General Bloomfield, General Beatty. Colonel Ogden.
Hereditary Members
George C. Thomas made application to be admitted a member of this Society in the room of his brother Capt. Edmond D. Thomas, deceased, and there being a son or sons of an older brother, viz. : Robinson Thomas, also deceased, who if of age might also claim a right to admission. The Committee, therefore, submit the same to the consideration of the Society, being themselves unwilling to decide thereon.
Resolved, that George C. Thomas, being a collateral branch of the said Edmond D. Thomas and judged worthy of becoming one of its members and supporters be and he is admitted a member of this Society in right of his said deceased brother.
Finance
The Standing Committee begs leave to recommend that the following sums be appropriated for charitable purposes, viz:
To Col. Wessel T. Stout ; Mrs. Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles for their use; Mrs. Brooks, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer, for their use; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. Mr. Armstrong, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Beatty; Miss H. L. Baldwin, for her sister Margarette Baldwin, daughter of the late Capt. Baldwin, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Gumming; Capt. Samuel Hendry, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Bloomfield ; and Col. Ephraim Whitlock, $60 each ; and Mrs. Mary Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for herself, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles, $40. They were appropriated.
Donations
The Standing Committee begs leave to recommend that the following sums be appropriated for charitable purposes, viz:
To Col. Wessel T. Stout ; Mrs. Elmer, widow of Capt. Eli Elmer, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles for their use; Mrs. Brooks, for herself and children, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Elmer, for their use; Mrs. Armstrong, widow of the Revd. Mr. Armstrong, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Beatty; Miss H. L. Baldwin, for her sister Margarette Baldwin, daughter of the late Capt. Baldwin, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Gumming; Capt. Samuel Hendry, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Bloomfield ; and Col. Ephraim Whitlock, $60 each ; and Mrs. Mary Bowen, widow of Lieut. Bowen, for herself, to be placed in the hands of Genl. Giles, $40. They were appropriated.
Miscellaneous
The President announced the death of the following members, viz: Major Samuel W. Shute, Captain Anthony Reckless, and Captain Edmund D. Thomas and Richard S. Rhea.
Resolved, that in honor of the memory of our deceased brethern, the Society will wear mourning by a crape on the left arm for the space of thirty days.
The Military attending for the purpose of escorting the Society, they, together with the Citizens, walked in procession to the Presbyterian Church to attend the exercises appointed for the day, when, after a prayer by the Revd. Mr. McDowell, the reading of the Declaration of Independence, an oration was delivered by William Halsted, Esqr.
The exercises of the church being ended, the Society returned in the same order of procession to the place of their sitting and proceeded to business.
The President laid before the Society a communication from the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, with papers from No. 1 to 7, inclusive, relating to the claim of the officers of the Revolutionary army for an equitable settlement by Congress of half pay for life.
Whereupon the Society Resolved, that a Committee of three be appointed to correspond with the Committee of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Pennsylvania, or other committees appointed for the purpose of advocating the claims above mentioned, and that one at the least of the said Committee be requested to attend the next meeting of Congress for that object, at the expense of this Society. And that Genl. John N. Cumming, John Beatty and Col. Aaron Ogden be the Committee.
Resolved, that General Beatty and Col. E. Beatty be a Committee to report at the next meeting such measures as would insure a more punctual attendance of the members at the anniversary meetings of the Society.