Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-08
SECOND ANNUAL conference
THE b. A. r. MEET AT ExECU.
TIVE MANSION.
Baltimore Chapter Entertains Locals
at Luncheon Governor
Makes Address.

ters Of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution were the guests Of the
L Baltimore Chaptefat the second an
nual conference, which was held at
the Government House here today.
| There were business sessions in the
morning and afternoon and At J. so the
1 delegates lunched at Caryel Hall. The
sessions were of unusual interest and
many interesting points Of history
connected with early day in Maryland
| were discussed.
Mrs. j. Pembroke Thom. state Re-
| gent. presided and an address of well
i come was delivered by Mrs. A. Leo
Knott. regent Of the Baltimore Chap
/ ter. Governor Warlield replied 10 the
address of AIRS. Knott. Mrs. Knott.
/ in her address spoke Of the benefit 10
1 be derived from such conferences and
referred to the many points Of histori-
cal interest connected With Annapolis,
many Of which are generally known.
Mrs. Knott also called attention TO
some facts which are not SO we'll un-
derstood, but which are of great i'm
portance and interest. She called
attention TO the fact that although the
men of Maryland enjoyed special priv
ileges and exemptions from the Crown
of England yet they did not hesitate
to join hands with their sister colonies
in revolution when their common
rights were invaded.
Another point Of great interest WAS
in connection with the claim that the
action OF Maryland in refusing to sign
articles of confederation until New
York and Virginia consented to re-
linuuish to the general government
their rights in the Northwest Terri
tory paved the way for the real union
of the states, II being generally con
ceded that with such large territories
New York and Virginia would prob
ably have formed separate states or
conflicts would have resulted from
rival claims.
In his address Governor Warfield
stated his appreciation of the presence
Of the conference and talked Of what
had been done lately in pursuance Of
historical work in Maryland. He
also dwelt on the point raised by
Mrs. Knott as to Maryland action
in refusing to sign articles of confed-
GRAFTON until the other states yielded
their territorial claims. He said
that during his recent visit 70 Ohio
he had made this claim for Maryland
and stated that Maryland had thus
in measure become the mother of
Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin, the states carved out of
the Northwest Territory. He said
that this claim had been denied by
some newspapes at the time, but that
il had historical support Maryland
did her part in furnishing men and
munitions for the Revolutionary Army
but did not sign articles OF confedera-
4. ..Ix he a1n f,f ho xr~ar
and not before the other states had re-
linquished their territorial claims be-
yond the Alleghenies.
During the course of his remarks
Governor Warfield announced the ap
pointment.of Mrs. Hester Dorsey Rich
ardson as Executive Historian of the
state and said that she would be
commissioned to collect data of histor-
ical interest for the Maryland Exposi-
tion at Jamestown, which exhibit
would later be preserved in the State
House Mrs. Richardson viii begin
this work at once.
The reports OF the regents of the
different chapters brought out many
points of historical interest. One Of
great interest was suggested by Mrs.
William s. Welch, regent of the Peggy
| Stewart Chapter of this city. Mrs.
WeIch suggested that the State chap
| ters of the Daughters secure posses
| sion of the Peggy Stewart House, now
on ground soon TO be taken into the
| Naval Academy. and move il to
1 some suitable point. II was thought
| that after the Government secured
| possession of the property within the
| limits to be annexed to the Naval
| Academy, the building could be pro
cured and moved. A motion pledging
1 the chapters to this effort was IMAM
| imously carried. The building is a
beautiful specimen Of colonial archi-
| lecture and is situated on Hanover
street, Just across from the present
| wall of the Naval Academy. II is IN
the section which the board of-yisitors
to the Naval Academy recently recon-
/ mended that the Government purchase
and the securing of this Rsrtion Of
the city was contemplated in the plans
Of the new Naval Academy. II was
owned by Anthony Stewart. owner OF
the brig Peggy Stewart, which was
burned on October 10, 1774. Ii was
set on fire by Anthony Stewart him
self. being induced to do so by the
populace of Annapolis, which was
| indignant at the fact that il brought
"a
Mrs. Hester Dorsey Richardson, the
historian and a membero Of thesDaugh.
ters, was present. Mrs. Richardson
has given out a most interesting con
tribution to Maryland history in ref
erence to portraits of members Of the
Calvert family, Lord Baltimore. The
discussion brought out some interest
ing side lights. Mrs Richardson
stated that there is in the Philadelphia
| Academy of Fine Arts a portrait
thought to be of Cecilius Calvert, fifth
| Lord Baltimore. There is also in the
| MARYLAND Historical Society gallery
in Baltimore, picture, apparently q
copy. which is considered TO he of the
| second Lord Baltimore. Mrs. Rich
ardson is convinced that the Philadel.
| phia portrait, al least, is that Of the
third Lord Baltimore, and is a picture
presented to the City of Annapolis
together with her own portrait, by
Queen Anne. the latter having disap'
peaTed.
1T is known that Charles Wilson
Peale became the owner of this pic
ture Of the Lord Baltimore in ques.
tion, having painted six portraits q
early governors of Maryland in returr
for them. These were given the CITY
Council of Annapolis and Peale tool
the other portrait It came into th'
possession Of his son and finally int
that of the Philadelphia Academy o
Fine Arts. The six portraits of early
governors, now in the State House