blood. The minute which
details this proceeding is as follows:
His Excellency General Washington
WAS unanimously adopted member Of
the society" 1t was ordered that tho
president, vice-president and secretary
wait on His Excelleucy with a suitable
address OIL the occasion, and present him
with medal in the name of the society;
also to invite His Excellency and suite
to an an>entertainment, to be given him at
the City Tavern on Tuesday, Jan l, 1882,
to which the Secretary is requested to
invite the Secretaries Of State and of
Congress, the Minister Of France, M.
Marbois, M. Otto, the Chief Justice, the
Speaker OF the House of Assembly, Mr..
Francis Reardon, MIR. Holker, Count DE
La Touche and Count Dillon, with all
the officers in the city. There was diff
ficulty about presenting the medal. The
die was prepared in England, and lett
there with the artist who prepared it
the idea being that new members who
desired copies could send and get them
OF him. The war was an obstacle TO this;
but it was avoided by Mr.. james Mease,
who presented his own medal tor the
purpose. After the wax he obtained an
other from England. In General Wash
ington's reply to George Campbell, the
president of the society, he said:
IL accept with singular pleasure the
ensign of SO worthy fraternity as that
Of the Sons of st. Patrick in this city q
society distinguished for the tirm adher-
ence of its members to tho glorious
cause in which we are en- mbarked. Give
me leave to assure you, sir, that l shall
never cast my eyes on the badge with
which am honored but with grateful
remembrance of the polite and affection
ate manner in which it was presented
The dinner took place on January Z,
1881, at Evans tavern. The following
persons were present: His Excellency
General Washington, General Lincoln,
General Stenben, General Howe, Gene
raj Moultrie, General Knox, General
Hand, General Macintosh. His Excel
lency M. Luzerne, M. Rear1on, His Ex-
cellency Mr.. Hanson, president of Con-
gress; His Excellency William Moore,
president of Pennsylvania; Mr. Mullen
berg, Col. Tench Tighman, Col. Smith,
Major Washington, Count Dillon, Count
De La; ;Touche, M. Marboie, M. Otto, NJ.
Holker-twenty one guests. George
Campbell, ESQ.,, president; Thomas Fi,z-
simmons, president; VIM. West,
Matthew Mease, John Mitchell, j. N.
Nesbitt, John Nixon, Samuel Caldwell,
Andrew Caldwell, James Mease, Sharp
Delany, D. H. Conyngham, George
Henry, BLAIR McClenachan, Alexander
Nesbitt, John Barclay, James Crawford,
John Patton, James Caldwell, John Dun
lap, Hugh Shell, George Hughes, M. M.
OBrien, Jasper Moylan, Esq, Colonel
Ephraim Blaine, Colonel Walter Stewart,
Colonel Francis Johnston, DR.. Cochran,
William Constable, Henry Hill, Robert
Morris, Samuel Meredith, Esq, John
Mease, Colonel Charles Stewart-thirty-
four members.
At the next general meeting on March
lS, 1882, General Washington was pres
ent, with Generals Lincoln. Dickinson.
Moultrie, Baron Steuben and Captain
Truxton, Of the navy; Messrs. Munlen-
berg, Moore and Hanson, of Congress.
The proceedings were continued re2u-
larly until 1898. The president from
July, 1774, to June, 1776, was William
West. To him succeeded Benjamin
Fuller, 1776 70; Thomas Barclay, l779 81;
George Campbell, 1882; ]. n. Nesbit',
1882 96; Stephen Moylan, 1855 The