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FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION 



NORTH AMERICA. 



Held in the City of Chicago, June 12-16, 1893. 



PREPARED AND EDITED 

BY 

J. P. Maclean. 



ST. JOHN, N. 1:.: 

Telegraph Book and Job Print, Canterbury Steeet. 

1893. 



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MACLEAN TABLE. 

Coat of Arms. — " Sir Hector MacLean, Chief of the 
MacLeans, an ancient loyal, potent clan, in the Highlands 
of Scotland, of which there have been many brave men. 
The achievement of the Family of MacLean, as illuminated 
in the Book of James Espline, Marchmont Herald, 1630, 
has four coats quarterly : 1st, Ai-gent, a rock gules; 2nd, 
Argent, a dexter hand fesse, ways couped gules, holding a 
cross, crosslet fitched in pale azure ; 3rd, A lymphad sable ; 
4th, Argent, a salmon niant proper, and in chief, two eagles' 
heads waged affronted gules. Crest : A tower embattled 
argent. Motto : Virtue Mine Honor. Which achievement 
is represented standing on a compartment representing green 
sand and sea — out of the last issueth two seiches proper 
for supporters." 




Crest — A battle-axe between a laurel and cypress branch. 
Motto above the crest : Altera Merces — another offering. 

Badge — Crowberry. 

War Cry — Bas na beatha — Death or Life. March — 
Caismeachd Echuinn rahic Ailein nan sop — Warning of 
Hector, son of Allan of the Wisp of Straw. 

Clan Gathering — Ceann na Drochaide Bige — Head of 
the little bridge. 

Lament — An Ribein Gorm — Blue ribbon. 



ADVERTISEMENT. 



After the gathering of the MacLeans in Chicago, there 
was a general feeling that a complete report of the proceed- 
ings should be published. To leave the matter for the con- 
sideration of the next session in Toronto was thought to be 
inexpedient, although it is sincerely hoped that said meeting 
will take such action as will be satisfactory to all the mem- 
bers of the Association. With a view to preserve the 
records, and to present the same in a permanent form, I 
have taken the responsibility of editing and publishing the 
same. I submit ray work to the favorable consideration of 
the members of the Clan. 

J. P. MACLEAN. 

July 27th, 1893. 



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NORTH AMERICA. 



I — Narrative. 

On January 29th, 1893, I wrote a letter to Arthur 
A. MacLean, President Cairo Lumber Company, stating 
if he would tender the use of his office, I would notify 
all the MacLeans in the City of Chicago to meet me 
there on January 17th, in order to take action relative 
to inviting Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., 
Chief of the Clan, to visit the World's Columbian 
Exposition, and during his stay to be the guest of 
his Clansmen. Mr. MacLean responded immediately 
to the message, in which he not only offered the use 
of his office, but warmly seconded the proposition. 
Having a list of eighty of the name, residents of 
Chicago, I notified all to meet me in the office of 
Arthur A. MacLean, The Rookery, at 12 M., on Jan'y 
17th. At the same time I caused notices to be inserted 
in the daily papers of Chicago. 

At the appointed time, the private office of Mr. 
MacLean was filled with descendants of Gillean, most 
of whom were strangers to each other. On my own 



10 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

motion, Archibald MacLean, Esq., of Rockford, 111., 
was made temporary chairman. On assuming the 
chair, Mr. MacLean stated that the object of the meet- 
ing was fully known to all. He then proceeded to 
give his reasons why the Chief and all the Chieftains 
should be invited to the World's Fair, and to be the 
guests of the Clansmen during their stay. George 
C. McLean, of Janesville, Wis., vigorously seconded 
the remarks offered by the chairman. On a vote 
being taken, it was unanimously carried that the Chief 
and Chieftains of the Clan be invited to Chicago, and 
that the Chief should name the time. The meeting- 
then elected W. A. McLean Permanent President; S. 
P. MacLean, Secretary; J. P. MacLean, Cor. Secretary, 
and A. A. MacLean, Treasurer. The Corresponding- 
Secretary was directed to communicate the desire of 
the meeting to the Chief, and report the result to the 
President. The meeting then adjourned, to meet at 
the call of the President. 

Before leaving Chicago, on that day, I addressed a 
letter to the Chief, conveying to him the sense of the 
meeting, requesting his acceptance, and for him to 
name the time that would be most convenient for him 
to attend the World's Fair, and inviting him to be the 
guest of his Clansmen. 

The action thus taken was reported to the Associ- 
ated Press, and the next day appeared in the leading- 
papers of America. 

February 16th, the Chief's letter of acceptance was 
received, the following being a copy : — 



clan maclean association. 11 

The Lees, Folkestone, Kent, Eng., 

February 4th, 1893. 
Professor J. P. MacLean, 

Corresponding Secretary, 
My Dear Sir : 

Nothing in this universe could have touched my heart to 
the extent of the message just received from my Clansmen 
on the other side of the Atlantic. 

I at once accept their courteous invitation to become 
their guest, and Lady MacLean will gladly accompany me 
to Chicago to visit the Columbian Exposition — -if it pleases 
the Great Director of all events to give us health and strength 
to do it. 

Pray convey to those gentlemen who were present at the 
meeting held on January 17th, my high sense of their 
loyalty to their Ancient Family Traditions and to their 
Chief, who once move repeats the oath made by his ancestors 
before starting on an expedition — as far back as the 11th 
century : — 

" The heavens are above us, 

The land below us, 
The ocean around us, 

Everything in a circle about us ; 
If the heavens do not fall, 

Casting from their high fortresses 
The stars like rain on the face of the earth ; 

If shocks from within 
Do not shatter the land itself ; 

If the ocean from its blue solitude 
Does not rise up over 
The brows of all living things " — 

I will meet my Clansmen in Chicago. 

Believe me, 

Yours ever faithfully, 

FITZROY DONALD MACLEAN, Bart., 

of Dowart, Brolas and Morvern, 

Chief of the Clan. 



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In a postscript the Chief added that he would sail 
from Liverpool on the S. S. "Majestic," Wednesday, 
May 31st. 

The same day on which the above was received, I 
communicated its contents to the President, and also i 
notified the Secretary and Treasurer. 

The President called a meeting to be held at 2 p. m. 
of March 1st, in the office of the Treasurer, and wrote 
to me urgently to be present. During this session 
the whole question was gone over, the financial part 
receiving the greater consideration. The meeting fully 
realized that there was hard and persistent labor before 
each member. It was desired to reach every member 
of the Clan in North America, and every one to have 
a special invitation, regardless of the method of spell- 
ing the name. An effort should be made to quicken 
the Clan spirit in every one. It was understood that 
there were innumerable families that had been resident 
in the New World so long that they had lost all trace 
of their ancestry ; others had neglected such opportun- 
ities as had been afforded them, while still others were 
indifferent. It was decided that circulars should be 
sent to every one of the name whose address could be 
obtained. Anticipating this, I had prepared a draft, 
and submitted it to the meeting. The Chief's letter of 
acceptance was read at the opening of the session, and 
was received with prolonged applause. Committees on 
Finance, Arrangements and Reception were appointed. 
Also an Advisary one. The Corresponding Secretary 
was directed to have a circular printed, and to send one 
to every one of the name on his list — having reported 



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that he had about 3,000 names — and to draw on the 
Treasurer for funds. A call for contributions was now 
made, when nearly every one contributed five dollars 
each. It was also decided that the week beo-inning 
June 12th should be one of festivities, during which 
time there should be a Reception and Banquet. 

The draft of the circular submitted I revised, and 
on March 8th I commenced to send it through the 
mails, the following being a copy : 

HAIL TO THE CHIEF ! 

The Fiery Cross has not been sent over the mountains or 
hills of Mull, Morvern, Coll, Tiree or Islay, summoning the 
MacLeans to respond to the call of their Chief, since 1745, 
nor has their slogan — Bas na Beatha — been heard. The 
plaided warriors of MacLean sleep in their Island graves. 

By these Presents all the MacLeans, and those related by 
direct descent or married into the Clan, especially those 
residing in the United States and Canada, are summoned to 
assemble in the City of Chicago, during the week com- 
mencing June the 12th, 1893, to welcome the Hereditary 
Chief of The Ancient and Great Clan MacLean, Colonel 
Sir Eitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., who has positively 
promised to be present, and will leave Liverpool on the S.S. 
" Majestic," Wednesday, May 31st, and will be the guest of 
the MacLeans of North America, at the World's Columbian 
Exposition. 

The following Chieftains of the Clan have also been 
invited to be present : Captain Murdoch Gillian Maclaine 
of Lochbuie, Archibald John Maclean of Pennycross, Alex. 
John Hew Maclean of Ardgour, The Maclean of Coll, 
Robert Cutler McLean of Kingerloch. 

A reception and banquet will be given during the week — 



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the exact time not yet determined — at which there will be 
toasts, responses and songs, bagpipe and other music. 

The committee suggests that all — ladies and gentlemen 
— should wear the MacLean dress Tartan. 

Please observe the following directions : — 

1. All who will be present, and will also attend the 
banquet, are requested, at as early a date as possible, to 
notify S. P. Maclean, reporter, " The Tribune," Chicago. 

2. All desiring the dress Tartan can secure as many 
yards as wanted, at $1 per yard; Sashes — which have been 
suggested — three yards long, exclusive of the fringe — at 
$3" each, all made out of Scotch wool of the finest texture, 
and most durable colors. To secure the Tartan, money 
must be sent as early as possible to J. P. MacLean, Mor- 
rison, 111. If goods are to be sent by mail, postage must be 
added at the rate of nine cents to the yard. 

Let all help make this a great occasion. Remember, this 
is the only instance of a Highland Chief having been 
invited to this country by his Clansmen. Let all unite to- 
renew the Ancient Ties of Clanship. 

As the committee has not the address of all our Clansmen, 
it is hoped that every one will feel it to be their duty to 
invite all they may know to participate on this occasion, 
which is destined to be historical. 

W. A. McLean, President, S. P. Maclean, Bee, Sec'y, 

4001 Grand Boulevard. The Tribune Building. 

A. A. Maclean, Treasurer, J. P. MacLean, Cor. Secy, 
541 The Rookery. Morrison, 111. 

committees. 

Advisory — W. A. McLean, S. P. Maclean, J. P. Mac- 
Lean. 

Finance — James A. McLane, 100 Washington Street; 
W. C. McClaine, 4259 Cottage Grove Avenue; Charles 



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McLean, 124 31st Street; A. B. McLean, Jr., 152 LaSalle 
Street. 

Arrangements — Thomas A. Maclean, 541 The Rookery; 
J. W. McLean, 44 State Street ; Archibald Maclean, Rock- 
ford, Illinois. 

Reception- — Capt. A. B. McLean, Sr., 110 Fifth Avenue ; 
A. A. Maclean, 541 The Rookery; Colin C. McLean, Janes- 
ville, Wis. ; W. D. McLain, 200 Oakwood Boulevard. 

Chicago, 111., March 8th, 1893. 

With this, on a separate sheet, I sent a copy of the 
Chief's letter of acceptance. 

On March 2nd, I sent letters of invitation to The 
MacLean of Pennycross and The Maclaine of Lochbuie, 
followed on the 6th by letters to The MacLean of 
Ardgour, The MacLean of Coll, The MacLean of Doch- 
garroch, and a few days later one to The MacLean of 
Kingerloch. The MacLean of Pennycross was the 
only Chieftain who was able to respond favorably. 

After sending copies of the circulars to every name 
on my list in the United States and Ontario, I received 
a letter from the Treasurer, in which he directed me 
to turn over to him a list of all the names I possessed, 
and all the circulars on hand. Immediately I com- 
plied with the order, and at the same time reported 
what I had done. The order was a welcome one. For 
nearly three weeks I had been almost incessantly 
.engaged in enclosing envelopes and mailing the circu- 
lars. I now devoted a portion of my time in inditing 
letters to such parties as I thought might take an 
interest in the coming gathering. I also made the 
attempt to organize by States and have some one in 
each Commonwealth to lead the movement. 



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About this time, W. B. Maclean and other Macleans 
in Toronto, Ont., became interested in the enterprise, 
and took hold in earnest. Circulars were furnished 
them for distribution, and a list of over 700 of the 
name in Canada. 

As I still had full charge of the Tartan interest, I 
busied myself in urging all to secure a pattern. 

The third and last meeting of the Association I 
attended was the evening of May 2nd. At this session 
quite a number of ladies were present. The question 
of their organizing an auxiliary branch, and what 
method of dress they should wear, were discussed. 
Also the prospective outlook was considered. 

As the time drew near, I wrote a letter to George 
H. McLean, Esq., of New York, requesting him to look 
after the Chief on his arrival, and to show him such 
hospitality as should be given to the head of the Clan. 
Mr. McLean promptly replied that he would do all I 
within his power to make everything pleasant during: 
his stay in the City of New York. I also wrote to 
the Hon. Charles F. MacLean, to look after the inter- 
ests of Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross. The reply 
was also cordial, and that the Chieftain would receive 
due hospitality. 

The selection of W. A. McLean as President was- 
very fortunate. He entered upon the work with all; 
the enthusiasm of a youth, and devoted his entire 
time to the enterprise. His mind fairly teemed with 
plans and expedients. Besides mailing thousands of 
circulars, he wrote not less than five hundred letters ; 
nor in all the labor given did he grow weary. 



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Arthur A. MacLean, possessing a cool judgment, was 
invaluable. He had the capacity to weigh every sug- 
gestion, and point out which was the best. 

