E 202 .4 .N598 Copy 1 /: January 15, 1886 ^006^ Q 6«>6.-^a. -^/ EXCHANGED Society l^ons of the J^evolution if Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New-York May 3, 1884 Constitution and By -Laws AND Membership Roll January 15, 1886 : : Officers : : President : Vice-Pr*tid*nt : Frederick S. Tallmadge. Thomas H. Edsall. Secretary : George W. W. Houghton. Treasurer : Registrar: Austin Huntington. Thomas H. Edsall. Board of Managers: Frederick S. Tallmadge {Chairman), James M. Mont^ gomery, Alexander R. Thompson, Jr., John B. Ireland, Ethan Allen, Asa C. Warren, Floyd Clarkson, Edward L. Hedden, George Clinton Genet, Henry W. Le Roy; and ex-officw, Thomas H. Edsall, George W. W, Houghton, and Austin Huntington. Standing Committees Committee on Admissions : Thomas H. Edsall {Chaz'rman), Austin Huntington. George W. W. Houghton, and, ex-offi.cio, Frederick S. Tallmadge. Auditing Committee: James M. Montgomery {Chairman), John B. Ireland, and Alexander R. Thompson, Jr. Committee on Insignia : Alexander R. Thompson, Jr. (Chairman), James M. Montgomery, Asa Coolidge Warren, and Henry W. Le Roy. Committee on Entertainments: Frederick S. Tallmadge {Chair/nan), Austin Hunting- ton, James M. Montgomery, Ethan Allen, George Clinton Genet, and Edward L. Hedden. QjMMfTTEE ON GRIEVANCES: Ethan Allen (Chairman), George Clinton Genet, and A.sa C. Warren. Committee on Constitution and By-Laws : Ethan Allen {Chairman), John B. Ireland, Alexander R. Thompson, Jr.. Edward L. Hedden, and Henry W, Le Roy. Committee on Literature: George Clinton Genet {Chairman), George W. W. Houghton, and Frederick A. Benjamin. " Sons of the Revolution. Whereas, it has become only too evident, from the steady decline of proper celebration of our national holidays : the Fourth of July, Washington's Birthday, etc., that popular interest in the events and men of the War of the Revolution is gradually fading away. And, Whereas, we believe that this lack of interest is to be attributed, not so much to lapse of time and to the rapidly increasing flood of immigration from foreign countries, as to the neglect on the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes to perform their duty of keeping before the public mind the memor)'^ of the services of their ancestors and of the times in which they lived. Therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolu- tion has been incorporated, to perpetuate the memory of the men who in military, naval or civil service, by their acts or counsel, achieved American Independence ; to promote the proper celebration of the anniversaries of Washington's Birthday, the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill, the Fourth of July, the Evacuation of New- York by the British, and other prominent events relating to or connected with the War of the Revolution ; to col- lect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records and other documents relating to the War of the Revolution ; to inspire among the members of the Society and their descendants the patriotic spirit of their fore- fathers; and to promote social intercourse and the feeling of fellowship among its members. Constitution ARTICLE I. The name of the Society shall be "Sons ok the Revoi.i- TION." ARTICLE II. The Society shall be perpetual. ARTICLE III. The purpose of the Society is to keep alive among ourselves and our descendants the patriotic spirit of the men who in military, naval or civil service, by their acts or counsel achieved American Independence ; to collect and secure for preserva- tion the manuscript rolls, records and other documents relating to the war of the Revolution ; and to promote social intercourse and good feeling among its members now and hereafter. ARTICLE IV. Any person shall be eligible for membership in the Society who is a male above the age of twenty-one (21) years, a resi- dent of the State of New-York, and who is descended from an ancestor who, either as a military or naval officer, soldier, sailor, or as an official or recognized subordinate in the service of any one of the thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the National Government representing or composed of those Colonies or States, assisted in establishing American Indepen- dence during the war of the Revolution ; and no person other than such shall be eligible to membership in the Society. 8 Provided that any person having an office in the State of New-York for the regular transaction of business, shall be deemed a resident of the State of New-York for the purposes of the Society. ARTICLE V. Whenever seven or more persons, non-residents of the State of New-York, but all residing in any one other State or Terri- tory of the United States, shall present to the officers of the Society, designated by the by-laws to judge of the qualification of candidates for membership, proof which shall satisfy said officers that they are suitably qualified, the officers shall so re- port at the next meeting of the Society. The Society may then, or at any subsequent meeting, authorize the said seven or more persons so qualified, as incorporators to organize an jiuxiliary branch of the Society in the State or Territory in which they reside. Provided, however, that only one auxiliary branch shall be created in each State or Territory. ARTICLE VI. The officers of the' Society shall be a President, a Vice- President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Board of Managers, consisting of those officers ex-officio, and nine other members. ARTICLE VII. This constitution shall be altered, amended or repealed only by a vote of three-fourths of the members of the Society present, at a meeting specially called for the purpose of such jilteration, amendment or repeal, after five days' notice in writing having been given of such meeting. By-Laws SECTION I. Members shall be elected as follows : Candidates may send their names and documents, or other proofs of qualification for membership, to the Board of Managers ; and, upon a favor- able report from said board, and upon paymentof the initiation fee, shall thereupon become members of the Society. SECTION II. The initiation fee shall be five dollars ($5.00;, and the annual dues three dollars ($3.00). SECTION III. The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the fourth day of December, 1884, and in each and every year thereafter, at which a general election of officers by ballot shall take place, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, in which event the meeting shall be held on the following day. In such election. a majority of the ballots given for any officer shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a further balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. But inasmuch as by the law of the State of New-York, under which this Society shall be incorporated, it is provided that the names of the Board of Managers for the first year shall appear lO in the certificate of incorporation, no election of a new Board of Managers shall be held until the fourth day of December, 1885, but the present Board of Managers shall continue in office until that time. SECTION IV. At all meetings of the Society fifteen (15) members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except at a meeting called under Article VII. of the constitution. SECTION V. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, or in his absence a chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meet- ings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society. SECTION VI. The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society. He shall notify all members of their election and of such other matters as he may be directed by the Society. He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation, by-laws and records of the Society. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of the President or Vice-President, give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society ; and shall give notice to the several oflScers of all votes, orders, resolves. II and proceedings of the Society affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties. SECTION VII. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the Society ; and so often as those funds shall amount to one hundred dollars, they shall be deposited in some bank in this city to the credit of Sons ok the Revolution, and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purpo- ses of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society, or by the Board of Managers. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the Society, when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. SECTION VIII. If, from the annual report of the Treasurer, there shall ap- pear to be a balance against the Treasurer, no appropriation of money shall be made for any object, but the necessary cur- rent expenses of the Society, until such balance shall be paid. SECTION IX. The Board of Managers shall be thirteen, namely, the Pres- ident, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, ex-officio, and the remaining nine elected as hereinbefore provided for the election of the officers of the Society. They shall judge of the qualification of the candidates for admission to the Society, and shall, at each meeting of the 12 Society, report tavorably all those they find qualified as such under the constitution. They shall have charge of all special meetings of the Society, and shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings at any time, upon the written request of five members of the Society, and at such other times as they see fit. They shall recommend plans for promoting the objects of the Society, shall digest and prepare business, and shall author- ize the disbursement and expenditure of unappropriated money in the treasury for the payment of current expenses of the Society. They shall generally superintend the interests of the Society, and execute all such duties as may be committed to them by the Society. They shall appoint a Registrar, who shall keep a roll of members, and in whose hands shall be lodged all the proofs of membership qualification, and all the historical and geographical papers, manuscript or other, of which the Society may become possessed ; and who, under the direction of such Board of Managers shall, for adequate com- pensation, keep copy of such similar documents as the owners thereof may not be willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. Such Registrar, if practicable, shall be an officer of the New-York Historical Society. At each annual meeting of the Society, they shall make a general report. At all meetings of the Board of Managers, a majority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION X. Ayes and nayes shall be called at any meeting of the Society upon the demand of five members. 13 SECTION XI. No alteration on the by-laws of the Society shall be made unless such alteration shall have been openly proposed at a previous meeting and entered in the minutes with the name of the member proposing the same, and shall be adopted by a majority of the members present at a stated meeting of the Society. Membership Roll 1885 1 334 1884 ■ 335 .S^4 rSS4 18^4 "335 1884 t335 1884 ■ 835 1885 1885 1884 1884 .835 1884 .885 t835 1885 • 884 1884 1884 1335 .885 1884 r834 1885 1S84 .8^5 i33s ADDRESS 4 West 29th-st., New- York. 102 Broadway, Neiv-York. 26 East 35th-st.. Mew- York. P. O. Box 1 50, New- York. ..Stratford, Fairfield Co., Conn. 8 West 2ist-st., New- York, 245 Broadway, New- York. 48 West i7th-st., New-York. ... Fifth-ave. Hotel, New- York. 30 Broadway, New- York. 48 East 66th-st., New- York. 120 Broadway, New-York. IS .^bing'doa Square, New- York. i3o.\llea-st., New-York. .\bney, loha Rutledge .\llea, Ethaa B.iraard, Horace Bartow, .M )rey Hale Benjamia, Frederick A. Bloodgood, Robert F B'iwman, Joseph Joslya Barrall, Frederick Augustus, VI.D. Carr, Willia-n Henry Clarksoa, Floyd Clarkson, John Van Boskerclc Crosby, William B Darlington, Jr., John Lacey Dirlington, Win. Lacey, .VI. D. ... DelafielJ, Clarence 1 19 Witiitehall-st.| New- York. Dalatield, Tallmad^e 95 Liberty-st., New- York. Delavan, Charles H ..J 136 West 22d-st., New- York. Delavan, Christian S ... I 136 West 22d-st., New- York. Dominick, .Marinus Willett I 74 Broadway, New- York. Drexel, Joseph W | . ...103 Madison-ave., New- York. Edsall, Thomas H 67 Wall-st., New-York. Evans, Thomas Grier ! 49 Nassau-st., New- York. Fitch, John Sturtev't Hotel, Bd wy, New- York. Floyd, Augustus ' P. O. Bo.x 465, New- York. i.-i,.j I ,»„„ 1^^ o. c J -Atlantic Insurance Co., corner Hoyd-Jones. Ceorge S { William & Wall-sts., New- York. Gallup, C. Van Eversdyk 56 Wall-st., New- York. Gardiner, Asa Bird, LL.D Gen ;t, George Clinton Genet, .\lbert Rivers Gerry, Elbridge T Guild, Frederick Augustus ... Hackley, Caleb Brewster Hatch, Arthur Melvin Hawes, Gilbert R Hialey, Warren M Hedden, Edward L . .. .no Broadway, New- York. 132 Nassau-st., New- York. 132 Nassau-st., New- York. 3 East 48th-st., New- York. 14 Remsen-st., Brooklyn. .Murray Hill Hotel, New- York. 14 Nassau-st., New-York. 120 Broadway, New-York. 1478 Broadway, New- York. — 38 West 49th-st., New- York. «5 1884 1885 1884 1884 1885 1884 1885 1884 1884 1884 1884 1885 1885 188 c 1885 1885 1884 1884 1885 1885 1884 1884 1884 1885 1884 1884 1884 1884 1885 Hill. John L Holcombe, William Frederic, M.D. Holt, George C Houghton, George W. W Howell , Richard Stockton Hubbard, Grosvenor S Huntington, Austin Huntington, Frederick J Hurlburt, Percy Dakin Ireland, John B Jewett, Rev. A. D. L King, Horatio C Le Roy, Henry W Livingston. James Duane Lockwood, Howard . . . . Lock wood, James Betts Luckey , Charles C Marsh, Charles Bauman McDonald, Frank V McDowell, Charles E McDowell, William O Merchant, John Miller, John Bleecker Montgomery, James M Morris, Gouverneur Murray, Charles H Owens, James Pierrepont, John J Popham, George Morris Potter, Col. Henry L Potts, George H Redding, Charles Harold Edgar . Reed, Theodore F Roo-sa, Daniel B. St. John, M.D.. ' Shrady, Jacob Shrady, John Shrady, William Sillcock. John J Smith, Thomas West Stanton, John R Stevens, John Austin Stone, William... Strobel, Edward Henry . . 158 S. Portland-ave., Brooklyn. 54 East 25th-st., New-York. Ill Broadway, New-\cik. 323 Pearl-st., New-York. 16 East 37th-st., New -York. 35 Wall-st., New-York. 156 Broadway, New -York . 156 Broadway, New -York. ..570 Monroe -St., Brooklyn, K. Y. 170 Broadway, New-York. Fordham, N. Y. 91 Pineapple-st., Broi klj*n. loi East igth-st., New-York. .30 Broad-st., New-YcrX . 125 East s7th-st., New-Yrrk. 245 Broadway, New-York. . . . 143 East i28th-st., New-Yrrk. ....350 West 47th-st., New-Y'crk. .. 532 Washirgtcn-st., Ntw-Ycrk 120 Liberty-st., New-Y'crk. 120 Liberty-st., New-York. ..528 Washington-st., New-Ycrk. 44 West 9th-st., New-York. ... 109 Wall-st., New-Y'oik. 80 Broadway, New-York. ...... .200 Broadway, Ntw-Ycrk. 154 East 57th-st., New-York ... 1 Pierrepont Place, Brooklyn. . II? Waverley Place, New-Y'ork. Linden, N.I. .Park Bank, B'dway, New -York. . . . .... 323 Pearl-st., New-York. Spring Valley, Rockland Co. ,N.Y. 20 East 3oth-st., New-Ycrk 20 East i27th-st.. New -York. ....f 6 West i2fth-st., Ncw-Ycrk. ... 2c8 East i28th-st., New -York. 2^4 West 2ift-£l., N(w-York 1994 Lexington-ave., New-Yrrk 419 West 23d-st., New-York. 17 East 22d-st., New-Ycrk 243 Broadway, New-York. 62 West 55th-st., New-York i6 Date of Initi- ation Name. ADDRESS. <884 Tallmadge, Frederick S . . . .20 West lyth-st.. New- York iRR<; Tapp, Edward W r884 Thompson, Alexander R., Jr t88-( Thompson, William R I88-; Thompson, Bcverhout .R8s Tyler, Mason W .RRs Vanderpoel, John A .88^ Varnum, James M i88s Ver Planck, William Gordon rB8^ Warren. Asa Coolidge i88s i8Rs Webb, Gen'l Alexander S., LL.D . ...15 Lexington-ave., New- York. i8a<; Wright, William F., M. D Total Membership, January 15, 1886, 9a. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 011 699 104 4