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ADDRESS TO THE EIGHTEENTH CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ON THE ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT GENERAL, MRS. MATTHEW T. SCOTT

     Madam President General and Ladies of the eighteenth Continental ongress:  I am overwhelmed with the warmth of .................................




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WELCOME to MRS. MATTHEW T. SCOTT
President General, N. S. D. A. R.
 - By Letitia Green Stevenson Chapter

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The HISTORY of the BRITISH PRISON-SHIP and the NEW MONUMENT

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A KISS

     NOTE - This incident connected with those trying months in Virginia which preceded the victory of Yorktown, was one of the favorite stores of family history, told by Caroline Randolph Woodson Wilson, the youngest daughter of the heroine of the store, and many times related to her grand-daughter, the mother of Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, ex-state regent of the District of Columbia.
     The baby kissed by the great English general was the gret-grandmother of Mrs. Elizabet Cabell Gray, ex-regent St. Louis Chapter.

     The following little incident came to my mind one evening after attending a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revollution and is given for its dissimilarity to the majority of Revolutionary anecdotes. - MRS. A. G. WILKINSON.
     One day in the time of the Revolution, there rang out the wedding bells of Elizabeth Le Villaine Woodson and her cousin Major Josiah Woodson.  To the large landed estate of "Dover" on the James river, twenty miles above Richmond, Col. John Woodson had taken his bride, Dorothea Randolph, of Dungeness, many years before, and to this ancestral home the young Revolutionary officer took his lovely bride.  Josiah Woodson at the beginning of the colonial war had joined the Virginia militia which formed a large portion of the main army stationed in that state during the eventful summer of 1781.  After Lord Corwalllis had disposed of South Carolina to his satisfaction he turned his attention to Virginia, confidently expecting to add the capture of that commonwealth to the list of his military achievements.  He therefore marched to Petersburg and pushed rapidly on to the James river, which he crossed at Weston.  His march from there to Hanover Court House took him through Dover, the Woodson home.  The young mistress heard with fear and trembling of the

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approach of Cornwallis, conscious that he must know of the hostile feeling of the neighborhood.  Her husband and others of the family were then with General Morgan.  However, with the blood of the brave Huguenot, as well as of the intrepid Anglo-Saxon flowing in her veins, she put aside her fears for herself, her home, her child and received the British general graciously, entertaining him and the officers of his staff with the best the plantation afforded.  His lordship, evidently much pleased with this unexpected hospitality, was most respectful and courteous and in seeing the cradle where the little baby slept, he bent over and gently kissed its forehead.  And so the dreaded visitor departed, having done nothing worse than capture the good lady's heart. - (Republished by request from "Norwood Review.")

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 A FLAG IN THE SKY

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REAL DAUGHTERS

MRS. ELIZABETH SEARS COBB

     Mrs. Elizabeth Sears Cobb, a "Real Daughter" of the American Revolution, was born Sept. 22, 1822.  She was the daughter of Silas Sears, and his wife, Betsey Newton  Silas Sears was a resident of Rochester, Plymouth county, Massachusetts,  at the time of his enlistment, and after the war he removed to Weathersfield, Vermont, where he married Miss Newton.  Mr. Sears enlisted September or October, 1778 or 1779, and served for a period of six weeks, enlisted again in June, 1780, and again in May, 1781, serving until November, 1782.  He died in Weathersfield, Jan. 19, 1838, and after his death a pension was granted his widow.
     Mrs. Cobb was married Oct. 8, 1836, to Samuel Hinkley Cobb, of Springfield, Vermont, who is now deceased.  Ms. Cobb has for the past few years made her home with her son, where she is tenderly cared for.  She is a well preserved woman, with a keen intellect and good memory.
     She is a member of General Lewis Morris Chapter, of Springfield, and the chapter is justly proud of its "Real Daughter."

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MRS. CAROLINE WHIPPLE EDDY.

