{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=National%0A++++++++++++Society%2C+United+States+Daughters+of+1812.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=National%0A++++++++++++Society%2C+United+States+Daughters+of+1812.\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Collection\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viw_viw00083","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00083#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Edward William Bok,\n        Flora Adams Darling,\n        Jessie Benton Frémont,\n        William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n        George Frisbie Hoar,\n        William Mahone,\n        John Tyler Morgan,\n        Alexander Hamilton Stephens,\n        Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00083#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"This collection includes correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908 but also dating back as early as 1862, of Flora (Adams) Darling (1840-1910) concerning her founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the Revolution, and the U.S. Daughters of 1812.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00083#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_viw00083","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00083","_root_":"viw_viw00083","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00083","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00083.xml","title_ssm":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"title_tesim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"text":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908","Mss. 39.1 D25","General\n            Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.","Daughters of\n            the American Revolution.","National\n            Society, United States Daughters of 1812.","Patriotic\n            societies.","4,686 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization\n        This collection is organized into 7 series. Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","This collection is organized into 7 series. Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","Arrangement\n        This collection is arranged into series by subject.","This collection is arranged into series by subject.","Darling, Flora Adams.Founding and organization of the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the\n            Revolution.Philadelphia: Independence Pub. Co., \n            c1901.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:369.135 D24","Darling, Flora Adams.1607-1907. Memories of Virginia; a\n            souvenir of founding days.Washington? D.C., \n            c1907.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:F229 .D21","Darling, Flora Adams.Mrs. Darling's letters, or Memories\n            of the civil war.New York: J.W. Lovell company, \n            c1883.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:E605 .D22","Hammond, Jennifer J.Flora Adams Darling and the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution1993.Honor's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary. \n            Call Number:LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1993, H34","Mrs. Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a\n         descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree,\n         Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving\n         Darling, 22 years her senior, in 1860, and went with him to\n         live at his Louisiana home. He died of wounds received in\n         battle, December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving\n         Darling, a minor musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894.\n         Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever\n         and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were\n         spent in writing \n         Mrs. Darling's Letters, or Memoirs of\n         the Civil WarA Social Diplomatand other\n         books.","From 1889 to 1896 her major interests and efforts were\n         devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs.\n         Darling's obsession for organizing and ruling patriotic\n         societies, and her willingness to abandon one when her opinion\n         or desires were thwarted, is illustrated by the rapid\n         succession with which the societies followed each other:\n         Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October\n         11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18,\n         1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812,\n         founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over\n         policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of\n         Mrs. Darling. This collection is composed almost entirely of\n         letters written to her during these years of controversy.\n         There are some delightful, pithy and well-written letters in\n         the group.","See also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning\n            the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts\n            to the College Library, fundraising writings, portraits of\n            Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's\n            Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under \"Fundraising- Flora Adams\n            Darling.\" Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)","Correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams)\n         Darling, concerning her founding of the Daughters of the\n         American Revolution, the General Society of Daughters of the\n         Revolution, and the National Society, United States Daughters\n         of 1812. Prominent correspondents include Edward William Bok,\n         Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n         George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander\n         Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Also included is, family correspondence, letters from\n         Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings,\n         correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church and the\n         College of William and Mary, newspaper clippings, and\n         miscellany.","Letter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on\n                  establishing an organization along the lines of the\n                  Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30,\n                  1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from\n                  Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts.","October 11, 1890 is the accepted ate of the\n                  founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\n                  This folder contains letters of congratulation from\n                  the heads of state societies of the Sons of the\n                  American Revolution.","Letters from early participants in the movement,\n                  e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York,\n                  October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of\n                  Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C.,\n                  November 8, 1890.","A letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891\n                  is most interesting for she was very active at that\n                  time in the Grand Army of the Republic.","A letter of June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals some of\n                  the basis for the internal controversy then raging in\n                  the D. A. R.","This group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs.\n                  Darling's resignation from the D. A. R. and her\n                  motives in founding the Daughters of the\n                  Revolution.","See also the fourteen page MSS by Mrs. Darling on\n                  the founding of the D. A. R., D. R. and U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters\n                  with threats of legal action relative to the founding\n                  of the D. A. R., and a letter from William O.\n                  McDowell, a controversial figure in the D. A. R. and\n                  the S. A. R., who at one time was asked to resign\n                  from the latter organization.","The printed constitution of the S. A. R. with\n                  marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the\n                  basis of the D. A. R. constitution. Also corrected\n                  printer's proofs of the first D. A. R. constitution.\n                  Two printed copies of the first D. A. R.\n                  constitution.","Mrs. Darling's financial accounts, the D. A. R.,\n                  1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered\n                  June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New\n                  York; early D. A. R. application forms, printed bill\n                  of the U. S. House of Representatives authorizing the\n                  sale of government land to the D. A. R. (site of\n                  Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings\n                  (1891-1905) concerning the D. A. R. and Mrs.\n                  Darling.","Special D. A. R. edition of \n                  The Washington Mirror,\n                  April 22, 1905; and issue of \n                  Literary Life, March\n                  1901. See also list of New York women invited to a D.\n                  A. R. organizational meeting held at Sherry's on\n                  February 22, 1901. Also photographs of Mrs. John\n                  Risley Putnam (New York), Mary A. Washington (Macon,\n                  Ga.), Gertrude Virginian Cortlandt Hamilton (New\n                  York), Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport (Minnesota),\n                  and Helen Mason Boynton.","Papers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution,\n                  1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' \n                  Magazine of General\n                  History. The latter contains a brief account\n                  of the life of Mrs. Darling.","Address book listing members of the Daughters of\n                  the Revolution (1895). \n                  The Prison Ship\n                  Martyrs(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a\n                  pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships\n                  after the British capture of Long Island.","Printed programs, ballots, circulars, concerning\n                  the general Society and the New York State Society of\n                  the Daughters of the Revolution.","Letter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the\n                  U. S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning\n                  trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from\n                  Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.","Three interesting letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris\n                  of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage\n                  Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson.\n                  Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at\n                  Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.","Concerning the U. S. Daughters of 1812, and\n                  Broadside of the Key Monument Association of\n                  Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect\n                  a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.","See letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio,\n                  mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire\n                  and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.","Circular letter of the American Institute of\n                  Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the\n                  surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The\n                  program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of\n                  threat of war.","Letter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901,\n                  indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of\n                  the annual receipts of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade,\n                  December 10, 1902. The letter well reveals Mrs.\n                  Darling's domineering character, and also refers to\n                  the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against\n                  the government for the loss of jewelry and property\n                  in New Orleans during the Civil War.","Letter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling\n                  being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a\n                  suitable place in the U. S. Daughters of 1812 could\n                  be build, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling\n                  from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining\n                  the Massachusetts chapter of the U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is\n                  followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter\n                  from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans,\n                  offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting\n                  of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.","Three rough drafts of a certificate of\n                  incorporation for the U. S. Daughters of 1812. Papers\n                  relating to the constitution of the general and state\n                  societies of the U. S. Daughters of 1812. See also\n                  the following pamphlets: \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, New\n                  York State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812,\n                  Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(two copies); \n                  Constitution of U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, National Society(three\n                  copies); \n                  Constitution and Bylaws, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society; \n                  Constitution and Bylaws of the\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State\n                  Society.List of officers, managers, and\n                  alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's\n                  Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations,\n                  etc. Of state and national U. S. Daughters of 1812\n                  societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: \n                  National Society, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Illinois; and \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Pennsylvania. Invitations to state U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.","Petitions and resolutions on varied matters from\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to\n                  Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. \n                  Official Register of Officers\n                  and Honorary Members of the General Society and\n                  Historic Council of the 1776 U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812. All entries in this notebook are in\n                  Mrs. Darling's hand.","Notebook containing copies of legal letters\n                  relative to the controversy over the incorporation of\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812.","Printed pieces: \n                  Mrs. Darling's A Plea in the\n                  Interest of Harmony; \n                  Programme for Bronze Statue of\n                  Major General Alexander Macomb(includes\n                  biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb);\n                  pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908.\n                  Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for\n                  the National Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular\n                  letters.","Letters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U. S.\n                  Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing\n                  the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case\n                  against the government. Letter from General J. M.\n                  Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900.\n                  Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating\n                  that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic\n                  societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her\n                  claim before Congress.","Printed bills and reports concerning Mrs.