The National Society
Magna Charta Dames and Barons
 National Society Magna Charta Dames®
Somerset Chapter Magna Charta Barons®

P.O. Box 4222, Philadelphia, PA 19144

Telephone: 215-836-5022; Fax 215-836-5056
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Some Memorable Meetings of the Society

Please see links to the various publications at the bottom of this page.

 

June 10, 1929, Guests of Mrs. James Large at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia. Address by John S. Wurts, LL.B., "A Priceless Heritage”.

 

November 21, 1929, at The Copley-Plaza, Boston, Addresses by Mrs. Daniel Kent and Mrs. William S. Hallowell, "Magna Charta Ideals."

 

March 1, 1930, at The Drake, Chicago. Address by Miss Isabel Wurts Page, "Our Twenty-first Anniversary."

 

June 12, 1930, Guests of Mrs. Julien Ortiz at "Valmy," Greenville, Delaware. Address by John S. Wurts, L.L.B., “The Field of Runnemede."

 

November 5, 1930, at The Willard, Washington. Addresses by Dr. Marcus Benjamin and Dr. Joseph G. B. Bulloch, "Magna Charta and the Ladies."

 

March 17, 1931, at The Vanderbilt, New York. Address by Mrs. Finley T. Shepard, "The Trend of the Times - A Plea for the Christian 'Faith."

 

June 11, 1931, Guests of Mrs. James Large at Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia. Address by Miss Sarah D. Lowrie, “A New Era of Hospitality."

 

November 12, 1931, at The Barclay, Philadelphia.  Address by Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, "Two Principles of Magna Charta.” [Link]

 

June 11. 1932, Guests of Mrs. Finley J. Shepard at "Lyndhurst," Irvington-on-Hudson, who also made the address.

 

A fuller account of these meetings appears in the Brochure, entitled “A Priceless Heritage – A Sacred Trust,” and Dr. Morgan’s address has been printed completely in a separate edition for the Society.

 

November 16, 1932, at Green Hill Farms, Overbrook. Addresses by Anna Lane Lingelbach, Ph.D., "Magna Charta and William 'Penn"; Rev. D. Wilmot Gateson , M.A. "The Pen and the Sword.” [Link]

 

June 12, 1933, Guests of Mrs. James Starr at Fort Hunter on the Susquehanna. Address by Mrs. Edward Browning Meigs  "Fort Hunter." []

 

November 14, 1933, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Frances Lester Warner, “ A Foot-Note to Magna Charta.” []

 

June 12, 1934, Guest of Mrs. John T. Dorrance at “Woodcrest,” Radnor.  Address by Dr. Leicester Crosby Lewis., "The Ordered Liberty of Magna Charta " [].

 

November 20, 1934, at Sherry's, New York. Addresses by Major Montgomery Schuyler "Early Settlements in America"; Major John V. Bouvier, "Our Political Recession" []; Dr. William Sohier Bryant, “Allegiance."

 

A detailed account of these meetings appears in the eighty-eight page magazine dated June, 1935.

 

June 18, 1935, Guests of Mrs. George Harrison Houston at the Huntingdon ValIey Country Club. Address by Hon. Gilbert Holland Montague, "The Constitution and Magna Charta."

 

A detailed account of this meeting appears in the thirty-two page magazine dated October, 1935.

 

November 12, 1935, at The Belvedere, Baltimore. Address by Hon. Daniel R. Randall, "Lest We Forget.” []

 

March 3, 1936, at The Shoreham, Washington. Address by Hon. Daniel O. Hastings, "Our Democratic Form of Government Shall Endure." []

 

June 16, 1936, at the Huntingdon Valley Country Club.  Address by Mr. George Harrison Houston, "The American System.” []

 

A detailed account of these meetings appears in publication dated July, 1936.

 

November 10, 1936, at The Plaza, New York. Address by Clarence Blair Mitchell, Esq., "The Influence of Magna Charta in Our Times"·

 

March 2, 1937, at Somerset Hall, Glenside, Pennsylvania. Address by John S. Wurts, LL.B., "Chief Sources of Information Concerning Old English Family Descents."

 

June 15 1937, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Addresses by Frances Lester Warner Hersey, Litt.D., Magna Charta in the: Home"; Mr. Samuel Price Wetherill, “Magna Charta and the Constitution.”

 

September 7, 1937, Supper at the College Club, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

November 9, 1937, at The Pendennis Club, Louisville. Address by Hon. James A. Emery, "Magna Charta – the Cornerstone  of  the Constitution."

 

April 20, 1938. at The Mayflower, Washington, D.C. Reception and tea.

 

June 21, 1938, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Henning W. Prentis, Jr., L.L.D., “The Tripod of Freedom."

 

September 6, 1938, Guests of Miss Margaret A. Lennig at the College Club, Boston, Massachusetts. Address by Mrs. William Whitehead Erwin.

 

November 1, 1938, at the Town and Country Club, Hartford, Connecticut. Address by Walter Phelps Hall, Ph.D., "Magna Charta and Liberty."

 

March 1, 1939, at Somerset Hall, Glenside, Pennsylvania. Reception and tea to celebrate the Thirtieth Birthday of the Society.

 

April 19, 1939, at The Mayflower, Washington, D. C. Reception and tea.

 

June 13, 1939, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Hon. Hamilton Fish, "Magna Charta and Tomorrow."

 

September 5, 1939, Supper at The Polly Darling, Plymouth,  Massachusetts.

 

October 10, 1939, at the British Pavilion, New York World’s Fair. Address of welcome by Sir Louis Beale, K.C.M.G., C.B.E.; G. T. Hankin, Esq., “magna Charta Hall”; John S. Wurts, L.L.B., “The Romance of the Great Charter.”

 

March 5, 1940, at The Alcazar, Baltimore, at the invitation of Mrs. Alexander Gordon, Regent. Address by Rev. Theodore Parker Ferris, “The Meaning of Freedom."

 

April 17, 1940, at The Mayflower, Washington, D. C. Reception and tea.

 

October 22, 1940, at The Pendennis Club, Louisville. Address by Hon. James Walker Stites, "Magna Charta – The Basis of Our Constitution."

 

June 12, 1941, at Hotel Lafayette, Marietta, Ohio. Address by Hon. George White, "Magna Charta, the Bulwark of Freedom.”

 

November 18, 1941, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Robert Wilberforce, C.B.E., "Freedom in Magna Charta."

 

In the year 1942, all meetings were omitted owing to war-time restrictions.

 

June 15, 1943, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Captain H. Cotton Minchin, "Magna Charta – At Home and Abroad.”

 

June 4, 1946. at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Rev. Carl McIntire, "The State's Responsibility Under God to Maintain Freedom.”

 

May 16, 1947, at The Mayflower. Washington, D. C. Reception and tea.

 

June 10, 1947, Guests of Mrs. Harry Clark Boden at “Fairthorne,” Newark, Delaware. Reception and tea.

 

October 28, 1947, Guests of Mrs. John Claflin at The Metropolitan Club, New York City. Address by Hon. Merwin K. Hart, “Twentieth Century Threats to Liberty."

 

April 17, 1948, Guests of Mrs. Alexander Gordon at Tbe Shoreham, Washington, D. C. Address by Hon. Howard Buffett, M.C., "What has Happened to the First Freedom?"

 

November 9, 1948, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Mr. Samuel F. Houston; Col. William Innes Forbes; John. S. Wurts, L.L.B., “The Romance of the Great Charter" []; Rev. Carl McIntire, "The Great Delusion of the Present Age." []

 

June 13, 1949, Guests of Mrs. Joseph Wells Henderson at her home in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Reception and tea.

 

June 14, 1949, Fortieth Anniversary Luncheon at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Addresses by Mrs. Prentiss Bishop Reed, “Patterns for Leadership”; Senator Karl E. Mundt, "Today’s Challenge to Freedom.”

 

November 13, 1950, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Reception and tea.

 

November 15, 1950, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Major Gen. Clovis E. Byers, U. S. Army, "Forces of Democracy at Work in Japan.”

 

April 19, 1951, at The Shoreham, Washington, D.C. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's address before the Senate heard and seen by radio and television; Senator Thomas C. Hennings, “Magna Charta and the American Tradition."

 

April 17, 1952, at The Shoreham, Washington, D. C. Address by Mrs. Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau, “All Government in the Light of Magna Charta.” []

 

April 23, 1953, at The Shoreham, Washington, D.C. Address by Senator John Marshall Butler, "Constitutional Government and Treaty-Making Powers" []; John S. Wurts, LL.B., “The Virginia Cousins of Queen Elizabeth II." []

 

A detailed account of these meetings appears in publication dated 1952 and 1953.

 

April 22, 1954, at The Shoreham, Washington, D.C. Address by Major George Racey Jordan, "Billions in Blunders."

 

November 9, 1954, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Addresses by Miss Charlotte Churchill Starr, "Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Liberty"; Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D., "Conquest by Propaganda"; Mrs. James C. Lucas, "Liberty Must Not Be Taken for Granted."

 

April 19, 1955, at The Shoreham, Washington, D.C. Addresses by Senator William E. Jenner, The Irrepressible Conflict"; Mr. Robert F. Hurleigh, "Our Responsibility Today."

 

November 15, 1955, at The Plaza, New York City. Addresses by Mr. J. Howard Pew, "Human Liberty - Its Progress and Decline" []; Willis Jerome Ballinger, Ph.D., "The Eternal Nature of the American Heritage.” []

 

April 17, 1956, at The Shoreham, Washington, D.C. Addresses by Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D.; Mr. Milton M. Lory, "Some Masks of Subversion." []

 

A detailed account of these meetings appears in publication dated November 15, 1955 and April 17, 1956.

 

Listing of the books:
November 1931
June 1, 1935
October 1935
1936
January 1939
Romance of the Charter (1939)
1943
1946
1948

1948 Nov
1949
1951/1951
1952/1953
1954
1954/1955
1955/1956 

 

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