The evening times., 1896-11-19
IN MEMORY OF DR.. GOODE
Handsome Register of the District
Society S. A. R. Just Out.
Report Upon 1t Made at the Meeting
Last Night-Gavel From George
NIasOn's Grave Presented.

The year book, or register, OF the Society
of the Sons OF the American Revolution
has become in a sense memorial volume 10
the late Dr. g. Brown Goode, assistant sec
retary of the Smithsonian and director OF
the National Museum.
At the meeting OF the society last night,
when euloges OF the members who have
died within the past year were pronounced,
Mr.. william J Rbees, OF the Smithsonian,
as chairman, presented the report or the
committee on publication. This shows that
the book was projected in the summer Of
1893. Messrs. Wilbam ]. Rhees, A. How
ard Clark, e. D.,fCowles, and George H.
Penrose were appointed a committee. There
were various obstacles, SO that little prog
ress was made Till 1885, when special COM
mttec consisting oT Dr. Goodc. Mr.. Rhees,
the late Ma ior W. II. Webster, and the late
B. +. Storm, was appointed 10 have charge
of the natter Major Webster and Mr..
Storm having died. DR.. Marcus Benjamin
and Prof A Howard Clark were put i'll
their places.
In April, 1885. the board OF management
of the society ordered the publication. Dr..
Goode planned the work, called the coin
mittee together, and the execution OF the
plan was given into the hands OF Mr.. Rhees
as editor He has had the aid OF other menI-
bers OF the committee throughout, The vol
ume wa 5 read y about a weekago, andcopies
are being sent to members OF the society.
Meantime, on September last. DIR. Goode
died.
His Ia It work almost in his office was to
approve the design prepared for the cover
of this volume by Mr.. Elliot Ellsworth
Garnsey. one OF the artists employed in
decorating the new Library of Congress.
II was then determined TO make picture
OF DIR. Goode the frontispiece OF the book
II is a haif-tone from thephotosraph which
n
was approved by his family.
The cover is in white. blue and silver.
with the Insignia of the society in the CEN
ter OF the front, surrounded by classic
grouping OF lines drawn from the works
OF early artists. The collection of ma
terial was most careful. Among the
sources of supply We're the extensive
government records here. Each name Of
which there are 5O2, was submitted to
its owner in proof and by him was cor
rected. Extreme accuracy was thereby Sc
cured. .
To make the work OF the greatest pos
sble value to students of genealogy an in
deX has been added. giving every name that
appears in the book As the very fullest
information in regard 10 each member was
laboriously worked out, the publication
will take place as a standard work in his
toric circles. IL VIII be of the highest va Iue
in preparing future monographs upon the
period Of the American Revolution.
Secretary John W. Jordan. of the Penn
sylvania Historical Society, has written
Mr.. Rhecs saving: Your register is the
best yet issued by any of the patriotic So
cieties l hope all will follow your sys-
tenn
During the meeting DR.. Benjamin pre-
sented Il, the society IA gavel made from the
tree ut Gunston Hall, under which the
remains of George Mason, author of the
Declaration of Rights. are at rest The
wood was presented to Dr. Benjamin when
the society enjoyed the hospitality of Mr
Joseph Specht mt the Hall last June