The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24

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q sns so 1872 ~.
tns cssy' msoe tn.s 49, -.
qua5ser. u was sous 0pS -
Osiseo 1teses
When It last the military was re-
Moved and the house vacated. the cisy
ct once took possession. using II a.
public school for more than twenty
years.
49, 80 ~ ~. 4mnea. vpon me
1890. anA - con1nenA tread Of the
nA4is - m aimo.N - n,e,uh damage,
nj - 800 rresA A1o&reoe taaA our
people (part1cularly me women) saw
ne Wr,6ts House Of the Confederacy
nut % such uses ami RAPIDLY faLnng
1nNo Decay,
To ave Il from AssGsu0t1o0. uaAAs-
SnesttnR was called 70 take steps for ~
xsstorkHaou. A socAety wAO formed.
called the CounsAasahs Memorial LIT
srar society. WHOSE elm was the
preservaAaon Of Ire manson. T0ar
first cot vnS 10 peAataon the city 10
place e n tAsev hands. - Dc ussd ss
. memorial - Freeaoen6 DeSss mo
musessm OF thoss nsvee"no'oe-1osS0sosn
Gays, 'e1-'es.
TO ra4sS re needed funoe = -
decided 20 hold . memoirs nf IN
Richmond tor the joint oenens 90 -
mueeum end the n300vmo0G - ~ m
yaks eo3dbee and Golloe.
An tArough ne 0ookb ~ paan q
the nussum and the bosanr was hsaes-
div asu6oreeA. % thAk Ao0oABoD1 u Svsry
KIND poured IN Each 0eAte ef The Con-
feAeracy was rspreosotAd ~ booth.
WITH %te name. shield end daG OF her
etnAe. The whole sum realized vas
81 400. Half Of this was Savsn 20
complete The monument 70 the peavaas
colder ana saa1oe n0w stAndtng On
Libby Ell. end - oAhsr Aalf wsoa %
taas mu0sum.
In .ha r.s4 tHArtsem ysars much has
h~.n acoompushed. We ere Free from
AsbN M our mussum - now widely
lnovn. Bu4 much now Mes ahead In
The IDEAL we have ct before NJ end
4S,a vork2 Grows larger. moro smpor-
tara end fas-reachAng - re epDroAch
n, This work 10 dependent on our
door ana membership fees ana dona-
@tons from ths general pubic.
To ada in making our society . self
perpet,,afing body, We have estabhshed
IN endowment fund to put thAs work
on a arm basis. All requests to our
museu1n should be made to the 'Conose-
~raAa Memorial Literary Society. N
charge OF the Confederate Museum
n would be quite impossihlei 70
~ NJ ri fAt0Y4Dx
to be found hsre. The memoFfeas eaAh-
cred are not only Interesting In shem-
seayes. but invaluable for fns uu0n
end lsasons w4sach they feacn.
We have already on our Ron y
Honor" $50 volumes. Al oouno, wy.
more than 1890 csruned FecorSs
our heroes a large NUMBER =. tue
personal papers Of tae non ssnes.sn
Davis are In our ksep'ns. ae o.
loEue VIII tell Of otner Important afa
cIeA
In, 1907 . Southern Historiee NJ
script Commission was appo.n ~
authorised to Solicit the snt .. wa
OF rare BOOKS ano PsPen 5S
the War Between tne Sssts tns
report q this commItsee-A.o
daf OF Confederase faSeF 80
pubEsnsd. ana consDS OF o wv
pages The WORK OF eatsosuins snu
CARING 1or tne mAnu. s.,ss
coHected ID oons ~ s1e
Room ..
distoSisns IN .n ~ 1u.S' ..A
can mere oDoAan os'sA 49, Ssss
ing 70 tnis DeS =,
government mas ni@0
our records
Each Conieoerate state 70 mere 1sp
resented oy room set apart ~ G
special honor OF ner sons ana men
deeds A regent residing IN tnat StAte
- expected 70 collect renes. etc, anu
funds for the room Tne reeent OF
the Solid South Room - = sootnern
woman. appointed from the United
States at large. A vice-regent las Tar
~ p.ssibis . native OF the state. but
reading In Richmond). gives ner per-
SonaI supervision TO the room and rs
needs The labor 10 tncessant. ana
would be impossible but for the fact
that II ts imDeiled By q sense of sacred
love and duty.
The officers OF the Southern Conted-
erats Memorial Literary Society are:
Pendent MIRA Sally Archer Anderson,