The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-03

plished on the 20th of April last, when 1t was formally presented by MT, Bay ard to the commonwealth at joint convention of the legislature and thank fully accepted by the governor, who pledged the faith of the commonwealth that for all time the history should be guarded in accordance with the terms of the decree under which it was de- livered into her possession as one Of her chief treasures.
 At the presentation Senator Hoar (through whose efforts this history has been secured to us) appropriately said:
 "The American ambassador comes to deliver to the lineal successor of Gov ernor Bradford in the presence of the representatives and rulers of the body polite formed by the compact on board the Mayflower on November Il, 1920, the only authentic history of the founda- tion of their commonwealth. The only authentic history of what we have a right to consider the most important political transaction that has ever take place on the face of the earth"
 The officers of the Connecticut soce- ty, who were all present, are; Miss Harriet w. Terry, president; Mrs. Frank w. Cheney of South Manchester, vice president; Mrs. Franklin B. Dex- ter, treasurer; Mrs. Eli Whitney, jr., recording secretary; Miss Talcott of Hartford, registrar; Mrs. Godfrey Duns- comb, historian.
 Distinguished members of the society from the state were: Mrs. Morris Sey mour, Litchfield; Mrs. Kingsbury, Wa tertown; Miss Barnum, Lyme Rock; Mrs. Nicholas Beach, Hartford Mrs. George w. Beach, Hartford; Mrs. Bel knap Beach, Miss Brace, Hartford; Mrs. Cheney, South Manchester; Mrs. Palmer, Hartford; Miss Perkins, Litch- field; Mrs. Glague, South Glastonbury; Miss Talcott, Hartford; Mrs. Turner, Torrington; Miss Katharine Day, Hart ford; Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner Hartford; Mrs. Atwood Collins, Hart ford; Mrs. George E. Day, Hartford; Mrs. Dixon, Hartford; Miss Durham, Hartford; Mrs. Furguson, Stamford; Mrs James Goodwin, Hartford; Miss Gay, Pennington; Miss Grswold, Lyme; Mrs Hammersley Saybrook; Miss Hooker, Hartford; Miss Hubbard, Md- dletown; Mrs. Hudson ,Hartford; Mrs, Hurlbert, Middletown; Mrs. Jewell, Hartford; Mrs Jonathan Bunce, Hart ford.
 James J. Goodwin of Hartford, gov ernor of Colonial Wars, was also pres ent. MT. Frederick J. Kingsbury, Wa terbury, deputy governor, was present, as were MT Theodore Woolsey, lieu tenant governor; Dr. Chas. T. Ward of Bridgeport, secretary, and Hon. Morris Seymour of Litchfield, historian. Members of Colonial Wars of Con- necticut also present were MT. E. Hayes Trowbridge, MT. Atwood Collins of Hartford, Hon. Leveret Brainard of Hartford and MT. J. Edward Heaton. Others present were ex-Governor and Mrs. Bulkeley, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Hooker Mr. and Mrs. James M. B. Dwight, MT. and Mrs. Colin M. Inger- soll and Miss Ingersoll, MT. and Mrs. c. M. Ingersoll, jr., Mrs Sara Kinney, Professor ana Mrs. Porter, Professor and Mrs. F. F. Salisbury, Miss Trow- bridge, Mrs. James K. Thacher, and Mrs. E. Hayes Trowbridge, Mrs. Trum- bull, Professor and Mrs. Arthur M Wheeler, MT. and Mrs. Charles Hervey Townshend, MT. and Mrs. Charles A. White, Miss Whitney, Mrs. Woolsey, MT. and Mrs. Henry F. English, MT. and Mrs. J. K. Beach, Mrs. Champion, regent, and Mrs. Luzon B. Morris, vice regent, of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution of Connecticut, of which society Mrs. Hotchkiss is a mem- Der.
 MT. Talmadge Van Rensselaer,, who, it will be remembered, read a number of letters written by General Seth Pome- | roy, the hero of Louisburg, upon the anniversary of that siege, at a lunch- con givensby Mrs James M. B. Dwight several years ago, was present, and so were Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Roderick Terry. Dr. Terry is elder of the Society of De- scendants of the Mayflower of New | York. | Letters of regret were received from Mrs. Howard Townsend, president of | the National society, and from many I others