MRS. WILLIS HITZING
             CHERRYWOLD
          WHITEHAVEN, TENN.

My dear Mrs. Davis ;

                      Last December I was appointed
Organizing State President for the Founders and
Patriots Society, but being the state president of the
Daughters of 1812 at the time, I did not try to form
the organization until my term had expired for the 1812
Society.  Now I am beginning to work seriously, and
seeing your name in the year book as a member, I am
writing to ask you to be so kind as to transfer
from the national society to the state society.

        I am very anxious to have all the members
residing in the state to become charter members, and
hope that you will join with us in promoting this
new society.  There are six members (beside myself)
and only nine are required to start a chapter, so
I hope that we may get our charter before the first

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of the year.  As you know, this will never be such
a large organization as it is too difficult for
most women to carry the same name all the way back.
There are only a few states that have not formed
chapters and we hope to soon have Tennessee taken
from that list, so awaiting to have a favorable
answer from you, I am,

                        Sincerely yours,

                        Bessie Hitzing.

Whitehaven, Tenn.
August 28, 1929.

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