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Records

OF THE

Columbia Historical Society WASHINGTON, D. C.

Compiled by

The Committee on Publication and the

Recording Secretary

Volume 19

WASHINGTON

Published by the Society

1916



Copyright

BY THE

Columbia Historical Society

1916

PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY

LANCASTER. PA



TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

History and Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Claims. By Stanton J. Peelle, Chief Justice, Re- tired, U. S. Court of Claims 1

Literary Landmarks. By Margaret Brent Downing 22 The Mayors of the Corporation of Washington: Thomas

Carbery. By Allen C. Clark 61 Historical Sketch of George Washington University,

Washington, D. C, Accompanied by a Sketch of the Lives of the Presidents. By Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stockton 99

Maryland's Part in Founding the Federal Government. By J. Frederick Essary 140

Pan-Americanism and its Inspiration in History. By Hon. John Barrett, Director General of the Pan- American Union 156

John Walker Maury, his Lineage and Life. By William A. Maury 160

Diary of Mrs. William Thornton, Capture of Washing- ton by the British 173

Prefatory Note and Footnotes to Diary. By Wilhelmus B. Bryan 172

Appendix.

Officers for 1916 184 Committees for 191£ ; 185 List of Members, April 14, 1916 186 Communications made to the Society during 1915 193 Proceedings of the Society for 1915 194 In Memoriam - Michael Ignatius Weller. By James

Franklin Hood 197 Resolutions of Condolence 202

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iv Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

In Memoriam - Alexander Burton Hagner. By W. B. Bryan 204

Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Treasurer 205 Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Recording Secre-

tary 208 Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Curator 210 Report of the Chronicler for 1915 222 Necrology 227

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Plate No. Facing Page 1. Thomas Carbery, Sixth Mayor of Washington .... 62 2. Residence of Thomas Carbery 84 3. John W. Maury 160 4. Michael Ignatius Weller 198 5. Alexander Burton Hagner 204



APPENDIX.



OFFICEES.

Officers Elected at the Twenty-second Annual Meeting Held January 18, 1916.

President Allen C. Clark. ,T. „ ., . [Job Barnard. TWWenfe ,T. „ ., .

1 [Job Wilhelmus B. Beyan.

Treasurer Corcoran Thom.*

Recording Secretary Mrs. Mary Stevens Beall.

Corresponding Secretary Washington Topham.I Curator James Franklin Hood. Chronicler Frederick L. Fishback.

I William Van Zandt Cox.

[ William Henry Dennis.

t •* * ^ iqiq f Louis p- Shoemaker. Managers classified t •* * ^ iqiq

JoHN j0Y Edson. according to expira-l ^ ^ w RlcHARDS0N hon of term of service. 1919

j ^^ TmDMjL,

1920 I ^0HN ^' Earner.

I James Dudley Morgan. * Declined. Board of Managers elected Cuno H. Budolph to fill the

vacancy. •(•Declined. Board elected William F. Koberts to fill the vacancy.

184



COMMITTEES.

On Communications. Fred. L. Fishback, Chairman,Mns. Corra Bacon-Foster, Wilhelmus B. Bryan, James Dudley Morgan, Clarence R. Wilson, Charles S. Bradley, Louis P. Shoemaker, Henry C. Gauss, Fred E. Woodward, Washington Topham.

On Qualifications. William V. Cox, Chairman, John Joy Edson, James F. Hood, Job Barnard,

Louis P. Shoemaker.

On Publication.

John B. Larner, Chairman, Wm. Henry Dennis, Mrs. Mary Stevens Beall, S. Walter Woodward, James Dudley Morgan, Wilhelmus B. Bryan.

On Building. Job Barnard, Chairman, George M. Kober, Charles James Bell, William King, Charles C. Glover, Glenn Brown,

Mrs. Charles W. Eichardson.

On Exchange. James F. Hood, Chairman, William John Eynon, Corcoran Thom, C. Albert White, William Tindall, Montgomery Blair.

On Membership. John A. Saul, Chairman,

Charles C. Bundy, Edson L. Whitney, William F. Roberts, W. Lloyd Wright, Mrs. Yelma S. Baker, Miss Maud B. Morris, Mrs. M. I. Weller, Miss Alice Bukey, Mrs. H. Stoddert Turner, Miss Alice R. James.

On Exchange of Duplicates. John B. Larner, Chairman,

Miss Cordelia Jackson, Mrs. M. S. Beall.

