Go973.206N4mlm1390230OENEAUOGY COLLECTIONPUBLIC LIBRARYALLEN COUNTY88593 1833 01075THEMARYLAND SOCIETYCOLONIAL DAME^AMERICA.?1899.,^' tMo-yL^.f.t .C^CL,^, ^^-dt ^'/U Lsr:.^ ^/.i^^C f{BALTIMORE:GUGGENHEIMER, WEIL & CO.1899.PREFACE.Maryland Society of the Colonial Dames of Amer-THEica incorporated Decemberwas 29th, 1891. It stands,therefore, as regards the date of its formation, second uponthe roll the State societies, andof was one of the five thatmet in convention at Wilmington, Delaware, in May, 1892, toorganize the National Federation.While the requirements for membership have remainedsubstantially the same from the first, some important modifi-cations have been made from time to time, both by theNational Conventions and by the several State organizations.Thus, the original Constitution of the Maryland Societyrecognized the date of the cessation of hostilities, April nth,1783, as the close of the colonial period, and accepted servicesrendered before that date as affording a valid claim to mem-bership. At a meeting of the Maryland society, held March3d, it was decided1894, that the Declaration of Independenceought to be taken as the actual conclusion of the colonialperiod, and the date 3d,July 1776, was established as the limitof eligible service. This modification was proposed, as anamendment to the Constitution, in the National Council of1894, and, after lying over, under the rules, until the nextmeeting, was formally ...
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