Thomas A. MacLean threw into the work all the 
fiery, sanguine enthusiasm of youth, and with his per- 
petual good nature, proved himself of great value. He 
was full of suggestions, with zeal sufficient to carry 
any one to completion. James A. McLane looked 
carefully into the financial part, and brought to bear 
his long experience as a business manager. There are 
others also deserving of special mention. Taken all 
together, those who engaged in the movement were 
as happy and as devoted a band as ever came together 
to promote a single enterprise. Their motto was: 
Success. 

Words of encouragement were received from those 
not directly concerned in the undertaking. Early in 
the campaign I received a letter from Mr. S. A. Mc- 
Lean, of Bay City, Mich., in which he stated that he 
fully realized that funds were necessary to accomplish 
such an enterprise, and if necessary to draw on him 
for $25.00. If more was necessary, he would stand 
another assessment. It may be needless to remark 
that the Treasurer drew on him at once. 

By the first of May, the local committee in Chicago 
had fully completed their arrangements, in consequence 
of which they felt authorized to issue the following 
circular : — 



18 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO ASSOCIATION CLAN MACLEAN, 
The Rookery, 

Southeast Corner LaSalle and Adams Streets. 

Chicago, III. 
Dear Sir and Clansman : 

The final arrangements for the great gathering of the Clan 
in Chicago, commencing on Monday, June 12th, are now- 
completed. The Chief, Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart.; 
Count MacLean, Chieftain of the MacLeans of Sweden (who 
is also President of the MacLean's Association of Glasgow, 
Scotland, escorted by a delegation from that Association), and 
the Chieftains of Pennycross, Lochbuie, Ardgour, Urquhart, 
and Kingerloch are expected to arrive in Chicago on the 
12th, and on the 13th a reception will be given at the Audi- 
torium to these distinguished gentlemen and their families 
by the Clan MacLean in America, as represented on that 
occasion. 

On the 15th, a Grand Banquet will be given in their honor 
by the Association at the Auditorium, which, we already 
have the assurance, will be largely attended. Toasts andl 
sentiments appropriate to the occasion will be proposed and| 
responded to by representative men of the Clan from differenttj 
States, and from the British Provinces. The price of ban- 
quet tickets is .$5.00. It is especially desired that the ladies 
shall attend the banquet as well as all the other entertain- 
ments of the gathering. 

On the evening of the 16 th a MacLean Concert will be 
given at Central Music Hall, by members of the Clan, assisted 
by the Highland Association of Illinois ; the music at this; 
concert will be of a high class, and exclusively Scottish, both 
vocal and instrumental ; the vocal part consisting of High- 
land songs in both the ancient Gaelic and the English ; 
there will be a variety of the Scottish national dances ; the 



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instrumental music will be also strictly Scottish, and will be 
rendered by a magnificent orchestra and a band of High- 
land pipers. The solo numbers will be by eminent Scottish 
singers, and the chorus a large and thoroughly trained one. 
This concert will be a great musical event of the Exposition 
year, and will add materially in making memorable this 
great gathering of the Clan. The Chief, Chieftains and their 
families, with other distinguished guests, will be present at 
this concert. We have already letters from nearly every 
State in the Union, from various places in Ontario and the 
other Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, and also from 
MacLeans in Holland, which place beyond all doubt the 
magnificent success of this, the first gathering of a Highland 
Clan in America, and the unique and memorable fact that 
it is inviting, as it did of old, not their chosen " Prince 
Charlie " to come over the stream, but their honored Chief 
and Chieftains to come over the broad ocean to receive the 
hospitalities of their Clansmen in the New World. 

A special train of MacLeans from Toronto, accompanied 
by the Pipers' Band of the 48th Highlanders, will attend 
the gathering, and this, we believe, will be only the " advance 
guard " of the MacLeans from other parts of the Dominion 
who will attend ; from each of the States there will be larse 
delegations coming in organized bodies, so that we may 
confidently say that we have every reason to expect a gather- 
ing which will be recalled and remembered by all who are so 
fortunate as to participate in it, and will be a marked event 
which our children will often refer to with pride after we 
are gone. 

The fee for membership in this Association is, for residents 
of Chicago, $5.00, and for non-residents, $2.50. The pay- 
bent of this fee is required from each member on enrolling 



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his name, and entitles him to all the privileges of member- 
ship, among which is, admission to the reception for himself 
and the female members and minor boys of his family (which 
admission will be by ticket only, and which will be furnished 
to each member on payment of the fee), and will also entitle 
him to have his name appear in the History of the Gather- 
ing, which will be published in pamphlet form and furnished 
to members only. Non-resident members will be given all 
desired information by the officers and committees of this 
Association, who will gladly do all in their power to make 
the visit of our Clansmen to the World's Fair City a pleasant 
and memorable one. 

Those desiring to join this Association (and all MacLeans, 
without regard to the manner of spelling their name, are 
heartily invited to join it), should address without delay, 
Arthur A. MacLean, Treasurer, at Headquarters Clan Mac- 
Lean, Rookery Building, Chicago, with remittance to cover 
their membership fee, also signifying whether or not they 
will attend the Banquet, and a membership ticket will be 
sent them by return mail. 

All MacLeans visiting this city are cordially invited to call 
at Clan Headquarters, where they will be heartily welcomed. 

Arthur A. MacLean, W. A. McLean, 

Treasurer. President. 

P. S. — As an evidence of the intense interest that this 
gathering is awakening, not among the MacLeans only, we 
select from numerous similar ones, the following letter from 
the Chieftain of a kindred Clan, which cannot fail to evoke 
a responsive sentiment in the hearts of every MacLean : 



clan maclean association. 21 

At the Manning House, 

Windsor, Ont., Canada, 12th April, 1893. 
My Dear Sir : 

In the behalf of the Macneil, Hereditary Chief of the Clan Neil 
of Barra, aged and infirm, sojourning in this country, I present com- 
pliments to all the gentlemen of the various committees, and beg to 
congratulate you, and them, on the unprecedented example the proud 
sons of Dowart have set to the Scots of America in calling their 
Clansmen together on the occasion of the Columbian Exposition, and 
tendering their worthy Chief a grand reception. 

The spirit of the Macneil thrills at such an expression of fidelity to 
their cean Icinne as those Macleans have given, and it moves him to 
exclaim, " Though our Clans are scattered to the four corners of the 
earth, and some of us dispossessed wanderers in many lands, yet our 
children have not forgotten us ! " 

The heartfelt prayer of the Macneil and the son of the Macneil 
is, that Him who alone can support the oath of the Maclean will 
command the earth and the inhabitants, and all the elements to join 
in the propitiousness of this extraordinary and noble occasion. 

Yours very sincerely, 

Ambrose MacNeil, 

Chieftain next of Kin. 
To S. P. MacLean, Esq., 
Secretary; 

Chicago. 

That it became necessary for the local committee to 
put forth every effort within their power to make the 
gathering a success, is evident when the nature of the 
untoward circumstances which surrounded them is con- 
sidered. The Columbian Exhibition was to be the 
greatest event in the history of Chicago. The people 
there expected the whole world would be on tiptoe, and 
that all the nations of the earth would come en masse. 
Consequently, all the people of the city were invited to 
pick the fatted goose. The leading hotels advertised 
exhorbitant rates, which led householders to charge 



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accordingly ; the railways would make no concessions, 
and the Exposition was thrown open when scarcely a 
building was in readiness. These facts were seized 
upon by the newspapers of the country, which care- 
fully saw that the status should lose nothing in 
the representation. Scattered all over the country 
were thousands of MacLeans, in moderate circum- 
stances, who willingly would have come to Chicago 
had it not been for the fear of being fleeced. Whatever 
time might have been selected would necessarily inter- 
fere with the interests of some. On the whole, the 
time appointed was as favorable as any other, although 
the farmers were in the midst of their busy season. 
The only hold now possessed by the committee was 
to arouse Clan pride. It was beyond their power to 
lessen the prices determined on by railways, hotels 
and private citizens ; but they determined to assist 
the Clansmen in securing accommodations. However, 
undeterred, and fully believing in the success of the 
gathering, the following circular was put forth : — 

HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO ASSOCIATION CLAN MACLEAN, 
The Rookery, 

Southeast Corner LaSalle and Adams Streets. 

Chicago, III., May 26th, 1893. 

The Committee of Arrangements for the Banquet at the 
Auditorium, on June 15th, desire to reserve seats for all 
our Clansmen intending to he present, and to enable them 
to do so, they must be notified not later than June 6th. 

Requests for seats from our Scottish friends (not Mac- 
Leans) have been very urgent, but up to the present have 
been in every case denied. 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 23 

The Committee have decided that they cannot reserve 
seats beyond the above date (June 6th). Will you please 
ascertain the number of our Clansmen in your neighborhood 
who desire seats reserved, and kindly advise us, giving their 
names and address. 

Should any desire hotel accommodations, the Committee 
will secure same for them on their being advised of the class 
desired. Good accommodations, on the " American plan," 
can be secured at from $3 to $5 per day, and good rooms, 
without board, at from $1.50 up, per person. 

May we rely on your attention to this matter and prompt 
advice 1 ? It is of the greatest importance that we know how 
many of our Clansmen to provide for. 

Yours very truly, 

President. 

II. — Arrival in New York. 

Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., Chief 
of the Clan, sailed from Liverpool, on board the S.S. 
" Majestic," May 31st, and arrived in New York June 
7th. At the steamer he was met by George H. Mc- 
Lean, Esq., who escorted him to his hotel, The Waldorf, 
where apartments had been previously secured. That 
evening he was the guest of Mr. McLean at the Man- 
hatten Club. The next day he was taken out for a 
drive through the city and Central Park, and in the 
evening Mr. and Mrs. McLean gave him a dinner — 
there being present several of the prominent MacLeans 
of the city. On Friday the Chief was taken over the 
Riverside drive, by Washington Bridge, returning by 
Central Park. In the evening, a dinner was given 
him at Delmonico's, followed by a box at Palmer's 



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Theatre. On Saturday, escorted by a large party of 
MacLeans, the Chief took a trip up the Hudson to 
West Point, a place he had long desired to visit. The 
day was finished by a repast tendered by Mr. and Mrs. 
G. H. McLean. On Sunday, accompanied by Hon. 
Donald McLean and family, the Chief left New York 
for Chicago. 

Archibald John Maclean, Esq., Chieftain of the 
Macleans of Pennycross, accompanied by Mrs. Maclean, 
left Liverpool on May 24th, and arrived in New York, 
per White Star Liner S.S. " Germanic," on June 2nd. 

The " Germanic " was boarded at Staten Island by 
an officer sent by the Hon. Charles Fraser Maclean, 
who, on landing, escorted Pennycross and Mrs. Mac- 
lean to the Hoffman House Hotel. The Hon. Charles 
F. Maclean paid his respects in the afternoon. 

Pennycross and Lady speak highly of the way they 
were entertained by the Clansmen. 

They were taken a long drive through Central Park 
and the celebrated Riverside drive. There they were 
shown the Mosoleum of the late General Grant, in 
course of erection, as well as the temporary one where 
the remains are laying. They were also entertained 
at dinner by Hon. C. F. Maclean at his private resi- 
dence, at which were also some of the Clansmen resid- 
ing in the city. 

Pennycross and Mrs. Maclean spent Sunday quietly, 
and in the afternoon went by elevated railroad to 
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, one of the finest 
cemetries in the world, where some of the family have 
their last resting place. Several days were spent 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 25 

visiting and receiving visits from friends, and going 
to places of amusement. Then, leaving New York 
via the Hudson River, by rail, a rest was made at 
Niagara to view the Falls. And Pennycross and Mrs. 
Maclean arrived at Chicago on June 10th. The Presi- 
dent of the Clan Maclean received a dispatch in time 
to meet them at the depot, and accompanied the party 
to the Auditorium, where rooms had been secured for 
them. 

III. — Arrival in Chicago. 

When the train pulled up at -the Michigan Central 
depot, in Chicago, on Monday, June 12th, on which 
were the Chief of MacLean and party, there stood on 
the platform a large delegation of prominent MacLeans, 
many of whom had recently arrived in the city. When 
the Chief stepped from the train, he was welcomed to 
the United States by President W. A. McLean, who 
introduced him to the rest of the delegation. After 
the greetings were over, the Chief took the arm of the 
President and started towards the entrance of the 
station, preceded by four pipers of the 48th High- 
landers (Canadian), who were dressed in the Gordon 
plaid. The party took carriages, and drove to the 
Auditorium, where apartments had been secured. 

IV. — Reception. 

All day Monday and Tuesday forenoon of June 
12th and 13th, the Clansmen poured into the "Head- 
quarters of the Clan MacLean Association," in The 



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Rookery building, where all received a hearty wel- 
come, and where also pleasant acquaintances were 
formed. Nearly all registered in the Visitors' Book. 

The Reception was appointed for 3 o'clock p. m. ? 
June 13th, in the parlors of the Auditorium, but long 
before that time the Clansmen, with their families, 
filled the capacious rooms which had been assigned to 
them. Every one wore the tartan in one form or 
another. Some were dressed in the full Highland cos- 
tume. Both the dress and hunting tartan was used. 
One lady's dress was wholly of the hunting tartan. 
Others wore ribbons, or scarfs in wool or silk. Shortly 
after the appointed hour the shrill notes of the bag- 
pipes were heard, and soon the stalwart forms of the 
bagpipers entered the room, immediately followed the 
Chief on the arm of the President, with the MacLean 
of Penn} 7 cross and wife at their side. The Chief was 
dressed in Highland costume, the plaid being the Mac- 
Lean dress tartan. He carried his bonnet, with the 
three eagles' feathers, in his right hand. He also wore 
the Crimean medal, the two clasps, and the Turkish 
war medal, which he had received for gallant and meri- 
torious conduct in the Crimean war. 

The MacLean of Pennycross was also dressed in full 
Highland costume, composed of the MacLean dress 
tartan. The claymore he wore belonged to his uncle 
Charles, who was Junior Ensign in the 79th Cameron 
Highlanders when they entered the field of Waterloo, 
and who carried the colors unsullied on that event- 
ful day. He was one of the two surviving officers, 
although wounded. The dirk was worn at Culloden. 



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Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross. 



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by one of his ancesters, and is the only known speci- 
men of the same design and pattern. The Queen Mary 
brooch, worn in the kilt, has been handed down from 
father to son for many generations, as also the other 
two silver brooches, worn in kilt and plaid. The silver 
pistols are very handsome specimens of old MacLean 
flintlock weapons ; perhaps nothing handsomer of the 
kind is in existence. The engraving is very chaste. 
The old cairn gorm buttons, in quaint old silver 
setting, are unique, and were greatly admired. The 
kilt ornaments are composed entirely of valuable old 
family relics, worn by his ancestors. 

The party formed in a semi-circle, with the pipers 
to their left, and the clansmen on every side. After 
the music had ceased, the President stepped out a 
little, and then, facing the Chief, welcomed him in 
behalf of the Association, declaring the great pleasure 
afforded to all in his acceptance of the invitation to 
come to America. It was not asking Prince Charlie 
to come over the stream and dine with MacLean, but 
asking MacLean to come over the ocean and partake 
of the hospitality of his kinsmen in the New World ; 
that the message sent was one of peace, and it was 
a great gratification to the Clansmen to greet him. 
Turning to MacLean of Pennycross, the President wel- 
comed him in well-chosen words, and then both were 
formally introduced to the assemblage. 

The Chief, in responding, said : — 

Mr. McLean, Clansmen, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

I thank you most heartily, on my own part and for the 
gentleman of my Clan accompanying me, for this great 



30 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

reception which you have accorded us, and for the kind 
expressions you have made use of in your address. 

We are very glad to have been able to avail ourselves 
of the courteous invitation you were good enough to send 
us " to visit the World's Columbian Exposition," and I 
need hardly say bow sensible we are of the compliment you 
have paid us by assembling here in such numbers, so as to 
give a real Highland welcome to the Chief of the Clan and 
the heads of the leading houses. 

As you are aware, I have only been here a few hours. 
After receiving great hospitality at New York, I was 
escorted by most courteous and agreeable members of the 
Clan to this city, arriving here a stranger to you all, and 
4,000 miles from my own home; but at the station before 
the train reached Chicago, a deputation of distinguished 
MacLeans (all veteran soldiers who had fought and bled for 
their country, and held high appointments in the American 
army) came to welcome me, grasped me by the hand, and 
soon gained the object they had in view, viz., " To make me 
feel at home before I was many moments in their society." 

Mr. McLean, as President of the Association of MacLeans 
formed in this city, I thank you for your kindness and 
hospitality, and I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for the 
warm-hearted reception you have given us. It is very 
evident that the history and deeds of our ancesters are 
treasured up by you all, and are not likely to be forgotten. 

I trust that the honored name we bear will ever be upheld, 
and that the future generations may illustrate by their life 
and conduct, in whatever part of the world their destiny 
may lead them, that the Clan is capable of maintaining its 
ancient "prestige" in the nineteenth century. Let the 
name " MacLean " be your passport among all nations; let 
it be recognized all over the world that he who owns it is 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 31 

not only brave in battle, but upright and honest in all his 
actions, and one in whom implicit trust and confidence can 
be placed. 

I make this charge especially to my younger Clansmen, 
for your Chief may never have another opportunity of doing 
so, and it is for you to inspire future generations with that 
respect and love for your race which is so deeply rooted in 
the hearts of all those whom I have the honor of addressing. 

It is very gratifying to me to have the pleasure of meet- 
ing my Clansmen in America and Canada. I am aware 
that many of you have travelled several thousand mile's to 
welcome your Chief (from Texas, California. San Francisco, 
Newfoundland, etc.). Such devotion has, I assure you, touched 
my heart in a manner which no words can express, and the 
wood feeling you have displayed towards me and the gentle- 
man of the Clan who has accompanied me will be recognized 
and appreciated by MacLeans, not only in Scotland, but all 
over the World. 

I thank you once more for the great reception you have 
given us, and I trust that during my sojourn here, in this 
fair city, I may have many opportunities of meeting and con- 
versing with you, and I deeply regret that my engagements 
in the " Old Country " oblige me to limit my visit to a few 
days only, for I would gladly remain longer amongst you. 

After the reception was over an interesting interview 
took place between the Chief and an old soldier who 
had formerly served under his command in the 13th 
Hussars, who had travelled a long distance to see him, 
and had waited four hours for an opportunity of speak- 
ing to him. 

MacLean of Pennycross responded in Gaelic, to the 
following purport : Neither in Gaelic nor English can 



32 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

I express myself sufficiently well to enable me to tell 
what is within my heart on this great occasion. Such 
a gathering of the Clan from distant parts I never saw 
before. Gaelic was the first language I ever spoke. 
When I asked, as a child, for milk, it was in Gaelic ; 
and if the milk of human kindness has not been 
dispensed to us ever since we set foot on American 
soil, there is no such thing in the world as kindness; 
it must go by a higher name. On behalf of my wife 
and self I desire to thank you, and when I go home I 
will tell the tale. One hundred thousand blessings on 
you, and may you live long and smoke out of your 
house. 

Every Clansman present was then presented separ- 
ately to the Chief, Chieftain and Mrs. Pennycross. 

In the evening the guests were taken, in carriages, 
to the World's Fair, that they might see the buildings- 
lighted by electricity. 

V. — Re-Union. 

The headquarters of the Association were kept open* 
every day, that the Clansmen might have resting 
place, and also to become better acquainted with one- 
another. Nearly all availed themselves of the oppor- 
tunity. All day Wednesday the rooms were thronged 
with members of the Clan. Here letters and telegrams 
were received and dispatched, and such business trans- 
acted as was deemed necessary. The genial Thomas 
A. and amiable Arthur A. were ever present, and 
anxious to do all in their power for the visiting Mac- 
Leans. 



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On the afternoon of the 14th, the guests were driven 
about the city, and also taken to the Exposition. In 
the evening, boxes having been previously secured, 
they were taken to the Auditorium Theater, to witness 
the spectacular performance entitled, " America." 

VI. — The Banquet. 

During the greater part of Thursday, the 15th, the 
Clansmen poured in and out of headquarters, some 
staying but for a few minutes, and others remaining 
for social conversation. The guests were driven about 
the city in carriages, and also taken to the Columbian 
Exposition. But the special feature of this date was 
the banquet, which had been set to take place in the 
banqueting hall of the Auditorium, commencing at 
8 o'clock p. m. The Clansmen filed into the room and 
took the seats assigned to them, a little after the 
appointed time. Every available seat was occupied. 
The Chief and Chieftain were dressed in Highland 
costume, the same as at the reception. Others were 
also noticed in full Highland costume. Most of the 
gentlemen wore a heavy MacLean dress tartan, in the 
form of a scarf, fastened to the shoulder by a brooch. 
Some of the ladies wore a silk scarf, and others rib- 
bons. All had a MacLean insignia of the dress tartan. 
The guests and speakers — all accompanied by ladies 
— sat at the principal table, which faced the rest of 
the party. The bagpipes and the harpers sat in the 
gallery. The guests filed into the room to the music 
of the bagpipe. After all had been seated, the Divine 
blessing was invoked by Rev. Calvin B. McLean. 



34 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

By the side of each plate was a handsomely printed 
program for the evening, and designed as a souvenir. 
The menu consisted of Scotch broth a l'Avon ; white: 
fish "Dowart"; roast filet, Jardiniere; haggis a l'Ecos- 
saise ; punch Romaine ; snipe on toast ; lettuce salad ; 
pudding imperial ; fancy ices ; cake ; French coffee - r 
topaz sherry ; sauterne and champaign. 

At intervals, there was music from the bagpipes 
and the harpers' band. When the waiters brought in 
the haggis, they were preceded by the chief piper. 
When the French coffee had been served, the chief 
piper marched three times around the banquet hall,, 
playing Highland airs, and then brought up behind 
the chair of the Chief of the Clan, who rendered the- 
custom of his ancestors on similar occasions — i. e. r 
gave the piper a glass of whiskey. 

OUR GUESTS, 
PROrosED by W. A. McLean. 

The time for the toasts having arrived, the President, 
W. A. McLean, arose from his seat, and in proposing": 
the toast " Our Guests," in substance, said: From all i 
parts of the United States and Canada our Clansmen' 
have come to do honor to our distinguished guests. 
They desire to meet and become acquainted with the: 
Chief and Chieftain of our Clan. We come in the 
pride of our noble ancestors, and are proud of ourt 
present Chief and the MacLean of Pennycross. To us 
this is a happy occasion, and the memory of it we will 
carry with us as long as we live. The only thing to> 
mar this enjoyable occasion is the absence of Lady 



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MacLean. I but speak the voice of this assemblage 
when I say that we all deeply regret the circumstances 
which detain her at home, and we all sincerely trust 
that she will be speedily restored from her present 
indisposition. 

We can boast a long line of brave ancestors and 
Clansmen, who were ever true to their Chief. On the 
battlefield of Inverkeithing the Clansmen not only 
rallied around the young Chief of Duard, but eight of 
them interposed their bodies between that of their 
Chief and the missiles of the enemy, each one crying, 
"Another for Hector !" I verily believe that there is not 
one present but would do likewise, should the occasion 
require, for the present Chief of our Clan. We trust 
that your stay among us, so far, has been pleasant, and 
that it may so continue ; and that you all may long be 
spared upon the earth. 

In response to the toast, Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald 
MacLean, Bart., Chief of the Clan, arose and said : 

My Clansmen, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

I wish I could find adequate words with which to express 
my thanks for your most kind and courteous invitation to 
visit the World's Fair. I am very much touched by the 
great reception you have accorded me as Chief of the Clan 
MacLean. I am informed that no such gathering has taken 
'place in this country before. 

I assure you that no credit is due me for leaving my home 
and travelling 4,000 miles, for the cry of the children of my 
tribe reached me ; and as the Clan never deserted my ances- 
tors, either in battle or in the hour of need, I have felt it a 
pleasure to respond to their call. On this occasion, history 



36 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 



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only in part repeats itself, for in other days the Fiery CrossM 
was sent forth by the Chief from old Duard Castle, and the 
place of rendezvous was usually some secret or lonely spot 
on the hills or shores of Mull or Morvern. In those days 
supplies were scanty, but in this 19th century the Chief 
receives a peaceable message — an invitation to see the wond- 
ers of the World in a fair city, and in a land flowing with 
milk and honey. Now we behold the Fiery Cross has become 
an emblem of peace, and no longer the symbol of war. You 
have paid me a great compliment by attending here in such 
large numbers. The presence of ladies is very gratifying, 
and I cannot help observing that the proverbial beauty of 
the race is well maintained in this assembly. 

It is all the more kind in the great attention shown me' 
when I learned that many of you have come a long distance, 
have been put to great inconvenience and expense, in order 
to greet me. Permit me to say at this point that I cannot 
tell you how deeply Lady MacLean regretted her inability to 
undertake the voyage. She particularly desired me to express 
her great sorrow at not being allowed by her physician to 
accompany me. 

The circumstances which brought me to the United States 
are unprecedented, and the compliment is still greater from 
the fact of my being personally unknown to you. I declare 
unhesitatingly that no invitation ever left the shores of this 
country written in such courteous terms, and no individual 
was ever more highly honored than the present Chief of 
MacLean. Times have changed since the MacLeans of Duard 
headed the Clan at Harlaw, Glenlivet, Inverkeithing, Killie- 
crankie, and other noted fields of honor. I am truly thankful 
I have not come to see your blood spilled ; but, after inspect- 
ing you with the eye of an old soldier, I am not to be 
deceived, for I behold a determined look in your counten- 
ances, combined with a true Highland expression, which 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 37 

tells me you would not be far behind your Chief if Inver- 
keithing or Culloden had to be fought over again. Should 
the MacLean battle-cry reach your ears, " Fear eil airson 
Eachainn," the laurel or cypress would soon be our reward. 
Well do I remember the stern and determined appearance of 
the 42nd Highlanders on the morning of the battle of Alma. 
I recognized in the commanding officer, Sir Duncan Cameron, 
the embodiment of deliberation and bravery, and capable of 
overcoming the greatest difficulties. I fully believe my Clans- 
men to be made of just as true steel. The history of our 
Clan is so well known and studied by you all that I will 
only say we are much indebted to one gentleman residing in 
America, whom we all know to be Professor J. P. MacLean, 
the historian of our Clan. 

