Excerpt from Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution, 1903 The society OF sons OF the american revolution is a National organization composed of State societies in the several States and Terri tories of the Union. Its membership consists of lineal descendants of the patriots, who, by their services and sacrifices in the war of the Revolution, achieved American independence. Among its members are to be found the most eminent and honored men of the present day in all the ranks and callings of life. And its rolls prove the fact, which is a matter of pride to the society, that the characteristics and endowments for which the men of that distinguished generation are honored and beloved did not perish with them, but have been transmitted to the generations of their posterity, and are yet influential and useful in promoting the welfare Of our country. 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.