■ ■ :-:.■■■..■;.■■■ -.'■''. . ■ 1904 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FROM f.F.Willcox Cornell University Library HS2725.W3 C83 1904 The twenty-fifth anniversary of the f pun olin 3 1924 030 283 828 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030283828 ►J o o THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COSMOS CLUB WASHINGTON, D. C. WITH A Documentary History of the Club from its organization to November 16, 1903. *v*-B-*^ Washington, D. C. THE COSMOS CLUB 1904 >7 WILLIAM A. DeCAINDRY MARCUS BENJAMIN CYRUS ADLER Committee on Printing 1,1 •Jl'ifiO.O 4 4 1 1 1 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TIT I ' List of Illustrations 7 Resolutions of Mr. G. K. Gilbert 9 Celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary 13 Address of Dr. S. P. Langley 19 Address of Major C. E. Dutton, U. S. A 25 Remarks of Professor Simon Newcomb, U. S. N... 33 Address of Mr. G. K. Gilbert 39 Address of Mr. William H. Holmes 45 Signatures of those who registered at the twenty- fifth anniversary meeting 51 Documentary History of the Cosmos Club 63 List of House Committees 381 List of Library Committees 285 List of Art Committees 289 List of Members from Date of Organization to No- vember 16, 1903 291 The illustrations of the Club buildings and of Lafayette Square were made from photographs taken under the supervision of Mr. T. W. Smillie, a member of the Club. Designs of head and tail pieces by Messrs. H. Hobart Nichols, A. H. Baldwin and H. Chadwick Hunter, members of the Club, and by Mr. J. Mills Thompson. Cosmos Club, 1903, exterior Frontispiece " " " ASSEMBLY HALL II " " " PARLOR 17 " " " LIBRARY 23 " " " billiard room 31 Lafayette Square, 1903 37 Richard's "Near St. David's Head, Wales" 43 Corcoran Building, 1879 69 " " " diagram of Club rooms in 67 Minutes, showing names of founders 75, 76 No. 23 Lafayette Square 96 Benjamin Ogle Tayloe house, 1886 109 Wilkes house, 1883 (Dolly Madison house) 117 " side view 119 " " proposed improvements, 1886 123 Cosmos Club House, 1886 143 " as altered in 1893 217 La Peinture, by P. Aube 279 Presidents. — Spencer F. Baird 79 James C. Welling 83 John W. Powell 87 Garrick Mallery 93 Edward M. Gallaudet 99 William Harkness 103 Robert Fletcher. 107 John S. Billings 113 Henry C. Yarrow 151 Clarence E. Dutton 157 Joseph K. McCammon 163 John Mills Browne 177 John R. Eastman 187 Presidents. — Continued — G. Brown Goode 193 Grove K. Gilbert 213 J. Rush Marshall 221 Swan M. Burnett 227 Henry Gannett 231 Charles D. Walcott 235 Bernard R. Green 241 John R. Procter 245 Rufus H. Thayer 249 George M. Sternberg 257 Joseph C. Hornblower 263 The following resolutions were offered by Mr. G. K. Gilbert at the meeting of the Club on December 12, 1898, and were referred to the Board of Management for re- port: Resolved, That the Club hold a special meeting to commemor- ate its twenty-first anniversary, the Board of Management being charged with the selection of the date and with all arrangements. Resolved, That the Board of Management be instructed to con- sider the desirability and feasibility of publishing a historical volume in connection with the commemorative meeting and re- port to the Club at a future meeting. The Board reported March 13, 1899, as follows: The Board of Management having carefully considered the resolutions offered by Mr. Gilbert at the meeting of December 12, relative to holding a celebration of the Club's twenty-first anni- versary, and to printing a historical volume, recommends that the proposed celebration be postponed until the twenty-fifth anniver- sary of the organization of the Club, and that the Club authorize the appointment of a committee of three to collect data appropriate to a historical volume to be published at that time. These recommendations were adopted by the Club, and Messrs. G. K. Gilbert, Robert Fletcher, and William A. DeCaindry were appointed the committee on November 13, i899- 1-f < X CELEBRATION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY. Cosmos Club, November 16, 1903. The meeting was called to order at 8.30 o'clock p. m., the President, Mr. Hornblower, presiding, and 260 mem- bers present. The assembly hall was filled to overflowing, many members standing in the doorways. The speakers' stand was arranged against the center of the south wall, and seats for the members were placed in three sections, front- ing south, east, and west. The room was decorated with ornamental plants and flowers, and the walls were hung with paintings contributed by friends of the Club as a loan collection for the occasion. At the request of the President, the Secretary read from the original minute-book of the Club the minutes of the proceedings at the preliminary meeting held by the organizers of the Club on November 16, 1878. After a few introductory remarks by the President, Doctor S. P. Langley was called on and delivered an ad- dress. The President then introduced Doctor S. M. Burnett, who read an address prepared by Major C. E. Dutton, U. S. Army, one of the founders of the Club, who was unexpectedly obliged to be absent from the meeting. 14 THE COSMOS CLUB. The President then introduced Professor Simon New- comb, U. S. Navy, who addressed the meeting. The President presented to the Club, for its inspection, the manuscript of a documentary history which had been prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the Club adopted in March, 1898, and called upon Mr. William A. De- Caindry, the author of the manuscript, to give a review of some of the salient features of the Club's history. Mr. DeCaindry read and spoke at some length, dwelling upon incidents connected with the founding of the Club, and drawing especial attention to such actions of the Club as marked important steps in its development. The President then introduced Mr. G. K. Gilbert, one of the founders, who delivered an address. He then introduced Mr. William H. Holmes, also a founder, who said that the late hour, the heated condition of the rooms, and his high regard for the personal com- fort of its members induced him to ask permission to sub- mit a manuscript copy of what he had intended to say, and, in the language of Congress, "beg leave to print." The addresses of the principal speakers are published herewith. The Art Committee of the Club having undertaken the purchase, by subscription, of a painting by W. T. Richards, which had been on exhibition for some time at the Club, and which they designed to be considered in the nature of a memorial of this anniversary meeting, made the following report : The Art Committee is pleased to announce that the subscrip- tion recently undertaken for the purpose of acquiring the marine painting by W. T. Richards, has met with most gratifying suc- cess. The members have responded generously and the picture is herewith presented to the Club, on their behalf, as a perma- nent memorial of the twenty-fifth anniversary. The sum secured ANN1VERSAR Y MEE TING. 15 is sufficient to purchase the canvas. It is not yet suitably framed, and it is hoped to arrange for an adequate frame later. The Art Committee wishes to take this occasion to state that while it is obviously impossible, in acquiring any particular work of art, to satisfy all tastes, it has been the endeavor of the Com- mittee to recommend only such works as are believed to possess undoubted merit and a commercial value likely to increase with time. After announcing that the Board of Management had decided to open to the friends of the members on the fol- lowing day, between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., the loan exhibition of paintings then on the walls, the President declared the meeting formally adjourned. A supper was then served. Each member was invited to sign a register of attend- ance before leaving the Club house for the evening. L. O. Howard, Secretary. ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT THE TWENTY- FIFTH ANNIVERSARY MEETING. Address of Dr. S. P. Langley. It is a very pleasant thing for me to join my fellow- members in recalling the early days of this Club, when I, though not one of its founders, enjoyed first its hospitality, and afterward its membership. I am old enough to recall it in an upper story of the Corcoran Building, and its successive migrations, which have finally brought it into its present ampler quarters; and in all that time, but particularly since I myself be- came connected with the Smithsonian Institution, I have found it a scientific home. Here were those whom the Institution loved and hon- ored, and whom the Club loved and honored as its official heads. Here was Baird and here was Powell ; here was Goode. To take up the list of those who have belonged to both the Smithsonian and the Club, is to take up the list not only of my official but my dear personal friends. Mr. Goode and Major Powell I have already mentioned, and then there was Winlock, and how many others. I have been a user of clubs, and have in mind several more or less scientific ones of which I have been an active or an honorary member, and which I may compare with our own. In Europe the first of these is the Athenasum 20 THE COSMOS CLUB. Club of London, in some respects the most exclusive but also the most notable gathering of scientific and literary and artistic celebrities to be found anywhere. Entrance to it is zealously guarded, but it has been said that once within its doors, you cannot ask information on a single subject of human interest that you will not find some one in the Athenaeum Club who can give you the benefit of a master's knowledge, and this not in pure science alone but in every other department of thought. I have heard and seen in it not only men of science, but of every shade of opinion, including orthodoxy as represented by Eng- lish bishops, and the striking ascetic figure of Cardinal Manning, whose deference to fashionable society caused him to be called so unfairly "the apostle to the genteels." There I have seen English statesmen, of whom I most distinctly recall Mr. Chamberlain. There, too, I have met how many times with Mr. Herbert Spencer, and there I have met the lights and leaders of literature and art, as well as of science. But the Athenaeum is a club of elderly, if not of old men. There are few heads there that are not touched with gray, and there is an almost too decorous solemnity about all its aspect. During the early years that I used to go there, billiards were hardly tolerated, and the bil- liard room was relegated to a sort of cellar, where I in- deed often saw Mr. Herbert Spencer playing, but where it required perhaps more courage than a less distinguished man possessed to be seen. How different it all is from this our Cosmos Club, where we can meet so informally and so pleasantly, and where so many belong less to the past than the future. As years go on we may attain to frigid decorum, but I am glad we are not there yet. Then there is the Century, of New York, which has, like the Athenaeum, a large showing for literature and ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 21 art, as well as for science, but which, like it, is composed mostly of those who have arrived at the rewards of an hon- ored professional life; and there are others, but none of these have exactly the characteristics of this Club of ours, that belongs not indeed only to young men, but yet to so many who are still touched with that enthusiasm that belongs to the age of hope. As we grow in years I trust we shall continue to follow the example of these older clubs, including in our membership together with the sci- entific workers, who must always form our strength, rep- resentatives of everything that worthily occupies man's thought, even the more that it may not perhaps be directly affiliated to science. We are honored, for instance, in having some among us who represent the churches, and I could wish to see yet more. The Scientific Church itself does not claim in- fallibility, and' yet to some of us does not a certain recent startling suggestion — that the universe of matter is perhaps not what science has taught us — to some of us does this not come with a momentary vague incongruous feeling as if nature was caught in disobedience to some dogma? We are perhaps losing sight of some of the old mental guides, perhaps of the old canons of thought even, and may be looking around us to see where we are with ref- erence to the whole scheme of things. One of the best preparations for a proper mind in which to meet such possible changes of scientific doctrine lies, then, in the catholic spirit in which we may look out on all life, not on the scientific life alone, and this spirit is fostered in a Club which opens its doors wide to all thought, and whose motto might be "Nothing human is foreign to me." Youth is not the exclusive possessor of this spirit, but in the ranks of youth it may be found, and though I have 22 THE COSMOS CLUB. passed out of those ranks myself, to see the younger gen- eration around me recalls the early days when my scien- tific life was pursued with a certain zest which only youth can bring to it. This Club is connected with all my recollections of early years in Washington. My dear friend, Goode, used to tell me that it was my duty to come here very often, and if I have not always done so, it has not been from a lack of inclination, but of time and opportunity. I hope that I may continue to enjoy in the future all that the Club has been to me in the past, and I thank you for giving me the privilege of expressing my feeling toward it even in these few inadequate words. $Se ^1 ^PPy*^ **^fr Eg|f igS ; b PBs li£ ■™*. B |H^B PhUbB^H ■■mm ; WWHvw— B P -:-■ WBmJr* \ ^ '>$§3 I ^r^Sa ^ff& fi ■ 1 v J$WWifel) \ flU MS^Wf^U ^^^^f "■&? \( K mmMlM \ /^B jhBs } ~-it/%JBtkiLi ^^KB ^^m^H IS^h ■>h£H ^^F"~*»™^™ ^ Address of Major C. E. Dutton, U. S. Army. Looking back a quarter of a century to conditions of lit- erary and scientific activity in Washington we can readily understand now that such an organization as the Cosmos Club was sure to be formed. Washington had then be- come the most notable scientific and literary center of the country. All of those great bureaus for scientific investi- gation under governmental auspices and support, which are such conspicuous features of our system, were then in existence and in full career. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, the oldest of them, had long been in existence. The Geological Survey was on the point of being recon- structed and consolidated. At various epochs between these two the Naval Observatory, the Agricultural De- partment, the Signal Service as the predecessor of the pres- ent Weather Bureau, the Fish Commission, the Bureau of Ethnology, besides a considerable number of minor di- visions in other bureaus or departments wholly, or chiefly, devoted to scientific and learned study, had been fully es- tablished. The Smithsonian Institution, whose official re- lations to the government make it in most respects the equivalent of a great bureau, was at that time conspicuous both at home and abroad as the representative scientific foundation of the country. Washington was also becoming the winter residence, and in some cases the permanent residence, of people de- voted to philosophical and literary pursuits, especially in the fields of history, sociology, and economics. Nor were there anywhere in the United States such facilities for re- search in these branches of learning as were contained in the Library of Congress, in the archives of the State De- 26 THE COSMOS CLUB. partment, and in the working libraries of the statistical di- visions of the various bureaus. It was almost a necessary consequence of this concen- tration of scientific, literary, and philosophic culture in Washington that the individuals who represented it should gravitate to some common center where they could add to all other advantages of the city that of mutual inter- course under the conditions of an ordinary club. Who- ever therefore might have contemplated the organization of such an institution for the convenience of the classes thus mentioned had the principal difficulties removed from his path and found the primary requisite, namely: a suit- able constituency, already here. Up to that time the chief gathering place of men of that class had been at the meetings of the Philosophical Society, held fortnightly in the old Ford's Theatre build- ing which since President Lincoln's death had been used as an annex of the Surgeon General's Office and the re- pository of the rapidly growing Medical Library. At those meetings the attendance was always large for a local scientific society whose routine meetings were held for the sole purpose of reading formal papers. There were no collateral attractions in the shape of refreshments, ladies were not invited, and the members were expected to limit invitations to non-resident visitors who had, if not distinc- tion, at least a recognized standing, as devotees of science or philosophy. The place, while very suitable for such meetings, was by no means suggestive of social amenities. Long rows of shelves reaching from floor to ceiling, densely crowded with the works of all the descendants of Aescu- lapius, in their sombre bindings of black buckram and muslin, their musty odor of ancient leather and book- binders' paste, their monotony relieved by a few colored chromos of human anatomy, might have been an attrac- ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 27 tive environment for the studies of Dr. Dryasdust. But it was less so to those of us who were just beginning our scientific careers and in whom the love of science did not diminish the love of good fellowship. It was not surprising, therefore, that the formal sessions of the Philosophical Society should be followed by what some of us called the "adjourned meeting," which was held at a beer saloon on D street near Tenth. I am quite sure that Gannett, Gill, and Gilbert, who are still here to testify, will join with me in the assertion that these supplementary proceedings were in no respect disreputable, nor disorderly, nor even unphilosophical, though we had among us those who were fresh from the kellers of Heidel- berg or Stuttgart. There were also occasional informal gatherings of a more decorous nature. Prof. Henry was always a most courteous host in his home at the Smithsonian, and some of us can recall the pleasant social evenings spent there. Equally attractive were the Sunday evenings when Prof. Baird and his family were at home to their friends, and where the younger naturalists were made especially wel- come. Indeed, for those of us who are of an age when life is becoming largely retrospective, it is impossible to recall those men without emotion which is deepened by the remembrance of the kindly, genial traits, which added grace and charm to the strength and greatness of their personality. The time was ripe, then, for a club. The men, the constituency, were here and their number was increasing rapidly from year to year. The gregarious instinct is a part of human nature and the modern club is the natural field for its exercise. All that was wanted was some one to start the snow-ball rolling. And here I must have re- course to my personal recollections. 28 THE COSMOS CLUB. Somewhere about the last of September, 1878, I had returned to Washington from a brief excursion to New York, where I had dined at the Century with some of my old friends. One of the subjects of conversation was club life, and in the course of it the question was asked: "Why have you not in Washington a club like the Cen- tury?" Indeed! Why not? Advantage was taken of the first opportunity to confer with Major Powell and Col. Mallery upon this question. They took a favorable view of the proposition to establish a club in Washington on lines similar to those of the Century in New York. The same day I met Prof. Harkness in the lobby of the Ebbitt House and made a like suggestion to him. Though innumerable precious recollections cluster about our departed fellow-member, we are obliged to admit that Harkness was never an optimist about anything. In the present instance, however, while every discouraging feat- ure elicited his comment, he took, upon the whole, a fa- vorable view of the proposition. He even went so far as to promise to canvass the views of the people in the Naval Observatory and elsewhere — a promise which he at once fulfilled with gratifying results. After another conference with Powell and Mallery it was decided to sound the members of the various scien- tific organizations in Washington, and for this purpose aid was solicited from Prof. Holden of the Naval Observa- tory, Fred. Endlich of the Hayden Survey, and Dr. Jer- ome Kidder of the Smithsonian, all young and energetic men heartily in favor of the project. The result of the inquiry was very encouraging. A fortnight later Powell invited those who had signified their favor of the plan to meet at his house to discuss the matter informally, and in a preliminary way, in order to elicit more definite and practical views as to the nature and scope of the proposed ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 29 club, its scale of living and expense, its accommodations, class of membership and other details requiring the con- currence of prospective members before embarking upon the enterprise. As I recall this meeting there was at first, as might have been expected, a very wide diversity of opinion upon these matters of detail. Some appeared to entertain very liberal views of the scale on which the club should be planned ; others on the contrary had opinions which tasted much too strong of economy. But a tendency was quickly developed towards a just mean, in which anything like luxury or ostentation was regarded with disfavor, and only the essentials of comfort and the conveniences for rational intercourse were considered. In brief the tendency was from the first towards that temperate, simple, and thrifty line of policy which has always characterized the Club and from which it has never deviated since the first preliminary meeting. One of the subjects which called forth some de- bate was : What shall the Club's name be ? This had been considered already, and Mallery had suggested the name Cosmos Club. It met no serious opposition ; but one gentleman who had cultivated the reputation of a precisian in matters literary suggested that Cosmos be spelled with a K, and had the temerity to make a motion to that effect and debate it. The matter was soon dis- posed of by Holden, who offered an amendment provid- ing that the word Club be spelled with a K also — "just for symmetry, you know." At this meeting committees were appointed to make in- quiry about suitable rooms, to draw up a constitution and by-laws, to inquire what provisions of law must be com- plied with and to prepare an estimate of the receipts and expenditures for the first year. Another meeting at which the committees were to report was provided for, when the subject of organization could be more intelligibly consid- 30 THE COSMOS CLUB. ered and measures taken to incorporate. The minutes of that meeting for organization, I presume, are a part of the Club's records, and must be in the keeping of the Board of Management. They are certainly much more authen- tic than my recollection, which is very fragmentary. I recall the fact that the committee on rooms reported at that second meeting that they had found rooms which they believed would be satisfactory in the Corcoran Build- ing. A committee of incorporation was appointed and temporary officers elected with the understanding that as soon as the Club was installed in its rooms a new set of officers for the coming year was to be chosen. From that time forward the affairs of the Club have progressed with remarkable smoothness and a singular ab- sence of friction, more or less of which is usually among the probabilities in all new clubs. The history of the Cosmos has in this respect been exceptional. It has made good its title to the very modern benediction : "Blessed is the people which has no history." It owes its calm un- broken record of harmony and prosperity, in my opin- ion, to the original modesty of its aims and to the firmness with which those aims have been carried out. It has ad- hered to a cardinal principle in the late Lord Salisbury's policy of never undertaking anything which was not clearly within the limits of its strength. As a necessary part of this prudent policy it has been extremely careful in guard- ing the character of its membership by selecting those who were believed to conform in their tastes and habits to the standards which the Club had set up for itself at the be- ginning, and which it has ever since maintained. The ex- perience of the last quarter of a century, with a policy whose success has been uniform and cumulative, may give us confidence that its future continuation will prove to be as satisfactory as it has been in the past. o o Q i-t Remarks by Professor Simon Newcomb, U. S. Navy. There is an ancient proverb which pronounces a male- diction on those who have said our good things before us. Were such a sentiment allowable, I might perhaps feel it toward the utterances of Dr. Langley and Major Dutton, who have told about everything I had thought of saying of the origin and early history of the Club, and, to make the matter worse, have told it better than I could have done myself. Under these circumstances I must limit my- self to some general remarks on the idea with which the Club was founded, and on its development during the twenty-five years of its existence. The first idea was that some common sentiment or bond of union should be felt in the membership. This idea found comprehensive, and yet sufficiently definite ex- pression in the principle that the membership was to be confined to those interested in science, literature, and art. Of course these expressions admit of an almost indefinitely broad interpretation. To the Committee on Admissions was intrusted the task of preventing at all times any un- due expansion in the interpretation. I think we may con- gratulate ourselves on not having yielded to the tempta- tion to enlarge our membership at the expense of the common bond which should connect us all. The result is that, while we have never grown wealthy; while, in fact, we still lack those external signs of opulence which are so attractive in an organization like ours, we have seen the death as well as the birth of similar organizations animated by more expansive ideas. Continually husbanding our re- sources, we may hopefully look forward to a gradual in- crease in our power of making the Club attractive to all whom we desire as members. 34 THE COSMOS CLUB. There are some features of our organization which are not only distinctive, but almost unique. I believe that al- most every other club, here or elsewhere, has no other im- portant purpose than that of affording facilities for the social reunion of its members, and for promoting some idea of common interest to them. But we had what al- most might be called a philanthropic object from the start. Our membership has been, from the beginning, largely composed of members of the various scientific societies of Washington. These societies had keenly felt the need of a place of meeting. Such a need the Club supplied from the time when its funds permitted it to join to our house an assembly hall. But we did not stop there. We all considered it not only a pleasure, but almost a duty, to welcome to our midst the representatives of science, learning, and art from our own or other countries. Thus, every national society holding a meeting in Washington finds the facilities of the Club placed at its disposal, not only for the individual uses of its members, but, when our modest assembly hall will answer the purpose, for the use of the visiting society. We have not allowed any learned association coming here for a meeting, or any man of emi- nence in the learned world to visit the city, without, if the case was known to our members, tendering our hospi- talities. We thus aim to show to the world at large what Washington is trying to be and to do. We have never aimed at social distinction. We invite no one to our midst because he is prominent in the eye of the public. Yet, it cannot be denied that the bringing into closer touch of the academic and the political sides of Washington life should be one of our great objects. We shall probably have this object more in view in the future than we have had in the past. When public men are really interested in our object and our work, we shall welcome ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 35 them in our family. It must be confessed that, up to the present time, very little has been done in that direction. Several times we have had one or more eminent public men among us, but they have never been numerous, and when they dropped out in the regular course of nature, we have taken little or no pains to fill their places. As to the future, I have nothing to suggest except that we should continue in our careful and conservative policy, never being in a hurry, always husbanding more and more of our annual resources, and adopting as our motto "watch and wait." [L . jMgr>: - -9 \ n S^^^fe^v ^u \m N^^fc ^MalM Jl Ife^ Bf i j^ ti\"- jjjP^^-^y js^ 3S &jpr*&* Sjg ^Sf^^M » 11 m *r\\ * ^^vf^^' t >~ ,; ftifHBB 1 /;. (k I 1 ' m' ~^r y^Mi ■ - '^s^-Zt^^t^tHB t •■ 1 t^i¥ ^ '» '/^""^ * iMg& 1 ISl ^JaPC Wty~ jc "■'-'' ^4/ 1 "fJ^NgSF"-? L k ^Sr - '" ■" ~- : "^^-dui Pj^SS a V-fe^jF" jlv; ltj« v 'J ittfcSH R r b Nn aSrfSiir ^f^l "•imaa^a i ye£*8^~Z% n s ^^ ; s3S| ; Tf . v v N. ; \ \Ny%K 1 aBMBft &zB9£mmi£-: ■ ■ 1 m V T' \ ^**QgHl ■ n ft J 1 _^^>SJ -*£./ - " — ■ -r^S r-1 .' .# i m yy- ~" *^ y^v — T^asCS ;rf.H flu 11 ! . - . -- -^-\^0^&> fc * ■1 1 i ^A-^ T n'^1^'aSB3 Wi IV r ■ -.-vr— - /; i«{Si»i. ■■J I ' - / \ v .m-* ■ ^^tmP^ss^L * . H' ff 1 ■O Wk / ' 1 / /r^ffPga "-I? ' III 1 VV/ / '^v^si jEjjB'j — HI J h. jk/- J-.>\ ^^^§^5g§8 , ' ^i ^S^ / ^% k ; /-^S*sS&t v-^sSBSB ' I ; i » " ^*** 1 ^■^Lr ' '^^^^^^N^^^Si! Hi __!■' \ flflpMVBf r^ Hj Address of Mr. G. K. Gilbert. About thirty years ago Donn Piatt, the journalist, a clever and pungent writer, entertained the readers of the Sunday Capital by witty attacks on various persons and things. Among his victims was Dr. Hayden, the geologist and explorer, whom he dubbed "the triangulating Hay- den," and who was goaded to wrath and misery by the weekly thornings. He turned attention also, once or twice, to Major Powell, but the result was different. The astute Major may have fumed internally — I do not know — but his visible action was to seek the acquaint- ance of the troublesome editor, and meet him socially a few times. There was no discussion of the Sunday Cap- ital, there were no favors, nothing was done but to estab- lish social relations — and the attacks ceased. I recite this incident because I have been asked to speak this evening of the relation of the Club to science and the scientist; and because the principle of the Ma- jor's diplomacy is one of the fundamental factors in the service of the Club to the cause of science. Those who search for the knowledge of nature which we call science, are unfortunately quite as fallible as their brethren in other walks of life. False trails as well as true are followed, and it is often hard to tell which seeker has chosen the proper road. So there always have been, there are now, and there must continue to be differ- ences of opinion ; and the concomitant of divergent opin- ion is criticism and controversy. The inevitable battle of ideas, whether fought in print or on the arena of the scientific society, is by no means to be regretted, for it has a winnowing function that could ill be spared ; but there is alwaj'S danger that intellectual antagonism may lead 4 40 THE COSMOS CLUB. to personal antagonism, that the heat of controversy may blind investigators to the community of their labors and interest, that egoistic ambition for victory may supplant altruistic ambition for the increase of knowledge, that paltry bickering may sully the honor and dignity of re- search. If the man who opposes our opinion is an in- visible author, or if we meet him only in the arena of discussion, we are prone to be warped in our judgment and suspect that his attire conceals a cloven hoof and a barbed tail. But if we know him not merely as a rival but also as a man, we can usually satisfy ourselves that his anatomy is normal and inoffensive. It is a prime function of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence, fully recognized by its leaders, that it brings men into personal relations and thus promotes mutual appre- ciation. It is a prime function of the Cosmos Club to bind the scientific men of Washington by a social tie and thus promote that solidarity which is important to their proper work and influence. The world but imperfectly realizes that its progress in civilization is absolutely de- pendent on science, and Government endowment of re- search is as yet limited, and too often thwarted, by a lack of understanding and appreciation. The influence of our scientific corps — an influence of national and more than national, extent — is strong in proportion as it is united, and suffers from every jealousy and needless antagonism. There are no scales by which a social influence may be weighed. There is no logic by which the credit for a moral result can be fairly apportioned to its causes. But I fear no dispute in saying that suspicion, jealousy, and dis- sension were comparatively characteristic of the scientific body of Washington a quarter-century ago, and that mu- tual appreciation, good will, and support are compara- tively characteristic of the greatly enlarged scientific body ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 41 of to-day. And I hold that the share of the Comos Club in the working of this change has counted for more in the promotion of science than has its hospitality to the asso- ciations that meet under its roof. In passing now from the service the Club renders sci- ence to the service it renders the individual scientist, I feel that I must tread gently, for the ground is tender. Let me begin with the truism that in each profession are men of high culture and men of inferior culture, men who possess the clubable quality and men who lack it. Our Club was projected by men of a single profession, sci- ence, and it was by their invitation that men of culture in other professions took part in the organization. At an early stage the door was opened wide to the members of the Philosophical Society, then our only important scien- tific association, but credentials were demanded from all others. The principle thus established has never been abandoned, and the standard of admission has always been higher for candidates outside the scientific field than for those within it. The door has yielded somewhat eas- ily to the touch of the scientist, but has resisted the push of the doctor, the lawyer, the man of business, or the man of leisure unless his personal desire was reinforced by the possession of high culture and clubability. Thus it has come to pass that we of the scientific con- tingent have been able to contribute less of social advan- tage than we have received. We have come in almost un- sorted, the refined and the crude, the apt and the less apt, the socially skillful and the shy, and we have chosen our associates with all the skill we could command. It is barely possible that we have "made good" in some other way — I hope we have — but, whatever may be thought as to that, there can be no question that our own outlook has been broadened, our angles have been rounded, our con- 42 THE COSMOS CLUB. ceit has been moderated, and in general we have been humanized by the good society we have enjoyed. I would not carry a metaphor too far, but there would be a meas- ure of truth in the figure if we should call the present occasion a silver wedding of Science and Culture. NEAR ST. DAVID'S HEAD, WALES. By W. T. Richards. Size of Canvas, 27x36. Address of Mr. William H. Holmes. I do not flatter myself that I have been selected as one of the speakers on this occasion on account of any dis- covered facility in writing or renown in eloquence. The selection may, perhaps, have been because, in a sense, I represent the branch that paints rather than talks its- ideas, and hence may be expected to be brief. Possi- bly, also, because I am a relic of the past — of the pe- riod when the pre-Cosmian elements were crystalizing — when a little coterie of congenial spirits, members of the Philosophical Society and others interested in various- branches of science, gathered at a restaurant on D' street to indulge in beer, pretzels, and conversation, little dreaming that there was any unusual potency in the foam- ing draught or that future generations would rise to call the occasion blessed. However this may be, it can justly be said that, had not the social suggestion there main- fested been taken up and fostered by the Philosophical Society of Washington, nothing would have been the re- sult. Major Dutton and others have already spoken with authority on that phase of the subject. But I am not given to reminiscences and shall merely refer to the early days of the Club's evolution, when such men as Baird, and Mallery, and Riley, and Goode, and Welling, and Powell, honored our meetings with their presence. Truly "there were giants in those days." Others there are, equally gigantic but not dead, and I may therefore not mention their names in this place. Of the successive domiciles of the Club, it need only be noted that each in its turn gave way to a better, until the present historical mansion was occupied and remod- eled. 46 THE COSMOS CLUB. Of the membership, it may be said that at first it in- cluded a mere handful of men, representing a narrow range of professions all essentially scientific; the Geologi- cal Survey furnishing then, as well as later, a large per- centage of the elect, its cohorts being suspected, with more or less injustice, no doubt, of voting early and often. However, others can tell of those things better than I, and some one may find it convenient to give in detail the statistics of our membership with respect to the wide range of occupations represented. The various professions represented in our Club may be roughly classed as follows: i. Geologists, Biologists, Anthropologists, Chemists, and Astronomers — including many scientific men ; 2. Writers of prose, poetry, and editorials — mostly lit- erary men; 3. Painters, Engravers, and Sculptors — all men of gen- ius; 4. Doctors, Dentists, Physicians, and Specialists — but no quacks; 5. Lawyers — but no shysters; 6. Army and Navy Officers — all heroes; 7. Teachers, and Professors, and some Educators; 8. Preachers and Ministers — all Divines; 9. Bankers and Financiers; 10. Designers of buildings — all Architects; 11. Statesmen, Diplomats, Secretaries, Directors, Chiefs, ' Superintendents, Chief Clerks, office holders, and others ; some four hundred in all, and absolutely select. As the case stands, I am justified in confining my re- marks to the work of the Art Committee, representing, as it does, the aesthetic interests of the Club. I am not now chairman of that Committee, but, having held the place for many years may be permitted to say that, during those ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 47 years the Committee was renowned quite as much for the functions it did not have as for those it failed to perform. On the latter point it may be said that, although the aes- thetic contingent of the Club should in all justice be ex- pected to regulate matters of taste, the Art Committee has never been called upon by the autocratic House Com- mittee to aid in mixing drinks or in sampling the soup. A leading canon of art, according to the genial Presi- dent of this Club, is that simplicity lies at the foundation of all good art, and especially of all great and lofty art. I argue from this that, so far as determined, the Cosmos Club has a fine show for future greatness in the realm of the aesthetic. It is everything to have a good start. The conditions are ideal. Some years since a gifted sculptor presented to the Club one of his choice works cast in snow-white plaster. This was a beautiful intaglio head of a young girl, fresh and unsullied from the molder's hands. This, our highly gifted and artistic Mr. Marshall proceeded to place in a simple oak frame, reduced to the utmost sim- plicity by omitting the vulgar subterfuge of a protecting glass. He placed this charming work on the yellow mar- ble mantle-piece in the front parlor where all could admire and where the silvery dust could collect and enhance the delicate lineaments of the maiden profile. But presently some careful but unsuspecting member of the House Com- mittee, seeing the gathering dust, directed one of the nu- merous Cosmian servants to get the duster and remove what to him seemed offending particles, and the simple- minded servant got the mop and proceeded to scour the casting, and the delicate profile of the maiden met with a most inglorious fate : Three score sulptors, and ten score more, Could not make the maiden what she was before. 48 THE COSMOS CLUB. And now the Partridge masterpiece hangs high on thr parlor wall, and Cosmian simplicity can claim to be at the foundation of at least one lofty example of art. But speaking seriously, the Art Committee has really exercised functions of importance. In ordinary clubs the benefits are for the exclusive few, the interests of the com- munity receiving no direct consideration. But the Cos- mos Club is known throughout the city, and to some ex- tent throughout the country, as a promoter of art and art interests. For many years it has held exhibitions cover- ing the entire range of the fine arts, and this at no little sacrifice of convenience on the part of the Club members; and the public has been admitted to private views, to re- ceptions, and to exhibitions, the latter extending over as long as ten days or two weeks at a time. The Club is thus pleasantly remembered and greatly esteemed by thou- sands of men and women who have no connection with us and no interest in our scientific activities. Had we i suitable rooms that could be utilized freely for exhibits without embarrassing the fastidious and luxury-loving members', much more could be done to make a place for the Club in the hearts of the people of Washington. This combination of scientific and art interests in a so- cial club is unique and could occur only in this unique city. But there seems no reason why the good work should not continue, and with greater success than before, especially as our art membership has greatly increased. I therefore take this opportunity of strongly recommend- ing to the Club that, when additional space is finally ob- tained, an effort be made to provide a large room or a suite of small rooms in which exhibitions of all kinds, scientific as well as artistic, can be held, and where the public may be admitted without interfering with the com- fort of the Club. It is quite possible that we may thus ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 49 be able to occupy a wider field of usefulness and create for ourselves a still higher place in the affections of the community. In theory and in fact, the Cosmos Club is composed of persons interested in science, literature, and art. The im- portance of science is recognized by all, but few realize fully the great place occupied by the other branches, es- pecially their purely Esthetic phases, as elements of cul- ture, and as a basis of the material interest of the race. The term "aesthetic" includes not only the fine arts — painting, sculpture, poetry, music, drama, etc.— but the non-essential, pleasure-giving elements of all art. Its vast range may be briefly indicated : If within this Club, for example, Science should in its cold literalness assume con- trol and decide to dispense with all aesthetic features, the result would be more serious than at first might appear. The pictures, with possibly a few exceptions, would disap- pear from the walls and the sculptures and bric-a-brac would go, and all non-scientific literature, with its bind- ings and illuminations, as well. The rugs would loose their color and their patterns, and the walls would be finished inside as well as out with pebble-dash. All our artists and sculptors would disappear, and the poets would take to their wings; all architects would be cut off, for they fatten on the aesthetic; and devotees of many other callings would in the words of Mark Twain, "take their departure." Because of these most weighty considerations, I do not intend to ask the Club, much less the House Committee, to kneel down and worship the representatives of the aes- thetic in the Club — the Art Committee — but merely seek to encourage an appreciation of the field they represent. As to the Committee itself and its work, I have but to- refer to the splendid result of its efforts on this occasion,. 50 THE COSMOS CLUB. which a glance at the walls of this hall will amply demon- strate. Let us hope, then, in view of all these considerations, that Science will be considerate of all interests, and that for twenty-five years more the Cosmian Lion — the scien- tific — may not refuse to lie down with the Cosmian Lamb — the aesthetic — and the other fellows. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 51 z H w K h Q w w H o z h w w Pi W co ff! Pi w CO o a h Pn o CO W Pi D H < Z o z z < h Pn 52 THE COSMOS CLUB. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. i 53 54 THE COSMOS CLUB. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 55 56 THE COSMOS CLUB. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 57 €fi# 4 . ^ 53 THE COSMOS CLUB. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 59 6o THE COSMOS CLUB. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 6l vi r 62 THE COSMOS CLUB. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE COSMOS CLUB With a List of its Members from November 16, 1878, to November 16, 1903. "A well developed public opinion and a good basis of traditions — such as we are rapidly forming — are in the long run better guides of policy than statutes — revised and re-revised though they may be." — Annual Report of the Board of Management Jor the year 1880. The Documentary History and List of Members here presented were compiled from the Minutes of the Club, the Minutes of the Board of Management, the records of the Treasurer and House Committee, and from other sources, by William A. DeCaindry, Treasurer of the Club, and member of the committee to collect data for a historical volume of the Club. THE COSMOS CLUB. 1878. A growing desire among scientific men resident in Washington, D. C, in 1878, for the estab- lishment of a social club composed of men devoted to or interested in science, professionally or other- wise, led to the formation of the Cosmos Club in that year. An informal gathering of a few gentlemen favorable to Preliminary tne forming of such a club took place at the Organization. residence f Ma j or j ohn W p ow ell, c. IO M street, northwest, on the evening of November 16, 1878, and, after mutual interchange of views, a preliminary or- ganization was effected as follows: President, Major John W. Powell Vice President, Professor William Harkness Secretary, Professor E. S. Holder! Treasurer, Doctor John S. Billings Trustees,. .Captain C. E. Dutton, Doctor J. C. Welling, and Colonel Garrick Mallery. These seven officers were to compose the Board of Man- agement. In addition a House Committee was selected as follows: Professor John R. Eastman, William H. Holmes, and Edwin Smith. After some discussion as to the form of constitution to constitution, be adopted the company adjourned to meet 66 THE COSMOS CLUB. Circular of on November 25, 1878. The book con- invitation. taining the minutes from which the above facts have been taken, shows that before the company came together a circular in the following form had been sent to "the various original members:" Observatory, Washington, D. C, November 18, 1878. My Dear Sir: At an informal meeting of gentlemen, held at the house of Major J. W. Powell (No. 910 M street), on November 16th, it was resolved to organize a social club in Washington on the models of the Century Club of New York and the Scientific Club of London, to be called the Scientific Club of Washington, and to be composed of "men devoted to or interested in science, professionally or otherwise." It is conceived that such an or- ganization for purely social purposes is necessary in this city. It is intended to procure club rooms in some central part of the city which are to be open during the afternoon and evening only; to form a library of periodicals ; to provide only extremely simple refreshments, at least at first ; and, in general, to make a place where it will be possible for the members of the Club to meet socially at any time under pleasant surroundings. It is estimated that a very small admission fee (yet undeter- mined) and an annual fee of not more than ten dollars will en- able us to do this, if the Club can be organized with sixty mem- bers to begin with. At the meeting referred to, your name was proposed as one of the original sixty members, and (if you were not there pres- ent) you will be called upon by one of the members to invite your presence at a second meeting at the same place on Monday night, November 25th, at 8 p. m. It is hoped that you will be ready to join us, at least for the year 1879, in order that the ex- periment may have a fair trial, and if you are willing to do this, be pleased to drop a line to the Secretary. Very sincerely yours, J. W. Powell, President. Edward S. Holden, Secretary. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 67 At the meeting of November 25, 1878, a rough draft of a constitution was adopted, subject to ver- bal changes; the fees and dues of resident members were fixed at $25 for admission fee and $20 an- nual dues; and a special committee, consisting of Profes- sor Theodore N. Gill, Captain C. E. Dutton, Professor William Harkness, Major J. W. Powell, and Professor E. S. Holden, was appointed to examine Rooms. fiii and report on rooms tor club uses, the ma- jority of those present being in favor of a site near the United States Treasury building. The special committee made its report at the meeting of December 2, 1878, and the President and Secretary were authorized to engage club rooms in the Corcoran Building, opposite the United States Treasury. Rooms Nos. 33, 36 and 37 were accordingly leased for that pur- pose. CORCORAN BUILDING. Plan showing rooms of the Club. 68 THE COSMOS CLUB. At this meeting a vote by ballot was taken to decide upon the name of the Club, resulting as fol- Name of Club. lows: In favor of "Kosmos," 4 "Scientific," 1 "Cosmos," 21 "Joseph Henry," I 27 The name "Cosmos Club of Washington City," as origin- ally proposed by Colonel Mallery, was thereupon unani- mously adopted as the name of the Club. The members adjourned to meet January 6, 1879, at 8 p. m., in the club rooms in the Corcoran Invitation to the _ .. Philosophical Building. In the meantime, however, it Society. became known that a few individuals had started, or were about to start, a competing movement for the establishment of a club. This movement had in contemplation the transformation of the Philosoph- ical Society, which had a large membership, and which held its meetings at the Army Medical Museum, into a club. An emergency meeting of the members of the Cosmos Club was therefore called by a postal card, of which the following is a copy: Cosmos Club, 1878, December 10. My Dear Sir: Please be present at a meeting of the Club, at 7.30 p. m. Thursday, December 12, at the Army Medical Museum. You will then be asked to vote yes or no upon the question as to whether we shall, as a club, invite any present member of the Philosophical Society to join us (before Jan. 1, 1879,) as one of our original members. If the majority vote yes, this offer will be made to the special meeting of the Philosophical Society, at 8 p. m. Edward S. Holden, Secretary, pro tern. £ S 2 ,_r U j* Lj 22 -M 3 Fi ^.H 2 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 71 At this meeting the following resolution was unani- mously adopted : Resolved, That Dr. Welling be requested to state to the mem- bers of the Philosophical Society of Washington that at the last meeting of the Cosmos Club a resolution was unanimously adopted inviting any present member of the Philosophical Society who wishes to become a member of the Cosmos Club to attend a meeting of the present members of the Club, to be held on the evening of Monday, December 16, at 8 p. m., at the house of Major Powell, 910 M street, N. W. This office was gracefully performed by Doctor Welling at the Philosophical Society's special meeting of December 12, 1878, and on December 13, 1878, the following invi- tation was sent to members of the Philosophical Society requesting their presence at a meeting of the Club to be held on December 16, 1878: Cosmos Club, 1878, December 13. My Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Cosmos Club, held December 12, the fol- lowing resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That Dr. Welling be requested to state to the mem- bers of the Philosophical Society of Washington that, at the last meeting of the Cosmos Club, a resolution was unanimously adopted inviting any present member of the Philosophical So- ciety who wishes to become a member of the Club, to attend a meeting of the present members of the Club, to be held on the evening of Monday, 16th instant, at 8 o'clock, at the house of Major J. W. Powell, 910 M street, N. W." This was duly presented, and in accordance with its provisions you are specially requested to be present at that meeting. Edward S. Holden, Secretary, pro tern. By this timely counter move several new members were added to the Club, and the proposed disturbance of the organization of the Philosophical Society was averted. 6 72 THE COSMOS CLUB. On December 13, 1878, the Club was incorporated incorporation under the following articles of incorpora- of the Club. tion . This is to certify, that we whose names are hereunto subscribed, citizens of the United States and a majority of whom are citizens of the District of Columbia, have associated ourselves together, pursuant to the provisions of sections 545 and 552 inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States relative to the District of Columbia, under the corporate name of the "Cosmos Club." The particular objects and business of this association are the advancement of its members in science, literature and art, their mutual improvement by social intercourse, the acquisition and maintenance of a library, and the collection and care of materials and appliances relating to the above objects, under the restrictions and regulations established in its by-laws. The affairs, funds and property of the corporation shall be in the general charge of a Board of Management, the number of whose members for the first year shall be seven, consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and three Trus- tees, all of whom shall be chosen by ballot from among the mem- bers at their annual meeting. Other officers and standing committees with their duties and the term and manner of their election and appointment shall be provided for in the by-laws. Witness our hands and seals this thirteenth day of December, A. D. 1878. J. W. Powell, [L. S.] Edward S. Holden, [L. S.] James C. Welling, [L. S.] Theo. Gill, [L. S.] Clarence E. Dutton, [L. S.] W. M. Mew, [L. S.] F. M. Endlich, [L. S.] Henry Gannett, [L. S.] Garrick Mallery, [L. S.] Wm. Harkness, [L. S.] District of Columbia, ss: I, Louis Schade, a Notary Public in and for the District afore- said, do hereby certify that J. W. Powell, Edward S. Holden, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 73 James C. Welling, Theo. Gill, Clarence E. Dutton, W. M. Mew, F. M. Endlich, Henry Gannett, Garrick Mallery and Wm. Harkness, parties to the foregoing certificate of incorporation bearing date on the thirteenth day of December, A. D. 1878, per- sonally appeared before me, in the District aforesaid, they being personally well known to me to be the persons who executed the said certificate, and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the purposes therein named. Given under my hand and notarial seal, this thirteenth day of December, A. D. 1878. Louis Schade, Notary Public. Received for record December 13, 1878, and recorded in Liber No. 3, folio 4, one of the Records of the Acts of Incorpora- tion for the District of Columbia, and examined by Geo. F. Schayer, Dep. Recorder. The incorporators whose names are appended to the Election of foregoing articles of incorporation assembled Officers. at noon D ecem ber 13, 1878, in the Army Medical Museum, on 10th street, northwest, between F and G streets, and, after associating with them Doctor John S. Billings as a member, proceeded to an election of officers, which resulted as follows: President, Major John W. Powell Vice President, Professor William Harkness Secretary, Professor E. S. Holden Treasurer, Doctor John S. Billings Trustees, ....Captain C. E. Dutton, Doctor J. C. Welling, and Colonel Garrick Mallery. 74 THE COSMOS CLUB. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the incorporators at this meeting: Resolved, That this meeting now adjourn to meet at the club By-Laws and rooms on J anual 7 6 > l8 79, at 7 p. m., at which Association of time by-laws and rules and- regulations shall be adopted and additional members shall be associated as members of the Club. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 75 /f/f- iXtu^. . 6. /fat /¥rr£ad^-~ "rf- i^-c^r ^-w_ a^^~~^ -^^-^ ' t /I.Mn**., L fir-/: £d^ \ i7 O. X yM&Utnx. 4fc 4?. ^7777^ V3 y &. QuuuU~* U*) 7 FOUNDERS. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 77 1879. The incorporators met at the Club rooms, at 7 p. m., on January 6, 1879, and unanimously By-Laws. adopted a code of by-laws, rules, and regula- tions, with the reservation that the portions relating to the admission of new members were — Not to apply to the persons to be associated as members by the action of the present meeting, nor to such members of the Philo- sophical Society of Washington as may signify by letter to the Secretary prior to the next annual meeting their desire to become members of the Club. The incorporators then adopted the resolution of which Names of a photographic copy, taken from the official Founders. minutes of the Club, is here given. The sev- eral names canceled on the list were probably removed by the Secretary after the owners had given him notice that they were not prepared to assume membership at that time, and the remaining names were then numbered by him. The names of Horace Capron, H. H. C. Dunwoody, Joseph Marvine, and J. K. Upton appear in the list of members appended to the by-laws published early in 1879; but the three persons last above mentioned never paid admission fees or dues and hence were never mem- bers of the Club; and although Horace Capron paid ad- mission fee on January 10, 1879, he, in May, 1879, with- drew his name without further qualifying. Messrs. M. Baker, R. Craig, W. H. Dall and A. B. Johnson, whose names are canceled on the list, became members at later periods. In addition to the 59 persons numbered in the list, Lieut. S. E. Tillmann, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, acquired the status of a member by payment of admission fee and dues by the date of the annual election, which took place January 13, 1879. 78 THE COSMOS CLUB. These sixty persons, therefore, became of record the founders of the Cosmos Club. The by-laws adopted at the incorporators' meeting of January 6, 1879, restricted the membership Qualification of .. . Members. to persons interested in science or litera- Fees and Dues. „ .... . , ture; fixed the admission fee at $25 and the annual dues of resident members at $20 and of non- resident members at $10, and these rates were paid by the founders. They also prescribed that the officers of the Club should be elected at the annual meeting to be held on the second Monday of January of each year. SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD. President January 13, 1879, to January 12, 1880. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 8l 1879. A special meeting of the Club ot 8 p. m., January 6, 1879, was called by postal card, of which the following is a copy: Cosmos Club, 1879, January 2. My Dear Sir: There will be a special meeting of the Club, in its rooms, [Nos. 33, (Cloak Room,) 36 and 37, Corcoran Building, 3d floor,] on Monday, January 6, 1879, at 8 p. m. From and after that date the Club Rooms will be open from 12 noon till 12 midnight daily. The annual meeting will be held on Monday, January 13, at 8 p. m., at which time the members will elect a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and three Trustees, who, to- gether, constitute a Board of Management; and also a House Committee (3 members), a Library Committee (3 members), and a Committee on Admissions (10 members). Very truly yours, Edward S. Holden, Secretary, pro tern. By order of the Board of Management. Nineteen members were present but no business of importance was transacted. The first annual meeting of the Club for the election of officers, therefore, took place on Mon- Annual Election. . _ . day evening, January 13, 1 879, the member- ship at that time consisting of 56 residents and 4 non- residents. There had been paid in for admission fees and dues the sum of $1,510, and the sum of $643.03 had been expended. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at this first annual meeting were as fol- lows : 82' THE COSMOS CLUB. President, Spencer F. Baird Vice President, James C. Welling Secretary, Edward S. Holden Treasurer, John S. Billings Trustees, John W. Powell, Garrick Mallery, and William Harkness. Committee on Admissions. — W. M. Mew, E. M. Gallauder, O. T. Mason, Edward Goodfellow, John R. Eastman, F. M. End- lich, Henry Adams, Henry Gannett, C. H. Davis, and G. K. Gilbert. On May 5, 1879, Robert Fletcher was elected to suc- ceed John S. Billings as Treasurer, who was compelled to resign on account of illness. With the view of developing the social side of the or- Refreshments ganization the Board of Management, on at Monthly . Meetings. March 3, 1879, authorized the House Com- mittee to furnish punch at the regular monthly meetings of the Club. The hearty appreciation of the Club by its members, and the desire for the extension of its facil- Rooms. . . lties, made it necessary during the year to secure additional rooms in the Corcoran Building, toward the furnishing of which the sum of $150 was raised by voluntary contributions among the members. By the end of December, 1879, the membership had in- creased to 65 residents and 1 1 non-residents. JAMES CLARK WELLING. President January 12, 1880, to January 10, 1S81 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 8.5 1880. The receipts from all sources for the year ending Jan- :Progressof ual T I2 > 1880, the date of the second an- theciub. nua j meet ; n g j amounted to $2,809.66, and the disbursements to $3,015.10. The total receipts and disbursements from November 16, 1878, to January 12, 1880, left a balance on hand of $661.53. In submitting the annual report at this meeting, the Board of Management reviewed the progress made since November 16, 1878, and said: On the whole the Board of Management feels that the mem- bers may be congratulated on the history of the Club during 1879. We are now comfortably established as to rooms, the busi- ness methods have taken shape and are satisfactory, and with reasonable prudence we may expect the year 1880 to be even more successful than its predecessor. If these details have not been intensely exciting, we may still remind the members of the Club, in giving up our trust, that "happy is the Club whose annals are dull." The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at this second annual meet- Annual Election. ing were as follows: President, James C. Welling Vice President, John W. Powell Secretary, Edward S. Holden Treasurer, Robert Fletcher Trustees, ....Garrick Mallery, William Harkness, and Edward M. Gallaudet. Committee on Admissions. — Swan M. Burnett, W. M. Mew, C. H. Davis, J. R. Eastman, Clay Macauley, Henry Gannett, Edward Goodfellow, F. M. Endlich, O. T. Mason, and J. C. Pilling. The Board of Management passed the following reso- lution on January 5, 1880: 86 THE COSMOS CLUB. Resolved, That the Treasurer and the Chairman of the House Treasurer's and Committee be requested to lay before the Board of House Commit- Managers at their monthly meetings a summary tec's Accounts "" " statement (without particulars) of their respective cash accounts for the information of the Board. As further contributing to the promotion of social feel- ciub Night m S tne Club formally adopted the following Established. reso i ution on February 2, 1880: Resolved, That Monday night be considered as "Club Night," on which evening members may expect to meet more than the usual number of fellow-members at the rooms. By the 31st of December, 1880, the membership had increased to 85 residents and 15 non-resi- Membership. , dents. 1 he receipts from all sources for the year ending January 7, 1881, amounted to $5,077.69, and the disbursements to $5,541.30. The balance left on hand was $1,057.92. JOHN WESLEY POWELL. Preliminary President November 16, 1878, and December 13, 1878; President, January 10, 1S81, to January 9, 1882. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 89 Commenting on the progress of the Club, the Board of Progress of Management, in the third annual report, the ciub. dated j anuary I0) ^81, said: The Club was started as a purely social experiment on a purely social basis. The original plan was to make an inexpen- sive Club, where persons of like tastes should be able to meet freely and on an absolute equality, and to provide rooms to which the members would not be ashamed to invite their friends from other cities. The difficulties to be feared arose from the fact that no club recruited from our own class of men had previously existed in the city, and from the further fact that to make our undertaking successful we should be obliged to make both fees and dues small. We may fairly say that, like the Latin reader, we have "filled a much felt want." Our Club fees and dues are far lower than those of any American or English club of the kind. By economy we are able to maintain comfortable rooms in the most accessible part of town. * * The Club rooms are much used, and it is a pleasure to be able to invite our friends to them. We have spoken of the work of the various Committees, and of the advantages which the Club yields to us, in a perfectly open manner, which we trust will not be thought in bad taste when we say that we have done so in order to invite your atten- tion equally frankly to the following question: By what means is it that we have gained these ends ? In other words, and to put it commercially, how is it that for the minimum of money we have been able to obtain the maximum of comfort? The reason is to be found in one fact, and we ask you to consider it atten- tively, for, in our opinion, the future of the Club depends upon our good understanding of it. The work of the Club is done by individual members from a desire to make it a success, and from a hearty interest in its welfare, and is not left, as is usual in other clubs, to servants. For example, the members of the House Committee have personally superintended the ordering, purchas- ing and distribution of their stores at an expense of time and labor which we can hardly appreciate. They have cheerfully and willingly given their time and attention to the duties to which they have been called. In the same way every other Com- 90 THE COSMOS CLUB. mittee has given its best intelligence to settling the questions, which have come before it. This has been done, too, from the desire to forward the welfare of the Club, and not from personal or private motives. The obvious conclusion is that to preserve in the future what we have gained in the past, we should ad- here to the same policy of doing the work of the Club ourselves in order to be sure that it is well done. The conservative tendencies of the Board of Manage- ment at this time are shown by the following extract from the same annual report : The Club obtained additional rooms at the beginning of the year, and on December i took the room No. 33 [which though originally rented by the Club, had been exchanged by it for rooms Nos. 34 and 35]. The screen across the hall has been moved to the north so as to include the doors of all our rooms; and the hall and room 33 have been papered and partly furnished. By this arrangement we have enough space for our present wants. As a matter of fact we have about 2,200 square feet of space in six apartments. The rent paid is $53 per month. All the space is on one floor; it is all available; the rooms are in the center of the city; they are heated and partly lighted without expense to us; and when our servants are not here they are guarded by watchmen. A house renting for $53 per month would contain about 2,700 square feet, arranged in 10 to 11 rooms on three floors. Some of these rooms would be useless for our purposes, and all of the space would have to be heated and lighted at our expense, involving an additional expenditure of from $250 to $300 yearly. * * The facts which have been given with re- gard to the cheapness of our present arrangement of rooms, to- gether with the results of our own private inquiries, impel the present Board of Management to strongly commend to the Club the policy of staying where we are for the present. To change our quarters will be to acquire new and great, and, to a certain extent, unknown responsibilities. Our income at present from an- nual dues alone is $1,850 per year, or $154 per month. We can live on this, with economy, and in our present situation. We are thus entirely independent and can go on without making a single addition to our members if this be desirable. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 91 The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- mission elected at the third annual meeting, -Annual Election. , which took place on January io, 1 001, were as follows: President, John W. Powell Vice President, Garrick Mallery Secretary, Edward S. Holden* Treasurer, Robert Fletcher Trustees, . . . .James C. Welling, William Harkness, and Edward M. Gallaudet. Committee on Admissions. — E. A. Fay, Miles Rock, J. C. Pill- ing, Henry Gannett, Joseph K. McCammon, W. B. Corbit, Harry C. Taylor, J. M.- Flint, George M Lockwood, and John R. East- man. The Board of Management on Sept. 5, 1881, adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That the House Committee be instructed to procure a new lock and not to exceed 100 keys for the outer door, to be sold to members at such price as that Committee shall fix. The membership of the Club had increased by Decem- ber 31, 1 88 1, to 99 resident and 21 non-resident members. The receipts from all sources to January 9, 1882, amounted to $5,788.34, and the disbursements to $5,- !93-79- The balance left on hand was $1,652.47. The annual report of the Treasurer containing this informa- tion is reported to have been "received with applause" when read at the annual meeting of the Club on January 9, 1882. *"£,. S. Holden resigned as Secretary and was succeeded by Theodore F. Dwight on February 7, 1881. GARRICK MAIXERY. President January g, 1882, to January 8, 1883. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 95 1882. The officers and the members of the Committee on Admissions elected at the annual meeting of Annual Election. January 9, 1882, were as follows: President, Garrick Mallery Vice President, Edward M. Gallaudet Secretary, Theodore F. Dwight* Treasurer, Robert Fletcher Trustees,. .. .James C. Welling, William Harkness, and John W. Powell. Committee on Admissions. — John R. Eastman, E. A. Fay, Henry Gannett, D. L. Huntington, Joseph K. McCammon, W. M. Mew, J. C. Pilling, Harry C. Taylor, J. H. Kidder, and J. O. Stanton. On February 6, 1882, the Club, on motion of Pro- Desire for sepa- iessor Newcomb, directed the appointment rate Building. f a se l ect committee of five — To take into consideration the future membership of the Club, and recommend such measures for its increase as they shall deem conducive to the prosperity of the organization. This Committee, consisting of Professor Newcomb, Doctor Welling, Captain Dutton, Professor Eastman and Mr. Henshaw, on March 6, 1882, recommended, among other things, that the entrance fee of $25 be increased to $35 ; that the annual dues of resident members be in- creased to $25 ;and that the Committee on Admissions con- fine its selection of candidates to members of the learned professions, authors, artists, men of science, men of letters, and men known as promoters of the objects of the Club. It also expressed the opinion that the lease or purchase of a separate building for the accommodation of the Club was necessary to its permanent prosperity, and recom- mended action to this end be taken by the Club. Accord- *Theodore F. Dwight resigned as Secretary and was succeeded by Frederick W. Taylor on May 3, 1882. go THE COSMOS CLUB. X0. 2.1— LAFAYETTE SQUARE. From January I, 1S83, to June t, 18S6, the quarters of the Club were in the house shown in the picture on the right. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 97 ingly, on motion of Captain Dutton, a committee of three was appointed at this meeting — To inquire whether a suitable building for a Club house can be obtained, and to inquire the cost of purchasing or renting the ■ same, together with the necessary furniture, and to report at the next meeting. The Committee consisted of Captain Dutton, Doctor increase of Fletcher, and Mr. Knox. The increase Fees and Dues. Q f entrance f ees an J d ues was adopted at the next meeting; but the Committee on the lease or purchase of a building made a report of progress only. The matter of new club accommodations was not again called up until the meeting of November 6, following, when, in reply to an inquiry, Doctor Club Building. ■ J / Fletcher, a member of the Committee, stated that the rent in the Corcoran Building would be $100 a month for the year 1883, and that he had looked at a house on Lafayette Square* for rent at $1,600, but thought that the cheapest plan was to buy a lot and build a Club house. The Club, however, did not take this view, but passed the following resolution : Resolved, That the Board of Management is hereby consti- tuted a committee, with power to add to their number from mem- bers of the Club, to investigate and report upon the different plans suggested for providing quarters for the Club, the report to be made at the December meeting or at a called special meet- ing should it seem advisable. The Board reported at a special meeting of the Club 23 Lafayette held on November 13, 1882, as follows: Square. *" ' That it is recommended that the Board of Management be authorized to rent the house No. 23 Lafayette Square for one year at a rent not to exceed sixteen hundred and eighty dollars, *The street running from H street to Pennsylvania avenue on the east side of Lafayette Square has been known at various times as "15^ street," "Lafayette Square," and "Madison Place." At the time_ of this publication it is entered on the official plat of the city as "Madison Place." 98 THE COSMOS CLUB. ($1,680) per annum, with the privilege of holding it for an additional year at the same rent. This recommendation was adopted by the Club at their meeting of November 13, 1882, and the Board of Man- agement was authorized to procure a seal for the Club. A lease was duly executed by the President and Secretary for two years, the owners not being willing to execute the lease for one year, and notice was given that the tenancy in the Corcoran Building would terminate on December 31, 1882. At this same meeting it was suggested that a reception be given when the Club had moved to the Club Reception. . . , new quarters and that ladies be invited to attend ; but consideration of the suggestion was post- poned until the December meeting following. At that meeting the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the Club open the Club house on such night as the Board of Management shall fix upon for a reception, and that ladies and other friends of members be invited, limited to such number and subject to such rules as the Board of Management shall determine; provided, a sufficient amount of money be raised by voluntary subscription to defray the expense of the same. The Board of Management appointed a committee on decoration of the Club house for the night of the recep- tion, and also a floor committee for that occasion. The reception was duly held on December 28, 1882, and the rooms of the Club at No. 23 Lafayette Square were crowded with the members and the ladies of their families and the invited guests of the Club. By the end of December, 1882, the membership had increased to 119 resident and 20 non-resi- Membership. dent members. The receipts from all sources for the year ending January 8, 1883, amounted to $6,168.35, and the disbursements to $6,521.17. The balance left on hand on that date was $1,299.65. EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET. President January 8, 1883, to January 14, 1884. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. ioi 1883. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at the annual meeting of Annual Election. January 8, 1883, were as follows: President, Edward M. Gallaudet Vice President, William Harkness Secretary, Frederick W. Taylor Treasurer, Robert Fletcher Trustees,. .. .]ohn S. Billings, Joseph K. McCammon, Henry C. Yarrow. Committee on Admissions. — S. O. Richey, H. C. Burchard, J. M. Flint, A. F. A. King, D. L. Huntington, S. H. Kauffmann, G. Brown Goode, H. W. Henshaw, C. E. Dutton, and Robert Craig. At the meeting of the Board of Management on Jan- uary 20, 1883, it was resolved that persons admitted to the temporary privileges of the Club should thereafter be known as "associates,". the by- laws being silent as to their proper designation. At the monthly meeting on November 5, 1883, the Club Club reception, adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That the Board of Management be requested to pro- vide for a general reception by the Club, and appoint a committee to supervise the same, and also post a subscription paper in the Club rooms for the purpose of raising the funds necessary to defray the expenses thereof. The Board of Management at a meeting on the same evening appointed a committee of five, with power "to ap- point sub-committees, either from their own number or from the Club at large," and to appoint substitutes if any members appointed should decline to serve, for the pur- pose of carrying out the wishes of the Club as to the general reception proposed. 102 THE COSMOS CLUB. The Board, on December 3, 1883, adopted the follow- Committee m S preamble and resolution referring to Scientific committee meetings of scientific societies in Societies. ^ CJub house; Complaints having been made to the Board of Management that on more than one occasion lately a committee meeting, relat- ing to outside business, has been held in one of the Club parlors, it is resolved: That such a proceeding cannot be permitted, as it interferes with the rights of members to the full use of the parlors upon all occasions. Permission to occupy one of the committee rooms on the second floor for such occasional purposes when it is not re- quired for the business of the Club will be willingly accorded. In such cases application should be made to the chairman of the House Committee for the desired accommodation. At the Club meeting held on December 3, 1883, the Committee on the proposed Club reception Club reception. . . . . reported that in its opinion the holding of the reception was inadvisable on account of the apparent apathy of the members on the subject; and the matter was left in the hands of the Committee with power to act at their discretion. Renewed interest having sprung up, however, the reception was duly held on December 27, 1883, in the Club house and the adjoining house (No. 25) which was then vacant, and was a most successful and enjoyable affair, a small balance of the funds subscribed therefor being turned into the Club treasury. December 31, 1883, the membership stood at 145 resi- dent and 32 non-resident members. The Membership. receipts from all sources for the year ended January 12, 1884, amounted to $9,719.25, the disburse- ments to $8,085.45. The balance left on hand was $2,933.45. WILLIAM HARKNESS. President January 14, 1884, to January 12, iS DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 105 1884. On January 3, 1884, the Board of Management in- augurated the custom of providing extra re- Refreshments . at annual freshments at the annual meetings of the meeting. . . Club, by authorizing the House Committee to provide such extras at the annual meeting to be held on January 14, 1884. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at this annual meeting were Annual meeting. as follows : President, William Harkness Vice President, Robert Fletcher Secretary, Francis T. Bowles Treasurer, Garrick Mallery* Trustees,. . . .John S. Billings, Joseph K. McCammon, and Henry C. Yarrow. Committee on Admissions. — D. L. Huntington, H. C. Burchard, J. M. Flint, S. H. Kauffmann, Henry Gannett, G. Brown Goode, A. F. A. King, C. E. Dutton, Charles S. Tainter, and S. O. Richey. On April 7, 1884, an amendment of the by-laws was Limit of mem- proposed in the Club, limiting the number bership. f resident members to 200, and the number of non-resident members to 50. This amendment was adopted on October 6, 1884. At the meeting on June 2, 1884, the Board of Manage- ciub building— men t informally discussed but did not accept Wilkes property. an offer of Mrs Mary W jl kes t0 l ease f or the use of the Club the house at the corner of H street and Lafayette Square, which, before purchase and altera- tion by Admiral Wilkes, had been the home of Dolly Madison. The Board concluded to authorize the Vice *Garrick Mallery declined election and was succeeded by Robert Fletcher until March 3, 1884, when John R. Eastman was elected Treasurer. 106 THE COSMOS CLUB. President to open negotiations for a renewal of the lease of No. 23 Lafayette Square, then in the occupancy of the Club. At the same meeting the Treasurer was authorized to investment of mvest a P art or tne balance of Club funds funds- in his hands in Government bonds to the amount of $2,000. This he reported he had done at a meeting held June 6, 1884, but the amount was after- wards reduced to $1,500 by sale of a bond. On July 7, 1884, tne Board directed the renewal of the lease of No. 23 Lafayette Square for two years, which was done, December 31, 1884, the membership stood at 143 resi- dent and 42 non-resident members. The re- Membership/ ceipts from all sources for the year ended January 12, 1885, amounted to $9,740.95, and the dis- bursements to $10,780.95. The balance left on hand was $1,893.45 in cash and $1,500 in United States 4 per cent, bonds. ROBERT FLETCHER. President January 12, 1885, to January 11, 1SS6. THE BENJAMIN OGLE TAYEOE HOUSE, 18 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. m 1885. The officers and the members of the Committee on Admissions elected at the annual meeting on Annual election. January 12, 1885, were as follows: President, Robert Fletcher Vice President, John S. Billings Secretary, Francis T. Bowles Treasurer, John R. Eastman Trustees,. .. .Henry C. Yarrow, C. E. Dutton, D. L. Huntington Committee on Admissions. — H. C. Burchard, A. F. A. King, H. W. Henshaw, Henry Gannett, G. Brown Goode, A. L. Gihon, Charles S. Tainter, N. L. Bates, J. H. Kidder, S. H. Kauffmann, S. O. Richey, and F. W. Clarke. At the regular monthly meeting of the Club on April 6, 1885, the President announced that the Club building. , , . OgieTayioe Board of Management had informally ex- property. amined the Benjamin Ogle Tayloe property, No. 21 Lafayette Square, adjoining the Club house, with reference to its possible purchase for the Club, and had concluded not to make it the subject of further considera- tion, as the house appeared unsuitable for a Club, and that to purchase such a valuable property as a site for a new building would be beyond the means of the Club. It was determined by the Club, however, to hold a special meeting on April 13, 1885, for considering the matter, and it called upon the Board for a statement at that meeting of the financial questions involved. At the special meeting on the 13th the President stated that the price of the Ogle Tayloe property was $60,000, and that in order to effect its purchase the Club would have to raise at once $27,500 to $30,000 and immediately double the dues. It was also reported that $2,500 would be required to make the place comfortable as a Club house, and an ultimate expenditure of $5,000 would be necessary for repairs and furnishings. II2 THE COSMOS CLUB. Upon this showing the proposition to buy the property- was laid on the table. A committee was, however, ap- pointed at this meeting to further consider the subject of property available for the purposes of the Club, and by vote the Club expressed its willingness in case of the pur- chase of a suitable building or property to increase the dues of the members to meet the increased expense. This committee was, on the motion of Professor F. W. Clarke, also instructed to investigate the feasibility for scientific of obtaining the co-operation of the scientific societies societies of Washington by providing in the Club house to be acquired a suitable meeting place for those societies. At the regular meeting of the Club on November 2, 1885, a proposition to give a general Club- Club reception. . . , . . reception similar to those held in 1002 and 1883 was referred to the Board of Management with power to act after making a canvass of the Club on the subject. The Board at the December meeting reported adversely, principally on account of the inadequate accom- modations of the Club house, and the matter was dropped. On December 31, 1885, the membership stood at 148 resident and 43 non-resident members. The Membership. . ' receipts from all sources for the year ended January 9, 1886, amounted to $7,856.24, the disburse- ments to $8,057.72. The balance left on hand was- $1,691.97 in cash and $1,500 in United . States 4 per cent., bonds. JOHN SHAW BUSINGS. President January n, 1886, to January 9, if- DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 115 1886. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at ' the annual meeting on " January n, 1886, were as follows: President, John S. Billings Vice President, Henry C. Yarrow Secretary, Francis T. Bowles* Treasurer, John R. Eastman Trustees,. .C. E. Dutton, D. L. Huntington and S. H. Kauffmann Committee on Admissions. — Henry Gannett, H. W. Henshaw, J. H. Kidder, A. F. A. King, G. K. Gilbert, G. Brown Goode, F. W. Clarke, T. C. Mendenhall, Thomas Hampson, C. D. Wal- cott, O. T. Mason, and W. C. Winlock. At this annual meeting the Committee on the pur- Club building. chase of a building or other property for Wilkes property. Club p Urpose s reported that the Wilkes house,")" at the corner of H street and Lafayette Square, could be bought for $40,000 on advantageous terms. It presented plans showing how alterations and additions * Francis T. Bolles resigned as Secretary and was succeeded by Thomas M. Chatard on October 4, 1886. t The Dolly Madison house, or Wilkes house. — At the close of President James Madison's second administration in 1817, he and his wife, Mrs. Dolly Payne Madison, retired from the White House to Mont- pelier, near Orange Court House, Virginia, where they resided until Mr. Madison's death in 1836. In 1828, while living at Montpelier, Mr. Madison bought the property in Washington which, in after years, came to be called the Dolly Madison house. Richard Cutts, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Madison, is generally accred- ited with having been the original builder of the house. He acquired the title to the land on which it is located (lots 13 and 14, square 221,) together with the title to two adjoining lots (lots 12 and 15) on Octo- ber 3, 1818, and he deeded all of them on the 10th of- the following month to a trustee to secure the payment of certain of his obligations held by the- Bank of the United States in Washington, D. C. With the assent of all parties concerned, the cashier of the bank, upon a valua- tion put upon the lots by Colonel George Bomford and others, sold them, with the improvements thereon, to Mr. Madison, on August 22, 1828, for $5,750. Mr. Madison died at Montpelier, June 28, 1836, and he willed the above property to Mrs. Madison. In the winter of 1837 Mrs. Madison returned to Washington from Montpelier, where she had resided for the past twenty years, and took up her abode in the house above described, which came thereafter to be known as the Dolly Madison house. It was then a small two-story-and- attic structure, having a gable roof which sloped east and west, and which was provided with dormer windows. It had no back building, and the principal entrance to the bouse, reached by plain wooden steps. Il6 THE COSMOS CLUB. could be made to the house to adapt it to Club uses, an essential feature being the construction of a suitable as- Haii for meet- semDr y hall adjoining the building in which scfentificsocie- d meetm S s or tne Club and of the scientific ties - societies could be held. It also submitted a statement of the financial matters involved, showing that if certain sums could be raised by the Club and the dues increased, the purchase could be made. After full ex- planation and discussion, the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the matter of purchasing a house for the Club Ways and ^e referred back to the Committee with instruc- means. tions to canvass the club thoroughly, both as to the feasibility of making the purchase of the Wilkes property and as to the best method of effecting the same, the result to be re- ported to the Club at the earliest day feasible, the Committee being instructed to limit the proposed amount to be raised from the members of the Club to $12,500, bearing interest at 5 per cent. The Committee was increased at this meeting by the addition of four new members. This Committee, on the 18th of January, 1886, issued the following circular to the members of the Club : was at the corner where a window now is on the Lafayette Square front. The yard or garden extended south to the Tayloe mansion on the Lafayette Square side, and east to the middle of the square on the H street side. In this house Mrs. Madison lived until her death on July 12, 1849. Her funeral services were conducted in St. John's Epis- copal Church opposite. During the subsequent ownership of the property by Admiral Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy, which began in 1851, the house underwent exten- sive external as well as internal alterations. The gable roof gave place to a flat one; a back building was added; a bay-window was added to the south side; and the entrance was changed to the H street side, the old entrance on Lafayette Square being converted into a window, the front windows cut down to the floor, and a balcony placed on that front — all (except the southern bay-window) as shown in the illustrations herewith, which have been made from photographs taken three years before negotiations were opened by the Cosmos Club for the purchase of the property. These photographs were kindly loaned by Misses Jane and Eliza Wilkes, daughters of Admiral Wilkes, who have given the above description of the Dolly Madison house as it existed at the time of the purchase of the property by their father. General George B. McCIellan, upon being ordered to Washington in 1861 after the battle of Bull Run, occupied the house as headquarters until late in the autumn of that year, when he removed to a house at the northwest corner of H and Fifteenth streets, where the Shoreham Hotel now stands. w tfl o a w M w o a W M ►J w a DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 121 (Confidential.) Cosmos Club, 23 Lafayette Square, 18th January, 1886. My Dear Sir: The undersigned, the permanent Committee appointed in ac- cordance with a resolution of the Club to consider the subject of the purchase of a suitable site or building for the Club, presented at the annual meeting on the nth January a plan for acquiring the property at the southeast corner of H street and Lafayette Square, known as the "Wilkes house." The matter was referred back to the Committee by resolution of the Club, with instructions to thoroughly canvass the Club as to the feasibility of making the purchase and the methods of effecting the result. In pursuance of this resolution, the Committee has the honor to make the following statement and ask your consideration of the queries here proposed, the answers to which are not to be con- sidered in the nature of an agreement but merely a means of de- termining the opinion of the members in order to enable the Committee to report to the Club which must finally act. (1.) The Wilkes property at the southeast corner of H street and Lafayette Square, as shown on the accompanying plan, is 76' 10'' on H street and 54' 6" on Lafayette Square, and is 4187.5 square feet in area. This property can be purchased for $40,000 — $12,500 in cash and the remainder ($27,500) in five years with interest at 5 per cent. (2.) It is proposed to put the house in thorough repair, to add a one-storied addition to the present house, providing an assem- bly room with separate access as shown on the plan, and to furnish the house, all at a total expense of $7,500. (3.) The following ways and means are proposed by the Com- mittee : 1. To raise, in the Club, by subscription to a second mortgage on the property, bearing interest at five per cent., the sum of $20,000, in order to cover the first pay- ment of $12,500 and the additions, etc., to the house at $7,500. 2. To borrow on a first mortgage, at 5 per cent., $27,500, the balance of the cost of Che property. (4.) The Committee is informed that the annual income of the Club is now about $4,250, and slightly more than sufficient to cover the expenses. The Club owns $1,500 in United States bonds, worth about $1,800. 122 THE COSMOS CLUB. On occupation of this new Club house our regular annual ex- penses, providing for additional services, insurance, taxes, in- terest on the debt, and a sinking fund of $500, would be in- creased by the sum of $3,625 Deducting our present rent of 1,680 Leaves a net increase of expenses amounting to .... $1,945 Supposing the membership to be 200, of whom 150 are resident and 50 non-resident members, and the annual dues to be in- creased from $25 to $35, and $10 to $15, respectively, payable half yearly, the increase of our annual income would be as fol- lows: 150 resident members, at $10 $1,500 50 non-resident members, at $5 250 $1,750 The rent of rooms is estimated to be at least 200 $1,950 Which covers the increase of expenses. (5.) The Committee would state that the proposition here made is not intended to make any change in the character of the Club. (6.) The Committee has arranged that members of the Club, on presentation of this letter, can visit the "Wilkes house" on Friday and Saturday, the 22nd and 23rd instants, between the hours of 4 and 5 of the afternoon. (7.) We have the pleasure to invite your early consideration of the matter, and ask the favor of your opinion on the accom- panying form, and would say that it is highly desirable that answers should be received in time for the consideration of this Committee at its next meeting, on Monday evening, January 25th. Yours truly, Francis T. Bowles, Secretary. The Committee: James C. Welling, Chairman, Garrick Mallery, S. H. Kauffmann, W. M. Poindexter, A. Graham Bell, J. W. Powell, J. M. Toner, H. C. Yarrow, Vice Presi- dent, J. R. Eastman, Treasurer, Francis T. Bowles, Secretary. MADISON PLACE OR LAFAYETTE SQUARE GROUND PLAN OF THE WILKES HOUSE and the PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. 124 THE COSMOS CLUB. At the meeting of the Club on February I, 1886, the Favorable report Committee reported the result of the canvass as to purchase. f the Club as follows: Members in favor of the purchase, 100; opposed, 16. Members in favor of increase of dues, 1 1 1 ; opposed, 5. Agreeing to subscribe to loan, 35, amounting to $14,250. It strongly recom- mended the purchase of the property, and submitted the following preamble and resolutions which were unani- mously adopted : Whereas Messrs. Fitch, Fox & Brown, real estate brokers in Acceptance of Washington, D. C, have offered in behalf of the • owners of the house and lot situated on the south- east corner of H street, N. W., and Madison Place, in Washington, D. C, to sell the said property to the Cosmos Club, on the following terms, namely: that $2,500 be paid in cash, $10,000 to be paid on the 1st of June, 1886, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from February i, 1886, to date of payment, and $27,500 be paid on the 1st of February, 1891, with interest on the same at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, to be paid semi-annually on the 1st of August and the 1st of February of each year, said interest to commence from the 1st of February, 1886 ; and also that said property be sold subject to a lease which expires November 20, 1886; therefore resolved: First. That the Cosmos Club accepts the above offer, and the President and Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to sign, on behalf of the Club, such mortgage deeds or other obli- gations as may be necessary to complete the purchase of said property on the terms above proposed, and to affix the corporate seal of the Club to the same. Second. That the Treasurer of the Club is hereby authorized to receive and collect the rents for the said property due under the lease above referred to from February 1, 1886, to the expira- tion of the lease or until the property is vacated and placed at the disposal of the Board of Management of the Club. Third. That there shall be appointed by the President a special committee, of which the Treasurer shall be one, whose duty it shall be to collect the funds required ,to complete the purchase of said property and to meet the obligations thereby incurred, and also to meet the expenses of additions and repairs of said prop- DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 125 erty, to the amount of $7,500; and for this purpose, the said Committee shall prepare forms of bonds for moneys loaned to the Club, the interest on said bonds to be at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, said forms to be sub- ject to the approval of the Board of Management. Fourth. That the President and Secretary are hereby author- ized and directed to sign on behalf of the Club bonds of the form prepared by the special committee above referred to and approved by the Board of Management, of denominations of $50 each, and to an amount not exceeding $20,000, and to deliver said bonds to the Treasurer. Fifth. That the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to countersign the bonds above referred to and issue them in ex- change for cash at their par value. He shall keep a record book in which the bonds as issued and all transfers of the same shall be duly entered. It shall also be the duty of the Treas- urer to pay the interest on said bonds as it becomes due. Sixth. That the Board of Management is hereby authorized to sub-let the building at present occupied by the Club for such portion of the unexpired lease as may be found desirable. In pursuance of the authority contained in the forego- Contractof ing resolutions the following agreement for pu " abe the purchase of the Wilkes property was en- tered into under date of February 1, 1886: This Agreement, made this 1st day of February, A. D. 1886,. by and between Mary Wilkes, Mary L. Wilkes, Jane Wilkes and Eliza Wilkes, widow and heirs at law of Charles Wilkes, de- ceased, of Washington City, District of Columbia, of the first part, and the "Cosmos Club," of the same place, of the second part — Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, agree to sell and convey to said party of the second part, by good and lawful deed with covenant of special warranty, parts of lots thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), square two hundred and twenty-one, (221), being No. 1518 H street northwest, with the ground thereto belonging, in Washington city, District of Columbia. And the said party of the second part, in consideration of such sale and conveyance, 126 THE COSMOS CLUB. agrees to pay said parties of the first part the sum of forty thou- sand dollars ($40,000) as follows: Twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) at the time of the execution of this contract; ten thou- sand dollars ($10,000) on the first (1st) day of June, 1886; with interest at the rate of six (6) per cent, from date thereof; and the balance of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($27,500) five (5) years from date thereof, with interest at the rate of five (5) per cent, per annum, payable quarterly; same to be secured by a promissory note of the party of the second part, bearing interest at the rate named and secured by a first mort- gage or deed of trust on the premises hereinbefore mentioned. It is further agreed, that no deed shall be delivered until the entire consideration, except the $27,500 last mentioned, is paid, and that if the party of the second part makes default in the ful- fillment of this agreement, or any part thereof, said parties of the first part, or their legal representatives, may consider this agree- ment void and of no effect, and make other disposition of said land and premises as though this agreement had never been ex- ecuted. In witness ivhereof, the said parties of the first part and the party of the second part by its President and Secretary have hereto set their hands and seals on the day and year first herein- before mentioned. In duplicate. Witness: Sally M. Buchanan. Mary Wilkes, [Seal.] Witness: Sally M. Buchanan. Mary L. Wilkes, [Seal.] Witness: Sally M. Buchanan. Jane Wilkes, [Seal.] Witness: Sally M. Buchanan. Eliza Wilkes, [Seal.] Witness: J. R. Eastman. John S. Billings, [Seal.] President, Cosmos Club. Witness: Thomas M. Chatard, Francis T. Bowles, Secretary, Cosmos Club. [Seal of the Cosmos Club.] On February 2, 1886, $1,000 was paid to Fitch, Fox & Brown, and on February 20, 1886, $1,500, First payment. , , . thus completing the first payment under the agreement for the purchase of the property. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 127 Amendments of the by-laws, increasing the admission increase of fees f ee to $50 and the dues of resident members to $35 a year and those of non-resident members to $15 a year, were introduced at the meeting of February 1, 1886, and were adopted at the March meet- ing of the Club, the $50 admission fee to go into effect January 1, 1887. At the meeting of February I, 1886, the Club adopted seal of the Club a common seal, consisting of a ring, with 1 "" inscription, "Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, 1878," inclosing a winged globe surmounted by stars, etc., as the corporate seal of the Club. On February 13, 1886, the Real Estate Title Insur- Abstractof ance Company of the District of Columbia, M. Ashford, President, furnished an ab- stract of title of the Wilkes property, from which the fol- lowing extracts are made: Abstract of Title. — Parts of original lots 13 and 14 in square 221, beginning at the northwest corner of said square and run- ning thence east along H street 77 feet, more or less, to the west- ern wall of the house on part of lot 14 recently erected by San- ders Irving, said point being the northwest corner of that part of lot 14 conveyed or intended to be conveyed to said Irving by deed from Mary Wilkes et al., recorded in liber No. 872, folio 173, et seg., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and thence due south about 55 feet to intersect a line drawn due east and west through the center of the north wall of the Rathbone house, thence west 77 feet, more or less, to the western line of said square, and thence north 55 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning. In the division between the U. S. Commissioners and Samuel Davidson, the original proprietor, all of said square went to the United States, October n, 1792. U. S. Commissioners to Samuel Davidson. — Conditional cer- tificate and deed, dated ; recorded March 31, 1793, liber B, folio 306. Deed dated January 29, 1794; recorded May 10, 1794, liber B, folio 323. 128 THE COSMOS CLUB. Will of Samuel Davidson. — Dated Dec. 9, 1805; probated Sept. 13, 1810; Will Book 1, folio 178. Devises all lots in square 221 to John Harris, Margaret Davidson and Mary Davidson in fee. Mary Davidson intermarried with Henry H. Chapman. John Harris et ux., Henry H. Chapman et ux. Mary, and Mar- garet Davidson to Richard Cutis. — Three deeds. Dated Oct. 3, 1818; recorded Nov. 4, 1818, liber A. T., folio 9. Second and third deeds, dated Oct. 3, 1818, recorded March 6, 1819, liber A. U., folios 170 and 167. Richard Cutis to George Sweeny. — Deed of trust, dated Nov. 10, 1818, recorded April 10, 1819, liber A. U., folio 287. In- demnify Thomas Munroe as indorser. George Sweeny to Richard Smith, cashier of Bank of United States. — Deed dated April 26, 1820; recorded June 15, 1820, liber A. Y., folio 306. Richard Smith, Trustee, to James Madison. — Deed dated August 22, 1828; recorded Sept. 9, 1828, liber W. B., 20, folio 526. Conveys under liber A. Y., folio 306. Confirmed by deed from Richard Cutts in liber W. B., 33, folio 393. Will of James Madison. — Dated April 15, 1835; probated July 25, 1836, in Orange county, Virginia. Wills 20, folio 323. "I devise my house and lot or lots in the city of Washington to my beloved wife and her heirs." Copy recorded in office of Register of Wills of District of Columbia. Will of Dolly P. Madison. — Dated July 9, 1849 ; probated May 21, 1850, book 6, folio 390. No disposition of realty. John P. Todd to Chas. Wilkes. — Deed dated April 3, 1851; recorded October 3, 1851, liber J. A. S., 31, folio 61. All inter- est as heir-at-law of his mother Dolly P. Madison. Grantor is said to be the only heir of Dolly P. Madison. Chas. Wilkes to Lewis M. Rutherfurd, executor of Peter G. Stuyvesant. — Mortgage dated June 9, 1855 ; recorded June 22, 1S55, liber J. A. S., 99, folio 303. Secures mortgagee; payable June 9, i860. Assigned to N. Y. Life Insurance Co., Dec. 5, 1856, as guardian of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant. Liber J. A. S., 127, folio 1. Assigned to Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, Sept. 25, 1863, he having attained his majority. Liber T. & R., 12, folio 236, and liber 872, folio 168. Assigned to James H. Tichenor, January 29 h 1868. Liber E. C. E., 31, folio 465. Assigned to George B. Warren for the use of Phebe W. Tayloe, May 31, 1870. Liber 872, folio 169. * * DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 129 George B. Warren, Jr., et al., executors of George B. Warren, to Phebe Warren Tayloe. — Assignment of mortgage in liber J. A. S., 99, folio 303. Dated June 15, 1880; recorded Dec. 13, 1884, liber 1109, folio 114. Recites that testator held for use of Mrs. Tayloe, and that she is entitled to the assignment. Phebe Warren Tayloe's will. — Dated July 19, 1882; recorded Nov. 21, 1884, Wills 21, folio 477. All rest and residue of her estate to niece Elizabeth H. Price whom she appoints sole execu- trix. And she qualified Nov. 21, 1884. Elizabeth H. Price, sole executrix, residuary legatee and de- visee under the will of Phebe Warren Tayloe to Eugenia P. Warren, trustee for Edward Tayloe Perry. — Assignment of mort- gage in liber J. A. S., 99, folio 303, dated Dec. 17, 1884; re- corded Dec. 18, 1884, liber 1105, folio 293. In trust for Ed- ward Tayloe Perry, with power to discharge the same on pay- ment thereof. * * Charles Wilkes to Mrs. Mary Wilkes, (wife,) Jane Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes, Mary L. Wilkes, daughters of said Charles. — Deed of gift, dated February 20, 1870; recorded Dec. 15, 1875, liber 806, folio 244; re-recorded August 13, 1877, liber 868, folio 71. Lot 13 and part lot 14, fronting no feet 4 inches on H street and 62 on Madison Place. Erroneous in description but deemed sufficient. John Wilkes and wife to Mary Wilkes, (widow,) Jane Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes, Mary L. Wilkes, daughters of Charles Wilkes, deceased. — Deed dated June 26, 1877; recorded July 12, 1877, liber 861, folio 187. Lot 13 and part lot 14, same as described in liber 806, folio 244. Mary Wilkes, Jane Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes, Mary L. Wilkes by next friend Mary Wilkes vs. Edmund Wilkes and Bessie Wilkes his wife. — 5763 Equity. Sept. 21, 1877, bill to confirm above deeds in liber 806, folio 244, and liber 868, folio 71, so far as Mary Wilkes, wife of Charles Wilkes, is concerned. * * Sept. 16, 1877, decree confirming title of complainants under said deeds. Mr. M. Ashford, the President of the Real Estate Title Insurance Company, was of opinion that, when all taxes were paid, a conveyance in proper form by Mary Wilkes, Jane Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes and Mary L. Wilkes, and by 130 THE COSMOS CLUB. Eugenia P. Warren, trustee for Edward Tayloe Perry, releasing the mortgage held by her, would pass a good title. At the March meeting of the Club in 1886, the Board of Management was authorized to issue the Bond issue 1886. * bonds for the $20,000 loan in such form as might be best suited to attain the end in view. At a special meeting on March 29, 1886, the Board Architect ap- asked Mr. William M. Poindexter, archi- Toln e ' tect, to take charge of the preparation of plans and specifications and the consequent work of repairs and alterations of the new Club house. On April 5, 1886, the Club directed that the necessary Re-incorpora- action be taken to re-incorporate under the tionoftheciub. act of Congress of April 23, 1884, and a- certificate under the act was accordingly placed on record in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, copy of which is here given : The Cosmos Club, a body politic and corporate, created by certificate dated the 13th day of December, A. D., 1878, and re- corded among the land records of the District of Columbia, in liber "Acts of Incorporation No. 3," folio 4 et seq., the members of which are of full age and citizens of the United States, and a majority of whom are citizens of said District, does hereby certify : First. That at a regular meeting of the members of said cor- poration, held on fifth day of April, A. D., 1886, a resolution was adopted and duly entered on the records, whereby said cor- poration accepted and availed itself of the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to amend the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia and for other purposes," approved April 23, 1884, and authorized this certificate to be executed and acknowledged by John S. Billings, President, and Francis T. Bowles, Secretary of said corporation, and the seal of the said corporation to be affixed hereto by Fran- cis T. Bowles, Secretary as aforesaid. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 131 Second. That this corporation does hereby accept and avail' itself of the provisions of said act. Third. That under the authority of said resolution, and by virtue of this certificate, the said corporation shall continue to be known as the Cosmos Club, Fourth. That under the said resolution the corporation does hereby become organized for the term of one thousand years from! April 5th, A. D., 1886. Fifth. That the particular business and objects of the said cor- poration are the advancement of its members in science, litera- ture and art, their mental improvement by social intercourse^ and acquisition and maintenance of a library, and the collection and care of materials and appliances relating to the above objects, under the restrictions and regulations established in its by-laws. Sixth. That the number of managers of the said corporation for the first year of its existence under this amended certificate is seven. Witness the corporate seal of the said Cosmos Club, and the signature of John S. Billings, President, and Francis T. Bowles, Secretary, this 13th day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty- five* [Seal of the Cosmos Club.] John S. Billings, President. Francis T. Bowles, Secretary. Signed and sealed in the presence of — D. Rittenhouse. United States of America, ) y ss * District of Columbia. \ I, David Rittenhouse, a Notary Public in and for the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that John S. Billings, President, and Franics T. Bowles, Secretary, of the Cosmos Club, parties to the foregoing certificate dated the 13th day of April, A. D., 1886, personally appeared before me in the District aforesaid, the said parties being personally well known to me to be the persons who executed said certificate, and acknowledged the same to be their *The word "eighty-five" is here a manifest error. It should have- been "eighty-six." This is evident by comparison with other dates men- tioned in the instrument. 132 THE COSMOS CLUB. act and deed, and the act and deed of the said "Cosmos Club" for the purposes therein expressed. Given under my hand and notarial seal this 13th day April, A. D., 1886. [Notarial Seal.] D. Rittenhouse, Notary Public, D. C. Received for record April 15, 1886, and recorded in liber No. 4, folio 49, et seq., "Acts of Incorporation'' for the District of Columbia. Geo. F. Shayer, Deputy Recorder. In order to comply with the phraseology of the act of Title of Man- Congress, the Club, at its meeting on May tfted totrus- 3> 1886, adopted an amendment to the by- tees- laws changing the designation of the three members who had theretofore been called "trustees'' to "managers," so that section 1 of Article II of those by- laws would thereafter read : "The officers shall be a Pres- ident, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and three Managers, who, together, shall be a Board of Man- agement." The sixth article of the above certificate of in- corporation prescribed that the number of managers for the first year should be seven, which has been the number constituting the Board of Management from the begin- ning. At a special meeting of the Club held on May 10, 1886, Terms of pur- ( tne Board of Management having approved chase - the form of bonds to be issued, and having prepared the deed of trust to be executed,) the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That the purchase of the Wilkes property at the southeastern corner of H street, north, and Madison Place, for the use of this Club be completed on the following terms, viz. : The total purchase price to be $40,000, of which $12,500 shall be paid in cash and the balance on the 1st day of February, A. D. 1891, with interest from June i, A. D. 1886, at the rate of DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 133 5 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and secured by first mortgage or deed of trust on the premises; and the Presi- dent and Secretary be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver all deeds or other instruments of writing re- quisite in the premises. Resolved, That the said President and Secretary be and are hereby authorized, as soon after said purchase is 1886 authorized, consummated as practicable, to sign in behalf of this Club 400 bonds of $50 each, or 200 bonds of $ioo each, of such form as may be approved by the Board of Management, payable June i, 1906, or at the option of the Club any time after five years from the date thereof before maturity, with interest from date and until paid at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually; and to execute and deliver a second mortgage or deed of trust on the aforesaid property to secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest of said bonds. The Club re-adopted the resolutions passed by it on February I, 1886, in so far as they were not covered by nor in conflict with the foregoing resolutions. Subscriptions for the bonds of 1886 were as follows: Subscribers for Individual members of the Club subscribed bonds of 1886. for £ I9i000) the philosophical Society for $600, and the remaining $400 were taken by Mr. F. W. Stone, who was connected with, but not a member of, the Club. On June 1, 1886, from the proceeds of the bond sub- second pay- scription up to that date, the additional pay- ""' ment of $10,000 on the purchase price of the Wilkes property was made to Fitch, Fox & Brown, agents, and the following deeds executed : This Indenture, made this first day of June, in the year of our Deed of Wilkes * j0r< * one tnousan d eight hundred and eighty-six, property to Cos- between Mary Wilkes (widow,) Mary L. Wilkes, Jane Wilkes, and Eliza Wilkes, (all unmar- ried,) of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, parties of the first part, and the Cosmos Club, a body corporate, 134 THE COSMOS CLUB. duly incorporated in the District of Columbia, party of the second' part — Witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of forty thousand dollars, ($40,000), current money of the United States, to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt of which before the en- sealing and delivery of these presents is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained and sold, aliened, conveyed and con- firmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain and sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm, unto and to the use of the said party of the second part, its successors and assigns, all those certain pieces or parcels of land and premises situate and being in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and known and dis- tinguished as parts of original lots numbered thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) in square numbered two hundred and twenty-one (221) ; beginning for the same at the northwestern corner of said square, running thence east on the south line of H street north, seventy-seven (77) feet, more or less, to the northwest cor- ner of the house recently erected by Saunders Irving, said point being also the northwest corner of the ground conveyed or in- tended to be conveyed by Mary Wilkes et ah, to said Irving and recorded in liber No. 872, folio 173 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and running thence south about fifty- five (55) feet to intersect a line drawn east and west through the center of the north wall of the Rathbone house, thence west to intersect the west line of said square, and thence north with said west line to the point of beginning, together with the rights, easements, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise thereto appertaining. To have and to hold the said land and premises, with the ap- purtenances and hereditaments to the same belonging, unto and to the only use and benefit of said party of the second part, its successors and assigns. And the said parties of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant with said party of the second part, its successors and assigns, that the said hereinabove described land and premises, with the appurte- nances, unto said party of the second part, its successors and as- signs, from and against all persons claiming by, through, or under said parties of the first part or their heirs and assigns, or any one of them, the said parties of the first part and their heirs DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 135 shall and will forever warrant and defend by these presents; and further, that any act or deed deemed by counsel learned in the law requisite and necessary the more perfectly to assure unto said party of the second part, its successors and assigns, the said land and premises hereinabove granted, the said parties of the first part and their heirs shall and will at all times, at the cost of the person requesting the same, do, perform, execute, and deliver. In testimony whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Mary Wilkes, widow, [Seal.] Mary L. Wilkes, [Seal.] Jane Wilkes, [Seal.] Eliza Wilkes, [Seal.] [Certificate of acknowledgment before James E. Fitch, Notary Public, District of Columbia.] Received for record on the 1st day of June, A. D., 1886, and recorded in liber No. 1180, folio 484 et seg., one of the land re- cords for the District of Columbia, and examined by Fred'k. Douglass, Recorder. Know, all men, by these presents: That I, Eugenia Phebe War- Release of Eu- ren ' °* t ' le *"' ty °^ Troy, State of New York, trus- genia Phebe tee of Edward Tayloe Perry, and assignee under the assignment from Elizabeth H. Price, execu- trix and residuary devisee of Phebe W. Tayloe, recorded in liber No. 1105, folio 293, of the land records of the District of Colum- bia, of a mortgage from Charles Wilkes, recorded in liber J. A. S. No. 99, folio 303, of said land records, for and in consideration of one dollar, current money of the United States, to me paid by the Cosmos Club of the District of Columbia, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have released, remised and quit-claimed, and by these presents do release, remise and quit-claim, unto and to the use of said Cosmos Club, its successors and assigns, all right, title and interest now vested or supposed to be vested in me by virtue of the aforesaid mortgage and assignment, in and to so much of the real estate described in said mortgage as has been conveyed to said Cosmos Club by the widow and daughters of Charles Wilkes, deceased, with the buildings and improve- ments thereon. TO 136 THE COSMOS CLUB. To have and to hold the same unto and to the use of the said Cosmos Club, its successors and assigns, fully released and dis- charged from the effect and operation of the aforesaid mort- gage, the bond therein described and thereby intended to be se- cured having been fully paid and surrendered. Witness my hand and seal this 4th day of June, A. D., 1886. Witnesses: Eugenia Phebe Warren, [Seal.] George B. Warren. Trustee of Edward Tayloe Perry. John H. Neher. [Certificate of acknowledgment before John H. Neher, Notary Public, Rensselaer Co., New York.] [Certificate of genuineness of signature of Notary by Shepard Tappan, County Clerk, Rensselaer Co., New York.] Received for record 12 m., June 5, A. D. 1886, and recorded in liber No. 1189, folio 38 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Columbia. Examined by Geo. F. Schayer, i Deputy Recorder. To meet the deferred payment of $27,500 on the Wilkes Deferred pay- purchase, four promissory notes dated June ment of $27,500. ^ jgg^ fof ^g^ each) wgre made by thg