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Historical Address of Marcus Ben- 
 jamin, Ph. Z)., Sc. Z>., Governor of 
 the Society of Colonial Wars in the 
 District of Columbia, with other 
 papers relative to the dedication of 
 the Braddock Boulder, in the Cathe- 
 dral Grounds, Mount St. Allan, 
 Washington, D. C, Sunday, Novem- 
 ber 10, 1907 J^ 
 

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 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL COMMITTEE 
 == APRIL, 1908 
 
 PBBSiS OF 
 
 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE CO. 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 
 BY DR. MARCUS BENJAMIN, GOVERNOR OF THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL 
 WARS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, NOVEMBER 10, 1907. 
 
 The Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia 
 is fort.unate to-day in dedicating the first memorial ever 
 erected in this vicinity in commemoration of a historical event 
 during the Colonial period. 
 
 Commemoration of a Historical Event. 
 In this act it follows the splendid example of the General 
 Society of Colonial Wars, which, on June IT, 1895, erected at 
 Louisbourg, on Cape Breton Island, a noble shaft in com- 
 memoration of the capture of Louisbourg m 1745 by the 
 Colonial forces under Lieut.-Gen. William Pepperell. Of 
 this event it is said: "The New England forces, raw troops, 
 commanded by untrained officers, astonished the world by 
 capturing the supposed impregnable fortress." Again, in 
 September, 1903, our General Society erected at Lake George 
 a monument in commemoration of the great victory of the 
 Colonial soldiers under Col. William Johnson over the allied 
 forces of French and Indians commanded by Baron de Dies- 
 kau And from time to time the various State societies of 
 our organization have raised memorials in honor of the heroic 
 deeds performed by our ancestors of English blood who 
 fought on this continent with the same magnificent valor that 
 has ever been characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race. 
 
 Over yonder highway, known in histoiy as Braddock s road, 
 a little more than 150 years ago, following the flag of our 
 mother country, a brave band of soldiers, in order to better 
 protect the homes of our ancestors, passed m front of this 
 spot on their way to cruel disaster. 
 
 To-day, under the green canopy of these splendid tre^, 
 silent witnesses of that scene, within tlie precincts of this 
 
4 DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 
 
 sacred ground, recently consecrated by the presence of the 
 holy prelates of both the English and our own Church, we, 
 the descendants of worthy ancestors, are gathered to place a 
 permanent marker in enduring stone and bronze in memory 
 of that event. 
 
 Of the ill-fated Braddock a brief word may be said: 
 
 General Edward Braddock. 
 
 Edward Braddock was the son of Ma j. -Gen. Edward Brad- 
 dock, of the Coldstream Guards, and was born in Perthshire, 
 Scotland, in 1695. Choosing the profession of arms, he' 
 entered his father's regiment as an Ensign in 1710. Promo- 
 tions came with time, and in 1746, while in command of a 
 battalion of the Coldstreams, he saw war service in Holland 
 under the Prince of Orange. In 1753 he was given a regi- 
 ment, and a year later was made Major-General. He is said 
 to have been a favorite with William, Duke of Cumberland, 
 through whose influence he received, in 1754, the appointment 
 of "General and Commander-in-Chief of all our troops and 
 forces yt are in North America or yt shall be sent or rais'd 
 there to indicate our just rights and possessions." A copy 
 of this warrant is still preserved among the archives in Phil- 
 adelphia. Braddock was a loyal and faithful soldier, a good 
 tactician, but a very martinet, proud, prejudiced and con- 
 ceited. Horace Walpole refers to him as a "very Iroquois in 
 disposition." 
 
 In the settlement of the New World the adventurous ex- 
 plorers of many Nations took part, but of those certainly in 
 the eastern part of North America, which has become our 
 country, the representatives of the French and English were 
 most conspicuous. It is interesting to note that for the most 
 pail the English settled along the shores of the Atlantic, and 
 of this fact Jamestown and Plymouth are conspicuous illus- 
 trations. On the other hand, the French followed the courses 
 of the great streams of the continent, and we find them ascend- 
 ing the St. Lawrence. As the English spread inland, so the 
 i^rench continued their explorations up the rivers, until in 
 time they reached the country of the Great Lakes, and with 
 tJie cross of the Holy Church ever leading made their way 
 
DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. » 
 
 to the Mississippi, and thence in 1682 La Salle, our first great 
 pioneer of the West, with his tlotilla of canoes, descended its 
 mighty waters to the Gulf of Mexico, and Louisiana was 
 added to the possessions of the King of France. 
 
