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VOLUME 3 July 1893 No. 1

July - August - September - October - November - December

CONTENTS

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Portrait of Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth	Frontispiece
The Mission of the Daughters of the American Revolution. - By Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham	1
Frances Slocum - By Mrs. Maria Fuller Rice	5
An Old Connecticut Town - By Mrs. E. J. Hill	10
Revolutionary Love-Making - By Mary Harrison Severance	15
The Beginnings of Kentucky - By Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead	26
The Continental Hall - By Mrs. George H. Shields	31
Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth - By J. C. M.	42
The Continental Hall - By Mrs. James S. Peck	50
The National Hymn - By Mrs. Ariana Trial Belt	53
Old Letters and History of Firesides:
- Letter to Genl. M. D. Hardin	56
- An Old Love Letter	57
- A Letter to Oliver Woolcot	58
Department Congress - Mary Spalding Brown	60
The Columbian Liberty Bell - By Mrs. George Washington Gist	65
America's Triumph in 1893 (poem) - By Mrs. W. Ross Brown	69
Official:
- Proceedings of the Second Continental Congress	71
- Proceedings of the Board of Management	105
The California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution	114
The Origin of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution	114
Mrs. Harrison's Portrait Fund	126
Editor's Note-Book	127

VOLUME 3 August 1893 No. 2

July - August - September - October - November - December

CONTENTS

Portrait of Ann Pamela Cunningham	Frontispiece
Maryland and Her Governor in 1776 - By Mrs. Emily Hinkley	129
The Story of Grant's Hill - By Miss Kate Cassett McKnight	135
The Wives of Three Great Men - By Mrs. Sallie M. Ewing Pope	145
"The Boston Tea-Party." - By Mrs. Mary F. Seymour	147
Fourth of July in Washington, D. C., 1893 - By Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue	154
Sketch of Elias Boudinot Caldwell - By His Granddaughter,	162
Ancestry: - The Ancestry of Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth	168
Mrs. Stevenson's Address	173
Address of Welcome. - By Mrs. Frances Welles Shepard	175
Response by Mrs. Wm. D. Cabell	180
Our National Hymn - By Mrs. Mildred Spotswood Mathes	186
Address of Miss Floride Cunningham	190
A Plea for St. John's Parish - By E. Andrew Hill	191
Old Letters and History of Firesides
- Letter from the Rev. James Caldwell to his wife	193
- Henry Clay to M. D. Hardin	195
- In Defense of Mrs. Arnold	196
- Abraham Lincoln to David A. Smith	197
Education in the Olden-Time, Versus "Now-A-Days." - By Mary Wysong	197
Ann Pamela Cunningham - By One Who Kew Her Well	201
A Short Account of Ethan Allen - By the Historian of Green Mountain Chapter No. 1	214
A Talk About Homeopathy. - By Nanny Randolph Ball	217
Celebration in San Francisco - Praise De La Bastille, 1789 - 1893	223
Americans Honor Lafayette	227
The Battle of Rhode Island and Some of the Events Ceding - By Mrs. Joshua Wilbour	228
Official: - Proceedings of the Board of Management,	235
Chapters:
- Nova Caesarea and other Chapters of New Jersey	237
- Chicago Chapter, Illinois	239
- Mary Wooster Chapter, Danbury, Connecticut	239
- Mercy Warren Chapter, Springfield, Massachusetts	240
- Dolly Madison Chapter, No. 2, Memphis, Tennessee	241
Two Bells (poem) - By Sara Beaumont Kennedy	243
Mrs. Harrison's Portrait Fund	244
Editor's Note-Book	245

