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FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING

UK 'IHE

CL^N MACLEAN ASSOCIATION

NORTH AMERICA

Held in the City of Chicago, June 12-16, 1893.

PREPARED AND EDITED

1)Y

J. r. MacLean.

ST. JOHN, N. H.:
Tklegkaph Book anu Jou Pkint, Cantekdlky Steeet.

1893.

MACLEAN TABLE.

Coat of Arms. — " Sir Hector MacLean, Chief of the
MacLeans, an ancient loyal, potent clan, in the Highlands
of Scotland, of which there have been many brave men.
The achievement of the Family of MacLean, as illuminated
in the Book of J-^mes Espline, Marchmont Herald, 1630,
has four coats quarterly : 1st, Argent, a rock gules ; 2nd,
Argent, a dexter hand fesse, ways couped gules, holding a
cross, crosslet fitched in pale azure ; 3rd, A lymphad sable ;
4th, Argent, a salmon niant proper, and in chief, two eagles'
heads waged affronted gules. Crest: A tower embattled
argent. Motto : Virtue Mine Honor. Which achievement
is represented standing on a compartment representing green
sand and sea — out of the last issueth two seiches proper
for supporters."

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Crest — A Lattle-axe between a laurel and cypress branch.
Motto above the crest ; Altera Merces — another offering.
Badge — Crowberry.

War Cry — Bas na beatha — Death or Life. March —
Caisnieachd Echuinn mhic Ailein nan sop — Warning of
Hector, son of Allan of the Wisp of Straw.

Clan Gathering — Ceann na Drochaide Bige - - Head of
the little bridge.

Lament — An Ribein Gonn — Blue ribbon.

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ADVER^^ISEMENT.

After the gathering of the MacLeans in Chicago, there
was a general feeling that a complete report of the proceed-
ings should be published. To leave the matter for the con-
sideration of the next session in Toronto was thought to bo
inexpedient, although it is sincerely hoped that said meeting
will take such action as will be satisfactory to all the meni-
bers of the Association. With a view to preserve the
records, and to present the same in a permanent form, T
have taken the responsibility of editing and publishing the
same. I submit ray work to the favorable consideration of
the members of the Clan.

J. P. MACLEAN.
July 27th, 1893.

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I — Narrative.

On January 29th. 1893, I wrote a letter to Arthur
A MacLean. President Cairo Lumber Company stating
:^-.!t:ia tender the u-ms ^^J^^^!^

5,11 the MacLeans m the City ot L/nica^u t

all tne luaLi^ ^^^.^^ relative

Tthe message in which he not only offered the use

of Ms offi trU wannly seconded the propo—

Having a list of eighty of the name, reside^ o

Chicaso I notified all to meet me in the office or

Arthur A MacLean. The Bookery. at -2 M on Jany

^r At the same time I caused notices to be inserted

^"t Ji^aJpre^^She private ofl.ce of Mr
M^Letwrfilled with descendants of GUlean mos
of whom were strangers to each other. On my own

FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING

motion, Archibald MacLean, Esq., of Rockford, III,

was made temporary chairman. On assuming the

chair, Mr. MacLean stated that the object of the meet

ing was fully known to all. He then proceeded to

give his reasons why the Chief and all the Chieftains

should be invited to the World's Fair, and to be the

guests of the Clansmen during their stay. George

C. McLean, of Janesville, Wis., vigorously seconded

the remarks offered by the chairman. On a vote

being taken, it was unanimousl}^ carried that the Chief

and Chieftains of the Clan be invited to Chicago, and

that the Chief should name the time. The meeting

then elected W. A. McLean Permanent President ; S.

P. MacLean, Secretary; J. P. MacLean, Cor. Secretary,

and A. A. MacLean, Treasurer. The Corresponding

Secretary was directed to communicate the desire of

the meeting to the Chief, and report the result to the

President. The meeting then adjourned, to meet at

the call of the President.

Before leaving Chicago, on that day, I addressed a
letter to the Chief, conveying to him the sense of the
meeting, requesting his acceptance, and for him to
name the time that would be most convenient for him
to attend the World's Fair, and inviting him to be the
guest of his Clansmen.

The action thus taken was reported to the Associ-
ated Press, and the next day appeared in the leading
papers of America.

February 16th, the Chief's letter of acceptance wa»
received, the following being a copy : —

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CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION.

The Lees, Folknstone, Kent, Eng.,

February 4th, 1893.
Professor J. P. MacLean,

Coi'responding Secretary,

My Dear Sir:

Nothing in this universe could have touched my heart to
the extent of the message just received from my Clansmen
on the other side of the Atlantic.

I at once accept their courteous invitation to become
their guest, and Lady MacLean will gladly accompany me
to Chicago to visit the Columbian Exposition — if it pleases
the Great Director of all events to give us health and strength
to do it.

Pray convey to those gentlemen who were present at the
meeting held on January 17th, my high sense of their
loyalty to their Ancient Family Traditions and to their
Chief, who once more repeats the oath made by his ancestors
before starting on an expedition — as fur back as the llth
century : —

" The heavens are above us,
The land be'ow us,
The ocean around us,

Everything in a circle about us ;
If the heavens do not fall,
'.,- Casting from their high fortresses

The stars like rain on the face of the earth ;

If shocks from within
Do not shatter the land itself ;
If the ocean from its blue solitude
Does not rise up over
The brows of all living things " —

I will meet my Clansmen in Chicago.

Believe me.

Yours ever faithfully,

FITZROY DONALD MACLEAN, Bart,,

of Dowart, Brolas and Morvern,

Chief of the Clan.

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FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING

In a postscript the Chief added that he would sail
from Liverpool on the S. S. " Majestic," Wednesday,
May 31st.

The same day on which the above was received, I
communicated its contents to the President, and also
notified the Secretary and Treasurer.

The President called a meeting to be held at 2 p. m.
of March 1st, in the office of the Treasurer, and w'rote
to me urgently to be present. During this session
the whole question was gone over, the financial part
receiving the greater consideration. The meeting fully
realized that there was hard and persistent labor before
each member. It was desired to reach every member
of the Clan in North America, and every one to have
a special invitation, regardless of the method of spell-
ing the name. An effort should be made to quicken
the Clan spirit in every one. It was understood that
there were innumerable families that had been resident
in the New World so long that they had lost all trace
of their ancestry ; others had neglected such opportun-
ities as had been afforded them, while still others were
indifferent. It was decided that circulars should be
sent to every one of the name w^hose address could be
obtained. Anticipating this, I had prepared a draft,
and submitted it to the meeting. The Chief's letter of
acceptance was read at the opening of the session, and
was received with prolonged applause. Committees on
Finance, Arrangements and Reception were appointed.
Also an Advisary ono. The Corresponding Secretary
was directed to have a circular printed, and to send one
to every one of the name on his list — having reported

CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION.

that h? had about 3,000 names — and to draw on the
Treasurer for funds. A call for contributions was now
made, when nearly every one contributed five dollars
each. It was also decided that the week becrinninsr
June 12th should be one of festivities, during which
time there should be a Reception and Banquet.

The draft of the circular submitted I revised, and
on March 8th I commenced to send it through the
mails, the following being a copy :

HAIL TO THE CHIEF ! •

The Fiery Cross has not been sent over the mountains or
hills of Mull, Morvern, Coll, Tiree or Islay, summoning the
MacLeans to respond to the call of their Chief, since 1745,
nor has their slogan — lias na BeatJia — been heard. The
plaided warriors of MacLean sleep in their Island graves.

By these Presents all the MacLeans, and those related by
direct descent or married into the Clan, especially those
residing in the United States and Canada, are summoned to
assemble in the City of Chicago, during the week com-
mencing June the 12th, 1893, to welcome the Hereditary
Chief of The Ancient and Great Clan MacLean, Colonel
Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., who has positively
promised to be present, and will leave Liverpool on the S.S.
" Majestic," Wednesday, May 31st, and will be the guest of
the MacLeans of North America, at the World's Columbian
Exposition.

The following Chieftains of the Clan have also been
invited to be present : Captain Murdoch Gillian Maclaine
of Lochbuie, Archibald John Maclean of Pennycross, Alex.
John Hew Maclean of Ardgour, The Maclean of Coll,
Robert Cutler McLean of Kingerloch.

A reception and banquet will be given during the week —

FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING

the exact time not yet detei'inined — at which there will be
toasts, responses and songs, bagpipe and other music.

The committee suggests that all — ladies and gentlemen
— should wear the MacLean dress Tartan.

Please observe the following directions : —

1. All Mho will be present, and will also attend the
banquet, are requested, at as early a date as possible, to
notify S. P. Maclean, reporter, " The Tribune," Chicago.

2. All desiring the dress Tartan can secure as many
yards as wanted, at $1 per yard ; Sashes — which have been
suggested — three yards long, exclusive of the fringe — at
$li each, all made out of Scotch wool of the finest texture,
and most durable colors. To secure the Tartan, money
must be sent as early as possible to J. P. MacLean, Mor-
rison, 111. If goods aie to be sent by mail, postage must be
added at the rate of nine cents to the yard.

Let all help make this a great occasion. Remember, this
is the only instance of a Highland Chief having been
invited to this country by his Clansmen. Let all unite to
renew the Ancient Ties of Clanship.

As the committee has not the address of all our Clansmen,
it is hoped that every one will feel it to be their duty to
invite all they may know to participate on this occasion,
which is destined to be historical.

W. A. McLean, President,

4001 Grand Boulevard.
A. A. Maclean, Treasurer,
541 The Rookery.

S. P. Maclean, Hec, Sec*y,

The Tribune Building.
J. P. MacLean, Cor. Sec'y,
Morrison, 111.

committees.

Advisory — W. A. McLean, S. P. Maclean, J. P. Mac-
Lean.

Finance — James A. McLane, 100 Washington Street;
W. C. McClaine, 4259 Cottage Grove Avenue; Charles

CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION.

McLean, 124 31st Street; A. B. McLean, Jr., 152 LaSalle
Street.

Arraiiyemenis — Tliomas A. Maclean, 541 The Rookery;
J. W. McLean, 44 State Street; Archibald Maclean, Kock
ford, Illinois.

Reception — Capt. A. B. McLean, Sr., 110 Fifth Avenue;
A. A. Maclean, 541 The Rookery; Colin C. McLean, Janes-
ville, Wis. ; W. D. McLain, 200 Oakwood Boulevard.

Chicago, 111., March 8th, 1893.

With this, on a separate sheet, I sent a copy of the
Chief's letter of acceptance.

On March 2nd, I sent letters of invitation to The
MacLean of Pennycross and The Maclaine of Lochbuie,
followed on the Gth by letters to The MacLean of
Ardgour, The MacLean of Coll, The MacLean of Doch-
garroch, and a few days later one to The MacLean of
Kingerloch. The MacLean of Pennycross was the
only Chieftain who was able to respond favorably.

After sending copie.^ of the circulars to every name
on my list in the United States and Ontario, I received
a letter from the Treasurer, in which he directed me
to turn over to him a list of all the names I possessed,
and all the circulars on hand. Immediately I com-
plied with the order, and at the same time reported
what I had done. The order was a welcome one. For
nearly three weeks I had been almost incessantly
engaged in enclosing envelopes and mailing the circu-
lars. I now devoted a portion of my time in inditing
letters to such parties as I thought might take an
interest in the coming gathering. I also made the
attempt to organize by States and have some one in
each Commonwealth to lead the movement.

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FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING

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About this time, W. B. Maclean and other Macleans
in Toronto, Ont., became interested in the enterprise,
and took hold in earnest. Circulars were furnished
them for distribution, and a list of over 700 of the
name in Canada.

As I still had full charge of the Tartan interest, I
busied myself in urging all to secure a pattern.

The third and last meeting of the Association I
attended was the evening of May 2nd. At this session
quite a number of ladies were present. The question
of their organizing an auxiliary branch, and what
method of dress they should wear, were discussed.
Also the prospective outlook was considered.

As the time drew near, I wrote a letter to George
H. McLean, Esq., of New York, requesting him to look
after the Chief on his arrival, and to show him such
hospitality as should be given to the head of the Clan.
Mr. McLean promptly replied that he would do all
within his power to make everything pleasant during
his stay in the City of New York. I also wrote to
the Hon. Charles F. MacLean, to look after the inter-
ests of Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross. The reply
was also cordial, and that the Chieftain would receive
due hospitality.

The .<?election of W. A. McLean as President was
very fortunate. He entered upon the work with all
the enthusiasm of a youth, and devoted his entire
time to the enterprise. His mind fairly teemed with
plans and expedients. Besides mailing thousands of
circulars, he wrote not less than five hundred letters ;
nor in all the labor given did he grow weary.

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CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION.

Arthur A. MacLean, possessing a cool judgment, was
invaluable. He had the capacity to weigh every sug-
gestion, and point out which was the best.

Thomas A. MacLean threw into the work all the
fiery, sanguine enthusiasm of youth, and with his per-
petual good nature, proved himself of great value. He
was full of suggestions, with zeal sufficient to carry
any one to completion. James A. McLane looked
carefully into the financial part, and brought to bear
his long experience as a business manager. There are
others also deserving of special mention. Taken all
together, those who engaged in the movement were
as happy and as devoted a band as ever came together
to promote a single enterprise. Their motto was:
Success.

Words of encouragement were received from those
not directly concerned in the undertaking. Early in
the campaign I received a letter from Mr. S. A. Mc-
Lean, of Bay City, Mich., in which he stated that he
fully realized that funds were necessary to accomplish
sucli an enterprise, and if necessary to draw on him
for $25.00. If more was necessary, he would stand
another assessment. It may be needless to remark
that the Treasurer drew on him at once.