185



LIST OP MEMBERS OP THE COLUMBIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, APRIL 14, 1916.

Life Members.

Dimock, Mrs. Henry F., 1301 Sixteenth St. Hutcheson, David, 1221 Monroe St., Brookland,

D. C. Jackson, Miss Cordelia, 2802 P St.

Annual Members.

Abell, Mrs. Edwin F.,

Abell, Walter W., Abert, William Stone, Addison, Mrs. Clare G., Adriaans, John H., Ailes, Milton E., Bacon-Foster, Mrs. Corra, Baker, Mrs. Abby Gunn, Barber, Mrs. Velma S., Barbour, Mrs. Annie V., Barbour, James F., Barnard, Job, Beall, Mrs. Mary Stevens, Bell, Alexander Graham, Bell, Charles James, Bennett, William A., Beresford, E., Blagden, Thomas,

Blair, Gist, Blair, Henry P., Blair, Montgomery, Blair, Woodbury, Bourne, Mrs. Linnie M.,

16 East Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, Md.

Sun Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 1520 K St. 1765 N St. 404 Sixth St. 1620 I St. The Marlborough. 1303 Clifton St. 703 E. Capitol St. 1741 Rhode Island Ave. 520 Eighth St. 1306 Rhode Island Ave. 2226 N St. 1331 Connecticut Ave. 1327 Connecticut Ave. 1329 Irving St. 605 F St. Deerwood, Upper Saranac,

N. Y. Union Trust Building. Colorado Building. Hibbs Building. Hibbs Building. 2027 Hillyer Place.

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List of Members. 187

Bradley, Charles S., Bride, Cotter T., Britton, Alexander, Brown, Glenn, Bryan (M.D.), Joseph H., Bryan, Wilhelmus Bogart, Buchanan (Gen.), James A., Bukey, Miss Alice, Bulkley, Barry, Bundy, Charles S., Burchell, Norval Landon, Butterfield, John W., Callaghan, Daniel O'C., Carr, Mrs. William Kearny, Casey, Mrs. Silas, Chilton, Eobert S., Jr., Chilton, William, Church, William A. H., Clark, Allen C, Clark, Appleton P., Jr., Clark (Rev.) John Britton, Clephane, Walter C, Colbert, Michael J., Corning, John Herbert, Cox, William Van Zandt, Coyle, Miss Emily B., Cull, Judson T., Dale, Mrs. Mary J. M., Davenport, R. Graham, U.S.N. Davis, Miss Adelaide, Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Davis, Miss Josephine, Davis, Miss Miranda P., De Lacy, William H., Dennis, William Henry, Devereux (M.D.), J. Ryan,

1722 N St. 131 B St., S. E. 1811 Q St. 806 Seventeenth St. 818 Seventeenth St. 1330 Eighteenth St. 2210 Massachusetts Ave. 209 Md. Ave. N. E. The Benedick. 1422 Irving St. 1102 Vermont Ave. 419 Fourth St. 616 Eighteenth St. 1413 K St. 2006 Columbia Road. Cobourg, Ontario, Can. 2015 I St. 912 B St., S. W. 816 Fourteenth St. 1778 Lanier Place. 2713 Wisconsin Ave. Chevy Chase, Md. Southern Bldg. 520 Thirteenth St. Emery PL, Brightwood, D. C. 1760 N St. 319 John Marshall Place. Hotel Sheldon, El Paso, Texas. 1331 Eighteenth St. 117 B St., S. E. 2212 First St. The Concord. 3100 R St. Chevy Chase, Md. 416 Fifth St. Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase,

Md. Devitt, S. J. (Rev.), Edward I. Georgetown University.



1 88 Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

Donlon, S. J. (Rev.), A. J., Dove, J. Maury, Downing, Mrs. Margaret B.,

Dulin, Mrs. Chas. Grayson, Dunlop, G. Thomas, Eaton, George G., Edmonston, William E., Edson, John Joy, Emery, Frederick A., Eustis, William Corcoran, Eynon, William John, Fishback, Frederick L., Flannery, John Spaulding, Fletcher, Miss Alice C, Gaff, Thomas T., Gale, Thomas M., Galliher, W. T., Garfinkle, Julius, Gauss, H. C, Gill, Herbert A., Glassie, Henry H., Glennan, John W., Glover, Charles C, Granger, John Tileston, Griffin, Appleton P. C, Hamilton, George E., Hannay, Wm. Mouat, Harper, Albert, Harr, William R., Harvey, Frederic L., Hearst, Mrs. Phoebe Apperson, Henderson, James B., Henderson, John B., Jr., Henderson, Richard W., Heurich, Christian, Hibbs, William B., Hickey, Miss S. G.,

Georgetown University. 1740 New Hampshire Ave. 1262 Lawrence St., Brook-

land, D. C. 1625 K St. Fendall Building. 416 New Jersey Ave., S. E. 1220 Massachusetts Ave. 1324 Sixteenth St. 2608 Cathedral Ave. 1611 H St. 512 Eleventh St. 1330 Belmont St. 2017 O St. 214 First St., S. E. 1520 Twentieth St. 2300 S St. Amer. Nat. Bank. 1226 F St. 1403 Webster St. 612 Fourteenth St. Department of Justice. Warder Building. 1703 K St. Florence Court. Library of Congress. Union Trust Bldg. 207 I St. 505 E St. 1304 Kenyon St. 2146 Florida Ave. , Pleasanton, Cal. 1108 G St. 1601 Florida Ave. 1109 F St. 1307 New Hampshire Ave. Hibbs Building. 1416 K St.




Hill, William Corcoran, 1724 H St. Hood, James Franklin, Amer. Security & Trust Co. Hoover, William D., Nat. Savings & Trust Co. Howard, George, Nat. Savings & Trust Co. Howard George H., 1914 N St. Hunt, Gaillard, Library of Congress. Hutchins, Walter Stilson, 1308 Sixteenth St. Hyde, Thomas, 1537 Twenty-eighth St. Ingle (Rev.), Edward H., 1539 I St. James, Miss Alice R., 634 East Capitol St Jameson, J. Franklin, 2231 Q St. Janin, Mrs. Violet Blair, 12 Lafayette Square. Jennings, Hennen, 2221 Massachusetts Ave. Johnston, James M., 1628 Twenty-first St. Kaufman, D. J., Macomb St., east of Conn. Ave. Kelly, Henry A., P. 0. Department. Kern, Charles E., 1328 Harvard St. Kibbey, Miss Bessie J., 2025 Massachusetts Ave. King, William, 3114 N St. Kingsman (M.D.), Richard, 711 East Capitol St. Knight, Hervey S., Victor Building. Knox-Heath, Mrs. Nelly Lloyd, 147 Highland Ave., New-

tonville, Mass. Kober (M.D.), George M., 1819 Q St. Larcombe, John S., 1815 H St. Larner, John Bell, Wash. Loan and Trust Bldg. Lamer, Philip F., 918 F St. Learned (LL.D.), Henry Barrett 2123 Bancroft Place. Lee, Ralph W., 1514 Newton St. Leiter, Joseph, 1500 N. H. Ave. Lenman, Miss Isobel Hunter, 1100 Twelfth St. Letts, John C, 52 O St. Lisner, A., 1723 Massachusetts Ave. McCarthy, Miss Helena, 915 Fifteenth St. McKee, Frederick, 610 Thirteenth St. McKenney, F. D., Hibbs Bldg. Mackall (M.D.), Louis, 3044 O St. Magruder, Caleb Clarke, Jr., 820 Riggs Bldg.



19° Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

Marlow, Walter H., Jr., 811 E St. Marshall, James Rush, 2507 Penna. Ave. Matthews, Henry S., 1415 G St. Mearns, William A., 2301 S St. Meegan, James F., 813 Seventeenth St. Merritt, William E. H., 1403 H St. Moore, Mrs. Virginia Campbell, 1680 Thirty-first St. Morgan, Edwin F. A., The Owl Club, No. 30 Holyoke

St., Cambridge, Mass. Morgan (M.D), James Dudley, 919 Fifteenth St. Morgan, Mrs. Jas. Dudley, 919 Fifteenth St. Morris, Miss Maud Burr, 1603 Nineteenth St. Morse (M.D.), Edward E., Cosmos Club. Moses, Zebina, 1536 Sixteenth St. Mosher, Mrs. James, 2000 S St. Moss, George W., 2147 Wyoming Ave. Neale, Sidney C, 1306 F St. Nevitt (M.D.), J. Kamsay, 1820 Calvert St. Norment, Clarence F., 2339 Massachusetts Ave. Norton (U.S.N.), Capt. Harold P., 1704 Nineteenth St. Noyes, Theodore Williams. 1730 New Hampshire Ave. O'Connell, Et. Rev. D. J., 800 Cathedral Place, Rich-

