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Excerpt from Addresses Made at the Banquet, Given to the Officers and Members of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Representing the Different State Societies of That Name Throughout the Union in New York, March 1st, 1890 Soon after assuming the presidency of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, believing that it would be to the benefit of the Society, if its widely scattered officers and most active members could be brought together, become personally acquainted with each other and compare notes, thus increasing the spirit of progress and emulation, Dr. William Seward Webb issued invitations to a banquet at Delmonico's, in New York City, on March 1st, 1890, to the officers and members of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, in the States in which permanent organizations existed. Upwards of one hundred sat down to the banquet and representatives from nearly every one of the twenty-three State Societies were present. Judge Lucius P. Deming, the first President of the National Society, acted as toast-master. The addresses made on this occasion and some letters received at this time, will be interesting additions to the literature of the Society and of value in the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.