By the first of May, the local committee in Chicago
had fully completed their arrangements, in consequence
of which they felt authorized to issue the following
circular: —

FIRST ANNUAL rJATIlEKIXf}

IIKADQUAIITEIIS <JH ICACJO ASSOCIATION CLAN MACLEAN,

Tjip: Rookery,

SoutlicuHt C'urner LaSallu unci Adums Streets.

Chicago, III.
Deah Sru AND Clansman :

The final ainingemeiits for the great gathering of the Clan
in Cliicago, commencing on Monday, June 12th, are now
completed. The Chief, Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart;
Count MacLean, Chieftain of the MacLeans of Sweden (who
is also President of the MacLean's Association of Glasgow,
Scotland, escorted by a delegation from that Association), and
the Chieftains of Pennycross, Lochbuie, Ardgour, XJrquhart,
and Kingerloch are expected to arrive in Chicago on the
12th, and on the 13th a reception will be given at the xVudi-
torium to thes(^ distinguished gentlemen and their families
by the Clan MacLean in America, as represented on that
occasion.

On the 15th, a Grand Banipiet will be given in their honor
by the Association at the Auditorium, which, we already
have the assurance, will be largely attended. Toasts and
sentiments appropriate to the occasion will be proposed and
responded to by representative men of the Clan from difierent
States, and from the British Provinces. The price of ban-
quet tickets is $5.00. It is especially desired that the ladies
shall attend the banquet as well as all the other entertain-
ments of the gathering.

On the evening of the 16th a MacLean Concert will be
given at Central Music Hall, by members of the Clan, assisted
by the Highland Association of Illinois ; the music at this
concert will be of a high class, and exclusively Scottish, both
vocal and instrumental ; the vocal part consisting of High-
land songs in both the ancient Gaelic and the English ;
there will be a variety of the Scottish national dances ; the

CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION.

instrumental music will be also strictly Scottish, and will be
rendered by a magnificent orchestra and a band of High-
land pipers. The solo numbers will be by eminent Scottish
singers, and the chorus a large and thoroughly trained one.
This concert will l)e a great musical event of th(! Exposition
year, and will add materially in making memorable this
great gathering of the Clan. The Chief, Chieftains and their
families, with other distinguished guests, will be present at
this concert. We have already letters from nearly every
♦State in the Union, from various places in Ontario and the
other Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, and also from
MacLeans in Holland, which ])lace beyond all doubt the
magnificent success of this, the first gathering of a Highland
Olan in America, and the unique and memorable fact that
it is inviting, as it did of old, not their chosen " Prince
Oharlie " to come over the stream, but their honored Chief
and Chieftains to come over the broad ocean to receive the
hospitalities of their Clansmen in the New World.

A special train of MacLeans from Toronto, accompanied
by the Pipers' Band of the 48th Highlanders, will attend
the gathering, and this, we believe, will be only the " advance
guard " of the MacLeans from other parts of the Dominion
who will attend ; from each of the States there will be large
delegations coming in organized bodies, so that we may
■confidently say that we have every reason to expect a gather-
ing which will be recalled and remembered by all who are so
fortunate as to participate in it, and will be a marked event
which our children will often refer to with pride after we
are gone.

The fee for membership in this Association is, for residents
of Chicago, $5.00, and for non-residents, $2.50. The pay-
ment of this feq is required from each member on enrolling

FIHST ANNUAL (JATlIE[lIN(i

his natno, and entitles liini to all the privileges of nienilier-
sliip, among which is, admission to the reception for himself
and tiie female memliers and minor hoys of his family (which
adniission will he hy ticket only, and which will ho furnished
to each memher on paynient of the fee), and will also entitle
him to have his name a])[)ear in the History of the Gather-
ing, which will be puhlished in pamphlet form and furnished
to members only. Non-resident members will be given all
desired information by the otHcers and committees of this
Association, who will gladly do all in their power to make
the visit of our Clansmen to the World's Fair City a pleasant
and memorable one.

Those desiring to join this Association (and all MacLeans,
without regard to the manner of spelling their name, are
heartily invited to join it), should address without delay,
Arthur A. MacLean, Treasurer, at Headquarters Clan Mac-
Lean, Rookery Building, Chicago, with remittance to cover
their men)bcrship fee, also signifying whether or not they
will attend the Banquet, and a membership ticket will be
sent them by return mail.

All MacLeans visiting this city are cordially invited to call
at Clan Headquarters, where they will be heartily welcomed,

Arthur A. MacLean, W. A. McLean,

Treasurer.

President.

P. S. — As an evidence of the intense interest that this
gathering is awakening, not among the MacLeans only, we
select from numerous similar ones, the following letter from
the Chieftain of a kindred Clan, which cannot fail to evoke
a responsive sentiment in the hearts of uvery MacLean :

CLAN MACLKAX AHSOCfATION.

Al TIIK MaNNIN(! Hoisk,

WiNDHOK, Ont., Canai»a, 12th April, ISO.'i.
Mv Dkar Sfk :

In tho behalf of the Macneil, Hereditary Chief of the Clan Neil
of Barra, aged and infirm, sojourning in this country, I present com-
pliments to all the gentlemen of the various committees, and beg to
congratulate you, and them, on the unprecedented example the proud
sons of Dowart have set to the Sc<jt8 of America in calling their
Clansmen together on the occasittn of the Columbian Exposition, and
tendering their worthy Chief a grand reception.

The spirit of the Macneil thrills at such an expression of fidelity to
their cean kintif as those Macleans have given, and it moves him to
exclaim, "Though our Clan.s are scattered to the four corners of the
earth, and some of us dispossessed wanderers in many lands, yet our
cliildren have not forgotten us ! "

The heartfelt prayer ctf the Macneil and the son of the Macneil
is, that Him who alone can sujjport the oath of the Maclean will
command the earth and the inhabitants, and all the elements to join
in the propitiousness of this extraordinary and noble occasion.

Yours very sincerely,

Amjjhosk MacXeil,

C/iifj'tain nc.ft of Kin.
To S. P. MacLkax, Esq.,

tSecretari/,

Chicago.

That it became necessary for the local committee to
put forth every effort within their power to make the
gathering a success, is evident when the nature of the
untoward circumstances which surrounded them is con-
sidered. The Columbian Exhibition was to be the
greatest event in the history of Chicago. The people
there expected the whole world would be on tiptoe, and
that all the nations of the earth would come en masse.
Consequently, all the people of the citj^ were invited to
pick the fatted goose. The leading hotels advertised
exhorbitant rates, which led householders to charge

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accordingly ; the railways woultl make no concessions,
and the Exposition was thrown open when scarcely a
building was in readiness. These facts were seized
upon by the newspapers of the country, which care-
fully saw that the status should lose nothing in
the represent^ion. Scattered all over the country
w^ere thousands of MacLeans, in moderate circum-
stances, who willingly would have come to Chicago
had it not been for the fear of being fleeced. Whatever
time might have been selected would necessarily inter-
fere with the interests of some. On the whole, the
time appointed was as favorable as any other, although
the farmers wero in the midst of their busy season.
The only hold now possessed by the committee was
to arouse Clan pride. It was beyond their power to
lessen the prices determined on by railways, hotels
and private citizens ; but the}'- determined to assist
the Clansmen in securing accommodations. However,
undeterred, and fully believing in the success of the
gatheiing, the following circular was put forth : —

HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO ASSOCIATION CLAN MACLEAN,

The Rookery,

Southeast Corner LaSalle and Adams Streets.

Chicago, III., May 26th, 1893.

The Committee of Arrangements for the Banquet at the
Auditorium, on June 15th, desire to reserve seats for all
our Clansmen intending to he present, and to enable them
to dc so, they must be notified not later than June 6th.

Requests for seats from our Scottish friends (not Mac-.
Leans) have been very urgent, but up to the present have
been in every case denied.

?»

CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION.

The Committee have decided that they cannot reserve
seats beyond the above date (June Gth). Will you please
ascertain the number of our Clansmen in your neighborhood
who desire seats reserved, and kindly advise us, giving their
names and address.

Should any desire hotel accommodations, the Committee
will secure same for them on their being advised of the class
desired. Good accommodations, on the " American plan,"
can be secured at from $3 to $5 per day, and good rooms,
without board, at from $1.50 up, per person.

May we rely on your attention to this matter and prompt
advice"? It is of the greatest importance that we knoto how
many of our Clansmen to provide for.

Yours very truly,

President.

i f

II. — Arrival in New York.

Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., Chief
of the Clan, sailed from Liverpool, on board the S.S.
" Majestic," May 31st, and arrived in New York June
7th. At the steamer he was met by George H. Mc-
Lean, Esq., who escorted him to his hotel. The Waldorf,
where apartments had been previously secured. That
everdng he was the guest of Mr. McLean at the Man-
hatten Club. The next day he was taken out for a
drive through the city and Central Park, and in the
evening Mr. and Mrs. McLean gave him a dinner —
there being present several of the prominent MacLeans
of the city. On Friday the Chief was taken over the
Riverside drive, by Washington Bridge, returning by
Central Park. In the evening, a dinner was given
him at Delmonico's, followed by a box at Palmer's

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Theatre. On Saturday, escorted by a large party of
MacLeans, the Chief took a trip up the Hudson to
West Point, a place he had long desired to visit. The
day was finished by a repast tendered b}? Mr. and Mrs.
O. H. McLean. On Sunday, accompanied by Hon.
Donald McLean and family, the Chief left New York
for Chicago.

Archibald John Maclean, Esq., Chieftain of the
Macleans of Pennycross, accompanied by Mrs. Maclean,
left Liverpool on May 24th, and arrived in New York,
per White Star Liner S.S. " Germanic," on June 2nd.

The " Germanic " was boarded at Staten Island by
an officer sent by the Hon. Charles Fraser Maclean,
who, on landing, escorted Pennycross and Mrs. Mac-
lean to the Hoffman House Hotel. The Hon. Charles
F. Maclean paid his respects in the afternoon.

Pennycross and Lady speak highly of the way they
were entertained by the Clansmen.

They were taken a long drive through Central Park
and the celebrated Riverside drive. There they were
shown the Mosoleum of the late General Grant, in
course of erection, as well as the temporary one where
the remains are laying. They were also entertained
at dinner by Hon. C. F. Maclean at his private resi-
dence, at which were also some of the Clansmen resid-
ing in the city.

Pennycross and Mrs. Maclean spent Sunday quietly,
and in the afternoon went b}' elevated railroad to
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, one of the finest
cemetries in the world, where some of the family have
their last resting place. Several days were spenti

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visiting and receiving visits from friends, and goin
to places of amusement. Then, leaving New York
via the Hudson Kiver, by rail, a rest was made at
Niagara to view the Falls. And Pennycross and Mrs.
Maclean arrived at Chicago on June 10th. The Presi-
dent of the Clan Maclean received a dispatch in time
to meet them at the depot, and accompanied the party
to the Auditorium, where rooms had been secured for
them.

III. — Arrival in Chicago.

When the train pulled up at the Michigan Central
depot, in Chicago, on Monday, June 12th, on which
were the Chief of MacLean and party, there stood on
the platform a large delegation of prominent MacLeans,
many of whom had recently arrived in the city. When
the Chief stepped from the train, he was welcomed to
the United States bv President W. A. McLean, who
introduced him to the rest of the delegation. After
the greetings were over, the Chief took the arm of the
President and started towards the entrance of the
station, preceded by four pipers of the 48th High-
landers (Canadian), who were dressed in the Gordon
plaid. The party took carriages, and drove to the
Auditorium, where apartments had been secured.

IV. — Reception.

All day Monday and Tuesday forenoon of June
12th and 13th, the Clansmen poured into the "Head-
quartet's of the Clan MacLean Association," in The

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Rookery building, where all received a hearty wel-
come, and where also pleasant acquaintances were
formed. Nearly all registered in the Visitors' Book.

The Reception was appointed for 3 o'clock p. in.,
June 13th, in the parlors of the Auditorium, but long
before that time the Clansmen, with their families,
filled the capacious rooms w^hich had been assigned to
them. Every one wore the tartan in one form or
another. Some were dressed in the full Highland cos-
tume. Both the dress and hunting tartan was used.
One lady's dress was wholly of the hunting tartan.
Others w^ore ribbons, or scarfs in wool or silk. Shortly
after the appointed hour the shrill notes of the bag-
pipes were heard, and soon the stalwart forms of the
bagpipeis entered the room, immediately followed the
Chief on the arm of the President, with the MacLean
of Pennj^cross and wife at their side. The Chief was
dressed in Highland costume, the plaid being the Mac-
Lean dress tartan. He carried his bonnet, with the
three eagles' feathers, in his right hand. He also wore
the Crimean medal, the two clasps, and the Turkish
war medal, which he had received for gallant and meri-
torious conduct in the Crimean war.

The MacLean of Pennycross was also dressed in full
Highland costume, composed of the MacLean dress
tartan. The claymore he wore belonged to his uncle
Charles, who was Junior Ensign in the 79th Cameron
Highlanders when they entered the field of Waterloo,
and who carried the colors unsullied on that event-
ful day. He was one of the twd surviving officers,
although wounded. The dirk was worn at Cullodea

Chieftain MacLean of Pennvcross.

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by one of his ancesters, and is the only known speci-
men of the same design and pattern. The Queen Mary
brooch, worn in the kilt, has been handed down from
father to son for many generations, as also the other
two silver brooches, worn in kilt and plaid. The silver
pistols are very handsome specimens of old MacLean
flintlock weapons ; perhaps nothing handsomer of the
kind is in existence. The engraving is very chaste.
The old cairn gorm buttons, in quaint old silver
setting, are unique, and were greatly admired. The
kilt ornaments are composed entirely of valuable old
family relics, worn by his ancestors.

The party formed in a semi-circle, with the pipers
to their left, and the clansmen on every side. After
the music had ceased, the President stepped out a
little, and then, facing the Chief, welcomed him in
behalf of the Association, declaring the great pleasure
aflforded to all in his acceptance of the invitation to
come to America. It was not asking Prince Charlie
to come over the stream and dine with MacLean, but
asking MacLean to come over the ocean and partake
of the hospitality of his kinsmen in the New World ;
that the message sent was one of peace, and it was
a great gratification to the Clansmen to greet him.
Turning to MacLean of Pennycross, the President wel-
comed him in well-chosen words, and then both were
formally introduced to the assemblage.

The Chief, in' responding, said : —

Mr. McLean, Clansmen, Ladies and Gentlemen :

I thank you most heartily, on my own part and for the
gentleman of my Clan accompanying me, for this great

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reception which you have accorded us, and for the kind
expressions you have made use of in your address.

We are very glad to have been able to avail ourselves
of the courteous invitation you were good enough to send
us " to visit the World's Columbian Exposition," and I
need hardly say how sensible we are of the compliment you
have paid us by assembling here in such numbers, so as to
give a real Highland welcome to the Chief of the Clan and
the heads of the leading houses.

As you are aware, I have only been here a few hours.
After receiving great hospitality at New York, I was
escorted by most courteous and agreeable members of the
Clan to this city, arriving here a stranger to you all, and
4,000 miles from my own home; but at the station before
the train reached Chicago, a deputation of distinguished
MacLeans (all veteran soldiers who had fought and bled for
their country, and held high appointments in the American
army) came to welcome me, grasped me by the hand, and
soon gained the object they had in view, viz., " To make me
feel at home before I was many moments in their society."

Mr. McLean, as President of the Association of MacLeans
formed in this city, I thank you for your kindness and
hospitality, and I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for the
warm-hearted reception you have given us. It is very
evident that the history and deeds of our ancesters are
treasured up by you all, and are not likely to be forgotten.

I trust that the honored name we bear will ever be upheld,
and that the future generations may illustrate by their life
and conduct, in whatever part of the world their destiny
may lead them, that the Clan is capable of maintaining its
ancient " prestige " in the nineteenth century. Let the
name "MacLean" be your passport among all nations; let
it be recognized all over the world that he who owns it ia

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not only brave in battle, but upright and honest in all his
actions, and one in whom implicit trust and confidence can
l)e placed.

I make this charge especially to my younger Clansmen,
for your Chief may never have another opportunity of doing
so, and it is for you to inspire future generations with that
lespect and love for your race which is so deeply rooted in
the hearts of all those whom 1 have the honor of addressing.

It is very gratifying to me to have the pleasure of meet-
ing my Clansmen in America and Canada. I am aware
that many of you have travelled several thousand miles to
welcome your Chief (from Texas, California. San Francisco,
Newfoundland, etc.). Such devotion has, I assure you, touched
my heart in a manner which no words can express, and the
4;ood feeling you have displayed towards me and the gentle-
man of the Clan who has accompanied me will be recognized
and appreciated by MacLeans, not only in Scotland, but all
over the World.

I thank you once more for the great reception you have
given us, and I trust that during my sojourn here, in this
fair city, I may have many opportunities of meeting and con-
versing with you, and I deeply regret that my engagements
in the " Old Country " oblige me to limit my visit to a few
days only, for I would gladly remain longer amongst you.

After the reception was over an interesting interview-
took place between the Chief and an old soldier who
had formerly served under his command in the 13th
Hussars, who had travelled a long distance to see him,
and had waited four hours for an opportunity of speak-
ing to him.

MacLean of Pennycross responded in Gaelic, to the
following purport : Neither in Gaelic nor English can

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I express myself sufficiently well to enable me to tell
what is within my heart on this j^reat occasion. Such
a gathering of the Clan from distant parts I never saw
before. Gaelic was the first language I ever spoke.
When I asked, as a child, for milk, it was in Gaelic ;
and if the milk of human kindness has not been
dispensed to us ever since we set foot on American
soil, there is no such thing in the world as kindness ;
it must go by a higher name. On behalf of my wife
and self I desire to thank you, and when I go home I
will tell the tale. One hundred thousand blessings on
3'ou, and may you live long and smoke out of your
house.

Every Clansman present was then presented separ-
ately to the Chief, Chieftain and Mrs. Pennycross.

In the evening the guests were taken, in carriages,
to the World's Fair, that they might see the buildings
lighted by electricity.

V. — Re-Union.

The headquarters of the Association were kept open-
every day, that the Clansmen might have resting
place, and also to become better acquainted with one
another. Nearly all availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity. All day Wednesday the rooms were thronged
with members of the Clan. Here letters and telegrams
were received and dispatched, and such business trans-
acted as was deemed necessary. The genial Thomas
A. and amiable Arthur A. were ever present, and
anxious to do all in their power for the visiting Mac-
Leans.

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On the afternoon of the 14tli, the guests were driven
about the city, and also taken to the Exposition. In
the evening, boxes having been previously secured,
they were taken to the Auditorium Theater, to witness
the spectacular performance entitled, " America."

VI. — The Banquet.

During the greater part of Thursday, the 15th, the
Clansmen poured in and out of headquarters, some
staying but for a few minutes, and others remaining
for social conversation. The guests were driven about
the city in carriages, and also taken to the Columbian
Exposition. But the special feature of this date was
the banquet, which had been set to take place in the
banqueting hall of the Auditorium, commencing at
8 o'clock p. m. The Clansmen filed into the room and
took the seats assigned to them, a little after the
appointed time. Every available seat was occupied.
The Chief and Chieftain were dressed in Highland
costume, the same as at the reception. Others were
also noticed in full Highland costume. Most of the
gentlemen w^ore a heavy MacLean dress tartan, in the
form of a scarf, fastened to the shoulder by a brooch.
Some of the ladies wore a silk scarf, and others rib-
bons. All had a MacLean insignia of the dress tartan.
The guests and speakers — all accompanied by ladies
— sat at the principal table, which faced the rest of
the party. The bagpipes arid the harpers sat in the
gallery. The guests filed into the room to the music
of the bagpipe. After all had been seated, the Divine
blessing was invoked by Rev. Calvin B. McLean.

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By the siile of each plate was a handsomely printed
program for the evening, and designed as a souvenir..
The menib consisted of Scotch broth a I'Avon ; white-
fish "Dowart"; roast Hlet, Jardiniere; haggis a I'Ecos-
saise ; punch llomaine ; snipe on toast; lettuce salad ;.
pudding impeiial ; fancy ices ; cake ; French coftee ;.
topaz sherry ; sauterne and champaign.

At intervals, there was music from the bagpipe*
and the harpers' band. When the waiters brouglit in
the haggis, they were preceded by the chief piper.
When the French cott'ee had been served, the chief
piper marched three times around the banquet hall^
playing Highland airs, and then brought up behind
the chair of the Chief of the Clan, who rendered the
custom of his ancestors on similar occasions — i. e.,.
gave the piper a glass of whiskey.

OUR GUESTS,
Proi'OSEd by W. a. McLean.

The time for the toasts having arrived, the President,.
W. A. McLean, arose from his seat, and in proposing
the toast " Our Guests," in substance, said : From all
parts of the United States and Canada our Clansmen
have come to do honor to our distinguished guests.
They desire to meet and become acquainted with the
Chief and Chieftain of our Clan. We come in the
pride of our noble ancestors, and are proud of our
present Chief and the MacLean of Pennycross. To us
this is a happy occasion, and the memory of it we will
carry with us as long as we live. The only thing to
mar this enjoyable occasion is the absence of Lady

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MacLean. I but spoak the voice of this assemblage
when I say that we all deeply regret the circumstances
which detain her at home, and we all sincerely trust
that she will be spt-edily restored from her present
indisposition.

We can boast a loni; line of brave ancestors and
Clansmen, who were ever true to their Chief. On the
battlefield of Inverkeithing the Clansmen not only
rallied around the young Chief of Duard, but eight of
them interposed their bodies between that of their
Chief and the missiles of the enemy, each one crying,
"Another for Hector !" 1 verily believe that there is not
one present but would do likewise, should the occasion
require, for the present Chief of our Clan. We trust
that your stay among us, so far, has been pleasant, and
that it may so continue ; and that you all may long be
spared upon the earth.

In response to the toast, Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald
MacLean, Bart., Chief of the Clan, arose and said :

My Clansmen, Ladles and Gentlemen :

I wish T could find adequate words with which to express
my thanks for your most kind and courteous invitation to
visit the World's Fair. I am very nmch touched by the
great reception you have accorded me as Chief of the Clan
MacLean. I am informed that no such gathering has taken
place in this country before.

I assure you that no credit is due me for leaving my home
and travelling 4,000 miles, for the cry of the children of my
tribe reached me ; and as the Clan never deserted my ances-
tors, either in battle or in the hour of need, I have felt it a
pleasure to respond to their call. On this occasion, history

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only in part repeats itself, for in other days the FiVry Cross
was sent forth by the Chief from old Duard Castle, and the
place of rendezvous was usually some secret or lonely spot
on the hills or shores of Mull or Morvern. In those days
supplies were scanty, but in this 19th century the Chief
receives a peaceable message — an invitation to see the wond-
ers of the World in a fair city, and in a land flowing with
milk and honey. Now we behold the Fiery Cross has become
an emblem of peace, and no longer the symbol of war. You
have paid me a great compliment by attending here in such
large numbers. The presence of ladies is very gratifying,
and I cannot help observing that the proverbial beauty of
the race is well maintained in this assembly.

It is all the more kind in the great attention shown me
when I learned that many of you have come a long distance,
have been put to great inconvenience and expense, in order
to greet me. Permit me to say at this point that I cannot
tell you how deeply Lady MacLean regretted her inability to
undertake the voyage. She particularly desired me to express
her great sorrow at not being allowed by her physician to
accompany me.

The circumstances which brought me to the United States
are unprecedented, and the compliment is still greater from
the fact of my being personally unknown to you. I declare
unhesitatingly that no invitation ever left the shores of this
country written in such courteous terms, and no individual
was ever more highly honored than the present Chief of
MacLean. Times have changed since the MacLeans of Duard
headed the Clan at Harlaw, Glenlivet, Inverkeithing, Killie-
crankie, and other noted fields of honor. 1 am truly thankful
I have not come to see your blood spilled ; but, after inspect-
ing you with the eye of an old soldier, I am not to be
deceived, for I behold a determined look in your counten-

ances, combined with a true

Highland

expression, which

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tells me you would not be far behind your Chief if Inver-
keithing or Culloden had to be fought over again. Should
the MacLean battle-cry reach your ears, " Fear eil airson
Eachainn," the laurel or cypress would soon be our reward.
Well do I remember the stern and determined appearance of
the 42nd Highlanders ou the morning of the battle of Alma.
I recognized in the commanding officer, Sir Duncan Cameron,
the embodiment of deliberation and bravery, and capable of
overcoming the greatest difficulties. I fully believe my Clans-
men to be made of just as true steel. The history of our
Clan is so well known and studied by you all that I will
only say we are much indebted to one gentleman residing in
America, whom we all know to be Professor J. P. MacLean,
the historian of our Clan.

1 have favorable reports from all over the world of Mac-
Leans who have distinguished themselves — names from
Sweden, Germany, Austria, Australia and India. In this
country I find a body of intelligent men who, by their own
exertions, have risen superior to the vicissitudes of their
ancestors ; men who have contributed to the building up of
this great country ; men eminent in science, art and liter-
ature, who have become foremost in renown ; even as their
ancestors were foremost in battle. The characteristics of
their race are not lost, for they still have their true Highland
spirit and open-hearted hospitality ; they have neither for-
gotten the traditions of their ancestors, nor the hereditary
Chief or their Clan. My Clansmen, when I return to Scot-
land I can honestly declare that the sensitive plant, called
Clanship, grows and flourishes in this country as our badge,
the crowberry, thrives in the Highlands. I can assure them
that the love and afJection for our race is deeply anchored in
your hearts, and that the honor of our Clan is in safe keeping
in your hearts. An association has been formed in Glasgow

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of which I have the honor to be President. Its object is
to preserve records and traditionvS of the Clan, to render
assistance to members, and to encourage the study of Gaelic
literature. This will keep up the history of our race. Intei-est-
ing facts are constantly cioi)ping up. I might mention that
Flora MacDonald's faithful maid, Maggie MacEachainn, who
assisted in sheltering Prince Charlie, was a MacLean prior
to her marriage. This I recently discovered from a journal,
■written in 1746, which I found in an old house in Forfar-
shire. I should be glad if a similar association was formed
in this country. After the sad events followinjr Culloden, we
all know how scattered the Clan became. No doubt many
of my hearers owe their residence in this country to the
exodus from Scotland in 1740. None suffered more than the
MacLeans. I would not be unmindful of my responsibility
as Chief of this noble Clan. I shall ever endeavor to gain
and retain the confidence of my Clan, and be considered
worthy of wearing three eagles' plumes in my bonnet, which
my ancestors have worn with honor. My Clansmen, there
is a request I have to make before the Atlantic again divides
us, for alas, my residence amongst you must be short. It is
my heart's desire that this noble Clan never forgets the race
you belong to, nor the name you bear. Let the world know
that to bear that name is sufficient passport for nations to
trade with you, to respect you, and to feel that in every
transaction he who bears that name is upright, honest, and
possessed of all the trustworthy qualities which make public
life honorable and our own homes happy. I thank yc.'i fcr
the patience you have displayed in listening to my remarks.
^t has been a great pleasure to me to have this privilege of
addressing those of ray own name, who belong to my own
race, and who are related to me by more than bonds of
friendship. I have spoken with much diffidence and restraint,

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for at this great gathering there are men of letters, historians,
professors, and bards, wlio might justly criticise what I, as a
soldier and no orator, might say ; but I feel that my Chms-
Dien will make allowance for my failings. Once again I
thank you from my heart for the great honor you have
conferred on me, and for this unparalleled demonstration,
and I assure you that never to the end of my life will the
memory of this day be effaced from my mind. May the
American and Highland eagles ever soar together in peace
and harmony.

This address was received with great enthusiasm,
after which loud calls were made for MacLean of
Pennycross, who responded as follows :

■I

President, Clanswoinen and Clansvien of MacLean :

I am no great speaker, but I am a Highlander of the
most genuine stamj) — ^'' O mhullach mo chinn gu bhuinn ma
bhoun," as we say in Gaelic (from the crown of my bead to
the sole of my foot) — and you may believe that I feel both
proud and pleased at finding myself in such a company as
this, when I remember how far a cry it is from Chicago to
Texas, San Francisco, and last, but not least, the home of our
ancestors, the old Isle of Mull, The MacLeans, the grand old
Clan to which we belong, have ever been known not only for
prowess in battle, but for high intellectual powers, and for a
steadfastness in friendship, and a warm-heartedness of which
I have personally felt the i)leasing effects since I first set my
foot on American soil. It is a well-known fact that all over
the world wherever you meet with a MacLean you meet
with a gentleman, and with one who, amid all the vicissitudes
of life in a foreign land, has never forgotten that guide of
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to be — upright, honest, trustworthy and true. I feel quite
assured that if on this great occfision there shoukl be a scribe
amongst us — even a very ordinary senachie could hardly go
wrong — his account of the magnificent reception we are now
receiving at your hands must outstrip anything described by
Boswell. In Scotland, a short time since, we reckoned on
being able to turn out something like sixteen thousand Mac-
Leans, but across here, all told, you seem to think that more
than twice that number might be mustered without difficulty.
In the time of the Peninsular War my father used to say he
thought our Clan did very well when out of 110 ofhcers
contributed by Mull — a list of whom I now hold in my
hand* — no few ' '^ \n 60 were J^lacLeans, mostly close
relatives, too, of t own family. This does not include
privates from the Island. But imagine if you can how old
Cillean of 1174, "Ian Dhu," or " Lachlan Mor" of Duard,
would have felt to think when sorely pressed in this day
by Campbells and Macdonalds, of the possible prospect of
relief by even such a substantial contingent of Clansmen
from beyond the seas as I now see before me.

* The follow iiij,' is the list of MauLeaii officers referred to by Pennycross, who
served in tlie British army between the years 1800 and 1815, and were from the
Islf,^ of Mull : From Pemiycross- Lieut. Gen. A. T. MacLean (l.Sth Hussars), Caitt.
Charles MacLean (70th Highlanders), Lieut. John Mac-Lean (•2nd West Indian Regi-
ment), Lieut. Lachlan MaoLean (Rifles), Commissary General Assistant Deputy,
Archibald D MacLean; from Ardfenaig — Capt. Dugald MacLean (Argyleshire
Regiment), Capt. Allan MacLean (flOth Regiment), Lieut. John MacLean («th Regi-
ment), Lieut. Donald MacLean (74th Regiment), Lieut Nicl MacLean (Royal Navy);
from Moinechuich Capt. Allan MacLean ; from Bunessau — Inspector General
Dr. Charles MacLean, Capt. Hector MacLean (03rd Regiment), Lieut. Allan MacLean
(Olst Regiment) ; from Uisken — Colonel Alexander MacLean (8Gth Regiment), Capt.
John MacLean (r)Oth Regiment), Lieut. Archibald MacLean (5Cth Regiment), Lieut-
Duncan MacLean (.5«)th Regiment) ; from Scoar- Colonel Archibald MacLean) 79th
Regiment), Lieut. Hugh LacLean ; from Torranbeag — Colonel Charles MacLean
(Insi)ect()r General of Cavalry), Colonel Alexander MacLean (2nd West Indian Regi-
ment), Lieut. Colonel Archibald MacLean (Cavalry), Captain Allan MacLean (84th
Regiment); from Torraneachdrach — Lieut. John MacLean (24th Regiment); from
Rossal - Lieut. Duncan MacLean (79th Regiment), Dr. Allan MacLean (,The Royals) :
from Ceannagharaair — Capt. Peter MacLean ((Mth Regiment), Dr. John MacLcai.

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Ladies and gentlemen of MacLean, in tlie tuneful words
of my friend, the bard of Ledaig, Argyllshire,

'S mo chead's an trasd do thir nam buagh so
'S nio bheaunachd buan leis an t sluagh tha ann,
'S an cliu a fhuar sinn o liun ar sinnsir
Gu ceann ar criche nach dealaich ruinn,

■which have been translated by another friend, not only of
myself, but of all Highlands — Professor Blackie —

My blessing be with you brave land and brave people,
In the bright roll of story is blazoned your name,
And may the fair fame of our forefathers never
Be blurred with dishonor or blotted with shame.

I feel myself quite unequal to the task of adequately
thanking you for the great honor you have done us, but trust
in the interval of time at our disposal before dispersing to
have numerous opportunities of acknowledging in a more
direct and personal manner your much-valued and never-to-
be-forgotten kindness.

Pennycross then concluded with a few warm-hearted
Gaelic remarks which were highly appreciated by the
old Gaelic-speaking members present, and touched their
hearts in a way no English could.

(Kast Indian Company) ; from (Juinish — General Sir Hector MacLean, Major Nonnan
MacLean, Capt. Hugli MaiF.ean (Foot Guards), Capt. Allan MacLean, Lieut. Jolui
MacLean, Capt. Hugh McLean ; from Oscamull -Colonel Hugh MacLean, Captain
Hector MacLean, Major Murbaclt MacLean ; from Lag^'an (Ulva) — Capt. Archibald
MacLean (80th Regiment), Capt. Lachlan MacLean (Tlst Regiment) ; from Torloisk —
General Lachlan MacLean (60th Regiment), General MacLean -Cleffn (Guards) ; from
Eansay — Lieut. Hector MacLean, Lieut. Allan MacLean; from Langamull— Major
Donald MacLean (Royals), Lieut. Hugh MacLeaii (90th Regiment), Dr. Alexander
MacLean (East 'Indian Company) ; from Brolas- General Sir Fitzroy Grafton Mac-
Lean (84th Regiment), Colonel Sir Charles Fitzroy MacLean (84th Regiment) ; from
Pennygowan — Lieut. Alexander MacLean (Canadians) ; from Lochbuie — Captain
Murdock MacLean (84th Regiment), Lieut. John MacLean (73rd Regiment), Lieut.
Murdock MacLean (42nd Regiment) ; from Scalesdale — Lieut. General Sir Arch.
MacLean (94th Regiment), Colonel Hector MacLean (57th Regiment), Major MacLean
(T.Srd Regiment), and Ensign Lachlan MacLean (3rd West Indian Regiment).

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At the conclusion of the speech of Pennycross, the
Toast Master, Mr. Charles R. McLain, demanded the
attention of the audience by saying : We have present
with us a Clansman well-known to you all, and to
whom we owe largely this gathering. I now have the
pleasure of introducing to you Professor J. P. MacLean,
who will respond to the toast, " The Clan MacLean."
Professor MacLean made the following address:

THE CLAN MACLEAN.

Prof. J. P. MacLkan (Greenville, O.).

Mr. President and Memhers of the Clan :

The honor of responding to the toast, " The Clan MacLean,"
has been bestowed upon me. I am fully conscious that any
eulogium pronounced l)y me will not add to the glory and
honor achieved by our ancestors. It was with many mis-
givings and much trepidation that I consented to perform
this task, for I felt I could not do justice, when I considered
that such distinguished men as Professor John Stuart Blackie,
Sir Walter Scott, and other noted historians, had bestowed
upon our Clan their 'instinted praise, and had borne honor-
able testimony to the devotion, loyalty, intelligence, self-
sacrifice and integrity of the heroic sons of the race of
Gillean. In view of what has been written by disinterested
parties, I know I caniot rise equal to the occasion, for of
necessity my words must be wanting in power. And yet, a
Clan whose deeds and heroism have been preserved in story
and song, needs no words of praise from one who is associated
to it by ties of kinship. A Clan that has played an important
part in shaping the history of such a romantic country as
Scotland is sure to call forth admiration. A Clan that can
boast of the valor and fidelity of its warriors on the field of

I. p. Mac Lean.

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4ff

Largs, Bannockburn, Harlaw, Inverlochy, Flodden Field,
Glenlivat, Inverkeithing, Killieciankie, Sheriffmuir, and Cul-
loden ; a Clan whose whole line of Chiefs has been intrepid
warriors from the beginning to the present, and who have
received encomiums from Scotland's greatest historians ; a
Olan that can point with pride to its present Chief, knowing
him to be a gentleman, a scholar, and a wairior of superior
abilities, respected and loved by his Clansmen on account of
his energies and devotion to their interests, may well rest
content with the place assigned it in Highland history. It
is pleasant to contemplate that, although five generations of
fighting men have come and gone since the disastrous battle
of Culloden, which ended that patriarchal system that bound
the Clansmen together in united brotherhood, there remains
fraternal greetings and a devoted interest in each other's
personal welfare wherever the name of MacLean is known.

The battle of Culloden, already mentioned, not only dates
the close of an important epoch in Scotland's history, but
marks a period fraught with disastrous results to the High-
lands, which eventually ended in cruel evictions and an
•estrangement of the people. Whatever may have been the
consequences of the unfortunate IGtli April, 1746, no true
Highlander need be ashamed of the conduct of those who
took an active part in the battle — enlisted in the cause of
Prince Charlie. The revolution of 1745 was the grandest
•exhibition of chivalry the world has ever witnessed. In the
light of more recent events, it may be safely affirmed, that
had the Clans been led by a Bonnie Dundee, victory would
have perched upon their banner.

The times were not propitious for the MacLeans. Before
them was a powerful and hostile Clan, behind them the
ceaseless surges of the Atlantic Ocean, and their Chief con-
fined in the Tower of London. Although the great struggle

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of thoir i)rince was a hopeless one, yet this generous Chvn
rallied to the number of five hundred, and under the leader-
ship of the redoubtable old warrior, Charles Maclean of
Drimnin, cut their way through their foes, and with banners
flying, eager for the fray, formed in line for the final struggle.
They were on the extreme left of the army, and gallantly
charged into the ranks of the enemy, leaving not only nearly
all their leaders, but also the gentlemen composing the front
ranks, to the number of two hundred, dead upon the field.

Nor should it be forgotten that the approach of the enemy
was first noticed by Jessie Maclean, who lost no time in
warning the patriot army, and thus, in a measure, ]>repared
them for the conflict. Properly speaking, the battle of Cul-
loden ended the days of Clanship. We are to view our
Clan as a distinctive tribe, from the days of old Dougall of
Scone (1100 A. D.), who has been described as "an influen-
tial, just and venerable man " down to Sir Hector the
XXI., Chief of MacLeaa.

Historians and poets have giv^en to the Clan the noblest
characteristics, and one of the most frequent designations in
Scottish poetry is "The True MacLean." The quality of
being true is an exalted possyssion. In friendship, in loyalty,
in hospitality, and in whatever was deemed to be right, the
Clan never wavered. The whole line of Chiefs, and the
gentlemen of the Clan, were guided by a sublime sense, which
fully exemplified itself upon every occasion. Undoubtedly,,
to this sense the Clan owes its reputation to be a warrior race.

The pride of mankind has led him to deeds of renown. The
Highlanders were prone to take up the claymore, and the
Clansmen were summoned together by the fiery cross. I
think the truth of history will prove that the MacLeans were
not a warrior class from choice, but from necessity. On first
view this might seem disproved that they were among the

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first to take up arms, foieniost in battle, and the last to leave
the field of carnage. Ever since the days of Clanship, the
IJritish army has been augmented by this valorous race. But
it must be remembered that in feudal times, when the gov-
ernment was impotent, every Chief was compelled to protect
his vassals from the inroads of his neighbors. The estates
of the MacLeans were bordered by a Clan not disposed to bi^
peaceable, and hence the art of war became the safeguard to
p(>ace. But when called to action no braver men ever stood
in the front line of battle. At the battle of Glenlivat (Oct.
3rd, 1594), the Chief of MacLean, with his Islesmen, long
withstood the shock of the conflict after all others had tied.
At Inverkeithing (July 20th, 1651) the young Chief of Mac-
Lean, with his eight hundred follow < rs, received the shock
of Cromwell's army, nor would they leave their position. Of
their number only forty escaped alive, while eight gentlemen
of the Clan in succession iiilervened their bodies between
that of their Chief and the shots of the enemy, each exclaim-
ing, " another for Hector."

It is more profitable to look at the pursuits of peace than
the products of war. The MacLeans lived in the country
of Ossian, and were acquainted with the deeds of Fingal.
The mountains and glens of Scotland have long been pro-
ductive of nature's poets. The mountains of Morvern and
the scenery of Mull must have inspired men of genius from
the earliest times. The MacLeans have also been poets. How
many there have been no man knoweth. The names of many
must have been lost in traditionary times. Prof. Magnus
MacLean, lecturer on physics in the University of Glasgow,
in a recent paper on MacLean Bards, commercing with the
year 1537, gives us a short biography, with specimens of
their pgety, of forty-six MacLean poets. This is certainly a
formidable array. Poetry, especially pastoral, enters into

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the life of a people, and 1ms no little influence in forming
their character. The poems of Ossian moulded the character
of the Highlanders, and the fortitude, valor and long suffer-
ing of that devoted race, to a great extent, must be ascribed
to the venerable bard. A people given to poetry are emo-
tional, the chords are attuned, and such inspiration as is
received leads to better thoughts and nobler lives. If, with
this, the religious sentinient be imbibed, then they partake of
the spirit of devotion.

Devotion may take a wrong direction, as notably instanced
in the loyalty of the Clan MacLoan to the House of Stuart.
The struggle in which the Clan was engaged at Bannockburn
was a righteous one, for it meant national liberty. The
magnetism of Bruce was not only his bravery, but his sense
of freedom for his country. Wallace had paved the way.
The House of Stuart, taken as a whole, was not one to be
admired. But the MacLeans were devoted to it, although
at its hands they received nothing but stripes, and no benefits
accrued to them for all the sufferings they endured. It may
be that to those brought up under a monarchial form of
government the dignity of the nation is represented by the
one that wears the crown, and the king stands as the nation
l^ersonified. However that may be, our ancestors regarded
the Stuarts to be the rightful sovereigns, and upon that idea
they staked their fortunes and their lives. This fidelity to
a reigning House gave to the race the name of " The True
MacLean."

The true status of a race must be looked at from within.
While the Highlanders were regarded by the outside world
as a rude, wild and savage race, yet the reverse was true.
On the exterior there was the garb of fierceness, but nobler,
truer and warmer hearts never beat in the breasts of men
than those possessed by the warriors of the land of the mist.

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Mull may have been designated as "The Isle of Gloom," yet
visitors to it were received with the kindest hospitality by
the ancient Lords of Duard. These Chiefs were surrounded
by a loyal people, and the interest of one was the common
property of all. Should one be sick, there was the famous
race of Beatons to apply the healing art — a race nurtured
and maintained by the Chiefs of Mac Lean until they became
the most noted in Scotland. Did anyone need the conso-
lations of religion, the Chief was the first to fill the parishes
with the best pul})it services that the time afforded. In
short, whatever progress was made in the nation was soon
applied, so far as circumstances would permit, on the estates
of the MacLean.

The poets have also called the MacLeans a " generous
Clan." It can be said with pride that the whole history of
our Clan was marked by gonerous deeds and a want of sel-
fishness. A selfish man and a true MacLean were incom-
patible. Naturally they were given to the love of home,
and their interests were to make JVIull second to no other
isle in Scotland. When called to action, even their homes
were sacrificed in the interests of their sovereigns. But let
it be said to the honor of the Clan that not one of its
members ever fawned upon the monarch, or sought emolu-
ments at his hands. They could fight the battles of their
country, but never buy recognition at court. They were
never two-faced, and to-day, looking back over the whole
line of Chiefs, one may behold men guided by sterling integ-
rity — the greatest gift a father can bestow u])on his son.

When all these recorded things come up before niv?, I am
able fully to appreciate the words of John Stuart Blackie,
the greatest of living Scottish scholars : " There were m ighty
meii in Mull in those days, and the MacLeans were amongst
the mightiest. They were amongst the most loyal of the

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loyal at Bannockburn, and they could not fail to share the
sorrows of the uncrowned monarch at Inverkeithing and
Culloden. The MacLeans, if not always wise in action,
were generous in purpose and noble in conduct."

If the MacLeans had been less brave, less loyal, and pos-
sessed of less integrity of character, and had the perfidy to
betray their sovereign, and then to turn and fawn upon hiui
and danno attendance at his court, to-day the Chief of Mac-
Lean might have worn the robes of a duke. But would he
be honored by his Claneraen? Would he be invited to enjoy
the hospitality of his Clansmen four thousand miles away
from home'? At home, those who personally know him
best publish to the worhl these words, of which anyone
should be proud : " Their Chief won golden opinions from
the Clan and their friends. Their Chief was proud of his
Clan, and they were proud of and devoted to their Chief.
He was a gentleman, a scholar, and all that a Highland
Chief should be."

Mr. Chairman, we honor ourselves when we pay tribute
of respect to our worthy line of ancesters. No more is the
tramp of the mailed and tartaned warrior heard in the glens
of Mull and Morvern. Where once was the devoted parti-
zan and loyal Clansman, may now be found the shepherd
and his fiock of sheep. Mighty changes have swept over
that country since the time that the MacLean was Lord of
Duard. When i poet recently viewed the scene, he was
forced to indite :

From rocky Duard, from Mingary grey,
The terror of the Clans has passed away.
They sleep, the plaided warriors of MacLean,
Where dust of battle may not rise again.
Sheathed is the claymore, vanished from the sea
The white-winged pride of Ocean chivalry ;
Hushed is the slogan, bloodless flow iiie waves,
And death seems buried in those island graves t

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Tlie irreparable wrong committed upon the Highlanders
lias not been without its comper.:-iatioiis. Nature is a great
mother, and she constantly opens new avenues fc '-'^r sons
and daughters. Fresh Keltic blood must be poured into
the sluggish veins of the Saxon and his kindr^ i_ pes. The
Scoto-Irish must seek other homes, and in ^viuerica they
have found a genial soil for their energy and enterprise. So
the MacLeans, by force of circumstances, driven from their
home, have found a habitation wherever civilization extends.
In the struggle for existence, he will be found among the
foremost in every department of life. But wherever he may
be found, he has a warm heart for his Clan, and is proud of
the fact that Highland blood courses through his veins. A
loyal sentiment has brought us together to-night. We are
proud that the MacLean is with us, and that other MacLean
of Penny cross, who is equal in birth, equal in virtues to
anyone in the Highlands of Scotland. We have partially
looked over the past. We honor it. We would make the
words of the poet true :

Their memory warms at old tradition
Of Mull, and Coll, and dark Liemore.

Old Fingal deeds, Culumba's mission,
The Duard towns, and Aros shore.

How proud are they of clannish tartan,

How dear to them the bonnet blue,
The Gaels' descendants set their heart on

The colors of their fathers true.

In later, as in older, story

Of battletield, the Clan MacLean
Has borne a greater share of glory

Than tamer races of the plain.

' Schooled as of old the warrior Spartan,

To live and die for home and fame,
With steel, in blood, these men in tartan
On honor's shield have graved their name.

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In war, MacLean is brave in battle!

In peace, a credit to hia ( /Ian I
In office, trade, or feeding cattle.

In love, or friendship, he's your man.

Then blow the pibroch o'er the waters,
We'll dance a reel with might and main.

Long live the name, the sons, and daughters,
At home, al)road, of Clan MacLean!

The Toast Master next announced a Gaelic song,,
entitled, " Ho, Ro', Mo Nighean doun Broidheach," to
be sung by J. W. McLean. In the rendering of this
song Mr. McLean was accompanied by a harp.

THE MACLEANS OF THE UNITED STATES. •
Hon. AiiEX. McLkan (Macomb, 111.)-

The third toast of the evening, proposed by the Toast
Master, was " The MacLeans of the United States/' and
in introducing the speaker, observed: We have with
us a gentlemen greatly interested in oui educational
movement, and, who for several years, has been the
President of the Board of Trustees of the University
of Illinois. I novv call upon Hon. Alex. McLean, of
Macomb, 111., to lespond to "The MacLeans of the
United States." ■ •

]\Tr. McLean, addressing the chair, said :

il/r. President :

Forty years ago I left the land of cakes for this land
of corn. This great commonwealth of Illinois then had a
])Opulation less than one-half that of the present number in
this goodly city of Chicago. I was a stranger in a strange
land, and so far as I knew, not a MacLean outside my father's

^^^^1

Li-i.^ _' —

^^^mI^^HP^^^'

Alexandkr McI.kan.

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family in the State. It was then I felt like the prophet of
old, while in the cave of Mount Horeb, when he exclaimed,
" I, even I only am left," believing he was the last of the
true worshippers of God. He was commanded to arise and
to be of good cheer, for there were 7,000 still living who had
not bowed the knee to Baal. Since then [ have learned, and
now I see I was mistaken, for the MacLeans in the United
States are sufficiently numerous to re-people Mull, Coll and
Tiree, and some of the adjacent isles of the sea. When I
was a lad, in this section of country, there were but two
classes of foreigners known, the Dutch ancf Irish, by the
native population, and when I was addressed under either
of these names, let me say, the hot MacLean blood rebelled
against the impeachment, and the interrogator was reminded
of his error in a manner more decisive than polite. In
fact, many had never seen a Scotchman, and in some way
were impressed with the idea that he had either horns or
hoofs, or at least, we were carefully scrutinized from head to
foot before we could pass muster. Hajjpily that era has
passed, and a Scotchman is now known as a thrifty, cautious,
loyal citizen, and obtains at the hands of the people of this
nation all the consideration he merits or deserves.

Of late years I have been digging into the history of our
Clan, so far as my limited opportunities would permit, and I
find that our familv name goes verv far back in the annals
of time, as being a stirring and warlike people, ready at all
times to maintain their honor, resent an insult, or assist in
a friendly raid, as was the humor of the tin)es ; that they
were independent, self-reliant, with an excellent opinion of
themselves, and proud of their ancestry and their deeds. In
fact in my study and investigation I have become impressed
with some feelings of pride of ancestry, and in the ancient
origin of the Clan, so much so that it would probably not

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be difficult to convince mc that our great ancestor was named
Adam Mac Lean. At any rate there is scripture for it that
there were two camels in the ark, when the great dohige came
u}»on the earth, yet 1 am aware of the tradition in our family
that every MacLt«,n had a boat of their own. Hence, as a
matter of course, there was no need to take passage with
Captain Noah. Whether the tradition be founded on fact
or not, it is true nevertheless, and this goes far to prove that
our claim to antiquity must be correct.

History also informs us that the Clan MacLean constituted
a large and fbrniidable people in the long ago, and that the
normal condition of Clanship enjoyment was /editing^ and
that they had a goodly share of that pastime, and though
not always successful, I find they were always loyal to their
Chief, and true to the cause in which they were engaged. No
traitor or coward was ever found in their ranks. For this
we are proud, and to-night, no MacLean at this festal board
need blush or be ashamed that they were, as I have said,
proud, independent to rashness, with a feeling of personal
dignity for their good name, fearing to bring reproach upon
their ancestry, and emulous to add lustre to its history and
preserve our motto, " Virtue Mine Honor," untarnished.
Therefore let us emulate their good deeds, and not quarter
our coat of arms with the " bar sinister," but " let the two
seals rampant " stand upright, as of yore. Let us be proud
and jealous of our name, and bring no dishonor on the fair
pages of our history. We should have pride of family, faith
in its honor, esteem for its history, and glory in the fact
that we belong to the Clan MacLean, and allied to its
hereditary Chief.

I am the more impressed to-night with the source of that
bond of affection which exists between the Chief and his
Clansmen, in contradistinction from the time when the only

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bond between man and Chief was not blood inlierited, but
Vjlood slied in a common cause. We are all profoundly
impressed with the honor we enjoy to-night in seeing our
Chief, Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, and Chieftain Mac Lean
of Pennycross and his estimable ludy, with us in the flesh.
Much have I read, and more have I heard from my father
and family, about the head of our Clan, and proud I feel of
the name. But it was then a romance, much of fiction
and more of a dream. Now all seems t., oe reality, and
well can I understand why it was the MacLeans would so
enthusiastically follow their Chief to the H&ld of battle, to
the death for weel or woe. When I received the circular
announcing that the fiery cross, for the first time since 1745,
had been sent out over the hills and valleys of Canada, and
the broad prairies of the great Northwest of America, sum-
moning the MacLeans to respond to the call of their Chief
to meet him in the City of Chicago, my sluggish blood was
aroused, every fiber of my being was awakened, and T made
the vow, so well remembered by our noble Chief, that I will
obey the summons and meet my Clansmen at the appointed
time. I ceased to be plain " Sandy McLean," and became
Alexander McLean, the Clansman. While the blood con-
tinues to course through my veins, it shall be the honor of
my life that I am your Clansman, and this heritage I promise
to try and hand down to my children, so that the good name
of the family shall not suffer at their hands.

While we are congratulating ourselves on the grand history
of our Clan, we must remember that our name is not unknown
in the United States. Nay, more, there is not a state or
territory in this broad land but has a representative of this
prolific family, and, so far as known, will compare favorably
with any Clan-name in the roll of American citizenship. In
order to condense this part of my remarks, I deem it but

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simple justice to the learned author and well-known ethnol-
ogist, Prof. J. P. MacLean, the author of that invaluable
work, the " History of the Clan MacLean," to make an
extract from his history, touching the matter of the MacLeans
in the United States, which, after years of careful study and
examination into original documents in Scotland and else-
where, will ever bo regarded as authentic. He says : " Six-
teen thousand MacLeans still live in Scotland, but very
few on the ancient estates, although they may be found in
Ireland, England, India, the Gold Coast of Africa, the West
Indies, Canada and the United States. Canada and the
United States contain not far from twenty thousand of
the name. In the directory of the city of Philadelphia are
recorded the names of two hundred, probably representing
not less than five hundred. New Yoik adds one hundred
and thirty, representing about four hundred. To give an
account of the MacLeans in America would require a large
volume. They have flourished in the arts, sciences, and the
elements of civilization in this country, surpassing tho.se left
on the native soil. All of the various walks of life have
been adorned by those of the name. They have obtained
eminence in statesmanship, diplomacy, civil law, divinity,
medicine, invention, literature and the fine arts. We have
found MacLeans battling for freedom and winning renown,
not only for daring, but for a ])atriotism born inherent in
human rights. To speak of those whose voices have been
heard in the halls of Congress, or the acts of those who
have held cabinet positions, or sat in Governors' chairs, or
rendered decisions from the Supreme Court, or engaged in
the diplomatic service, or arousing and instructing the people
from the editor's chair, or spoken words of wisdom and
consolation from the pulpit, or gave sound medical advice,
would be great pleasure, but must require a large volume.

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The name has been fully identified in the geography of th©
United States. Illinois has a McLean County containing
1,155 square miles, with a population of 75,000. In that
County is a post-village of the same name. McLoansborough
is the County seat of Hamilton County, same State. One
of the counties of Western Kentucky is named ]McLean, and
contains 325 square miles, with a po[)ulation of 7,500. There
is a McLean County in Dakota. Minnesota has a McLean
Township in Ramsey County. Ohio has a McLean post-office
in Fayette County, and a McLean Township in Shelby
County. Tompkins County, in New York, has a McLean
post-village. McLain is the name of a post-office in Harvey
County, Kansas. McLane .is a post-office in Erie County,
Pennsvlvania, and in Crawford County, same State, is
McLean's Corners. There is a McLeansville in Guilford
County, North Carolina. McLeansville is a village in Jack-
son County, Tennessee, and McClain's a post otHee in Wirt
County, West Virginia."

We could not add to this record without being considered
vainglorious ; but it may be well to say to the Chief that
his Clansmen in this country will com part; favorably with
those in other lands. These Clansmen around you, and
" Clanswomen," to borrow an appropriate word from our
worthy President, W. A. McLean — and I like it — are men
and women of representative character in their various walks
of life. If you desire to be at the head of the largei- portion
of the Clan MacLean, I see no other way than that you
locate on this continent. Be that as it may, we here and
now renew our fealty to you as the head of our tribe, whether
5,000 miles across the prairies and the sea, or on the shores
of the great lake of Illinois, and while we may be sometimes
impassioned, hasty or rash, we still will remember the i)rayer
of the old elder, who besought the Lord to keep him rlcht,
for when he was lurang he was aw/a wrang.

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Finally, my lionored Chief, wp return you our personal,
sincere {intl liearty thanks for your presence here to-nitrht.
Your Clansmen, who havr never seen a Chief before, but
have read and clnM-ished the memory of your ancestry with
emotions of delight, feel honored by your presence. To you,
Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross and your estimable ]ady»
wo also thank you in the sincerity of our hearts for your
presence at this Clan gathering. Our heart's desire and
prayer to (iod is, that you will long be spared to be our
Chief and Chieftnin, and your return to your native land in
safety be vouchsafed, and a reunity of the family ties of
those you love. Under the providence of God, may this, our
meeting, be for the good of us all, believing tliat we have
learned somewhat of our kith and kin, which will tell on
our families for years to come.

' THE MACLEANS OF CANADA.

Ma.ior llr«ii H. McLean (St. John, N. B.).

The Toast-Master announced that this toast was to
have been responded to by Hon. W. F. Maclean, of
Toronto, but owing to his absence, Major Hugh H.
McLean had kindly consented to favor us on the above
subject. While we are disappointed by the absence of
Mr. Maclean of Toronto, yet, I can assure you that his
place will be ably tilled by Major McLean, whom I
now have the pleasure of introducing to you.

In response. Major McLean spoke as follows :

Mr. President, Ladles and Gentlemen :

I regret that the gentleman (Hon. W. F. Maclean, M. P.)
who was to respond to this toast is not able to be present, as
in his hands it would have received due justice.

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I thank you brother Clausmon on hehftlf of thts MaeLonns
of Canada for the hearty manner in which you received
this toast, and for tlio honor yon Ijave done us in proposing
it. We are your kinsmen, united to you by the ties of blood
and Clan association, descended from the same stock, and
coming from the same country. The grand reception we
have received here has made us fet4 that the old feeling
of Clan unity has been revivid and is again in practical
force, and I believe will forever continue. The MacLeans
of Canada join with the MacLeans of the Utiited States in
welcoming our Chief to this gathering. As in old times otir
fathers gathered at the Clan cull to sup}>ort and defejid with
their arms and lives the forefathers of our Chief, so we now
come together to renew our allegiance, and to assure him
that the old Clan ties hind us as strong to him as they bound
our fathers to his.

The earnest and eloqtient spee^ch of our Chief has stirred
us to unwonted enthusiasm ; let us not forget his advice, but
with all our strength endeavour to be " True MacLeans." Let
us teach our children the noble traditions of our Clan, and
instill into their hearts maxims of honor and right, .so that
they may keep the name unsullied, and prove to the world
that they are worthy of the name MacLean.

We must be true to onr country, true to our friends, and
true to ourselves in order to be " True MacLeans."

It has always been the proud boast of our Clan that the
MacLeans are not traitors. Carry out this piinciple in
the ordinary every-day affairs of life and i)rove to our fellow
citizens that the descendants of the men who fou;rht at
Culloden are true, faithful and firm friends.

The MacLeans of Canada are noted for their loyalty and
love of their country. We are British subjects, and are
happy to live under the glorious flag of the Empire. We

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are proud to V)c called Ctinadians, to be tlie defenders and
guardians of half a continent — a land of unbounded promise
and predestined renown — a country t ^ live for and to die
for. My friend on my right says : " Your country is not
an independent State." I say we are a State. " What
constitutes a State? Not turret or embattled tower, but
men. Free-born men who know their rights, and will defend
them. These constitute a State."

We are no longer a congeries of disconnected provinces,
<lestitute of any strong hand of sympathy, or mutual attach-
ments. We are a united country, developing into a great
State without the instrumentality of the sword. The name
of MacLean is interwoven in the history of Canada. General
7rancis AEacLean was, in 1778, Commander-in-chief of the
forces in Nova Scotia, and in 1779 defended successfully the
Penobscot agninst the Americans.

Oenei'al ^Ilan MacLean defended Quebec, in 1776, from
an attack on it made by the An)ericans under Montgomery
and l^cnedict Arnold, and by his ])luck and skill saved
Quebec. A score of other names could be mentioned, but
the hojir is late and I will not weary you with an account
of tli<ar services. I must, however, not forget to mention
that our honored President was born in Canada, and that our
esteemed Vice-President, Dr. Donald MacLean, of Detroit,
is also a Canadian. I was told to-day that Dr. MacLean stands
next to the Chief ship after the house of our present Chief.

And now let me conclude by thanking the MacLeans of
Chicago for their kindness to us Canadians during our visit
to this great city. T'aey hf ve well carried out the traditions
of the Clan in the lavish hospitality they have shown us.

To the gentlenien who organized this association and gave
us the pleasure of wieeting our Chief and forming new friend-
ships, our heartiest thanks are extended. To Prof. MacLean,

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our liistomn, we say you are a " True MacLean." I under-
stand my friend Hector MacLean, of Nova Scotia, has been
selected to move a special vote of thanks to the Professor, so
I will leave to him to express our feelings of respect and
gratitute.

Our meeting has been a grand success, but there is one
member of our Clan absent wlio should be present to make
it a complete success. I refer to the Rev. MacLean Sinclair,
of Prince Edward Island, the Canadian depository of the
MacLean history, who is in fact, a walking encyclopedia of
all facts relating to our Clan.

Clansmen, in a few hours this re-union will be at an end ;
in a few days we shall have returned to our homes, and bn
again scattered over the length and breadth of this great
continent. Shall we dissolve this Association now, and
consider this a final meeting of tJie MacLeans of America,
or shall we make this a permanent organization. (Loud
cries of assent were heard from those present.) I am glad
you afBrm so decidedly and strongly the principle that this
Association must be permanent. This will bring us in
accord with our brothers in Scotland, who have a similar
Association there. I will therefore move the following reso-
lutions :

Jiesolved—ThsLt the MacLeans of North America form
thems3ives into an Association to be called " The Clan Mac-
Lean."

And Further Resolved — That the otlicers of the Association
of the Clan MacLean of Chicago be the officers of the said
Clan until its next meeting.

And Farther Resolved — That tlie said officers be, and they
are hereby, empowered to make the necessary Constitution
and By-Laws for said Clan.

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And he it Furfhar Jiesolved — That the next Anmial Meet-
ing of the Clan be held in the City of Toronto, next year, at
a date to be fixed by said officers.

These resolutions were seconded by quite a number,
and, on being put by the presiding officer, were carried
unanimously. . .

Hector MacLean, of Bridgetown, N. S., then offered
the following motion :

" I move that the thanks of the MacLeans be tendered to
Prof. J. P. MacLean for the valuable services he has rendered
the Clan."

The Chief arose and requested permission to second
the motion. The motion having been put, was carried
unanimously.

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THE MACLEANS OF CHICAGO.
Hon. Donald McLean (New York).

Charles R. McLain in proposing this toast, remarked
that the gentleman who accompanied the Chief from
New York to Chicago will respond to the next senti-
ment, and has come a long distance to speak to you.
Although the hour is somewhat late, vou will be well
repaid by attentively listening to Hon. Donald McLean,
whom I now present to you.

Mr. McLean responded :

2fr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen*:

I must, first of all, correct the erroneous impression the
introduction of our urbane Toast Master would leave you
under. Of all the motives that led me to take the journey

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from New York to meet my kinsmen from all parts of
America in this great gathering of our Clan, I can assure
you that the purpose of making a speech was not one of them.

When, two days ago, the ethcient counnittee having charge
of the arrangements here asked if I, when called upon, would
say a word ahout the "MacLeans of Chicago," the coy manner
in which the request was made clearly indicated to me that
a New Yorker was selected because the INlacLeans of Chicago
shared, with all other residents of this city, that modesty
which is so characteristic of all Chicagoians, and could not,
therefore, themselves remind us of the debt we owe them
for the pleasures of this week, I gladly accepted. For the
benefit of those of you who are not aware of the fact, I
would explain here that there is supj)osed to exist a feeling
of rivalry between that city, which we New Yorkers still
consider the Metropolis of the nation, and this great city of
the "Wild Wtst," and that upon every fitting occasion the
residents of each are sup})osed to ridicule the pretensions of
the other. Therefore, when I entered this Ijanquet hall, and
found my name printed as one to respond to a formal toast,
I knew that this was my opportunity. But, owing to the
lateness of the hour, and other considerations more potent
still, I have concluded to forego the privilege which the
occasion seems to afford. But l)efore resuming my seat, I
wish to relate an incident in my journey liither, and this for
the pleasure of my Chicago friends.

It fell to my lot, as you know, to accompany our beloved
Chief from New York to this city, an honor I highly appre-
ciated, affording a pleasure I shall never forget ; but, on the
trip, Sir Fitzroy, unwittingly, I am sure, but none the less
keenly, wounded me. After we had travelled an hour or
two, T discovered from the tenor of his remarks, that the
Chief supposed we were about approaching Chicago. Know-
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cultivated Enj»lishnien a very vague idea of the geography
of our great land, and that the names of such of our cities
as are known to them at all are supposed to designate the
various suburbs of New York. I thought to correct the
erroneous impression conceived by me to exist in the Chief's
mind, by explaining that New York was a thousand miles
from Chicago. Imagine my feelings when, by his reply,
lie disclosed the fact that his impressions, though fully as
erroneous, were quite the opposite of what I had supposed.
His reply, uttered with a tone of genuine surprise was,
" Why in the world does Chicago have her landing station
so far away ? "

But, seriously, my friends, late as is the hour, I must ask
you to consider the debt of gratitude we owe for the privilege
of participating in this unique gathering, and to whom we
owe it.

Sir Fitzroy has most fittingly, and with feelings evidently
from the heart, expressed the pride he owns at being the
chief guest of honor liere. Surely he does well to feel
so. He were something less than the gentleman of refined
sensibilities we have found him to be, did not his heart swell
with pride at the sight of this gathering of his Clansmen of
America. The more remarkable does it seem when it is
remembered that very many of us are removed by several
generations from natives of the Old Land, and that many
more of us have never had the romantic inspiration that
comes with a vision of its rugged l.ills, its shaded glens and
mirrored lakes, that we should come together, from every
section of this great land, with hearts as loyal to our Chief-
tain as v;ere those of our forefathers when summoned by the
fiery cross.

The MacLeans of Chicago have given us the occasion to
see their great " White City," a veritable pageantry of the

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whole world, the like of which has never before been seen.
They have j^fiven us the opportunity to know and welcome
with loyal affection Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Chief of
the Clan, in whose personality we have realized our most
romantic ideal of what should make a great Chief of the
greatest Clan : the brave soldier, the cultured gentleman ;
and second only to the Chief of the Clan, the pleasure of
knowing, which means the opportunity to love, the stalwart
Chieftain of Pennycross and his good lady, who so charmingly
supplements the good fellowship of his own genial personality.
For the pleasure of these privileges, the MacLeans of New
York have the liveliest sense of the debt they owe, and I
am sure that I but express the feelings of every man and
woman here when I return our heartfelt thanks to those
who made possible, and carried to so brilliant a success, this
gathering — the subject of our toast, "The MacLeans of
Chicago."

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THE LAND OF OUR ANCESTORS AND THE LAND WE LIVE IN.

Rev. Calvin B. McLean (Simsbury, Conn.).

You are next invited, said the Toast-Master, to listen
to a gentleman who lives in Connecticut, who has some-
thing, 1 am sure, worth listening to, and upon a subject
of interest to all. I take the pleasure in calling upon
Rev. Calvin B. McLean, who will respond to the toast,
" The Land of our Ancestors and the Land we Live In."
Standing beside the Toast-Master, Mr. McLean said :

Mr. President, Clansmen and Clansinomen :

In response to this toast, "The Land of our Ancestors and
the Land we Live In," you call forth the throbbing sent*'
aients that come down to us to-night in Chicago, this city

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of cities, in those United States, this country of countries
from all the ages past.

It was liardly heooming to me to accept this duty, but
coming from a long ancestral line of those who never flinched
in any duty, but dare even to die for the honor of the nauu?
we all love, I knew not how to turn my back on this service.

It is the highest privilege of my life, dear Clansmen, to-
sit with you here in the presence of our noble hereditary
Chief, whom we delight to honor, and the heads of fami-
lies — branches of our most beloved Clan Mac Lean ; and by
reviving a love for our fathers and the lands of our fathers,
and quicken the love for our brothers and Clansmen the
world over, we cannot but feel our hearts burn within us as-
with an interest never before felt, we sing over the old songs,
tell over the old tales, and write at the end of each our Clan
motto, " Virtue Mine Honor."

If, as in boyhood, I climbed to the top of a mountain and
looked away to the eastward, wondering what lay beyond,
to-night turn to the lands of our ancestors, I see nearest the
little State of Connecticut, then the island of Coll, then

** The Isles that stud the stormy waters
Of Caledonia's rugged strands."

But back, back through the centuries our line of descent
goes unbroken, and before the Christian era our ancestral
halls in Scotia were trod by bravest sons and daughters of
the Clan MacLean. But long before that time, as the great
waves of population pressed out from the vast Asiatic hive,
they traversed Europe, leaving on every hand traces of their
skill, we must know that all Europe has felt the touch of
power of those whose family motto is, and ever shall be,
" Virtue MJne Honor."

If we turn to sacred story, and, like the ancient Hebrew,.

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trace along the lino backward, we come to Noali and the
flood, and then there comes to our lips unhiddcni the dear
old leffond, that " Tiie MacLean was there, and he had a boat
of his ain," with the thistle upraised for an ensign, and
in characters we now decipher was the same grand motto,
"Virtue Mine Honor." But whence came he? We pore
over the Holy Book, and read of Enoch who " Walked with
God, and was not, for God took him." And as we know in
our own experiences, as well f*'i from the sacred book, that
the " God of our fathei'S '' changes not in all the ages, but
has a ceaseless care for his own, we can easily believe that
this ancient legend h«s more than doubtful i)roof that the
sons of Enoch who followed in the footstei)S of their father,
and feared the Lord, were not all drowned in the flood, and
that it might have been, nay, is even probable, that the Mac-
Lean did have ** a boat of his own," as well as father Noah.

If we go back from this, it is easy to trace to one who
was contemporaneous with Adam as our ancestors made in
God's image, in the sweet valley of Eden so long ago.

But, Mr. President, of which of these lands of our ancestors
would you have nje speak. Eden, the mother of the nations,
Europe, the halting place of restless, energetic and ambitious
Olansmen, or Bonnie Scotland, and

"The Isles of the West, lovely Isles of the West,
As emeralds set in the blue ocean's breast,
The birth place of Clansmen war-nurtured and brave.
The home where the tempest-king rides on the waves ;
Where thunders roll on in their terrible might,
And keen lightnings dance on each peak with delight ;
Where morning's dawn-rays o'er the mountain crests run,
And gloaming descends as a sigh from the sun ;
When pale ghosts career in the mist-shrouded hills,
And heard are the wails in the songs of the rills ;
Where beauty is shrined in each lone grassy vale.

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And wee flowerets Ijvtigli to the voice of the gale ;

Wliere unfettered peace a» a heaven presides,

And Nature's sweet loveliness ever abides ;

Where maidens and youths, round their dim cottage fires,

Exultingly tell of the deeds of their sires ;

Or sing with emotion the grand battle lays,

Of heroes who fought in the far-away days.

For King and for Chieftain, for honor and love,

For aught tiiat would valor or dignity prove.

O, Isles of the West, ever bosomed in song,

My Highland harp whispers — the sound I'll prolong ;

Speak on, my dear harp ; list, it trend)les again,

'Tis ' Virtue Mine Honor' and dauntless MacLeun."

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Such descriptions of the lands of our ancestors, by one
who nair wliereof she wrote, till us with gladness to-day, and
though many have not setai, yet from childhood's days, we
have intuitively loved the names of all the Western Isles
and coasts — ever the home of the MacL< is.

But when we think of the Scot's Land, there come up to
us not only the breezy lochs and echoing vales, the rock-
ribbed liills, but t}ie heather and moors, of which poets have
sung, and song-writers have set in quaintest tunes the simple
tales, like "Come O'er the Sea, Charlie," and "Robin Adair,"
with such singular uniqueness that all the world praise while
they enjoy the old songs.

If we speak of the Kirk, the schools, the castle, or the
cottages that commonly in all the centuries haNe there been
friends, we can understand how our ancestors, coming down
from all the Hebrew race and language, have been renowned
as watchful students of " God's letter to His children," and
have been noted as deep scholars and earnest followers of
the Divine teachings. So we can understand, when they
have been scattered in all lands, why they have, as single
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and always the l)('st and lioliest interests of tli»; communities
in which they dwelt.

Hut while our thouglit goes over and over again *' The
Tales of a GrandfiitluT," and the feuds an<l wars tiiat so
decimated the ranks of the Itrave and nol)le Clan MacLean ;
while we cannot hut ref(*r to the haiharian erueltie.4 practiced
by evictions, to drive out the crofters and compel removals
to strange and fai-olf lands, even in late years. We can,
most of us, turn with the old-timw loyalty to the true, to the
lands we live in with a smile on our faces, and a purpose to
do our part «s true MacLeans in eveiy emergency of |)olitical
strife or civil environment, or theological difterences, and
stand by th(U whlc/i is (/and, and that which will produce the
greatest good to the greatest number, whether in Scotland,
or in Europe, Australia or India, the Dominion of Canada
or the States. I make no discrimination lietween those of
us whose homes are in the Dominion or the States. We, as
a race, are e<iually loyal to the great principles of a free
government for the j'cople, and by the people.

But, sir, I must not tiespass on the time. Having met
together to-night we shall never be the same men and women
we have been ; our views of life and of Clanship have widened.
To-night we fashion a golden chain of friendship, ^hich,
strengthened by the silvery cord of memory, will stretch from
ocean to ocean, from time to eternity ; but it can never break.

Chieftain, Clansmen :

May dear and lovely Scotland, and the lovely Isles as well,
Our own beloved Homeland, and every State where dwell
The true and loyal Clansmen, hear the heart-throbs of our joy,
As we weld the links of friendship, with blood the sole alloy ;
Let sweet and tender memories, like silver cords entwine,
The deathless fame, and peerless names, along the ancestral line ;
Our children learn that deeds and worth, have never been in vain.
So let each son most worthy be, who bears the name MacLean.

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TMK IIKIlolc WOMKX (U' TIIK MACF.KAXS.

I>i(. Kii.NAi.i) .Mv( Lkan (Detroit, .Midi.)-

We have now come to the last aihhess of tlic evonin;;.
said the Toast- blaster. We are about to listen to a
;'entlenuin who has made a name for himself in medi-
cine and siir«,a'ry. I ask your attention while Di*. Donald
Mac Lean addresses us on " The Heroic Women of the
AlacLean."

.1//'. Pres'uhnty Cftinsmoi mtd CltDt.stromea :

Leaving out of consideration for the present those grand
cliiuacters who in the jiast huve helped to write the name of
our Clan on tin' scroll of fame, and added in that way a
glorious l)age to the history of Scotland, premit nie on the
})resent occasion to direct the attention of my Clansmen and
Olans'vomen to a sp<;cial class of heroic >\omen whose lives
and labors, if less cons[)icious and less known to the world
at largo, were no less honorable to themselves, and no less
glorious in their triu? heroism and their services to humanity
than the other and moi'o prominent class. I refer to that class
so touchingly and truly described in the beautiful Scotish
lyric, with which, 1 ha\ e no doubt, you are all familiar :

The morn was fair, the skies we**© olear,
No breath came o'er the sea,

When Mary loft her Highland cot
And wandered forth with me.

The flowers decked the mountain side,
And fragrance tilled the vale ;

By far the fairest tlower there
Was the Rose of Allandale.

When'er I wandered, east or west,

When fate began to lower,
A solace still was she to me

In sorrow's lonely hour.

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When tempests lashed our gallant bark,

And rent her shivering sail,
One maiden form withstood the storm —

'Twas the Hose of Allandale.

And when my fevered lips were parched

On Afric's burning sand.
She whispered hopes of happiness

And tales of distant land.

My life had been a wilderness,

By fortune's gales unblest,
Had fate not linked my fate with her's —

The Rose of Allandak.

It is for those women of our Clan who have gone forth
from their Highland liomes, sometimes with members of their
own Clan, sometimes as helpmate and companion to mem-
bers of other Clans and other families, and in the wilds of
America, in the deserts of India, in short, in every land and
every clime, have lived the lives and wielded the influence
for good that vindicates their title to the rank and fame of
the true heroine. It is, I say, for this class that in all
confidence I ask your loving and grateful consideration on
this joyous occasion.

I would lik«?, if time iiermitted, to sketch briefly for you
the chief points in the eventful career of one such individual
of this class of heroines. The one, viz., of whom I know
most, and of whom I have the best right to speak, the one
who has watched over and cared for and guided and helj)ed
my life from th(^ moment I drew my first breath even until
now, and to whom I am indebted for anything in the way
of success or usefulness whicii I may have achieved. Born
and brought up in the midst of all the romantic and inspiring
Burroui^idings of her Highland home in the Isle of iMull, from
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to evolve tlioiights and suggestions wliicli clieercd and sup-
ported heart and soul, and carried her safely through a long
life of more than ordinary vicissitudes and trial, and, I may
add, usefulness.

Married about the age of seventeen, under the guiding
inHuence (as she has always believed) of two supreme direct-
ing powers, viz., lirst, the hand of "Him who doeth all things
■well,"' and second, the irresistible power of romantic Higland
love. With the husband of her choice, wiio had had the
great misfortune to lose his eyesight in boyhood, with him
she emigrated to the backwoods of America, with the firm
determination to overcome all obstacles, and by brave united
etiort, to h<;w out and build uj) a local habitation and a name
for themselves.

Nor was this determination ever shaken or departed from ;
on the contrary, all that it involved, including losses by
fire, by tempest, by shipwreck, by sickness, l)y aftliction, was
met with the tiilelity, the patience, the unflinehing courage
of tlu> tnie heroine, until now, at the age of 74, from the
quiet, peacj'ful home in the bosom of her family, surrounded
by many children and grandchildren, she authorizes me to
convey to you, her Clansmen aiul Clanswomen assembled
here, her cordial greeting, and I am sure I may truthfully
add the benediction, not only of a true heroine, but of a good
old womnn.

It would be very diihcult to over-estimate; the value to the
many people in many lands who.se lives have been touched
and elevated by the benign inlluences of such examples as
the heroic women of our (Man have eacJi ont;, in her own
special sphere, furnished \vherev(;r her lot has been cast. My
only regret is that this important and inspiiing toast had not
been allotted to some one more competent to do it the justice
it deserves.

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After drinkinf; to the liealth of tlio Chief. I'ennv-
cross and lady, and l^ady ^lacLean, the bantiiiettrs
adjourned to their several places of entertainment.

VIL — Thk Conckht.

An invitation having been received from the Armour
Packing Company to visit their industry, a special
train was furnished by the Lake Shore and Miclilgan
Southern Railway, and at nine o'clock a. m., of the
loth, the MacLeans left the Hock Island ])epot for
tlie stockyards, slaughter and packing houses of the
Armour Company. A guide was furnished the party,
and two assistant superintendents went along to give
information. At one o'clock p. m., the party returned
to Headquarters. The rooms were kept open until
five o'clock p. m.

The festivities were to conclude by a concert, giv^-n
in Central Music Hall, at eight o'clock p. m. This was
to be held jointly by the Mac Lean Association and the
Highland Association of Illinois. The programme wais
as follows :

1, Organ Voluntary (witli Scot(;h Melodies), . , . .Miss Viola McLean

*2. Selected Airs 4Stli Higidanders' I'ipe Band, Toronto

H. Vocal Solo — "Come O'er the Stream, Cliarlie,

Miss Helen Maclean

4. Vocal Solo — "The Highlandiuan's 'I'oast, ". . .Win. MacKen/ie

5. Recitation " The Dowio Dens of ^■u^ro\v," T. W. Stewart

I). Violin Solo — "Scotch Fantasia,' Charles D'Aliuaine

7. Vocal Solo — " Land of the Leal," MacKen/.ie ( !ordon

8. Dance— " Highland Fling," Fred Kid.lle

;>. Vocal Solo — "My Heart's in the Highlands," Miss Viola >rcl.eau

10. Selections, ibth Highlanders' l'i[)e Band

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11. Vocal Solo— " Robin Adair,". . Miss Carrio Baeuziger

12. Vocivl Solo — "Scots Whsi Hae," Win. .MacKenzie

13. Kecitatiou — " (Jeonlie Johnstone," T. M. Stewart

14. Humorous Song — " Oh, Johnny, Y(tu"ru a Dandy,"

A. S. Macreadie

15. Solo — "Mai of Argyle," MacKcnzie <iordon

10. Violin Selections, Charles D'Almaine

17. Dance — ^' Sword Dance," Fred Biddle

18. Song and Chorus — " Will ye no Come Back Again,". . . .

Miss Viola McLean

As every one of the participants was encored, it
would prove that their performance was not only well
executed, but there was also an appreciative audience.
The MacLeans turned out to the concert in full force.
Many were noticed in the audience who had not attended
the previous meetings.

VIII. — Remarks.

Many of the MacLeans now took their departure for
their respective homes. Others remained longer, that
they might continue to visit the World's Columbian
Exposition for a few days.

The Chief of the Clan took his departure for home,
going by the way of Toronto. Here a ban([uet was
given him on Monday evening, June 20th, which was
fully reported in The ^Stottlsh Canadian of the 29th.
From there he proceeded to New York, and was again
entertained by the Clansmen. On July 5th he sailed
on boai'd the Steamship Germanic for Liverpool. In
a private letter to Mrs. J. P. MacLean — the latest
advice received from him — we are informed that he
reached Queenstown on July 12th. In the letter he

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takes occasion to say : "I deeply appreciate the courtesy
my Clansmen showed me and the warni-liearted recep-
tion I received. I must express my n'jjjret that f wfiS
unable to converse with many of the older members
of the Clan, who, in spite of their age, came from far
and wide to welcome their Chief."

The Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross remained
in Chicago for several days, that he mi^dit the more
leisurely take in the Columbian Exposition and view
such places of interest as Chicago attbrded. From there
he went to Detroit. On July 12th he arrived, accom-
panied by Mrs. MacLean, at Greenville, Ohio, where
he took a much needed rest. July 10th, he left for
Toronto, where, at this writing, he now is.

The weather during the festival was all that could
be desired. The exposition was nearly completed.

The Chief and Chieftain made a veiy favorable and
ItiSting impression on their Clansmen. All were free
to express their feelings, and declared an honorable
pride in the distinguished guests.

It was a matter of some pride to tlie writer of this,
in looking into the facos of those at the banquet, to
recognize that nearly all either possessed a copy, or
else had read, his " llistorv of the Clan AlacLean,"

FlUST VNNUAL (iATlIKHING

A LIST OF THOSE PRESENT AT THE BANQUET.

I have put forth every endeavor to make this list
complete. Seventy of the names I was able to call ;
several 1 have aihh^rl after an (;xt( n->ive cori-esponclence,
and a few were attbrded fiom the treasurer's books.
About one-third I have been unable to secure. Be-
lieving' the list should be preserved, I give it in this
incomplete state:

Sir Fitzroy Donalil Mac Lean, Bart., Chief of the Clan,

Archibald .lohn MacLean of Pennycross,

MrH. MacLean of Pcnnycross

J . I ). Maclean Los Angeles, Cal.

Dr. Robert A. McLean, San Francisco, Cal.

Mrs. Pvobert A. McLean, < « "

M. H. DeYounj^, " " "

Mrs. M. H. DeYoung, t « m

Major Hugh H. McLean, St. John, N. B., Canada. ^

Mrs. Hugh H. McLean, .- .. - •«

Harry V. McLean, " •' "

Hector MacLean, Bridgetown. N. S., ..

Miss .larvis Flora Maclean, (iuelph, Out.. Canada.

Allan MacLean Kingston, Ont., Canada.

W. A. McLean Owen Sound, Ont,, Canada.

Frank W. McLean, Toronto, Out., Canada.

Lieut. Hugh C. McLean « - ••

€apt. J. B. McLean i- " "

John Mclioan, " " "

\V. B. Maclean, " " "

Mrs. W. B. Maclean, •• ••

Wallace McLean n n

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Mrs. Wallace McLean Toronto, Ont,, Canada.

Miss Lucy Howard Maclean, .... n n "

Miss Maclean Howard, - •

Mrs. !Maclean Davidson Canada.

David McLean, Danbury, Conn.

Mrs. David McLean, t t,

Mrs. Sallie P. McL. Greene Simsbury, «

Mrs. Helen McL. Kimball Washington, D. C.

Alexander McLean, Jr 1320 Dunning Street, Chicago, 111.

Arthnr A. Maclean, Monadnock Building,

Mrs. Arthur A. Maclean, Chicago, 111.

Capt. Archibald B. McLean, -i " •

Mrs. Archibald B. McLean, •

Archibald B. McLean, .Tr., LaSaile Street, Chicago, 111.

Mrs. Archibald B. McLean, Jr.,. n .. " --

A. O. McLain, Board Trade Building, Chicago, 111.

Mrs. A. 0. McLain,

Charles McLean,

Charles K. McLain, Board Trade Building, Chicago, 111.

Mrs. Charles II. McLain,

Judge Eugene Carey, Chicago, 111.

Donald MacLean, 4S9 So. Halstead St.,

James A. McLean Chicago, 111.

Mrs. James A. McLean, <i "

James A. McLane 100 Washington St., Chicago, 111.

John L. McLean, 3'>1 K"sl^ Street,

John W. McLean 44 State Street, •• »

Mrs. John W. McLean Chicago, ill.

Peter MacLean, "

Mrs. Peter MacLean, " "

Samuel A. McLean, Jr., " "

Mrs. Samuel A. McLean, Jr., . . . n ..

Miss Viola McLean, " "

W. A. McLean, 4001 Grand Boulevard, Chicago, 111.

Mrs. W. A. McLean, " "

Thomas A. Maclean, Monadnock Building,

Mrs. Thomas A. Maclean, Chicago, 111.

Mrs. Wood McLean, ' "

Mrs. Agnes McL. Foss < n

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Mrs. Morse Chicago, 111.

H. Memory,

William Kraser Klgin, n

Dr. C. T. McLean Hallsville, 111.

Hon. Alexander McLean Macomb, i.

B. F. McLean, " •"

Dr. John McLean, Pullman, i.

Mrs. John McLean, n ■>

Guy McLean, m "

Miss Maud Cameron, » n

Archibald Maclean Itockford, i.

Mrs. Archibald Maclean m "

Miss Helen Maclean, « «

William McLean Tampico, ..

Dr. J. \V. McLean, Fayette, Iowa.

J. W. McLean, College Springs, Iowa.

Mrs. J. W. McLean, i« n "

Lachlan McLean, Wichita, Kansas.

Thomas K. McLean, > ••

Dr. Donald MacLean, Detroit, Mich.

Mrs. Donald MacLean, n "

Richard Earle MacLean, Escanaba, ..

D. T. Macdonald, Red Jacket, Mich.

John T. McLean, Clarke, Neb.

Mrs. John T. McLean, n "

Daniel MacLean, Omaha, „

Donald McLean Ijouisiana, Missouri.

Dr. James Maxwell Tobermory, Isle of, Mull.

Dr. Thomas Neil McLean, Elizabeth, N. J.

Rev. Calvin B. McLean Palmyra, n

Mrs. Sarah McL. Abernethy, ... .39 West oGth St., New York, N. Y.

Hon. Donald McLean, 170 Broadway, .. .. n

Mrs. Donald McLean, n " •' •'

Mrs. Helen McL. Wotherspoon,. 119 West nth St., .. .. .•

William W. Wotherspoon, m h h ti n

Mrs. Harriet McL. Ammous Franklin, Ohio.

E. L. McClain Greenfield, ,.

Mrs. E. L. McClain, tr n

John P. MacLean, Greenville, ..

Mrs. John J*. MacLean, n n

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Ur. .1 . T. Maclean, New Philadelphia.

Mrs. Kda W. Maclean, M. !>., . . n n

Archibald McLean Bradford, I'a.

Mrs. Archibald McLean, n »

William Arch. McClain (Jettysburg, l*a.

Mrs. William Arch. McClain, ... » «

Miss Olivia C. McClain » «

Mrs. H. W. Wilkinson rrovidencu, K. I.

Miss Anna Heed Wilkinson, ■ «

Hiram H. McLane, San Antonio, Tcxaa.

Mrs. Hiram H. McLane u •-

Roderick M. McLean, Spokane Falls, Wash.

Dr. Thomas B. McLain, Wheeling, W. Va.

Mrs. Thomas B. McLain « n

Colin C. McLean, Janesvillc, Wis.

Mrs. Colin C. McLean n n

drcorge (\ McLean, "

Mrs. ( ieorge C. McLean, >• n

Dr. W. F. McLean, Klyria, Ohio.

D. T. Macdonald, Calumet, M oh.

Malcolm MacLean Ogalalla, Neb.

Dr. Donald McLean Denver, CoL

Mrs, Donald McLean, n "

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PRESIDENT:
William A. McLean, 4001 (iraiul Houlovanl, Chicago, 111.

TREASURERS:

Arthur A. Maclkan, M«)na«lm)ck Huilding, Chicago, 111.
Thomas A. Maclkan, Mocadnuck Building, Chicago, 111.

SECRETARIES:

S. P. Maclean, Tribune Building, Chicago, 111.

Arthur A. Maclkan, Monadnock Building, Chicago, 111,

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:
John P. MacLean, (Jreenville, Ohio.

MEMBERS :

Agnes M, Macleai Berkeley, Cal.

J. 0. Maclean I-os Angeles, Cal.

Eev. Dr. J. K. McLean Oakland,

R. McKillicun

Dr. Robert A. McLean, San Francisco, Cal.

Major Hugh H. McLean, St. .lolin, N. B., Canada.

Hector MacLean Bridgetown, N. S., Canada.

Rev. Archibald McLean Blytli, Ont., d

W. H. McLean, Crinan, « m

D. J. McLain, Vovt Kna, Ont.,

Archibald McLean, ( Jlencoe, Ontario, Can.

Allan MacLean Kingston, ,. «

W. A. McLean, Owen Sound, Ont., ..

Capt. J. B. McLean, Toronto, Ont., Canada.

Frank ^^' McLean, " "

G. D. MoC un, Denver, Colo.

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David McLean, Danbury, Conn.

Mrs. Helen McL. Kimball, Washington, D. C.

Lieut. Walter McLean, U. S. N., „ „

A. McLean, Chicago, 111.

Angus A. Maclean, i, „

Capt. Archibald B. McLean, ,, „

Archibald B. McLean LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111.

A. 0. McLean, Board Trade Building, Chicago, III.

Charles R. McLain, „ „ „

Charles Maclean Chicago, 111.

Donald MacLean, 489 So. Halstead St., Chicago, 111.

Frank Maclean Chicago, 111.

James A. McLane, 100 Washington St., Chicago, 111.

John W. McLean 44 State Street, Chicago, 111.

Eev. Lachlan Maclean, Chicago, 111.

M.A.Maclean, ,, „

Peter Maclean, ir

Samuel A. McLean, Jr., .| „

W. H. McLean ,, „

Mrs. Agnes McL. Foss, tt n

John H. McKay, „ „

William Fraser, Elgin, n

John McLean, Grand Crossing, 111.

Dr. C. T. McLean Hallsville,

Alexander McLean, Joliet, »

J. M. McLean, Kingston, , „

Hon. Alexander McLean, Macomb, n

B. F. McLean, „ „

Dr. John McLean, Pullman, „

Guy McLean, ,, „

Louis A. McLean, Urbana, „

J. L. McLean, Winnebago, n

Prof. H. Z. McLain, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Mrs. Catharine McL. New Indianapolis, n

J. W. McLean, College Springs, Iowa.

S. V. Smith Davenport, n

Dr. J. W. McLean, Fayette, »

Hon. Emlin McClain Iowa City, m

Lachlan McLean Wichita, Kan.

Thomas K. McLean, „ „

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Oarey McLain, Wellsvillft, Kansas.

George C. McClean Springfield, Mass.

S. Adelbert McLean, Bay City, Mich.

Dr. Donald MacLean, Detroit, n

Richard E. MacLean, Escanaba, n

T. D. Macdonald Red Jacket, Mich.

Dr. John McLean, Morehead, Minn.

William McLean, Albion, Nebraska.

John T. McLean Clarke, n

Malcolm Maclean, Ogalallaj n

Daniel Maclean, Omaha, n

Dr. Thomas Neil McLean, Elizabeth, N. J.

Rev. Calvin B, McLean, Palmyra, n

Charles McLean New York, N. Y.

Hon. Donald McLean, 170 Broadway, New York. N. Y

Mrs. Sarah McL. Abernethy, . . ..39 West 56 St., n n n

Mrs. Helen McL. Wotherspoon, .119 West 11th St., New York, N.

Dr. W. F. McLean, Elyria, Ohio.

J. L. McLean Massillon, Ohio.

C. M. Russell, M .1

Dr. J. T. Maclean, New Philadelphia, Ohio.

Elsmore T. King Richwood, n

William McLean Toledo, ti

Archibald McLean, Bradford, Pa.

Judge William McClain, Gettysburg, Pa.

William Arch. McClain, n n

John McLean Philadelphia, Pa.

Hector McLean Sugar drove, m

John McLean, n n m

Mrs. H. W. Wilkinson, Providence, R. I.

Joseph Maclean Knoxville, Tenn.

Hiram H. McLane, San Antonio, Texas.

Martin McLean, Davenport, Washington.

Roderick McLean, Spokane Falls, i.

Dr. Thomas B. McLain Wheeling, West Va.

Colin C. McLean, Janesville, Wis.

George C. McLean n n

William C. McLean Menomonie, Wis.

Miss Sarah McLean, Milwaukee, t.