mond, Va. Peacock, Miss Virginia T., 2466 Ontario Road. Peelle, Stanton J., 1416 F St. Pelz, Paul J., 2011 F St. Pentland, Andrew W., 1330 Eighteenth St. Peyser, Julius I., Southern Building. Pratt, Frederick W., 2015 Columbia Road. Prescott, Samuel J., 814 Thirteenth St. Richards, William P., District Building. Richardson (M.D.), Chas. W., 1317 Connecticut Ave. Richardson, Mrs. Charles W., 1317 Connecticut Ave. Richardson, Francis Asbury, Cosmos Club. Richardson (M.D.), J. J., 1509 Sixteenth St. Richardson, Mason N., Fendall Building. Riggs, Miss Alice L., 1617 I St. Riggs, T. Lawrason, 1311 Massachusetts Ave.




Kittenhouse, David, 1607 Twenty-eighth St. Koberts, William F., 1413 New York Ave. Rogers, Wm. Edgar, 1860 Park Eoad. Kosenberg, Maurice D., 1953 Biltmore St. Kudolph, Cuno H., Second Nat. Bank. Eussell, Monsignor Wm. T., 619 Tenth St. Sanders, Joseph, 1460 Columbia Road. Saul, John A., 344 D St. Scisco (Ph.D.), Louis Dow, The Woodley. Shahan (D.D.), Rt. Rev. T. J., Catholic Univ. of America. Shand, Miles M., Department of State. Shandelle, S. J. (Rev.), Henry J., Georgetown University. Shannon, William E., Woodward Bldg. Shea, N. H., 1438 Fairmont St. Shir-Cliff, William H., 1706 Lamont St. Shoemaker, Louis P., Southern Building. Shuey, Theodore F., U. S. Senate. Simpson, Henry K., 1207 E. Capitol St. Simpson (M.D.), John Crayke, 1421 Massachusetts Ave. Small, John H., Jr., Cor. Fifteenth and H Sts. Smith, Thomas W., 1867 Columbia Road. Snow, Alpheus H., 2013 Massachusetts Ave. Spofford, Miss Florence P., The Woodward. Stockton (Adm.), Chas. Herbert, 2019 O St. Swisher (Ph.D.), Charles C, Cosmos Club. Swormstedt, John S., Southern Building. Swormstedt (M.D.), Lyman B., 2 Thomas Circle. Taggart, George R., 1758 Park Road. Taylor, Miss C. Bryson, 1822 Massachusetts Ave. Thorn, Corcoran, Amer. Security and Trust Co. Thompson, Corbin, Woodbridge, Va. Thompson, Mrs. John W., 1419 I St. Tindall (M.D.), William, The Stafford. Todd, William B., 1243 Irving St. Topham, Washington, 1219 F St. Trego, Mrs. Elizabeth Yonge, The Olympia. Truesdell, George, 1627 Lincoln Ave. Tucker, Charles Cowles, Evans Building.



I92 Records of the Columbia Historical Society.

Turner, Mrs. Harriot Stoddert, 1311 New Hampshire Ave. Van Schaick (Rev.), John, Jr., 1417 Massachusetts Ave. Van Wickle, William P., 1217 F St. Warner, Brainard Henry, Southern Building. Warner (M.D.), Carden F., Chevy Chase, Md. Welch (D.D.S.), George B., 1420 New York Ave. Weller, Joseph I., 2002 R St. Weller, Mrs. M. I., 408 Seward Sq., S. E. White, C. Albert, Barrister Bldg. White, Charles E., 621 Third St. White, Enoch L., 1753 Corcoran St. Whitney (Ph.D.), Edson L., 1234 Euclid St. Willard, Henry K., Kellogg Building. Williams, Charles P., 1675 Thirty-first St. Williamson, Charles J., 2616 Connecticut Ave. Wilson, Clarence R., 1512 H St. Wood (Rev.), Charles, 2110 S St. Woodhull, Maxwell V. Z., 2033 G St. Woodward, Fred E., Eleventh and F Sts. Woodward, S. Walter, 2015 Wyoming Ave. Wright, W. Lloyd, 1908 G St. Wurdeman, J. H., 610 Twelfth St. Wyeth, Nathan C, 1517 H St.



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