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Records

OF THE

Columbia Historical Society WASHINGTON, D. C.

Compiled by

THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION AND THE

RECORDING SECRETARY

Volume 14

WASHINGTON

Published by the Society

1911



COPYBIGHT

BY THE

Columbia Historical Society

1911

Z\)t Wtotvlp $«** WILLIAMS A WILKINS COMPANY

BALTIMORE, MO., U. 8. A.



TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

William Mayne Duncanson. By Allen C. Clark t An Old Letter: Some Forgotten History of the City and the

Man - Washington. With Annotations. By Thomas Forsythe Nelson 25

A Sketch of Alexander Robey Shepherd. By William Tin- dall, M.D 49

Commodore Joshua Barney: The Hero of the Battle of Bladensburg. By Michael Ignatius Weller. 67

Maximilian and his Mexican Empire. By Hon. John W. Foster 184

Appendix.

Officers for 1911 206 Committees for 1911 207 List of Members, February 21, 1911 209 Communications made to the Society during 1910 216 Proceedings of the Society for 1910 217 In Memoriam: Minute of Sympathy and Sorrow on the

Death of King Edward VII. Prepared by Hon. John A. Kasson 220 Resolutions of Sympathy and Condolence on the Death of Hon. John A. Kasson and on the Death of E. Francis Riggs. Prepared by Mr. M. I. WelleK and Mr. John B. Larner 220

Seventeenth Annual Report of the Treasurer 222 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Recording Secretary. . 223 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Curator 225 Report of the Chronicler 229 Present and Former Officers 232 Necrology 234

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

Plate No. Facing Paob.

I. William Mayne Duncanson i v

II. Commodore Joshua Barney 67

IIT. Plan of the battle ground at Bladensburg, Appendix "B" 166

IV. The bullet which finally caused the death of Commodore Barney, Appendix "C" 166

V. Appendix "H" to communication on Com. Barney, >

Sheet 1

VI. Do. Sheet 2

VII. Do. Sheet 3

VIII. Do. Sheet 4

IX. Do. Appendix "I" Sheet 1

X. Do. Appendix "I" Sheet 2 I 176

XL Do. Appendix "K" Sheet 1

XII. Do. Appendix "K" Sheet 2

XIII. Do. Appendix "K" Sheet 3

XIV. Do. Appendix "K" Sheet 4

XV. Do. Appendix "L" Sheet 1

XVI. Do. Appendix "L" Sheet 2

XVII. Portrait Hon. John A. Kasson 218

XVIII. Portrait E. Francis Riggs 220



APPENDIX.



OFFICERS.

Officers Elected at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting Held January 17, 1911.

President James Dudley Morgan.

T/. D ., /Job Barnard, ' T/. Vice-Presidents D ., <A ~ ~ ' [Allen C.

~ Clark. ~

Treasurer William Henry Dennis. Recording Secretary Mrs. Mary Stevens Be all. Corresponding Secretary Michael I. Weller. Curator James Franklin Hood. Chronicler Mrs. Madison A.Ballinger

/John B. Larner, \Hugh T. Taggart.

Managers classified ac- /(2? /Wilhelmus B. Bryan, cording to expira- I

/(2? \ William Van Zandt Cox.

tion of term of ser- j /Louis P. Shoemaker, vice

° \John Joy Edson.

/Mrs. Chas. W. Richardson, \ Corcoran Thom.

206



COMMITTEES.

On Communications.

Allen C. Clark, Chairman, F. A. Richardson, W. B. Bryan, James Dudley Morgan, Clarence R. Wilson, Charles S. Bradley,

L. P. Shoemaker.

On Qualifications.

M. I. Weller, Chairman, John Joy Edson, William V. Cox, William Henry Dennis,

Mrs. Madison A. Ballinger.

On Publication.

John B. Larner, Chairman, Charles H. Walsh, Mrs. Mary Stevens Beall, S. Walter Woodward, James Dudley Morgan, W. B. Bryan.

On Building.

