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298 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
and equipment to the Women's Building and Rest Room Association.
Thus an enterprise started without means has, through the efforts of the
Civic Club and the response of the women of the town, developed into a
self-supporting institution of permanent and far-reaching good to the
community.
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OP.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
By Mrs. John T. Mack
Martha Pitkin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Avas
organized in Sandusky, Ohio, April 29, 1897, by Mrs. Jay Osborne Moss,
with fourteen charter members. It was chartered in the national society
June 15, 1897, the chapter number being 338.
The objects of this society, as stated in its constitution, are to perpetuate
the memory of the spirit of the men and Avomen who achieved
American independence by the acquisition and protection of historic
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
individual 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 fareAA'ell address
to the American people, "to promote as an object of primary importance
institutions for the general diffusion of knoAvledge," 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.
The charter members Avere Mrs. Fannie Griswold Boalt Moss, Mrs.
Fannie E. GrisAVold Boalt, Mrs. Annette Fitch Brewer, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Cooke, Mrs. Helen Hall Sloane, Mrs. Sarah Maria Carswell Cooke
Sloane, Mrs. Spencer NeAvberry, Mrs. Sakie Emeline Prout Merz, Mrs.
Alice R. McKelvey Melville-Milne, Mrs. Caroline Curtis Moss, Mrs.
Mary Foote Mack, Mrs. Cora Mack Robinson, Mrs. Alice Davenport
Mack, and Miss Frances Whittlesey CogSAvell.
Mrs. Elroy M. Avery, of Cleveland, Avas the second state regent of
Ohio, and it was through her interest and under her instruction that the
Martha Pitkin Chapter Avas organized. Mrs. Jay Osborne Moss having
been appointed organizing regent by the national board, a meeting was
called at her home on Wayne Street and the folloAving officers Avere
elected: Regent, Mrs. Jay Osborne Moss; vice regent, Mrs. Rush R.
Sloane; historian, Mrs. Isaac F. Mack; registrar, Mrs. Curtis BreAA'er;
secretary, Mrs. James E. Melville-Milne; treasurer, Miss Mary E. Cooke.
The Avork of the chapter has been varied and one little realizes IIOAV
much has been accomplished until they search the records of the past
eighteen years.