Harriman, Tennessee,
May 25, 1920.

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

My dear Mr. Atkinson:-  Your letter of the 23rd received
to-day, and it was a pleasure to hear from one who is
genuinely interested in the LANE genealogy.  I too, in
my long search for records of the family, have met with
unconcern and a seeming lack of interest, but have kept
digging on the line, till at last I feel that I have
found about all the records contain.  How unfortunate that
I did not learn of your interest in the family, when I
first began working on the line, for I feel that it would
have saved me much time and money.  I have done a lot of
work on the line myself and then I had a man in Annapolis
make a search of the records there for Lane data.  I have
the copies of the records he got for me, and if you care
to examine them I will gladly send them to you.  He also
sent me photostatic copies of the activities of Maj. Saml.
Lane in the Council of Maryland, which I will send if you
care to see them.  I suppose you have seen them though, as
you live so near Annapolis you must have searched the records
there, yourself.  I dont think I have had any assistance
from any one you have given your data to, at least no one
has ever mentioned your name until the past month I wrote
your Aunt Mrs. Schleicher regarding the matter, and she
referred me to you, and I wrote you immediately. Mrs. S.
did not give me any thing as she said she had given you
her promise to not pass on the data she had for her Colonial
Dame papers, to any one outside of her immediate family.
I learned she was a member of the Colonial Dames on the
services of Maj. Saml. Lane, and wrote her regarding the
matter.  Since writing Mrs. Schleicher, my sister has been
invited to join the Tenn. Society of the Colonial Dames,
and I expect to have her use the data I have about Maj. Lane
for a supplemental paper, when she joins.  She will use
either one of two Hill Colonial Ancestors for her application
papers, the other with Maj. Lane as supplementals.  I feel
sure I have all the data required for her Lane papers to
be verified.

I regret to say that I have been unable to get any data on
the Bibber (Bibbin) family from the Tenn. descendants.  I
have written hundreds of letters on all the allied lines, but
have succeeded in getting nothing except what my man in
Annapolis sent me regarding the Tidings family, Pettitia
[could be Pertitia as there is a strike-over on original: Archivist]
Tidings father was Richard Tidings.  No activities of Richard
Tidings except to help in Prorogative Court as appraiser
and surety, and this will not do for C.D. papers, will it?

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Mr. R.A.A. #2

I wish I could establish the maiden name of Sarah, wife
of Richard Lane, but I have so many other things to do
that I think I'll let the matter rest as it stands, for
the present.  I am working on all my lines now, and as the
Lane line is pretty well established, I'll not send for
the data you have, but spend that money on the lines not
as well worked out.  I would like to say in this connection,
that in case I have any trouble about my sisters papers on
the Lane line in the C.D., I will send you the $25.00 and
get your assistance.  Will you agree to this?

I am so glad to find some one that charges for what they
have.  I know how much it costs and how many weary hours
of work it takes to establish a line, and then the kin
folks think you should gladly hand out what you have worked
so hard for, without pay, and some times with out thanks.
I know from experience, and I want to commend you for
taking the stand you have.  I also want to thank you for
offering to get up the Lane data you have, for me, but
under the circumstances, I don’t think it would be of any
benefit to me, do you?  In this connection did you know
that Margaret Lane, wife of Maj. Saml. Lane was born Joye?
This was shown in the search made at Annapolis, and since
Mrs. Schleicher did not know her maiden name, I wonder if
you did.

I regret that you have not the authentic records proving
the connection with the English family, for I would like
to have that.  The naming of their country estates the
same names in this country and in England would indicate
it was the same family, but to prove it is a different
thing.

This is rather a rambling letter, but I find letter[s] of this
kind are very hard to write, so I hope you will over look
its rambling nature.

With kindest regards and best wishes to one who has an
interest in Lane genealogy, I am,

Cordially yours,

CKH/K




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