VOLUME 3 September 1893 No. 3

July - August - September - October - November - December

CONTENTS

Portrait of Mrs. Lucy Preston Beale	Frontispiece
Old Bristol - By Anna B. Manchester	247
Some Women of the Revolution and Their Descendants - By Mrs. De Witt Clinton Mather	256
Historical Associations of the Xavier Chapter - By Mrs. J. A. Rounsaville	260
An Unsealed Book - By Mrs. John M. Chretiien	266
Mrs. Lucy Preston Beale - By B. D. F.	269
Old Letters and History of Firesides:
- Invitation to Miss Hammond	274
- Sermons and Suitors	274
Smallwood's Immortals - By Ella Loraine Dorsey	277
Hon. Isreal Bartlett - By Maria Gilbert Bradley	289
Ancestry:
Revolutionary Ancestry of Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham	295
Daughters of the American Revolution - A Historical Society - By Mrs. Anna Green	302
The Mother of a Portrait (poem) - By Mrs. Miriam Longfellow Morris	305
From Ticonderoga to Yorktown - By Mrs. De B. Randolph Keim	306
Revolutionary Anniversaries - By Susan Riviere Hetzel	314
A True Incident of Colonial Times - By Maria L. Carrington	317
The American Revolution and State Heraldry - By Georgie Stockton Hatcher	320
Pre-Revolutionary Anniversaries, 1774 - By Graham Daves	322
Chapters
- Mount Vernon Chapter, Fairfax County, Virginia	326
- John Marshal Chapter, Louisville, Kentucky	329
- Augusta Chapter, Augusta, Georgia	329
- Columbia Chapter, Columbia, South Carolina	330
- New York City Chapter, New York	330
- Chicago Chapter, Chicago, Illinois	331
Winter Work for Chapters - An interview with a Chapter Historian	333
Editor's Note-Book	337
Chapter Directory 1893	339

VOLUME 3 October 1893 No. 4

July - August - September - October - November - December

CONTENTS

Portrait of Mrs. A. W. L. Kerfoot	Frontispiece
Lessons from Local History	365
Two Connecticut Patriots	370
Surrender of Cornwallis, October 19, 1781 (poem)	378
Mrs. Marguerite Dickins	384
Ancestry of Elizabeth Little Topp	383
Monitions from our Mothers of the American Revolution	389
Felix Grundy	393
Mrs. S. H. Kerfoot	397
Thomas Jefferson	404
Eligibility:
- Paper read before Wiltwyck Chapter	420
- Action of Virginia and Georgia on the Circular of Mrs. H. M. Boynton	433
- Circular of Mrs. H. M. Boynton	434
- Mrs. Boynton's Letter to Mrs. Dooley	438
- Report of Joint Committee	438
- Proposed Amendment	442
Official: Proceedings of Board of Management	443
Revolutionary Anniversaries for October	446
Respect the Flag	447
Winter Work of National Officers and State Regents	450
Editor's Note Book	463
Chapter Directory	455

VOLUME 3 November 1893 No. 5

July - August - September - October - November - December

CONTENTS

Portrait of Augusta Danforth Geer	Frontispiece
Lord Dunmore's Final Flight	481
Mercy Warren	486
The Great Objects of the Daughters of the American Revolution	491
Columbian Bell of Freedom; or Bells and Liberty	500
The Western Land (poem)	503
Georgia Heroes of '76	504
Mrs. Asahel Clark Geer	509
The Colonization of Rhode Island	512
Revolutionary Ancestry of Mary Davenport Chenoweth	524
Tea-Drinking During the Revolution in Portsmouth, New Hampshire	527
Colonel Benjamin Simonds: The Battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776	529
Sketch of Mrs. John E. Bacon	533
Old Letters and History of Firesides	535
The Origin of Societies Founded on Descent from Revolutionary Patriots	538
Chapters:
- Athens Chapter	541
- North Shore Chapter	542
- Fanny Ledyard Chapter	543
- Liberty Bell Chapter	544
- Pittsburgh Chapter	546
- Camp Middlebrook Chapter	547
- Muskingum Chapter	548
- Chicago Chapter	549
- Wiltwyck Chapter	551
- Dolly Madison Chapter, No. 2	554
- Sequoia Chapter	556
Eligibility:
- Report of a Joint Committee	558
- The Eligibility Question,	561
- A Brief Reply to the Circular of Mrs. Boynton on Collateral Descent, Addressed to Chapters	566
Regents in Congress	569
How to Organize a Chapter	572
In Memoriam:
- Mary Pennington Halsted	575
- Mrs. James M. Reynolds	575
- Mrs. Frances Danforth Goodrich	576
Mrs. Harrison's Portrait Fund	577
Editor's Note Book	578
Chapter Directory	580
Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, Editor 28 West 59th Street, New York

VOLUME 3 December 1893 No. 6

July - August - September - October - November - December

CONTENTS

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