 In order to hold this territory of Louisiana, which was 
 ceded to us in 1803 by France, and gave to us the "splendid 
 empire west of the Mississippi," the French erected a series 
 of forts, of which the one at the meeting of the Monongahela 
 and Allegheny Eivers, where the city of Pittsburg now is, 
 was called Duquesne, in honor of the Governor of New 
 France. The growth of the English colonies and the encroach- 
 ment of the French on the domains claimed by the former, 
 too-ether with the depredations of the Indians, could but lead 
 to^one result. The terrible struggle for supremacy between 
 two great Nations was about to l>egin, and the outcome would 
 determine the possession of a continent. 
 
 Encroachment of the French. 
 
 Braddock arrived in Hampton Eoads, Virginia, on Feb. 
 20, 1755, and ordered his transports to proceed at once up 
 the Potomac to Alexandria, where a camp was to be formed. 
 He himself followed more leisurely, and did not reach the 
 camp till the end of March. Of the events that followed 
 before the order was given to start on the expedition that was 
 to terminate so unfortunately, for himself, we need not con- 
 cern ourselves, but it is of more than passing interest to men- 
 tion the cruel apathy of the people whose homes this British 
 soldier had come to protect. Says Parkman on this point: 
 "Contracts broken or disavowed, want of horses, want of 
 wagons, want of forage, want of wholesome food, or suffi- 
 cient food of any kind, caused such delay that the report of 
 it reached England, and drew from Walpole the comment 
 that Braddock was in no hurry to be scalped. ^ In reality he 
 was maddened with impatience and vexation." 
 
 It was Benjamin Franklin, then Postmaster of Pennsyl- 
 vania, who came to his rescue, and made it possible for him 
 to obtain the much-needed supplies and means of transporta- 
 tion. Braddock's comment on Franklin in a private letter 
 
6 DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 
 
 is that he was "almost the only instance 6f ability and honesty 
 I have known in these Provinces." 
 
 It was not until April that a forward movement was pos- 
 sible, and the history of the expedition has been carefully 
 preserved by the diary of Capt. Robert Orme, who served as 
 an Aid to Braddock. His record is as follows: 
 
 "On the 12th (of April), agreeably to our orders, we pro- 
 ceeded and arrived at Rock Creek at 10 o'clock. This place 
 is five miles from the lower falls of Potomack, and four from 
 the eastern branch of it. Here our men got quarters, and 
 we pitched our tents; found here Col. Dunbar, whose orders 
 we put ourselves under." 
 
 Another source of information is the Orderly Book of 
 Braddock, which was published through the interest of the late 
 William H. Lowdermilk, long a resident of Washington. It 
 is in this work, under date of April 28, that the following 
 orders appear: 
 
 "To Ensign French, at Rock Creek. You are ordered by 
 His Excellency, Gen. Braddock, to forward with all expedi- 
 tion the ammunition stores, etc., at Rock Creek to Mr. Cresaps 
 Conogogee, taking care to send the ammunition train, stores, 
 etc., first, then the hospital stores and salt fish. 
 
 "You are not to wait for the beeves, but as soon as the 
 aforementioned things are gone up you wnll move with your 
 party and join the regiment at Wills Creek agreeable to the 
 following march route. As you will find provisions very 
 scarce on the road, you must take with you as many days of 
 salt provisions as the men can carry. - 
 
 "From Rock Creek to Owens Ordy, 15 miles; to Dowdens, 
 15 miles; to Frederick, 15 miles; on the road to Conogogee, 
 17 miles; to Conogogee, 18 miles; to John Evan's, 16 miles; 
 to Widow Baringer's, 18 miles; to George Polls's, nine miles; 
 to Henry Enock's, 15 miles; to Mr. Cox's, 12 miles; to Col. 
 Cresap's, eight miles; to Wills Creek, 16 miles; total. 174 
 miles. 
 
 "You must, if you should find it necessary, take with you 
 guides from place to place, and make such halts as you shall 
 find absolutely necessary, being careful not to lose any time." 
 
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 The Line of March. 
 
 The line of march, therefore, was from Rock Creek to 
 Owens Ordinary, a place elsewhere referred to as the house 
 of "one Lawrence Owens, 15 miles from Rock Creek and eight 
 miles from the upper falls of Potomack." This Owens house 
 has been accepted as being at Rockville, and the route there- 
 fore from Rock Cr^ek to Rockville was along the road directly 
 in front of our memorial. 
 
 I have been somewhat particular in being precise as to my 
 statements, and properly so, for the reason that no map is 
 known to exist giving the exact route followed by Braddock 
 between Alexandria and Frederick. Elsewhere I have pre- 
 sented the claims of the so-called Braddock's Rock, near the 
 site of the present Naval Museum of Hygiene and Medical 
 School, as the landing place of the troops who came by water 
 from Alexandria, but the line of march from Rock Creek to 
 Frederick could have been over no other road than that now 
 known as the Rockville pike. It is of more than passing 
 interest to add in this connection that the worthy historian 
 of our Society, Mr. Gilbert Thompson, has had in course of 
 preparation for some years a map showing the line of Brad- 
 dock's march, compiled from original data collected by him. 
 It is not pertinent to the present occasion to follow these 
 brave soldiers further. They reached Frederick in safety, and 
 there Col. Washington, "the rising hope of Virginia," who 
 had been invited to serve as a Volunteer Aid on Braddock's 
 staff, joined the command. 
 
 Permit me, however, a final word for Braddock. The un- 
 fortunate termination of the expedition calls for our sincere 
 sympathy. The bravery of its leader under adverse and try- 
 ing conditions is conceded. Benjamin Franklin well says 
 of him that "he had too high an idea of the validity of Euro- 
 pean troops and too low a one of Americans and Indians." 
 His life was the forfeit of his rashness. 
 
 "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well." 
 Washington's Rising Star. 
 History very clearly shows us that the successful soldiers 
 of one campaign became the leaders in a suceeding one. And 
 
O DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 
 
 surely such was the case in the expedition against Fort Du- 
 quesne, for out of rout came order under the skillful direction 
 of the youthful Washington, for whom it is said "Braddock 
 had formed a strong attachment." The "rising hope of Vir- 
 ginia" became the rising star of the Colonies. 
 
 It is far from my desire to follow the home-coming of 
 Washington, but permit me to remind you that with a few 
 of his comrades he spent a night at Clear Water Drinking 
 Manor, not far from the lake at Chevy Chase, and in fancy 
 we can readily imagine that on the following morning he 
 found his Avay over this Tery road to that beautiful home on 
 the banks of the Potomac that lies just beyond the limits of 
 our vision. 
 
 We do well, therefore, I think, to remember the name of 
 Washington on this occasion, especially when we consider 
 that this memorial is placed in grounds dedicated to the erec- 
 tion of a cathedral for members of the same faith of which 
 he was ever a loyal adlierent, and in the city which by its 
 name preserves for all time the memory of him whom we 
 honor as the Father of his Country. 
 
 Tennyson has written, 
 
 "For men may come and men may go, 
 But I go on forever," 
 
 and, like the everlasting brook, this memorial will last long 
 into the future, years after you and I shall have passed away, 
 serving always to preserve the memory of brave men who in 
 the early history of our country gave up their lives for its 
 preservation. 
 
 Thus do we justify the proud boast that reverence for the 
 church, devotion to country, and pride of ancestry are the car- 
 dinal virtues of the members of the Society of Colonial Wars. 
 
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REMARKS AND REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF 
 THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS FOR THE 
 MARKING OF HISTORICAL PLACES IN OR 
 NEAR THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
 The Unveiling of the Braddock Boulder. 
 
 The scene of the unveiling with the distant gleam of the 
 Capitol and the white shaft to the memory of Washington 
 seen through the vista of majestic trees could not be other- 
 wise than impressive. A large American flag was hung sus- 
 pended between two oaks and the bronze tablet was covered 
 by two laurel wreaths, one with the British and the other 
 with the American colors. 
 
 As the weather was unpropitious, a portion of the services 
 took place within the church of St. Alban, including the 
 delivery of the Governor's address. At its conclusion, the 
 clouds fortunately broke away, and the procession was formed 
 of the clergy and choir, the members of the Society and people 
 present. They marched, singing a hymn, and assembled 
 about the memorial stone. The National colors were carried 
 by Mr. Henry O. Hall, and that of the Society by Major Gil- 
 bert Thompson. These were held at the opposite sides of the 
 memorial stone. The services then proceeded, according to 
 the adopted order, and were reverently followed by the So- 
 ciety and the concourse of people present. 
 
 A dedication service was arranged by the Reverend Roland 
 Cotton Smith, Chaplain of the Society, who conducted the 
 services. This service was printed for record and the use 
 of those present at the dedication. 
 
 The ceremony of the unveiling was performed by the Hon. 
 James Bryce, British Ambassador. 
 
 The choir of St. Alban's was assisted by a section of the Ma- 
 rine Band. Deserved appreciation was bestowed upon Mr. 
 Fred D. Owen for skillful arrangement of the details. In 
 place of further description some of the photographs taken at 
 the time are reproduced. 
 
10 DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 
 
 Extract from the Dedication Service. 
 
 Then the memondl shall he unveiled^ and the Minister shall 
 say: 
 
 In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
 Ghost. Amen. 
 
 On behalf of the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Saint 
 Peter and Saint Paul, in the City and Diocese of Washington, 
 I do dedicate this Stone, set here, hard by the road along 
 which General Braddock, and his soldiers of the Colonial 
 Army, marched to Fort Duquesne, and erected by the Society 
 of the Colonial Wars, in the District of Columbia, as a 
 memorial of the labours and sufferings of our forefathers in 
 planting religion and civilization in this land. 
 
 The Lord bless us, and prosper our handiwork upon us. 
 Amen. 
 
 List of Committees for the Dedication Services. 
 
 chaplain. 
 Rev. Eoland Cotton Smith. 
 
 committee. 
 Hon. Job Barnard, William V. Cox, 
 
 Ben deMier Miller, Henry O. Hall, 
 
 Thomas Hyde, Gilbert Thompson. 
 
 Marcus Benjamin. 
 
 grand marshall. 
 Lewis P. Clephane. 
 
 AIDES. 
 
 Armistead Peter, Jr., Fred D. Owen, 
 
 Dr. Chas. F. Langworthy, Stanton C. Peelle, 
 Robert Root Bennett. 
 
 Report of the Committee. 
 
 Read at the annual meeting of the Society., at the New Wil- 
 lard Hotel, Decemher 3, 1907, and approved. 
 
 The Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, 
 at a meeting held in December, 1904, directed the Governor 
 to appoint a committee to investigate as to any historical 
 places in or near the city of Washington, which might be 
 worthy of preservation or marking, by the Society, and to 
 report at the next annual meeting. 
 
 In accordance with this action, the Governor appointed Job 
 Barnard, Gilbert Thompson, Captain R. G. Davenport, Allen 
 
DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 11 
 
 R. Boyd, Thomas Blagdeii, and Armistead Peter, Jr., as such 
 committee. 
 
 The committee held a meeting at the New Willard, on Tues- 
 day evening, October 31, 1905, to consider the matter, having 
 in the meantime conferred with each other, and given such 
 attention to the subject as was practicable. 
 
 Among the places suggested at that meeting which seemed 
 worthy of marking were the following: 
 
 The Episcopal Church, now being restored, at Falls 
 Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, where General Washing- 
 ton was at one time a vestryman, and near which one division 
 of General Braddock's forces marched and camped, in April, 
 1755. 
 
 The old colonial tavern in Alexandria, "The Carlisle 
 House," where General Braddock held his conference with 
 the Colonial Governors on April 14, 1755, when Governor 
 Morris, of Pennsylvania, Lieut.-Gov. Sharp, of Maryland, 
 Lieut.-Gov. Dinwiddle, of Virginia, Lieut.-Gov. Delancy, of 
 New York, Gov. Shirley, of Massachusetts, and Commodore 
 Keppel, were present. 
 
 The site of the old Semmes tavern, on High street, George- 
 town, where Gen. Washington spent many days. 
 
 The rock knowm as "the Key of all Keys," and popularly 
 known as "Braddock's Rock," on the former bank of the 
 Potomac, east of Rock Creek. 
 
 After discussion, the committee decided to limit its inquiry 
 to the boundaries of the District of Columbia, and finally to 
 recommend to the Society the propriety of suitably marking 
 some spot where Gen. Braddock's forces were actually located, 
 or some point along their line of march, within the boundaries 
 of- the present District of Columbia. 
 
 On the presentation of the report of this committee to the 
 Society, the same Avas approved, and a committee of five was 
 appointed to prepare an appropriate tablet commemorating 
 the presence of the Colonial troops, under General Braddock, 
 within the territory now included in the District of Columbia, 
 and to have the same suitably located at some public spot, in 
 said District, along the route taken by them on their march 
 from Rock Creek to Frederick, in April, 1755. 
 
 That committee was composed of Job Barnard, Lieutenant- 
 Governor; Dr. Marcus Benjamin, Governor; William V. Cox, 
 Deputy Governor; H. O. Hall, and Benjamin D. Miller. 
 Later the Governor added Gilbert Thompson and Thomas 
 Hyde to the committee. 
 
 This committee now has the honor to report that in pur- 
 suance of the resolution of the Society it has secured a 
 
12 DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 
 
 boulder of proper size; had it placed on the line of march 
 taken by Braddock's soldiers and seamen, when they went 
 from Rock Creek to Frederick, in April, 1755, and have had 
 l>repared and had placed thereon a tablet bearing this inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 THIS MEMORIAL 
 
 WAS ERECTED IN 1907, 
 
 BY THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS 
 
 IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 
 
 TO MARK THE ROAD OVER WHICH, 
 
 ON APRIL 14, 1755, 
 
 A DIVISION OF THiZ BRITISH ARMY, 
 
 UNDER GENERAL BRADDOCK, 
 
 MARCHED ON ITS WAY 
 
 TO FORT DUaUESNE. 
 
 At the suggestion of Mr. Thomas Hyde, former Governor of 
 the Society, the grounds of the Cathedral at St. Alban, on 
 Wisconsin avenue, was decided upon as the place to erect the 
 said memorial; and the Bishop, and other parties, having 
 charge of the Cathedral grounds, very kindly consented to 
 allow the boulder to be placed thereon, near the Rockville 
 Road, now known as Wisconsin avenue. 
 
 The committee succeeded in finding, through Mr. J. B. 
 Millner, a suitable boulder on the farm of Mr. James H. 
 Loughboro, on the river road, north of Tenalh^town; and 
 Mr. Loughboro kindly donated this boulder to the Society; 
 and the George W. Knox Express Company very generously 
 sent a wagon and men to Mr. Loughboro's farm, and hauled 
 the boulder to the Cathedral grounds. 
 
 Mr. Millner took charge of the matter for the committee; 
 had the bronze tablet made, the boulder placed, and the tablet 
 secured in position, the total cost being $82.00. 
 
 It was a matter of congratulation to the committee that 
 this was all accomplished, and the memorial was on the 
 grounds, an object of much interest, at the recent conference 
 of the Society of St. Andrew, and the services of laying the 
 corner stone for the Cathedral, on September 29, 1907, when 
 thousands of our citizens had the opportunity to see it. 
 
 The committee desires to thank Mr. Thomas Hyde for his 
 valuable assistance in securing this location: Mr. W. S. Knox 
 for the donation made by the Knox Express Company; Mr. 
 Loughboro for presenting us with the boulder; and Mr. Mill- 
 ner for his faithful attention to the matter of completing and 
 placing the same. 
 
DEDICATION Or THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 13 
 
 The committee also deems it of interest to place on record 
 the following correspondence between its chairman, and the 
 Eev. Mr. Bratenahl, Rector of St. Alban's. 
 
 Washington, D. C., June 15^ 1907. 
 Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, 
 
 St. Alban's Rectory, Washington, D. C. 
 
 My Dear Sir: As chairman of the special committee of 
 the Society of Colonial Wars of this District, authorized to 
 erect a memorial tablet to mark the route of the march of 
 Gen. Braddock's men from Georgetown, D. C, to Frederick, 
 Md., in 1755, I wish to thank you, and through you the 
 others representing the Cathedral property and that of St. 
 Alban's, for your kind permission to us to place the boulder 
 holding such tablet, on your grounds. 
 
 In the near future, when your Cathedral shall be erected, 
 your grounds will be visited by the thousands who come to 
 the National Capital, and while enjoying their visit to your 
 beautiful church they may also see here a reminder of the 
 struggles of our fathers in Colonial days, which resulted in 
 the establishments of our Republic, and the guarantee of 
 religious liberty to all its citizens. 
 
 If at any time in the future you, or your successors, shall 
 find it desirable that the site of our memorial boulder should 
 be changed, our Society leaves you free to use your own dis- 
 cretion in making such a change, having full confidence that 
 you will preserve the same in the patriotic spirit in which you 
 have allowed us to place it on your grounds. Sincerely and 
 gratefully yours. Job Barnard, 
 
 Chairman of Com/mittee. 
 
 St. Alban's Rectory, 
 Mt. St. Alban, Washington, D. C, July S, 1907. 
 