\n                  Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal\n                  visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by\n                  an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper\n                  clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings\n                  of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds\n                  in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in\n                  promoting their sale.","Concerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters\n                  of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the\n                  Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow\n                  journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U. S.","Letters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away\n                  from home to join Roosevelt and \"The Rough Riders,\"\n                  January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett,\n                  died of the effects of his army service before he was\n                  18 years old.","Letter to the president attacking conditions in\n                  the U. S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant\n                  G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper\n                  clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an\n                  \"army deserter\" of September 2, 1898. Letter,\n                  Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador\n                  DeLome.","Letter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling\n                  offering her papers to the College. Typed list of\n                  books and relics given to the William and Mary\n                  Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling\n                  establishing the collection and setting forth its\n                  purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R.\n                  Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative\n                  to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America\n                  giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton\n                  Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews.","Also correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon\n                  G. Tyler and others, 27 items.","Three letters from Fernando Wood, 1862-1864,\n                  relating to Mrs. Darling's pass to the South and her\n                  return. Series of letters to Mrs. Darling from\n                  Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, 1881 - some seem\n                  like love letters! Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to\n                  Mrs. Darling, August 2, 1882.","Primarily concerning Mrs. Darling's book of Civil\n                  War letters. Letters of Jefferson Davis, January 19\n                  and May 7, 1884 (in Jefferson Davis Papers). Letter\n                  from S. W. Cunningham of N. Y., publisher of \n                  Our Day, an \"exponent\n                  of Southern Sentiment,\" June 6, 1884. The author\n                  remarks, \"I became a rebel on the day of my surrender\n                  at Fort Donelson - and you judge Andrew John\n                  correctly.\" Letter from Francis C. Lawson, editor of \n                  The Negro American,\n                  reviewing the difficulties of his work before the\n                  appearance of his first issue, July 12, 1884. Letter\n                  of Senator John T. Morgan, July 13, 1884, on the\n                  strong Democratic Party platform and the approaching\n                  election. Letter from Harrison Phoebus, proprietor of\n                  the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia,\n                  August 15, 1884.","Letter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis\n                  Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild,\n                  May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on\n                  President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of \n                  The U. S. Democrat,\n                  Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs.\n                  Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a\n                  monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King,\n                  November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone\n                  of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several 1885 and\n                  1886 letters from Edward W. Bok.","Letters in Folders 46 through 49 are entirely\n                  personal in nature and contain no mention of\n                  political events.","Including printed copies of \n                  Memories of Virginia, \n                  A War Episode, a\n                  manuscript copy of \n                  Two Virginians, Explorers to\n                  the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806,three memorandum\n                  books, and several poems and articles in\n                  manuscript.","Including a printed copy of \n                  Who Rules\n                  America?(1899).","Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and\n                  other data on the history of the Daughters of the\n                  American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, and\n                  the United States Daughters of 1812.","Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly\n                  devoted to the controversy relative to the founding\n                  of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of\n                  the articles were written by Mrs. Darling under the\n                  pseudonym Mignon.","Material on the Darling and related families\n                  including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family,\n                  Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family.\n                  Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills,\n                  and documents.","The Washington Loan and Trust Company, Nancy\n                  Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, Appellants, vs.\n                  Flora Adams Darling. Includes Brief for appellants,\n                  Appellee's brief, and Appeal from the Supreme Court\n                  of the District of Columbia.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","This collection includes\n         correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908 but also dating back as\n         early as 1862, of Flora (Adams) Darling (1840-1910) concerning\n         her founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the\n         Daughters of the Revolution, and the U.S. Daughters of\n         1812.","Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"collection_ssim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.1 D25"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.1 D25"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Edward William Bok,\n        Flora Adams Darling,\n        Jessie Benton Frémont,\n        William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n        George Frisbie Hoar,\n        William Mahone,\n        John Tyler Morgan,\n        Alexander Hamilton Stephens,\n        Lyon Gardiner Tyler."],"creator_ssim":["Edward William Bok,\n        Flora Adams Darling,\n        Jessie Benton Frémont,\n        William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n        George Frisbie Hoar,\n        William Mahone,\n        John Tyler Morgan,\n        Alexander Hamilton Stephens,\n        Lyon Gardiner Tyler."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"creators_ssim":["Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 4,536 items, \n            1908.Acc. 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Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","Arrangement\n        This collection is arranged into series by subject.","This collection is arranged into series by subject."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eDarling, Flora Adams.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFounding and organization of the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the\n            Revolution.\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003ePhiladelphia: Independence Pub. Co., \n            \u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003ec1901.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSwem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:369.135 D24 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eDarling, Flora Adams.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003e1607-1907. Memories of Virginia; a\n            souvenir of founding days.\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003eWashington? D.C., \n            \u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003ec1907.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSwem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:F229 .D21 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eDarling, Flora Adams.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMrs. Darling's letters, or Memories\n            of the civil war.\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003eNew York: J.W. Lovell company, \n            \u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003ec1883.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSwem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:E605 .D22 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eHammond, Jennifer J.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eFlora Adams Darling and the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1993.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eHonor's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1993, H34 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n      "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Darling, Flora Adams.Founding and organization of the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the\n            Revolution.Philadelphia: Independence Pub. Co., \n            c1901.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:369.135 D24","Darling, Flora Adams.1607-1907. Memories of Virginia; a\n            souvenir of founding days.Washington? D.C., \n            c1907.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:F229 .D21","Darling, Flora Adams.Mrs. Darling's letters, or Memories\n            of the civil war.New York: J.W. Lovell company, \n            c1883.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:E605 .D22","Hammond, Jennifer J.Flora Adams Darling and the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution1993.Honor's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary. \n            Call Number:LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1993, H34"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMrs. Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a\n         descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree,\n         Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving\n         Darling, 22 years her senior, in 1860, and went with him to\n         live at his Louisiana home. He died of wounds received in\n         battle, December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving\n         Darling, a minor musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894.\n         Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever\n         and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were\n         spent in writing \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMrs. Darling's Letters, or Memoirs of\n         the Civil War\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Social Diplomat\u003c/title\u003eand other\n         books.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1889 to 1896 her major interests and efforts were\n         devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs.\n         Darling's obsession for organizing and ruling patriotic\n         societies, and her willingness to abandon one when her opinion\n         or desires were thwarted, is illustrated by the rapid\n         succession with which the societies followed each other:\n         Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October\n         11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18,\n         1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812,\n         founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over\n         policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of\n         Mrs. Darling. This collection is composed almost entirely of\n         letters written to her during these years of controversy.\n         There are some delightful, pithy and well-written letters in\n         the group.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mrs. Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a\n         descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree,\n         Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving\n         Darling, 22 years her senior, in 1860, and went with him to\n         live at his Louisiana home. He died of wounds received in\n         battle, December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving\n         Darling, a minor musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894.\n         Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever\n         and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were\n         spent in writing \n         Mrs. Darling's Letters, or Memoirs of\n         the Civil WarA Social Diplomatand other\n         books.","From 1889 to 1896 her major interests and efforts were\n         devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs.\n         Darling's obsession for organizing and ruling patriotic\n         societies, and her willingness to abandon one when her opinion\n         or desires were thwarted, is illustrated by the rapid\n         succession with which the societies followed each other:\n         Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October\n         11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18,\n         1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812,\n         founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over\n         policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of\n         Mrs. Darling. This collection is composed almost entirely of\n         letters written to her during these years of controversy.\n         There are some delightful, pithy and well-written letters in\n         the group."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFlora Adams Darling Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning\n            the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts\n            to the College Library, fundraising writings, portraits of\n            Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's\n            Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under \"Fundraising- Flora Adams\n            Darling.\" Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning\n            the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts\n            to the College Library, fundraising writings, portraits of\n            Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's\n            Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under \"Fundraising- Flora Adams\n            Darling.\" Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, chiefly 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams)\n         Darling, concerning her founding of the Daughters of the\n         American Revolution, the General Society of Daughters of the\n         Revolution, and the National Society, United States Daughters\n         of 1812. Prominent correspondents include Edward William Bok,\n         Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n         George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander\n         Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAlso included is, family correspondence, letters from\n         Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings,\n         correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church and the\n         College of William and Mary, newspaper clippings, and\n         miscellany.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on\n                  establishing an organization along the lines of the\n                  Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30,\n                  1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from\n                  Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eOctober 11, 1890 is the accepted ate of the\n                  founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\n                  This folder contains letters of congratulation from\n                  the heads of state societies of the Sons of the\n                  American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from early participants in the movement,\n                  e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York,\n                  October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of\n                  Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C.,\n                  November 8, 1890.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eA letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891\n                  is most interesting for she was very active at that\n                  time in the Grand Army of the Republic.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eA letter of June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals some of\n                  the basis for the internal controversy then raging in\n                  the D. A. R.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThis group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs.\n                  Darling's resignation from the D. A. R. and her\n                  motives in founding the Daughters of the\n                  Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSee also the fourteen page MSS by Mrs. Darling on\n                  the founding of the D. A. R., D. R. and U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters\n                  with threats of legal action relative to the founding\n                  of the D. A. R., and a letter from William O.\n                  McDowell, a controversial figure in the D. A. R. and\n                  the S. A. R., who at one time was asked to resign\n                  from the latter organization.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe printed constitution of the S. A. R. with\n                  marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the\n                  basis of the D. A. R. constitution. Also corrected\n                  printer's proofs of the first D. A. R. constitution.\n                  Two printed copies of the first D. A. R.\n                  constitution.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Darling's financial accounts, the D. A. R.,\n                  1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered\n                  June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New\n                  York; early D. A. R. application forms, printed bill\n                  of the U. S. House of Representatives authorizing the\n                  sale of government land to the D. A. R. (site of\n                  Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings\n                  (1891-1905) concerning the D. A. R. and Mrs.\n                  Darling.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSpecial D. A. R. edition of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Washington Mirror\u003c/title\u003e,\n                  April 22, 1905; and issue of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiterary Life\u003c/title\u003e, March\n                  1901. See also list of New York women invited to a D.\n                  A. R. organizational meeting held at Sherry's on\n                  February 22, 1901. Also photographs of Mrs. John\n                  Risley Putnam (New York), Mary A. Washington (Macon,\n                  Ga.), Gertrude Virginian Cortlandt Hamilton (New\n                  York), Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport (Minnesota),\n                  and Helen Mason Boynton.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePapers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution,\n                  1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMagazine of General\n                  History\u003c/title\u003e. The latter contains a brief account\n                  of the life of Mrs. Darling.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eAddress book listing members of the Daughters of\n                  the Revolution (1895). \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Prison Ship\n                  Martyrs\u003c/title\u003e(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a\n                  pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships\n                  after the British capture of Long Island.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ePrinted programs, ballots, circulars, concerning\n                  the general Society and the New York State Society of\n                  the Daughters of the Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the\n                  U. S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning\n                  trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from\n                  Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThree interesting letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris\n                  of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage\n                  Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson.\n                  Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at\n                  Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the U. S. Daughters of 1812, and\n                  Broadside of the Key Monument Association of\n                  Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect\n                  a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSee letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio,\n                  mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire\n                  and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eCircular letter of the American Institute of\n                  Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the\n                  surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The\n                  program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of\n                  threat of war.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901,\n                  indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of\n                  the annual receipts of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade,\n                  December 10, 1902. The letter well reveals Mrs.\n                  Darling's domineering character, and also refers to\n                  the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against\n                  the government for the loss of jewelry and property\n                  in New Orleans during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling\n                  being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a\n                  suitable place in the U. S. Daughters of 1812 could\n                  be build, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling\n                  from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining\n                  the Massachusetts chapter of the U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is\n                  followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter\n                  from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans,\n                  offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting\n                  of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThree rough drafts of a certificate of\n                  incorporation for the U. S. Daughters of 1812. Papers\n                  relating to the constitution of the general and state\n                  societies of the U. S. Daughters of 1812. See also\n                  the following pamphlets: \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812, New\n                  York State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws\u003c/title\u003e(three copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812,\n                  Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws\u003c/title\u003e(two copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConstitution of U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, National Society\u003c/title\u003e(three\n                  copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConstitution and Bylaws, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society\u003c/title\u003e; \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConstitution and Bylaws of the\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State\n                  Society.\u003c/title\u003eList of officers, managers, and\n                  alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's\n                  Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations,\n                  etc. Of state and national U. S. Daughters of 1812\n                  societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Society, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812\u003c/title\u003e(three copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Illinois\u003c/title\u003e; and \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Pennsylvania\u003c/title\u003e. Invitations to state U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePetitions and resolutions on varied matters from\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to\n                  Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eOfficial Register of Officers\n                  and Honorary Members of the General Society and\n                  Historic Council of the 1776 U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812\u003c/title\u003e. All entries in this notebook are in\n                  Mrs. Darling's hand.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eNotebook containing copies of legal letters\n                  relative to the controversy over the incorporation of\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePrinted pieces: \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMrs. Darling's A Plea in the\n                  Interest of Harmony\u003c/title\u003e; \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eProgramme for Bronze Statue of\n                  Major General Alexander Macomb\u003c/title\u003e(includes\n                  biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb);\n                  pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908.\n                  Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for\n                  the National Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular\n                  letters.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U. S.\n                  Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing\n                  the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case\n                  against the government. Letter from General J. M.\n                  Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900.\n                  Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating\n                  that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic\n                  societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her\n                  claim before Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePrinted bills and reports concerning Mrs.\n                  Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal\n                  visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by\n                  an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper\n                  clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings\n                  of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds\n                  in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in\n                  promoting their sale.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters\n                  of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the\n                  Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow\n                  journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U. S.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away\n                  from home to join Roosevelt and \"The Rough Riders,\"\n                  January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett,\n                  died of the effects of his army service before he was\n                  18 years old.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetter to the president attacking conditions in\n                  the U. S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant\n                  G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper\n                  clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an\n                  \"army deserter\" of September 2, 1898. Letter,\n                  Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador\n                  DeLome.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling\n                  offering her papers to the College. Typed list of\n                  books and relics given to the William and Mary\n                  Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling\n                  establishing the collection and setting forth its\n                  purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R.\n                  Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative\n                  to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America\n                  giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton\n                  Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAlso correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon\n                  G. Tyler and others, 27 items.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThree letters from Fernando Wood, 1862-1864,\n                  relating to Mrs. Darling's pass to the South and her\n                  return. Series of letters to Mrs. Darling from\n                  Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, 1881 - some seem\n                  like love letters! Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to\n                  Mrs. Darling, August 2, 1882.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily concerning Mrs. Darling's book of Civil\n                  War letters. Letters of Jefferson Davis, January 19\n                  and May 7, 1884 (in Jefferson Davis Papers). Letter\n                  from S. W. Cunningham of N. Y., publisher of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Day\u003c/title\u003e, an \"exponent\n                  of Southern Sentiment,\" June 6, 1884. The author\n                  remarks, \"I became a rebel on the day of my surrender\n                  at Fort Donelson - and you judge Andrew John\n                  correctly.\" Letter from Francis C. Lawson, editor of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Negro American\u003c/title\u003e,\n                  reviewing the difficulties of his work before the\n                  appearance of his first issue, July 12, 1884. Letter\n                  of Senator John T. Morgan, July 13, 1884, on the\n                  strong Democratic Party platform and the approaching\n                  election. Letter from Harrison Phoebus, proprietor of\n                  the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia,\n                  August 15, 1884.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis\n                  Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild,\n                  May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on\n                  President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe U. S. Democrat\u003c/title\u003e,\n                  Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs.\n                  Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a\n                  monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King,\n                  November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone\n                  of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several 1885 and\n                  1886 letters from Edward W. Bok.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetters in Folders 46 through 49 are entirely\n                  personal in nature and contain no mention of\n                  political events.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncluding printed copies of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMemories of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e, \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA War Episode\u003c/title\u003e, a\n                  manuscript copy of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTwo Virginians, Explorers to\n                  the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806,\u003c/title\u003ethree memorandum\n                  books, and several poems and articles in\n                  manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a printed copy of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Rules\n                  America?\u003c/title\u003e(1899).\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and\n                  other data on the history of the Daughters of the\n                  American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, and\n                  the United States Daughters of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly\n                  devoted to the controversy relative to the founding\n                  of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of\n                  the articles were written by Mrs. Darling under the\n                  pseudonym Mignon.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMaterial on the Darling and related families\n                  including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family,\n                  Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family.\n                  Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills,\n                  and documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Washington Loan and Trust Company, Nancy\n                  Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, Appellants, vs.\n                  Flora Adams Darling. Includes Brief for appellants,\n                  Appellee's brief, and Appeal from the Supreme Court\n                  of the District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams)\n         Darling, concerning her founding of the Daughters of the\n         American Revolution, the General Society of Daughters of the\n         Revolution, and the National Society, United States Daughters\n         of 1812. Prominent correspondents include Edward William Bok,\n         Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n         George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander\n         Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Also included is, family correspondence, letters from\n         Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings,\n         correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church and the\n         College of William and Mary, newspaper clippings, and\n         miscellany.","Letter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on\n                  establishing an organization along the lines of the\n                  Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30,\n                  1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from\n                  Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts.","October 11, 1890 is the accepted ate of the\n                  founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\n                  This folder contains letters of congratulation from\n                  the heads of state societies of the Sons of the\n                  American Revolution.","Letters from early participants in the movement,\n                  e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York,\n                  October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of\n                  Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C.,\n                  November 8, 1890.","A letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891\n                  is most interesting for she was very active at that\n                  time in the Grand Army of the Republic.","A letter of June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals some of\n                  the basis for the internal controversy then raging in\n                  the D. A. R.","This group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs.\n                  Darling's resignation from the D. A. R. and her\n                  motives in founding the Daughters of the\n                  Revolution.","See also the fourteen page MSS by Mrs. Darling on\n                  the founding of the D. A. R., D. R. and U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters\n                  with threats of legal action relative to the founding\n                  of the D. A. R., and a letter from William O.\n                  McDowell, a controversial figure in the D. A. R. and\n                  the S. A. R., who at one time was asked to resign\n                  from the latter organization.","The printed constitution of the S. A. R. with\n                  marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the\n                  basis of the D. A. R. constitution. Also corrected\n                  printer's proofs of the first D. A. R. constitution.\n                  Two printed copies of the first D. A. R.\n                  constitution.","Mrs. Darling's financial accounts, the D. A. R.,\n                  1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered\n                  June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New\n                  York; early D. A. R. application forms, printed bill\n                  of the U. S. House of Representatives authorizing the\n                  sale of government land to the D. A. R. (site of\n                  Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings\n                  (1891-1905) concerning the D. A. R. and Mrs.\n                  Darling.","Special D. A. R. edition of \n                  The Washington Mirror,\n                  April 22, 1905; and issue of \n                  Literary Life, March\n                  1901. See also list of New York women invited to a D.\n                  A. R. organizational meeting held at Sherry's on\n                  February 22, 1901. Also photographs of Mrs. John\n                  Risley Putnam (New York), Mary A. Washington (Macon,\n                  Ga.), Gertrude Virginian Cortlandt Hamilton (New\n                  York), Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport (Minnesota),\n                  and Helen Mason Boynton.","Papers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution,\n                  1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' \n                  Magazine of General\n                  History. The latter contains a brief account\n                  of the life of Mrs. Darling.","Address book listing members of the Daughters of\n                  the Revolution (1895). \n                  The Prison Ship\n                  Martyrs(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a\n                  pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships\n                  after the British capture of Long Island.","Printed programs, ballots, circulars, concerning\n                  the general Society and the New York State Society of\n                  the Daughters of the Revolution.","Letter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the\n                  U. S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning\n                  trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from\n                  Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.","Three interesting letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris\n                  of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage\n                  Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson.\n                  Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at\n                  Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.","Concerning the U. S. Daughters of 1812, and\n                  Broadside of the Key Monument Association of\n                  Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect\n                  a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.","See letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio,\n                  mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire\n                  and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.","Circular letter of the American Institute of\n                  Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the\n                  surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The\n                  program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of\n                  threat of war.","Letter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901,\n                  indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of\n                  the annual receipts of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade,\n                  December 10, 1902. The letter well reveals Mrs.\n                  Darling's domineering character, and also refers to\n                  the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against\n                  the government for the loss of jewelry and property\n                  in New Orleans during the Civil War.","Letter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling\n                  being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a\n                  suitable place in the U. S. Daughters of 1812 could\n                  be build, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling\n                  from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining\n                  the Massachusetts chapter of the U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is\n                  followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter\n                  from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans,\n                  offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting\n                  of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.","Three rough drafts of a certificate of\n                  incorporation for the U. S. Daughters of 1812. Papers\n                  relating to the constitution of the general and state\n                  societies of the U. S. Daughters of 1812. See also\n                  the following pamphlets: \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, New\n                  York State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812,\n                  Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(two copies); \n                  Constitution of U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, National Society(three\n                  copies); \n                  Constitution and Bylaws, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society; \n                  Constitution and Bylaws of the\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State\n                  Society.List of officers, managers, and\n                  alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's\n                  Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations,\n                  etc. Of state and national U. S. Daughters of 1812\n                  societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: \n                  National Society, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Illinois; and \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Pennsylvania. Invitations to state U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.","Petitions and resolutions on varied matters from\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to\n                  Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. \n                  Official Register of Officers\n                  and Honorary Members of the General Society and\n                  Historic Council of the 1776 U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812. All entries in this notebook are in\n                  Mrs. Darling's hand.","Notebook containing copies of legal letters\n                  relative to the controversy over the incorporation of\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812.","Printed pieces: \n                  Mrs. Darling's A Plea in the\n                  Interest of Harmony; \n                  Programme for Bronze Statue of\n                  Major General Alexander Macomb(includes\n                  biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb);\n                  pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908.\n                  Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for\n                  the National Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular\n                  letters.","Letters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U. S.\n                  Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing\n                  the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case\n                  against the government. Letter from General J. M.\n                  Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900.\n                  Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating\n                  that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic\n                  societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her\n                  claim before Congress.","Printed bills and reports concerning Mrs.\n                  Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal\n                  visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by\n                  an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper\n                  clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings\n                  of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds\n                  in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in\n                  promoting their sale.","Concerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters\n                  of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the\n                  Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow\n                  journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U. S.","Letters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away\n                  from home to join Roosevelt and \"The Rough Riders,\"\n                  January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett,\n                  died of the effects of his army service before he was\n                  18 years old.","Letter to the president attacking conditions in\n                  the U. S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant\n                  G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper\n                  clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an\n                  \"army deserter\" of September 2, 1898. Letter,\n                  Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador\n                  DeLome.","Letter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling\n                  offering her papers to the College. Typed list of\n                  books and relics given to the William and Mary\n                  Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling\n                  establishing the collection and setting forth its\n                  purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R.\n                  Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative\n                  to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America\n                  giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton\n                  Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews.","Also correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon\n                  G. Tyler and others, 27 items.","Three letters from Fernando Wood, 1862-1864,\n                  relating to Mrs. Darling's pass to the South and her\n                  return. Series of letters to Mrs. Darling from\n                  Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, 1881 - some seem\n                  like love letters! Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to\n                  Mrs. Darling, August 2, 1882.","Primarily concerning Mrs. Darling's book of Civil\n                  War letters. Letters of Jefferson Davis, January 19\n                  and May 7, 1884 (in Jefferson Davis Papers). Letter\n                  from S. W. Cunningham of N. Y., publisher of \n                  Our Day, an \"exponent\n                  of Southern Sentiment,\" June 6, 1884. The author\n                  remarks, \"I became a rebel on the day of my surrender\n                  at Fort Donelson - and you judge Andrew John\n                  correctly.\" Letter from Francis C. Lawson, editor of \n                  The Negro American,\n                  reviewing the difficulties of his work before the\n                  appearance of his first issue, July 12, 1884. Letter\n                  of Senator John T. Morgan, July 13, 1884, on the\n                  strong Democratic Party platform and the approaching\n                  election. Letter from Harrison Phoebus, proprietor of\n                  the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia,\n                  August 15, 1884.","Letter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis\n                  Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild,\n                  May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on\n                  President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of \n                  The U. S. Democrat,\n                  Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs.\n                  Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a\n                  monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King,\n                  November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone\n                  of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several 1885 and\n                  1886 letters from Edward W. Bok.","Letters in Folders 46 through 49 are entirely\n                  personal in nature and contain no mention of\n                  political events.","Including printed copies of \n                  Memories of Virginia, \n                  A War Episode, a\n                  manuscript copy of \n                  Two Virginians, Explorers to\n                  the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806,three memorandum\n                  books, and several poems and articles in\n                  manuscript.","Including a printed copy of \n                  Who Rules\n                  America?(1899).","Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and\n                  other data on the history of the Daughters of the\n                  American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, and\n                  the United States Daughters of 1812.","Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly\n                  devoted to the controversy relative to the founding\n                  of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of\n                  the articles were written by Mrs. Darling under the\n                  pseudonym Mignon.","Material on the Darling and related families\n                  including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family,\n                  Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family.\n                  Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills,\n                  and documents.","The Washington Loan and Trust Company, Nancy\n                  Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, Appellants, vs.\n                  Flora Adams Darling. Includes Brief for appellants,\n                  Appellee's brief, and Appeal from the Supreme Court\n                  of the District of Columbia."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection includes\n         correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908 but also dating back as\n         early as 1862, of Flora (Adams) Darling (1840-1910) concerning\n         her founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the\n         Daughters of the Revolution, and the U.S. Daughters of\n         1812.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["This collection includes\n         correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908 but also dating back as\n         early as 1862, of Flora (Adams) Darling (1840-1910) concerning\n         her founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the\n         Daughters of the Revolution, and the U.S. Daughters of\n         1812."],"persname_ssim":["Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"names_ssim":["Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":79,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:51:14.100Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00083","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00083","_root_":"viw_viw00083","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00083","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00083.xml","title_ssm":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"title_tesim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"text":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908","Mss. 39.1 D25","General\n            Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.","Daughters of\n            the American Revolution.","National\n            Society, United States Daughters of 1812.","Patriotic\n            societies.","4,686 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization\n        This collection is organized into 7 series. Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","This collection is organized into 7 series. Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","Arrangement\n        This collection is arranged into series by subject.","This collection is arranged into series by subject.","Darling, Flora Adams.Founding and organization of the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the\n            Revolution.Philadelphia: Independence Pub. Co., \n            c1901.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:369.135 D24","Darling, Flora Adams.1607-1907. Memories of Virginia; a\n            souvenir of founding days.Washington? D.C., \n            c1907.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:F229 .D21","Darling, Flora Adams.Mrs. Darling's letters, or Memories\n            of the civil war.New York: J.W. Lovell company, \n            c1883.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:E605 .D22","Hammond, Jennifer J.Flora Adams Darling and the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution1993.Honor's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary. \n            Call Number:LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1993, H34","Mrs. Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a\n         descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree,\n         Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving\n         Darling, 22 years her senior, in 1860, and went with him to\n         live at his Louisiana home. He died of wounds received in\n         battle, December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving\n         Darling, a minor musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894.\n         Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever\n         and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were\n         spent in writing \n         Mrs. Darling's Letters, or Memoirs of\n         the Civil WarA Social Diplomatand other\n         books.","From 1889 to 1896 her major interests and efforts were\n         devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs.\n         Darling's obsession for organizing and ruling patriotic\n         societies, and her willingness to abandon one when her opinion\n         or desires were thwarted, is illustrated by the rapid\n         succession with which the societies followed each other:\n         Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October\n         11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18,\n         1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812,\n         founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over\n         policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of\n         Mrs. Darling. This collection is composed almost entirely of\n         letters written to her during these years of controversy.\n         There are some delightful, pithy and well-written letters in\n         the group.","See also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning\n            the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts\n            to the College Library, fundraising writings, portraits of\n            Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's\n            Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under \"Fundraising- Flora Adams\n            Darling.\" Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)","Correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams)\n         Darling, concerning her founding of the Daughters of the\n         American Revolution, the General Society of Daughters of the\n         Revolution, and the National Society, United States Daughters\n         of 1812. Prominent correspondents include Edward William Bok,\n         Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n         George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander\n         Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Also included is, family correspondence, letters from\n         Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings,\n         correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church and the\n         College of William and Mary, newspaper clippings, and\n         miscellany.","Letter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on\n                  establishing an organization along the lines of the\n                  Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30,\n                  1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from\n                  Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts.","October 11, 1890 is the accepted ate of the\n                  founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\n                  This folder contains letters of congratulation from\n                  the heads of state societies of the Sons of the\n                  American Revolution.","Letters from early participants in the movement,\n                  e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York,\n                  October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of\n                  Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C.,\n                  November 8, 1890.","A letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891\n                  is most interesting for she was very active at that\n                  time in the Grand Army of the Republic.","A letter of June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals some of\n                  the basis for the internal controversy then raging in\n                  the D. A. R.","This group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs.\n                  Darling's resignation from the D. A. R. and her\n                  motives in founding the Daughters of the\n                  Revolution.","See also the fourteen page MSS by Mrs. Darling on\n                  the founding of the D. A. R., D. R. and U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters\n                  with threats of legal action relative to the founding\n                  of the D. A. R., and a letter from William O.\n                  McDowell, a controversial figure in the D. A. R. and\n                  the S. A. R., who at one time was asked to resign\n                  from the latter organization.","The printed constitution of the S. A. R. with\n                  marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the\n                  basis of the D. A. R. constitution. Also corrected\n                  printer's proofs of the first D. A. R. constitution.\n                  Two printed copies of the first D. A. R.\n                  constitution.","Mrs. Darling's financial accounts, the D. A. R.,\n                  1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered\n                  June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New\n                  York; early D. A. R. application forms, printed bill\n                  of the U. S. House of Representatives authorizing the\n                  sale of government land to the D. A. R. (site of\n                  Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings\n                  (1891-1905) concerning the D. A. R. and Mrs.\n                  Darling.","Special D. A. R. edition of \n                  The Washington Mirror,\n                  April 22, 1905; and issue of \n                  Literary Life, March\n                  1901. See also list of New York women invited to a D.\n                  A. R. organizational meeting held at Sherry's on\n                  February 22, 1901. Also photographs of Mrs. John\n                  Risley Putnam (New York), Mary A. Washington (Macon,\n                  Ga.), Gertrude Virginian Cortlandt Hamilton (New\n                  York), Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport (Minnesota),\n                  and Helen Mason Boynton.","Papers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution,\n                  1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' \n                  Magazine of General\n                  History. The latter contains a brief account\n                  of the life of Mrs. Darling.","Address book listing members of the Daughters of\n                  the Revolution (1895). \n                  The Prison Ship\n                  Martyrs(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a\n                  pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships\n                  after the British capture of Long Island.","Printed programs, ballots, circulars, concerning\n                  the general Society and the New York State Society of\n                  the Daughters of the Revolution.","Letter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the\n                  U. S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning\n                  trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from\n                  Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.","Three interesting letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris\n                  of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage\n                  Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson.\n                  Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at\n                  Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.","Concerning the U. S. Daughters of 1812, and\n                  Broadside of the Key Monument Association of\n                  Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect\n                  a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.","See letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio,\n                  mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire\n                  and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.","Circular letter of the American Institute of\n                  Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the\n                  surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The\n                  program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of\n                  threat of war.","Letter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901,\n                  indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of\n                  the annual receipts of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade,\n                  December 10, 1902. The letter well reveals Mrs.\n                  Darling's domineering character, and also refers to\n                  the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against\n                  the government for the loss of jewelry and property\n                  in New Orleans during the Civil War.","Letter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling\n                  being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a\n                  suitable place in the U. S. Daughters of 1812 could\n                  be build, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling\n                  from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining\n                  the Massachusetts chapter of the U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is\n                  followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter\n                  from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans,\n                  offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting\n                  of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.","Three rough drafts of a certificate of\n                  incorporation for the U. S. Daughters of 1812. Papers\n                  relating to the constitution of the general and state\n                  societies of the U. S. Daughters of 1812. See also\n                  the following pamphlets: \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, New\n                  York State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812,\n                  Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(two copies); \n                  Constitution of U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, National Society(three\n                  copies); \n                  Constitution and Bylaws, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society; \n                  Constitution and Bylaws of the\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State\n                  Society.List of officers, managers, and\n                  alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's\n                  Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations,\n                  etc. Of state and national U. S. Daughters of 1812\n                  societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: \n                  National Society, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Illinois; and \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Pennsylvania. Invitations to state U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.","Petitions and resolutions on varied matters from\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to\n                  Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. \n                  Official Register of Officers\n                  and Honorary Members of the General Society and\n                  Historic Council of the 1776 U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812. All entries in this notebook are in\n                  Mrs. Darling's hand.","Notebook containing copies of legal letters\n                  relative to the controversy over the incorporation of\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812.","Printed pieces: \n                  Mrs. Darling's A Plea in the\n                  Interest of Harmony; \n                  Programme for Bronze Statue of\n                  Major General Alexander Macomb(includes\n                  biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb);\n                  pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908.\n                  Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for\n                  the National Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular\n                  letters.","Letters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U. S.\n                  Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing\n                  the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case\n                  against the government. Letter from General J. M.