I have favorable reports from all over the world of Mac- 
Leans who have distinguished themselves — names from 
Sweden, Germany, Austria, Australia and India. In this 
country I find a body of intelligent men who, by their own 
exertions, have risen superior to the vicissitudes of their 
ancestors ; men who have contributed to the building up of 
this great country ; men eminent in science, art and liter- 
ature, who have become foremost in renown ¦ even as their 
ancestors were foremost in battle. The characteristics of 
their race are not lost, for they still have their true Highland 
spirit and open-hearted hospitality ; they have neither for- 
gotten the traditions of their ancestors, nor the hereditary 
Chief or their Clan. My Clansmen, when I return to Scot- 
land I can honestly declare that the sensitive plant, called 
Clanship, grows and flourishes in this country as our badge, 
the crowberry, thrives in the Highlands. I can assure them 
that the love and affection for our race is deeply anchored in 
your hearts, and that the honor of our Clan is in safe keeping 
in your hearts. An association has been formed in Glasgow 

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38 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

of which I have the honor to be President. Its object im 
to preserve records and traditions of the Clan, to render 
assistance to members, and to encourage the study of Gaelic 
literature. This will keep up the history of our race. Interest- 
ing facts are constantly cropping up. I might mention that 
Flora MacDonald's faithful maid, Maggie MacEachainn, who< 
assisted in sheltering Prince Charlie, was a MacLean prior 
to her marriage. This I recently discovered from a journal, 
written in 1746, which I found in an old house in Forfar- 
shire. I should be glad if a similar association was formed 
in this country. After the sad events following Culloden, we 
all know how scattered the Clan became. No doubt many 
of my hearers owe their residence in this country to the 
exodus from Scotland in 1740. None suffered more than the 
MacLeans. I would not be unmindful of my responsibility 
as Chief of this noble Clan. I shall ever endeavor to gain 
and retain the confidence of my Clan, and be considered 
worthy of wearing three eagles' plumes in my bonnet, which 
my ancestors have worn with honor. My Clansmen, there' 
is a recpiest I have to make before the Atlantic again divides; 
us, for alas, my residence amongst you must be short. It is; 
my heart's desire that this noble Clan never forgets the race 
you belong to, nor the name you bear. Let the world know 
that to bear that name is sufficient passport for nations to> 
trade with you, to respect you, and to feel that in every 
transaction he who bears that name is upright, honest, and I 
possessed of all the trustworthy qualities which make public 
life honorable and our own homes happy. I thank you for' 
the patience you have displayed in listening to my remarks. 
It has been a great pleasure to me to have this privilege of 
addressing those of my own name, who belong to my own 
race, and who are related to me by more than bonds of 
friendship. I have spoken with much diffidence and restraint, 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 3\) 

for at this great gathering there are men of letters, historians, 
professors, and bards, who might justly criticise what I, as a 
soldier and no orator, might say ; but I feel that my Clans- 
men will make allowance for my failings. Once again I 
thank you from my heart for the great honor you have 
conferred on me, and for this unparalleled demonstration, 
and I assure you that never to the end of my life will the 
memory of this day be effaced from my mind. May the 
American and Highland eagles ever soar together in peace 
and harmony. 

This address was received with great enthusiasm, 
after which loud calls were made for MacLean of 
Pennycross, who responded as follows : 

President, Clanswomen and Clansmen of MacLean : 

I am no great speaker, but I am a Highlander of the 
most genuine stamp — " O mhullach mo chinn gu bhuinn ma 
bhoun," as we say in Gaelic (from the crown of my head to 
the sole of my foot) — and you may believe that I feel both 
proud and pleased at finding myself in such a company as 
this, when I remember how far a cry it is from Chicago to 
Texas, San Francisco, and last, but not least, the home of our 
ancestors, the old Isle of Mull. The MacLeans, the grand old 
Clan to which we belong, have ever been known not only for 
prowess in battle, but for high intellectual powers, and for a 
steadfastness in friendship, and a warm-heartedness of which 
I have personally felt the pleasing effects since I first set my 
foot on American soil. It is a well-known fact that all over 
the world wherever you meet with a MacLean you meet 
with a gentleman, and with one who, amid all the vicissitudes 
of life in a foreign land, has never forgotten that guide of 
descent which goes so far in making a man what he ought 



40 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

to be — upright, honest, trustworthy and true. I feel quite 
assured that if on this great occasion there should be a scribe 
amongst us — even a very ordinary senachie could hardly go 
wrong — his account of the magnificent reception we are now- 
receiving at your hands must outstrip anything described by 
Boswell. In Scotland, a short time since, we reckoned on 
being able to turn out something like sixteen thousand Mac- 
Leans, but across here, all told, you seem to think that more 
than twice that number might be mustered without difficulty. 
In the time of the Peninsular War my father used to say he 
thought our Clan did very well when out of 110 officers 
contributed by Mull — a list of whom I now hold in my 
hand* — no fewer than 60 were MacLeans, mostly close 
relatives, too, of our own family. This does not include 
privates from the Island. But imagine if you can how old 
Gillean of 1174, "Ian Dim," or " Lachlan Mor" of Duard, 
would have felt to think when sorely pressed in this day 
by Campbells and Macdonalds, of the possible prospect of 
relief by even such a substantial contingent of Clansmen 
from beyond the seas as I now see before me. 

* The following is the list of MacLean officers referred to by Pennycross, who 
seined in the British army between the years 1800 and 1815, and were from the 
Isle of Mull : From Pennycross — Lieut. Gen. A. T. MacLean (13th Hussars), Capt. 
Charles MacLean (79th Highlanders), Lieut. John MacLean (2nd West Indian Regi- 
ment), Lieut. Lachlan MacLean (Rifles), Commissary General Assistant Deputy, 
Archibald D MacLean; from Ardfenaig — Capt. Dugald MacLean (Argyleshire 
Regiment), Capt. Allan MacLean (90th Regiment), Lieut. John MacLean (6th Regi- 
ment), Lieut. Donald MacLean (74th Regiment), Lieut Niel MacLean (Royal Navy) ; 
from Moinechuich — Capt. Allan MacLean; from Bunessau — Inspector General 
Dr. Charles MacLean, Capt. Hector MacLean (93rd Regiment), Lieut. Allan MacLean 
(91st Regiment) ; from Uisken — Colonel Alexander MacLean (SGth Regiment), Capt. 
John MacLean (50th Regiment), Lieut. Archibald MacLean (56th Regiment), Lieut- 
Duncan MacLean (56th Regiment) ; from Scoar — Colonel Archibald MacLean) 79th 
Regiment), Lieut. Hugh LacLean ; from Torranbeag — Colonel Charles MacLean 
(Inspector General of Cavalry), Colonel Alexander MacLean (2nd West Indian Regi- 
ment), Lieut. Colonel Archibald MacLean (Cavalry), Captain Allan MacLean (84th 
Regiment) ; from Torraneachdrach — Lieut. John MacLean (24th Regiment) ; from 
Rossal— Lieut. Duncan MacLean (79th Regiment), Dr. Allan MacLean (The Royals) ; 
from Ceannagharaair — Capt. Peter MacLean (64th Regiment), Dr. John MacLean 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 41 

Ladies and gentlemen of MacLean, in the tuneful words 
of ray friend, the bard of Ledaig, Argyllshire, 

'S mo chead's an trasd do thir nam buagh so 
'S mo bheaunachd buan leis an t sluagh tha aim, 
'S an cliu a fhuar sinn o linn ar sinnsir 
Gu ceann ar criche nach dealaich ruinn, 

which have been translated by another friend, not only of 
myself, but of all Highlands — Professor Blackie — 

My blessing be with you brave land and brave people, 
In the bright roll of story is blazoned your name, 
And may the fair fame of our forefathers never 
Be blurred with dishonor or blotted with shame. 

I feel myself quite unequal to the task of adequately 
thanking you for the great honor you have done us, but trust 
in the interval of time at our disposal before dispersing to 
have numerous opportunities of acknowledging in a more- 
direct and personal manner your much-valued and never-to- 
be-forgotten kindness. 

Pennycross then concluded with a few warm-hearted 
Gaelic remarks which were highly appreciated by the 
old Gaelic-speaking members present, and touched their 
hearts in a way no English could. 

(East Indian Company) ; from Quinish — General Sir Hector MacLean, Major Norman 
MacLean, Capt. Hugh MacLean (Foot Guards), Capt. Allan MacLean, Lieut. John 
MacLean, Capt. Hugh McLean ; from Oscamull — Colonel Hugh MacLean, Captain 
Hector MacLean, Major Murhack MacLean ; from Laggan (Ulva) — Capt. Archibald 
MacLean (86th Regiment), Capt. Lachlan MacLean (71st Regiment) ; from Torloisk — 
General Lachlan MacLean (60th Regiment), General MacLean-Cleffin (Guards) ; from 
Eansay — Lieut. Hector MacLean, Lieut. Allan MacLean ; from Langamull — Major 
Donald MacLean (Royals), Lieut. Hugh MacLean (90th Regiment), Dr. Alexander 
MacLean (East Indian Company) ; from Brolas — General Sir Fitzroy Grafton Mae- 
Lean (84th Regiment), Colonel Sir Charles Fitzroy MacLean (84th Regiment) ; from 
Pennygowan — Lieut. Alexander MacLean (Canadians) ; from Lochbuie — Captain 
Murdock MacLean (84th Regiment), Lieut. John MacLean (73rd Regiment), Lieut. 
Murdock MacLean (42nd Regiment) ; from Scalesdale — Lieut. General Sir Arch. 
MacLean (94th Regiment), Colonel Hector MacLean (57th Regiment), Major MacLean 
(73rd Regiment), and Ensign Lachlan MacLean (3rd West Indian Regiment). 



42 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

At the conclusion of the speech of Pennycross, the 
Toast Master, Mr. Charles R. McLain, demanded the 
attention of the audience by saying: We have present 
with us a Clansman well-known to you all, and to 
whom we owe largely this gathering. I now have the 
pleasure of introducing to you Professor J. P. MacLean, 
who will respond to the toast, " The Clan MacLean." 
Professor MacLean made the following address: 

THE CLAN MACLEAN. 

Prof. J. P. MacLean (Greenville, O.). 

Mr. President and Members of the Clan : 

The honor of responding to the toast, " The Clan MacLean," 
has been bestowed upon me. I am fully conscious that any 
eulogium pronounced by me will not add to the glory and 
honor achieved by our ancestors. It was with many mis- 
givings and much trepidation that I consented to perform 
this task, for I felt I could not do justice, when I considered 
that such distinguished men as Professor John Stuart Blackie, 
Sir Walter Scott, and other noted historians, had bestowed 
upon our Clan their unstinted praise, and had borne honor- 
able testimony to the devotion, loyalty, intelligence, self- 
sacrifice and integrity of the heroic sons of the race of 
Gillean. In view of what has been written by disinterested 
parties, I know I cannot rise equal to the occasion, for of 
necessity my words must be wanting in power. And yet, a 
Clan whose deeds and heroism have been preserved in story 
and song, needs no words of praise from one who is associated 
to it by ties of kinship. A Clan that has played an important 
part in shaping the history of such a romantic country as 
Scotland is sure to call forth admiration. A Clan that can 
boast of the valor and fidelity of its warriors on the field of 




I. P. MacLean. 



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CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 45 

Largs, Bannockburn, Harlaw, Inverlochy, Flodden Field, 
•Glenlivat, Inverkeithing, Killiecrankie, Sheriffmuir, and Cul- 
loden ; a Clan whose whole line of Chiefs has been intrepid 
warriors from the beginning to the present, and who have 
received encomiums from Scotland's greatest historians ; a 
Clan that can point with pride to its present Chief, knowing 
him to be a gentleman, a scholar, and a warrior of superior 
-abilities, respected and loved by his Clansmen on account of 
his energies and devotion to their interests, may well rest 
•content with the place assigned it in Highland history. It 
is pleasant to contemplate that, although five generations of 
fighting men have come and gone since the disastrous battle 
•of Culloden, which ended that patriarchal system that bound 
the Clansmen together in united brotherhood, there remains 
fraternal greetings and a devoted interest in each other's 
personal welfare wherever the name of MacLean is known. 

The battle of Culloden, already mentioned, not only dates 
the close of an important epoch in Scotland's history, but 
marks a period fraught with disastrous results to the High- 
lands, which eventually ended in cruel evictions and an 
estrangement of the people. Whatever may have been the 
consequences of the unfortunate 16th April, 1746, no true 
Highlander need be ashamed of the conduct of those who 
took an active part in the battle — enlisted in the cause of 
Prince Charlie. The revolution of 1745 was the grandest 
exhibition of chivalry the world has ever witnessed. In the 
light of more recent events, it may be safely affirmed, that 
bad the Clans been led by a Bonnie Dundee, victory would 
have perched upon their banner. 

The times were not propitious for the MacLeans. Before 
them was a powerful and hostile Clan, behind them the 
ceaseless surges of the Atlantic Ocean, and their Chief con- 
fined in the Tower of London. Although the great struggle 



46 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

of their prince was a hopeless one, yet this generous Clan 
rallied to the number of five hundred, and under the leader- 
ship of the redoubtable old warrior, Charles Maclean of 
Drinmin, cut their way through their foes, and with banners 
flying, eager for the fray, formed in line for the final struggle. 
They were on the extreme left of the army, and gallantly 
charged into the ranks of the enemy, leaving not only nearly 
all their leaders, but also the gentlemen composing the front 
ranks, to the number of two hundred, dead upon the field. 

Nor should it be forgotten that the approach of the enemy 
was first noticed by Jessie Maclean, who lost no time in 
warning the patriot army, and thus, in a measure, prepared 
them for the conflict. Properly speaking, the battle of Cul- 
loden ended the days of Clanship. We are to view our 
Clan as a distinctive tribe, from the days of old Dougall of 
Scone (1100 A. D.), who has been described as " an influen- 
tial, just and venerable man," down to Sir Hector the 
XXI., Chief of MacLean. 

