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Bradley Tyler Johnson,
Edward White LeCompte,
James Cephas Cresap,
William Francis Cregar,
John Richardson Dorsey,
Francis Putnam Stevens,
George Norbury Mackenzie.

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President

Bradley Tyler Johnson,

i8 North Avenue, Baltimore.

Vice-President

Francis Henry Stockett,

109 Prince George Street, Annapolis.

Secretary

John Richardson Dorsey,

2422 N. Charles Street, Baltimore.

Treasurer

Francis Putnam Stevens,

Bank of Baltimore Building, Baltimore.

Registrar and Historian

William Francis Cregar,

67 Charles Street, Annapolis.

Chaplain

Rev. John Gottlieb M^rriS, b. D.,

406 N. Greene Street, Baltimore.

DGLGG5CG5 CO Cf5G DAClOnSL §OCIGTY.

Edward W. LeCompte,
Cambridge.

George A. Pearre,
Cumberland.

BOARD OF manaGGR^.

James C. Cresap,
Annapolis.

James Howard,
Baltimore.

Charles Marshall,
Baltimore.

Daniel R. Randall,
Annapolis.

Henry Vanderford,
Westminster.

CONSTITUTION.

Article I.
The name of the Society shall be the
Mary Imid Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution, organized 20th April, 1889.

Article II.
The purposes of the Society are to keep
alive among ourselves and our descendants,
and in the community, the patriotic spirit of
the men who achieved American Independ-
ence ; to collect and secure, for preservation
and publication, the manuscript rolls, records,
and other documents relating to the war of
the Revolution ; and to promote social inter-
course and fellowship among its members.

Article III.
Any male person shall be eligible for mem-
bership in the Society who is above the age
of twenty-one years, and is descended from
a recognized patriot, who rendered material
service to the cause of American Independ-
ence, or from an ancestor who assisted in

establishing the Independence of this country
during the war of the Revolution, while act-
ing as a military or naval officer, as a soldier or
a sailor, or as an official in the service of any
one of the thirteen original States or Colonies,
or the United States or Colonies ; and no other
person shall be eligible for membership.

Article IV.

The officers of the Society shall be a Presi-
dent, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treas-
urer, a Registrar and Historian, one Delegate
at Large to the National Convention of the
Society, an additional Delegate for each one
hundred members or for a fraction thereof
exceeding fifty, and a Board of Managers,
consisting of these officers ex-officio, and five
other members, who shall have power to fill
such vacancies as may, from time to time,
occur among their number.

Article V.

This Constitution shall be altered, amended
or repealed only by a vote of three-fourths of

the members of the Society present at a regu-
lar meeting, or at a special meeting called for
the purpose of such alteration, amendment or
repeal, after five days' notice, in writing,
shall have been given of such meeting.

by-l:21WS.

Section I.

Members shall be elected as follows : Can-
didates may send their names and documents,
or other proofs of qualifications for member-
ship, to the Secretary, and upon a favorable
report from the Board of Managers, and after
payment of the initiation fee and first annual
dues, shall thereupon become members of the
Society.

Section II.

The initiation fee shall be one dollar and the
annual dues one dollar, or the payment at one
time of twenty-five dollars shall constitute a
life member, and the member so paying shall
be exempt from the payment of annual dues.

Section III.
The Society shall hold an annual meeting
on the 22d day of February, 1890, the anniver-
sary of the birth of George Washington, and
in each and every year thereafter, at which a
general election of officers by ballot shall take

place, except when such date shall fall on Sun-
day, in which event the meeting shall be held
on the following day. In such election, a ma-
jority of the ballots given for any officer shall
constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot,
no person shall receive such majority, then a
further balloting shall take place, in which a
plurality of votes given for any officer shall
determine the choice.

Section IV.
At all meetings of the Society, five mem-
bers shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business.

Section V.
The President, or in his absence the Vice-
President, or in his absence a Chairman pro
tempore^ shall preside at all meetings of the
Society. He shall preserve order, and shall
decide all questions of order, subject to an
appeal to the Society.

Section VI.
The Secretary shall conduct the general
correspondence of the Society. He shall

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notify all members of their election, and of
such other matters as he may be directed
by the Society. He shall have charge of the
seal, certificate of incorporation, by-laws and
records of the Society. He, together with the
presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the
Society. He shall, under the directions of
the President or Vice-President, give due
notice of the time and place of all meetings of
the Society, and attend the same. He shall
keep fair and accurate records of all the pro-
ceedings and orders of the Society ; shall give
notice to the several officers of all votes,
orders, resolves, and proceedings of the So-
ciety affecting them or appertaining to their
respective duties, and shall perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Constitu-
tion or By-Laws of the National Society.

Section VII.
The Treasurer shall collect and keep the
funds and securities of the Society. They
shall be deposited in some bank or savings
institute in this State, to the credit of the
Maryland Society of the Sons of the American

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Revolutioji, and shall be drawn thence on the
check of the Treasurer, for the purposes of the
Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay
such sums only as may be ordered by the Soci-
ety or by the Board of Managers. He shall
keep a true account of his receipts and disburse-
ments, and at each annual meeting shall render
the same to the Society, when a committee
shall be appointed to audit his accounts ; and
shall perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Constitution or By-Laws of
the National Society.

Section VIII.

If, from the annual report of the Treasurer,
there shall appear to be a balance against the
Society, no appropriation of money shall be
made for any object but the necessary current
expenses of the Society, until such balance
shall be paid.

Section IX.

The Registrar and Historian shall, if practi-
cable, be a member of the Maryland Historical
Society. He shall keep a roll of members,
shall have the custody of all the proofs of

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membership qualification, and all the historical
and geographical papers, manuscript or other,
of which the Society may become possessed ;
he shall, under the direction of the Board of
Managers, for adequate compensation, copy
such similar documents as the owners thereof
may not be willing to leave permanently in the
keeping of the Society ; and shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by
the Constitution or By-Laws of the National
Society.

Section X.
The Board of Managers shall have power
to judge of the qualifications of the candi-
dates for admission to the Society, and elect
the same. They shall have charge of all
special meetings of the Society, and shall,
through the Secretary, call special meetings
at any time, upon the written request of five
members of the Society, and at such other
times as they see fit. They shall recommend
plans for promoting the objects of the Society,
shall digest and prepare business, and shall
authorize the disbursement and expenditure

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of unappropriated money in the treasury for
the payment of the current expenses of the
Society. They shall generally superintend
the interests of the Society and execute all
such duties as may be committed to them by
the Society. At each annual meeting of the
Society they shall make a general report. At
all meetings of the Board of Managers five or
more shall be sufficient for the transaction of
business.

Section XI.

Ayes and noes shall be called at any meet-
ing of the Society upon the demand of five
members.

Section XII.

No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society
shall be made unless such alteration shall have
been openly proposed at a previous meeting
and entered in the minutes with the name of
the member proposing the same, and shall be
adopted by a majority of the members present
at a meeting of the Society.

MEMBERSHIP.

Elected. Number.

1889. Brewer, Brice B., Annapolis. i

Grandson of Private Thomas Brewer,
2d Maryland Regiment, Continental
Line.
1889. Brewer, Jackson, Annapolis, 2

Grandson of Private Thomas Brewer,
2d Maryland Regiment, Continental
Line.
1889. Brewer, Nicholas, Annapolis, 3

Great-grandson of Private Robt. Davis,
6th Maryland Regiment, Continental
Line.
1889. Brewer, Nicholas, Jr., New York. 4

Great-great-grandson of Private Robt.
Davis, 6th Maryland Regiment, Con-
tinental Line.
1889. Brewer, Richard H., ^««a/^//j'. 5

Grandson of Private Thomas Brewer,
2d Maryland Regiment, Continental
Line.
1889. Bruce, Webster, Cumberland. 6

Great-grandson of Second Lieutenant
Joseph Cresap, ist Battalion, Mary-
land Rifles.

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Elected. Number.

1890. Chaille-Long, Charles. See Long. 46
1889. CoNOVER, George W., {U. S. JVavy),

Annapolis. 45

Grandson of Trooper Thomas Con-
over, Captain Benjamin Randolph's
Cavalry.
1889. Cregar, Wm. Francis, Annapolis. 7

Great-great-grandson of Brevet Briga-
dier-General Lewis Nicola, U. S. A.,
Colonel of the Invalid Corps, Conti-
nental Army, an original member of
the Pennsylvania Society of the Cin-
cinnati.
1889. Cresap, James C, {Lieutenant, U.S.N,),

Annapolis. 8

Grandson of Second Lieutenant Jos.
Cresap, ist Battalion, Maryland
Rifles.
Great-great-grandson of Col. Thomas
Cresap, of Frederick County, a del-
egate to the Maryland Convention
of 1775.
1889. Day, Hermon Willard, Balti?nore. 9

Great-grandson of Private Samuel Day,

Virginia Militia.
Great-great-grandson of Private Leon-
ard Day, Virginia Militia.

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Elected. Number.

1889. Day, Willard Gibson, Baltimore. 10

Grandson of Private Samuel Day, Vir-
ginia Militia.
Great-grandson of Private Leonard
Day, Virginia Militia.

