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Rh John W. Thurston, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Horatio N. Taplin, Vt.; Mrs. Marcus A. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. William W. Shippen, Seabright, N. J.; Mrs. William P. Frye, Lewiston, Me.; Mrs. John N. Jewett, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Eleanor W. Howard, Alexandria, Va.; Mrs. Anita Newcomb McGee, Iowa; Mrs. Ellen M. Colton, San Francisco, Cal.; Miss Mary Boyce Temple, Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, Indianapolis, Ind.; Miss Mary Isabella Forsyth, Kingston, N. Y.; Mrs. Abner Hoopes, West Chester, Pa.; Mrs. Charles O'Neil, Massachusetts; Miss Anna Benning, Columbus, Ga.; Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe, Kentucky; Mrs. Charlotte E. Main, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Angus Cameron, La Crosse, Wis.; Mrs. Charles Averette Stakely, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Albert Akers, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry, Washington, D. C.; and Miss Susan Riviere Hetzel, of Virginia.

To Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Miss Mary Desha and Miss Virginia Washington belong the credit of having conceived the idea of the organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and as explained by Mrs. McLean, three of these women met together and from this beginning of three the organization has grown to the number of one hundred thousand. The reports of the Daughters of the American Revolution show that the first meeting of the Continental Congress was held at the Church of Our Father, in Washington, D. C, February 22-24, 1892, with Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, the first president of the society, in the chair. The meeting was opened by the Chaplain, Mrs. Hamlin. The work which they have accomplished since that day has occupied the time, thought, and affection of hosts of noble women. Mrs. Harrison, the president-general, made the address of welcome to the delegates on this occasion, which was responded to by Mrs. Clifton R. Breckinridge, of Arkansas. After examining the credentials of the different delegates, they