Historians and poets have given to the Clan the noblest 
characteristics, and one of the most frequent designations in 
Scottish poetry is " The True MacLean." The quality of 
being true is an exalted possession. In friendship, in loyalty, 
in hospitality, and in whatever was deemed to be right, the 
Clan never wavered. The whole line of Chiefs, and the- 
gentlemen of the Clan, were guided by a sublime sense, which 
fully exemplified itself upon every occasion. Undoubtedly,, 
to this sense the Clan owes its reputation to be a warrior race. 

The pride of mankind has led him to deeds of renown. The 
Highlanders were prone to take up the claymore, and the' 
Clansmen were summoned together by the fiery cross. I 
think the truth of history will prove that the MacLeans were 
not a warrior class from choice, but from necessity. On first 
view this might seem disproved that they were among the- 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 47 

first to take up arms, foremost in battle, and the last to leave 
the field of carnage. Ever since the days of Clanship, the 
British army has been augmented by this valorous race. But 
it must be remembered that in feudal times, when the gov- 
ernment was impotent, every Chief was compelled to protect 
his vassals from the inroads of his neighbors. The estates 
of the MacLeans were bordered by a Clan not disposed to be 
peaceable, and hence the art of war became the safeguard to 
peace. But when called to action no braver men ever stood 
in the front line of battle. At the battle of Glenlivat (Oct. 
3rd, 1594), the Chief of MacLean, with his Islesmen, long 
withstood the shock of the conflict after all others had fled. 
At Inverkeithing (July 20th, 1651) the young Chief of Mac- 
Lean, with his eight hundred followers, received the shock 
of Cromwell's army, nor would they leave their position. Of 
their number only forty escaped alive, while eight gentlemen 
of the Clan in succession intervened their bodies between 
that of their Chief and the shots of the enemy, each exclaim- 
ing, "another for Hector." 

It is more profitable to look at the pursuits of peace than 
the products of war. The MacLeans lived in the country 
of Ossian, and were acquainted with the deeds of Fingal. 
The mountains and glens of Scotland have long been pro- 
ductive of nature's poets. The mountains of Morvern and 
the scenery of Mull must have inspired men of genius from 
the earliest times. The MacLeans have also been poets. How 
many there have been no man knoweth. The names of many 
must have been lost in traditionary times. Prof. Magnus 
MacLean, lecturer on physics in the University of Glasgow, 
in a recent paper on MacLean Baxxls, commencing with the 
year 1537, gives us a short biography, with specimens of 
their poety, of forty-six MacLean poets. This is certainly a 
formidable array. Poetry, especially pastoral, enters into 



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the life of a people, and has no little influence in forming 
their character. The poems of Ossian moulded the character 
of the Highlanders, and the fortitude, valor and long suffer- 
ing of that devoted race, to a great extent, must be ascribed I 
to the venerable bard. A people given to poetry are emo- 
tional, the chords are attuned, and such inspiration as is 
received leads to better thoughts and nobler lives. If, with 
this, the religious sentiment be imbibed, then they partake of 
the spirit of devotion. 

Devotion may take a wrong direction, as notably instanced 
in the loyalty of the Clan MacLean to the House of Stuart. 
The struggle in which the Clan was engaged at Bannockburn 
was a righteous one, for it meant national liberty. The 
magnetism of Bruce was not only his bravery, but his sense 
of freedom for his country. Wallace had paved the way. 
The House of Stuart, taken as a whole, was not one to be 
admired. But the MacLeans were devoted to it, although 
at its hands they received nothing but stripes, and no benefits I 
accrued to them for all the sufferings they endured. It may 
be that to those brought up under a monarchial form ofl 
government the dignity of the nation is represented by the i 
one that wears the crown, and the king stands as the nation 
jiersonified. However that may be, our ancestors regarded 
the Stuarts to be the rightful sovereigns, and upon that idea 
they staked their fortunes and their lives. This fidelity to i 
a reigning House gave to the race the name of " The True 
MacLean." 

The true status of a race must be looked at from within. 
While the Highlanders were regarded by the outside world 
as a rude, wild and savage race, yet the reverse was true. 
On the exterior there was the garb of fierceness, but nobler, 
truer and warmer hearts never beat in the breasts of men 
than those possessed by the warriors of the land of the mist. 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 49 

Mull may have been designated as "The Isle of Gloom," yet 
visitors to it were l-eceived with the kindest hospitality by 
the ancient Lords of Duard. These Chiefs were surrounded 
by a loyal people, and the interest of one was the common 
property of all. Should one be sick, there was the famous 
race of Beatons to apply the healing art — a race nurtured 
and maintained by the Chiefs of MacLean until they became 
the most noted in Scotland. Did anyone need the conso- 
lations of religion, the Chief was the first to till the parishes 
with the best pulpit services that the time afforded. In 
shoi't, whatever progress was made in the nation was soon 
applied, so far as circumstances would permit, on the estates 
of the MacLean. 

The poets have also called the MacLeans a " generous 
Clan." It can be said with pride that the whole history of 
our Clan was marked by gonerous deeds and a want of sel- 
fishness. A selfish man and a true MacLean were incom- 
patible. Naturally they were given to the love of home, 
and their interests were to make Mull second to no other 
isle in Scotland. When called to action, even their homes 
were sacrificed in the interests of their sovereigns. But let 
it be said to the honor of the Clan that not one of its 
members ever fawned upon the monarch, or sought emolu- 
ments at his hands. They could fight the battles of their 
country, but never buy recognition at court. They were 
never two-faced, and to-day, looking back over the whole 
line of Chiefs, one may behold men guided by sterling integ- 
rity — the greatest gift a father can bestow upon his son. 

When all these recorded things come up before me, I am 
able fully to appreciate the words of John Stuart Blackie, 
the greatest of living Scottish scholars : " There were mighty 
men in Mull in those days, and the MacLeans were amongst 
the mightiest. They were amongst the most loyal of the 



50 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

loyal at Bannockburn, and they could not fail to share the 
sorrows of the uncrowned monarch at Inverkeithing and| 
Culloden. The MacLeans, if not always wise in action, 
were generous in purpose and noble in conduct." 

If the MacLeans had been less brave, less loyal, and pos- 
sessed of less integrity of character, and had the perfidy to 
betray their sovereign, and then to turn and fawn upon him 
and dance attendance at his court, to-day the Chief of Mac- 
Lean might have worn the robes of a duke. But would he 
be honored by his Clanemen] Would he be invited to enjoy 
the hospitality of his Clansmen four thousand miles away 
from home 1 At home, those who personally know him 
best publish to the world these words, of which anyone 
should be proud : " Their Chief won golden opinions from 
the Clan and their friends. Their Chief was proud of his 
Clan, and they were proud of and devoted to their Chief. 
He was a gentleman, a scholar, and all that a Highland 
Chief should be." 

Mr. Chairman, we honor ourselves when we pay tribute* 
of respect to our worthy line of ancesters. No more is the' 
tramp of the mailed and tartaned warrior heard in the glens 
of Mull and Morvern. Where once was the devoted parti-i 
zan and loyal Clansman, may now be found the shepherd 
and his flock of sheep. Mighty changes have swept over 
that country since the time that the MacLean was Lord el 
Duard. When a poet recently viewed the scene, he was 
forced to indite : 

From rocky Duard, from Mingary grey, 
The terror of the Clans has passed away. 
They sleep, the plaided warriors of MacLean, 
Where dust of battle may not rise again. 
Sheathed is the claymore, vanished from the sea 
The white-winged pride of Ocean chivalry ; 
Hushed is the slogan, bloodless flow the waves, 
And death seems buried in those island graves I 



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The irreparable wrong committed upon the Highlanders 
aas not been without its compensations. Nature is a great 
another, and she constantly opens new avenues for her sons 
ffld daughters. Fresh Keltic blood must be poured into 
;he sluggish veins of the Saxon and his kindred types. The 
Scoto-Irish must seek other homes, and in America they 
lave found a genial soil for their energy and enterprise. So 
;he MacLeans, by force of circumstances, driven from their 
aome, have found a habitation wherever civilization extends, 
[n the struggle for existence, he will be found among the 
bremost in every department of life. But wherever he may 
)e found, he has a warm heart for his Clan, and is proud of 
;he fact that Highland blood courses through his veins. A 
oyal sentiment has brought us together to-night. We are 
aroud that the MacLean is with us, and that other MacLean 
)f Pennycross, who is equal in birth, equal in virtues to 
myone in the Highlands of Scotland. We have partially 
ookecl over the past. We honor it. We would make the 
vords of the poet true : 

Their memory warms at old tradition 
Of Mull, and Coll, and dark Lismore. 

Old Fingal deeds, Culumba's mission, 
The Duard towns, and Aros shore. 

How proud are they of clannish tartan, 

How dear to them the bonnet blue, 
The Gaels' descendants set their heart on 

The colors of their fathers true. 

In later, as in older, story 

Of battlefield, the Clan MacLean 
Has borne a greater share of glory 

Than tamer races of the plain. 
Schooled as of old the warrior Spartan, 

To live and die for home and fame, 
With steel, in blood, these men in tartan 

On honor's shield have graved their name. 



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In war, MacLean is brave in battle! 

In peace, a credit to his Clan! 
In office, trade, or feeding cattle, 

In love, or friendship, he's your man. 

Then blow the pibroch o'er the waters, 
We'll dance a reel with might and main, 

Long live the name, the sons, and daughters, 
At home, abroad, of Clan MacLean! 

The Toast Master next announced a Gaelic song, 
entitled, " Ho, Ro', Mo Nighean doun Broidheach," tol 
be sung by J. W. McLean. In the rendering of this-, 
song Mr. McLean was accompanied by a harp. 

THE MACLEANS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Hon. Alex. McLean (Macomb, III.). 

The third toast of the evening, proposed by the Toasl 
Master, was " The MacLeans of the United States," ancl 
in introducing the speaker, observed : We have with 
us a gentlemen greatly interested in our educational 
movement, and, who for several years, has been the 
President of the Board of Trustees of the University 
of Illinois. I now call upon Hon. Alex. McLean, of 
Macomb, 111., to respond to " The MacLeans of the- 
United States." 

Mr. McLean, addressing the chair, said : 

Mr. President : 

Forty years ago I left the land of cakes for this land 
of corn. This great commonwealth of Illinois then had a 
population less than one-half that of the present number iik 
this goodly city of Chicago. I was a stranger in a strange 
land, and so far as I knew, not a MacLean outside my father's 



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family in the State. It was then I felt like the prophet of 
old, while in the cave of Mount Horeb, when he exclaimed, 
" I, even I only am left," believing he was the last of the 
true worshippers of God. He was commanded to arise and 
to be of good cheer, for there were 7,000 still living who had 
not bowed the knee to Baal. Since then I have learned, and 
now I see I was mistaken, for the MacLeans in the United 
States are sufficiently numerous to re-people Mull, Coll and 
Tiree, and some of the adjacent isles of the sea. When J 
was a lad, in this section of country, there were but two 
classes of foreigners known, the Dutch and Irish, by the 
native population, and when I was addressed under either 
of these names, let me say, the hot MacLean blood rebelled 
against the impeachment, and the interrogator was reminded 
of his error in a manner more decisive than polite. In 
fact, many had never seen a Scotchman, and in some way 
were impressed with the idea that he had either horns or 
hoofs, or at least, we were carefully scrutinized from head to 
foot before we could pass muster. Happily that era has 
passed, and a Scotchman is now known as a thrifty, cautious, 
loyal citizen, and obtains at the hands of the people of this 
nation all the consideration he merits or deserves. 

Of late years I have been digging into the history of our 
Clan, so far as my limited opportunities would permit, and I 
find that our family name goes verv far back in the annals 
of time, as being a stirring and warlike people, ready at all 
times to maintain their honor, resent an insult, or assist in 
a friendly raid, as was the humor of the times ; that they 
were independent, self-reliant, with an excellent opinion of 
themselves, and proud of their ancestry and their deeds. In 
fact in my study and investigation I have become impressed 
with some feelings of pride of ancestry, and in the ancient 
origin of the Clan, so much so that it would probably not 



56 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

be difficult to convince me that our great ancestor was named 
Adam MacLean. At any rate there is scripture for it that 
there were two camels in the ark, when the great deluge came 
upon the earth, yet I am aware of the tradition in our family 
that every MacLean had a boat of their own. ] fence, as a 
matter of course, there was no need to take passage with 
Captain Noah. Whether the tradition be founded on fact 
or not, it is true nevertheless, and this goes far to prove that 
our claim to antiquity must be correct. 

History also informs us that the Clan MacLean constituted 
a large and formidable people in the long ago, and that the 
normal condition of Clanship enjoyment was /editing, and 
that they had a goodly share of that pastime, and though 
not always successful, I find they were always loyal to their 
Chief, and true to the cause in which they were engaged. No 
traitor or coward was ever found in their ranks. For this 
we are proud, and to-night, no MacLean at this festal board 
need blush or be ashamed that they were, as I have said, 
proud, independent to rashness, with a feeling of personal 
dignity for their good name, fearing to bring reproach upon 
their ancestry, and emulous to add lustre to its history and 
preserve our motto, " Virtue Mine Honor," untarnished. 
Therefore let us emulate their good deeds, and not quarter 
our coat of arms with the " bar sinister," but " let the two 
seals rampant " stand upright, as of yore. Let us be proud 
and jealous of our name, and bring no dishonor on the fair 
pages of our history. We should have pride of family, faith 
in its honor, esteem for its history, and glory in the fact 
that we belong to the Clan MacLean, and allied to its 
hereditary Chief. 

I am the more impressed to-night with the source of that 
bond of affection which exists between the Chief and his 
Clansmen, in contradistinction from the time when the only 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 57 

bond between man and Chief was not blood inherited, but 
blood shed in a common cause. We are all profoundly 
impressed with the honor we enjoy to-night in seeing our 
Chief, Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, and Chieftain MacLean 
of Pennycross and his estimable lady, with us in the flesh. 
Much have I read, and more have I heard from my father 
and family, about the head of our Clan, and proud I feel of 
the name. But it was then a romance, much of fiction 
and more of a dream. Now all seems to be reality, and 
well can I understand why it was the MacLeans would so 
enthusiastically follow their Chief to the fisld of battle, to 
the death for weel or woe. When I received the circular 
announcing that the fiery cross, for the first time since 1745, 
had been sent out over the hills and valleys of Canada, and 
the broad prairies of the great Northwest of America, sum- 
moning the MacLeans to respond to the call of their Chief 
to meet him in the City of Chicago, my sluggish blood was 
aroused, every fiber of my being was awakened, and I made 
the vow, so well remembered by our noble Chief, that I will 
obey the summons and meet my Clansmen at the appointed 
time. I ceased to be plain " Sandy McLean," and became 
Alexander McLean, the Clansman. While the blood con- 
tinues to course through my veins, it shall be the honor of 
my life that I am your Clansman, and this heritage I promise 
bo try and hand down to my children, so that the good name 
Df the family shall not suffer at their hands. 

While we are congratulating ourselves on the grand history 
af our Clan, we must remember that our name is not unknown 
in the United States. Nay, more, there is not a state or 
ierritory in this broad land but has a representative of this 
prolific family, and, so far as known, will compare favorably 
with any Clan-name in the roll of American citizenship. In 
|)rder to condense this part Of my remarks, I deem it but 

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simple justice to the learned author and well-known ethnol 
ogist, Prof. J. P. MacLean, the author of that invaluable 
work, the " History of the Clan MacLean," to make ar 
extract from his history, touching the matter of the MacLeans 
in the United States, which, after years of careful study anc 
examination into original documents in Scotland and else 
where, will ever be regarded as authentic. He says : " Six 
teen thousand MacLeans still live in Scotland, but verv 
few on the ancient estates, although they may be found in 
Ireland, England, India, the Gold Coast of Africa, the West 
Indies, Canada and the United States. Canada and the 
United States contain not far from twenty thousand oi 
the name. In the directory of the city of Philadelphia are] 
recorded the names of two hundred, probably representing 
not less than five hundred. New York adds one hundred! 
and thirty, representing about four hundred. To give an I 
account of the MacLeans in America would require a large i 
volume. They have flourished in the arts, sciences, and the I 
elements of civilization in this country, surpassing those left 
on the native soil. All of the various walks of life have[ 
been adorned by those of the name. They have obtained! 
eminence in statesmanship, diplomacy, civil law, divinity,! 
medicine, invention, literature and the fine arts. We haver 
found MacLeans battling for freedom and winning renown, 
not only for daring, but for a patriotism born inherent im 
human rights. To speak of those whose voices have beeni 
heard in the halls of Congress, or the acts of those who 
have held cabinet positions, or sat in Governors' chairs, or 
rendered decisions from the Supreme Court, or engaged in 
the diplomatic service, or arousing and instructing the people 
from the editor's chair, or spoken words of wisdom and 
consolation from the pulpit, or gave sound medical advice, 
would be great pleasure, but must require a large volume. 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 59 

The name has been fully identified in the geography of the 
United States. Illinois has a McLean County containing 
1,155 square miles, with a population of 75,000. In that 
County is a post-village of the same name. McLeansborongh 
is the County seat of Hamilton County, same State. One 
of the counties of Western Kentucky is named McLean, and 
contains 325 square miles, with a population of 7,500. There 
is a McLean County in Dakota. Minnesota has a McLean 
Township in Ramsey County. Ohio has a McLean post-office 
in Fayette County, and a McLean Township in Shelby 
County. Tompkins County, in New York, has a McLean 
post-village. McLain is the name of a post-office in Harvey 
County, Kansas. McLane is a post-office in Erie County, 
Pennsylvania, and in Crawford County, same State, is 
McLean's Corners. There is a McLeansville in Guilford 
County, North Carolina. McLeansville is a village in Jack- 
son County, Tennessee, and McClain's a post-office in Wirt 
County, West Virginia." 

We could not add to this record without being considei-ed 
vainglorious ; but it may be well to say to the Chief that 
bis Clansmen in this country will compare favorably with 
those in other lands. These Clansmen around you, and 
I Clanswomen," to borrow an appropriate word from our 
worthy President, W. A. McLean — and I like it — are men 
mcl women of representative character in their various walks 
)f life. If you desire to be at the head of the larger portion 
)f the Clan MacLean, I see no other way than that you 
ocate on this continent. Be that as it may, we here and 
low renew our fealty to you as the head of our tribe, whether 
),000 miles across the prairies and the sea, or on the shores 
)f the great lake of Illinois, and while we may be sometimes 
mpassioned, hasty or rash, we still will remember the prayer 
of the old elder, who besought the Lord to keep him richt, 
'or when he was wrang he was awfa wrang. 



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Finally, my honored Chief, we return you our personal! 
sincere and hearty thanks for your presence here to-night 
Your Clansmen, who have never seen a Chief before, bu1 
have read and cherished the memory of your ancestry witt 
amotions of delight, feel honored by your presence. To you 
•Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross and your estimable lady 
we also thank you in the sincerity of our hearts for yoJ 
presence at this Clan gathering. Our heart's desire anj 
prayer to God is, that you will long be spared to be od 
Chief and Chieftain, and your return to your native land ii 
safety be vouchsafed, and a reunity of the family ties I 
those you love. Under the providence of God, may this, od 
meeting, be for the good of us all, believing that we had 
learned somewhat of our kith and kin, which will tell oj 
our families for years to come. 

THE MACLEANS OF CANADA. 

Ma.ior Hugh H. McLean (St. John, N. B.). 

The Toast-Master announced that this toast was t 
have been responded to by Hon. W. F. Maclean, <;ave 
us the pleasure of meeting our Chief and forming new friend- 
ships, our heartiest thanks are extended. To Prof. MacLean, 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 65 

•our historian, we say you are a " True MacLean." I under- 
stand my friend Hector MacLean, of Nova Scotia, has been 
selected to move a special vote of thanks to the Professor, so 
I will leave to him to express our feelings of respect and 
gratitute. 

Our meeting has been a grand success, but there is one 
member of our Clan absent who should be present to make 
it a complete success. I refer to the Rev. MacLean Sinclair, 
of Prince Edward Island, the Canadian depository of the 
MacLean history, who is in fact, a walking encyclopaedia of 
all facts relating to our Clan. 

Clansmen, in a few hours this re-union will be at an end ; 
in a few days we shall have returned to our homes, and be 
again scattered over the length and breadth of this great 
continent. Shall we dissolve this Association now, and 
consider this a final meeting of the MacLeans of America, 
or shall we make this a permanent organization. (Loud 
cries of assent were heard from those present.) I am glad 
you affirm so decidedly and strongly the principle that this 
Association must be permanent. This will bring us in 
accord with our brothers in Scotland, who have a similar 
Association there. I will therefore move the following reso- 
lutions : 

Resolved — That the MacLeans of North America form 
themselves into an Association to be called " The Clan Mac- 
'Lean." 

And Farther Resolved — That the officers of the Association 
of the Clan MacLean of Chicago be the officers of the said 
Clan until its next meeting. 

And Farther Resolved — That the said officers be, and they 
iare hereby, empowered to make the necessary Constitution 
.and By-Laws for said Clan. 



66 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

And be it Further Resolved — That the next Annual Meet- 
ing of the Clan be held in the City of Toronto, next year, at 
a date to be fixed by said officei's. 

These resolutions were seconded by quite a number, 
and, on being put by the presiding officer, were carried 
unanimously. 

Hector MacLean, of Bridgetown, N. S., then offered 
the following motion : 

" I move that the thanks of the MacLeans be tendered to 
Prof. J. P. MacLean for the valuable services he has rendered 
the Clan." 

The Chief arose and requested permission to second 
the motion. The motion having been put, was carried 
unanimously. 

THE MACLEANS OF CHICAGO. 
Hon. Donald McLean (New York.). 

Charles R. McLain in proposing this toast, remarked 
that the gentleman who accompanied the Chief from 
New York to Chicago will respond to the next senti- 
ment, and has come a long distance to speak to you. 
Although the hour is somewhat late, you will be well 
repaid by attentively listening to Hon. Donald McLean, 
whom I now present to you. 

Mr. McLean responded : 

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

I must, first of all, correct the erroneous impression the 
introduction of our urbane Toast Master would leave you 
under. Of all the motives that led me to take the journey 



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from New York to meet my kinsmen from all parts of 
America in this great gathering of our Clan, I can assure 
you that the purpose of making a speech was not one of them. 

When, two clays ago, the efficient committee having charge 
of the arrangements here asked if I, when called upon, would 
say a word about the "MacLeans of Chicago," the coy manner 
in which the request was made clearly indicated to me that 
a New Yorker was selected because the MacLeans of Chicago 
shared, with all other residents of this city, that modesty 
which is so characteristic of all Chicagoians, and could not, 
therefore, themselves remind us of the debt we owe them 
for the pleasures of this week, I gladly accepted. For the 
benefit of those of you who are not aware of the fact, I 
would explain here that there is supposed to exist a feeling 
of rivalry between that city, which we New Yorkers still 
consider the Metropolis of the nation, and this great city of 
the "Wild West," and that upon every fitting occasion the 
residents of each are supposed to ridicule the pretensions of 
the other. Therefore, when I entered this banquet hall, and 
found my name printed as one to respond to a formal toast, 
I knew that this was my opportunity. But, owing to the 
lateness of the hour, and other considerations more potent 
still, I have concluded to forego the privilege which the 
occasion seems to afford. But before resuming my seat, I 
wish to relate an incident in my journey hither, and this for 
the pleasure of my Chicago friends. 

It fell to my lot, as you know, to accompany our beloved 
Chief from New York to this city, an honor I highly appre- 
ciated, affording a pleasure I shall never forget ; but, on the 
trip, Sir Fitzroy, unwittingly, I am sure, but none the less 
keenly, wounded me. After we had travelled an hour or 
two, I discovered from the tenor of his remarks, that the 
Chief supposed we were about approaching Chicago. Know- 
ing, as I did, that there prevails in the minds of most 



70 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

cultivated Englishmen a very vague idea of the geography 
of our great land, and that the names of such of our cities 
as are known to them at all are supposed to designate the 
various suburbs of New York. I thought to correct the 
erroneous impression conceived by me to exist in the Chief's 
mind, by explaining that New York was a thousand miles 
from Chicago. Imagine my feelings when, by his reply, 
he disclosed the fact that his impressions, though fully as 
erroneous, were quite the opposite of what I had supposed. 
His reply, uttered with a tone of genuine surprise was, 
" Why in the world does Chicago have her landing station 
so far away 1 " 

But, seriously, my friends, late as is the hour, I must ask 
you to consider the debt of gratitude we owe for the privilege 
of participating in this unique gathering, and to whom we 
owe it. 

Sir Fitzroy has most fittingly, and with feelings evidently 
from the heart, expressed the pride he owns at being the 
chief guest of honor here. Surely he does well to feel 
so. He were something less than the gentleman of refined 
sensibilities we have found him to be, did not his heart swell 
with pride at the sight of this gathering of his Clansmen of 
America. The more remarkable does it seem when it is 
remembered that very many of us are removed by several 
generations from natives of the Old Land, and that many 
more of us have never had the romantic inspiration that 
comes with a vision of its rugged hills, its shaded glens and 
mirrored lakes, that we should come together, from every 
section of this great land, with hearts as loyal to our Chief- 
tain as were those of our forefathers when summoned by the 
fiery cross. 

The MacLeans of Chicago have given us the occasion to 
see their great "White City," a veritable pageantry of the 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 71 

whole world, the like of which has never before been seen. 
They have given us the opportunity to know and welcome 
with loyal affection Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Chief of 
the Clan, in whose personality we have realized our most 
romantic ideal of what should make a great Chief of the 
greatest Clan : the brave soldier, the cultured gentleman ; 
and second only to the Chief of the Clan, the pleasure of 
knowing, which means the opportunity to love, the stalwart 
Chieftain of Pennycross and his good lady, who so charmingly 
supplements the good fellowship of his own genial personality. 
For the pleasure of these privileges, the MacLeans of New 
York have the liveliest sense of the debt they owe, and I 
am sure that I but express the feelings of every man and 
woman here when I return our heartfelt thanks to those 
who made possible, and carried to so brilliant a success, this 
gathering— the subject of our toast, "The MacLeans of 
Chicago." 

THE LAND OF OUR ANCESTORS AND THE LAND WE LIVE IN. 

Rev. Calvin B. McLean (Simsbury, Conn.). 

You are next invited, said the Toast-Master, to listen 
to a gentleman who lives in Connecticut, who has some- 
thing, I am sure, worth listening to, and upon a subject 
of interest to all. I take the pleasure in calling upon 
Rev. Calvin B. McLean, who will respond to the toast, 
" The Land of our Ancestors and the Land we Live In." 
Standing beside the Toast-Master, Mr. McLean said : 

Mr. President, Clansmen and Clansivomen : 

In response to this toast, "The Land of our Ancestors and 
the Land we Live In," you call forth the throbbing sentir 
ments that come down to us to-night in Chicago, this city 



TZ FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

of cities, in these United States, this country of countries 
from all the ages past. 

It was hardly becoming to me to accept this duty, but 
coming from a long ancestral line of those who never flinched 
in any duty, but dare even to die for the honor of the name 
we all love, I knew not how to turn my back on this service. 

It is the highest privilege of my life, dear Clansmen, to 
sit with you here in the presence of our noble hereditary 
Chief, whom we delight to honor, and the heads of fami- 
lies — branches of our most beloved Clan MacLean ; and by 
reviving a love for our fathers and the lands of our fathers, 
and quicken the love for our brothers and Clansmen the 
world over, we cannot but feel our hearts burn within us as 
with an interest never before felt, we sing over the old songs, 
tell over the old tales, and write at the end of each our Clan 
motto, " Virtue Mine Honor." 

If, as in boyhood, I climbed to the top of a mountain and 
looked away to the eastward, wondering what lay beyond, 
to-night turn to the lands of our ancestors, I see nearest the 
little State of Connecticut, then the island of Coll, then 

" The Isles that stud the stormy waters 
Of Caledonia's rugged strauds." 

But back, back through the centuries our line of descent 
goes unbroken, and before the Christian era our ancestral 
halls in Scotia were trod by bravest sons and daughters of 
the Clan MacLean. But long before that time, as the great 
waves of population pressed out from the vast Asiatic hive, 
they ti-aversed Europe, leaving on every hand traces of their 
skill, we must know that all Europe has felt the touch of 
power of those whose family motto is, and ever shall be, 
" Virtue Mine Honor." 

If we turn to sacred story, and, like the ancient Hebrew, 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 73 

trace along the line backward, we come to Noah and the 
flood, and then there comes to our lips unbidden the dear 
old legend, that " The MacLean was there, and he had a boat 
of his ain," with the thistle upraised for an ensign, and 
in characters we now decipher was the same grand motto, 
"Virtue Mine Honor." But whence came he 1 ? We pore 
over the Holy Book, and read of Enoch who " Walked with 
God, and was not, for God took him." And as we know in 
our own experiences, as well as from the sacred book, that 
the " God of our fathers " changes not in all the ages, but 
has a ceaseless care for his own, we can easily believe that 
this ancient legend has more than doubtful proof that the 
sons of Enoch who followed in the footsteps of their father, 
and feared the Lord, were not all drowned in the flood, and 
that it might have been, nay, is even probable, that the Mac- 
Lean did have " a boat of his own," as well as father Noah. 

If we go back from this, it is easy to trace to one who 
was contemporaneous with Adam as our ancestors made in 
God's image, in the sweet valley of Eden so long ago. 

But, Mr. President, of which of these lands of our ancestors 
would you have me speak. Eden, the mother of the nations, 
Europe, the halting place of restless, energetic and ambitious 
Clansmen, or Bonnie Scotland, and 

"The Isles of the West, lovely Isles of the West, 
As emeralds set in the blue ocean's breast, 
The birth place of Clansmen war-nurtured and brave, 
The home where the tempest-king rides on the waves ; 
Where thunders roll on in their terrible might, 
And keen lightnings dance on each peak with delight ; 
Where morning's dawn-rays o'er the mountain crests run, 
And gloaming descends as a sigh from the sun ; 
When pale ghosts career in the mist-shrouded hills, 
And heard are the wails in the songs of the rills ; 
Where beauty is shrined in each lone grassy vale, 



74 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

And wee flowerets laugh to the voice of the gale ; 

Where unfettered peace as a heaven presides, 

And Nature's sweet loveliness ever abides ; 

Where maidens and youths, round their dim cottage fires, 

Exultingly tell of the deeds of their sires ; 

Or sing with emotion the grand battle lays, 

Of heroes who fought in the far-away days, 

For King and for Chieftain, for honor and love, 

For aught that would valor or dignity prove. 

O, Isles of the West, ever bosomed in song, 

My Highland harp whispers — the sound I'll prolong ; 

Speak on, my dear harp ; list, it trembles again, 

"Tis 'Virtue Mine Honor' and dauntless MacLean." 

Such descriptions of the lands of our ancestors, by one 
who saw whereof she wrote, fill us with gladness to-day, and 
though many have not seen, yet from childhood's days, we 
have intuitively loved the names of all the Western Isles 
and coasts — ever the home of the MacLeans. 

But when we think of the Scot's Land, there come up to 
us not only the breezy lochs and echoing vales, the rock- 
ribbed hills, but the heather and moors, of which poets have 
sung, and song-writers have set in quaintest tunes the simple 
tales, like "Come O'er the Sea, Charlie," and "Robin Adair," 
with such singular uniqueness that all the world praise while 
they enjoy the old songs. 

If we speak of the Kirk, the schools, the castle, or the 
cottages that commonly in all the centuries have there been 
friends, we can understand how our ancestors, coming down 
from all the Hebrew race and language, have been renowned 
as watchful students of " God's letter to His children," and 
have been noted as deep scholars and earnest followers of 
the Divine teachings. So we can understand, when they 
have been scattered in all lands, why they have, as single 
individuals, been as so many grains of salt, conserving ever 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 75 

and always the best and holiest interests of the communities 
in which they dwelt. 

But while our thought goes over and over again " The 
Tales of a Grandfather," and the feuds and wars that so 
decimated the ranks of the brave and noble Clan MacLean : 
while we cannot but refer to the barbarian cruelties practiced 
by evictions, to drive out the crofters and compel removals 
to strange and far-off lands, even in late years. We can, 
most of us, turn with the old-time loyalty to the true, to the 
lands we live in with a smile on our faces, and a purpose to 
do our part as true MacLeans in every emergency of political 
strife or civil environment, or theological differences, and 
stand by that which is good, and that which will produce the 
greatest good to the greatest number, whether in Scotland, 
or in Europe, Australia or India, the Dominion of Canada 
or the States. I make no discrimination between those of 
us whose homes are in the Dominion or the States. We, as 
a race, are equally loyal to the great principles of a free 
government for the people, and by the people. 

But, sir, I must not trespass on the time. Having met 
together to-night we shall never be the same men and women 
we have been ; our views of life and of Clanship have widened. 
To-night we fashion a golden chain of friendship, which, 
strengthened hy the silvery cord of memory, will stretch from 
ocean to ocean, from time to eternity ; but it can never break. 

Chieftain, Clansmen : 

May dear and lovely Scotland, and the lovely Isles as well, 
Our own beloved Homeland, and every State where dwell 
The true and loyal Clansmen, hear the heart-throbs of our joy, 
As we weld the links of friendship, with blood the sole alloy ; 
Let sweet and tender memories, like silver cords entwine, 
The deathless fame, and peerless names, along the ancestral line ; 
Our children learn that deeds and worth, have never been in vain, 
So let each son most worthy be, who bears the name MacLean. 



76 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

THE HEROIC WOMEN OF THE MACLEANS. 
Dr. Donald MacLean (Detroit, Mich.). 

We have now come to the last address of the evening, 
said the Toast-Master. We are about to listen to a 
gentleman who has made a name for himself in medi- 
cine and surgery. I ask your attention while Dr. Donald 
MacLean addresses us on " The Heroic Women of the 
MacLean." 

Mr. President, Clansmen and Clanswomen :. 

Leaving out of consideration for the present those grand 
characters who in the past have helped to write the name of 
our Clan on the scroll of fame, and added in that way a 
glorious page to the history of Scotland, premit me on the 
present occasion to direct the attention of my Clansmen and 
Clanswomen to a special class of heroic women whose lives 
and labors, if less conspicious and less known to the world 
at large, were no less honorable to themselves, and no less 
glorious in their true heroism and their services to humanity 
than the other and more prominent class. I refer to that class 
so touchingly and truly described in the beautiful Scotish 
lyric, with which, I have no doubt, you are all familiar : 

The morn was fair, the skies were clear, 

No breath came o'er the sea, 
When Mary left her Highland cot 

And wandered forth with me. 

The flowers decked the mountain side, 

And fragrance filled the vale ; 
By far the fairest flower there 

Was the Rose of Allandale. 

When'er I wandered, east or west, 

When fate began to lower, 
A solace still was she to me 

In sorrow's lonely hour. 



«ife 




Donald MacLean, M. D. 



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CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 79 

When tempests lashed our gallant bark, 

And rent her shivering sail, 
One maiden form withstood the storm ¦ — 

'Twas the E,ose of Allandale. 

And when my fevered lips were parched 

On Af ric's burning sand, 
She whispered hopes of happiness 

And tales of distant land, 

My life had been a wilderness, 

By fortune's gales unblest, 
Had fate not linked my fate with her's — 

The Rose of Allandale. 

It is for those women of our Clan who have gone forth 
from their Highland homes, sometimes with members of their 
own Clan, sometimes as helpmate and companion to mem- 
bers of other Clans and other families, and in the wilds of 
America, in the deserts of India, in short, in every land and 
every clime, have lived the lives and wielded the influence 
for good that vindicates their title to the rank and fame of 
the true heroine. It is, I say, for this class that in all 
confidence I ask your loving and grateful consideration on 
this joyous occasion. 

I would like, if time permitted, to sketch briefly for you 
the chief points in the eventful career of one such individual 
of this class of heroines. The one, viz., of whom I know- 
most, and of whom I have the best right to speak, the one 
who has watched over and cared for and guided and helped 
my life from the moment I drew my first breath even until 
now, and to whom I am indebted for anything in the way 
of success or usefulness which I may have achieved. Born 
and brought up in the midst of all the romantic and inspiring 
surroundings of her Highland home in the Isle of Mull, from 
the loving recollections of which I know that she was able 

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80 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

to evolve thoughts and suggestions which cheered and sup- 
ported heart and soul, and carried her safely through a long 
life of more than ordinary vicissitudes and trial, and, I may 
acid, usefulness. 

Married about the age of seventeen, under the guiding 
influence (as she has always believed) of two supreme direct- 
ing powers, viz., first, the hand of " Him who doeth all things 
well," and second, the irresistible power of romantic Higland 
love. With the husband of her choice, who had had the 
great misfortune to lose his eyesight in boyhood, with him 
she emigrated to the backwoods of America, with the firm 
determination to overcome all obstacles, and by brave united 
effort, to hew out and build up a local habitation and a name 
for themselves. 

Nor was this determination ever shaken or departed from ; 
on the contrary, all that it involved, including losses by 
fire, by tempest, by shipwreck, by sickness, by affliction, was 
met with the fidelity, the patience, the unflinching courage 
of the true heroine, until now, at the age of 74, from the 
quiet, peaceful home in the bosom of her family, surrounded 
by many children and grand-children, she authorizes me to 
convey to you, her Clansmen and Clanswomen assembled 
here, her cordial greeting, and I am sure I may truthfully 
add the benediction, not only of a true heroine, but of a good 
old woman. 

It would be very difficult to over-estimate the value to the 
many people in many lands whose lives have been touched 
and elevated by the benign influences of such examples as 
the heroic women of our Clan have each one, in her own] 
special sphere, furnished wherever her lot has been cast. My j 
only regret is that this important and inspiring toast had not I 
been allotted to some one more competent to do it the justice 1 
it deserves. 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 81 

After drinking to the health of the Chief, Penny- 
cross and lady, and Lady MacLean, the banqueters 
adjourned to their several places of entertainment. 

VII. — The Concert. 

An invitation having been received from the Armour 
Packing Company to visit their industry, a special 
train was furnished by the Lake Shore and Michigan 
Southern Railway, and at nine o'clock a. m., of the 
16th, the MacLeans left the Rock Island Depot for 
the stockyards, slaughter and packing houses of the 
Armour Company. A guide was furnished the party,, 
and two assistant superintendents went along to give 
information. At one o'clock p. m., the party returned 
to Headquarters. The rooms were kept open until 
five o'clock p. m. 

The festivities were to conclude by a concert, given 
in Central Music Hall, at eight o'clock p. m. This was 
to be held jointly by the MacLean Association and the 
Highland Association of Illinois. The programme was 
as follows : 

1. Organ Voluntary (with Scotch Melodies), .... Miss Viola McLean 

2. Selected Airs, 48th Highlanders' Pipe Band, Toronto 

3. Vocal Solo — "Come O'er the Stream, Charlie, 

Miss Helen Maclean 

4. Vocal Solo — "The Highlandman's Toast,". . . .Win. MacKenzie 

5. Recitation — "The Dowie Dens of Yarrow," T. W. Stewart 

6. Violin Solo — " Scotch Fantasia, " Charles D'Almaine 

7. Vocal Solo — ' ' Land of the Leal, " MacKenzie Gordon 

8. Dance — " Highland Fling," Fred Riddle 

9. Vocal Solo — "My Heart's in the Highlands," Miss Viola McLean 
10. Selections, 4Sth Highlanders' Pipe Band 



82 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

11. Vocal Solo — " Robin Adair," Miss Carrie Baenziger 

12. Vocal Solo — "Scots Wha Hae," Win, MacKenzie 

13. Recitation — " Geordie Johnstone,'' T. M. Stewart 

14. Humorous Song — " Oh, .Johnny, You're a Dandy," 

, A. S. Macreadie 

15. Solo — ' ' Mary of Argyle, " MacKenzie Gordon 

16. Violin Selections, Charles D'Almaine 

17. Dance — " Sword Dance," Fred Riddle 

18. Song and Chorus — "Will ye no Come Back Again,". . . . 

Miss Viola McLean 

As every one of the participants was encored, ifc 

would prove that their performance was not only well 

executed, but there was also an appreciative audience. 

The MacLeans turned out to the concert in full force. 

Many were noticed in the audience who had not attended 

the previous meetings. 
1 

VIII. — Remarks. 

Many of the MacLeans now took their departure for 
their respective homes. Others remained longer, that 
they might continue to visit the World's Columbian 
Exposition for a few days. 

The Chief of the Clan took his departure for home, 
going by the way of Toronto. Here a banquet was 
given him on Monday evening, June 26th, which was 
fully reported in The Scottish Canadian of the 29th. 
From there he proceeded to New York, and was again 
entertained by the Clansmen. On July 5th he sailed 
on board the Steamship Germanic for Liverpool. In 
a private letter to Mrs. J. P. MacLean — the latest 
advice received from him — we are informed that he 
reached Queenstown on July 12th. In the letter he 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 8$ 

takes occasion to say: "I deeply appreciate the courtesy 
my Clansmen showed me and the warm-hearted recep- 
tion I received. I must express my regret that I was 
unable to converse with many of the older members 
of the Clan, who, in spite of their age, came from far 
and wide to welcome their Chief." 

The Chieftain MacLean of Pennycross remained 
in Chicago for several days, that he might the more 
leisurely take in the Columbian Exposition and view 
such places of interest as Chicago afforded. From there 
he went to Detroit. On July 12th he arrived, accom- 
panied by Mrs. MacLean, at Greenville, Ohio, where 
he took a much needed rest. July 19th, he left for 
Toronto, where, at this writing, he now is. 

The weather during the festival was all that could 
be desired. The exposition was nearly completed. 

The Chief and Chieftain made a very favorable and 
lasting impression on their Clansmen. All were free 
to express their feelings, and declared an honorable 
pride in the distinguished guests. 

It was a matter of some pride to the writer of this, 
in looking into the faces of those at the banquet, to 
recognize that nearly all either possessed a copy, or 
else had read, his "History of the Clan MacLean," 




84 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 



A LIST OF THOSE PRESENT AT THE BANQUET. 



I have put forth every endeavor to make this list 
complete. Seventy of the names I was able to call ; 
several I have added after an extensive correspondence, 
and a few were afforded from the treasurer's books. 
About one-third I have been unable to secure. Be- 
lieving the list should be preserved, I give it in this 
incomplete state : 



Sir Fitzroy Donald MacLean, Bart., Chief of the Clan, 

Archibald John MacLean of Pennycross, 

Mrs. MacLean of Pennycross, 

J. 0. Maclean, Los Angeles, Cal. 

Dr. Robert A. McLean, San Francisco, Cal. 

Mrs. Robert A. McLean, ,, h m 

M. H. De Young, „ 

Mrs. M. H. DeYoung, 

Major Hugh H. McLean, St. John, N. B., Canada. 

Mrs. Hugh H. McLean, m m h n 

Harry P. McLean, n n .. m 

Hector MacLean, Bridgetown, N. S., n 

Miss Jarvis Flora Maclean, Guelph, Ont., Canada. 

Allan MacLean, Kingston, Ont., Canada. 

W. A. McLean, Owen Sound, Ont., Canada. 

Frank W. McLean, Toronto, Ont., Canada. 

Lieut. Hugh C. McLean, 

Capt. J. B. McLean, 

John McLean, 

W. B. Maclean, 

Mrs. W. B. Maclean, 

Wallace McLean 






CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 85 

Mrs. Wallace McLean, Toronto, Ont, , Canada. 

Miss Lucy Howard Maclean, n n n 

Miss Maclean Howard, . , m n i 

Mrs. Maclean Davidson, Canada. 

David McLean, Danbury, Conn. 

Mrs. David McLean M „ 

Mrs. Sallie P. McL. Greene, .... Simsbury, n 

Mrs. Helen McL. Kimball, Washington, D. C. 

Alexander McLean, Jr 1320 Dunning Street, Chicago, 111. 

Arthnr A. Maclean, Monadnock Building, M ,, 

Mrs. Arthur A. Maclean, Chicago, 111. 

Capt. Archibald B. McLean, .... M M 

Mrs. Archibald B. McLean, „ „ 

Archibald B. McLean, Jr LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. Archibald B. McLean, Jr., . ,, M M ,, 

A. 0. McLain, Board Trade Building, Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. A. O. McLain, 

Charles McLean, 

Charles R. McLain, Board Trade Building, Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. Charles R. McLain, 

Judge Eugene Carey, Chicago, 111. 

Donald MacLean, 489 So. Halstead St., n u 

James A. McLean, Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. James A. McLean, n n 

James A. McLane, 100 Washington St., Chicago, 111. 

John L. McLean, 351 Rush Street, m m 

John W. McLean, 44 State Street, u n 

Mrs. John W. McLean, Chicago, 111. 

Peter MacLean, m n 

Mrs. Peter MacLean, n n 

Samuel A. McLean, Jr n » 

Mrs. Samuel A. McLean, Jr., . . . „ n 

Miss Viola McLean, m m 

W. A. McLean, 4001 Grand Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. W. A. McLean, m n tt n n 

Thomas A. Maclean, Monadnock Building, n n 

Mrs. Thomas A. Maclean, Chicago, 111. 

Mrs. Wood McLean, n n 

Mrs. Agnes McL. Foss, n m 

Morse, n n 



86 FIRST ANNUAL GATHERING 

Mrs. Morse, Chicago, 111. 

H. Memory, n n 

William Fraser, Elgin, n 

Dr. C. T. McLean, Hallsville, 111. 

Hon. Alexander McLean, Macomb, n 

B. F. McLean, 

Dr. John McLean, Pullman, M 

Mrs. John McLean, n m 

Guy McLean, ir n 

Miss Maud Cameron, m n 

Archibald Maclean, , Rockford, n 

Mrs. Archibald Maclean, n n 

Miss Helen Maclean, n n 

William McLean, Tampico, n 

Dr. J. W. McLean, Fayette, Iowa. 

J. W. McLean, College Springs, Iowa. 

Mrs. J. W. McLean, m n 

Lachlan McLean, Wichita, Kansas. 

Thomas K. McLean, n n 

Dr. Donald MacLean, .Detroit, Mich. 

Mrs. Donald MacLean, n n 

Richard Earle MacLean, Escanaba, M 

D. T. Macdonald, Red Jacket, Mich. 

John T. McLean, Clarke, Neb. 

Mrs. John T. McLean, m m 

Daniel MacLean, Omaha, M 

Donald McLean, Louisiana, Missouri. 

Dr. James Maxwell, Tobermory, Isle of Mull. 

Dr. Thomas Neil McLean, Elizabeth, N. J. 

Rev. Calvin B. McLean, Palmyra, n 

Mrs. Sarah McL. Abernethy, 39 West 56th St., New York, N. Y. 

Hon. Donald McLean 170 Broadway, n m m 

Mrs. Donald McLean, n k n ¦¦ 

Mrs. Helen McL. Wotherspoon,. 119 West 11th St., ,. 

William W. Wotherspoon, m m n n m 

Mrs. Harriet McL. Ammous, Franklin, Ohio. 

E. L. McClain, Greenfield, n 

Mrs. E. L. McClain, 

John P. MacLean, Greenville, ,. 

Mrs. John P. MacLean, n n 



CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 

Dr. J. T. Maclean, New Philadelphia. 

Mrs. Eda W. Maclean, M. D., . . m 

Archibald McLean, Bradford, Pa. 

Mrs. Archibald McLean, n « ¦ 

William Arch. McClain, Gettysburg, Pa. 

Mrs. William Arch. McClain, .. 

Miss Olivia C. McClain, u n 

Mrs. H. W. Wilkinson, Providence, R. I. 

Miss Anna Reed Wilkinson, ... . n ¦¦ 

Hiram H. McLane, San Antonio, Texas. 

Mrs. Hiram H. McLane, n n 

Roderick M. McLean, Spokane Falls, Wash. 

Dr. Thomas B. McLain, Wheeling, W. Va. 

Mrs. Thomas B. McLain, ¦¦ 

Colin C. McLean, Janesville, Wis. 

Mrs. Colin C. McLean, n n 

George C. McLean, n n 

Mrs. George C. McLean, n ir 

Dr. W. F. McLean, Elyria, Ohio. 

D. T. Macdonald, Calumet, Mich. 

Malcolm MacLean, Ogalalla, Neb. 

Dr. Donald McLean, Denver, Col. 

Mrs. Donald McLean, i n 



LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 

OP 

CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 



PRESIDENT: 
William A. McLean, 4001 Grand Boulevard, Chicago, 111. 

TREASURERS : 

Arthur A. Maclean, Monadnock Building, Chicago, 111. 
Thomas A. Maclean, Monadnock Building, Chicago, 111. 

SECRETARIES : 

S. P. Maclean, Tribune Building, Chicago, 111. 

Arthur A. Maclean, Monadnock Building, Chicago, 111. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY: 
John P. MacLean, Greenville, Ohio. 

MEMBERS: 

Agnes M. Maclean, Berkeley, Cal. 

J. O. Maclean, Los Angeles, Cal. 

Rev. Dr. J. K. McLean, Oakland, ,. 

R. McKillicun, ., „ 

Dr. Robert A. McLean, San Francisco, Cal. 

Major Hugh H. McLean, St. John, N. B., Canada. 

Hector MacLean, Bridgetown, N. S., Canada. 

Rev. Archibald McLean, Blyth, Out., n 

W. H. McLean, Crinan, ., I( 

D. J. McLain, Fort Erie, Ont., „ 

Archibald McLean, Glencoe, Ontario, Can. 

Allan MacLean, Kingston, n ,i 

W. A. McLean Owen Sound, Ont., „ 

Capt. J. B. McLean, Toronto, Ont. , Canada. 

Frank W. McLean, M „ „ 

G. D. McClain, Denver, Colo. 



90 MEMBERS OF CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 

David McLean, Danbury, Conn. 

Mrs. Helen McL. Kimball, Washington, D. C. 

Lieut. Walter McLean, U. S. N., „ „ 

A. McLean, Chicago, 111. 

Angus A. Maclean, , . . , ,i n 

Capt. Archibald B. McLean, .... n „ 

Archibald B. McLean, LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. 

A. 0. McLean, Board Trade Building, Chicago, 111. 

Charles II. McLain, n n m 

Charles Maclean, Chicago, 111. 

Donald MacLean, 489 So. Halstead St. , Chicago, 111. 

Frank Maclean, Chicago, 111. 

James A. McLane, 100 Washington St., Chicago, I1L 

John W. McLean, 44 State Street, Chicago, 111. 

Rev. Lachlan Maclean, Chicago, 111. 

M. A. Maclean, ,, ,, 

Peter Maclean it 

Samuel A. McLean, Jr, , m m 

W. H. McLean, , 

Mrs. Agnes McL. Foss, M >¦ 

John H. McKay, „ „ 

William Fraser, Elgin, n 

John McLean, Grand Crossing, 111. 

Dr. C. T. McLean, Hallsville, 

Alexander McLean, Joliet, 

J. M. McLean, Kingston, 

Hon. Alexander McLean, Macomb, 

B. F. McLean, 

Dr. John McLean, Pullman, 

Guy McLean, >. 

Louis A. McLean, Urbana, 

J. L. McLean, Winnebago, 

Prof. H. Z. McLain, Crawfordsville, Ind. 

Mrs. Catharine McL. New, Indianapolis, n 

J. W. McLean, College Springs, Iowa. 

S. V. Smith, Davenport, n 

Dr. J. W. McLean Fayette, n 

Hon. Emlin McClain, Iowa City, n 

Lachlan McLean, Wichita, Kan. 

Thomas K. McLean, n ¦¦ 



MEMBERS OF CLAN MACLEAN ASSOCIATION. 91 

Carey McLain, Wellsville, Kansas. 

¦George C. McClean, Springfield, Mass. 

S. Adelbert McLean, Bay City, Mich. 

Dr. Donald MacLean, Detroit, n 

Richard E. MacLean, Escanaba, n 

T. D. Macdonald, Red Jacket, Mich. 

Dr. John McLean, Morehead, Minn. 

William McLean, Albion, Nebraska. 

John T. McLean, Clarke, m 

Malcolm Maclean, Ogalalla, n 

Daniel Maclean, Omaha, n 

Dr. Thomas Neil McLean, Elizabeth, N. J. 

Rev. Calvin B. McLean Palmyra, n 

Charles McLean, New York, N. Y. 

Hon. Donald McLean, 170 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

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Mrs. Helen McL. Wotherspoon, .119 West 11th St., New York, N. Y. 

Dr. W. F. McLean, Elyria, Ohio. 

J. L. McLean, Massillon, Ohio. 

C. M. Russell, 

Dr. J. T. Maclean, New Philadelphia, Ohio. 

Elsmore T. King, Richwood, ¦¦ 

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Archibald McLean, Bradford, Pa. 

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John McLean, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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Mrs. H. W. Wilkinson, Providence, R. I. 

Joseph Maclean, Knoxville, Tenn. 

Hiram H. McLane, San Antonio, Texas. 

Martin McLean, Davenport, Washington. 

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Dr. Thomas B. McLain, Wheeling, West Va. 

Colin C. McLean, Janesville, Wis. 

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William C. McLean, Menomonie, Wis. 

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