     Mrs. Caroline Whipple Eddy, a "Real Daughter" and a beloved member of Marquette Chapter, died at her late residence on Sunday, Mar. 7 1909.
     Mrs. Eddy was born in 1821, being nearly eighty-eight years old at the time of her death.  Her father was Elnathan whipple, a sergeant in a Rhode Island regiment, serving from December, 1776, till August, 1779.
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showed the characteristics of a long line of distingushed ancestry.
     Gabriel Bernon, the founder of the line of America, was driven by religious persecution from Rochelle in 1688.  He was a wealthy Huguenot and appears to have made a fortune here large enough to compensate him for the one he relinquished on leaving France.  His sister was the wife of Benjamin Faneuil, and among his descendants was Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
     On the regular meeting day of our chapter previous to her death, Mrs. Eddy present the chapter with a flag made by a granddaughter of Betsy Ross.  The flag and the accompanying note from Mrs. Eddy have been framed and will adorn the wall of our room.
     Her funeral occurred upon the day of our mext meeting.  The colors of the society were displayed in the wealth of lilies and violets which adorned her casket and which was a faint expression of the love and reverence in which Marquette Chapter ever held its "Real Daughter."

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MRS. SUSANNAH GUESMAN COBUN.

     The Elizabeth Ludington Hagains Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of Morgantown, Monongalia county, West Virginia, rejoice in having a "Real Daughter" who celebrated her one hundredth birthday on Mar. 12, 1909, with appropriate ceremonies.
     Our "Real Daughter," Susannan Guseman Cobun, was born in Monogalia county, West Virgini, on Feb. 14, 1809.  Her father, Abram Guseman, according to family traditions, enlisted from Berkley county, Virginia town of Haper's Ferry, at the age of seventeen, and served for seven years.  In his first battle he was wounded in the leg, and carried the bullet through life.  Later, in a cavalry charge, he was wounded and cut in the side of the head.  In the latter part of his seventh year of service he was so wounded as to be disabled for active service, but remained in the service as a

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gunsmith until the close of the war.  After the close of the war he remained at Harper's ferry, where he carried on the business of gunsmith.  The flints of the guns he mended are in possession of his daughter and may be seen at her home.  In

(photo) Mrs. Susannah Guseman Cobun

1798 he found himself journeying to the eastern part of Monongalia county, where he located on Decker's creek.  Here he followed the trade of silversmith.  His mechanical genius was of a rare order, some of his clocks being owned by wealthy families of this locality to the present day.  Here he began the erection of a grist mill.  On the day the mill was completed he was killed.  This was in 1821.  This date was cut in a stone in the smokestack of the mill, where is yet standing, and is now

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known as Hagedorn's mill, though known for fifty years as Guseman's mill.  He is buried at Pierponts, the oldst burying ground in Monongalia county.
     Mrs. Cobun resides in a pleasant cottage in Morgantown, surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchilden.  She receives visitors with pleasure and tells one with pride that her father fought in Washington's war.  She also shows one a sampler, worked by herself when eight years old, which contains the letters of the alphabet and the following: "Abram Guseman, born 1733, died 1821."  One of the courtesies which she receives from her descendants every year is a Valentine on her birthday, February 14.  She tells one with pleasure that she is a valentine.  A representative of a pioneer family, she has reached the great age of one hundred.

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ECHOES from the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

THE INDEPENDENCE TABLE

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PORTRAIT OF MRS. JOHN R. WALKER
 - The Independence Table

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MRS. ESTHER FROTHINGHAM NOBLE, CHAPLAIN GENERAL

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Founders and Patriots."  "The Daughters of 1812,"  "The Pro Re Nata Club,"  The Mary Washington Memorial Society," the board of directors of "The Aid Association for the Blind,"

(Portrait) Mrs. Esther Frothingham Noble,
Chaplain General

and also of "The Presbyterian Home for the Aged."  She is an honored member of the Society of New England Women" and of the National Geographical Society.

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STATEMENT IN REGARD TO CONTINENTAL HALL MADE AT TEH JUNE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL BOARD, 1909.

     The President General Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, addressed the Board as follows:  It is a matter of regret to me that I

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RAISING and DISPLAYING the FLAG

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REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS

     This department is intended for hitherto unpublished or practically inaccessible records of patriots of the War for American Independence, which records may be helpful to those desiring admission to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and to the registrars of chapters.  Such data will be gladly received by the editor of this magazine.

NAMES OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BURIED IN RAHWAY CEMETERY, NEW JERSEY.

 - Capt. John PAYNE, Col. Moses JAQUES, Capt. Lewis BROWN, Capt. Matthias BAKER, Capt. R. S. SKINNER, Joel CLARKSON, Abijah O. HOUGHTON, John BROWN, J. M. Matthias, and a notable one, Abraham CLARK, a signer of the Declaration of Independence - CAMELIA HUMPHREVILL PIERSON

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OBITUARY NOTICES OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS COPIED FROM OLD ALMANACS
By MRS. I. J. GOZZALDI, HANNAH WINTHROP CHAPTER, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

 - JENNINGS, Allen d. Jan. 1835 in Fairfield Dis., S. C., aged 114.
 - Col. Richard ANDERSON d. June 20, 1835 at Philadelphia
 - Col. John BECKWITH d. Sept. 12, 1834 at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., aged 83
 - Gen. Sam'l. BLACKBURN d. Mar. 2, 1835, Bath Co., Va.., aged about 73.
 - Capt. Wm. FLEWELLEN d. Sept. 23, 1834, Carroll Co., Tenn., aged 81.
 - Maj. Jas. GIBBON d. July 1, 1835, Richmond, Va., in 77th yr.
 - Ebenezer L. HALL, d. Nov. 18, 1834, Bartlett, N. H., Hero of Stony Point, aged 74.
 - Gen. Wade HAMPTON, d. Feb. 4, 1835, Columbia, S. C., 81 yrs.
 - Capt. Sam'l. HICKS, d. Mar. 1835, Warren, R. I.
 - John HOWARD, d. Nov. 1, 1834, Fayette Co., Ky., aged 103, born in Goochland Co., Va., settled at Boonesborough, 1775; was in Rev. army and received five wounds at the battle of Guilford.
 - Maj. Peter JACQUETT, d. Sept. 1834, on the banks of the Christiana, Del., in his 80th year.  In Jan. 1775, at the age of 20, he received the appointment to close of war, and said to have been engaged in thirty battles in the field, beside sieges and storms.
 - John MARSHALL, Chief Justice, d. July 6, 1834, at Phila. aged 80.  1776 appointed 1st Lieut., 1777 promoted Capt. 1781 resigned.
 - Col. Robt. ROGERS d. Aug. 1835, at Newport, R. I., aged 78.

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 - Maj. Asa SENTER d. at Windham, N. H., aged 79, who was in 13 battles.
 - Dr. Wilson C. SELDEN, died Jan. 1835, at Exeter, Va., surgeon in Rev. army
 - Keeting SIMONS, d. Sept. 18, 1834, at Charleston, S. C., aide-de-camp to Gen. Marion, in 82nd year.
 - Col. Benjamin TALMADGE, d. Mar. 6, 1835, at Litchfield, Conn., aged 81
 - Andrew WALLACE, a Scotchman, d. Jan. 22, 1835, born March 1730, came to this country in 1752, enlisted 1776.  Hnorably dis. 1815.  Aged 105.
 - John WHITCOMB, d. Mar. 31, 1835, at Swanzey, N. H., in his 104th yr.
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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BURIED IN  LICKING COUNTY, OHIO

