New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-03
FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS.
FIRST ANNUAL DINNER OF THE GEN
ERAL COURT OF THE ORDER.


To the already large number OF patriotic feas's
that help each year to lessen the tedium az the
1 long winter nights has been added another. Last
night mt the Manhattan Hotel was cee-
! bratei with brilliant surroundings the first
/ dinner OF the General Court OF the order Of the
! Founders and Patriots OF America. In this city
I'm each year the descendants Of the early settlers
! In this country meet under the auspices OF In
/ divdual societies 10 commemorate the deeds Of
! their respective fathers, who braved the dangers
/ 81 The and the uncertainties attending the
! landing in a possible hostile country. But for
/ some years past II has been felt by some people
! that those individual societies did not admit the
fullest representation OF the traditional patriot
! ism Of America.
! From this feeling has grown more comprehen-
sivc organization. named the Founders and Patriots
/ Of America TO which are eligible for membership
the direct followers OF all classes creeds and nation
/ alltes who can claim descent from ancestors who
settled In the country In the first haf-century OF
! It's colonization
SPREAD or THE SOCIETY.
The society dates only from March. 1885, but IN less
than two months the popularity OF the idea spread
! 10 New-Jcrsey and Connecticut, and In May last
year the representatives OF these two States,
together with New-York. organized Ma
! tlonal society by the name Of the Gem
ornl Court Of the order of the Founders and Pa
| riots Of America. Colonel Frederick d. Grant
was elected govornor-genoral Edward Pny cha
| pin, OF Massachusetts. deputy governor-gcneral
John quincy Adams, of New-York secretary
Jonathan Flynt Morris OF Connecticut, treasurer
general; Morris Patterson Ferris attorney-seneral
Howard Sumner Robbins. rcg!ster-eenerai: Dr.
Thomas Egleston, historian gen raj and the Rev
Joseph +. Folsom. chaplain general On No.
vember 10 last the General Court OF the order met
again at the City Hall for It's semannual meeting
TWO hundred members were then represented by
their delegates. charter for new society in the
State Of Pennsylvania granted to Rear-Ad-
miral Richard W. Meade. Captain Samuel Emlen
A1egs. Frederick Rogers Srarhawk and twelve
other prominent Philadelphians. \ chapter Of the
New-York State Society Inaugural ted In the
city OF Albany at dinner ut the Fort Orange Club
on January S. under the leadership OF General Rob
ert Shaw Oliver. DR. Willis Gaylord Tucker and
DR.. George Rogers Howell, OF the State library
OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION
The order chose the day for its first annual
dinner the 2iith anniversary Of the proclamation
10y Governor Stuyvesant of burgher government In
Ncw-Amsterdam. The splendid banquet hall OF the
now hotel In East Forty-second-st last night
presented a brilliant appearance. Members and
guests to the number of over two hundred were
assembled at small separate tables, an arrange
ment that is rapidly coming into general favor. as
conducting both to the comfort and convenience Of
the guests. Along the east side OF the
the mead table, whereat sat the governor-genera
Of the order and the orators and principal guests
OF the evening The decorations although not
lavish, most artistic and selected TO
give due significance TO the occasion. Immediately
behind Colonel Grant was placed the standard Of
the order. which consists of the red cross of ST
George on a white field similar 20 the flag used
In the colonies from 1904 to 1851. except that the
upper left hand square is darl;bluc In color. with
a circle in the centre Of thirteen white stars sim
liar 10 the union in the flag adopted June Il, III
by resolution Of the Continental Congress.
ON each side OF It the Dutch flag and the
Union Jack while surrounding the whole was
fcstooned device Of the American fag-which Is
the flag of the order-with the American eagle
forming appropriate pinnacle. Two other unique
decorative pieces were white pine. grown on
Plymouth soil. and n cedar tree taken from James,
town Island. James City County. Va. which were
placed at either end of the head table. During
the dinner John quincy Adams read TO the men,
hers two certificates. proving tho trees were taken
from the soil whcrcon stood some of the earliest
Pilgrims TO the New World.
SOME OF THE GUESTS.
Colonel Grant as has been stated presided. and
among those who present were john Quincy
Adams Frederic Allen Angel James Jerome Bel
den George c. Batchellcr, William B. Baldwin.
Frederick \. r. Baldwin Philadelphia, General
Dwight H. Bruce. Theodore NJ Banta. secretary of
the Holland Society; Dr. G. B. Balch, Commodore
David Banks order OF Foreign Wars; J. y. Beach.
Albert Bunker George X. Bunker. Homer i. Bart
lett Jonas H. Brooks, Robert T. Bonner, William
FvartS benjamin. James VI. Belden, Samuel '. Con-
slant Edward Pliny Chaplin deputy governor -gen-
eral: Edward i. Cone Charles Il. Corwin, Edward
Y. cary. John c. Champion. Walter Chandler Or.
Il G. Clarke l.. \. Cole DIR. Colin Smith Carter,
Edward II. Clark Frank J. Cannon, United States
Senate; Joseph G. Cannon. member OF Congress.
Illinois; Clarence l.. Collins. Colonel Henry c. Cush
man General Nicholas w. Day. Charles w. Dayton,
General Ferdinand p. Earle the Rev. William r.
I~p1.ef l,iGrn riDn .unr-
eral Of the order: John Eldcrkin James w.
Eaton and Peter J. Eiting, Huguenot Society;
Stewart w. Eames John c. Eames. the Rev. Jo-
seph T. Folsom. chaplain-genera Of the order; the
Rev. Elmer s. Forbes. Norris +. Ferris, attorney
general OF the order: b. Fernow, State Archivist
Charles 5. Fairchild. Nicholas Fish, Roswell p
Flower Edward y. G. Greene, William W. Good
rich Charles NJ Gazier Rear Admiral Il. Ghorardi
Colonel Lewis c. Hopkins, Edwin \. HIS Matthew
Human Henry Arson Hoyt, Major Francis L.
Hills George Long Hutchings, James II. Toadlcy.
william A. Halsey, George f. Halsey, Major Robert
T. flcDfirs Charles \. Hoyt Edward Human,
Charles Field Hasctne. Philadelphia George r.
Howe Charles b. IIubbell Colonel William L.
Herrnance. Loyal Legion; Frank fIasbrouck, Wee
president Holland Society; the Rev. Alexander Ham
iton' Hfnrg ba1ie rwIel Har5ford Goan.
Or. Oliver Livingston Jones. Colonel =. G. James
as J.. James NJ. \. Knapp. Interstate Commerce
Commission; S. r. Kneeland and c. W. Iivermore
Rear Admiral Richard W Meade. Major Frank v.
Mix toward Marshall, Henry Lincoln Morris
Jonathan FIynt Morris. treasurer general Of the
order; Frederick A. Ma9deyllle. captain samuel e
Emen Meigs. Appleton Morgan PERT Colt Myers:
frederick K McA Vaudeville Mower, Society of
the War OF lsl2; Warner Miller Thomas ; Moor
Francis y. Nichols. oryille 0ddic W; u. 0lcott'
Edward Lang Perkins. philadelphia; \. >. Patter-
son Philadelphia: Morton i; Plant DR. Francis
NJ Perkins Philadelphia: John -. Pray. Howard
Sumner Robbins, registrar-eeneral of the order;
isaac Gilbert Robbins. Maior-General Thomas II
Euger william l.. Strong. g. Hilton Scfibncr
Colonel Richard H. Savage, Edward =. Steers, the
Pcy. DR. C. Ellis stevens, Or. Gouverneur NJ
smith society of Colonial Wars; DR. Henry A;
stimson' Miles \. Stafford, J. $. sherman General
BENJAMIN + Tracy. Charles II; Truax, PRESIDENT
q Hlba ,nv y ": Dr. Dwight Tracy. J. Kennedy
Tod st. Andrews society: y; r. Thompson, sons
8 A. Van WEEK K ns O Tan R r. ,Ss ein
'trnof poher' Taylor Varnum. Colonial Order
AbrIham b. Valentine, COLONIAL Wars; General T
-.t-.-. N-.hL General James lirlnt W AOn.