Job Barnard, Chairman, George M. Kober, Charles James Bell, John Taylor Arms, Charles C. Glover, Glenn Brown,

Mrs. Charles W. Richardson.

On Exchange.

James F. Hood, Chairman, Hugh T. Taggart, Corcoran Thom, G. Lloyd Magruder, Leroy Stafford Boyd, Montgomery Blair.

207



208 Records of the Columbia Historical Society

On Membership.

William Henry Charles S. Bundy, Barry Bulkley, Miss Cordelia Jackson, Walter C. Clephane, Mrs. M. B. Downing,

Dennis, Chairman. Edson L. Whitney, Clarence B. Rheem, Miss Maud B. Morris, Miss J. E. Prather, John A. Saul.



LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COLUMBIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 21, 1911.

(Names of Life Members are printed in Small Capitals.)

Abell, Mrs. Edwin F.,

Abell, Walter W., Abert, William Stone, Addison, Mrs. Clare G., Adriaans, John H., Anderson, Thomas H., Arms, John Taylor, Ashford, Mrs. Isabella W., Baker, Mrs. Abbey Gunn, Baker, John A., Ballinger, Mrs. Madison A., Barbour, James F., Barnard, Job, Barr, Lester A., Beall, Mrs. Mary Stevens, Bell, Charles James, Blagden, Thomas,

Blair, Henry P., Blair, John S., Blair, Montgomery, Blount, Henry Fitch, Borden, William Cline, Boyd, Leroy Stafford, Bradley, Charles S., Britton, Alexander, Brown, Chapin, Brown, Glenn, Brown, Miss Mary Perry,

16 East Mt. Vernon Place, Bal- timore, Md.

Sun Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 1520 K St. 1765 N St. 404 Sixth St. 1531 New Hampshire Ave. 1800 New Hampshire Ave. 1763 P St. 1343 Clifton Street 1819 H St. 1534 Twenty-eighth St. 520 Eighth St. 1306 Rhode Island Ave. The Wyoming. 2116 P St. 1327 Connecticut Ave. Deerwood, Upper Saranac,

N. Y. Colorado Building. 1416 F St. Corcoran Building. "The Oaks," 3101 R St. 1801 California Ave. 312 C St. 1722 N St. 1419 F St. 323 John Marshall Place. Eighteenth and N. Y. Ave. 1865 Mintwood Place.

209



2io Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

Browne, Aldis B., Bryan (M.D.), Joseph H., Bryan, Wilhelmus Bogart, Bukey, Mrs. Jean Magruder, Bulkley, Barry, Bundy, Charles S., Butterfield, John W., Byrns (M. D.), Wm. Francis, Carr, Mrs. William Kearny, Chilton, Robert S., Jr., Church, William A. H., Clark, Allen C, Clark, Appleton P., Jr., Clephane, Walter C, Coe, Charles H., Conrad, Holmes, Cook (M.D.), George Wythe, Corning, John Herbert, Cox, William Van Zandt, Coyle, Miss Emily B., Craig, Miss Netta, Cull, Judson T., Curry, Miss Cora C, Curtis, William Eleroy, Dale, Mrs. Mary J. M., Davenport, R. Graham, U.S.N. Davis, Miss Adelaide, Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Davis, Madison, Davis, Miss Miranda P., DeLacy, William H., Dennis, William Henry, Dent, Louis Addison, Devereaux, J. Ryan,

Devine, John T., Devitt (S. J.), Rev. Edward I Dove, J. Maury,

1855 Wyoming Ave. 818 Seventeenth St. 1330 Eighteenth St. Barcroff, Alexandria Co., Va. The Portland. 315 John Marshall Place. 419 Fourth St. 1923 Calvert St. 1413 K St. U. S. Consulate, Toronto, Can. 912 B St., S. W. 816 Fourteenth St. 1762 Lanier Ave. Chevy Chase, Md. Langdon, D. C. 1421 K St. 3 Thomas Circle. 520 Thirteenth St. Second National Bank. 1760 N St. 3125 0 St. 319 John Marshall Place. 1710 Corcoran St. 1801 Connecticut Ave. Chihuahua, Mexico.

