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It is claimed hy his family that his father, resiflin;:^ in the castle where Maria Theresa (Empress ofO^rrnany, Archduchess of Austria, and (^ueen of llun;^aryj held her court when at I'Vankfort, was associ;ited with her house- hold, lies was present, with his jjarents, at the coronation of the Ivm press, October 20, 1740, and was held u\> in his father's arms to kiss the I'^mfiress on th;it occasion. lie came to America in eonserjuence of a duel and said to his mother, a Sf^anish lady, at parting: "You will hear from me, .'ind 1 will 1 2 MEMOIRS OF do honor to my name in the new country to which I go." He was an officer in the French and In- dian wars with Washington, and was a colonel under General Gage. His regiment was commended by Washington m 1 / 6 / . On the 11th of September, 1766, Colonel Sebastian Beauman married Anna Wetzell, of New York Citv. In May 1775, Sebastian Beauman was appointed captain of a mihtia company m New York, known as the "German Fusihers, which volunteered, on the 14th of September, in a regiment of Minute Men, known on the Continental Establishment as the 1st Regi- ment of New York Volunteers, Colonel John Lasher, of which, on the 21st he was acting as major. On the 30th of March, 17.6, he was ap- pointed in the permanent Continental service captain of a company of New York artillery, and attached to Colonel Henry Knox s Regi- ment, on the 19th of April following. He was on the 1st of January, 1777, transferred to the Second Regiment of Continental Corps of Artillery, Colonel Lamb's, and promoted to major on the 12th of September, 1778.T Major Beauman was in command ot West Point at intervals from 1779-84, and selected by Washington, 23rd of December, 1.83, on *Memoirs of Josiah Quiucy. i-New York Historical Society Records. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAU MAN. S the reduction of the army, to command the Battalion of Continental Artillery, retamed with which he served until honorably dis- charged, 20th of June, 1784. ,^, „ From the New York Records of the Revo- lution at Washington. D. C, the followmg appears. (Vol. 1, page 153). "Colonel Beauman joined with other New York Officers, on September 21, l^^f 'n a oetition to the Committee of Safety foi the Cvince of New York, praying for more gen- eral military training and disciphne. On page 224, "Major Sebastian Beau- man," is recorded among "other officers of the First Battalion of New York, who are wiUmg to enter into the service of their country. From page 302, it appears that a recruit- in., warrant was issued by the convention to Sebastian Beauman, Esqr., captam of a com- panv of artillery in the regiment commanded by Henry Knox, Esqr., March 30th, 1776. In the petition of John Doughty to the Senate and Assembly of New York, dated Sep- tember 1st, 1779, a certain company lately commanded by MajorBeauman,nowbyeapt. George Fleming," is referred to as bemg t« consimiU casu with Donghty's companjs which up to that time had not been adopted by the State, and was serving at its own ex- pense, and greatiy embarrassed thereby. The petition is, that these two companies might be taken into the service of the State, and have 4 MEMOIRS OF the same benefits extended to them as to the other troops of the State. It appears from this petition that Alajor Beanman and his company armed and ecpiipped themselves, and served at first, entirely at their own ex- pense. The following is from the New York State Archives, at Washington, D. C, Vol. XV., pp. 91-2. PKOCEKDINGS OF TIIK PKOVINCIAT. CONGRESS. Die Sabbati, icth H. A. JM ., March 30^ i-j^d. Major Sebastian Beanman having signi- fied his willingness to render any services in his power for the defence of the Liberties of this Country. This Committee, reposing Especial Confidence in his Patriotism, Valonr, Conduct and Fidelity, think him well (pudltied to Com- mand an Artillery Company in the Conti- nental Service; "Resolved and Ordered, that Sebastian Beanman, Ksq., be and he is hereby appointed Cai^tain of the Continental Com- pany of Artillery, ordered to be raised in this Colony, which company J\Ir. Beanman is hereby authorized and requested to enlist with all possible dis])atch." From the proceecUngs of the Provincial Congress, of April 11th, 1776, it appears that one Joseph Crane was appointed a lieutenant in the Continental company of artillery where- of Sebastian Beaiunan, Esq., was captain. Evi- dently Captain Beanman \vas not long iu raising his company. COLOXKL HEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. r, In the list of the New York Line, is the foliowin;^ — hcaumnn being the Bccond man mentioned: — Officers and soldiers of the Second, orXew York Regiment of Artillery: "lieauman, Sebastian, Major, succeeded in command of the company, fjy Capt. George Fleming " This list of the line was a private compilation of one Alexander Xeely, X. Y., clerk in the war department at Washington, and purchased of him in 1803, after the war department fire, by the State of Xew York, for a hundred acres of land in Cayuga County. It appears that lieauman and the immortal Hamilton were both originally captains in the same New York regiment of artillery. When the British took possession of New York City, September 1 5th, 1 776, Major Beau- man was the last man to leave the city. He was left with only eighty men, and tv/o howit- zers, vv'hich he got off at the risk of his life; the British had then two shipis of war in the stream. British officers quartered themselves in Beauman's house in the city, and his wife and three little daughters fled to West Point for protection, and the family were at West Point when the news reached them of Arnold's base treason, and Major Andre's capture, with the maps of the fortifications of the different posts in Andre's boots. The maps had been p>repared by Major Beauman for Washington's use, and were stolen b3' Arnold. These papers are now in the possession of 6 MEMOIRS OF the state libraiy at Albany, in legible con- dition, showing the imprint of Andre's foot on some of the pajoers. The compiler of this histor^^ of Beatiman's life had the pleasure of seeing the papers there only a short time ago.* Those that were written on one side only, were pasted secureU' on heaY3^ paste- board for better protection, and all were secured in a massive walnnt frame; and thus carefulh^ protected, thej^ looked as though they might last for future ages to gaze upon. Major Beauman was at Valley Forge that hard winter, and furnished his troops w'ith shoes and clothes at the same time Lafa3'ette did. Later he pawned his plate, and silver of all kinds, to buy provisions for his famishing troops, paying a very large percentage from his own private funds. But he never tired fighting for his country. At one time he and Lafaj'ette were buried under the snow all one day and night. Washington sent scouts on the path they had taken, to hunt until they were found. When discovered they were more dead than alive. He was loved b3^ all his soldiers, idolized b}^ his raanj servants, respected and honored by all the officers, and by the General-in-chief especially. He was present at the surrender of Corn- wallis at Yorktown, and again made use of his professional skill in preparing for himself * October 10, 1894. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 7 a "Map of Siege and Situation of York- town," which Washington and other officers requested him to engrave. (It was inserted by John Austin Stevens, with other interesting details of the victory, in the January, 1880, number of 'The Magazine of America'.") As Beauman was the last man to leave New York, September 15th, 1776, when the British took possession, he was the first to return at the head of the army, November 25, 1783, bearing the American flag, which he or- dered planted on thebatter^' before the British left the harbor. Beauman "was also colonel of the State Regiment of Artillery in New York from 1 785 until it assisted in depositing his hody — Octo- ber 23, 1803 — wrapped in the American Flag, in the Dutch church3'ard at the corner of Nas- sau and Liberty streets, which honored land- mark, in the city's progress, was taken dovvm." His name appears on the Half-pay roll. He Vk^as one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati, and his certificate and badge of the societ}^ are now in the pos- session of his onl3^ living grandson, Sebastian Beauman Doll,* of Napanoch, Ulster Co., N. Y. His military commissions and the sword and sash he wore throughout the Revolution- ary War, are now in the possession of one of his descendants, Mrs. Anna Vanderpool Vail, ♦Since Deceased. 8 MEMOIKS OF of Baltimore, Md., also a small pair of gold scissors, presented to a member of the family by Martha Washington. Mrs. E. W. Fairchild, of Monticello, N. Y., is the possessor of a sword Colonel Beau- man captured from a British officer, during the War of the Revolution. "Beauman was appointed the first federal postmaster, in New York City, by Washing- ton in 1789, which position he held with credit until his death, October 19, 1803. "The post-office was kept in the house of Colonel Beauman, on William Street; one room, twent3'-fiYe by thirty-five feet, and containing about one hundred boxes, was where the mail was distributed . This post-office was enlarged to accommodate the demands of the increasing population, but it remained in the same place imtil 1821." Harpers' Magazine of Oct., 1 871, speaking of the old post-office says: "William Bedlow was the first postmaster after the close of the war, as his name appears in that connec- tion in 1785; but in the succeeding j^ear (1786) Sebastian Beauman was postmaster, as shown in the first directory of the city ever pub- lished, in which we find 926 names of citizens, the members of Congress, etc. "The income of the New York post-office the first 3^ear (1786) was $2,789.84, and from this amount as a starting point can be cor- rectly estimated the annual increase of the postal business of New York Citv. "On the 30th of April, 1789, Washington was inaugurated President, and the establish- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 9 ment of the general post-office as now organ- ized immediateh^ followed. Samuel Osgood was appointed Postmaster General and as- sumed his duties in the city of New York, un- der the tuition of Sebastian Beauman. What should be done with this important official was evidenth" a subject of congressional dis- «"ussion; for we find officially recorded that 'the Postmaster General shall not keep an^-- office separate from the one in which the mails arriving in New York are opened and distrib- uted, that he ma\^ by his presence prevent ir- regularities, and rectify mistakes which may occur.' " In fact, this now most important officer of the general government, and his solitarj^ as- sistant and one clerk, had nothing to do, so they took their first lessons in the service in the post-office of the cit^^ of New York. At this time there were throughout the United States seventy-five legally established post-offices, and one thousand eight hundred and vSeventy-five miles of post-office routes. In a verj" short time the national capital was transferred to Philadelphia, which had three penny-post carriers where New York had one; suggestive data of the comparative im- portance of the two cities at that time. The southern, or Philadelphia mail left Ne\v York daily, the eastern mail tri- weekly, special mails for New Jersej^ and Long Island, once a week. Mails to Albany were carried on horseback, contractor's remuneration being the "postage collected." 10 MEMOIRS OF Colonel Sebastian Beauman died in 1803, and his successor, Josias Ten Eyck, after what \Yas to the public probably an uneventful 3^ear, gave way to General Theodorus Bailey, who received the appointment Januar\^ 2nd, 1804, and who satisfactorily^ performed the duties of that office for nearly a quarter of a centur3^ At this point it maj- not be amiss to insert some post-office receipts given to Colonel Beau- inan during his term of office as postmaster of New York City. "General Post Office. "October 7, 1799. ^^Dear Sir: "I have receii^ed j'our Letter of the 30th ult., enclosing l^hree Thousand dol- lars which Sum is to j^our Credit in the Books of this office. 'T am Sir "Yours Sincereh^ "Chas. Bursall, "Asst. P. M. G. "Sebastian Beauman, Esquire." "New York, Nov. 5th, 1799. "Received of Sebastian Beauman, Esquire, Two Thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eightj^-one Cents on account of the Post Office at New York. "2,587.^ Dollars. "Chas. Bursall, "Asst. P. M. G." COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 11 "Notice of the Arrivals and Departures of the Mails at the Post Office in New York, 1786. ARRIVALS. FROM NEW ENGLAND AND ALBANY. FROM NOVEMBER IST TO MAY IST. On Saturday- at seven o'clock P. M. FROM MAY 1st TO NOVEMBER IST. On Tuesday, Thursdaj^ and Saturday at eight o'clock P. M. FROM THE SOUTHWARD. F^ROM NOVEMBER IST TO MAY IST. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday at nine o'clock P. M. DEPARTURES. FOR NEW ENGLAND AND ALBANY. FROM NOVEMBER IST TO MAY IST. On Sunda^^, Tuesday and Thursday at ten o'clock P. M. FOR THE SOUTHWARD. FROM NOVEMBER IST TO MAY IST. On Sundaj' and Thursday at two o'clock P.M. FROM MAY 1st TO NOVEMBER IST. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday at five o'clock P. M. *^* Letters must be in the office half an hour before closing." Congress in those early da^'s was more considerate of the personal comfort of the post-office clerks than at the present time. The follo^ving letter from Mrs. AL C. Tappen corroborates the foregoing: 12 MEMOIRS OF ''Brooklyn, April 17, 1S76. "I have in my possession a Punch Bowl inherited by nie from my mother, the eldest daughter of Colonel Sebastian Bauman, a Revolutionary officer, and the first Federal Post Master of New York. "We have always called it the Washington Bowl, from the circumstance that General Washington has frequently drunk from it as he was a most intimate friend of Washington, and was associated with him during the Avhole war; their families were on most inti- mate terms, residing near each other at West Point, Morristown and Hanover, Long Is- land. AYhile the war was continued at that time this bowl was used on many occasions, one of which was a fete given b\' Colonel Bau- man to General LaFa3'ette at West Point. "Colonel Bauman was a most accom- plished gentleman, and a proficient Military officer. He was appointed Post Master at New York by Washington in 1780 and re- tained the office until his death, Oct. 19th, 1803. "Washington was a frecpient visitor at his house during his presidencN', as well as the most noted men of that day. General La Fayette, Baron Stuben, General Knox, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, the DePuysters and many other prominent men. "Over this bowl the Erie Canal was planned betw^een Colonel Bauman and DeWitt Clinton. In my own family we have drunk punch from it for over thirty years every -Ith of Juh^ I prize this relic highly from its many associations. "(Mrs.) Maria C. Tappen." COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 18 In 1790 there were but seventy-five post- offices in the United States and in 1 807 there were 75,000 post-offices, and the money now- spent by the Government each year for the support of the post-offices would have more than paid the national debt at the close of the I^evolutionary War. "By the Constitution of the United States, Congress was given the right to establish post-offices and post-roads. The office ot Postmaster General was created in 1789, and the General Postoffice was established in 1794-. On the 2nd of March, 1799, Congress passed an act to establish the General Postoffice in Washington. The Department has had a wonderful growth. Fifty years ago* (1888 the present writing) there were 10,693 post- offices throughout the country, and the reve- nue from them was only $2,823,749. At pres- ent there are 47,80.') post-offices, and the year- ly revenue of the department is over $45,000,- 000. To carry on the postal service requires the assistemce of 07,000 persons. "The Postmaster General, who has the supervision of the affairs of the Postoffice De- partment is a member of the Cabinet and re- ceives $8,000 per year. There are three as- sistant postmasters general appointed b}' the President, who receive $4,000 each. "No department of the government is better managed than that of the post- office. The details of the immense business are thoroughly attended to, its expenditures are usually ver^' judicious, and its working ♦1888 14 MEMOIRS OF system is constantly being" improved to meet the public requirement." * (See Picturesquo AVashington.l As a disciplinarian and a brave soldier Major Beannian ranked high, his services to his country were invaluable. Our regulars were never beaten in a fair figlit after their dis- cipline at Valley Forge. Johnston, in his "Siege of Yorktown," says that the American artillery commanders. General Knox, Colonel Lamb, Lieutenant Col- onels Stevens and Carrington and Alajor Beauman amazed both the French and English by their skill, and that they were ecjual to the best of the European soldiers. Johnston also says that Beauman's map is by far the most accurate and highly llnished map, and that the later ones are copies of it. The British at one time made an attempt to assassinate Major Beauman in a tent at West Point, where he had commanded at in- tervals for four or five years during the War of the Revolution. Major Shaw, aid-de-camp to General Knox, and engaged to Major Beauman's eld- est daughter, Maria, afterward related the circumstance to Major Beaunmn's family. Beauman had refused to take a couple of *In ISi'ii tho Fostortioe department directod the 7.">,"i70poS,iH.Xi. which is the expendi- ture of every six hours now." C0L0NP:L SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 16 cannon from West Point and put on Arnold's sloop oi war, mistrusting Arnold's patriotism from the first day he was put in command at West Point, which the following correspon- dence will verify: ''West Point, 20 Sept., 17S0. "In the evening. ^^ Dear Sir: "You must have two 12-poundcrs placed in the batteries around Fort Willets, with a proper security of cannon under quar- ters. "Your humble Servant "Knox. "Robison House. "Alajor Bauman." "To General Knox, "West Point, 28 Sept., 17S0. ''(Dear General: "Agreeable to your letter to me, dated the night before last 9 o'clock I made the best disposition possible considering the late hour, 12 o'clock at night, in which I re- ceived your order. "I have kept both officers and men on their respective alarm posts during the night. I had 2 12-pounders carried early this morning to Willets redoubt: I could not do it yester- da}'. Your letter came to me for that pur- pose, in the dark of the evening. I have now every battery in order. All the implements placed toever^^gun. The ammunition I shrdl retain in the magazine until the time of alarm, for there is no proper place on the different batteries for the security of the ammunition, 16 MEMOIRS OF nor artillery' men enougli to guard the same from being stolen, which would be the case, should I place ammunition on the dift'erent batteries before it is needed. I am not at all sorry ot what has happened, because I am glad of its timely discovery. For it does plainly ap- pear that there is a guardian Angel who watches over this country-, and his Excellency, and that imperceptible to millions who dwell in it, and General Arnold has but a poor idea of this place. Which I can assure 3'ou, after all his inquiries of its particular strength, and the weakest part of it. For his head appeared to me bewildered from the first moment he took command here. Which, however, I thought to proceed from an over avaricious disposition, which I found to be his ruling passion, more so than any Military officer on duty here. There- fore I am very little apprehensive of his doing us any harm in this quarter unless he is too much acc^uainted with the operations of the Cabinet. But should you really think the en- emies' designs to be bent this wa}^ I would advise for one or more companies of Artillery'- to be ordered here. For there is not men enough for everj'thing in this place. "I am with profound respect Dr. Gen'l "Your most obedient and very humble servant "S. Bauman, Maj. "Comd't. of Artillery. 'To General Knox." ''Dear Sir: <»o Sept. 28, 1780. "I received 3^our favor of 3'esterday and am liapp^^ in 3'our assurance that every- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 17 thing in the ordnance department in the re- doul)t and batteries is in the best order. "I have onh' to request that they shall be kept in the most perfect readiness to action. "I am dear sir *'Your humble servant "Knox. "Major Banman," Copy of papers found in Andre's book. "West Point, September 5th, 1780 "Artiller}' Orders — The following dispo- sition of the corps is to take place in case of an alarm: "Captain Daniells with his Company at Fort Putnam, and to detach an officer with 12 men to Wjdlys's Redoubt, a Non Commission- ed Officer with 3 men to Webb's Redoubt, and the like number to Redouljt No. 4 "Captain Thomas and Compan^^ to Fort Arnold, Captain Simmons and Conipan\^ to remain at the North and South Redoubt, at the East side of the River until further orders. Lieutenant Barber, with 20 men of Captain Jackson's Company will repair to Constitu- tion Island, the remainder of the Company vv'-ith Lieutenant Mason's will repair to Ar- nold, Captain George and Lieutenant Blake, with 20 men of Captain Tread well's Com- pan3% will repair to Redoubts No. 1 and 2; the remainder of the Company- will be sent to Fort Arnold. "Lieut. Jones's Company, with Lieutenant Fish, to repair to the South Batter^^ "The Chain Batter3% Sherburn's Redoubt, and the Brass Field pieces will be manned from Fort Arnold, as occasion maj' require. 18 MEMOIRS OF "The Commissar^' and Conductor of Mil- itar\^ Stores will in turn wait tipon the Com- manding Officer of Artillery for Orders. "The Artificers in the garrison (agi'ceable to former orders) will repair to Fort Arnold and there receive further orders from the Com- manding Officer of Artillery. "S. Bauman, ''Major Comm't Artillery." "As this document gave the British full in- formation of what would be the disposition of the American troops on the occasion; and as Sir Henry Clinton and many of his officers were acquainted with the ground, they would know at what particular points to make their attacks. "Two of the documents found in Andre's boots are in Arnold's handwriting, and one in the handwriting of Yillcfranche, a French engineer." (Lossing's Field l?ook of the Revolution.) The following letter is written b\' Ar- nold's aid-de-camp, Richard D. Yarick, and ad- dressed to Major Beamnan. The letter is dated: "Headouarters Robinson House, "September Sth, 1780. "^/>.- "Col. Livingston commanding at King's Ferry in a letter of the Gth informs the Gener- al that the Gin which was at that Post is taken away with the Main Army; that he has not the means of removing the pieces of ord- nance from his posts in Case it should on an emergency, be deemed expedient. 20 MEMOIRS OF "West Point, April 17, 17S1. ''Sir: "In order to make the matter as short as possible which again has been enjoined to me respecting your profession in the art of gnn- n' .y, Yott are to fire onl}^ two shells, with what charge of powder you please, at an ele- vation of 45 Degrees, and two others, one above, one IjcIow 45 at what angle of eleva- tion 3^ou please, the time of flight to be ascer- tained by calculation. "You will also fire five shells from an eight-inch Howitzer, at different elevations, and with what charge of Powder 3'ou please, the time of flight to be likewise ascertained by calculation, either on ascent, descent, or the horizon. "You are at liberty, in order to ascertain the strength of the Powder, you may fire the above number of dead shells with any given charge of pow^der you mean to fill the live shells with which you must fire the day after to-morrow if the \veather will permit it, for I have received orders to have it deferred no longer by you. You will therefore let me know how many Artillery men you may want that I ma}^ give orders accordingl_v. "I am sir your most humljle servant, "S. Bauman, "Major Com'd of Artillery." Lieutenant Ford to Major Beauman. "MoRRivSTOWN, March 5, 1781. ''Dear Major: "I am yet here and the business I came on unsettled, the Commissioners are about my business now, and next week I expect to go to 20 MEMOIRS OF "West Point, April 17, 1781. ''Sir: "In order to make the matter as short as possible which again has been enjoined to me respecting your profession in the art of gun- ner\'. You are to lire only two shells, \vith what charge of powder you please, at an ele- vation of 45 Degrees, and two others, one above, one below 4-5 at what angle of eleva- tion A'oti please, the time of flight to be ascer- tained bA' calculation. "You will also lire live shells from an eight-inch Howitzer, at difterent elevations, and with Avhat charge of Powder you please, the time of flight to be likewise ascertained by calculation, either on ascent, descent, or the horizon. "You are at liberty, in order to ascertain the strength of the Powder, you may lire the above number of dead shells with any given charge of powder you mean to flll the live shells with which you must fire the day after to-morrow if the weather will permit it, for I have received orders to have it deferred no longer by you. You will therefore let me know how many Artillery men you may want that I may give orders accordingly. "I am sir vour most humble servant, "S. Bauman, "Major Com'd of Artillery." Lieutenant Ford to Major Beauman. "MoRRiSTOWX, March 5, 1781. ''Dear Major: "I am yet here and the business I came on unsettled, the Commissioners are about my business now, and next week I expect to go to COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 21 Trenton to the Treasurer and receive the mone3', as soon after m\^ return as possible I shall proceed to West Point — We have noth- ing new here except L- Cornwallis is mak- ing large strides towards Virginia, it is Ex- pected to join the Infamous Arnold. General Greene is retreating before him, ]3y the last ac- counts he v^as on the borders of Virginia. I wish he may lead himself into a premunition he may not easih^ escape from, "My compliments to Mrs. Bauman and family and the Gen- of the Corps. "I am Dr. Maj- Your humble Servant "C. Ford. "Major Bauman." "Baltimore, Sept. 6, 1781. ''Sir: "You will take charge particularly of the Border ship and go in her. You will proceed down the Bay with the fleet under the com- mand of Gen. Clinton to whom you will apply upon saiy emergencies and further direc- tions, On your arrival wherever the fleet is destined, You will give notice to Gen. Knox (an ofiicer commanding the American Artil- lery) of your arrival and there await the orders for the stores to be landed. Should the Infantrj^ disembark before you receive or- ders where the stores are to be landed 3'ou will collect all the vessels which have stores aboard and wait for orders. "You will also take care of the Schooner which came here from (the name is obliterated by ravages of time) and convej^ her with 3'ou. "S. Bauman, "Major of the 2nd Brigade of Artiller3\ "To Lieutenant Ford." 22 MEMOIRS OK '*Wrst Point, Feb. 1, 1780. ''Sir: "'j^lic Bearer of this will deliver you two Iron 12-])ouii(lers, bein»i: part and the last of the Stores wliieh is to i;'o iVoni here to b"'ort Sehuyler. "The day 1)efore yesterday I sent five sledi^^es loaded with loose Balls — yesterday six- teen loaded with aninuinition and imple- ments, with a eonductor who is directcv. to deliver the whole to you. "Today I sent the above mentioned ean- tion to Fishkill landini;- by desire of Col. Hay, who, whenever two sledges ean be had for that purpose, is to forward them to Albany, to whom I likewise direeted this letter to be given to one of the drivers, with injimetion to hand the same to 3^011 at their arrived with the cannon at Albany. "S. Baitman, "Major Comm'cU Artillery. "P. S. Please to let me know if all comes safe to hand. "To Col. Rensrdier, Commissary of Stores at Al])any." Colonel Beauman was at West Point as early as 1771), whieh the following* correspon- dence with Colonel Landj will verify: "Fort Arnold, June 7, 1779. "* * * * 1 should be exceedingly obliged to you if you could procure me a Horseman's Tent as 1 am without Quarters, without any Bedding, and sometimes without eating, and if nature had not provided Water (which is in great plenty here) would be without drink "S. Bauman." COLON lOIi SIOBASri AN JilOAIJMAN. 2'.i A^ain lie s.'iys: "Whst 1\)Int, June 'M), 1771) "I should be exceed iii^^^ly li.'Li)i>y if you co'dd j)«'iy me a visit. I have at ])resent jiiiddliii/j^ ^(>()(\ (juarters. I could accomo- date you in a manner so as to nllord you a night's lodp^in;:^, and give you Continental fare. As for iitjuors, I have none, my daily drink is water which I think rather hard for a man in years, and wlio is on continual fa- tigue, and who never before experienced so mean nutriment * * * ♦ "S. lUUMAN." (lijiiiih Mhh., N. v., I[iH. Col.) Beauman's crest is a very nol)Ie one. It shows tliat he is ofroyrd descent, as it repre- sents the imperial eagle of Austria, crowned, gazing at the "Sun in hisSplendr)r" and grasp- ing a bow with his talons. THE BEAUMAN CREST. v5,o 24 MEMOIRS OF Due Do Chastelleux in liis book of "Travels in America," describes his astonish- iiieiil, in visitini;- Major Beamnan at West Point, at "secins^-, in tlic wilderness, such re- iined and beautiful women, and such nicely furnished rooms with line enL:,ravinL;s on the walls." It makes him think he is in Europe. Major Beauman to Governor Clinton. "West Point, l^H Au-'t. 1783. "It is stron<4iy su<.^gested that the British are about to leave New York, and that part of the infantry now on the line are to march into the City as soon as it is evacuated. I am therefore recjuested by the officers of the two remaining- Companies of the New York reL;iment of Artillery to solicit your Bxeellen- cv that they nuLiht be included in having the honor to take possession of the Metropolis in case our troops shouhl be ordered lor that purpose. "The only State trooi)s in the event (the name is obliterated by age) would think themselves highly honored should your Excel- lency intercede for us on this occasion. "One Ca|)t-, Lieutenant, one Subaltern, one Sergeant, one Corp. and twenty (the names again obliterated) are tmder marching orders to go to Oswego. "1 have the Honor to be with great esteem "Your Excellencies "Most obe'd- and very "lunnble Ser'nt, "S. Bauman, "Maj. Artillery. "Governor Clinton." JOLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 2T> "November 25th, 1783, the day the Brit- ish evacuated the city of New York, wavS a cold, frosty, but clear and brilliant morning. The American troops under (General Knox, who had come down from West Point and en- camped at Harlem, marched to Bowery Lane, and halted at the ])resent junction of Third Avenue and the Bowery. There they re- mained until about one o'clock in the after- noon, when the British left their posts in that vicinity and marched to Whitehall (as the British claimed the ri^ht of possession until noon of that day.) The American troops fol- lowed, and before three o'clock General Knox took formal possession of Fort George, amid the acclamations of the vast multitude of emancipated free men, who had returned to their desolated homes in the City, and the roar of Artillery upon the Battery." (LoHBing's Field Book of tlie Kovolutiori.) Bcauman, Major Commandant of Artil- lery, (under General Knox) ^ave the order to haul down the British flag and hoist the American flag on the Battery fjcfore the Brit- ish left the harbor, which was executed with marvelous skill and adroitness bj- a young sailor, John Van Ausdale, who with cleats, nails and a hammer, also tying a halyard about his waist, made the perilous ascent, for the Tories had not only knocked off all the cleats and unreeved the halyards, but had greased the shaft, and nailed the British flag to the flag-staff. The fifty ships constituting the English fleet were already moving down 26 MEMOIRS OF the bay but before they got out of sight the American flag was proudly floating to the breeze where the British flag had so recently flaunted over them. Washington repaired to his quarters at the tavern of Samuel Fraunces, and there dur- ing the afternoon Governor Clinton gave a public dinner to the officers of the army, and in the evening the town was brilliantly illum- inated, Major Beauman having charge of the fireworks. The troops entered the cit^^ from the Bower3^ through Chatham Street. Washing- ton and his staff and Governor Clinton and the state officers soon afterward made a pub- lic entry. Letter from Major S. Shaw to Mr. and Mrs. Beauman. "The permission granted me b3' the par- ents of nn^ beloved Maria has loeen attended with that effect which a consciousness of the rectitude of my intentions induced me to hope for. While I thank you, my dear friends, for this instance of partiality in my favor, I think it incumbent to add that your amiable daugh- ter has consented to be mine. I am no less hers by the indissoluble tics of affection and principle. ''Under the painful idea that a temporary separation must shorth^ take place, It aftbrds me great relief, that by remaining with you she will reap every benefit that is to be de- rived from the tenderness and attention of the CQLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 27 best of parents. On m}' return I promise my- self the happiness of /giving- my hand to her, wh.j has the entire possession of my heart, — and that I shall then be allowed to eall the parents of my lovely Maria those of their obliged and grateful "S. vShaw. "West Point, "3d August, 1783. "Mr. and Mrs. Bauman." Letter from Major S. Shaw to Miss Beau- man. "'How fares my lovely Maria' — is a con- sideration ever uppermost in the heart of her faithful and affectionate Shaw. Could I be told that you are in health — that you are happy — the satisfaction I feel in being thus far on my voyage could be commuted into the most perfect felicity. "At such an almost infinite distance, it is very uncertain whether any letter from me can reach you. But I cannot prevail on myself to omit a single opportunity, however remote. After a pleasant passage, we came to anchor at Princes Island, in the Strait of Florida, left Saturday evening, having seen neither land nor a sail since we left St. Jago, one of the Cape de Verde Islands, sixteen wrecks ago, from which place I wrote by the way of His- panolia and Lisbon. Have an^^ of those si- lent messengers told their errand to my dear- est girl— and is it possible that the present will find their \vay? "They must take a circuitous route from this to Batavia — thence back to Holland, and 28 MEMOIRS OF SO on to their journey's end. If thc^v arc not expeditions I may get the start of them. "We are so fortunate as to find liere a French ship going directly to Canton, the Captain of which has been there eleven times. The behavior of himself and his officers to- Avard us, is marked with that politeness and friendship which so eminently distinguished his nation in all their communication with ours — and the\^ give us ever}' assurance of be- ing serviceable to iis to the utmost of their power. *'We sail together tomorrow morning, and hope to accomplish the remaining part of our voyage in about three weeks. "Kandall desires a remembrance with 3''OU. Hitherto m^^ amiable iriend, ever3^thing goes well. I have not had one hour's sickness since leaving New York. Our prospects are flattering and I hope, with the blessing of Heaven, to rejoice in a happy meeting with 3'ou in ten or twelve months. "Present me most affectionately to our dear parents, and sisters, uncle and aunt, Michael, Matty, &c, &c — and believe me, ni\'' dearer self, that while 1 am, I can be but thine, and thine onlv. "S. Shaw. "Wednesday, 21 July, 1784." Letter from Major Shaw to Mr. and Mr». Beanman, '''My Dear Mr. and Mrs. Baiiuian: "The friendship and affection I shall ever entertain for you, and which I am happy in knowing is reciprocate, would in- duce me to write you a very long letter on COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 29 this occasion, were it not that our friend Ran- Pleasure^of \ 7 '^' '^''^'^ '^"^ -^" ^^^- he pleasure of telhng you everything resnecHnor say that the world goes tolerably well w?th us, and our prosoects at-t^ o-^^ i t • shall ever regard thf-m w^ a ,. ^ ^od-dauLditer^ T 1 1,^''^ ^""^'^ '"^y ^'^^^^ toafifordyou much happiness. ItisimprobI! "Canton in China "^- ^«'''''- "26Jan'y,'l787. „f "-^V^; ! '^^g you do not forget mc to nn,- of your fnends. Tell Betsey I send hS- a sm nH box of tea ,n eanisters, not" forthe sake of the tea, but for the canisters which are r-itW cur,ous and may serve to set off her tea taWe "S. S." Major Shaw's anticipated marriage Avith h,s beloved Maria" was never to be r^ali. d as she d.ed of consumption before his return t r^'-, . , """"'''• ^^^ ''^P^^ted this life Oc tober 17th, 1784, aged seventeen years and one month, and the following Septiber two ofthehttle sisters Major Shaw speaks so af fectionatelyof in his letters to Mr. ^^d Mrs Beauman, also passed away, and the follow! 80 MEMOIRS OF iiig April, 1786, Mrs. Sebastian Beatinian, too, passed into the unseen world, there to be re-tinited with the loved ones so recently- gone on before. Her father, John Wctzell, had en- tered into rest February 22, 1785, in his sixt3^- fourth year. Mrs. Beauman died at the earl^^ age of 34 3^ears and seven months, after a lingering ill- ness of one 3'ear and more. She had shared the harships and privation of a soldier'r life in camp with her husband, was with hnn at Morristown, Hanover, Long Island and spent several jxars in camp at West Point. Mrs. Eliza S. Ouincy in her "Memoirs of Josiah Quincy," thus describes the funeral pageant of Miss Maria Beauman in New York city: "In 1784, when Colonel Bauman returned to my father's house in Wall Street, Maria Bauman came to visit us. She was a lovely 3^oung woman, engaged to Major Shaw, who had served seven ^^ears in the American Arm^^ As aid to General Knox. During her visit he embarked from New York to open commercial relations between the United States and China. They were to be married on his return; I re- member their parting at mj'- mother's house. Maria remained with us, but her health de- clined, and her life soon terminated. "Colonel Bauman had returned to the city; and her funeral from his residence, through the streets of New York was the onl3'' one I ever saw conducted in the like manner. The pall was supported by six 3'otmg ladies, COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. HI dressed in white, with white hoods, scarfs and gloves, — emblematic of the character of the young friend they were attending for the last time. "The grief of Major Shaw I shall not at- tempt to describe. By devoted attentions to Mrs. Bauman and her family, he gave con- vincing proofs of his attachment. "Mrs. Bauman's other daughters were es- timable women; but none of them equalled the lamented Maria." Major Shaw, on his return to New York, May 11, 1785, first learned of Miss Beauman's death. He sailed on his second voyage from New York on the 4th of February, 1786, arrived at Canton on the 15th of Aug- ust, resided during the whole of the year 1787 at that city and Macao, and sailed for Bengal on the 18th of January 1788. He returned to Canton in Sept. 1788, from whence he sailed for the United States in Januarj^ 1789, and arrived in the harbor of Newport on the 5th of July of that year. In 1 71)0, he was again appointed Consul to China by Washington. He resided several years in that city, and was engaged for a considerable period in active commerce in the Chinese and Indian seas. On his return voyage to New York Cit}' in 1785, he brouglit home a great many curios; some quite valuable, as souvenirs of his voyage, and presented a great many of them to Mrs. Beauman and her daughters. Several of them 32 MEMOIRS OF are still in the possession of Mrs. Beauman's descendants. Before sailing on his last voyage to China, which he did in a ship of his own, he married Miss Hannah Philips, the daughter of William Philips, Ksqnire, of Boston. To this lady he was married on the 21st of August, 1792, and thvis formed a connection from which he had everj^ reason to expect the domestic happiness he so highh^ prized. This event did not, how- ever, change his plans relative to a voyage to China, and in the month of February, 1793, he sailed from New York for Bombay. His outward \oyo.ge was prosperous, but on that from Bombay to Canton his ves- sel encountered typhoons, which drove her from her track, and prolonged her voyage to nearly three months, so that she did not reach Canton until the 2nd of November, 1793. By a letter to his wife, and by one from his youngest brother, who accompanied him on this voyage, it appears that during his res- idence at Bomba}' he contracted a disease of the liver incident to the climate, which ap- peared soon after his departure from that city, and confined him to his house during the w^hole period of his sta^^ at Canton. Finding no relief from medical aid at this place he sailed in the ship "Washington" for the United States, on the 17th of March, 1794. The dis- ease, however, increased with the voyage, and in about ten weeks terminated his life. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 33 An extract from a letter to his widow, writ- ten by his friend and partner, Thomas Ran- dall, who accompanied him on this voyage, re- lates the circumstances of that event, and his own feelings on that occasion. "Sandy Hook, August 24, 1794. "Dear Madam: — With a heart deeply dis- tressed I take the pen to inform you of the death of my beloved and esteemed friend, Mr. Samuel Shaw, who died on board the ship 'Washington,' near the Cape of Good Hope on Friday afternoon, 3 o'clock, on the 3()th day of Ma}^ last. Ever^^ effort was made b}' the surgeon, Mr. Dodge, and the friends of Mr. Shaw, both at Canton and while at sea, to ef- fect his recovery. * * * * But alas! his dis- ease was too inveterate for medical aid. "Aly friend died with a calm strength of mind, and expressed his solicitude for the hap- piness of his remaining friends to the last. "I feel myself, dear Madam, so greatly afflicted at this event, that I cannot find words to offer 3^ou consolation upon the affect- ing loss of so near and dear a connection to 3^ou. "Permit me, w^hile I most sincerely lament your loss, to join my griefs to yours, and to assure you, dear Madam, of the respectful and affectionate esteem, with which I am "Your most obedient servant "Thomas Randall." "Mr. Shaw was born in' Boston, the 2nd of October, 1754, and at the time of his de- cease was aged thirty-nine years and six months. 34 MEMOIRS OF "During the war he was active in the field in the defense of his country, in offices of honor and command, while the most amiable dispo- sition made him a favorite in scenes of private life. He was a man rather tall and portly than otherwise, of an open countenance and benevolent heart, cheerful without levity, and sedate without reserve; in the hurry of busi- ness he had leisure to attend the distressed, and his hand was ever open to indigence and want. His manners were refined, and his sen- timents worthy the character he possessed; man}' a heavj^ heart has been enlivened by his sociability^; and his freedom of conversation and familiar deportment towards all the offi- cers endeared him to them by the most pleas- ant ties." (See Journals of S. Shaw, by Josiah Quincy.) "In November, 1783, Major Shaw re- ceived from General Washington the following testimonial of his merit and services in the armj^ of the Revolution: — "By his Excellencj^ George Washington, Esq., General and Commander-in-chief of the forces of the United States of America. "This certifies that Captain Samuel Shaw- was appointed a Lieutenant of Artillery in the army of the United States of America in 1775; the year following he was appointed Adjutant, and in 1777 was promoted to the rank of Captain-I/ieiitenant and Brigade Major in the corps of Artillery, in which capacity he served until August, 1779, when he was appointed Aid-de-camp to Major General Knox, com- manding the Artillery, with whom he re- mained till the close of the war, having been COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 85 promoted to the rank of Captain of Artillery in 1780. "From the testimony of the superior otti- cers under whom Captain Shaw has served, as well as from my own observation, I am en- abled to certify, that, throughout the whole of his service, he has greatly distinguished himself in everything which could entitle him to the character of an intelligent, active, and brave officer. "Given under my hand and seal this third day of November, 1783. "Geo. Washington, "By his Excellency's command. "Ben Walker, Aid-de-camp." "On the 5th of January, 1784, Major Shaw took final leave of the family of General Knox, from whom he received m his own handwriting, the following certificate, reflect- ing honor alike on the qualities of his heart and his excellence as an officer: "This is to certify that the possessor, Cap- tain Samuel Shaw, has borne a commission in the Artillerv of the United States of America upwards of eight years, more than seven of which he has been particularly attached to the subscriber in the capacities of adjutant, bri- gade-major, and aid-de-camp. In the various and arduous duties of his several stations he has, in every instance, evinced himself an intel- ligent, active, and gallant officer, and as such he has peculiarly endeared himself to his num- erous acquaintances. "This testimony is given unsolicited on his part. It is dictated by the pure principles of affection and gratitude, inspired by an un- 36 MEMOIRS OF equivocal attachment during a long and try- ing period of the American war. "Given under mj^ hand and seal, at West Point, upon Hudson's River, this 5th day of Januarv, ITS-i. "H. Knox, M. General." ''Major Shaw took an active and efficient part in the formation of the Society of the Cin- cinnati. He was chosen secretary of the com- mittee of the officers of the army who formed it, and, according to information derived from the late Colonel Timothy Pickering, the origi- nal draft of its constitution was from his pen." (See Quincy's Memoirs of Major Shaw.) MRS. SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN's ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS. Christina Ernest, who married, in 1748, John Wetzell, of New York, (N. A.,) was a daughter of Dr. Ernest, of Manheim, Ger- many, a martj^r of the Reformed religion, at the stake. Anna Wetzell, daughter of John and Christina Ernest Wetzell, was married to Colonel Sebastian Beauman, Sept. 11, 1766. Married, on Sunday evening last, Dec. 29, 1794, By the Rev. Dr. McKnight, Mr. John Smith, merchant, to Mrs. Agnes Wetzell, eld- est daughter of Gen-. William Malcomb, both of N. Y. City. On Wednesdav eve, Sept. 28, 1796, by the Rev. Dr. Peter Lo\ve, Dr. William H. Doll, of Colchester, Delaware County-, N. Y., to Miss Sophia Christina Beauman, daughter of Col- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. onel Sebastian Beauman and Anna Wetzell Beauman. On Wednesday eve, July 30tli, 1800, by the Rev. Dr. Livingston, Rev. Peter Lowe, of Flatbush, to Miss Eliza Beauman, second daughter of Colonel Sebastian Beauman and Anna Wetzell Beauman, of New York City. RECORD OF DEATHS. New York, October 14th, 1784. This morning a little after five o'clock, Departed this life, Miss Maria E. Beauman, aged seven- teen years and one month. 1785, February 22nd, 2 in the morning, Died, my father, John Wetzell, in his 64th year. 1786, April 15th, at % after five this morning, Departed this Life, my dear sister, Anna Beauman, Aged 34 years, 7 months and 15 daj^s, after a lingering illness of a year or more. 1788, June 9th. Died, my brother, Mat- thew Wetzell, at Philadelphia, on his w^ay from Charleston, South Carolina, aged 27 years, 6 months and 4 days. CHILDREN OF SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN AND ANNA WETZELL. 1.— Maria Ehzabeth, born, Sept. 14, 1767. Died, October 17th, 1784. 2.— John Jacob, born, October 8th, 1769. Died, October 23rd, 1770. ^8 MP'.MOTRS OF 3. — Ann Elizabeth, l)orn, August 15, 1771. Died, 1825. 4<. — Sophia Christina, born, jnly 18th, 1773. Died, October 20, 1848. 5. — Maria Christina, born, Jan'y. 18th, 177^. Died, September 10, 1855. 6. — Ann Charlotte, born, December 24, 1776. Died Jan. 7, 1777. 7. — Ann Snsanna, born, Nov. 1, 1771). Died, Sept. 29, 1785, at West Point. 8. — Lucy, born, November 4-, 1781. Died, Sept. 21)th, 1785, at West Point. 9.— Harriet Sarah, born Feb. 28th, 1784. Died, Sept. 20, 1785, at West Point. 10. — Ann Agnes, born, Jan. l()th, 1780. Died, April 28th, 1864, at New York City. Ann Eliz.abeth Beanman married the Rev. Peter Lowe, of Flatbush, July :5()th, 1800. Sophia Christina Beauman married Dr. William Henry Doll (son of Dr. George Jacob Leonard Doll, D. D., of Kingston, N. Y.) Sept. 28th, 1790. Maria Christina Beauman married Adam T. Doll, eldest son of Rev. Dr. George Jacob Leonard Doll, of Kingston, N. Y. Ann Agnes Beauman married, first, Peter Vanderlyn, of Kingston, N. Y., and after his death married John Br en nan, of Kingston, N. Y. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. THE CHILDREN OF REV. PETER LOWE AND ELIZ- ABETH ANN BEAUMAN, HIS WIFE. 1.— Sarah Ami Lowe, born 1801, died 1S02. 2. — Beauman Lowe, born 1803, died 18 — . 3. — Sarah Livingston Lowe, born 1804, died 18~. 4. — Helen Masterton Lowe, born 1808, died 18—. 5. — Maria Christina Lowe, born 1810, died 18— 6. — ^Johannah Lowe, bom 1815, died 1818. THE CHILDREN OF DR. WILLIAM HENRY DOLL AND SOPHIA CHRISTINA BEAUMAN, HIS WIFE. 1.— John Jacob Doll, born May 7th, 1798, Died Alay 9th, 1832 — unmarried — at Napa- noch, aged 34. 2. — Jnlia Ann Caroline Doll, born Dec. 7th, 1800. Died February 18th, 1885, at Ellen- ville, aged 85. 3. — George Jacob Leonard Doll, born April 12, 1808, at Napanoch. Died at Livingston Manor, N. Y., Sept. 12th, 1872, aged 69. 4. --Anna Christina Doll, born Aug. 15th, 1805, at Napanoch. Died at Napanoch, N. Y. June 21st, 1882, aged 77. 5.— Sarah S Doll, bom April 18th, 1808, at Napanoch. Died at Ellenville, N. Y., July 27th, 1831, aged 23. G. — William Henry Doll, born July 31st, 40 aiEMOIRS OF ISIO, at Napanocli. Died at Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 9tli, 1S73, aged 63. 7. — Sebastian Beaiiman Doll, born Nov. 15tli, 1812, at Napanocli. Died at Napanoch, N. v., Dec. 5tli, 1S9C), ao-ed 84-. 8. — John Kemper Doll, born March 1^, 1815, at Napanoch. Died at Kingston, N. Y. Dec. 27th, 1881, aged 66. CHILDREN OF ADAM T. DOLL AND HIS WIFE, MARIA CHRISTINA BEAUMAN. ^ 1.— Bcaninan Doll, born March 20, 1706. Died in infancy. 2.— George Detkin Doll, born May 30, 1797. Died Jnly 29, 1798. 3>.— Sns'an Detkin Doll, born April 14, 1799. ^ Died AIarcli9, 18H1. 4.— Ann Maria Doll, born May 21, 1801. Died March 2(», 1831. v5.— Anna Agnes Doll, born April 2o, 1803. Died Nov. 1,1 830. 6. — Sarah Christina Doll, born April 22, 1808. Died Feb. 17, 1834-. CHILDREN OF JOHN BRENNAN AND ANN AGNES BEAUMAN, HIS \YIFE. 1. — Eliza, died, innnarricd, aged 24. \ 2. — Sophia, who married Benjamin A. New- kirk, Henley, X. Y. 3. — Michael Sebastian, married Deborah Laskev, Lvnn, JMass. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 41 4. — Bcauman, married Sophia Freeman, N. Y. city. 5. — Cornelia Doll, married Samuel Marsh, N. Y. city. C). — Mar^^ Christina, married Dr. W. I. Well- man, N. Y. city. 7. — Charles, who died quite young. Eliza Susan Morton Quincy, of Ouincj, Mass., a cousin of Mrs. Sebastian Bcauman, has written the following narrative of some events in the lives of her maternal ancestors, and of her own early life. She says: "My maternal grandfather, Jacob Kem- per, was born in Germany, in the city of Caub, on the river Rhine, A. I)., 1706. His father, an officer in the Prince Palai4ne's army, was so severely woinided, that he was obliged to retire upon. a pension. He was a Colonel in the army of Frederick I. of Prussia. Pie sur- vived many battles and died, after a lingering illness, in his easy chair, — a circumstance to which his children used often to advert as a singular termination of the life of a military man, who had received fourteen wounds in battle. His pension was continued, and his widow was thus enabled to give each of her three sons a liberal education. The eldest, a physician, went to the East Indies; returned, after many years, a man of large property; and settled in Holland. The profession of the second son is not remembered. Jacob Kem- per, the youngest son, was six years of age when his father died. He refused to finish his 42 MEMOIRS OF studies at the university, for which he was prepared; and insisted upon entering upon some active employment. His mother 3'ielded to his wishes, and purchased a vessel for him; as master of which, he took freight, on his own account, at the cities on the Rhine. "In 173G, he married Maria Regina Ern- est, of Manheim. Her father was a minister of the Reformed Church in that city. Her mother, a woman of rank and fortune, had of- fended her parents hj her marriage with Mr. Ernest, who had been her tutor. They never forgave him; but once a j^ear, sent for their daughter and her children to visit them at their splendid mansion; and when her father died, his grandchildren in America shared in her portion of his property. "In 1737, Mrs. Kemper accompanied her husband to Coblentz, where her first child was born. She received great kindness from the ladies of that city; and one of the principals stood godmother to the infant, and named it after herself, Anna Gertrude. "Her second daughter, Maria Sophia, my mother, w^as born at Caub in 1739, and named after her two grandmothers, Mrs. Ernest and Mrs. Kemper. "In 1741, a company of men called New- landers, were employed by shipowners in Hol- land to persuade the Germans to emigrate to America, w^hich they described as a perfect Acadia, — a land flowing with milk and lionet", and enriched with mines of gold and silver. They thus induced persons well situated in their native countr\^ to rend asunder the ties of kindness and affection, and to go three thousand miles across an ocean to an un- •0 i COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 43 known land, where the language, habits and customs were entireh^ foreign to their own. Mr. Kemper was so infatuated by their repre- sentations that, contrary to the entreaties of his mother and friends, he converted all his possessions into money, and prepared for his vo3'age. Mr. Kemper's mother — when she found he was determined to leave her, and to take his wife, to whom she was attached as to a daughter, with her two children, one born in her house — supplied them with ever3" accom- modation in her power. Her onh' daughter was married, and settled at a distance; she was left alone, and never ceased to grieve for the loss of her children, like that of death to her. They heard from her occasionally^; but in those times communication with Europe was rare and difficult. "Mr. and Mrs. Kemper embarked from Amsterdam in 174-1. Their voyage was lengthened many months b3^ touching a port in England, where they tarried some time. Mrs. Kemper was accompanied by her yotmg- est sister, Maria Christina Ernest; her brother, Matthev\' Ernest, had man\^ 3^ears previous left Manheim, without the knowledge of his parents. After a long time he wrote that he had gone to America, had married a widow* of fortune, and was established as a merchant at a place called Rhinebeck, from the settlers hav- ing come from the river Rhine, and from the proprietor, Beckman. To this brother, Matthew Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. Kemper wished to direct their steps, but they were landed in Philadelphia, two hundred miles from his residence, — ignorant of the language 'Mrs. Sharpe, widow of Jacob Sharpe. of Rhinebeck, N. Y. 44 1M1'',I\1()11JS OF ol tlic couiiliv, .'111(1 1)1 ovorvlliiiii; wliicli iiiiglit help tluMii on llii-ir way. "A (icriii.'in niiciit induced Mr. Konipcr to exchange his L^i^ld and silver for dcprociatcd paper inoiK'\\ wlnoli ho roproscntcd as ol cupial value, and more convonicnt to oarrv, as it was the eurrcncv of the eountrv. When Mr. Keiu- per reaeheil New r>rniiswiek he met with an honest (lerman resident w hose name was DilH- diiie, to whom he exhibited his luiuls, and wdio tolci liini he had been defrauded by a sharper. His Journey of ei;^lity miles from IMiiladeli)liia had exceeded all his other exi)enses since he left Germany, from the use of the depreciated pajKM- money, h^rom nrunswiek Mr. and Mrs. Kemper took ])assaL;e in a sloop to New York, and thus up the Uiidson to Rhinebeck, where they were received with ureat kindness by their brother, antl passed the ensuini; winter at his hospitable abode. "In the Spring oi' ITl'J, Mr. I^rncst ad- viseil Mr. Kemper to take the comnier insisted on ^'oiui; back into the country, on the "NewLind" he had heard so much of, to become a farmer. He had left Cicrmany with this ])roject, and not him;- could divert him fiH)iii his purpose, and his ii;norance of the Ivui^lish tcniLiuc prctbably made him dif- lident of ent:ai:inij in a business carried on in (K)I.0M<:L SI'll'.AS'l'lyW I'.MAI MAN. Af, Lli.'it l.'iii;^M.'i|^c. I'indiii;^ Mr. I\iiii|)(r obsLi- natcly hcnt upon liis jxirpose, Mr. lirncst yielded, «iiid pureliased lor iiiiii ,'i, farm on 'tlie l)atent' ol Robert I\. Li vin;.;sion, on n lease of three lives, in that part ol Dutehess County, now the town ofl'eeknian — sixty miles helow Rliineheek, and twenty from the Hudson. On this lariii there was a small house and a harii, and land eleared for a /^^arden; and the rest was as wild and uncnitivated as eould he (le- sired; and there this laniily, l)n>u;^liL \\\i in cities and used to all tlie »aeeonimodations of hfe, were set down in a wilderness, i;^norant of the best modes of elearin;^ and eultivatin^ the^^round, and ofobtainin;.^ dail^' comforts. "Christina, li^rnest remained with her brother Matthew, who continued to assist Mr. and Mrs. Kemper by every means in his ])Ower. lie visited them several times a year, and sent or brou/^ht tliem coffee, tea., sii;.(ar, &c., sixty miles on rcjads almost im|>assable, — c(|ual to hundreds at the present day. Mr. Ernest always traveled on horseback: and my motlier remembers how his saddle-ba^j^s used tc) be loaded for the family, and the joy his ar- rival occasioned. "In 17 IS, Maria Christina Ivrnest mar- ried Mr. John Wetzell, of New York, and went to reside in that city; and Matthew lirnest also removed to that place. These ehan/^-es in- creased Mrs. Kemjjcr's desire to leave their se- cluded situation; and her brother, Mr. Ernest, on his last visit in the Autnnm proposed tliat they sell their lease, (juit their farm, and re- move to a place he would ])rovide for them. "Mr. Kemper therefore sold the j)roperty of his lease, which was on three lives,— one of 46 MEMOIRS OF ' them my mother's. A few A'ears since, in 1816, an inquiry was made if she was still liv- ing, as the estate was still held by that tenure. "Early in the spring of 1749, Mr. and Mrs. Kemper left their farm, and the improve- ments of six 3'ears, to the great regret of their kind neighbors, who assisted to convey the family to Rhinebeck; thence the3' went down the Hudson in a sloop to Mr. Ernest in New York. "In 1749, Mr. Kemper, by the sale of his lease, farm and improvements, repaid Mr. Ernest for an excellent house in Albany street, New Brunswick, N. J., and engaged in a profit- able biisiness as a merchant. "Here his family had the advantage of a good school; and my mother, for the first time within her remembrance entered a church, — an interesting occasion she has often described. As Mr, and Mrs. Kemper had hitherto resided in a settlement where German \vas alone spoken, their children knew only their mother tongue; but by attending a church where the services were in Low Dutch, the prevalent language of the town, and an English Presby- terian Church, and b3^ going to school, they soon acquired both languages. "The defeat of Gen. Braddock took place at this period, and my mother remembers see- ing the remains of his unfortunate army pass through the town. "Two German grenadiers, b^' the names of Burns and Kaun, were quartered in her father's house; and she often heard them de- scribe that dreadful scene. "After JMr. Kemper had resided ten years in New Brunswick, trade was suddenly turned COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 47 into new channels; the town declined, and he was obliged to seek a new abode. He sold a vessel he had built to ply between Bruns- wick and New York, and all the property he could dispose of without sacrifice. His real estate was retained two years, when it was sold at a reduced price. With the proceeds he entered into business in New York, where Mr. Ernest was an affluent merchant. This removal from New Bruns- wick in 1759 was very painful to Mr. and Mrs. Kemper, and especially to their children. Their hearts were grieved to leave dear friends who lamented their departure with tears, and whose kindness they took every opportunity to return, "Mr. Kemper's affairs continued prosper- ous and his family, which consisted of five sons and four daughters, improved in their ed- ucation. In 1760, his eldest daughter, Ger- trude, born in Coblentz on the river Rhine, married Dr. Miller, a young German ph\'si- cian, who like many others, had been induced to come to America, and was successfully practicing his profession in New York. In 1705, he visited Germany, and as he was an only son, and heir to a large property, his fa- ther forbade his return. He therefore request- ed his wife and their two children to follow him, under the care of her two brothers, Mat- thew and Daniel Kemper. "Dr. Miller received them in Holland, and conducted them to the cit}' of Konigsburgh in the King of Prussia's dominions, where they remained on his father's estate. "Daniel Kemper returned, but his eldest brother, Matthew, married, and settled near Mrs. Miller. 48 MEMOIRS OF "Their relatives in New York received fre- quent letters until 1 774-, when intelligence ar- rived of the death of Matthew Kemper, leav- ing' a widow and one child. Mrs. Miller, in her last letter, expressed <4reat anxiety to re- visit her friends in America, but it was impos- sible, and the war of the Revolution terminat- ed all communication. "Six wrecks after the marria<^e of Mrs. Miller, Aug". 23, 1700, Mrs. Kemper's second daughter, Maria Sophia, married John Mor- ton, a young man of amiable equalities and cheerful disposition. Descriptive cognomens were the usage of the day, and his personal advantages obtained for him that of 'Hand- some Johnny.' His father was of Scottish descent and a liberal IVotestant. His father resided near Dawson's Bridge in the north of Ireland. He w^as an elder in the Rev. Mr. Henry's church for thirty years and died in that oifice. "Catherine, the third daughter of Mrs. Kcmjier, married Dawson, a captain of the British Army, Jime 15, 1708. He was a man of amiable (lualities, to whom she was deeply attached. Their hap])v union was severed by her death in the first year of her marriage, and her husband did not long survive. The sons of Mr. Kemper were successhd in different pur- suits in life, but the war of the Revolution broke up their happy homes, they were sub- jected to danger and anxiety in the theater of actual warfare. "What was the situation of Mr. Ernest during all these changes, will naturally be asked by all wdio read this narrative, and re- member his unwearied kindness toward his sis- r;OJ/>NEL KEHABTIAN iiKACMAN. 49 ter. After Mr. and Mrs. Kemper hnd removed to New York, Mr. Ernest, who had aefjui red a large property, resolved to visit Germany, in the hopes of seeing his father once more. But the good minister of Manheim had died one month before hi^ arrival*. This disaj)pr>int- ment, and the tragic death of his father, was very affecting to Mr. Ivrnest, who, many years before, had left his father's house without the knowledge of his parents. "He then learned of the fate of his sister, Susan Hrnest, who had married and resided on the banks of the Rhine, iiy the sudden burst- ing of a water-spout against a mountain in her neighborhood, a tremendous flood de- scended to the river, carrying death and de- struction to all within its course. Jfer house was washed into the Rhine. vShe was last seen standing at her door with an infant in her arms. She perished with all the family. "Mr. Ernest had the consolation of seeing his mother, and his surviving sister, Catherine, who had married Christian Hoffman, and who with her husband and two sons, returned with him to America. He brought workmen from Germany and established a glass factory six miles from Xew York; but this undertaking failed from the incompetency of the chief person employed, and Mr. Ernest consequently lost a great part of his fortune. "When the Revolution began, he entered into business in Philadelphia, and when the British troops came there he put all his prop- erty and furniture on board a sloop to be tak- en up the Delaware to Trenton, while he went to that place by land with his wife. Instead of "Jfe wa« burnt at Xtii «tak«; for hin religion. 60 MEMOIRS OF going to Trenton, the captain of the vessel went over to the British with all his posses- sions, and again Mr. Ernest lost all his prop- ertj but the money he had with him. He afterwards caine to Morristown where he re- sided with his friends until his death, three years before peace was declared. "Previous to Mr. Ernest's visit to Ger- man^', his only son, John Ernest, a promising and excellent young man, married and settled in New York as a merchant. Both he and his wife died in early life, leaving two sons, An- thony and Matthew. The 3'ounger son, Mat- thew Ernest, was employed during the resi- dence of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ern- est, at Morristo^vn, in iron works at that place, and bj^ his industrj^ and his affectionate conduct, contributed to their support and comfort. After the peace, the widow of Mr. Ernest returned to New York, and found a home in the house of Jacob Sharpe, her son by her first marriage. "Soon after the marriage of Mr. Morton with Maria Sophia Kemper, he relinquished his place in the commissary department, en- tered into business as a merchant and soon ac- quired a large propert3^ He made two V03'- ages to England, or 'Home,' as it was termed by the colonists, to arrange correspondence with merchants and with manufacturing es- tablishments. He owned a large brick house on Water Street, New York, in which he resid- ed, and also a large wharf behind it, which ex- tended below low water mark. His ships used to unload into his spacious warehouse situat- ed on the wharf, which also served as a flax seed store, a branch of trade in which my COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 51 father was largely engaged. The demand for Irish linen was so great that the flax was not allowed to ripen in Ireland. It was there im- mediately worked up at the manufactories, and the seed for the next j^ear imported from America, where it was then raised in immense quantities on the borders of the Hudson. This lucrative business was destro^-ed by the Revolution. From the introduction of cotton fabrics it never subsequentK'' revived; and trade found new channels. "At this period, the importations of mer- chants comprehended a great variety of arti- cles. Mr. Morton's large establishment was filled with ever\^ description of English manu- facture, from the finest laces to broadcloth and blankets, and those also of other coun- tries, superb mirrors, engravings, china, glass, &c. — often sent directly from the manufactur- ers, on the most advantageous terms; and his commercial relations were, therefore, very large and prosperous. "In 1774, the familj^ of my parents con- sisted of four children, two sons and mj sister Margaret, born in 1772, and myself, then an infant. From the commencement of the Rev- olution, m3" father and all the connections of our family took the side of liberty and the col- onies, and became what w^ere called w^ama Whigs. "After the scenes attendant on the Stamp Act and the Tea Tax, when war seemed inev- itable, and when the 'Asia,' a British Man-of- War, came into the East River, opposite Mr. Morton's house, and threatened to fire upon the city, he determined to leave New York. He was promised protection if he would re- 52 MEMOIRS OF main a lo^^al and quiet subject; but he did not hesitate to abandon his property, rather than submit to the unjust measures of a govern- ment which had become tyrannical and op- pressive to his countrj^ A vessel belonging to him had arrived from England, laden with valuable merchandise; all the goods in the Tvarehouse were hastily packed and sent on board the ship, which with its cargo was or- dered round to Philadelphia, a place then con- sidered out of reach of the British, under the care of Mr. Gallaudet, the confidential clerk of Mr. Morton, where they were sold at high prices, and the money deposited in the Loan Of&ce. "The amount thus devoted to the use of the American Army hj John Morton caused him to be denominated by the British, 'The Rebel Banker.' As he was not able, and his sons v\rere not old enough to fight the battles of his countrj^, he said he would paj^ to those who could, the last farthing he possessed. "Mr. and Mrs. Morton sent on their fur- niture, and all their effects which could be re- moved, to Elizabethtown in New Jersey, and hastily followed with their family, abandon- ing their excellent house and all their real es- tate to the enemies, who took possession of their pleasant dwelling, and appropriated everything to their own use during the seven succeeding j^ears. "My father's propert^^ was also dimin- ished by the depreciation of the paper currency issued bj^ Congress, in which money he was obliged to receive all debts due to him. The partial interest allowed bj^ Congress for the money deposited in the Loan Office, after the COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 53 French Loan was negotiated, was paid in specie; and this, together with merchandise taken out of New York and sold or exchanged for articles requisite for the family, furnished their means of support during the war. "In 1775, Mr. and Mrs. Kemper also re- moved to Elizabethtown. Two of their sons entered the American Army. Jacob Kemper rose to be a captain; Daniel served as a quar- termaster. Their youngest daughter, Susan Kemper, resided with my mother. My father purchased a house, with a large garden adja- cent, at Elizabethtown. "As m3^ eldest brother had been there pre- pared for college, my parents were previously acquainted with several of the inhabitants. They were intimate in the family of Elias Boudinot, and attended the church of the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, a Presbyterian minister, who joined the ranks of the American Arm3^ with his parishioners, and served as a volunteer. His profession, his zeal and patriotism, ren- dered him peculiarly obnoxious to the British. "While Mr. and Mrs. Morton resided at Elizabethtown, their cares were increased by the birth of another son, whom they named Washington; a proof of their confidence in that great man at the time he was appointed Commander-in-chief of the American Arm^-. My brother was certainly the first child named in honor of him. "Alarmed by the approach of the British Army, our family fled to Springfield, seven miles distant, where they remained several weeks in a house with five other families, who were also fugitives. My father then sought a safer situation, and purchased a house and 54 MEMOIRS OF farm at Baskin ridge, fifteen or t^venty miles from Elizabethtown; and conveyed thither all the furniture and effects brought from New- York. Mr. and Mrs. Kemper removed to Ger- mantown, fourteen miles farther inland, in the neighborhood of many of their countrymen. "Baskinridge was a retired, pleasant situ- ation, enclosed by some high land called the 'Long Hills.' It was a secure place from the British, and at times in the centre of the Amer- ican Army. The headquarters of Washington w^ere at Morristown, only seven miles distant. The hospital was located on Mr. Morton's es- tate. It was a long low, log building, situat- ed on a rising ground in a meadow; a brook ran in front of it and supplied the inmates with water for cooking and w^ashing. Dr. Tilton, the director of the medical department, with Dr. Stevenson, Dr. Coventy, and other physicians, had rooms in my father's house; and a small school house was converted into an apothecary shop. This arrangement contin- ued more than two years, and the society of these gentlemen was very agreeable. The house at Baskinridge w^as of two stories, situ- ated on the high road, about halfway down the hill. On one side therefore, the parlor Endows were even with the ground, on the other was a high porch with seats, the steps of which led to the second story. *' Being myself a child under nine years of age at this time, my impressions, although lively, are unconnected. I shall, therefore •state the events I remember, in precise terms, and describe the rest from the recollections of jny mother. ''The American troops were constantly COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 55 passing our house, and the officers, who were always received and treated with the greatest hospitality and kindness. All was freely given, — shelter, food, forage for their horses, relief for the sick and wounded. "General Washington and his suite were often my father's guests. Among the stores brought from New York were two pipes of Madeira wine, which often contributed to the refreshment of the beloved chief. "The capture of General Lee, on the 13th of December, 1776, occurred soon after the settlement of our family at Baskinridge. He had come from the American camp at Morris- town to reconnoitre; and put up for the night at Mr. White's tavern, not half a mile away, l)eyond the hill near the church. "My iather, who was always attentive to every officer of the army, called on General Lee, and invited him to breakfast the next day. He accepted, but as he did not appear at the appointed time, Mr. Morton became impatient, and walked up the hill to meet his expected guest. On his way he encountered rp any of the country people running in great consternation, exclaiming, 'The British have come to take General Lee!' My father hur- ried on, and saw Lee, without hat or cloak, forcibly mounted, and carried off by a troop of horse; and as he had but few attend- ants, but little resistance was attempted. One of his men who offered to defend him, was cut down and wounded by the sabers of the horsemen. He was brought to our house where he was taken care of until he was car- ried on a litter to a surgeon in Mendon; and after three months recovered and came back ±o thank my mother for her kindness to him. 56 MEMOIES OF "The British Arm 3^ never penetrated to Baskinridge, but there were repeated alarms of their approach, with fire and sword, and the children were often sent to places of safety among the hills several miles distant. "In 1779 Susan Kemper was married to Dr. Jackson, of Philadelphia, and w^ent tore- side in that city. Her uncommon vivacity, cheerful temper and great capability had ren- dered her a most useful and delightful inmate of our family. I had been named after