THE NEVIUS COMPANY, NEW YORK "Kearsarge" Souvenirs We recently succeeded in purchasing some of the metal taken from the Kearsarge (of Alabama fame) after she was wrecked. We have manufactured from this material, pre CANNON SLEEVE-BUTTON serving the natural appearance of FOUL ANCHOR Bookmark and Paper-cutter, with picture of Cannon Sleeve-buttons Foul Anchor, as brooch, hat-pin, or scarf-pin, $0.50 1.00 .50 1.00 .50 Our stock of Patriotic and Colonial Souvenirs includes at one extreme in price such things as the above; at the other, such things as the Washington Mirror, $50, and the Washington Candlesticks, $55. Most of these have been illustrated and described on this page in previous issues. Our Green Book (sent free anywhere on request) tells more about them, and about our watches, diamonds, jewels, desk-fitments, personal belongings, and tablefurnishings in gold, silver, ebony, brass, and leather. But we have for you, can get for you, and can do for you much more than there is room to tell you about here, or even in the book. If you wish any of the above things, or anything like any of the above things, write to us. Better yet, if possible, call upon us, and we will be pleased to show you how completely we are equipped to execute your commissions for anything from a fifty-cent shoehook to a $5,0co diamond brooch. And as we do business you run no risk. The Nevius Company 33 Union Square, Decker Building, New York J. E. Caldwell & Co. OFFICIAL JEWELERS AND STATIONERS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 902 Chestnut Street Send for illustrated brochure containing O UR representative, Mr. van Roden, will be in attendance at the coming Annual Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and can be consulted on any matters pertaining to the Official Insignia and Stationery. Copyrighted by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Terms of Subscription: One Year, $1.00; Single Copies, 10 cents. Miss Lilian Lockwood, Business Manager, 902 F street, N. W., Washington, D. C. CONTENTS-MARCH, 1899. FRONTISPIECE: Steam launch "D. A. R." presented to the Government Hospital Ship Missouri" by the National Society D. A R. through the War Committe, N. S. D. A. R. HISTORY: The Year 1619 in the Colony of Virginia. HOWARD R. BAYNE, 317 332 340 Illustration-Headquarters of General Washington, Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 346 Interior of Washington's Headquarters, Rocky Hill,. Some of the Early Settlers of Tryon County, New York, the Battle of Oris- Illustrations Charles Willson Peale,... Rachel Brewer, first wife of Charles Willson Peale,. WHAT WE ARE DOING AND CHAPTER WORK: 347 348 350 357 371 372 376 Mary Washington Colonial Chapter. 411 Virginia in Convention with Great Bridge and Fort Nelson Chapters, 413 Huntington Chapter, 417 Pilgrim Chapter, 419 Fort Massachusetts Chapter, 420 Mollie Reid Chapter, 420 Wenonah Chapter, 421 Deo-on-go-wa Chapter, California Chapter, Camden Chapter, Captain Jonathan Oliphant Chapter, The Columbia Chapter, Gansevoort Chapter, Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter, Genesee Chapter, Elizabeth Ross Chapter, Samuel Grant Chapter, Jackson Chapter, Martha Washington Chapter, ANCESTRY: 422 423 424 425 423 430 433 433 433 435 430 457 The Parker Family of Virginia, Illustration-Clean Drinking Manor, near Chevy Chase, Maryland, CURRENT TOPICS: Illustration-Sick and Wounded enroute to Hospital Ship in "D. A. R," 439 440 445 448 Sketch of the Brave Little Revolutionary Heroine for whom the Lucretia 459 A Brief Sketch of the Life of Jonathan Thompson, 460 Address at Meeting of Little Men and Women of '76" Society of Brooklyn, 401 462 No change can be made after the 18th of any month in the address of the Magazine for the following month. Harrisburg Publishing Co., Printers, Harrisburg, Pa. 1 THE NEVIUS COMPANY, NEW YORK "Kearsarge" Souvenirs We recently succeeded in purchasing some of the metal taken from the Kearsarge (of Alabama fame) after she was wrecked. We have manufactured from this material, pre CANNON SLEEVE-BUTTON 矛 serving the natural appearance of FOUL ANCHOR Bookmark and Paper-cutter, with picture of Cannon Sleeve-buttons $0.50 1.00 .50 Foul Anchor, as brooch, hat-pin, or scarf-pin, .50 Our stock of Patriotic and Colonial Souvenirs includes at one extreme in price such things as the above; at the other, such things as the Washington Mirror, $50, and the Washington Candlesticks, $55. Most of these have been illustrated and described on this page in previous issues. Our Green Book (sent free anywhere on request) tells more about them, and about our watches, diamonds, jewels, desk-fitments, personal belongings, and tablefurnishings in gold, silver, ebony, brass, and leather. But we have for you, can get for you, and can do for you much more than there is room to tell you about here, or even in the book. If you wish any of the above things, or anything like any of the above things, write to us. Better yet, if possible, call upon us, and we will be pleased to show you how completely we are equipped to execute your commissions for anything from a fifty-cent shoehook to a $5,0co diamond brooch. And as we do business you run no risk. The Nevius Company $2 |