, 1331 Eighteenth St. 213 C St., S. E. 2212 First St. 316 A St., S. E. 1725 Connecticut Ave. Juvenile Court. 416 Fifth St. 717 Fourteenth St. Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase,

Md. The Shoreham.

. Georgetown University. 1741 New Hampshire Ave.



List of Members. 211

Downing, Mrs. Margaret B.,

Dunlop, G. Thomas, Eaton, George G., Edson, John Joy, Eustis, William Corcoran, Fishback, Fred L., Flannery, John Spalding, Fletcher, Miss Alice C. Gale, Thomas M., Glennan, John W., Glover, Charles C, Granger, John Tileston, Griffin, Appleton P. C, Hagner, Alexander Burton, Hamilton, George E., Hannay, Wm. Mouat, Harlan, John M., Harries, George H., Hart, William 0.,

Harvey, Frederick L., Hearst, Mrs. Phoebe Apperson, Hemphill, John J., Henderson, John B., Jr., Henning, George C, Henry, Mrs. Kate Kearney, Heth, Miss Nannie R., Heurich, Christian, Hibbs, William B., Hill, William Corcoran, Hood, James Franklin, Howard, George, Howard, George H., Hoxie, Mrs. Vinnie Ream, Hughes, Percy M., Hunt, Gaillard, Hutcheson, David,

1262 Lawrence St., Brookland, "D. C.

Fendall Building. 416 New Jersey Ave., S. E. 1324 Sixteenth St. 1611 H St. 907 S St. 2017 0 St. 214 First St., S. E. 2300 S St. Warder Building. 1703 K St. 1838 Connecticut Ave. Library of Congress. 1818 H St. Union Trust Bldg. 532 Third St. U. S. Supreme Court Fourteenth & E. Capitol Sts. 134 Carondelet St., New Or-

leans, La. 2146 Florida Ave. Pleasanton, Cal. 2108 Bancroft Place. 1601 Florida Avenue. Was.i. Safe Deposit Co. 2021 I Street. 1906 G St. 1307 New Hampshire Ave. Hibbs Building. 1724 H St. 1017 O St. Nat. Savings & Trust Co. 1914 N St. 1632 K St. 318 B St., S. E. Library of Congress. P. O. Box H, E. Capitol Sta.



212 Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

Hyde, Thomas, Jackson, Miss Cordelia, Jameson, J. Franklin, Janin, Mrs. Violet Blair, Jennings, Hennen, Johnston, James M., Judd, George H., Kauffmann, Rudolph, Kelly, Henry A., Kenyon, J. Miller, Kern, Charles E., Kibbey, Miss Bessie J., King, William, Kingsman (M.D.), Richard, Knapp, Mrs. Martin A., Knight, Hervey S., Knox-Heath, Mrs. Nelly Lloyd,

Kober (M.D.), George M., Lambert, Tallmadge A., Lansburgh, James, Lar combe, John S. Lamer, John Bell, Lamer, Philip F., Lenman, Miss Isobel Hunter, Lisner, A., Lothrop, Alvin Mason, McCarthy, Miss Helena, McGee, W J, McGill, J. Nota, McGuire, Frederick Bauders, McKee, Frederick, McKenney, F. D., Magruder, Caleb Clarke, Jr., Magruder (M. D.), G. Lloyd, Magruder, John H., Marshall, James Rush, Matthews, Henry S.,

1537 Twenty-eighth St. 3010 0 St. 2231 Q St. 12 Lafayette Square. 2221 Massachusetts Ave 1628 K St. 420-22 Eleventh St. Office Evening Star. P. 0. Department. 930 Sixteenth St. 1328 Harvard St. 2025 Massachusetts Ave 3114 N St. 711 East Capitol St. Stoneleigh Court McGill Building. 147 Highland Ave., Newton-

ville, Mass. 1603 Nineteenth St. 2209 Massachusetts Ave. 2511 Fourteenth St. 1815 H St. Wash. Loan and Trust Bldg. 918 F St. 1100 Twelfth St. 1723 Massachusetts Ave. Cor. Eleventh and F Sts. 915 Fifteenth St. Cosmos Club. Woodley Lane. 1333 Connecticut Ave. 412 Fifth St. Hibbs Bldg. The Cecil Stoneleigh Court 1843 S St. 2507 Penna. Ave. 1410 G St.



