The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-06
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Adopted Memorial to Mr.. Denmark
and Received Greene's Coffin Plate.


Adopted Memorial to Mr.. Denmark
and Received Greene's Coffin Plate.
At the August meeting of the Geor-
| gia Historical Society last night reso-
lutions were adopted expressing the re-
| greet and grief of the members at the
death of Brantley A. Denmark, Esq,
for many years one of the most act
i've members of the society.
The resolutions were read by Col.
George A. Mercer, president of the So
ciety and chairman of the committee
appointed for the purpose, the other
members of the committee being Judge
Robert Ftlligant and ]. R. Saussy, Esq.
The preparation of the resolutions had
been intrusted to Col. Mercer, and the
latter freely confessed that he had
taken a strong personal interest in the
work, both because of his intimate ac-
| quaintance with and high regard for
! the deceased as we'll as what he felt
| to be due to one who had held such an
honorable position in the esteem of his
fellow citizens and his brother MEM
bers of the society.
In this connection Col. Mercer mem
tioiiCu al IHClueHl WHICH lent a MEL
ancholy interest to his work. The res
olutions of respect upon the death of
the former president of the society, the
late Col. John Screven, little more
than year ago, were also submitted
by Col. Mercer. Mr.. Denmark was
present on this occasion and was so
impressed as wen as pleased with the
appropriate tribute to the memory of
Col. Screven that at the conclusion of
| he h. 90 81
half jocularly and yet with evident
earnestness, that should he precede the
latter to the grave he trusted that he
| (Col. Mercer) would perform the duty
of preparing whatever resolutions of
respect might be adopted to his mem
Dry. Little did either dream how soon
this request would be complied with.
The resolutions, which are a feeling
tribute to Mr.. Denmarks character as
a man and a citizen and as MEM
Der of the Historical Society, are pub
lished elsewhere in to-day's paper.
They were adopted unanimously by the
meeting with general expressions of
approval. Mr.. Denmark had been a
curator of the society for several years,
and his counsel will be greatly missed.
Gen. Greene's Coffin Plate.
The silver plate found upon the cof-
fin of the late Gen. Nathaniel Greene
in the vault in the old Colonial Gene
terry, and which was taken North by
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner for the purpose
of cleaning for further Identification,
was returned by the secretary of the
Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati
to the custody of the Historical
Society. The announcement pre-
viously made in the Morning
News that chemical treatment of the
plate had shown, as was believed to be
the case, that the plate was from the
coffin of Gen. Greene is fully borne out
by the plate, now fully restored. though
badly worn. The inscription now stands
out very clearly and reads as follows:
Nathaniel Greene, Obit June 10, 1856.
AE "A years"
This completely establishes the claim
to the discovery of Cen, Greene's re-
mains. 1t is proposed to incloSe the
plate, which is quite small, in a glass
case, for the purpose of exhibiting at
the rooms of the Historical Society.
The question Of the further disposition
of Gen. Greenes remains was inciden-
tally referred to, but was not discussed.
| 1t has been thought likely that the
Rhode Island societies might make a
demand for the removal of the remains
| to that state with a view to the cree
ton of a monument there. but there
| has been no notice of anything of this
kind as yet. At present Gen. Greene's
| remains rest in the vault of the South
ern Bank %
Seal of the Trustees.
A letter was received from Mrs. AL
fred o. Blackmar of Columbus. Ca.
inclosing photographs of the diverse
and reverse of the Colonial
taken from a wax impression
obtained by Mr.. A. o. Blackmar while
on a recent visit to England and pre-
| scented to the Columbus Chapter of the
Daughters of the Revolution. The OBJ
verse represents two female figures
resting on urns, pouring forth copious
| streams of water, representing the Sa-
vannah and Altamaha rivers, the
northeast and southwest boundaries of
the province. Between these two is
seated the genius of the colony, fe-
male figure with the cap of liberty on
| her head. a spear in one hand and a
cornucopia in the other. with the in
scription, "Colonia Georgia Aug" Aug.
being an abbreviation for Augusta,
which was the Roman name for Lon
don. the headquarters of the trustees.
The reverse of the seal. as shown by
| the picture, represents silkworm and
cocoon on a mulberry leaf, with the
| inscription, mon sibi sed aliis." The
seal, IL is stated, was taken to Eng
land in 1885. shortly before the Revo-
luton, and is now in the British Mu-
scum.
The members of the society present
were inclined to look somewhat doubt
fully upon the representations of the
seal. Although the general plan
is the same, the design shown
differs considerably In detail from
that described in the old rec
| ords of the society and a reproduce
ton of which appears on the publica-
! tions of the society.
A letter was received from Mrs. r. A.
Myers of ST. Petersburg, Fla, in which
she stated that she had the sword OF
| Capt. Bob Sallette, noted guerilla
| warrior of the Revolution of Liberty
| and Mcintosh counties. She stated
that the weapon could be had for $500.
AS the society has no money to invest
in this manner at present. it was de-
| cided to decline the offer.
!
| To SELL NAPHTHA LAUNCH.