          - JOHN FERREL (L), born in 1755 and enlisted at Red Stone, Fayette Co., Pa., Aug. 1776 as a private in Capt. James Piggott's Co., Col Enos McCoy's Regt.  He served until Sept. 1, 1779 (with Capt. John Finley, and Col. Daniel Broadhead) and was in the Brandywine and Paoli engagements.  While residing in Amwell Tp., Washington Co., Pa., he applied for a pension, but in 1838 was living in Perry Tp., "Licking Co., Ohio, near a daughter, name not stated."  His Service File is No. 3354
          - JESSE STOCKWELL, born at Petersham, Mass., Jan. 5, 1759 enlisting, Sept. 1776 as a private in Capt. Black's Co., Col. Dana's Regt. at Athol, Mass.  Soldier was at the taking of Burgoyne.  Application for pension was made from Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt. and his allowed claim is Sin. File No. 15661.  In 1840 was living in St. Albans Tp., Licking Co., "to be near his sons, names not stated."
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GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND QUERIES

     Inquirers are requested to observe the following suggestions:
     1.  Write plainly, especially proper names.
     2.  Give, when possible, dates or approximate dates, localities, or some clue to the state in which the ancestors lived.
     3.  Inquiries for ancestors who lived during or near the Revolutionary period will be inserted in preference to those of an earlier period.
     4.  Enclose stamp for each query.
     5.  Give full name and address that correspondence when necessary may be had with inquirers.
     6.  Queries will be inserted as early as possible after they are received, but the dates of reception determine the order of their insertion.
     7.  Answers, partial answers of any information regarding queries are urgentlyrequested and all answers will be used as soon as possible after they are received.
     8.  The Editor assumes no responsibility for any statement in these Notes and Queries which does not bear her signature.

Mrs. Amos G. Draper, Editor
Genealogical Department, American Monthly Magazine,
902 F. Street, Washington, D. C.

     Attention is called to rules 3 and 4.

     1349. (1) MALLETT.  Edmund Mallett, m. Nancy Sprague.  She was born August 15, 1784, in Genesee Co., N. Y., d. May 26, 1854, at Des Moines, Iowa, dau. of Frederick and Rebecca (Nichols) Sprague.  Frederick Sprague was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner and d. in Franklin Co., O.  Edmund Mallett d. about 1827 and it was thought that he was murdered in Mexico.  He was a trader by occupation.  His son Eli d. in Cuyahoga Co., O.  His son Franklin m. (2) about 1858 in Jacksonville, Ill., Jennie Coulter.  The writer desires addresses the above data from Nancy Mallett's sister, Abigail Sprague. - W. V. Sprague, M.D.
     1358. (2) PERRY.  According to "The Hazard Family of Rhode Island," by B. C. E. Robinson, page 62, Freeman Perry, son of Benjamin and Susannah (Barber) Perry, b. Jan. 23, 1733 - d. Oct. 15, 1813 - m. in 1755, Mary Hazard, b. Jan. 21, 1740 - d. 1810.  Their children were

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   Joshua Perry, b. 1756; d. Nov. 1802; m. Oct. 17, 1780, Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Hazard) Peckham.
   Oliver Hazard Perry, lost at sea 1783.
   Christopher Raymond Perry, b. Dec. 4, 1760; d. June 4, 1818; m. Aug. 1784, Sarah Alexander.
   Elizabeth Perry, b. Aug. 20, 1762; d. Mar. 12, 1811; m. Dec. 20; 1782, Stephen Champlin.
   Mercy Perry, died aged 20, unmarried.
   Susan Perry, m. 1784, as second wife, Elisha Watson.
   George Hazard Perry, m. Abigail Chesborough.
   Freeman Perry was a physician and surgeon, also a man active in public business of the town and colony, holding from time to time several important positions.  In 1780 he was appointed chief-justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Washington, R. I., which position he held until 1791.  His will, written in 1810, was proved in 1815. - Gen. Ed.
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               (3) POST - Rev. service of Joshua Post (1743-1825) of Conn. - H. L. W.