1889. DoRSEY, Charles Howard, j5«/z'//«^r^. 11

Great-grandson of Volunteer Levin
Dorsey, who was killed near Vienna,
Md., in a skirmish with the British.

1890. Dorsey, James \a¥N\^, Dorchester Co. 51

Grandson of Volunteer Levin Dorsey,
who was killed near Vienna, Md.,
in a skirmish with the British.

1889. Dorsey, John Richardson, Baltimore, 12
Great-grandson of Volunteer Levin
Dorsey, who was killed near Vienna,
Md., in a skirmish with the British.

1889. HoLLOWAY, Charles T., Baltimore. 40

Grandson of Captain Sabrite Bowen,
Maryland Line.

1890. Hopkins, Sherburne G., Washington,

D. C. 61

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant
Samuel Sherburne, New Hamp-
shire Line, a participant in the bat-
tle of Bunker Hill.

17

Elected. Number.

1889. Howard, James, {Adjutant- General of

Md.), Baltimore. 13

Grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Jno.
Eager Howard, 2d Maryland Regi-
ment, Continental Line.
1889. Howard, John Eager, Baltimore. 14

Grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel John
Eager Howard, 2d Maryland Regi-
ment, Continental Line.

1889. Hughes, John Silver, Afinneapolis. 62

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant
John Hall Hughes, Captain Samuel
Griffith's Company, Maryland Militia.

1890. Jamar, Mitchell F., {^Lieutenants U. S.

A.), Annapolis. 50

Great-grandson of Capt. John Ford,

Maryland Militia.
Great-great-grandson of Captain
Stephen Hyland, Maryland Militia.
1889. Johnson, Bradley Tyler, Baltimore. 48
Grandson of Colonel Baker Johnson,

4th Maryland Regiment, 1776.
Great-grandson of Major Nicholas
Worthington, Maryland Militia, 1776.
Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-
Colonel Robert Tyler, Maryland
Militia, 1776.

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Elected. Number.

Great-great-grandson of Major George
Murdock, Maryland Militia, 1776.

1889. Kenly, Albert Clark, Baltimore. 15

Grandson of Captain Gassaway Wat-
kins, 5th Maryland Regiment, Conti-
nental Line, sometime President of the
Maryland Society of the Cincinnati.

1889. Kramer, Rev. Samuel, Washhigton^D.C. 40

Son of Private John Kramer, Conti-
nental Army, who enlisted in Penn-
sylvania.

1890. Laird, Philip Dandridge, Rockville. 49

Great-great-grandson of Robert Golds-
borough, of Maryland, member of the
Continental Congress.

1889. LeCompte, Edward White, Caw(5Wi/^^. 16

Grandson of Dr. Edward White, who
took part in the battles of Trenton
and Princeton as a member of a vol-
unteer company raised by medical
students in Philadelphia.

1890. Lee, William, M. Z>., Baltimore, 57

Great-grandson of Thomas Sim Lee,
Governor of Maryland, 1779-82.

1890. Long, Charles Chaill]e- New York. 46
Great-grandson of Colonel Peter Chaille,

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Elected, Number.

Maryland Militia, member of the
Maryland Convention of 1775.

1890. Long, Littleton, Bath Beach^ L. I. 47

Great-grandson of Col. Peter Chaille,
Maryland Militia, member of the
Maryland Convention of 1775.

1889. Mackenzie, Geo. Norbury, Baltimore. 17
Great-great-grandson of Colonel Wm.
Williams, 12th Regiment, Connecti-
cut Militia, Signer of the Declaration
of Independence.

1889. Magruder, John Randall, Annapolis. 18

Great-grandson of Colonel John Ran-
dall, Maryland Militia, Quartermaster
to the Maryland forces during the war
of the Revolution.

1890. Marshall, Charles, Baltimore. 58

Great-grandson of Colonel Thomas
Marshall, 3d Virginia Regiment, Con-
tinental Line.
1889. Morris, Rev. John Gottlieb, D. D.,

Baltimore. 20

Son of Surgeon John Morris, Con-
tinental Army. An original mem-
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati.
1889. OwEHS, James W., A jina^o lis. 21

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Elected. Number.

Great-grandson of Private Jas. Owens,
Maryland Line.
1890. Pearre, George A., Ctwiberland. 53

Great-grandson of Cornet Joseph Sim
Smith, of Armand's Legion.

1889. Porter, James Cornelius, Afinapolis. 22

Great-grandson of Private Thomas
Stockett Brewer, Maryland Line.

1890. Porter, Theodoric, {Lietttejiant, U. S.

JV.), Annapolis. ' 60

Great-grandson of Captain David

Porter, Continental Navy.
1889. Randall, Alexander B., Annapolis. 37
Grandson of Colonel John Randall,

Maryland Militia, Quartermaster to

the Maryland forces during the war

of the Revolution.
Great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel

Rich. Taylor, 2d Virginia Infantry.

1889. Randall, Daniel Richard, Annapolis. 23
Grandson of Colonel John Randall,
Maryland Militia, Quartermaster to
the Maryland forces during the war
of the Revolution.
Great-grandson of Ensign Bryan Phil-
pot, 8th Company,ist Battalion, Mary-
land Militia.

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Elected. Number.

1889. Sellman, John Henry, Davidsonville. 24
Grandson of Major Jonathan Sellman,
Maryland Line, Continental Army,
a member of the Maryland Society of
the Cincinnati.
1889. Sellman, Rich. Parran, Davidsonville. 25
Grandson of Major Jonathan Sellman,
Maryland Line, Continental Army,
a member of the Maryland Society of
the Cincinnati.
1889. Simpson, Lloyd D., Baltimore. 39

Grandson of Sergeant Rezin Simpson,
6th Troop (Captain Vachel Howard),
4th Regiment Light Dragoons (Col.
Stephen Moylan).

1889. Stevens, Francis Putnam, Baltimore. 41

Great-grandson of Lieutenant Samuel
Stevens, Captain Barron's Company,
Massachusetts.

1890. Stevens, Morris Putnam, Baltimore. 54

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. Samuel
Stevens, Captain Barron's Company,
Massachusetts.
1890. Stevens, Saml. Augustus, Norfolk, Va. 55
Great-grandson of Lieutenant Samuel
Stevens, Captain Barron's Company,
Massachusetts.

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Elected. Number.

1890. Stockbridge, Henry, Junior., M. C,

Baltimore. 52

Great-grandson of Private Eleazer
Warner, wounded in December,
1775, when engaged in the expe-
dition against Quebec.

1889. Stockett, Francis Henry, Annapolis. 28
Grandson of Surgeon Thomas Noble

Stockett, Maryland Line, Continental

Army.
Grandson of Major Jonathan Sellman,

Maryland Line, Continental Army.

1889- Stockett, Francis Henry, Junior,

Annapolis. 29

Great-grandson of Surgeon Thomas
Noble Stockett, Maryland Line,
Continental Army.
Great-grandson of Major Jonathan
Sellman, Maryland Line, Conti-
nental Army.

1889. Stockett, John Shaaff, Annapolis. 27
Grandson of Surgeon Thomas Noble
Stockett, Maryland Line, Continental
Army.

1889. Sweet, James Winslovv, Baltimore. 30
Grandson of Sergeant Samuel Faxon,

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Elected. Number.

Captain Alden's Company, Carey's
Regiment, Massachusetts Militia.

1889. Taylor, Clifford, Baltimore. 44

Great-grandson of Paymaster Jacob
Brown, Maryland Line, Continental
Army.

1889. Vanderford, Henry, West7tiinster. 43

Grandson of Private Charles Wrench
Vanderford, Maryland Line.

1890. Warfield, Edwin, Howard Co. 59

Grandson of Captain Gassaway Wat-
kins, 5th Maryland Regiment, Conti-
nental Line, sometime President of
the Maryland Society of the Cincin-
nati.
1889. Warfield, John, Baltimore. 31

Grandson of Captain Gassaway Wat-
kins, 5th Maryland Regiment, Conti-
nental Line, sometime President of
the Maryland Society of the Cincin-
nati.

1889. Warren, Rev. Benjamin C, Deal's

Island. 38

Great-grandson of Surgeon Nathaniel
Luff, ist Battalion, Philadelphia
(Colonel Morgan).

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Elected. Number.

Great-great-grandson of Caleb Luff,
Provincial Legislature, Delaware.

1889. Werntz, Robert Lincoln, {Assistant

Engineer, U. S. N.), Annapolis. 32

Great-great-grandson of Private John
Schweiker, Continental Army, who
enlisted in Pennsylvania.

1890. Wilkinson, Ernest, {Eitsign, U. S. N.),

Washington, D. C. 56

Great-grandson of Colonel James
Wilkinson, Continental Army,
sometime Adjutant-General.
1889. Williams, William F., Annapolis. 33

Great-grandson of Private Thomas
Stockett Brewer, Maryland Line.
1889. Wilson, John J., Marriotsville. 34

Great-grandson of Captain James Wil-
son, Maryland Line.
1889. Worthington, Joseph Muse, M. D.,

Antiapolis. 35

Great-grandson of Major Nicholas
Worthington, Maryland Militia, '76.
1889. Wright, Benjamin Nicholson, Queen

Anne's Co. 36

Great-grandson of Commissary-Gen-
eral Stephen Lowrey, New Jersey.

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