\n                  Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900.\n                  Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating\n                  that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic\n                  societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her\n                  claim before Congress.","Printed bills and reports concerning Mrs.\n                  Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal\n                  visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by\n                  an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper\n                  clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings\n                  of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds\n                  in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in\n                  promoting their sale.","Concerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters\n                  of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the\n                  Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow\n                  journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U. S.","Letters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away\n                  from home to join Roosevelt and \"The Rough Riders,\"\n                  January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett,\n                  died of the effects of his army service before he was\n                  18 years old.","Letter to the president attacking conditions in\n                  the U. S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant\n                  G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper\n                  clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an\n                  \"army deserter\" of September 2, 1898. Letter,\n                  Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador\n                  DeLome.","Letter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling\n                  offering her papers to the College. Typed list of\n                  books and relics given to the William and Mary\n                  Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling\n                  establishing the collection and setting forth its\n                  purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R.\n                  Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative\n                  to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America\n                  giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton\n                  Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews.","Also correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon\n                  G. Tyler and others, 27 items.","Three letters from Fernando Wood, 1862-1864,\n                  relating to Mrs. Darling's pass to the South and her\n                  return. Series of letters to Mrs. Darling from\n                  Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, 1881 - some seem\n                  like love letters! Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to\n                  Mrs. Darling, August 2, 1882.","Primarily concerning Mrs. Darling's book of Civil\n                  War letters. Letters of Jefferson Davis, January 19\n                  and May 7, 1884 (in Jefferson Davis Papers). Letter\n                  from S. W. Cunningham of N. Y., publisher of \n                  Our Day, an \"exponent\n                  of Southern Sentiment,\" June 6, 1884. The author\n                  remarks, \"I became a rebel on the day of my surrender\n                  at Fort Donelson - and you judge Andrew John\n                  correctly.\" Letter from Francis C. Lawson, editor of \n                  The Negro American,\n                  reviewing the difficulties of his work before the\n                  appearance of his first issue, July 12, 1884. Letter\n                  of Senator John T. Morgan, July 13, 1884, on the\n                  strong Democratic Party platform and the approaching\n                  election. Letter from Harrison Phoebus, proprietor of\n                  the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia,\n                  August 15, 1884.","Letter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis\n                  Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild,\n                  May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on\n                  President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of \n                  The U. S. Democrat,\n                  Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs.\n                  Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a\n                  monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King,\n                  November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone\n                  of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several 1885 and\n                  1886 letters from Edward W. Bok.","Letters in Folders 46 through 49 are entirely\n                  personal in nature and contain no mention of\n                  political events.","Including printed copies of \n                  Memories of Virginia, \n                  A War Episode, a\n                  manuscript copy of \n                  Two Virginians, Explorers to\n                  the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806,three memorandum\n                  books, and several poems and articles in\n                  manuscript.","Including a printed copy of \n                  Who Rules\n                  America?(1899).","Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and\n                  other data on the history of the Daughters of the\n                  American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, and\n                  the United States Daughters of 1812.","Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly\n                  devoted to the controversy relative to the founding\n                  of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of\n                  the articles were written by Mrs. Darling under the\n                  pseudonym Mignon.","Material on the Darling and related families\n                  including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family,\n                  Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family.\n                  Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills,\n                  and documents.","The Washington Loan and Trust Company, Nancy\n                  Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, Appellants, vs.\n                  Flora Adams Darling. Includes Brief for appellants,\n                  Appellee's brief, and Appeal from the Supreme Court\n                  of the District of Columbia.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","This collection includes\n         correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908 but also dating back as\n         early as 1862, of Flora (Adams) Darling (1840-1910) concerning\n         her founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the\n         Daughters of the Revolution, and the U.S. Daughters of\n         1812.","Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"collection_ssim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, \n         \n         1862-1908"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.1 D25"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.1 D25"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Edward William Bok,\n        Flora Adams Darling,\n        Jessie Benton Frémont,\n        William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n        George Frisbie Hoar,\n        William Mahone,\n        John Tyler Morgan,\n        Alexander Hamilton Stephens,\n        Lyon Gardiner Tyler."],"creator_ssim":["Edward William Bok,\n        Flora Adams Darling,\n        Jessie Benton Frémont,\n        William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n        George Frisbie Hoar,\n        William Mahone,\n        John Tyler Morgan,\n        Alexander Hamilton Stephens,\n        Lyon Gardiner Tyler."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"creators_ssim":["Edward William Bok,","Flora Adams Darling,","Jessie Benton Frémont,","William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,","George Frisbie Hoar,","William Mahone,","John Tyler Morgan,","Alexander Hamilton Stephens,","Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Darling, Flora Adams.","Hammond, Jennifer J.","Bok, Edward\n            William, 1863- 1930.","Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.","Goodwin,\n            William Archer Rutherfoord, 1869-1939","Hoar, George\n            Frisbie, 1826-1904.","Morgan, John\n            Tyler, 1824-1907.","Mahone,\n            William, 1826-1895.","Stephens,\n            Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.","Tyler, Lyon\n            Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 4,536 items, \n            1908.Acc. 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Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into series by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into series by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization\n        This collection is organized into 7 series. Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","This collection is organized into 7 series. Series 1\n            contains letters and information pertaining to the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution; series 2 contains\n            letters and information pertaining to the Daughters of the\n            Revolution; series 3 contains letters and information\n            pertaining to the Daughters of 1812; series 4 contains\n            Official correspondence, bills, and reports; series 5\n            contains personal letters, series 6 contains miscellaneous\n            items and series 7 contains an addition to the collection,\n            1993.59.","Arrangement\n        This collection is arranged into series by subject.","This collection is arranged into series by subject."],"bibliography_html_tesm":["\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eDarling, Flora Adams.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eFounding and organization of the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the\n            Revolution.\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003ePhiladelphia: Independence Pub. Co., \n            \u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003ec1901.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSwem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:369.135 D24 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eDarling, Flora Adams.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003e1607-1907. Memories of Virginia; a\n            souvenir of founding days.\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003eWashington? D.C., \n            \u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003ec1907.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSwem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:F229 .D21 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eDarling, Flora Adams.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMrs. Darling's letters, or Memories\n            of the civil war.\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003eNew York: J.W. Lovell company, \n            \u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003ec1883.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSwem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:E605 .D22 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n        ","\u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003cpersname role=\"author\"\u003eHammond, Jennifer J.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eFlora Adams Darling and the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution\u003c/title\u003e\u003cimprint\u003e\u003cdate type=\"publication\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1993.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/imprint\u003eHonor's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary. \n            \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCall Number:LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1993, H34 \n            \u003c/bibref\u003e\n      "],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Darling, Flora Adams.Founding and organization of the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the\n            Revolution.Philadelphia: Independence Pub. Co., \n            c1901.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:369.135 D24","Darling, Flora Adams.1607-1907. Memories of Virginia; a\n            souvenir of founding days.Washington? D.C., \n            c1907.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:F229 .D21","Darling, Flora Adams.Mrs. Darling's letters, or Memories\n            of the civil war.New York: J.W. Lovell company, \n            c1883.Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            Call Number:E605 .D22","Hammond, Jennifer J.Flora Adams Darling and the\n            Daughters of the American Revolution1993.Honor's Thesis, Swem Library, College of William\n            and Mary. \n            Call Number:LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1993, H34"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMrs. Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a\n         descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree,\n         Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving\n         Darling, 22 years her senior, in 1860, and went with him to\n         live at his Louisiana home. He died of wounds received in\n         battle, December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving\n         Darling, a minor musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894.\n         Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever\n         and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were\n         spent in writing \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMrs. Darling's Letters, or Memoirs of\n         the Civil War\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Social Diplomat\u003c/title\u003eand other\n         books.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1889 to 1896 her major interests and efforts were\n         devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs.\n         Darling's obsession for organizing and ruling patriotic\n         societies, and her willingness to abandon one when her opinion\n         or desires were thwarted, is illustrated by the rapid\n         succession with which the societies followed each other:\n         Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October\n         11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18,\n         1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812,\n         founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over\n         policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of\n         Mrs. Darling. This collection is composed almost entirely of\n         letters written to her during these years of controversy.\n         There are some delightful, pithy and well-written letters in\n         the group.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Mrs. Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a\n         descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree,\n         Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving\n         Darling, 22 years her senior, in 1860, and went with him to\n         live at his Louisiana home. He died of wounds received in\n         battle, December 2, 1863. Her only son was Edward Erving\n         Darling, a minor musician-composer, who died July 13, 1894.\n         Mrs. Darling suffered from repeated attacks of malarial fever\n         and, after 1876, from deafness. Her years of widowhood were\n         spent in writing \n         Mrs. Darling's Letters, or Memoirs of\n         the Civil WarA Social Diplomatand other\n         books.","From 1889 to 1896 her major interests and efforts were\n         devoted to the founding of women's patriotic societies. Mrs.\n         Darling's obsession for organizing and ruling patriotic\n         societies, and her willingness to abandon one when her opinion\n         or desires were thwarted, is illustrated by the rapid\n         succession with which the societies followed each other:\n         Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) founded October\n         11, 1890; Daughters of the Revolution (D.R.) founded June 18,\n         1891; Daughters of the United States of the War of 1812,\n         founded January 8, 1892; founded because of disagreement over\n         policies of the D. A. R., policies adopted over the protest of\n         Mrs. Darling. This collection is composed almost entirely of\n         letters written to her during these years of controversy.\n         There are some delightful, pithy and well-written letters in\n         the group."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFlora Adams Darling Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Flora Adams Darling Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning\n            the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts\n            to the College Library, fundraising writings, portraits of\n            Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's\n            Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under \"Fundraising- Flora Adams\n            Darling.\" Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also letters to Lyon G. Tyler, 1905-1909, concerning\n            the College of William and Mary, historical matters, gifts\n            to the College Library, fundraising writings, portraits of\n            Flora Adams Darling and Jefferson Davis in the President's\n            Office Files, c. 1888-1935, under \"Fundraising- Flora Adams\n            Darling.\" Archives Acc. 1984.19. (27 items)"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, chiefly 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams)\n         Darling, concerning her founding of the Daughters of the\n         American Revolution, the General Society of Daughters of the\n         Revolution, and the National Society, United States Daughters\n         of 1812. Prominent correspondents include Edward William Bok,\n         Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n         George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander\n         Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAlso included is, family correspondence, letters from\n         Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings,\n         correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church and the\n         College of William and Mary, newspaper clippings, and\n         miscellany.\u003c/p\u003e\n    ","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on\n                  establishing an organization along the lines of the\n                  Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30,\n                  1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from\n                  Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eOctober 11, 1890 is the accepted ate of the\n                  founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\n                  This folder contains letters of congratulation from\n                  the heads of state societies of the Sons of the\n                  American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from early participants in the movement,\n                  e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York,\n                  October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of\n                  Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C.,\n                  November 8, 1890.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eA letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891\n                  is most interesting for she was very active at that\n                  time in the Grand Army of the Republic.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eA letter of June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals some of\n                  the basis for the internal controversy then raging in\n                  the D. A. R.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThis group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs.\n                  Darling's resignation from the D. A. R. and her\n                  motives in founding the Daughters of the\n                  Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSee also the fourteen page MSS by Mrs. Darling on\n                  the founding of the D. A. R., D. R. and U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters\n                  with threats of legal action relative to the founding\n                  of the D. A. R., and a letter from William O.\n                  McDowell, a controversial figure in the D. A. R. and\n                  the S. A. R., who at one time was asked to resign\n                  from the latter organization.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe printed constitution of the S. A. R. with\n                  marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the\n                  basis of the D. A. R. constitution. Also corrected\n                  printer's proofs of the first D. A. R. constitution.\n                  Two printed copies of the first D. A. R.\n                  constitution.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Darling's financial accounts, the D. A. R.,\n                  1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered\n                  June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New\n                  York; early D. A. R. application forms, printed bill\n                  of the U. S. House of Representatives authorizing the\n                  sale of government land to the D. A. R. (site of\n                  Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings\n                  (1891-1905) concerning the D. A. R. and Mrs.\n                  Darling.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSpecial D. A. R. edition of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Washington Mirror\u003c/title\u003e,\n                  April 22, 1905; and issue of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLiterary Life\u003c/title\u003e, March\n                  1901. See also list of New York women invited to a D.\n                  A. R. organizational meeting held at Sherry's on\n                  February 22, 1901. Also photographs of Mrs. John\n                  Risley Putnam (New York), Mary A. Washington (Macon,\n                  Ga.), Gertrude Virginian Cortlandt Hamilton (New\n                  York), Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport (Minnesota),\n                  and Helen Mason Boynton.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePapers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution,\n                  1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMagazine of General\n                  History\u003c/title\u003e. The latter contains a brief account\n                  of the life of Mrs. Darling.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eAddress book listing members of the Daughters of\n                  the Revolution (1895). \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Prison Ship\n                  Martyrs\u003c/title\u003e(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a\n                  pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships\n                  after the British capture of Long Island.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003ePrinted programs, ballots, circulars, concerning\n                  the general Society and the New York State Society of\n                  the Daughters of the Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the\n                  U. S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning\n                  trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from\n                  Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThree interesting letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris\n                  of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage\n                  Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson.\n                  Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at\n                  Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the U. S. Daughters of 1812, and\n                  Broadside of the Key Monument Association of\n                  Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect\n                  a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSee letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio,\n                  mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire\n                  and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eCircular letter of the American Institute of\n                  Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the\n                  surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The\n                  program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of\n                  threat of war.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901,\n                  indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of\n                  the annual receipts of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade,\n                  December 10, 1902. The letter well reveals Mrs.\n                  Darling's domineering character, and also refers to\n                  the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against\n                  the government for the loss of jewelry and property\n                  in New Orleans during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling\n                  being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a\n                  suitable place in the U. S. Daughters of 1812 could\n                  be build, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling\n                  from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining\n                  the Massachusetts chapter of the U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is\n                  followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter\n                  from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans,\n                  offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting\n                  of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThree rough drafts of a certificate of\n                  incorporation for the U. S. Daughters of 1812. Papers\n                  relating to the constitution of the general and state\n                  societies of the U. S. Daughters of 1812. See also\n                  the following pamphlets: \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812, New\n                  York State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws\u003c/title\u003e(three copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812,\n                  Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws\u003c/title\u003e(two copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConstitution of U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, National Society\u003c/title\u003e(three\n                  copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConstitution and Bylaws, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society\u003c/title\u003e; \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eConstitution and Bylaws of the\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State\n                  Society.\u003c/title\u003eList of officers, managers, and\n                  alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's\n                  Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations,\n                  etc. Of state and national U. S. Daughters of 1812\n                  societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Society, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812\u003c/title\u003e(three copies); \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Illinois\u003c/title\u003e; and \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eU. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Pennsylvania\u003c/title\u003e. Invitations to state U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePetitions and resolutions on varied matters from\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to\n                  Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eOfficial Register of Officers\n                  and Honorary Members of the General Society and\n                  Historic Council of the 1776 U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812\u003c/title\u003e. All entries in this notebook are in\n                  Mrs. Darling's hand.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eNotebook containing copies of legal letters\n                  relative to the controversy over the incorporation of\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePrinted pieces: \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMrs. Darling's A Plea in the\n                  Interest of Harmony\u003c/title\u003e; \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eProgramme for Bronze Statue of\n                  Major General Alexander Macomb\u003c/title\u003e(includes\n                  biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb);\n                  pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908.\n                  Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for\n                  the National Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular\n                  letters.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U. S.\n                  Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing\n                  the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case\n                  against the government. Letter from General J. M.\n                  Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900.\n                  Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating\n                  that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic\n                  societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her\n                  claim before Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePrinted bills and reports concerning Mrs.\n                  Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal\n                  visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by\n                  an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper\n                  clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings\n                  of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds\n                  in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in\n                  promoting their sale.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters\n                  of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the\n                  Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow\n                  journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U. S.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away\n                  from home to join Roosevelt and \"The Rough Riders,\"\n                  January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett,\n                  died of the effects of his army service before he was\n                  18 years old.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eLetter to the president attacking conditions in\n                  the U. S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant\n                  G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper\n                  clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an\n                  \"army deserter\" of September 2, 1898. Letter,\n                  Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador\n                  DeLome.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling\n                  offering her papers to the College. Typed list of\n                  books and relics given to the William and Mary\n                  Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling\n                  establishing the collection and setting forth its\n                  purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R.\n                  Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative\n                  to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America\n                  giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton\n                  Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews.\u003c/p\u003e\n            ","\u003cp\u003eAlso correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon\n                  G. Tyler and others, 27 items.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThree letters from Fernando Wood, 1862-1864,\n                  relating to Mrs. Darling's pass to the South and her\n                  return. Series of letters to Mrs. Darling from\n                  Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, 1881 - some seem\n                  like love letters! Letter of Alexander H. Stephens to\n                  Mrs. Darling, August 2, 1882.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePrimarily concerning Mrs. Darling's book of Civil\n                  War letters. Letters of Jefferson Davis, January 19\n                  and May 7, 1884 (in Jefferson Davis Papers). Letter\n                  from S. W. Cunningham of N. Y., publisher of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eOur Day\u003c/title\u003e, an \"exponent\n                  of Southern Sentiment,\" June 6, 1884. The author\n                  remarks, \"I became a rebel on the day of my surrender\n                  at Fort Donelson - and you judge Andrew John\n                  correctly.\" Letter from Francis C. Lawson, editor of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Negro American\u003c/title\u003e,\n                  reviewing the difficulties of his work before the\n                  appearance of his first issue, July 12, 1884. Letter\n                  of Senator John T. Morgan, July 13, 1884, on the\n                  strong Democratic Party platform and the approaching\n                  election. Letter from Harrison Phoebus, proprietor of\n                  the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point Comfort, Virginia,\n                  August 15, 1884.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetter of Jefferson Davis, (in Jefferson Davis\n                  Papers), January 24, 1884. Letter of George M. Guild,\n                  May 14, 1885 mentioning Mrs. Darling's calls on\n                  President Cleveland. Letter from Mark M. Pomeroy of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe U. S. Democrat\u003c/title\u003e,\n                  Washington, D. C., July 15, 1885, referring to Mrs.\n                  Darling's interest in raising funds to erect a\n                  monument to Mrs. Surratt. Letter from Horatio King,\n                  November 14, 1885. Letter from General William Mahone\n                  of Petersburg, Virginia. See also several 1885 and\n                  1886 letters from Edward W. Bok.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eLetters in Folders 46 through 49 are entirely\n                  personal in nature and contain no mention of\n                  political events.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncluding printed copies of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eMemories of Virginia\u003c/title\u003e, \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA War Episode\u003c/title\u003e, a\n                  manuscript copy of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eTwo Virginians, Explorers to\n                  the Pacific Ocean, 1803-1806,\u003c/title\u003ethree memorandum\n                  books, and several poems and articles in\n                  manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a printed copy of \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWho Rules\n                  America?\u003c/title\u003e(1899).\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and\n                  other data on the history of the Daughters of the\n                  American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, and\n                  the United States Daughters of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook containing newspaper clippings chiefly\n                  devoted to the controversy relative to the founding\n                  of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Some of\n                  the articles were written by Mrs. Darling under the\n                  pseudonym Mignon.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eMaterial on the Darling and related families\n                  including Robb family, Adams family, Rowell family,\n                  Duston family, Klingle family, and Tiernan family.\n                  Also included are Robb-Darling court records, wills,\n                  and documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Washington Loan and Trust Company, Nancy\n                  Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, Appellants, vs.\n                  Flora Adams Darling. Includes Brief for appellants,\n                  Appellee's brief, and Appeal from the Supreme Court\n                  of the District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e\n          "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence, chiefly 1890-1908, of Flora (Adams)\n         Darling, concerning her founding of the Daughters of the\n         American Revolution, the General Society of Daughters of the\n         Revolution, and the National Society, United States Daughters\n         of 1812. Prominent correspondents include Edward William Bok,\n         Jessie Benton Fremont, William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin,\n         George Frisbie, John Tyler Morgan, William Mahone, Alexander\n         Hamilton Stephens, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","Also included is, family correspondence, letters from\n         Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy deLome, Mrs. Darling's writings,\n         correspondence about her gifts to Bruton Parish Church and the\n         College of William and Mary, newspaper clippings, and\n         miscellany.","Letter of Mrs. Darling setting forth her views on\n                  establishing an organization along the lines of the\n                  Daughters of the American Revolution, August 30,\n                  1890. The letter also gives her lineal descent from\n                  Andrew Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts.","October 11, 1890 is the accepted ate of the\n                  founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\n                  This folder contains letters of congratulation from\n                  the heads of state societies of the Sons of the\n                  American Revolution.","Letters from early participants in the movement,\n                  e.g., Mr. O. McDowell of New York, October 22, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Sara A. Pryor (wife of Roger Pryor) of New York,\n                  October 20, 1890; Mrs. William D. Cabell of\n                  Washington, D. C., November 10, and October 23, 1890;\n                  Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth of Washington, D. C.,\n                  November 8, 1890.","A letter from Mrs. Roby of Chicago, April 18, 1891\n                  is most interesting for she was very active at that\n                  time in the Grand Army of the Republic.","A letter of June 10 from Mrs. Roby reveals some of\n                  the basis for the internal controversy then raging in\n                  the D. A. R.","This group of letters reveals the cause of Mrs.\n                  Darling's resignation from the D. A. R. and her\n                  motives in founding the Daughters of the\n                  Revolution.","See also the fourteen page MSS by Mrs. Darling on\n                  the founding of the D. A. R., D. R. and U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812. Also contains a group of letters\n                  with threats of legal action relative to the founding\n                  of the D. A. R., and a letter from William O.\n                  McDowell, a controversial figure in the D. A. R. and\n                  the S. A. R., who at one time was asked to resign\n                  from the latter organization.","The printed constitution of the S. A. R. with\n                  marginal notes by Mrs. Darling. This was used as the\n                  basis of the D. A. R. constitution. Also corrected\n                  printer's proofs of the first D. A. R. constitution.\n                  Two printed copies of the first D. A. R.\n                  constitution.","Mrs. Darling's financial accounts, the D. A. R.,\n                  1890-91; MSS of an address by Mrs. Darling delivered\n                  June 17, 1891 at the Tomb of Martyrs, Brooklyn, New\n                  York; early D. A. R. application forms, printed bill\n                  of the U. S. House of Representatives authorizing the\n                  sale of government land to the D. A. R. (site of\n                  Continental Hall); and Various newspaper clippings\n                  (1891-1905) concerning the D. A. R. and Mrs.\n                  Darling.","Special D. A. R. edition of \n                  The Washington Mirror,\n                  April 22, 1905; and issue of \n                  Literary Life, March\n                  1901. See also list of New York women invited to a D.\n                  A. R. organizational meeting held at Sherry's on\n                  February 22, 1901. Also photographs of Mrs. John\n                  Risley Putnam (New York), Mary A. Washington (Macon,\n                  Ga.), Gertrude Virginian Cortlandt Hamilton (New\n                  York), Eliza Thompson Edgerton Newport (Minnesota),\n                  and Helen Mason Boynton.","Papers concerning the Daughters of the Revolution,\n                  1896-1907, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Adams' \n                  Magazine of General\n                  History. The latter contains a brief account\n                  of the life of Mrs. Darling.","Address book listing members of the Daughters of\n                  the Revolution (1895). \n                  The Prison Ship\n                  Martyrs(1895) by Charles E. West, LL. D., a\n                  pamphlet on the Americans held prisoner on ships\n                  after the British capture of Long Island.","Printed programs, ballots, circulars, concerning\n                  the general Society and the New York State Society of\n                  the Daughters of the Revolution.","Letter from Louis J. Allen, an officer aboard the\n                  U. S. S. Chicago at Montevideo, Uruguay, mentioning\n                  trouble with Chile, February 25, 1892. Letter from\n                  Jessie Benton Fremont, February 25, 1892.","Three interesting letters from Mrs. D. R. Dorris\n                  of Nashville, Tenn. On the efforts of the Hermitage\n                  Association to save the home of Andrew Jackson.\n                  Letter from Mrs. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis at\n                  Beauvoir, Mississippi, June 5, 1892.","Concerning the U. S. Daughters of 1812, and\n                  Broadside of the Key Monument Association of\n                  Frederick, Maryland, 1895, soliciting funds to erect\n                  a monument at the grave of Francis Scott Key.","See letter of October 3, 1896, from Dayton, Ohio,\n                  mentioning rumors of Mrs. Darling's plans to retire\n                  and live at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.","Circular letter of the American Institute of\n                  Civics regarding a national celebration honoring the\n                  surviving generals and admirals of the Civil War. The\n                  program was cancelled, April 13, 1898, because of\n                  threat of war.","Letter from Mrs. Eliza W. Hall, January 25, 1901,\n                  indicating Mrs. Darling was to receive a percent of\n                  the annual receipts of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Copy of a letter from Mrs. Darling to Mrs. Slade,\n                  December 10, 1902. The letter well reveals Mrs.\n                  Darling's domineering character, and also refers to\n                  the successful conclusion of her 30 year suit against\n                  the government for the loss of jewelry and property\n                  in New Orleans during the Civil War.","Letter regarding an oil portrait of Mrs. Darling\n                  being placed in the Detroit Museum of Art until a\n                  suitable place in the U. S. Daughters of 1812 could\n                  be build, November 16, 1904. Letter to Mrs. Darling\n                  from Mrs. Lillie B. Titus, July 13, 1905, explaining\n                  the Massachusetts chapter of the U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812 withdrawal from the National Society. This is\n                  followed by a 20 page MSS on the same subject. Letter\n                  from Mrs. Nannie Pugh Richardson, of New Orleans,\n                  offering to sell Julio's painting of the last meeting\n                  of Lee and Jackson, March 6, 1907.","Three rough drafts of a certificate of\n                  incorporation for the U. S. Daughters of 1812. Papers\n                  relating to the constitution of the general and state\n                  societies of the U. S. Daughters of 1812. See also\n                  the following pamphlets: \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, New\n                  York State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812,\n                  Massachusetts State Chapter, Constitution and\n                  Bylaws(two copies); \n                  Constitution of U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, National Society(three\n                  copies); \n                  Constitution and Bylaws, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812, Illinois State Society; \n                  Constitution and Bylaws of the\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812, Pennsylvania State\n                  Society.List of officers, managers, and\n                  alternates of the Board of Lady Managers, World's\n                  Columbian Exposition. Membership forms, invitations,\n                  etc. Of state and national U. S. Daughters of 1812\n                  societies. Printed constitutions and bylaws: \n                  National Society, U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812(three copies); \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Illinois; and \n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 of\n                  Pennsylvania. Invitations to state U. S.\n                  Daughters of 1812 programs and social events.","Petitions and resolutions on varied matters from\n                  U. S. Daughters of 1812 organizational problems to\n                  Mrs. Darling's request for franking privilege. \n                  Official Register of Officers\n                  and Honorary Members of the General Society and\n                  Historic Council of the 1776 U. S. Daughters of\n                  1812. All entries in this notebook are in\n                  Mrs. Darling's hand.","Notebook containing copies of legal letters\n                  relative to the controversy over the incorporation of\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812.","Printed pieces: \n                  Mrs. Darling's A Plea in the\n                  Interest of Harmony; \n                  Programme for Bronze Statue of\n                  Major General Alexander Macomb(includes\n                  biographical sketch and three photographs of Macomb);\n                  pamphlet by Mrs. Edward Roby explaining her part in\n                  the U. S. Daughters of 1812 controversy, 1905-1908.\n                  Mrs. Darling's annual address of January 8, 1904 for\n                  the National Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.\n                  Notices of meetings, programmes, and circular\n                  letters.","Letters from Fernando Wood. Letter from U. S.\n                  Senator George F. Hoar, July 19, 1888, summarizing\n                  the legal points involved in Mrs. Darling's case\n                  against the government. Letter from General J. M.\n                  Schofield, St. Augustine, Florida, February 6, 1900.\n                  Letter of Mrs. Darling, April 22, 1897, intimating\n                  that pressure by her enemies in several patriotic\n                  societies has caused unfavorable consideration of her\n                  claim before Congress.","Printed bills and reports concerning Mrs.\n                  Darling's claim, which began in 1864 after a personal\n                  visit to President Lincoln and was finally settled by\n                  an Act of Congress in November 1904. Newspaper\n                  clippings concerning the claim. Newspaper clippings\n                  of 1883 concerning the demand for Confederate bonds\n                  in the London market and Judah P. Benjamin's part in\n                  promoting their sale.","Concerning the approaching War with Spain. Letters\n                  of Sept 10, 1897 and November 23, 1897 from the\n                  Spanish Ambassador E. Dupuy DeLome concerning yellow\n                  journalism and anti-Spanish feeling in the U. S.","Letters from Mrs. Darling's nephew who ran away\n                  from home to join Roosevelt and \"The Rough Riders,\"\n                  January to August 1898. The nephew, Gordon Everett,\n                  died of the effects of his army service before he was\n                  18 years old.","Letter to the president attacking conditions in\n                  the U. S. Army, August 28, 1898. Letter from Sergeant\n                  G. H. Bates, August 31, 1898, enclosing newspaper\n                  clippings and criticizing the army. Letter from an\n                  \"army deserter\" of September 2, 1898. Letter,\n                  Christmas 1898, from Mrs. Darling to Ambassador\n                  DeLome.","Letter of November 26, 1907 from Mrs. Darling\n                  offering her papers to the College. Typed list of\n                  books and relics given to the William and Mary\n                  Library in 1907. A statement by Mrs. Darling\n                  establishing the collection and setting forth its\n                  purposes and dedications. Letters from W. A. R.\n                  Goodwin to Mrs. Darling, February 27, 1907, relative\n                  to the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America\n                  giving the chair for the governor's seat in Bruton\n                  Parish Church in memory of Governor Matthews.","Also correspondence between Mrs. Darling and Lyon\n                  G. 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