 Hon. Job Barnard, 
 
 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 
 
 My Dear Judge Barnard: Your very kind letter of June 
 15th in regard to the memorial tablet to be erected to mark 
 the route of the march of Gen. Braddock to Frederick, Mary- 
 land, in 1755, has been received, and I have taken great 
 pleasure in transmitting it to our Bishop. 
 
 The boulder on which the tablet is to be affixed is now in 
 place on the Cathedral grounds immediately south of what 
 
14 DEDICATION OF THE BRADDOCK BOULDER. 
 
 we expect will be the main entrance to the Cathedral and 
 where I trust it wall remain in perpetuity. We are very glad 
 to have such a reminder of those historic days on the Cathe- 
 dral grounds. I beg to remain very faithfully, vours, 
 
 G. C. F. Bratenahl. 
 Eespectfully submitted, Job Barnard, Chaiiwian. 
 
 (Signed by the entire committee.) 
 
List of Publications of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District 
 of Columbia — Organized May 20, 1893. 
 
 Register of the Society. 1897. With portrait of Richard W. Meade, 
 Rear-Admiral, U. S. N. pp. 124. 
 
 Register of the Society. 1904. With frontispiece of badge of the 
 Society of Colonial Wars, and twenty-two portraits, pp. 214. 
 
 MEMORIAL PAPERS. 
 
 No. I. George Brown Goode. By A. Howard Clark. With por- 
 trait, pp. 8. 1896. 
 
 No. 2. Charles F. T. Beale. By Marcus Benjamin. With portrait, 
 pp. 13. 1902. 
 
 No. 3. William H. Wilhelm, U. S. A. By Ethan Allen Weaver. 
 With portrait, pp. 9. 1902. 
 
 No. 4. Francis A. Roe, U. S. N. By Marcus Benjamin. With 
 portrait and eight illustrations, pp. 35. 1903. 
 
 No. — . Richard N. Batchelder, U. S. A. (In preparation.) 
 
 HISTORICAL PAPERS. 
 
 No. I. The Colonial boundaries of Virginia and Maryland. By 
 Gilbert Thompson. With map. pp. 8. 1899. 
 
 No. 2. An American Sea Captain of Colonial Times. By Francis 
 A. Roe, Rear-Admiral, U. S. N. pp. 11. 1900. 
 
 No. 3. Historical Military Powder-horns. By Gilbert Thompson. 
 With eleven illustrations, pp. 16. 1901. 
 
 No. 4. Historical Address at Dedication of the Braddock Boulder, 
 Nov. 10, 1907. By Dr. Marcus Benjamin, pp. 16. Four illustrations. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Address of Welcome, by his Excellency, Governor Francis A. Roe, 
 U. S. N., at first dinner of the Society, December 19, 1893. pp. 8. 
 
 Preliminary draft of a Constitution, printed upon half-sheets and 
 sent to members for suggestions, pp. 18. November, 1894. 
 
 The preceding was adopted and printed in February, 1895. A cir- 
 cular of four pages, with preamble and qualifications for member- 
 ship, was printed, 1895; also, a similar circular, and giving list of 
 members, was printed January, 1896. A list of membership is pub- 
 lished annually as a circular, pp. 4. 
 
 The Year Book and Register of the Society, 1897, contains the 
 Constitution and By-Laws as amended to that date. 
 
 Preliminary draft of Constitution, printed and sent to members 
 for suggestions. With cover, pp. 17. April, 1902. 
 
 The preceding was adopted without change. May 13, 1902, and 
 printed, with embossed seal of the Society on the cover, pp. 16. 
 
 First Annual Service, Sunday, February 12, 1905. St. John's 
 Church, Georgetown. (With embossed seal.) pp. 12. 
 
 Second Annual Service, Sunday, February 18, 1906. St. John's 
 Church, Washington. (With embossed seal.) pp. 12. 
 
 Third Annual Service, Sunday, February 17, 1907. Epiphany 
 Church, Washington. (Without seal.) pp. 12. 
 
 Dedication service, Sunday, November 10, 1907. Cathedral 
 Grounds. Washington. One illustration, of the Braddock tablet 
 and boulder, pp. 12. 
 
 Fourth Annual Church Service, Sunday, April 26, 1908. Christ 
 Church, Georgetown, D. C. (Without seal.) pp. 8. 
 
 GILBERT THOMPSON, 
 
 Historian. 
 
 Washington, D. C, May i, 1908. 
 

 
 
 
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