The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
STORIES OLD AND NEW
 FOR THE ALABAMA D. A. K.
By MRS. J. WALTER BLACK

gave the document to me to be done with as ! thought proper.
 (Sisned) MARY ESPY THOMSON.
 2e55 Irving avenue, South Minneapolis, Minn.
 Wbat price Mir. Morgan paid for the relic is not known, but that he prized it as one of the most valuable papers in lis collection of historic documents is shown by the fact that he kept the secret of his possession of it up to the time of his death, and not once permitting a publication of it's text.
 A hard fight began to recover the will Fairfax and Fairfax county began the rattle and appealed 10 the D. A. R., state legislature of Virginia and the supreme court of the United States for assistance. Morgan refused all advances and a suit was brought. MT. Morgan said he I ad at first objected to the manner in which he was at first approached; then offered to return the vii under certain conditions, which were refused, and fin- ally MT. Morgan capitulated uncondi tionally and the suit was dismissed With cut being heard.
 The will is lengthy one. written in long hand on foolscap paper and is re- markedly well preserved. Some unique bequests are made; among them she leaving 10 guineas each to several people to buy mourning rings: and she asks that  of her niece, be put in handsome mourn ing at the expense of her estate.
 After the will had been signed she added:
 q give to by grandson, George Wash ington Parke Cusus. my mulatto man al, Elijah, that I bought of W. Butler Wash ington, to him and his heirs forever.
 (Signed) M WASHINGTON.
 This will was presented to the court held for Fairfax county on June 2l. lSO2, two years after Washington's death.- New York Times, November :, 1915.
 MRS. STORY IN NEW YORK
 Mrs. William Cumming Story, presi- dent general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revoiu- tion, addressed the conference last week in New York; November, 1915, at the clos ing meeting of the New York state chap ters of the D. A. R. Mrs. Story told the delegates that the members of their chap ters need not go outside their own or ganization to contribute to the aid of the sufferers in the war zone. We who preserve the memory of the revolution said Mrs Story, feel the great debt this nation owes to France, and in her hour of need we ought to help her, as once she aided in making us free nation" The ambulance fund, started by the daugh- ters last May, has. according to Mrs. Story, already sent a large bathing ma chine to the French government, to- gether with quantities of clothes and other supplies. Attention was called to the fund which the D. A R. society Is raising, with the idea of placing a Fili- pino girl in school in this country. The student will be educated as a trained nurse.
 The 2s5th anniversary of the signing l., Cape Cod harbor, Massachusetts, on No vember 21. 1920, fell on Sunday of last month.
 The following are some of the unique names of D. A. R. chapters in Massa- chusetts: Liberty Tree" "Old Boston" Boston Tea Party Minute Men," "Old South" ''Deliverance Monroe ''Old Oal1,' .Wayside Inn," Spirit of Liberty Society, c. Az Signal Lantern Society c. A. R.
 Fort Crailo, one of the historic land marks of New York, where tradition records that famous ditty, Yankee Docdle,' was written. has just been pre- scented to the D. A. R. in the state of New York. The announcement of the gift, which is one of the largest ever re- ceived by patriotic society in this country, was made at the annual confer ence last month in that city of the state organization.
 Tn accepting the gift the Daughters of the American Revolution have agreed to keep the house in good repair, and it probably will be used as the general head quarters of the organization, which now has 1N chapters in different parts of the state, with more than 11,O00 members. It is also contemplated to use it as his torical museum, for which the place is well adapted, as it's associations are re- plete with interesting incidents connect ed with the French and Indian war, and the revolution. It is one of the oldest buildings in this country, said to have been built in 1642. A curious feature of the house is the construction of the chim- neys on the south side. Ignorant of the use of f1ues, the builder placed the chim- ney on the second floor in front of that of the library beneath, thus forming deep recesses, which, until 1852, held large dark from the New York
 Times.
 The report of the Huntsville conference will appear in The Age-Herald of next Sunday.
 TEA PARTY OF YE OLDEN TIME
 Occasionally as if to prove to us that