NOTES.

     The first woman to join the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Vermont, is still living in Putney, Vt., Mrs. Laura M. Plantz.  Her grandfather served as captains throughout the Revolution.

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NEW MEMBERS

LIST, BY STATES, OF MEMBERS ELECTED JUNE SECOND, 1909.

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THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.

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BOOK NOTES

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     "The Romance of the Name America," by Heinrich Charles, 5 Beckman St., New York, seems to contain all that can be found on

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the name of America.  He believes in the right and justice of the name and writes, "If ever there was a case of poetical and historical justice, truly it is in the election of the Gothic name for the new world."  He asks, "Why not make American Day a grand National institution?

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     The Snow Genealogy does have an index.  The blank leaves at the back obscured the index and led to the mistake, which is gladly corrected.  An index is a very important part of Genealogy

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IN MEMORIAM

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 - MRS. FRANCIS A. PACKARD,  Lucy Jackson Chapter, Newton, Mass (w/ portait)

  - MRS. EMILY SMITH REED NETTLETON, Martha Washington Chapter, Sioux City, Iowa, died May 14, 1909.

(Portrait) Mrs. Henrietta K. C. Lovell

     Colonial Daughters, Chapter No. 17, of Farmington, Maine, has been called to mourn for its vice-regent, Mrs. Henrietta K. C. Lovell who after a long and painful illness passed triumphantly away Sunday afternoon, March 21.  Mrs. Lovell, who was the wife of Henry W. Lovell, a prominent business man of his county, was a lady of unusual gifts and graces.  She is greatly interested in the work of

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     MRS. MARIETTA MUZZY DAVIS

     MRS. SUSAN JOANNA SHELDON FISK,

     MRS. JOSEPH FRENCH,

     MRS. E. K. HUBBARD,

     MRS. HELEN WESTON,

     MRS. LUCY FOGG WEBSTER, June 8, 1908.
     MRS. ANNA FICKITT, McDONALD, June, 1908.
     MRS. EDITH CLAYTON RACKLEFF, February 13, 1909.
     MRS. LYDIA ANN INGALLS, March, 1909.
     MRS. JULIA BARBOUR ROBINSON, April 16, 1909.
     MRS. SARAH HUYCK, Little Prairie Ronde, Michigan, Lansing Chapter, died June 10, 1909.  She was a "Real Daughter," and to the day of her death was strong mentally and physically.
     MISS EMMA PAYNE SCOTT, Jemima Johnson Chapter, died May 13, 1909.  For eleven years, she was the efficient, untiring, loyal regent.  The chapter she formed bore the name of her ancestor.  She was ever busy in church work and was a power in charitable associations.
     MRS. ELIZABETH C. BINGHAM, Molly Reid Chapter, Derry, N. H., died Memorial Day, 1909.  She was vice-regent and acting regent.  She was a member of the chapter quartette, but has now joined the "choir invisible."  The chapter sincerely mourns their loss.  The good that she has done remains to bless her co-workers.

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OFFICIAL
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NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
OF THE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Headquarters, 902 F Street, Washington, D. C.
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National Board of Management
1909,
President General
MRS. MATTHEW T. SCOTT,
701 E. Taylor Street, Bloomington, Ill., and 902 F Street Washington, D. C.

Vice-President General in Charge of Organization of Chapters.
MRS. MIRANDA B. TULLOCH,
121 B. Street, S. E., and 902 F Street, Washington, D. C.

Vice-Presidents General

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CARD.

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Photograph by G. V. Buck.  The Opening of the Eighteenth Continental Congress.

PROCEEDINGS
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EIGHTEENTH CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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PROGRAMME
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EIGHTEENTH CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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NATIONAL SOCIETY
OF THE
DAUGHTERS
OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
April 19 to 24, 1909

MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL HALL
WASHINGTON, D. C.

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