Harriman, Tennessee,
							  Nov. 16, 1920.


Mr. R. A. Atkinson,
221 N. Liberty St.,
Baltimore, Md.

Dear Mr. Atkinson:-  Quite a time has passed since I last wrote
you, and still I have found nothing more for our Lane files.
You will recall I wrote you on Aug. 2nd, that I had sent Dr.
Culver a sum of money for which he said he would furnish addition-
al data for a supplementary Colonial Dames paper, in the Lane
line.  I sent the money, and after waiting all this time, Dr. C.
writes after an extensive search he can find no additional data
for a C.D. paper in our Lane line.  He has, so he says, found
that Sarah Christian, dau. of Col. Josias Toogood, married Richard
Lane of Calvert County, and our Richard being from Baltimore Co.,
eliminates the Toogood family.  He says he will keep the maiden
name of Sarah, wife of our Richard, in mind and hopes to yet
run across it, although he has searched the marriage records at
Annapolis.

I have also had Miss A. Eleanor Hull (The Arundel of Balto.) work-
ing trying to find that D.A.R. officer in the Lane line for Mrs.
Schleicher, but so far she has found nothing except that Ester
Bibber is down in the St. Paul Parish records as Esther Bobby.
I fear the officer cannot be found, but am not content to stop
trying to find at least one more C.D. ancestor.  Miss Hull is
working for a Mrs. Landstreet of Richmond, Va., who descends
from Sarah, (daughter of Rev. Tidence) who married Zacharia Mc
Cubbins.  To-day I had a letter from her (Miss Hull) asking how
much I would charge for proof that Sarah was a daughter of Tidence
and for a copy of my sister's D.A.R. papers on his services.  I
sent her a copy of the D.A.R. paper like the one I sent you,
also a copy of the will of Rev. Tidence Lane.  She seems very
anxious to get everything possible on the Lane family.  I have
been wondering if it would not help thing very nuch if Miss Hull
had a copy of the C.D. papers of Mrs. Schleicher, but of course
did not send it.  I appreciate the fact that she could use this
paper for Mrs. Landstreet, but wouldn't it be a big help and save
much time and expense, if she knew exactly what had been verified
by the Md. Colonial Dames?  If she had a copy of this paper, then
she could spend her time in working for data for additional C.D.
papers, and not be going over the line as you had it verified.
This is just a suggestion, and I would be so very glad to know
what you think about it, and of course will do exactly as you
say.  I wrote Miss Hull and asked her if she would pay any thing
for a copy of the Lane C.D. papers, but have not heard from her
yet.  I shall not give or sell this paper, without instructions
from you, so if you care to sell it, what shall I ask?




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