. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. thepatriotic society of theUnited States Daugh-ters of 1812 petitionyour honorable bodyto appropriate a propersum for the erectionof a bronie statue tothe memory of Alexander Ma-comb, forn;crly com-mander-in-chief of the United States Army, to be placed insome public scjuare in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where thelate Maj. Gen. Macomb was bcrn April 13th, 17S2, this pub-lic memorial to commemorate his services in the war of 1S12,for which services he received the thanks of Congress, a go
. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times. thepatriotic society of theUnited States Daugh-ters of 1812 petitionyour honorable bodyto appropriate a propersum for the erectionof a bronie statue tothe memory of Alexander Ma-comb, forn;crly com-mander-in-chief of the United States Army, to be placed insome public scjuare in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where thelate Maj. Gen. Macomb was bcrn April 13th, 17S2, this pub-lic memorial to commemorate his services in the war of 1S12,for which services he received the thanks of Congress, a goldmedal, and the brevet of Major General. At the November meet-ing letters read from prominent men endorsing the wishing the society every success in its undertaking. A letterwas read from Senator Proctor of \crmcnt,pledging his support in everyway. .After theroutine busiiicss, the president of the society,Mrs. Russell was toasted loving senti-ment, it an anniversary of her v/eddingday. The society is very prosperous and theoutlook is for successful h.\rrii;t paxa skiKXER. .•--^l -s- V • \ o V J J ^-^ .^ .MRS. ALFRED \ \^\ Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors. On July nth, 1S96, Mrs. Henry WhippleSkinner of Detroit, was appointed by thefounder of the Descendants c^fColonial Gover-nors, first chairman in Michigan, to organizethe order in that state. Mrs. Skinner wasMiss Henrietta Channinj Dana, youngestdaughter of the late Richard Henry Dana, f^oston, .Mass. She is a Colonial Dame ofMassachusetts by descent from GovernorsDudley and Bradstreet, and a Daughter of theAmerican Revolution by descent from WilliamEllerv, siener of the Declaration of Indepen-dence, and Chief Justice Francis Dana, mem-ber of the Continental Congress. She imme-diately began work and has now enrolledthirty-six descendants of Colonial Governors;sixteen men, and the following well-knownwomen: Mrs. John J. Bagley, Miss .M. L. I)a!dwin, Mrs
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