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 N o attempt has been made to amplify the matter included herein. The addresses are simply given in the order in which they were delivered on that occasion, with the Simple purpose of preserving the thoughts and Opinions of some of our promi nent men on the opportunities and work of our Society, and have been published by direction of the president-general, Dr. William Seward Webb. 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.