Fifteen of the works were painted by Frank O. Salisbury (1874–1962), one of the great English portrait painters of the Twentieth century.
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The formal dedication on December 11, 1929, was attended by an impressive list of dignitaries, headed by former President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and former Governor of New York and Secretary of State (and future Chief Justice of the United States) Charles Evans Hughes.
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In establishing the Society the founders were inspired by the example of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, founded in 1845.
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