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ARTICLE III .- MEMBERSHIP.
SECTION I. Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and. a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal de- scendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to and rendered actual service in the cause of American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continen- tal Congress or of any one of the several Colonies or States; or as a signer of the Declaration of Independence; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress or Legislat- ure; or as a civil officer, either of one of the Colonies or States or of the National Government; or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the au- thority of Great Britain.
SEC. 2. Applications for membership shall be made to any State Society, in duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by the General Board of Managers, and shall in each case set forth the name, occupation and residence of the applicant, line of descent, and the name, residence and services of his ancestor or ances- tors in the Revolution, from whom he derives eligibility. The applicant shall make oath that the statements of his application are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Upon the approval of an application by the State Society, to which it is made, one copy shall be transmitted to the Registrar General of the National Society, who shall examine further the eligibility of the applicant. If satisfied that the member is not eligible, he shall return the application for correction. And in case of such return the State Society shall, on failure to satisfy the Reg- istrar General of the eligibility of such applicant, drop his name from membership.
SEC. 3. The official designation of the members of the So- ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution shall be " Com- patriots."
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ARTICLE IV .- NATIONAL AND STATE SOCIETIES.
SECTION I. The National Society ^shall embrace all the members of the State Societies of the Sons of the American Revolution, now existing, or which may hereafter be established under this Constitution.
SEC. 2. Whenever in any State or Territory, in which a State Society does not exist, or in which a State Society has be- come inactive or failed for two years to pay its annual dues to the National Society, fifteen or more persons duly qualified for membership in this Society may associate themselves as a State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and organize in accordance with this Constitution, they may be admitted by the General Board of Managers to the National Society as " The -- Society of the Sons of the American Revolution," and shall thereafter have exclusive local jurisdiction in the State or Territory or in the District in which they are organized, sub- ject to the provisions of this Constitution; but this provision shall not be construed so as to exclude the admission of mem- bers living in other states.
SEC. 3. Each State Society shall judge of the qualifications of its members and of those proposed for membership, subject to the provisions of this Constitution, and shall regulate all mat- ters pertaining to its own affairs. It shall have authority to es- tablish local chapters within its own jurisdiction and to endow the chapters with such power as it may deem proper, not incon- sistent with this Constitution. It shall have authority, after due notice and impartial trial, to expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman, shall render himself unworthy to re- main a member of the Society.
SEC. 4. Each State Society shall submit to the Annual Con- gress of the National Society a report, setting forth by name the additions, transfers and deaths, and any other changes in the membership and progress of the State Society during the preceding year, and make such suggestions as it shall deem proper for the promotion of the objects of the whole order.
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SEC. 5. Whenever a member, in good standing in his So- ciety, changes his residence from the jurisdiction of the State Society of which he is a member to that of another, he shall be entitled, if he so elects, to a certificate of honorable dismission from his own State Society, in order that he may be transferred to the State Society to whose jurisdiction he has changed his residence; provided, that his membership shall continue in the former until he shall have been elected a member of the latter. Each State Society shall, however, retain full control of the ad- mission of members by transfer.
SEC. 6. Whenever the word "State" occurs in this Con- stitution it shall be held to include within its meaning the Dis- trict of Columbia and the Territories of the United States.
SEC. 7. A Society may be formed in any foreign country by fifteen or more persons who are eligible to membership under this Constitution, which shall bear the same relation to the Na- tional organization as the State Society, subject to the pro- visions of this Constitution.
ARTICLE V .- OFFICERS AND MANAGERS.
SECTION I. The General Officers of the National Society shall be a President General, five Vice-Presidents General, a Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar General, His- torian General, and Chaplain General, who shall be elected by ballot by a vote of a majority of the members present at the an- nual meeting of the Congress of the National Society and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected.
SEC. 2. The General Officers, together with the Presidents of the State Societies ex officio, shall constitute the General Board of Managers of the National Society, which Board shall have authority to adopt and promulgate the By-Laws of the Na- tional Society, to prescribe the duties of the General Officers, to provide the seal, to designate and make regulations for the issue of the insignia, and to transact the general business of the Na- tional Society during the intervals between the sessions of the Congress. Meetings of the General Board may be held, after
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not less than ten days' notice, at the call of the President Gen- eral, or, in case of his absence or inability, at the call of the Senior Vice-President General, certified by the Secretary Gen- eral. Meetings shall be called at the request of seven members. At all such meetings seven shall constitute a quorum.
SEC. 3. An Executive Committee of seven, of whom the President General shall be Chairman, may be elected by the Board of Managers, which committee shall, in the interim be- tween the meetings of the Board, transact such business as may be delegated to it by the Board of Managers.