L/ist of Members. 213

Mattingly, William F., May, Frank P., Mearns, William A., Merritt, William E. H., Miller, J. Barton, Moore, (M.D.), Mark W., Moore, Mrs. Virginia Campbell, Morgan, Cecil, Morgan (M.D.), James Dudley Morgan, Mrs. Jas. Dudley, Morris, Miss Maud Burr, Morse, (M.D.), Edward E., Mosher Mrs. James, Moss, George W., Neale, Sidney C, Nevitt (M.D.), J. Ramsay, Noyes, Theodore Williams, O'Connell, Rt. Rev. D. J.,

Owen, Frederick D., Oyster, James F., Parker, E. Southard, Parsons, Arthur J. Peacock, Miss Virginia T., Peelle, Stanton J., Pellew, Henry E., Pelz, Paul J., Pentland, Andrew W., Perry, R. Ross, Philp, Mrs. Sarah B., Porter, Miss Sarah Harvey, Prather, Miss Josephine E., Pratt, Frederick W., Preston, Robert Lee, Ramsay, Francis M., U.S.N., Rheem, Clarence B., Richards, William P., Richardson (M.D.), Chas. W.,

1616 H St. 634 Pennsylvania Ave. 1319 F St. 1403 H St. 1621 Thirty-fifth St. 518 Fifth St. 1680 Thirty-first St. Macon, Ga. ,919 Fifteenth St. 919 Fifteenth St. 1603 Nineteenth St. Cosmos Club. 2000 S St. 2139 Wyoming Ave.. 1306 F St. 1820 Calvert St. 1730 New Hampshire Ave. 1000 Fulton St., San Francisco,

Cal. 1618 T St. 1314 Rhode Island Ave. 1738 Connecticut Ave. 1818 N St. 2466 Ontario Road. The Concord. 1637 Massachusetts Ave. 2011 F St. 1330 Eighteenth St. Fendall Bldg. 3248 N St. 1834 K St. 1310 Vermont Ave. Corcoran Building. 1327 Eighteenth St. 1923 N St. 727 15th St. District Building. 1317 Connecticut Ave.



2i4 Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

Richardson, Mrs. Charles W., Richardson, Francis Asbury, Richardson, Mason N., Riggs, Miss Alice L., Riggs, Lawrason, Rittenhouse, David, Roberts, William F., Rudolph, Cuno H., Russell, Monsignore Wm. T.? Saul, John A., Shahan (D.D.), Rt. Rev. T. J. Shand, Miles M., Shandelle(S.J.). Rev. Henry J., Shoemaker, Louis P., Shuey, Theodore F., Simmons, B. Stanley, Simpson, Henry K., Simpson, (M.D.), John Crayke Sleman, John B., Jr., Small, John H., Jr., Smith, Thomas W., Snow, Alpheus H., Southgate, (Rev.) Edward M., Sowers (M.D.), Z. T., Spear, Ellis, Spofford, Miss Florence P., Stone, (M.D.), I. S., Swisher, (Ph.D.), Charles C, Swormstedt, John S., Sylvester, Richard, Taggart, Hugh T., Taylor, C. Bryson, Thorn, Corcoran, Tindall (M.D.), William, Todd, William B., Truesdell, George, Tucker, Charles Cowles, Van Wickle, William P., Walsh, Charles H.,

1317 Connecticut Ave. Hotel Grafton. Fendall Building 1617 I St. 1311 Massachusetts Ave. 1607 Twenty-eighth St. 1413 New York Ave. District Building. 619 Tenth St. 344 D St. Catholic Univ. of America. Department of State. Georgetown University. 612 Fourteenth St. U. S. Senate 1255 Irving St. 1207 E. Capitol St.

*,1421 Massachusetts Ave. Evans Bldg. Cor. Fourteenth and G Sts. 2334 Columbia Road 2013 Massachusetts Ave. Soldiers7 Home. 1707 Massachusetts Ave. Victor Building. 1621 Massachusetts Ave. 1618 Rhode Island Ave. Cosmos Club 1423 New York Avenue. District Building. 3249 N St. 1822 Massachusetts Ave. Amer. Security and Trust Co. District Building. 1243 Irving St. 1627 Lincoln Ave. Evans Building. 1225 Pennsylvania Ave. 2021 H St.



List of Members. 215

Warner, Brainard Henry, Weller, Michael I., White, C. Albert, White, Charles E., White, Enoch L., White, Robinson, Whitney- (Ph.D.), Edson L., Willard, Henry K., Williams, Charles P., Wilson, Clarence R., Wilson, James Ormond, Wolf, Simon, Wood, Rev. Charles, Woodhull, Maxwell V. Z., Woodward, Fred E., Woodward, S. Walter, Wooley, R. W, Wright, W. Lloyd, Wyman (Surg. Gen.), Walter,

916 F St. East Wash. Savings Bank. Bond Bldg. 621 Third St. 1753 Corcoran St. 602 F St. 1234 Euclid St. Kellogg Building. 1675 Thirty-first St. Pacific Building. 1439 Massachusetts Ave. 2013 Columbia Road. 2110 S St. 2033 G St. Eleventh and F Sts. 2015 Wyoming Ave. Home Life Bldg. 1908 G St. Stoneleigh Court.



PRESENT AND FORMER OFFICERS AND MANAGERS OF THE COLUMBIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

PRESIDENTS.

Joseph Meredith Toner, M.D.* 1894-1896 Hon. John Adam Kasson 1897-1906 Hon. Alexander Burton Hagner 1906-1909 James Dudley Morgan, M.D 1909-

vice-presidents.

Gardiner Green Hubbard 1894-1895 Ainsworth Rand Spofford* 1894-1908 John Adam Kasson 1895-1897 Alexander Burton Hagner 1897-1906 Job Barnard 1906- Allen C. Clark 1909-

treasurers.

Elisha Francis Riggs 1894-1896 James Dudley Morgan 1896-1901 Lewis Johnson Davis, (acting treasurer) Mar 19-Dec 4, 1900 William A Mearns 1901-1907 William Henry Dennis 1907-

recording secretaries.

Marcus Baker 189^-1895 Mrs. Mary Stevens Beall 1895-

corresponding secretary.

Michael Ignatius Weller 1894-

*Died while holding office. 232



Officers and Managers. 233

curators.

James Franklin Hood, 1894-

chroniclers.

Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan 1898-1907 William A. Mearns, (elected 1907, but never served). Mrs. Madison Adams Ballinger 1909-

managers.

Miss Kate Field* 1894-1896 W J McGee 1894-1906 IiAWRENCE Gardner 1894r-1897 James Clarke Welling* 1894- John G. Nicolay 1894-1897 Alexander Burton Hagner 1894-1897 Theodore Williams Noyes 1894-1899 Miss Elizabeth Bryant Johnston* 1894-1907 James Ormond Wilson 1895-1909 Lewis Johnson Davis* 1897-1906 Marcus Baker* 1896-1903 Hugh Thomas Taggart 1897- Samuel Clagett Busey* 1897-1901 Tallmadge A. Lambert 1899-1905 John B. Larner 1901- James Dudley Morgan 1903-1909 Allen C. Clark 1906-1909 Wilhelmus Bogart Bryan 1907- Mrs. Charles Williamson Richardson 1907- Elisha Francis Riggs* 1905-1910 Alexander Burton Hagner 1909-1910 G. Lloyd Magruder 1909-1910 Louis Pierce Shoemaker 1910- John Joy Edson 1910- William Van Zandt Cox 1909- corcoran thom 1911-

*Died while holding office.



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