The Board will recall that at its June meeting a letter was submitted from Miss Huey, requesting that "all proceedings be stayed in the matter of Mrs. Labadie's resignation until the Recording Secretary General had forwarded to the Secretary of the Chapter copies of all communications sent to the National Board of Management or to any present or former National Officers by Mrs. Labadie, and the Declaration of Independence Chapter had been notified to appear, in accordance with Article XVI of the By-laws of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution."

As the Chair ruled that there had been no charges in the case of the resignations under consideration by the Board, and as it was manifestly impossible for your Recording Secretary General to collect together, or even have knowledge of, "all communications sent to present" and more especially "all former officers by Mrs. Labadie," the request was not granted.

The last communication received at this department from Miss Huey, dated June 4th, 1907, contained the information, already stated that she had been injured in an automobile accident; was leaving the city for an indefinite time, and requested that all letters be sent to the Secretary, Miss Slaymaker, "by order of the Chapter." But this office has been unable,—writing on the part of the National Board,—to obtain any reply to the letter addressed to the Secretary of the Chapter, and the Treasurer General's department has not met with any better success.

I have now to present to the Board the resignations of several other members of the Declaration of Independence Chapter, as contained in the letters I herewith submit, which were received during the summer, and which request action at the October meeting of the Board.

(Signed)

Respectfully submitted,

ELISABETH F. PIERCE,

Recording Secretary General, N. S. D. A. R.

After some discussion, Mrs. Main moved the acceptance of this report. Motion carried.

The following was then offered by Mrs. Draper: That in accordance with the resolution passed by the National Board June 5th, the transfer of Mesdames Dorney, Miller and Rowell be granted, as requested, and their names be placed upon the lists of members-at-large; but that this resolution does not take effect until the dues of Mesdames Dorney, Miller and Rowell, to the present time, are profferd the Declaration of Independence Chapter. Seconded by Mrs. Main. Motion carried.

The Recording Secretary then presented to the Board the names of other members wishing to resign from this Chapter, and the following was offered by Mrs. Terry: That the Secretary of the Board notify the Regent of the Declaration of Independence Chapter that the transfers requested by Mesdames M. L. Von Steuben, Schoenberger, and C. H. Von Steuben will be granted at the December Board meeting unless

good and satisfactory reasons against granting such transfers shall have been received from the Chapter Regent before the expiration of that time, and that their names be placed upon the list of members-at-large; but that this resolution does not take effect until the dues of these above-mentioned ladies to the present time, be proffered the Declaration of Independence Chapter. Seconded by Mrs. Draper. Motion carried.

At half past six o'clock it was moved and carried to adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,

(Signed)

ELISABETH F. PIERCE,

Recording Secretary General, N. S. D. A. R.

American Monthly Magazine

VOL. XXXII. WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY, 1908. No. 2.

HISTORIC SPOTS IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY

"This is the Land of the Pioneer,

Where a life-long feud was healed;

Where the League of the men Whose Coats were Red
With the Men of the Woods whose Skins were Red
Was riveted, forged, and sealed;

Now, by the blood of our Splendid Dead,

God save our sons from the League of Red!"

R. W. CHAMBERS.

In 1702 there came into the beautiful Mohawk Valley the first missionary of the English Church sent there to teach the Indians. If we travel three miles west of the city of Amsterdam, as the crow flies, or five by wagon road, we come to the junction of the Schoharie creek and the picturesque Mohawk river. Here a fort was constructed on October 11, 1712, and was named Fort Hunter, in honor of Governor Robert Hunter. Palisades surrounded the fort and near it in the enclosure stood the historic edifice known as Queen Anne's Chapel, so named in honor of Queen Anne of England, who provided the means for its construction and furnishings. The chapel was built of limestone and was twenty-four feet square and had such pretentious decorations as a bell and belfry. The pulpit was provided with a sounding board and there was the added luxury of a reading desk. Directly opposite the pulpit were two pews with elevated floors, one of which with a wooden canopy, was in later times occupied by Sir William Johnson and his family. The chapel also had an organ, in all probability the first instrument of music of its kind in all the wilderness west of our state capital. In this luxuriously furnished chapel of this early day services were held with