President and Secretary of the Club, in favor of Mrs. Mary Wilkes, Miss Mary L. Wilkes, Miss Jane Wilkes, and Miss Eliza Wilkes, and secured by a deed of trust on the property dated June 1, 1886, recorded in liber No. 1 1 80, folio 486 et seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia. To secure the payment of the $20,000 bonded debt, the following deed of trust was executed : This Indenture, made this first day of June, in the year of our Deed of trust Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, securing bond- by and between the "Cosmos Club." a body cor- holders of 1886. , , ■ ..._.. . ' , porate duly incorporated in the District of Colum- bia, of the first part, and James C. Welling and Jerome H. Kid- der, of said District, of the second part. Whereas, the said "Cosmos Club," pursuant to its resolution, a copy of which is hereto annexed and made part hereof, hath DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 137 caused to be issued its two hundred coupon second mortgage bonds, numbered from one to two hundred, consecutively and in- clusively, each for the sum of one hundred dollars, all bearing date the 1st day of June, A. D., 1886, and in the following form, or to like effect, namely: — The Cosmos Club of the City of Washington for value received will pay to or the bearer of this bond, one hundred dollars, in current money, on the first day of June, A. D. 1906, or at any time after five years from the date hereof and before maturity at the option of the obligor, with interest from date and until paid at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually according to the tenor of the annexed coupons. Principal and interest payable at^ the banking house of Riggs & Co., Washington, District of Columbia, on presentation of bond and coupons. This bond is one of the two hundred bonds mentioned and described in the deed of trust of even date herewith executed and delivered by said Cosmos Club to James C. Welling and Jerome H. Kidder, trustees, and duly recorded among the Land Records of the District of Columbia, conveying part of Square numbered two hundred and twenty-one (221) in said city, to secure the payment of said bonds and interest, and this bond shall not be valid until the said trustees have signed the certificate endorsed thereon. Witness the corporate seal and the signatures of the President and Secretary respectively hereunto affixed this first day of June, A. D. 1886. And meaning and intending to secure the full and punctual payment of said bonds and the interest thereon, according to the tenor thereof and of the coupons thereunto annexed, now exe- cutes these presents. Therefore this Indenture ivitnesselh: That the said party hereto of the first part, for and in consideration of the recited premises, and further the sum of five dollars, current money of the United States, to its treasurer in hand paid by the said par- ties of the second part, the receipt of which, before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained and sold, aliened, enfeoffed, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm, unto and to the use of the said parties of the second part, their heirs, and to the survivor of them, his heirs and assigns, ALL that certain piece or parcel of land and premises situate and being in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and known and distinguished as parts of original lots numbered thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) in square numbered two hundred and twenty-one (221) : Beginning for the same at the northwestern corner of said square ; running 138 THE COSMOS CLUB. thence east on the south line of North H street, seventy-seven (77) feet, more or less, to northwest corner of the house recently erected by Saunders Irving, said point being also the northwest corner of the ground conveyed or intended to be conveyed by Mary Wilkes, et al., to said Irving and recorded in Liber No. 872, folio 173, et seg., of the land records of the District of Col- umbia; and running thence south about fifty-five (55) feet to in- tersect a line drawn east and west through the center of north wall of the Rathbone house, thence west to intersect the west line of said square, and thence north with said west line to the point of beginning; together with all buildings, improvements, rights, easements, privileges and appurtenances to the same be- longing or in any wise thereto appertaining. To have and to hold the said land and premises, with the ap- purtenances and hereditaments to the same belonging, unto and to the only use and benefit of said parties of the second part, their heirs, and to the survivor of them, his heirs and assigns. In and upon the Trust nevertheless hereinafter expressed and specified of and concerning the same, and to and for no other use, intent or purpose, that is to say: First. Until default made in the payment of either of said bonds, or any one semi-annual installment of interest thereon, or in payment, on demand, of any sum or sums advanced in pay- ment of taxes or insurance as hereinafter provided for, to suffer and permit the said Cosmos Club, its successors and assigns, the above granted premises, with the appurtenances, to hold, pos- sess and occupy, and the issues and profits thereof to receive to its and their own use; and upon full payment of the aforesaid bonds and sums of money, and all interest and costs thereon, and all proper costs of this trust, to release and reconvey to said Cos- mos Club, its successors or assigns, at its or at their own cost and expense, the said above granted land and premises. Secondly. Upon default being made in payment of either of said bonds, or any one interest coupon thereunto annexed, or of any sum or sums advanced or expended for taxes and insurance as hereinafter provided for, when demanded, or any cost, charge, or half-commissions incurred or accruing of and concerning this trust, to sell said above granted and described land and premises, or so much thereof as may be necessary, with the appurtenances, at public auction, to the highest bidder, upon such terms and con- ditions, and at such time and place, as to said trustees, or the DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 139 survivor of them, or the trustee acting in the execution of this trust, shall seem most for the interest of all parties concerned ; of all which previous public notice shall be given by advertisement inserted in one or more newspapers printed and published in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, at least thirty days, Sundays excepted ; and any sale under this trust may be re- peated or postponed, from time to time, as to the said trustees, or trustee acting, shall seem most for the interest of all parties con- cerned ; and upon such sale being made, and full compliance with the terms thereof by the purchaser or purchasers, all the right, title, interest and estate, legal or equitable, whether in possession, remainder, or reversion, of said Cosmos Club, its successors or as- signs, in and to the land and premises sold, shall thereupon cease, determine and be forever foreclosed, and the said parties of the second part or the survivor or his heirs, shall convey to such pur- chaser or purchasers, his, her or their heirs or assigns, the said land and premises so sold, with the appurtenances, in fee simple, free from all liability on the part of such purchaser to see to or account for the due application of the purchase money; and, out of the proceeds of any such sale or sales, the said trustee or trustees, after retaining a commission of two per cent, on the gross amount thereof for executing this trust, shall pay — First. The proper expenses attending such sale or sales, and all moneys advanced or paid for insurance and taxes as herein- after provided for, and all taxes then charged against said land and premises. Secondly. Whatever may remain unpaid of said bonds, whether the same shall have matured or not, with interest thereon at the rate aforesaid to date of payment. And lastly. The surplus, if any, shall be paid over to said Cosmos Club, its successors or assigns. And the said Cosmos Club, doth hereby covenant and agree to and with the said parties of the second part, their heirs and as- signs, that during the continuation of the trust herein and hereby created, a fire insurance shall be kept and preserved upon the buildings on said hereinabove granted premises to the amount of thousand dollars, that the policy of in- surance shall be assigned to and held by the said parties hereto of the second part, or the survivor, or his heirs, for the benefit of this trust; and further that all taxes and assessments against said granted premises shall be punctually paid, and that on failure I 4 THE COSMOS CLUB. to effect or preserve such insurance, and to pay such taxes or as- sessments, the same may be effected and paid by the parties of the second part, or any holder and owner of any of said bonds, and the cost and expense thereof shall attach as a lien on said granted premises; and on failure of said Cosmos Club, or its successors or assigns, on demand, to re-imburse the party advancing said cost and expenses, sale of said land and premises shall proceed in like manner as is provided for herein in case of default in payment of said bonds and interest. And the said party hereto of the first part hath constituted and appointed, and by these presents doth constitute and appoint, Joseph K. McCammon its true and lawful attorney for it and in its name and stead to appear before any officer by law author- ized to take and certify acknowledgments and there and then to acknowledge these presents as the act and deed of the party hereto of the first part, to the end that the same may be made matter of record. In testimony whereof, the said party of the first part hath caused these presents to be signed by its President and its Sec- retary, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, the day and year first hereinabove written. [Seal.] Cosmos Club, By John S. Billings, President. Francis T. Bowles, Secretary. At a special meeting of the Cosmos Club, held May 10th, 1886, and called for the purpose of considering whether the Club should encumber by mortgage or deed of trust the property which it recently agreed to purchase, the following resolutions were adopted, namely: Resolved, That the purchase of the Wilkes property at the southeastern corner of H street north and Madison Place, for the use of this Club, be completed on the following terms, viz: The total purchase price to be forty thousand dollars, of which twelve thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid in cash, and the balance on the first day of February, A. D. 1891, with inter- est from June first, A. D. 1886, at the rate of five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and secured by first mortgage DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 141 or deed of trust on the premises; and the President and Secre- tary be and are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver all deeds or other instruments of writing requisite in the premises. Resolved, That the said President and Secretary be and are hereby authorized, as soon after said purchase is consummated as practicable, to sign, in behalf of this Club, four hundred bonds of fifty dollars each, or two hundred bonds of one hundred dol- lars each, in such form as may be approved by the Board of Man- agement, payable June 1st, 1906, or at the option of the Club any time after five years from the date thereof before maturity, with interest from date and until paid at the rate of five per cen- tum, payable semi-annually, and to execute and deliver a second mortgage or deed of trust on the aforesaid property to secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest of said bonds. A true copy. Attest: [Seal.] Francis T. Bowles, Secretary of Cosmos Club. I, John C. Pedrick, a Notary Public in and for the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that Joseph K. McCammon, the duly appointed attorney of "Cosmos Club,'' for the purpose of ac- knowledging the deed bearing date the first day of June, A. D. 1886, and hereto annexed, personally appeared before me, in said District, the said Joseph K. McCammon being personally well known to me to be the person named as attorney in said deed, and acknowledged the same to be the act and deed of the said Cosmos Club. Given under my hand and notarial seal, this first day of June. A. D. 1886. [Seal.] John C. Pedrick, Notary Public. Received for record June 1, 1886, and recorded in Liber No. 1180, folio 492 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Columbia, and examined by Fredk. Douglass, Recorder. l 4 2 THE COSMOS CLUB. At the meeting of the Club, June 7, 1886, plans, speci- fications and estimates, prepared by Mr. ana additions to Poindexter, were laid before the Club, and building. . . . the question was submitted as to the advisa- bility of increasing the height of the rooms in the third story of the Wilkes house by raising the roof for the pur- pose. The matter was referred to the Board of Manage- ment with power to act, provided the additional expense should not exceed $2,000. The Board on July 5, 1886, authorized the architect to increase the height of the rooms in the third story, and on October 30, 1886, the Board borrowed from outside sources, on the promissory notes of the Club, $2,000 to meet the expense. The President announced at the Club meeting of No- Expense ex- vember 1, 1886, that the expenditures on the ceeded esti- mate, new Club house had unavoidably exceeded the original estimates by about $1,260, and asked author- ity for the Board of Management to borrow the amount. This authority was not given until the meeting of Decem- ber 6, 1886, the Board in the meantime having directed the $1,500 United States 4 per cent bonds belonging to the Club to be sold and the proceeds applied to the fur- nishing of the new Club house. The $1,200 were bor- rowed in December, 1886, from outside sources on the promissory notes of the Club. At the Club meeting November 1, 1886, the Philosoph- ical, Anthropological, Biological, and Chem- Use of assembly . . . ... hail by Scien- ical societies were by resolution invited to tine Societies. , . . ,,,,,, hold their meetings in the assembly hall of the Club, as soon after its completion as practicable, under such arrangements as the Board of Management should deem proper. Upon an inquiry of a member as to the relations of such societies to the Club when holding their meetings, it was explained that the original purpose of o o u DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 1 45 the assembly hall was, in addition to Club uses, to afford facilities for the meetings of such societies, and to this end a separate entrance for them had been provided and the building so arranged as to prevent any interference with the Club. At this meeting a proposition for holding a general re- ception by the Club was favorably received and referred to the Board of Management to make all necessary arrangements. The Board at its meeting on the same evening fixed upon January 12, 1887, as the date for holding the reception, and on November 29, 1886, appointed a Committee to take entire charge of the arrangements. The date of holding the reception was changed by the Board to January 5, 1897, at a special Board meeting called December 13, 1886. The Club on December 6, 1886, adopted the following resolutions : Resolved, That the thanks of the Club be given to the architect, Vote of thanks Mr. W. M. Poindexter, for the great and valuable to architect and service he has rendered in planning and super- presiflent. . . . vising the reconstruction of the building, which he has made a delightful home for the Club, and that he be assured that its members profoundly appreciate his devotion to its interests exhibited in this monument of his talent — the beautiful home of the Cosmos Club. Resolved, That the thanks of the Club be given to the Presi- dent, Dr. John S. Billings, for the important service he has ren- dered in the management of the business which has provided for the Cosmos Club a home so spacious and commodious on a site so desirable and on terms so advantageous. On December 31, 1886, the membership consisted of Membership. 181 resident and 44 non-resident members. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year Financial state- : 886 made the following showing : 146 THE COSMOS CLUB. « < D < 1—1 o < D < S o « '/} w « D 5 S5 W Ch X w Q < u E < co no n o h f^,^, ~ o .... . wjg 2$ : -US' TO „' 8 g- £•— >. E X u ■PS-fa ID *- 1 ! eta „ 1-. c~- - -■ o 1 :s • en 4-. W Q ° -£■0,2 o re « Pt»t ' IT 2 £? "-" G r" 5 r! c £g=i!o6o 8.2 o O co O M OCONN "Iiohn tN. O «J 00 O co «■ m - cnT3 i> 'g's.S ■■ «"^ - o k O £ o w £ . '*< v. ^a \D O 00 1- 00 &■ n .c «»■ . 4* DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 147 1887. The reception authorized by the Club at its November, 1886, meeting was duly held in the new Club reception. Club house, H street and Lafayette Square, on the evening of January 5, 1887, and was the most sat- isfactory one that had yet been given by the Club. The subscriptions amounted to over $900. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- Annuaieiec- missions elected at the annual meeting of tl0n- January 10, 1887, were as follows: President, John S. Billings Vice-President, Henry C. Yarrow Secretary, Thomas M. Chatard Treasurer, William Brough Managers, ..C. E. Dutton, D. L. Huntington*, S. H. Kauffmann. Committee on Admissions. — Henry Gannett, G. Brown Goode, H. W. Henshaw, J. H. Kidder, A. F. A. King, F. W. Clarke, G. K. Gilbert, W. C. Winloclc, W. H. Phillips, R. Birnie, William Ludlow, and J. H. Bryan. On February 7, 1887, the Club authorized the ap- Art committee, pointment of a standing Committee on Art. The Board of Management by its action on Feb. 10, 1887, authorized the establishment of a sink- sinking Fund. ing fund to meet the deterred payment or $27,500 on the Wilkes purchase, and directed the Treasurer to invest $1,500 surplus funds of the Club in a good mortgage note. The Treasurer invested $2,000 in deed of trust notes in March, 1887. Previous to this period the Board of Management had Profits of required the House Committee to turn over House Commit- tee. monthly to the I reasurer the entire pro- ceeds of sales and obtain separate appropriations each *D. L. Huntington resigned as a member of the Board of Manage- ment on March 7, 1887, and was succeeded by Joseph K. McCammon. 148 THE COSMOS CLUB. month for replenishing the stock. This was changed at a meeting of the Board on March 7, 1887, so far as to re- quire the House Committee thereafter to pay over to the Treasurer each month only the "profits" accruing from sales of stock and not the gross proceeds of sales as pre- viously required. The limit to the number of resident members was in- Limit of mem- creased to 300 by an amendment to the by- bership. kws adopted by the Q ub on March 7) lg87 On May 2, 1887, communications were received from Members invited the Anthropological, Biological, Chemical, scientific 88 ° £ ancl Philosophical Societies extending to the Societies. members of the Club invitations to attend any meetings of those Societies held in the assembly hall of the Club. At the regular meeting of the Club on December 5, 1887, the question of giving a general recep- Club reception. . tion by the Club during the winter was re- ferred to the Board of Management to obtain the opin- ions of the members as to its advisability. The Board on January 9, 1888, reported 136 members in favor of hold- ing the reception, but recommended that the reception be not held. The Club took the same view, and the matter was dropped. An application from the Biological Society for the use of the assembly hall one evening in the Extension of use , , . . , . , , of assembly month for the meeting 01 its botanical sec- tion, and one from four Club members for its use by them for three evenings for the organization of a society of Geography, were referred by the Club on January 9, 1888, to a special Committee, consisting of Messrs. Harkness, Ward, and Eastman, to report on the same and on the whole matter of the relation of the So- cieties to the Club. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 149 On December 31, 1887, the membership of the Club had increased to 219 resident and 49 non- Membership. . resident members. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year IJ5ft nciaI State " J ^7 ma d e tne following showing: 150 THE COSMOS CLUB. < z c Pi < 2 O S3 fa K P S5 < o W « o z K "O 11*1 <->\ VO M -J- CO^D M n r* \D -d- 1>. -t o \o m "?co m -t o r^^o i-i ~o m ~ m n tr> £ ^0 >0 ION "5 lOOO N t^ OsOO « M\0 O O O o O o„- °1 u a s 5-2 S Jon ■£< O * to" ■ 1 U'J « U 2 < & G ^ u >0 to 2 □ i_ in i-i i> £ - £ & g-jg >, x g « S-2-rt rt « c s 3^ ■s^s, s. 81=1 3 g t. * 3 > 5 b.Sts ■• o • P rt c .Ti aj ~ v,._ g v* E £ g£,K g Soo aj O !U OJ to S °- o 5 P uS 1 * -Q h O >» 6fl Sc * >. ~ o oj c O i- o pqS SfS Cfi W in o> o O o VO « S N in O O in o O O fO 00 O (O s < t^ O P (*} Cv - >o 'A tfi- o n o o o O o _l f-> n r-» -* m -.« £ « MIS o^ ll £ JJv.^^ &• c S E 3 "3 3 pwaoa a« u. 0. in xl .. to •&S.S -a ;- ,oje r! ir qo ^ o = ^ S "c SS2 fcS? o c s ~ m o gSI UT3 ^^ COT? co a> , o Ill o »•" E to N O HENRY CRECY YARROW. President January 9, 1888, to January 14, 18 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 153 1888. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at the annual meeting of Annual election. T OOQ ,- „ January 9, 1000, were as follows: President, Henry C. Yarrow Vice-President, Clarence E. Dutton Secretary, Joseph H. Bryan Treasurer, William Brough* Managers, ....Joseph K. McCammon, Jerome H. Kidder, J. Mills Browne. Committee on Admissions. — R. Birnie, H. H. Bates, F. W. Clarke, Henry Gannett, G. Brown Goode, G. K. Gilbert, H. W. Henshaw, J. C. Hornblower, C. H. Merriam, W. H. Phillips, H. C. Swain, and W. C. Winlock. In the revision of the by-laws made on January 9, 1888, Qualifications article I, section 1, was amended so as to for membership. read as follows: Section i. This Club shall be composed of persons interested in science, literature or art. At the regular meeting of the Club on February 6, Use of assembly Io> 88, the Committee to which was referred the question of the terms upon which the use of the Club's assembly hall should be granted to local so- cieties and also the request of the botanical section of the Biological Society and of the organizers of the Society of Geography for permission to use the said hall, made the following report, the views and opinions in which were, on motion, adopted : Washington, Februiry 6, 1888. Assuming it to be the policy of the Club to grant the free use of its assembly hall to scientific societies, so far as that can be done without interfering with the functions of the Club and the •William Brough resigned as Treasurer and was succeeded by William Harkness on March 5, 1888. 154 THE COSMOS CLUB. convenience of its members, we have first of all to inquire how great the demands of these societies may become. To render an estimate possible the following incomplete list of the societies now existing in the city of Washington is appended: Philosophical Society; Mathematical Section of Philosophical Society; Anthropological Society; Biological Society; Botanical Section of Biological Society; Chemical Society; Amateur Bo- tanical Society ; Microscopical Society ; Geographical Society ; Entomological Society; Medical Society; Architectural Society; Theosophical Society; Geographical Club; Travel Club; Wo- man's Anthropological Society; Woman's Historical Society. Some of these societies have no real claims upon the Club ; but after making all necessary allowances on that account, it is evi- dent that the remainder of the list cannot be accommodated in our assembly hall without seriously abridging its use for Club pur- poses. Further, for each evening during which the hall is used by a society the Club must furnish about 500 feet of gas, extra fuel and a servant to act as janitor; all of which involves con- siderable expense. As the Club house is maintained by the Club for its own use, it would seem that the use of the assembly hall should be granted only to societies whose membership embraces a considerable pro- portion of the members of the Club. As a guide to what that pro- portion should be, we have ascertained that of the present resident members of the Club, 41.7 per cent, are members of the Philosoph- ical Society; 32.7 per cent, are members of the Anthropological Society; 34.2 per cent, are members of the Biological Society; and 7.2 per cent, are members of the Chemical Society. About 22.5 per cent, will probably be members of the new Geographical Society. Exceptional cases may arise ; but in the opinion of your Committee applications for the use of the hall should not ordi- narily be entertained unless they come from societies fulfilling the following conditions, viz: 1. The society should be purely literary, artistic, or scientific, and in no way concerned with the regulation of business or com- mercial affairs. 2. The membership of the society should embrace not less than 45 members of the Club, (20 per cent, of the present resident mem- bership). DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 155 3. The use of the hall should not be granted to any section of a society unless at least 20 members of the Club habitually attend the meetings of the said section. William Harkness, Lester F. Ward, J. R. Eastman. At the meeting of the Board of Management on Febru- ary 6, 1888, it was directed that punch be Refreshments. , , , . , , , , served only on the evenings of the monthly meetings of the Club, and on such other occasions as the Board may direct. This was changed November 5, 1888, so as to require punch to be served at every Monday even- ing meeting of the Club. The Board on March 5, 1888, authorized the invest- ment of an additional $1,000 for the sink- sinking fund. . ing fund. In April, 1888, it authorized the House Committee to contract for a control clock to be connected with the United States Naval Observatory at' a rental not to exceed $30 a year. It also adopted the following resolution at the meeting SSftflffiSS: of May 21, 1888: Resolved, That pursuant to Article VI, Sec. 3, of the By-Laws, the Board of Management hereby authorizes the issue of cards of invitation by members of the Club to visitors to the city for a period not exceeding 30 days in any one year; provided, that no invitation to the same person shall be for a less period than 10 days. The privilege may be extended only by authority of the Board of Management. On December 31, 1888, the number of resident mem- bers had increased to 227 and that of non- Membership. . . . resident members to 51. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year ment! cialState " l888 2 ave the following showing: 156 THE COSMOS CLUB. < P Z < O H P* < D Z < Hi s o a to w « D i— I Q Z W Ph X w o z < 1/1 Ph K O M ^ o z &.* < o*o N o Oi \r> ts ,j- o o>£>o 00 00 O in .9 3 03 4J."t3 (U«-« OJ .. U u\ ev- il's £ h w ? ( fcD . -r'S'S <(/3E-i ShPhCi 5 >• c go T5 n - e n c >>s " H« SSo2 3 .a gu " ?•- S s >" S E .. o | S § a C a„o fe 3 t3 ^2 « S C cj O ft} TO OJ — O g« o o o n -£ -* m O- o O Oi M 3 O E < N U\ CI n _ OOO Is. N ■* P4 M \o M ci (ft- «■ pq c i3 8 «!« ta g O O o s Ssss gWAQp 8 3 « a ° * s £ c^ ■ S W tt *" l- K V ft. 4 o'5'S J'S ■ „«s St" °-Ss bo « COO rt .-00 0) 1" § £ o in " ^ * a „ o * o »■'"■= &"? •o "■§?£««• S.S3 j - e ^ jj „■" j3 "5b s B" o < «■ « o o *■ O C* fO o o -t o *o m SO VC •o **■ «- 69- £ £« ££.£ o o p < 3 ^ ,. OS 3 .. £ i-i ^ Sj b'« »2o o Si , to --|_H J?£ ■■ t-^3 a : » "^13 O V H S ■*-> t3 . •5.2 „■£ iS~2.8 o S g^lS2|000fe SB O o o o o o Of) n\o N <«■ w 3 Ovts. o o MN On 00 N **j N NO in w w- ^ «»■ c vt - v u.2 L? O W C U) -S n « ft g co jg m 5 C 3 3 3 »§| - (a >«C „■ U+J^ to S v . U«W l-i OBJ* E = H 61 .= fee's £; - I*, ■*■ <*> O < v a '3 S « a 5 « Se°°° E £8SiS SwQfiO ^ !>, ffl o S rt o o npq w S3 £ 'bog n3 U g S S s peSM 3 ^ : q fa H ^ o -^ Wco u a K M SO W m e B n o >. , , V ffl s a 0) g C g Hi ^ n In * s H 4J §3 o 5 U rt « H h^H o OJ JOHN MILLS BROWNE. President January 12, 1891, to January n, 18 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 179 1891. The officers and the members of the Committee on Ad- missions elected at the annual meeting on Annual election. January 12, 1891, were as follows: President, John Mills Browne Vice-President, G. Brown Goode Secretary, William C. Winlock Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, John R. Eastman, T. C. Mendenhall, G. K. Gil- bert. Committee on Admissions. — Henry Gannett, H. W. Henshaw, H. H. Bates, Rogers Birnie, J. H. Bryan, R. T. Edes, J. C. Hornblower, W. Hallett Phillips, Richard Rathbun, Henry C. Swain, O. H. Tittmann, and Charles D. Walcott. At the above meeting the following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Cosmos Club be and they are hereby authorized and directed 189° authorized. t0 s '6 n an d sea '> on behalf of the Club, in such form as may be approved by the Board of Man- agement, twenty-nine (29) bonds of five hundred dollars ($500) each, and fifty-five (55) bonds of one hundred dollars ($100) each, to be dated January 31, 1891, and made payable on the thirty-first day of January, 1921, or at any time after ten years from date and before maturity, at the option of the Club, with interest from date until paid at the rate of 5 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually; and to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, (subject, however, to the deed of trust for $20,000, dated June 1, 1886, recorded in Liber No. 1180, folio 492 et seq., one of the land records for the District of Co- lumbia,) upon the lands and tenements of the Club in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, known and distinguished as parts of original lots numbered thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) in square numbered two hundred and twenty-one (221) situated at the southeast corner of H street and Madison Place (or 15% street,) to secure the punctual payment of the principal and in- terest of said bonds. 180 THE COSMOS CLUB. At the meeting of the Board of Management on Janu- ary 12, 1891, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the form of bond for the new issue of 10-30 Cosmos Club bonds submitted by the Treasurer be and the same is hereby approved; and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay off at maturity the Wilkes notes for $27,500, secured by deed of trust dated June 1, 1886, the funds for the purpose to be taken from the subscriptions for the said bonds and from the sinking fund, the final instalment of interest due on said notes to be paid as usual from the general fund. The form of the bond thus adopted was modeled after the form of the bonds issued in 1886, this issue being made subordinate to the deed of trust of that year. Messrs. W. Hallett Phillips and Henry C. Swain were made trustees to secure the bond-holders of this issue, and the property of the Club was deeded to them as trustees on January 31, 1 89 1. The deed was in phraseology substantially the same, mutatis mutandis, as the deed to James C. Welling and Jerome H. Kidder, the trustees under the deed of June i, 1886, and is recorded in liber No. 1547, folio 414 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Co- lumbia. The entire issue of $20,000 was subscribed for by mem- subscribers for Ders of the Club, and all subscriptions were Paymentoi 1 ' P a 'd m t0 tne Treasurer by January 31, Wilkes debt. lggI] on whkh day the four Wilkes notes? for $6,875 each, were taken up, and a release executed by James E. Fitch and Robert C. Fox, the trustees under the deed of trust given on June 1, 1886, to secure their pay- ment. This release is recorded in liber No. 1547, folio 413 et seq., in the land records above mentioned. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 181 The Board of Management adopted, February 16, 1 89 1, the following regulation in regard to Tise of commit- tne US e of the Committee rooms in the Club tee rooms. house : Any committee consisting wholly or chiefly of members of the Club may obtain the use of the first committee room, or, in case of its previous engagement, of the second committee room, by application to the House Committee, or, in the absence of the members of the House Committee, to the steward; provided, that the use of the committee room for such committee shall not interfere with the business of the Club. Touching the silent exercise of the right of black-ball without putting the Committee on Admis- Black-ball. . . , , , • . , sions on special guard as to undesirable can- didates, the Board of Management felt called upon to is- sue a circular on April 16, 1891, of which the following is an extract: Cosmos Club, April 16, 1891. To the Members of the Cosmos Club: The Board of Management desire to call attention of the members to the desirability of furnishing the Committee on Ad- missions with the fullest information possible in regard to candi- dates for membership. The mode of election of new members is set forth in the by-laws, as follows: [Omitted here.] Not all gentlemen whose names have been proposed have finally been elected members. The names of some have been withdrawn by the proposers; others have not been recommended by the Committee on Admissions; others have been black-balled by the Club. It is always an injury, and it may be a serious injury to a person, to have it known that his name has been black-balled. The possibility of such result deters members from proposing candidates, and it is probable that the Club is thus ■deprived of valuable additions to its membership ; moreover, proposers of candidates thus rejected are thereby offended, and the unity and good-fellowship of the Club are impaired. For these Teasons it is important that the Committee on Admissions shall not recommend to the Club the election of undesirable persons — 1 82 THE COSMOS CLUB. an error into which the Committee can fall only through imper- fect information. The Board of Management therefore urge upon all members as a duty (to the Club, to the Committee, and to the candidates) that they prevent the black-balling of candidates by giving to the Committee on Admissions full and timely information. If any member knows reason why a candidate should not be elected, he should communicate that reason to the Committee; or if his reason is of such nature that he is unwilling to state it, even in confidence, he should at least communicate to the Committee the fact that opposition to the candidate exists. By order of the Board of Management: William C. Winlock, Secretary. The Board of Management, on the recommendation of servants' tne House Committee, directed the putting livery. Q f ^ e servants of the Club in livery, at the expense of the Club, on June 8, 1 891. At the monthly meeting of the Board of Management Furnishing the on November 9, 1 89 1, the following com- assembiy hail, munition s i gne d by the members of the Art Committee and House Committee, was read : November p, iSgi- President of the Cosmos Club: Dear Sir: Having the best interests and future welfare of the Cosmos Club in view, the Art and House Committees have con- sidered possible means of adding to the attractiveness and com- fort of the Club rooms. It will be seen that without a measurable attention to these important features on our part, certain younger clubs drawing their membership from the classes of the community relied upon to support this Club will have decided advantages over us, thus tending to still further reduce the percentage of accession to the membership of a club that we believe to be justly entitled to a first place among the cultured clubs of the city and of the country. The condition of the Club house is such that no serious altera- tions or additions can be made to advantage without practically reconstructing the building, and this is for the present out of the DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 183 question. But much of a substantial or permanent nature can be done outside of mere current repairs and the replacing of crippled furniture by equally rickety substitutes. The rooms are notably and notoriously deficient in furniture of » substantial nature. At present there is but one piece — the round table in the main hall — that would be given a place in a well outfitted establishment of this kind. We desire, therefore, to suggest that, if considered expedient, the Club undertake the furnishing of the assembly hall. The walls should be lined with large comfortable sofas and easy chairs, and the fireplace at the east end should be surrounded by high-backed settles. Hangings should be placed across the en- trance alcove, in the archway, and at the front bay-window. Rugs should be placed upon the floor, and something should be done to decorate the barn-like skylight. With the more ample facilities afforded by galleries recently constructed, it is not probable that we will be called upon for the use of this hall for frequent or extensive exhibitions of pictures. The rear portion of the hall furnished as indicated would afford sufficient seating facilities for the ordinary attendance of the scientific societies, so that, save on rare occasions, the furni- ture need not be disturbed, and the folding doors could be opened at once upon the adjournment of the society meetings. With fires in the fire places, the hall so furnished would prove a wonderful attraction. Persons present when the furniture was re- moved from the parlors (then undergoing repairs) and placed in the assembly hall must have noticed the beam of satisfaction upon the faces of members when they entered and while they stayed. And it is a notable fact that they did stay. Furniture of the class suggested could be acquired gradually if heavy expenditure is not warranted at the present time. The financial condition of the Club may be urged as a reason for not favoring the measure here proposed ; but we would earnestly advocate its agitation in the Club, and its consideration by the Board of Management as one of the possible means of insuring the permanence and prosperity of the organization. This communication was followed on December 14, 1 89 1, by a further letter from the Art Committee sub- mitting a number of sketches of furniture suitable for 13 184 THE COSMOS CLUB. furnishing the assembly hall. Extracts from this letter were read at the Club meeting the same evening, and the subject was taken up and discussed at the Club meeting of February 8, 1892. On December 31, 1891, the membership of the Club was 227 resident and 69 non-resident mem- Membership. bers. The annual statement of the Treasurer for 1891 made Financial state- t h e following showing: DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. I85 CO N OlO •-" N C\ W IE 5 ? 331 ■1 ■■ u .„ 1- K £ w ^3 W H rt rt rti+* Pi+h -^O.C.0. » C £ ° ° £ « -a . O O 0>» l» * K. g. c o a 000 •CO (J s »<* ■ u CM- f rt hjOO D.C H I- 0000 f HH- O to U3.2 s si g Jx< o c c 4> "£ to In 4J „ J2 tfl c 5 rt +3 > C So u° bc^ C 3 -d t_ ..., if, OJ >. O T1 r, JS C •— i"T! J£ c OJ > rt ■£ h rt ^ a Xi en 11 U ««!» J* ■a >v £ ~ «"C a) 00 £•** (LI O rt =5 3 EJB C rt " O » O rt O ^ti^' u u,^ **r uJM 13-0 w T3J-U3 H - (U m ? § So" ^ " S£ CO ,_ Jj o M « E a *■ B 2 o u o « «xU. Gin « o o 2 s ooo 5th. Refloor the whole interior, and repaint the whole exterior of the present house, i>5°° This makes a total for all five of $13,300 The figures I have given are, I believe, all liberal estimates, and I believe any one af them can be carried out in a seemly manner within them. I have not included the electric lights, furnace changes, sidewalks nor carpeting in the total given above. Very respectfully, J. R. Marshall. After lengthy discussion in the Club the following ac- tion was taken at the meeting of March 13, 1893 : Voted, That the report be adopted, and that the Board be au- thorized to spend $15,000 on the improvement of the Club upon the general plan submitted, with such changes as they might find desirable. Voted, That a finance committee be appointed by the Chair. Professor T. C. Mendenhall, who had been appointed on the Finance Committee, made the following report at the meeting of the Club on April 10, 1893: To the President of the Cosmos Club: Your committee appointed to consider and report upon the best method of raising funds for the improvement of the Club build- ing submits the following: In considering the source from which may be obtained the sum of $15,000, (the amount of the proposed expenditure as deter- mined by the Club at its last meeting), we are very decidedly of the opinion that the indebtedness must be, for the most part, if not in its entirety, assumed by members of the Club. It is a matter for congratulation that on each occasion when it has been necessary for the Club to secure a loan it has been able to do so by appeal to its own members. Even if outside investors were to voluntarily offer to assume a new debt, it would, in the judg- ment of the Committee, be altogether better and in the real inter- ests of the Club to continue the practice of confining the loan as far as possible to Club members. As the amount now sought 198 THE COSMOS CLUB. is not large, your Committee is of the opinion that this method may again be adopted with success. To this end the following plans, three in number, are submitted, upon which the Committee will endeavor to obtain the opinion of members of the Club, by which they may be guided in making a selection: 1st. The issue of Club notes for the amount required, drawing interest at 6 per cent, per annum, to run for * short period, and to take precedence in the matter of payment over bonded obliga- tions. 