her, and was grieved at her departure. My sister, Margaret, was afterward sent to stay with her aunt and attend school in Philadelphia. "The revolt of the Pennsylvania line oc- curred in January, 1781. The soldiers, driven to desperation for want of food, clothes, and pay, determined to march to Philadelphia, and force Congress to redress their grievances. One of the officers, in attempting to suppress the meeting, ^^as killed, and others wounded. Obliged to fly from their camp at Morristown, several took refuge at m3'^ father's residence in Baskinridge. Captain Christie was the first who rushed into the house, gave intelligence of the revolt, and begged to be secreted from the soldiers he feared were on his track. He was accordingly concealed till the danger was past. My parents were terrified, and it was apprehended that the troops would go over to the British, but this fear proved groundless; and the termination of the rebellion is recorded in history. "In 1781, the several states agreed to Articles of Confederation. The completion of this important compact, which it w^as hoped would preserve the tlnion until a more efficient COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 57 system could be adopted, was the last event in favor of American independence which my father was destined to witness. In the final success of the cause of his country, for which he had undergone many sufferings and sacri- fices, he did not live to rejoice. "In the spring of 1781, my brother, John Morton, with a classmate from Princeton, was passing a college vacation at Baskinridge, with his parents, whose family then consisted of their youngest son, Clark Morton, and their domestics. All had retired for the night, "when thc}^ w^ere aroused by a number of armed men forciblj^ breaking open the front door of the house. Their chief, whose face was blackened, and disguised by a handkerchief tied around the head and brought down to the eyes, first demanded all the keys and gold watches. A bayonet was presented at every window or door, when escape was attempted, and thus surrounded, submission was un- avoidable. My father was much indisposed, and into his apartment all the family, with the exception of John Morton, v^^ere thrust, and a sentinel placed at the door. Thej^ soon perceived that a stranger was among them, and at first supposed him to be one of the rob- bers; but his terror and exclamations soon proved him to be a prisoner like themselves. He said he was a militia man who had been out on dutj^ As he was returning home he met the party then in the house, who had cap- tured him, and put him under guard to pre- vent him from giving an alarm. From the conduct of the intruders, there was cause to suppose that among them were persons well acquainted with the arrangements of Mr. 58 MEMOIRS OF Morton. They first went to a closet where his mone}'- and valuable papers were deposited in an iron chest, as was the custom at that period. It contained thirty pounds in gold and silver, which he had just received as part payment for his house in Elizabeth town. A report had also spread that he had sold his estate in New York and received a large sum for it. Great disappointment was expressed by the robbers at not finding more money; and they swore they would kill John Morton, if he did not show them where his father had hid his treasures. They forced him to open all the drawers and closets; and then took him into the cellar, where they thought money might be concealed, and again threatened him with death. As he could tell them nothing more, they again ransacked the house. Into large sacks which they had brought with them they put the wearing apparel of the family, includ- ing twelve rufiled shirts just completed, made from linen bought at a high price in Philadel- phia. All the plate, a tea and coffee service, a large tankard, and every article of silver used in a gentleman's establishment, were also taken. A silver tankard, which had been used the night previous and left at the kitchen fire, blackened with smoke and ashes, the thieves mistook for pewter, and it alone escaped. Out of the silver it contained, a bowl and two goblets, marked with the crest of the Morton arms (a lion rampant), were afterwards found, and are now in my possession. "After remaining two hours the robbers departed declaring they would return and set fire to the house if the family did not remain quiet. Exhausted by terror and fatigue it COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 69 was daybreak before they alarmed the neigh- borhood. The traveler who had been cap- tured, said he had seen among the trees near the church a number of horses fastened, on which the robbers undoubtedh^ escaped. '*Mr. Morton, though suffering from ill- ness, insisted on pursuing the robbers, with some of the neighbors. After following sever- al routes unsuccessfully, he at length got upon their track and pursued them to the riverside near Newark, where it is supposed they took boat and went over to New York. "After my father's return from this jour- ney, fatigue and disappointment brought on an attack of apoplexy, which in one week ter- minated his life, and his famil3^ were plunged in the deepest grief. M}^ eldest brother, then a youth of nineteen, a student at law with Judge Patterson at Raritan, had returned to Baskinridge on hearing of the robbery. The first intelligence of it and the death of my father was brought to Mrs. Kemper by the messenger sent for Washington and myself, and slie immediately accompanied us home. Dr. Kennedy performed the ceremony at the funeral, and the procession proceeded to the burial ground on the hill, near the church at Baskinridge. "In September my brother, John Morton, on taking his degree at Princeton, delivered a valedictory oration, and his youth and deep mourning interested and affected his audience. From this time my eldest brother resided at home; and by his kindness and attention, gained my affection and led me to regard him as a father. "In 1783, peace was concluded, and our 60 MEMOIRS OF family removed to Elizabethtown. Friendly intercourse with families of different politics was now renewed. At this time mj" mother went to New York with a pass from the Com- mander-in-chief, Sir Guy Carleton, obtained b\^ her friend, Mrs. Smith, whose husband was Chief Justice under the Crown. We passed a fortnight Avith my mother's aunt, Mrs. Hoff- man (Catherine Ernest). With her husband and her j^oungest children she was accidental!}^ detained in New York, in 1775, until the time of departiu'e was gone b}^; and was not al- lowed by the British authorities to follow her eldest son and daughter, who had gone to Elizabethtown to prepare for the recei3tion of the family. Mr. Hoffman was accused of be- ing favorable to the American cause and was imprisoned by the Hessian officers. An illness caused b}^ his sufferings ended in his death, and he never saw his family united again. His widow remained in New^ York. Her daughter was married in Morristown; her eldest son had entered the American Ami}"; and at the time of our visit she resided alone with her youngest son, Christian Hoffman. Her house stood on Broadway, nearlj^ opposite the City Tavern, which was a two-stor\^ house plas- tered over and whitewashed, but dingy and dilapidated. The street was only half built up, the houses of every shape and size. Trin- ity- Church, and a church where Grace Church now stands, were a heap of ruins. The British never injured Episcopal churches, but those had been accidentally burnt during the war. There was but one good house above St. Paul's. All beyond was a square open space called 'The Fields,' built round with low, COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 61 wooden, ordinary houses, — the resort of the negroes and soldiers. The Jail, Workhouse, and the Almshouse were in this vicinity. These are now superceded b3' the City Hall, of white marble, and 'The Fields' are counted into the Park, and are ornamented with trees. ''Sir Guy Carleton and his aids passed our house eYer\^ day. Manj^ of his officers were quartered opposite, at the City Tavern; and their evolutions, and those of the British troops, were a source of great amusement to me. My cousin. Christian Hoffman, often took me to see the parade on the Battery, — then literally a battery, — the sides toward the Bay broken into ramparts with cannon and their carriages. The view was thus excluded, except from the ramparts. The interior was a parade ground with barracks for the sol- diers. "The city looked ruinous. My mother took me to our house in Water Street, still in- habited bj^ British officers; and I saw Mr. Pitt's statue, at the corner of Wall and Wil- liam streets. It had lost an arm, and was taken down by the citizens on their return. I accompanied my mother to visit Mrs. Smith, the wife of the Chief Justice, who received us kindly- and brought in her daughter, Harriet Smith, a few years younger than myself. 'This child,' said Mrs. Smith, 'has been born since the Rebellion.' — 'Since the Revolution,' replied my mother. The lady smiled, and said: 'Well, well, Mrs. Morton, this is only a truce and not a peace; and we shall all be back again in full possession in two years.' This prophecy happily did not prove true. "A few months afterward, on the evacu- 62 MEMOIRS OF ation of New York b}^ the British, Mrs. Smith accompanied her husband to Quebec; and he became Chief Justice of Lower Canada. His daughter, Harriet Smith, married his successor in office, Chief Justice Sewell, an exile from Massachusetts, and a grandson of Edmund Quincy; and in 1797, I met her again in Bos- ton, at the house of his aunt, Mrs. Hancock. "After my return to EHzabethtown, I vis- ited my friend Miss Mason, whose father, Rev. Dr. Mason, had taken our house in Baskin- ridge, until he could return to New York. With her I visited the scenes of m}' childhood, and 'the Buildings;' where I saw the Misses Livingston and other members of Lord Ster- ling's family. "In December, 1783, we removed to New York. The weather was so line that we dined and sat upon deck. I shall never forget the delight and transj^ort, even to tears, with which my mother and her friends returned to their recovered abodes, whence they had been driven seven years before. Yet their joy was chastened by man3^ sorrowful recollections of those who had gone out with them, but w^ho did not return. ^*As Mr. Seaton,wdio resided in our house, could not leave it immediately, we hired one in William Street for a year. My eldest brother opened an office as a lawyer; John Morton w^ent into a merchant's counting house; and Washington, Clark and niA'self were sent to school. As all the Presb^-terian churches had been converted b^' the British into barracks, riding schools or stables, the congregation of Dr. Rodgers, to which my mother be- longed, assembled in the French church in COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 63 Cedar Street until their church in Wall Street was finished: when the opening of their old place of worship w^as a day of thanksgiving, almost as great as that of their first return to New York. "Mr. Wetzell, the husband of Christina Ernest, took no part in politics, and being in good business, acquired property, during the war. Their eldest daughter had married Se- bastian Beauman, a Prussian officer in the British service under General Gage. On his marriage he left the army and entered busi- ness as a wine merchant. He afterwards es- poused the American cause, and received a Colonel's commission. His military knowl- edge and skill as an engineer made him very important and he was employed on the w^orks at West I^oint, and at the Siege of Yorktown. In 1784, when he had returned to my father's house in Wall Street, his daughter, Maria Beauman, came to visit us. She w^as a lovely young woman, engaged to Major Shaw, who had served seven years in the American Army as aid to General Knox. During his visit he embarked from New York to open commercial relations between the United States and China. They were to be married on his re- turn; I remember their parting at mj' mother's house. Maria remained with us but her health declined, and her life soon terminated. "Colonel Beauman had returned to the cit}^; and her funeral from his residence, through the streets of New York was the only one I ever saw conducted in the same style. The pall was supported by six young ladies, dressed in white; with white hoods, scarfs and gloves, — emblematic of the character of the 64 MEMOIRS OF young friend the\^ were attending for the last time. "The grief of Major Shaw, on his return, I shall not attempt to describe. By devoted attentions to Mrs. Beauman and her famil\^, he gave convincing proofs of his attachment. "On the adoption of the Federal Constitu- tion, Colonel Beauman received from General Washington, as a reward for his faithful ser- vices during the war, the office of Postmaster of New York, which he held till his death. His other daughters were estimable women; but none of them ecpialed the lamented Alaria. "Mrs. Wct/.cll, (Christina Krnest) sur- vived her husband and all her children, but was left with considerable property. She died at the house of her granddaughter, Mrs. William H. Doll, who resided on the banks of the Hud- son. Her sister Catherine (Mrs. Hoffman) sustained with Christian resignation a series of trials and the loss of sight. She was sup- ported by an annuity, and cheered by the kind attention of my mother and other friends. "In 1785, Mr. and Mrs. Kemper returned to New York to a convenient house near my mother; who with their other children, con- tributed ever^^thing requisite to their comfort. A long life of exertion was now drawing to a close, without adequate reward for their in- dustry and perseverance; but they never re- gretted their emigration to America, where they left their children in the possession of civil and religious lilierty. "M^^ grandmother was an excellent woman, and deserves a tribute from one she always distinguished by partial kindness. She often gratified me by describing the cities, riv- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 65 ers, mountains and people of the Old World, beyond the great sea over whieh she had come through so many changes and with so many sacriiices. Often have I shed tears of sympa- thy with her, at the sad story of her separa- tion from all the dear friends, never to see them again in this world. She had a fine voice, and sang the German hymns with a pathos which earl 3' charmed my ear with 'The music of sweet sounds.' But her strains were always mournful. The songs of Zion, in her native language, carried back her thoughts from foreign lands to scenes beyond the world of waters, to which her heart always turned with fond affection. Maria Regina Ernest Kemper, died in New York Cit^^ in her sevent3'-eighth 3'ear, November 6, 1789. Dur- ing the five years Mr. Kemper survived his wife, his privations were alleviated hy the at- tentions of his children and grandchildren. "My mother removed him to her house, and was devoted to his comfort and amuse- ment. She read his German books* and the newspapers to him daily. He had the nation- al love of music; and m3' piano was placed in an apartment adjacent to his own, that he might hear me pla}' and sing as often as he wished. To the last days of his life he was patient, sensible, and resigned, and, after a short illness, departed this life, in 1794, at the age of eight^'-seven. Thus closed the lives of all the first emigrants of our family who came from Germ an 3' to America. "After the Federal Constitution was adopted, I remember seeing General Washing- -The (rerman Bible was ^ven to BUbop Kemper, of WUconain, ftod la DOW in the pouegaion of big deacea-lanu. 66 MEMOIRS OF ton land, on the 23d of April, 1789, and make his entrance into New York, when he came to take the office of President of the United States. I was at a window in a store on the wharf where he was received. Carpets were spread to the carriage prepared for him; but he preferred walking through the crowded streets, and was attended by Governor Clin- ton and many officers and gentlemen. He fre- quently^ bowed to the multitude and took off his hat to the ladies at the windows, who waved their handkerchiefs, threw flowers be- fore him, and shed tears of joy and congratu- lation. The whole city was one scene of tri- umphal rejoicing. His name, in every form of decoration, appeared on the fronts of the houses; and the streets through Avhich he passed to the Governor's mansion, were orna- mented with flags, silk banners of various colors, wreaths of flowers and bunches of evergreen. Never did an^- one enjoy such a triumph as Washington; who indeed 'read his history in a nation's eyes.' "On the 30th of April, ^vhen Washington took the oath of office as President of the United States, the ceremonj^ took place in the balcon3^ of the old Federal Hall, as it was afterward named, which stood in the centre of four streets. I was on the roof of the first house in Broad Street, which belonged to Cap- tain Prince, the father of one of m^' school companions; and so near to Washington I could almost hear him speak. The windows and roofs of the hoiises were crowded; and in the streets the throng was so dense that it seemed one might literally walk on the heads of the people. The balcony' of the hall was in COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 67 full view of this assembled multitude. In the centre of it was placed a table, with a rich covering of red velvet, and upon this, on a crimson velvet cushion la}^ a large and elegant Bible. This was all the paraphernalia for the august scene. All ej-es were fixed upon the balcony; when, at the appointed hour Wash- ington entered, accompanied hy the Chancel- lor of the State of New York, who was to ad- minister the oath; b^^ John Adams, the Vice President; Governor Clinton, General Schuyler, Colonel Beauman, and. many other distinguished men. "B}' the great bod\' of the people, he had probably never been seen, except as a military'' hero. The first in war was now to be the first in peace. His entrance on the balcqny was announced b}' universal shouts of jo}- and wel- come. His appearance was most solemn and dignified. Advancing to the front of the bal- cony, he laid his hand upon his heart, bowed several times, and then retired to an arm- chair near the table. The populace appeared to understand that the scene had overcome him, and were at once hushed in profound si- lence. After a few moments, Washington arose and came forward. Chancellor Living- ston read the oath according to the form pre- scribed b}^ the Constitution, and Washington repeated it, resting his hand upon the Bible. Mr. Otis, the SecTctarj^ of the Senate, then took the Bible to raise it to the lips of Wash- ington, who stooped and kissed the book. At this moment a signal was given by raising a flag upon the cupola of the Hall, for a general discharge of Artillerj^ on the Battery. All the bells in the city rang out a peal of joy, and the 68 MEMOIRS OF assembled multitudes sent forth a universal shout. "The President again bowed to the peo- ple, and then retired from a scene such as the proudest monarch never enjoyed. Many en- tertainments were given, both public and pri- vate, and the city was illuminated in the even- "From this time President Washington resided in New^ York as long as Congress con- tinued to hold its sessions in that city. He lived in a large house in Cherry Street, and al- ways received the highest proofs of affection from the citizens. On one occasion, when he w^as ill, I remember seeing straw laid down in the adjacent streets, and chains drawn across those nearest his house to prevent his being disturbed by carts and carriages. I have often seen him ricle through the streets of New York on horseback, followed by a single attendant. The people always regarded him with atten- tion and great respect. What must have been his feelings of delight and gratification on such surveys of the cit3^ and the country which he had so largely contributed to pre- serve! Reviving commerce, busy streets, free- dom and safet^^, now marked the places whore ruin and distress had been inflicted by hostile armies. "All the ladies in the city visited Mrs. Washington. My mother did not take me with her on this occasion, as I was thought too young. Within a few weeks Mrs. Wash- ington returned these visits; I remember her coming to our house in Broadwaj^ attended by Colonel Humphrey, one of General Wash- ington's aids, who resided in his family. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 69 "While Congress remained in New York, its sessions were held in the Federal Hall. I was taken down there and heard a debate on the propriety of their removal to Philadelphia. Though they saw msinj fair reasons for re- maining in New York, the public good required the change. "In the autumn of 1794, I went to Phila- delphia, and passed the ensuing winter with my aunt, Mrs. Jackson. Mr. Wolcott succeed- ed Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury, in Februar^^ 1795, and at his house I saw^ all the eminent men then in public life — Hamilton, Ellsworth, Pickering, General Knox, and others too numerous to mention. "One evening I accompanied Mrs. Wolcott to Mrs. Washington's drawing-room where I was introduced to General W^avshington, and kindly noticed by him. The ladies were seat- ed in a circle; Mrs. Adams, as ladj' of the Vice President, next to Mrs. Washington, and the rest according to rank; while the President and the gentlemen walked about the room and conversed with each other, or with the ladies. "Airs. Peters, of Georgetown, a grand- daughter of Mrs. Washington, had just ar- rived in Philadelphia as a bride; and her sister, Miss Custis, afterwards Mrs. Lewis, w^as also present. "In a former visit to Philadelphia, in 1789, I saw Dr. Franklin in the streets in a Sedan chair. At Mrs Wolcott's I became ac- quainted with Mr. and Mrs. George Cabot, of Boston, and when Congress rose, and thej^ passed through New York on their return, they were visited bj^ m^^ brother and sister, 70 ISIKMOIKS OF and every one was nincli pleased with them. They spoke to me of their nieee, Annie Cabot Lowell; showed me her letters; and expressed a wish that I wonkl eome to Boston and be- come aeqnainted with her. In July, 1705, I went to Princeton to stay with President Smith's daiighter nntil the autumn; but in Au- gust I was recalled home to accompany' my brother, John Morton, to Boston. I obeyed the summons with great regret, being agreea- bly established at Princeton with plans lor the summer, which I rclintiuished with reluctance to go to Boston. The chief pleasure I had an- ticipated from this excursion was that of vis- iting Air. and Mrs. George Cabot, who, I had been informed, resided in the environs of that town; and passing through Roxbury I selected the mansion of Judge Lowell as]iossibly theirs. As we drove over the Neck, and through the main street of Boston, I little imagined I was entering the place of my future residence. The ranges of wooden houses, all situated with one end toward the street, appeared to me very singular. At that time Boston, com- pared with New York, was a small town. There were no brick sidewalks except in a iKirt of the main street, near the Old South, tlieu called Cowhill. The streets were paved with pebbles; and, except when driven on one side by carts and carriages, every one walked in the middle of the street where the pavement was the smoothest. We drove to Mr. Archi- bald's boarding ]ilace in Bowdoin Square, where we were well accpiaintcd. We sent our letters, and Mr. Storcr and his sister, and many others callcil on us. Mr. and Mrs. Craigie soon called and nivited me to spend COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 71 the reinainder of my visit with them at Cam- bridge; and 1 aeeepted the invitation for the next week. On Sunday morning 1 went with Miss Storer to Brattle Street Chnreh, and was there reminded of deseriptions of a former day in England. The broad aisle was lined by gentlemen in the costume of the last century, — in wigs, with cocked hats and scarlet cloaks. Many peculiarities in dress, charac- ter, and manners dif[tn-ing from those of Phila- delphia or New York were striking to mc. In the afternoon Mr. and ]\Iiss Storer proposed to take me to hear Mr. Kirkland, a popular young clergyman. Thc\' consulted where we should sit, and decided to go to Mr. Ouincy's pew. This was the first time I heard the name. We proceeded to the New South Church, and after the service, Mr. Quincy was introduced to me, and in the evening, came to Mr. Storer's. The next morning he called on me and niA^ brother, and I heard the gentlemen at our lodgings speak in high terms of his character, talents, and family. "The day following, apparcntl^v to the disappointment of m\' friends in Boston, I ac- companied Mrs. Craigie to Cam1)ridge, and was cordially welcomed to her delightful resi- dence. Mr. Craigie was a native of Boston. During the war he was attached to the medi- cal staff of the American Army, and thus formed a friendship with Dr. Jackson, of Phila- delphia, who introduced him to our family, in which he became as intimate as a brother. After the peace, he opened a large store, as a druggist, in New York; and b3^ successful spec- ulations in United States certificates, ac- cumulated a large fortune. He then returned 72 MEMOIRS OF to Boston, and purchased the house and estate of John Vassal, the headquarters of Washing- ton in Cambridge. "He had recently married a beautiful woman. His establishment was complete and elegant, and he lived in a stjde of splendor and hospitality. Kvery day there was a par- ty to dine and pass the evening. He expressed gratitude for the attentions he had received from my famih^, and was happy to return them. "Mrs. Craigie evinced great interest in me, and gave me her opinion of her guests. Of Mr. Quincy she spoke in the highest terms, and said his name she had always been taught to honor and respect. "When Mr. Craigie heard me saj^ that I wished to visit Mrs. Cabot, he ordered his car- riage to convey me to their residence in Brook- line; and their pleasure at this unexpected meeting was equal to my own. The next day they came to Mr. Craigie's and invited us to drive. My brother accompanied me to Brook- line on the daj" appointed and there I was in- troduced to Miss Lowell and others of the Higginson and Lowell families. Every affec- tionate attention was lavished upon me by Mr. and Mrs. Cabot; and, had my engage- ments permitted, I would gladly have passed some days with them. "Miss Lowell soon called at Mrs. Craigie's and engaged me to visit her; and I met her and other ladies at Fresh Pond, at a party given b^^ Mr. William Sullivan and Mr. Quincy. "The time I spent with mj^ friends at Cambridge was as delightful as novelty and COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAU MAN. 73 kind attention could render it. I took leave of them with sincere regret; and Mrs. Craigie conveyed me in her carriage to Boston, w^here we parted with mutual affection. I passed the last week in Boston with Marj^ Storer, at the house of her brother, Mr. George Storer; and was taken to see the new State House. I went up on Beacon Hill, read the in- scription on the monument, and walked in 'the Mall,' which at that time I could not think equal to the Batter^'. In all these ex- cursions Mr. Quincy Avas my constant attend- ant. "In 1792, eight years after the death of my cousin, Maria Beauman, Major Shaw^ married Miss Philips, of Boston. As his friends, our family visited his wife in New York, when he sailed in 1793, on a last voyage to China; and we paid her every attention in our power until she returned home. An ele- gant house near Bowdoin Square had been built for her residence; but Major Shaw died on the homeward vo^^age, and his widow and friends suffered the loss of one of the most ex- cellent of men. "In 1795, Mrs. Shaw was passing the summer in Dedham, at the residence of Mr. and Airs. Dowse, who were then in England. Her nephew, Mr. Quincy, having discovered the intimate, friendship which had existed be- tween my famil}' and Major Shaw, informed her I was in Boston, and brought Miss Storer and mj^self a pressing invitation to vis- it her at Dedhain, where she gave us an affec- tionate welcome. Mr, Ouinc\', who accom- panied us in a post-chaise, insisted on return- ing over Milton Hill to show me the prospect. 74 MEMOIRS OF The view of his house and estate at Quincy from thence was probabh^ his real object, as I remember he said that there he placed all his plans of happiness. During these excursions I became much acquainted with Mr. Quincy. All I had heard of his character tended to raise him in mj^ estimation; and I left Boston with very different views and sentiments from those with which I had entered it. "We returned to New York by land, then a journey of eight or ten days. At New Haven a letter directed me to repair to Long Island, as an alarm from the yellow fever had dis- persed our feimilj. Accordingly, we crossed the ferry above New York to Brooklyn, where I was welcomed bj'^ Mr. and Mrs. Morton, who had taken a house directly opposite the city; and here I had time for recollections and thought after the fatigue of the journey, and the scenes of interest through v^^hich I had lately passed. I could hardly determine how to read the page of futurity, which seemed to open before me. "Our situation on the heights of Brook- lyn, commanding a view of the entire eastern side of New York, was delightful. I often spent whole afternoons with my little nephews on the banks of the Bast River, among the trees, looking over to New York, w^hich was as still as a citj^ of the dead. Not a sound, not a motion could be observed; no smoke from a single chimney, nor even a boat moving near one of the wharves, where all used to be noise, bustle and animation. "After manj^ weeks of suspense and anxi. ety, the city was declared safe, and the inhab. itants returned. My mother was soon re-es_ COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 75 tablished in our house in Water Street. I went home, and my brother's family returned to Broadway. "In December, Mr, SulHvan and Mr. Ouin- cy arrived, on their way to Philadelphia. They received every attention from mj broth- ers, and were much admired in societ3\ Mr. Quincy brought me letters from Miss Lowell and Miss Storer. They went on to Philadel- phia, Mr. Quincy intending to go on to South Carolina; but he soon reappeared in New York, being called home hj the failure of a man to whom part of his property had been intrusted; and with the probability- that our meeting would be deferred for a long time, I consented to correspond with him. *'In the summer of 1796, 1 went to Prince- ton, at Commencement, as mj brother, Clark Morton, was to take his degree. Mr. Quincy came to Princeton at Commencement, and we met frequentlj^ in society- there and in Philadel- phia. I visited Mrs. Jackson, and accompan- ied her to Easton; where we passed a fortnight in the familj' of Mr. Sitgreaves, who had mar- ried my cousin, Mary Kemper; a man of fine talents, polished manners, and commanding personal apiDcarance. He resided many years at Easton, in a beautiful situation at the con- fluence of the Delaware, the Lehigh, and the Bushkill, commanding a view of the three chasms in the Alleghany- Ridge, called the Del- aware Gap, the Lehigh Gap, and the Wind Gap." The following letters were written at this period: Miss E. S. Morton to Mrs. Jackson, Phil- adelphia. 76 MEMOIRS OF "New York, Dec. 27, 1795. '*Mr. Quincy and Mr. Sullivan, of Boston, who offer to convey this letter to 3^011 ni\^ dear aunt, are both generally admired in society here. Mr. Sullivan brought me a letter from our friend, Susan Binne\'; who expresses a grateful remembrance of your kind attention to her. "My affection for 3'ou (one of the first at- tachments of my childhood) remains so in- timately woven with my happiness, that it will be. I trust, one of the last I shall lose. I delight to indulge in recollections of the time I passed with you last winter, — our morning conversations in the nurserv, our evening ex- cursions to the theatre, and our discussion of what we saw and heard. Though usualh' the same way of thinking we had great pleasure in comparing our opinions." "New York, Jan. 21, 1796. "Your letter by Mr. Johnson, my dear aunt, is flattering to mj^ pride, and gratefu' to mj" better feelings. The chief w4sh of my heart has been to gain the affections of the good. "It is too proud to be gratified by compli- ments and can be satisfied onlj^ with esteem and love * * * You have pleased me by ap- proving my friends, — a kind of flatter3^ to which we are all open. I am ever disposed to like those who praise what I admire. "That you have discovered and distin- guished the merits of Mr. Ouinc3^ is not sur- prising: for I believe penetration and justice to be ec^ualh^ leading features of your character. "Tell Mr. Sullivan that we are to have a party at my brother's house to-morrow even- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 77 ing, and that we have been wishing he could be one of the company. I shall have my dis- patches from Boston in readiness; for I appre.. hend New York will not long detain him after dazzling and being dazzled by the meridian of Philadelphia." "New York, April 18th, 1796. ''I cannot withhold from you, my dear aunt, so great a pleasure as that of forming an acquaintance with the gentleman who will give 3^ou this letter. He is a son of Mr. Cop- ley, the celebrated painter in London, who is an American. If he should hand you this letter himself, and if you have an opportunity of conversing with him, a highly cultivated mind, and polished manners, will gain your approbation. "Will you do me the favor to introduce Mr. Copley* to Mrs. Wolcott, and to ask her to like him for my sake. * * * "Your Affectionate "E. S. Morton." President Smith to Miss E. S. Morton. "Princeton, Feb. 27, 1796. "You think, perhaps, my dear Susan, that I have forgotten my promise of another letter; but I have been assiduously attending our Legislature to gain from them a small pit- tance, which will not answer half the purpose for which thcA' granted it. It is appropriated, in the law, to repair the college buildings, re- plenish the library, and purchase a philosoph- ical apparatus. But that apparatus alone ♦Afterwards Lord Lyndhurst, and Lord High ChaiiceUor of Eng- land. 78 MEMOIRS OF A?^ould require a thousand dollars more than tlie^^ have been pleased to assign. To make up this sum I wish to write to all those who have graduated here since I came, to request them to beg a few dollars each in his neigh- borhood, and send them to me for this pur- pose. If I live I am resolved, if possible, to have in future one of the best apparatuses on the continent. "But wliA' all this detail to 3'ou? Because I know you are so good, that you feel a SA-m- pathj' with me in every object which inter- ests me. * * * * "Alas! the insult that a forward spark has committed on my paper! If I were like Crowlej' or some modern wits, I would sa\' it is an emblem of the ardor with which spark- ish beaux fly to the paper which bears 3'our name. I might saj', if I were a younger man, many conceits as forced as these; and I have heard some young and flippant gentlemen plajang the gallant, very charmingly as they believed, with wit Cj[uite as strained. Your good sense, I am convinced, alwa^^s knows ho\\r to estimate the exuberance of a fe^ncy much more pleased with itself than the lad3' to which it pretends to be paying homage. "I will not say that the ardor of my sen- timents burn m^^ paper, but assure you and Frances of the afi'ection of a father. "Samuel S. Smith." Miss Lowell to Miss E. S. Morton. "Boston, Jan. 6, 1797. ^^My Dear Friend: — The promise your last letter contained, of writing another b^^ Mr. Copley was not the least pleasing of its con- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 79 tents; but the society of New York and Phila- delphia have charms so seductive, that I fear it v^ill be long before he returns to us. The quickness of feeling^ and susceptibility of pleas- ure, which are striking traits in that gentle- man's character, are the occasion of his form- ing frequent and warm prepossessions; and wherever he goes, will create him friends he w411 find it hard for him to leave. Regret, however, in such minds, is seldom a lasting sen- timent; since new objects of interest easily sup- ply the place of those separated hj absence. "Of Mr. Quincy I should say much, for he has won me by entreaty, and bribed me by flattery and attention; and all this that I may say handsome things of him to you. But Mr. Quincy is so much better qualified to recom- mend himself, that I enter upon my ofiiice with real diffidence. Indeed, of all his excellencies I shall only at this time notice one: it is a just and delicate taste in the selection of his friends. I am aware of the apparent vanitj'- of the last remark; but it will be softened when I add, that Mr. Quincy never distinguished me as a favorite until he knew me as your friend. Since I have returned I have met him only twice in public, and then we had but one subject. I cannot do justice to the manner of treating that. By the ladies he is charged with cold- ness and indifference; but certainh^ I sometimes touch a string which vibrates to sensations very opposite to those of apathy. Last even- ing he was unusually animated; and indeed a very brilliant assembly where every face Avore a smile of satisfaction was sufflicient to inspire everyone. * * * "Your friend, "A. C. Lowell." 80 MEIMOIRS OF ''In May 17l>7, Mr. OuIik-v canio :iL:alii to New York. His mother, who had a hir^x* and clo^atU lioiiso ill Pearl Street. Host on, ])ro- posed that our enga^enieiif^.'^houhl ho luUdkHl, and that we shoidd rev'^ide with hor, and this offer was t^rateUdly aeeeptecL "The regret ot niv taniily at the prospeet of niY removal at a (hstanee was tempereil by the eontiilenee with wliieh they entrusted my happiness to sueh a IriencL "When otn- arrani^ements were einn])leted, President Smitli eame h-oni Trineeton to per- form the ».\'rouu>n\ ol" our marria«;e, wliieh took ]>laee at my nuUlier's lunise in Water Street, New York, on the (»tii ot' June. 1707. The i>idv persons piesent on tliai oeeasion, be- sides my own family, were my uneK> naniel Kemper, Mr. and Mis. Powse, and the Rev. Dr. Rogers, of New York. "Mr. and Mrs. Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Dowse, aiul Washingtmi Mcn'ton, aeeompan- ied us to llaerlem. where we dined; anil then 1 parteil with my ehlest brt)ther, w hon« 1 had long regarded as my ehief proteetor, and en- tered on the untried seenes of life with another guardian. livery thing was new to me in prospeet. 1 had never seen Air. Ouiney's mother nor any of his rehitives except ^Ir. and Mrs. Storer, Mrs. Shaw, and Wv. and Mrs. Dowse; but seenre in the worth and tlisinter- ested attaehnieni oi him to whom 1 was iu>w united, 1 felt no fears, no apprehension. "\Ye travelleil pleasantly in a private car- riage and t\nn-; ami reached Marlborough, Massachusetts, in the evening ot the eighth day ot our lourncv. " riic next uuMiuu'' Mr. Ouincv went to COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 81 inform Mrs. Ann Quincy, the widow of his grandfather,* of our arrival. Our reception from her and from her son-in-law and daughter, the Rev. Mr. Packard and his wife, with whom she resided, was all that affection could dictate. "At noon we saw a carriage approach which brought Mr. Quincy's mother, accom- panied by his cousins, Miriam Philips and Hannah Storer, whom she had selected as ap- propriate attendants on her new daughter. "Mrs. Quincy was then fifty-three years of age, still retaining traces of great personal beauty, with fine expression of countenance, and cordial and graceful manners. "Pier dress tmited richness with elegance and good taste. I was much agitated at the thought of this meeting; but from the moment I saw her and received her first welcome and embrace, I felt at ease, and sure that we should promote each other's happiness. Mr. Quincy's satisfaction was complete, when he beheld me with his mothei and surrounded by approving friends. "The next day we had a very gay jour- ney to Boston in the carriage with Mrs. Quin- cy and her companions, sending our luggage by the one which had brought us from New York. "We drove over Cambridge Bridge, and through Boston to the residence of Mrs. Quincy, in Pearl Street, where she again welcomed us to her home. In the afternoon. Miss Lowell came, delighted to receive me as an inhabitant of Boston, and with Miss Storer and Miss Philips, remained several days. These ladies "Josiah Quincy, of Braintree, MasBacbasetts. 82 MEMOIRS OF acted as bridesmaids, though we did not re- ceive companj^ in formal style. ''The nearest relatives of Mr. Quincy had been invited for the evening. They were Mr. and Mrs. Storer, Mr. and Mrs. Philips, with their families, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ma- son and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Powell and Miss Anna Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Rogers, Mrs. J. Powell and Miss Broomfield, Mr. John Philips, and man^^ oth- ers whose names I cannot enumerate. * * * "At the Commencement of 1797, the first I ever attended at Harvard College, we dined v^ath Mr. and Mrs. Craigie at Cambridge, with more than a hundred guests. ***** ''Mary Storer, who had married Mr. Johnson, of New York, the year previous, often alluded to our unexpected change of residence. Accompanied by my sister, she came to Boston in September. Mrs. Quincy spent several weeks with Mrs. Dowse, at Ded- ham, at this time, to leave us in full oossession of her establishment. Miss Binney and Miss Foster, the niece of Mr. Craigie, passed some days with us; and our engagements were con- stant during my sister's visit. After her re- turn to New York, Mrs. Quincy came home and we were constant companions during the winter. * * * "The health of Mrs. Quincy gradually de- clined; she at length consented to consult a physician, and everj-^ effort was made for her restoration. In the spring of 1798, we were made happy by the birth of an infant; and our mother was as much interested in the event as ourselves. Three days afterward, my phj^si- cian informed me imprudently that the mala- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 83 dy from which she suffered would prove fatal. I consequently became dangerously ill; and when my child was ten days old she suddenly expired. **In consequence of my illness, I was kept in ignorance of this event. The friends and relatives of Mrs. Quincy assembled at her brother's, Mr. William Philips, in Tremont Street. Her son attended her remains to Quincy, and placed them beside those of his father, in obedience to the request of both parents; and thus fulfilled the last filial duty. "Several weeks elapsed before I became aware of the loss I had sustained, my physician, alarmed at the eftect of his own im- prudence, being anxious to postpone the agi- tation and grief such intelligence Vk^ould occa- sion. After I had recovered sufficient strength to bear the excitement of the meeting, our friends and relatives gathered around me, and my own mother came on from New York. * * "The first occurrence which turned the course of our thoughts was the appointment of Mr. Quincy, by the authorities of the town of Boston, to deliver the oration on the 4th of July, 1798, when I heard him speak in public for the first time. His audience in the Old South were excited by the aspect of political affairs; and I observed that Colonel T. H. Per- kins (the commander of the Cadets) and other gentlemen were affected to tears by his impas- sioned address. "Our residence in the family mansion at Quincy (which has since been our abode for many happy years) commenced that summer, and then began my friendship with President and Mrs. Adams. * ♦ * 84 MEMOIRS OF "In 1801, we made a journe}^ to New- York in our carriage, and passed some weeks with my eldest brother and his famih'. The3^ then resided at Greenwich, two miles from New York, on an estate which our grand- father, Mr. Kemper, had taken on a lease from Trinit}'^ Church. The high banks of the Hud- son, fringed with trees, on which the house was situated, commanded an extensive view of that noble river, and the grounds were or- namented with trees and shrubs, and a fine hawthorne hedge. When the lease expired this estate was leveled and divided into city lots; and the site of my brother's house is now marked bv Morton Street, in the cit}^ of New- York. ^^Mj brother, Washington Morton, who in 1797 married Cornelia Schujder, a daughter of General Schuyler, of Albany, and my uncle Daniel Kemper and his familj^ also resided at Greenwich. * * * "In the spring of 1802 1 gave a large party on the return of Mr. and Mrs. John Ouincy Adams from Europe. Our house in Pearl Street was thrown open to all our acquaint- ances, and a ball and supper arranged in the most elegant style of that period. "The following summer Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott passed a month with us. Their num- erous friends, George Cabot, Fisher, Ames, the Higginson and Pomeroy families, and man3^ others gathered around them; and were con- stantly engaged in a succession of parties and entertainments, among which were included several visits to President and Mrs. Adams, at Quincy. The time passed delightfully^ away in the companionship of these distinguished friends." COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN, 85 After the preceding pages were written bj'- Mrs, Quincy at leisure moments, they were copied into a volume by her daughter, Marga- ret Morton Quincy; from whose manuscript they have been prepared for the press, and the narrative concluded by Eliza Susan Quincy.* (journal written by ELIZA SUSAN QUINCY.) "Since the close of the last centurA^ Bos- ton has almost lost its identity, by changes within its precincts. The mansion where Mrs. Quincy was received on her marriage stood on the Southern slope of Fort Hill, surround- ed by open fields. "These are now covered by brick houses and granite stores, and its site is marked by the Quincy Block. It was a handsome edifice of three stories, the front ornamented with Corinthian pilasters; and pillars of the same order supported a porch, from which three flights of steps of red sandstone, and a broad walk of the same material, descended to Pearl Street. Honeysuckles were tvrined round the porch, and high damask rosebushes grew be- neath the windows. The estate extended to High Street; and at the corner of Pearl Street stood the stables and coach-house. * * * "Mr. Merchant, a Bostonian, engaged in the commerce then opening with China, erect- ed the house on this estate, but died before its completion. "In 1792, it was sold with the land now- comprehended in Quincy and Pearl Place, by his executors, William Foster and Harrison «Pabli8hed in Boaton, Msea., April 20, 1861. 86 MEMOIRS OF Gray Otis, for a thousand pounds, to William Philips, who caused his daughter to remove to this mansion, which she arranged w4th taste and elegance. The spacious hall was carpeted with straw mattings, among the first import- ed from China, and furnished with arm-chairs and a lounge of cane. The dining and draw- ing rooms, which opened from the hall on either side, had cornices of stucco; and the walls were hung with a plain green paper, re- lieved by a broad highly colored border, rep- resenting flowers and shells. ^'The furniture of the apartments was of mahogany, carved and inlaid. Four Chinese drawings in water-colors (views of Canton and its vicinity) and an engraving of Stuart's portrait of Washington hung in the dining- room, which communicated with a china- closet, and with a clock-room, in which stood a high, old fashioned time piece, and a mahog- any secretary and bookcase, with mirrors in the doors. With the exception of the en- trance-hall, the carpets w^ere of Brussels and Axminster. Graceful wreaths of flowers, on a white ground, formed the pattern in the draw- ing room; in w^hich apartment there v^ere large mirrors and cut-glass chandeliers. ''Among the ornaments were several rich vases and an ivory model of a pagoda, pre- sented by Major Shaw, in 1792, to Mrs. Abi- gail Quincy. A large apartment in the second story was devoted to the library, the books being arranged in mahogany cases with glazed doors. As the situation of the house was elevated, it commanded an extensive view of the town, crowned by the State House, and by the monument on the beautiful cone of Bea- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 87 con Hill. Mr. Wolcott in 1802, admired these structures, and said: 'The Bostonians, like the Romans, may boast of their Capitol and their triumphal column.' Mrs. Quincy replied: 'They are more like the Athenians. A grass- hopper ought to be placed on Faneuil Hall.' She was not then aware, that as a crest of the Fanueils a grasshopper had actually long sur- mounted the Cradle of Liberty. "Before the American Revolution, Gover- nor Oliver resided in Oliver Street. * * * AH the churches in Boston except the Old South, the Stone Chapel, the Brattle Street, and the North Church, have been either rebuilt or founded. * * * "The mansion, which in 1789 became the summer residence of Mrs. Quincy, and in 1861 continues that of the family,* was erected in 1770, by Josiah Quincy, of Braintree, on an estate of several hundred acres purchased of the Sachem ofMos, — Wechusett, in 1635, by Edmund Quincy, of England, and which has remained unalienated. It is a well propor- tioned edifice of wood, two stories in height, with attic forming a half story, the roof fin- ished with a carved balustrade and eaves. * * "The fireplace is of brown stone. The cast iron chimney backs are stamped with the date of the erection of the house; and on one is a bust of General Wolfe, with military troph- ies. In 1770, it was deemed a spacious and elegant mansion, and the size of the panes of glass in the windows, fourteen inches by ten, excited the admiration and curiosity of the neighborhood. * * ♦In 1877, the residence of Eliza 8. Quincy, the editor of the tutobiog- raphy of her mother, and the writer of this memoir, and of her sister, Abbf Philips Quincy, and Maria Sophia Quincy. 88 MEMOIRS OF "This residence was the home of Josiah Quincy, of Braintree, during the exciting- scenes of the Revolution. Here he bade adieu to his only surviving sons, — one exiled from his country by the success of the patriotic cause, vsrhich the other sacrificed his life to promote; and here in brighter days, he corres- ponded with Washington, enjoj^ed the society of Bowdoin and Franklin and their contem- poraries, and watched the infancy and child- hood of his grandson, to whom, in 1784, he bequeathed his portrait, bj' Coplej'-, and this estate. "With characteristic sensibility^ and en- thusiasm, Mrs. Quinc}^ appreciated the inter- esting associations of the place. It became her favorite abode, where she delighted to re- ceive the children and friends of the former own- er, and to make them at home under her roof. "In 1813, Mrs. Quincy formed a friend- ship which continued through life with Judge Vanderkemp, of Trenton, New York, who came to Ouincj^ on a visit to President Adams, with whom he had been acquainted in Hol- land. Francis Adrian Vanderkemp was born at Pampen, in the Netherlands, in 1752. After attaining eminence as a military officer, a scholar and a theologian, his patriotic efforts in the support of the liberties of his country rendered him obnoxious to the ruling powers; and in 1788, he emigrated to the United States of America with his famil^^ He brought let- ters from Lafaj^ette to General Washington, visited him at Mount Vernon, and was order- ed to establish himself among his countrymen in New York, "He resided at Trenton, Oneida County, COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 89 in that State; and was employed by Governor DeWitt Clinton to translate twenty-five folios of ancient Dutch records, preserved in the archives of New York. "The German descent of Mrs. Quincj^ in- terested him; and he requested an account of her family, to send to Professor Kemper, of Ley den, with whom he was in correspon- dence. Professor Kemper was interested and gratified by the account of the German ancestry of Mrs. Quincy, transmitted by Mr. Vanderkemp; and requested him to forward to her an engraved likeness of himself, his coat of arms, and an extract from his letter in which he stated that his grandfather, Philip Kemper, came from IvO\ver Germany; but that as he lost his parents at ten years of age, he knew but little of his paternal ancestry, and was un- certain if the arms of his father were brought from Germanj^ or assumed in Holland. "The engraving enclosed bore such a striking resemblance to Jacob Kemper as to be thought his likeness by the elder relatives of Mrs. Quincy, when it was shown to them ^th the name concealed. His seal, on which the arms ^vere engraved, was lost during his resi- dence in New Jersey, and no copj^^^as retained. They could not, therefore, be compared wdth those of Professor Kemper, who, it was in- ferred from various coincidences, \vas the grandson of the eldest brother of Jacob Kem- per, who, on his return from the East Indies, settled in Holland. * * * "Judge Vanderkemp, in 1829, bequeathed to Mrs. Quincj' the original manuscripts of his correspondence with Mrs. Governor Liv- ingston and Mrs. Abigail Adams. The form- 90 MEMOIRS OF er were presented to her friend, Mrs. Theodore Sedgwick, a granddaughter of Mrs. Living- ton. Those of Mrs. Adams remain in the pos- session of the family. "Colonel Kemper was aid-de-camp to General Washington at the battle of German- town. He offered to go with a flag of truce to Chew's house, when a young of&cer arrived, who was sent, and mortally wounded. His brothers were Philip Kemper, who went to the West Indies and returned and died in Phil- adelphia; Jacob, who was a captain in the American Army, and John, who entered the naval service of the Colonies, underwent great sufferings in the cause, and died in 1844<, at Hudson, N. Y., leaving several children. "Mrs. Jackson, (Susan Kemper), born in New Brunswick, N. J., in 1748, survived all her children, except Mrs. Davis, of Boston, and Mrs. Bernard Henry and Dr. Jackson, of Philadelphia. She passed the remainder of her days under the immediate care of her eld- est son. Dr. Jackson, and departed this lile in 1847, at the age of ninety-eight, the last of the family* of Jacob and Maria Regini (Ernest) Kemper, who emigrated from Caub, in Germany, A. D. 1741. "In May, 1805, after the election of Mr. Quincy as representative in Congress from the county of Suffolk, he leased his mansion in Pearl Street to Hon. Christopher Gore, and re- moved part of the furniture and his library to Quincy. It was not without reluctance that Mrs. Quincy relinquished this residence, asso- ciated with the interesting events of the first •*In 1861, the representatives of the name in the United States are the Rev. Jackson Kemper, of the Episcopal Church, Bishop of Wisconsin, and his sisters. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 91 years of her married life, in Boston; and the prospect of a separation from a part of her family caused great anxiety; but she deter- mined, without hesitation, to accompany Mr. Quincy to Washington. Their youngest chil- dren were left at board with confidential friends and domestics, and accompanied by the eldest, and attended by two servants, they left Boston in November, 1805. They trav- eled in their carriage, with imperials on the roof, sending most of their luggage by water to Georgetown. On the third da\", by a route then termed the Middle Road, through Wor- cester and Stafford, they reached Hartford; where they were immediately visited at the ho- tel by Governor Trumbull, his son-in-law, Daniel Wadsworth, and many of the leading politicians of Connecticut. * * * At New Haven the^^ were visited bj^ Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey and by President Dwight, who ac- companied them to visit the college edifice and library. After passing se\"eral daj'^s in New York, Princeton and Philadelphia, they reached Washington the fourth week after leaving Boston. At this period there were no bridges, and the ferries were often danger- ous. * * * "To avoid hotel life, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy obtained lodgings in the familj^ of Judge Cranch, who resided on Pennsylvania Ave- nue. * * * The height of partj^ politics did not prevent Mrs. Quincy from renewing a former friendship with Miss Bayard, of New York, as Mrs. S. H. Smith, the wife of the editor of the 'National Intelligencer,' then the chief organ of the Administration, and with Mrs. Madison she sustained most friendly re- 92 MEMOIRS OF lations. Intelligence and animation, intuitive perception of character and readiness and tact in conversation, made her a general fav- orite; and she highly enjoyed the variety and brilliancj^ of the parties given by the perma- nent and official residents then in Washington. "Her costume united simplicitj^ with ele- gance. Her carriage dress that winter, vcas a short pelisse of black velvet edged round the skirt with deep lace, and trimmed with silk cord and jet buttons, and a hat of purple vel- vet with flowers. A French dress and train of rich white silk embroidered in gold, with a corresponding head dress ornamented with a single white ostrich feather, was said to be the most elegant which appeared at a ball given by the British Minister. "During the winter Mrs. QuincA^ formed an intimate and permanent friendship with Mrs. Martha Peter, of Tudor Place, George- town, — a granddaughter of Mrs. Washington, and a woman of superior strength of charac- ter and intellect." Letter from Mrs. Peter to Mrs. Quincy. "Tudor Place, Georgetown, D. C. "July 13, 1813. ^^My Dear Mrs. Quincy: "Accept my thanks for the very eloquent oration of Mr. Quincy before the Washington Benevolent Society. Tell him I have received the thanks of that society for the gorget of Washington which I presented to them, and shall ever feel flattered by the approbation of so respectable a portion of your community. Mr. Quinc3^'s friendship for the giver has caused him to represent her in too favorable a COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAU MAN. 93 light. The remarks of the 'National Intelli- gencer,' on these proceedings in Boston, I thought too contemptible to excite displeasure, and concluded that to have gorged the editor was a great triumph. As I hope never to re- quire their assistance or favor, their declara- tion of having no 'attachments to the relics or relations of Washington,' was a compliment. At any rate I should be sorrj^ that my conduct met their approbation. "We are all on the alert here to give the British a warm reception. An express arrived on Thursday last, sajdng they were in the river; and, as the wind was fair we expected every moment to see their v\rhite sheets shining in the breeze. The drums began to beat, the military to parade, and in a moment all was bustle and alarm. Before night scarcely a man \^^as to be seen in the streets; they were all posted at Fort Washburton, opposite to Alexandria. The Secretaries of War and of the Navy joined in the van, and each new- made officer vied with each other who should put on the most finery. * * * "I am so glad Mr. Peter has no fancy for a military life, as I should much regret to have him hold a commission under our present rulers, or drav\r his sword in so unjust a cause. "I beg 3^ou to write to me, whenever your time will admit; for be assured, we take sin- cere interest in all that concerns you. "Tell Mr. Quincy I still flatter myself I shall soon see him here as a Senator. * * * "Very sincerely yours "Martha Peter." "On the 15th of March, 1806, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy went to Mount Vernon, on an 94 MEMOIRS OF inYitation from Judge and Mrs. Washington, accompanied by their daughter and Judge Cranch. Crossing the Potomac b3^ the ferry at Georgetown, after a fatiguing day's jour- ney in their carriage, they reached their desti- nation at sunset, and were most hospitably received. A niece and two nephews, and their private tutor, then constituted the family of Judge and Mrs. Washington. The evening was passed in a small drawing-room between the hall and an unfurnished apartment called the 'banqueting room.' *'A cheerful fire blazed on the hearth; and beneath the windows, which looked towards the Potomac, stood a grand piano, on which Mrs. Washington played several difficult duets, accompanied by the instructor of her nephews. '^'The apartment assigned to Mrs. Quincy ^was the one in which Washington had died. Early in the evening when her child was sent there to sleep on a couch for the night, an old negress, formerl3^ a slave in the familj^, insist- ed on smoking her pipe in the chimney corner under pretense of taking care of the young stranger, who regarded her with great alarm. "Her picturesque figure illuminated by the flickering blaze of the fire, seemed to Mrs. Quincy like a personification of the dark shad- ow which slavery yet cast on the hearthstone at Mount Vernon. "Highly excited by the associations of the place, the imagination of Mr, Quinc}', even after he sunk to slumber, faithfully depicted the apartment. He thought he heard a heavy step in the hall, and was told the Spirit of Washington always visited the guests who slept in that chamber, and was then at his door. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 95 ''Extreme agitation caused him to awake; but the scene was so vivid it remained, and it was difficult for him to believe it was a dream * * * Mr. Quincy arose, and looked from the window. The Potomac glittered in the moonlight, and the tomb of Washington was distinctly visible. "The next morning, Judge Washington accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Quincy to visit the garden and greenhouse and then took a path which led towards the river. Pausing before a simple wooden door in the bank of the Poto- mac, he gave the key to Judge Cranch, and walked away, — endeavoring to persuade his youngest visitor to accompan\'- him, but, with the petulance of childhood, she broke from his grasp, and forcing her way between her father and Judge Cranch, sprang through the door- way, and was surprised and solemnized to find herself surrounded by the repositories of the dead, and close beside the coffin of Wash- ington. It was apparently of oak, raised slightly above the others, Vv^ith that of Mrs. Washington beside it. Mrs. Quincy was deep- ly touched by the scene, and struck by the ex- C|uisite beauty of the situation. The bank de- scending precipitately to the Potomac, al- lowed every passing vessel to approach be- neath the tomb of the departed hero, to pay their tribute of respect, — 'And oft suspend the dashing oar, to bid his gentle spirit rest.' * * * "This visit to Mount Vernon, which end- ed the next morning, was alwaj^s a subject of interesting retrospection; and an affectionate friendship was sustained through life with Judge and Mrs. Washington. "A protracted session of Congress de- 96 MEMOIRS OF tained them in Washington until the 22d of April. On reaching Boston, they reunited their famih^ at Quincy, where they passed the ensuing months. "The chief event of that summer was a total eclipse of the sun, a sublime spectacle, which few of the inhabitants of this planet are permitted to behold, especiall3^ under such pe- culiar advantages as were given by the exten- sive view of sea and land and the wide horizon at Quincy. "The sk}^ was without a cloud, the sun shone \vith intense brilliancj^ until, at the in- stant predicted bj^ astronomers, — bj^ manj who had died without the sight, — a darkness shadov^^ed the Western horizon toward the Blue Hills. As the hours passed, and the sun became obscured, star after star appeared. The cattle came home; the birds ceased their warbling, and retired to their nests; and all nature \vas hushed. A dim twilight gleamed from the horizon, reflected from those regions whence the sun's rays were not excluded. "Night closed around, the eclipse became total, and for five minutes the sun appeared like a dark globe in the firmament. It was a solemn moment, a pause in nature deep and awful. There was time to realize what the world would be without the sun. His first re- turning, 'shooting far into the bosom of dim night a glimmering dawn,' was exquisitely beautiful, and was hailed with joyful acclama- tion. None of the subsequent eclipses of this century could be compared in sublime effect with that which occurred on the 16th of June, 1806. It was a memor3^ for life. "In the autumn of 1806, Mr. and Mrs. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 97 Quincy made the same arrangements as the preceding winter. In 1807 and 1808, Mr. Quincy went alone to Washington, having es- tablished his family in a house he owned on Oliver Street, Fort Hill^ which commanded an extensive view of the harbor and environs. That vicinitj^ then comprised many eligible sit- uations, the residence of Bostonians of emi- nence and wealth." * ^ * Letter to Mrs. Eliza S. Qnmcj. "Washington, June 4, 1809. "I dined yesterday" at Mount Vernon; six- teen or twenty' members of Congress, all Fed- erals, were of the party. Mrs. Washington was absent; the Judge extremely pleasant and polite. "The view from Alount Vernon appears more beautiful to me than when we visited it in March, 1806. "The house is in good repair, the gardens well cultivated, and the whole estate in suffi- cient order. * * * The place might be im- proved; but such attempts might balance the pleasure the^^ attained. "I conversed with Washington's old ser- vant, Billy. He could not speak of his master without tears. He said that he was never out of his mind for two hours, and that he scarcely ever passed a night without dreaming of him. "On this visit I have no regret but that you were not with me. "JosiAH Quincy." ****** "In 1820, Mr. and Mis. Quincj^ removed from Summer Street; Mr. Philips having re- 98 MEMOIRS OF quested his nephew to accept of the house No. 1, Hamilton Place, for his residence. In No- vember they took possession of this pleasant abode, which commanded a fine view o^ the malls and common, and invited Mrs. Morton, then in her eight^^-second year, to reside v^ath them. * * * "In the summer of 1824, Mrs. Ouincy made a tour to Niagara Falls in her carriage, ■with her two daughters; visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bogert, at Ballston, and Mr. and Mrs. Wads- w^orth, at Geneseo. Her eldest son met her at Buffalo to attend her to viev^ the grand scen- ery around the Falls of Niagara and to Can- ada. "In August, Mr. Ouincj^ as Mayor of Boston, had the privilege of receiving hafaj- ette, and passing with him through the as- sembled populace. * * * In the evening Lafa- ette came to Mr. Quincj^'s residence with his suite. His reception b3^ Mrs. Quincy was gracefully characteristic. Her words cannot now be recalled; but her friend, Ellis Gray Loring, after the lapse of thirtj^ ^xars, said he accounted it one of the felicities of his life that he witnessed this interview, and heard her ele- gant and appropriate welcome to Lafayette. "One evening at a party, where the con- versation turned on the war of the Revolu- tion, Mrs. Ouinc3^ said, 'The American cockade was black and white, was it not, General?' 'Yes, Madam,' replied Lafa^'-ette, 'it was black at first, but, when the French army came over and joined us, we added the white in compli- ment to ^kem ' "Cn Sunday, August 29, Lafaj^ette, accom- panied by his son, G. W. Lafayette, and M. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 99 Levasseur, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ouincj^ at their summer residence. Among their family assembled to welcome him were Mrs. Morton, eighty-five, and Mrs. Storer, eighty-eight years or age. To them the interview was verj^ affecting; for his presence recalled the scenes and the trials of the war of the Revolu- tion. He dined with President Adams; and, at his residence, received the inhabitants of the vicinity in the afternoon. * * * "In 1825, the publication of a memoir of Josiah Quincy, Jun., of 1775, b^- his son, and the second visit of General Lafayette, were sources of great interest to Mrs. Quincy. "In June. Boston was again crowded with distinguished foreigners and strangers from all parts of the United States. Many of them were present at a reception Mrs. Quincy gave, on the evening of the 16th of June, for Lafayette. The morning of the 17th of June w^as bright and cloudless. The sound of can- non recalled the day of the conflict, when, from the precincts of Boston, the inhabitants looked forth w4th emotions far different from those w^hich, in 1825, animated the multitudes thronging the streets of a city established in prosperity and peace. In Charlestowm, at the base of the northern declivity' of Bunker Hill, a platform was erected for the oration, and the chief personages, with seats on each side for the ladies; those for the survivors of the battle of June 17, 1775, for Lafayette and the sold- iers of the Revolution, and for the rest of the vast audience, rose tier above tier toward and upon the summit of the hill. "Many passages in the oration of Mr. Webster were highly applauded, and the 100 MEMOIRS OF ^ivhole scene was impressive. In the evening the houses of Mr. Webster and Mr. Thorndike, thrown into one for the occasion, were crowd- ed with a brilliant assembh^; and the scenes of the morning formed the general theme. Mrs. Quincj^ in conversation with Mr. Webster, thanked him for the tribute he had paid to Josiah Quincy, Jun., 1775, in his oration. 'There is no need of my help in that cause,' was the ^epl3^ 'The memoirs Mr. Quincy has published will be an enduring monument. It is one of the most interesting books I have ever lead, and brings me nearer than any other to the spirit which caused the American Revolution. Josiah Ouincj^, Jr., was a noble character. I love him because he loved the law. How zealous he was in seeking out the celebrated lawj^ers, in copying their reports, in studying the laws of the different colonies! There are no such men now-a-da^^s. Who keeps such journals?' Mrs. Quincy replied: 'I hope you do Mr. Webster.' 'No, I do not. The times are far different. The members of Congress do not write such letters now.' Re- ferring to the scenes of the morning, he said: *I never desire to see again such an awful sight as so many thousand human faces all turned toward me. It was indeed a sea of faces I be- held at that moment.' Dr. Warren informed Mrs. Quincy that he had put the memoirs of Josiah Quinc3^, Jr., into the corner stone of the Bunker Hill monument, among the memorials of the Revolution. ^' * * "The last evening of Lafayette's visit was passed at the Boston Theatre, which was ap- propriately- decorated. Ever3' tribute to him was received with great applause, and on his COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 101 last public appearance he was followed ^vith the same enthusiasm which greeted his en- trance into Boston. * * * "On the 1st of October, Mr. J. Q. Adams, Judge Davis, Gilbert Stuart, the artist, and Mr. J. P. Davis, dined with Mr. Quincy. At the dinner table, Mrs. Quincy referred to the happy idea of naming the frigate, which was to carrj^ Lafayette to France, the Brandy- wine. Yet, when I bade Lafa\^ette farewell at the President's house at Washington and he turned from me to depart, his deep emotion, my own, and the excitement of the multitudes around us, — all in tears, — presented a scene I never saw equalled. The effect Mrs. Siddons produced on a crowded audience, at the close of a. highly wrought traged3^, approached the nearest to it, but this was an event in real life. * ^ * "After having been elected Mayor of Bos- ton five successive \xars, Mr. Quincj^ took final leave of that ofhce on the 3rd of Januar\', 1829; and on the 15th was chosen President of Harvard University. The acceptance of a station involving such great responsibility was at first regarded with hesitation by Mrs. Quincy. To relinquish both her favorite abodes, especially her home at Quince', and re- move her famih", including her mother, Mrs. Morton, then ninety A^ears of age, to a new residence, appeared an arduous task, but when the claims of that ancient seminary, in which she had long taken a great interest, were urged by her friend, Dr. Bowditch, then a leading member of the corporation, she con- sented that Mr. Quincy should accept the ap- pointment. Once determined, her arrange- 102 MEMOIES OF ments were prompt and judicious. The estate at Quincy became the residence of her eldest son, and in May, 1829, her family was re- moved to the President's house, wnich had been repaired and arranged under her direc- tion. ''The inauguration of Mr. Quincy, on the 2nd of June, was justly characterized as a day of enthusiasm. Surrounded bj^ troops of friends, and received by the officers and stu- dents of the University with every testimony of pleasure and welcome, the crowded levee and the brilliant illumination of the evening closed a day of gratification. * * * "Mrs. Craigie (in whose mansion in 1795 Mrs. Quinc3^ had been received as Miss Mor- ton) and Mr. and Mrs. William Wells, long her valued friends, were among the first to greet her in her new residence. "The hospitalities of Cambridge were cor- dially reciprocated, and during the first four years of Mr. Quincy 's administration, the President's house was thrown open one even- ing in the week, in the winter season, to the officers and students of the college, and to the general society of the town and vicinity. Dur- ing sixteen years, Mrs. Quincy was only once, on any public occasion, prevented by illness from receiving her friends. * * * "The health of her mother, Mrs. Morton, remained unimpaired until September, 1832. Having passed twelve j^ears in the family of Mr. Quincy, she departed, after a short illness, on the 22d of September, 1832; and it was a remarkable incident, that in closing, in the President's house at Cambridge, a life of ninety-three years commenced on the banks of COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 103 the Rhine, she was attended, not only by her daughter and her grandchildren, but also by her sister, Mrs. Jackson, (Susan Kemper). Preserving her mind and life-long habits of in- dustry and order, she read her Bible and Ger- man hj^mn book, and though a strict Calvin- ist attended the Unitarian church until a fort- night previous to her death. "In January, 1833, Mrs. Quincy was summoned to Dedham by the decease of Mrs. Shaw, at the age of seventy-seven, ^who, hj the excellenc3^ of her character, commanded the respect of all around her; and by her affection for her nephew and his family, deserved and received every filial attention. The portrait of Major Shaw, in her apart- ment, recalled to Mrs. Quincy scenes of her early life in New York, during his engagement to Miss Beauman; and it seemed a singular coincidence, that, in that distant time and place, she should stand toward his ^dow in the relation of an adopted child. * * * "Among the visitors at this time were Spurzheim, Audubon, Dr. Julius, of Berlin, Washington Irving and many other eminent men. "On the 4th of September, 1833, the two hundredth anniversary' of the landing of Bd- mund Quincy, of England, was celebrated, on the estate he purchased of the Indians, by a familv meeting of his descendants. "Mrs. S. R. Miller, the mother of Mrs. J. Quincj', Jr., who then passed the summer months with her daughter at Quincy, took great interest in the occasion and contributed hj her taste to the decoration of the old man- sion, and the reception of a party of guests. 104 MEMOIRS OF "A parchinent prepared for the purpose, was signed by Mr. and Mrs. Quincy and Mrs. Miller and the rest of the famil_v, as a memor- ial of the day, to be transmitted to the future representatives of the name. "The course of the Revolution in France, in which Lafaj^ette was engaged, in 1830, was watched by his friends in Cambridge with great interest. The captain of an American ship, who was in France at the time, and who was acquainted with Lafayette said the Gen- eral told him that the night the Revolution began in Paris, his familj^, knowing he was re- garded as its leader, insisted on his leaving his own mansion. He went to the house of one of his daughters, and before morning the RoA^al troops took possession of the lower story; Lafaj^ette saw them from the staircase, but the3^ were unconscious of his presence and that he was thus accidentally their prisoner. He kept quiet, and the next morning there was a conflict in the street beneath the house. The royalists were defeated, and left the prem- ises, and he was again at liberty. "Lafayette continued to write every j^ear to Mr. Ouinc3% until this period, when his en- gagements obliged him to employ' a secre- tary^; but he always signed his letters and sent a message to Mrs. Quinc\^ with his own hand. "Her daughter, Mrs^. B. D. Greene (Mar- garet M. Quincy), with Mr. Greene, visited LaGrange in 1833, and were received with great affection bj^ Lafa3'ette, who spoke with enthusiasm of his visit to America, remember- ing the most trivial circumstances. "On the 29th of March, 1831, Lafayette cut from a Paris newspaper his last communi- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAU MAN. 105 cation to the Chamber of Deputies, and en- closed it to Mrs. Ouincy. It was received by his friend on the 21st of May, 1834 — the daj^ on which his eventful life terminated." To Thomas Jefferson, Ex-President of the United States, Monticello. ''QuiNCY, Jan. 14, 1826. ''My Dear Sir: "Permit me to introduce to your acquain- tance a young law3'er by the name of Josiah Quincy, with the title of Colonel; being aid to our Governor. The name of Colonel Ouincy, I believe, has never been extinct for nearly two hundred years. "He is a son of our excellent Mayor of the cit}^ of Boston, and possesses a character un- stained and irreproachable. I applaud his am- bition to visit Monticello and its great inhabi- tant; and while I have my hand in, I can- not cease without giving you some account of the state of m^^ mind. I am certainh^ very near the end of my life. I am ver3^ far from trifling with the idea of death, which is a great and solemn event; but I contemplate it with- out terror or dismay, aut transit, ant Jinit, which I cannot believe and I do not believe there is then an end of all; but I shall never know it, and wh^^ should I dread it? — which I do not. If transit, I shall ever be under the same constitution and administration of gov- ernment in the universe, and I am not afraid to trust and confide in it. "I am ever your friend, "John Adams." "In the winter and spring of 1826, Mr. 106 MEMOIRS OF and Mrs. Quinc^^ frequently visited Mr. Adams, — and in June before they returned to their summer residence, he often drove down the avenue to ascertain if they had not ar- rived. On Friday, the 30th of June, Mrs. Quincy visited Mr. Adams, with her mother, Mrs. Morton, and two of her daughters. He conversed about the railroad (the first in America) then constructing to carry the gran- ite for the Bunker Hill monument from Quincy to the Neponset; said he wished he could see it finished; and added, ^What wonderful im- provements those will see in this country, v^ho live fifty years hence! but I am thankful I have seen those which have taken place during the last fifty years.' He then spoke of the ap- proaching celebration of the 4th of July, and of the oration Mr. Quincy was to deliver in the Old South Church, on the fifteenth anni- versary of that day; and said he wished he had strength to go and hear him, and took an affectionate leave of his friends. After they had left the room, he expressed his intention to return their visit the next day. "Accordingly, before eight o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 1st of July, in oppo- sition to the entreaties of his famil}-, he was lifted into his carriage by his absolute com- mand, and attended by one of his grandsons, once more reached the door of Mr. Ouincy's mansion, conversed with his friends as they stood around his carriage, and again said 'Fare- well.' The effort was too great for his failing strength. After his return he rapidly declined. Mrs. Quincy was not aw^are of the change, as on Monday, the 3rd of July, she went to Bos- ton to be present at the celebration of the Fourth. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 107 "When addressing the multitude as- sembled in the Old South Church, on the 4th of July, 1826, the tribute paid bj^ Mr. Quincy to 'the Patriarch of American Independence, of all New England's worthies the sole survivor,' was highly applauded. The sounds of a Na- tion's joy were heard by that ancient citizen of Boston; and when the shades of his evening sky reflected the splendors of his meridian brightness, he joined the great company of the departed. "The death of John Adams on this anni- versary seemed an event too remarkable to oc- cur; and the intelligence was at first received with incredulity. On the 5th of July, the event was announced by minute guns from the Common, the tolling of bells, and the flag of the United States e.t half-mast. The one on the flagstaff on the site of the Libert}^ Tree, in Washington Street, was especialh" observed by Mrs. Quincy and her children, as they left Boston amid these tokens of respect. The sorrow for the removal of a friend so long their affectionate associate, was mingled with admiration and gratitude for so appropriate a termination of his career. "On the 7th of Juh^, a numerous assembly attended the obsequies of John Adam.s in his native village, 'where his latter da^'S went down the vale of 3^ears.' The excitement of the public, occasioned by the death of John Adams, was renewed and deepened on the ninth of Juh", when intelligence arrived that Thomas Jefferson had also died on the fiftieth anniversary^ of the Fourth, at half- past t\velve o'clock, while the Declaration of Independence was being read at Charlottes- ville, near Monticello. 108 MEMOIRS OF ''The Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress on the 4th of Julj^, 1776, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, and i^ublicly proclaimed at five in the after- noon. Thus Mr. Jefferson died fifty j^ears after its adoption; Mr. John Adams fifty years after its promulgation. "John Quincy Adams soon arrived from Washington, and passed Sunday evening, the 17th of July, at Mrs. Quincy's house. The feelings which the recent event had excited at first made his friends hesitate to dwell on the subject; but he afterwards spoke of his father as he would have done of any historical char- acter to whom he held no immediate relation. "While sustaining the bonds of early af- fection, Mrs. Quincy was ever ready to extend the range of her friendship. Having formed an accjuaintance with Mrs. Ballestier,* who was soon to embark for Singapore (Mr. Bal- lestier having been appointed United States consul at that place) Mrs. Quincy recom- mended to her notice a 'Memoir of Sir Stam- ford RafHes,' which she had then recentlj^ read. This incident caused a correspondence, from which the following extracts are given: To Mrs. QuincA', Cambridge, Massachu- setts. "Singapore, April 13, 1837. ^''My Dear Madam: — Your just apprecia- tion of the character and the efforts of Sir Stamford Raffles, in founding the English col- onj' here, induces me to ask A'our acceptance of some nutmegs from the garden laid out by *A daughter of Paul Reveie, whose name is of historical interest. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 109 his direction, and some specimens of the pitcher-plant, or, as the natives call it 'the monkey cup.' The flowers grow, as jon will observe, suspended at the end of the leaves, and when brought to me were half full of v/ater and insects. The small specimens were a beautiful green. I have filled them with the Siam cotton, also a curiosity, as it grows on a loft\^ tree, in large green pods. "I also send one of the marine produc- tions of ^.he waters of Singapore, fancifully called Neptune's cup. Beautiful varieties of coral are also found here, but are not so rare as these natural vases, some of which will hold several gallons. They seem to be of the nature of sponge, but are much harder, and will stand the sun and rains of a tropical climate for months. I have several of them on the portico and in the border of my garden, in which I place my plants." ''Singapore, Oct. 29, 1838. "Your ver\^ interesting letter of December last reached me in safetA^i after its long voy- age, and it gave me great pleasure to hear that the dried plants were in good preserva- tion. "I now ask jonr acceptance of some cos- tumes from Aiadras, which, although rudely drawn, are faithful; and also two paintings of fruits peculiar to the Straits of Malacca, — the Mangostin and the Dusian. They will have an interest for you, as executed bj^ an old draughtsman of Sir Stamford Raffles, now a cripple; but though confined to his couch, he supports himself b^^ painting the fruits and flowers of the Straits. * * * The handker- 110 MEMOIRS OF chief they are wrapped in is of native manufac- ture, and comes from Collanton, up the coast, eight miles from Singapore. * * * "I ask your son-in-law, Mr. Greene's, ac- ceptance, as President of the Natural History Society, of some birds from the coast of Coro- mandel, nine in number. They were prepared and given to me by a French naturalist, and were duplicates. "Allow me to thank you for 'Van Arte- velde,' and for the 'Life of Washington,' by Mr. Sparks, a great pleasure to us, and a source of pride in showing it to the Europeans here, who know little of the United States, ex- cept what they are told hj prejudiced travel- ers. By this opportunity^ I also send jou a Siamese manuscript, and some of the books printed in Siam, for the use of the natives, by the American mission, and also some from China. * * * "October IS, 1841. "Your letter and the beautiful volumes of the 'History of Harvard University,' — a most valuable work, gratifjnng us in man^^ ways, — arrived after a short voyage. I lately sent you another manuscript, bj-- Hon. Mark Kerr, a young Englishman, the grandson of the Marquis of Lothian, and introduced to us by Mr. James Brooke, who is here, in his own yacht, for scientific purposes, and to whom Mr. Ballestier gave a letter to President Quincy. "I now offer a'ou an illustrated Siamese manuscript, entitled 'A Treatise on Fortune- telling,' — a missionar^^ friend had it executed for me, and also a specimen of the Venus supper, an orchidaceous plant from the Prince- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. Ill of-Wales Island. It reminds me of a similar plant I saw, when very young, at Canton, Massachusetts, called bj^ the country- people the 'Whippoorwill Shoe.' The beautiful color of the leaves is almost destroyed by the drying. "With ever}^ kind wish for j^our happiness, "Very sincerely 3' ours "Maria Revere Ballestier." "Soon after the date of this letter, Mrs. Ballestier died at Singapore. An extract from a tribute to her memorj', in an English jour- nal, is here inserted: — "Occupying a prominent position in soci- etj, Mrs. Ballestier endeared herself to all by every social virtue, proving that they are not only compatible with, but heightened in their value b\^ being accompanied hj the amenities of life. To obtain her good offices, it was only requisite to need them. "A quiet dignity of demeanor, that has passed, we fear, with the old school, gave a pleasing grace to her manners. Her heart was young withal. How often have we seen it go with the little children at their -playl Her sympathetic nature was truly catholic, em- bracing in the fullest sense the whole human family." "In July, 1839, Mrs. Dowse, the widow of Edward Dowse, and the last survivor of the sisters of Mrs. Abigail Quinc^^, died at the age of eighty-two years. "After the loss of her sister, Mrs. Shaw, Anna W. Storer became, through the arrange- ment by Mrs. Quincj', an intimate in her fami- ly. Her companionship and affectionate at- tention contributed to the happiness ol the 112 MEMOIRS OF last six years of the life of Mrs. Dowse, at whose residence the letter was written from which an extract is here inserted." To Hon. Josiah Quincy. "Dedham, October 1839. * * * "I looked with deep interest at your father's monument during my last visit to Quincy, for the first erection of which I was solicitous nearly forty years ago; and I am now^ gratified by its repair and renovation. It does not often fall to the lot of a son twice to build the monument of his parents; but if such a tribute was deserved, that claim is surely theirs. And well has it been answered 'by their only surviving child,' not onl}^ by monu- mental marble, but by a life worth^^ of their name and example. It must now remain w^ith those who are to come after us to continue to preserve the memory and the memorial of those we have honored and loved. But, whether they do so or not, the past is secure, and you may willingly leave to the future the record of j^our own claims, public and pri- vate, to the grateful remembrance of your friends and your children. "I have just returned from visiting the cemetery here, and the monument you have erected to the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Dowse and Mrs. Shaw. I return to their mansion with a heart lull of affectionate remembrance of all their love and kindness to us and our children. In the disposition of their late abode as the residence of our j^oungest son,* they would have been gratified, and I hope our *Edinund Quincy whose residence it remains in 1877. The portrait of Mrs. Shaw haugg in one ol the apartments. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 113 children's children will be taught to whom they owe this goodlj^ heritage, and honor their memory as they deserve. "Eliza S. Quincy." '^During the last years of her residence in Cambridge the establishment of the Observa- tory had been an object of interest to Mrs. Quincy. On the Sth of May, 1848, a transit of Mercury was observed in New Bngland for the first time in sixty years. "Mr. John Quincy Adams came to Cam- bridge to view it, and in the afternoon Mrs. Quincy had the pleasure of seeing the planet on the disc of the sun, through the telescope, and of watching the observation of Mr. Bond. "When Mr. Quincy attained the age of seventy years, he purchased a house in Boston for the future residence of his family, and in March, 1848, resigned the Presidency of Har- vard University. The announcement of his intentions to leave the official station he had long filled, and to remove with his family from Cambridge, was received with a strong and general expression of regret, especially from all those immediately connected with the University. But he never wavered in his de- cision to retire w^hile his health w^as un- impaired and when he could leave the institu- tion in perfect order, prosperous, improved and enlarged in all its branches during his ad- ministration. Although to Mrs. Quincy and her family, a removal from Cambridge, where they had acquired new friends, passed many happy years, and formed many pleasing asso- ciations, was attended with regret, they coin- cided in the opinion that it was the golden moment for the change to be made. 114 MEMOIRS OF "Among the many parting testimonies of respect paid to Mr. Ouincy, the request of the four classes of undergraduates for his bust hj Crawford, to be placed in Gore Hall, was the most gratifjang. A consequent acquaintance with that accomplished artist, who modeled his work in an apartment in the President's house, was a great pleasure to Mrs. Quincy. The closing tributes on Commencement Day, in August, 1845, and the crowded levee of the evening, equalled in interest and animation those of the second of June 1829. "In September, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy took possession of the commodious house they had selected in Bowdoin Place, and were re- ceived b3^ their friends in Boston with every attention on their return, and during the suc- ceeding years they were constantly visited by those whom they had left in Cambridge. * * * "The sixth of June, 1847, the fiftieth an- niversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Quincy, w^as celebrated with appropriate test- imonies of affection from their familj^ w^ho met at the mansion in Bowdoin Place, in the even- ing. "For several years after their return to their former places of residence, Mrs. Quincy retained her power of participating in all the occurrences vi^hich interested those around her. The last public occasion at which she was present was on the twent^'-fifth of Octo- ber, 1848, when her eldest son, Josiah Quinc^^, Jr., as Maj^or of Boston, presided over the completion of the Cochituate Aqueduct. It w^as the great festival of the whole people at this period. "The order which prevailed aiuong the COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 115 multitudes who thronged the streets of the city, and the moment, when at the command of the Mayor, the water of the distant lake gushed up in a splendid fountain on the Com- mon, is remembered with pleasure by the many thousands of the citizens w^ho witnessed the scene and enjo\'ed the celebration. "The health of Mrs. Ouincy remained un- impaired until the last year of her life, and the fe^v months of her decline were passed at Quinc3', amid the devoted attentions of her famih' and the tributes of long tried friend- ship. Her memory and intellectual powers remained perfect, and the resources of litera- ture, ever her peculiar delight, employed her leisure hours. "Her Christian faith was firm, and sus- tained by 'an unfaltering trust,' she closed her long and happy life of seventy-seven years, at Ouincy, on Sunday morning the first of Sep- tember, 1850, in tranquillity and peace, with gratitude for the past and with confidence and hope for the future. "Margaret Morton, bom in New York, in 1772, the only sister of Mrs. Quincy, resid- ■ed in her family from 1800 to 1809, when she returned to New York. "A woman of great strength of character, she was fond of reading, accomplished, le- markable for industry'-, and her skill in em- broidery. Her early associates were among the most fashionable women of the day. Mrs. Henderson, ot New York, to whose daughter, May, afterwards Mrs. Theodore L3'man, of Boston, she stood as god-mother, was her in- timate friend. "In 1815, Miss Morton married David 116 MEMOIRS OF Ritzeman Bogert, Esqr., of Beckman, Dutchess County, N. Y., who in early life resided on Broadwaj^ near Mrs. Morton's family, and had been at that time attached to her daugh- ter. After an absence of twenty years, conse- quent on his remoyal to Beckman, he returned to New York after the decease of his parents, and renewed his friendship with Miss Morton. Thc}^ were married in 1815 and resided at Beckman until 1823, w^hen thej^ removed to Malta, near Ballston, N. Y. "In both places of their residence the\^ were greath' esteemed bj^ all their friends and associates. * * * "Mr. Bogert was 'descended from a Dutch family, and on his decease, at the age of eighty years, he bequeathed the portrait of his maternal ancestor, the Rev. David Ritzeman, of Albanj^, to the Historical Societ}- of that city. A ntunber of valuable books m the Dutch language he gave to President Quincy, who presented them in his name to the Library of Harvard University, and they were deposit- ed in Gore Hall. "His farm and property he bequeathed to his wife, who passed the last years of her life in the family of his nephew, Charles F.Morton, Esqr., at his residence in the house at New Windsor, known as the headquarters of Gen- eral Knox during the war of the Revolution. Retaining her mental powers, her correspond- ence with her relatives and friends was re- markable for the steadiness and clearness ol her handwriting, for piquant expressions of opinions, and for anecdote. "By her niece, Mrs. Charles F. Morton, Mrs. Bogert was affectionately attended, and COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 117 died after a short illness, in August 1859, aged eighty-seven. "Clark Morton, the j^oungest brother of Mrs. Quincy, entered into business as a mer- chant, and died early in life. Washington Morton was a man of uncommon ability and talent, and was also distinguished for his fig- ure and personal appearance, being above six feet in height. His wife, Cornelia Schuyler, a sister of Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, was one of the most beautiful women of her da}"; she was amiable and intelligent, and her death in 1807, was a great calamity to her familj'. "Her husband survived her but a short time, and died in France. Washington Mor- ton named his youngest daughter, Mary Re- gina, after his grandmother, Mrs. Kemper. As the widow of William Starr Miller, of New York, she purchased an estate, which her an- cestors in the Schu3'ler family inherited from Mr. Beckman, the first proprietor of Rhine- beck, where she has erected a L3'ceum, and is meritoriously emplojang her fortune for the benefit of the inhabitants. "It is a singular coincidence, that by the mere contingencies of life, without a knowl- edge of the fact, such a design should in 1861, be carried into effect by the descendants and namesake of Mrs. Kemper, at the place where her brother, Mr. Ernest, was first established and where she passed her first winter in Amer- ica, in 1741." Letter from Mrs. Anna C. L. Q. Water- ston to Miss Quincy, Qtiincy, Massachusetts. 118 memoirs of "Caub-on-the-Rhine- 'July 7, 1857. '^'- My Dear Susan: "The above date will call up many asso ciations to your mind, and manj^ many arise in mine, as I find myself writing to you from this old Rhine town, with which our existence is so strongly interwoven. Here are the river, the hills; the old Castle of Gutenfels frowns above us, and the Pfalz stands upon the rock in the channel, just as they did w^hen the Kem- per family left Rhineland for what was an al- most undiscovered countr^^ "Helen and I must be among the first di- rect descendants w^ho return to the old place. The great, and great-great grandchild of those who Avent to the new world so long ago. Af- ter spending the da^^ at Oberwessel, with its old tower, and the church which contains the tombs of the Schomberg family, we took one of the sail boats down the river, and were steered towards Caub, which lay in the dis- tance. "As our little boat floated up the Rhine just before sunset, I thought I could truly im- agine that 'Spirits twain had crossed with me.' "The town is very picturesque and very old. Yet it is not dismal or ruined. It looks in good order, and as if the people were thriving. The mountains are covered with vineyards, and the kitchen gardens lie on the river bank, and seem to have no dividing line. "The little inn, or Gausthaus, in which Mr. Waterston, Helen, and m3^self now are, is neatness itself, and if grandma revisits her birthplace to-night to take a spiritual look at COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 119 lier descendants, even she would be satisfied with the perfect cleanHness of onr surround- ings. "How often have I heard her speak of the castle in the river, and mama repeat the name. "While I looked at the view of Caub you copied as the frontispiece to her memoirs, and saw in Margaret's handwriting the account of the Kempers leaving the Rhine, in that inter- esting story, it is difficult to believe we are ac- tually here, that I have come to that place so familiar by long association. "How strangeh^ are all our destinies linked in with those of other daj'S — long, long passed away." SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF REV. GEO. J. L. DOLL. On the 16th of November, 1782, Kingston was honored b\'- a visit from General Wash- ington, on his way, hj a circuitous route, from New Jersey to West Point. After pass- ing the night of the 15th with his companion- at-arms. Colonel Cornelius Wynkoop, at his homestead at Stone Ridge, he proceeded on his way to Kingston. The following is an address delivered by the Rev. Dr. George J. L. Doll (in behalf of the Consistorj' of the First Dutch Reformed Church of Kingston) to General Washington on that occasion: "Sir — Amidst the general joj^ which in- stantly pervaded all ranks of people here on hearins^ of vour Excellencv's arrival to this place "We, the Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church in Kingston participated in it, and now beg leave with the greatest respect and esteem to hail your arrival. "The experience of a number of years past has convinced us, that jonr wisdom, integrity and fortitude have been adequate to the ardu- ous task your countr}^ has imposed upon 3^ou; 120 DR. WILLIAM HENRY DOLL. COi^uNii;L Sj^BASTIAN BEAUMAN. 121 never have we in the most perilous of times known your Excellency to despond, nor in the most prosperous to slacken in activity, but with the utmost resolution persevere until by the aid of the Almighty you have brought us this year to Independence and Freedom and Peace. "Permit us to add that the loss of our re- ligious rights was partly involved in that of our civil, and your being instrumental in re- storing the one, affords us a happy presage that the Divine Being will prosper your en- deavors to promote the other. "When the sword shall be sheathed and Peace re-established, and whenever it is the Will of Heaven that your Bxcellenc}' has lived long enough for the purposes of nature, then may you enter triumphantly thro' the Blood of the Lamb into the regions of bliss, there to take possession of that Crown of Glory, the reward of the virtuous and which fadeth not away." To which address his Excellenc3'^ replied as follows: "Gentlemen — I am happ^' in receiving this public mark of the esteem of the Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Reformed Protest- ant Dutch Church in Kingston. "Convinced that our religious liberties Avere as essential as our civil, my endeavors have never been wanting to encourage and promote the one, while I have been contending for the other, and I am highly flattered by finding that my efforts have met the approba- tion of so respectable a bod\'. "In return for \^ our kind concern for m}^ 122 MEMOIKS OF temporal and eternal happiness permit me to assure j^ou that my wishes are reciprocal; and that 3^011 may be enabled to hand down your religion pure and undefiled to a posterity'- worthy of their ancestors is the prayer of "Gentlemen, "Your most obedient servant "Geo. Washington." "The arrival of the general and his suite was greeted with great rejoicings on the part of the citizens. He put up at the public house of Evert Bogardus, but accompanied by his staff he dined with Judge Dick Wynkoop, in Green Street. In the evening there was a gathering of ladies in the Bogardus ball-room, which was honored for a short time by the at- tendance of the general, when the ladies were severally introduced to him. The next morn- ing at an early hour he left the village and continued his journey." (Schoonmaker's History of Kingston.) The following is an address to the Hon- orable the Regents of the University of N. Y. "His Excellency George Clinton, Chan- cellor, and the Honorable the Regents of the University of the State of New York. "Most Respected Sirs: — The Trustees of Kingston Academy, in the County of Ulster, take the liberty of addressing your honorable body upon the present flourishing situation of the Seminary committed to their particular care, and trust that an anxious solicitude for its further prosperity will apologize for any impropriety in this communication. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 123 "Since the first establishment of this Academj' by the Trustees of the Corporation of Kingston in the year 1774, thej^ have been very fortunate in providing able teachers therein, and without any other fund than the bare tuition money; have had a number of pu- pils committed to their care, from among whom can now be selected characters, who have since been preferred by their fellov^ citi- zens to the important offices of a Lieutenant- Governor and President of the Senate, a Speaker of the Assembh^ a Justice of the Su- preme Court, a Mayor of one populous city, and both Ma3^or and Recorder of another. Several members of the National and State Legislatures, besides a number of characters eminent in their several professions of Divinity, Law and Physic. "From this pleasing review of the past, the Trustees hope not to be thought vain or assuming in considering Kingston Academy equal in usefulness to any other of like estab- lishments within this State; and as such, mer- iting the fostering care and attention of the Honorable Regencj^ as its common parent. "Since our Deed of Incorporation of the third day of Februarj^ 1795, there having been but one visitation to the Academ^^^ the Trustees beg leave to mention, that having re- ceived two hundred dollars from the Public Treasurj^ the same, together with a further sum of about sixty dollars, collected bj^ volun- tary contribution, has been carefully expended in the purchase of a neat set of Globes and Maps, with some Mathematical Apparatus and about one hundred and thirty-two vol- umes of choice books for the Academy Library. 124 MEMOIRS OF The same are placed under the immediate con- trol of the present Principal Tutor, the Rev. Mr. David B. Warden, a gentleman originally from the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, but last from Kinderhook, where he stood as a teacher till called to this Academy about seventeen months since. He with only one usher to assist him, has now the charge of fiftj^-three students — a number exceeding any heretofore known at one and the same time, and for \vhom the Trustees are desirous of providing another usher, but find the means inadequate. The students arranged in classes are taught the Latin and Greek languages, Elementary and Practical Geometry, Mathe- matics, Logic, Moral and Natural Philosophy, Ancient Historj^ Geography, the Historj^ and Government of the United States, and the French language. Two of the present students are from two neighboring States, viz: one from Marjdand, and the other from Penn- sylvania. Twenty others are from six neigh- boring counties, viz: one from New York, one from Westchester, seven from Dutchess, five from Columbia, one from Albany', and five from Greene, and the remaining thirty-one be- long to this County; thus this nursery for sci- ence will, with the blessing of a kind Provi- dence, spread her fruits far and wide. "In order to render the Academy more ex- tensivel3^ useful, the Trustees have for several years past assigned a large convenient room on the first floor for the use of an English School, which generally consists of twenty-five to thirty scholars, who are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. ''The Trustees beg leave to add, that none COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. ]25 of the English scholars have been enumerated with the Latin students reported to the Hon- orable Regents, and which they have under- stood to have been the case from some neigh- boring Seminaries, in order thej^ presume, thereby to receive a larger share of the bounty of the State. Be that as it may, the Trustees of Kingston Academy have with pleasure ob- served the means adopted by the Honorable Legislature for the encouragement of Litera- ture, and rest satisfied that their own exer- tions in this laudable undertaking, will not fail to meet with every assistance in the power of a generous Regency to afford them. In testimony whereof, we have caused our com- mon seal to be thereunto affixed. Witness, the Rev. George J. L. Doll, our President of our Academy, this 3rd day of January, 1803. "George J. L. Doll, President. "Attested. Aben B. Bancker, Secretary." "From an entry in the minutes of a meet- ing held b\^ the board on the 30th day of Sep- tember, 1803, it appears that upon the pre- ceding application, the regents donated to the Academy the sum of one hundred pounds, which was received into the treasury, and ap- propriated to the discharge of a balance due Mr. Smith, their former principal, to the pur- chase of a new bell, for the Academy, and the residue paid to Mr. Warden, on account of his salary. The bell purchased at that time is probably the same bell which was in the pres- ent academy until recently. "On the 31st of January 1804, the Trus- tees of Kingston Academy prepared two mem- orials to the Regents of the Universit}^ and 126 MEMOIRS OF the Legislature of the State, soliciting the vsanction of the former in founding a College within the town of Kingston; and aiso the aid of the latter towards building and endowing the said College. "The establishment of a college being de- nied them, the then Trustees of the Corpora- tion of Kingston, conveyed the whole of the real property which had been designed for a college fund to the trustees of Kingston Acad- emj^ as a fund for that institution. This deed is dated March 15th, 1804, and conveyed over eight hundred acres of land, including the tri- angular lot in the village of Kingston upon which the present academy building is situ- ated." \ (Schoonmaker'8 History of Kingston.) ^TCH OF REV. DR. G. J. L. DOLL, THE LAST PASTOR TO PREACH IN DUTCH IN THE FIRST REF. DUTCH CHURCH OF KINGSTON, UL- STER COUNTY, N. Y. "The Dolls were Hollanders. The Rev. Dr. George J. L. Doll, a prominent citizen of Kingston, N. Y., when that old town was conspicuous in the work of making history, came from Holland long before our Revolu- tion. He was a ver\^ learned man, and an en- thusiastic patriot. Portions of his corres- pondence with Governor George Clinton, and General Washington are preserved. "At the Centennial celebration of the State of New York, held at Kingston, July, 1877, the Mayor introduced the Rev. Dr. J. C. F. Hoes, who read a letter of congratulation from the Rev. Dr. Doll, directlv bearins:^ on the COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 127 event commemorated, prefacing the same with appropriate remarks, as follows: "IvADiEs AND Gentlemen: — A few weeks since I was in the St^ite Library at Albany, searching for information relative to the early settlement of Kingston, and the establishment of the Reformed Dutch Church in this place, when I found among the Clinton papers the original of the letter, which it is deemed proper and appropriate should be read on this Cente- nary occasion. It was written by the Rev. Dr. George J. L. Doll, in behalf of the Consist- ory of the Church of Kingston, of which he was at that time pastor, and addressed to his Bxcellency George Clinton on the occasion of his inauguration as the first Governor of the State of New York. The Consistory was com- posed of the following named gentlemen: Elders — Johannes Van Keuren, Herman Roosa, Benjamin Ten Brough, Ezekiel Masten. Dea- cons — Genit Freer, Abraham Elmendorf, Con- rad Newkirk, Tob3''as Swart. Kerkmeester or Church Warden — William Eltring. "Dr. Doll was the last of that venerable catalogue of divines, commencing with the Rev. Hermanns Blom in 1659, who were thor- oughlj'- educated in the Universities of Hol- land and German3% and who, as pastors, preached in the Dutch language to the people in this place and its vicinity. His ministry commenced in 1775 and continued until his death, in 1811. He was the father-in-law of the late Hon. James Vanderpoel, and his granddaughter w^as the wife of John Van Bur- en, and daughter-in-law^ of the late ex-Presi- dent Van Buren. *'The Reformed Dutch Church, of which 128 MEMOIRS OF Dr. Doll was pastor for the period of thirty- six years, was established in 1659 — that is, 118 3^ears before the inauguration of George Clinton as the first Governor of the State of New York. ''The Church edifice in which Dr. Doll commenced his ministry in Kingston was ded- icated to the worship of God by the Rev. George Wilhelmus Mancius, 29th November, 1752, N. S. and was burned on the 16th of October, 1777, when Kingston was taken by the British under General Vaughn. "There are some reasons to believe that the British forces, at first, hesitated to burn the church, but when they learned of the patriotism of Dr. Doll and his Consistory, they no longer hesitated sacrilegiously to apply the torch to the house of God. It is only a few weeks since I first learned of the exist- ence of anj^thing ^^hich would give a true con- ception of this Church. And I take the liberty of holding up to your view the only picture in existence of this ancient and venerable house of the Lord. But I proceed to read the letter of Dr. Doll." (Copy of Letter.) "To His Excellency, George Clinton, Esqr., Governor, General and Commander-in- Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the State of New York. "Maj^ It Please Your Excellenc}^: At the commencement of the New Constitution, and at the YQTj hour of j^our inauguration, the Minister, Elders, and Deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, in Consistory as- sembled, beg leave to congratulate your Ex- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 129 cellency upon the highest honors the subject of a free State can possess, and to assure you of the part they bear in the public happiness of this occasion. ''From the beginning of the present war the Consistory and the people of Kingston have been uniformlj^ attached to the cause of America, and justify upon the soundest princi- ples of religion and morality the glorious rev- olution of a free and oppressed country. ''Convinced of the unrighteous design of Great Britain upon their civil and religious privileges, thej^ chose, without hesitation, rather to suffer with a brave people for a sea- son, than to enjoy the luxuries and friendship of a wicked and cruel nation. "With an inexpressible perseverance which thc}^ trust the greatest adversity and persecution will never change, they profess to 3^our Excellency their interest in the Continent- al Union and loyalty to the State of New York. "While the Constitution is preserved in- violate, and the rulers steer by that conspicu- ous beacon, the people have the fairest pros- pects of happiness and success. With you the3^ choose to launch that future pilots may form a precedent from your vigilance, impar- tiality and firmness, and the sj^stem obtain an establishment that shall last for ages. For as nothing can be more agreeable to the con- scious patriot than the approbation of his countr\^, so nothing can more promote the general good than placing confidence in estab- lished characters, and raising merit to distin- guished power. "Take, then, with the acclamations and 130 MEMOIRS OF fullest confidence of the ptiblic — take, Sir, the government into your hands and let the un- solicited voice of a whole State prevail upon you to enter upon the arduous task. "All ranks, in placing j^ou at their head, have pledged their lives and fortunes to sup- port and defend you in this exalted station, and the Consistory of Kingston cheerfully unite in the implicit stipulation, and promise you their praj^ers. "As a reformation in morals is the imme- diate object of the Consistorj'^ of Kingston, thc}^ esteem themselves especialh' happy in having cause to believe, that religious liberty (without which all other privileges are not worth enjoying) will be strenuously supported by your Excellency; and the^^ congratulate themselves and the State, that God has given them a Governor who understands, and there- fore loves the Christian Religion, and who in his administration will prove a terror to evil doers, and an example and patron to them that do well. "Signed b3^ order of the Consistorv. "Geo. J. L. Doll. Prmisr "August 2, 1777." "Dr. Doll was also the first President of the Board of Kingston Academy-, after its in- corporation, having been chosen to that posi- tion in 1802, being senior member of the Board. In 1803, President Doll addressed a letter to the Regents of the University seeking aid for the institution, which was represented to be 'equal in usefulness to anj^ like establish- ment in the State. ' "The Regents responded with a gift of $500. The following year the^^ were memori- COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 131 alized for sanction and aid in the establish- ment of a college. But that appeal was not successful. The Regents thought the scheme inexpedient, and so the matter was dropped. "More than a quarter of a century ago the following article appeared in one of the Kingston papers: ''Mr. Editor: "Your correspondent has been engaged in collecting some reminiscences of the former pastors of the (1st) Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston. The records of the church fur- nish very meagre material on the subject, and with reference to some of them, none what- ever. This is the case with regard to the Rev. Dr. George J. L. Doll, the last one of the list of venerable pastors who officiated in the Dutch Language. "Almost in despair of obtaining any au- thentic information respecting Dr. Doll, your correspondent was advised to write to an aged Grand-daughter* of the Dominie resid- ing in Delaware Co. From this source he has received the following items of information which it is desirable should be published, not merely for the information of the present gen- eration, but for their preservation as a part of the history of that church. "This Grand-daughter of Dr. Doll informs your correspondent, that although at the time of his decease she was very young, she has a perfect recollection ot him. On reaching America (in 1770) he went to Fort Orange, (Albany) where he remained five j^ears, preaching in the Dutch and French Languages. Then he accepted a "Call" to the First Dutch '^'Mrs. C. C. Q. Barber, of Colchester, Delaware County, N. Y. 182 MEMOIRS OF Church of Kingston, where he remained until 1808, a period of more than thirty-five years. In consequence of his failing health, the Rev. John Gosman was called to be his colleague and was reqtiired to preach three-fourths of the time in the English Language leaving the other fourth to be filled bj^ Dr. Doll, with Dutch preaching. Dr. Doll continued, how- ever, as his health permitted, to preach for the pleasure and edification of his fiock — the old Dutch People — on Sabbath afternoons. "In May 1809, he went to live with his youngest daughter, Mrs. James Vanderpoel, of Kinderhook, where he died March 28th, 1811, and was buried in the Private Cemetery of the late John J. Pruyn, Esqr. No monument marks his place of rest. Your correspondent w^ould state for the benefit of the church of v^hich Dr. Doll had been so long a pastor, that he had been informed that its Consistory offered to have his remains brought to Kings- ton and interred beneath the old Church edi- fice in which he had preached so long and faithfully, beside those of his wife, according to the custom of those da3^s, but the friends at Kinderhook preferred that he should be buried at that place, where some of his family are in- terred. "An appropriate sermon was preached for Dr. Doll on the Sabbath succeeding his death, by the Rev. John Gosman, in the church at Kingston, from Revelations 14th chapter and 13th verse (Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth, etc.) "The following Obituar3^ notice was pub- lished in one of our village papers at the time, a copy of which has been forwarded to your COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 133 correspondent from the source above alluded to: DIED. "On Tlnirsda^v last at Kinderhook, the Rev. Dr. George J. L.Doll, late minister of the Reformed Dutch Church in this village, in the 72nd year of his age. "One who knew his virtues and shared his confidence has furnished us with the fol- lowing outline of his character. 'His unblem- ished life— his ardent zeal in the cause of relig- ion, the purity of his life and morals, and the Christian meekness w^hich adorned his charac- ter proclaimed him the messenger of truth The legate of the skies. " 'Although he had no relatives in this country, the unspotted excellence of his life had attached to him many distinguished friends. He had no enemies, his unwearied pams to spread the Gospel blessings, and to preach Christ and him crucified, had endeared him to every member of his flock. By him the violated law^ spoke out its thunders; and by him, m strains as sw^eet as Angels use the Gos- pel whispered peace.' "A funeral sermon adapted to the occa- sion will be dehvered in the Church in wdiich Dr. Doll was so long a pastor, on Sabbath morning next, by the Rev. Mr. Gosman. "Dr. Doll w-as born in 1739, and married Christina Ettkin, of Manheim, Germany, by whom he had five children: Adam T Doll John Jacob Doll, William Henrv Doll, Sarah Doll and Anna Doll, w^ho married the late Judge Vanderpoel, of Kinderhook, and the daughter w^ith wdiom he resided after the 134 MEMOIRS OF death of his wife, at Kingston, N. Y., October 18th, 1805, aged sixt^^-three j-ears and six months. Rev. Dr. Doll's eldest son, Adam T. Doll, married, 1st, Cornelia Tappen, and after her death he married Alaria Christina Beau- man, third daughter of Colonel Sebastian Beauman, of Revolutionary fame. His second son, John Jacob, never married. His third son, Dr. William Henr\^ Doll, married the sec- ond daughter of Colonel Beauman, Sophia Christina. His eldest daughter, Sarah, mar- ried Leonard Ten Broeck. "Rev. Dr. Doll's son, William Henrj^ was probably the first physician located in the town of Wawarsing. Dr. Benjamin R. Bevier, father of the present ph^^sician of that name, was for a time a partner with Dr. William H. Doll, and became his successor. "Dr. Doll was also the second supervisor of the town of Wawarsing, having held the office 1810 to 1812, and again 1820 to 1821. He represented the County in the State Assembly in 1817. The Doctor was a man of much abilit^^ influential in the County and with a wide and valuable acquaintance in the State. Martin Van Buren, when Presi- dent, was a frequent visitor at his house. "Being on intimate terms with the Living- stons, Dr. William Doll purchased a large tract of land of the proprietor of Livingston Manor, who then owned about one half of the town of Rockland. This property came into the pos- session of his son, George J. L. Doll, who went up there to reside, and who married Nancj^ Overton, eldest daughter of David and Eliza- beth Overton, the early pioneers of that reg- ion, and inentioned at some length by James B. Quinlan, in his history of Sullivan County. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 135 "George J. L. Doll continued to reside on his farm at Livingston Manor until his death, September 16th, 1872, but his health failing, his son, Alexander, took possession of the farm but his father continued to reside with him until the latter's decease. "Alexander, son of George J. L. Doll, died at Livingston Manor, April 2, 1890. "The Ellenville Journal of April 11, 1890, in connection with a notice of the death of Alexander Doll, says: 'Deceased was a thrifty farmer, a worthy Christian man and a highly respected citizen. He had been sick a month, having been attacked with the prevalent di- sease, influenza, which was succeeded by a fever. ' "Mr. Doll had been for many years a member of the Methodist Church. He also belonged to the Manor Lodge of F. and A. M., and his funeral on Friday was with Masonic honors. He had been twice married, his first wife was Miss Hannah Yoorhees, of Beaverkill. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah Gillett, who survives him, with a son by a former husband. "Mr. Doll leaves no children. He is sur- vived by a brother, Beauman, who resides in the vicinity of Livingston Manor, and b}' four sisters, all of w^hom were present at the funer- al: Mrs. Sarah S. Yoorhees, of Beaverkill, Mrs. Agnes J. La Rue, of Campbell Hall, Mary Christina, wife of Eli W. Fairchild, of Monti- cello, and Mrs. Charles L. Barber, residing in Michigan. Another sister, Rachel, wife of Hiram Beach, died several years ago. "Their father also is dead, but the mother survives,* and resided with Mr. Doll. Alex- ♦Mrs. Doll departed this life September 29th, 189s, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Fairchild. 136 MEMOIRS OF ander's father was George J. L. Doll, who was the eldest of a large famih- of children of Dr. William Henry DoU. a distinguished citizen of the town of Wa warsing,* w^ho resided in Napa- noch, the premises now owned and occupied by Mr. L. D. B. Hoor nbeek, and long known as 'the Doll house.' ''The only living member of Dr. William H. Doll's famil3'- is Mr. Sebastian Beauman Doll,t now residing with his niece, Mrs. Loui- sa B. Hoor nbeek, at Napanoch. "The late Mrs. Jacob S. Van Wagener, mother of J. J. Van Wagener and C. T. Van Wagener, and Mrs. John T. DeWitt was one of the number. Mrs. Hoor nbeck's mother, A. C. Saulpaugh, now deceased, w^as a daugh- ter of Dr. William H. Doll; his youngest daughter, Sarah, married Mr. Samuel Rock- well, of Ellenville, but died wathout leaving children. "Dr. Doll and wife and many of his chil- dren are buried in the old cemeter^^ at Wa- warsing where repose the remains of many of their ancestors. Notably those of Mrs. Chris- tina Wetzell, daughter of Dr. Ernest, of Man- heim, German^-, a martyr of the Reformed re- ligion at the Stake. "Miss Ernest came to America with her older sister, Mrs. Maria Regina Kemper, who emigrated to this countrj^ from Caub-on-the Rhine in Germany J wdth her familj^ consisting of her husband, Jacob Kemper, and two daughters, Anna Gertrude and Maria Sophia, afterwards Mrs. John Morton, of New York, -Named by the Indians and meaning "The Blackbird's Nest." +Now deceased, December 5, 1896. tin mi. COLONEL SEBASTIAN BEAUMAN. 137 stjded by the British the 'Rebel Banker,' as he converted the most of his property into money and deposited it in the Loan Office during the War of the Revolution." THE END. NOTE : The spelling of the name Beauman seems to have been changed to Bauman at some thiie during the life of the subject of this Memoir. In all documents that have been copied, the spelling is retained as given therein. 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