ARTICLE VI .- DUES.
Each State Society shall pay annually to the Treasurer Gen- eral, to defray the expenses of the National Society, twenty-five cents for each active member thereof, unless intermitted by the National Congress, provided that the National Board of Man- agement may increase said dues at any time, not to exceed fifty cents in all, by a two-thirds vote, when the necessities of the National Society so demand. All such dues shall be paid on or before the first day of April in each year for the ensuing year, in order to secure representation in the Congress of the National Society.
ARTICLE VII. - MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS.
SECTION I. The annual Congress of the National Society for the election of the General Officers and for the transaction . of business, shall be held on the 30th day of April or on the first day of May, in every year. The time, hour and place of such meeting shall be designated by the Board of Managers.
SEC. 2. Special meetings of the Congress may be called by the President General, and shall be called by him when directed so to do by the Board of Managers or whenever requested in writing so to do by at least five State Societies, on giving thirty days' notice, specifying the time and place of such meeting and the business to be transacted.
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SEC. 3. The following shall be members of all such annual or special meetings of the Congress, and shall be entitled to vote therein :
(I) All the officers and the ex-President General of the Na- tional Society.
(2) The President and Senior Vice-President of each State Society.
(3) One delegate-at-large from each State Society.
(4) One delegate for every one hundred members of the Society within a State and for a fraction of fifty or over.
ARTICLE VIII. - AMENDMENTS.
This Constitution may be altered or amended at any meeting of the Congress of the National Society, provided that sixty days' notice of the proposed alterations or amendments, which shall first have been recommended by a State Society, shall be sent by the Secretary General to the President of each State Society. A vote of two-thirds of those present shall be neces- sary to their adoption.
BY LAWS.
ARTICLE I .- ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
All nominations of officers shall be made from the floor, and the election shall be by ballot. A majority shall elect. The nominations may be acted upon directly, or may be referred to a committee to examine and report.
ARTICLE II .- OFFICERS.
The duties of the General Officers shall be such as usually appertain to their offices, and they shall have such other duties as are hereinafter imposed. They shall report at the annual meeting and at such other times as they may be required to do so by the General Board of Managers.
ARTICLE III .- PRESIDENT GENERAL.
SECTION I. The President General, in addition to his gen- eral duties, shall be ex officio chairman of the General Board of
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Managers and of the Executive Committee and a member of every other committee.
SEC. 2. At cach annual meeting he shall appoint the follow- ing Standing Committees :
Committee on Auditing.
" Correspondence.
" Credentials.
" Finance.
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" Organization.
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" Unfinished Business.
The duties of the above committees shall be such as usually pertain to committees of like character, and such as may be de- fined by the Board of Managers.
ARTICLE. IV. - VICE-PRESIDENT GENERAL.
SECTION I. In the absence of the President General, the Senior Vice-President General present shall preside at the an- nual meeting.
SEC. 2. In the prolonged absence or inability to act of the President General, the executive authority shall be vested in the Vice-President General first in order of precedence.
ARTICLE V .- SECRETARY GENERAL.
The Secretary General, in addition to his general duties, shall have charge of the seal, give due notice of all meetings of the National Society or General Board of Managers, of which he shall be ex officio a member. He shall give due notice to all general officers and State Societies of all votes, orders and pro- ceedings affecting or appertaining to their duties. He shall dis- tribute all pamphlets, circulars, rosettes and supplies, as di- rected by the General Board of Managers.
ARTICLE VI .- TREASURER GENERAL.
SECTION I. The Treasurer General shall collect and receive the funds and securities of the National Society. He shall de- posit the same to the credit of the " Sons of the American Rev- olution," and shall draw them thence for the use of the National
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Society, as directed by it or by the General Board of Managers, upon the order of the President General, countersigned by the Secretary General. His accounts shall be audited by a com- mittee to be appointed at the annual meeting.
SEC. 2. He shall, if so required by the General Board of Managers or the Executive Committee, give bonds for the safe custody and application of the funds.
ARTICLE VII .- REGISTRAR GENERAL. .
The Registrar General shall keep a register of the names and dates of the election, resignation or death of all members of the several State Societies, and shall have the care and custody of all duplicate applications for membership. He shall issue, upon the requisition of the Secretary or Registrar of the several State Societies, certificates of membership and insignia to every member entitled thereto, through such Secretary or Registrar.
ARTICLE VIII .- HISTORIAN GENERAL.
The Historian General shall have the custody of all the his- torical and biographical collection of which the National Society may become possessed, and shall catalogue and arrange the same, and shall place the same in a fireproof repository for preservation.
ARTICLE IX .- CHAPLAIN GENERAL.
The Chaplain General shall be a regularly ordained minister, and shall open and close all general meetings of the National Society with the services usual and proper on such occasions.
ARTICLE X .- STATE SOCIETIES.
Every State Society shall
(1) Notify the Secretary General of the election and ap- pointment of all officers and delegates.
(2) Pay to the Treasurer General on the first day of March, or within sixty days thereafter, the sum of twenty-five cents for each active member thereof.
(3) Transmit to the Registrar General duplicate applica- tions of all accepted members, and notify him of the resignation or death of all members thereof.
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ARTICLE XI .- GENERAL BOARD OF MANAGERS.
SECTION I. The General Board of Managers shall prepare and carry out plans for promoting the objects and growth of the . Society; shall generally superintend its interests, and shall exe- cute such other duties as shall be committed to it at any meet- ing of the National Society. It shall have charge of the print- ing of the Diploma and the manufacturing of the Insignia, and shall determine the price at which the same shall be issued.
SEC. 2. It shall have authority to admit or re-organize as a State Society any association of fourteen or more persons duly qualified for membership in the Society.
SEC. 3. It shall have power to fill any vacancy occurring among the General Officers, and an officer so elected shall act until the following annual election and until his successor shall be elected.
SEC. 4. It shall have authority to make, alter and amend the By-Laws as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 5. The President General may call meetings of the General Board,of Managers at any time he may deem necessary, and shall call such meeting upon the written request of any five members thereof, provided that not less than five days' notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be given.
ARTICLE XII .- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The President General may call a meeting of the Executive Committee at any time, and shall call such meeting on the writ- ten request of three members thereof.
ARTICLE XIII .- SEAL.
The seal of the Society shall be two and three-eighths of an inch in diameter, charged with the figure of a minute-man, grasping a musket in his right hand, and surrounded by a con- stellation of thirteen stars, who shall be depicted in the habit of a husbandman of the period of the American Revolution, and as in the act of deserting the plough for the service of his country; the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of an inch wide, within which shall appear the legend, "NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, organized April 30, 1889."
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ARTICLE XIV .- CERTIFICATES.
All members of the Society, wherever admitted, shall be en- titled to a certificate of membership duly attested by the Presi- dent General, Secretary General and Registrar General, coun- * tersigned by the President, Secretary and Registrar of the State Society to which such member shall have been admitted.
ARTICLE XV .- INSIGNIA.
The insignia of the Society shall comprise (1) a cross sur- mounted by an eagle in gold, (2) a rosette.
SECTION I. The cross shall be of silver, with four arms, cov- ered with white enamel and eight gold points, same size as Chevaliers' Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, with a gold medallion in the center, bearing on the obverse a bust of Wash- ington in profile, and on the reverse, the figure of a minute-man, surrounded by a ribbon enamelled blue, with the motto : "Lib- ertas et Patria " on the obverse, and the legend, " SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION," on the reverse, both in letters of gold. The cross shall be surmounted by an eagle in gold, and the whole decoration suspended from a ring of gold by a ribbon of deep blue with white edges, and may be worn by any member of the Society on ceremonial occasions only, and shall be carried on the left breast, or, if an officer, at the collar.
SEC. 2. The rosette shall be seven-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, of usual pattern, displaying the colors of the Society, and may be worn by all members at discretion in the upper left hand buttonhole of the coat.
ARTICLE XVI .- INDEBTEDNESS.
No debts shall be contracted on behalf of the National So- ciety. Every obligation for the payment of money, except checks drawn against deposits, executed in the name or on be- half of the National Society shall be null and void.
ARTICLE XVII .- AMENDMENTS.
These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a vote of three-fourths of the members present at any meeting of the Gen- eral Board of Managers, notice thereof having been given at a previous meeting.
Officers of State Societies.
ARKANSAS SOCIETY.
President, Sam. W. Williams Little Rock
Vice-President, R. A. Edgerton Little Rock
Secretary and Registrar, Josiah H. Shinn Little Rock
Historian, Fay Hempstead.
Little Rock
Treasurer, George F. Rozelle Little Rock
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY.
President, E. W. Mckinstry. San Francisco
First Vice-President, Sidney Mason Smith. San Francisco
Second Vice-President, Col. J. C. Currier San Francisco
Secretary, Edwin Bonnell
San Francisco
Treasurer, Charles H. Warner San Francisco
Registrar, Col. A. S. Hubbard San Francisco
CONNECTICUT SOCIETY.
President, Jonathan Trumbull. Norwich
Vice-President, E. S. Greeley. New Haven
Secretary, Charles P. Cooley . Hartford
Treasurer, John C. Hollister
New Haven
Registrar, Hobart L. Hotchkiss. New Haven
Historian, Joseph G. Woodward . Hartford
Chaplain, Rev. E. S. Lines New Haven
DELAWARE SOCIETY.
President, Leonard E. Wales. . Wilmington Vice-President, Andrew J. Woodman . Wilmington Secretary, Frank R. Carswell. . Wilmington Treasurer, William A. La Motte. Wilmington Registrar, Lawrence B. Jones Wilmington
Chaplain, Rev. Francis M. Munson . Wilmington
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY.
President, G. Brown Goode, LL.D .. . Washington, D. C. Vice-President, General Orlando B. Wilcox .. War Department Vice-President, Admiral James H. Greer .... Navy Department Recording Secretary, Francis E. Storm ..... Washington, D. C. Corresponding Secretary, Frank Birge Smith. Washington, D. C. Treasurer, William V. Cox Washington, D. C.
Registrar, William J. Rhees Washington, D. C. Historian, Major Wm. Holcomb Webster ... Washington, D. C. Chaplain, Rev. Thomas S. Childs, D. D .... Washington, D. C.
FLORIDA SOCIETY.
President, Lieutenant John H. Bull, U. S. N. Pensacola Vice-President, Hon. W. H. Milton, Jr Marianna
Secretary, W. O. H. Shepard. . Pensacola
Treasurer, Hon. John C. Avery.
Pensacola
Registrar, Hon. John C. Avery Pensacola
HAWAIIAN SOCIETY.
President, Peter Cushman Jones. Honolulu
Vice-President, Chief Justice Albert F. Judd. Honolulu
Secretary, John Effinger, Honolulu
Treasurer, William J. Forbes Honolulu
Registrar, Prof. William DeWitt Alexander Honolulu
ILLINOIS SOCIETY.
President, Henry S. Boutell. Chicago
First Vice-President, Samuel E. Gross. Chicago
Second Vice-President, Col. Geo. V. Lanman Chicago Secretary, J. D. Vandercook. Chicago
Treasurer, Fletcher B. Gibbs Chicago
Registrar, Willis J. Ripley Chicago
Historian, Edward M. Adams . Holyoke
Chaplain, Rev. A. J. Canfield Chicago
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INDIANA SOCIETY.
President, Seneca Buel Brown Ft. Wayne
Vice-President, Will E. English Indianapolis
Secretary, Charles W. Moores Indianapolis
Treasurer, Cincinnatus H. McDowell. . Indianapolis
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon. Indianapolis
IOWA SOCIETY.
President, Albert W. Swalm. Oskaloosa
Vice-President, William C. Wyman Ottumwa
Secretary, C. H. E. Boardman. Marshalltown
Treasurer, Herman Knapp . Ames .
Registrar, E. H. Hazen, M. D. Des Moines
Chaplain, Rev. E. H. Vittum
Gunnell
KANSAS SOCIETY.
President, Geo. D. Hale, . . Topeka
Vice-President, Connelly McFadden . Waverly
Vice-President, E. A. Berry. Waterville
Vice-President, Richard O. Elting Kansada
Secretary, Henry J. Adams Topeka
Treasurer, J. D. Norton. Topeka
Registrar, T. E. Bowman Topeka
Historian, J. L. Furber
Topeka
KENTUCKY SOCIETY.
President, Lewis Buckner Louisville Vice-President, George D. Todd Louisville
Secretary, George T. Wood Louisville
Treasurer, Cary H. Bacon Louisville
Registrar, Dr. Thomas Page Grant Louisville
Historian, Capt. Thomas Speed Louisville
Chaplain, Rev. D. T. Witherspoon, D. D. Louisville
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LOUISIANA SOCIETY.
President, Edgar H. Farrer. New Orleans
Vice-President, Col. Marshall J. Smith
New Orleans
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Secretary, Alton H. Miller.
P. O. Box 408, New Orleans
Treasurer, John R. Conway
New Orleans
Registrar, Dr. J. Moore Soniat du Fossat New Orleans
Historian, Chas. P. Dimitry .
New Orleans
Chaplain, Rev. John T. Sawyer New Orleans
MAINE SOCIETY.
President, Edward A. Butler. Rockland Vice-President, James P. Baxter. Portland Vice-President, Joseph Williamson Belfast
Secretary, Rev. Henry S. Burrage. Portland Treasurer, Eben Corey Portland
Registrar, Josiah H. Drummond Portland Historian, Nathan Gould. Portland
Chaplain, Rev. Francis B. Denis, D. D. Bangor
MARYLAND SOCIETY.
President, Wm. Ridgeley Griffith. Baltimore Vice-President, Joseph Lancester Brent. Baltimore Vice-President, John Henry Jamar Elkton
Vice-President, Col. Charles T. Halloway Baltimore Secretary, John R. Dorsey .. . . 730 Roland Ave., Baltimore
Treasurer, A. Dallas Bache Courtenay . Baltimore
Registrar, Albert Kimberly Hadel, M. D. Baltimore
Historian, Albert Kimberly Hadel, M. D. Baltimore
Chaplain, John Franklin Goncher, D. D .. Baltimore
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MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY.
President, Edwin Shepard Barrett Concord
Vice-President, Edward Jacob Forster Boston
Vice-President, Henry Cabot Lodge Nahant *
Vice-President, Nathan Appleton Boston
Secretary, George Edward Brown. Boston
Registrar, Herbert Wood Kimball. Boston
Treasurer, Charles Montraville Green Boston
Historian, Charles Kimball Darling. Boston
Chaplain, Rev. Carlton Albert Staples. Lexington
MICHIGAN SOCIETY.
President, Henry B. Ledyard . Detroit
Vice-President, R. Storrs Willis Detroit
Secretary, Henry S. Sibley Detroit
Treasurer, Fitz-Hugh Edwards. Detroit
MINNESOTA SOCIETY.
President, S. J. R. McMillan. St. Paul
Honorary President, Albert Edgerton. St. Paul
Vice-President, George A. Pillsbury Minneapolis
Secretary, Edwin S. Chittenden St. Paul
Assistant Secretary, Winthrop S. G. Noyes St. Paul Treasurer, Archibald A. Doolittle. St. Paul
Registrar, John P. Knowles St. Paul
Historian, William H. Grant .. St. Paul
Chaplain, Rev. Edward C. Mitchell St. Paul
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MISSOURI SOCIETY.
President, George E. Leighton St. Louis
Vice-President, George H. Shields St. Louis
Vice-President, Gaius Paddock St. Louis
Vice-President, E. O. Stanard. St. Louis
Vice-President, John L. RoBards. Hannibal
Secretary, John L. Bruce. .... Union Trust Building, St. Louis Treasurer, Wayman C. McCreery St. Louis
Registrar and Asst. Treasurer, J. M. Fulton St. Louis
Historian, Horace Kephart. St. Louis
Chaplain, Rev. S. J. Niccolls. St. Louis
MONTANA SOCIETY.
President, Decius S. Wade .. Helena Senior Vice-President, John C. Dent Ft. Assiniboine
Secretary, Robert H. Howey Helena
Treasurer, James U. Sanders. Helena
Registrar, Cephas C. Bateman Ft. Assiniboine
NEBRASKA SOCIETY.
President, Wm. H. Alexander. Omaha Vice President, Lucius Dunbar Richards Fremont Vice-President, John R. Webster Omaha
Secretary, Thomas R. McNair. Omaha
Treasurer, Paul W. Kuhns Omaha
Registrar, Lyman E. Ware. Omaha
Historian, Phillip A. Crapo Omaha
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NEW HAMPSHIRE SOCIETY.
President, William W. Bailey Nashua
Vice-President, John M. Hill. Concord
Vice-President, Joshua G. Hall. Dover -
Vice-President, Charles H. Carpenter Manchester
Secretary, Otis G. Hammond. Concord
Treasurer, Otis G. Hammond. Concord
Registrar, John C. Ordway. . . Concord
Historian, Fred. Leighton Concord
Chaplain, Rev. Daniel C. Roberts, D. D Concord
NEW JERSEY SOCIETY.
President, John Whitehead. Morristown Vice-President, Franklin Murphy Newark
Secretary, G. Wisner Thorne. Newark
Treasurer, Frederick Frelinghuysen
Newark
Registrar, John Jackson Hubbell. Newark
Historian, Gen. Wm. S. Stryker Trenton
Chaplain, Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen Newark
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
President, Chauncey M. Depew. New York
Vice-President, Robert B. Roosevelt. New York Secretary, Stephen M. Wright. 289 Fourth Ave., New York Treasurer, Ira Bliss Stewart . 309 Broadway, New York
Registrar, Edward H. Hall 14 Lafayette Place, New York Historian, Henry Hall. . Tribune Office, New York Chaplain, Rev. Abbott E. Kittredge, D. D. . New York
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OHIO SOCIETY.
President, John J. Follett . Cincinnati
Vice-President, G. E. Pomeroy . Toledo
Vice-President, E. C. Brush Zanesville
Vice-President, J. M. Richardson Cleveland
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