3d. The issue of third mortgage bonds, drawing interest at 5 per cent, per annum. 3d. A call of the first mortgage bonds, making the present sec- ond mortgage a first mortgage, and the issue of second mort- gage 5 per cent, bonds for $33,000. It is our desire to issue a circular letter to members of the Club asking each his preference, among these three methods, of nego- tiating a loan, and the amount in bonds or notes he would himself take under each of the several projects. With the information thus obtained, the Committee can make a definite recommendation as to the method which should be adopted. To enable this to be done, an extension of the time for a final report until the next monthly meeting of the Club is respectfully requested. Professor Mendenhall, after submitting the report above quoted, said that, as an individual member of the Club, learning that some of the members were desirous of considering further the propriety of increasing the Club debt — although he had no doubt himself of the propriety of this action — he wished to move a reconsideration of the vote of the Club at the last meeting whereby the Board of Management was authorized to spend $15,000 in the improvement of the Club building. The motion for reconsideration being carried, a general discussion ensued upon the wisdom of increasing the ex- isting Club debt. Professor Harkness spoke at length in opposition to the proposed alterations of the building, and advocated the continued payment of the debt so as to en- able the Club house to be rebuilt entirely, with the hope DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. . 199 that in the meantime additional ground adjoining the present club site might be secured. The by-laws required a two-thirds vote for any propo- sition originating in open Club authorizing an expendi- ture of more than $100. After prolonged debate a vote was taken upon a substitute for the motion adopted at the last meeting, and the vote standing 41 in the affirmative and 19 in the negative was declared carried. The sub- stitute was as follows: That the report of the Board be adopted, and that the Club is of the opinion that an expenditure of $15,000 for the improve- ment of the Club house upon the general plan submitted is de- sirable. On April 22, 1893, the Finance Committee addressed the following circular to the members of the Club in pur- suance of the wish expressed in debate that the member- ship should be canvassed : [Confidential."] Cosmos Club, April 22, iSqs. Dear Sir: After prolonged consideration by the Board of Management and full and fair discussion in open Club, at its meeting held April 10, 1893 (notice of which meeting was given to all members), it was decided by the Club, by a vote of 41 to 19, that it was desirable to undertake at this time a series of alter- ations of and additions to the Club-house, intended to develop the entire capacity of the present structure for affording needed ad- ditional facilities in the way of a new billiard-room, chess and card room, a grill-room as an adjunct to the restaurant, a new Board-room, a private meeting-room for the use of the governing bodies of the Scientific Societies which meet in the assembly hall, and, incidentally, the change of the Club entrance, making pro- vision for a new cloak-room, the construction of a number of lodging-rooms on the third floor, the improvement of the side- walks, and the placing of the whole property in a renovated con- dition, such as will neither require nor permit any further con- siderable expenses until the Club is ready to tear down its pres- ent structure for the purpose of erecting an entirely new building. 14 200 THE COSMOS CLUB. The improvements projected are estimated to cost $15,000. The undersigned, having been appointed as a Finance Commit- tee to report upon the most desirable method of raising this sum for the purpose proposed, made a preliminary report to the Club at its meeting of April 10, 1893, in which occurs the following: In considering the source from which may be obtained the sum of fifteen thousand dollars (the amount of the proposed expenditure as determined by the Club at its last meeting), we are very decidedly of the opinion that the indebtedness must be for the most part, if not in its entirety, assumed by members of the Club. It is a matter for congratulation that on each occasion when it has been necessary for the Club to secure a loan it has been able to do so by an appeal to its own members. Even if outside investors were to voluntarily offer to assume a new debt, it would, in the judgment of the Committee, be altogether better and in the real interests of the Club to continue the practice of con- fining the loan as far as possible to Club members. As the amount now sought is not large, your Committee is of the opinion that this method may again be adopted with success. To this end the following plans, three in number, are submitted: (x) — The issue of Club notes for the amount required, drawing in- terest at 6 per cent, per annum, to run for a short period, and to take precedence in the matter of payment over bonded obligations. (2) — The issue of third mortgage bonds, drawing interest at 5 per cent, per annum. ^ (3) — A call of the first mortgage bonds, making the present second mortgage a first mortgage, and the issue of second-mortgage 5 per cent, bonds for $33,000. To these may now be added: (4) — Same as (3), except that the second-mortgage bonds shall be for $30,000, and $3,000 to be raised on Club notes at 5 per cent, per annum. In explanation it may be well to remind members of the Club that there are now two deeds of trust against the property, one to secure bonds to the amount of $18,200, the other to secure bonds amounting to $20,000. The first series of bonds became subject to call on June 1, 1891, and will mature June 1, 1906; the second series will become subject to call January 31, 1901, and will ma- ture January 31, 1921. If the first series of bonds be now called, the second series,. known as 10-30 bonds, will become a first lien upon the property, not maturing until 1921 and not subject to call before 1901. A new series, to include the amount of this first series and the additional $15,000 desired, amounting to $33,000, would then have to be issued, secured by second mortgage, the total bonded indebtedness of the Club being $53,000. If the loan be negotiated on the security of a third mortgage,, the present indebtedness remaining as now, the total amount would again be $53,000, but having the advantage that bonds- now subject to call could be retired and interest diminished as DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 201 fast as money was available. The only objection to this method arises out of the usual prejudice against a third mortgage. The first plan, that of raising the money on Club notes at 6 per cent, per annum, would not disturb the present bonded indebt- edness, while offering as an inducement to the lender the increased rate of interest in lieu of the security of a further mortgage of the property. There is still another plan, which was not presented to the Club at the April meeting, but which seems to possess some decided advantages. It is, to call the first-mortgage bonds and negotiate a new loan on a second mortgage for $30,000, instead of $33,000 as proposed in plan (3), the remaining $3,000 required for the proposed improvements to be raised on Club notes at 5 per cent, per annum. This plan restricts the bonded indebtedness of the Club to $50,000, and provides a method whereby a portion of the debt may be lifted at any time after two or three years. It will be nearly eight years before a call can be made on the present 10-30 bonds. This plan would promise, therefore, an earlier diminution of the debt and the interest account than either (2) or (3), and would seem to meet the desires of those who would prefer to lessen the amount of the bonded indebtedness and at the same time are of the opinion that a portion of the increased in- debtedness should be paid within a few years. This proposition is incorporated with others already submitted to the Club, as plan (4.) above. The Committee is desirous of ascertaining the sentiment and disposition of the Club in this matter, and with a view of deter- mining the preferences of the members and the amount which they are willing to subscribe under any one of the several plans, the enclosed circular has been prepared, to which the attention of every member of the Club is earnestly directed. On the question of the safety of the investment for members of the Club, it is to be said that while the amount desired to be negotiated carries the debt against the property up to about three- fourths of its present estimated market value, the investment is believed to be a safe one for any one, the property, including what is generally admitted to be the finest Club site in the na- tional capital, being situated in a locality which will probably never suffer a depreciation of value, and the present debt being held almost entirely by members of the Club and by institutions known to be friendly to it. 202 THE COSMOS CLUB. A careful calculation will show that when a fair allowance for the increased expenses of the Club is made, the income of the Club, on the basis of the present membership and rates of dues, will suffice for meeting the increased interest account and the in- creased running expenses consequent upon the enlargement of the Club facilities. It is reasonable to suppose that the increased facilities will attract to membership some eligible persons who have heretofore refrained from joining on account of the want of those facilities. The addition of thirty new members to our present list would insure a contribution to the sinking fund of over a thousand dollars a year, and the addition of twice as many, carrying our list up to the three-hundred limit, would insure perfect ease of financial management and a rapid increase of the sinking fund, after all running expenses are paid. Under a conservative view of the case, it seems fair to expect at least the less favorable of these two conditions, and with this the Club would be free from financial anxiety, no account having been taken in the above calculation of the receipts from entrance fees. In any event, there can be no doubt of the power of the Board of Management to keep the running expenses within limits which will insure against disaster while the Club is adjusting itself to the new conditions. May the Committee, therefore, ask your early consideration of the matter, and request the favor of your answers on the accom- panying form? It is highly desirable that responses should be received by May ist. Please find addressed envelope inclosed. Very respectfully, T. C. Mendenhall, J. S. Billings, Wm. A. DeCaindry. At the regular meeting of the Club May 8, 1893, Pro- fessor Mendenhall reported that in response to the above circular about 40 replies had been received, and but $5,000 had been offered in 12 subscriptions. He expressed his doubt as to the advisability of proceeding with the im- provements when such light support was spontaneously given the proposition by the Club at large, though he felt DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 203 confident that the improvements were desirable, even necessary to the welfare of the Club, and that the required sum could be raised. A motion being made to discharge the Committee from the further consideration of the sub- ject, the debate took the form of a re-discussion of the whole question of the desirability of improving the Club building and of the best means of raising the necessary funds. The Club by the vote of 44 ayes, to 8 nays, finally adopted the following motion : That the report of the Finance Committee be received and the Committee be continued, with instructions to ascertain by a further circular whether it be feasible to raise the sum of $15,000 under the second plan suggested by the Committee. On motion it was : Voted, That the Committee be empowered to call upon mem- bers to assist in canvassing the Club for subscriptions to the proposed loan. Voted, That the Committee be instructed to include in their circular an inquiry as to the number of members in favor of increasing the Club debt $15,000 for the purpose proposed. A special meeting of the Board of Management was called on June 1, 1893, to take action in view of an inti- mation from the Finance Committee in regard to the un- satisfactory amount of subscriptions to the loan of $15,000. After discussion it was: Voted, That the President be requested to increase the number of members of the Finance Committee; that the Board expresses its cordial endorsement of the proposed plan for improving the Club, and its hope that a hearty support to the movement will be given by the members through subscriptions to the proposed loan ; and, furthermore, that upon the necessary funds becoming avail- able the Board is prepared to proceed without delay to carry out the plans as authorized by the Club. 204 THE COSMOS CLUB. On June 6, 1893, the Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee addressed the following circular to each member ■of the Club: [Confidential. - ] Cosmos Club, June 6, i8gs. Dear Sir: At the last regular meeting of the Club a report "was submitted by the Finance Committee recently appointed to ■consider various plans for raising funds for the purpose of mak- ing alterations in the Club house, and to ascertain the amounts which members were willing to subscribe as a loan. After a full consideration of the subject it was determined to proceed upon the second of the several plans proposed, namely, the issue of third mortgage bonds for $15,000, drawing interest at 5 per cent, per annum, and the committee was instructed to •continue its operations upon this basis. In soliciting subscriptions to this loan the committee wishes to invite the attention of members to the following considerations: It is proposed to undertake a series of alterations and additions to the Club house intended to develop the entire capacity of the present structure for affording needed additional facilities in the way of a new billiard room, chess and card room, grill room as an adjunct to the restaurant, a new Board room, a private meet- ing room for the use of the governing bodies of the scientific tsocieties which meet in the assembly hall, and, incidentally, the change of the Club entrance, making provision for a new cloak room, the construction of a number of lodging rooms on the third floor, the improvement of the sidewalks, and the placing of the whole property in a renovated condition, such as will neither require nor permit any further considerable expense until the Club is ready, as it may possibly be at some time in the distant future, to tear down the present structure for the purpose of erecting an entirely new building. In considering the raising of funds for the purpose of making these extremely desirable, not to say necessary improvements, by means of a loan which is believed may be placed entirely with Club members, the matter may be viewed from the standpoint ■of the investor on the one hand, and that of the Club member on the other. To the investor it will appear that the property of the Club offers ample security for the payment of its obligations, including DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 205 the proposed increase of its indebtedness. The debt of the Club secured by mortgage, and there is no other, amounts at the pres- ent time to $38,000. This is hardly more than half the value of the property in the opinion of many good judges, and on a con- servative estimate this amount, together with the proposed in- crease, making $53,000 in all, is much and safely below the actual value of the Club property. The situation of the Club house can- not be equaled elsewhere in the city and no other location is as certain to maintain under adverse, or to exceed under favorable, conditions the value put upon it at the present time. The rate of interest is fair, the payment of the same is almost certain to be regular and prompt, and the investment will extend over a considerable term of years, thus offering unusual advantages to investors. To the Club member the proposition appeals as one offering relief from a condition of things which has continually grown less endurable during the past few years, and as likely to so increase the convenience, comfort and attractiveness of the Club house that it may fairly be expected to do much towards launch- ing it on a new wave of prosperity. The plan selected by the Club has the advantage over others proposed that it leaves existing issues of bonds undisturbed and permits of the call and cancelation of bonds of the first issue as fast as money is available for so doing. At a recent meeting of the Board of Managers of the Club it was voted : That the President be requested to increase the number of members of the Finance Committee; that the Board express its cordial endorsement of the proposed plan for improving the Club, and its hope that a hearty support of the movement will be given by the members through subscrip- tions to the proposed loan; and, further, that upon the necessary funds becoming available the Board is prepared to proceed without delay to carry out the plans as authorized by the Club. It is earnestly desired that all members shall take an interest in the proposed Club improvements, and that no subscription to the loan shall be withheld because it cannot be large. It is be- lieved that many younger members of the Club will find an in- vestment of fifty, one hundred or two hundred dollars in these bonds at once safe and convenient as in effect diminishing in some degree the burden of the annual dues. Although the project of making these improvements in the Club 206 THE COSMOS CLUB. house has been three times approved by large majorities at the regular Club meetings, in order that no member shall fail of an opportunity to express his opinion, the Committee was instructed to include in their circular an inquiry as to the number of mem- bers in favor of increasing the Club debt $15,000 for this pur- pose, and that this may be done a blank space is left after the word "do" in the enclosed return letter, in which the word "not" may be inserted if you do not favor the improvement of the Club house in the manner prdposed. Subscriptions made under a previous circular will be assumed to hold good under this, unless otherwise requested, but addi- tions to these subscriptions will be gladly received and in some cases will be expected. A stamped and addressed envelope containing a blank form for reply is enclosed herewith, and you are requested to seal and post the same after filling the blanks. As the Committee is in- structed to report on Monday evening next, June 12th, it is hoped that you will give this matter your immediate attention and that the reply will be mailed not later than the evening of Saturday, the 10th inst. Respectfully, T. C. Mendenhall, Chairman of Finance Committee. J. S. Billings, R. T. Hill, W. A. De Caindry, J. R. Marshall, S. M. Burnett, J. S. Diller, Thomas Wilson, L. O. Howard, W. C. Winlock, C. J. Bell. At the regular meeting of the Club on June 12, 1893, the chairman of the Finance Committee made an oral re- port announcing that the Committee had been assisted by eight members of the Club in canvassing under the author- ity of the Club's action of May 8, 1893, and that in re- sponse to the Committee's circular of June 6, 1893, 130 replies had been received, of which 107 favored the pro- posed improvement and the consequent increase in the Club debt, and 23 opposed it; and that the total amount subscribed was $18,400, in 55 subscriptions, some 3 or 4 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 207 of those who were opposed to the changes having never- theless subscribed to the bonds. The Club thereupon adopted the following resolution, Bond issue of whicn was carried by a vote of 55 in the 1893 authorized. a jfi ririat: i ve an d 2 in the negative, out of 72 members present: Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Cosmos Club- be and they are hereby authorized and directed to sign and seal on behalf of the Club, in such form and in such denominations as may be approved by the Board of Management, bonds not ex- ceeding in total amount the sum of fifteen thousand (15,000) dol- lars, to be dated July 31, 1893, and made payable on the 31st of July, 1923, or at any time after ten (10) years from date and before maturity at the option of the Club, with interest from date and until paid at the rate of five (5) per centum per an- num, payable semi-annually, and to execute and deliver a mort- gage or deed of trust (subject, however, to the deed of trust for $20,000, dated June 1, 1886, recorded in liber No. 1180, folio 492 ci seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and to the deed of trust for $20,000, dated January 31, 1891, recorded in liber No. 1547, folio 414 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia,) upon the lands and tenements of the Club in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known and dis- tinguished as parts of original lots numbered thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) in square numbered two hundred and twenty-one (221), situated at the southeast corner of H street and Madison Place (or 15% street) to secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest of said bonds. The Club also adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Board of Management be authorized and directed to proceed to execute the improvements thVbuTfding* ° f of the CIub house in accordance with the previous action of the Club. As in the case of the bond issue of January 31, 1 891, the form of the bond adopted for the issue of July 31, 1893, was modeled after the form of the issue of June 1,. 208 THE COSMOS CLUB. 1 886, Messrs. Joseph K. McCammon and Charles J. Bell being named as trustees, to whom the property of the Club was deeded on July 31, 1893. The deed is recorded in liber No. 1830, folio 335, et seq., one of the land re- cords of the District of Columbia. The Board of Management met on June 12, 14 and 17, improvement of l8 93> and discussed the plans for the im- the building. provements and the general scheme to be adopted. On July 28, 1893, the Board voted: That Messrs. Hornblower and Marshall be requested to take Architects charge, as architects, of the contemplated improve- appointment. ments in the bu il d j ng . Mr. Marshall thereupon submitted plans at that meet- ing which were examined by the members present, and it was: Voted, That the architects be instructed to procure bids for doing the work upon the plans submitted, and to report at a spe- cial meeting of the Board. On August 14, 1893, the architects submitted to the Plans ana speci- Board plans and specifications, with state- flcations. ment of proposals that had been received from three builders for doing the work of main construc- tion, the lowest proposal being $10,500, and also an esti- mate of cost of additional work and materials required to finish the improvements and of the architects' fee, amount- „ , „ ing in all to $4,500. With some modifica- Work ordered. . & VVJ tions to reduce the cost of construction in the basement, and the striking out of certain items, the plans were adopted, and the architects directed to prepare the necessary contract papers and begin the work. At the Club meeting of December II, 1893, the fol- ciub reception, lowing resolution was adopted : DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 209 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Club that a reception be ■given during the winter, provided that a Committee on arrange- ments to be appointed by the President shall first ascertain if it is financially feasible. The annual report of the Board of Management made improvement ot to the Club at its annual meeting on Janu- the building. ary g^ lgg4j contained the following: During the year 1892 — and, in fact, for several years previous — the belief that the Club house did not offer facilities commen- surate with the Club membership existed among many members, and occasionally found expression in complaints to the Board of Management. The narrow, ill-arranged entrance, and the lack of arrangements for properly caring for hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., constantly pointed to the necessity for some improvement which would offer at least temporary relief. The Board gave much consideration to the subject, and frequent attempts were made to devise plans for absolutely necessary improvements at a cost of a few hundred or a few thousand dollars. In all these attempts the conclusion was forced upon the Board that any changes which would be recognized as a considerable improve- ment over existing conditions must be extensive and expensive; that partial, temporary relief at a comparatively small cost would be wholly unsatisfactory, and that the Club must contentedly sub- mit to the inconveniences to which it was subjected or it must un- dertake extensive modifications and enlargements. Similar views were entertained by many members of the Club, and in the latter part of the year 1892 the subject was much discussed and various plans of improvement were talked over. Early in the year 1893 the Board made a report to the Club, recommending the expenditure of a considerable sum of money for the purpose. On March 13, the Club voted to expend $15,000 in house improvements, the amount to be raised by the issue of bonds. The discussion which took place at that and subsequent meetings, the steps that were taken to secure a thorough canvass of the Club membership, and the appointment of a committee to receive [solicit] subscriptions, are events so recent that a re- view of them in detail is unnecessary. On June 12 it was an- nounced that subscriptions amounting to $18,400 had been re- ceived, being ^3.400 more than was called for. The Club then 2IO THE COSMOS CLUB. instructed the Board of Management to proceed with the improve- ment and modification of the Club house, the cost to be restricted to the $15,000 raised by the issue of third mortgage bonds. Through the several delays that had occurred since the accept- ance of the scheme, two or three of the best months for work of this kind — the months during which the members of the Club would have been least inconvenienced— were allowed to pass ; and the final maturing of plans, the letting of contracts, etc., still further postponed the beginning; so that the summer was more than half over before the work was well under way. The fur- ther fact that the architects and builders were requested by the Board to arrange the work so that the Club house should be at no time uninhabitable — so as to subject the members to the mini- mum amount of inconvenience — necessarily prolonged the opera- tions in no small degree. The Board selected Messrs. Horn- blower and Marshall as architects, and to the great personal in- terest which these gentlemen manifested in the work the Club is indebted for a large measure of the success with which it has been executed. The continued delay in the completion is a source of deep re- gret to the Board, and while it seems to have been unavoidable, the Management have fully appreciated the serious inconvenience to which the members of the Club have been subjected during the past two or three months. They desire to express their appre- ciation of the patience and forbearance almost universally exhib- ited during these months, in spite of the many discomforts of the situation. * * Unfortunately, even to-night, the Management are unable to report the work as entirely completed, as there are still some de- tails of finishing which will require a few days more. Enough is done, however, to enable members to form a good idea of the general result. The Board itself does not consider the improvements everything that could be wished; but it invites attention to the fact that in character and style the modifications were necessarily restricted by the nature of the existing building, and in degree or quantity by the inconvenient but incontrovertible fact that $15,000 wilt not purchase $25,000 worth of work. The Management have much satisfaction, however, in announcing to the Club that they now turn the business over to their successors with the improve- ments completed, without incurring a dollar of indebtedness be- DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 21 1 yond the $15,000 bond issue originally voted by the Club, and with a surplus of receipts over expenditures during the year 1893 of about $1,600, a portion of which has been already set aside for carpeting now in progress. The Treasurer's report at that annual meeting stated as follows, the bonds having all been subscribed for by members of the Club : The debt of the Club was increased during the year by a loan of $15,000, negotiated in accordance with the requirements of the Club. Of the bonds issued under the loan $13,800 have been taken and paid for by the subscribers, leaving $1,200 of the bonds still in the hands of the Treasurer to be called for. It is thought that, in view of the stringency of the times, several of the sub- scribers for these uncalled for bonds would be glad to be released from their subscriptions. Five hundred dollars of these bonds could be delivered at once to any one desirous of taking them. As the dues for the current year have now begun to come in, the Treasurer may be able to carry these $1,200 of bonds for a rea- sonable time without embarrassment to the Treasury, but they should be taken up by subscribers at as early a day as practic- able. The membership on December 31, 1893, consisted of Membership. 299 resident and 63 non-resident members. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year Financial state- ^93 made the following showing: 212 THE COSMOS CLUB. 05 W « w O W P o H < & < a o Hi w M D 5 « Oh X w Q < H PN w o w 05 fa o £-1 z w B mNNNo ■^ S w « SBsc Iusb U Eg 3 o o ooj £ 2 *.££££ S« - g.g.g.g.g's s"3 s -.otan "g ?e s s s ?!■» ° g ac.aa.rt J c 3' •1 S'S'S'.g' « * ' O 3H.PN ^ g <•: O SgaJ i ".2 I •a ° „ ll ° mM "•Oi-.S ■OtJimJS ^' « o yt d +3 c u G o o ■ H JJOu e.S -» "■a c "I S « 2 «m" " ° c o£ E " 3 M ,3"*»S GROVE KARL GILBERT. President January 5, 1894, to January DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 215 1894- The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January 5, Annual election. ,, 1894, resulted as follows: President, G. K. Gilbert Vice-President, T. C. Mendenhall Secretary, L. O. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, .... Swan M. Burnett, J. Rush Marshall, Henry Gan- nett. Committee on Admissions. — H. H. Bates, Rogers Birnie, J. H. Bryan, J. C. Hornblower, Richard Rathbun, Rufus H. Thayer, O. H. Tittmann, Charles D. Walcott, Bernard R. Green, E. Fran- cis Riggs, C. Hart Merriam, and H. Randall Webb. The following resolution was unanimously adopted January 8, 1894: Vote of thanks Resolved, That the Board of Management, and to the Board of especially the architect in charge, Mr. J. R. Mar- Management r J b j j and architect, shall, deserve, and we hereby tender to them, the hearty thanks of the Club for the efficient and satisfactory man- ner in which they have planned and carried out the improvements of the Club house. The reception authorized by the Club at the meeting of December 11, 1893, was duly held in the Club house on the evening of February 2, 1894, and was one of the notable events of the season at the national capital. The following circular was promulgated by the Board Lodging rooms f Management on April 17, 1894: in Club house. b r 11 v-t By order of the Board of Management of the Club certain rooms on the third floor have been furnished for transient occu- pation by resident and non-resident members and by guests of the Club. The rate of payment has been fixed at $1.50 each day, and a limit of time for occupation by a single person has been IS 2l6 THE COSMOS CLUB. fixed at two weeks, providing there is another applicant for the same room at the expiration of that time. Members are requested to notify the chairman of the House Committee, or the steward, as far in advance as possible, of the date on which they may de- sire to occupy the rooms, and the rooms will be considered as en- gaged in the order in which such notifications are received. To non-resident members the Board of Management desires to further announce that the Club grill-room is now in successful operation, and that when they have occasion to visit Washington they will be able not only to secure lodgings at the Club, but will also be able to get satisfactory meals in the house. L. O. Howard, Secretary. Washington, April 17, 1&94.. The annual report of the Board of Management for the .tte P b°Sng t0f y ear ^94 state d as follows: The Club entered upon the year with the extensive repairs barely completed, with many bills connected with the repairs still unpaid, and with a great deal still to be done in the way of pa- pering, painting, and furnishing. Moreover, by reason of the en- larged facilities offered to members, the running expenses of the Club had been increased to a very considerable degree. The balance on hand at the end of the last year was $6,318.81, of which $4,621.70 was a part of the funds raised by bonds dur- ing that year for the alterations and improvements. This latter sum, with $1,200 raised by the sale of bonds in this year, was ap- plied towards the completion of the alterations and improvements referred to. Expenditures for the electric light installation, paint- ing, papering, furniture, carpets, bedding, linen, tableware, kitchen utensils, architects' fee, etc., amounted to about $3,500. The only expense under these several heads during succeeding years will be that of maintenance. The Treasurer in his annual report said: The bonds of the issue of 1893, amounting to $1,200, which Subscribers for were reported by the Treasurer as still in his bonds of 1893. hands at the time of the last annual report, were converted into money during the year and applied to the uses of the Club. D O DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 219 As a matter of fact, the last subscription to these bonds was paid to the Treasurer on December 12, 1894. On December 31, 1894, the membership stood 263 Membership. resident and 86 non-resident members. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year Se 1 nt ncialstate " : ^94 ma< ^ e tne following showing: 220 THE COSMOS CLUB. a w m S w u w p o E-1 < P < o « 1=. w « P 5 w en w o SB < 3 O o 55 W § < CO sO M 0\ VD co v£) ■*00 n G •* Ch O 11 \D 3 -t rf m N N O -r fo iO ■* s C\ w « < w- 0\ o O o ifiOcl lO e p io\o o o o o O ^fON Cq ir VD O 10 vi « tr > O o N Mm o, ■** 0> C\ N O t^ ^ U", m^Wo n. *tw o K «c o u 3 -5 G V & X W nses : d for House Committee, d for Library Committe d for Art Committee, . .G a . . . , ■ >> "G • 1- (0 . 4) O - G a -,o -a jtg cu ! « s • <* expenses: additions, etc., to build ;arpets, bedding, linen, ring, lamps, fans, gas • 6 ■Srf rt Cm- d: ns Cosmos 1886 bonds,. ns Cosmos 1891 bonds, ns Cosmos 1893 bonds,. • * ^coco a u "1 O 4» ^ v 1J V .O J2 ^"C'ti'C o ? _ Q. d. D. c G a. .a , •£ H 355 4j O C O 10 U O O r dinars Appro Appro Appro Salary Taxes, xtraorc Altera Furnit Klectr ' ca-ti t cy Jh G G C |ooo •— ■ cy c O bj o f NOt \o G 3 CO lO ts vc O L T « CO \n o O O i- VO o VD O O C 1 N g fO m CN Tf W - "* < N M 1-i IH «9- o o o o 1^ o O iomi/ VO o OmMN Ol -H * O t-sOO c M 0\ o? N Ul« m !-■ N co W 00 M 69- <«- <-T «0 ^ "S >-. s~. o ^ 1= ui K O a tt ft) Oi (^ U CO a £\ ce 5**- a; fc t CO ^ C c "13 '3 S O to G •s? (0 -i. G * 4-1 i+. o c ' IE S3 5 , of lodging rooms of assembly ball a "; «2 O e c to 1 Balan Entra Dues Dues 3 fci 1 £ p , a ct cd s p &, ft ^ ft. Z 00 .5 c. S-° .13 6\ O 11 V 69- rt 69- -•g 13 having ebt of 1, 1891 in pur 4» C Cu 0^ CO H) H-T-J S^o **G 3 >- G S3 4-> V C.G O - >, °13 V c u O a; (U s^- .^ J3 00 G p G O 141 2 O-G 1" co vo CO iG 13 00 O ccc tfi- tl 1- - & •°M- ^*5 to in c Ex O^S « 10 ; . W co c 11 Oi ^ ajXl £ 1^ +J +J +J rt p j (T5 «j ro ' w > •C'C'C © * pace o c c c o o o oo ao\ ccajoo rt .a fii+H^a^j p „ o bzi o o rt i c° M .5 »« MS h rt c fl rt'CiL .5 a 3 cao c Pn pj Ph es K tn 13 *J W L. • &:£ > c en en en o o o SES V: tn w o o o O O o r^ Sj: " H S'3 ° O O ^ L - bo.2 6 ft a, ft ° ii " a s a b s 3 '■£ rt 5"S-B « ° y y fe ?'S Si " B C B ft) JP SI SS-2 O 01 Vlr. EH o * >, B E 'So »J -n ^ ~ l- tn tn (n 4J V vu ; B 3 3 3 •2i2 « ° ° >5^ '- 4-. « ~ O » B C S£: *6«5 •a-a C C^, ft rt o h 4> rt c T3 5 o C N C <"l n «■ •> m-c *" c *- T3 X rt 1» >. s ■u aj a; * J OJ ^ o U ty -a V) C c C/J 4 !.'". '• i ISPn t ' * •fl, ■ ■ l '*/- j ; SWAN MOSES BURNETT. President January 13, 1896, to January 11, 1897. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 229 1896. The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January Annual election. _ r . . - ,, 13, 1896, resulted as follows: President, Swan M. Burnett Vice-President, Henry Gannett Secretary, L. O. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, ....Bernard R. Green, Charles D. Walcott, John R. Procter. Committee on Admissions. — F. H. Bigelow, R. U. Goode, J. H. Gore, John Van Rensselaer, Cyrus Adler, and E. D. Preston. On December 31, 1896, the membership had increased to 300 resident and 98 non-resident mem- Membership. bers. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year ment ncial State " '^ mad e the following showing: 230 THE COSMOS CLUB. (A w n w u w n o S < w ui o o *fi inOO »n fOCO O *j-VO to W W N N m '5 S w wet; O r °'£ J< & -s K 3? aj S a S o^ c u >> ■&, o ■ '13 -0*13*0 r) O O CM-i ,C JUZ O \0 M to C 00 OiOiO CO CO 00 '£ 1-1 *"* M ,5 to to to*4J o o o u 0) (fl 09 g o o o u UUU-d n G n cfl : "■»■* "3 W " 2 K S £ QO.S O'jh c o o ,,L » °«" " U U U U C to ,„ i- f B h S ^t g p O O ""I r; C " ag & 3 g S-B a 3 -m ° ° ° Q. ■S ".3.5-3 ScccS a nj a -i v c v "J "6 to » % flJ ° O J2 HENRY GANNETT. President January 11, 1897, to January 10, 1S9 16 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 233 1897. The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January Annual election. 11, 1897, resulted as follows: President, Henry Gannett Vice-President, Charles D. Walcott Secretary, L. O. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, ....Bernard R. Green, John R. Procter, Rufus H. Thayer. Members of Committee on Admissions. — J. C. Hornblower, F. V. Coville, Everett Hayden, and H. Randall Webb. By an amendment of section 2, Art. VI. of the by-laws, Limit of Mem- adopted by the Club on November 8, 1897, i>e p. the limitation of the number of resident members to 300 was repealed, and the number of resident members that could be elected at any meeting was fixed at 5. On December 31, 1897, the membership consisted of Membership. 30 1 resident, and 108 non-resident members. The annual statement of the Treasurer for the year Financial state- t8q7 made the following showing: ment. ■ 7/ b b 234 THE COSMOS CLUB. M W w a w p o < S3 < o « D a a w PL, x w o < en H hH w >b0 • C T3 • Q~ ■ '43 3 ' bo 2 3 C &« few MONO oo o\i^oo ■ ■ '-a ; : : c o - - -J3 0) 10 to C C C o o o o VO m fO O 00 Oi Oi'J3 000000 rf 1-1 M H t E m s o o ^i2 Sfi 3 3 3 O J5 O o ^ v- * „ bfl,o 3 .SB § bo ^ e ■f 8 I « o o .J2 !CC * 1&04 S > O -M £ OtC £ o o o£ft *j O w t- ■SS.S* .. " S ° bo^ est, _C^oo ft r5 o S a xi ^-fl rt c S-St! rtoo'S'd h 3 m v > o i- ^: rt o 3 O. jq o a o. ***rr N CO 1^. O -n ri « O CO u C 3 o n a V 00 M u F F ^o u >v +J tn 3 J3 o o F n K o U V H RJ CHARGES DOOUTTLE WALCOTT. President January 10, 1898, to January 9, 1899. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 237 1898. The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January Annual election. ,. „ , , , ,, 10, 1098, resulted as follows: President, Charles D. Walcott Vice-President, Bernard R. Green Secretary, L. 0. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindrjr Managers, ....John R. Procter, Rufus H. Thayer, George M, Sternberg. Members of Committee on Admissions. — Rogers Birnie, Cyrus Adler, Richard Rathbun, and O. H. Tittmann. At the meeting of the Club on May 9, 1898, it was — Voted, That the United States flag be displayed on the Club Flag. house on appropriate occasions. On May 9, 1898, a letter was received by the Board of Management from the Joint Commission of Gift of furniture ._..._.. . , „, , by joint commis- the scientific societies meeting in the dub house, stating that the Commission had voted to present the Cosmos Club, without stipulation, all the furniture purchased at various times by the Commis- sion then in use in the assembly hall and Committee room of the Club. The following resolution was offered by Mr. G. K. Gilbert at the Club meeting of December ^ Anniver - 12, 1898, and referred to the Board of Man- agement for report. Resolved, That the Club hold a special meeting to commem- orate its twenty-first anniversary, the Board of Management be- ing charged with the selection of the date and with all arrange- ments. Resolved, That the Board of Management be instructed to con- sider the desirability and feasibility of publishing a historical volume in connection with the commemorative meeting, and re- port to the Club at a future meeting. 238 THE COSMOS CLUB. On December 31, 1898, the number of resident mem- bers was 315 and of non-resident members Membership. IID. The annual statement of the Treasurer for 1898 made Financial state- tne following showing: ment. & B DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 239 (A W a % w u w fi o H < S o « H t-H Q 2 W ft X w Q < w u Ph 3 o w es s. O < s OOOV?00«irtO(»0 , l" OOO w O»«*^Ot^oN amoO« o °* o> o *oo o\ "lvo mCO M w w ci >-< ui ; a |e : - £ o ' to w 5 „a U i-. wj* jy Sj O C v *-■ <-)4-m-.-£ S rt COM-! > I C'C ° ?> o o >> « ' M u U U, O 2 a art X ■3 a osz rt 5 in to o c s»*J c 5 5 > ni o, co-* o o o « 2 t- 'I SO O N M O M H \CO N" 1 ■S - -s B*WOin CC .- ro O CO C\ 0**£ m COCO rt en o +* o co to y 10 a o o C cu c e c co i- v, E - O 2'l 3 ° a ™ u U C ;r; « Sh O 'tCO N OVOCO « « c . o w « £'" « £S'»bS S b ° o ° s 2 8 » S SB 3 S B gwPno it. •b| - O S B B 4* -^ J- >i a ■^"5 E r bfl — .'" 5 C ^-" B. 'C^ B y 3 O M *■ •° ..B'O o Co, rt O in s*^ oco ^ *3 C BERNARD RICHARDSON GREEN. President January 9, 1899, to January 8, 1900. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 243 1899. The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January 9, Annual election. 1899, resulted as follows: President, Bernard R. Green Vice President, John R. Procter Secretary, L. O. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, Rufus H. Thayer, George M. Sternberg, J. C. Hornblower. Members of Committee on Admissions. — For one year to fill vacancies: Thomas Nelson Page and J. D. Patten. For three years, F. H. Bigelow, R. U. Goode, J. H. Gore, and J. Van Rensselaer. The Board of Management reported as follows on 25th Anniver- March 13, 1899, on the resolution referred sary celebra- tion, to it by the Club on December 12, 1898: The Board of Management having carefully considered the resolutions offered by Mr. Gilbert at the meeting of December 12, relative to holding a celebration of the Club's twenty-first an- niversary, and to printing a memorial* volume, recommends that the proposed celebration be postponed until the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the organization of the Club, and that the Club au- thorize the appointment of a Committee of three to collect data appropriate to a memorial* volume to be published at that time. These recommendations were adopted by the Club, and Appointment of ^ e President was authorized to appoint the nistoriSi vo?- Committee of three. The Committee was ume ' appointed November 13, 1899, and consisted of G. K. Gilbert, Robert Fletcher and William A. DeCaindry. On December 31, 1899, the membership consisted of 331 resident and 118 non-resident mem- Membership. bers. The annual statement of the Treasurer for 1899 made Financial state- the following showing : *By vote of the Club on June 8, 1903, the word "memorial" in this report was changed to read "historical. 244 THE COSMOS CLUB. BS W M a w o w a « < < S o Pi [* in w os 5 5 w On w Q 55 < & s O w « O IZi W w E- < S/5 < W 6 < \o fit"* H N mm M M lO ^ 0> it "* N «■ O O ^ K On H N f300 M"\0 °,Mm mm ■ • a ■ o v :•* V . ft * 4J oj rt aj b t o 2 OtS u $.2.2 £ it i« =. & o. - fc u u v « aft Ku •5 ft art a O ti S3 2*^ rt «3 Q « o a H* 1.1 u c gS.5.5 SjS be " g M C K « lOOOV© o tn co ai 2 IDT) XI -Q c c c Boo 1 " .Q.O.Q o VO M <*> C 00 OiWO 00 00 00 ■« ;s < •- S fa* C > 5 K •S u, ft a o'So'S ESSS H 52 S ° o o o c :*jiv w jh -* in w w cfl ^3 ft 60 J- ^ C C C ■ T 5 ui t to ti*E 4> c §S.5-E.£3£000-S ft) S.S "S Sea gwmM 00 N \o CO \o O f| +j (U D U SS3S3 o bi)3 sgggg SCL, pes « & in o S* o M aj d i-T w *D 01 ^tl .- o>o\ 4 , o*^ ■* U3 S c 1 ^ •D (Ll -Ho rtoo y3 J!.So S ?>§•§■ s» ■« ■s aasu ■ft. 60 - — bT o % C J S-S'£ II 3 s > g" S.S s'u S « " x » sgj; oo & o\. 5 ^ *£ m^.5 g tn in in O El O o o c — S G S « (A V) 3) in u J-> O o o « " a „ « « bfl ni 2 O O S O ^ g o o & =J w ° o o e-= i- d c fl u ° o o oil 69-1 Ul rt S « 8 « " Oi fj — O *j CD? O* fU H o « & C3 00Tj-h hVOCO C 3 O rt si « K ..1i >°o £,s»o a g s g 5 ft. ft. dj rt O w Of n a " - i^ o ml •w ri B >> oug„, » r)^ S°*b :£«• o X v .« tn RUFUS IIILDRETII THAYER. President January 14, 1901, to January 13, 1902 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, 251 1901. The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January Annual election. 14, 1 90 1, resulted as follows: President, Rufus H. Thayer Vice President, George M. Sternberg Secretary, L. O. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, J. C. Hornblower O. H. Tittmann, Richard Rathbun. Members of Committee on Admissions. — Cyrus Adler, Charles Moore, W. H. Ashmead and J. F. Hayford. By vote of the Club at the meeting of February 1 1 , „ ,. 1 90 1, the Club decided that it was inadvisa- Retirement of $1,000 of the ble to depart from the policy of retiring a debt annually. r r 3 & portion of the Club debt each year, and it adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That the Board of Management be requested to take into consideration and report to the Club at its standing debt in next monthly meeting the feasibility of redeeming interest l0Wer the bonds of the Club ' as the P eriod of °P tionaI redemption of each series is reached, and the issue in place thereof of new bonds at a lower rate of interest. The treasurer issued the following circular on March 12, 1901 : Cosmos Cltjb, March 12, igoi. To the Members of the Cosmos Club: The Club issued bonds in 1886 to the amount of $30,000, run- ning 20 years, bearing 5 per cent, interest, and redeemable at the option of the Club after 5 years from the date of issue. It issued in 1891 bonds to the amount of $20,000, running 30 years, bearing 5 per cent, interest, and redeemable at the option of the Club after 10 years. The period of redemption at the option of the Club in the case of tho 1886 issue was reached in 1896, and $9,000 of that issue have been redeemed. The remaining $11,000 of that issue, and 252 THE COSMOS CLUB. the $20,000 of the issue of 1891, are now subject to be called in and redeemed at the pleasure of the Club. At the meeting of the Club on February n, 1901, the Board of Management was directed to ascertain and report upon the feasi- bility, in the present condition of the money market, of calling in these bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest and issuing others at a lower rate of interest in their stead. It is much to be desired that the bonded debt of the Club shall be owned and held by members of the Club. For the information of the Board, therefore, I have the honor to inquire: If new 5-20 bonds to the amount of $31,000 (to be used in ef- fecting the retirement and cancelation of the above mentioned $31,000 of 5 per cent, bonds) should be issued by the Club, bear- ing 4 per cent, interest, for what amount of the new 4 per cent, bonds would you be willing to subscribe? Your early answer on attached blank form will greatly oblige,. Your obedient servant, Wm. A. DeCaindry, Treasurer Cosmos Club. The Treasurer received subscriptions amounting to $66,000 under the above call for subscribers for $31,000. On April 8, 1 90 1, he reported to the Club, on behalf of the Board of Management, the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Cosmos Club be and they are hereby authorized and di- ?£° authorized. rected t0 si S n and seal on behalf of the Club ' in such form and in such denominations as may be approved by the Board of Management, bonds, not exceeding in total amount the sum of forty-six thousand dollars, ($46,000) to be dated April 8, 1901, and made payable on the 8th day of April, 1921, or at any time after (5) five years from date and before maturity at the option of the Club, with interest from date and until paid at the rate of four per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust, (subject, however, to the deeds of trust of June L r 1886, for $20,000, of January 31, 1891, for $20,000, and of July DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 253 31, 1893, for $15,000, recorded respectively in liber No. 1180, folio 493, liber No. 1547, folio 414, and liber No. 1830, folio 335, of the land records of the District of Columbia) upon the lands and tenements of the Club in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known and distinguished as parts of original lots numbered thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) in square numbered two hundred and twenty-one (221) situated at the southeast cor- ner of H street and Madison Place (or 15% street), to secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest of said bonds. Of the $46,000 bonds so executed, $31,000 shall be used at once in redemption of all outstanding 5 per cent. Cosmos Club bonds issued under the deeds of trust of June 1, 1886, and January 31, 1891 ; and the remaining $15,000 shall be retained until the op- tion of redemption of the Cosmos Club bonds issued under the deed of trust of July 31, 1893, nas accrued, when they may be used in redemption of those bonds at the convenience of the Club. Resolved, That from the proceeds of the new 4 per cent. Cos- mos Club bonds the Treasurer of the Club be and he is hereby instructed to redeem all the outstanding 5 per cent. Cosmos Club bonds that were issued under the deeds of trust of June 1, 1886, and January 31, 1891, allowing interest on the same until April 30, 1901, and no longer; and he is hereby further instructed to reserve $4,000 of the new 4 per cent, bonds and use them as col- lateral security to four promissory notes for $1,000 each to be made by the President and Secretary in the name of the Club, running one, two, three and four years respectively, and bear- ing interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, and at the ma- turity of each of said notes to pay off the same and cancel the bond which accompanied it as collateral security, thus continuing the reduction of the Club debt at the rate of $1,000 per year dur- ing the first four years of the life of the said 4 per cent, bonds; and he is further instructed to make an equitable distribution of $27,000 of the remainder of said 4 per cent, bonds among those who have subscribed for them in answer to his circular letter of March 12, 1901. Resolved, That the President of the Club be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to take all necessary legal steps in the name of the Club for securing the release of the deeds of trust given to secure payment of the Cosmos Club bonds of June 1, 1886, January 31, 1891, and July 31, 1893, after the said bonds have been paid off and canceled. 254 THE COSMOS CLUB. It was not necessary to execute promissory notes in the manner and for the purpose indicated in the second reso- lution above, as Mr. Charles J. Bell, one of the sub- scribers, agreed to surrender a $1,000 bond from those subscribed for by him, each year for four years, for re- demption and cancellation, after which time the regular drawings of bonds for retirement would begin. The bonds issued April 8, 1901, in pursuance of the above authority were modeled after the forms adopted for the three previous issues of June 1, 1886, January 31, 1 891; and July 31, 1893, the American Security and Trust Company being named as trustee, to whom the property was deeded on April 8, 1 901. The deed is re- corded in liber No. 2525, folio 485 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia. The entire amount of $3 1 ,000 was subscribed for by the members of the Club, and was paid in and the new 4 per cent, bonds delivered to subscribers by May 28, 1901. On December 31, 1901, the number of resident mem- bers was 359, and of non-resident members Membership. 131- The annual statement of the Treasurer for 190 1 made Financial state- tne following showing: DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 255 f^ \Q in o 00 ■ lO is. O ro io 3 O ts.« is. CO o w_ \D If) j "1 m < ' V5- 69- NOO N MOO" HMflO * • u >> rn *N. m o vn ^ O \D O m ts. 00 >0 "Ooo N : ° £ •r : :ll :»5' 4> ft ° -Mm •a : : SS :8.~ a : : . : s J a u .a a ->o-a • • , . l- aj £ I * bo -M bop c n ■43 D.B « bo' to m aj 3-g-o " s s _ ft.S T3T3~r ) -f ) tts u . u .o.o.d'; ;ss :s .2 5 5 H 5 o-m ^ •- 2 o ^ io • a v 5-oxl 2, v o ■.;» Do §•*.»- .g.Sc ■5 0.0/3 « 3**0 MO BO ^ c c t« o^. Swa> £ ft eg 6. S. 5 8.S 1 '-o fi .SS !6C o o -a " bo -€«- o ^**5 K _ o rt q, O.0J M « M 00^ *■ " -- " M "- S «!'&:& P+: o^ o i— io o to'O a) p.*" oj , n to ft i5 - 2 *» u oo +j n rt ij co cd a^i; E m .- r s S ->.— >« .. j— I— iO J3 +* S"o-a w a-a 13 „' 1 3 aj T3T3 4)-^ S u •a g c £ m- g-° ° ft" u ■S •• - S »*^ V- t> „ Cih JJ w a o =5 ° zs ° g, So„S2^ •a »! s ■a a « s <^ o a « uf 1 . '*9- fl-5 GEORGE MILLER STERNBERG. President January 13, 1902, to January 12, 1903. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 259 1902. The annual election of officers and of the members of the Committee on Admissions on January Annual election. 13, 1902, resulted as follows: President, George M. Sternberg Vice President, J. C. Hornblower Secretary, L. O. Howard Treasurer, William A. DeCaindry Managers, O. H. Tittmann, Richard Rathbun, James G. Hill. Members of the Committee on Admissions. — F. H. Bigelow, R. U. Goode, J. H. Gore, and John Van Rensselaer. Upon evidence produced by the Treasurer to the Na- tional Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust ottte ciub. deeds Company of the payment of all the bonds issued under the deed of trust to W. Hallett Phillips and H. C. Swain, dated January 31, 1891, that Company on July 21, 1902, executed a deed of release and reconveyance to the Cosmos Club of all property covered by said deed and by the deed to that com- pany by W. Hallett Phillips dated June 5, 1895. The deed of the Company is recorded in liber No. 2651, folio 489 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Co- lumbia. On July 24, 1902, a bill in equity (No. 23,433) was Decree in equity ^ e ^ m tne Supreme Court of the District trasteeto** °^ Columbia, for the appointment by the fi :t Court of a trustee to release the deed of trust of June I, 1886, (in favor of J. C. Welling and J. H. Kidder, trustees,) and that of January 31, 1891, (in favor of W. Hallett Phillips and H. C. Swain, trustees) the entire indebtedness of the Cosmos Club under these two deeds having been paid off, and all four of the trustees being dead. On February 14, 1903, the court 260 THE COSMOS CLUB. made a decree appointing Charles L. Frailey, trustee, to execute a release of both of the above deeds. On December 31, 1902, the number of resident mem- bers was 385, and of non-resident members Membership. 143. The annual statement of the Treasurer for 1902 made menT Cial State ~ the IO U owin g showing : DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 261 w B w a o < < o « tn w « D t-H D Z M C X w p z < tn H P-. 5 o w « o H a w s w < E rooo | - , ooor%o «00 Moo O O N .O K,_J &+j Si c 01 bi) 1 j^ O O >, W — > -r* S B ^ I. U D * +i!L ■~ c. cr: « 3 u u. * tuiOn t^fs.00 O n ion h nno G S Cm., O O O o ^> V « n . £ = E -Sow H WH C ado 2 00 CO O+J O O O r- * ass§ c OOO j ouu-o H c " m a m ei OT3 c C C *^'S O O O c B B 33 3-2 o ^ o o o £ ~ ^ o o o g" Q, QJ E Si sooo^ 3,5 « £ " Sh E t>.m « ts Li J M b - c 2 « 3 U 4Jt3 V O c i! ■u-" c ° 2 S; 1 ** tn *r ui (3 o O — 'J"i *~% -a 1, C n! o S C o o o c ft P» R 1- 3 3 P £WQQQ fa. si SP3 ■a a £~; ^ 2 -" -* - rt Lh o S3 oS w >. -g^ 4J o 3 p, -^ o „ ■" O N 4-J too o ^ O *j w I 79 60 Rent of lodging-rooms M 00 o0 Total $4> 6 79 °° Annual Expenditures: House Committee, household ex- penses $1,200 00 Taxes, real estate, 330 00 Water rent, 30 00 Fuel 200 00 Electric light, 900 00 $2,660 00 Available for sinking fund $2,019 60 While this estimate does not provide for possible unforeseen expenses connected with the occupancy of No. 25 Madison Place, nor for such possible expenses connected with the Club house proper, it is the opinion of members of the Committee that the estimate is very conservative, and that the probabilities are that some of the items of receipts will turn out to be greater than shown, so that a steady amount of $2,000 will result as a saving each year, which can be devoted to the formation of a sinking fund as contemplated by the resolution of the Club adopted on April 6, 1903. The Committee has therefore decided to submit the following resolution for the consideration of the Club, and to recommend its adoption: Resolved, That the President and Secretary of the Cosmos Club be and they are hereby authorized and directed to sign and seal on behalf of the Club, in such form and in such denominations as may be ap- proved by the Board of Management, bonds not exceeding in total amount the sum of eighty-five thousand ($85,000) dollars, to be dated the first day of June, 1903, and made payable on the day of 1943, or at any time after ten years from date and before maturity at the option of the Club, with interest from date and until paid at the rate of four (4) per centum per annum, payable semi-an- nually, and to execute and deliver a mortgage or deed of trust [sub- ject however, to the deed of trust for fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, dated July 31, 1893, recorded in liber No. 1830, folio 335 et seq., one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and to the deed of trust for forty-six thousand ($46,000) dollars dated April 8, igoi^re- corded in liber No. 2525, folio 485 et seq., one of the land records^ of 272 THE COSMOS CLUB. the District of Columbia, so far as the lands and tenements mentioned in said deeds are concerned] upon the lands and tenements of the Club in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known and distin- guished as parts of original lots numbered thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) and lot numbered twenty-eight (28) in square numbered two hun- dred and twenty-one (221) situated at and adjoining the southeast corner of H street and Madison Place, to secure the punctual payment of the principal and interest on said bonds. Upon the passage of this resolution and the issue of the new 10-40 bonds by the Club, it is the intention to ask the holders of the present 1893 and 1901 bonds (the first being subject to call 1 in 3% months and the other in 3 years), to exchange their hold- ings for the new issue of 10-40 bonds. If this request is granted by all the holders the deeds on the present Club house securing those issues can be released and the deed covering the new issue will become a first mortgage or deed of trust upon the Club house and No. 25 Madison Place combined. It is much to be desired that the ownership of the bonded debt of the Club shall be distributed among the individual mem- bers of the Club, and held by them to the exclusion of all other holders. The Committee would therefore request you to favor them with answers to the interrogatories on the accompanying sheet by April 34, 1903, in order that the result may be communicated to the Club at a meeting immediately thereafter, to enable the Club to take the necessary action for completing the payment on the purchase authorized. Address all replies to Wm. A. DeCaindry, Treasurer of the Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, in prepaid envelope herewith. S. Newcomb, Chairman, G. K. Gilbert, John Joy Edson, James H. Gore, Bernard R. Green, C. J. Bell, Wm. A. DeCaindry, Finance Committee. INTERROGATORIES. What amount of Cosmos Club bonds of the issue of July 31, 1893 do you hold? What amount of Cosmos Club bonds of the issue of April 8, 1901, do you hold? Are you willing to exchange your holdings of 1893 bonds, on July 31, *903, and your ipoi bonds on that date, for the new_ 10-40 Cosmos. Club bonds, bearing interest at 4 per cent., which it is proposed to- issue? DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 272 What denomination of bonds do you wish in exchange? The new bonds will be in denominations of $100, $500 and $r,ooo. It is desirable that bonds be taken in the largest denominations if it suits the con- venience of the taker to so have them. What amount of the new issue do you wish in addition to those taken in exchange : State amount and denomination wanted. If you are not at present a holder of Cosmos Club bonds, for what amount of the new 10-40 Cosmos Club 4 per cent, bonds are you willing to subscribe? The bonds will probably be dated June 1^ 1903, and subscriptions should be paid in by May 30, 1903. In what denominations do you' wish them furnished to you as a new subscriber ? The result of the canvass by the Finance Committee was as follows up to July, 1903: Certain of the holders of the $15,000 5 per cent, bonds of 1893 were willing to ex- change their holdings for the new 4 per cent, bonds amounting to $10,200 00 Certain of the holders of the $30,000 4 per cent, bonds of 1901 were willing to ex- change their holdings for the new 4 per cent, bonds amounting to 22,400 00 There were, in addition, new subscribers for the new 4 per cent, bonds to the extent of. . 35,800 00 Total $68,400 00 On May 4, 1903, the Finance Committee submitted to the Club their report at a special meeting called for its con- sideration. The report is embodied in the above circular of April 17, 1903, and was submitted with the following remarks : As the resolution of April 6, 1903, directed the Finance Com- mittee to submit their views and recommendations after canvass- ing the Club by circular inviting subscriptions for bonds, the Committee, on April 17, 1903, addressed a circular to every mem- ber of the Club, whether resident or non-resident, setting forth the substance of their intended report to the Club, and inclosing a list of interrogatories designed to bring out the fact whether the holders of the old bond issue of 1893 and of the issue of 1901 would be willing to exchange their holdings on July 31, 1903, for equivalent amounts of a new issue of 10-40 4 per cent, bonds 274 THE COSMOS CLUB. which it was proposed should be issued by the Club, and also the further fact as to the amount which the old bondholders would subscribe for in addition to their holdings, and the amount which new subscribers would take of the proposed new issue. * * No objections have yet been made to exchanging the old bonds for the new, and it is believed that the entire amount of those bonds will ultimately be offered for exchange; but whether they are so offered or not, the Committee has received bona fide offers from other parties to take all the new 10-40 bonds not taken by the members. The Finance Committee has learned informally from the President of the District Title Insurance Co., which has been employed to examine the title of No. 25 Madison Place, that that title is found by his company to be in fee simple in Henry R. Rathbone, insane ; that the property is without any record incum- brance, and that the company will so report in its abstract of title to be furnished. In conclusion the Finance Committee begs to say that the great majority of the old bondholders having acted so magnanimously, the new subscribers having been so generously responsive, and the expressions of approval of those whose circumstances would not enable them to subscribe having been so encouraging, the Committee feels no hesitancy in recommending to the favorable action of the Club the resolution submitted to the members in circular of April 17, 1903. * * If this resolution shall be adopted by the Club, it is recom- mended that the program to be followed in refunding the old bonds be made a matter of Club record. The Finance Committee therefore submits the following resolution for the action of the Club: Resolved, That with the consent of the holders of the bond issues of 1893 and 1901, the Treasurer of the Club is authorized to exchange (with proper interest adjustments) the new bonds of the Club for the old issues of 1893 and 1901, and from the proceeds of sales of the new issue to retire all bonds of the issue of 1893 remaining unpresented for exchange on July 31, 1903, that being the date on which the right' of calling in said bonds accrues to the Club. And the President of the Club is authorized and directed to take all necessary measures for secur- ing the release of the deeds of trust covering the bond issues of 1893 and 1 90 1 'Whenever the entire issue of those respective years shall become refunded or redeemed in pursuance of this resolution. The Finance Committee also recommends the adoption of the following resolution by the Club, if it shall authorize the issue of the new bonds: DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 275 Resolved, Thatin order to secure the bondholders of the new issue of 10-40 Cosmos Clufc bonds authorized by the Club to be issued by resolu- tion of May — , 1903, the President and Secretary of the Club are hereby authorized and directed to sign and seal on behalf of the Club, and to deliver to the American Security and Trust Co., as trustee for said bondholders, a deed of trust covering the old club house and grounds purchased in 1886 as well as the house and grounds No. 25 Madison Place; and to the end that said deed may be made matter of record in the office of the register of deeds of the District of Columbia, Joseph C. Hornblower, the President of the Club, is hereby appointed attorney in fact of the Cosmos Club and authorized and directed to appear before any officer authorized by law to certify to the acknowl- edgment of deeds, and in its name to acknowledge the same to be the act and deed of the said Cosmos Club, and to do all and any acts neces- sary to the proper and effectual conveyance of the said real estate for the purposes set out in this resolution. All of which is respectfully submitted. S. Newcomb, Chairman. G. K. Gilbert, John Joy Edson, James H. Gore, Bernard R. Green, C. J. Bell, Wm. A. DeCaindry, Finance Committee. At that meeting it was not known at what time the committee of the insane owner would be able to obtain the judicial authority necessary to enable him to convey the property, and it was therefore thought desirable to leave the date of issue of the new bonds to be fixed by the Board of Management when the date of con- veying had been determined. Accordingly the first reso- lution reported by the Finance Committee (see page 271 hereof) was amended by inserting the words "and of such date" after the word "denominations," in the third line, and by striking out the words "to be dated the first day of June, 1903," in the fifth and sixth lines. As so amended, the resolution was unanimously adopted, as were also the other two resolutions submitted by the committee (see pages 274 and 275 hereof). The -Finance Committee also submitted at this meeting sinking Fund tne following report, and the resolution con- estawished. tained therein was unanimously adopted : 276 THE COSMOS CLUB. The Finance Committee appointed under Ja o « "•9-S j2 u " - ■ ' ■ « • t» o c c - «u i> U5 lJS"SgS6 "J m *i fl ° rt SflsStf .a 5 P _ 3 u *a : -to » w O • 1 "S° : 2 o»h ■ ^43 O ■ fOM B +J CT>0 O « 00 ».K U ss«l oo fl > . _ p ° 3.IIJ § =». ft ft ft „ w £ w £ 2 ftftftX «Z2£ ag, •5 ft ftanj B**E X a? £ i> ut G « *■< X ~ ^ "■*piowwhwm « 2 K rtCQ m < f? 8 £ c « fc- 4) £ O U) J»Mh I- fl cfl ±! o a> £ C 3 3 P CX5 rt rt O r» C C S u £ w«J a o Q tn p <-).« ^ ^ o_ = ft:^ o v C S £ d c 13 o o 5t„ — - -M-( O w o W i- C *3 ^ . 3 4,00 £<£ ^ B ft O « ^og, (LI W ™ ft <" B 2 " B M-i 0) o-pq oj^ CO 4J « t^ t, p 1) O rt jj ft y S x u> •** o « m in "J ° c a s c ,, « 8»a. I, A PEINTURE, By r. AUBE. Bronze Statuette, a gift of a Meml jf the Club. 19 . M _ «. fcHOUSE COMMITTEES'] The work of the Club is done by individual members from a desire to make it a success and from a hearty interest in its wel- fare, and is not left, as is usual in other clubs, to servants. The members of the House Committee have personally superintended the ordering, purchases and disposition of their stores, at an ex- pense of time and labor which we can hardly appreciate. They have cheerfully and willingly given their time and attention to the duties to which they have been called. * * * To preserve in the future what we have gained in the past, we should adhere to the same policy of doing the work of the Club ourselves, in order to be sure that it is well done. — Annual report of the Board of Management, 1880. 1878, JOHN R. EASTMAN, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. EDWIN SMITH. 1879 C. E. DUTTON, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. H. W. HENSHAW. 1 880, H. C. YARROW, Chairman. R. L. PACKARD. THOMAS CRAIG. 1881, THOMAS CRAIG, Chairman. J. H. KIDDER. W. C. WINLOCK. 1882, E. F. ANDREWS, Chairman. W. C. WINLOCK. R. W. SHUFELDT. 1883 W. C. WINLOCK, Chairman. E. F. ANDREWS. R. L. PACKARD. 282 THE COSMOS CLUB. 1884, W. C. WINLOCK, Chairman. F. B. McGUIRE. ROBERT CRAIG. 1885, ,.WM. M. POINDEXTER, Chairman. EDWIN SMITH. J. RUSH MARSHALL. 1886 WM. M. POINDEXTER, Chairman. J. RUSH MARSHALL. THOMAS M. CHATARD. 1887, JOHN F. HEAD, Chairman. WM. M. POINDEXTER. JOHN B. MARCOU. 1888, WM. M. POINDEXTER, Chairman. WM. HARKNESS. H. RANDALL WEBB. 1889 WM. M. POINDEXTER, Chairman. WM. HARKNESS. 1890, J. M. FLINT, Chairman. H. RANDALL WEBB. THOMAS M. CHATARD. 1891,: H. RANDALL WEBB, Chairman. L. O. HOWARD. FRAZIER D. HEAD. 1892, .H. M. WILSON, Chairman. E. A. BOWERS. WARD THORON. 1893, H. M. WILSON, Chairman. E. A. BOWERS. WARD THORON. 1894, H. M. WILSON, Chairman. E. A. BOWERS. WARD THORON. 1895, J. D. PATTEN, Chairman. E. A. BOWERS. C. L. MARLATT. J. B. THOMPSON. 1896, J. D. PATTEN, Chairman. C. L. MARLATT. J. B. THOMPSON. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 283 1897, .". J. D. PATTEN, Chairman. C. L. MARLATT. J. B. THOMPSON. J. RUSH MARSHALL. 1898, GLENN BROWN, Chairman. H. C. RIZER. GEORGE N. FRENCH. J. H. BRICKENSTEIN. 1899, J. RUSH MARSHALL, Chairman. GEORGE N. FRENCH. ROBERT STEAD. J. D. PATTEN. 1900, J. RUSH MARSHALL, Chairman. GEORGE N. FRENCH. ROBERT STEAD. J. D. PATTEN. 1901 WM. M. POINDEXTER, Chairman. GEORGE N. FRENCH. IRVING H. DUNLAP. ROBERT STEAD. GEORGE W. BAIRD. 1902, ROBERT STEAD, Chairman. GEORGE W. BAIRD. H. W. WILEY. F. A. RICHARDSON. A. B. COOLIDGE. 1903 ROBERT STEAD, Chairman. H. W. WILEY. A. B. COOLIDGE. E. A. CRANE. F. I. ALLEN. In the same way every other Committee has given its best in- telligence to settling the questions which have come before it. This has been done, too, from the desire to forward the welfare of the Club, and not from personal or private motives. — Annual report of the Board of Management, 1880. 1878, J. C. WELLING, Chairman. THEO. N. GILL. JOHN S. BILLINGS. 1879, THEO. N. GILL, Chairman. THEO. F. DWIGHT. JOHN JAY KNOX. 1880 THEO. N. GILL, Chairman. THEO. F. DWIGHT. E. A. FAY. 1881, THEO. F. DWIGHT, Chairman. LESTER F. WARD. WM. H. HOLMES. 1882 SWAN M. BURNETT, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. LESTER F. WARD. 1883 SWAN M. BURNETT, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. CHARLES WARREN. 1884 SWAN M. BURNETT, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. DAVID HUTCHESON. 1885 SWAN M. BURNETT, Chairman. DAVID HUTCHESON. J. J. McELHONE. 1886, SWAN M. BURNETT, Chairman. DAVID HUTCHESON. LESTER F. WARD. 286 THE COSMOS CLUB. 1887, to June 30, SWAN M. BURNETT, Chairman. H. H. BATES. J. C. HORNBLOWER. 1887, to Dec. 31, MARCUS BAKER, Chairman. FRANK BAKER. J. H. BRYAN. 1888, MARCUS BAKER, Chairman. J. J. DANA. THOMAS RUSSELL. 1889, THOMAS RUSSELL, Chairman. A. B. JOHNSON. JOS. B. MARVIN. 1890, WILLIAM LEE, Chairman. JOHN F. HEAD. JOHN MURDOCH. 1891 WILLIAM LEE, Chairman. JOHN MURDOCH. WALTER HOUGH. 1893, WILLIAM LEE, Chairman. WALTER HOUGH. H. G. OGDEN. 1893, CYRUS ADLER, Chairman. WALTER HOUGH. H. G. OGDEN. 1894, CYRUS ADLER, Chairman. F. H. BIGELOW. H. G. OGDEN. 1895 F. H. BIGELOW, Chairman. H. G. OGDEN. W. P. CUTTER. 1896, F. H. BIGELOW, Chairman. J. MacBRIDE STERRETT. F. R. LANE. 1897, F. H. BIGELOW, Chairman. J. MacBRIDE STERRETT. F. R. LANE. 1898, F. H. BIGELOW, Chairman. J. MacBRIDE STERRETT. F. R. LANE. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 287 i899> 1900, 1901 1902. 1903 . ..F. H. BIGELOW, Chairman. J. MacBRIDE STERRETT. F. R. LANE. . ..F. H. BIGELOW, Chairman. J. MacBRIDE STERRETT. F. R. LANE. . . . F. R. LANE, Chairman. J. MacBRIDE STERRETT. F. H. PARSONS. . . .W. P. CUTTER, Chairman. F. H. PARSONS. R. L. PRESTON. ...W. P. CUTTER, Chairman. R. L. PRESTON. F. A. RICHARDSON. The Club is greatly indebted to the Art Committees for the many interesting exhibitions given, under their management, in the assembly hall from time to time, such exhibitions consisting principally of original works of art and architectural drawings by resident and non-resident painters, sculptors and architects, and displays of loan collections of tapestries, books, engravings, pho- tographs, microscopical specimens, etc. 1887 S. H. KAUFFMANN, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. J. RUSH MARSHALL. A. G. HEATON. E. F. ANDREWS. 1888, WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. J. RUSH MARSHALL. A. G. HEATON. 1889 WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. J. RUSH MARSHALL. A. G. HEATON. 1890, A. G. HEATON, Chairman. J. RUSH MARSHALL. WM. H. HOLMES. 1891 WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. J. RUSH MARSHALL. G. BROWN GOODE. 1892, WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. S. H. KAUFFMANN. F. B. McGUIRE. 1893, J. RUSH MARSHALL, Chairman. WM. H. HOLMES. DeLANCY W. GILL. 1894 WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. E. H. MILLER. DeLANCY W. GILL. 1895, DeLANCY W. GILL, Chairman. E. H. MILLER. WM. M. POINDEXTER. 290 THE COSMOS CLUB. 1896, PARKER MANN, Chairman. J. RUSH MARSHALL. S. H. KAUFFMANN. 1897, PARKER MANN, Chairman. S. H. KAUFFMANN. F. B. McGUIRE. 1898, PARKER MANN, Chairman. S. H. KAUFFMANN. F. B. McGUIRE. 1899, WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. S. H. KAUFFMANN. F. B. McGUIRE. 1900 WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. DeLANCY W. GILL. A. H. BALDWIN. 1901, WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. DeLANCY W. GILL. A. H. BALDWIN. 1902, WM. H. HOLMES, Chairman. DeLANCY W. GILL. A. H. BALDWIN. 1903, H. HOBART NICHOLS, Chairman. A. H. BALDWIN. E. L. MORSE. From November 16, 1878, to November 16, 1903. NOTE. — The date of election of a member is shown by the date immediately follow- ing his name; a dash following this date signifies that he is no longer a member. Where rhe date of election only is given, membership existed at the date of the twenty-fifth anniversary. Dr. Benjamin has supplied or verified nearly all of the full christian names. Where initials only are given the full name was not obtainable. CLEVELAND ABBE, Sr., Feb. 5, 1883; resigned Dec. 31, 1884. Professor of Meteorology, Weather Bureau. CLEVELAND ABBE, Jr., Oct. 14, 1895; resigned Dec. 31, 1899. Professor of Geology and Biology, Western Maryland College. TRUMAN ABBE, June 8, 1903. Physician, Washington, D. C. CHARLES AUGUSTUS ABBEY, Dec. 10, 1894. Captain, U. S. Revenue Cutter Service. SYLVANUS THAYER ABERT, April 3, 1882; resigned Dec. 31, i«93- Civil Engineer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM STONE ABERT, May 14, 1894. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GEORGE NICHOLAS ACKER, April 2, 1883. Physician, Washington, D. C. GEORGE IRVING ADAMS, Dec. 9, 1902. Assistant Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY ADAMS, (Founder.) Author, Washington, D. C. HENRY CARTER ADAMS, April ,, 1889. Professor of Political Economy, University of Michigan. SAMUEL SHUGERT ADAMS, Jan. 12, 1903. Physician, Washington, D. C. ALVEY AUGUSTUS ADEE, May 2, 1887; resigned Jan. 7, Assistant Secretary of State. 292 THE COSMOS CLUB. CYRUS ADLER, June 2, 1890. Archaeologist; Librarian, National Museum. WALTER MONTEITH AIKEN, June 10, 1895; resigned Dec. 31, 1897. Supervising Architect, Treasury Department. FRED CRAYTON AINSWORTH, Feb. 7, 1887; resigned June n, 1888. Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army. CHARLES HENRY ALDEN, Oct. 9, 1893; resigned Dec. 31, 1897. Assistant Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. ASA OWEN ALDIS, Nov. 1, 1880; resigned Jan. 14, 1884. Jurist. ROBERT CARTER ALEXANDER, June 13, 1898; died Nov. 5, i»99- Editor, "Mail and Express," New York. THOMSON HANKEY ALEXANDER, Dec. 3, 1883 ; resigned Jan. 10, 1885. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. CHARLES HERBERT ALLEN, May 7, 1888; resigned Jan. 1, 1890. Member of Congress from Massachusetts. FREDERICK INNES ALLEN, Nov. 11, 1901. Commissioner of Patents. BENJAMIN ALVORD, (Founder) ; died Oct. 16, 1884. Paymaster-General, U. S. Army. HENRY ELYCH ALVORD, Oct. 14, 1895. Chief of Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture. DANIEL GRIFFITH AMBLER, February 9, 1903. Capitalist. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH ANDERSON, Nov. 1, 1886; re- signed Dec. 5, 1887. ELIPHALET FRAZER ANDREWS, Nov. 1, 1880; resigned Jan. 11, 1886; re-elected March 7, 1887; resigned Jan. i, 1896. Artist, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM EDWARDS ANNIN, March 5, 1888 GEORGE ARTHUR, January 10, 1887; died Nov. t, 1887. Passed Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 293 WILLIAM HARRIS ASHMEAD, March 14, 1893. Entomologist; Assistant Curator, National Museum. WILBUR OLIN ATWATER, March 4, 1899. Professor of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. CYRUS CATES BABB, April 11, 1892. Civil Engineer; Hydrographer, U. S. Geological Survey. DALLAS BACHE, March 14, 1898 ; resigned January 1, 1901. Assistant Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. HENRY BACON, April 5, 1888 MARCELLUS BAILEY, (Founder) ; resigned January 10, 1885; re-elected December 6, 1886; resigned January 1, 1890. Patent Lawyer. PRESTON HEATH BAILHACHE, November 14, 1898. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. GEORGE WASHINGTON BAIRD, November 11, 1895. Chief Engineer, U.- S. Navy. SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, (Founder) ; died August 19, 1887. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. FRANK BAKER, June 5, 1882. Superintendent National Zoological Park, Washington, D. C. MARCUS BAKER, December i, 1884. Cartographer, U. S. Geological Survey; Secretary Board of Geographic Names; Asst. Sec'y Carnegie Institu- tion of Washington. ALBERTUS HUTCHINSON BALDWIN, February 13, 1899. Artist, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM DICKSON BALDWIN, March 12, 1900. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. EDWARD ARTHUR BALLOCH, November 10, 1902. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOHN CHANDLER BANCROFT, January 13, 1890; resigned January 1, 1898. Sculptor. EDWARD CHESTER BARNARD, February 4, 1889. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. JOB BARNARD, April 13, 1903. Associate Justice Supreme Court District of Columbia. 294 THE COSMOS CLUB. WILLIAM BARNUM, December 12, 1898. Editor, Commission of Fish and Fisheries. JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, March 1, 1886; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1897. Captain, U. S. Navy. WILLIAM ALVIN BARTLETT, February 7, 1887; resigned January 1, 1898. Pastor New York Ave. Presbyterian Church. CARL BARUS, January 12, 1885; resigned July 1, 1895. Physicist, U. S. Geological Survey. ARTHUR EDGERTON BATEMAN, March 6, 1882; resigned July 1, 1886. Banker. HENRY HOBART BATES, February 1, 1886. Examiner in Chief, Patent Office. NEWTON LEMUEL BATES, (Founder) ; resigned January x» 1881; re-elected May 5, 1884; died October 18, 1897. Surgeon, U. S. Navy. WILLIAM RUFUS BATES, March 14, 1892. U. S. Marshal, Detroit, Mich. LOUIS AGRICOLA BAUER, June 12, 1899. Chief Terrestrial Magnetism Div., U. S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey. JAMES BOWEN BAYLOR, December 1, 1879. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. CLIFTON BAYLEY BEACH, February 10, 1896 Member of Congress from Ohio. S. FERGUSON BEACH, May 2, 1887; resigned January i,. 1890. TRUXTON BEALE, June 9, 1902. Diplomat. CHARLES B. BEALL, April 10, 1893— TARLETON HOFFMANN BEAN, Dec. 3, 1883. Curator, Department Fishes, U. S. National Museum. WILLIAM HENRY BECK, Feb. z, 1885. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GEORGE FERDINAND BECKER, Jan. 13, 1890. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Jan. 12, 1880. Scientist; Inventor; President National Geographic So- ciety, Washington, D. C. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 295 CHARLES JAMES BELL, Jan. 8, 1883. President American Security and Trust Co., Washington, D. C. CHICHESTER ALEXANDER BELL, Nov. 7, 1881; resigned Jan. i, 1887. Chemist, Washington, D. C. MARCUS BENJAMIN, Oct. 12, 1896. Editor, U. S. National Museum. CHARLES BENDIRE, June 4, 1888; died Feb. 4, 1897. Captain of Infantry, U. S. Army; Ornithologist. EMIL BESSELS, (Founder) ; died March 30, 1888. Surgeon; Naturalist; Ethnologist. ALBERT BURNLEY BIBB, Jan. it, 1892; resigned Jan. 1, 1899.' Architect. JULIUS BIEN, May 4, 1885. Artist; Publisher; Lithographer; New York. JULIUS BIEN, Jr., Feb. 8, 1897. Publisher; Lithographer; New York. FRANK HAGAR BIGELOW, Oct. 6, 1890. Professor of Meteorology, Weather Bureau; Assistant Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. WILLARD DELL BIGELOW, May 8, 1899. Assistant Chemist, Department of Agriculture. JOHN SHAW BILLINGS, (Founder). Deputy Surgeon-General, U. S. Army; Librarian of New York Public Library. HENRY HARRISON BINGHAM, Jan. 10, 1881; resigned Jan. 1, 1889. Member of Congress from Pennsylvania. THEODORE ALFRED BINGHAM, Oct. 11, 1897; resigned July x, 1898. Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. CHARLES CHAUNCEY BINNEY, Oct. 9, 1893. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ROGERS BIRNIE, Dec. 6, 1886. Major, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, Nov. 14, 1892. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. 296 THE COSMOS CLUB. WILLIAM MURRAY BLACK, April 12, 1897; resigned July 1, 1898. Captain, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; Commissioner District of Columbia. FRED. JOHNSON BLAIR, Feb. 9, 1891 HENRY FITCH BLOUNT, June 2, 1890. Vice-President, American Security and Trust Co., Wash- ington, D. C. TIMOTHY DIX BOLLES, Oct. 6, 1879; resigned Jan. i, 1881. Lieut., U. S. Navy. CHANNING MOORE BOLTON, Jan. 9, 1893 ; resigned Jan. 1, 1903. Civil Engineer, Rio, Va. HENRY CARRINGTON BOLTON, Feb. 6, 1888. Chemist, Washington, D. C. SAMUEL ROBERT BOND, June 2, 1890. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOHN MILTON BONHAM, Dec. 6, 1886; died June 17, 1897. Author; Financier. WILLIAM ALCIPHRON BORING, May 13, 1901. Architect, New York. CHARLES OTIS BOUTELLE, Dec. 5, 1887; died June 22, 1890. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. JOHN WESLEY BOVEE, May 12, 1902. Physician, Washington, D. C. EDWARD AUGUSTUS BOWERS, May 5, 1890. New Haven Trust Company, New Haven, Connecticut. FRANCIS TIFFANY BOWLES, December 4, 1882; resigned July 1, 1901. Chief Constructor, U. S. Navy. GEORGE LOTHROP BRADLEY, March 5, 1883. JOHN HENRY BRICKENSTEIN, December 10, 1894. Examiner in Chief, Patent Office. ALEXANDER THOMPSON BRITTON, June 13, 1892; died July 7, 1899. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ALFRED HULSE BROOKS, February n, 1895. Assistant Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. WILLIAM BROUGH, February 1, 1886. Financier. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 297 CHAPIN BROWN, December 6, 1886. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GLENN BROWN, January 9, 1888. Architect, Washington, D. C. HENRY BILLINGS BROWN, June 14, 1897. Justice Supreme Court United States, Washington, D. C. STIMPSON JOSEPH BROWN, May 14, 1900. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy. WILLIAM GEORGE BROWN, January 14, 1895; resigned July 1, 1896. Chemist, Department of Agriculture. ALDIS BIRDSEY BROWNE, March 12, 1894. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ARTHUR SULLIVAN BROWNE, May 14, 1900. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOHN MILLS BROWNE, November 5, 1883; died December 7. 1894.- Surgeon-General, U. S. Navy. ARNOLD WILLIAM BRUNNER, February 10, 1902. Architect, New York. JOSEPH HAMMOND BRYAN, January 14, 1884. Physician, Washington, D. C. BARRY BULKLEY, January 9, 1888. Secretary, Business Men's Association, Washington, D. C. JOHN WELLS BULKLEY, January ro, 1887. Physician, Washington, D. C. SWAN MOSES BURNETT, June 2, 1879. Physician, Washington, D. C. HORATIO CHAPIN BURCHARD, May 5, 1879; resigned January i, 1886. Director of the Mint. GEORGE ENSIGN BUSHNELL, February 13, 1899; resigned January 1, 1901. Surgeon, U. S. Army. WILLIAM HENRY BUTTON, January 10, 1898. Assistant Attorney, Office of the Attorney General. LOUIS CABOT, March 7, 1887. FRANK KENNETH CAMERON, November n, 1895. Soil Chemist, Department of Agriculture. MARIUS ROBINSON CAMPBELL, January 13, 1896. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. 298 THE COSMOS CLUB. WILLIAM SHAW CAMPBELL, March 12, 1900. HENRY WHITE CANNON, December 1, 1884. Financier, New York. HORACE CAPRON, January io, 1879; resigned May 5, 1879. Commissioner of Agriculture. F. D. Y. CARPENTER, March 7, 1881; resigned July 1, 1883. J. FAIRFIELD CARPENTER, February 8, 1892; died abroad. Capitalist. ZACHARIAH T. CARPENTER, May 3, 1886; died, 189L Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM KEARNEY CARR, November 9, 1903. EDWARD CHAMPE CARTER, June 12, 1899. Surgeon, U. S. Army. HENRY A. P. CARTER, May 7, 1883; died November 1, 1891. Minister from Hawaii. THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY, Jr., November 12, 1894. Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; Entomologist. JAMES McKEEN CATTELL, June 2, 1902. Professor of Psychology, Columbia University; Editor of "Science," "Popular Science Monthly,'' etc. THOMAS CHROWDER CHAMBERLIN, April 2, 1883; re- signed January 1, 1889. Geologist; President, University of Wisconsin. WALTER HOWARD CHAMBERLIN, December n, 1889. Assistant Commissioner of Patents. DAVID ABBOT CHAMBERS, October 14, 1895. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. FRANK TAYLOR CHAMBERS, June 14, 1897. Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy. ROBERT HOLLISTER CHAPMAN, December n, 1893. U. S. Geological Survey. THOMAS MAREAN CHATARD, January 14, 1884. Mining Engineer, Washington, D. C. HOBART CHATFIELD CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, May 12, 1902. Author, Chicago, Illinois. VICTOR KING CHESNUT, December 14, 1896. Assistant Botanist, Division of Plant Industry, Depart- ment of Agriculture. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 299 JOHN WHITE CHICKERING, (Founder) ; resigned January i, 1880. Professor, Columbian Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Washington, D. C. G. B. CHITTENDEN, February 7, 1881 MELVILLE CHURCH, April 10, 1899. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ALONZO HOWARD CLARK, December 2, 1889. Historian; Secretary American Historical Association, Smithsonian Institution. WILLIAM BULLOCK CLARK, January 14, 1895. Professor of Geology, Johns Hopkins University. FRANK WIGGLESWORTH CLARKE, May 7, 1883. Chemist, U. S. Geological Survey. ISAAC EDWARDS CLARKE, (Founder). Compiler, Bureau of Education, Interior Department. TITIAN JAMES COFFEY, October 1, 1883 ; resigned January 7, 1886. JOHN HUNTINGTON CRANE COFFIN, Sr., November 1, 1880; died January 8, 1890. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy. JOHN HUNTINGTON CRANE COFFIN, Jr., January 10, 1881 ; resigned January 1, 1887. Lieutenant, U. S. Navy. CHARLES CLEAVES COLE, April 9, 1894; resigned January 1, 1895. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, District of Columbia. THEODORE LEE COLE, June 6, 1896. Law Book Company, Washington, D. C. ARTHUR JAMES COLLIER, June 9, 1903. Assistant Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. BENJAMIN AZARIAH COLONNA, November 7, 1881; re- signed July 1, 1895. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. CHARLES ELMER COMPTON, February 12, 1900. Colonel, U. S. Army, retired. JOHN MERRITT COMSTOCK, November 9, 1896; died February 5, 1899. Chief, Customs Division, Treasury Department. CHARLES ARTHUR CONANT, October 9, 1899. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 300 THE COSMOS CLUB. HOLMES CONRAD, October 14, 1895; resigned July 1, 1900; re-elected Nov. 9, 1903. Assistant Attorney General. GEORGE WYTHE COOK, May n, 1896. Physician, Washington, D. C. AUGUSTUS BURT COOLIDGE, October 10, 1892. Physician, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM BRINTON CORBIT, December 1, 1879; died July 17, 1882. Physician, Washington, D. C. LUIS FELIPE COREA, October 8, 1890; resigned January 1, 1902. E. E. and M. P. of Nicaragua. JOHN BRADBURY COTTON, April 14, 1902. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. FREDERICK RENE COUDERT, April 12, 1897; resigned January 1, 1899. ELLIOTT COUES, December 1, 1879 Naturalist. FREDERICK VERNON COVILLE, November 14, 1892. Chief Botanist, Department of Agriculture. WILLIAM VAN ZANDT COX, January 10, 1887. Chief Clerk, National Museum; President Second National Bank, Washington, D. C. ROBERT CRAIG, February 7, 1881; resigned January 10, 1885. Lieutenant of Artillery, U. S. Army. THOMAS CRAIG, June 2, 1879; resigned January *, 1890. Mathematician. CHARLES ALBERT CRAMPTON, March 5, 1888. Chemist, Bureau Internal Revenue, Treasury Department. EDWARD ANDREW CRANE, April n, 1898. Chief, Division Engineering and Drafting, Supervising Architect's Office, Treasury Department. ANGUS CRAWFORD, March 14, 1898. Episcopal Clergyman, Alexandria, Virginia. MONTGOMERY CROCKETT, January I4 , 1889; resigned July 1, 1890. Physician. OSCAR TERRY CROSBY, March 9, 1896. Electrician. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 301 WHITMAN CROSS, November 5, 1888. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY JOSEPH CROSSON, November 12, 1900. Physician, Washington, D. C. SEYMOUR CUNNINGHAM, June 6, 1887; resigned January 1, 1889. Real Estate. JABEZ LAMAR MUNROE CURRY, December 9, 1895 ; died February 19, 1903. Educator. BENJAMIN CURTIS, April 13, 1896. Publisher. GEORGE EDWARD CURTIS, December 2, 1889; resigned July 1, 1893. Meteorologist, U. S. Weather Bureau. JOSIAH CURTIS, (Founder) ; resigned January 1, 1883. Physician, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM ELEROY CURTIS, December 6, 1886. Journalist; Director, Bureau American Republics. ALLERTON SEWARD CUSHMAN, November 11, 1901. Chemist, Department of Agriculture. WILLIAM PARKER CUTTER, November 12, 1894. Chief, Order Division-, Library of Congress. CHARLES WILLIAM DABNEY, Jr., June 11, 1894. President, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. ARTHUR HAZARD DAKIN, October 12, 1903. WILLIAM HEALEY DALL, May 2, 1887. Naturalist; Curator of Mollusks, U. S. National Museum. JAMES JENSEN DANA, May 5, 1884; resigned January 10, 1885; re-elected January 10, 1887; died September 15, 1898. Deputy Q. M. G., U. S. Army, retired. NELSON HORATIO DARTON, December n, 1899. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES CARLYLE DARWIN, December 4, 1882. Assistant Librarian, U. S. Geological Survey. ARTHUR POWELL DAVIS, December 9, 1895. Civil Engineer; Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, (Founder), resigned January i, 1892. Captain, U. S. Navy. 302 THE COSMOS CLUB. HENRY EDGAR DAVIS, April 8, 1895. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GEORGE WHITEFIELD DAVIS, November 7, 1881; resigned January 10, 1885. Captain of Infantry, U. S. Army. JOHN DAVIS, December 6, 1886; resigned December 5, 1887. Associate Justice, Court of Claims. JOHN CHANDLER BANCROFT DAVIS, March i, 1886 ; re- signed January 1, 1892. Reporter, U. S. Supreme Court. EDWARD MATTHEWS DAWSON, March 9, 1903. Chief Clerk, Department of the Interior. ARTHUR LOUIS DAY, April 8, 1901. Physicist, U. S. Geological Survey. DAVID TALBOT DAY, November 4, 1889; resigned January i, 1893; re-elected February n, 1901. Chief of Mining and Mineral Division, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY BUCKMASTER DEALE, June 10, 1895. Physician, Washington, D. C. R. C. DEAN, February 3, 1879 WILLIAM AUGUSTIN DeCAINDRY, December 6, 1886. Chief Clerk, Office Commissary-General, War Depart- ment ; Lawyer. LEON EMIL DESSEZ, March 9, 1903. Architect. MAXIMILIAN SCHELE DEVERE, October 12, 1896; died May 11, 1898. Professor of Languages. JOSEPH SILAS DILLER, December 7, 1885. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES RICHARDS DODGE, November I2, 1894. Textile Fiber Expert. THOMAS DONALDSON, June 2, 1879; died November 18, 1898. Mineralogist. EDWARD WILLIAM DONN, Jr., March 9, 1896. Architect, Washington, D. C. JOHN W. DONN, March 7, 1887; resigned January 1, 1896. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 303 MARION DORSET, June 9, 1902. Chemist, Biochemic Laboratory, Department of Agricul- ture. GEORGE AMOS DORSEY, December 8, 1902. Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. EDWARD MOOREHOUSE DOUGLAS, March 7, 1887. Geographer, U. S. Geological Survey. GEORGE WILLIAM DOUGLAS, October 6, 1890; resigned July 1, 1892. Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. ALEXANDER WILSON DRAKE, December 1, 1884; re- signed December 31, 1897. Art Director, The Century, New York. CHARLES BENJAMIN DUDLEY, April 9, 1900. Chemist, Altoona, Penn. WILLIAM WARD DUFFIELD, December 10, 1894; resigned December 31, 1897. Superintendent, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. EDWARD SLATER DUNLAP, December 8, 1902. Assistant Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. IRVING HALL DUNLAP, March 13, 1899. Chief Clerk, Commission of Fish and Fisheries. EDWARD DANA DURAND, October 12, 1903. Statistician. CLARENCE EDWARD DUTTON, (Founder). Major, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army, retired. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN DWIGHT, (Founder) ; re- signed December 31, 1882. Librarian, Department of State. LEONARD HUNTRESS DYER, April 14, 1902. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM SYLVESTER EAMES, April 9, 1900. Architect, St. Louis, Missouri. JOHN ROBIE EASTMAN, (Founder). Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy, retired; Astrono- mer. EDWARD DENISON EASTON, May 7, 1883 ; resigned Janu- ary i, 1902. President, Columbia Phonograph Company. 304 THE COSMOS CLUB. JOHN EATON, May 2, 1881 ROBERT THAXTER EDES, December 6, 1886; resigned December 31, 1891. Physician, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, D. C. JOHN JOY EDSON, March 9, 1896. President, Washington Loan & Trust Company, Washing- ton, D. C. JOSEPH ROMANZO EDSON, February 10, 1896; resigned January 1, 1898. Patent Attorney, Washington, D. C. MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, April 11, 1898. Professor of English Language and Literature, Catholic University, Washington, D. C. EDWARD EGGLESTON, June 10, 1901 ; died September 3, 1902. Author. WILLIAM EIMBECK, (Founder). Geodesist ; Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. CARL VON EISENDECKER, April 7, 1884; resigned Decem- ber 31, 1886. GEORGE D. ELDRIDGE, April 13, 1891— EZEKIEL BROWN ELLIOTT, (Founder) ;. died May 24, 1888. Actuary, Treasury Department. W. St. GEORGE ELLIOTT, June 11, 1894; resigned July 1, 1895. R. A. ELMER, February 5, 1883 SAMUEL FRANKLIN EMMONS, March 6, 1882; resigned July 1, 1894. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. FREDERICK EMORY, December 10, 1900. Chief of Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Department of State. MORDECAI THOMAS ENDICOTT, March 9, 1896. Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy. Chief of Yards and Docks Navy Department. FREDERIC MILLER ENDLICH, (Founder), ROBLEY DUNGLISON EVANS, November 5, 1883 ; resigned- July 1, 1901. Captain, U. S. Navy. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 305 W. WARRINGTON EVANS, December 4, 1882. Dentist, Washington, D. C. HENRY SIDNEY EVERETT, February 7, 1887; resigned December 8, '1890. Chief, Diplomatic Bureau, Department of State. BARTON WARREN EVERMAN, June 13, 1898. Ichthyologist, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. DAVID GRANDISON FAIRCHILD, January 10, 1898. Explorer of foreign countries; Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. ARTHUR BRIGGS FARQUHAR, January 13, 1902. Manufacturer, York, Penn. EDWARD FARQUHAR, November 5, 1888. Assistant Librarian, U. S. Patent Office. OLIVER LANARD FASSIG, March 13, 1893. Meteorologist ; Professor, Johns Hopkins University. JOHN B. FASSITT, March 1, 1886; resigned December 31, 1887. EDWARD ALLEN FAY, April 7, 1879; resigned June 4, 1888. Professor, Columbian Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Washington, D. C. G. S. FELLOWS, November 4, 1889; died August 26, 1901. Teacher. THOMAS BARKER FERGUSON, June 2, 1879; resigned April 5, 1880. Assistant Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. BERNHARD EDUARD FERNOW, February 7, 1887. Director, New York State College of Forestry; Cornell University. PETER FIREMAN, March 14, 1898. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Columbian University. ALBERT KENRICK FISHER, November 10, 1902. Biologist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. LOUIS ALBERT FISCHER, April 8, 1901. Physicist, National Bureau of Standards. ROBERT STRETTLE JONES FISHER, February 12, 1894. General Counsel, Eastern Railroad Association, Wash- ington, D. C. SAMUEL TUCKER FISHER, April 14, 1902. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. 306 THE COSMOS CLUB. CHARLES HALL FITCH, November 13, 1899. Topographer and Hydrographer, U. S. Geological Survey. J. A. HENRY FLEMER, November 1, 1886; resigned July 1, 1888. Architect, Washington, D. C. W. W. FLEMING, June 12, 1893 LOUIS CASS FLETCHER, February 8, 1892. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. ROBERT FLETCHER, (Founder). Physician ; Assistant Librarian, Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C. JAMES MILTON FLINT, October 4, 1880. Medical Director, U. S. Navy, retired. THOMAS CLARKSON FOLGER, January 10, 1881; died. Stenographer to Comptroller of the Currency. JOHN FOORD, April 13, 1896. Literatus. ALLEN RIPLEY FOOTE, April 13, 1891. Political Economist. THOMAS G. FORD, June 4, 1888; resigned December 31, 1889. WILLIAM HENRY FORWOOD, June 8, 1903. Ex-Surgeon General U. S. Army. JOHN WATSON FORSTER, January 14, 1889. Secretary of State; Jurist; Diplomat. WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE, January 13, 1902. Civil Service Commissioner. EDWIN HORATIO FOWLER, December 11, 1899. Draftsman, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. DUANE EDWIN FOX, March 1, 1886. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ROBERT CLAYBROOK FOX, March i, 1886; died July 18, 1891. Treasurer, Columbian University. WILLIAMS CARLETON FOX, March 11, 1901. Chief Clerk, Bureau American Republics. WILLIAM HENRY FOX, Dec. 3, 1888 ; resigned July i, 1891. Physician, Washington, D. C. HARRY CRAWFORD FRANKENFIELD, April 8, 1901. Forecaster, Weather Bureau. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 307 ROBERT THOMAS FRAZIER, December 8, 1903. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GEORGE NORRIS FRENCH, December 10, 1894. Chief Clerk to Superintendent Building and Grounds, Li- brary of Congress. LEIGH HILL FRENCH, November 8, 1897. Physician, New Rochelle, N. Y. OWEN BERT FRENCH, February 11, 1901. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. HERBERT FRIEDENWALD, December 10, 1894. Author, Philadelphia. EDWARD T. FRISTOE, April 2, 1883; died July 30, 1892. Professor of Chemistry, Columbian University, Washing- ton, D. C. THOMAS JAMES DUNCAN FULLER, November 12, 1900. Architect, Washington, D. C. EDWARD MINER GALLAUDET, (Founder). President, Columbian Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Washington, D. C. BEVERLY THOMAS GALLOWAY, November 12, 1894. Chief of Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- culture. HENRY GANNETT, (Founder). Geographer, U. S. Geological Survey; Chairman, Board on Geographic names. SAMUEL STINSON GANNETT, January 12, 1891. Geographer, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY WISE GARNETT, January 8, 1894; died July 10, 1897- Lawyer, Washington, D. C. EDWARD BENNETT GARRIOTT, October 8, 1900. Professor of Meteorology, Weather Bureau ; Forcaster. THOMAS GOLDING GERDINE, March 9, 1903. Topographer. ALBERT LEAHY GIHON, November 7, 1881; resigned February 1, 1886. Medical Director, U. S. Navy. CASS GILBERT, June 9, 1902. Architect, St. Paul, Minn. GROVE KARL GILBERT, (Founder). Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. 308 THE COSMOS CLUB. De LANCY WALKER GILL, May 9, 1892. Illustrator, Bureau of Ethnology. HERBERT ABRAHAM GILL, December i, 1879; resigned January 1, 1884. Chief Clerk, Fish Commission. THEODORE NICHOLAS GILL, (Founder). Zoologist, Washington, D. C. DANIEL COIT GILMAN, (Founder) ; resigned April 3, 1882; re-elected February 9, 1903. President, Johns Hopkins University; President, Carnegie ,_ Institution. CHARLES S. GLEED, March 13, 1893; resigned January 1, 1896. Editor. CHARLES CARROLL GLOVER, November 7, 1887 ; resigned December 31, 1891 ; re-elected February 9, 1903. Treasurer, Corcoran Gallery of Art; Banker. WILLIAM H. GODDARD, February 4, 1884; died 1891. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. EDMUND LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, November 9, 1903. Ichthyologist. FRANK AUSTIN GOOCH, December 1, 1884; resigned Janu- ary ±, 1886. Chemist, New Haven, Conn. GEORGE BROWN GOODE, October 3, 1881 ; died Septem- ber 6, 1896. Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. RICHARD URQUHART GOODE, March 1, 1886. Geographer, U. S. Geological Survey. EDWARD GOODFELLOW, (Founder) ; died May 7, 1899. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. JAMES HOWARD GORE, November 5, 1883. Professor of Mathematics, Columbian University, Wash- ington, D. C. FRANK DEWOLF GRANGER, October 3, 1881. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. EDWARD OZIEL GRAVES, March 7, 1887; resigned 1889. Superintendent, Bureau Engraving and Printing, Treas- ury Department. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 309 HENRY SOLON GRAVES, November 14, 1898 ; resigned Janu- ary 1, 1901. Professor of Forestry, New Haven, Conn. HORACE GRAY, April 3, 1883; died September 15, 1903. Justice, U. S. Supreme Court, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM BRUCE GRAY, January 10, 1887 ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON GREELY, January 10, 1887. Brigadier General, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army. ARTHUR PHILIP GREELEY, June 9, 1902. Ex-Assistant Commissioner of Patents; Patent Lawyer. BERNARD RICHARDSON GREEN, April 11, 1892. Civil Engineer; Superintendent Buildings and Grounds, Library of Congress. EDWARD HARRIS GREEN, June 4, 1883 ; resigned January JL, l892. Passed Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy. FRANCIS MARSHALL GREEN, April 3, 1882; resigned De- cember 31, 1883. Commander, U. S. Navy. EDWARD LEE GREENE, October 14, 1895; resigned January 1, 1902. Professor of Botany, Catholic University, Washington, D. C. CHARLES RAVENSCROFT GREENLEAF, December 3, 1889; resigned July 1, 1903. Assistant Surgeon General, U. S. Army. WILLIAM TUDOR GRISWOLD, March 2, 1885. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. MAURICE N. GROSSMAN, June 4, 1883 ; resigned January 1, 1884. Physician, Washington, D. C. GILBERT HOVEY GROSVENOR, March 11, 1901. Editor of National Geographic Magazine. FRANCIS M. GUNNELL, (Founder). Ex-Surgeon General, U. S. Navy, retired. WILLIAM COVINGTON GUNNELL, October 9, 1893. Civil Engineer. FRANK WARREN HACKETT, January 14, 1889. Ex- Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Lawyer. 3IO THE COSMOS CLUB. ALEXANDER BURTON HAGNER, December 3, 1883. Associate Justice Supreme Court District of Columbia, re- tired. ARNOLD HAGUE, December i, 1884. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. ASAPH HALL, Jr., May 5, 1890; resigned January 1, 1895. Professor of Astronomy, University of Michigan. WILLIAM HALLOCK, January 12, 1885; resigned January 1, 1886. Physicist, U. S. Geological Survey. GEORGE ERNEST HAMILTON, October 12, 1896. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM HAMILTON, March 9, 1896. Assistant Agent of Education in Alaska, Bureau of Edu- cation. CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN, April 12, 1897. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. THOMAS HAMPSON, March 5, 1883; died April 23, 1888. Editor, U. S. Geological Survey. GLOSSBRENNER WALLACE WILLIAM HANGER, March 10, 1902. Chief Clerk, Department of Labor. WILLIAM HARKNESS, (Founder) ; died February 28, 1903. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy, retired ; Astrono- mer. MARK WALROD HARRINGTON, October 12, 1891 ; resigned January 1, 1898. Chief of Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture. HENRY JOHN HARRIS, October 13, 1902. Department of Labor. WILLIAM TORREY HARRIS, February 3, 1890. Commissioner of Education, Interior Department. ALEXANDER RICHMOND HART, December 3, 1883; re- signed January 1, 1900. Publisher, New York. EUGENE ELWIN HASKELL, June 13, 1892. Civil Engineer, Detroit, Mich. GEORGE WESSON HAWES, March 9, 1881; died June 22, 1882. Curator, National Museum. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 311 JOSEPH ROSWELL HAWLEY, January 10, 1887; resigned July 1, 1890. XT. S. Senator from Connecticut. WILLIAM PERRY HAY, April 9, 1900. Professor Natural Sciences, Howard University. EDWARD EVERETT HAYDEN, February 2, 1885. Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Navy. CHARLES WILLARD HAYES, March 14, 1892. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. JOHN FILLMORE HAYFORD, November 14, 1898. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. DANIEL LYMAN HAZARD, December 12, 1898. Computer, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. WILLIAM BABCOCK HAZEN, January 14, 1884; died Jan- uary 16, 1887. Brigadier General, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army. FRAZIER DAVENPORT HEAD, March i, 1886. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOHN FRAZIER HEAD, January 12, 1885. Brigadier General, Surgeon, U. S. Army, retired. JOHN CRESWELL HEALD, April 11, 1898. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. AUGUSTUS GEORGE HEATON, December 6, 1886. Artist, Washington, D. C. BENJAMIN SHERWOOD HEDRICK, (Founder) ; died, September, 1886. Examiner, Patent Office. ALEXANDER HENDERSON, April 2, 1883; resigned Decem- ber 31, 1884. Chief Engineer, U. S. Navy. CHARLES MILLON HENDLEY, November 11, 1901. Private Secretary. WILLIAM WOODBURY HENDRICKSON, March 9, 1891 ; resigned January 1, 1901. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy. ALFRED JUDSON HENRY, May 9, 1898. Chief Division Meteorological Records, Weather Bureau- F. A. HENRY, January 9, 1899; resigned July 1, 1901. Clergyman. HENRY WETHERBEE HENSHAW, (Founder). Ethnologist, Bureau of Ethnology. 312 THE COSMOS CLUB. CUMBERLAND GEORGE HERNDON, January 14, 1884. Medical Inspector, U. S. Navy. GILBERT HENRY HICKS, October 12, 1896; died December S, 1898. Assistant Botanist, Department of Agriculture. FRANCIS JOHN HIGGINSON, March 5, 1883 ; resigned De- cember 31, 1896. Commander, U. S. Navy. WILLIAM THOMAS HILDRUP, February 5, 1883; resigned January 1, 1900. Manufacturer, Harrisburg, Penna. JULIUS ERASMUS HILGARD, December 4, 1882; resigned December 31, 1883. Superintendent, Coast and Geodetic Survey. CHARLES S. HILL, March 1, 1880 DAVID JAYNE HILL, November 14, 1898. Assistant Secretary of State ; U. S. Minister to Switzerland. FREDERIC STANHOPE HILL, December 1, 1884; resigned February 1, 1886. Editor Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, Mass. JAMES GREEN HILL, October 9, 1893. Architect, Washington, D. C. JOHN ROSS HILL, October 14, 1895. Chief Engraving Division, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. JOSEPH ADNA HILL, April 9, 1900. Chief of Division, Census Office. NATHANIEL PETER HILL, March 5, 1883; died May 22, 1900. U. S. Senator from Colorado. ROBERT THOMAS HILL, December 14, 1891. Geologist. SAMUEL HILL, March n, 1895; resigned December 31, 1900. President Minneapolis Trust Co., Minneapolis, Minn. CURTIS JUSTIN HILLYER, February 5, 1883; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1885. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ROBERT HINCKLEY, December 6, 1886; resigned November 7, 1887. Artist, Washington, D. C. S. D. HINMAN, October 4, 1880 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 313 FRANK HARRIS HITCHCOCK, January 14, 1901. Chief Section of Foreign Markets, Department of Agricul- ture. GEORGE SHELDON HOBBS, January 14, 1884; died Novem- ber 27, 1884. Clerk, Smithsonian Institution. FREDERICK WEBB HODGE, April 11, 1898. International Exchanges, Smithsonian Institution. HOWARD LINCOLN HODGKINS November 2, 1885. Professor of Mathematics, Columbian University, Wash- ington, D. C. ADOLPH AUGUST HOEHLING, November 5, 1888 ; resigned December 31, r89o. . Surgeon, U. S. Navy. J. B. HOGE, June 2, 1890; resigned July 1, 1892. U. S. District Attorney, Washington, D. C. SAMUEL BECKLEY HOLABIRD, June 6, 1887; resigned January 1, 1889. Brigadier General, Quartermaster General, U. S. Army. EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN, (Founder) ; resigned January 1, 1882. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy; Astronomer. WILLIAM JACOB HOLLAND, May 14, 1900. Zoologist; Director Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Penna. HERMAN HOLLERITH, March 1, 1886. Statistician ; Inventor ; Washington, D. C. JOSEPH AUSTIN HOLMES, December 8, 1902. Geologist of North Carolina. WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES, (Founder). Chief of Bureau of Ethnology; Anthropologist and Arch- aeologist. HENRY PETER RENOUF HOLT, June 11, 1894. Chief of Division, Treasury Department. LOUIS LEVERETT HOOPER, November 11, I9 oi. Head Master Washington School for Boys. ANDREW DELMAR HOPKINS, January 12, 1903. Investigator of Foliage Insects, Department of Agricul- ture. ARCHIBALD HOPKINS, December 6, 1886; resigned Decem- ber 31, 1889. Chief Clerk Court of Claims. 314 THE COSMOS CLUB. THOMAS SNELL HOPKINS, April 8, 1901. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM TEMPLE HORNADAY, June 4, 1888; resigned July 1, 1890. Taxadermist, U. S. National Museum; Zoologist. JOSEPH COERTEN HORNBLOWER, February 5, 1883. Architect, Washington, D. C. WALTER HOUGH, December 8, 1890. Ethnologist, U. S. National Museum. RICHARD HOVEY, May 8, 1893 LELAND OSSIAN HOWARD, April 5, 1886. Chief of Division of Entomology, Department of Agri- culture. WILLIAM WIRT HOWE, December 11, 1899. Associate Justice Supreme Court of Louisiana, New Or- leans. EDWIN EUGENE HOWELL, November 9, 1891. Geologist; Relief -map maker; Washington, D. C. RICHARD LEWIS HOWELL, June 11, 1894. Clergyman, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM BARBINE HOWELL, October 11, 1897. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Appraiser U. S. Customs, New York. HENRY W. HOWGATE (Founder) — HENRY LYCURGUS HOWISON, April 2, 1883; resigned December 1, 1884. Commander, U. S. Navy. GARDINER GREENE HUBBARD, February 5, 1883; died December 11, 1897. President National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. HENRY GUERNSEY HUBBARD, October 8, 1894; died Jan- uary 18, 1899. Entomologist, Department of Agriculture. ADRIAN HUDSON, April 3, 1882; resigned January 1, 1885. Medical Inspector, U. S. Navy. EDMUND HUDSON, January 10, 1887 GAILLARD HUNT, November 13, 1893; resigned December 31, 1897. Department of State. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 315 THOMAS STERRY HUNT, May 2, 1887; died February 12, 1892. Chemist ; Mineralogist ; Geologist. WALTER DAVID HUNTER, December 9, 1901. Special Field Agent Division of Entomology, Agricultural Department. DAVID LOWE HUNTINGTON, November 7, 1881; died De- cember 20, 1899. Deputy Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. DAVID HUTCHESON, February 6, 1882. Superintendent Reading Room, Library of Congress. FRANCK HYATT, February 8, 1897. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOHN HYDE, December 13, 1897. Statistician, Department of Agriculture. JOSEPH PAXTON IDDINGS, January 12, 1885. Professor of Petrology, University of Chicago. GEORGE ILES, December 11, 1899. Author, New York. ERNEST INGERSOLL, January 9, 1882 JOHN NELSON JAMES, October 12, 1891; resigned July 1, 1898. Electrician, U. S. Naval Observatory. RALPH JENKINS, January 9, 1893. Physician, Washington, D. C. JEREMIAH WHIPPLE JENKS, May 11, 1903. Professor of Economics, Cornell University. ALFRED EMERSON JESSUP, June 10, 1891. Physical Laboratory Expert, Office Supervising Architect, Treasury Department. ARNOLD BURGES JOHNSON, October 3, 1881. Chief Clerk Light House Board, Treasury Department. EMORY RICHARD JOHNSON, May 14, 1900. Isthmian Canal Commissioner. JOSEPH TABER JOHNSON, December 4, 1882. Physician, Washington, D. C. GEORGE WOODRUFF JOHNSTON, November i, 1886 ; re- signed December 31, 1889. Physician, Washington, D. C. 316 THE COSMOS CLUB. WILLIAM WARING JOHNSTON, November 3, 1879; died March 21, 1903. Physician, Washington, D. C. WALLACE S. JONES, June 13, 1892; resigned July *, 1893. SYLVESTER DWIGHT JUDD, November 14, 1898. Biologist, Department of Agriculture. SAMUEL HAY KAUFFMANN, April 4, 1881. President Board Trustees, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash- ington, D. C. ; Editor Evening Star. THOMAS HENRY KEARNEY, December 9, 1901. Department of Agriculture. GEORGE KENNAN, October 6, 1879; resigned January 1, 1885. Explorer ; Author ; Lecturer. FREDERICK COURTLANDT KENYON, March 8, 1897 JAMES KERR, April 5, 1888; resigned July 1, 1890. Physician, Washington, D. C. ■ MARK BRICKNELL KERR, March i, 1886; resigned January 13, 1890. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. WASHINGTON CARUTHERS KERR, November 6, 1882; resigned March 3, 1884. State Geologist of North Carolina. CAMILLUS GEORGE KIDDER, June 4, 1883. Lawyer, New York. JEROME HENRY KIDDER, December 1, 1879; died April 8, 1889. Physician; Expert to U. S. Fish Commission. SUMNER INCREASE KIMBALL, January 10, 1887. Superintendent Life Savings Service, Treasury Depart- ment. WILLIAM WIRT KIMBALL, October 6, 1879; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1880. Lieutenant U. S. Navy. ALBERT FREEMAN AFRICANUS KING, April 5, 1880. Physician, Washington, D. C. CLARENCE KING (Founder) ; resigned July 1, 1881. Director U. S. Geological Survey. GEORGE ANDERSON KING, December 12, 1898. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 317. WILLIAM BRUCE KING, April 8, 1895. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. MARTIN AUGUSTINE KNAPP, December 11, 1893. Chairman Interstate Commerce Commission. FREDERICK JAY KNIGHT, March *, 1886; resigned Janu- ary i, 1892. U. S. Geological Survey. FRANK HALL KNOWLTON, April 7, 1890. Paleontologist, U. S. Geological Survey. JOHN JAY KNOX (Founder;) died February 9, 1892. Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury Department. GEORGE MARTIN KOBER, June 3, 1889. Physician, Washington, D. C. STEPHEN JOSEPH KUBEL, April 11, 1898. Chief Engraver, U. S. Geological Survey. THEODORE FREDERICK LAIST, April 8, 1901. Architect, Washington, D. C. ROBERT H. LAMBORN, May 5, 1884; died January, 1895. Mining Engineer. FRANCIS RANSOM LANE, January 12, 1891. Director of High Schools, Washington, D. C. SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY, January 12, 1880. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. W. P. LAWVER, March 6, 1882 • CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE, December 10, 1900. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. THOMAS LEE, December 3, 1888; resigned January 1, 1893. WILLIAM LEE (Founder) ; died March 3, 1893. Physician, Washington, D. C. LEVI ZEIGLER LEITER, January 8, 1883. Capitalist. SAMUEL CONRAD LEMLY, December 1, 1884; resigned De- cember 31, 1890. Lieutenant, U. S. Navy. FRANCIS ELLINGTON LEUPP, December 7, 1885 ; resigned January 1, 1894; re-elected March 10, 1902. Journalist, Washington, D. C. EDWIN RUFUS LEWIS, February 14, 1898. Educator, Washington, D. C. NATHAN SMITH LINCOLN, (Founder) 318 THE COSMOS CLUB. WALDEMAR LINDGREN, March 9, 1896. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. SAMUEL McCUNE LINDSAY, February 10, 1902. Assistant Professor Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. R. B. LINES, May 4, 1885 GEORGE WASHINGTON LITTLEHALES, April 9, 1900. Hydrographic Engineer, Navy Department. GEORGE M. LOCKWOOD, May 3, 1880 LEE DAVIS LODGE, April 8, 1895. President Limestone College, S. C. WALTER SETH LOGAN, April 10, 1893. Lawyer, New York City. EDWIN CHESLEY ESTES LORD, December 9, 1895. Geologist, Department of Agriculture. ALFRED MAURICE LOW, February 14, 1898. Journalist, Washington, D. C. JAMES LOWNDES, November 1, 1886; resigned December 31, 1889. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ANTHONY FRANCIS LUCAS, December 9, 1901. Engineer. WILLIAM LUDLOW, April 2, 1883; resigned July 1, 1888. Major, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army; Commissioner District of Columbia. DAVID ALEXANDER LYLE, April 4, 1887. Major, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army. THEODORE LYMAN, May 5, 1884; resigned January 1, 1885. Member of Congress. GEORGE ARMSTRONG LYON, March 6, 1882. Pay Director, U. S. Navy. JOSEPH LYONS, October 6, 1890 ARTHUR MAC ARTHUR, February 6, 1888; resigned July 1, 1892. Associate Justice Supreme Court District of Columbia. CLAY MAC CAULEY, April 7, 1879; resigned January 11, 1884. Pastor All Souls' Church (Unitarian). ALEXANDER MACKAY-SMITH, March 13, 1893; resigned January 1, 1903. Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 319 -ANDREW McCALLUM, June 4, 1888; died 1891. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOSEPH KAY McCAMMON, October 4, 1880. Ex-Assistant Attorney General for the Interior Depart- ment. SAMUEL SIDNEY McCLURE, October 10, 1892. Editor McClure's Magazine. M. M. McCOMB, October 6, 1879 JAMES McCORMICK, February 10, 1902. Draftsman, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. RICHARD CUNNINGHAM McCORMICK, January 13, 1896; resigned January 1, 1899. Member of Congress. JOHN W. McCOY, October i, 1883; died August, 1889. Editor. ARTHUR WILLIAMS McCURDY, February 14, 1898. Inventor. MARSHALL McDONALD, January 14, 1884 JOHN JOSEPH McELHONE, January 10, 1881; died 1890. Official reporter of debates, U. S. House of Representatives. W J McGEE, January 12, 1885. Ethnologist, Smithsonian Institution. JONAS HARTZELL McGOWAN, November 10, 1902. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOHN EDWARD McGRATH, November 12, 1894. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. FREDERICK BANDERS McGUIRE, November 5, 1883; re- signed February 1, 1886; re-elected December 6, 1886; re- signed January 1, 1901. Director Corcoran Art Gallery. JAMES CLARK McGUIRE, March 4, 1889. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOSEPH DEAKINS McGUIRE, January 14, 1889. Lawyer; Anthropologist; Washington, D. C. DAVID R. McKEE, March 7, 1881; resigned July 1, 1890. Journalist. WILLIAM ARCHER McKENNEY, April 8, 1895. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. CHARLES FOLLEN McKIM, October 13, 1902. Architect, New York City. 320 THE COSMOS CLUB. RANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, January 13, 1896. Rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM DUNCAN McKIM, March 11, 1901. Physician. GEORGE WILLIAM McLANAHAN, April 9, 1894. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GEORGE XAVIER McLANAHAN, October 12, 1903. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. HERSCHEL MAIN, December 18, 1897. Chief Engineer, U. S. Navy, retired. GARRICK MALLERY (Founder) ; died October 24, 1894. Captain Infantry, U. S. Army, retired; Ethnologist. CHARLES MATTHEWS MANLY, December 11, 1899. Expert, Smithsonian Institution. CHARLES ADDISON MANN, March 7, 1887; died March 12, 1896. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. PARKER MANN, January 6, 1887; resigned July 1, 1890; re- elected March 12, 1894; resigned January 1, 1899. Artist, Washington, D. C. VANNOY HARTROG MANNING, December 11, 1893. U. S. Geological Survey. JOHN BELKNAP MARCOU, December 3, 1883 HENRI LOUIS FRANCOIS MARINDIN, January n, 1886. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. CHARLES LESTER MARLATT, January 8, 1894. Entomologist in Charge of Experimental Field Work, De- partment of Agriculture. WILLIAM JOHNSTON MARSH, March 11, 1895. Architect, Washington, D. C. JAMES RUSH MARSHALL, November 5, 1883. Architect, Washington, D. C. HENRY NEWELL MARTIN (Founder) ; resigned January 5, 1880. Professor Biology, Johns Hopkins University. ROBERT H. MARTIN, May 14, 1894; resigned April 12, 1897. CHARLES FREDERIC MARVIN, November 3, 1890. Professor of Meteorology, Weather Bureau. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY 321 JOSEPH BADGER MARVIN, June 6, 1887; resigned January 1, 1895. Chief of Division, Patent Office. OTIS TUFTON MASON (Founder) ; resigned July 11, 1898. Ethnologist; Curator, National Museum. VICTOR LOUIS MASON, May 8, 1899. Clerk to the Secretary of War; Promoter. WASHINGTON MATTHEWS, June 2, 1884; resigned Jan uary 1, 1900. Surgeon, U. S. Army, retired; Ethnologist. PHILIP MAURO, March 12, 1894. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. GEORGE HEBARD MAXWELL, February 13, 1899. Executive Chairman National Irrigation Association, Chi- cago, Illinois. GEORGE COLTON MAYNARD, December 14, 1896. Electrician, National Museum. ELWOOD MEAD, February 9, 1903. Irrigation Engineer. THOMAS HERBERT MEANS, January 13, 1896. Assistant, Bureau of Soils, Department of Agriculture. WILLIAM ALONZO MEGRATH, February 10, 1902. Lawyer, New York City. WILLIAM HARLOW MELVILLE, January 13, 1890; died February, 1893. Chemist, U. S. Geological Survey. THOMAS CORWIN MENDENHALL, February 2, 1885. Superintendent TJ. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Presi- dent Worcester Polytechnic Institute. WALTER CURRAN MENDENHALL, February 10, 1902. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. ANICETO GARCIA MENOCAL, February 4, 1884; resigned November 10, 1884. Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy. CLINTON HART MERRIAM, November 1, 1886. Chief U. S. Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture. WILLIAM RUSH MERRIAM, June 12, 1899; resigned June 30, 1900. Director of the Census. GEORGE PERKINS MERRILL, February 13, 1893. Curator Department of Geology, National Museum. 322 THE COSMOS CLUB. JAMES CUSHING MERRILL, April 13, 1891 ; died October 27, 1903. Surgeon, U. S. Army. EDMUND CLARENCE MESSER, June' 9, 1902. Artist, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM MANUEL MEW (Founder) ; died September 19, 1902. Physician, Washington, D. C. ELEAZAR HUTCHINSON MILLER, April 10, 1893; resigned January i, 1899. Artist, Washington, D. C. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MILLER, March 10, 1902. Commander, U. S. Navy, retired. GERRITT SMITH MILLER, Jr., January 12, 1903. Assistant Curator of Mammals, National Museum. COSMOS MINDELEFF, June 6, 1887 ■ VICTOR MINDELEFF, May 7, 1888 CHARLES SEDGWICK MINOT, March IO , 1902. Physician, Boston, Mass. GEORGE MITCHELL, November 14, 1898; died January 2, 1903. Major Artillery Corps, U. S. Army, retired. HENRY MITCHELL, January n, 1886; died December 1, 1902. Civil Engineer. ANDREW PHILIP MONTAGUE, February 10, 1896; re- signed November 8, 1897. President Furman University. GEORGE THOMAS MOORE, May n, 1903. Plant Physiologist; Algologist; Department of Agricul- ture. CHARLES MOORE, February 9, 1891. Clerk to Senate Committee on District of Columbia. HENRY FRANK MOORE, May 9, 1898. Scientific Assistant, Commission of Fish and Fisheries. JOHN MOORE, January 10, 1887. Ex-Surgeon General, U. S. Army, retired. JOHN BASSETT MOORE, April 4, 1887. Assistant Secretary of State; Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Columbia University, New York. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY 323 VERANUS ALVA MOORE, May 13, 1895. Professor Comparative Pathology and Bacteriology, Cor- nell University. WILLIS LUTHER MOORE, November 11, 1895. Chief of Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture. JOHN FRANCIS MORAN, April 9, 1900. Physician, Washington, D. C. ETHELBERT CARROLL MORGAN, April 5, 1880; died May 5, 1891. Physician, Washington, D. C. J.'M. MORGAN, June 3, 1889; resigned January 1, 1899. EDWARD LIND MORSE, October 13, 1902. Artist, Washington, D. C. ALONZO TYLER MOSMAN, November 4, 1889. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. MURRAY GALT MOTTER, October 13, 1902. Physician, Washington, D. C. SAMUEL MULLIKEN, March 1, 1886; died February 1, 1888. Chief of Division, Patent Office. CHARLES A. MUNN, January 13, 1890; resigned January i, 1903. Capitalist. CHARLES EDWARD MUNROE, February 6, 1882; resigned. January 10, 1885; re-elected December 12, 1892. Professor of Chemistry, Columbian University, Washing- ton, D. C. JOHN MURDOCH, February 6, 1888; resigned July 1, 1892. Zoologist; Librarian; Roxbury, Mass. PATRICK JOSEPH MURPHY, June 7, 1880; died October 3, 1891. Physician, Columbian Hospital, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM B. NASSAU, January 13, 1896; resigned Decem- ber 31, 1896. CHARLES WILLIS NEEDHAM, November 12, 1894. President Columbian University, Washington, D. C. CHARLES PATRICK NEILL, April 9, 1900. Professor Political Economy, Catholic University, Wash- ington, D. C. 324 THE COSMOS CLUB. EDWARD WILLIAM NELSON, March 6, 1882 ; resigned De- cember 31, 1883; re-elected November 9, 1903. Naturalist. HENRY C. NELSON, February 5, 1883; died March 10, 1893. Medical Inspector, U. S. Navy. JOHN NELSON, December 13, 1897. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. FRANCIS M. NESMITH, February 14, 1898; resigned Jan- uary i, 1902. Physician, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, D. C. CHARLES NEWBOLD, March 3, 1884; resigned January 10, 1885. THOMAS EARP NEWBOLD, February 8, 1892; resigned January 1, 1893. Clerk to District Commissioner. HARRY TURNER NEWCOMB, November 13, 1899. Division of Statistics, Department of Agriculture. SIMON NEWCOMB, October 4, 1880. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy, retired; Scientist; Astronomer. FREDERICK HAYNES NEWELL, January 13, 1890. Chief Division of Hydrography, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY HOBART NICHOLS, February 10, 1902. Artist; Paleontologic Draftsman, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES NORDHOFF, January 12, 1880; resigned April i, 1883; re-elected May 7, 1888; died July 14, 1901. Author. Journalist. BASIL NORRIS (Founder) ; resigned January io, 1885. Surgeon, U. S. Army. THADDEUS NORRIS, December 10, 1894; resigned October 11, 1897. SIMON NEWTON DEXTER NORTH, October 9, 1899. Director, U. S. Census. CHARLES CROSBY NOTT, February 7, 1887; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1892. Chief Justice Court of Claims. CROSBY STUART NOYES, May 5, 1884. Editor Evening Star, Washington, D. C. THEODORE WILLIAMS NOYES, November 7, 1887. Associate Editor Evening Star, Washington, D. C. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 325 WILLIAM ALBERT NOYES, October 12, 1903. Chemist. ROBERT LINCOLN O'BRIEN, January 9, 1899. Journalist, Washington, D. C. HERBERT GOUVERNEUR OGDEN, Sr., December 2, 1889. Inspector of Hydrography and Topography, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. HERBERT GOUVERNEUR OGDEN, Jr., March 11, 1901. Patent Lawyer. FREDERICK ERSKINE OLMSTED, January 13, 1902. Agent, Bureau of Forestry, Department of Agriculture. HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, March 12, 1894. Professor Zoology, Columbia University, New York. WILFRED HUDSON OSGOOD, December 9, 1901. Division of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture. JOSEPH H. OUTHWAITE, February i, 1886; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1893. Member of Congress from Ohio. ROBERT LATHAM OWEN, March 13, 1899. Muscogee, Indian Territory. WILLIAM HENRY OWEN, January 14, 1895. Civil Engineer, Q. M. Department, Washington, D. C. ROBERT LAWRENCE PACKARD, (Founder) HARVEY L. PAGE, February 2, 1880 JAMES PAGE, April 10, 1899. Nautical Expert, Hydrographic Office, Navy Department. LOGAN WALTER PAGE, June 10, 1901. Chemist, Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture. THOMAS NELSON PAGE, March 11, 1895. Author, Washington, D. C. ALAJOS PAIKERT, October 14, 1901 ; resigned January 1, 1903. RICHARD EDES PAIRO, December 8, 1890. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. THEODORE SHERMAN PALMER, December 9, 1895. Assistant Biologist, Department of Agriculture. WALTER PARIS, May 7, 1883; resigned January i, 1885. Artist. JOHN GRUBB PARKE (Founder) ; resigned January 1, 1880. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. 326 THE COSMOS CLUB. EDWARD WHEELER PARKER, January 14, 1901. Statistician, U. S. Geological Survey. JOSEPH BENSON PARKER, May 9, 1898; resigned July i_ 1 901. Medical Director, U. S. Navy. PETER PARKER, April 4, 1887; resigned December 31, 1889. CHARLES WELLMAN PARKS, January 9, 1893. Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy. FRANCIS HENRY PARSONS, December 13, 1897. Assistant Custodian Smithsonian Deposit, Library of Con- gress. WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE, May 14, 1894. Sculptor. STEWART PATON, March 9, 1903. Johns Hopkins University. JOHN DEWHURST PATTEN, May 8, 1893. National Bank Attorney, Washington, D. C. ALBERT CLARK PATTERSON, May 13, 1895; resigned De- cember 31, 1896. Physician, Government Hospital for the Insane. HENRY MARTYN PAUL, May 5, 1890. Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Navy. GEORGE FOSTER PEABCDY, June 6, 1896. Banker, New York. ALBERT CHARLES PEALE, October 1, 1883. Aid, Section of Paleobotany, National Museum. RAYMOND ALLEN PEARSON, January 11, 1897. Assistant, Dairy Division, Department of Agriculture. GEORGE PECK (Founder) ; resigned November 7, 1881. Medical Director, U. S. Navy. HENRY EDWARD PELLEW, April 4, 1887; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1900. WILLIAM LORENZO PENFIELD, May 14, 1900. Solicitor, Department of State. RICHARD ALEXANDER FULLERTON PENROSE, Jr., Feb- ruary 4, 1889; resigned October 11, 1897. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. EDMUND TAYLOR PERKINS, February 4, 1889. Topographer, U. S. Geological. Survey. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 327 FRANK WALLEY PERKINS, March 7, 1881. Assistant to Superintendent, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. HENRY CLEVELAND PERKINS, April 10, 1899. Mining Engineer, Washington, D. C. HARRY OTIS PERLEY, November 14, 1892; resigned January i> 1894- Surgeon, U. S. Army. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PETERS, March 9, 1903. Chief Clerk, Navy Department. WILLIAM JOHN PETERS, February 4> 1889. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. IVAN PETROFF, February 7, 1881 ; resigned November 2, 1885. Statistician of Alaska, Census Office. CHARLES PAUL ERNEST PEUGNET, April 14, 1902. Architect. W. W. PHELAN, January 9, 1899 WILLIAM FOWKE RAVENEL PHILLIPS, May 11, 1903. Physician, Washington, D. C. W. HALLETT PHILLIPS, November t, 1886; died 1897. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WALTER P. PHILLIPS, February 6, 1882; resigned January 16, 1888. JOSIAH PIERCE, Jr., December 2, 1889; resigned January x, 1900. Civil ^Engineer, Washington, D. C. ULYSSES GRANT BAKER PIERCE, December 9> i 9 cu. Pastor All Souls' Church (Unitarian), Washington, D. C. THEODORE WELLS PIETSCH, March io, 1902. Designer, Office Supervising Architect, Treasury Depart- ment. JAMES CONSTANTINE PILLING, June 2, 1879; died July 26, 1895. Ethnologist, Bureau of Ethnology. GIFFORD PINCHOT, November 8, 1897. Forester, Department of Agriculture. WILLIAM MUNDY POINDEXTER, October 1, 1883. Architect, Washington, D. C. CHARLES LOUIS POLLARD, June 11, 1900. Botanist; Curator Division of Botany, National Museum. 328 THE COSMOS CLUB. JOHN ADDISON PORTER, April 7, 1884; resigned Decem- ber 3, 1888. Clerk to Senate Committee. R. R. PORTER, May 3, 1880 GEORGE BROWNE POST, June 8, 1903. Architect. JOHN WESLEY POWELL (Founder) ; died September 23, 1902. Director Bureau of Ethnology, and of U. S. Geological Survey. WILLIAM BRAMWELL POWELL, March i, 1886; resigned January 1, 1901. Educator, Washington, D. C. FREDERICK PERRY POWERS, January 10, 1887; resigned January 7, 1889. Journalist. LOUIS AUGUSTUS PRADT, March n, I9 oi. Assistant Attorney General. JOHN FRANCIS PRATT, October 14, 1895. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. DANIEL WEBSTER PRENTISS, April 5, 1880; died Novem- ber 19, 1899. Physician, Washington, D. C. DANIEL WEBSTER PRENTISS, May 11, 1903. Physician, Washington, D. C. FRANK PRESBREY, December 12, 1892; resigned July 1, 1894. Manager of Public Opinion, Washington, D. C. PHILIP MAXWELL PRESCOTT, April 9, 1894. Episcopal Clergyman. ERASMUS DARWIN PRESTON, December 3, 1888; resigned July 1, 1901. Editor, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. ROBERT LEE PRESTON, December 10, 1900. Principal University School, Washington, D. C. OVERTON WESTFELDT PRICE, January 13, 1902. Assistant Chief, Forestry Division, Department of Agri- culture. HENRY SMITH PRITCHETT (Founder) ; resigned January i, 1880; re-elected December 13, 1897. Superintendent U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Presi- dent Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 329 JOHN ROBERT PROCTER, February 12, 1894; died Decem- ber 12, 1903. Civil Service Commissioner. WILLIAM HENRY PULSIFER, March 12, 1900. RAPHAEL PUMPELLY, June 3, 1889; resigned January 1, 1894. Author; Geologist; Newport, R. I. GEORGE ROCKWELL PUTNAM, January 9, 1893. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. HERBERT PUTNAM, May 8, 1899. Librarian of Congress. FREDERIC BENNETT PYLE, February 12, 1900. Architect, Washington, D. C. WALLACE RADCLIFFE, December 9, 1895. ■Pastor New York Ave. Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. JACKSON HARVEY RALSTON, January 13, 1902. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOHN HALL RANKIN, April 14, 1902. Architect, Philadelphia, Penna. JOHN McCLURE RANKIN, March 14, 1892. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. FREDERICK LESLIE RANSOME, January 9, 1S99. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. RICHARD RATHBUN, December 3, 1883. Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institution. WILLIAM de CHASTIGNIER RAVENEL, October 11, 1897. Assistant, Div. Fish Culture, Commission of Fish and Fisheries. GEORGE LANSING RAYMOND, April n, 1898. Professor of Esthetics, Princeton University. C. H. READ, February 4, 1884 WALTER REED, November 13, 1893; died November_ 23, 1902. Surgeon, U. S. Army. IRA REMSEN, (Founder) ; resigned January 9, 1882. President Johns Hopkins University. EDWARD IRELAND RENICK, June 13, 1898; died April 2, 1900. Chief Clerk Department of State. 330 THE COSMOS CLUB. JOHN HENRY RENSHAWE, June 7, 1880. Geologist, XJ. S. Geological Survey. JQSEPH JONES REYNOLDS, June 7, 1886; died February 25, 1899. Colonel, Cavalry, U. S. Array. JOHN MERRIAM REYNOLDS, April 9, 1894. Ex-Assistant Secretary of the Interior. ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE, February 3, 1879 JOSEPH MAYER RICE, December 13, 1897. Editor Forum, New York. WILLIAM GORHAM RICE, December 14, 1896. Civil Service Commissioner. EDGAR RICHARDS, March 1, 1886; resigned January i, 1892. Chemist, Internal Revenue Bureau, Treasury Department. ALONZO BLAIR RICHARDSON, October 8, 1900; 'died June 27, 1903. Superintendent Government Hospital for the Insane. CHARLES WILLIAMSON RICHARDSON, December 14, 1896. Physician, Washington, D. C. CLIFFORD RICHARDSON, October 4, 1886; resigned Janu- ary 7, 1889. Expert Chemist in Asphalt and Bitumen. 'FRANCIS ASBURY RICHARDSON, December 12, 1898. Journalist, Washington, D. C. GEORGE BURR RICHARDSON, June 9, 1902. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. STEPHEN OLIN RICHEY, June 7, 1880; resigned January 1, 1886. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOHN LIVZY RIDGWAY, April 8, 1895. Draftsman in charge of Division of Illustrations, U. S. Geological Survey. ELl'SHA FRANCIS RIGGS, April 5, 1886. Banker, Washington, D. C. CHARLES VALENTINE RILEY (Founder) ; died September 14, 1895. Entomologist, Department of Agriculture. DENIS MATTHEW RIORDAN, March 14, 1898. Mining Engineer, San Francisco, Cal. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 331 HOMER PETER RITTER, June 13, 1892. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. HENRY CLAY RIZER, February 12, 1894. Chief Clerk, U. S. Geological Survey. ARTHUR CARR ROBERTS, February, 10, 1896. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. ELLIS HENRY ROBERTS, January 10, 1898. Treasurer of the United States. GEORGE EVAN ROBERTS, October 14, 1901. Director of the Mint. BEVERLY HOLCOMBE ROBERTSON, October 4, 1886; re- signed July 1, 1890. GEORGE MAXWELL ROBESON, March 5, 1883; resigned December 22, 1886. Secretary of the Navy. H. A. ROBINSON, November 12, 1894 SAMUEL ADAMS ROBINSON, February 13, 1899. Physician. WILLIAM PITT ROBINSON, March 9, 1896. Capitalist. MILES ROCK, (Founder) ; died January 29, 1901. Astronomer. WILLIAM WOODVILLE ROCKHILL, March 9, 1903. Director Bureau American Republics. JAMES RODMAN, December 9, 1895; died January 10, 1902. Physician, Hopkinsville, Ky. HENRY GUSTAVE ROGERS, February 4, 1884; resigned January i, 1900. EDWARD BENNETT ROSA, November 10, 1902. Physicist, Bureau of Standards. JOSEPH NELSON ROSE, April IO , 1893. Assistant Curator, Department of Botany, National Mu- seum. MILTON JOSEPH ROSENAU, December 8, 1902. Passed Assistant Surgeon, Public Health and Marine Hos- pital Service. JOHN ROSS, November n, 1901. Nautical Expert, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. ABBOT LAWRENCE ROTCH, June 8, 1891. Meteorologist, Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory. 332 THE COSMOS CLUB. LEO STANTON ROWE, November n, 1901. Assistant Professor Political Science, University of Penn. HENRY AUGUSTUS ROWLAND, (Founder) ; resigned No- vember 7, 1887. Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University. STERLING RUFFIN, May 9, 1898. Physician, Washington, D. C. PHILIP G. RUSSELL, January n, 1897; died July 21, 1900. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. THOMAS RUSSELL, March 1, 1886; resigned January 1, 1894. Assistant Professor Meteorology, Signal Service, U. S. Army. MELANCTHON L. RUTH, November x, 1886; resigned De- cember 5, 1887. Surgeon, U. S. 'Navy. FRANK ROY RUTTER, April 13, 1903. Department of Agriculture. DANIEL ELMER SALMON, March 3, 1884. Chief Bureau Animal Industry, Department of Agricul- ture. WILLIAM SALOMON, April 12, 1897. Banker, New York. ALBERT TITUS SALTER, April 1, 1889. HENRY YATES SATTERLEE, April 13, 1903. Bishop of Washington, Protestant Episcopal Church. JOHN SAVARY, April 6, 1885. RUFUS SAXTON, May 6, 1889; resigned December 31, 1891. Colonel, Assistant Q. M. General, U. S. Army, retired. LAURENCE FREDERICK SCHMECKEBIER, December 9, 1 901. Assistant Editor, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES SCHUCHERT, January 14, 1895. Assistant Curator, National Museum. EUGENE AMANDUS SCHWARZ, May 6, 1889. Entomological Investigator, Department of Agriculture. GEORGE FREDERIC SCHWARZ, February 10, 1902. Field Assistant, Bureau of Forestry, Department of Agri- culture. EMIL ALEXANDER de SCHWEINITZ, January 14, 1889. Director Biochemic Laboratory, Department of Agricul- ture. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 333 CARL SCHURZ SCOFIELD, February 10, 1902. Botanical Expert, Department of Agriculture. GEORGE W1NFIELD SCOTT, June 8, 1903. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM HENRY SEAMAN, January IO , 1887. Examiner, Patent Office. GEORGE MARY SEARLE, April 7, 1890; resigned January 1, 1894. Professor Astronomy, Catholic University, Washington, D. C. C. W. SEATON, June 7, 1880 FRANK SEWALL, November 3, 1890. Pastor Church of the New Jerusalem, (Swedenborgian,) Washington, D. C. GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR, February 8, 1897. Patent Lawyer, New Haven, Conn. HENRY ALBERT SEYMOUR, December 4, 1883. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER, June 2, 1885. Dean Lawrence Scientific School, and Professor Geology, Harvard University. AURELIUS RIVES SHANDS, May 12, 1902. Physician, Washington, D. C. SAMUEL SHELLABARGER, March 2, 1881; resigned April 21, 1884. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. SETH SHEPARD, May n, 1903. Associate Justice Supreme Court District of Columbia. J. E. SHERMAN, January 12, 1880 FRANK CHARLES SHRADER, April 12, 1903. Geologist. ROBERT WILSON SHUFELDT, November 4, 1889; resigned January 1, 1895. Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. ROBERT WILSON SHUFELDT, October 3, 1881 WILLARD ADAMS SHUMWAY, March 3, 1884; resigned January 8, 1886. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. DANIEL KERFOOT SHUTE, April 11, 1892. Physician, Washington, D. C. 334 TH E COSMOS CLUB. THOMAS WATSON SIOWELL, January 13, 1890. Educator, Washington, D. C. HOWARD SILL, November 14, 1892. Civil Engineer. WILLIAM SIMES, June 8, 1903. FRANK DARIUS SIMONS, June 8, 1903. Chemist, Treasury Department. CEPHAS HEMPSTONE SINCLAIR, June 10, 1895. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. JOHN CRAYKE SINCLAIR, November 3, 1879 H. C. SLOGGETT, March 4, 1889; resigned December 31, 1889. Physician. CHARLES SMART, June 4, 1883; resigned January 8, 1886. Surgeon, U. S. Army. CHARLES WESLEY SMILEY, November 7, 1887. Publisher, Washington, D. C. GEORGE FREDERICK CUMMING SMILLIE, February 10, 1896. Engraver, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. THOMAS WILLIAM SMILLIE, June 4, 1888. Photographer, National Museum. EDWIN SMITH (Founder). Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. ERWIN F. SMITH, March 9, 1891. Plant Pathologist, Department of Agriculture. GEORGE OTIS SMITH, March 12, 1900. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. GOLD WIN SMITH, November 14, 1892; resigned January 1, 1900. Author, Toronto, Canada. HUGH McCORMICK SMITH, October 12, 1903. Ichthyologist. JARED GAGE SMITH, October 9, 1899; resigned July 1, 1901. Special Agent, Office Experiment Stations, Dept. Agricul- ture. JOHN BERNHARD SMITH, February 1, 1886; resigned July 1, 1889. Assistant, National Museum. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 335 JOSEPH ADAMS SMITH (Founder) ; resigned December 31, 1890. Pay Inspector, U. S. Navy. ROLAND COTTON SMITH, May n, 1903. Rector St. John's Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. ALPHEUS HENRY SNOW, February 12, 1900. Author ; Lawyer. WILLIAM TAYLOE SNYDER, November 5, 1888; resigned July 1, 1891. Rector Church of the Incarnation (Episcopal), Washing- ton, D. C. THORVALD SOLBERG, November 8, 1897. Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress. JOHN KERFOOT SOUTHER, January 8, 1900. Artist, Washington, D. C. ELLIS SPEAR, May n, 1896. Ex-Commissioner of Patents ; Patent Lawyer, Washing- ton, D. C. JOHN CRAWFORD SPEAR (Founder) ; resigned October 14, 1886. Medical Inspector, U. S. Navy. ARTHUR COE SPENCER, December 12, 1898. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. GEORGE L." SPENCER, May 4, 1885; resigned January 1, 1895. J. C. SPILLER, April 3, 1882; resigned December 31, 1882. AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD, January 14, 1884; re- signed January 7, 1889. Librarian, Library of Congress. WILLIAM MERCER SPRIGG, February 13, 1899. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOSIAH EDWARD SPURR, April 13, 1903. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. GEORGE OWEN SQUIER, January 8, 1900. Major, Signal Corps, U. S. Army. JOSEPH STANLEY-BROWN, October 3, 1881; resigned Jan- uary 10, 1885; re-elected May 14, 1894. Assistant Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. JOSHUA OTIS STANTON, January 10, 1881 ; resigned Jan- uary i, 1883. Physician, Washington, D. C. 336 THE COSMOS CLUB. TIMOTHY WILLIAM STANTON, January 8, 1894. Paleontologist, U. S. Geological Survey. ROBERT STEAD, June 4, 1888. Architect, Washington, D. C. ROBERT EDWARDS CARTER STEARNS, December ,,. 1884; resigned July i, 1891. Paleontologist, U. S. Geological Survey. GEORGE STEIGER, February 11, 1895. Chemist, U. S. Geological Survey. EDWARD JAMES STELLWAGEN, June 13, 1892. President Union Trust and Storage Co., Washington, D. C. JOHN JAMES STEPHENS, January 14, 1895. Office Auditor War Department. GEORGE MILLER STERNBERG, October 9, 1893. Ex-Surgeon General, U. S. Army, retired. JAMES MacBRIDE STERRETT, February 8, 1892. Professor Philosophy, Columbian University, Washington,. D. C. C. A. STETEFELDT, February 4, 1884; resigned January 1, 1892. CALEB ROCHFORD STETSON, February 13, 1899. Asst. Rector Chapel Good Shepherd (Episcopal). GEORGE ROCHFORD STETSON, February 12, 1894; re- signed January 1, 1900. Anthropologist. WILLIAM MOTT STEUART, October I2 , 1903. Chief Division, Census Office. MOSES TYLER STEVENS, January 9, 1893. North Andover, Massachusetts. JAMES STEVENSON, April 7, 1884; died July 25, 1888. Executive Officer, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES WARDELL STILES, February 8, 1892. Zoologist, Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Ag- riculture. FRANK RICHARD STOCKTON, February 12, 1900; died April 20, 1902. Author. HENRY NEWLIN STOKES, December 2, 1889; resigned De- cember 31, 1892; re-elected November 12, 1894. Chemist, U. S. Geological Survey. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 337 ALFRED HOLT STONE, February 10, 1902. .Cotton Planter; Student of Historical Research. ISAAC SCOTT STONE, March 14, 1898. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOHN KENNEDY STOUT, October i >4 , 1901. Department of Commerce and Labor. SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON, October 14, .901. Director Bureau of Standards. OSCAR SOLOMON STRAUS, June n, 1900. Diplomat. THOMAS HALE STREETS, December 5, 1881; resigned Jan- uary 18, 1889. Surgeon, U. S. Navy. HENRY STRONG, December 6, 1886; resigned January 1, 1895. C. de STRUVE, January 14, 1884 • CHARLES LYM STURTEVANT, April 10, 1889. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. FRANK SUTTON, January 8, 1894. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY CLAY SWAIN, January 10, 1887; died, March 29, 1893. Cashier Second National Bank, Washington, D. C. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN SWAYZE, May 14, 1900. Chief Clerk Treasury Department. WALTER TENNYSON SWINGLE, October 9, 1899; re- signed January 1, 1902. Botanist; Agricultural Explorer, Department of Agricul- ture. CHARLES CLINTON SWISHER, November 9, 1896. Professor American and English History, Columbian Uni- versity, Washington, D. C. CHARLES SUMNER TAlNTER, April 3, 1882; resigned January 8, 1886; re-elected November 9, 1891. Inventor of the Graphophone. WIRT TASSIN, January 8, 1894. Chemist and Assistant Curator in charge of Division of Mineralogy, National Museum. SLEDGE TATUM, March 10, 1902. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. 338 THE COSMOS CLUB. FREDERICK WILLIAM TAYLOR, November i, 1880; re- signed January i, 1893. Chemist, National Museum. HENRY CLAY TAYLOR, January 12, 1880; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1900. Captain, U. S. Navy. JAMES KNOX TAYLOR, January 10, 1898. Supervising Architect, Treasury Department. RUFUS HILDRETH THAYER, December 7, 1885. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. H. T. THOMAS, January 11, 1892 ALMON HARRIS THOMPSON, October 2, 1882. Geographer, U. S. Geological Survey. JOHN BARKER THOMPSON, May 9, 1892. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JOSEPH FORD THOMPSON, November 7, 1881. Physician, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM BAKER THOMPSON, June 14, 1897. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM SCOTT THOMPSON, March 12, 1900; died Sep- tember 26, 1901. Pharmacologist, Washington, D. C. WARD THORON, February 9, 1889; resigned December 31, 1896; re-elected May 13, 1901. Auditor, American Security & Trust Co., Washington, D. C. LYMAN TIFFANY, December 6, 1886; resigned July 1, 1892. SAMUEL ESCUE TILLMAN (Founder) ; resigned January 1, 1881. Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army. JOHN WHEELOCK TITCOMB, April 14, 1902. Office Commission of Fish and Fisheries. OTTO HILGARD TITTMANN (Founder) ; resigned De- cember 8, 1880; re-elected December 1, 1884. Superintendent U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. JOSEPH MEREDITH TONER (Founder) ; resigned January i, 1895. Physician, Washington, D. C. JAMES WILLIAM TOUMEY, June 12, 1899; resigned Jan- uary 1, 190Z. Superintendent Tree-planting Division of Forestry, De- partment of Agriculture. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 339 OSCAR V. TOUSLEY, November 12, 1900; died July 18, 1902. CHARLES HASKINS TOWNSEND, October 11, 1897. Director New York Aquarium, New York. CLINTON PAUL TOWNSEND, May 11, 1896. Examiner, Patent Office. RICHARD W. TOWNSHEND, February 7, 1881; resigned February 2, 1885. Member of Congress. COE DOWNING TOWS, March 7, 1887. WILLIAM LEE TRENHOLM, January 10, 1887; resigned January 1, 1901. Comptroller of the Currency. THOMAS CUTHBERT TRESCOTT, March 11, 1895; re- signed January 1, 1901. Assistant Chemist, Department of Agriculture. ALFRED CHARLES TRUE, April 13, 1896. Director Experiment Stations, Department of Agriculture. FREDERICK WILLIAM TRUE, April 3, 1882. Head Curator, Department of Biology, National Museum. ALFRED TUCKERMAN, December 9, 1901. Chemist. LUCIUS TUCKERMAN, December 5, 1887; died June 10, 1890. JAMES BRAINERD TAYLOR TUPPER, November 7, 1887. Chief of Division, Internal Revenue Bureau. HENRY WARD TURNER, March 3, 1890; resigned July 1, 1896. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. THOMAS J. TURNER, (Founder) ; resigned December 31, 1889. Medical Director, U. S. Navy. WILLIAM R. TURNER, May 12, 1902. Rector St. Michael and All Angels' Church (Episcopal), Washington, D. C. FRANK TWEEDY, March 2, 1885 ; resigned January 1, 1901. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. NATHANIEL TYLER, Jr., March 13, 1899. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. CHARLES FOX URQUHART, March n, 1895. Topographer, U. S. Geological Survey. 340 THE COSMOS CLUB. FRANK ARTHUR VANDERLIP, October n, 1897. Ex-Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Financier. CHARLES RICHARD VAN HISE, February 3, 1890. Professor of Geology, University of Wisconsin. JOHN VAN RENSSELAER, May 14, 1894. Physician, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM KNICKERBOCKER VAN REYPEN, March 3, 1884; resigned January 10, 1885. Surgeon, U. S. Navy. GEORGE TULLY VAUGHAN, March 14, 1898. Surgeon, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. THOMAS WAYLAND VAUGHAN, March 8, 1897. Geologist and Paleontologist, U. S. Geological Survey, EMIL C. VER MEULEN, January 14, 1889; resigned Decem- ber 31, 1889. Surgeon, U. S. Navy. HERMAN KNICKERBOCKER VIELE, May 2, 1887; resigned January 1, 1892. Author ; Engineer. SAMUEL STOCKTON VOORHEES, November io, 1902. Engineer of Tests, Office Supervising Architect, Treasury Department. HERBERT WADSWORTH, November 9, 1903. ELWOOD O. WAGENHORST, February 9, 1903. Lawyer. CHARLES WILLIAM WAIDNER, June 8, 1903. Physicist, Bureau of Standards. MERTON BENWAY WAITE, November 13, 1893. Vegetable Pathologist, Department of Agriculture. CHARLES DOOLITTLE WALCOTT, June 4, 1883. Director, U. S. Geological Survey; Secretary Carnegie Institution. FRANCIS AMASA WALKER, October 6, 1879 ; resigned Jan- uary i, 1882. Superintendent of the Census. GEORGE HAROLD WALKER, October I2 , 1903. Assistant Attorney, Department of Justice. THOMAS FRANCIS WALSH, May 14, 1900. Capitalist; Mining Engineer; Washington, D. C. LESTER FRANK WARD (Founder). Paleontologist, U. S. Geological Survey; Author. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 341 SAMUEL G. WARD, March 7, 1887; resigned December 31, 1890. B. H. WARDER, April 5, 1888 ; died, January 13, 1894. Capitalist, Washington, D. C. EUGENE FITCH WARE, December 8, 1902. Commissioner of Pensions. CHARLES WARREN, March 1, 1880 SAMUEL R. WARREN, May 3, 1880. War Department. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, March 5, 1888; died August ii, 1903. Superintendent and Curator Technological Collections, National Museum. DAVID K. WATSON, June 10, 1901 ; resigned November 10, 1902. Lawyer, Columbus, Ohio. CHARLES KASSON WEAD, January 12, 1903. Examiner, Patent Office. HENRY RANDALL WEBB, January 10, 1887. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. WILLIAM BENNING WEBB, January 10, 1887; died March 13, 1896. Commissioner District of Columbia; Lawyer. 'WALTER HARVEY WEED, March 7, 1887. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. FRED BOUGHTON WEEKS, December 14, 1896; resigned January 1, 1900. Librarian, U. S. Geological Survey. JOHN BRADFORD WEIR, December 1, 1884. Assistant U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. JAMES CLARKE WELLING (Founder) ; died September 4, 1894. President Columbian University, Washington, D. C. GEORGE REUBEN WENDLING, April 8, 1901. Lecturer. WALTER EDWARD WEYL, December 11, 1899. Statistician. FRANCIS WHARTON, April 4, 1884; died February 21, 1887. Jurist; Assistant Secretary of State. SAMUEL EDWIN WHEATLEY, June 6, 1887; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1894. Commissioner of the District of Columbia. 342 THE COSMOS CLUB. FRANCIS BRADFORD WHEATON, June n, 1900. Designer, Office Supervising Architect, Treasury P«P art " ment. JAMES DAVENPORT WHELPLEY, January 12, i9°3- Journalist, Washington, D. C. JESSE HADLEY WHITAKER, February 12, 19°°- Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. ANDREW DICKSON WHITE, May n, 1896- U. S. Ambassador to Germany. CHARLES ABIATHER WHITE, December 4, 1882; resigned January 1, 1902. Geologist and Paleontologist, Washington, D. C. CHARLES HENRY WHITE, November 5, 1883; resigned January 1, 1902. Medical Director, U. S. Navy. DAVID WHITE, December 12, 1892. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. Z. L. WHITE, April 5, 1880; died, January, 1889. Journalist. WILLIAM WHITING, May 7, 1888; resigned December 31, 1889. Member of Congress. BENAIAH LONGLEY WHITMAN, November 11, 1895; re- signed January 1, 1900. President Columbian University, Washington, D. C. HENRY HOWARD WHITNEY, December 11, 1899; resigned January 1, 1902. Captain, Artillery Corps, U. S. Army. MILTON WHITNEY, May 14, 1894. Chief of Division of Soils, Department of Agriculture. FREDERICK WALLINGFORD WHITRIDGE, February 5, 1883; resigned January 1, 1885. Lawyer, New York. JAMES MADISON WHITTEMORE, February 6, 1882; re- signed January 1, 1884. Lieut. Colonel, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army. WILLIAMS CLARK WHITTEMORE, June 6, 1887. Capitalist, Washington, D. C. GEORGE PATTEN WHITTLESEY, October 14, I9 o 2 . Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 343 JOHN BREWER WIGHT, May 12, 1902. Ex-Commissioner District of Columbia. HARVEY WASHINGTON WILEY, October ,, 1883. Chief, Division of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture. WALTER FRANCIS WILLCOX, October 9, 1899. Statistician, Census Office. EDWIN WILLETS, June 3, 1889; resigned January r, 1894. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. ALBERT WILLIAMS, Jr., February 5, 1883 ; resigned Decem- ber 31, 1885. U. S. Geological Survey. DAVID WILLIAMS, June 8, 1903. Publisher. GEORGE HUNTINGTON WILLIAMS, May 14, 1894; died, July 12, 1894. Assistant Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. HENRY EUGENE WILLIAMS, November 9, 1903. Assistant Chief Weather Bureau. HUGH WILLIAMS, October 14, 1901 ; died August 18, 1902. Assistant, Catalogue Division, Library of Congress. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE WILLIAMS, March 1, 1880; re- signed January 1, 1885. Pay Director, U. S. Navy. JAMES ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, Dec. 6, 1886; re- signed January 1, 1897. Commissioner General Land Office. BAILEY WILLIS, December 14, 1896. Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. WESTEL WOODBURY WILLOUGHBY, March 12, 1894; resigned January 1, 1895. Associate Professor Political Science, Johns Hopkins Uni- versity. WILLIAM FRANKLIN WILLOUGHBY, May 13, 1895. Expert, Department of Labor. WILLIAM HOLLAND WILMER, June 8, 1896. Occulist, Washington, D. C. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN WILSON, January 14, 1895. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. HERBERT MICHAEL WILSON, June 2, 1884; resigned July 1, 1899. Geographer; Engineer; U. S. Geological Survey. 23 344 THE COSMOS CLUB. JEREMIAH M. WILSON, April 2, 1883 THOMAS WILSON, March 7, 1887; died May 4, 1902. Anthropologist; Curator Prehistoric Archaeology, Na- tional Museum. WILLIAM LYNE WILSON, June 10, 1895; died October 17, 1900. Postmaster General ; President Washington and Lee Uni- versity, Va. FREDERICK HOWARD WINES, April 3, 1882; June 12, 1899. Assistant Director of the Census. WILLIAM CRAWFORD WINLOCK, November 1, 1880; died September 20, 1896. Curator, Bureau International Exchanges, Smithsonian In- stitution. ISAAC WINSTON, December 9, 1895. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. THOMAS W. WISE, December 6, 1886; died February 17, 1892. Physician, Washington, D. C. THOMAS ALFRED WITHERSPOON, April 4, 1902. Examiner, Patent Office. GREGOIRE de WOLLANT, February 14, 1898. First Secretary Russian Embassy. LEONARD WOOD, October 14, 1895; resigned January ±, 1897. Surgeon, U. S. Army. MAXWELL VANZANT WOODHULL, January 9, 1899. Brevet Brigadier General Volunteers, March 13, 1865. ALBERT FRED WOODS, January 13, 1896. Plant Pathologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture. ROBERT SIMPSON WOODWARD, December 7, 1885. Professor Mechanics and Mathematical Physics, Columbia University, New York. WILLIAM CREIGHTON WOODWARD, May 13, 1895. Physician, Washington, D. C. JOHN MAYNARD WOODWORTH, (Founder) ; died March 14, 1879. Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service. DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 345 AUGUSTUS STORRS WORTHINGTON, May 11, 1896. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. JACOB L. WORTMAN, April 5, 1886; resigned December 31, 1890. Physician, Washington, D. C. CARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT, May 13, 1895. Commissioner of Labor. NATHAN C. WYETH, December 10, 1900. Designer, Office Supervising Architect, Treasury Depart- ment. WALTER WYMAN, May 6, 1889. Sup e rvi s ing Surgeon General, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. HENRY CRECY YARROW (Founder). Physician, Washington, D. C. CHARLES BEDFORD YOUNG, March 1, 1880. Educator, Washington, D. C. FREDERIC ALBERT YOUNG, November 13, 1893. Assistant, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. ALBERT FRANCIS ZAHM, October 13, 1902. Professor Physics, Catholic University. D. ESTANISLAO ZEBALLOS, March 12, 1894; resigned Jan- uary 1, 1895. E. E. and M. P. Argentine Republic. Abstract of title to Wilkes property 127 Admission fees and dues 66, 67, 78, 95, 127, 247 Alterations and additions to club house, 121, 142, 189, 190, x 95> J 97i 3 °7i 2 °8 Anniversary, 21st, Celebration of, proposed 237 25th, Celebration of, decided upon 243 proceedings at 13 Architect appointed 130, 208 vote of thanks to 145, 215 Art Committee established '. 147 Assembly-hall, decoration of 159 furniture of 182, 189, 190 Associates, designation of 101 Black-ball 181 Bond issue of 1886, authorized 125, 130, 133 subscribers for 133 deed of trust to secure bondholders.. 136 Bond issue of 1891, authorized 179 subscribers for 180 Bond issue of 1893, authorized 207 subscribers for 202, 203, 206, 209, 211, 216, 219 Bond issue of 1901, authorized, ., 251, 252 subscribers for 252 By-laws adopted 1879 65, 67, 74, 77 Cash accounts 86 Clock, connected with U. S. Observatory 155 Club ensign 160 Club house, purchase of proposed 95, 97 Wilkes property (Dolly Madison house) offered 105 Benj. Ogle Tayloe property in 348 INDEX. Club house, Wilkes property considered 115 accepted 124 agreement to purchase 125 first payment 126 abstract of title 127 terms of purchase 132 second payment 133 deeds to Cosmos Club 133 deferred payment... 136, 168, 180 alterations and additions, 121, 142, 189, 190, 195, 197, 207, 208 acquisition of adjoining property 170, 265 Club night established 86 Club rooms in 1878 67 1880 90 1882 97 1884 105 Committee rooms, use of, in Club house 181 Contributions by members for various purposes 82, 159 Debt of Club, retirement of 224, 251 refunding of at lower rate of interest 251 Dolly Madison house (see Club house.) Election of officers, 1878 65, 73 1879 81 1880 85 1881 91 1882 95 1883 101 1884 105 1885 in 1886 115 1887 I47 1888 153 1889 159 1890 165 1891 179 1892 189 1893 195 1894 215 1895 223 INDEX. 349 1896 229 1897 233 1898 237 1899 243 1900 247 1901 251 1902 259 1903 265 Equity suit for appointment of trustee to release deeds. . . . 259 trustee appointed 260, 265 Financial statement, 1878 81 1879 85 1880 86 1881 91 1882 98 1883 102 1884 106 1885 112 1886 146 1887 150 1888 156 1889 161 1890 176 1891 185 1892 192 1893 212 1894 220 1895 226 1896 230 1897 234 1898 239 1899 244 1900 248 190 1 255 1902 261 1903 278 Flagstaff and flag 160, 223, 237 Founders of the Club, list of 75, 76 Furniture for the Club 182, 190 gift of the Joint Commission 237 House Committee, complaints against 165 350 INDEX. Incorporation of the Club 72,130 Irregularities in the restaurant 223 Joint Commission, gift of furniture from 237 Limit of membership 105, 148, 233 List of members of the Club 291 Art Committees 289 House Committees 281 Library Committees 285 Livery for servants 182 Lodging-rooms in Club house 215 Membership, January 6, 1879 75, 76 December 31, 1879 82 1880 86 1881 91 1882 98 1883 102 1884 106 1885 112 1886 145 1887 149 1888. . 155 1889 160 1890 175 1891 184 1892 191 1893 211 1894 219 1895 225 1896 229 1897 233 1898 238 1899 243 1900 247 1901 254 1902 260 1903 277 Name of Club adopted 68 Origin of the Club 25, 45, 65 Philosophical Society 68, 71 Preliminary organization 65 Profits of House Committee 147 INDEX. 351 Qualifications for membership 78, 95, Reception given Dec. 28, 1SS2 Dec. 27, 1883 1 oi, Jan. 5, 18S7 145, Feb. 2, 1894 208, proposed, but not held 112, 14S, Refreshments at Monday evening meetings monthly meetings $2, annual meetings Rival club, movement for starting of Scientific societies, meetings of 102, 112, 116, 142, 14S, Sea! of the Club Sinking fund 147, 155, Substituted trustees 224, Surplus funds, investment of 106, 147, 155, Trustees on Board of Management changed to Managers Visitors, cards of invitations for 1 3i 9 s 102 147 215 155 105 6S 1 53 127 275 259 276 ; ■ ."■.. • .. ■ .■■■'-