A a A s o Cfl o C 3 — — — ™ jj : Z 3J 7 o 4 = z 3 ^^= 55 ID 4 - DO -< 7 > 9 -< 8 ! I :C WOLTERS HUIDEKCPER 4&00 lux /44*y 20.ZC Memorial Papers J& of the Society of «£* Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia No. 6, 1910 £ j* J* By Frederic Louis Huidekoper jt .j* <£ FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER Tin flfeemoviam FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Proverbs, xxii, 2Q. Author G, FEB 7 1911 Published under the auspices of THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, December, 1910. Frederic Wolters Huidekoper Railway official. Born at "Pomona Hall," Meadville, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1840. Elected to the Society, October 24, 1894. Member of the Committee on Installation, December 1 9, 1 898, to December 1 9, 1 899. Deputy Governor, December 19, 1899, to December 19, 1900. Governor, December 19, 1900, to December 19, 1901. Member of the Gentlemen of the Council, December 19, 1901, to December 3, 1907. Died of paralysis, Washington, D. C, April 29, 1908. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER, a scion of a distinguished Pennsylvania family which consti- tutes the American branch of an ancient family still noted in Holland,* died at his residence, 1614 Eighteenth Street, Washington, D. C, on Wednesday, April 29, 1908, at a quarter past four o'clock in the morning, after an illness of nearly seven weeks resulting from a stroke of paralysis on March 13th. Mr. Huidekoper was born at "Pomona Hall,'' Meadville, Pennsylvania, on September 1 2, 1 840. He was the second son of Edgar and Frances (Shippen) Huidekoper. He was prepared for college by private tutors, graduated at Harvard in 1 862 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and received the degree of Master of Arts in 1871. During 1863 he served as a Captain in the 58th Regiment of Pennsylvania *The Huidekoper family is one of the few well-known American families whose original line exists in Europe to-day and with which close relationship has always been maintained. The genealogy of the American branch will be found in "The Prominent Families of the United States of America" by Arthur Meredyth Burke, volume I, pages 74 and 75. For a description of the arms borne by the Huidekopers, vide Matthews' "American t>» Armoury and Blue Book," page 59. i X ct 4 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. Volunteer Militia, participating in the operations along the Ohio River which resulted in the capture of the Confederate raider, General John H. Morgan, whose prisoners he con- ducted to Columbus. As executor of his father's estate, he spent the fourteen years after his graduation at Harvard, from 1 862 to 1 877, in closing up the affairs of The Holland Land Company of Pennsylvania, whose lands in the north- western part of the State had been purchased by his grand- father in 1 836. Mr. Huidekoper's career in the railroad world is probably unique for he began as President of a road and never occupied any position subordinate to that of First Vice-President, in which case he was vested with absolute power. Together with other members of the Huidekoper family and with business friends and associates, he held large investments in the various railroad companies of the country, particularly in bonds. After the panic of 1 873 many of these roads passed into the hands of receivers, so that his interests first caused him to be connected with various reorganization committees and subsequently led him into railroad enter- prises. This resulted in his becoming one of the principal factors in railroad development in many parts of the country. His first work of the sort was as Chairman of the Reorganiza- tion Committee of the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Rail- road to which, after its rehabilitation, he gave the name of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, and Mr. Huide- koper was elected its first President in 1877. During the four years in which he served in that capacity he built, in conjunction with Mr. J. B. Brown, the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad from Dalton, Ohio, and Hammond, Indiana, into Chicago; and in 1881 he also became the President of FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 5 the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad. At the end of 1 88 1 , however, he was obliged to resign the presidency of both roads, owing to ill health brought about by overwork, and in 1 882 he left Chicago. Notwithstanding the terrible strikes of 1877, and the almost hopeless condition of the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad prior to the time when he took charge, Mr. Huidekoper succeeded in evolving order out of chaos, and the policy which he dictated during his presidency of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad has been continued to the present time and has resulted in making this road, which is now part of the St. Louis & San Francisco System, one of the most prosperous of the smaller lines in the middle west. The results obtained during Mr. Huidekoper's regime are considered in the railway world to be among the most remarkable achievements in rehabil- itating a bankrupt company. Mr. Huidekoper's activities in these railroad organizations brought him into contact with capitalists who, immediately recognizing his great ability and sterling integrity, were only too glad to avail themselves of his services whenever his health would permit him to take active interest in business affairs. In November, 1883, Mr. Huidekoper took up his residence in Washington. In 1 884 he was offered the presi- dency of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, which he declined in order to accept the position as First Vice-Presi- dent of the Richmond & Danville Railroad System (the present Southern Railway). He was given absolute control, although it was deemed advisable to retain Colonel A. S. Buford as the President on account of his being a Southerner. In 1 885 Mr. Huidekoper also became First Vice-President of the Richmond & West Point Terminal Railway and 6 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. Warehouse Company, and was made the President of the Virginia Midland Railway Company. On May 25, 1 886, he had the entire main line south of Danville, Virginia, changed in one day from five feet to the standard gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches — a unique feat in rail- roading—and so admirably was the work organized that the through trains from New York to New Orleans and vice versa were delayed only two hours. In the same year he arranged, with the Baldwin Loco- motive Works the first "locomotive trust" ever made in America, although "car trusts" had previously existed. The "Congressional Limited" train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was first run on January 16, 1886, was also the result of the suggestion made by Mr. Huidekoper to Mr. Frank Thompson, then First Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In November and December, 1886, Mr. Huidekoper resigned from all his positions connected with the Richmond & Danville System, in consequence of the road's having passed into other hands, and four months later he became the President of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company — now the Interstate Coal and Iron Company — in which he owned large interests. From 1 889 to 1 89 1 he was also President and Chairman of the Reor- ganization Committee, and from 1 889 to 1 893 Receiver, of the Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad, now the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad. From 1890 to 1891 he was the President of the South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad and built that part of the road which runs from the Clinch River, through the Natural Tunnel, the mountains and Big Stone Gap, Virginia, to a junction with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 7 In the meantime the Richmond & Danville System had become involved in financial difficulties and, on June 1 5, 1 892, he and Mr. Reuben Foster of Baltimore were made its Receivers, as well as the Receivers of all its affiliated lines, comprising the Georgia Pacific, the Charlotte, Col- umbia & Augusta, the Columbia & Greenville and the Western North Carolina railroads. J. P. Morgan & Com- pany had started a reorganization plan based on the annual reports of the operations of the Richmond & Danville System from 1884 to 1892; but, in consequence of informa- tion supplied by Mr. Huidekoper and Mr. Foster, another plan was formulated, by virtue of which Mr. Samuel Spencer was made a Co-Receiver as the representative of J. P. Morgan & Company. Mr. Huidekoper was one of the large factors in the consolidation of these and many other lines in what to-day constitutes the great Southern Railway System, which serves a large part of the country south of the Potomac River, including most of the leading commercial and manu- facturing cities of the South. To the South the Southern Railway is what the Pennsylvania Railroad is to Pennsyl- vania, the New York Central to New York and the New York, New Haven & Hartford is to New England— the greatest railroad system of the South — and probably to no man is its prominence and prosperity more due than to Mr. Huidekoper, one of the master minds in the conception and execution of the plans which culminated in the formation of the Southern Railway, as well as the institution of the policy which, with certain exceptions, is followed by this system to-day. In 1 896 Mr. Huidekoper assumed the presidency of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railroad in order to reorganize 8 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. it, which he succeeded in doing to the satisfaction of the owners within two years, and then resigned. Shortly before this time he had become interested, in conjunction with General Charles Miller, the President of the Galena-Signal Oil Company, one of the branches of the Standard Oil Company, in The Disston Land Company of Florida, whose drainage operations had reclaimed an immense tract com- prising several counties in southern central Florida. Together the two bought The Disston Land Company, foreclosed it, and organized The United Land Company, of which he was the President and half owner from 1901 until his death. It was not until 1 894 that Mr. Huidekoper was admitted to the Bar of Pennsylvania, notwithstanding that he had had an excellent legal training which proved most useful in his various business enterprises. He never practised the pro- fession actively, however, and never presumed upon his legal knowledge, although few men, not actually practising lawyers, have had a more comprehensive and intimate knowledge of the law in its relation to business. For forty- four years Mr. Huidekoper was also a Trustee of the Mead- ville Theological School, the leading Unitarian Divinity School in the United States, which was founded by his grandfather in 1 844. Washington is indebted to Mr. Huidekoper for the location in this city of the main offices of the Richmond & Danville Railroad — now the Southern Railway. In comparison with Richmond, the advantages presented by Washington, both as the northern terminus of the road and as being in more direct and closer communication with the most important commercial and financial centres of the country, were so obvious to him that, in May, 1 886, he purchased the build- FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 9 ing situated at the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Thirteenth Street, and established the principal offices of the road there. This transfer from Richmond was not effected without considerable opposition — Governor Cameron even threatening to compel the return of the offices within the State of Virginia — but Mr. Huidekoper success- fully overcame this opposition, and time has amply justified the wisdom of his selection. The centralization of the main business of such a large railway system in Washington marked an epoch in the growth of the National Capital. For many years Mr. Huidekoper had also been identified with the opening up and improvement of West Washington in which he owned a large amount of property, and his efforts have been largely instrumental in securing assistance from Congress for the development of that section of the city. While Mr. Huidekoper's name has not figured conspicu- ously in the public prints, and while he did not amass a large fortune as a result of his connection with some of the great railroad building and organization projects, nevertheless he was known in financial circles of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago as one of the leading railroad builders of this nation. He had the confidence to an excep- tional degree of the leading financiers of those and other cities. When he had examined, with that thoroughness which was characteristic of all his business activities, into the affairs of a railroad or into the prospect of a new line in a new territory, his report thereon was accepted without the slightest question and the capital necessary to carry out his plans was always forthcoming. No railroad president of the last quarter of a century in the United States possessed to a higher extent the confidence of bankers and investors. 10 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. He was never connected with any organization or reorgani- zation of a railroad company that could not stand the severest tests, and no one ever heard of any misappropriation of funds in any project with which he was an influential factor. To leave the record that he has left is at once the highest possible tribute to his character and an example to those who follow him. There would be no ground for the prev- alent complaints against the railroads of the country if they had all been managed with that scrupulous care and fidelity that characterized every project with which his name was connected. Mr. Huidekoper was a member of the Metropolitan, Country, and Chevy-Chase Clubs of Washington, and of the University and Harvard Clubs of New York. He was also a member of the Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors; of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia — in which he held the offices of Deputy Gov- ernor from 1899 to 1900, and of Governor from 1900 to 1 90 1 , and was one of the Gentlemen of the Council from 1 901 to 1 907; and of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution, of which he was the Vice-President from 1904 to 1905, and was three times elected President since 1905. He was likewise a member of the Meade Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. His widow, two sons, Frederic Louis Huidekoper and Reginald Shippen Huide- koper, his brothers, Major-General Henry Shippen Huide- koper of Philadelphia and Edgar Huidekoper of Meadville, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Wells and Mrs. Henry P. Kidder of Boston, survive him. In all relations of life Mr. Huidekoper proved himself of exceptional usefulness, and won the esteem and admiration FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 1 1 of everybody who knew him, even ever so slightly. A man of unspotted integrity, brilliant in intellect, sound in judgment, steadfast under the most disadvantageous circumstances, a natural leader in all he undertook, his whole life was char- acterized by a faithful execution of every task allotted to him and of every trust committed to his charge. He did great things with the same simplicity which he devoted to small things and the smallest details with the same scrupulous attention that he exercised in great things. To his splendid attainments he added exceptional attractiveness. Unusually distinguished in personal appearance, he possessed the courtly manners of a gentleman of the old school which is fast passing away, as well as a charm that never failed to captivate. He made friends easily and kept them always. Few men have been more beloved, for his perfect simplicity endeared him to everyone, and his subordinates slaved for him with genuine affection. His life was an inspiration, his memory a benediction, and he was indeed the embodi- ment of the very highest type of the American gentleman. CHRONOLOGY. CHRONOLOGY. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER.* September 12, 1840. 1852 to 1858. July 16, 1862. September 9, 1862. From 1862 to 1877. January 8, 1863. June 29, 1863. July 1 to 11, 1863. July 10, 1863. Born at "Pomona Hall," Meadville, Pennsyl- vania, the home of his grandfather, Harm Jan Huidekoper (1776-1854), the founder of the Huidekoper family in America. Educated at home by private tutors from Harvard and Brown. Graduated at Harvard College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Death of his father, Edgar Huidekoper, at "Hill Home," Meadville, Pennsylvania. As Executor of his father's estate, he was engaged in closing up the affairs of The Holland Land Company of Pennsylvania, whose lands in the northwestern part of the State had been purchased by his grand- father on December 31,1 836. Appointed a "Manager" (i. e. a Director) of the Meadville Gas and Water Company. Was enrolled as First Lieutenant of Captain George H. Bemus' company of Pennsyl- vania Militia and called into the service of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for ninety days. The 58th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, Emergency of 1863, was recruited at Camp Howe, Pittsburgh, and mustered into service. Promoted to, and commissioned, Captain of Company F, 58th Regiment of Pennsyl- vania Militia, Emergency of 1863, under Colonel George H. Bemus. (Vide Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, vol. V, page 1310.) ♦Compiled by his son, Frederic Louis Huidekoper. ™,also"Who\s Who in America" for 1903-1905. page 746; for 1906-1907, page 897; and for 1908-1909, page 946; and "Men of America" for 1908, pages 1252 and 1253. 16 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. The 58th Regiment formed part of the forces serving directly under Major General W. T. H. Brooks, U. S. A., commanding the Department of the Monongahela. July 26, 1863. Participated in the capture of the Confederate General John H. Morgan and his troops near New Lisbon, Ohio. (Vide War of the Rebellion, Official Records, Series I, Vol. XXIII, pages 673 et seq.; Bates, History of the Pennsylvania Volun- teers, Vol. V, pages 1230 and 1231; and Bates, Martial Deeds of Pennsylvania, pages 362, 363 and 365.) July 27, 1863. Ordered by Major-General W. T. H. Brooks to conduct the prisoners of General Morgan's command, to Columbus, Ohio, to deliver them to the commanding officer at Camp Chase, and to return to Pittsburgh. (Vide War of the Rebellion, Official Records, Series II, Vol. VI, page 153.) August 14, 1863. Mustered out of service at Pittsburgh. March 2, 1 864. Elected a Manager (i. e. a Director) of the Meadville Gas and Water Company. He was re-elected at each successive annual meeting and served in that capacity until January 1, 1879. June 30, 1 864. Elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Meadville Theological School, the principal Unitarian Theological School in the United States, which was founded by his grandfather on October 1 , 1 844. Mr. Huidekoper was re-elected each year and served continuously as a Trustee until his death in 1908. July 18, 1865. Elected the Secretary of the Meadville Gas and Water Company. Was re-elected annually and served in that capacity until April 1 1, 1877. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 17 January 22, 1 867. October 21, 1868. June 28, 1871. July 5, 1872. July 6, 1872. March 8, 1874. October 10, 1874. October 13, 1874. March 19, 1875. May 24, 1876. February 7, 1877. Married at Meadville, Pennsylvania, Anna Virginia Christie, only daughter of Fitz- James Christie (deceased) of Erie, Pennsyl- vania, and Elizabeth Anna Johns Christie, his wife. His second brother, Herman John Huidekoper (Captain of Company A, 127th U. S. C. I., August 23, 1864, to March 23, 1865, and Major, 29th U. S. C. I., March 24, 1865, to November 6, 1865) died at St. Paul, Minnesota. The Degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by Harvard College. A daughter, Gracie, was born at New York. His daughter, Gracie, died at New York. A son, Frederic Louis, was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania. Elected a Director of the Meadville Water Company. Was re-elected at the next three annual meet- ings and served as a Director until January 8, 1878. Elected the Clerk (i. e. the Secretary) of the Meadville Water Company. Was re-elected annually and served in that capacity until January 2, 1877. Elected the Chairman of the First Mortgage Bondholders' Committee of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad Company. A second son, Reginald Shippen, was born at Meadville, Pennsylvania. As Chairman of the First Mortgage Bond- holders' Committee, he purchased the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad at foreclosure sale. 18 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. April 17, 1877. August 30, 1877. September 20, 1877. October 15, 1877. October 15, 1878. October 21, 1879. October 19, 1880. July 18, 1881. October 4, 1881. Assumed charge of the Chicago, Danville and Vincennes Railroad as the General Manager for the First Mortgage Bondholders' Com- mittee. Organized and gave to the new company the name of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Was elected the first President of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company (now part of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad system). Was also elected a Director and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Resigned as a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Board of Directors of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Re-elected a director of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, to serve until October, 1880. Re-elected the President of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Also elected a member of the Finance Com- mittee of the Board of Directors. Re-elected the President and a member of the Finance Committee of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Re-elected the President of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Also elected ex-omcio member of the Execu- tive Committee of the Board of Directors. Elected the President and a Director of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company. Re-elected the President of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Also re-elected a Director and ex-officio member of the Executive Committee. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 19 October 25, 1881. November 29, 1881 February 14, 1882. October 3, 1882. January 2, 1883. November 1, 1883. December 8, 1883. October 30, 1884. January 9, 1885. January 9, 1885. January 9, 1885. March 4, 1885. November 25, 1885. December 8, 1885. at each successive annual served continuously as a Resigned the presidency of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company. Resigned the presidency of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, to take effect on December 15, 1881. Resigned as a Director of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company. Re-elected a Director of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, to serve until October, 1885. vlso re-elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Re-elected a Director of the Meadville Water Company. Was re-elected meeting and Director until its dissolution on February 17, 1899. Took up his residence at Washington, D. C. Elected a resident member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington. Elected a Director of the Central Iowa Rail- way Company. Elected the First Vice-President of the Rich- mond and Danville Railroad Company (the present Southern Railway Company). Elected the Vice-President of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Elected the Vice-President of the Virginia Midland Railway Company. Elected a non-resident member of the Uni- versity Club of New York. Elected a Director of the Georgia Pacific Railway Company. Elected a Director of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. 20 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. December 9, 1885. December 16, 1885. December 22, 1885. December 22, 1885. May 7, 1886. May 13, 1886. May 25, 1886. November 13, 1886. November 20, 1886. December 13, 1886. Elected a Director of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. Elected the President of the Virginia Midland Railway Company. Also elected the President of the American Construction Company of Virginia. Re-elected the First Vice-President of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. Also elected a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Board of Directors. Re-elected the Vice-President of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Ccmpany. Arranged with the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia the first "Locomotive Trust" ever made in the United States. Purchased for $127,000 the building situated at 1 300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, to which he moved the general offices of the Richmond and Danville Railroad system from Richmond, Virginia, on August 16, 1886. The title to the property was taken in the name of F. W. Huidekoper, First Vice-President. Changed the gauge of the Richmond and Danville Railroad system south of Danville, Virginia, from 5 feet to the standard gauge of 4 feet, 8? inches. The main line was changed between sunrise and sunset that day. The change of the entire system (2,195 miles) was accom- plished within three days. Purchased the sub-division in West Wash- ington known as "Burleith." Resigned the vice-presidency of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company. Resigned as the First Vice-President and as a Director of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 2! December 15, 1886. February 21, 1887. April 28, 1887. June 8, 1 887. June 10, 1887. May 1, 1888. May 1, 1889. May 7, 1889. May 15, 1889. May 29, 1889. October 21, 1889. October 25, December 20, Resigned the presidency of the Virginia Mid- land Railway Company. Elected a non-resident member of the Harvard Club of New York. Was one of the incorporators and became the first President and a Director of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company (now the Interstate Coal and Iron Company) by virtue of the charter granted to it by the State of New Jersey. Elected a resident member of the Country Club of the District of Columbia. Elected a Director of the Bailey Construction Company of Virginia. Re-elected the President and a Director of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company. Elected a Director of the Big Stone Gap Improvement Company of Virginia. Re-elected the President and a Director of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company. Resigned as a Director of the Central Iowa Railway Company. Elected the President and a Director of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Rail- road Company (the present Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company). Elected a member of the George G. Meade Post, No. 1 , Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic, and was mustered in on October 28, 1 889. Appointed the Receiver of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Com- pany by order of Judge M. W. Acheson of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Re-elected a Director of the Bailey Con- struction Company. 22 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. February 1 , 1 890. Was one of the incorporators and became a Director of the Bristol Land Company by virtue of the charter granted to it by the State of Virginia. February 11,1 890. Elected the first President of the Bristol Land Company. April 8, 1 890. Re-elected the President and a Director of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Rail- road Company. April 19, 1890. Was one of the incorporators of the Judson Power Company of Massachusetts named in the charter granted to it by the State of West Virginia. May 5, 1890. Elected the first President and a Director of the Judson Power Company of Massa- chusetts. May 6, 1 890. Re-elected the President and a Director of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company. May 7, 1890. Re-elected a Director of the Big Stone Gap Improvement Company. July 21,1 890. Elected the President and a Director of the Bristol Hotel Company of Virginia. July 26, 1 890. His youngest brother, Frank Colhoon Huide- koper, died at Providence, Rhode Island. September 24, 1 890. Elected the President and a Director of the South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad Company (now part of the Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company). January 10, 1 89 1 . Re-elected the President and a Director of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Rail- road Company. January 10, 1 89 1 . Re-elected the President and a Director of the Bristol Land Company. January 13, 1891 . Re-elected the President and a Director of the Judson Power Company of Massachusetts. February 16, 1 89 1 . Resigned as the President and as a Director of the Bristol Land Company. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 23 March 17, 1891 . Resigned as the President and as a Director of the Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina Steel and Iron Company. March 19, 1 89 1 . Resigned as the President and as a Director of the South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad Company. March 30, 1 89 1 . Resigned as the President and as a Director of the Bristol Hotel Company. April 30, 1 89 1 . Resigned as the President and as a Director of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Company. May I, 1891. As Receiver of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Company, delivered possession of the property to that Company. May 14, 1891. Elected the Chairman of the Bondholders' Committee of the Pittsburgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Company. June 15, 1892. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were appointed Receivers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company by order of Judge Hugh L. Bond of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ancillary bills were also filed in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Western District of North Carolina, the Eastern District of South Carolina, the Northern District of Georgia, the Northern District of Alabama and the Northern District of Mississippi, and orders entered in such Courts confirming the original order granted by Judge Bond. June 21, 1892. Moved the general offices of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company from Atlanta, Georgia, back to 1300 Pennsyl- vania Avenue, Washington, D. C. August 16, 1892. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were confirmed as permanent Receivers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company 24 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. by order of Judge Hugh L. Bond of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. January 18, 1893. Elected a member of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. July 17, 1893. Samuel Spencer, F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were appointed Receivers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com- pany by order of Judge Nathan Goff of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. July 17, 1893. Samuel Spencer, F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were appointed Receivers of the Georgia Pacific Railway Company by order of Judge Nathan Goff of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia. July 28, 1 893. Samuel Spencer, F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were apppointed Receivers of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company by order of Judge Nathan Goff of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. October 1 7, 1893. F. W. Huidekoper's Receivership of the Pitts- burgh, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Company terminated by order of Judge Joseph Bumngton of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. December 7, 1893. Samuel Spencer, F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were appointed Receivers of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company by order of Judge Nathan Goff of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. July 25, 1894. Elected a Director of the General Compressed Air Company of New Jersey. Was re-elected at each annual meeting and served as a Director until 1 898. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 25 October 12, 1894. October 15, 1894. October 24, 1894. December 31, 1894. Admitted to the Bar of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Elected a resident member of the Chevy-Chase Club of Washington. Elected a member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were "discharged" as Receivers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company by order of Judge Nathan Goff of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, dated December 18, 1894, to take effect December 31, 1894. December 31,1 894. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were "discharged" as Receivers of the Georgia Pacific Railway Company by order of Judge William T. Newman of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia, dated December 22, 1894. December 31, 1894. December 31, 1894. May 28, 1895. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were "discharged" as Receivers of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company by order of Judge Charles H. Simonton of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. F. W. Huidekoper and Reuben Foster were "discharged" as Receivers of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company by order of Judge Charles H. Simonton of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. Final release and discharge of F. W. Huide- koper and Reuben Foster as Receivers of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com- pany by orders of Judge Nathan Goff of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, dated March 26, 1895, and May 28, 1895. 26 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. June 25, 1895. Final release and discharge of F. W. Huide- koper and Reuben Foster as Receivers of the Georgia Pacific Railway Company by order of Judge William T. Newman of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia. July 3, 1 895. F. W. Huidekoper and General Charles Miller began negotiations to acquire The Disston Land Company of Florida. July 16, 1895. Elected a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Pennsylvania Water Works Association. October 15, 1895. Final release and discharge of F. W. Huide- koper and Reuben Foster as Receivers of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail- road Company by order of Judge Charles H. Simonton of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. October 15, 1895. Final release and discharge of F. W. Huide- koper and Reuben Foster as Receivers of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company by order of Judge Charles H. Simonton of the Circuit Cou-t of the United States for the District of South Carolina. April 25, 1896. Elected the President of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Company. January 22, 1 897. Elected a Director of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Company. May 29, 1 897. Death of his mother, Mrs. Edgar Huidekoper (nee' Frances Shippen), at "Hill Home, Meadville, Pennsylvania. August 16, 1897. Resigned the presidency of the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railroad Company. January 31,1 898. Issued a statement showing that he, as Executor of the Estate of Edgar Huidekoper, deceased, had distributed to his father's heirs amounts equal to nearly five and one-third times the value of the estate of which he had assumed charge on September 9, 1862. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 27 December 19, 1898. December 19, 1899. March 31, 1900. April 14, 1900. December 19, 1900. March 4, 1901. April 24, 1901 Elected a member of the Committee on Instal- lation of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia. Elected the Deputy Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia. F. W. Huidekoper and General Charles Miller, by a contract dated January 13, 1900, with the Executors of the Estate of Hamilton Disston, acquired control of The Disston Land Company whose lands in the Counties of Osceola, Orange, Brevard, Dade, Polk, De Soto and Lee in Florida, comprised 1 ,598,249.48 acres, together with a claim against the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida for 347,753.52 acres, derived by reason of the succession of The Disston Land Com- pany to the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Canal and Okeechobee Land Company. Moved the general offices of The Disston Land Company of Florida from Philadelphia to 734 Fifteenth Street, Washington, D. C. Elected the Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia. Foreclosed the property of The Disston Land Company at public sale held at Kissimmee, Florida, by John M. Lee, Special Master in Chancery, in the case of the Columbia Avenue Savings Fund, Safe Deposit, Title and Trust Company, complainant, against The Disston Land Company, defendant, in the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida in and for Osceola County. Organized The United Land Company. Became the first President and a Director of The United Land Company of Florida by virtue of the charter granted to it by the State of Florida. 28 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. May 11, 1901. October 14, 1901. December 17, 1901 December 19, 1901 January 14, 1902. February 24, 1902. December 3, 1902. January 13, 1903. March 9, 1903. March 26, 1903. December 3, 1903. January 12, 1904. Elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida Resigned as a resident member of the Chevy- Chase Club. His brother, Rush Shippen Huidekoper (Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Surgeon, United States Volunteers— May 9, 1 898, to November 15, 1898 — and Chief Surgeon of the First Army Corps in Porto Rico during the Spanish-American War), died at Philadelphia. Elected a member of the Gentlemen of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, to serve until December, 1904. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company. Elected a member of the Board of Managers of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. Elected a Director of the Compressed Air Company of New York. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected a member of the Board of Managers of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 29 February 5, 1904. March 7, 1904. March 26, 1904. December 3, 1904. December 6, 1904. January 10, 1905. March 3, 1905. September and October, 1905. October 16, 1905. December 4, 1905. January 9, 1906. April 19, 1906. December 4, 1 906. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected a Director of the Compressed Air Company of New York. Honorary membership conferred upon him in the Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, by right of direct descent from Edward Shippen, Acting Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania in 1703. Elected the Vice-President of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. Re-elected a member of the Gentlemen of the Council of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, to serve until December 3, 1907. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida. Suffered two slight strokes of paralysis at Hot Springs, Virginia. Re-elected a resident member of the Chevy- Chase Club. Elected the President of the District of Col- umbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. 30 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. January 8, 1907. January 21, 1907. December 10, 1907. January 14, 1908. January 23, 1908. March 13, 1908. April 29, 1908. May 1, 1908. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution. Re-elected a Director of The United Land Company of Florida. Re-elected the President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The United Land Company of Florida. Suffered a severe stroke of paralysis. Died at his residence, 1614 Eighteenth Street, Washington, D. C, at quarter past four o'clock in the morning. Funeral services at his residence at three o'clock. The services were conducted by the Reverend Edward Slater Dunlap, assistant rector of Saint John's Church, assisted by the Rev- erend Doctor Randolph Harrison McKim, rector of Epiphany Church, and by the Reverend Doctor C. Ernest Smith, rector of Saint Thomas' Church. The pall-bearers were Major-General James Harrison . Wilson, Major-General Joseph Prentice Sanger, representing the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, Brigadier-General Oswald H. Ernst, Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson, William Stone Abert, Esq., representing the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolu- tion, Aulick Palmer, Esq., Hugh L. Bond, Jr., Esq., Dr. T. Morris Murray and Larz Anderson, Esq. The interment took place at the Oak Hill Cemetery, West Washington. The laborer's work is done ! NOTICES AND RESOLUTIONS. NOTICES. FINANCIAL REPORT, Friday, May 14, 1875. Chicago, Danville, AND ViNCENNES.^The Bondholders' Com- mittee have been actively at work, and in a circular just issued say that about two millions of the Bonds have signed the agreement, and that they "are confident that the best interests of all the Bondholders will be promoted by the action which has been inaugurated and will be vigorously pushed by this Committee." The request of six members of the Commitee to have Mr. Huidekoper, the other member, appointed one of the Receivers, appears eminently proper, as no person would seem to have more earnestly at heart the welfare of the Bondholders. THE RAILWAY AGE, January 15, 1885. The election a few days since of Mr. F. W. Huidekoper as first vice- president of the Richmond & Danville Company, to be followed by his election to a like position in the other companies composing the Richmond & Danville system, will inspire confidence in these properties wherever he is known. A more active, industrious, or conscientious man, or one better fitted by experience for the work expected of him, could not have been found. His splendid services in connection with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois road, of which he was a long time president, have given him high rank in railway circles. So devoted was he to the interests of that company, and so earnest and persistent in discharge of the duties put upon him that he very nearly sacrificed his health. Mr. Huidekoper has never been and never will be merely an ornamental officer or figurehead. He is a worker. This the Rich- mond & Danville stockholders will not be long in discovering. ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER. ALEXANDRIA. Wednesday Evening, December 15, 1886. Virginia Midland Railway. Stockholders' Meeting. Election of a New President and Board of Directors, &c, &c. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Virginia Midland railway was held at the office of the Company, in this city, at noon to-day, with Hon. John S. Barbour in the chair and Mr. A. S. Dunham, Secretary. 34 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. A committee on proxies was appointed who reported a majority of the stock represented, whereupon, On motion of Mr. Thomas Sedden, Mr. Thomas M. Logan was unanimously elected President of the Company, and Messrs. John S. Barbour, J. T. Lovell, J. C. Madden, J. A. Ruther- ford, Isaac L. Rice, Robert T. Dow, James B. Pace, C. G. Holland, W. H. Payne, George Parsons, Alfred Sully, George F. Stone, Emanuel Lehman, J. H. Inman and E. D. Christian directors. General Payne then offered the following resolution, prefacing it with some complimentary remarks of Mr. Huidekoper, who, he said, well deserved the thanks of the stockholders for the able and efficient manner in which he had managed the affairs of the Company: RESOLVED. That the thanks of the stockholders of the Virginia Mid- land Railway Company are cordially tendered to President Huide- koper for the skill, energy and success with which he has managed and developed the property, for the condition in which he leaves it, and for the prosperity which his management predicts for the future. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Sedden, who stated that the owners of the road recognized the condition of the property and its affairs when taken in charge by the late management, and that they were not then in very good shape, and recognizing the present condition of the road, they deemed that they should extend their thanks to Mr. Huidekoper. The resolution was unanimously adopted, when Mr. Huidekoper acknowledged the compliment contained in the resolution and the remarks of the speakers, and said that it had been his aim and object to further the interests of the road and its owners. On motion of Mr. Huidekoper it was resolved that the presentation of the annual reports and the other business to be acted upon at this meeting of stockholders, be delayed until a future meeting of stock- holders, and that this meeting now adjourn till Wednesday, the 22d inst., at 1 2 o'clock noon, at the office in this city. NEW YORK RECORDER, Sunday, August 7, 1392. Receiver F. W. Huidekoper of the Richmond & Danville ranks as one of the brainest railway men in America. BALTIMORE AMERICAN AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, Wednesday, August 17. 1892. Judge Bond made Messrs. Reuben Foster and F. W. Huidekoper permanent receivers of the Richmond & Danville Railroad yesterday, and in so doing earned the thanks of all who are interested in the wel- FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 35 fare of the property. The two receivers are eminently well fitted for the work, and their experience and high character, as well as the general esteem in which they are held, assure the best possible handling of the interests committed to their charge. OBITUARY NOTICE IN THE REGISTER OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. FOR 1910, pages 61 and 62. FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. Railroad official. Born at Pomona Hall, Meadville, Pa., September 12, 1840. Died in Washington, April 29. 1908. Great-great-grandson of Judge Edward Shippen; President of the Commitee of "Inspection and Observation," at Lancaster, Pa. Great-great-grandson of Andrew Colhoon, 2d Lieutenant in Wilson's 6th Battalion, Pennsylvania 1 roops. Mr. Huidekoper graduated at Harvard College, in 1 862, and received the degree of A. M., in 1871. He served in 1863 as Captain of the 58th Pennsylvania Militia, along the Ohio and at Buffington Island in the capture of General John H. Morgan. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Governors; of the Society of Colonial Wars, being governor in 1900, 1901; of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution, of which he was the vice-president, 1903 to 1 905, and president, 1 905 till his death; also a member of the Meade Post, G. A. R., and the following clubs: Metropolitan, Country, and Chevy-Chase, of Washington, and the University and Harvard, of New York. His business life was chiefly as an official and generally president of several railroads, and he was widely known in these circles as an able executive. He administered the affairs of the Holland Land Company of Pennsylvania for fourteen years; in 1877 was President of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. Co.; in 1881 was President of the Evansville & Terre Haute R. R. Co.; in 1885 was first vice- president of the Richmond & Danville system, now the Southern Railway, being in practical control; was vice-president of the Richmond & West Point Terminal Railroad and Warehouse Com- pany, and of the Virginia Midland Railroad Company; in 1886 was President of the latter company; in 1887 was President of the Virginia, Tennessee & Carolina Steel & Iron Company; in 1 889 was President and Receiver of the Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad; in 1 890 was President of the South Atlantic & Ohio Rail- road; in 1892 he was appointed Receiver of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, and in 1893 he was appointed receiver of the Georgia Pacific, Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, and the Columbia 36 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. & Greenville Railroad; in 1896 he was President of the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway; since 1901, he was President of The United Land Company of Florida. He was instrumental in the reorganization of the Southern Railway system and brought the main offices to Washington. For forty years he was a trustee of the Mead- ville Theological School. Mr. Huidekoper was a gentlemen of culture, fine manners and dis- position, and his great executive ability and integrity made him a most valuable officer. As President of the District of Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution, he endeared himself to every member by his great courtesy and affability and his genial conduct in the chair. He died as the result of paralysis. His wife and two sons: Frederic Louis and Reginald Shippen, survive him. • RESOLUTIONS. COPY OF RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY. IN ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION AS PRESIDENT OF F. W. HUIDEKOPER, ESQ. RESOLVED. That in accepting the resignation of Mr. Huidekoper the Board of Directors desire to express their unfeigned regret for the illness which has compelled him to take this action and their earnest hope that a few months of entire freedom from business care and anxiety, will restore him to health and enable him to take his place again with them. During the time that Mr. Huidekoper has had charge of the affairs of the C. & E. I. R. R. the improvement in the condition of the property in its earnings and business relations, and in its credit and the value of its securities has been very marked, and beyond the most sanguine expectations; and it is the deliberate opinion of this board that this improvement is largely owing to the ability, fidelity and energy of the President of this Company. While the board testify their sense of obligation to Mr. Huidekoper for his zeal in the Company's interest and the success which has attended his administration, their regret in parting with him is intensified by the recollection of the pleasant personal relations which [Seal.] have always characterized their intercourse. Attest: A. S. DUNHAM, Secretary. EXCERPT FROM MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY COM- PANY HELD IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, VA., ON DECEMBER 15, 1886. Mr. Payne offered the following resolution which was duly seconded and unanimously adopted and the Secretary instructed to have same engrossed and presented to Mr. Huidekoper: RESOLVED. That the thanks of the Stockholders of The Virginia Midland Railway Company are cordially tendered to President Huide- koper for the skill, energy and success with which he has managed and developed the property, for the condition in which he leaves it, and for the prosperity which his management predicts for the future. Mr. Seddon on the part of the Richmond & West Point Terminal 38 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. Railway and Warehouse Company and other owners stated that the owners of the property, recognizing the condition of the same and its affairs when taken in charge by the late management, and recognizing the present improved and prosperous condition of the Company, desired to express through him, their appreciation of Mr. Huidekoper's management, and to extend to him their thanks. COPY OF THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, DECEMBER 15, 1886, ON THE RETIREMENT OF MR. F. W. HUIDEKOPER AS PRESIDENT. RESOLVED. That the thanks of the Stockholders of the Virginia Midland Railway Company are cordially tendered to President Huide- koper for the skill, energy and success, with which he has managed and developed the property, for the condition in which he leaves it, and for the prosperity which his management predicts [Seal.] for the future. T. H. WENTWORTH, Jr., Secretary. EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHICAGO, PEORIA & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY, AUGUST 16, 1897. The President (Mr. F. W. Huidekoper) presented his resignation in the following form: "New York, August 16, 1897. To the Board of Directors of The Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis R. R. Co. of 111. Gentlemen: — It seems proper that the affairs of your Company should have its Chief Executive upon the line of its road to look after and direct them. As it will not be convenient for me to reside there, I herewith tender my resignation as President of your Company. Yours truly. (Signed) F. W. HUIDEKOPER." General Counsel Cromwell expressed his personal regret at this action of the President, in which sentiment all the Directors concurred. Upon motion, it was RESOLVED, That this Board accept with regret the resignation of the President, and considering that the Company has need for his valuable experience, he is respectfully urged to continue to give to the Company such advice, information and service as may be called for by the Execu- FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 39 tive Officers, without interference with his other occupations or business plans; and that in consideration of the same his present compensation be continued until the annual meeting of the Company in December next; and upon his acceptance hereof this resolution shall be final and effective without any further action of the Board, and the Executive Officers shall carry out the same. Upon motion, the resignation of President Huidekoper was accepted, and the foregoing resolution was unanimously adopted. COPY OF THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE BOARD OF DIREC- TORS OF THE UNITED LAND COMPANY OF FLORIDA AT A MEETING HELD IN WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 20, 1908. RESOLVED. That The United Land Company has suffered a loss truly irreparable in the death of its President, Frederic Wolters Huide- koper, Esq. To his great ability both the conduct of the difficult negotiations resulting in the acquisition of the great property of The Disston Land Company of Florida, and the organization of The United Land Company are principally indebted. To his foresight, wisdom and singleness of devotion to the cares entrusted to his charge, The United Land Company owes the continuous prosperity which has attended it since its inception. A splendid example of the highest type of American, a man of unspotted integrity, of exceptional attain- ments, brilliant in intellect, sound in judgment, steadfast in trial, resource- ful and sanguine always even under the most disadvantageous condi- tions, a courtly gentleman of the old school, it was both an honor and a pleasure, as well as a splendid stimulus, to serve either with or under him. His death indeed makes vacant a place which can never be filled in the minds or hearts of the officials and employes of this Company. Resolved also. That the interests of The United Land Company will, in the estimation of the Board of Directors, be best subserved in the future by a close adherence to the admirable policies laid down by its late President. RESOLVED FURTHER, That a copy of these resolutions be engrossed and transmitted to the members of the family of the late President as a testimonial of the sense of obligation owed by The United Land Com- pany to his invaluable services, and of the admiration and respect that he commanded, as well as in token of the sympathy with which it shares their great loss. C. W. WARD, [Seal.] Secretary. 40 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. CLASS OF 1862. HARVARD COLLEGE. Whereas our Classmate Frederic Wolters Huidekoper has died since he met with us last year, RESOLVED, That the class remembers with respect his patriotic service as a soldier, and has always recognized and now wishes to commemorate the fact that his kind spirit and courteous good fellow- ship have helped greatly to strengthen our college ties and to add to mutual warm appreciation between widely differing natures. Distinguished as his success in business has been, his heart has en- deared him to his classmates. RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family as a mark of the sympathy of the class. A True Copy of the Records of the Class of 1 862. Attest: CHARLES GRINNELL, Secretary. 24 June, 1908. IN MEMORIAM FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. Frederic Wolters Huidekoper died in Washington City on April 29, 1 908, as a result of a stroke of paralysis. He was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, on September 12,1 840, and was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1862. The descendant of a distinguished Dutch family on his father's side, and on the maternal side of the famous Shippen family, he combined the splendid traits of the best blood of the early settlers in Pennsylvania. On leaving college he gave his services to his country and served with distinction during the Civil War. Years of successful connection and association with the great railroad development followed, during the greater portion of which Washington was his home. Justly proud of his ancestry he joined the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia, and in 1 900 was elected to the governor- ship of that organization. Devoted to the interests of the Society he was a regular attendant at its meetings and his influence was always exerted for those measures which were of value in extending the historical and patriotic work of the order. By his death the Society loses one of its most distinguished officers and its members a loyal friend. Therefore be it — FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. 41 RESOLVED, That this minute be placed upon the records of the Society and that a copy be sent as a further expression of our sympathy to his family. MARCUS BENJAMIN, A. HOWARD CLARK, THOS. HYDE. [Seal.] Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the Society held January 26, 1909. J. BURR JOHNSON, Secretary. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY. SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. HELD APRIL 19, 1909. TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. Whereas, it has pleased Divine Providence to take from us our brother, Frederic Wolters Huidekoper, late President of the Sons of the Revolution, and we would put upon record a tribute to his char- acter, therefore be it RESOLVED, That in the death of our late President this Society has lost a member conspicuous for efficiency, constant in his devotion to its best interests, and greatly liked for his courteous and kindly bearing, a gentleman of sterling qualities both of mind and heart, who had per- formed the duties of his office with signal ability and with a simplicity of conduct that won our affectionate regard; RESOLVED. That as we look back and note with what fidelity Mr. Huidekoper labored to advance the welfare of our organization, we would pay to his memory a grateful tribute. Just and considerate, he was ever attentive, active and genial. He walked in the path that led to the firmer welding together of our members into a strong and enduring bond of friendship. Nor did anyone accomplish more than he to help that process steadily along. While we mourn our loss we seek comfort in the reflection that Mr. Huidekoper in all relations of life did his duty manfully, acquiring thereby the hearty respect of this entire community. Of his family we ask that we may be permitted to assure them of our sympathy for them in sustaining the burden of sorrow they have been called upon to bear. 42 FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER. RESOLVED, That these resolutions be entered upon the minutes and that the Secretary be directed to transmit a copy of the same to the family of Mr. Huidekoper. WILLIAM STONE ABERT, President. A. KEITH PARRIS, Jr., Secretary. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Organized May 20, 1893. Register of the Society, 1897. With portrait of Richard Worsam Meade, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. pp. 124. Register of the Society, 1904. With frontispiece of badge of the Society of Colonial Wars, portrait of Francis Asbury Roe, Rear Admiral, U. S. N., First Governor of the Society, and other officers. Twenty-two portraits, pp. 2 1 4. MEMORIAL PAPERS. No. 1 . George Brown Goode. By A. Howard Clark. With por- trait. pp.8. 1896. No. 2. Charles Frederick Tiffany Beale. By Marcus Benjamin. With portrait, pp.13. 1902. No. 3. William Herman Wilhelm, Captain, U. S. A. By Ethan Allen Weaver. With portrait, pp.9. 1902. No. 4. Francis Asbury Roe, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. By Marcus Benjamin. With portrait and eight illustrations, pp. 35. 1903. No. 5. Gilbert Thompson. By Marcus Benjamin. With portrait. pp. 18. 1910. No. 6. Frederic Wolters Huidekoper. By Frederic Louis Huidekoper. With portrait, chronology, notices and resolutions, pp. 42. 1910. HISTORICAL PAPERS. No. I . The Colonial Boundaries of Virginia and Maryland. By Gilbert Thompson. With map. pp. 8. 1 899. No. 2. An American Sea Captain of Colonial Times. By Francis Asbury Roe, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. pp. 1 1 . 1900. No. 3. Historical Military Powder-horns. By Gilbert Thompson. With eleven illustrations, pp. 16. 1 90 1 . No. 4. Historical Address at Dedication of the Braddock Boulder, November 10, 1907. By Marcus Benjamin. With four illustrations, pp. 16. 1908. No. 5. Colonel Joseph Belt. By Caleb Clarke Magruder, Jr. With Patent and illustration of "Chevy-Chase" manor-house. pp.36. 1909. MISCELLANEOUS. Address of Welcome, by his Excellency, Governor Francis A. Roe, U. S. N., at first dinner of the Society, December 1 9, 1 893. pp. 8. Preliminary draft of a Constitution, printed upon half-sheets and sent to members for suggestions, pp. 1 8. November, 1 894. The preceding was adopted and printed in February, 1895. A cir- cular of four pages, with preamble and qualifications for membership, was printed, 1895; also, a similar circular, giving list of members, was printed January, 1896. A list of membership is published annually as a circular, pp. 4. The Year Book and Register of the Society, 1 897, contains the Con- stitution and By-Laws as amended to that date. Preliminary draft of Constitution, printed and sent to members for suggestions. With cover, pp.17. April, 1902. The preceding was adopted without change, May 13, 1902, and printed, with embossed seal of the Society on the cover, pp. 16. First Service, Sunday, February 12, 1905. St. John's Church, Georgetown. (With embossed seal.) pp. 12. Second Annual Service, Sunday, February 18, 1906. St. John's Church, Washington. (With embossed seal.) pp.12. Third Annual Service, Sunday, February 17, 1907. Epiphany Church, Washington. (Without seal.) pp. 12. Dedication Service, Sunday, November 10, 1907. Cathedral Grounds, Washington. One illustration, of the Braddock tablet and boulder, pp. 1 2. Fourth Annual Church Service, Sunday, April 26, 1908. Christ Church, Georgetown, D. C. (Without seal.) pp. 8. Fifth Annual Church Service, Sunday, May 2, 1909. St. John's Church, Washington. (Without seal.) pp. 9. Sixth Annual Church Service, Sunday, May 8, 1910. St. John's Church, Washington. (Without seal.) pp. 9. Dedication Service, Sunday, October 30, 1910, Colonel Ninian Beall memorial. St. John's Church-yard, Georgetown. With illustration of tablet and boulder, pp. 1 0. CALEB CLARKE MAGRUDER, Jr., Historian. December, 1910. fill;