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Julia K. Hogg (Mrs. N. B. Hogg), of Penksylvania; Katherine C. 
Breckinridge (Mrs. Clifton R. Breckinridge), of Arkansas; Sara 
Isabella Hubbard (Mrs. Adolphus S. Hubbard), of California; Mary 
L. D. Putnam (Mrs. Charles EK. Putnam), of Iowa; Delia Clayborne 
Buckner (Mrs. Simon B. Buckner), of Kentucky; Emily Marshall Eliot 
(Mrs. Samuel Eliot), of Massachusetts; Lucy Grey Henry (Mrs. 
William Wirt Henry), of Virginia; Elizabeth Blair Lee, of Maryland, 
Mrs. Frances P. Burrows (Mrs. Julius C. Burrows), Mrs. Mary H. 
MeMillan (Mrs. James McMillan), Mrs. Emma Gregory Hull (Mrs. 
J. A. T. Hull), Mrs. Mary B. K. Washington (Mrs. Joseph Washing- 
ton), and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body 
corporate and politic, in the District of Columbia, by the name of The 
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, for 
patriotic, historical, and educational purposes, to perpetuate the mem- 
ory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American inde- 
pendence, by the acquisition and protection of historical spots and the 
erection of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in 
relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; by the 
preservation of- documents and relics, and of the records of the indi- 
vidual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the 
promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries; to carry out 
the injunction of Washington, in his farewell address to the American 
people, ‘‘to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions 
for the general diffusion of knowledge,” thus developing an enlightened 
public opinion and affording to young and old such advantages as shall 
develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of 
American citizens; to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of 
American freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country, and 
to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 
Sec. 2. That said society is authorized to hold real and personal 
estate in the United States, so far only as may be necessary to its law- 
ful ends, to an amount not exceeding $500,000, and may adopt a con- 
stitution and make by-laws not inconsistent with law, and may adopt 
a seal. Said society shall have its headquarters or principal office at 
Washington, in the District of Columbia. 
Sec. 3. That said society shall report annually to the Secretary of 
the Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, and said Sec- 
retary shall communicate to Congress such portion thereof as he may 
deem of national interestand importance. The Regents of the Smith- - 
sonian Institution are authorized to permit said national society to 
deposit its collections, manuscripts, books, pamphlets, and other mate- 
rial for history in the Smithsonian Institution or in the National 
Museum, at their discretion, upon such conditions and under such rules 
as they shall prescribe. 
(Stat., XXIX, 8.) 
