The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-05
RESIGNATION REJECTED.
MRS. JOSEPH BRIIN UNINIMOUSLY
kE-ELLCIED PKESIDENT.
Annual Meeting of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia AntiquitIs,.
Encouraging Repor $.

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the Governor. and Mrs. Charles L. O'Fer-
rail- The meeting was called TO order
by Hon. W. Writ Henry, who. in doing
So spoke in substance as follows:
In calling the association to order at
its eighth anniversary, l think 1 am
! Justified in saying that you, ladies' and
/ gentlemen, as members of the associa-
ton, have the gratitude OF all the pup
| nc. not only IN Virginia, Dat also out
size of this State The hrst property
acquired by the organization was the
/ old POWdcThOrn, while the next piece OF
! property secured was the home OF WASH
/ ington's mother. in Fredericksburg, ana
/ lastly the donation OF the island or
/ jamestown. This island Will no doubt
| be the spot that will be visited hereafter
! by pilgrims. who will vencrate IL as the
| birthplace Of the English people in TINS
! country. The association has done tins
! great amount of work during It's COM
Aarativoy short existence. and has be-
I sides spent good deal OF
labor and money in the reno
waiting Of churches. and the marking
with q tablet of the spot where the
English colonists first landed I'm this
| country All this important work en-
titles the association 10 the gratitude
/ of the public.
in the absence Of Mrs. Joseph Bryan.
owing 10 illness. Mrs. James Lyons. the
recording secretary Of the association,
| then read a report concerning the work
| done bv the organization during the past
| year. The report was as follows
THE REPORT.
Ladies and Gentlemen OF the Associa-
ton for the Preservation OF Virginia
Antiquities:
The much-regrottcd sickness OF our
| beloved president has made IL my duty
as recording secretary. to furnish you
with d report Of the years work.
The last meeting OF the A. T.. Y. 4.
was held on January 4, 1896, at the Nir-
ginia Historical Society rooms. 1t Zee
suited in the reelection of an the Off
GERS. with the addition OF Mrs. j. Jay-
| lor Eliyson TO the list Of Wcc-prcsidents.
seven Of these officers had already
served seven years. having occupied the
same positions ever since the organiza-
ton of the society i'm 1850.
In the year just past we have had
fourteen meetings-nine regular and iNe
called meetings. These have been we'll
attended although from sickness and
from other causes. some Of the Directory
Board have not been able TO meet with
US.
1t is my sad duty 10 record the death
of three of our most valued oiiicers-thc
Assistant Secretary, Mrs. j. j. Mac
Intire. VINO died in March, 1886; Vice
President. Mrs. +. Il. Addison. who
died in April Of the same year; and the
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w. Carmichael. who died in the early
fall. These three noble women had lent
! their best services for the good Of the
association. and their places on the
| board and I'm our hearts cannot be nllod.
| During the last week in January, the
Association gave the Krmcss. or Dances
| of Natons-an entertainment arranged
| and directed by Mr.. 4. j. MacDonnell.
and from which we realized the sum OF
s1.G71.4S. This entertainment was one
| of the most successful ever given by any
| association The beautiful poster de-
| signed for II by Mr.. Edgar b. Brown
was the FIRST ever printed in Richmond.
| The souvenir programme. with its art
| istic cover. designed by Mr.. Sheppard,
will long be treasured as a thing Of
| beauty.
GIFTS FROM ELSEWHERE.
In February the association received
| the gift OF one hundred dollars from the
| Daughters OF the American revolution,
then assembled in Washington IA M
| tional Congress. This money was grant
ed on motion OF Mrs. Barton ii. Vase.
regent OF the ola dominion Chapter Ol
| the Daughters OF the American KevOlu-
| ton, and was d special tribute TO thc
interest taken ia our trudy national
work OF caring for jamestown, the birth
place of the American nation and the
cradle OF free institutions and represent
alive government on this continent.
on April 18th. the President. accom-
panied by other officers OF the assOcia-
ton, went down 10 cape Henry and
placed upon an Old lighthouse. the use
| OF which had been granted US by the
United States Government a tablet
marking the first landing of English
colonists on Virginia. soil, two hundred
and eighty-nine years before. The party
| from Richmond was met by the Rev.
| W. f. Morrison. OF the United States
navy, TO whose kindness we had been
much indebted for the successful cree
| ton of the tablet. and by others from
| Norfolk and the vicinity, and the cere-
monies connected with the unwilling were
very beautiful and impressive. After
prayer by Bishop Randolph the Prcsi-
| dent. Mrs. Bryan. pulled aside the lag
which yelled the tablet, and the vice
president. Mrs. j. $. Wexford placed
"a wreath of laurel beneath IL. An elo-
quent Grafton was delivered boy the Rev.
Garter Braxton Bryan. and Mr.. Charles
Washington Coleman read his beautiful
poem, "Hespcria' composed for the
occasion. The tablet was Of bronze, and
contained these words:
Near this spot landed April g. 1861,
Captain Gabriel Archer. Hon. George
s Percy. Christopher Newport, Bar
tholomew G0snOld, Edward Maria Wing
held with twenty-five others, who. call
ing the place cape Henry, planted
cross. April 29 1901"
on May 18th the association made its
annual pilgrimage 10 jamestown. The
Grafton was made by Rev. Carter BraX-
ton Bryan. who, by special request. re-
peated what he had delivered on April
18th. at Cape Henry. His address was
listened TO with the deepest interest by
the numbers Of distinguished guests
who had enjoyed the excursion.
The Regents of the Mount Vernon AS
ISOLATION. meeting i'm May. extended TO
the president and other officers a most
courteous invitation to visit them. which
was regretfully declined
In May. the society received from its
committee the Yearbook. which was
published I'm pamphlet form. containing
cighty-siX pages. with full reports from
the branch associations. and pictures OF
jamestown. the Powder-llorn. ana the
Mary Ny-ashingfOu house