A comment from General Francis Nash Compatriot Ralph Nelson, that was published in the New England Historical Genealogical Society E-newsletter a year ago, was requested by an editor of American Ancestors (a publication of that same Society) to be used in a future article on patriot lineage societies.  When the article was published in the Fall issue, Ralph’s quote leads the article.

This is an edited version of the first page of the article, along with an appropriate picture of Ralph: