scientific engineer. He was intimately associated in private and public relations with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson ; was the guardian of Jefferson, a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, and of the committee of safety, member of the Vir- ginia convention of 1789 to consider the constitution; commis- sioner to survey the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina, known as "Walker's line." Of all the characteristics of Mrs. Stevenson's life, none were better recognized nor will be longer remembered by those of the circle of friends who knew her best, than her eminence as a home maker. The Stevenson home has for years been a model of the best and true in domestic regulations, as all well knew who have been brought within the reach of its uplifting influence and its .hospitable charm. It has been a home where husband and wife vied one with the other in that true courtesy which is the heart of kindliness and respect, and the children gave to the parents that filial honor and deference which form the seeds of right living in maturer years. To her as to few women has fallen the part of walking side by side with her husband in his political activi- ties, while at the same time sustaining so well her more truly feminine duties. And whether the successive political campaigns ended in victory or defeat, Mrs. Stevenson's cheerfulness and poise were always undisturbed. O LETITIA GREEN STEVENSON The chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in this city was organized at a meeting called by Mrs. Stevenson at her own home. There were eighteen women present at the first