The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-23
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Sons and Daughters Recall Its Glor-
i0s' d
MEETING OF THE TWO SOCIETIES
YESTERDAY.

Delightful After'Dinner Speeches by Two
of the Sons and One of the Daughters
Mrs. Wilson's Graceful Response for
Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter-Oficers
Elected,
THE annual meeting ofsthe Sons of Ethe
American Revolution and the annual
meeting were held yesterday. The bust
ness meeting occurred in the forenoon at
the rooms of the Maine Historical So
ciety. President Burnham of Saco was
present and presided.
The report of Secretary Burrage, which
was presented, was as follows:
SECRETARY BURRAGE'S REPORT.
~ Portland, Feb. 22, 1895.
To the Maine Society of the Sons of the
American Revolutions:
The growth of the Society during the
past year has been exceedingly crafty
ing. The whole number of mem bers
reported at the annual meeting in 1894
was 156. Five members were elected
at that time, and during the year the
Board Of Managers have elected 3S mem
bers making total of l99. Since our
last meeting four members have died.
Mr.. William Berry Lapham, OF Augusta,
Feb. %. 1894; Joseph Addison King, July
26. 1894: Clinton Aaron Woodbury., Sept.
20. 1894; and George Francis Thurston,
jana, 1895. The present membership of
the society, therefore, is 1a5. and there
are applications in hand for action at
the present meeting, which will make
the mem bership of the Society upwards
of two hundred. Application blanks
h,va ;cha to nt1 70 M hrays
Of persons, who are making lnvestiga-
tion with reference to their ancestors
Revolutionary service. But there are
many others, in all parts of the State.
who are the descendants Of Revolution
airy soldiers, whose names are not on
our rolls, Their attention should be
called to the work the Society is doing
in recalling and recording the services of
the men who had a part in the war for
A meriean q Independence. With little
effort the memb rs OF the Society can en-
large cur number greatly. IN fs..ra n N
" The Board of Managers. has held five
meetings during the year, viz, March
81, June 8, July 2, Sept. 49,. 1894, and
The effort to secure portrait of Gen.
Henry Knox, commenced at the annual
meeting year ago, has been crowned
with success, and the Society is now the
owner of one of the best oil portraits in
the State of Maine. The work was en-
trusted to Mr.. Walter Gilman Page of
Boston, an artist of RICH repute, and he
has given us a most admirable copy of
Sruart's celebrated painting now in the
Museum of Art in Boston. Mr.. Page
desired that the frame should be a fac
smile of that which adorns the original
portrait, and such a fac smile was
secured. We are under great obligations
to Mr.. Page for this portrait, the execu-
tion OF which on his part was largely a
la Dor OF love. The funds for the pur-
chase of the portrait and frame were
raised partly by subscription, and the
balance was appropriated by the Board
of Managers from the funds of the Socie-
ty.
The National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution met in Washington,
D. c., April 30, 1894. This Society was
represented by one of it's vice presidents.
Hon. Edward A. Butler of Rockland. The
National Society passed the following
vote:
"That this Society approves the mark
er presented BIZ the massachusetts Society
to designate the graves OF Revolu tionary
soldiers when mot otherwise marked
+ that it adopts it for itself and recon-
iiends it to the State societies with the
understanding that its use is distinctly
confined to the Sons of the American
Revolutions & aa ESD ls5. sr
| Yhe. cest-yf these markers is. one dollar
each. They can be procured through the
Register General, A. Howard Clark,
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.
&c.
The price5of the badges of the Society
has been reduced to SO. and only one size,
the large size, is now furnished. The
badges are made by Tiffany & Co., New
York, and mem bers can secure them
through the Secretary of this Society.
The National Year Book for 1894 is
furnish he'd by the Secretary General, Hon.
Francis Murphy. Newark, N. j., price
forty cents.
On the evening OF July 4, 1894, patri.
otto service under the auspices of the
Society and in connection with the CITY
government, was neld in City Hall
Portland. Mayor Baxter, a vice president
of this society, presided, and an Grafton
on "The Revival Of Patriotism" was de
liyered by President Whitman of Colby
University.
The Library of the Society is kept il
the Library Room of the Maine Histori
cal Society. During the year severa
valuable additions have been made tx
the Library by gift. The attention O.
the mem bers of the Society is called tt
the fact that we have the beginnings Of
Ii library, and also to the desira bility Of
adding to it's books, pamphlets, rolls Of
military companies and documents
of any kind relating to the struggle fol
independence; also Revolutionary relics.
From Feb.l7, 1894. 10 Feb. IS, 1895, in
elusive, have received for admission
fees and annual dues 1901. SO, and for the
Knox portrait $500; and these amounts
have been paid to the treasurer of the
Society, whose receipts for the same /
| hold.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY SUFFRAGE.
Sec.
The following officers were elected fol
tha anGuinp YEAR: