Memories of Virginia
worthy to be remembered by remote descendants." This is true also of individuals.
Dr. Batcheller evidently is a Disciple of Research and a friend of the old college of William and Mary.
Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., President
College of William and Mary, Virginia.
My Dear Sir:—I am just back from Denver, Colo., and I found on my desk yesterday morning, your telegram awaiting my arrival, dated June 8th, which reads as follows: "Doctor of Laws conferred on you by William and Mary. Congratulations."
Your letter of the 14th reached me this morning, confirming the action of the Faculty and Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Words can not express my deep appreciation of the highest honor that can be conferred upon an American. I also feel greatly honored by having the Degree conferred upon me at the same time as the distinguished Virginian, Hon. Phillip Alexander Bruce.
Now, as an Alumnæ of "William and Mary," it will bring this institution very close to my heart, feeling that I am fully identified with the cradle of learning, from which our most distinguished men of colonial times laid the foundation of what is now the foremost government on the face of the earth.
Again I beg to thank you for your felicitous remarks. With great respect, I am,
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Geo. Clinton Batcheller.
In the Baltimore Sun you will find in the Heraldry column the perfected chain of lineage that gives you "a Virginia cousin" in Mrs. Moritz O. Kopperl, granddaughter of Thomas Matthews, who left the Old Dominion
to found a branch of the family tree in Texas, is completed. Your cousin's daughter, Waldine, will meet the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots at Williamsburg, October 12, 1907, to attend the general communion ser-
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