Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Lineage Book, 1903, Vol. 42: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; 41001-42000
This volume records the names and ancestry of one thousand Daughters who came into the Society in 1903. Its pages are en riched with a large amount of hitherto unpublished genealogical material. It is a priceless addition to the literature of early Ameri can families and of the Revolutionary period.
Had the Daughters of the American Revolution no other claim upon the gratitude of the nation, the production of these Lineage Books would alone entitle them to National consideration.
The illustration is Kosciuszko, the Polish hero, who volunteered in 1776 at the age of thirty and was appointed Chief Engineer. Washington says of him to his care and sedulous appreciation, the American people are (indebted for the defense of West Point. At the close of the war he received the thanks of Congress for his valuable service Later, when offered a command in Russia, he refused, saying I, have never fought except in the cause of human freedom in America and Poland, I have no use for a sword, I have no longer any country to defend.
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