New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-15
A RECEPTION FOR THE MEMBERS.

INTERESTING TALKS AT THE MEETING OF THE
ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS.
large and enthusiastic meeting Of the New
York Society of the Order OF the Founders and
Patriots was held on Friday evening at the
Hotel Normandie, with Colonel Ralph e. Prime.
Governor OF the New-York society, In the chair.
This meeting reception for the officers OF
the General Court, who held their semi-annual
meeting in the City Hall In the afternoon There
was a shor. business meeting. when the following
anplcants for membership elected Isaac
Gilbert Robbins. Melrose Highlands. Mass; Henry
MARTIN Burt Springfield, Mass; Samuel Emler
MeIes. Philadelphia; Robert Fuller Fitz. this city.
and Galusha b. Balch. Yonkers.
There were a number OF speeches. and several
historical papers were read. Colonel Prime made
the address OF welcome. showing the highly salts
factory condition OF the society. which was only
Incorporated last March. and has membership
closely approaching 200. He called special atten-
ton to the strong. patriotic eligibility clause
(which ccmpes all members TO have an unbroken
line Of descent for at least 2D years In this coun
try" and requires that their ancestors sustained
The colonies during the dark periods OF the Revo-
utionary War
Colonel Frederick D. Grant. Governor-General or
the order told the various benefits OF the patr-
otc and hereditary societies now existing In Amer
,oa while Rear-Admiral Meade greatly interested
the members with an account Of researches he had
been making for several years In Europe as to tho
genealogical history OF many OF the so-caled noble
families There. often. families could only show
five to seven generations. he said, while In this
country. II was a rare thing that members VINO
io,ned the Founders society have less than seven
generations while the majority have nine. ten
and eleven I'm an unbroken line from their an
castor who came to this country at the beginning
NJ ito settlement. All patriotic Americans should
be proud of their country and OF thel. ancestors
who carved out the settlements during the hrst
- tha untrx md xvh
fought so nobly during the Revolutionary War
II. sboued that from the very first settlement
England appeared TO restrain In every way the
advance Of the colonies as well as to throttle inc
infant settlements. and that Instead OF calling las
Is frequently dcne) England the mother country,
she should be called the 'stepmother country
The various patriotic societies established in this
country should not be based upon standardization.
as many outside OF the societies alleged but they
should show and prove by the histories and papers
which they collect and publish what true Ameri-
can patriotism Is.
Charles A. Jewell, Governor Connecticut Society.
and William A. Halsey. Governor. New-Jersey So
cietv Edward Payson Cone Colonel Lewis Chees-
man Hopkins and DR.. Dwight Tracy. OF Brooklyn.
gave copies OF various records which they had dis
covered in their searches through histories of the
various towns Of the early settlements OF the
Among the members who were present were
Victor 39an 9s5nsy
- Wilmington. Del: the Rev Joseph Fulford Fol-
jerome onM,u Bf Es%.rS s' Hasamdn
Hail Jonathan Flynt Morris. Of Hartford, Conn;
r. BALDWIN; Of Allentown b penn; Th Tayt
Of New" York: the Rev. DR. Daniel F. Warren. OF
Jersey city John EldsIxn sspsMs orr a. %bsn
Champion. Charles F. Champion. j. Il. Johnston.
H. s. Robbins. Edward N. G. Greene: g y. Hrtcn-
inRs Ncw-Jersey: George Clinton Batcneher' fTeo-
srick G. Swan. and William A. HalseS.