Harriman, Tennessee.
                               April 10, 1918.

Mr. John C. Daves,
Baltimore, Md.

My dear Mr. Daves:-  In reply to your letter of the
8th, will say that I do not know that I am eligible
to the Society of Cincinnati, and that is the reason
I wanted data on the requirements for membership.

I am a great great grand-son of Lieutenant Isaac Lane,
who served under Colonel John Sevier, in Washington Co.,
N.C., since Tennessee.

I am also a great great great grand-son of Capt.
William Sumpter (brother of General Sumpter) of
Burke County, N.C.

Would either of these officers make me eligible to
membership, and what are the requirements?
If so, I want to join on the Lieut. Lane line and
a cousin who is the same relation to Capt. Sumpter,
would like to join on that line.

Thanking you in advance for your prompt attention
to this matter, I am,

Yours very truly,

CKH/K

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