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 inquiring as to the reason for the elimination of the name of Jefferson Davis from the arch at "Cabin John Bridge," and what steps, if any, have been taken to restore same. It is my purpose to press this resolution at the fall session of Congress. I am glad to know we have a mutual friend in Mrs. A. S. Green. I esteem her friendship very highly.

Very truly yours,

113 Third Street, South, December 7, 1908.

Washington, D. C.:

Dear Sir,—By to-day's mail I enclose you a copy of the minutes of this Association of 1907, with marked pages on a resolution adopted to restore the name of Jefferson Davis, ante-bellum Secretary of War, to the "Cabin John Bridge."

With this letter I enclose a short account of the efforts of this Association for the above end; I will add, that this Association is more far-reaching than its name indicates, as it is an association of organizations—not of individuals in the usual sense, and I beg that you will think well before introducing a bill in Congress that will assuredly arouse feeling in many Confederate men and women represented by the C. S. M. A.

Yours cordially,

Va. Committee on "Cabin John Bridge," C. S. M. A.

This bill gave me great uneasiness, as legislation was just what we wanted to avoid. After much serious thought on the matter, I decided to postpone definite action until the convening of Congress in the following December, 1908. During the summer of 1908 the list of officials coming to our aid increased, but a cautious quiet prevailed among those friends of our cause. Immediately after Congress convened, I wrote Mr. C. C. Carlin the following letters, on December 7, 1908: