A^.. 1^ 'A cX^ ^>- .^^ \" ^r^ --; ,A^' 0' ^•-0^ ^*-*°' \^ '^^. HISTORY O F NEWBURYPORT, MASS 1764-1909 By JOHN J. CURRIER Author of "Ould Newbury"; Historical and Biographical Sketches, and History of Newbury, Mass. Volume II With Maps and Illustrations NEWBURYPORT, MASS. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR 1909 Copyright igog. By John J Currier, Newburj^port, Mass. ©CI.A^53577 ^3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Chapter XIX. Topography, Shipwrecks, Fire Engines, Police, Steam Navigation, etc XX. Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, Military Compa- nies, (Iun House and Veteran Artillery Association XXI. Lodges, Benevolent Societies, Corporations, Literary, Musical and other Associations .... XXII. Biographical Sketches of Merchants, Sea Captains and Ship Owners XXIII. Lawyers and Doctors XXIV. Authors, Artists and Engra\ers XXV. Philanthropists and Benefactors XXVI. Contributors to THE Public Library Fund XXVII. Eccentric Characters XXVIIl. Revivalists, Foreign Travelers, and other Celebrities XXIX. Members of Congress from Newbury and Newburyport Page 13 119 189 255 3" 380 402 419 455 467 APPENDIX. I. Members of the Massachuseits Senate Elected from Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury . -491 11. Books and Pamphlets 495 III. Henry Lunt and Some OF His Descendants . . .503 IV. Soldiers Stationed at Plum Island 5^5 V. Additions to, and Corrl:ctions of, the History of New- buryport, Volume I 529 VI. Additions to, and Corrections of, the History of New- buryport, Volume II 539 VH. Additions to, and Corrections of. the History of Newbury 562 VIII. Additions to, and Corrections of, " Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches . . . 57o IX. The Brigantine Warren 59^ APPENDIX X. Selh;ctmp:\ Elected in Newburyport from 1764 to 1851 . 597 I XI. Mayors and Members of the Board of Aldermen from 1 85 1 TO 1909 603 1 XII. Conclusion 614 | Index 619 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. e Society View ok Xewburyport from Rinc's Island, Frontispiece Life Saving Station, 1890 Life Saving Station, 1908 Wreck of schooner Carrie H. Spofford Wreck of schooner Abbie and Eva Hooper Fire Bucket, 1746 .... Fire Buckets, 1776 .... Engraved Notice of Meeting of the Union Y Steam Fire Engine "Eon" Enoch C. P'landers, "Town Crier" Titcomb House on Creen Street . Residence of Capt. Wilham Nichols Steamer City of Haverhill, built in 1880 Steamer Merrimack, built in 1892 Steamer E. P. Shaw .... Steam-Tugs Farnsworth and Thurlow Weed Steam Yacht Dora .... Residence Col. Moses Little at Turkey Hill Residence of Col. Edward Wigglesworth Residence of Cien. Jonathan Titcoml) . Gun House ..... Philip K. Hills Gold Medal Awarded Capt. William Coombs Certificate of the Female Charitable Society Old Ladies' Home .... Old Men's Home .... Bartlet Steam Mills .... Peabody Manufacturing Company Mills Phenix Insurance Company Building One Dollar Bill issued by the Newburyport B; Newburyport Athenanmi " Book Plate " Robert Hooper .... Punch Bowl presented to Jonathan Gree Patrick Tracy .... Residence of Joseph O'Brien Moses Brown .... William Farnham Residence of William Bartlet leaf nk in 1840 m 1752 Pag e 21 22 24 26 28 29 30 41 52 55 66 72 73 77 79 82 87 95 102 116 126 131 132 139 141 150 152 159 166 172 193 208 -17 224 227 231 236 10 ^rAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS Silver Tankard presented to Philip Johnson in i 795 Capt. Micajah Lunt William Gushing Katharine (Farnham) Hay Ebenezer Moseley John Pierpont Residence of Dr. Micajah Sa\v}'er John Harnard Swett's Book-plate Dr. Richard S. Spofford Dr. Henry C, Perkins Hannah F. Gould Birthplace of William Lloyd Garrison Right- Rev. Thomas M. Clark, D. D. Ben: Perley Foore James Parton .... Residence of Mrs. Harriet (Prescott) Spofford William Sv\ain Thomas W. Lawson John Appleton Brown . " A Moment's Leisure," by \N'illiam E. Norton "The Ancient Mariner," by William E. Norton Pace of Bank Bill, designed and patented by Jacob Perkins Back of Bank Bill designed and patented by Jacob Perkins Jacob Perkins Infuriated Despondency Wolfe Tavern, 1807 Rev. William Horton, D. D. Oliver Putnam's Book-plates Putnam Free School Building, 1848 Putnam Free School Building, 1S6S William Wheelwright . Hon. Josiah Little John Rand Spring Residence of Timothy Dexter Timothy Dexter and his Dog Gravestones in Memory of Timothy Dexter and his Wife Jonathan Plummer Residence of Theophilus Bradbury Hon, Jeremiah Nelson Hon. Caleb Gushing Hon. Eben F. Stone Salt Works in Salisbury, Mass. 243 252 254 259 273 279 292 294 305 306 312 316 319 330 333 342 350 352 355 357 358 364 366 369 373 378 383 386 388 390 394 403 412 423 426 429 431 472 475 483 486 530 History of Newburyport. CHAPTER XIX. TOPOGRAPHY, SHIPWRECKS, FIRE ENGINES, POLICE, STEAM NAVIGATION, ETC. An ice-sheet, or continental glacier, twenty-three hundred feet thick, is supposed to have covered all New England in the ice epoch. " The topography of Essex County owes its characteristic features to the work of the continental glacier. This glacial drift assumes, within comparatively limited areas, forms so numerous and so varied as to ren- der the region an exceptional one for study. The bare, rounded surfaces of the granite and other outcropping bed-rocks tell the story of a grind- ing force. The long, sloping hills, the drumlins of boulder-till, the " ket- tle holes," or sites where icebergs in front of a retreating ice-sheet had been buried in over-wash sands and gravels, are all to be seen in various parts of the county."' On the easterly side of the road through the " Pines," ex- tending from the old Amesbury ferry road to the Curzon Mill road, in Newburyport, kames and ice holes are numerous and clearly defined.- A broad-topped esker extends the whole length of High street, through (31d town, in Newbury, and out into the tidal marsh north of Parker river.^ On this ridge, or esker, of boulder-till and gravel, a broad highway was laid out from what is now known as the lower green, in 'The Physical Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology of Essex County, Mass., by John Henry Sears, page 259. -The term Kaine is used to designate deposits, chiefly of sand and gravel, made at the margin or periphery of the glacier, or pushed along in front of ice blocks, sometimes entirely covering them. ^Eskers, composed chiefly of coarse gravel, rounded boulders and sand, are beHeved to have been deposited in the beds of sub-glacial streams. In eastern Massachusetts they are rarely found more than a mile long. 13 14 HIS TOR Y OF XE IV B LR YPOR T Newbury, to Poore's lane, now Woodland street, Newbury port, as early as 1645. The Merrimack river was probably a halting place of the glacial ice in its retreat northward, for its southern shore, from the mouth of the Parker river to Pipe Stave hill, marks typical ice-contacts of morainal-till and overwash gravels capped by sand and silt. High street, in Newbury and Newburjport, is laid out upon the top of the terrace formed by this ice-contact, a section of which shows it to be composed of boulder-till and clav-beds resting upon the glaciated bed-rock of quartz, augite dio- rite in varving depths. At Grasshopper plain it is at least fifty feet in thickness, and is covered by twenty feet of coarse gravel, with twenty- live feet of fine sand at the surface. This fine sand is creased by a number of steep-sided valleys, or drainage-creases, extending in a south- erly direction to the Little river clay-beds in Newbury. A section of this- terrace across High street, extending from the river through Green street to the frog pond by " the Mall,'" gives boulder-till on High street at an elevation of eighty feet above tide water. The frog pond is the site of a small detached iceberg that was buried in the morainal-tilL South of " the Alall " the overwash and outwash gravels have formed a series of cones and short ridges or kames of sand and gravel extending southeasterlv into Newbury. The tracks of the Boston and Maine rail- road cut through these gravels on the west, and the track of the Cit}- Freight railroad cuts through them on the east. South of Oak Hill Cemetery there is a " kettle hole '" which, a few j-ears ago, contained a floating island. In the spring of the year, when the melting snows raise the water level, this pond covers an area of about a ciuarter of an acre. It is a typical small ice-block hole, with south- eastern outwash sand and gravel kames probably deposited in cracks or gorges in the glacial ice which filled the whole valley of Little river.' When the town of Newbury was incorporated, in 1635, it had an area of about thirty thousand acres of land and water, bounded on the north and west by the Merrimack river, on the south by the town of Ipswich, and on the east by the Atlantic ocean. The first settlers built their dwelling houses near the " lower green," on the north bank of the Ouascacun- quen, now Parker, river. In 1639, that portion of this 'The Physical tiengraphy, (jeology. Mineralogy and Paleontologj' of Essex County^ Mass., by John Heniy Sears, pages 296-301. TOPOGRAPHY, FIRE ENGINES, POLICE, ETC, 15 territory, lying southerly of the present line of Newbury and West Newbury, was set off as a part of the new town of Rowley; and in 1645 a new settlement was laid out on the southerly bank of the Merrimack river in Newbury, which soon became a flourishing seaport. From the country road, now High street, long lanes extended to the river, and as early as 1725 a few narrow streets were laid out, intersecting these lanes at nearly right angles. The population between Cottle's lane, now Bromfield street, and Poore's lane, now Wood- land street, steadily increased in numbers, and in 1764 "the merchants, traders and mechanicks " living within the limits named petitioned the General Court for liberty to organize ii new town. This petition, after a vigorous struggle, was granted, and the town of Newburyport was incorporated. It extended from Cottle's lane on the south to what is now Oakland street on the north, including within its territorial limits al:)Out six hundred and fort}' acres of land, and a population of about twenty-eight hundred. In 1850, the number of in- habitants had increased ti) nine thousand five hun(h-ed. Twenty-eight hundred more were added by the annexation of a part of Newbury in 185 i, and the boundary line was extended to Artichoke river on the west and to Plum island on the east. Newbur)"port has now a population of fourteen thousand seven hundred, and an area of eighteen square miles, equivalent to eleven thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land and water, including swamps and highways. Several maps and engravings, giving the location of streets and public buildings in Newburyport, have been published since its inc(^rporation, in 1764. A view of the town and harbor, from the Old Hill burying ground, drawn by Benjamin Johnson in 1774, and a map drawn by Joseph Somcrby in 1795, have been reproduced in a previous volume.' An engra\'ing, probably published in 1 796, giving a view of the wharves, shipping, and a part of the town, with the old ' History oi Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 20 and So. 1 6 ins TOR y OF XE IV B [ 'A- 5 TOR T wind-mill faintly outlined in the distance, is exceedingly rare and of great historic value. The name of the engraver is un- known, and no criticism or commendation ol his work has been discovered. In an advertisement, however, published in the Impartial Herald in March, April, May and June, 1796, Ben- jamin Tucker respectfully informs his customers that he has copies of an engraving of the town of Newburyport for sale at his shop on State street, "at the sign of the Painter's Arms." The frontispiece of this volume is a reproduction, slightly reduced in size, of one of these old engravings now in the possession of the writer. SHIPWRECKS AND LIFE SAVINC STATIONS. Plum island, extending nearly nine miles in a southerly direction, from the mouth of the Merrimack to the mouth of Ipswich river, is separated from the mainland by a shallow winding stream. Only a small portion of the northern end of the island, including Lighthouse point, is within the limits of Newburyport.' The sandy soil has scanty vegetation. Thin patches of long, coarse grass, and a few bushes, bearing small, acrid plums which give t*^ the island its name, grow in sheltered places on the western slope of the low, fantastic sand hills that have been formed and fashioned by the action of the wind and the sea. In winter, when the wind is blowing fresh from the north- east, and the air is thick with falling rain or snow, the roar of the waves beating upon the shore can be heard far inland. Vessels coming on the coast at such a time find it difficult to withstand the fury of the blast, and are frequently wrecked on the island. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war a fort was built on or near what is now known as Lighthouse point ; and in 1783 two beacons were erected by the Newburyport Marine 1 See map on page 20S, volume I, History of Newlwryport (^ Currier ). SHIPWRECKS AND LIFE SAVING STATIONS ly Society to mark the channel and enable vessels to enter and leave the harbor in safety. ' In December, 1786, a small sloop was wrecked on Plum island during a severe snow storm. The captain was saved, although his feet and hands were badly frozen, and two sea- men, taking refuge under a stack of hay, died from hunger and exhaustion. Their bodies were discovered after diligent search and brought to Newburyport for burial. In 1787, two small houses were erected by the Marine So- ciety, and sui)})]ied with cooking utensils, heavy blankets, and other articles likely to be needed by shipwrecked mariners,- and two lighthouses were built, at the northern end of the island, by a committee appointed for that i)urp()se by the Gen- eral Court.-' The Merrimack Humane Society, organized in 1802, paid for the construction of three houses of shelter, or relief huts, in 1804, and directed mariners, by printed notices and pamphlets, how to find them. These houses were frequently visited, however, by malicious or mischievous persons, and with great difficulty were kept in repair for twenty years. Early in October, 1805, during a severe storm, the sloop Blue Bird, Capt. Henry Brown, from Boston to Newburyport, with a cargo of hardware, books, stationery, woolen goods, and other merchandise, valued at one hundred thousand dol- lars, was driven high on the beach, near where the light- house now stands. The officers and crew were saved, but the cargo, injured by exposure to the wind and weather, was prac- tically a total loss. November 2, 1837, the schooner Lombard, Robert Blatch- ford, master, loaded with grindstones, went ashore on the f '" Oukl Newbury ■' : Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 213; History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 607. - " Ould Newbury " : Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 591 ; History of Newburyport (Gushing), page 40. 3 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 67. 1 8 HIS TORY OF NE IV B VRYPORT island about half a mile in a southerly direction from Lif;ht- house point. The captain was taken from the rigging of the vessel after the storm had abated, but the crew, consisting of Pickering Ward, Peter Tidd and William Cole, of Rockport, N. B., became exhausted, and were washed oveiiDoard before they could be reached by boats from the shore. Many of the grindstones were imbedded in the sand, and remained there for several years, some of them being hauled to Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley and other towns in P2ssex count}', and sold at prices barely exceeding the cost of transportation. November 5, 1839, ^he schooner Rebecca, Captain Green- law, from Calais, Maine, for Boston, was wrecked on the south breaker. Her passengers and crew were taken off by boats from the shore. The vessel was a total loss. December 23, 1839, the brig Pocahontas, Capt. James G. Cook, from Cadiz for Newburyport, was wrecked nearly half a mile in an easterly direction from the Plum Island hotel. She was owned by Capt. John N. Cushing, and carried a crew of twelve or thirteen men. Owing to the high wind and heavy sea, it was impossible to obtain assistance from the shore, and all on board perished. The body of Captain Cook was recov- ered a day or two later. He was buried on P'riday, December twenty-seventh, from the residence of Capt. Isaac G. Tappan, on Orange street. Albert Cook, chief mate, and seven of the crew, whose bodies were found on the beach, were taken to the Federal Street meeting-house, where funeral services were held Monday aftenioon, December thirtieth. Prayers were offered, and remarks were made appropriate to the occasion by Rev. Luther Y. Dimmick, Rev. Daniel Dana, and Rev. Randolph Campbell. A long procession of citizens followed the bodies to their last resting place, in the Old Hill burying ground, while the church bells were tolled, and the ships in the harbor displayed their flags at half-mast.' In the centre of the lot in which they were buried the New- ' See Historic Stoinis of New Englaml, l)y .Sitlney Perley, page 273. SHIPWRECK'S AND LIFE SAVING STATIONS 19 buryport Bethel Society erected a simple marble monument, bearing the following inscription : — Here lie the remains of Seven of the unfortunate Crew of the Brig Pocahontas which was wrecked on Plumb Island Dec. 23, 1839. " In foreign lands their humble grave adorned, By strangers honored and by strangers mourned." The schooner Frederic Reed, Henderson Foster, master, with a cargo of lumber, from East Machias, Maine, bound to Boston, was wrecked on the island, September 30, 1844. The offi- cers, crew and three female passengers were rescued with great difficulty by boats sent from Lighthouse point. The schooner Augusta, Captain Leach, from Castine, Maine, for Boston, went ashore on the beach during a severe gale, Friday mornirig, August 6, 1847. The crew^ was saved, but the vessel was a complete wreck. December 3, 1849, the schooner Nancy, from Wiscasset, Maine, with a cargo of bricks, went ashore near the southerly end of the island. The officers and crew were drowned. The bodies of the captain and two seamen were found on the beach a few days later. The vessel was a total loss. The schooner Argus, of Frankfort, with a cargo of ham- mered stone, was wrecked near Emerson's rocks, at the south- erly end of the island, December 24, 1850. Capt. Allard Crockett was saved, but the other officers, with five sailors, were drowned, or died from exposure to the bitter cold weather. Several of the bodies were recovered, and buried on the twenty-eighth from the First Presbyterian meeting-house -on Federal street. 20 HIS TOR y OF NE WB I 'R 3 ^POR T The brig- Primrose, Capt. Samuel Bokman, from Pictou, N.S., l-)Ound to Boston, with a cargo of coal, was driven high on the beach in a fierce storm, April 15, 185 i.' The captain, crew, and one passenger, nine persons in all, w-ere rescued from their perilous situation by the brave and persistent efforts of three or four men, who came to their assistance, standing in the surf for nearly three hours, until a life-line thrown from the brig was caught and secured to the shore.^ The vessel remained imbedded in the sand until the middle of July following, when her cargo was taken in lighters to Boston, and she was hauled off into deep water by the steam-tug C. B. Stevens, and towed into Newburyport for repairs. The schooner Sunbeam, a small vessel of about seventy tons register, with a cargo of lumber, from York, Maine, went ashore on the north breaker January 8, 1858. The captain, lames Toggerson, was washed overboard and drowned, but Josiah Johnson of Newburyport and George Hutchings of York, seamen, were saved by boats from the Sahsbury shore. The schooner E. A. Creed, Capt. William I. Hunt, with an excursion part)- on I)oard, went ashore on the bar July 5, 1867, while attempting to enter the harbor during a thunder storm. The passengers and crew were taken off in boats. Several days later the vessel was floated, and subsequently repaired in Portsmouth, N. H. On the twenty-first of July following, the schooner Olive Branch, Captain Lopans, with a cargo of lumber from Calais, Maine, for Beverly, Mass., was wrecked at Sandy beach. Plum island. The captain and a small boy were saved. The mate was severely injured, and died from the effects of his wounds. ' In the summer following this disaster a new relief hut was built about three- (juarters of a mile northwest of Emerson's rocks, and supplied with drj' fuel, straw bedding, matches, and lanterns. The hut and its contents was placed in charge of Capt. J. .Small, who resided on the westerly side of the island, nearly opposite the beach where the vessel was wrecked. - .See Historic Storms of New England, page 306. SHIPWRECKS AXD LIFE SAVLXG STATIONS 21 LIFE SAVINC STATION, 189O. The first United States life saving station on Plum island was built at Sandy beach in 1874- Robert Floyd was placed in charge of the station, with six assistants, or surfmen, all citizens of Newburyport. In December, 1881, the station was moved to the northerly end of the island, near Lighthouse point. In 1890, Capt. James W. Elliott was appointed keeper, and a new building was erected near the old one, which was remodeled and converted into a workshop and storehouse. Thomas J. Maddock has had charge of the station from July 19, 1896, until the present time. On the first day of July, 1902, the name Plum Island station was changed to the Newburyport Life Saving station, and since that date it has been so designated in the official reports issued by the treas- ury department at Washington, U. C. In 1890, it was considered advisable to establish a new sta- tiod, Joseph Swasey, jr., and John Greenough. j>ffi\MJURT PORT ^ / tlMe^ CCxiaySbcfETr i'fi a/f^ aAH?r^ k> a/-/eA/a . . ENGRAVED NOTICE OF MEP:TINC. OF THE UNION FIRE SOCIETY, The Phenix Plre Society was organized in 1794- The names and residences of the members of the society were recorded in a book kept for that purpose, and afterward printed in a small pamphlet/ with the rules and regulations, from which the following copy is taken : — ' This pamphlet is in the possession of Charles F. Smith. FIRE SOCIETIES 31 NAME. RESIDENCE. Thomas Morrison, Kent St. John Burrill, Ohve lane James Walsh, ditto Joseph Newmarch, Boardman st. Thomas Bartlet, ditto James Potter, ditto Samuel Hale, ditto Samuel Hoyt, ditto Joseph Hoj-t, ditto John Buck, High St. John Somerby, ditto Nathaniel Marsh, ditto Henry Furlong, ditto NAME. RESIDENCE. Thomas Burrill, Winter st. John Boardman, Washington st. Stephen Frothingham, Market st. John B. Titcomb, ditto Obadiah Horton, Merrimack st. Thomas Ham, ditto Ebenezer Gunnison, Titcomb st. Thomas M. Clark, Green st. Angier March, Market square Daniel Hunnevvell, Water st. Eleazer Johnson, ditto Samuel Newman, Federal st. The Active Fire Society and Friendly Fire Society were probably organized in 1803. They rendered efficient service in the great fire of 181 1, and responded to a general alarm for assistance in 1820, but no additional facts relating to them have been discovered. The Agile Fire Society was organized in 1805. William Stocker, Ebenezer Stedman, John Chickering, jr., Prescott Spalding, Zebedee Cook, jr., William Hooker, Ebenezer Hale, jr., William P. Johnson, John Rand, John R. Hudson, Hector Coffin and others were admitted to membership in the society at or soon after the date of its organization. The Vigilant Fire Society was organized in 18 10. Daniel Smith, James Caldwell, David Peabody, Alexander Caldwell, jr., Henry Pardee, Eleazer Johnson, 3d, Joseph B. Towne, Thomas Ordway, Charles Long and others were members of the society at that date, or were admitted to membership a few years later. The Leonidas Plre Society was organized in July, 181 1. It was dissolved a few years later, and reorganized in P"ebru- ary, 1820. William Balch, George Greenleaf, William Stone, Edmund Swett, Mark Symons, Stephen Tilton, Henry Tit- comb and others were members of the society at the last- named date. 2 2 HIS TORY OF NE WB L R YPOR T The Brutus Fire Society was organized July 19, 1824. The prominent members of the society were John Andrews, Rob- ert Cross, Samuel T. DeFord, Nathaniel Foster, Thomas Fos- ter, Joseph Marquand, Stephen W. Marston and Richard S. Spofford.' FIRE ENGINES. Nathan Hale, Enoch Plumer, Jonathan Titcomb and others purchased a fire engine and built an engine house, at their own expense, as early as 1755, for the protection of property in the town of Newbury.- In 1762, another company w^as organized to take charge of a fire engine which had been imported by Michael Dalton and others from London in the preceding year. Wlien a part of the town of Newbury was set off and incorporated by the name of Newburyport, in 1764, there were three engines within the limits of the new town. March 23, 1764, the inhabitants of Newburyport voted " that the men belonging to y*' several Engines in this Town be excus'd from serving in any other office in the Town."^ The members of Company No. One were John Brett, Enoch Plumer, Eliphalet Noyes, Benjamin Cole, Somerby Moody^ Benjamin Howard, Nathaniel Howard, Richard Lowell, Joseph Edwards and Joseph Frothingham. The members of Company No. Two, " engine near Queen's wharf," at the foot of Market street, were Samuel Nowell, Benjamin Pike, Obediah Horton, John Stone, Michael Toppan, Isaac Johnson, jr., James Gid- dings, John Stickney, Wyman Bradbury, Samuel Coker, Enoch Pilsbury, Richard Kent, Joseph Rowell, Benjamin Pidgeon^ Leonard Smith, Abraham Gallashan, Joseph Titcomb, Abiel Somerby and Offin Boardman. Company No. Three, " engine 1 For further details relating to the Agile, Vigilant, Leonidas and Brutus fire societies, see small pamphlets containing their rules and regulations. ^ History of Newburj' (Currier), pages 285 and 2S6. ■' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 17. FIRE ENGINES 33 at the lower end of the town," was composed of Gideon Woodwell, Thomas Cross, Jonathan Parsons, John Nowell, Joshua Norton, David Whitmore, Charles Cook, Jonathan Whitmore, Benjamin Knight, Nathaniel Hunt, William John- son, Isaac Noyes, Amos Knight, Benjamin Gerrish, Daniel Johnson, Hezekiah Colby, jr., Joseph Rolph, John Follansby, Jacob Rolph and Francis Hodgkins. March i8, 1768, the selectmen were ordered to provide, at the expense of the town, " three Fire Hooks with the ap- pertinances or Furniture thereof," and also a ladder and suit- able badges, or staffs of ofifice, for the use of the firewards.' Subsequently the following by-law was adopted by the inhab- itants of Newburyport and approved by the court of general sessions held at Salem December 27, 1769: — A Bye Law of the Town of NewburyPort to prevent Damage by Fire in faid Town. Whereas moft of the Buildings in the Town of Newburyport are of Wood, and ftand fo nigh to each other that if any of them should take Fire in a windy season, almost the whole Town would be endangered ; & as many Houies have old & decayed chimnies & many People are carelefs of their Chimnies & do not get them fwept lb often as the iafety of their own & their neighbours Houfes requires. — For preventing which Evil, be it Enacted by the Freeholders & other Inhabitants of the Town of Newburyport by Law qualified to vote that the Firewards of said Town for the Time being, or the major Part of them are hereby authorifed to infpect all fuch Houies, or other Places within laid Town, wherein they apprehend any Danger to arile, from the Want of Repairs or not laying any fecure Foundation for any Fire Place ; or keeping any Hay, or other combustible matter, fo near, or lb expoled, to any neigh- bouring Fire, as to be likely to be let on Fire thereby ; or that there has been a Neglect of Iweeping any chimneys lb long as to expofe them to catch on Fire and to order the owner or occupant of any fuch Houfe or Place to make fuch amendments, alterations, or Repairs in fuch Houses or Places as they fhall think necelsary for the publick fafety, & to re- move fuch Combustible Matter out of the Hazard of Fire, & to order fuch Chimnies as they find foul to be fwept : all to be done within fuch Time after Notice from said Firewards, as the said Firewards shall ' Newburj'port Town Records, volume I, page 126. 3 4 HIS TOR \ - OF NE WB I 'R YPOR T think realbnable, cS: every owner or occupier who shall refufe to admit the said Firewards, or the major part of them into fuch House or Place, as they shall think it necessary to inspect after having been informed of their Bufinefs & Defire, shall on everj- fuch Refusal forfeit &: pay the Sum of twenty Shillings : and every owner of any Houl'e, who shall re- fuse or neglect to make such Repairs, amendments, or alterations as shall be ordered by the Firewards to be made in any Chimney or Foun- dation, or any Fire Place, for the space of ten Days longer than the Time allowed therefor by the Firewards shall for every such neglect or Refufal, forfeit & pay the sum of twenty Shillings : & any Occupier of any Houfe or Place, who shall keep any combustible matter in such Place as the Firewards determine to be hazardous : or shall neglect to have thole Chimnies swept which the Firewards determine to be foul any longer than the Time set by the Firewards for removing such Combusti- bles, or sweeping such Chimnies, shall forfeit & pay for each otTence the sum of twenty shillings, And be it further Enacted that every Houfe of two Stories high which has four Fire Places shall be provided with one Leather Bucket, fit for, & to be uied, in Cafe of the breaking out of Fire ; & every fuch House with six Fire Places shall be provided with two such Bucketts at the Charge of the Occupant of such Houfe, within fix months from the first Day of January next, & if any Houfe as afore- said shall be occupied by more than one Family, the Fire ward aforesaid, shall determine in what Proportion the Bucket or Bucketts to be pro- vided as aforesaid shall be purchal'ed by the several occupiers of Houfes ; & If any perfon or Perfons, shall neglect fo to provide, a Bucket or Buckets according to the Tenor & meaning of this Act he or they shall forfeit & pay the fum of ten Shillings for every such fix months neglect as often as they shall offend : provided neverthelels that If any perfon shall be thro" Poverty unable to purchafe Buckets as aforesaid they may be exempted || therefrom || by a Certificate under the Hands of the Fire- wards or the major Part of them if they think fit. At a meeting of the inhabitants of Newburyport, held Sep- tember 12, 1 77 1, the proposed removal of the engine house at the foot of Market street was vigorously opposed by Tris- tram Dalton and others, and, after long debate, defeated. Voted, to finish the Engine House near (2ueen Wharf where it now stands and to accept of Mr. Tristram Dalton all the remaining Interest in the Engine now in his Possession, that never was Subscribed or payed for, which he says is at least forty pounds lawful money: which he re- FIRE ENGINES 35 nounces on Condition the said Engine is kept there, or near Queen Wharf, and not on the side of the Landing next his Ware House.' September 17, 1781, the firewards of the town were in- structed to keep the fire engines in good order and condition, and the firemen were excused from driUing with the miUtia of serving as night watchmen or jurors. - March 10, 1789, the firewards were requested to examine the buildings "where fires are kept" to see if they were de- fective in any way or needed to be repaired or rebuilt. [March 10, 1789] Voted to accept of a Fourth fire Engine which was purchased by a number of the inhabitants of this Town and pre- sented to the Town by Mr John Mycall and others, — the subscribers,^ the said Engine being manufactured by Mr Benjamin Dearborn of Ports- mouth in New Hampshire. Voted that the Selectmen be requested to provide a suitable house for the reception of the Engine and to place it as near to the Centre of the Town as may be.^ Firemen were appointed by the selectmen. January 30, 1792, and January 29, 1794, to take care of "The First Engine," "The Fourth Engine," "The North Engine" and "The South Engine," and keep them in good working order.^ [October 6, 1794.] Voted to have sunk at the towns expense four Conduits to supply water in case of fire, provided the owners of the land o-rant liberty, viz : — one at the North end near Mr Mariner Kent's house, one at the west end of Mr. Hoyt's wharf, one in Liberty street at the bottom of Mr. John Greenleaf Juns garden, one in Mr. Cross" dock at the bottom of Lime street. 5 A committee was appointed to sink additional " conduits," or cisterns, if necessary, " provided the whole number shall ' Newbuiyport Town Records, volume L page 154. '^ Newburyport Town Records, volume \, page 363. ■' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 532. * Newburyport (vSelectmen's) Records. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page loi; Morning Star, October 14, 1794. 3 6 m^ TOR y OF NE IVB i 'R \ 'FOR T not exceed twelve," and the selectmen were instructed to purchase another good fire engine " and eighteen Leather Buckets for each engine." \'oted that all Carpenters and others who make use of axes in their business be requested, in case of tire, to take their axes with them, which if damag'd or lost at the fire, the Town will pay for them.' Voted that it be recommended to all the inhabitants of the town, in case of fire, to take their buckets with them and to fill them with water at the most convenient places to be ready when they come to the F'ire.^ March i, 1805, the selectmen were authorized by a special law enacted by the General Court to add " not exceeding six men " to each engine company in Newburyport,^ and the year following the town voted to sell or repair engine No. Four.-* [March 18, 1807.] A'oted to accept of such ladders, fire hooks, and other fire implements as may be offered to the Town by any of the fire societies ; the same to be placed under the care and direction of the fire- wards. 5 [March 17, 1808.] \'oted to purchase a large fire engine for the third engine company.'' At a meeting of the firewards, February 26, 1808, the town was divided into four nearly equal districts, and each dis- trict placed under the supervision of five firewards. The first district extended from the northern boundary of the town to the centre of Market street ; the second from the centre of Market street to the centre of State street ; the third from the centre of State street to the centre of Federal street ; and the fourth from the centre of Federal street to the divid- ing line between Newburyport and Newbury, on the south. ' Newburj'port Town Records, volume II, page loi; Morning Star, October 14, 1794. 2 Newburj'port Town Records, volume II, page lOJ. ' Acts of 1804-1805, chapter 66. * Newburj'port Town Records, volume II, page 335. * Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 346. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 359. FIRE ENGINES 37 The firemen connected with the several engine companies were directed to form in two Hnes at a fire, one to pass buck- ets filled with water to the engines, and the other to pass the empty buckets back to be refilled. At that date there were five organized engine companies in Newburyport. Moses Davenport and Sewall Toppan were appointed to take charge of a new company April 19, 1810/ Just previous to the great fire in 181 1 the engine houses were located on Merrimack street, between Kent and Federal streets. Engine No. i, at the bottom of Market street, John Top- pan, captain.- Endne No. 2, at the bottom of Federal street, Thomas Stan wood, captain. Engine No. 3, at the bottom of Kent street, Moses Ed- wards, captain. Engine No. 4, in Temple street, near Rev. Mr. Milton's meeting house. Hale Knight, captain. Engine No. 5, in Market square, Theodore Pearson, jr., captain. 3 Engine No. 6, near the work house on Federal street, Moses Kent, captain. In October, 181 1, long and short ladders, fire hooks, fire cloths, ropes and chains, to be used in case of fire, were pro- vided by the selectmen, and the town was divided by the fire- wards into si.x districts, each district to have one engine company, with six firewards in charge of the same. The use of lighted lamps and candles, at night, in work- shops and stores, ropewalks, stables, or other buildings, "where hay, straw, or shavings abound," was forbidden, and stoves could not be used in any house or shop unless placed upon a ' Records of the Newburj-port Firewards. ^ This house was removed, in 1S14, to High street, near the hay scales, and in 182 1 to Merrimack street, at the bottom of Winter street. ^ This building was removed, in 1S21, to Middle street, and in 1830 to Pleasant street. 3 8 HIS TON V OF A'E IV B ( A' 1 TO A' T safe and secure hearth and connected with a chimney con- structed in a manner acceptable to the fi rewards of the town.' A special meeting of the inhabitants of Newburyport was held May 9, 18 12, "To determine whether they will purchase for the use of the Town a Hose Engine which will be exhib- ited near the C'ourt house at the time of the meeting." After a brief discussion, the selectmen were instructed " to purchase Mr. Jacob Perkins' Hose Engine."- In 18 15, this engine was located in Market square, and in 1821 it was removed to Mid- dle street. In April, 18 16, firemen for five fire companies, each com- pany consisting of fifteen or twenty men, were appointed : also a company "of axe and cloth men," and twelve hose men.''^ They and their successors, under the direction of the firewards of the town, rendered efficient service for many years. March 5, 1830, the General Court passed an act establish- ing a fire department in Newburyport, and providing for the appointment of a chief engineer and a board of assistant en- gineers, who shall " have the same authority as the fire war- dens now have,"-* At a town meeting held on the twenty- fourth of March following, a committee was appointed to make recommendations relative to the new law. At an adjourned meeting of the town, held on the second of April, the com- mittee reported recommending that the act be adopted, and that a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars be appropri- ated " to carry the same into operation. "5 This report of the committee was accepted and the money appropriated for the organization of the department ; but for some reason the work was delayed until April, 1833. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 362. 2 Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 426. The Newbury]iort Herald announced, February i, 1803, that a new style of fire engine had been patented by Mr. Perkins of Newburyport and Allen Pollock of Boston. "^ Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records. "• Acts of 1829- 1830, chapter 58. ■^ Newbuiyport Town Records, volume III. page JO I. FIRE ENGINES 39 April 2 1, 1 83 1, the selectmen were ordered to provide a company "for engine No. 4 in Temple street," and twelve months later they were instructed to sell the engine and pur- chase a new one " that will answer the purpose of an hydrau- lion and an extinguisher."' [March 27, 1833.] Voted to adopt the act of the Legislature passed March 5, 1830, estabhshing a Fire department in the Town of Nevv- burj-port.' [April 10, 1833.] Voted to accept the organization of the Fire De- partment as reported by the Selectmen.3 May 4, 1835, the selectmen were authorized to purchase a lot of land and erect a building to accommodate Engine Com- pany No. Five, Hook and Ladder Company " and a School Room, if, in their opinion, it is expedient."^ Land was pur- chased on the easterly side of Pleasant street, bounded by a way twenty-four feet wide, on the northwesterly side, and by land belonging" to the proprietors of the First Religious Soci- ety in Newburyport, on the southeasterly side, and a building suitable for the purposes named was erected there previous to March, 1836.5 On the twenty-ninth of March, 1838, the selectmen were instructed to purchase a new engine to be located in the house then occupied by engine No. Two, at the foot of Federal street,^ and March 27, 1843, they were authorized and direct- ed to build an engine house for engine company No. Six.^ On the first day of June following, the inhabitants of the town voted to appropriate " for such objects as may be rec- ommeiided by the Board of Engineers, under the direction of the Selectmen," the sum of five thousand dollars, to be trans- ' Newbuiyport Town Records, volume III, page 239. ^ Newburyport Town Records, vohime III, page 258. ■^ Newburyport Town Records, vohime III, page 263. '' Newburj'port Town Records, volume III, page 332. '" Essex Deeds, book CCLXXXVI, leaf 4. '' Newburj'port Town Records, volume IV, page 20. ' Newburyport Town Records, volume I\', page 146. ^3,928 19 219 00 194 00 lOI 29 557 52 $5,o<=><=> 00 4 o ///^ TO A' ) ■ OF NE WB L 'A' YPOK T ferred from the surplus revenue fund,' and March 25, 1844, the selectmen reported that they had paid and charged to the fire department Sundry bills amounting to ... . Bills for repairs on engine house No. 5, Bills for repairs on engine house No. 3, Distributed to firemen for furniture for engine houses, Leaving on hand for new engine and hose carriage, All the power and authority vested in the selectmen by an act passed by the General Court March 5, 1830, establishing" a fire department in Newburyport, was transferred to and vested in the mayor and aldermen by the twelfth section of the city charter, which was accepted June 3, 185 i. An ordinance providing for the payment of two hundred and twenty-five dollars annually to each engine company was passed by the city council June 6, 1853, and rules and regula- tions for the government of the fire department were adopted December 24, 1855. The steam fire engine " Eon," built in Portland, Maine, was purchased by the city of Newburyport in 1864, being accepted by the city council in November of that year.- A photograph of the engine, taken by the late Hiram P. Macintosh, is reproduced in the half-tone print on the opposite page. After nearly twenty years of hard service, the engine was condemned and sold, in 1883. March 22, 1861, during a violent snow storm, the North Congregational meeting-house, on the corner of Titcomb and Pleasant streets, was destroyed by an incendiary fire. From 1862 to 1866 much valuable property in various parts of the city was burned, and at midnight on the eighth of January, ' Newburyport Town Records, volume IV, page 164. ' Newburyport Herald, November 18, 1864. FIRE ENGINES 41 1867, the Belleville Congregational meeting-house was totally consumed. The First Parish meeting-house in Newbury was destroyed January 25, 1868, and in the month of March fol- lowing unsuccessful attempts were made to burn the Harris Street and the Congress Street meeting-houses in Newburyport. Alarmed at the frequency of these fires, large rewards were offered for the detection of the incendiary, and several sus- pected persons were closely watched by special officers em- ployed for that purpose. The vigilance of these officers prob- i)TEAM FIRE E.NCINE ably induced Leonard Choate, a young married man, about twenty-five or thirty years of age, living in a house on the northwesterly side of Tyng street, near Merrimack street, to leave the city in August, 1868, and take up his residence in Wright county, Minnesota, where he was arrested on the twentieth of September, and committed to jail in Newburyport six days later. At the session of the superior court held in Lawrence, Mass., in October, 1869, he was tried, convicted. 42 HIS TOR y OF NE JVB 1 7v' YPORT and sentenced to imprisonment for life.' He was confined in the state prison at Charlestown for more than thirty years. On account of his advanced age and mental condition, he was removed a few years ago to the state farm at Bridgewater, ' where he now is. In July, 1873, steam alarm whistles were attached to the Masconomet, Peabody, Bartlet and Ocean mills. The Mas- conomet mill whistle sounded one blast when a fire w^as dis- covered in Ward One ; the Peabody mill whistle two blasts when the fire was in Ward Two ; the Bartlet mill whistle three blasts when the fire was in Ward Three ; and the Ocean mill whistle five blasts when the fire was in Ward Five. In 1884, the Gamewell Electric F'ire Alarm system was es- tablished in Newburyport, with fifteen signal boxes between Harrison street on the east and Ashland street on the west. Since that date the poles and wires of the s}-stem have been extended in an easterly and westerly direction, and the num- ber of signal boxes increased to thirty-six. There are now in Newburyport three steam fire engines, two hose carriages and one hook and ladder company, described as follows. Engine No. One, built in 1873 by the Manchester Locomo- tive Works, rebuilt in 1902 by the Albert Russell and Sons Company. Located at the Central station. Market square. Engine No. Two, built in 1867 by the Manchester Locomo- tive Works, rebuilt in 1906 by the International Power Com- pany at Manchester, N. H. Located at the corner of Federal and Horton streets. Engine No. Three, built in 1904 by the Nott P"ire Engine Company of Minneapolis, Minn. Located on Congress street. Hose No. Seven. Located on Merrimac street, between Forrester and Ashland streets. ' Newburyport Herald, (October 28, 29 and 30, and November 11, 1869. FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF INJURED FIREMEN 43 Hose No. Eight. Located on Purchase street, near the corner of Madison street. Hook and Ladder No. One. Located at the Central sta- tion, Market square. ReUef steamer, built by the Manchester Locomotive Works in 1869, is located at the Central station, Market square, to be used in case of emergency, or when other engines are un- dergoing repairs. In addition to hose carriages Nos. Seven and Eight, each fire engine is provided with a hose wagon fully equipped and ready for use. FUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF INJURED FIREMEN. Tke Hale fund for the benefit of injured firemen was estab- lished in October, 1 846, and now amounts to the sum of eight thousand dollars. The income from this fund is used for the benefit of members of the fire department who are injured in the discharge of their duties. It is under the management and control of the chief engineer and the assistant engineers of the city of Newburyport.' The following-named persons have contributed to this fund from October, 1846, to April, 1907 : — Dr. Ebenezer Hale, October 24, 1846, .... Capt. Philip Johnson, April 21, 1852, .... Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Co., June 7, 1S52, Eastern Railroad Company, January 30, i 860, Newbuiyport Mutual Fire Insurance Co., August 7, 1S61, . James and Sarah Caldwell, June 3, 1863, .... Michael Titcomb, April 26, 1865, Josiah L. and Joshua Hale, October 30, 1869, Moses L. Hale, October 4, 187 1, Josiah L. and Joshua Hale, for the family of the late Thomas Hale, February 22, 1872,' ...... Charles H. Coffin, September 22, 1873, .... The Tyng family, October 8, 1874, ..... A friend, November 4, 1874, ...... 1 In the report of the chief engineer of the fire department for the year ending December i, 1880, the rules and regulations adopted October 24, 1S46, by the trustees of the Hale fund, are printed in full. ;?ioo GO 50 CO 100 GO 25 00 200 00 20 OG 100 GG 100 OG 50 GG 100 GO 50 00 10 OG 50 GG 44 HIS TORY OF NE WB I 'K } FOR T Ocean Steam Mills Co., November 5, 1874, Thurston & Colman, July 12, 1875, Joseph B. Morss, August 2, 1875, David Hale, April 24, 1877, Stephen Peabody, January 8, 1879, Dr. Frank A. Hale, April 30, 1880, Estate of John Osgood, August 7, 1880, Mrs. Mary Nelson and Miss Mary E. Nelson, April Richard S. Spofford, September 3, 1883, Leonard W. Sargent, in 1S85, Town of Georgetown, March 17, 1886, John Stone, June, 1886, Estate of John Currier, jr., October 29, 1887 Entertainment and ball, January 2, 1888, William H. Swasey, May 21, 1888, Albert P. Sawyer, June 29, 1888, Dr. Francis A. Howe, medical attendance, August i, i Entertainment and ball, December 21, 1888, Entertainment and ball, December 21, 1889, Lithoid Manufacturing Co., July 5, 1890, Entertainment and ball, December 19, 1890, P. J. Creeden, February 10, 1891, Edward Perkins & Son, December, 1891, Mrs. H. J. Balch, November 8, 1892, Dr. Arthur C. Nason, medical attendance, January 1, i Mrs. Helen B. Fowler, April 16, 1907, 1881 888, 906, 50 GO 50 GO 100 GO 50 00 10 00 12 00 50 OG -5 00 10 00 25 GG 100 OG 100 00 ;oo OG 301 GO 50 OG lOG GO 20 GG 399 00 187 17 100 GO 25 CO 25 GG I GO GO 26 00 1,000 OG ( )ther contributions have been received at various dates, but the names of the contributors and the amounts contributed have not been made public. The Firemen's Sick Benefit Association was organized in 1 89 1, for the relief of members unable to work on account of serious physical disability." The fund of the association, de- rived from various sources, now amounts to nearly five thou- sand dollars. An annual tax of one dollar has been collected from members and the net proceeds of the annual firemen's ball, with contributions from persons not connected with the fire department, have been received and placed to the credit of the fund, as follows : — In Mav, 1893, the association was reorganized and a new constitution adopted. lU V AND NIGHT POLICE 45 Promenade concert and ball, in 1891, <' " " " in 1892, " " " " in 1893, Mrs. William O. Moseley, in May, 1893, Fiberloid Manufacturing Co., in 1895, Dr. Francis A. Howe, medical attendance, in John T. Brown, in 1896, Promenade concert and ball, in 1 896, Alexander D. Brown, in 1897, Promenade concert and ball, in 1 898, Fair in aid of the Firemen's Benefit Associat Edward P. Shaw, in 1902, Dodge, Bliss & Co., in 1903, William H. Swasey, in 1903, Fair in aid of the Association, in 1903, Berry, Dodge & Co., in 1904, Estate Hannah B. Wood, in 1904. Fiberloid Manufacturing Co., in 1904, Citizens' Street Railroad Co., in 1904, Fair in aid of Association, in 1904, Mary A. Emery, in 1905, Edward E. Varina, in 1905, William H. Swasey, in 1905, Berry, Dodge & Co., in 1905, Helen B. Fowles, in 1905, Fair in aid of the Association, in 1905, Fair in aid of the Association, in 1906, Willard W. Dole (for benefit fund), 1907, In addition to the above-named contribution.s, smaller sums have been received from time to time from individuals inter- ested in the work of the association. The income from the fund has been expended, as needed, from year to year, for the relief of members suffering from accident or ill with disease. DAY AND NIGHT POLICE. February 8, 1764, Cutting Moody, Ralph Cross and Cutting Bartlett were elected wardens to supervise and direct the con- $100 00 129 00 200 00 50 00 100 00 n 189 )> 15 00 130 00 121 00 100 00 180 19 ition, 1 n 1902,' 592 16 25 00 25 00 50 00 400 00 25 00 50 00 250 00 50 00 861 [6 25 00 25 00 30 00 25 00 25 00 808 33 • 1,103 19 76 00 ' The donations and bequests from 1898 to 1902 have not been officially report- ed, and are not included in the above list. 4 6 HIS TORY OF NE IVB 1 7;' ) TOR T Stables in the discharge of their duties and assist them in maintaining" peace and order in the community. In September, 1768, Joshua Vickery, a ship-carpenter of Newbury, suspected of giving the collector of customs infor- mation in regard to vessels engaged in smuggling, was seized by a riotous mob and dragged through the streets of Nevv- buryport in a cart, with a rope about his neck. A few days later the town voted to appoint watchmen, such as justices and other officers could appoint, " to prevent Disorders in the Night and other Inconveniences."' During the following winter the streets of the town were patroled at night by sober and discreet men, who served without pay. In 1776, how- ever, owing to the turmoil and excitement that prevailed just previous to the declaration of national independence, it became necessary to hire men to assist Constable Kilborn in preserv- ing order. ^ In 1 78 1, the inhabitants of the town were required to serve as night watchmen, in rotation, and the selectmen were or- dered, in 1782, to make a list of prudent and discreet persons, and from that list the constables were directed to select two watchmen every night. October 6, 1 794, the town voted to employ four watchmen for six months and two for the next six months following, "the selectmen to hire sober, discreet, prudent persons, who will faithfully attend to the business. "^ March 17, 1795, a committee was appointed to look after disorderly boys and men on the street or in other public places, " and especially to attend to the behavior of people on the approaching fast, and if possible, by their advice and admonitions, prevent their assembling in the streets, fields, or other places for carrying on sports of any kind unsuitable to the day."-* 1 History' of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 46 and 47. "^ Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records, January S and May 6, 1776. •' Ne\vbur)-port Town Records, volume II, page 1 01. '' Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 109. DA Y AND NIGHT POLICE 47 December 7, 1797, the town voted to return to the old method of providing watchmen by selection from the able- bodied inhabitants of the town, in rotation ; no one to be ex- cused, except for ill health or on account of absence from town ; twelve persons to be selected and summoned daily ; the constable to attend at the watch house and set the w^atch not later than ten o'clock P. M., and report the names of those who failed to appear at the appointed time or neglected to patrol the streets and lanes of the town until sunrise. " No person hired to serve as a substitute shall be a black or colored man, or under the age of eighteen."' [April I, 1799.] Voted that the Selectmen be requested to continue the watch as it now is, viz : in rotation till the alphabet is gone thro.^ In December, 1801, the following order was adopted by the selectmen : — Essex ss. To Thomas Somerby one of the Constables of the town of Newburyport in said County Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby authorized & required to warn a watch or ward of six or eight persons, as circumstances shall require, going thro' the town in Rotation, Justices of the Peace, Selectmen & Ministers of the Gospel excepted, to patrole the town from and after nine o'clock in the evening until sun rising & so on from day to day until farther orders, and you shall charge the watch to see that all disturbances & disorders in the night be prevented & sup- pressed : that they examine all persons whom they shall see walking abroad after ten o'clock, whom they shall have reason to suspect of any unlawful intention or design, of their business abroad at such season & whither they are going & in case they give not reasonable satisfaction therein then to secure b}' imprisonment or otherwise all such disorderly persons to be safely kept until morning then to carry them before one of the next Justices of the Peace to be examined & proceeded against ac- cording to the nature of their ot^ences as is by Law directed. And such Watchmen are hereby directed to walk the rounds in & about the streets, wharves, lanes, & principal inhabited parts within the town, to prevent any danger by tire & to see that good order is kept, taking particular ' Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records. ^Newburyport Town Records, volume II, page 200. 4 8 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UK YPOR T observation & inspection of all houses & families of evil fame & strictlv observe the charge given by the Constable. Given under our hands and seals at Newburyport, this eighteenth day of December one thousand Eight hundred & One. Moses Brown ^ c- i . ,., T Selectmen Nicholas Johnson ! ^ WM Bartlet f ,. ?■' ^ . Benj Balch j -^^ Nicholas Pike )/•.,• T, -T- ( Justices of Bennaiah Titcomb - -^ , „ -' „ , I f/ic I eace.^ Charles Jackson ) July 2, 1817, the selectmen ordered Oilman White, one of the constables of Newburyport, " to warn a watch or ward " of not less than ten or more than twenty persons, to patrol the town from nine o'clock in the evening until sunrise the next morning, and directed him to select the men in alphabet- ical order, beginning with the first person named on the list prepared by the selectmen.' At a meeting held August 19, 1820, it w^as " Voted that if any [person] refuses or neglects to take his turn, wdien properly notified, he shall incur the high displeasure of this town."' In 1840, the selectmen were authorized to employ eight watchmen " to preserve order and peace in the nighttime," and seven years later they were instructed to confer with the constables of the town in regard to the arrest and safe keep- ing of disorderly persons and the employment of special offi- cers for night service.^ The executive power of the selectmen was transferred by the eighth section of the city charter, accepted and adopted June 3, 185 I, to the mayor and aldermen of the city of New- buryport ; and on the third day of July following ordinances, establishing a night watch, and authorizing the appointment and prescribing the duties of the city marshal and his assist- ants, were passed, and remained in force until repealed by new ordinances passed May 20, 1861, and September 6, 1869. ' Newbur)-port (Selectmen's) Records. - Newburj-port Town Records, volume I\', pages 84, 224 and 267. THE CURFEW ^p THE CURFEW. In 1725, the Third parish in Newbury was organized and a meeting-house built on the triangular lot of land now known as Market square, Newburyport. May 23, 1727, the parish voted to purchase a bell weighing about four hundred pounds, and also " Voted that Jonathan Woodman should treat with some gentlemen in Boston to send for a bell for said Parish." [March 19, 1727-8.] Voted that the bell of the Third Parish be Rung at nine of the clock.' Ambrose Berry, one of the constables of the town of New- bury, was paid five pounds, in 1730, "for ringing ye nine o'clock bell."- After the incorporation of Newburyport, in 1 764, the selectmen were authorized to employ a suitable per- son to attend to the ringing of the bell. April 24, 1767, they agreed with Nathaniel Aubin, for one year, and in 1 770 paid James Pettingell two pounds for twelve months' service as bell ringer. 3 In 1 78 1, the inhabitants of Newburyport voted that a bell be rung "atone o'clock in the Day and at nine o'clock at Night during the ensuing year," and a similar vote was passed for several consecutive years. ^ March 27, 1833, the selectmen were instructed to have the bells rung at sunrise as well as at one o'clock in the afternoon and nine o'clock in the evening, and these instructions were renewed annually until 1838, when the ringing of bells at sunrise was discontinued during the winter months. [March 15, 1838.] Voted that the Bells of the Federal street and Pleasant street churches be rung at sunrise for the six ensuing months beginning on the morning of the first Monday in April next. 5 ' " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 432. 2 Historj' of Newbury (Currier), page 250. 3 Newburyport (Selectmen's) Records. '' Newbur>-port Town Records, March, 1781, 1782, 1783, and 17S4. ^ Newburj'port Town Records, volume IV, page 14. 5 O HIS TORY OF NE IV B CRY PORT Subsequently the one o'clock bell was omitted, but the ringing of the nine o'clock bell was continued until the begin- ning of the twentieth century. TOWN CRIER. The appointment of a suitable person to announce the loss of property or the sale of "goods, wares and merchandise," was authorized by the General Court more than a century previous to the incorporation of Xewburvport. [June 14, 1642.] Ordered that hee who is to en,- things lost shal keepe a booke, wherein hee shall write downe faithfully all such things, wth the markes, the p"ties names & the dayes of crs-ing it, for w"ch he shall have 2d Hee is to crye at 3 severall times : & this order is to be observed in everv' towne."' At a meeting of the selectmen of Boston held March 26, 1666, John Crosse was appointed *• to be the Towne crser, to be allowed 2^ for what he cryeth att the meeting house. And what he Cr\-e vpp & downe from street to street is to be al- lowed 6^."- October 23, 1668, the General Court made the following reply to a petition presented by the constable of Newbur\- : — In ansr to the peticon of John Webster, constable of Newbury, hum- bly craving that his bill of charge expended on hue en crys &c, amount- ing to thirty six shillings, might be allowed him the Court judgeth it meete to refer the bill to the Treasurer of the Country to examine & allow what he sees & finds to be just.3 In 1698, any person finding money or merchandise in the town where he resided was required by law to cause the same " to be cryed by the constable or public cryer." If the value of the property exceeded twenty shillings, the inhabitants of neighboring towns were to be notified in the same manner.^ 1 Massachusetts Colony Records, volume II, page 14. - Records of the Town of Boston ( 1 660- 1 701 ), page 30. ^ Massachusetts Colony Records, volume \\ . part II, page 406. '' Pro\"ince Laws, volume I, page 326. TO WN CRIER 5 I The town criers in Newbury probably served for an indefi- nite term of years, but no record of their appointment has been found. They were evidently licensed like auctioneers or harbor pilots, and allowed to serve during good behavior. In Boston no person was permitted " to cry any Sort of Goods, Wares or Merchandise" unless licensed by the selectmen. [March 9, 1724.] Voted that no person whatsoever presume to be a Comon Cryer, or Cry any Sort of Goods, Wares or Merchandize Lost or Found or Stolen Goods, Strays, Pubhck Sales &c within any of the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, or Market place or places of the Town on Penalty of ten shillings for every offence. Except only such Person or Persons as shall be Licensed by the Selectmen.' A town crier was api^ointed in Newburyport soon after the incorporation of the town. In February, 1774, Holland Shaw, having been detected in stealing a shirt, was compelled to walk through the principal streets, preceded by the town crier, William Douglass, beating his brass-barreled drum.' In 1824, William Pike Lunt, who had served as drummer in the Revolutionary war, was licensed to sell merchandise at auction, announce the loss of valuable property, and give no- tice of the finding of cattle, horses, money or jewelry. He was evidently a genial and popular official, with some marked peculiarities and idiosyncrasies. In riding horseback, an art in which he supposed himself to excell, he cut a queer figure from the brevity of his legs and his commanding mili- tary air. When marching to the tap of his own drum, he moved with a step which indicated a conscious importance of the event he was to an- nounce, whether it was a lost child or an approaching auction sale. He alwa3-s seemed to imagine that he possessed peculiar and eminent cjuali- fications as an auctioneer for the sale of horses. In this capacity he was not unfrecjuently called upon to exercise his calling at the market place, and then was the moment for the congregating of market men about his stand for the enjoyment of the innocent sport which inevitably ensued. The jolly disposition and cheery countenance of this light-hearted and ^ Records of tlie Town of Boston ( 1700-172S). page 1S9. ^ History of Newbury (Cot^n), page 243. 52 HIS TOR 1 ' OF NE WB VRVPORT fun-loving little man was admirably displayed at his auction sales, notice of which attractive event was given by sundry energetic rolls upon his drum. He was possessed of a sharp, clear voice, by which he could make himself heard over the entire market-place. His official sticcessor was less prominent in public affairs, but served his townsmen with fidelity for many years. The following notice appeared in the Xewburyport Herald March 14. 1828 : — Archibald Sprague respectfully informs the public that he will serve them as Town Crier. Any person wanting his services will please apply at his house in Lime street. James L. Foote held the office of town crier from 1832 to 1 848. He was quite infirm with age, and during the last years of his life almost totally blind and unable to find his way to and from the market place without assistance. He lived with his wife and several children in a two-story dwell- ing house which then stood on the northeasterly corner of Temple and Fair streets. John Hidden was appointed town crier by the selectmen of Xewburyport in 1848. Soon after the adoption of the city charter, in 185 1, the ma)or and aldermen were authorized to license one or more persons to serve as common criers. No person not licensed as aforesaid shall presume to be a common crier or to cry any sort of articles, lost or found, stolen goods, stravs, ENCCH C. FI..\NDERS. OLD DWELLING HOUSES AND BATHING HOUSES 53 public sales, or other things, in any of the streets or public places of the city.' Mr. Hidden was granted a license by the mayor and alder- men, and held the office until his death, March 19, 1872. Enoch C. Flanders was appointed to fill the vacancy occa- sioned by the death of Mr. Hidden. Although lame and otherwise disabled by a stroke of paralysis, he was active and enero-etic, and received the support of many influential friends. He has continued to serve the inhabitants of Newburyport as common crier from June, 1872. until the present time. His familiar form and features are reproduced in the half-tone print on the oj^posite page. OLD DWELLING HOUSES AND BATHING HOUSES. Many of the old houses now standing in Newburyport have been described in a previous volun-ie.- Some additional facts relating to them will be found in the Reminiscences of a Non- agenarian, ^ and in a series of historical sketches recently pub- lished by Oliver B. Merrill.^ Other houses of earlier or later construction, formerly oc- cupied by men more or less conspicuous in the history of the town, are briefly described in the following pages. The Titcomb house, on the northwesterly side of Green street, near Merrimack street, was probably erected more than a century ago. Gyles Cromwell, or Cromlon, was one of the early settlers of Newbury. At the laying out of the new town, in 1642, he was granted a house lot on Fish, now State street , ' An ordinance concerning common criers, passed August iS, 185 i. ^ "Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches. "* Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian, pages 229-239. ■• Newburyport Daily News, May to September, 1906, January 27 to February 29, 1908. 5 " In consideration of Gyles Cromlon, alias Cromwell, his resigning up into the Towns hands an house lott at old Towne and an acre more where his house stood which he doth by these presents, they Granted him an acre in the Little field and an house Lott of four acres on fish street to enjoy to him and his heyrs for- ever." — Neivbury {^Proprietors') Records^ volume I, page J4. 5 4 f^^S TOR } ■ OF NE WB i 'R } 'FOR F and subsequently purchased several acres of land adjoining, extending to Ordway's lane, now Market street, Newburyport. Argentine, daughter of Gyles Cromwell, and wife of Benjamin Cram of Hampton, N. H., sold, March 8, 1674-5, two years after the death of her father, half an acre of this land to Richard Dole, who conveyed it, July 15, 1695, to Benaiah Titcomb/ A two-story dwelling house was erected on this land soon after the last-named date, which subsequently became the property of Enoch, son of Benaiah Titcomb.- When a portion of the town of Newbury was set off and incorporated by the name of Newburyport, in 1764, this house was within the limits of the new town. It remained in the possession of Enoch Titcomb until the day of his death. In the division of his estate, December 9, 1782, it was assigned to Enoch Titcomb, jr., son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Moody) Titcomb. Enoch Titcomb, jr., was a blacksmith. He died February 10, 1799, aged seventy-seven. In the inventory of his estate, returned to the probate court on the ninth of May following, the land on the corner of Merrimack and Green streets, with the mansion house and other buildings thereon, was appraised at three thousand dollars. November i, 1800, this house and land was set off and conveyed by deed to Sarah, sister of Enoch Titcomb, jr., and "also three fioor pews numbered twenty-two, twenty-five and fifty-six, and two gallery pews numbered forty-seven and thirteen in the meeting house where the Rev. Mr. Boddily officiates."'' January 23, 1801, Sarah Titcomb, widow, sold the house and land to Moses Brown. He built the brick storehouse now standing on the northeasterly side of the old mansion house at the corner of Merrimack and Green streets. He died February 9, 1827, and by the terms of his will the mansion 1 " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical sketches, pages 144 and 145. - See will of Benaiah Titcomb, proved March 5, 1728-9. Enoch Titcomb was born April i, i('')^. He married Elizabeth Moody [anuary i. 1719. ■' Essex Deeds, book 168, leaves 196 and 198. 5 6 HfS TOR Y OF NE IV B CRY PORT house, with other real and personal estate, became the prop- erty of his granddaughter, Sarah White Bannister, who mar- ried Dr. Ebenezer Hale June 13, 1844. She died February 29, 1880, leaving no children, and the house, with the brick building adjoining, was assigned, in the division of the estate, to the heirs of Samuel Brown, who still retain possession of the property." A photographic view of the house, now more than two centuries old, is reproduced in the half-tone print on the pre- ceding page. MOUNT RURAL. Archelaus, sometimes called Hercules, Woodman came from Malford, England, in the ship James, in 1635.^ He set- tled in Newbury, and was granted about four acres of land on the Ouascacunquen, now Parker, river, " bounded by High street on the south, Mr. Rawson on the north, Henry Lunt on the west, & Nicholas Holt on the east."^ When the new town was laid out, in 1645, he was granted, or acquired by purchase, ten or twelve acres of land on the southwesterly corner of the country road, now High street, and the lane "going down to the Aspen Swamp," now Top- pan street. On this land he built a dwelling house that he owned and occupied for more than fifty years. In considera- tion of the payment of a certam sum annually for the sup- port of himself and wife, he conveyed all his property, January 6, 1698-9, to his grandson, Archelaus Adams. ^ In the will of Archelaus Adams, dated May 24, 1753, and proved September twenty-seventh following he gave to his sons John, Samuel and Archelaus, " and to Mary and Elizabeth, ' Essex (Probate) Records, book 406, leaves 156-164. ^ History of Newbury (Currier), page 32. ^ " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical .Sketches, page 14; Newbury (Proprietors') Records, pages 56-5S. '' Essex Deeds, book 14, leaf 57. MOUNT RURAL 57 daughters of his son Stephen Adams, deceased," all his real estate not otherwise disposed of. January 20, 1756, Jeremiah Pearson, jr., married Mary, widow of Stephen Adams,' and subsequently purchased the land on the southwesterly corner of the Country road and Toppan's lane, with the buildings thereon.^ He sold the property to Jacob Toppan August 24, 1764.^ July 25, 1769, Elizabeth Toppan, widow and administratrix of the estate of Jacob Toppan, conv^eyed the above-described dwelling house and land to Daniel Farnham, who retained possession of it until his death. May 18, I776.'* In the settlement of Mr. Farnham's estate, the land on the corner of High street and Toppan's lane was set off, April 24, 1787, to his only son William, and to his daughters Sibyll, who married Dr. Micajah Sawyer, Hannah, who married Rev. Ezra Weld, Katharine, who married Capt. John Hay, and Dorothy, who married Josiah Smith. Subsequently, the above- named children of Daniel Farnham conveyed the property to Josiah Smith, who probably gave it the name of " Mount Rural," after taking the o!d mansion house down and building the one now standing there.5 At that date, Mr. Smith was engaged in mercantile pur- suits, but at the date of his marriage he was a physician.** His wife died September 14, 1801 ; and, June 12, 1804, "^^ married Mary Plummer of Newburyport. Sibyll Sawyer Smith, a daughter by his wife Dorothy, married Alexander Richards January 9, 1812, and Caroline Smith, another daughter, married Capt. Moses Emery December 15, 18 14. Mr. Smith was a member of the committee appointed to ' Essex Antiquarian, volume II, page 90. * Essex Deeds, book 112, leaf 237. Essex Deeds, book 1 19, leaf 36. '' Essex Deeds, book 126, leaf 204. " Essex Deeds, book 161, leaf 139; book 166, leaf 164; book 168, leaves 264 and 299. ^ See advertisements in the Morning Star, Impartial Herald and other newspa- pers of that date; and Newbui-yport (Intentions of Marriage) Records, Seftember 14, 1782. 58 HIS TORY OF NE WB L 'R } 'FOR T receive President Monroe when he visited Newburyport in July, 1817. He was also a member of the committee ap- pointed to receive General LaFayette in August, 1824.' He died September 9, 1828, and, by his will proved on the thir- tieth day of that month, he gave to his granddaughters, Sibyll, Ellen, and Mary Leonard Richards, and Caroline Emery, each one-fourth of his real estate. May 23, 1833, "the residence of the late Dr. Josiah Smith " was sold, by order of the probate court, at auction, to Joseph Johnson, for the sum of five thousand, eight hun- dred and sixty dollars.- In 1836, the house was occupied by Aaron Dow, a botanical physician, whose theory and practice of medicine was severely criticised by some of his fellow practitioners.' October 6, 1846, Mr. Johnson sold to Dr. Ebenezer Hale, " all that place known b)- the name of Mount Rural, on the corner of High street and Toppan's lane, with all the build- ings thereon. "•♦ Doctor Hale died August 2, 1847, leaving a widow, Sarah White (Kannister) Hale, who retained possession of the house and land until her death, February 29, 1880. In her will, proved on the twelfth day of April following, she gave the property to Capt. Joshua Hale, brother of her late husband, who by his will, proved May 28, 1894, gave it to his daugh- ter, Mrs. Alice L. Atkinson, the present owner. HOUSE AND SHOP AT CORNER OF SUMMER AND HIGH STREETS. August 12, 1 76 1, Daniel Bayley bought of Moses Ordway a lot of land in Newbury, bounded southwesterly by High street, northwesterly by land of Caleb Stickney, northeasterly by land of Reuben Mace and southeasterly by a way, now 1 Ilistor)' of Newburyport (Currier), volume I. pages 415 and 416. 2 Newburjport Herald, May 24, 1S33; Essex Deeds, book 278, leaves 90 andgi. 3 See communication printed in the Newbmyport Herald April 21, 1S36. ■• Essex Deeds, book 373, leaf 211, and plan of the estate filed with record of the deed. THE TABERNACLE IN TEMPLE STREET 59 Summer street." On this lot of land Mr. Bayley erected a shop, where he made and sold earthen ware. When New- buryport was incorporated, in 1764, the land, with the build- ings thereon, was within the limits of the new town. In a mortgage deed to Daniel Farnham, dated May 11, 1764, the property is described as follows : — A certain dwelling house and Potter's shop and Kiln adjoining and the Stone and Floor for Grinding the Clay, the Wheels, Irons & Utensils to the Potter's business belonging and in said Shop together with about ten rods of land on which the House, Shop &c are Erected and Situated near Saint Paul's Church in Newburyport.- In addition to his skill as a potter Mr. Bayley had consid- erable musical ability. He pubhshed and sold, from 1764 to 1784, a great variety of singing books.^ He died previous to March 27, 1792; and in the settlement of his estate the dwelling house, shop and land became the property of his sons, Daniel and William Bayley.-* THE TABERNACLE IN TEMPLE STREET. November 23, 1774, Benjamin Balch bought of Isaac Walker and Timothy Dexter land on the southwesterly side of Temple street,5 and erected a building called the Assembly house, where social entertainments and dancing parties were held for many years. October 28, 1779, Capt. Samuel New- hall bought this property, '' with all appurtenances thereunto belonging,'"' and, January 16, 1783, he sold to John Mycall of Newburyport "a certain building situate in Temple street in said Newburyport known by the name of the Assembly house, together with the land on which said house now stands."^ ' Essex Deeds, book iii, leaf 177. 2 Essex Deeds, book iii, leaf 266; and book ij6, leaf 26. 3 Histoiy of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 474-480. ^ Essex (Probate) Records, book 365, leaf 410. = Essex Deeds, book 133, leaf 274. ^ Essex Deeds, book 138, leaf 46. ' Essex Deeds, book 140, leaf 94. 6o HIS TOR Y OF NE WB I R 5 TOR T Mr. Mycall was for nearly twenty years editor and proprie- tor of the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, and the publisher of many books, some of which were evidently print- ed in Temple street for booksellers in Boston and elsewhere.' In 1794 or 1795, he retired from business, and removed to Harvard, in Worcester county. May 6, i 799, he sold to John O'Brien, David Coffin, Benjamin Wyatt, Richard Pike and Nehemiah Haskell a building "known formerly by tlie name of the Assembly house, now by the name of the Printing Office," with the land under and adjoining the same.- A few years later this building was used as a place of pub- lic worship by the members of the First Baptist Society, Rev. John Peak, minister, and was then known as the " Taberna- cle." April 14, 1815, the fire wards of the town reported that it was unsafe, and requested the selectmen to have it removed. They reported on the sixth of November following that the owners of the building had taken it down. HOUSE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BROWN AND HIGH STREETS. June 6, 1803, Ebenezer Wheelwright of Newbury sold to Enoch Thurston of Newburyport a lot of land on what is now the northwesterly corner of Brown and High streets.^ Sub- sequently, Moses Brown, merchant, purchased a portion of this land and laid out a way, three rods wide, from High street southwesterly to land owned by himself and John Greenleaf, as stated in the following conveyance recorded in the registry of deeds at Salem :- — Whereas I the said Moses Brown Marchant and John Greenleaf of Newburj-port gentleman, mutually agreed for our benefit and convenience to lay out a way of four rods wide leading from High street in Newbury in said County of Essex, nearly at right angles with said High street and ' Histor)' of Newburj'port (Currier), volume I, pages 484-492. ^ Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 43. ^ Essex Deeds, book 171, leaf 265. HOUSE ON CORNER OF BROWN AND HIGH STREETS 61 running southwesterly by lands of said Greenleaf, myself and Enoch Thurston late of said Newburyport, joiner deceased and for the purpose of laying out said way I purchased of said Enoch Thurston a piece or strip of land of about three rods in width and about sixteen and a half rods in length to be laid down as a way as may appear by the deed of the said Thurston bearing date Nov. 9, 1803, duly executed and recorded, and it being found that a large dwelling house which said Thurston was building stood partly on the northwesterly side of said strip of land, con- veyed as aforesaid, and whereas for the accommodation of said Thurston in his life time I agreed with him, with consent of said Greenleaf that said way might be only about three rods in width, and that I would release to him the said Thurston part of the said land which he had conveyed to me as aforesaid : Now therefore to carry said agreement into effect Know ye that I the said Moses Brown for and in Consideration of the within premises and the sum of two hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents already paid me by John Thurston of Newburyport do release and quit claim to the said Thurston for the benefit of the estate of Enoch Thurston part of said piece of land beginning at the easterly corner of the late Enoch Thurston's land on High street, thence by said street south- easterly one rod to said three rod way, thence by said way southwesterly sixteen rod two feet to my own land, thence northwesterly by my own land one rod to land of said Enoch Thurston, thence by land of said Thurston to first mentioned bounds, it being about one third part of the land conveyed to me aforesaid.' September 20, 1805, John Thurston of Newbury sold the land on the corner of High and Brown streets to Martha Thurston " for the benefit of the estate of the late Enoch Thurston."- On the fifteenth of November following, Martha Thurston, widow and administratrix of the estate of Enoch Thiu-ston, conveyed the above-described land, with the build- ings thereon, to Samuel Newman of Newburyport, ^ and on the second of December Edward St. Loe Livermore purchased the land of Mr. Newman, " with materials for finishing the buildings thereon."-* Mr. Livermore was a prominent lawyer in Newburyport at that date, and was afterwards a member of ' Essex Deeds, book 176, leaf 215. 2 Essex Deeds, book 177, leaf 98. ^ Essex Deeds, book 178, leaf 45. '' Essex Deeds, book 177, leaf 93. 6 2 HIS TOR y OF NE W B I R 3 'FOR T congress from the Fourth Middle district. He employed carpenters to complete the house, which he owned and occu- pied until he removed to Boston, in April, i8ii, when he conveyed the properly to Robert Foster.' June 2i, 1813, John Dean purchased the house and land, " being- the prem- ises purchased by the said Foster of Edward St. Loe Liver- more, including one-half of the well and pump and pump house covering the same."- Mr. Dean sold the property to George F.Pearson October 6, 1834 ;J and July 18, 1838, it came into the possession of Micajah Lunt.-* Captain Lunt owned and occupied the house until his death, January 8, 1874. In his will, proved on the twentieth of January following, the house and land, after the decease of his wife, was devised to his son, Edmund Sydney Lunt, and to his daughter, Mary Coffin Lunt. March 21, 1874, Edmund Sydney Lunt con- veyed one-undivided-half of the property to his sister, Mary Coffin Lunt. 5 She subsequently married Col. Edward O. Shepard, now deceased, and still owns and occupies the house. HOVT HOUSE AT CORNER OF JOHNSON AND HIGH STREETS. Joseph Hoyt, who died previous to March 20, 1780, was the owner of about thirteen acres of land on the southwest- erly side of High street, near what is now the corner of Johnson street, and also of two dwelling houses on Queen, now Market, street.'' After his death, the land on High street, with the houses on Queen street, became the property of his widow and children. ^ May 19, 1806, William Hoyt purchased about four acres of land, which had been " set off to Elizabeth Hoyt as a part of her share in the estate of her ' Essex Deeds, book 194, leaf 36.- '^ Essex Deeds, book 202, leaf 39. •' Essex Deeds, book 276, leaf 292. ■* Essex Deeds, book 307, leaf 220. ^ Essex Deeds, book 500, leaf 170. * Essex (Probate) Records, book 356, leaf 94. ' Essex Deeds, book 158, leaf 105; and book 165, leaf 81. IIOrSE ON COK.YEK OF JO HA SON AND IJIG^ STREETS:. 63 father, Joseph Hoyt, deceased,"' and erected thereon the three-story dweUing house now standing on the southwesterly corner of High and Johnson streets. In 1 8 12, Capt. Wilham Hoyt became involved in financial difficulties, and made an assignment of his property to Wil- liam Woart and Orlando B. Merrill of Newbury, who con- veyed the house, with about sixty-three rods of land under and adjoining the same, to David Stickney of Newburyport April 26, 18 1 3.' Captain Stickney died in February, 1820, leaving a widow and four children, the oldest ten, and the youngest five years of age. In 1826, Elizabeth, widow of David Stickney, married Rev. Henry C. Wright, pastor of the First Parish church and soci- ety in West Newbury. April 6, 1832, Henry C. Wright, guardian of Elizabeth Le Breton Stickney, Hannah Lee Stick- ney, Peter Le Breton Stickney and Mary Thurston Stickney, minor children of David Stickney, sold to Amos Noyes the land on the corner of High street and Stickney' s lane, or the way to Common pasture, now Johnson street, with the buildings thereon. 3 Joseph W. Hale, of Bangor, Maine, purchased the property July 20, 1835, and sold it, October 17, 1836, to Henry W. Kinsman.^ It remained in the possession of Mr. Kinsman until his death, December 4, 1859. Clara (Kinsman) Bradford, Mary McKinstry Howe and Louisa H. Kinsman, " daughters of Henry W. Kinsman, de- ceased," conveyed the house and land to Capt. George L. Rogers in 1862.5 Lucy E. R. Hill, Orythia W. Knapp and Alice Rogers, " heirs at law of the late George L. Rogers," sold the prop- erty to Emily Harwood of Boston October 20, 1873.'' ' Essex Deeds, book 179, leaf 1 1 1 ; also book 176, leaf 70. ' Essex Deeds, book 200, leaf ;!6S. ■* Essex Deeds, book 264, leaf iio; and book 265, leaf 122. ■* Essex Deeds, book 281, leaf 1S6; and book 293, leaf 234. * Essex Deeds, book 642, leaves 296 and 297. ^ Essex Deeds, book S92, leaf 54. Capt. George L. Rogers died March 28, 1872. 64 HIS TOR I ' OF NE IV B I 'R ) TOR T Cyrus p. Stevens of Newburyport bought the house. " with about sixty-three rods of land under and adjoinini;- the same," October 2, 1877,' and sold it, August 6, 1897, to the present owner and occupant, Frank F. Morrill. - HOUSES ON HIGH STREET, OPPOSITE KENT STREET. William Hoyt and his assignees, William Woart and Or- lando B. Merrill, conveyed to Thomas Gary, merchant, by deed dated April 26, 18 13, several lots of land on the south- w^esterly side of High street, opposite Kent street, now owned by William W. Goodwin and the estate of Rev. John W. ]3odge.^ In his will, dated June 23, 18 18, proved July 4, 1820, Thomas Gary gave the land on High street, with the residue of his estate, after the payment of certain legacies, to the president and fellows of Harvard college, the income to be used to assist " young men of competent talents, pure morals and piety, in preparing themselves for the Ghristian ministry." Ephraim W. Allen, proprietor and publisher of the New- buryport Herald, bought the land May 4, 1 83 1, and sold it, October 23, 1843, to Gharles W. Storey and Thomas W. Burnham.-* Mr. Story died January 8, 1845, ^"^1 a jxartition of the land was made by a committee appointed b)' the probate court on the twenty-third of October following. September i, 1862, William W. Goodwin purchased that portion of the land set off and assigned to Thomas W. Burnham, and built the house now standing there and numbered 213 High street. 5 November 8, 1859, John J. Gurrier bought of Lydia M. and Garoline A. W. Storey, daughters of Gharles W\ Storey, the land set off and assigned to the said Gharles W. Storey, ' Essex Deeds, book 984, leaf 264. ^ Essex Deeds, book 1522, page 469. •* Essex Deeds, book 201, leaf 129. ■* Essex Deeds, book 339, leaves 293 and 297. '" Essex Deeds, book 642, leaf 13. HOUSES ON GREEN AND HARRIS STREETS 65 and sold it, July 23, 1887, to Rev. John Webster Dodge, who built, two or three years later, the house No. 211 High street/ HOUSES ON GREEN AND HARRIS STREETS. In 1805, Leonard Smith purchased a lot of land on the southwest corner of Green and Harris streets, on which he built two brick dwelling houses, No. 37 Green street and No. 5 Harris street.' Owing to financial embarrassment, this property, with other real estate, was conveyed to John Pea- body,3 and subsequently re-conveyed to Leonard Smith.-* Jan. uary 3, 181 1, Abraham Jackson purchased the land and build- ings on Green and Harris streets. 5 In June, 18 12, Andrew Frothingham brought suit against Leonard Smith for the payment of five thousand dollars, with interest, and obtained judgment, receiving in settlement of his claim a deed of the house and land on the corner of Green and Harris streets, signed and delivered July 22, 18 12, by Philip Bagley, sheriff." The same day the Newburyport Bank received a deed of the house No. 5 Harris street, with the land under and adjoining the same, in settlement of its claim against Abraham Jackson. ^ Andrew Frothingham owned and occupied the house on the corner of Green and Harris streets until his death. In a codicil to his will, proved March 12, 1833, he gave the land, with the buildings thereon, to his son Henry, who died in 1864. Jane F'rothingham, widow, and executrix of the will of Henry Frothingham, sold the house and land to Ebenezer Sumner June 2, 1865,^^ and July 30, 1904, Eben Sumner and ' Essex Deeds, book 1203, page 113. 2 Essex Deeds, book 176, leaf JS7; and book 178, leaf 38. ■^ Essex Deeds, book 186, leaf :;9. ■* Essex Deeds, book 192, leaf 164. ^ Essex Deeds, book 191, leaf 190. '' Book of Executions, No. I, leaf 251. ' Book of Executions, No. I, leaf 253. * Essex Deeds, book 685, leaf 152. 66 HIS TOR Y OF NEU'Bl R \ TOR T Mary F. Sumner, " son and daughter of the late Ebenezer Sumner," conveyed the property to Edward P. Shaw, Fred L. Atkinson and Henry J. Downer, trustees, for the Newbury- port Lodge, No. 909, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America.' May 3, 1831, the Newburyport Bank sold one-half of the dwelling house No. 5 Harris street, with the land under and 1 01 I i™i oil "^1 i i;tj irf^ IHi iri y I ■ ■ I KKSIDKNCE OK CAIT. WII.I.IAM NirmH.S. adjoining the same, to William Nichols, an active and enter- prising shipmaster, who was in command of the privateer Decatur, and afterwards of the Harpy, in the war of 1812.- The other half of the house was sold the same day to Eliza- beth, wife of John Wood.^ She conveyed the property to 1 Essex Deeds, book 1750, page 26. 2 Esse.x Deeds, book 262, leaf 104; Histor)- of Newbun-port (Currier), volume I, pages 651-653 and 661-664. ^ Essex Deeds, book 259, leaf J45. BATHING HOUSES 67 Rev. Frederick T. Gray of Boston," who sold it in 1842 to Captain Nichols.' A photographic view of the house is reproduced in the half-tone print on the opposite page. Captain Nichols, in his will, dated March 14, 1861, and proved March 17, 1863, gave one-third of the land, with the dwelling house thereon, to each of his three daughters, Mar- tha W. Todd, Lydia B. Hale and Mary Caroline Nichols. It subsequently became, by purchase and inheritance, the property of George E. Hale, only son of Benjamin and Lydia B. Hale, and grandson of Capt. William Nichols. BATHING HOUSES. July 23, 1805, the subscribers to a fund for building or buying a bathing house in Newburyport were requested to meet at the tavern kept by Mr. Perkins-^ (Wolfe tavern) ; and four days later John Boardman conveyed to Stephen Howard, William \^'oart and Abraham Perkins land on a way to be laid down two rods wide,+ leading from Pleasant to Mer- rimack streets, " to and for the use, benefit and Behoof of Edward St. Loe Livermore, Daniel A. White, Samuel Foster and others, their associates, who have by a certain Instrument or articles of agreement associated together for the purpose of erecting a Bathing house. "^ The building was probably completed and occupied early in the spring of 1806. Members of the association were fur- nished with hot or cold baths any day in the week, Sundays excepted, from six o'clock a. m. to ten o'clock p. m.^ February 28, 1807, Edward St. Loe Livermore, Jonathan Gage, Stephen Howard and William Woart, their associates 1 Essex Deeds, book 307, leaf 297. 2 Essex Deeds, book 331, leaf 203. •* Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette. '' Unicorn street. ' Essex Deeds, book 179, leaf 104. ^ Advertisement in Newburyport Herald, May 23, 1S06. 68 I^IS TOR Y OF NE WB I 'R YPOR T and successors, were incorporated by the name of " The Pro- prietors of a Bathing House in Newburyport."' On the twenty-fifth of September following, Stephen Howard, Wil- liam Woart, Abraham Perkins, Edward St. Loe Livermore, Daniel A. White and Samuel Foster conveyed the above-de- scribed land, with the buildings thereon, to the proprietors of the bathing house.- November i, 1814, the proprietors sold the property to Jeremiah and David Stickney.^ At or about that date a bathing house was erected on the wharf where the custom house now stands. June 12, 1827, William Hervey notified the public that he had purchased the building on "Jackson's wharf" and thoroughly repaired and relurnished it for the use of ladies and gentlemen desiring hot or cold baths. In 1834, there was a bathing house on Merrimack street, near the bottom of Strong street, open from five o'clock a. m. to ten o'clock p. m., during the summer season.^ After the erection of the custom house, in 1835, Nathan W. Brown fitted up a building on an adjoining wharf, where he furnished hot or cold salt-water baths for persons willing to pay for the same ; "= and in 1845 another bathing" house, '' nearly opposite the James Steam Mills," was supplied with all the modern conveniences, and well patronized during the summer months.'' In 1892, the City Improvement society presented to the city of Newburyi)ort a floating bath house, which was moored in the dock at the foot of Winter street, and opened for use, free of charge, in August of that year. It was kept in good order and condition, by the committee on public property, un- til the spring of 1906, when it was found to be unsuitable for further service, and a few months later was sold. ' Acts and Resolves, 1806- 1807, chapter 108. ^ Essex Deeds, book 184, leaf 94. ^ Essex Deeds, book 208, leaf 37. '' Advertisement in the Newbur^'port Herald, July 2::, 1834. ' Advertisement in the Newburj'port Herald, Aug. i, 1837. *" Advertisement in the Newburyport Herald, Sept. 5, 1845. STEAM NAVIGATION ON MERRIMACK RIVER 69 STEAM NAVIGATION ON MERRIMACK RIVER. As early as 18 16 a small steamboat was built at Lowell and used during the summer months, transporting passengers to Andover and other towns in that vicinity. This steamboat had two wheels on each side, connected by an iron chain, with wooden buckets or paddles attached, which passed over one wheel, near the bow, down into the water, and then up over the other wheel, near the stern, propeUing the boat at the rate of five or six miles per hour against wind and tide.' In 18 1 8, the steamboat Mobile was built in Amesbury by Thomas Bailey for Capt. Edmund Bartlet and others of New- buryport. When she was nearly ready to launch, the editor of the Newburyport Semi-weekly Herald, commenting on the fact, said, " We beUeve she is not excelled by any vessel of her class ever built in the United States, as to strength, good model, and excellent workmanship." She was rigged as a three-masted schooner and sailed November 16, 18 18, for Boston, where she was supplied with an engine and boiler, and thence for Mobile, where she was employed in towing vessels in the bay and on the Alabama river.- The steamer Merrimack, built in Haverhill, William Hasel- tine, master, made her first trip from that town to Newbury- port, Tuesday, April 8, 1828. For several years she carried passengers and merchandise, during the summer months, from Haverhill and other towns on the river to Newburyport. ^ In 183 1, the steamboat Mechanic made excursions in the bay and to Haverhill ;•» and about the same time the steamer Fanny was advertised to leave Newburyport for occasional trips to Boar's Head, the Isle of Shoals, Portsmouth and Boston. ' Contributions of Old Residents to the Historical Association of Lowell, Mass., volume I, pages 318-336. - Newburyport Herald, September 29, and November 13 and 17, 181S. ^ Newbmyport Herald, April 11, 1825, and July 28, 1S29. ■* Newburyport Herald, August 30, and September 6, 1 831. 70 HIS TOR } ' OF NE WB I 'K YPOK T In 1833, the side-wheel steamboat Herald, about ninety feet long on deck and twenty feet wide, was built near the head of the Middlesex canal, above Pawtucket falls, and made her first trip from Lowell to Nashua May 31, 1834. Six years later she was sold, taken down the river to New^bury- port, and thence to New York, where she was employed trans- porting passengers to Albany and other towns on the Hudson river.' In 1834, a small, well-built boat, named the Essex, owned by Michael Pearson and George Fitz of Newburyport, carried passengers during the summer months to Plum island and Haverhill." She was propelled by horse power, and was in service on the river for several seasons. In July, 1835, the steamer Citizen was advertised to make excursion trips from Ferry wharf to Portsmouth and Boston. The steam propeller Decatur, owned by Albert Wood, John Porter and John Wood, was built by Stephen Jackman, jr., and made her first trip from Newburyport to Boston April 21, 1845, Joseph Bartlett, master. The side-wheel steamboat Ohio was launched from the yard of Stephen Jackman, jr., April 7, 1846. Under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Lunt, she made two trips weekly from Newburyport to Boston un- til May, 1847, when she was sold to run in a line of steam packets from New Orleans to Galveston. April 9, 1846, John Porter, John Wood, Micajah Lunt and their associates were incorporated by the name of " The New- buryport, Boston and Haverhill Steam Boat Company," with power to build and employ one or more steamboats for the transportation of merchandise and passengers between New- buryport and Boston and on the Merrimack river.^ On the thirtieth of June following the side-w^heel steamer Lawrence, just completed, commenced her daily trips between Newbury- ^ Contributions of Old Residents to the Historical Association of Lowell, Mass., volume I, pages 318-336. 2 Newburyport Herald, July, 1834, July 10 and 24, and August 4, 1835. 3 Acts and Resolves, 1846, chapter 204. STEAM NAVIGATION ON MERRIMACK RIVER 71 port and Haverhill. She left Central wharf at one o'clock P. M, for Haverhill, returning the next day, leaving Haver- hill at half-past eight o'clock in the morning, and stopping, on the way up and down, to take passengers at the usual landing places.' She was sold in 1848, and employed in the trans- portation of passengers between Norwich and New London, in Connecticut. March 3, 1847, John Burrill, John Huse, John N. Wills and their associates were incorporated by the name of " The Merrimack Steam Navigation Company," and authorized to build or employ one or more steamboats to be used in the harbor of Newburyport or on the Merrimack river,- June 16, 1848, a new steamer, named the Lawrence, made her first trip from Newburyport to Haverhill, and thence to Lawrence.^ She was a small boat, drawing only fifteen inches of water, and was employed on the river for one season only. \\\ 1849, she was sold to the New Bedford and California Mining Com- pany, and was afterwards employed on the San Joaquin river, between San Francisco and Stockton, and on the Yuba river between Sacramento and Marysville.^ In the summer of 1849, the steamer California, built in Waterville, Maine, Eleazer R. Walker and Albert Ivussell, owners, and A. Fuller, master, made two trips daily between Newburyport and Haverhill ; and at the same time the steamer Sarah, Capt. Isaac Shepard, was advertised to take merchan- dise and passengers from Newburyport to other towns on the river. Both these steamers were sold in September of that year to be taken to Boston and thence to San Francisco. ' Newbur)'port Herald, July 17, 1846. 2 Acts and Resolves, 1847, chapter 38. 3 Newbuiyport Herald, June 17, 1848. ^ The steamer Lawrence was completely dismantled in the dock at Brown's wharf, Newburyport, by Charles R. Sargent and Daniel H. Smith. Her ma- chinery was taken out and shipped to San Francisco, with all the timber, planks, bolts and other material used in the construction of her hull. Under the super- vision of Mr. Smith, she was rebuilt in California, and was the first steamboat employed to carry passengers and freight on the Yuba river. HIS TO K ] ■ OF NE WB I 'R YPOR T Ml.AMKK I. m 111 llWl.UHIll, KUII 1 1\ lS8o. In July, 1850, the Newburyport Daily Herald announced the arrival of the steamer Narragansett, John B. Tuttle, mas- ter. She was in active service on the river for two or three months. On the fourteenth of August, the steamer Merri- mac, built under the supervision of David M. Coffin, in the yard owned by John Currier, jr., began to make regular trips between Newburyport and Haverhill, under the command of Capt. William Pritchard. July 25, 1854, she was advertised for sale by a committee appointed for that purpose, consisting of Micajah Lunt, William Graves and Mark Symons. In June, 1855, she was sent to Boston and sold at auction. In the meantime, the steamer C. B. Stevens, built in Wil- mington, Delaware, in 185 i, owned b) Nicholas Varina, Sam- uel Stevens, Thomas Buntin and others of Newburyport, made her first trip from Newburyport to Haverhill June 23, 1852, Charles B. Stevens, captain ;' and the steamer Lawrence, a new and commodious boat, much larger than any before employed on the river, was chartered and run, at a pecuniary loss, for several months for the purpose of stimulating trade and developing the resources of the Merrimack valley. The steamer Silver Star, Thomas McKinney, master, made excursions to Haverhill, Plum island and other places of in- 1 [uly 26, 1853, the Newburypi)rt Ileralil anmiunced tht- sale of the steamer C. B. Stevens at auction in Boston. S TEAM NA J VGA TION ON MERRIMA CK KI VER 7 3 terest on the river and in tlie liarbor during the summer of 1855- Several years later, the Peerless, under the command of Capt. Joseph M. Coffin, was advertised to take passengers from Newburyport to Haverhill ; and in 1872 the steamer Glide, owned and commanded by Captain Coffin, was running from the above-named towns to Black Rocks and Plum island. In April of that year the steam propeller May Queen, built in Philadelphia in 1868, was purchased by Samuel Poor of Haverhill, and employed in the transportation of passengers and merchandise for many vears. K r^ STEAMER MERRIMACK, BLHLT IN 1892. In 1878, Capt, E. E. Stimpson and Christopher C. Cook of Haverhill purchased the City of P^rederickton, a stern-wheel boat, built in the province of New Brunswick in 1872. She made her first trip to Haverhill June 24, 1878, but having a foreign register, was unable to obtain a license to carry freight or passengers. In April, 1880, she was sold to Hon. Edward P. Shaw, taken to Black Rocks, and converted into a restau- rant. Her engine and boilers were transferred to the steamer City of Haverhill, built in Newburyport by John T. Plllmore for the Merrimack Valley Steamboat Company.' ' The Merrimack Valley Steamboat Company was organized in December, 1879. The steamer City of Haverhill was launched March 25, 1880. 74 HIS TOR ) ' OF NE IV B C 'R ] FOR 7 The last-named steamer made her first tri[) from Haverhill to Black Rocks June i8, 1880. She was about one hundred and se\ent)-five tons measurement, and was propelled by a stern wheel, as shown in the half-tone print on page 72. In 1888, she was sold, and was lost on her way to Key West, Florida. The Merrimack, a stern-wheeled steamboat, about two hundred tons register, built in 1892 by Lemuel Alarquand, at Ring's Island, Salisbury, for the Merrimack Valley Steamboat Company, is still in active service during the summer months, making two trips daily from Haverhill to Newburyport and Black Rocks. HAVERHILL EXPRESS COMPANY S STEAMER. The Steam-tug Thurlow Weed, built in Albany, N. Y., in 1762, was purchased by Newell Boyd of Amesbury, Sargent & Holden of Haverhill and others. She arrived in New- buryport June 5, 1864, and for twenty-five or thirty years was employed in towing vessels in the harbor and on the river. In 1875, the steam-tug Mattie Sargent, built in Philadel- phia in 1 87 1, was purchased by Newell Boyd, Sargent & Hol- den, John O. Davis and others. She was commanded by William Robinson for one or two years, and afterwards by Capt. John O. Davis and ('apt. Clemens E. Davis. During the summer months the barge Queen of the Merrimack, built for Newell Boyd and others at Salisbury in 1870, made fre- cjuent excursions from Haverhill and other towns on the river to Black Rocks, in tow of the steam-tug Mattie Sargent. Subsequently, the Haverhill Steamboat Express Company was organized for the purpose of towing vessels and carrying passengers to and from Haverhill and other towns on Merri- mack river. The above-named steam-tugs, with the barge Queen of the Merrimack, and steam propeller General Bart- lett, built in East Boston, were purchased by the new company FENTUCKE T NA VIGA TION COM PAN Y 75 and used in transporting passengers and merchandise for sev- eral years.' PENTUCKET NAVIGATION COMPANY. Benjamin F. Butler, John Nesmith, DeWitt C. Farrington, their associates and successors, were incorporated in 1867, by the name of the Pentucket Navigation Company, for the pur- pose of improving navigation in the Merrimack river, and transporting coal and other merchandise from Newburyport to Lowell. - It was not, however, until July, 1876, that the steamer Maud, built in Haverhill, made her first trip from Newbury- port to Lawrence, under the command of Capt. Henry Vatter, and in the month of September following was advertised to make the trip daily. She was sold in 1877, and taken to Portsmouth, N. H. The side-wheel steam-tug Charles L. Mather, built in Athens, N. Y., was purchased by the Pentucket Navigation Company, and arrived in Newburyport October i, 1876. Two days later, on her way to Lawrence, she passed through the draw of the Essex-Merrimack and other bridges on the river with difficulty. After leaving Haverhill, she struck a rock at the foot of the rapids in Dutch Gap, and was subse- quently beached on Kimball's island for temporary repairs. On the sixteenth of November following, with a barge load of coal in tow, she made a successful trip from Newburyport to Lawrence. The next year the steamer Kitty Boynton, forty-five tons register, was built by Colby & Lunt, in Newburyport, to assist in the transportation of coal and other merchandise through the canal from Lawrence to Lowell. ^ ' The General Bartlett arrived in Newburyport June eighteenth, and made her first trip to Haverhill June 24, 1S79, under the command of Capt. John O. Da\ns. 2 Acts and Resolves, 1867, chapter 115. 3 The steamer Kitty Boynton was advertised for sale in the Newburyport Herald June 3, 1882. 7 6 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB I ^R \ TOR T The Startled Fawn, built in Philadelphia in 1875, for the transportation of passengers attending the Centennial fair in that city, was purchased by the Pentucket Navigation ('om- pany, and made her first trip July 15, 1879, from Newburyport to Haverhill. She was afterward employed in the development of travel and the transportation of merchandise on the river. In 1880, the Orient, a stern- wheeled boat, built in Port- land, Maine, was purchased. She arrived in Newburyport on the eighteenth of May, but the inspectors at the custom house found her boilers defective. She was withdrawn from active service, dismantled, and moored near the marine rail- way on Ring's island, in Salisbury, where she remained until destroyed by fire six or eight years later. The steam-tug Wauwinet, purchased in Boston by Edward P. Shaw, arrived in Newburyport in tow of steamer P'lorence July 23, 1880. She was re-built by Capt. Joseph M. CoiTfin, provided with a new engine and boiler, and sold to the Pen- tucket Navigation Company in July, 1881. The next year she made daily trips from the foot of Canal street, in Lawrence, to Haverhill, Newburyport and the sea. The stern-wheeled steamer Merrimack, built in Essex, Mass., made her first trip from Haverhill to Lawrence in November, 1882, under the command of Captain Haverty. She was withdrawn from service during the winter months, and early the following spring was taken to Jacksonville, Florida. All the property of the Pentucket Navigation Com- pany, not otherwise disposed of, was sold at auction in the city of Lawrence May 25, 1883. people's line of steamers. In 1880, Edward P. Shaw and others organized the Peo- ple's Line of Steamers, to carry passengers and merchandise between Haverhill, Amesbury and other towns on the Merri- mack ri^'er and Newburyport and Boston. The steam-propeller May Queen, owned by the Merrimack PEOPLE'S LINE OF STEAMERS 77 STKAMKK v.. \\ SHAW. Valley Steamboat Company, was purchased and used in the passenger service, and the side-wheel steamboat Florence, purchased in Rhode Island, made daily trips from Newbury- port to Boston, under the command of Capt. J. F. Tilton.' In 1883, the steamer E. P. Shaw, built at Petty's island, New Jersey, was employed in the transportation of passengers to Black Rocks, during the summer months; and, in 1889, the Pauline, built by Lemuel Marcj[uand at Ring's island, in Salisbury, was engaged in the same service. In 1 89 1, the street railway from Market square, Newbury- 1 In September, iSSo, the steamer Horence was sold, and the E. P. Morris was purchased to take her place ;"^ but the business proving unremunerative she was withdrawn from active service in October, 1881. 7 8 filS TORY OF NE IVB C 'R 3 FOR T port, to Salisbury beach was equipped for electric car service, and the People's Line of steamers discontinued. PHILADELPHIA AND READING COAL AND IRON COMPANY AND MERRIMACK RIVER TOWING COMPANY STEAMERS. In 1873, Henry M. Cross, a wholesale and retail dealer in coal in Newburyport, sold his wharf property to the Philadel- phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company,' and was appoint- ed agent of the company for Newburyport and vicinity, which position he held ten or twelve years. Adjoining lots of land were purchased, and the erection of a coal pocket, for storing and distributing coal, begun in 1874, was completed in 1876. Soon after the last-named date, the iron colliers, " Leopard," '' Panther," " Hercules," " Achilles," " Rattlesnake," " Centi- pede" and others made frequent trips from Philadelphia to Newburyport with coal. Barges in tow of steamers are now emploved in that service, and larger storage capacity has been provided by the erection of additional coal pockets. In 1880, the steam-tug Luke Hoyt, built in Philadelphia in 1863, was purchased by William E. McOuillen and others and twelve months later the steam-tug Farnsworth, built in New Jersey in 1877, was purchased by Henry M. Cross and others. The owners of both of these tugs united, in 1882, to form the Merrimack River Towing Company, Henry M. Cross, president, William E. McOuillen, general manager, and James V. Felker, secretary and treasurer. Several years later the company purchased the steam-tug Thurlow Weed, owned by its competitor, the Haverhill Express Company, and soon obtained complete control of the towing business on the river and in the harbor. There was an active demand for these boats, and vessels loaded with coal, lumber and other merchandise were fre- quently obliged to wait in Newburyport for a favorable oppor- tunity to proceed up the river. The steam-tug P^arnsworth, ' Essex Deeds, book 882, leaves S3 and 254; book 891, leaf 109. MERRIMACK RIVER TOWING COMPANY STEAMERS 79 sTEAM-rrr.s farnswokth and thtrlow weed. nearly ready to take a barge load of stone to the jetties, and the Thurlow Weed, preparing to tow a coal-ladened schooner to Haverhill, are shown in the above half-tone print. In addition to the above-named tugs, the Merrimack River Towing Company purchased the Clara E. Uhler, built in Phil- adelphia in 1 88 1. Subsequently, the company increased its capital stock, and purchased the Bronx, built in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1884, the Hazel Dell, built in New Baltimore, N. Y., in 1888, the Cygnet, built in East Boston, Mass., in 1890, the Powow, built in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1904, and the Monomack, built in East Boston in 1908, The Luke Hoyt, the Farnsworth, the Thurlow Weed and the Clara E. Uhler were sold fifteen or twenty years ago. At the present time the Bronx, Hazel Dell, Cygnet, Powow and Monomack are employed eight or nine months in the year in towing vessels in and out of the harbor and transporting coal in barges from Newburyport to Haverhill and other towns on the river. 8o f^iS TOR \ ' OF NE WB I 'R \ 'FOR T STEAM YACHTS, SEA-GOINC. STEAMERS AND EXCURSION BOATS. The steam yacht Everett, twenty-five tons register, built in Sahsbury in 1874, by Joseph M. Coffin, made frequent ex- cursions in 1875 from Newburyport to Black Rocks and other places of interest on the river. June 9, 1877, the steamer Alice M., built in Haverhill, made her first trip to Newburyport under the command of Capt. Henry Vatter. The next year she was employed dur- ing the summer months in taking passengers from the city of Lawrence to the sea. In October, 1877, the steam yacht Evangeline, forty-two feet long and eight feet beam, came from Salem to Newbury- port, thence to Lawrence, and through the Essex Company's canal to Lowell. She made frequent trips between that city and Nashua, and is said to be the largest boat that has ever come up the river to Lawrence, and the only one that has passed through the canal to Lowell. In 1878, the Three Brothers, under the command of Capt. Joseph M. Coffin, was advertised to make frequent trips from Newburyport to Plum island and Salisbury beach. In 1879, the steamer Massasoit, purchased in Boston by John C. Tilton of Haverhill, was converted into a barge and employed, in connection with the steam-tug Charles L. Mather, in carrying excursion parties from Haverhill to the seashore. In 1880, two small steamers, the White Fawn and the Wanderer, made trips almost daily from Newburyport to Glou- cester, Isle of Shoals and Portsmouth. In July, 1 88 1, Edward P. Shaw purchased the steam-tug George A. Chaffee, and employed her, under the name of the "Jetty," in towing barges loaded with stone from the quarry opposite Carr's island to the jetties at the mouth of the river. In 1883, the Zepher, a small steam yacht, and the Evan- geline, about twenty-three tons register, built in Ipswich in 1 88 1, and rebuilt at Danversport in 1882, were advertised to STEAM YACHTS, SEA-GOIiVG STEAMERS, ETC. 8 1 take passengers from Newburyport to Salisbury beach and Plum island ; and the Lawrence, Captain Haverty, ran from Amesbury to Newburyport, connecting with the People's Line of Steamers for Black Rocks. The Minneola, a twin-screw steamer, built in Newburyport in 1887, by John T. Fillmore, for Herbert E. Wales of Haver- hill, was for two or three years a popular excursion boat, mak- ing frequent trips from Haverhill to Boar's Head, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Shoals. She was sold early in the month of June, 1889, and taken to Providence, R. L The Josie M., a small steamer, built and owned by Charles H. Sargent and Lemuel Marquand, made excursions down the harbor in the summer of 1888, and frequently extended her trips to Ipswich and Cape Ann when the weather was favorable. She was sold in 1891, and her name changed to Edgewater. The side-wheel steamer Lewiston, owned by the Bay State Steamship Company, made daily trips from Newburyport to Boston from May 2, to July 7, 1898, under the command of Capt. George F. Woodman, but she was found to be unsuit- able for freight and passenger service on the Merrimack river and was afterward employed elsewhere. The steamer City of Haverhill, built in East Boston by Robert F. Keough for the Haverhill, Newburyport and Bos- ton Steamboat Company,' was emi)loyed in carrying merchan- dise and passengers during the summer months in 1902, from Haverhill to Newburyport, and thence to Boston. She was commanded by Capt. George F. Woodman, and in October of that year was sold to John H. McKinnon of Boston, and afterward to James D. Minto of Providence, R. I. In addition to the above-described steam-tugs and steam- boats, a number of steam launches and private yachts have been built, under the supervision of their owners, in Newbury- ' Henry B. Little, president; John E. McCusker, treasurer. STEAM YACHTS, SEA-GOING STEAMERS, ETC. 83 port. The largest of these yachts, the Chetolah, built for Capt. Charles I.unt in 1891, was designed and thoroughly- equipped for cruising on the New England coast. In the same class, but considerably smaller in tonnage, was the Vesta, built in 1893 for William H. Noyes. The steam yacht Dora, built in East Boston in 1893, and purchased by Frederick S. Moseley, esq., in February, 1895, for his private use, made frequent trips during the next three or four years to places of interest in the vicinity of Newbury- port. She was a swift and staunch sea-boat, able to withstand the fury of the winds and waves, and provided with ample accommodations for comfort and con\'enience. The half-tone print on the opposite page is taken from a photograph of the Dora, as she lay at anchor in the Merrimack river, nearly opposite the residence of her owner. She was sold to the United States government in October, 1899; and was subse- quently employed in the hospital service at or near the island of Cuba. CHAPTER XX. SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MILITARY COMPA- NIES, GUN HOUSE AND VETERAN ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION. Resolutions condemning the arbitrary acts passed by parliament, regulating the commerce and government of the province of Massachusetts Bay, were adopted in Newburyport in May, 1774, and independent military companies were speedily organized and equipped to defend the political rights and privileges guaranteed to the province under its charter. September 21, 1774, the following notice appeared in the Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet : — Wednesday last the independent military society in this town met at the town-house compleat in arms and ammunition : After having been reviewed by their ofificers chosen by the society, they performed the man- ual exercise and filings, after which they marched to the Mason's arms tavern, and there performed the evolutions ; and from thence marched to iVlr. William Teel's (a gentleman that has always not only talked, but acted upon the genuine principles of patriotism), who had prepared an elegant entertainment for the society ; after spending a few very agree- able hours with a number of gendemen (whom Mr. Teel had invited) in conversation, repast, and drinking a number of loyal and patriotic toasts, the society again rallyed, marched to the town-house, and after firing three vollies lodged their arms. All was conducted with the great- est order and good humour. At a town meeting held in Newburyport October 24, 1774, to consider the deplorable condition of public affairs and de- termine what action should be taken " to protect and preserve the rights and privileges granted and guaranteed by the char- ter of the Province," the following votes were passed : — 84 SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 85 Voted that all the Inhabitants of this Town be desired to furnish themselves with arms and ammunition according to Law, and that they have, also. Bayonets fixed to their Guns as soon as may be. Voted that the Committee of Safety be desired to enquire into the matter and that they be ready in Ten Days, at the farthest, to lay before the Town a list of those who are furnished agreeable to this vote, and those who are not." On the tenth of November following it was voted that the male inhabitants of Newburyport over sixteen years of age, except those excused by law from military duty and persons exempt by reason of physical disability should be required to join one of the four companies of militia already organized or one of the new companies, of fifty members each, to be formed immediately. At the same meeting the committee of safety recommended and the town adopted the following vote : — That the four companies of this Town, as they are now divided by lines, chuse their respective Captains, Lieutenants, and Ensigns, by a majority of votes to be collected by the Selectmen and Assessors from every person within the limits of each company, whether they be in the alarm or training band list, excepting those who, at that time, may be formed into companies of not less than fifty men in each company. - November seventeenth, the selectmen and assessors were instructed to report the names of all persons who were not at that date connected with one of the military companies or- ganized for the defence of the town ; and, March 9, I775> it was voted to raise a company of minute men and pay each man two dollars for a whole day's and one dollar for a half day's service in driUing.^ Subsequently, the town voted to give the minute men as much for their time " in learning and practicing the art military as any Town in the County for y*^ same purpose. "^ ' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 211. * Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 213. 3 Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 227. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 230. 86 HIS TOR I ' OF NE WB I 'R 1 'FOR T When rumors of the battle at Lexington and Concord reached Newburyport, at mid-day, April 19, 1775, preparations were made to send, with all possible dispatch, to the com- mander-in-chief of the American troops at Cambridge a com- pany of one hundred men, under the command of Capt. Moses NowelL' Two heavy cannon, with ammunition and other military supplies, were forwarded immediately after the company started on its march. Christian Febiger, a Danish soldier, living in Newburyport, assisted in these military prep- arations, as stated in the following letter : — Newburyport, April 28, 1773 Sn< Mr. Christian Febiger, the bearer, has been a resident in this town about three weeks. He came last from New-haven in Connecticut & from what Acquaintance we have had with him it appears to us that he is a person well acquainted with the Art Military & professes that since he is a Dane he is willing to serve in the American Army for pay. He appeared very ready to assist in our late Alarm. In behalf of the Committee JONA TiTCOMB To the Honbie the Chairman of the Committee of War.- At the battle of Bunker hill. Christian Febiger was adju- tant of the Thirty-eighth Massachusetts regiment, command- ed by Col. Samuel Gerrish of Newbury.^ On that memorable day, two military companies, under the command of Capt. Ezra Lunt and Capt. Benjamin Perkins of Newburyport, were in the Seventeenth regiment, which held an exposed position near the summit of the hill.-* The com- missioned officers of this regiment were as follows : — ' For the names of the officers and men in Captain Nowell's company, see His- tory of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 340. 2 Massachusetts Archives, volume CXL\'I, page 25; American Archives, Fourth Series, volume \\, page 433. History of Newbur^-port (Currier), volume I, page 604. ■• History of Newbur^'port (Currier), volume I, pages 546-548. 88 HIS TON Y OF NE IV B i R 1 TOR T Colonel, Moses Little. Lieutenant Colonel, Isaac Smith. Major, James Collins. CAPTAINS. Jacob Gerrish, Nathaniel Warner, Nathaniel Wade, Abraham Dodge, John Baker, Ezra Lunt, Benjamin Perkins, Gideon Parker, Joseph Robey, Timothy Barnard. LIEUTENANTS. Silas Adams, John Burnam, Joseph Hodgkins, Ebenezer Low, Caleb Thompson, Moses Kent, Joseph Whitemore, Joseph Eveley, Shuball Gorham, Paul Lunt. second LIEUTENANTS. Thomas Brown, Daniel Collins, Aaron Parker, James Lord, Daniel Dresser, Nathl Montgomery, William Stickney, Moses Trask, Enoch Parsons, Amos Atkinson.' Moses Little, colonel of the Seventeenth regiment, was born in Newbury May 8, 1724. He married Abigail, daughter of Joshua and sister of Gen. Jacob Bailey, June 5, 1743, and four or five years later built a dwelling house at Turkey hill, where he lived until his death in 1798. Although more than a century and a half old this house is still in good order and condition as shown in the half-tone print on the preceding page. In addition to the men from Newburyport in the companies commanded by Captain Ezra Lunt and Capt. Benjamin Per- kins, Benjamin Newman and John Spring were drummers and fifers, and John Choat, Eben Choat, Samuel Place and John Carvanaugh, privates, in Capt. Joseph Gerrish's company ;- John Halliday, Charles Rogers, John Silloway and Jonathan Buswell were in Capt. Gideon Parker's company ;^ and Patrick Herrington, Shadrick Ireland, John Hussey, Solomon Obbins, William Pottle, Daniel Pike, William Pay,-* Richard Swan, John Smith, John Stone, Israel Teal, Patrick Tracy,-* John 1 Massachusetts Archives, volume C.XLVI, page 274: History of Newbury (Currier), page 600. ^ History of Newburj'port (Currier), vohune \. page 6or. •' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume X\'. i^age 91; History of Newbury (Currier), page 600 note. -• In September, 1775, William Pay and Patrick Tracy joined the expedition, under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold, for the capture of (Quebec. SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUriOXARY WAR 89 York, Benjamin Clannen and Charles Butler, all of Newbury- port, were in Capt. Timothy Barnard's company.' John Foster of Newburyport was in Capt. Aaron Haynes' company, in Colonel Brewer's regiment, on the seventeenth day of June ;- and early in September Samuel Foot and Wil- liam I.ambert enlisted in Capt. Jeremiah Oilman's company in Col. John Nixon's regiment.-^ On the nineteenth of September, twelve or thirteen hun- dred men, under the command of Col. Benedict Arnold, sailed in eleven transports from Newburyport for the mouth of the Kennebec river, on their way to Quebec.^ Caleb Haskell, who accompanied the expedition, gives in his published diary an account of the sufferings and hardships endured by the troops on their march through the wilderness and in their vahant, but unsuccessful, attempt to capture the city. On the twenty-fourth of October, all the able-bodied men in Newburyport were enrolled in four military companies, and officers were appointed to arm and equip the companies for active service in the held.? The heavy artillery guns, owned by the town, were placed in charge of Capt. Thomas Thomas, Capt. Joshua Titcomb, Capt. William Coombs, Capt. David V Coates, Capt. William Friend and Capt. ^lichael Hodge, who were authorized to enlist, for the large guns, eight men each, and for the smaller ones, six men each.-' Jonathan Titcomb was appointed colonel, Jonathan Jackson, lieutenant- colonel, John Lowell, major or adjutant, and Josiah Smith, second adjutant of the Second regiment, which included the infantry and artillery companies of Amesbury, Salisbury, and Newburyport.' ' Massachusetts Archives ( Revokitionary Rolls), volume LM, page 89; volume XIV, page 15; and Histoiy of Newbuiy (Currier), page 602. '^ Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume L\'I, page 37. 3 Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume LVI. page 29. '' History of Newbuiyport (Currier), volume I, pages 556-558. '" History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 562. * Newbuiyport Town Records, volume I, page 244. '' At an earher date, this regiment was composed of companies from the towns of Newbury, Rowley, Amesbury and Salisbury. After the incorporation of New- 90 HIS TOR ) ■ OF NE WB I 'R 1 FOR T Some excitement evidently preceded the organization of these companies, for the town voted, at a meeting held on the day above-named, " that Mr Will'" Knap have the thanks of the Town for striving to suppress the Tumult that was in the Town last night.''' A few weeks later active steps were taken to fit out several armed vessels for the protection of the sea-coast, and men whose terms of service had expired were earnestly urged to re-enlist and join the Continental army, then in camp at Cambridge. The facts and incidents connected with these and other important measures adopted during the Revolution- ary war have been described in a previous \olume,- but some additional facts, with the names of the officers and men credited to Newburyport after January i, 1776, will be found in the following pages. A company, composed of men from Medford, Chelsea, Haverhill, Rowley, Newbury and Newburyport, was in Col. Benjamin Tupper's regiment at Cambridge in January, 1776.^ The officers of the company were as follows : — Moses Greenleaf, Captain, Newburyport. Silas Clark, Lieutenant, Chelsea. David Bradle}-, " Haverhill. Nehemiah Emerson, Ensign, " Morrill Whittier, Sergeant, Newburyport. William Paige, " " Moses Whittier, " John Lougee, " Haverhill. John Kilborn, Corporal, Rowley. Richard Hunnewell, " Newburyport. William Poor, " " Thomas Holliday, Drummer, " buryport, Francis Bernard, governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay, trans- ferred the Newbury and Rowley companies to the Seventh regiment, leaving the Amesbuiy, Salisbuiy, and Newburyport companies in the Second regiment. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 245. 2 Historj' of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 529-606. ■' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume .\I, page 71; and His- tory of Newbury (Currier), page 605. SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIOXARY WAR 91 The soldiers who served in the ranks of the company, from Newburyport, were as follows : — Jonathan Buswell, Paul Coffin, Leonard Cotton, Benjamin Cotton, Makepeace Colby, Oliver Cromwell, James Clout, David Downing, Thomas Hooper, Charles Jarvis, John Knight, Samuel Lovell, Richard Lovell, William S ton man, Joseph Stevens, Michael Stockman, Oxford Tufts, William Williamson, Nathaniel Willett, Daniel Collins, Solomon Aubin, Elipht Griffin. At a special meeting" of the inhabitants of Newburyport, held May 6, 1776, Michael Hodge was chosen clerk. " He was immediately sworn to the faithful discharge of his Duty by the Selectmen present, there being no Justice of the Peace in the Town."' After the evacuation of Boston, March 17, 1776, the Twelfth Massachusetts regiment, under the command of Col. Moses Little, was ordered to New York, and, in Major-gen- eral Greene's division of the Continental army took an active part in the battles of Long Island and Harlem Heights. The officers of the regiment were as follows : — Moses Little, William Henshaw, James Collins, Dudley Colman, John Carr, Elisha Story, Oliver Noble, Colonel ; Lieutenant-colonel Major : Adjutant ; Quartermaster ; Surgeon ; Chaplain. 1' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 254. 92 HI ST OR y OF NE WB UR YPOR T CAPTAINS. Jacob Gerrish, John Baker, Gideon Parker, Nathaniel Wade, Ezra Lunt, Abraham Dodge, Nathaniel Warner, Benjamin Perkins. SECOND LIEUTENANTS. Samuel Hughes, Joseph Fisk, Jared Smith, John Carr, Nathaniel Montgomery, Enoch Parsons, Daniel Collins, Dudley Colman. FIRST LIEUTENANTS. Amos Atkinson, Caleb Lambson, Moses Kent, Joseph Hodgkins, Stephen Jenkins, James Lord, John Burnham, Sylvanus Smith. ENSIGNS. Will Searl, Sam' Proctor, Benj. Gould, Wm Littlefield, Nathi Mitchell, Will Story,' Jonathan Woodman, Amos Pearson. ' William Storey, hoxw in that part of Ipswich which is now within the limits of the town of Essex, was sergeant in Ahraham Dodge's company in Col. Moses Lit- tle's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, and ensign in the same regiment at Long Island and Harlem Heights. In 1 777, he was lieutenant and adjutant in Michael Jackson's regiment, and was appointed captain of a company in that regi- ment August 12, 1779. He married Mary Choate of Ipswich, and had one son, William, who died, unmarried, and one daughter, Susan, who married Moses Fos- ter. For his second wife he married Lydia Giddings, and two or three years later came to Newburyport, where he was employed as captain of a vessel engaged in the West India trade. He died at sea, near Point a Petres, Guadaloupe, in 1800. Charles W. Storey, son of William and Lydia ((biddings) Storey, was born in Essex December 20, 1786. He married Elizabeth Burnham in September, 1815, and removed to Claremont, N. H., where his oldest son, Charles W. Storey, jr., was born. In 1823, he was established in business in Newburyport, and purchased the house on High street recently owned and occupied by Nathaniel N. Jones, esq., now the property of Mrs. Clara Erskine (Clement) Waters. He was subsequently a merchant in Havana. He died January 8, 1845, and was buried in Oak Hill cemeteiy, Newbun-port. Charles W. Storey, jr., born in Claremont, N. IL, July 18, 1816, graduated at Harvard college in 1835, and was admitted to practice at the Suffolk bar in 1840. He married, July 30, 1842, Elizabeth Mooriield of Ilingham, and was clerk of the Massachusetts house of representatives from 1846 to 1850. He resided in Roxbury, which is now a part of Boston, where the following-named children were born : Moorfield, born March 19, 1845; counsellor-at-law in Boston; married, lanuary 6, 1870, Anna Gertrude, daughter of Richard D. Cutts of Washington, D. C. Mariana Teresa, born October 30, 1847. Susan Tappan, born November i, 1851. SOLDIERS IX THE REVOLUTlOXAkV WAR 93 In the summer of 1776, a company of matrosses," under the command of Capt. Edward Wigglesvvorth, and a company of sea-coast men, under the command of Capt. Moses Nowell, were stationed at Plum island.^ The muster roll giving the names of the men who served in these two companies has not been found, but there is on file at the state house in Bos- ton a partial list of the men in Captain Nowell's company from November 20, 1776, to January i, 1777, as follows : — ^ Moses Pike, Second lieut. James McDonald, Private. Daniel Knight, Sergeant. Enoch Sweat, " Isaac Knap, Corporal. Mayo Greenleaf, " Benjamin Newman, Private. Benjamin Toppan, " Enoch Moody, " Samuel Newman, " Annis Merrill, " Moses Cheaney, " Richardson Norton, " Richard Jackman, " Isaac Davis, " tristam pilsbury, '» One company of si.xty-four men, Elias Davis, captain, Greenleaf Clarke, first lieutenant, Moses Pike, second lieu- tenant, all of Newburyport, in the regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Pickering of Salem ; and in the same regiment one company of si.xty-seven men, Paul Moody, captain, Caleb Kimball, first lieutenant, John Atkinson, second lieutenant, of Newbury, were ordered to march to Danbury, Connecticut, December 24, 1776.^ Capt. Moses Greenleaf of Newburyport had command of a company in Col. Ebenezer Francis' battalion at Bennington, Vermont, March 13, 1777. The following-named citizens of Newburyport were in Captain Greenleaf's company : — 5 1 .Soldiers who assisted in loading and firing the heavy artillery pieces. - History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 566 and 567 note. ^ Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume III, page 3r. ^ Massachusetts Archives, volume XXXII, page 283; History of Newbury (Cur- rier), page 609. " Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XIX, page 129. The company was mustered into service in December, 1776. 94 I/ISTOK y OF iXFAVBVK Y/'OK T Morrill VVhittier, Sergeant. William Williamson, Private. Thomas Holliday, Drummer. Jonathan Buswell, " John Flynn, I'rivate. Richard Lowell, " John Stickne}', " Makepeace Colby, " John Knight, " Leonard Cotton, " James Lindsey, " Oliver Cromwell, " James Ward, " Eliphalet Griffin, " John Dexter, " John Connoly, " John Askin, " Robert Pembroke, " Charles Jarvis, " David Roberts, " Samuel Lowell, " William Lewis, " Daniel Price, " John White, »' James Summers, " John Ennis, " James Donnoly, " In Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regiment, at Rhode Island, in 1 777, the following-named persons were in a company com- manded by Capt. Moses Nowell : — ' John Merrill, Charles Weed, Joseph Pike, Thomas Green, John Stevens, Peter Bagley, Amos Poor, William Ellitt, Samuel Eaton, Jo" Hoyt, Daniel Pike, Samuel Stickney, Hugh Thomson, Hugh Thomson, jr., Benjam" Pike, jr., Isaac Frothenham, Caleb Fott, Joseph Rollings, Eliphlet Rollings, Israel Hardy, First lieutenant. Second " Sergeant, Corporal, Drummer, Fifer, Private, Salisbury. Amesbury. Newburyport. Salisbury. Amesbury. Newburyport. (( Salisbury. Amesbury. Newburyport. ' Massachusetts Archives ( Revolutionaiy Rolls), volume III, paj^e 21; and His- torv of Newbury (Currier), page 61 1. SOLDIERS IM THE REVOLUTIOYARY JVAR 95 Thomas Cheney, Humphrey W. Richards, Nehemiah Choat, Nathaniel Bradford (?), Nathl Johnson, Moses Hobson, Jeremiah Hobson, Benjamin Whipple, Joseph Dodge, Joseph Brown, Benj" Pike, Private. Newburj-port. KKSIDKNCE OI.. KDWAKl) WIOr.LESWORTH. Other men in this company were from Newbury, Amesbury and Sahsbury. In December, 1776, Col. Edward Wigglesworth, having served with distinction in the army under Major-general Ho- ratio Gates, in the vicinity of Lake Champlain and Lake George, returned to Newburyport and raised, in Newbury and other towns in Essex county, a regiment which was mustered into service in the following spring.' 1 History of Nevvbuvyport (ruirier), volume I, pages 581-584. 96 HIS TOR y OF NE WBVR YPOR T In June, 1777. Dudley Colman of Newbury was appointed lieutenant-colonel of Col, Samuel McCobb's regiment, which was raised in the counties of Cumberland and Lincoln for the expedition to the river St. John, in Nova Scotia, but in the month of July following he was transferred to Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regiment, in place of Lieut.-col. Nathan Fuller, resigned." In Capt. Daniel Pillsbury's company, in Colonel Wiggles- worth's regiment, the following-named persons were credited to Newburyport : — - Peter Magee, Jno (?) Jamson, Jacob Brown, John Teling, Enoch F"oot, Abijah Ronney, George Coffin, James Babb, Nathan Whitting, William Hunniford, George Huntress, Nathi Parker, Robin Winder (?), Daniel Eldridge, John Cook, Michael Crosby. Thomas Hopkins of Newburyport was in Capt, Nathaniel Alexander's company, and John Stone, in Capt. Joseph McNall's company, in the same regiment.^ In 1777, the following-named persons enlisted in Newbury- port for three years' service in the Continental army : — ■♦ Jonathan Buswell, John Carey, Amos Brown, George Coffin, John Brown, Benjamin Connors, Makepeace Colby, Ebenezer Choat, Daniel Collins, James Delany, Leonard Cotton, David Duning, Paul Coffin, Jonathan Day, John Colony, John Davis, ' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume CCXI\', pages 143 and 407; and volume XI, page 38. * Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XI, page 41. * Massachusetts Archives (Revt)lutionary Rolls), volume XI, pages 39 and 46. ■• Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume XXN'II, pages iii- 134- SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLVTIOXARY WAR 97 John Ennis, John Fielding, Enoch Foot, Moses George, Eliphalet Griffith, Thomas Goodale, Thomas Giles, Moses George, Thomas Gould, Jeremiah Goldsmith, John Graham, Henry Greenleaf, Thomas Holliday, John Harris, Richard Honeywell, George Huntress, WiUiam Hanniford, Gust Hemphill,' William Harding, Joseph Harbut, Charles Jarvis, Pomp Jackson,- John Knight, Stephen Kent, John Kiney, William Lewis, Jonathan Merrill, James Mosely, John Morris, WilHam McClenHc, David Osgood, William Pay, William Poor, David Pierce. Robert Pembroke, James Pinder, Samuel Phips, Joseph Putnam, David Roberts, David Rogers, John Richards, John Stickney, John Stoneman, James Summers, Michael Stockman, Joseph Stanwood, John Stockman, John Stockman, jr., John Stone, Oxford Trask (?), Peter Thomas, Benjamin Henry Toppan, Morrill Whicher, William Williamson, Moses Whicher, John White, Nathaniel Willet, James Ward, Moses Woodman, Nathan Whitney, Stephen Wyatt, Joseph Willis, Benjamin Wattel. In a certificate, acknowledged February i6, 1778, before Nicholas Pike, justice of the peace, the names of the men who had enlisted, previous to that date, for three years, were > Probably a slave named "Cuff," owned by David Hemphill. History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 585. ' Tune 19 1776, Jonathan Jackson, a wealthy and influential citi/.en of Newbury- port, set free his "negro man Pomp." History of Newburyport (Curner), volume I, page 71. 98 HISTOK Y OF NE WBUK YPOR 7 reported by Ralph Cross, one of the selectmen of Newbury- port, as follows : — " In Col. Ebenezer Francis' resjiment :^ Capt. Moses Greenleaf, William Pay, John Stickney, William Poor, John Fielding, Makepeace Colby, Thomas Hollidav, Jonathan Meniil, John Stonman, John Arskins, Charles Jarvis, John Lindsey, Morrill Whicher, Daniel Collins, John Knight, Paul Coffin, Jonathan Buswell, James Delaney, James Summers, William Williamson, Daniel Price, Samuel Lowell, Richard Lowell, Leonard Cotton, John Harris, Moses George, Eliphalet Griffith, Solomon Aubin, Moses Whicher, Michael Stanwood, John Colony, William Lewis, John Ennis, David Roberts, Robert Pembroke, John White, Nathaniel Willet, Benjamin Cotton, James Ward, David Osgood, Oxford Trask (?), John Mason, Richard Hunnywell, David Downing, Moses Woodman, John Cary, Stephen Kent. In Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regiment : — Enoch Foot, George Coffin, George Huntress, Nathan Whiting, John King, Abijah Kinney, James Bab, Robert Wade, Nathaniel Parker, Daniel Eldridge, William Hanniford, John Cook, John Stone, Thomas Giles, James Pinder, Benjamin H. Toppan, Jonathan Dav, John .Stockman, ' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume LIII, page 197. SOLDIERS L\ THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR 99 Ebenezar Choat, Samuel Easteibrooks, John Stockman, jr., Pomp Jackson, John Morriss, Samuel Phips, Amos Brown, Samuel Greenleaf, David Rogers, Benjamin Willett, Cust Hemphill, William McClenlick, John Brown, Jeremiah Goldsmith, Moses George, William Harding, James Mosely, Joseph Harbutt, Stephen Wjatt, John Graham, Thomas Gould, Thomas Greenleaf, James Putnam, John Richards, Joseph Willis, John Davis. John Kenney, In General Washington's body guard :— ' James McKeen, Michael Caswell. Zebulon Titcomb, William Conner (?), Michael Titcomb, Dean Osgood, Lemuel Coffin, Andrew Newhall. John Coffin, Subsequently, Gen. Jonathan Titcomb notified Jonathan Jackson, esq., of some additional enlistments, as follows :— ■■ Newburvport 12 March 1778 Dr Sr This serves to Inform you that I Have Compleated our Quota of Men for the continental army. Should be Obliged to you to See the Follow- ing names Entered on our Return that is Lodged in the Secretary's Office, and am with Best Regards y Hume Servt JoN-A Titcomb Thos Hooper, in Capt. Moses Greenleafs company of Col. Frances- Regiment. William Cole 1 Samuel Reaves [ In Capt Ezra Lunfs company of Col. Henly's John Brown j Regiment. John Mc'Man | Hooper is of this Town, the Others are from Machias as Capt. Lunt informs me. ' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 598-601. 2 Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary Rolls), volume LIII. page 204. t oo ff^^ TOK Y OF NE WB I 'R } TOR T In answer to a call for more troops, the following-named soldiers enlisted in Newburyport and serv^ed in the Continen- tal army for nine months from April 20, 1778 : — ' Benjamin Webster, John Rosse, Samuel Davis, Joseph Little, Jonathan Huntoon, Anthony Boston, James Bafford, James Davis. On the thirty-first of July (1778), the Nevvbiu-yport Artil- lery company, under the command of Capt. Thomas Thomas, volunteered to serve for two months in Rhode Island, under General Sullivan. This company was in Gen. Jonathan Tit- comb's brigade at the battle near Newport, on the eighth of August.- Rev. Manasseh Cutler, chaplain of the brigade, wrote in his diary as follows : — ^ August 4, 1778, General Tilcomb called on me on his way to Rhode Island and invited me to go with him as Chaplain to his brigade on the present expedition. August 7t'i (Friday) Preparing to set out for Rhode Island to-mor- row. . . . August ID*'' (Monday) This morning I crossed on to Rhode Island and joined General Titcomb's Brigade. Dined with him and a number of gentlemen on the ground abroad, not having any quarters. vSlept this night in the officer's room at the barracks in the fort taken up by Colonel Wade. . . . August 23"! (Lord's Day) Expected to preach and just prepared to go up to the brigade when the General received a letter from General Sullivan informing him that the French fleet was so disastered that they could by no means afford us any assistance, but were gone to Boston to refit. . . . This unexpected desertion of the fleet, which was the mainspring of the expedition, cast a universal gloom on the army and threw us all into consternation. Our most sanguine hopes were cropped in the bud, and we expected immediate orders to move off the ground. This prevented the brigade's meeting for religious services. ' Massachusetts Archives (Revolutionary K Jonathan Titcomb one Brass Field piece with the Carriage and appurtenances, 40 Cannon- ade Shott, 80 round of cartridges field & 40 round shott for the Com- pany of Matrosses in the Town of Newbury Port,— he to be accountable for the same.- A copy of the above order was sent to General Titcomb, who replied as follows : — 1 Massachusetts Archives, volume CLXXV, page 169. - Massachusetts Archives, volume CLXXV, page 296. 1 02 ^^S7 OA' y OF NE WB I K YPOK 7 Boston 4 May i 779 Gentlemen I Have Dr Sir vour Honors Order on the Board of War for one Brass Field Piece with the Carriage & Materials thereunto belonging for the Company of Matrosses in the Town of Newbury Port & your Petitioner to be accountable for the same and am with Due Respect Your Honors humble servant Jo^ TncoMi;, B. G.' To the Honbie the Council of the Massachusetts State KF.SlltEN'CE OF CEN/ JONATl 1 \N 1 ITCOMB. ' loiiathan, son of losiah and Martha Titconih. was born in Newlnny September 12,1727. He married Mary Dole May 9. 175 f. She died September 6, 1774, aged forty-three, and two years later he married Sarah Stedman. Jonathan and Sarah (Stedman) Titcomb had several children. Sarah, a daughter, born October 24, 1777, married Dr. Lawrence Sprague December 13, 1S04. She continued to reside in Newburyport until her death, in July, 18 16. Hannah Dummer.'another daughter, born in I 780, died April 13, 1786. Jonathan Titcomb bought a lot of land, in 1761. on the westerly side of Merri- mack street, hounded on the northwest by land belonging to]_ Benjamin Frothing- hani and afterwards to Timothy Dexter (Fssex Deeds, book 1 12, leaf 1 14, book 147, leaf 33, book 160, leaf 123). On this lot of lan' ) /'( Vv' y Edward Wigglesworth, Daniel Foster, Amos Pearson , Benjamin Gould, Lemuel Coffin, Philip Johnson, Abraham Dodge, Thomas Lunt, Richard Loring, Richard Lovering, John Libbey, William VV. Perry, William Russ, Edward Toppan, Jonathan Woodman, John Brett, John Cook, Philip Bagley, Jeremiah Blanchard, Samuel Shaw, Moses Chase, Isaiah Ilsley, Elias Pike, Gideon Woodwell, Daniel Flanders, Stephen Toppan, William Huntington, Amos Carleton, Amos Norton, Joseph Pike, Richard Short, Samuel Follansbee, Jonathan Lambert, Benjamin Poor, Timothy Curtis, Oliver Goodrich, Timothy Gordon, Nathaniel Pearson, David Pearson, Timothy Poor, Caleb Kimball, Samuel Balch, Benjamin Davis, Aaron Rogers, Joseph Floyd, Nathaniel Howard, Moses Short, Joseph Stanwood, Elias Cook, John Pafford, John Bootman, David Dole, Moses Somerby, Joshua Pettingell, Farnham How, Jacob Fowler, Samuel Eaton, Moses Pike, Jacob Currier, Nathaniel Ladd, Ezekiel Merrill, Daniel Adams, Nathaniel Beck, Jacob Brown, Joseph Mootrey, Jacob Hodgkins, Thomas Stanwood. The following-named soldiers and sailors served in the army or nav}' durin<:^ tlie Revohitionary war and are buried in Newburyport. In the Sawyer Hill burying ground, on the road from Storey avenue to the mill at the mouth of Artichoke river : — SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR III Col. Moses Little, Joshua Little, Henry Merrill, Caleb Moody, Samuel Bartlett, Samuel Chase, Nathaniel Emery. In the Belleville cemetery, on Storey avenue : — Amos Atkinson, John Atkinson, Daniel Flanders, Timothy Gordon, Jonathan Harris, P'arnum Howe, John Morgaridge, John Moulton, Nathan Merrill, Jacob Merrill. In St. Paul's churchyard :- Daniel Foster, John Tracy, William Farris. In Oak Hill cemetery : — Edward Toppan. In the Old Hill burying ground :- John Brett, Offin Boardman, 3rd, Moses Brown, John Balch, Ralph Cross, Elias Cook, Lemuel Coffin, Thomas Cluston, Caleb Haskell, Charles Herbert, Eleazer Johnson, Anthony Knapp, Jacob Knapp, Michael Little, Joseph McHard, Aaron Pardee, Benjamin Perkins, Timothy Palmer, Joshua Pillsbury, Samuel Pillsbury, Joseph Plummer, Daniel Somerby, Moses Somerby, Enoch Titcomb, Jonathan Tilcomb, Stephen Toppan, John Tappan, Joseph Whitniore. 112 HIS TOR \ ■ OF NE WB I R \ TOR T In the New Hill buryint;- jj^round Philip Bagley, John Cook, Aaron Davis, Joseph Davis, Abraham Dodge, Benjamin Gould, Nehemiah Haskell, William Knapp, George Norton, William Perry, Samuel Spring, Michael Titcomb, Jonathan Woodman. In the burying ground on High street, near the head of Marlborough street, in Newbury : — Silas Adams, Paul Adams, Moses Clark, Thomas Evans, Enoch Hale, Isaiah Ilsley, Joseph Jaques, Parker Jaques, James Knight, Paul Lunt, Daniel Lunt, Richard Lunt, Nathaniel Little, Nathaniel Little, jr., Amos Little, Samuel Moody, John Moody, John Noyes, Amos Noyes, Benjamin Pettingell, Nathan Poor, Moses Short, Andrew Stickney, William Stickney, Amos Stickney, Richard Smith, Wigglesworth Toppan, Gideon Woodwell. NEWBURVPORT ARTILLERY COMPANY. October 24, 1775, the heavy artillery guns owned by the town of Newburyport were placed in charge of Capt. Thomas Thomas, Capt. Joshua Titcomb, Capt. William Coombs, Capt. ^ David Coates, Capt. William Friend, and Capt. Michael Hodge, who were authorized to enlist eight men for each of the large guns, and si.\ men for the smaller ones." Soon after that date the Newburyport Artiller)' company was prob- ably organized. Thomas Thomas was chosen captain, David ' History i)f Newbuiypoit (Currier), vulunie L piige 56J , XE JVB UR YFOK' T AR TILLER V COMPAXY i f 3 Coates, captain-lieutenant, Michael I lodge, first lieutenant, and Samuel Newhall, second lieutenant. In 1778, the com- pany served for two months in Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regi- ment under General Sullivan in Rhode Island.' In 1785, Michael Hodge was chosen captain, and in 1786 all the military companies in Newburyport were supplied "with drums, fifes and collours at the expense of the Town."' March 20, 1787, a special committee was appointed at an adjourned town meeting to consider what action, if any, should be taken in regard to the eleventh article in the warrant, which read as follows : — To see if the Town will give Capt Michael Hodge, commander of the Company of Artillery belonging to this Town, liberty to erect a gun house on the Town's land near the Rev. Mr. Gary's meetinghouse, or on any other lot of land belonging to the Town, suitable for the reception of the Artillery pieces and stores &c belonging to said artillery, and whether they will give their consent that the materials of the present Gun house should be taken and appropriated for the building of a new one.! Rev. Mr. Gary's meeting-house was then standing in the centre of what is now known as Market square. The com- mittee appointed to consider the petition for a new gun house, reported, on the second day of April, in favor of erecting a building suitable for that purpose " in the middle ship yard," near the place afterward selected as the site of the market house. •♦ No definite action, however, was taken until March 18, 1788, when the town voted to grant the petitioners leave to erect a gun house " on Land adjoining Frog pond for the purpose of housing the state artillery," and the selectmen were desired " to look out the place. "s The building was probably erected during the following summer at the south- easterly end of the pond, where it remained for nearly a century. 1 History of Newburyport (Currier), vnlunie I, pages 585-587. 2 Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 454. ■'Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 476. "* Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 483. ' Newburyport Town Records, volume I, page 509. 114 HIS TOR ) ' OF NE WB I 'A' ) TOR T The Federal salute, which announced the arrival of Wash- ington in Newburyport, in 1789, was fired by the artillery company, and the various political and patriotic associations that passed through the principal streets of the town, on that occasion, were escorted by the same military organization. At a later date, when General La Fayette visited Newburyport, the Artillerv company and the Washington Light Infantry had the honor of escorting the distinguished soldier from the town of Newbury to the Tracy house on State street, New- buryport. The name of the artillery company was changed to the "Washington Light Guard" August 5, 1844, and on the twenty-third of September following the company, arrayed in new uniform, armed and equipped with smooth-bore muskets and new field pieces, celebrated the event by a grand military parade. At the laying of the corner-stone of the town hall, July 4, 1850, the Washington Light Guard escort- ed the selectmen, orator of the day, fire department, trades- men, and masonic organizations to the corner of Green and Pleasant streets, where an appropriate address was delivered by Hon. Caleb Gushing. March 4, 1852, the name of the company was again changed to the Gushing Guard, in honor of Caleb Gushing, then mayor of the city of Newburyport, which name it re- tained until the organization was dissolved, in March, 1902, although for several years previous to that date it was official- ly known as Company A, Eighth regiment, M. V. M.' THE GUN HOUSE. The land at the southeasterly end of Frog pond, on which the gun house was erected in 1788, was owned by the town 1 For additional facts and details see History' of Newburyport (Cushinji;), pages 72 and 73; Newburyport Herald, June 25 and July 9, 1858; Historical Sketch liy Hon. David L. Withington, published in the Herald October 22, 1S75: an ad- dress by Hon. Eben F. Stone, delivered before the officers and menil>ers of the Veteran Artillery Association, published in the Herald May 17, 1877. r//A GCLV HOUSE 1^5 of Newlniryport, but the labor and materials used in the con- struction of the building- were paid for by the members of the artillery company. In 1836, the company conveyed all its I'ight, title and interest in the property to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The question of leasing the land to the state was considered at a town meeting held on the twenty- eighth of March. The twentieth article in the warrant for that meeting read as follows : — To see if they will lease or grant the use of the land where the Gun House now stands to the State or to any person in behalf of the State for the accommodation of said house, and on what terms." This article was referred to the selectmen, who subsequent- ly reported in favor of granting the free use of the land for the purpose named. In 1842, additional room was needed for the better accom- modation of the artillery company, and on the twenty-eighth of March the town voted to appropriate the stim of one hun- dred dollars " for the purpose of fitting up an armory for said company and also to pay the rent of said armory."- After the annexation of a part of the town of Newbury to Newburyport, and the adoption of the city charter, the city council voted, December 5, 1853, to give a bond to the state " for the safe keeping of the cannon now in the possession of the Gushing Guards," and also voted to purchase the gun house, "provided the state will sell the same for a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars." Ten or fifteen years later the cannon were returned to the quartermaster-general of the commonwealth, and in 1882 the gun house was removed to land adjoining the Old Hill bury- ing ground, near the junction of Auburn, Low and Pond streets. The half-tone print on the next page is from a photo- ' Newburyport Town Records, volume III, page 346. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume III, page 124. ii6 HIS TOR \ ' OF NE WB I Vv' YPOR T <;ii\ HorsK. graph taken m 1S90. The <^\\\\ house at that date was used as a storehouse. It remained in the possession of the city of Newburyport until July 27, 1907, when it was sold at auction, removed to a vacant lot on the northwesterly side of Daven- port hill, and converted into a dwelling house. WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY. On the fifteenth of April, in the year 1800. the Washin--- ton Light Infantry was organized in Newburyport, and promptly equipped for military service. Abraham Perkins was chosen captain, Charles Jackson, lieutenant, and Nicholas Tracy, ensign. The company made its first i)ublic appearance on the twen- ty-fourth of July following, and was heartily applauded as it marched through the principal streets of the town.' It was ' NewlKiry])^!! Ik-rald. July J5, 1800. VE TEKAN AR TILLER Y ASSOC! A TION 1 1 7 Stationed at Plum island to defend the fortifications erected there during the war of 1812, and escorted President Monroe from Bartlet mall to the tavern on State street, when he vis- ited Newburyport in July, 18 1 7. In the month of August following, the regiment to which this company was attached was disbanded, but in January, 18 18, the company was reor- ganized, and on the eighteenth of April elected Charles H. Balch, captain, Eleazer Johnson, jr., lieutenant, and Philip Johnson, jr., ensign. ' In 1824, the Newburyport Artillery and Washington Light Infantry escorted LaP^ayette from the town of Newbury to the Tracy house, on State street, in Newburyport, and on the fourth of July, 1826, both companies united in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of American independence. At the burial of Col. p:dward Wigglesworth, December 12, 1826, the right of the artillery company to lead the proces- sion was disputed by the Washington Light Infantry. A bitter controversy followed, w^hich was continued for several weeks in the newspapers of the day.' In March, 1834, the ofificers of the last-named company resigned, and the company was disbanded. 3 VETERAN ARTILLERV ASSOCIATION. On the fourth of July, 1854, the seventy-eighth anniversary of American Independence was celebrated in Newburyport with unusual pomp and ceremony. A procession, com- posed of tradesmen, members of the fire department, delega- tions and organizations from Bangor, Portsmouth, Boston, New York, and other cities and towns, was escorted through the principal streets by the Cushing Guard, Jabez L. Pearson, captain, and fifty or sixty ex-members of the old Newbury- ' Newburyport Herald, April 21, iSiS. ^ Newbmyport Herald, December 15 and 17, 1826, and January, 1827. Mlistoryof Newburyport (Gushing ), pages 73 and 74; History of Newbury- port (^Mrs. E. Vale Smith), pages 288 and 2S9. J 1 8 ///S TOR Y OI^ NE WB I 'A' YPOK T port Artillery company, under the command of Maj. Ebenezer Bradbury. In the month of October following the Veteran Artillery Association was formed. Hon. Ebenezer Bradbury was chosen captain, and John Burrill, first lieutenant. On the third of November the association made its first appearance in public, under the command of Lieutenant Burrill (Captain Bradbury being detained at home by illness), and attracted much attention. It was active and vigorous for twenty-five or thirty years, participating in many military parades. It still retains its name and organization, but in recent years has not met for military exercise or drill. CHAPTER XXI. LODGES, BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, CORPORATIONS, LITERARV> MUSICAL AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS. July 17, 1766, the Right Worshipful Jeremy Gridley, esq., " provincial Grand Master of the Ancient and Honorable So- ciety of Free and Accepted Masons in North America," granted a charter for, and appointed Stephen Hooper master of, St. John's lodge in Newburyport. Nathaniel Tracy, John Tracy, Stephen Hooper, Michael Hodge, Capt. Moses Brown, Bulkeley Emerson, Rufus King, Edward Wigglesworth, William Moreland, Rev. Edward Bass, Dr. John B. Swett and others prominent in mercantile or professional life were interested in the organization of this lodge and contributed liberally to its support. The records of the lodge previous to 1781 have been lost or destroyed, but the following notices published in the Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet indicate that Stephen Hooper retained the office of master until the beginning of the Revo- lutionary war. Masons are notified that the Right Worshipful Stephen Hooper, Esq. intends to celebrate the feast of St. John, the Evangelist, on Tuesday, the 27th of December, at Mason's Hall, in Newburyport. All brethren are desired to attend at eleven o'clock A. M. Bulkeley Emersox, sec. Dinner precisely at two o'clock.' ' Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, December 21, 1774 ( P.oston AtheuK- um). Freemason's hall was in Temple street, and is now a dwelling house for two families. 119 I 2 o ///-S' TOR Y Of NE IV /} [/A' YPOR 7 The brethren of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons are hereby notified that the Right Worshipful, Stephen Hooper, Esquire, Master of St. John's Lodge in Newbury Port, intends to celebrate the Feast of St. John the Evangelist on the 271'' of Decem- ber Instant at MeslVs. Davenport's at the sign of General Wolf. All the Brethren are desired to meet at Mason's Hall at 1 i o'clock A. M.on said day. By order of the Master and Wardens. Bui.KELEY Emp:hsox, Scc'y. N. B. The Table will be Furnished precisely at two o'clock.' Newburyport [Monday] Dec. 18, 1 7S6. Notice is hereby given to the Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons that the Feast of St. John the Evangelist will be celebrated at Mr. Davenport's by the master, wardens and Brethren of St. John's Lodge on Wednesday next. Dinner to be on the table at two o'clock. Tickets at four shillings each to be had of Samuel Cutler, Sccrciaty. N. B. The Brethren of the Lodge are desired to give their attendance at the Lodge Room at nine o'clock, and visiting Brethren at half past ten, in order to attend service at St. Paul's Church. - During the anti-masonic excitement in 1830, St. John's Lodge surrendered its charter. It was, however, reorganized in 1853, and is now in a flourishing condition. ST. PETER S LODGE. At a meeting of the Grand lodge of the province of Massa- chusetts Bay held in Boston March 6, 1772, a charter was granted St. Peter's Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in Newburyport, and two or three weeks later the lodge was organized. The following notice appeared in the columns of the Essex Gazette March 31, 1772 : — ^ 1 Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, December 15, 1775 (Boston Athen;v- um). Anthony and Moses Davenport were proprietors of the Wolfe tavern, then standinjT on the corner of State street and Threadneedle alley. ■-' Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, December 20, 17S6 (Anticiuariau Society, Worcester). 3 Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. S r. PE TER'S LODGE 1 2 1 We hear the most worshipful Joseph Warren, Esq., Grand Master of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in New England, has granted a charter for the Erection of a new Lodge at Newbury Port by the name of St. Peter's Lodge. A number of respectable masons there having petitioned for the same. The upper chambers of a dwelling house on Temple street were leased and occupied as a lodge room, with the members of St. John's lodge as joint tenants. December 12, 1776, the following notice was published in the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet : — ' The lirethren of the most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons are hereby notified that the Right Worshipful William Greenough, master of St. Peter's Lodge in Newburyport, intends to Celebrate the Feast of St. John the Evangelist on the 27111 of December next at the Merrimack Coffee House in Newbury. By order of the Master and Wardens, John Pettin(;ell, Secretary. Newbury Port, Dec. 11, 5776. N. B. Dinner precisely at 2 o'clock. In 1792, the meetings of St. Peter's lodge were held in rooms provided for that purpose on Queen, now Market, street. At ten o'clock on the morning of the twenty-fifth of June of that year the members assembled in the lodge room to cele- brate the festival of St. John the Baptist, and after a brief preliminary service, proceeded to St. Paul's church, where prayers were read by Rev. Edward Bass, and an address, ai> propriate to the occasion, delivered by Rev. Robert Fowle. Similar services held on several subsequent occasions were announced in the newspapers of the day, as follows : — Festival of St. John. The Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of St. l^eter's Lodge intend celebrating the Feast of St. John the Baptist on Tuesday, the 24111 current, at the house of Mr. Jeptha Spalding, on 1 American Anticiuarian Society, Worcester, Mass. 122 HISTORY Of NEWBVRYPORT Deer Island. All worthy masons are requested to attend with their clothing and Jewels. liy order of the Worshipful Master and Wardens. George J. Osi?orne, Sec'y. *^* Dinner on the Table at two o'clock P. M.' The Festival of St. John the Baptist will be celebrated on Monday [June 25, 1798] by St. Peter's Lodge. At eleven o'clock a procession will proceed from Union Hall on Green street to St. Paul's Church, where prayers will be read and an oration delivered. Dinner to be served at two o'clock at the Hall on Deer Island. A. Perkins, Secretmy? [June 24, 1S03.] The Brethren of St. Peter's and St. John's lodges will celebrate the feast of St. John the Baptist this day. Rt. Kev. Bishop Bass will otificiate at the religious service, and an address by Brother John Park will be delivered at Rev. Mr. Andrews meeting-house. Breth- ren will meet at Mason's Hall on Green street at 9.30 A. M. Dinner will be on the table at Deer Island Bridge at 2 o'clock P. M.3 February 7, 1820, Jonathan Gage, Joshua Greenleaf, Ste- phen Howard, Jacob Perkins, Eleazer Johnson, Enoch Plumer and other members of the lodge were incorporated by the name of " The Trustees of Saint Peter's Charity Fund in Newburyport," for the purpose of holding real and personal estate and applying the income thereof to acts of charity and benevolence, " and for no other use whatever."-* July 28, 1820, Joshua Greenleaf conveyed to the trustees of St. Peter's Charity P'und, land on Green street, with the ' Morning Star, Iiuie 17, 1794- The proprietors of the Essex- Merrimack bridge purchased Deer island in 1792, and erected a toll house and tavern there. Jeptha Spalding was landifjrd until September i, 1794. ■■' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, June 22, 179S. Union hall was probably built in 1797 on the southeasterly side of Green street, near Merrimack street. In 1802, Washington hall was built on land owned by Jonathan Gage, near Union hall. Subsequently, both halls were connected and afterwards converted into tenement houses, Nos. 7, 9, 11 and 13 Cireen street. 3 Newburyport Herald, June 24, 1 803. « Acts and Resolves, 1819-1820, chajHer 102. S T. MARIC S L on GE 123 buildings thereon, " formerly owned by Joseph O'Brien and others," and sold by the United States government July 24, 1820, for the payment of the direct tax for the year 18 16.' On the same date, an adjoining lot, " bounded in part by land of the proprietors of Union Hall," was conveyed to the trustees by Jonathan Gage, Joshua Greenleaf and Thomas Somerby. On this land Washington hall was erected. March 30, 1829, the trustees of St. Peter's Charity Fund sold the land, with the buildings thereon, to Jonathan Gage, Eleazer Johnson, William Davis, John Holliday, Joseph George and Jacob W. Pierce.- In 1830, St. Peter's lodge surrendered its charter, and has not been in active operation since that date. ST. mark's lodge. September 12, 1803, the Grand Lodge of the State of Mas- sachusetts granted a charter to St. Mark's lodge of Newbury- port. The first meeting of the lodge for organization was held in Washington hall, on the southeasterly side of Green street, near Merrimack street, on the twenty-seventh of Sep- tember following. The officers of the lodge were installed with appropriate ceremonies by the officers of the Grand lodge July 1 1, 1804.^ In 1825, Phenix hall was leased and fitted up as a lodge room for St. Mark's and St. John's lodges. In 1862, both lodges removed to Washington hall, on the corner of State and Essex streets. In 1898, St. Mark's lodge returned to Phenix hall, where it still meets to instruct its members in the work and duties of masonry. September 28, 1903, the centennial anniversary of the lodge was celebrated by public exercises in the meeting-house of the Plrst Religious society, on Pleasant street, where Rev. Oliver ' Essex Deeds, book 225, leaf 136. '^ Essex Deeds, book 250, leaf 301. 3 Newbnryport Herald, July 13, 1804. J 2^ I/ISTOR y OF NE IVB UKYPOKT A. Roberts delivered an interesting historical address, which was published in the newspapers of the day. The exercises closed with a banquet at City hall, followed by brief speeches from distinguished guests. KlXr. CVRUS CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS. In 1790, H. Duplessis, a Frenchman residing in Newbury- port, with Jonathan Boardman, Jonathan Gage, Ur. John B. Swett and a few other prominent citizens of the town, formed an association called King Cyrus Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. The Grand chapter for the New England states was organ- ized in 1798, and for several years after that date held its an- nual meetings alternately in Boston and Newburyport. A charter authorizing King Cyrus chapter to confer the degrees of a Royal Arch Mason on candidates applying for the same was granted September 1 7, 1 799, by the Grand chapter, and continued in force until the anti-masonry excitement in 1830, when it was surrendered.' The charter was revived, however, in 1854, and since that date King Cyrus chapter has been in active operation, and is still strong and vigorous. NEWBURYPORT COMMANDERV OF KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. In 1795, Dr. John B. Swett, Dudley A. Tyng, Jonathan Gage, Joshua Greenleaf, Nathaniel Knapp, William Wyerand Samuel Cutler formed the Newburyport Encampment of Knights Templars. At a later date, Abraham Perkins, Sam- • Rev. William Kentley, in his diary, volume II, page 3:10, under the date of October 14, 1799, says: — " I left Salem for Newbury Port & found the Royal Arch in Chapter according to promise. At their Invitation I visited them & received the degrees of Makk Master, Past Master, Excellent Master & Royal Arch Mason. There was an elegant supper after the Ceremonies & I passed the evening with the High Priest, after having visited Capt. Noyes, Capt. Knap, Rev'd Mr. Cary, Blount, lS;c." lyDEPEXDE.VT ORDER OE ODD EEL LOWS T25 uel Mulliken, Charles Jackson, Jacob Perkins, William Woart, Edward Dorr and others were associated with them in confer- ring- the degrees of the Red Cross and Knig-hts Templars. The first commander, Dr. John B. Swett, was elected in 1795 ; the second, Nathaniel Knapp. jr., in 1800.' A diploma, stating that Hamilton Moore had received the degrees of the Templar order, signed by John V>. Swett, Dudley A. Tyng, Jonathan Gage, Stephen Howard and Benjamin Perkins, P>b- ruary 16, 1796, has been carefull)' preserved, and now hangs in the armory of the Sir Knights. The Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was not organized until 1806. In answer to a petition of the Sir Knights of Newburyport, " stating that they have heretofore assembled together as was the custom of Knights previously to the establishment of the (irand Encampment, and exercised the privilege of forming and opening an occa- sional council . . . they therefore pray for a Charter of Recognition extending and confirming unto them the rights and privileges of a regularly constituted encampment," a charter was granted May 19, 1808, and Nathaniel Knapp, jr., was appointed commander. In 1869, the name Newbury- port Encampment was changed to Newburyport Commandery of Knights Templars. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. March 7, 1844, Eben S. Stearns, George Emory, John Poole, S. K. Gilman, C. A. Somerby and others organized in Newburyport the Ouascacunciuen Lodge, No. 39. Meetings were held in Phenix hall, on State street, until June, 1850, and afterward in Union hall, on Hale's court. This last- named hall was dedicated July 28, 1850, Eben S. Stearns delivering the dedicatory address. ' Rev. William Bentley of Salem, in his diary, under the date of April 28. i8co, says : — " I went to Xewbiuy. My object was of the degrees of Red Cross & Templars^ I spent an evening agreeably with Mr. Carey & lodged at his House." 126 msTOK y or ne vvb l r ypor t In June. 185^, a hall on the third floor of the Merchants Bank building, corner of State and Charter streets, after- ward known as Odd Fellows' hall, was leased and occupied as a lodge room. It was thoroughly re-htted and re-furnished in 1872. Thirty years later, when additional room was needed, the armory on Merrimack street was purchased,' re- modeled, and dedicated February 17, 1905, with appropriate exercises. Philip K. Hills, esq., one of the charter members of the Ouascacuncjuen lodge, was much interested in its organization and develop- ment, holding the office of treasurer in 1844, and also that of Noble Grand. In 1845, be was elected repre- sentative to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; in 1847, District Deputy Grand Master; in 185 1, (irand Warden of the Right W'orthy Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and (jrand iiiii ir K. nil i.s. Representative to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States of America ; and, in 1859, Grand Master of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He took an active part in the meetings of the local, as well as the state and national lodges, and favored the adoption of measures that ultimately led to the organization of the supplementary and auxiliary orders known as the Encampment and the Daughters of Rebekah. He was elected scribe at the first meeting of the Merrimack Encamp- 1 Ksscx Det-ds, boiik I yCio, paije 190. INDEPEXDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS 127 ment, No. 7, and subsequently held the office of Chief Patriarch. In 1846, he represented the lodge in the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts ; in 1850, he was Grand Patri- arch of the Grand Encampment ; and in 1856, Grand Repre- sentative to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States of America. At the time of his death he was one of the trustees having charge of the financial affairs of Merri- mack Encampment, No. 7.' The Ouascacunquen lodge has two funds, one a general fund for the assistance of members injured by accident or ill with disease, and the other a fund for the assistance of widows and children of deceased members.- Merrimack Encampment, No. 7, was chartered P'ebruary fifth, and organized F'ebruary 14, 1845. United Rebekah Lodge, No. 13, was organized April 25, 1870; charter surrendered March 10, 1884; and reorganized December 4, 1893. Canton Harmony, No. 47, Patriarchs Militant, organized in 1880, is composed of members from the Merrimack Encamp- ment of Newburyport and the Harmony Encampment of Amesbury, Mass. ' Philip Knapp Hills, son of Joshua and Lydia Hills, was biirn in Newburyport May 6, 1820. He married Mary P. Gerrish September 3, 1846, and was for several years an officer in the custom house, and afterwards bookkeeper in the Mer- chants Bank. P^om 1 85 1 to 1S55, he was a member of the common council of the city of Newburyport and alderman from 1856 to 1858 inclusive; Director of the Public library from 1S56 to 1869; and member of the school committee from 1874 to 1877 inclusive. In 1855, he was elected secretary, and in 1881, treas- urer of the Institution for Savings in Newburyport and Vicinity. Owing to im- paired eyesight he was obliged to resign the last-named office in 1S93. During the last three or four years of his life he was totally blind. He bore his affliction with characteristic courage and cheerfulness, and died August 15, 1901, leaving a widow, two sons and three daughters. '^ The above sketch has been compiled from an abstract of the records of Quas- cacunquen lodge prepared by William H. Welch, P. C. P., and Samuel J. F.\1E. rence B. Gushing and others signed articles of agreement for the purpose of organizing a society which, on the twentieth of November following, was incorporated by the name of the Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Men. In 1890, the society received from Eliphalet Griffin the net proceeds of a lawn party held at his residence in September of that year, and several hundred dollars from a similar gath- ering in July, 1 89 1. He also purchased and gave to the society a lot of land in the vicinity of the " Three Roads," so 142 H/STOR V OF NE VVB UR YPOR T called, and in 1896 built at his own expense the foundation for a brick building, which was completed two or three years later by a vote of the trustees. Mr. Griffin died July 10, 1899. For the lack of available funds, the home remained unfur- nished and unoccupied until March, 1902, when the trustees voted to furnish the dining room, office and four chambers. The work was completed in season to admit four aged men to the home on the fourteenth of April following. Since that date, other rooms have been furnished, and the number of in- mates has been increased to seven at the present time. A photographic view of the building is reproduced in the half-tone print on the preceding page. The estimated value of the land and building is thirteen thousand dollars. The society has, also, an invested fund of over fifty thousand dollars. NEWBURVPORT BETHEL SOCIETY. In November, 1836, the Female Bethel Society of New- buryport was organized for the purpose of providing for the temporal and spiritual improvement of seamen, and co-oper- ating with the American Seamen's Friend Society in its char- itable and philanthropic work.' In 1843, '^'^^^ t"'" ten or fifteen years after that date, this society was known as the " Ladies Bethel Society,"'' but no authority for the change of name has been discovered. In October, 1857, articles of agreement and association were filed with the register of deeds at Salem, Mass., incorporating Helen Tracy, Julia H. Spaulding, Sophia Ann Follansbee, Mary P. Graves, Hannah H. Jones, Abbie F. Pike, M. J. Brown, " their associates and successors," by ' The .-\merican Seamen's Friend Society was pnibal)ly orj^anized as early as 1S30. At the annual meeting held in the vesti7 of the North Congregational cluirch January 24, 1833. Capt. John Wills was elected president of the society. ^ See advertisements of annual meetings published in the Newhuryport Ik-rald in November. 1845, and later; and Newburyport directories, 1851 to 1858. GENERAL ClIAklTABLE SOCIETY OF NEWBURYPORT 143 the name of the Newburyport Ladies Bethel Society.' This act of incorporation was evidently not acceptable to a major- ity of the members, and a few of them, dissatisfied with the proceedings, formed a new society and maintained a separate organization for more than twenty years, under articles of agreement filed in October, 1857. The constitution of the Female Bethel Society, organized in 1836, was amended at a meeting held June 17, 1858, and a copy of the revised constitution was filed with the register of deeds December 11, i860.- In 1867, the name of the Female Bethel Society of Newburyport was changed by an act of the General Court to the Newburyport Bethel Society, which name it still retains.^ GENERAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY OF NEWBURYPORT. In February, 1850, a society was organized by a few ladies for the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffer- ing of the poor residing in Newburyport. With a small in- come, derived from an annual tax on each member and occa- sional donations of money and clothing from friends of the society, the work of providing for the sick and destitute was carried on systematically and assiduously until June 4, 1856, when Mary E. Dimmick, Margaret H. Andrews, Sarah J. Spalding and Mary C. Balch, " their associates and succes- sors," were incorporated by the name of the General Charita- ble Society of Newburyport, *' for the purpose of taking, hold- ing, investing and distributing such funds as they now have or as may hereafter be given them for the charitable and be- nevolent objects of their association. "•♦ Articles of agreement and a code of by-law^s were prepared, signed by members of the society and filed with the register ' Essex Deeds, book 559, leaf 250. - Essex Deeds, book 616, leaf 99. 3 Acts and Resolves, 1867, chapter 186. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1856, chapter 281. 144 HI ST OR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T of deeds in Salem, February 26, 1859. Donations and be- quests amounting to twenty-five thousand dollars have been given to the society from time to time, as follows : — In 1857, from the estate of Nathaniel Smith, . " 1876, from Miss Anna Jaques, " 1882, from Mrs. Sarah W. Hale, . " 1883, from the estate of Miss Sarah A. Green, " 1890, from the estate of Richard W. Drown, " 1895, from the estate of Rev. William O. Moseley, " 1896, from the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boardman, " 1901, from the estate of Miss Ann G. Toppan, $1,850 GO 5,000 GO 2,GOO 00 1,850 00 2,000 GO 3, GOO OG 500 GO 9,OGG GO J?25,200 GO ANNA JAQUES HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. March 4, 1883, Miss Anna Jaques of Newbury gave to Dr. Francis A. Howe and William H. Swasey certain bonds, with premium and accrued interest, valued at twenty-nine thousand dollars, for the purpose of establishing a hospital in Newbury- port. Land on the corner of Broad and Monroe streets was purchased, with the three-story dwelling house thereon. March 20, 1884, the Anna Jaques Hospital Association was incorporated, and the dwelling house, repaired and remodeled, was opened for the admission of patients on the seventh of May following. June 28, 1904, new buildings, especially designed for hos- pital work, erected on Highland avenue, were dedicated with appropriate exercises, and since that date have been occupied and used for the purposes for which they were built by friends of the association.' The old hospital on the corner of Broad and Monroe streets was sold in 1906, and is now a private residence. 1 History of Newburyixut (Currier), volume I, pages 241-245. } 'O UNG MEX' S CHR IS TIA N ASSO CIA TfO.V 1 4 5 NEWBURYPORT HOMECEPATHIC HOSPITAL. June 15, 1893, Albert Currier, George W. Worcester, Charles F. Johnson, David Foss and others were incorpo- rated, under chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Public Statutes, by the name of the Newburyport Homoepathic Hos- pital, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining one or more buildings for the use and care of persons suffering from injury or disease. Subscribers to the articles of agreement met for organization on the first day of July following. Land on High street, opposite Woodland street, with the buildings thereon, belonging to the estate of Capt. Charles Lunt, was conveyed to the corporation March 30, 1903. The hospital was dedicated, with appropriate services, and opened to the public May 28, 1906. For further details see annual reports published by the trustees of the hospital. NEWBURYPORT YOUNG MEN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. In the second story of the brick building on the south- westerly corner of State and Essex streets an association was organized in 1876 for the moral and spiritual improvement of young men residing within the limits of Newburyport. In that building meetings were held for two or three years, and afterward in rooms under Essex hall, on the opposite corner of State and Essex streets. In 1880, the association removed to the corner of Pleasant street and Hale's court. It was in- corporated under the general laws of the commonwealth of Massachusetts September i, 1884, by the name of the New- buryport Young Men's Christian Association, and in 1888 a lot of land on the northeasterly corner of State and Harris streets was purchased.' A convenient and commodious build- ing was erected thereon and presented to the association April 17, 1 89 1, by the family of the late George H. Corliss of Providence, R. I.^ ' Essex Deeds, book 12J4, pages 405 and 406. ■^ Histoiy of Newbuiyport (Currier), volume I, pages 247 and 24S. , 46 HIS TOR V OF NE WB I 'R YPOR T The association has no invested funds, being dependent upon membership fees and vohmtary subscriptions for its support. It receives a large contribution annually from Mrs. Corliss and smaller sums from others interested in the work of the association. THE VOUNG WO^FEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'. At a meeting held in the vestry of the North Congrega- tional church October 5, 1883, the Women's Christian Asso- ciation was formed for the purpose of finding employment for young women and girls, and providing them with board and lodging at reasonable rates. In the month of November following, by-laws were adopted, rooms at No. 62 State, cor- ner of Pleasant street engaged and an employment bureau and sewing school established. Subsequently, teachers were provided for classes in cooking and general housekeeping. In February, 1890, the society was incorporated, under the general laws of the commonwealth, by the name of The Young Women's Christian Association of Newburyport, and three months later a dwelling house on Market street, former- ly owned and occupied by Joseph A. Frothingham, with the land under and adjoining the same, was purchased for the use of the association and converted into a home and lodging house for young women. Inmates of the home pay a small sum weekly for room rent and board, but the total amount re- ceived is much less than the annual expenditure. The associ- ation is dependent upon the contributions of friends to make up this annual deficit, having a fund of a few hundred dollars only in addition to the amount invested in the house and land that it owns and occupies. NEWBURVPORT WOOLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. January 29, 1794, Benjamin Greenleaf, Philip Aubin, Wil- liam Bartlet, Richard Bartlet, Offin Boardman, jr., Moses Brown, David Coffin, William Coombs, John Coombs, Mark XEU'BUA'VrORT llOSIFRY COMPANY T47 Fitz, Abel Grcenleaf, John (ireenleaf, Andrew Frothingham, Michael Hodge, Nicholas Johnson, Nathaniel Knapp, Peter Le Breton, Joseph Moulton, Theophilus Parsons, Ebenezer Wheelwright, Edward Wigglesworth and others were incor- porated by the name of " The Proprietors of the Newbury- port Woolen Manufactory."' The company purchased about six acres of land, with a water privilege on the Parker river, in Byfield parish. New- bur)', and erected a factory there, which was supplied with suitable machinery made by the Schofield Brothers and by Messrs. Guppy & Armstrong in Newburyport. It is said that the company was the first one incorporated for the man- ufacture of woolen goods in the United States.- The broad- cloths, cassimeres, serges and blankets made there were sold by William Bartlet at his store in Newburyport. The busi- ness, however, was not financially successful, and Mr. Bartlet bought out the dissatisfied stockholders in 1803. Ne.xt year, he sold the ]Droperty to John Lees, an Englishman, who con- verted it into a factory for the manufacture of cotton cloth. NEWBURYPORT HO.SIERY COMP.^NV. February 22, 1825, Edward S. Rand, Thomas M. Clark, Dudley A. Tyng, Moses Atkinson, Edward Rand, John Wills, jr., and Ebenezer Moseley, their associates and succes- sors, were incorporated by the name of the Newburyport Hosiery Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, woolen and silk stockings by machinery in Newburyport. ^ Land was purchased and a factory erected on the easterly side of Pleasant street, opposite Brown square. The busi- ness, however, proved to be unremunerative, and the property was sold to John Brickett, Charles Butler, Ebenezer Brad- bury, John O. W. Brown, William Kimball, Nathan FoUans- ' Acts and Resolves, 1794, chapter 27. - History of Newbury (Currier), pages 293-295. ■' Acts and Resolves, 1824-5, chapter 88. 1 4 8 HIS TOR V OF NEW B I 'R YFOR T bee, John Dodge, jr., Moody Pearson, William Davis, jr., and others, who were incorporated February 13, 1829, by the name of The Newburyport Hosiery Manufacturing Com- pany, for the purpose of manufacturing hosiery and every description of " warp frame work."' Five years later, the machinery and manufactured goods on hand were sold at auction, and the company was dissolved.- NEWBURYPORT SILK COMPANV. March 25, 1836, Hector Coffin, William Bartlet and John Porter, " their associates and successors," were made a cor- poration, by the name of the Newburyport Silk Company, for the purpose of stimulating and developing the culture and manufacture of silk in all its branches in the towns of New- buryport, Newbury and West Newbury. ^ In the month of May following, the state of Massachusetts offered a bounty of one dollar f(jr every ten pounds of cocoons produced by silk worms in the state, and one dollar for every pound of silk produced from these cocoons. Mulberry trees were planted in favorable localities in the towns named above, and the raising of silk worms was carried on to a limited extent, but sudden changes in temperature and heavy rain storms daring the summer months interfered with the development of the cocoons, and the industry, proving unprofitable, was abandoned two or three years later. NEWBURYPORT STEAM COTTON COMPANY. In 1835, a factory for the manufacture of cotton cloth was erected near the foot of Strong street, " on the wharf next above the Newburyport bridge." The building was one hundred and thirteen feet long, forty feet wide and three stories high, with a steam engine of forty-horse power to drive three thous- ^ Acts and Resolves, 182S-9, chapter 50. '^ Advertisement in Newbuiyport Herald. A]iril 15, 1834. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1836, chapter 70. BARTLET STEAM MILLS 149 and spindles.' It was completed and ready to commence operations early in the spring of 1836. On the eleventh of March, Enoch S. Williams, Samuel T. DeFord and Richard Stone, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of The Newburyport Steam Cotton Company, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton cloth, with a capital not exceeding two hundred thousand dol- lars.^ Stephen W. Marston was elected president, William Balch, Tristram Coffin, jr., and R. Stone, directors, and Enoch S. Williams, agent. ^ In 1843, the property was sold and the company dissolved. THE ESSEX STEAM MILLS. February 5, 1844, James Read, George Gardner and Ed- mund L. Le Breton, their associates and successors, were in- corporated by the name of The Essex Steam Mills, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton cloth in Newburyport, with a capital not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars/ They purchased the factory, built in 1835 by the Newbury- port Steam Cotton Company, and continued the manufacture of cotton cloth there from 1844 until March 6, 1856, when the building was destroyed by fire. THE WESSACUMCON, AFTERWARD BARTLET STEAM MILLS. April 7, 1837, Richard S. Spofford, Samuel T. De Ford and John Chickering were incorporated by the name of The Wessacumcon Steam Mills, for the purpose of manufactur- ing cotton cloth in Newburyport. s Land was purchased on the corner of Pleasant and Inn streets, and a large brick ' Newburyport Herald, March 4, 1836. - Acts and Resolves, 1836, chapter 22. 3 Newburyport Herald, March 4, 1836, and February 3, 1S37. '' Acts and Resolves, 1844, chapter 16. ' Acts and Resolves, 1837, chapter 121. T50 HISTOR Y OP NE WB I 'K YPOR T I'.AR'll.EI' STEAM MILLS. factory erected thereon. A Joell, bearing-^the following inscrip- tions, was hung in the belfry tower : — Del Monte Carmel Ora Pro Nobis Ciriacvs Romans me fecit in Malaga Ano Uei 1723.' In 1840, the capital stock of the company was increased to four hundred thousand dollars, another brick factory was erected, and the name of the corporation was changed to the Bartlet Steam Mills.- Both factories were destroyed by fire March 18, 1881, and have not been rebuilt. A photographic view, showing a part of the factory built in 1837, with the counting room adjoining, is reproduced in the above half-tone print. 1 Newbiuyport Herald. April 24, 1838. It is said that this \x-\\ was for many years on a convent in Spain. A highly ornamented cross and the coat-of-arms of a Roman bishop were cast on opposite sides of the bell, in addition to the inscriptions quoted above. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1840, chapter 46. THE GLOBE STEAM MILLS 151 JAMES STEAM MILLS. January 28, 1842, Philip Johnson, Mark Symonds, Robert Bayley and Charles T. James, '' their associates and succes- sors," were incorporated by the name of the James Steam Mills, for the manufacture of cotton cloth.' A four-story brick factory was erected between Charles and Salem streets, on land extending to Water street, and the capital stock of the company increased from one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in 1842, to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in 1844. The company was dissolved in May, 1869, and the property subsequently conveyed to a new manufacturing com- pany, incorporated in 1 87 1 by the name of the Masconomet Mills. In 1876, the Masconomet Mills company was re-organized, and under the name of Victoria Mills continued to manufacture cojset jeans, satteens and brown sheetings until 1897, when the property was sold to the Victoria Mills Corporation, and two years later to the Peabody Manufacturing Company. It is now leased to the Warner Cotton Mills, manufacturers of cotton yarn. THE GLOBE STEAM MILLS. March 22, 1845, Charles H. Coffin, Edward S. Lesley and Albert Currier, their associates and successors, were incorpo- rated by the name of The Globe Steam Mills, for the pur- pose of manufacturing cotton cloth in Newburyport.^ Land was purchased on Federal street, extending to and including land on the corner of Independent and Water streets, and a four-story brick factory erected, in 1846. The capital stock of the company was increased from two hundred thousand dollars to three hundred and twenty thousand dollars early in the spring of that year.^ 1 Acts and Resolves, 1842, chapter 3. - Acts and Resolves, 1845, chapter 184. ■* Acts and Resolves, 1846, chapter 59. 152 HISTOR y OP NE WB I R YPOR T In ideral street, built in 1846. THE OCEAN STEAM MILLS 153 THE OCEAN STEAM MILLS. March 21, 1845, Benjamin Saunders, William C. Balch and Edward S. Lesley, their associates and successors, were incor- porated by the name of The Ocean Steam JNlills, for the manufacture of cotton cloth.' The company organized with a capital of one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, pur- chased land on the corner of Kent and Monroe streets, and built a four-story brick factory there. In 1867, the capital stock was increased to three hundred and sixty thousand dol- lars, the factory enlarged and new machinery added. In 1 87 1, the property was sold, and a new company, under the name of the Ocean Mills, with three hundred thousand dollars capital, continued to manufacture print cloth and sheet- ings there until 1878, when the property again changed hands, and a third company, called The Ocean Mills Company, with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, was organ- ized, and in 1880 mill number two was built. In 1886, Seth M. Milliken of New York and others associated with him purchased the property, and were subsequently incorporated by the name of the Whitefield Mills. The manufacture of cotton cloth was continued until 1889, when the machinery was sold and removed to a new factory erected in one of the Southern states. In 1894, Daniel S. Burley, John P. Stevens and William H. Sargent, manufacturers of boots and shoes, under the firm- name of Burley, Stevens & Co., leased and occupied mill number one, and the Bay State Cordage Company, manufac- turers of tarred cordage and binding twine, leased and occu- pied mill number two.- In 1899, Mr. Sargent withdrew from the firm of Burley, Stevens & Co., and in 1907 the Bay State Cordage Company, having become involved in financial difficulties, sold its machinery and retired from business. ' Acts and Resolves, 1845, chapter 175. " For additional details see North End Papers, by Oliver B. Merrill, in the New- buryport Daily News, September i, 1906. 154 HI ST OK y OF NE WB UK YPOK T Both mills are now owned and occupied by Burley & Stevens in the manufacture of boots and shoes. THE NEWBURYPORT GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY. April 4, 1850, John Porter, Thomas L. Randlett and John Wood, " their associates and successors," were incorporated by the name of The Nevvburyport Gas Company. The first meeting of the stockholders for organization was held June 17, 185 I. The erection of a suitable building and the laying of pipes for the distribution of illuminating gas was completed in 1852. The capital stock of the company at that date was eighty thousand dollars. In 1887, the Newburyport Electric Light and Power Com- pany was incorporated, with a capital of fifty thousand dol- lars, and commenced operations in a new frame-building, erected for that purpose, near the police station, in the rear of No. 4 Merrimack street. In 1890, the Newburyport Gas Company and the Newburyport Electric Light and Power Company were united and made one corporation by the name of the Newburyport Gas and Electric Company, with a capi- tal of one hundred and forty thousand dollars. In 1904, a controlling interest in the stock of this company was pur- chased by Sidney W. Winslow, Andrew W. Rogers and others of Beverly, Mass. The machinery used to furnish electric light and power was removed from the wooden build- ing near the police station to a brick building, erected for that purpose, at the gas works on Union street, and the capital increased in 1906 to two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. MERRIMACK MARINE RAILWAY COMPANY. April 22, 1869, Isaac H. Boardman, Charles M. Bayley, David Hale, Isaac Hale and others were incorporated by the name of the Merrimack Marine Railway (Company of New- buryport, and authorized to construct a marine railway on FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE 15s Ring's island, in the town of Salisbury, opposite the city of Newburyport/ Land was purchased and a railway built during the follow- ing summer.- In 1873, the railway was sold to Joseph L. Piper of Boston and Lemuel Marquand of Newbury port .'^ In 1876, Mr. Piper conveyed his interest in the property to Mr. Marquand,^ who continued to build and repair vessels there until 1903.5 It is now a receiving and distributing station of the Standard Oil Company of New York. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE. An office for insuring ships and merchandise at sea was es- tablished in Boston by Joseph Marion as early as 1724. Poli- cies, similar in form to those of English underwriters issued at that date, were signed by merchants and men of property who agreed to pay the sum set against their names in case of the total loss of the vessel or cargo insured. In 1776, probably, the first insurance office was established in Newburyport.- William Moreland was the agent of the Newburyport underwriters from 1782 to 1788.^ Michael Hodge was the secretary or agent of a similar organization from 1787 to 1792, and perhaps longer."^ Subsequently, other insurance offices were opened in Newburyport under the management of John Pearson, Henry Hudson, Samuel Cutler 1 Acts and Resolves, 1S69, chapter 184. - Essex Deeds, book 770, leaf 181. 3 Essex Deeds, book 890, leaf 59. '' Essex Deeds, book 964, leaf 192. '" Essex Deeds, book 1715, page 283. •^ Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, July 12, 1776; Histoiy of New- buryport (Gushing), page 92. " William Moreland was born in Scotland in 1728. He married Anne Knight of Newburyport December 4, 1770, and lived for several years in a house on the southwesterly side of High street, between Olive and Boardman streets. vShe died November 29, 1789; and he died June 30, 1818. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyard. * See T. & J, Fleet's almanacs. J56 HIS TOR y OF NE WB UR YPOR T and others. A policy found among the papers of the late Hon. Jeremiah Nelson, now in the possession of the Histori- cal Society of Old Newbury, reads in part as follows : — On the cargo of the brigantine Ruby, from Newburyport to one or all of the West India Islands and thence to port of discharge in the United States, #2500 at 5 per cent., $125 00 Zebedee Cook, underwriter, 5200 00 * 200 GO 200 GO 1 ,000 OG 200 CG 200 00 300 00 ICO GG 100 GG $2 ,500 GG James Kittell, John Wills, James Prince, Ebenezer W^heelwright, Theophilus Bradbury, Joseph Knight, Peter Herrick, Edward Toppan, September 19, 1797, office kept by Henry Hudson. In 18 1 5, John Porter, an insurance broker, had an office at No. 14 Cornhill, on the northwesterly side of State street, between Pleasant street and Threadneedle alley. In 1825, he removed to the brick building, which was then just completed, on the corner of Middle and State streets.' THE NEWBURYPORT M.VRINE IN.SURANCE COMPANY. June 18, 1799, William Bartlet, his associates and succes- sors, were incorporated by the name of The Newburyport Marine Insurance Company, and authorized to insure ships and merchandise " or the life of any person or persons during his or their absence by sea."^ The first meeting of the stockholders of the company was held at the house of Mr. Moses Davenport, " Wolfe Tavern," on the seventeenth day of July for the election of officers. 1 Newburyport Herald, February 12, 1815, and January 4, 1825. * Acts and Resolves, 1 798-9, chapter 6. MERRIMACK FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY 157 William Bartlet, William Coombs, Moses Brown, Ebenezer Stocker, William P. Johnson, Nicholas Johnson, William Far- ris, John Pettingell, Tristram Coffin, Joshua Carter, Jonathan Gage and Richard Pike were chosen directors, and, subse- quently, Ebenezer Stocker was chosen president, and William Woart, secretary/ In 18 1 7, the company was probably united with "The Merrimack Insurance Company ; "^ and, February, 2, 1832, Edward S. Rand and Henry P'rothingham were appointed agents, or trustees, to re-insure outstanding risks, pay all debts, close the office and dissolve the company.^ THE MERRIMACK EIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. P'ebruary 15, 1803, John Pearson, his associates and suc- cessors, were incorporated by the name of The Merrimack Marine and Fire Insurance Company, to make insurance on vessels, freight, merchandise and money " and on the life of any person during his absence by sea."-* Stockholders were requested to meet at Union hall, on Green street, March 9, 1803, for the purpose of electing the first board of directors. s Samuel Cutler, secretary, announced, on the eighteenth of March following, that the company had organized with one hundred thousand dollars capital, and was ready to take risks on ships and cargoes. In 18 14, Jeremiah Nelson, Stephen Howard and Samuel Tenney were appointed a committee to close up the affairs of the company and divide among the stockholders any balance remaining after the payment of outstanding bills. ^ 1 Newburyport Herald and Country' Gazette, July i8, 1799. - Newburyport Herald, April 22, 181 7. •5 Acts and Resolves, 183 1-2, chapter 20. ■* Acts and Resolves, 1802-3, chapter 70. * Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, March i, 1803. ^ Newburyport Herald, August 2, 1814. J 5 g HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR VPOR T THE UNION MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. February 27, 1807, Joseph Williams, John Balch, aod other citizens of Newburyport were incorporated by the name of The Union Marine and Fire Insurance Company for the term of twenty years, with a capital stock not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars.' Stockholders were notified to meet in Union hall, on Green street, Wednesday, April i, 1807, for the purpose of organ- izing the company and electing a board of directors.^ Joseph Balch, the first secretary, had an office "at No. i Green street," where he had previously been engaged in the insur- ance business.'^ William W^^art was secretary in 18 11. February 25, 181 5, the company was authorized to sell its real and personal estate and appoint a committee to close up its affairs and apportion the funds remaining after the pay- ment of all demands against the company, according to the number of shares held by them respectively. •» PHENIX MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. In 1809, James Prince, William Russel, Daniel Richards and Joseph Williams of Newburyport, " having formed them- selves into a voluntary society or company by the name of the Newburyport Phenix Marine and Fire Insurance Company for the purpose of making insurance upon vessels, freight, money, goods or effects," organized with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars and elected James Prince, president, and Benjamin Clanin, secretary. 5 Land on the northwesterly side of State street was pur- chased of John O'Brien, and a large brick building erected and occupied by the company.'' An old engraving giving a ' Acts and Resolves, 1806-7, chapter 89. - Newburyport Herald, March 10, 1807. •* Newburyport Herald, May 6, 1 806, and June 5, 1807. ■' Acts and Resolves, 1814-5, chapter 124. '" Newburj^port Herald, August 14, 18 10. ^ Essex Deeds, book 186, leaf 238. THE MERklMACK INSURANCE COJ/PANY 159 Grcut Fire. Mav 31. J811, PHENIX INSURAN'CE COMPANY BUILDING view of this buildiiii^', whicli was destroyed by the great fire in 181 1, is reproduced in the above half-tone print. Owing to heavy losses incurred by the fire, the company was obUged to discontinue business, and settle with its cred- itors. In 18 12, a dividend of seventy-five dollars, for every one hundred dollars invested, was paid to the stockholders of the company.' The capture of American vessels by French and English privateers, in the war of 1812, and the claims arising there- from, delayed the final settlement of the affairs of the company until the year 1835 or later.- THE MERRIMACK INSURANCE COMPANV, 1814-1834. February i, 1814, WilHam Bartlet, Jeremiah Nelson and Nicholas Pike, their associates and successors, were incorpo- 1 Newburyport Herald, November 17, 18 12. '^ See advertisement, signed William Currier, jr., secretary, in the Newburyport Herald, June i, 1835. l6o HISTORY OF NEIVBUKYPORT rated by the name of The Merrimack Insurance Company, and authorized to insure vessels, freight, merchandise and " the hfe of any person during his absence by sea'" The act of incorporation also provided that the Newburyport Ma- rine Insurance Company and the Merrimack Marine and Fire Insurance Company, in Newburyport, " may, at any meeting duly called therefor, dissolve their respective cor- porations." March i, 1815, the provisions of this act were continued, established and confirmed.' Thomas M. Clark was president, and Samuel Tenney, secre- tary, of the company for many years. In 1832, a committee was appointed to re-insure outstanding" risks, and in 1834 the charter of the company expired by limitation. NEWBURYPORT MUTUAL FISHINC; INSURANCE COMPANY. In 1828, the merchants and ship-owners of Newburyport formed an association for the insurance of vessels engaged in fishing on the coast of Labrador or on the banks of New- foundland. At the close of the year an assessment was levied and collected to cover the loss on property insured. The association was re-organized annually, with Charles J. Brockway, secretary, and continued to do a large and lucra- tive business until 1836.^ THE NEWBURYPORT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. February 11, 1829, Ebenezer Moseley, Luther Waterman, John Greenleaf, William Bartlet, Moses Davenport, William Davis, William C. Williams, Aaron Davis, Enoch Osgood, Samuel Newman, Thomas M. Clark and their associates, suc- cessors and assigns were incorporated by the name of The Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Company, for the pur- 1 Acts and Resolves, 1813-4, chapter 82. - Acts and Resolves, 1S14-5, chapter 160. 3 See Newburyport Herald, March 27, 1828, December 20, 1830, February 14, 1832, January i, and April 27, 1833, May 13, 1835, and April 15, 1836. THE MERCHANTS L\'SURAXCE COMPANY i6i pose of insuring buildings, furniture, books,, merchandise and other property for the term of twenty-eight years.' Jeremiah Nelson was chosen president May i6, 1829, and annually re-elected until May, 1836, when he declined to accept the ofifice and John Merrill was chosen to fill the vacancy. The act incorporating the company was extended, and con- tinued in force to the present time by acts passed by the General Court in 1857 and 1875.- THE MERCHANTS INSURAN'CE COMPANY. March 12, 1831, William Bartlet, John Wills, John Wood, Robert Jenkins, John N. Gushing, David Noyes, Benjamin Hale, William Balch, Stephen Tilton, Henry Johnson, Amos Noyes, Henry Frothingham, Samuel Nichols, Eleazer Johnson and Edmund Swett, their associates and successors, were in- corporated by the name of The Merchants Insurance Com- pany, to be located in Newburyport, for the purpose of insur- ing against maritime and fire losses.^ John Porter was elected president, and Joel Scott, secretary, of the company. In 1836, having met with heavy losses, the stockholders voted to pay the unsettled claims in full, with interest, and dissolve the company. THE NEWBURYPORT INSURANCE COMPANY. March 25, 1836, John Merrill, Philip Johnson and Samuel Pettingell, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of The Newburyport Insurance Company, for the purpose of insuring against losses at sea and by fire for the term of twenty years.^ March 4, 1837, a supplementary ' Acts and Resolves, 182S-9, chapter 48. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1857, chapter 3; and 1875. chapter 34. ■* Acts and Resolves, 1830- 1, chapter 82. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1836, chapter 69. 1 62 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T act of the General Court extended the time previously fixed for the payment of the capital stock to March 25, 1838.' No record or report of the organization of this company has been found. John Merrill was elected president of the Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Company in May, 1836 ; and probably he and his friends declined to take stock in the new corporation. THE ESSEX MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. February 21, 1839, John Porter, Benjamin W. Hale and Isaac H. Boardman, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of The Essex Marine Insurance Company, to be established in Newburyport, for the purpose of insuring against maritime losses in the customary manner.' The company organized and commenced business with a capi- tal stock of fifty thousand dollars. The office was closed by a vote of the directors in 1 844. THE MERRIMACK INSURANCE COMPANY, 185I. May 17, 185 I, Edward S. Moseley, Micajah Lunt and John Wood, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of The Merrimack Insurance Company, to be estabUshed in the town of Newburyport, for the purpose of insuring against maritime losses.^ This company probably ne\'er was organized. If officers were elected no evidence of the fact has been discovered. UNION MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. April 24, 1852, Samuel Hale, Moody A. Thurlo and Isaac H. Boardman, their associates and successors, were incorpo- rated by the name of The Union Mutual Marine Insurance 1 Acts and Resolves, 1837, chapter 36. 2 Acts and Resolves, 1839, chapter 29. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1851, chapter 174. NE ]VB UR YPOR T UFA L Til hVS URA.VCE COM PA YY 1 6 3 Company, in Newbury port, for the purpose of insuring against maritime losses.' This company was dissolved and its charter surrendered in 1857. MERCHANTS MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. February 17, 1857, Isaac H. Boardman, Samuel Hale and Jacob Horton, their associates and successors, were incorpo- rated by the name of the Merchants Mutual Marine Insur- ance Company, for the purpose of insuring, in the city of Newburyport, for the term of twenty-eight years, ships, freights and merchandise. - In 1872, the company was dissolved, outstanding risks re- insured, and the net profits divided among the stockholders. NEWBURYPORT HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY. May 10, 1 848, Richard S. Spofford, John Atkinson and A.\\\ Wildes, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of the Newburyport Health Insurance Company, for the purpose of insuring doctors, lawyers, tradesmen and mechanics against loss of time or wages by accident or illness. 3 The company organized at a meeting held in Washington hall May 27, 1848, and opened an office for the transaction of business soon after that date. Subsequently, an earnest effort was made to increase the amount of the capital stock in order to protect the policy holders and place the company on a firmer financial basis, but the plan was not received with favor, and finding the business unprofitable the company was dissolved a year or two later. ' Acts and Resolves, 1852, chapter 145. '■^ Acts and Resolves, 1857, chapter 7. 3 Acts and Resolves, 1848, chapter 300. 1 64 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T MERRIMACK BANK. June 25, 1795, William Bartlct, Moses Brown, Tristram Coffin, William Coombs, Nicholas Johnson, George Searls and Ebenezer Stoker, their associates, successors and assigns, were, by an act of the legislature, " created and made a cor- poration by the name of " The President and Directors of the Merrimack Bank," and shall so continue from the first day of July next until the expiration of ten years next following."' The act of incorporation also provided that the bank should be located in Newburyport, and that the capital stock should not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. February 21, 1800, the president and directors were authorized to in- crease the capital stock to a sum not exceeding " Two Hun- dred and Fifty Thousand Dollars in specie."- William Bart- let was president of the bank and Joseph Cutler, cashier. NEWBURYPORT BANK (SUCCESSOR TO MERRIMACK BANK). March 8, 1803, Micajah Sawyer, Michael Hodge, John Greenleaf, Joshua Carter, Israel Young, Thomas Cary, jr., Charles Jackson, Samuel Allyne Otis and Dudley Atkins Tyng, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of " The President, Directors and Company of the Newbury Port Bank," with a capital not exceeding two hun- dred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each.^ Stockholders were notified by William W. Prout, cashier, that the first instalment of fifty dollars per share was payable May thirtieth. ^ In 1805, liberty to increase the capital stock to a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars was granted by the General Court. ^ The charter of the Merrimack Bank having expired by lim- ' Acts and Resolves (edition, 1807 ), volume II, page 692. ■^ Acts and Resolves (edition, 1807), volume II, page 891. 3 Acts and Resolves, 1802-3, chapter 140. " Newburyport Herald and Countiy Gazette, May 10, 1803. * Acts and Resolves, 1805, chapter 5. NE JVB UR YPOR T BANK 1 6 5 itation in June of that year, the stockholders were allowed to exchange one or more shares of stock in that bank for the same number of shares in the Newburyport Bank.' NEWBURYPORT BANK (UNUER SECOND CHARTER). June 23, 181 2, William Bartlet, Joshua Carter, Thomas M. Clark, Abner Wood and Ebenezer Wheelwright, their asso- ciates and successors, were made a corporation by the name of " The President, Directors and Company of the Newbury- port Bank," to be established in Newburyport, with a capital of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.^ October 13, 18 14, the capital stock of the bank was re- duced to two hundred and ten thousand dollars.^ William Bartlet was president, and Samuel Mulliken, cashier, for many years. June 15, 183 1, the president and directors of the bank were authorized and directed to reduce its liabilities and settle all outstanding accounts within three years, " in the same manner, and to every intent and purpose, as if the act incor- porating said company had expired by its own limitation."-* NEWBURYPORT BANK (UNDER THIRD CHARTER). April 9, 1836, Enoch S. W^illiams, John Bradbury and Samuel T. DeFord, their associates and successors, were in- corporated by the name of " The President, Directors and Company of the Newburyport Bank," with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each. 5 Stephen W. Marston was elected president, and John Mer- rill, cashier. The half-tone print on the next page, giving a view of Market square and the custom house, is reproduced ' Newburyport Herald, June 25, 1805. ■•2 Acts and Resolves, 1811-2, chapter 50. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1814, chapter 59 ■* Acts and Resolves, 1 83 1 , chapter 1 1 . ^ Acts and Resolves, 1836, chapter 200. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK 167 from a bank note now in the possession of Henry B. Little, esq. Owing to the impairment of its capital stock, the bank was placed in the hands of receivers in April, 1841, and March 3, 1842, its charter was repealed and cancelled.' In 1845, the claims of bill holders were paid in full, but stockholders were obliged to submit to a heavy loss.- MECHAMCKS NATIONAL BANK. June 23, 18 1 2, John O'Brien, James Prince, William Rus- sell, Joshua Little, William Davis, Abraham Williams, John Brickett, James Horton and Gilman Frothingham, their asso- ciates and successors, were made a corporation by the name of " The President, Directors and Company of the Mechan- icks Bank " for the term of nineteen years, with a capital stock of not less than two hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each.^ In November, 1864, the bank was reorganized and made a national bank, with a capital of two hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. In 1894, the stockholders voted to reduce the capital to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and in June, 1900, decided to wind up its affairs and convey the bank building. No. 51 State street, with other available assets, to the Ocean National Bank of Newburyport. .MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK. March 18, 183 1, William Bartlet, John Wills, John Wood, Robert Jenkins, John N. Gushing, Benjamin Hale, William Balch, Stephen Tilton, Henry Johnson, Amos Noyes, David Noyes, Henry Frothingham, Samuel Nichols, Eleazer John- son and Edmund Swett, their associates and successors, were incorporated by the name of " The President, Directors and ' Acts and Resolves, 1842. chapter 97. - Newburyport Herald, July 15, 1845. •* Acts and Resolves, 181 1-2, chapter 46. 1 68 HIS TOR y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Company of the Merchants Bank of Newburyport," with a capital of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, di- vided into shares of fifty dollars each.' March 25, 1833, the bank was authorized to increase its capital to three hundred thousand dollars.- Owing to heavy losses, this capital was reduced to two hun- dred and ten thousand dollars February 23, 1844,^ and still further reduced to one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, with a par value of twenty dollars per share, when the bank was reorganized as the Merchants National Bank, in April, 1865. OCEAN NATIONAL BANK. March 20, 1833, William Davis, Richard Stone, Henry Titcomb, jr., Stephen Thurston and Joseph Knapp, " their associates and successors," were incorporated by the name of " the President, Directors and Company of the Ocean Bank," with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each.-* In February, 1844, liberty to reduce the capital stock to one hundred thousand dollars, and the par value of shares to fifty dollars each, was granted by the General Court. 5 In 1865, the bank was reorganized, with a capital of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, under an act passed by congress June 3, 1864, "to provide a national currency se- cured by a pledge of United States bonds ;" and in June, 1900, it was consolidated with the Mechanicks National Bank, and removed from No. 19 Market square to No. 51 State street, where it is at present located. ' Acts and Resolves, 1 830-1, chapter 116. - Acts and Resolves, 1833, chapter 158. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1844, chapter 29. ■* Acts and Resolves, 1833, chapter 136. * Acts and Resolves, 1844, chapter 35. PIKS T NA TIOXA L BANK 1 6 9 FIRST NATIONAL BANK. " An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof" was passed by congress February 25, 1863. Only a few banks were organized in Massachusetts under this act. On the first day of February, 1864, a few individuals, interested in financial affairs and anxious to strengthen and uphold the government in its struggle for ex- istence, met in the counting room of the Globe Steam Mills in Newburyport. and after a brief conference, decided to or- ganize a national bank with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars. Articles of association were adopted, signed and sent to Washington, D. C, but owing to some informalities, they were not accepted by the comptroller of the currency. At a special meeting of the stockholders, held on the twenty- second of February, revised articles of association were adopted, and Charles H. Coffin, Eben Sumner, Henry Cook, Robert Bayley, David Hale, Edward H. Little, Alexander D. Brown, Mark Symonds and Enoch M. Reed were elected di- rectors. A few days later, a certificate, incorporating the directors by the name of the First National Bank of New- buryport, was received from Hugh McCulloch, comptroller of the currency. Charles H. Coffin was elected president, aftd Jacob Stone, cashier ; and on the first day of March the bank began business in the second story of the Mechanicks Bank building, in the rear of the Five Cents Savings Bank. Sub- sequently, more commodious banking rooms were secured and fitted up at No. 16 State street, in a building then owned by Moses Kimball. In June, 1864, important changes were made in the act es- tablishing national banks, and a tax of ten per cent was im- posed on all bills issued by state banks after July i, 1866. Stimulated by the provisions of this act, the First National Bank increased its capital stock from two hundred to three hundred thousand dollars November 21, 1864, and soon after 1 70 HIST OR V OF NE WB VR YPOR T that date the Mechanicks, Merchants and Ocean banks of Newburyport considered it advisable to reorganize as national banks. Owing to severe business depression in 1887, the capital stock of the First National Bank was reduced to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at which sum it has remained until the present time. INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS IN NEWBURYPORT. January 31, 1820, William l^artlet, Moses Brown, John Pettingell, John Pearson, Thomas M. Clark, Edward Rand, Edward S. Rand, William B. Bannister, Stephen Howard, Thomas Carter, Joshua Carter, Ebenezer Moseley, Ebenezer Wheelwright, Peter Le Breton, Jonathan Gage, Francis Vergnies, Nathan Noyes, Oliver Prescott, Nathaniel Brad- street, Joseph S. Pike and Philip Bagley, were incorporated by the name of The Institution for Savings in Newburyport and its Vicinity, for the purpose of receiving money on de- posit and investing the same " to the best advantage of the owners thereof." ' The first meeting of the corporation was held on the twenty-first of March following. W^illiam B. Bannister was elected president, Jeremiah Nelson, Thomas M. Clark and Thomas Carter, vice-presidents, Peter Le Breton, treasurer, and Samuel Tenney, secretary. At twelve o'clock, noon, on the fifth of April, "in the selectmen's room under the Town Hall," on the southwesterly corner of State and Essex streets, the bank was opened for business.- Several years later, it occupied rooms in the sec- ond story of the brick building on the northeasterly corner of State and Pleasant streets. After the sale of the town hall to Thomas Davis, in May, 1845, ^^ bank was removed to that building. In 1856, it occupied chambers in the Mer- ' Acts ami Resolves, 1819-20, chapter 85. 2 ISi'ewburyport Herald, April 6, 1 820. XEWBVRYPORT CO-OPERATIVE BANK 171 chants Bank building on the northeasterly corner of State and Charter streets, and remained there until early in the spring of 1872, when it was removed to a new and commodi- ous building, opposite Wolfe tavern, on State street, where it is located at the present time. THE NEWBURYPORT FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK. April 24, 1854, Dudley D. Tilton, John Balch, Edward S. Lesley, John Porter, Daniel P. Pike, Benjamin I. Lane, Luther F. Dimmick, Daniel M. Reed. Samuel J. Spalding, William C. Balch and Richard Plumer, *' their associates and succes- sors," were incorporated by the name of The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, and were authorized to receive on deposit sums as small as five cents. Joseph B. Morss was elected president, James Horton, treasurer, and Daniel P. Pike, secretary. The bank was opened for business in rooms over the store of Joseph A. Frothingham, on State street, June 19, 1854, and a few years later was removed to No. 53 State street, occupying rooms over the Mechanicks Bank. In 1873, land was purchased, and the next year a building erected on the northwesterly side of the street, nearly opposite Charter street, where the bank is now located. NEWBURYPORT CO-OPERATIVE BANK. March 6, 1888, an association of twenty-five or more per- sons was formed for the purpose of encouraging the accumu- lation of savings and providing for the investment of the same at a fair rate of interest. On the fifteenth of March following-, the association was incorporated, under the one hundred and seventeenth chapter of the Public Statutes, by the name of the Newburyport Co-operative Bank Association. Lieut.-gov. J. O. A. Bracket t and others interested in similar organiza- tions in the state of Massachusetts explained the principles and provisions of the law relating to the incorporation of banks and the making of loans, at a public meeting held in 172 HISTORY Of NEV/BURYPORT City hall on the evening of April ninth, and subscriptions were received and several small loans made at the close of the meeting. Rooms were engaged in the second story of a building on the northwesterly side of State street, opposite Essex street, and the bank began business there in the month of May fol- lowing. In 1904, it was removed to rooms in the Essex Hall building on the northeasterly corner of State and Essex streets. NEWBURVPORT ATHEN.EUM, 1809-1849. In 1809, an association "for the purpose of promoting learning and diffusing useful knowledge " was organized in <><^<^<>^<^^^^<><^<><><^<^<>"><^^4^<^<'4^^<^^^<><^^^ Newburyport Atheneum. / JTo. BOOK-PLATE. Newburyport. The trustees of the association, " with such other person or persons as shall from time to time be admit- ted members of the association," were incorporated February 24, 1 8 10, by the name of the Proprietors of the Newbury- port Athenaeum.' A library containing ten or twelve thousand volumes was 1 History of Newburj'port (Currier), volume I, page 520. NE \VB UR YPOR T LINNEAX SOCIETY ^ 7 ^ established. On the inside cover of each vohime was an en- graved book-plate, representing an eagle about to rise from a pile of rocks, and carrying in his beak a ribbon with the words " Newburyport Athenaeum " upon it, as shown in the half- tone print on the preceding page ; also a printed label bearing the number of the book to which it was affixed. The Newburyport Athenasum was dissolved, and its books sold at auction, in 1849. NEWBURYPORT LINNEAN SOCIETY. A society for the study of natural history and antiquities was organized in Newburyport in 1820.' Meetings for the discussion of scientific and historical subjects were held, and a small collection of curious and interesting objects was made and carefully classified. The society was incorporated March 23, 1836, by the name of The Newburyport Linnean Society, and authorized to hold real estate valued at not more than five thousand dol- lars and personal estate not exceeding ten thousand dollars. == Pictures, portraits, wax statuary, Indian arrow heads, min- erals, with household utensils and specimens of pewter and silver ware, were added to the collection, and visitors were admitted to the rooms of the society every day, Sundays ex- cepted, upon the payment of a small fee. This plan, popular and profitable at first, soon proved to be unremunerative, and the entire collection of paintings, statuary and natural curiosi- ties was sold at public auction February 19, 1845. Most of the oil paintings, wax statuary, etc., were purchased by Moses Kimball for the Boston Museum. ^ ' History' of Newburj'port (dishing), page 71; History of Newbun-port (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), page 399. 2 Acts and Resolves, 1836, chapter 58. ' ^ Newburyport Herald, February 21, 1845. 174 HISTOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T NEWBURYPORT LYCEUM. For the purpose of promoting" and stimulating tlie intellec- tual and moral growth of the community, the Newburyport Lyceum was organized November 28, 1829. Rev. Daniel Dana was chosen president, Rev. Leonard Withington and Rev. James Morss, vice-presidents, Jacob Stone, jr., treas- urer, William S. Allen, corresponding secretary, and Edward L. Le Breton, recording secretary. At the first public meeting of the association, held Friday evening, December 18, 1829, in the Federal street meeting- house, Rev. Leonard Withington delivered the address. The second meeting was held Tuesday evening, December twenty-ninth, in Town hall, on the corner of State and Essex streets. At that meeting. Dr. Henry C. Perkins read an interesting" paper on the subject of *' Heat." Subsequent meetings were held in Reverend Doctor Dana's meeting-house, on Harris street, in the Methodist meeting- house, on Liberty street, in the Newbury town house, and after September i, 1832, in Lyceum hall, on High street, op- posite the head of Fruit street. From November, 1838, until November, 185 1, lectures were delivered as often as once a week, during the winter months, in Market hall, and from 1852 to 1876, in City hall, on the corner of Pleasant and Green streets. Nehemiah Cleaveland gave a series of lectures on chemistry. Mr. Jacob Stone read a paper on the " Life and Writings of Oliver Goldsmith," and Mr. James Y. Otis delivered an appropriate and appreciative address on " Robert Burns." Other lecturers, previous to 1850, were Rev. Leonard With- ington, on "Inductive Reasoning"; Caleb Gushing, on the " Regeneration of France " ; Henry C. Perkins, on the " Theory and Nature of Eclipses " ; Ebenezer Moseley, on "The Life of Cicero"; David P. Page, on "Animal In- stinct," "Acoustics" and "The Weather"; Caleb Gush- ing, on "Spain " and the " Polish Revolution " ; Rev. James MERRIMA CK LIBKAR Y A SSO CIA TION 1^5 Morss, on the " Reign of Queen Elizabeth " ; Hon. Rufus Choate, on the " Waverly Novels " ; George Liint, on " Wal- ter Scott " ; Rev. Thomas B. Fox, on " Forest Trees " ; Rev. Thomas M. Clark, on " Popular Educators " ; Rev. William S. Bartlet, on " William Shakespeare "; and Rev. John C. March, on the " Crusades." Dr. Francis V. Noyes, Roger S. Howard and William S. Allen of Newburyport, Samuel M. Felton of Cambridge and other men of literary ability in Salem, Andover and neighboring towns in Essex county were included in the list of lecturers. At a later date, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edwin P. Whipple, Wendell Phillips, James Russell Lowell, George W. Curtis, Thomas Starr King, Theodore Parker, John B. Gough, Park Benjamin, Anson Burlingame, Rev. John Pierpont of Med- ford, Hon. Thomas H. Benton of Missouri, Hon. Sam. Hous- ton of Texas, Hon. Albert Pike of Arkansas, Hon. Joshua R. Giddings of Ohio, Hon. John P. Hale of New Hampshire and others, distinguished orators, poets and statesmen, dis- cussed the social and political problems of the day at the regular meetings of the association. Rev. Leonai'd Withington was president of the Lyceum Association in 1830, Rev. James Morss in 1831, Hon. George Lunt in 1834 and David P. Page in 1841. Other prominent citizens of Newburyport held the office until November, 1876, when the association was dissolved for lack of financial support. MERRIMACK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. February 3, 1852, a meeting was held in the ward room at City hall for the purpose of maturing a plan for the purchase of books for a public library and establishing a reading room in Newburyport.' At that meeting the Merrimack Library Association was organized. William H. Wells was president, Eben F. Stone, vice-president, Jacob Haskell, secretary, and ' Histoiy of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 523. T 7 6 HIS TOK Y OF NEJfB UR YPOR T Philip K. Hills, treasurer. Rooms were engaged in the Mer- chants Bank building, and a reading room established for the use of members of the association. In order to encourage the production of original essays and poems by pupils con- nected with the public schools or by citizens of Newburyport, prizes were offered by the association in October, 1852, and February, 1853. Donations of books and money were solic- ited, and many valuable gifts were received, which were trans- ferred to the Newburyport Public library when it was estab- lished in 1854. PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. In September, 1854, Hon. Josiah Little gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing a free public library. The gift was accepted, and a room on the northwesterly side of City hall was fitted to receive the books purchased by a committee appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen. In 1864, the Tracy house on State street was purchased and re-modeled for the use of the library. A reading room, supplied with newspapers and magazines, was provided, at the suggestion of William C. Todd, in 1870, and a spacious and well-lighted room was added to the library building, in 1882, for the special accommodation of newspaper readers.' NEWBURYPORT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. In January, 1855, an association was organized for the pur- pose of discussing social and political questions, preparing essays and reading works of historical interest to be found in the Public library.' Eben Y . Stone was elected president, Philip K. Hills and Jeremiah L. Newton, vice-presidents, George W. Hill, secretary, William H. Piper, treasurer, Sam- ' Historj' of Newburj'port (Currier), volume I, pages 524-528. "^ Saturday Evening Union, January 13, 1855. NE IVB UR YPOR T A THENM UM, 1878-188 1 i 7 7 uel J. Spalding, Joshua Coffin, William C. Todd, D. S. Blake and Jacob Haskell, executive committee. Meetings were held during the winter months, but interest in the association was confined to a few members, and after a brief existence it was dissolved. MECHANIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. May 6, 1857, Henry W. Moulton, John H. Smith, Moses Sweetser, Hiram A. Tenney, Charles Osgood Morse, Edwin Blood, George J. L. Colby, Joseph H. Bragdon, William H. Huse and others were incorporated under the general laws of the commonwealth by the name of the Mechanic Library As- sociation, for the purpose of promoting useful knowledge, "and more especially for the instruction and improvement of young men engaged in mechanical pursuits."' At a meeting held in the ward room at City hall, on the twenty-first of May following, the organization was com- pleted and by-laws adopted. For two or three years, the asso- ciation was active and prosperous, but it gradually lost its popularity and was quietly dissolved. NEWBURYPORT ATHEN^UM, I 878- 1 88 I. When the Newburyport Lyceum was discontinued in 1876 a new association was proposed and subsequently organized for the purpose of stimulating and encouraging the prepara- tion of essays, the delivery of lectures^and the discussion of questions of local historical interest. The first meeting was held in Fraternity hall February 2, 1878, when rules and regulations were agreed upon, officers elected and the name of Newburyport Athenaeum adopted. At the next meeting, on the fifteenth of February following, essays on '* Civil Service Reform " were read by Nathan N. Withington and Amos Noyes, and a general discussion of the subject followed. ^ Acts and Resolves, 1857, chapter 57: Essex Deeds, book 550, leaf 115. 178 HIS r OR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Subsequently, lectures were delivered by James Parton, Eben F. Stone, Henry M. Cross, William H. Swasey, Joseph B. Morss, Eben M. Boynton, Amos A. Thompson, William C. Todd, Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, Rev. Edward L. Drown, Dr. Edward P. Hurd, Rev. James H. Ross of Newburyport, Prof. John Fiske of Cambridge, Hon. Haydn Brown of West New- bury, Mrs. Margaret M. Campbell of Boston and others. Meetings were held in P'raternity hall once in two weeks during the winter months, and a small admission fee was charged to defray the expenses of the association. In April, 1 88 1, these meetings were discontinued, and were not re- sumed after the usual summer vacation. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD NEWBURY. At a meeting held at eleven o'clock a. ^L, September 6, 1877, on the lower green near Parker river, the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Old Newbury was organized. Wil- liam Little was elected president, David L. Withington, cor- responding secretary, Stephen Ilsley, recording secretary and Nathaniel Dole, treasurer. Dinner was served in a large tent erected on the green, and in the afternoon Hon. Caleb Cush- ing delivered an address appropriate to the occasion, and speeches were made by Ben : Perley Poore, James Parton, Eben F. Stone and others. Subsequently, rooms were se- cured in the Public Library building, in Newburyport, and members of the society and all others interested were invited to attend the meetings held there once a month during the winter season. In January, 1896, a committee was appointed to secure an act of incorporation, and on the twenty-fourth of June follow- ing William Little, Philip H. Lunt, Nathan N. Withington, Susan I. Adams, Lawrence B. Cushing, Robert N. Toppan, Samuel C. Beane, John J. Currier and others were incorpo- rated under the general laws by the name of the Historical Society of Old Newbury, for the purpose of preserving house- SOUTH E.VD READIYG ROOM ASSOC f.l TIOX 179 hold Utensils, books, manuscripts and other objects of interest connected with the early history of the towns of Newbury, Nevvburyport and West Newbury. William Little was elect- ed president, Emily A. Getchell, secretary, and Philip H. Lunt, treasurer. The society has received since its organization many gifts of books, manuscripts, portraits and engravings, and recent- ly, from Mrs. Moses H. Fowler, a large three-story framed dwelling house, now standing on the corner of High and Winter streets, in Nevvburyport. Owing to the lack of avail- able funds, the purchase of rare books and valuable works of art has been necessarily limited, but with a larger income and better accommodations in a fire-proof building, it would be possible to make and preserve for future generations an inter- esting collection of ancient documents, furniture and clothing relating to, or illustrating, the manners and customs of the early settlers of old Newbury. SOUTH END READING ROOM ASSOCIATION. January 25, 1900, a few ladies, interested in the education of children and the diffusion of useful knowledge, leased a building on Union street, in Ward One, and with the assist- ance of friends supplied it with books and magazines, pro- vided an attendant and invited all persons living in that neighborhood to use it as a reading room, free of expense. In February, 1904, an association was formed, and incorpo- rated on the third of March following, under chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Public Statutes, by the name of the South End Reading Room Association, for the purpose of providing and maintaining a free public library and reading room for the residents of Ward One in Newburyport. The officers and members of the association named in the certifi- cate of incorporatian are as follows : — Eben C. Knight, president: Emma M. Lander, secretary; Anna L. Coffin, treasurer; Charles H. Jackman, Isaac P. Noyes, Russell S. Tib- 1 8o HIS TOR V OF NE IV B UR YPOR T betts, Henry G. Alley, Edward Osgood, Edith M. McBurnie, John W. vSargent, William VV. Hicks, George F. Woodman, George H. Welch, Isaac W. Lane and Frank S. Osgood. In Mav, 1905, the dwelling house No. 75 Purchase street, corner of Marlborough street, formerly owned and occupied by William T. Humphries, was purchased by friends of the association, re-modeled and dedicated on the twentieth of July following. It has several well-furnished and convenient read- ing rooms and a small library of useful and entertaining books for children. The association is dependent upon gifts and becjuests of friends for its maintenance and support, the appropriation made for several years in succession by the city council having been declared illegal. The reading rooms are open every evening, Sundays and holidays excepted, from seven to nine o'clock p. m. The library is open every -Monday, Wednesdiiy and Saturday, from half-past six to eight o'clock p. m. MUSICAL SOCIETIES. In 1 7 14, Rev. John Tufts, pastor of the Second church in Newbury, nov^ the First in West Newbury, published " a very plain and easy introduction to the art of singing psalm tunes." This was probably the first book published in America con- taining tunes to be sung by note.' When Newburyport was incorporated, in 1764, the study of vocal and instrumental music was stimulated and encour- aged by Daniel Bayley, who compiled, published and sold singing books at his house near St. Paul's church. For twenty-five or thirty years his books met with a ready sale, and helped to develop the musical taste and ability of inex- perienced singers.^ ' History of Newbury (Coffin), pages 185, 186; Histor)' of Newburyport (Cur- rier), volume I, page 473. '^ History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 474-480, MUSICAL SOCIETIES i8i Singing classes and musical societies were organized for the purpose of imparting instruction, training uncultivated voices and raising the standard of church choirs. Under the direc- tion of skillful teachers, psalm tunes and anthems sung in the meeting-house on Sundays were made specially attractive and acceptable. At later dates, similar associations were formed to study and interpret the works of eminent European musical com- posers, but for many reasons they failed to receive cordial support and after a brief existence were dissolved. In 1848, two societies, the Musical Institute and the Sacred Music Society, were organized by Moses D. Randall and James W. (Cheney. Warren Currier was chosen secretary of the Institute. Concerts of sacred music were given in the meeting-house of the First Religious society, on Pleasant street, Thursday evening, January eleventh, and Thursday evening, April 12, 1849, and in the First Presbyterian meeting-house, on Federal street, November twenty-first, and December 3, 1850. In the month of March following, the two musical societies gave a concert in Town, now City hall, which was repeated on Thursday (Fast day) evening, April 10, 1851. The Essex North Musical convention, under the direction of Prof. Lowell Mason and George J. Webb of the Boston Academy of Music met at City hall, Newburyport, June 18, 185 1. Rev. Luther F, Dimmick delivered the opening ad- dress. The exercises concluded on the evening of the next day with a concert of sacred music in the meeting-house of the First Religious society, on Pleasant street. The Musical Institute, assisted by the Beethoven Club, or- ganized as an orchestra, gave a free public rehearsal of vocal and instrumental music in City hall, February twelfth, and a sacred concert, in the same place, Sunday evening, December 5, 1852. " A Grand Musical Festiv^al," under the management of Charles P. Morrison of Newburyport and S. A. Ellis of Bos- I S 2 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB I Vi' YPOR T ton, was held in City hall, beginning October eighth, and ending October ii, 1867. Concerts of vocal and instrument- al music were given every afternoon and evening, at which Rossini's Stabat Mater and selections from Haydn's Seasons and other eminent composers were sung. Another festival, with a chorus of two hundred voices, as- sisted by eminent soloists and the Mendelssohn Quintette club of Boston, was held under the direction of Charles P. Morrison, beginning October fourteenth, and ending October 16, 1868, at which selections from the oratorios "Elijah" and •' Creation " were sung.' May 28, 1869, the Choral society, Charles P. Morrison, conductor, organized for the purpose of taking part in the "Grand National Peace Jubilee" in Boston,' gave a concert of vocal and instrumental music in City hall, Newburyport, and on the twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth days of October following the third musical festival was held in the same place, at which selections from the " Messiah," "Creation," "St. Paul" and "Elijah" were sung by a chorus of two hundred voices, assisted by the Germania or- chestra of Boston. The festival closed with a concert of popular and patriotic songs, including the " Star Spangled Banner," "Anvil Chorus," Keller's "American Hymn," etc. Mr. Morrison removed to Worcester, Mass., in 1870, but previous to the second " Peace Jubilee and International P'es- tival " in Boston, in June, 1872, he came to Newburyport every week, from the middle of March to the middle of June, to conduct the rehearsals of the Choral society. A rival society, under the direction of Moses D. Randall, was organized, and both societies took part in the jubilee concerts. Subsequent- ly, both these societies were united to form the Newburyport 1 A book of programmes containing words of the oratorios sung at the musical festival at City hall, October 14. 15 and 16. i8T:S, was printed by William U. Huse & Co., and advertised for sale by George \V. Clark. ■^ The first Peace Jubilee was hekl in Boston, June 15-19, 1869, and the second in June, 1872. MUSICAL SOCIETIES 183 Oratorio class, which held its first rehearsal (3ctober 8, 1872, in the North Church vestry, under the direction of Carl Zer- rahn of Boston. January 2, 1873, assisted by Myron W. Whitney, Mrs. H. M. Smith and other soloists, the class sang the Messiah in City hall. On the thirtieth of May following, they sang Keller's " American Hymn," with selections from the "Creation," and January 30, 1874, assisted by the Ger- mania band, they gave a concert of vocal and instrumental music before the Newburyport Lyceum Association. Soon after the last-named date the class was dissolved. October 24, 1876, it was re-organized. Elisha P. Dodge was chosen president, Frank Alley, secretary, and George H. Pearson, conductor. Two public rehearsals, the first one January 30, 1877, the second on the twelfth of April f(jllow- ing, were given in City hall. In January, 1878, a ri\'al association was organized under the direction of Prof. L. A. Torrens of Boston. This associ- ation gave three concerts in City hall, the first one April 11, 1878, the second, January 14, 1879, ^"<^^ the third, April 3, 1879, Soon after the last-named date the association was dissolved. On the twenty-first of March, 1879, the Newburyport Ora- torio class, George H. Pearson, conductor, gave a concert of vocal and instrumental music at City hall, and on the twenty- first of April following sang, in the same place, selections from the oratorio, "Judas Maccabeas," and the cantata of " St. Ceceha's Day." On the evening of Fast day, April 8, 1880, the " Redemption Hymn," by J. C. D. Parker, was sung, with the assistance of eminent soloists from Boston. A few months later, meetings of the class for instruction and practice were discontinued, and were not resumed. November 30, 1896, the Newburyport Choral Union was organized, rules and regulations adopted, and the following- named ofificers elected : — 1 84 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB I 'R YPOR T Rev. Louis A. Pope, President." Robert E. Burke, > ,.. . , r \ ice-presidents. Richard G. Adams, ) John W. Winder, Secretary. Charles A. Bliss, Treasurer. Emil Mollenhauer, Conductor. March 4, 1897, assisted by eminent soloists and the Ger- mania orchestra from Boston, the Choral union sang in City hall the cantata " Gallia," by Gounod, and on the fifteenth of April following- gave the " Messiah " in the same hall to a large and appreciative audience. Since the last-named date, the members of the union have given three concerts annually, singing the oratorios " Arminius," "Elijah," "Creation," "St. Paul," "Hiawatha," "Golden Legend," "Faust," " Aida," " Carmen," " Flying Dutchman " and other works of eminent composers. Under the direction of Emil Mollenhauer, the Choral union is still active and prosperous. The twelfth season closed April 20, 1908. After the usual summer vacation rehearsals were resumed, and the oratorio " Elijah " was sung December 7, 1908. Other oratorios, not yet announced, will be given in February and April, 1909. THE MALL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCLATION. In 1887, an association was formed for the purpose of re-grad- ing and improving Bartlet mall and the public grounds in the vicinity of Frog pond. The funds needed to make the proposed changes were raised by private subscription, and September 4, 1888, the city council adopted a joint resolution, authorizing the association to make the improvements in accordance with plans submitted by Charles Eliot, landscape gardener, of ' In 1904, Herbert E. Gillett was elected president in place of Rev. Louis A. Pope, deceased. The other officers named above have been annually re-elected until the present time, . CITY IMPR YEMEN T SO CIE TV 185 Cambridge, Mass. In the summer of 1889 the work was completed, and the association dissolved.' CITY IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. At a meeting held Saturday evening, October 2, 1890, in Fraternity hall, Pleasant street, after a brief address by James Parton, the City Improvement society was organized for the purpose of preserving and improving the natural beauties of the city of Newburyport. Rules and regulations were adopt- ed, officers elected and an executive committee, consisting of sixteen members, appointed to superintend and direct the work ordered or authorized by the society. Since that date the officers and the members of the execu- tive committee have been elected annuall)-, in October or November, and have published, in pamphlet form, several essays on subjects of local interest, and printed, for free dis- tribution, a brief description of the historic houses and nota- ble places in " Ould Newbury." They have also assisted, with the co-operation of the society, in pro^'iding pictures and statuary for the public schools of the city, contributed to the cost of the monument erected on Atkinson common to the soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil war and placed bronze tablets at the lower and upper greens in Newbury and at the entrance to the Old Hill burying ground in Newbury- port. The society is now engaged in an effort to improve the appearance of the neglected graveyards within the limits of the city, by removing unsightly weeds and wild cherry bushes, repairing gravestones, laying" out paths for the convenience of visitors, and providing for the regular and frequent cutting of the grass during the summer months. The funds needed for this and other work undertaken by the society has been raised by an annual tax on members, the contributions of ' .See annual reports to the city council for the year ending December 21, 1889, pages 269-283. 1 86 IIIS70R V OF NR WBUR YPOR T friends, and the proceeds of various public entertainments ; the last one havini;- been held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Mayer S. Bernheimcr, Saturday evening;", June 22, 1907, when Edmond Rostrand's play, '' The Romancers," was given to a large and appreciative audience, by amateur actors, on a stage surrounded by lofty trees and clambering vines, in a secluded nook that forms a part of the garden connected with the house recently owned and occupied by the late Solo- mon Bachman of New York city. BELLEVILLE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY. September 4, 1893, a few individuals residing near the junction of Storey avenue, Moseley avenue, and the " Ferry road " formed an association, by the name of the Belleville Improvement Society, for the purpose of laying out walks, planting trees and shrubs and otherwise improving Atkinson common. Meetings were held once a month during the win- ter season, and early in the month of May following the work of deepening the soil and grading the walks and drives was begun, and has been continued from year to year to the pres- ent time, with the assistance of a small annual appropriation from the city council and the contributions of a few interested friends. Biographical Sketches CHAPTER XXII. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS. Although Robert Hooper was born in Marblehead, and lived in that town until his death, in 1790, several of his children were identified prominently with the early history of Newburyport. His son Stephen married Sarah Woodbridge, another son, Joseph, married Mary Harris, a daughter Ruth married Tristram Dalton, another daughter, Alice, married Joseph Cutler, and a younger daughter, Rebekah, married Lewis Jenkins. These sons and daughters of Robert Hooper subsequently resided in Newburyport, and helped to stimulate and develop its social and political life. Robert Hooper, or " King Hooper," ashe was called, was the wealthi- est merchant in Marblehead, and one of the wealthiest in New England previous to the Revolution. His ships sailed to every port of Europe and the West Indies, and his name and fame as a merchant extended to all the mercantile centres of the world. He lived in princely style for those days, and some of the highest dignitaries of the land were his frequent guests. His uniform courtesy and kindness and his benevolence to the poor endeared him to all, especially the people of Marblehead, by whom he was greatly beloved. The soubriquet " King,'" it is said, was given to him by the fishermen, not on account of his wealth, as is generally sup- posed, but because of his honor and integrity in dealing with them. They were ignorant men, and contrary to the practice of some of the merchants and shore men. King Hooper was never known to cheat them or to take advantage of their ignorance. During the Revolution Mr. Hooper was a loyalist, and his name was reported to the town as one of those " inimical to the cause of their country.'"' ' History of Marblehead (Samuel I^oads, jr.), pages 35oand 351. i8q I go IIISTOR ] ' OF NE WB UK YPOR T He had a tine large house in Marblehead, where he resided,' and another one, equally large and imposing, where his son Joseph lived for nearly ten years.- In 1753, he bought twenty-eight acres of land in Danvers, Mass., where he built an elegant three-story house, which is now owned and occu- pied by Francis Peabody, esq. When Gen. Thomas Gage, governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay, came to Salem to attend the General Court that had been adjourned to meet in that town June 7, 1774, he was received with great demonstrations of loyalty. A brilliant ball was given in his honor at the Assembly rooms. The Essex Gazette, describing the occasion, says : " His Excellency the Governor resides at Danvers, about four miles out of town, at the elegant country seat of the Honourable Robert Hooper, Esq." Two companies of His Majesty's Sixty-fourth regiment of infantry encamped on a large field in front of the house for the protection of the governor. The representatives to the General Court assembled at the time and place appointed and elected delegates to the Continental congress to be held in Philadelphia in the month of September following. Alarmed at these revolutionary proceedings, the governor decided to dissolve the General Court. On the seventeenth of June, his secretary, when about to enter the upper hall, found the door locked against him, and was obliged to read the procla- mation on the stairs leading to the representative chamber. On the twenty-seventh of August, the governor, with a small body-guard, returned to Boston, and a few days later two companies of infantry, with a band playing " Roast Beef and Plum Pudding," marched through the streets of Danvers on their way to Boston Neck, where I^ritish troops were at work throwing up entrenchments. 1 'I'liis house is now owned and occupied by the ^'oun^^ Men's Christian Associa- tion of Marblehead. * Joseph Hooper was a loyalist. In 1775, h*^ ^^'^■"' I" ^'-'ly''"!"'' where he re- mained until his death, in 181J. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 19 t Robert Hooper, owner of the mansion house in Danvers, where General Gage, governor of the province of Massachu- setts Bay, resided for a few weeks, was the son of Greenfield and Alice Hooper. He was born June 26, 1709 ; and married, September" 10, 1735, Ruth, daughter of Joseph (Barnard) Svvett of Marblehead. The names of the children of Robert and Ruth (Swett) Hooper, and the dates of their births, are as follows : — Greenfield, born October 14, 1736.' Ruth, ' August 5, 1739. Stephen, ' ' J^iiy 3, '741- Joseph, ' ' May 29, 1743. Ahce, ' ' September 12, 1 745 Robert, ' ' February 9, i 746-7. Samuel, ' ' January 25, i 748-9. Swett, ' May 5, 1750. Hannah, ' ' June 8, I 751. Rebeckah, " August 15, 1755. Greenfield, " May 10, 1762. The first son, Greenfield, probably died unmarried. Ruth, born in 1739, married Tristram Dalton of Newburyport Octo- ber 24, 1758. Stephen, born in 1741, graduated at Harvard college in 1761, and married Sarah Woodbridge of Newbury- port October 10, 1764. Two years later, he owned and oc- cupied a dwelling house on the southerly side of Frog pond.^ Joseph, born in 1743, graduated at Harvard college in 1763, and married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Harris of Newbury- port, in 1766.^ AUce, born in 1745, married Jacob Fowle November 7, 1765, and Joseph Ctitler in 1782. Her portrait, painted by Copley, is now in the Boston Athen?eum. Robert, born in 1746, graduated at Harvard college in 1765. He married Anna Cowell, in Marblehead, May 23, 1769, 1 Died November 15, 1759. ^ " Ould Newbury ' ' : Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 610 and 612. ^ Joseph Hooper's intention of marriage was filed with the town clerk of Mar- blehead September 13, 1766. 192 HIS TORY OF NE WB I ^K YPOR T and was one of the signers of the address to Thomas Hutch- inson, governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay, just previous to the Revolutionary war.' He died in 1784. Samuel, born in 1748-9, died when only fourteen or fifteen months old. Swett, born in 1756, was a loyalist. He signed the address to Governor Hutchinson in 1774; and married, in Boston, October 24, 1779, Mary McNeil. He died probably in October, 1781. Hannah, born in 175 1, probably married Samuel White October 27, 1768, or possibly John Miller July 30, 1772. Rebeckah, born in 1755, married Lewis Jenkins of New- buryport May 24, 1780. Greenfield, born in 1762. probably married Abigail But- man, in Danvers, April 4, 1786. Robert, or " King," Hooper, died in Marblehead Ma}- 20, 1790. Rev. William Bentley, a Congregational minister in Salem, wrote as follows concerning the sad event : — On the same evening [May 23, 1790], was buried at Marblehead Rob- ert Hooper Esq>' a-t So. He had long been the most eminent merchant in the place, but bv the events of the war became a bankrupt. He was entrusted by his creditors with the improvement of his real estate during his natural life, & was called King Hooper by the people. The highest affection was shown to him at his death & his memory honored by his numerous former dependents. The Vessels were all dressed in mourn- ing; the Procession exceeded anything before known in honor of a mer- chant in that place. - Administration of his estate was granted September 6, 1790, and an inventory of his property was returned to the probate court July 2, 1791.^ On the fourth of July, commis- ' "The addresses of Mr. Hutchinson, and the protestors against our public meas- ures, lead a devil of a life. In the country the people will not grind their corn, and in the town lliey refuse to purchase from, and sell to them"" (Sabine's Loy- alists, page 136). ^ Diaiy of Rev. ^Villianl Ik-ntley, volume I, page 169. ■' Essex Probate Records, book t^(m, page 328. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAENS AND SHIP OWNERS 193 sioners were appointed to examine claims against the estate, which was declared insolvent, November 7, 1799/ The half-tone print on this page is reproduced from a portrait of "King" Hooper, painted by Copley, now in the pos- session of Robert C. Hooper, Beacon street, Boston. Stephen, son of Rob- ert Hooper, graduated at Harvard college in 1 76 1, and came to New- bury soon after that date. He married Sarah Wood- bridge October 10, 1764, and in 1766 owned and occupied a dwelling- house on the southerly side of Frog pond, in Newburyport.- Sarah (Woodbridge) Hooper died June 26, 1779, and Stephen Hooper married, in 1781, Alice Roberts o.f Bradford, Mass. Five years later, he purchased a mill at the mouth of Artichoke river, and erected a dwelling house there, removing, early in the year 1800, to a farm on the northwesterly side of the Bradford road, near the summit of Pipe-Stave hill, now within the limits of the town of West Newbury. He died January 16, 1802. His widow, Alice (Roberts) Hooper, died May 8, 1812, aged sixty-five. ' Essex Probate Records, book 367, paijjes I 71 -173. ^ " Oukl Newbury " : Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 612; History of Newbuiyport (Currier), volume I, pages 120 and 121. 194 HJS TOR V OF NE WB UK YPOR T Thomas Woodbridge Hooper, oldest son of Stephen Hooper by his first marriage, was born December 19, 1767, and died in infancy. His second son, Thomas Woodbridge Hooper, was born January 25, 1771, and married, September 17, 1792, Harriet, daughter of Hon. Theophilus Bradbury of Newburyport.' Stephen Hooper, jr., son of Stephen Hooper, sr., by his second marriage, was born April 7, 1785, and married, March 23, 1823, Susan Coffin Marquand of Newburyport.^ Joseph Hooper, son of Robert and Ruth (Swett) Hooper, was married by Rev. Edward Bass, October 30, 1766, to Mary, daughter of Benjamin Harris of Newburyport. The children by this marriage were born as follows : — Elizabeth, born in Marblehead Sept. 3, 1767 ; died Sept. 17, 1767. Benjamin Harris, born in Marblehead Jan. 22, 1769; died in infancy. Elizabeth Harris, born in Marblehead Jan. 31, 1772 ; died Nov. 2, 1795 ; buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newburj-port. Joseph, born in Newburyport in I775.< Joseph Hooper, father of the above-named children, was a loyalist. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war he went to England, where he died in 1812. His wife, Mary (Harris) Hooper, came to Newburyport, where she died October 3, 1796. Her son Joseph was born in a house then standing on State street, belonging to the estate of her father, Benjamin Harris, deceased. This house was subsequently removed to Marlborough street ; and Harris street, extending from State to Green street, was laid out through land in the possession of Mary (Harris) Hooper and others in 1795. The committee of correspondence, inspection and safety of Marblehead filed a certificate in the probate court, dated May ' Harriet (liradhury) Hdoper died November 28, 1798. - .See Chapter XXIII, Doctors and Law>-ers. 3 Joseph Hooper was baptized June 18, 1775, by Kev. Eilward Bass, MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 195 8, 1 78 1, Stating that Joseph Hooper had absented himself from the town, and was supposed to be in England. Joseph Lee of Marblehead, with Nathaniel Tracy and John Tracy of Newburyport, as sureties, was appointed agent to take charge of the estate, dispose of the property, and render an account of the same to the court as often as once in twelve months, unless otherwise ordered.' Alice Hooper, born in Marblehead September 12, 1745, married Jacob Fowle November 7, 1765. Children by this marriage were baptized in Marblehead at dates named below.^ Robert, baptized August 31, 1766.3 Jacob, " August 14, 176S. Su.sannah, " March 3, 1771. James Roland, " August 8, 1772.4 Greenfield Hooper, " September 4, 1774. Mr. 1^'owle removed with his wife and children to London- derry, N. H., in 1775, and afterward to Newburyport, where he died January 14, 1778, aged thirty-six. He was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. In his will, dated at Londonderry, May 19, 1777, and proved at the probate court held in Salem, Mass., April 6, 1778, he gave one-third of his estate to his wife Alice, and the rest and residue to his children, Robert, Jacob, Susannah and Stephen Hooper Fowle. In 1782, Mrs. Alice (Hooper) Fowle married Joseph Cutler of Newburyport. He bought of John Babson of Gloucester, March 9, 1 786, a brick dwelling house, with the land under and adjoining the same, on the northeasterly corner of Green ' Essex Probate Records, l)Ook 354, page 42S. 2 First Congregational Church records, Marblehead, Mass. 3 Robert Fowle graduated at Harvard college in i 7S6, and was ordained to the priesthood of the Trotestant Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1791. He died at Holderness, N. H., in 1847. •* lames Roland Fowle was not living, probably, when his father, Jacob P'owle, died, and the name Greenfield Hooper, in the baptismal record, is probably incorrect, and shnuld read Stephen Hooper Fowle. 1 9 6 HIS TORY OF NEWBURYPORT Street and Union, now Washington, street, Newburyport, and lived there for many years.' Joseph and Alice (Hooper) Cutler had one son and two daughters, born in Newburyport, as follows : — - Joseph, born January 4, i 7S3 : died in Boston May 9, 1848. Sarah, •' July iS, i 7S4 ; died in Newburyport Sept. 26, 1863. Susan, •■ in 1 786 ; married Rev. Robert P'owle of New Holderness, N. H. Joseph Cutler died November 17, 1804, aged fifty-six. His widow died September 15, 1826, aged eighty-one. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyai-d, Newburyport. Lewis Jenkins of Newburyport married Rebeckah Hooper of Marblehead May 24, 1780. The following-named children of Lewis and Rebeckah (Hooper) Jenkins were born in Newburyport : — Rebecca Hooper, August 13, 1782. Joseph Marion, September 20, i 783. Robert Dalton, November 19, 1785. Mrs. Rebeckah (Hooper) Jenkins died December 18, 1790.^ Mr. Jenkins married, for his second wife, Ruth Hooper July 3^ 1791-' ' Essex Deeds, book 145, leaf 87. The land on which this brick dwelling house stands was sold, April 2, 1782, by Nathaniel Tracy to Jonathan Mulliken, watchmaker, " with the building materials and rubbish thereon" (Essex Deeds, book 141, leaf 6). Mr. Mulliken died June 19, 1782, and the executors of his will sold the land, "with the buildings, store and rubbish thereon," to John Babson of Newburyport August 12, 1782 (Essex Deeds, book 141, leaf 48). ^ "Died on Saturday last Mrs. Rebekah Jenkins, aged 35, the amiable consort of Mr. Lewis Jenkins, and youngest daughter of the late honorable Robert Hoop- er, Esq., of Marblehead. Her funeral will be this afternoon, precisely at 3 o'clock, which her Friends and acquaintances are desired to attend" (Essex (Gazette, Salem, Mass., December 22, 1790). •^ " Married last Sunday evening [July 3, 1791], by the Rev. Dr. Bass, Mr. Lewis Jenkins of this town, merchant, to Miss Ruth Hooper, grand-daughter to the Hon. Robert Hooper, Esq., of Marblehead, merchant, deceased" (Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, July 6, 1791 (.American Anti(juarian .Society, Worcester, Mass.). MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OJFNEPS 197 Lewis and Ruth (Hooper) Jenkins had a daughter, Mary Dalton, born August 25, 1795, and perhaps otlier children whose names have not been ascertained. Mr. Jenlvins died May 2, 1798, when forty-one years of age, and was buried in St. Paul's church-yard. His widow, Ruth Jenkins, married, June 22, 1809, George De Blois of Boston. Joseph Hooper, son of Joseph and Mary (Harris) Hooper, was born in Newburyport in 1775. At that date, his father, a loyalist, was in England, and his mother was living in a house on State street, formerly owned and occupied by Ben- jamin Harris, deceased.' He married Mary, daughter of Jo- seph and Rachel (Waters) Whittemore, November 11, 1802.^ Children by this marriage were born in Newburyport at the following-named dates : — ^ Joseph, born September 26, 1803. Mary Harris, " December 16,1804. Amelia Whittemore, " May 24, 1806. Benjamin Harris, " July 11,1807. John Whittemore, " January 30, 1809. EHzabeth Harris, " May 28, 1810. WilhamWoart, » Junes, 1812. Lucy, " February 6, 1814. Henrietta Tracy, " August 17, 1815. Harriet, " December 5, 181 7. Joseph and Rachel (W'aters-W'hittemore) Hooper occupied a dwelling house on Harris street in 1803, and several years later a three-story house on the northeasterly side of Wash- ington street, between Boardman and Strong streets, where Lucy Hooper, the poetess, was born.* ' See pages 194 and joi. ^ Rachel, daughter of Samuel Waters of Salem, Mass., born October 8, 1734, married Col. Joseph Whittemore in 1 760, probably. Maiy Whittemore was born in Newburyport Sept. 21, 17 78. She died in Brooklyn, N. V., Dec. 12, 1852. 3 The dates of birth are taken from the Newburyport town records. They vary somewhat from the dates given in the family records. Lucy Hooper was probably born February 6, 1S14, not February 4, 1816. as usually printed. ■•This house is still standing. It is owned Ijy the estate of Mrs. Harriet Morton, who died Dec. 14, 1908. I g 8 ^^^■S TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Mr. Hooper, with his wife and family, removed to Brook- lyn, N. Y., in 1830. He died in that city May 20, 1838. Joseph Atkins, son of Andrew and Sara Atkins, was baptized November 4, 1680, in St. Clement's church, in the town of Sandwich, county of Kent, England. He probably came to Newbury, Mass.. in 1724, and tradition asserts that his wife, whose maiden name was Strover, and two sons, Joseph and William, came with him. He bought a small lot of land extending from Merrimack ri\'er to Poore's lane, now Merrimack court, in October, 1725.' His son Joseph, born in England in 1706, married Ruth Doliber in 1735, and purchased a dwelling house and land in Marblehead, which he sold in 1740.' He applied to the gov- ernor and council of the province of Massachusetts Bay, in 1748. for a divorce, which was not granted -^ but he separated from his wife, and remo\-ed to Newbur}'port, where he died February 6, 1782. His son William, born in England in 171 1, married Abigail, daughter of Joshua and Abigail (Daniels) Beck, previous to 1738. She died December 5, 1786 ; and he died August 27, 1788. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newbury- port. Mrs. Atkins, wife of Joseph Atkins, sr., probably died previous to 1729. After her decease. Captain Atkins pur- chased about one acre and a half of land, at the foot of what is now Strong street, extending from Merrimack river to the land of Hawthorne Coker on the southwest, " it being a part of the homestead of Richard Bartlet, junior, of Newbury, deceased, "■♦ and on this land he built a spacious dwelling house. April 7, 1730, he married Mary, widow of Francis Wainwright of Boston, daughter of Joseph Dudley, governor of the province, and sister of Katherine, wife of Lieut.-gov. William Dummer. ' Essex Deeds, book 45, leaf 267. - Essex Deeds, book 82, leaf 91. •' Joseph Atkins, the Story of a Eaniily, by I'lancis Migginson Atkins, page 44 note. "• Essex Deeds, book 54, leaf uS. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 199 In 1732, he bought of John Stocker land on the south- easterly corner of Merrimack and Ouecn streets, with a dwel- ling house thereon, which, twenty years later, was occupied by his son, Dudley Atkins.' In 1738, he was granted liberty, with Joseph Titcomb, John Ordway and others, to build a wharf at the lower end of Queen, now Market, street.- On this wharf he subsequently built an "OylMill," a distillery and several warehouses. He purchased and conveyed to the wardens and vestrymen of St. Paul's church the land on the corner of High and Queen streets, on which the church was erected, in 1741.^ The statement that he was in early life an officer in the English navy is probably incorrect, although he may have served in an inferior capacity at the taking of Gibralter, in 1704.-' He died January 21, 1773, and was buried in St. Paul's church- yard. The inscription on his tombstone reads as follows : — This Stone Is erected to the Memory of Joseph Atkins, Esquire, One of the P^ounders and a Generous Benefactor of this Church Formerl)' an Eminent Merchant In this town And Highly Esteemed by those who knew him, He departed this life Jan. 21, 1773, .Etat 92 and of Mrs. Mary Atkins The virtuous & amiable Relict of Joseph Atkins, Escjuire and daughter of His Excellency Joseph Dudley. She died November 19, 1774, .Ctat 82. ' Essex Deeds, book 61, leaf 125; and bonk 67, leaf 5. ^ History of NewLury (Currier), page 482. ■* " Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical .Sketches, page 397. " Joseph Atkins, the Story of a Family, by Francis I ligginson Atkins, pages 29-43. 200 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T Soon after the death of Joseph Atkins the following notice was published in the Essex Gazette : — Nevvbury-Port, January 25, 1773 On the 21 ft Inftant died, and on this Day was decently interred, Jo- seph Atkins, Efq : in the 93d Year of his Age. He was born at Sand- wich, in Old-England. In the early Fart of his Life he was of the Royal Navy of England, and an Officer therein ; He was in the Sea Fight between the Englifh and French in the Year 1692, when tlie Eng- lifh gained a famous naval Victory; He was at the taking of Gibralter and Port-Mahon, from the Spaniards. Afterwards he was a noted Sea Commander in the Merchants Service. In the latter Part of his Life he fettled in this Place, and was an eminent Merchant, and one of his Majefty's Juftices of the Peace for the County of Essex; a Man of much Politeness, and sustained a fair Cliaracter through his whole life.' Mary (Wainwright) Atkins, widow of Joseph Atkins, died November 19, 1774. The following obituary notice was pub- lished two weeks after her decease : — - Died. At Newbury-Port, Mrs. Mary Atkins, aged 84, Relict of the late Jofeph Atkins, Efq : of that place. She was the youngeft daughter of Jofeph Dudley, Efq; many years Governor of this Province, and Grand-Daughter of Thomas Dudley, Efq., who was alfo feveral years Governor under the firft Charter. - Dudley, the only son of Joseph and Mary Dudley (Wain- wright) Atkins, was born in Newbury, Mass., early in the year 1 73 1. He graduated at Harvard college in 1748, and mar- ried May 7, 1752, Sarah, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Gookin) Kent. He was one of the petitioners for the in- corporation of the town of Newburyport in 1764, and was elected representative to the General Court for the session beginning May 29, 1765. During the excitement that followed the enforcement of the stamp act in Newburyport, in October of that year, he was instructed to use his influence to secure for the inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay the rights and priv- 1 Essex Ciazette. February 2-9, 1773 ( Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). '■i Salem Gazette and Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, December 2, 1774 (Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 20I ileges guaranteed to them by the provincial charter.' He died September 24, 1767 ; and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. His widow, Sarah (Kent) Atkins, died October 16, 18 10, aged eighty-one. Dudley and Sarah (Kent) Atkins had children as follows : — Mary Russell, bom in 1753 - inarried George Searle Mar. 21, 1779. Joseph, •■ December 13, 1755.- Hannah, " April 14, 1757; died in 1771. Katherine, ■' October 9, 1758: married Samuel Eliot Dudley, " September 3, 1 760.^ Rebecca, " March 12, 1767 ; died June 23, 1842. Benjamin Harris, son of Rev. Henry Harris of Boston, was born in 1718. When only twenty years of age he came to Newbury, Mass., and was one of the subscribers to the fund raised in 1738 to defray the cost of building St. Paul's church. He was one of the wardens of that church in 1743, and a vestryman from 1746 to 1753, and perhaps longer.^ He purchased land and probably erected a dwelling house on Greenleaf's lane, now State street, as early as 1754.' In January, 1758, he purchased additional land through which Harris street was subsequently laid out.'' He married, in October, 1740, Lucy Whitman of Stowe.^ Elizabeth daughter of Benjamin and Lucy (Whitman) Harris, was born November 8, 1741, and another daughter Mary, who married Joseph Hooper of Marblehead, was born November 9, 1746. ^ Histoiy of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 43 and 44. 2 The gravestone in St. Paul's churchyard erected to the memoiy of Joseph At- kins reads as follows: " Memento Mori. Here are interred the remains of Capt. Joseph Atkins who with his whole ships company perished by shipwreck on Cape Cod Feb. ye 8th 1787 aged 31 years." ^ Dudley Adcins was authorized by the General Court, January 16, 1790, to take the name of Dudley Atkins Tyng. See biographical sketches, Chapter XXIII. •* " Ould Newbury: " Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 39S-404. " Essex Deeds, book 98, leaf 232. *" Essex Deeds, book 106, leaf 159, ' Notice of the intended marriage of Benjamin Harris was filed with the town clerk of Newbury September 30, 1740. 202 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Benjamin Harris died March 8, 1773, and a few days later the following notice was i)ublished in the Essex Gazette : — New bury- Port, Marcli 12, 1773. On the 8th Inftant died liere, much lamented, Benjamin Harris, Efq. ; aged 55 years, one of his Majefty's Jui'tices of the Peace, only furviving Son of the late Rev"d Henry Harris, King's Chaplain in Bofton. He was for a number of years a principal merchant in this Town, in which Station of Life he maintained a fair Character ; and by his fuperior Judgment, and fingular Knowledge in Bufinefs (which he was ever ready to communicate) made himfelf very ufeful to his Brethren in Trade. — He had a peculiar Turn for Society, and was highly acceptable to his Friends. As to his domeftic Relations, he was a very tender Huf band and Parent, a very kind, humane mafter. In the Courfe of his Affairs he employed many People, by whom he was greatly refpected, and who are among the numerous and fincere Mourners at his Death.' The inscription on his tombstone in St. Paul's churchyard reads as follows : — Sacred to the Memory of Benjamin Harris, Esq'' who died March 8, 1773, Aged 55 years This modest stone, what few proud marbles can. May truly say; Here lies a worthy man Who never suffered fickle Fortune's power To swell his Heart with Pride, or Temper sour But passed the space to him by Heaven assigned In useful actions and with cheerful mind. When Death approached, with life quite satisfied Thank'd Heaven that he had lived and that he died. His widow, Lucy Harris, died October 15, 1776, aged fifty- six. William Farris, born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1753, came to Newburyport in 1765, and was with Benedict Arnold in the expedition to Quebec in 1775. He married Elizabeth, daugh- ' Essex Gazette, March 9-16, 1773 (Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.). MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SUIT OWNERS 203 ter of Joseph Laughton of Boston, soon after the close of the Re\'okitionary war. Margaret, daughter of Wilham and EUz- abeth Farris, born in Newburyport February i, 1786, was baptized in St. Paul's church on the twelfth of March follow- ing. Mrs. Elizabeth (Laughton) Farris died November 29, 1787, when only twenty-three years of age, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. Mr. Farris married Frances Jenkins, his second wife, De- cember 15, 1789; and in company with Ebenezer Stocker, under the firm name of Farris & Stocker, was for ten or fifteen years engaged in mercantile pursuits.' He was sub- sequently appointed president of the Newburyport Marine Insurance Company, and was elected representative to the General Court eight consecutive years, his term of service extending from May 30, 1827, to December, 1834. He died November 22, 1837, and his widow, Frances (Jenkins) P^arris, died April 5, 1839. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyard. During the war between P^rance and England, in 1798, the firm of Farris & Stocker met with reverses and retired from business three or four years later. Subsequently, Mr. P^arris applied for and received a pension from the United States government, as stated in the following petition : — To the Honorable Lewis Cass, Secretary of War. William Farris of Newburyport, in the county of Essex and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, one of the surviving officers of the Navy of the Revolution, asks leave respectfully to, Represent : That under the late Act of Congress, of the 7th of June, A. D. 1832, " supplementary to an Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," he made application conformably to the regulations of your Department for its benefits, and a Certificate has been issued to him which is numbered 21,294, by which he becomes en- titled to a pension of seventy-two dollars per annum during his natural 1 In I 798, Ebenezer .Stocker built and subsequently occupied the dwelling house on High street now known as the Old Ladies Home ( "Quid Newbury:" Histori- cal and Biographical Sketches, page 173). !04 HIS TOR V OF NE JVB UR YPOR T life, and he has regularly received the amount due thereon, as far as the fourth day of September last past ; but, in as much as your petitioner apprehends, that an error has been committed in the computation of his term of service, or that he may have been mis-apprehended, in the dec- laration which he then made, as respects the different periods in which he served, or the station which was assigned him in said service, he would now pray your indulgence while he lays before you the whole amount of what he believes to be his just claims for further considera- tion under the said Act, that such additional allowance may be awarded to him as you shall believe him to be entitled to receive under all the circumstances of his case ; respectfully requesting, should further evi- dence be required, he may be permitted to offer such as it may be within his power to procure. In his application to your Department in July, 1832, your petitioner stated that he was at Quebec as first officer of the Ship Mary Ann, be- longing to Boston, in the summer of the year 1775, and there made ar- rangements with Captain Hector McNiel, and was under further engage- ment with him for a voyage and as first Officer of a vessel, in the Merchants service with him, and while thus engaged, and before the lading of the vessel, information was received of an expedition under- taken by General Arnold, in the service of the United States, who was then on his way through the woods. To the best of his remembrance. General Arnold appeared with his Army in the month of November of that year, and immediately thereupon a proclamation was issued by Lieutenant Governor Crambries requiring every Individual in the City to take arms in its defence, or depart therefrom within three days, and declaring all who did not thus manifest their allegiance Rebels and Spies. Your petitioner did not hesitate to make his election, but immediately procured a passport, leaving all his effects behind him, excepting only such few articles as were necessary for a change, and those contained in a single handkerchief, left the City, and proceeded to join the standard of his country, under General Arnold, who was then at about thirteen miles distance ; he was favorably received by the General, and was im- mediately stationed by him at a place called Point aux Trembles, and there given in charge the care of several vessels, which had been cap- tured from the British, and placed in a small creek at that place ; from these vessels various articles which were considered useful and necessary for the American Army were selected and sent down from thence by land. At this place he was stationed during the whole of the following Winter, having with him an officer from General Arnold's Army, and a few soldiers, for the protection of this property. On the breaking up of the ice in the spring following, he was sent across the river to direct MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 205 some Canadians, who were employed for that purpose, in making a num- ber of sweeps, or large bars, for the use of gondolas, which were to be employed in transporting heavy cannon, and as soon as the Ice was sufficiently cleared away he was appointed to the command of the Schooner Isabella, one of the prises which had been captured from the British, mounting four carriage guns, and with this vessel was ordered for Montreal, as a transport, with supplies for the American army. On arriving at said Montreal, it was found that General Arnold had been superceded in the command at Quebec, and that information had been received of the arrival of a British fleet, upon which General Arnold immediately ordered all the materials which were considered useful and proper for the American Army to be selected, and these were laden and put on board the said Schooner, which was then under the command of your petitioner, and General Arnold, Colonel Burr, and several other officers of the American Army took passage in said Schooner with him and went down to the River Sorcel, where reinforcements for the Army were arriving, and at that place said Schooner was hauled in near the banks, and the General and all his officers continued on board several days, having no convenient place on shore for their accommodation. When it became necessary to leave the said Schooner, there appearing no further use for her, or for the services of your petitioner at that place, he procured a passport from Colonel Burr, with which about the middle of June, 1776, he proceeded for the United States, with a view of enter- ing the Navy, having been employed in the service of the United States, having the charge of said prises, and in the command of said Schooner, the full term of seven months. In this service and in this station, al- though a volunteer, he humbly conceives that under the provisions of the said Act, he became entitled to your consideration, notwithstanding he has not at this day any document which shall evidence his appoint- ment, or may not be able to offer further evidence than that which may be found in the rolls of the War Department, if such have been pre- served. Your petitioner would further respectfully represent, that after wards, in the year 1776, and to the best of his present recollection, in the month of August, or September at farthest of that year, he entered the Navy of the United States, and served as midshipman in the United States Frigate Boston, then under the command of Captain Hector Mc- Niel, and in the Summer of the year 1777 sailed in her as such on a cruise in company with the United States Frigate Hancock, commanded by Captain Manley, and was absent on that cruise until the Autumn of 1777, when she returned to the United States. On her return, there having been a disagreement between the Lieutenants, Master, and other Officers of the Frigate and Captain McNiel, they left the Ship, and pre- 2 o6 ^^^ TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T ferred charges against the commanding officer, which were made the sub- ject of a Court of Inquiry, and under the direction of Captain McNiel, j'our petitioner was appointed and acted in the capacity of a Lieutenant, and in attending to the repairs, recruiting, and refitting the Frigate and preparing her for Sea, so served until she was fully in readiness, in the daily expectation of receiving a commission as Lieutenant, having had assurances from Captain McNiel that such would be furnished him be- fore proceeding on another cruise. Captain McNiel was, however, super, ceeded, and Captain Tucker was appointed to the command, and on his arrival brought with him the officers which had been selected and ap- pointed to serve with him, and there remained no further service for your petitioner which he could perform with honor to himself or benefit to his country on board that Ship, and remained ashore. In this service your petitioner had been actually employed the full term of twenty-one months, as stated in his declaration now in your Department, and his whole term of service, two years and four months, several months of which was in the capacity of Lieutenant on board said Frigate, although not commissioned, and holding only his Warrant as Midshipman as aforesaid. If therefore he be considered as entitled to the benefit of the said Act which provides, as he believes, full pay for Officers and Seamen who shall have served the full term of Two years, he would respectfully ask, whether the time which he served as a volunteer at Quebec, as com- mander of said Schooner Isabella, which was then admitted to be use- full, will not entide him to further consideration in the appointment of pension than that which is allowed to soldiers and Seamen. Your peti- tioner is not now receiving any benefit from the Act of Congress of the 1 8th of March, 1818, which made provision for him as a Midshipman in the Navy on Continental Establishment, as will be seen by reference to the record in the War office, he did indeed make application for the benefits of that act, and in the declaration which he then made of his service, it was not recjuired that further seivice should be shewn than what established Nine months service on the Continental Establishment, no other provision being made by said act than what was estabhshed for Officers and seamen. Certificate was issued to him as of the latter, and under that Certificate, which was numbered 2638, he was entitled to Eight dollars per month, which he continued to receive until by a subse- quent Law of Congress, he was required to submit a schedule of his estate to your department, to do which your petitioner, although in cir- cumstances in life absolutely requiring the aid of his country for sup- port, was apprehensive would wound the feelings of his family and friends, and not having rendered such Schedule was dropped from said Roll, and has not since received any benefit therefrom. Your petitioner MERCH4NTS, SEA CAFTAIAS AA'D SHIP OWNERS 207 asks leave further to represent that it is not now in his power to state the amount of pay allowed him while commanding officer of said Schoon- er or that of Midshipman on board said Frigate, and can only expect the apportionment that had been made to others for similar service. That he is now in the Eightieth year of his age, and under the necessity of relying on this provision made by his country to support him in his declining years. William Farris. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex, ss. Newburyport, Nov. 2, 1833. Then personally came William Farris, within named, and on oath declared in due form of Law, that all the facts contained in the within written application by him sub- scribed are correct and true, according to his best knowledge, before me, W. W0.A.RT, Justice of the Peace ."^ Jonathan Greenleaf, son of Daniel and Sarah (Moody) Greenleaf, was born in 1723, in the town of Newbury. When only seven years of age, his father having been drowned two years previously, leaving his mother in destitute circumstances, he was bound by a written contract to serve as an apprentice to Edward Presbury, who owned and occupied a ship-yard on Water street, near the foot of Chandler's lane, now Federal street, Newburyport. In 1744, he married Mary, daughter of his master, Edward Presbury, and probably lived in a house on the southwesterly side of Water street, near the residence of his father-in-law. In October, 1747, he purchased land between the house where he resided and the house of Nathan Brown, and in December of the same year bought of Edward Presbtiry a small lot of land bounded in part by the land purchased in October.^ He was a ship-carpenter, and began building ships on his own account previous to 1750. A crockery punch bowl, pre- ' Papers and public documents formerly in the possession of the late Hon. Jeremiah Nelson, member of congi-ess from the Fourth Massachusetts district, re- cently presented to the Old Newbury Historical Society. ^ Essex Deeds, book 93, leaves 102 and 120. 208 IIISTOR Y OF NE WB UR Yl OR '/' _JFS sented to him b\- a merchant in Ed- inburgh, Scotland, for whom he had built several ves- sels, is now in the possession of his great-great - grand - daughter, Mrs. Henry B. Little of Newburyport. This bowl is shown in the engravings on this page. On the inside is the figure of a ship, flying the provin- cial flag, with the inscription : — A Ship at Lanch lonathan Greenleal 1752 On the sixth of June, 1765, he bought of Isaac Johnson one-un- divided-eighth part of the lower long wharf, with the ware- house thereon, and in the month of September following" Joseph Swasey conveyed to him one-undivided-twenty-fourth part of the "land granted by the town of Newbury to Build a Wharf upon at the lower end of Chandler's lane, or King street, so called, together with the wharf thereupon com- monly called Lower Long Wharf, or King Wharf, now in New- buryport, together with all the Priviledges and appurtenances thereunto belonging."' One year later he purchased of the proprietors of the town of Newbury land adjoining the above- described property, and in 1769 one-undivided-sixth part of the wharf was conveyed to him by Woodbridge Cottle and 1 Essex Deeds, book 118, leaves 24, 26 and 28. MERCIIAXrS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OIVNEKS 209 Benjamin Lunt.' In 1770, Isaac Johnson sold the building yard that his father gave him by will, adjoining the lower long wharf, to Jonathan Greenleaf.^ At the beginning of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Greenleaf was a member of the committee of correspondence, inspection and safety, 3 and was a delegate to the provincial congress held at Cambridge in February, and at Watertown in May, 1775.-* He was associated with Stephen and Ralph Cross in building the frigate Boston, mounting twenty-four guns, the Hancock, thirty-two guns, and the Protector, twenty guns, for Massachusetts, in 1776 and 1778,5 and was a member of the convention called for the purpose of framing a new constitu- tion for the state in 1780. He represented Newburyport, from 1769 to 1780, at the annual sessions of the General Court, except for the year 1776, and was a member of the state senate in 1780, 1781, and 1782, a representative to the General Court in 1787, 1788 and 1789 and state senator in 1790 and 1 79 1. He was a man of great executive ability, with a good share of common sense and a profound knowledge of human nature. By his persuasive speech and conciliatory manner he was able to overcome his political opponents and secure the adoption of measures that were sometimes vigorously opposed. In his later years, he generally wore shoes with oval silver buckles, knee breeches, a dark blue coat with brass buttons, a ruffled shirt, a powdered wig and a cocked hat. He died May 24, 1807, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground, near the Pond street entrance, a few rods in a northwesterly direction from the graves of Nathaniel Tracy and Rev. Thomas Cary. The inscription on his gravestone reads as follows : — ' Essex Deeds, book 121, leaf 92; and book 129, leaf 19. - Essex Deeds, book 129, leaf 19; and History of Newbury (Currier), page 480, 3 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 535 and 555 note. ■* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 537. " History of Newbuiyport (Currier), volume I, pages 572 and 5S7. 2 lo HIST OR Y OF NE WB UR YPOKT Sacred To the Memory of The Honorable Jonathan Greenleaf Esq. professor of reHgion in youth, a ruHng Elder in the Church & member of the Legislature & Council of Massachusetts. Likewise of Mrs. Mary Greenleaf, his Wife. They were united in the Married State 62 years : they were distant in birth a few months, in death a fortnight, each expiring about the age of 84, May, 1807. Jonathan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf had nine chil- dren, — six sons and three daughters. Two sons and one daughter died in infancy or early childhood. The names of the children who lived to a mature age are as follows : — Simon, born in 1752 : married Hannah Osgood of Andover ; died in 1 776. Sarah, born May 31, 1753: married Capt. WilHam Pierce Johnson in October, 1770: died February 3, 1839. Moses, born May 19, 1755 : married Lydia Parsons September 17, 1776; died December 18, 1812. Enoch, born October 11, 1757: married Mary Stone, and afterward Dorothy Ingersoll ; died Jan. 9, 1798. Catherine, born Nov. 12, i 759; married Anthony Davenport Nov. 25, i 788; died November 15, 1838. Richard, born July 3, 1762: married Marcia Tappan October 2, 1762; died February 11, 1796. Philip Coombs was born on the island of Guernsey, in the English channel, in the year 1705. He came to Newbury, Mass., at a very early age, and purchased, November 30, 1734, of Ralph Cross, a dwelling house on Water street, with land extending to the Merrimack river.' He married, July 10, 1735, Lydia, daughter of William and Martha (Pierce) Johnson of Newbury. - Philip Coombs was a ship-carpenter, and during the war ' Essex Deeds, book 78, leaf 261. 2 William Johnson, by his will, dateil March 12, 1739, and pmved July 6, i 741 gave to his daughter, " Lydia Coombs," several acres of land and a silver mug. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAIXS AND SHIP OWNERS 211 between France and England, in 1756, he went with Stephen and Ralph Cross and others to the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, where he was employed for several months in build- ing sloops and whaleboats for the transportation of troops and munitions of war/ At the surrender of Fort Oswego, he was taken prisoner, carried to France, and imprisoned at Dijon, where he died January 2, 1757. The following-named children of Philip and Lydia (John- son) Coombs were born in Newbury, now Newburyport : — William, born in September, 1736. Martha, •■ May 29, 1739; married Benj. Knight Nov. 25, 1762 ; died December 24, 1806. Lydia, ■• in 1742 : married William Knapp July 2, 1761. Betty, •• June 8, 1744; married probably Robert Lascomb, and afterward William Bartlet. John, " March 23, 1746-7. Mary, •• February 7, 1 747-8. William Coombs, son of Philip and Lydia (Johnson) Coombs, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, in Sep- tember, 1736. He learned the trade of a ship-carpenter, and went to Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario, with his father, in the war of 1756. He was taken prisoner, carried to France, and confined for several months in a stone fortress at Dijon. After his release he returned to Newbury, and married, July 17, 1760, Jane, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Moody) Greenleaf. He lived for many years in the house that his father had previously occupied, on Water street, between Federal and Lime streets. Nine children were born to William and Jane (Greenleaf) Coombs, as follows : — Lydia, born December 7, 1761 ; died May 5, 1785, unmarried. Jane, •• Jan. 22, 1764; married Ebenezer Greenleaf Dec. 28, 1796; died in 1849. ' History of Newbury (Currier), pages 560-564; History of Newburyport (Mrs, E. Vale Smith), pages 381-3S3. 2 1 2 HIS TOK Y OF NEWB UR YPOR T Anna, born Mar. 23, 1765 ; married Eben'- Wlieehvright May 10, 1791 William, •' June 25, 1767. Mary, •' P'eb. 13, 1769; married Luther Waterman May 24, 1798. Philip, '• July 10, 1770; married Elizabeth Harrod July 7, 1799. Abigail, " in March, 1772; died September 13, 1773. Elizabeth," Aug. 8, 1773; married Rev. Daniel Dana Dec. 30, 1800. Susanna, " Nov. 4, 1779; married Rev. Samuel Dana April 12, 1801 ; died September 13, 1805. Jane (Greenleaf) Coombs died April 9, 1783, and William Coombs married, for his second wife, Michal Jenkins, widow of Robert Jenkins, October 21, 1784.' There was only one child by this marriage, Lydia, born January i, 1786. She died August 19, 18 12. At an early age, Mr, Coombs became interested in com- mercial affairs, and had command of a ship engaged in the West India trade. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war he brought a large supply of arms and ammunition from the island of Gaudeloupe for the use of the Continental army. When peace was declared he was an active and enterprising merchant in Newburyport, and soon became one of the largest imi)orters of foreign merchandise in the town. In 1783, he built and afterwards occupied the three-story brick dwelling house on the southwesterly side of Water street, near the corner of Lime street.^ A large garden, extending back to Milk street, filled with fruit trees and flowering shrubs, added to the dignity and elegance of the mansion that s now a somewhat dilapidated two-tenement boarding house. He was one of the contributors to the fund raised in New- buryport in 1 798 for the purpose of building the ship Merri- mack for the United States government, and was elected rep- resentative to the General Court for the session beginning ^ Robert Jenkins married Michal Marquand December 30, 1 764. Children : Sarah, born November 2 7, 1765; married William Wesley Prout. Robert, married Elizabeth Fouquet. Prances, married, December 15, 1 7S9, William Karris. Elizabeth (?), married Israel (?) Young, * Essex Deeds, book 141, leaf 102. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAIXS AXD SHIP OWNERS 213 May 29, 1799, being re-elected for three consecutive years. He was treasurer of the Newburyport Marine Society from November 13, 1772, to November 2, 1775; vice-president from November 2, 1775, to November 6, 1777; and presi- dent from November 28, 1782, to November 29, 1804. He died May 27, 18 14, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground. His widow, Michal (Jenkins-Marquand) Coombs, died November 23, 1834. Michael Dalton, son of Philemon and Abigail Dalton, was born in Hampton, N. H., February 22, 1709. He came to Newbury, Mass., at a very early age, and after several voyages to the West Indies, as an ordinary seaman, he was placed in command of a ship, and was soon a ship owner and large importer of West India goods. He married, February 5, 1733-4, Mary, daughter of Tristram Little, and lived for ten or twelve years in a dwelling house on the northerly, or northwesterly, side of Market square. He was one of the prominent members of St. Paul's church when it was organized, in 1738, and contributed liberally to its support. In 1746, he bought about three acres of land on Pish street, now State street, Newburyport, where he erected a fine large dwelling house, now owned and occupied as a club house by the members of the Dalton club. In 1765, he purchased a wharf at the foot of Queen, now Market, street, and built a distillery which he operated for several years. He died March i, 1776, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.' The following notice was published in the Essex Gazette, March 6-13, 1770: — Newbury-Port, March i. This Day died here, after a hngering Indifpofition, and the Monday following was decently interred, Michael Dalton, Efq ; He was a Gentle- man much esfteemed in this Place, and his Death of Confequence much lamented. His religious Character was very exemplary; He was a con- ' " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 475-477. 2 J 4 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T I'tant and devout Communicant in the Church : to which he was a great Benefactor. He was a good member of Society: a hofpitable man, and, while in Health, a fecial, agreeable Companion ; very amiable in his domeftic Relations : a great Friend to the Poor, many of whom he em- ployed and fupported, and by whom his memory is blelTed.' Tristram Dalton, son of Michael and Mary (Little) Dalton, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, May 28, 1738. He graduated at Harvard college in 1755, and mar- ried, October 24, 1758, Ruth, daughter of Robert Hooper of Marblehead. Previous to the Revolutionary war, he was en- gaged in agricultural and commercial pursuits, and was after- wards elected representative to the General Court for several years in succession. At the first session of congress, after the adoption of the constitution of the United States, he was a senator from Massachusetts. His term of office expired in March, 1791. When Washington, U. C, was selected as the permanent seat of the government, he sold his property in New- bury and Newburyport and removed to Washington. In 181 5, owing to financial reverses and heavy losses in real estate, he returned to Massachusetts and accepted a clerkship in the Boston custom house. He died in Boston May 30, 181 7, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newburyport.' Peter Le Breton, son of Anthony and Mary Le Breton, was born in the city of Nantes, France, October 17, 1745. At a very early age he went to the island of Gaudaloupe, in the West Indies, where his brother Stephen had a plantation, but was advised, on account of ill health, to make a trip to New England, in 1 766. He came to Newburyport, and boarded for several years in the family of Capt. William Noyes, on Liberty street, devoting most of his time to mer- cantile pursuits. Meeting with reverses, he decided to turn 1 Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. * For additional facts relating to the life of Tristram Dalton, see biographical sketch, by Hon. Eben F. Stone, published in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume XXV; " Ould Newburj- : " Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 475-483; History of Newburj'port (Currier), volume I, page 568. ' MERCIIAXTS, SEA CAPTAIXS AXD SHIP OJlWEh'S 215 his attention to maritime affairs, and soon became a ship- master and ship-owner.' He married EHzabeth Pearson April 28, 1776; and pur- chased, May 20, 1777, "land on a way two rods broad for- merly called new lain,"- now Middle street, where he built a two-story dwelling house, which he owned and occupied for many years. ^ His wife died in December, 1781, and he mar- ried, March 4, 1783, Elizabeth Sawyer. He died February 24, 181 3. The members of St. Peter's and St. Mark's lodges of P'ree and Accepted Masons attended the funeral services at his residence on Middle street. His widow, Elizabeth (Sawyer) I^e Breton, died May 4, 1822. Peter and Elizabeth (Pearson) Le Breton had a son, Peter, born August 6, i yyj, and a daughter, EUza, born May 22, 1 780. Eliza Le Breton married David Stickney January 4, 1805. Mr. Stickney died in 1820, and his widow married, in 1826, Rev. Henry C. Wright of West Newbury. Peter Le Breton, jr., born in 1777, married Tabitha Lewis of Marblehead in September, 1800. The children of Peter and Tabitha (Lewis) Le Breton were as follows : — Peter, born Feb. 15, 1802: married Sarah Ellen Chase Nov. 2, 1823. Elizabeth, born Aug. 21, 1803; married Henry Johnson April 10, 1823. Edmund Lewis, born Mar. 7, 1805 ; married Lucy O. Prescott, daughter of Oliver Prescott, Sept. i, 1829. Mary Anthony, born Dec. 20, 1806 : married Henry Johnson May 4, 1829. Stephen, born October 30, 1808; died, unmarried. Nov. 4, 1834. Caroline Lewis, born Feb. 11, 181 i: married John Stephen Bartlett in July, 1832. He died in 1840, and she married, in May, 1842, Capt. William Hammond of Marblehead. George Washington, born May 5, 181 3 : killed in a light with the Indians in Oregon March 6, 1844. ' John Woodwell, Enoch Hale and others built for Captain Le Breton the brig Peter, in 1794, the ship William P. Johnson, in 1S04, and the ship Hercules in iSio. 2 Essex Deeds, book 135, leaf 142. 3 When Fair street was laid out in 1782, the house was then standing on the northwesterly corner of that street and Middle street. 2 1 6 HIS TOK V OF NE IV B UR YPOK T Patrick Tracy was probably born in the county of Wex- ford. Ireland, in 171 1. He came to Newbury, Mass., at a very early age, and soon became a prominent ship-master and ship owner. He married, January 23, 1742, Hannah Carter of Hampton, N. H. She died March 27, 1746; and Cap- tain Tracy married his second wife, Hannah Gookin of Hampton, July 25, 1749. Soon after that date, he purchased a dwelling house, with a small lot of land, on the southwest- erly side of Water street, near the foot of State street, where two sons, Nathaniel and John Tracy, and one daughter, Han- nah, who married Jonathan Jackson, were born. Mrs. Hannah (Gookin) Tracy died August 20, 1756, and Captain Tracy married, for his third wife, Mary, widow of Michael Dalton, March 23, 1773. There were no children by this last marriage. Captain Tracy was one of the petitioners to the General Court, in 1763, for the incorporation of Newburyport, and was afterwards a prominent merchant in the new town and a large importer of foreign merchandise. In 1774, he was a member of the committee of safety and an active supporter of the provincial government during the Revolutionary war. He died February 28, 1789, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.' A portrait of Captain Tracy, painted by an unknown artist, is reproduced in the half-tone print on the opposite page. Nicholas Tracy was probably born in Wexford county, province of Lemster, Ireland, in 1726. He came to Newbury at a very early age, and for several years was employed as an ordinary seaman in the coasting trade. He married Miriam, daughter of Col. Moses Titcomb of Newbury, in 1750, prob- ably, and soon after that date had command of a small vessel, in which he made several profitable voyages to the West 1 For further details relating to the liusiness career of Patrick Tracy and his sons Nathaniel and John Tracy, see " Quid Newbury '* : Historical and Biograph- ical Sketches, pages 545-585. PATRICK IKACY. 2 , 8 n I ST OR V OF XE WBL'R\ TOR T Indies and Europe. When Newburyport was incorporated^ in 1764, he owned a dwelling house on "new lane," now Middle street, Newburyport. The children of Nicholas and Miriam (Titcomb) Tracy, born in Newbury and Newbury- port, were as follows : — Robert, born August 28, 1752: died, unmarried, Dec. 16, 1804.' Elizabeth, " January 13, 1771 : died December 20, 1772. Nicholas, " July 24, 1773: died July 26, 181 1.- In 1769, Capt. Nicholas Tracy purchased one-twentieth part of the Upper Long wharf, at the foot of Queen, now Market street, Newburyport, and in 1772 and 1784 bought of Tristram Dalton, William Atkins, John Tracy and others their undivided interests in this wharf property, including the warehouses and other buildings thereon. He died May 23, 1787, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground. Three years previous to that date he pur- chased a dwelling house on the northwesterly corner of State and High streets, which he owned and occupied at the time of his death. -^ His will, dated January 17, 1787, and proved June 13, 1787, provided for the settlement of his real and personal estate, as follows :•♦ One-third to his wife Miriam ; the use and occupation of a dwelling house on the northwesterly side of Queen, now Market, street, to his son Robert, and the rest and residue to his son Nicholas. The will also provided that in case the said son Nicholas should die before he reached the age of twenty-one years, the real estate devised to him should become the property of Matthew and John Tracy, brothers, and Catherine Devereux, sister, of the testa- tor, " all of the kingdom of Ireland." ' (Iravestone in the Old Hill buryin<^ ground. 2 Gravestone in St. Paul's churchyard. ' Essex Deeds, book 142, leaf 214. * Essex Probate Records, book 359, leaf 110. MEN CHANTS, SF.A CATTAIXS AND SHIP OWNERS 219 In the inv^entory of his estate, filed in the probate court at Salem, Mass,, are the following items : — Mansion House and Store, with land on Fish street, . ^450.0.0 DwelHng^ House and Barn, with land on Queen street, . 260.0.0 DvvelHng House, with land on New Lane (so called), . 300.0.0 18 1-2 rights in Queen Wharf, ..... 450.0.0 On a gravestone in the Old Hill burying ground is the fol- lowing inscription : " Miriam Tracy, relict of Capt. Nicholas Tracy, died October 28, 18 10, aged 78." Nicholas, son of Capt. Nicholas and Miriam Tracy, born in Newburyport July 24, 1773, married Lydia St. Barbe of Mar- blehead March 19, 1795. Nicholas and Lydia (St. Barbe) Tracy had one son and four daughters, born in Newbury- port, as follows : — Elizabeth, born Feb. 9, 1796; married, Nov. 22, 1818, Charles Massey of Portland, Me.: died in Louisville, Ky., June i, 1851. Nicholas, born June 19, 1797; died April 10, 1798. Eleanor St. Barbe, born June 13, 1799 ; married Joseph Eustis October 2, T820 ; died June 17, 1889. Henrietta Louisa, born Sept. 5, 1802 ; married George Brooks of Portland, Maine, Nov. 16, 1825 ; died in Sudbury, Mass., March 19, 1878. Harriet Maria, born July 5, 1805 : married John Adams Smith in Febru- ary, 1825 ; he died Sept. 27, 1833. She then married Rev. John W. Ellingwood of Bath, Maine; died in Pordand, Me., Jan. 19, 1879. Nicholas, son of Capt. Nicholas Tracy, died in Newbury- port July 26, 181 1, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. From an inventory of his estate, filed in the probate court December 5, 181 1, it appears that he owned at the time of his death a dwelling house, with the land under and adjoining the same, on the northwesterly corner of State and High streets, valued at $4,000 ; dwelling house and land on Middle street, $1,500; dweUing house and land on Market street, $2,500 ; wharf, with buildings thereon, at the foot of Market street, $8,333 ; pew in St. Paul's church, $80 ; pew in Rev. Mr. Andrews' meeting-house, $80 ; farm in Salisbury, with 220 HISTORY OF XE]VBURyPORT buildings thereon, $4,500 ; and other items of real and per- sonal estate.' Lydia (St. Karbe), widow of Nicholas Tracy, died in Boston December 2, 1832. Jonathan Jackson, son of Edward and Dorothy (Quincy) Jackson, was born in Boston June 4, 1743. He graduated at Harvard in 1761, and soon after that date accepted a position as clerk with Capt. Patrick Tracy, who was a large importer of West India goods and merchandise in Newburyport. He married, January 3, 1767, Sarah Barnard of Salem. She died June 22, 1770 ;^ and he married, fOr his second wife, Hannah, daughter of Captain Tracy. ^ In 1771, he built and after- ward occupied the three-story dwelling house on High street sold to '* Dord Timothy Dexter " in 1798. He was a member of the committee of safety, correspond- ence and inspection, in 1774 and 1775,'' and was elected rep- resentative to the General Court in 1776 and 1777. For nearly twelve months he was an active member of the board of war, established by the provincial government at Water- town, but resigned December 6, 1776, in order to devote the whole of his time to the discharge of his duties as represent- ative. May 2, 1782, he was chosen a delegate from the state of Massachusetts to the Continental congress, then in session at Philadelphia, and took his seat on the third of July following. In 1784, the firm of Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, merchants and importers, became involved in financial difficulties, and the senior partner, Mr. Jackson, went to PZurope, hoping to make a favorable settlement with creditors there. His efforts, however, were unsuccessful, and in May, 1785, he returned ' Essex I'robate Records, book 381, leaf 46S. 2 See obituaiy notice in Essex Cjazette, June 19-26, 1770. * "Married at Hampton Falls yesterday se'n night [June 2, 177.:] Mr. Jonathan Jackson of Newbuiy Port, merchant, to Miss Hannah Tracey, only daughter of Mr. Patrick Tracey of that place (Essex Gazette, June 2-9, 1772 (Essex Insti- tute, Salem, Mass.). '' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 535 and 555. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAfXS AA'D SHIP OJIWERS 221 home, and soon after removed his family to Boston. ' Two or three years later he returned to Ncvvburyport and occupied a part of the three- story brick dwelling house on State street now known as the Public Library building. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts senate for the session be- ginning May 27, 1789, and in 1790 was appointed one of the commissioners to take the census for the United States gov- ernment. In May, 1795, he sold his dwelling house on High street to Capt. Thomas Thomas, and again removed with his family to Boston, where he died in March, 1810.^ Jeremiah O'Brien was captain of the sloop Unity when she captured the British armed cutter Margaretta, in Machias harbor, June 12, 1775. In the month of August following. Captain O'Brien was appointed, by the colony of Massachu- setts Bay, commander of the sloop Machias Liberty and the schooner Diligent, and provided with arms and ammunition for the defence of the sea-coast. After a cruise of nearly six months, he arrived in Newburyport, and February 8, 1776, was instructed by the General Court to purchase additional supplies and sail as soon as possible with a full complement of officers and men on a second cruise.^ He remained in the service of the colony until September, 1777. In 1780, he was master of the ship Hannibal, a privateer, built in Newburyport. The ship was captured in the vicinity of New York by two English frigates. The crew was released, but Captain O'Brien was taken to England and confined in Mill prison. He died in Machias, Maine, September 5, 1818, aged seventy-four. ' "Monday last arrived here the ship Ceres — Captain St Barbe — in 20 days from Cork. Jn her came passengers ihe Hon. Jonathan Jackson and Nathaniel Tracy Esquire, of this town " (Essex |ournal and New Hampshire Packet, May 18, 1785). - F'or a more extended account of Jonathan Jackson, see " Ould Newbur)':" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 564-568; History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 532-535, 564-574, and Memoirs Dr. James Jackson, pages 26-67. ■' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 569-571 and 612. 2 2 2 ^IS TOR y OF NE WB UR YPOR T John, William and Joseph, brothers of Capt. Jeremiah O'Brien, came to Nevvburyport as early as 1778, and perhaps earUer. John O'Brien was appointed captain of thebrigantinc Adventure, a letter-of-marque, owned by Caleb Toppan, and received his commission January 5, 1779.' On the seven- teenth of May following, he was placed in command of the schooner Hibernia, a privateer of about seventy tons regis- ter, William O'Brien, lieutenant.^ He sailed from Nevvbury- port on the ninth of June, and during the next two or three months captured several prizes, which he sent into port. He married, sometime during the year 1779, Hannah Top- pan, and purchased, October 23, 1781, land on Water street, " partly bounded by an alley or drift way laid down by William Arnold," with a dvveUing house thereon, previously occupied as a post-ofifice.3 He was elected a member of the Newbury- port Marine Society November 25, 1785. Four sons and three daughters, children of John and Hannah (Toppan) O'Brien, were born in Newburyport, as follows:— Polly, born May 5, 1782. Marc}', '• March 6, 1784.4 John, " September 9, i 786. Jeremiah, " November 7, 1790. Richard Morris, " Nov. 12, 1792. Richard Morris, •• March 14, 1795. Hannah, " September 5, 1797. The following advertisement was published in the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet March 28, 1792 : — To be sold by John O'Brien in Nevvburyport the three story dwelling^ house in which he lives being in a pleasant situation and the very centre of business. Should it be most agreeable to the Purchaser he will give very long Credit to whom also he wishes to sell his whole stock in Trade, consisting of English and India Goods on reasonable terms. ' History' of Newbur)-port (Currier), volume I, page 641. 2 History of Newburj'port (Currier), volume I, page 634. ^ Essex Deeds, book 138, leaf 28 1. * She married Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin. He was president of the college in Waterville, Maine, now Colby University. MERC//A.VTS, SEA CAPTA/XS AXD SHIP OWNERS 223 October 8, 1799, Captain O'Brien bought of Richard Pike about three acres of land on the southwesterly side of High street, between Federal and Lime streets, and built the three- story dwelling house that is still standing there.' He resigned his membership in the Newburyport Marine Society November 27, 18 17, and probably removed to Bruns- wick, Maine, soon after that date. May 19, 1820, he sold the house on High street to Jacob Gerrish, esq. October 14, 1843, it came into the possession of Nathaniel Hills, esq., and is now the property of his son. Dr. John M. Hills of New York City." William O'Brien was lieutenant of the privateer Hibernia when she sailed from Newburyport in June, 1779. After several successful cruises in that vessel, he married, April 22, 1780, Lydia Tappan of Newburyport. At the close of the Revolutionary war he found employment in the merchant ser- vice, and made several voyages as captain of a small schooner to the West Indies. He was probably lost at sea, or died in a foreign port. His brother, John O'Brien, was appointed administrator of his estate March 27, 1786, and two or three months later the judge of probate declared the estate insolvent. Joseph O'Brien married Rebecca Moody November 7, 1786, and on the tenth of September, 1789, he bought of Edward Harris one-undivided-half of a dwelling house on the northwesterly side of King, now Federal, street, with the land under and adjoining the same.^ Joseph and Rebecca (Moody) O'Brien had six sons and three daughters, born in Newburyport, as follows : — Dennis, born August 5, 1787. David, •' June 15, 1789: died July 17, 181 1. 1 Essex Deeds, book 166, leaf 89. 2 Essex Deeds, book 247, leaf 170; and book 339, leaf 298. ^ Essex Deeds, book 150, leaf 186. 22 4 HISTOK Y OF NE IVB UK YPOR T Joseph. born July 21, 1791 : married Betsey Bartlett Mar. 23, i8ig. Mary Johnson, •■ April 23, 1 794 : died August 4, i 794. Thomas Moody, •• November 10, 1795. William Moody, •■ September 2, 1797 : died in infancy. Harriot, •• September 4, 1799. William Moody,-' May i, 1802. \'alena, •• May 10, 1804. June 20, 18 17, he purchased a three-story dwelling house on the northeasterly side of High street, between Federal and El Elil RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH O BRIEN. Lime streets, built probably by Samuel Swett in the year 1800/ In 1822, or 1823, Mr. O'Brien removed to Reading, Pennsylvania, with his family, and sold his house in Newbury- 'rhe land on which this house stands was sold to Samuel Swett July 3, 1799, no buildings being mentioned (Essex Deeds, book 166, leaf 124). It came into the possession of Isaac Park of Boston September 26, 18 14 (Book of Executions, No. 2, leaf 96); and he conveyed the house and land to Joseph O'Brien June 20, 18 1 7, as stated above (Essex Deeds, book 214, leaf 130). MERCHAXy^S, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 225 ]Dort to Charles \V. Storey, who was for more than twenty years a prominent merchant in Havana, Cuba.' Moses Brown, son of Edward and Dorothy (Pike) Brown, was born January 23, 1742, on Ring's island, in the town of Salisbury, near the old ferry landing-place, opposite the foot of State street, Newburyport. When only fifteen years of age, he was bound an appren- tice to Capt. William Coffin, and sailed with him, in October, 1757, in the sloop Swallow, for Halifax, returning to New- buryport in the month of November following. He subse- cjuently made several voyages to the West Indies and the continent of Europe. His apprenticeship covered a period of six years, terminating, according to agreement, in June, 1763. He married, September 6, 1764, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Thomas) Coffin, and sailed, one week later, in the sloop Merrimack, Capt. William Friend, for Antigua. In 1767, he was captain of the schooner Phoebe, and retained that position for five years, when he took command of the brig Martha, and sailed for St. Eustatius. The homeward voyage was exceedingly boisterous, the vessel sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. The officers and crew, rescued by the schooner Polly, were landed at Santa Cruz. Captain Brown arrived home January 2, 1774, after an absence of fifteen months. The memorable and interesting incidents connected with his career in the Revolutionary war and his service as com- mander of the sloop-of-war Merrimack, built in Newburyport in 1798,- have been described elsewhere, and need not be reprinted here.' ' Essex Deeds, book 232, leaf 244. Mr. Storey died in Havana January 8, 1845, and was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, Newburyport. His daughter, Lydia M. Storey, having come into possession of the property by inheritance and purchase, conveyed it, May 8, 1892, to Nathaniel N. Jones, esq., who sold it in November, 1908, to Mrs. Clara Erskine (Clement) Waters, the present owner and occupant. - Biographical Sketch, by Samuel Swett (1846); History of Newburyport (Mrs. E. Vale .Smith), pages IIO-114, and 352-356 ; Moses Brown, Captain, U. S. A. (Edgar Stanton Maclay); History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 1 12- 1 14, 61 1-614, and 630-633. 2 2 6 f^IS TOR V OF XEIVBI 'K ) 'PON T At the close of the war between France and England, in 1 80 1, Captain Brown was honorably discharged from the United States navy. He soon found employment, however, in a merchant vessel, and made several voyages from New- buryport to the West Indies. Returning from (luadaloupe, he died of apoplexy January i, 1804, and was buried at sea. His widow, Sarah (Coffin) Brown, died November 19, 1808. Capt. Moses and Sarah (Coffin) Brown had the following- named children : — Susanna, born July 27, 1765 : died August 8, 1765. Moses, •■ January 20, 1766; died Sept. S, 176S. William, '• Feb. 23, i 76.S : married Catherine Jones : lost at sea, 1799. Moses, •' Mar. 22, i 770 : married Eunice Stickney : lost at sea, 1819. Edward, •■ August 2, 1772 ; died in 1780. Joseph, •• Nov. 17, 1774: married, tirst, Mary Pillsbury ; second, Sarah Hoitt : died Oct. 10, 1845. James, •■ October 30, 1777 ; died July 22, 1858. Sarah, •■ May 26, 1 78 1 ; married James Reed : died Jan. 1 3. 1 840. Three great-grandsons of Capt. Moses and Sarah (Coffin) Brown are now living, namely, Ex-Mayor Moses Brown of Newburyport, Catisten Brown, esq., of Boston and George Brown of Bangor, Me. Moses Brow\x, son of Joseph and Abigail (Pearson) Brown, was born October 2, 1742, in that part of Newbury after- wards set off and incorporated by the name of West Newbury. He learned the trade of a chaise-maker, and when onl)- twenty-one years of age began the manufacture of carriages in Newburyport. Ten years later, he turned his attention to the importaticMi of sugar and molasses, wliich he sold to whole- sale dealers at a good profit. In 1772, he married Mary Hall of Newburyport, and lived for nearly twenty years after that date in a house then stand- ing on State street, where the Merchants l^ank building now MERCHAXTS, SEA CAPTALVS AXD SHIP OJJXEPS 227 Stands. His wife died June 28, 1778, leaving no children, and he married, October i, 1786, Mary White of Haverhill, for his second wife. Four or five years later, he purchased of Tristram Dalton a house on State street, nearly opposite Harris street, to which he removed, and in 1792 he bought of Thomas W. Hooper a wharf on the northeasterly side of Merrimack street, at the foot of Green street, with some land adjoining, on which he erected several large warehouses, a distillery, and other buildings needed for the storage of merchandise and the manufacture of New England rum. He accumulated a large amount of property, and in his will gave to the inhabitants of Newburyport six thousand dollars, to be kept at interest until it amounted to the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, when the income was to be devoted *' to the use and sup- port of a grammar school in said town forever." He had one daughter, Mary, by his second wife, who married Hon. WilUam B. Bannister November 30, 18 12. Mrs. Mary (White) Brown died August 11, 1821. husband, Moses Brown, died February 9, 1827.' . MOSES BROWN". Her Edward Wkiglesworth, son of Rev. Samuel and Martha Wigglesworth, was born in Ipswich January 3, i 741-2. He graduated at Harvard college in 1761, and soon after that date came to Newburyport, where he was employed as clerk by his classmate, Jonathan Jackson. Subsequently, he had ' For further details, see " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketch- es, pages 632-637. 2 28 HISTORY OF NEWBURYPORT command of a small vessel, owned by the firm of Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, and made several voyages to the West Indies. January i8, 1770, he married Bridget Cogswell, and on the fourth of November, 1773, purchased a small lot of land on the southeasterly corner of Fair and Temple streets, extending to Orange street, with a dwelling house and barn thereon.' During the Revolutionary war, he was prominent and patriotic, serving with honor in the Continental army from July, 1776, until March 19, 1779, when his resignation was accepted by the commander-in-chief.^ He was elected representative to the General Court for the sessions beginning May 29, 1776, and May 25, 1785, and was a member of the committee appointed to present an address of welcome to Washington when he came to Newburyport in October, 1789. After the adoption of the Federal constitu- tion and the enactment of laws regulating the importation of merchandise, Stephen Cross, who had been collector of cus- toms, was succeeded by Col. Edward Wigglesworth, who held that office from 1792 to 1795. Owing to financial embarassment, he became involved in litigation with the United States government, and his dwelling house and land were taken on execution, November 3, 1796, to satisfy the claims of his creditors. Dudley Atkins Tyng, who succeeded him as collector of the port, conveyed the property to David Coffin December 14, 1799.^ Discouraged by these misfortunes. Colonel Wigglesworth sought and obtained a pension from the United States gov- ernment during the administration of President Monroe, and with the assistance of relatives and friends, managed to eke out a scanty subsistence until his death, December 8, 1826. He was buried with military honors on the twelfth of Decem- ber following. ' Essex Deeds, liook 132, leaf 76; and book 139, leaf 208. - History of Newbuiyport (Currier), volume I, pages 581-584. •* Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 184. Abel Lunt purchased the house February 3, iSoo (Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 217); and his son, Hon. George Lunt, was born there December 31, 1803. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAIXS AXD SHIP OWNERS 229 Charles Herbert, son of John and Jane Herbert, or Harbut, as the name is spelled in the town records, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, November 17, 1757. When only nineteen years of age he shipped on board the privateer brigantine Dalton and sailed from Newburyport November 15, 1776. The vessel was captured on the twenty-fourth of December following by the EngUsh ship of war Reasonable, and taken to Plymouth, England, where her officers and crew were con- fined in Mill prison. The trials and hardships that preceded and followed this unfortunate event are described in detail in the diary of Charles Herbert, published, with a brief sketch of his life, in a small volume entitled, " The Prisoners of 1776 : A Relic of the Revolution, by Rev. R. Livesey." After many disappointments and much suffering, the pris- oners were released in 1779, and Charles Herbert shipped on board the frigate Alliance, then in command of John Paul Jones, and sailed from Holland on a cruise through the straits of Dover and down the English channel to Corunna, in Spain, returning to America in August, 1780. At that date his father, John Harbut, was established in business, as a block-maker, on the upper long wharf at the foot of Queen, now Market, street, Newburyport, and occu- pied a dwelling house on Bartlett's lane, now Winter street, at or near the corner of Washington street." Having learned the trade of a block-maker, Charles Her- bert carried on the business, after the death of his father, and continued to reside in the old homestead on Bartlett's lane. He married Molly Butler November 8, 1783, and died Sep- tember 3, 1808, leaving a widow, two sons and four daughters. His gravestone is still standing in the Old Hill burying ground. William Farnham, son of Daniel and Sibyll (Angier) Farnham, was born in Newburyport November 26, 1760. ' Essex Deeds, book 96, leaf 36; book 103, leaf 175; and book 118, leaves 130 and 131. 230 HISTORY OF XFAVBURYPORT Under the command of Capt. Moses Nowell, he marched, on the nineteenth of April, 1775, to re-inforce the Continental troops at Lexington and Concord.' A few years later, he was prominent in the social life of the town, and was held in high esteem by his associates. In 1788, when John Ouincy Adams was a student-at-law in Newburyport, he wrote in his diary as follows : — Ever}' one, it is said, possesses his peculiar excellence. Mr. Farn- ham's talent lies in the science of politeness. He understands to per- fection all the nice and subtile distinctions between confidence and assur- ance, between ease of behavior and familiarity, between elegance and fopperv, &c., a science in which I am very ignorant, as in all others. - At that date, Mr. Farnham, with ample means at his com- mand, devoted much time to the study of music and English literature, as well as to the social festivities of the day. He married, October 31, 1790, Hannah Bliss Emerson, daughter of Rev. William Emerson of Concord, Mass., and lived for fifteen or twenty years in a house on High street, opposite Market street, which his father, Daniel Farnham, built in 1750.3 He was for several years head master of the grammar school at the northwesterly end of Frog pond, and was ap- pointed in August, 1796, collector of the taxes assessed by the commonwealth of Massachusetts on the owners of car- riages in Essex county.-* In 1798, he was collector of reve- nue, for the United States government, in the eastern division of the same county, and held the office until Thomas Jeffer- son was elected president in 1801. He was a member of the First Religious Society of New- buryport, and was elected deacon of the chiu'ch on the nine- teenth of March, 1804. ' Histoiy of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 540. - Life in a New England Town (Uiary of John Quincy Adams), page 108. 3 This house was removed to make room for the Kelly School building, erected in 1872 by the city of Newburyport ("Ould Newbury:" Historical and Bio- graphical Sketches, page 132). ■* Impartial Herald, August 9, 1796. WILLIAM FARXHAM. 232 HISTOR V OF NE] VB UR YPOR T A fine portrait of William Farnham, painted by Trumbull, is now in the possession of his grandson, Francis D. Cobb, esq., of Barnstable and Boston. With his permission, a photographic copy is reproduced in the half-tone print on the preceding page. William and Hannah Bliss (Emerson) Farnham had chil- dren as follows : — John Hay, born July 22, 1791 ; graduated at Harvard in iSi 1 : married Evelyn Leonard May 3, 1.S21 : died in Salem, Indiana, July 10, 1833, leaving no children. Mary Bliss, born December 1, 1792 : died, unmarried, February 7, 1816. Louisa', born June 6, 1794; married Rev. Orville Dewey; died January 25, 1884. She has three descendants living. Charlotte, born April 15, 1796: married George W. Leonard of Madi son, Indiana ; died in that town in 1862, leaving no children. Daniel, born Dec. 16, 1797; died at sea Sept. 8, 1824, unmarried. William Emerson, born Nov. 25, 1799 : lost at sea in December. 1819. Sibj-1 Angier, born July 8, 1801: married Allen Lombard of Augusta, Maine: died June 29, iiSS7, leaving one son. Charles Lombard, and two daughters, Charlotte, who married Bishop Armitage. and Sibyl. who married Henry P. Baldwin. Phebe Bliss, born Julv 8. 1801 : married Matthew Cobb of Barnstable, Mass.: died August 30. 1875. leaving one son. Francis Davis Cobb.- and a daughter, now Mrs. Kathrine H. Hayward. Elizabeth Cordis, born Aug. 17, 1S03 : died, unmarried, Sept. 6. 181 9. Hannah Bliss, born May 4. 1S05 : died, unmarried. October i i, 1806. Mrs. Hannah Bliss (Emerson) Farnham, wife of William Farnham, died March 27, 1807, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground. In April, 18 16, Mr. Farnham sold the house formerly owned and occupied by his father, Daniel Farnham, to Dr. Lawrence Sprague,^ and removed to Boston, and afterwards to Salem, Indiana, where he died September 9, 1829, at the residence of his son, John Hay Farnham. ' " Catherine Louisa," according to the town records, but baptized " Louisa " by the pastor of the First Religious Society of Newburyport, June 8, 1794. - Francis Davis Cobl) married his cousin, Katherine S. Dewey. lie has two sons and one daugliler now living, Kichard Cobb, William Cobb and Louisa Farnham Cobb. ^ Essex Deeds, book 209, leaf 118. MERCHAXTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OlFNERS 233 Edmund Bartlett, bom March 3, 1723, a lineal descend- ant of Richard Bartlett who settled in Newbury in 1635/ married Hannah Hall October 3, i745- Two or three weeks previous to that date he purchased one-half of a dwelling house on " new lane," in Newbury, now Middle street, in Newburyport. The other half of the house, with land adjoin- ing, was conveyed to him by Isaac Hall, shipwright, in the month of June following.^ William Bartlet, son of Edmund and Hannah (Hall) Bartlet, was born January 20, 1 746-7, in the house then owned and occupied by his father, on " new lane." Septem- ber 14, 1753, his mother died; and his father married, Octo- ber 2, 1754, Mary Marsh of Haverhill. ^ The children by this second marriage were Edmund, Samuel, David, Richard, Ebenezer and Mary. In his boyhood, William Bartlet attended one of the pub- lic schools in the town for two or three years, and then learned the ti'ade of a shoemaker. When only twenty-one years old he was actively engaged in business on his own account, and soon accumulated money enough to buy one- undivided-quarter part of a dwelling house, with one-quarter part of the land under and adjoining the same, in Newbury- port. ■♦ He probably married, in 1774, Betty (Coombs) Lascomb, widow of Robert Lascomb. 5 In 1778, he bought of Mary 1 " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 230-246. - Essex Deeds, book 98, leaf iS; and book 88, leaf 225. ^ Edmund Bartlet died October I, 1804. His will, dated July 29, 1793, was proved December 6, 1804. His widow, Mary (Marsh) Bartlet, died May 27, 1813, aged eighty-eight. *' Essex Deeds, book 128, leaf 285. : ■' No record of his marriage in Newbury or in Newburyport has been found, and therefore the maiden-name of his wife is somewhat uncertain. She was probably born in Newbury June 8. 1744, and was probably the oldest daughter of Philip and Lydia Coombs. In the division of her father's estate, August 16, 1762, she received twenty pounds from William Coombs, her oldest brother, for her undivi- ded interest in the land and dwelHng house belonging to the Jestate. , She probably 234 HIS TOR Y OF NE IV B UR YFOR T (iwyn land on Kini,^ now Federal, street, Newburyport,' and in 1784, Alice Hughes, of the town of Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan, in the Kingdom of Great Britain, "only sister and next-of-kin to Anthony Gwyn, deceased, and also mother and next of kin to David Jones of Newburyport, deceased," conveyed to William Bartlett all her right, title and interest in the land " now in the passsssion of the said Bartlet, on which he now dwelleth," it being the same lot ol land which Samuel Swasey sold to David Jones June 21, 1771." At the close of the Revolutionary war Mr. Bartlet became interested in commercial affairs, and soon afterward was the owner of a large fleet of vessels which were constantly em- ployed in trade with the East and West Indies, England, Holland and Russia. In 1787, he purchased of Stephen Cross "one undivided fourth part of the flatts granted by the town of Newbury to William Johnson and others to build a wharf upon at the lower end of Chandler's lane [now Federal street, Newbury- port]," and subsequently bought of Joseph Noyes, William Coombs and Jonathan Greenleaf fourteen-undivided-twenty- fourth parts of the same property, on which he erected large marrieil Robert Lascomb in 1763 or 1765. lie bought land on a lane now known as Temple street, extending from King to Fish street, in 1766 (Essex Deeds, book 121, leaf 214); and died previous to December 19, 1767 (Essex Deeds, book 129, leaf 258 ), leaving one daughter, Maiy Lascomb. She married, March 26, 1792, Israel Ohear of Salem, mariner. He died in 1795, and his widow was appointed administratrix of his estate (Impartial Herald, March 31, 1795). C)n the sixteenth of April she married Ebenezer Steele of Cape Ann (Impartial Herald, April 17, 1795). In October, 1796, Mr. Steele bought of James Kettle a lot of land on Orange street, Newburyport (Essex Deeds, book 163, leaf 106), on which he built a dwelling house. In 179S, he conveyed the property to Edmund, son of William Bartlet and half-brother to Mrs. Steele (PZssex Deeds, book 163, leaf 170; and book 166, leaf 2). September 28, 1799, Edmund Bartlet gave a deed of the land on Orange street, with the dwelling house thereon, to William Bartlet (Essex Deeds, book 166, leaf 73). April 30, 1799, William Bartlet, merchant, and wife "Betty" conveyed house and land on Temple street to Mary, wife of Ebenezer Steele (Es- sex Deeds, book 165, leaf 102 ). 1 Essex Deeds, book 136, leaf 167. * Essex Deeds, 1 ook 141, leaf 219. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTALNS AND SHIP OWNERS 235 warehouses for the storage of sugar, molasses, coffee and hemp.' Although French privateers captured some of his vessels, the losses he sustained did not check his enterprise, exhaust his funds or shake his credit. In 1794, he was a stockholder in a company organized to manufacture woolen goods at By- field, in Newbury, and afterwards bought out the original stockholders and converted the factory into a mill for the manufacture of cotton cloth. ^ At that date his family consisted of himself, his wife and four children, as follows : — Edmund, bom Dec. i, 1775 : married Zilpha Gerrish in October, 1801. Betse}-. •• Oct. 23. 1777 ; married George Jenkins March 7. 1799 ; died October 10. 1810. William, " July 22, 1782 ; married Betsey Stoodley June 21, 1808. Hannah, " May 17, 1787; married John Porter Sept. 16, 181 1. In 1798, Mr. Bartlet purchased additional land, adjoining his lot on Federal street, extending to Beck street on the southwest and to Ship street on the southeast, ^ and erected a three-story brick dwelling house which he owned and occupied at the time of his death. A photographic view of this house is reproduced in the half-tone print on the next page. He was elected representative to the General (^ourt for the sessions beginning May 28, 1800, May 27, 1801, and May 26, 1802 ; and when Andover Theological Seminary was 1 Essex Deeds, book 148, leaf 123; book 158, leaves 52 and 53; and book 157, leaf 166. •^ History of Newbury (Currier), pages 293-295. ^ Essex Deeds, book 163, leaf 171. Mr. Bartlet gave this house and land, in his will, to his daughter Hannah, wife of John Porter. The p roperty was sold to Sewall B. Noyes August i, 1874, and on the twenty-seventh of June, 1906, it was conveyed by deed from Henry J. Noyes, trustee under the will of Sewall B. Noyes, to John J. Williams, Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, and is now occupied as a parochial residence by Rev. J. L. M. Levesque, pastor of the church of St. Aloysius de Gonzaga. 236 HIS TO K Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T founded, in 1808, he gave twenty thousand dollars to the associate fund, fifteen thousand dollars for the endowment of a professorship, and seventy-five thousand dollars to be used in building a chapel for Sunday services and dwelling houses for the professors. When the Wessacumcon Mill was built, on the corner of RESIDENCE OF Wll.l.IVM llAKTl.hl . Pleasant and Inn streets, in 1837, he was one of the largest stockholders, and when the second mill was built on an ad- joining lot, in 1840, he subscribed for fi\e hundred additional shares, and the name of the corporation was changed to the Bartlet Steam Mills Company. His wife died January 24, 1825. He died February 8, 1 84 1. The inscription on the southeasterly side of his mon- ument, in Oak Mill cemetery, reads as follows: — Merchants, sea captains and ship owners 237 111 Memory of Hon. William Bartlet, Who died February VIII, MDCCCXLI. Aged XCIII j'ears. Also of Betty, his wife, who died January XXIV, MDCCCXXV Aged LXXX. On the northwesterly side of this monument is the fohow- ing inscription : — Descended From the First Settlers of Ancient Newbury His F"irmness, Decision of Character And habits of Thought and Action Exhibited to Posterity The Qualities of His worthy ancestry. By his Enterprise His native town Was benefitted and improved. His name was long familiar Both in this country and other lands As a Distinguished Merchant And a Liberal Patron of Theological^Learning. In his will, dated February seventh, and proved February 16, 1 841, Mr. Bartlet gave his dwelling house, on the south- easterly side of Market street, near Merrimack street, to his son Edmund ; a dwelling house on the northeasterly side of Water street, near the foot of Federal street, to his son Wil- liam ; and the brick house on Federal street, in which he lived at the time of his death, to his daughter Hannah, wife of 238 NTS TOR V OF NE WB IJR YPOR T John Porter. He also gave twenty thousand dollars to each of his grandchildren ; and to the trustees of Phillips Academy in Andover, for the benefit of the Theological Seminary, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the gifts made to that institution in his lifetime. Edmund Bartlet, son of William and Betty (^Coombs- Lascomb) Bartlet, was born in Newburyport December i, 1775. At an early age, he became interested in the improvement of public property in the vicinity of P^rog pond, and at his sugges- tion, and expense mainly, a deep ravine was filled with gravel during the summer of 1800, and a broad walk made parallel to High street, that has since been known as Bartlet Mall. In October, 1801, he married Zilpha, daughter of Stephen and Ruth Gerrish of Newbury, and a few months previous to that date he purchased a three-story dwelling house on Broad street,' which he occupied until 1805, when he removed to a new brick house built by his father, William Bartlet, on the southeasterly side of Market street, near Merrimack street. He was engaged for many years in the manufacture of woolen varn and cotton batting in the building now owned and occu- pied by Renton 'SI. Perley, on the corner of Market and Merrimack streets.- Edmund and Zilpha (Gerrish) Bartlet had seven children, namely : — Betsey, born April 2. 1S02: died unmarried. Martha Gerrish. •■ Jan. 26, 1.S04 ; married W. Wheehvright Feb. to, 1829. Hannah, •• Jan. 16, 1.S06: married Dr. Jolin Atkinson in 1836. Maria, '• April 27, 1810; died May 12. iSio. Catherine Maria." May i. iSii : married Dr. Moses L. Atkinson. Harriet Holmes. ■■ July 24, 1813 ; married Rev. Frederick A. Barton of Collinsville. Conn.. Sept. 8. 1840. William. •• December 19, 1816: married Harriet Thacher. ' 'I'his house was built in 1797 by Thomas Thomas, esq., son of Capt. Thomas Thomas. It was purchased by the Anna Jaques Hospital Association in 1883, and used as a hospital from that date until 1904. ' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume i, pajje I So. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SI/IF OIVNERS 239 Mrs. Zilpha (Gerrish) Bartlet died November 30, 1849. Her husband, Edmund Bartlet, died May 9, 1854. William, son of William and Betty (Coombs-Lascomb) Bartlet, was born in Newburyport July 22, 1782. He grad- uated at Harvard college in 1801, and married, June 21, 1808, Betsey Stoodley of Portsmouth, N. H. His children by this marriage were born in Newburyport at the following-named dates : — William Stoodly, born April 8, 1809; died in Chelsea Dec. 12, 1883. Elizabeth, born Jan. i, 181 1 ; married Charles J. Brockway Oct. 29, 1835. Margaret Brierly, born August 10. 1812; died April 13, 1815. Edmund, born Jan. g. 1S15: married Louisa S. Bartlett Oct. 29, 1844. Margaret Brierly, born in December, 1816; married Albert Holton. Caroline Hall, born Sept. 7, 1818; married Dr. F. Williams of Yonkers, New York, in December, 1844. Mary McClintock, born August 5, 1820; died January 22, 1909. Adelaide Stoodley, born Aug. 10, [822 ; married J. D. Alden of Hartford, Connecticut, in May, 1844. Henry, born July 22, 1824: married Abbie W. Williams Dec. 15, 1844. Nathaniel Stoodly, born Aug. 20, 1825 ; married Frances Ann, daughter of Richard M. Bartlett, Oct. 29, 1846. Mr. Bartlet made several voyages to Europe and the East Indies as supercargo, and afterwards had command of one of the ships owned by his father, William Bartlet, sr. During the war of 1812, he served as orderly sergeant in a voluntary association of ship-masters and seamen, called the " Sea Fencibles," organized in Newburyport for the defence of the seacoast.' He lived in a brick dwelling house on the north- easterly side of Water street, near the foot of Federal street, where his wife died February 8, 1849, and he died Decetnber 29, 1852. Joseph Marquand, son of Daniel and Mary Marquand, born in Newbury October 16, 1748, married Rebecca, daugh- ' History of Newbmyport (Currier), volume I, page 6^9. 240 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T ter of William Coffin, Nov. 17, 1776. The following-named children of Joseph and Rebecca (Coffin) Marquand were born in Newburyport : — Rebecca, born Aug. 23, 1777 ; died Jan. 30, 177S. Rebecca, " December 14, 1778. Eliza Coffin, " Nov. 3, 17S0; died Sept. 12, 1781. Eliza Coffin, " January i, 17S2. Mary, " December 13, 17S3. Ann, •' October 16, 17S5. Susanna Coffin, " May 23, i 7S9. Charles, " September 23, 1792. Joseph, " December 25, 1793. Mr. Marquand was the owner or part owner of a large number of privateers. During the first year of the Revolu- tionary war they brought many prizes into Newburyport ; but, at a later date, many of these privateers were captured by English cruisers. He lived in a spacious two-story, gambrel-roofed dwelling house on Water street, at the head of what is now Commer- cial wharf." John Ouincy Adams, when a student-at-law in Newburyport, in 1788, was frequently entertained there, with other distinguished guests.^ He was a member of the committee appointed to receiv^e James Monroe, president of the United States, when he visited Newburyport, in July, 181 7, and was collector of customs from the year 181 1 until his death, September 6, 1820. A marble tablet marks his last resting-place in the New Hill burying ground. ' This house was probably built and owned by Daniel Marquand. In his will, dated September i8, 1788, and proved May 2, 1 791, he gave to his grandchildren, " Rebekah Marquand, EHzabeth Coffin Marquand, Mary Marquand, and Anne Marquand, children of my son, Joseph Marquand, all my river lotts now improved by my son, with the dwelling house, wharf, warehouses, and all other buiklings thereon, also one half part of my other estate wherever the same may be." This house, with the warehouses and other buildings, was destroyed in the great lire of iSii. - IJfe in a New England Town, pages 102 and 157. MERCHA\TTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 241 Thomas Johnson, as early as 1695, built a dwelling house on land belonging to the town of Newbury, near the foot of Chandler's lane, now Federal street, in Newburyport, and had a ship-yard there, for which he paid an annual rent to the selectmen of the town.' William Johnson, probably a brother of Thomas John- son, came from Charlestown, Mass., in 1698, to Newbury, and began ship-building at or near the same place.- He married Martha, daughter of Capt. Daniel Pierce, November 9, 1702. The children by this marriage were born at the following-named dates : — Elizabeth, born August 17, 1703 ; married Isaac Hall Nov. 23, 1721. Martha, " November 17, 1704. William, ' " May 13, 1706; married Betty Bradstreet. Sarah, " in 1707; married Ralph Cross October 31, 172.S. Mary, " Sept. 14, i 70S ; married John Currier Jan. 23. 172S-9. Isaac, " in 1710; married Martha Greenleaf May 10, 1733. Moses, " August i, 171 1 : died young. Nicholas, " March 9, 1714: married Sarah Huse March 23, 1737. Lydia, " in 1716: married Philip Coombs July 10, 1735. Eleazer, " May 11, 1718; married Elizabeth Toppan Aug. 18,1741. Martha (Pierce) Johnson died August 3, 1732 ; and her husband, William Johnson, married, February 14, 1733-4, Mrs. Abigail (Moody) Stickney, widow, first of Josiah P3m- ery, and subsequently of Jonathan Stickney. Three children of William alid Abigail (Stickney) Johnson were born in Newburyport at the following-named dates : — Joseph, born November 20, i 734. Moses, " June 2, 1 737. Abigail, " February 6, i 738. Eleazer Johnson, born May 11, 1718, son of William and Martha (Pierce) Johnson, married Elizabeth Toppan August 18, 1 74 1, as stated above. His children by this marriage were born in Newburyport at the following-named dates : — ' History of Newbury (Currier), page 479. * History of Newbury (Currier), page 480. 242 ^JS TOR Y OF NE WB UR VPOR T Joseph, born November 2.S, 1743: married Elizabeth Dole. William Pierce, born April 22, 1745; married Sarah Greenleaf. Eleazer, bom February 14, 1746; married Hannah Pearson. Sarah, born November 7, i 74.S : married Phineas Parker. Jane, born July 7, 1750 : married Nathaniel Newell. Nicholas, born in 1752: married Mary Perkins. Martha, born in 1754; married John Desannette. Philip, born in 1756; married, first, Dolly Noyes; and, second, Sarah Noyes ; d. in 1789. Elizabeth, born in 1758 ; probably died in infancy. Elizabeth Toppan, wife of Eleazer Johnson, died October 20, 1761 ; and he married, in 1766, his second wife, Sarah Bay ley, by whom he had one son, John Bayley Johnson, born January 26, 1768. Eleazer Johnson was one of the prominent ship-builders in Newburyport previous to the Revolutionary war. He occu- pied a part of the ship-yard owned by his father, William Johnson, and lived in a dwelling house near the corner of Federal and Water streets, where he died May 12, 1792. William Pierce John.son, son of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Toppan) Johnson, born April 22, 1745, was a successful ship-master, and also the owner of a large number of vessels engaged in the West India trade. He married, October 23, 1770, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Jonathan and Mary (Presbury) Greenleaf. The following-named children by this marriage were born in Newburyport : — ■ * Mary, born April 25, 1777 ; died January 19, i860. Catharine, born January 4, 1780 ; died April 27, 1859. William Pierce, born May 13, 1785 : married, first, Henrietta Tracy; and. second, Sarah Waite. Sarah, born in 1788 ; died in 1791. Eleazer, born Nov. 12, 1790; married Fanny Toppan Oct. i, iSi i : died February 27, 1870." Jonathan Greenleaf, born Nov 12, 1790 ; married Elizabeth White in 1813.^ ' Eleazer Johnson was town clerk for twenty years, and afterwards clerk of the city of Newburyport for nineteen years. 2 Jonathan Greenleaf Johnson, a twin-brother of Eleazer Johnson, was for many years a prominent physician in Newburyport. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 243 Capt. William Pierce Johnson built, in 1798, the wharf at the foot of Pudding lane, now Ship street, Newburyport. He died, very suddenly, June 4, 1802. Philip Johnson, son of Eleazer and Eliza- beth (Toppan) John- son, born in 1756, was a soldier in Capt. Moses Nowell's company, and SILVER taxkakd; side view. marched from Newburyport, April 19, 1775, to re-inforce the Continental troops at Lexington and Concord. He was afterward in Capt. Benjamin Perkins' com- pany, and was severely wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. He subsequently learned the trade of a ship-carpenter, and built a large number of vessels in the ship-yard previously occupied by his father and grandfather. In 1795, he was presented with a silver tankard, made by " Revere," probably SILVER tankard; KRON'I \te\v. 244 ^^^ '^^^^ Y OF NE WB UK YPOR 7 son of Paul Revere, l^earins^' the followini^ inscription, as shown in the half-tone prints on the preceding page: — ' Presented by Head & Amory to Mr. Philip Johnson as a token of their respect for his fidelity in building the ship Romona, 179,. Patrick Tracy Jackson, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson, was born in Newburyport August 14, 1780. When ten years of age he attended the grammar school at the northwesterly end of Frog pond, and a few years later completed his education at Dummer academy. In 1796, he was bound by a written contract to serve for five years in the store of William I3artlet, attending to the sale of foreign goods and merchandise. Several months previous to the ter- mination of his a])prenticeship he was offered the position of captain's clerk in a ship commanded by his brother, Henry Jackson, who was six years older than himself. With the consent and approval of Mr. Bartlet, the offer was accepted, and the ship sailed for Madras and Calcutta. When the voyage was completed, Patrick Tracy Jackson, having learned the art of navigation, chartered a ship, ob- tained consignments of merchandise, and sailed again for Calcutta, where he sold the cargo at a fair profit, and with the proceeds purchased goods that were afterwards disposed of to good advantage in Newburyport and Boston, Owing to some financial complications, the compensation he received for his services was small, jjut he decided nevertheless to make another voyage, and was absent four years, having been de- tained twelve months at the Cape of Good Hope when that place was taken by the E^nglish, in 1806. Returning home in 1808, he established himself in business in Boston, and in 1 81 3 was associated with his brother-in-law, Francis Cabot Lowell, and Paul Moody, a native of Newbury, in the manu- ' Tliis tankard is now in the possession of Miss Clara A. Johnson, No. 177 Cen- tral street, .Sonierville, Mass. She is a ^reat-granddaughter of I'hiliji and Sarah (Noyes) Johnson, granddaughter of Philip and Miriam (Sargent) Johnson and daughter of I'hilip and Anne (Adams) Johnson. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OJJWEKS 245 facture of cotton cloth by machinery in a mill erected for that purpose in Waltham, Mass. In 1 82 1, in company with Nathan Appleton, Kirk Boott and a few other capitaHsts, he purchased several hundred acres of land adjoining the Pawtucket canal at Chelmsford, on the Merrimack river, and laid the foundation for the large manufacturing city of Lowell, named in honor of Francis Cabot Lowell, who died four years previous to that date. He was afterwards engaged in many imj^ortant enterprises, and in 1830 began the construction of a railroad between Lowell and Boston, which, notwithstanding many difficulties and discouragements, was completed in 1835. In 1838, he accepted the agency of the company organized in 1 792 for the construction of locks and canals on the Merrimack river, and in 1840 was appointed treasurer and agent of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company at Somersworth, N. \\. He died at his summer residence in Beverly, Mass., September 12, 1847.' Francis Cabot Lowell, son of John and Susan (Cabot) Lowell, was born in Newburyport April 7, 1775.- He grad- uated at Harvard college in 1793 ; and married, October 31, 1798, Hannah, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson. He became interested in the East Lidia trade, and established himself in business in Boston, where he accumu- lated a large fortune. In 1 8 10 and 18 ir, while traveling in England and Scot- land, he carefully examined the methods adopted there for the manufacture of cotton cloth by machinery. Two or three years later, in company with Patrick Tracy Jackson, Paul Moody and others, he erected a mill at Waltham, Mass., and supplied it with power looms, spindles, and other ma- ' Memoir of Dr. James Jackson, by James Jackson Putnam, M. D., pages 128- 156; History of Newburyport (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), pages 338-351; flunt's Merchant Magazine, 1848; Newbuiyport Daily Herald, June 10-13, 1S48. 2 " Ould Newbury:" Flistorical and Biographical Sketches, page 578. 2 46 HIS TOR V Of NE WB UR YPOR T chinery necessary to convert raw cotton into finished cloth.' The mill, when completed, was successfully operated, and led, in 1821, to the building of the city of Lowell, named in honor of Francis Cabot Lowell, the enterprising merchant and manufacturer, who died in Boston August 10, 181 7. Thomas March Clark, son of Enoch and Mary Clark, was born in Greenland, N. H., March 24, 1771. When only seventeen or eighteen years of age, he came to Newburyport, and, December 4, 1793, married Mary, daughter of Alexander and Mary Caldwell. In 1803, he purchased of Joshua Titcomb, Enoch Titcomb, Samuel Huse and others, land on the southeasterly side of Green street, between High and Harris streets, where he built a three-story dwelling house, in which he resided until his death. - He was engaged in commercial pursuits, and during the war between France and England several small vessels in which he was interested were captured. In 1798, he was associated with William Cross in building the ship Merri- mack, which was presented by the merchants of Newburyport to the United States government, and in 1803, 1804, 1808, 1 83 1, 1832 and 1839, he was elected and served as repre- sentative to the General Court. His wife, Mary (Caldwell) Clark, died June 15, 18 10, and he married. May 28, 181 1, Rebecca, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca Wheelwright, for his second wife. The children by this second marriage were born in Newburyport at the following-named dates : — Thomas March, bom July 4, iSi2-. died September 7, 1903. Rufus Wheelwright, " December 17, 1S13: died Aug. 9, iS,S6. Edward Warren, '• October 30, 1S15; died Aug. 12, 1S37. Abraham Wheelwright," Sept. 13, 1817; died Dec. 14, iSiS. George Henry, " Nov. 7, 181 9; died March 31. 1906. Samuel Adams, " January 27, 1822: died Jan. 28, 1875. Mary Rebecca, •• August 1, 1825; died April 29, 1843. ' See biographical sketch of Patrick Tracey Jackson on jiage 244. 2 Essex Deeds, book 171, leaves 244 and 245 ; and book 172, leaf 167. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OJVNERS 247 Mr. Clark was a prominent merchant in Newburyport for many years. He was a member of the committee appointed to make arrangements for the reception of President Monroe in 1 8 17, and for the reception of General LaFayette in 1824. He died March 31, 1850, and was buried in Oak Hill cem- etery, where his widow, Rebecca (Wheelwrii^ht) Clark, who died July 27, 1865, at the residence of Rev. Rufus W. Clark, in Albany, N. Y., is also buried. Capt. William Nichols, son of William and Mary Nich- ols, was born in Newburyport July i, 1781. During; the war between France and England he made several voyages to the West Indies, and was twice captured by French priva- teers, once in the ship Fox in 1798, and again in the ship Rose in 1799. He subsequently became part owner and master of the brig Sally Ann. This vessel was captured in December, 1807, and taken to Bristol, England. She was released, recaptured, and afterward condemned and sold in Amsterdam, Holland, as stated in the following deiK)sition recorded in the registry of deeds at Salem, Mass. : — 1 William Nichols of Newburyport in the County of Essex Common- wealth of Massachusetts, mariner, testify and depose, that in the month of November A D One thousand eight hundred and Seven I Sailed from Beverly in the brig Sally Ann belonging to Abner Wood of Said Newburyport, and myself as master of said brig, On a voyage to Am- sterdam: that on the fourteenth day of December in 160 W longitude lat about 49", I was captured by the Diana British Letter of Marque, and the brig carried into Bristol England: I with the rest of the people, except the mate, was taken out of said brig on board the Diana, in which we arrived at Bristol on the twenty eight day of said December, which was three days after the arrival of the Sally Ann at the same place. Within a few days after my said arrival, the Sally Ann was given up to us by the Captors without a trial, and we proceeded on or about the twenty second day of January one thousand eight hundred and eight on our voyage to Amsterdam: having previously attempted it, but being obliged to put back on account of contrary Winds. When the Sally Ann was given up to us, we found her entirely destitute of cabin Stores, which when she was taken possession of by the Diana, consisted of two thirds of a barrel of Sugar, about Seventy pounds coffee, about 248 ff^^ TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T forty gallons of Wine, and Sundry other articles of less Walue ; about two barrels of Ships provision were also missing ; Some of the Water casks were Scuttled, and some of the rigging was cut and destroyed ; about eight or nine days after we left Bristol we arrived off the Texal and were about taking a pilot on board, when we were captured by a French Privateer. We were at that time about half a mile from the outer buoy, and between that and the Shore ; I was taken out with two of my people and put on board the privateer, which proceeded with the Sally Ann to New Dieppe, and a few days after her arrival there, took out a part of the cargo of the Sally Ann, which consisted of Sugar, coffee, ginger, potash, pearlash and logwood, and sent up the Same in Lighters to Amsterdam : and the brig with the residue of her cargo fol- lowed soon after to Amsterdam: the whole of said cargo was deposited in the Government Stores. The Dutch Admiral laid claim to the Sally Ann and cargo, as being taken within the jurisdiction of his Govern- ment ; I also claimed them of the Captor, and took the advice of the house of Hope and Company and Alstorphin and \'an Humel, and em- ployed Counsel to assist me, but without Success. After ineffectually petitioning the King, on the Second day of June following, I Sat out for Paris, having understood that the brigs papers had been sent thither, where I arrived in four da3's, and immediately employed De la Grange as my Attorney, who laid before the Council of Prizes a Statement of the whole of the voyage of the Sally Ann. 1 remained in Paris until the twelfth day of May, 1809, using every exertion to obtain the release of the Sally Ann, but finding no prospect of her being restored to us, nor of her being given up to the Dutch Government, and feeling confi- dent that she would be condemned, I returned to Amsterdam, with a view of endeavouring to effect some compromise by which I might have some part of the property. I employed a merchant to sound the owner and captain of the Privateer to know what they were disposed to do with the brig and cargo. At first they proposed to sell the Vessel and cargo and allow the concerned one eight : but they afterwards proposed to sell the Vessel and cargo at auction and to allow me and the con- cerned one third of the Nett proceeds, the parties each to pay their own costs. This proposition was agreed to by me, by the advice and consent of the merchants above named and of \'an Baggen Parker and Com- pany, who were all consignees, and was afterwards carried into effect. While the Sally Ann was in the possession of the Captors at Amsterdam she was stripped of all her running rigging, her standing rigging, with her sails and cables, were cut and for the most part carried off, her boats were lost. I went frequently on board, but was ordered away, and not suffered to take care of anything belonging to her.' ' Essex Deeds, Book of Executions, No. i, pages 254-256. MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 249 In addition to the facts printed above, Captain Nichols gave, in a deposition, signed in Newburyport July 28, 18 12, and acknowledged before Nicholas Pike and Joseph Dana, justices of the peace, a detailed account of his expenses in England, France and Holland, with some other items of minor importance. Returning to the United States in 18 10, Captain Nichols, in command of the brig Alert, sailed for Bordeaux, France, in 181 1. The vessel was captured, and, provided with a prize crew, was ordered to proceed to Plymouth, England. At midnight, the following day. Captain Nichols surprised the watch on deck, and with the assistance of his mate and two boys, regained possession of the brig. A week later, the English frigate Vestal captured the Alert and sent her into Portsmouth, England, where she was condemned and sold. Captain Nichols was placed in confinement, but escaped, and returned to Boston. Taking command of the privateer De- catur, he sailed from Newburyport August 4, 18 12, and dur- ing the next two or three months captured many valuable prizes.' January 17, 18 13, after a desperate conflict with the English frigate Surprise, he was compelled to surrender, and his vessel and crew were taken into Barbadoes. Captain Nichols was sent to England, and released several months later. In September, 18 14, he sailed from Baltimore, Md., in the privateer Harpy, and subsequently made several successful cruises in that vessel, arriving in Salem, Mass., at the close of the war with a full cargo of valuable merchandise taken from prizes captured on the high seas.^ He subsequently made many voyages to Amsterdam, Den- mark and Russia. In 1 831, he purchased one-half of a dwell- ing house with the land under and adjoining the same on 1 History of Newl)iiryport (Ciirriei"), volume I, pages 651-653. ^ Newburyport Herald, February 10, 1815; and History of Newburyport (Cur- rier), volume I, pages 661-664. 250 HIS TO A' y OF NE WB UK YPOR T Harris street, Ne\vburyix)rt, where he resided for more than thirty years." In 1845, he was appointed collector of customs by Presi- dent Polk, and served in that capacity until 1849. He died February 12, 1863, and was buried in the Oak Hill cemetery.^ MicAjAH LuNT, son of Abner and Miriam (Coffin) Lunt, was born in Newbury November 9, 1 764. When only fifteen years of age, he enlisted in the Continental army, and served until January i, 1779. Six months later, he shipped on board the privateer Vengeance, Thomas Thomas, captain, and sailed from Newburyport to join the expedition to the Penob- scot. Notwithstanding the disastrous failure that followed this attempt to dislodge the English forces at the mouth of that river, he returned to Newburyport and shipped on the armed brig Pallas, commanded by William Knapp. The vessel was captured, and the captain and crew thrown into prison, and after being detained there several months, were exchanged and sent home. Re-enlistmg July 19, 1780, Mr, Lunt served in the Continental army until December 4, 1780. In July, 1782, he sailed in the ship Intrepid., mounting twenty guns, Moses Brown, captain, for L' Orient, France, where a cargo of ammunition and other military supplies was purchased and taken to Baltimore, Md., before the formal treaty of peace between England and the American colonies was signed at Versailles. ^ After the close of the war, he made several voyages to the W^est Indies, and soon became part owner and master of a small vessel, and later a promi- nent merchant and importer of foreign merchandise. He married, June 11, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Daniel Giddings of Ipswich. She died January 5, 1827 ; and on the 1 See half-tone print on page 66 of this volume. ■'' For further details relating to the life of Capt. William Nichols, see History of Newburyport (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), pages 194-197; Newburyport Herald, August I and 2, 1855; Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume VI, pages 229-236; History of Essex County (D. Hamilton Hurd), volume II, page 1764. •• Histoiy of Newburyport (Mrs, E. Vale Smith), page 118, MERCHANTS, SEA CAPTAINS AND SHIP OWNERS 251 thirty-first of July following he married Sarah B., daughter of Edmund Swett, for his second wife. For nearly forty years he owned and occupied a dweUing house, built in 1795 by David Coffin, on the easterly side of High street, between Lime and Parsons streets.' He died August 30, 1840, leav- ing two sons and four daughters by his first marriage, and a widow and one son by his second marriage. MiCAjAH LuNT, son of Micajah and Sarah (Giddings) Lunt, was born in Newburyport April 22, 1796. In 181 3, when seventeen years of age, he shipped on board the brig Argus, a letter of marque, commanded by Capt. Harry Par- sons, carrying thirteen guns, and sailed from Boston for Nantz, P'rance, with a cargo of merchandise, capturing on the homeward \'oyage one English ship and two brigs. In 181 5, Captain Lunt was part owner and master of the brig Olive, and made several voyages to the continent of Europe. Ten years later, he had a counting-room and ware- houses on P'erry wharf, and was the managing owner of a large number of Merrimack-built ships. He married. May 29, 1826, Hannah Gyles, daughter of Samuel Mulliken of Newburyport. She died October 8, 1829, leaving no children. Captain Lunt married, for his second wife, Mary Johnson, daughter of Edmund Coffin of Newbury, December 13, 1831. In July, 1838, he purchased a three-story framed dwelling house on the corner of High street and a lane or way called Brown street, which he owned and occupied until his death.^ He was vice-president of the Newburyport Marine Society ' John Kimball of Portland, Me., sold to David Coffin the land on which this house stands February 7, 1795 (Essex Deeds, book I59i '^^f 45)- Micajah Lunt purchased the property January 16, 1801 (Essex Deeds, book 169, leaf 56). The house, with the land under and adjoining it, was sold by the heirs of Micajah Lunt to Lucius H. Greeley Januaiy 18, 1897 (Essex Deeds, book 1504, pages 250 and 251). 2 This house was partly built by Enoch Thurston in 1805, and completed by Edward St. Loe Livermore (see preceding pages 60 to 62 inclusive). 252 HIS TORY OP NE IV B UK YPOR T from November 30, 1837, to November 24, 1842, and presi- dent from November, 1842, until November, 1862. He was a large stockholder in the Bartlet Steam Mills, and president of the company for twenty years. He was also president of the Institution for Saxings in Newbur)'port and Vicinity from 1846 to 1855, president of the Merchants Bank from 1854 to 1870, a director of the Eastern Railroad Com- l^any for eight or ten years, and a member of the state senate for the session begin- ning January 5, 1853. He died January 8, 1874, leaving a widow, one son, Edmund Sydney Lunt, and one daughter, Mary Coffin Lunt, widow of the late Col. Edward O. Shepard. The above half-tone print is reproduced from a photograph of Captain Lunt taken a few years previous to his death. CAPT. MICAJAH LLNT. C.VPT. John Wells, son of Capt. John and Martha (Smith) Wells, was born in Newbur)'port December 18, 1784. He became interested in commercial affairs, and while in com- mand of the brig Leader, in 1812, was captured by the Eng- lish frigate Andromache and taken to England. At a later date he was the owner of several ships, brigs and schooners. August 17, 1807, he married Sarah Newman of Portland, Maine, and was admitted to membership in the Newburyport Marine Society November 26, 18 19. Five or six years later, he purchased the three-story brick dwelling house on the corner of Brown and High streets, where he lived until his death.' ' Essex Deeds, \>(XiV 204, leaf 119; and Look 238, leaf 47. Af£/lCI/A.VrS, SEA CAFTAfXS AM? SH/P O U'XERS z > ; When the Merchants Bank \\'as incorporated, in March. I S3 1, he was elected president, and held that office until October, i S3 2, when he resigned, and in March. 1S33. \\-as elected president of the Ocean Bank. He died Januarv 12. i S3 5. when fifty years of age. His widow. Sarah (Xewnian) Wells (or Wills, as the name is now speUed'^. died September 5. iS~5. ag-ed eighty-seven. Capt. John Xewmakch Clshixg, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Hazeltine^ Cushing, was bom in Salisbur\-, Mass., May S. 1779. He married Lydia Dow April i, 1799, and removed to Xewbur\port in iSoj. with his wife and one son, Caleb Gushing, who was bom January- 17. iSoo. Two chil- dren, bom at a later date, died in infancy, and Lvdia, a daughter, bom in 1S06, died in 1S51. Mr. Gushing made several \x>}-ages to the West India islands at a ven.- early age, and in 1S06 was part o\\nier and master of the ship Hesper, three hundred tons register. He was an active and successful shipmaster until 1S15. when he abandoned the sea and established himself in business as a merchant in Xewbur}"port. During the next twentv-five or thirty years he anus the principal owTier of a large number of vessels employed in trade with Russia, Holland, and other coimtries in the north of Europe, His wife, Lvdia (Dow^ Gushing. diev.i Xovember 6, iSio. and he married, Januar\- jo. 1S15. Elizabeth, daughter of Xicholas Johnson, bv whom he had four children. He dievi in Xewbur%"p<.^rt Tanuarv" 5. 1S40. John Xewmarch Gushin\;, son of John Xewmarch and Elizabeth (Johnson^ Gushing, w^s Ix^m in Xewbur\"port Oc- tober 20. 1S20. He married. May 16, 1S43. >[arv Lawrence, daughter of Lawrence and Rebekah Browi . For manv years he was engage^i in the inr^vriauon of salt. hemp and other merchandise, in wmpany with his brother. William Gushing, and his fother. John X. Gushing, and from 254 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR \ TOR T 185 I to 1891 was the managing owner of a large number of merchant ships built on the Merrimack river. He was elected a director of the Merchants National Bank in 1856, which position he held until his death, July 12, 1904. William Cushinc;, son of John Newmarch and Elizabeth (Johnson) Gushing, was born in Newburyport August 10, 1823. He graduated at Harvard college in July, 1843, and a few months later went, for the benefit of his health, in a saihng ship, to the Pacific coast, and thence to the Sandwich Islands. On his return to Newburyport he was for sever- al years engaged in business with his father, and afterward, for twenty-five years, with his brother, John N. Gushing, in the importation of merchan- dise and the management of ships employed in the Euro- pean and East India trade. He was mayor of the city of Newburyport in 1856, 1857 and 1858, and was re-elected for the year 1859, but declined to serve. He was president of the Ocean National Bank from 1865 until the day of his death, and representative to the General Gourt for the session beginning January 3, 1872. He married, Sept. 28, 1847, Sarah Moody, daughter of Ebenezerand Fanny (Goolidge) Stone. She died June 26, 1863 ; and he married, for his second wife, May 29, 1866, Ellen M. Holbrook of Boston. At or about that date, he purchased the three-story frame dwelling house, No. 63 High street, Newburyport, now owned by the estate of Solomon Bach- man, where he lived until his death, Friday, October 15, 1875- WII.LIAM crsHiNi; CHAPTER XXIII. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS. For nearly a century after the settlement of the colony of Massachusetts Bay suits-at-law were prosecuted and defended by men engaged in the ordinary business affairs of hfe. Law- yers were not prohibited from practising their profession, but they were looked upon with disfavor. At that date solicitors and attorneys were employed, in England, to write deeds and other legal papers, and barristers were allowed to plead in the courts of common pleas and at the king's bench. Thomas Lechford, " of Clements Inne in the county of Middlesex," was probably the first lawyer who settled in Bos- ton. He came to New England in the summer of 1638, but was regarded with distrust by those whose influence prevailed in church and state. Twelve months after his arrival in the colony of Massachusetts Bay he brought a suit to recover, from Francis Doughty of Taunton, property belonging to William Cole and his wife Elizabeth. His zeal for his clients betrayed him into an indiscretion which subjected him to censure at the quarterly court held in Boston September 3, 1639. Mr. Thomas Lechford, for going to the Jewry & pleading wth them out of Court, is debarred from pleading any mans cause hereafter, unless his owne, and admonished not to prfume to meddle beyond what hee shalbee called to by the Courte.' In the month of December following, Lechford humbly acknowledged the justice of the censure pronounced by the court and asked liberty to continue the practice of his profes- ' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 270. 256 Ills TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T sion under certain restrictions." This request was probably o-ranted, and he was employed subsequently in transcribing the laws of New England, which were, with some amend- ments, incorporated in the Body of Liberties by Rev. Nathan- iel Ward. He was evidently a vigorous defender of the doctrines of the Church of England, and frequently expressed his views and opinions in language that was severely criticised b\- the elders of the church in Boston. He was summoned to ap- pear at the quarterly court to answer to certain charges grow- ing out of this controversy. Waix-ing the usual forms of trial, he appealed to the mercy of the court, and confessed that he had spoken too freely of some matters connected with church government in New England. The court ac- cepted his apology and dismissed the case, according to the following statement recorded December i, 1640 : — Mr. Thomas Lechford, acknowledging hee had overshot himselfe & is sorry for it. p'mising to attend his caHing & not to meddle wt'i controver- sies, was dismissed. - In the month of July following, Lechford considered it advisable to close his office, settle his business affairs and return to England. He .sailed from Boston August 3, 1641, and in November of that year was busily engaged in his chambers in Clements Lin, London, preparing for the press a book, entitled " Plaine Dealing, or Newes from New Eng- land," which was published in 1642. Fifty years later, Benjamin Lynde, who had graduated at Harvard college in 1686, went to London, studied law in the Middle Temple, and was called to the bar in 1697. He was one of the earliest well-educated lawyers in Massachusetts. At that date the privilege of pleading in the lower courts was granted to a college graduate after a residence of three • Introduction to " I'laine Dealing, or Newes from New England "' (P.oslon edi- tion, MDCCCLXVII), page XXVII. - Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 310. LAWYERS AXD DOCTORS 257 or five years in one of the inns of court, but he was not raised to the ranks of a barrister until he had practised two years in the superior courts. Daniel Farnham was probably the first lawyer who set- tled in Newbury, Mass. He was born in York, Maine, in 1 7 19, and was fitted for college by Rev. Samuel Moody, He graduated at Harvard in 1739, and married, in July, 1740, Sibyll, daughter of Rev. Samuel Angier of Watertown, Mass. He read law for two or three years in the office of Judge Trowbridge, in Cambridge. After completing" his studies, he removed to Newbury, and devoted himself to his profession. He was the only lawyer living east of Salem at that date. October 1 1, 1749, he purchased a lot of land in Newbury, on the corner of the country road, now High street, and the way to the town common, now Auburn street.' On this lot of land he built a dwelling house, which stood a little back from the street, with three large elm trees in front, and a garden in the rear enclosed by a high brick wall.^ He soon became prominent in his profession, and had a large practice as attorney in the court of common pleas and as barrister-at-law in the court of general sessions. He was interested in public affairs, and took an active part in the dis- cussion that preceded and followed the division of the town of Newbury and the incorporation of Newburyport. The first meeting of the inhabitants of the new town was held at ten o'clock A. M. on the eighth of Fel)ruary, 1764, at the court house on State street. The warrant for the meeting ' Essex Deeds, book 102, leaves 208 and 277. - The Kelley school house was erected on the land where this dwelling house once stood. See " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 132. In 1756, Mr. Farnham owned several vacant lots of land on the southwesterly side of High street, near Kent street (Essex Deeds, book 102, leaf 278; book 106, leaf 278; and book 116, leaves 25 and 26). In 1769, he purchased a dwelling house, with the land under and adjoining the same, on the southeasterly corner of High street and Toppan's lane, which remained in his possession until his death ( Essex Deeds, book 126, leaf 204). 258 HI ST OR Y OF NE IV B UR YPOR T was addressed to " Daniel Farnham, Esq., one of the principal inhabitants of the Town of Newbury Port." He was elected chairman of the first board of selectmen and representative to the General Court for the session beginning May 30, 1 764. In the struggle for American independence he was a loy- alist, and opposed the separation of the colonies from the mother country. Ardent, high spirited and impetuous, he disdained to yield to the sug- gestions of prudence which controlled the conduct of some of his friends, and boldly denounced the leading Whigs and liberty men as law-breakers and rebels. He was too far advanced in life when the troubles began to be in sympathy with those ideas and principles which, resulting in indepen- dence, shaped the policy and inspired the ambition of the radical whigs.' He was moderator of the town meeting held March 8, 1774, and at the adjourned meeting held three days later, but evidently considered it prudent to withdraw from public life soon after that date. A portrait of Daniel Farnham, probably painted by Smi- bert, is now owned by Mrs. Charlotte Louisa (Lambard) Armitage, a great-granddaughter of Daniel Farnham, and widow of the Right Rev. William Edmond Armitage, late bishop of Wisconsin. Several attempts to obtain a photo- graphic copy of this portrait for the illustration of this sketch have proved unsuccessful. Katharine, daughter of Daniel Farnham, who married Capt. John Hay, a Scotchman, August 6, 1774, lived in Boston after her marriage. Her portrait, painted by Copley, now in the possession of Francis D. Cobb, esq., of Barnstable and Boston, Mass., is reproduced in the half-tone print on the opposite page. Mr. Farnham died May 18, 1776, "after a short sickness, in which the symptoms were violent and the progress irresistibly rapid."-' Whether his death was due to natural ' Manuscript sketch of Daniel Farnham, by Ih'n. Eben F. Stone. - Manuscript letter from Dr. Micajah Sawyer, son-in-law of Daniel Farnham, to Rev. Mr. Weld, another son-in-law. Katharine (Faknham) Hay. 2 6o IJIS TOR 1 ' OF NE IV B [ 'A' YPOR T causes or was hastened by the attacks of political opponents ; whether he was the victim of personal violence or died of a broken heart, has never been determined beyond a reasonable doubt. He was buried in the Old Hill burying ground. The in- scription on his tombstone reads as follows : — This Marble is erected in Honour to the memory of Daniel Farnliam, Esq. Barrister-at-Law of Newburyport who died the i8th of May 1776 yEtatis 56 also of Mrs Sibyll Farnham The Venerable Relict of Daniel Farnham, Esq. Who died 13111 of June, 1797 .ttatis 79 " For we must needs die and are As water spilt on the ground Which cannot be gathered up again." II Sami 14 : 14. The following-named children of Daniel and Sibyll (An- gier) Farnham were born in Newbury, now Newburyport : — Daniel, born January 27, 1741 : died January 29, 1747. William, " November 24, i 744 ; died October 30, i 760. Sibyll, " Nov. 28, i 746 ; married Dr. Micajah Sawyer Nov. 27, i 766. Hannah, " Feb. 13, 1748: married Rev. Ezra Weld of Braintree ; died March 27. 1778. Katharine, " April 7, 1751 : married Capt. John Hay Aug. 6, 1774; died September 17, 1826. Dorothy, " June 7, 1753: married Dr. Josiah Smith' Oct. 22, 1782; died September 14, 1801. ' Dr. losiah Smith married, for his first wife. Margaret .Staniford of Ipswich February' 9, 1779. .She died in Ne\vl)uryport April 18, I 781, and was buried in the Old Hill buiying ground. LA WYERS AXD DOCTORS j 6 1 Daniel, bom July 22, 1753 : died October 26, 1736. Samuel, " September 12, 1737; died October 30, 1737. Sarah, " July 26, 1739: died August 28, 1739. William,' " Nov. 26, 1760: married Hannah B. Emerson in 1790. John Lowell, son of Rev. John Lowell, was born June 17, 1743, in a house then standing on Fish street, Xewburv, now State street, Xewburyport. He graduated at Harvard college in 1 760. and was admitted to the bar two vears later. He married, January 3, 1767, Sarah Higginson, daughter of Stephen Higginson of Salem, Mass.- She died Mav ;. 1772, in the twenty-eighth year of her age, and Mr. Lowell mar- ried, for his second wife, Susan Cabot, daughter of Francis Cabot, ^lay 31, 1774. Just previous to his second marriage he built the large three-story dwelling house on High street, nearly opposite the head of Buck street, where he lived when he was elected representative to the General Court for the session beginning May 29, 1776.^' The next year he removed to Boston, and in 1 778 represented that town in the legisla- ture. He was a delegate to the convention that framed the constitution for the state of Massachusetts, in 1780. and representative to the Continental congress in Philadelphia in 1782. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate in 1785, and when the Federal government was organized, in 1789, he was appointed judge of the United States district court for Massachusetts, and was made chief-justice of the new circuit court for Maine. Xew Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1801.-' He died in Roxburv ]\Lay 6, 1802. 1 See preceding pages 230-232. - At that date, there were only t\vent\-five barristers in Massachusetts, and two of them — Daniel Famham and John Lowell — were in Xewbur\port. •5 " Quid Xewbur)-:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 577-;79: Histor)- of Xewbur)-port (Currier), volume I, pages 59 and 60. ■• Histor)- of Xewbur)-port (Cushing), page 100: Histor}- of Xewburyport (Mrs. E. Vale Smith), pages 330-334. 262 HI^ TOR V OF NE WB UK YPOR T Theophilus Parsons was born in Newbury February 24, 1750, graduated at Harvard in 1769, and afterward studied law with Theophilus Bradbury in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. He was admitted to the bar in 1774, and opened a law office in Newburyport in 1777. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon, Benjamin Greenleaf, January 13, 1780; and soon after that date built and occupied the three-story dwelling-house on the northwesterly corner of Washington and Green streets.' Rufus King, John Ouincy Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Edward St. Loe Livermore and others, afterwards prominent in public life, were students-at-law in his office. At the close of the year 1800 he removed to Boston, and in 1806 was ap- pointed chief-justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts, which office he held until his death, October 30, 1813.^ John Ouincy Adams, born in Braintree, Mass., in 1767, visited Europe with his father in 1778, and again in 1780, re- maining there until 1785. Returning to Massachusetts, he entered Harv^ard college in the autumn of that year, and graduated in July, 1787. In the month of September follow- ing, he began the study of law in the office of Mr. Parsons in Newburyport. For more than a year he boarded in the fam- ily of Martha Leathers, widow, in a house then standing on the southeasterly side of Market square. ^ 1 The frame of Mr. Parsons' dwelling house was raised in May, 1788, but the land on which it stood was not conveyed to him by Benjamin tireenleaf until May 2, 17S9. - For further details, see History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 92- loi, and " Ould Newbury : " Historical and Biographical .Sketches, pages 331-338. ^ Martha Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell, shipwright, married John Jones, mariner (see Essex Deeds, book 95, leaf 231; and book iii, leaf 229). On the first day of April, 1765, she was appointed administratrix of the estate of Capt. John Jones, and the next day she married Joseph Leathers of Newburj'port. At that date she owned the dwelling house and land on the southeasterly side of Mar- ket square, formerly the property of her father, John Mitchell. March 21, 17S3, the selectmen laid out a way, "beginning at the north corner of Mr. William Jenkins house, by Ush street," thence running southeasterly to Rogers street, so LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 263 In a letter to his mother, dated Newburyport, December 23, 1787, he wrote as follows : — 1 board at Mrs. Leathefs's — a good old woman ; who even an hun- dred years ago would have stood in no danger of being hang'd for witch- craft. She is, however, civil and obliging, and, what is very much in her favour, uncommonly silent — so that if I am deprived of the charms, I am also free from the impertinence of conversation. There is one boarder beside myself, a Dr. Kilham (I hope the name will not scare you), one of the representatives from this town, a very worthy man; and a man of sense and learning. Was it not for him, I should be at my lodgings as solitary as an hermit. There is very agreeable society in the town ; though I seldom go into company. At a later date, he evidently became more intimately ac- quainted with the beaux and belles of the town, and devoted considerable time to dinner and card parties and other social entertainments. For his own edification and the amusement of his intimate friends, he wrote a poem entitled " A Vision," in which he criticised the airs, graces and follies of some of the young ladies then prominent in society.' Under the date of January 24, 1788, he wrote in his diary as follows : — I began yesterday upon another attempt to ascend Parnassus : and this time I am determined to take it leisurely. I have frecjuently made a trial of my strength in this way ; but my patience has always been called, and thence in a northwesterly direction " to the west corner of Mrs. Leath- ers house" (Town of Newburyport (Selectmen's) records). May 30, 1785, Martha Leathers, widow, was appointed administratrix of the estate of her hus- band, Joseph Leathers, and when John Quincy Adams came to Newburyport, in 1787, she furnished him with board and lodging. .She probably retained posses- sion of the house that she occupied at that date until February 3, 1795 (Essex Deeds, book 164, leaf 14). She died Januaiy 29, 1798, aged seventy-one, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. Her will, dated May 27, 1795, and proved April 2, 179S, mentions a daughter, Elizabeth Martin, widow, and an adopted daughter, Sarah Leathers. The Newburyport Herald and Country Clazette for May 9, 1800, announced the marriage of Dr. Peter Marchant of Charleston, S. C, to Miss Sally Leathers of Newburyport, on Sunday [May 4, 1 800], the Right Rev. Edward Bass, D. D., officiating. ' See Appendix. 264 ^IS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T overcome after proceeding but little. I have, I suppose, begun an hun- dred times to write poetry. I have tried every measure and every kind of strophe, but of the whole I never finished but one of any length, and that was in fact but the work of a day. It is contained in a former vol- ume of this Journal.' I fear I shall end this time as I always do. . . . I communicated to Little- my design of drawing a number of female characters, but I doubt whether it will ever be anything more than a design.3 Although generally cheerftil and hoiK'ful, he was sometimes despondent and discouraged in regard to his future prospects in life. After discussing the subject with a fellow-student, he wrote in his diary, May 13, 1788, as follows : — I have two long years yet before me, which must be wholly employ'd in study, to qualify myself for anything. I have no fortune to expect from any part, and the profession is so much crowded that I have no prospect of supporting myself by it for several years after I begin. These are great causes of discouragement : but my only hope and com- fort is that diligence, industry, and death may overcome them all.4 Theophilus Parsons, esq., was appointed b)- the inhabitants of Newburyport to prepare an address to the president of the United States, — George Washington, — on his arrival at the Tracy house, now the Public Library building, October 30, 1789. It is evident, however, that John Ouincy Adams as- sisted in the preparation of this address and in the public reception that followed. In a letter to his mother, dated Newburyport, December 5, 1789, he wrote: — I had the honor of paying my respects to the President upon his ar- rival in this town, and he did me the honour to recollect that he had seen me a short time before at New York. I had the honour of spending part of the evening in his presence at Mr. Jackson"s. I had the honour of breakfasting in the same room with him the ne.xt morning at Mr. ' Written while in Harvard college. - Dr. Moses Little, son of Richard Little, born in Newlniry July 4, 1766. He was a classmate of John Quincy Adams. 3 Life in a New England Town (Diary of John Q. Adams), page 88. '' Life in a New England Town (Diary of John Q. Adams), page 134. LAWYERS AXD DOCTORS 265 Dalton's. I had the honour of writing the billet which the major gen- eral of the county sent him to inform him of the' military arrangements he had made for his reception. And I had the honour of draughting an address which, with many alterations and additions (commonly called amendments) was presented to him by the town of Newbury Port.' Additional facts relating to the course of study pursued in Mr. Parsons' office, and incidents connected with the social life that prevailed in Newburyport at the close of the eighteenth century, will be found in Mr. Adams' diary, which covers a period of nearly three years, and gives an interesting account of many important local events. September 7, 1833, Mr. Adams, on his return from a trip to the White Mountains, passed through Newburyport and stopped a few hours to re -visit the scenes of his youth. Many inhabitants of the town improved the opportunity to call upon him and extend to him a hearty welcome.- He came again to Newburyport to deliver an oration on the fourth of July, 1837, and on the evening of that day received his friends and acquaintances at a pubhc reception held in the town hall. 3 Theophilus Bradbury, son of Theophilus and Ann (Wood- man) Bradbury, was born in Newbury November 13, 1739 ; graduated at Harvard in 1757, and commenced the practice of law in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, in 1762. He re- moved to Newburyport in 1779, and in 1786 purchased a lot of land on the northwesterly side of Green street, on which he built a dwelling house that he ownied and occupied until his death. He soon became prominent in public affairs, and was a member of the Massachusetts senate from 1 79 1 to i 794 in- clusive, and a representative to congress from 1795 to 1797. ^ Life in a New England Town (Diary of John Q. Adams), page i 78. - Newburyport Herald, September 10, 1833. •* History of Newburj'port (Currier), volume I, pages 418 and 435. 2 66 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T He resigned his seat in congress, and was appointed one of the justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. He died in Newburyport September 6, 1803.' RuFUS King, son of Richard and Isabella (Bragdon) King, was born in Scarborough, Maine, March 24, 1755, and gradu- ated at Harvard in 1777. He read law with Theophilus Par- sons, was admitted to the bar in 1780, and opened an office in Newburyport. He was elected representative to the Gen- eral Court in 1783, 1784 and 1785, and was also a delegate to the Continental congress at Trenton and to the convention that assembled at Philadelphia for the purpose of framing a constitution for the United States. He removed to New York in 1788, and was elected senator to congress from that state. Subsequently he was appointed minister plenipoten- tiary to the court of St. James. He died at Jamaica, Long Island, April 29, 1827. George Bradbury, son of Hon. Theophilus and Sarah (Jones) Bradbury, was born in P^almouth, now Portland, Maine, in 1770. He removed with his father and other mem- bers of the family to Newburyport in 1779, and was an attor- ney-at-law in 1 796, authorized to practise in the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. He married, June 15, 1800, Mary Kent of Falmouth, and was one of the representatives to the General Court from Newburyport in 1801 and 1802. He returned to Falmouth in 1 804, and was a representative to the General Court from Cumberland county for the ses- sions beginning in May, 1806, and extending to May, 18 13, except for the session beginning May 30, 18 10. He was afterward elected a member of congress from Cumberland county, and served for two consecutive terms, from May 24, 18 1 3, 10 March 3, 18 17. Thomas Thomas, son of Capt. Thomas Thomas and Mar- ' For further details, see Chapter XXIX. LAWYERS AXD DOCTORS 267 tha, his wife, was born in Nevvburyport January 26, 1773.' He graduated at Harvard college in 1 790. Josiah Quincy, afterward mayor of Boston, and Samuel C. Crafts, governor of Vermont and senator to congress from that state, were among his classmates. He married Ann Jenkins June 4, 1795, and was an attor- ney-at-law in Nevvburyport from that date until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when he turned his attention to industrial enterprises, and became financially embarrassed during the war of 18 12.- He removed to Vermont, and afterwards to the city of New York, where his wife died De- cember 18, 1836, and he died June 18, 1S44. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Newburyport. Dudley Atkins Tyno, son of Dudley and Sarah (Kent) Atkins, was born in Newbury September 3, 1760. He grad- uated at Harvard in 1781, and for two or three years after that date was tutor in a wealthy family in Virginia. While engaged in that occupation he read law with one of the judges of the supreme court of that state, and was admitted to the bar in 1784. Returning to Massachusetts the next year, he was appointed, in 1786, justice of the peace for the county of Essex. ^ At or about that date Mrs. Sarah Winslow of Tyngs- borough, a distant relative, having no children, offered to con- vey to him a considerable part of her estate, provided he would take the name of Tyng, and January 16, 1790, the ' Capt. Thomas Thomas was a member of the committee of safety in 1774 and 1775; captain of the Newburyport Artillery Company in 1778; and captain of the privateer Vengeance in 1779. He married Martha Titcomb September 18, 1769. She died August 31, 1793; and he died August i, 1796. Both were buried in St. Paul's churchyard. * The following notice was published in the Newbuiyport Herald May 23, 1815 : — " Thomas Thomas late of Newburyport now of Windsor Vt. desires to make a compromise with his creditors and requests that all demands be presented to Wm. B. Banister, his attorney." 3 Dudley Atkins was a justice of the peace from 1785 to 1790 inclusive. See Fleet's Pocket Almanac and Massachusetts Register. 2 68 HIS TORY Q F NE WB UR YPOR T General Court passed an act authorizing him to change his name to Dudley Atkins Tyng. In the month of October following, he was a delegate from St. Paul's church, Newburyport, to a convention held in Salem to prepare a constitution for the government of the Episcopal churches in Massachusetts." In 1 791, he opened an office and began the practice of law in Newburyport, but the sudden death of Mrs. Winslow made it necessary for him to change his plans. October 18, 1792, he married Sarah, daughter of Stephen Higginson of Cam- bridge and Boston, and removed to Tyngsborough, where the real estate devised to him was located, and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. For three years he had the care and management of a thousand acres of land in that town, but the soil was unproductive, and he considered it advisable to sell the place and return to Newburyport, where he held the office of collector of customs from 1795 to 1803, and was a member of the Massachusetts senate for the session begin- ning May 25, 1803. Removing to Boston in 1 804, he was for eighteen years the official reporter of the supreme judicial court, and prepared the decisions of the court for publication. In 1823, he re- turned to the home of his ancestors in Newbury, now New- buryport, where he resided until his death, August i, 1829. He was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. His oldest son, Dudley Atkins Tyng, jr., born July 12, 1798, and graduated at Harvard in 18 16, was authorized by the General Court, June 17, 181 7, to take the name of Dud- ley Atkins. Subsequently he studied medicine in the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, and was for several years a physician in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he died April 7, 1845. Another son, Rev. Stephen Higginson Tyng, born March I, 1 800, was for many years rector of St. George's (Episco- pal) Church, New York City. He died at Irvington, N. Y., December 3, 1885. 1 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 25S-260. LAIVYERS AND DOCTORS 269 John Lowell, son of John and Sarah (Higginson) Lowell, was born m Newburyport October 6, 1769.' He graduated at Harvard college in 1 786, and was admitted to the bar of Suffolk county in 1790. He married, June 8, 1793, Rebec- ca, daughter of John and Katherine (Greene) Amory of Bos- ton. For ten or twelve years he was a prominent member of the legal profession in that city, but was compelled, on ac- count of ill health, to seek rest and recreation on the conti- nent of Europe. He was absent three years, but did not resume the practice of law on his return to Boston in 1 806. During the war of 1812 he was an ardent Federahst and denounced the embargo with great vigor. His political pamphlets were collected and re-published in two octavo vol- umes. He was deeply interested in agriculture, a prominent member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Association, and one of the founders of the Boston Athenaeum. He died suddenly, in Boston, March 12, 1840. Charles Jackson, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson, was born in Newburyport May 31, 1775. He grad- uated at Harvard in 1793, read law with Theophilus Parsons, and after completing his studies was admitted to practice in the courts of Essex county, opening an office in Newbury- port. " He quickly rose to the front ranks of the bar, and became second only to his great master in forensic distinc- tion."^ He removed to Boston in 1803, and was appointed one of the justices of the supreme court of Massachusetts in 1 81 3. Owing to ill health, he resigned his seat on the bench in 1823, and went to England, where he remained for ten or twelve months. Returning to Boston in 1824, he resumed the practice of his profession, and in 1832 was one of the commissioners appointed to revise the general statutes of the commonwealth. He died in Boston December 13, 1855. ' " Ould Newbury : " Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 578. - History of Newburyport (Cushing), page 104. 270 ^fl^ TOK Y OF NE VVB UR YPOK T Thomas Paine, son of Hon. Robert Treat Paine, who was an eminent lawyer, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, w^as born in Taunton, Mass., December 9 1773. He graduated at Harvard in 1792, and in 1794 began the publication of a semi-weekly newspaper in Boston called " The P'ederal Orrery," which was discontinued two years later for lack of patronage. Disregarding the entreaties of his father, he married, in P'ebruary, 1795, Miss Eliza Baker, an actress. A few months later he published a poem entitled " The Invention of Letters," which yielded him fifteen hun- dred dollars, and the next year a poem called " The Ruling Passion," for which he received twelve hundred dollars. In 1 798, he wrote the famous political song, "Adams and Lib- erty," which had a large circulation, and was sung at all the theatres, on public occasions, throughout the United States. At the urgent solicitation of friends, he decided to turn his attention to the study of law, and came to Newburyport in 1798 or 1799, entering the office of Theophilus Parsons. On the second of January, 1800, he delivered a eulogy on the life and character of Washington, in the Plrst Presbyterian meeting-house on Federal street." In the autumn of that year he returned to Boston, where he was admitted to the bar in 1802. A special act of the General Court, passed March 8, 1803, authorized him to take the name of Robert Treat Paine. He had a law office in Boston for five or six years, but neglected his clients, and devoted much of his time to convivial company and dramatic entertainments. He died in that city, in misery and destitution, November 13, 181 i. Edward Little, son of Col. Josiah and Sarah (Toppan) Little, was born in Newbury March 12, 1773. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1797, read law with Theophilus Parsons, opened an office in Newburyport in 1801, removed to Portland in 181 3, and in 1826 to Danville, Maine, where he died September 21, 1849. ' This eulogy was publislied in Xevvlniryport by Edmund M. Blunt. See History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 494. 7A1VYERS AND LWCl'OJiS 271 Edward St. Loe Livermore, son of Samuel and Jane (Browne) Livermore, was born in Portsmouth, N. H., April 5, 1762. He read law in the office of Theophilus Parsons, in Newburyport, and in 1783 opened a law office in Concord, N. H., and afterward in Portsmouth. He removed to Newburyport in 1802, and soon became prominent in public affairs. In 1805 and 1806 he was a representative to the General Court, and a member of con- gress in 1807 and 1809. At the close oi his congressional career, in March, 181 1, he sold his dwelling house in New- buryport and removed to Boston/ Daniel Appleton White was born June 7, 1776, in that part of Methuen which was subsequently set off and included within the present limits of the city of Lawrence. He grad- uated at Harvard in 1 797, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1804. A few months later, he began the practice of law in Newburyport. May 24, 1807, he married Mrs. Mary van Schalkwyck, daughter of Dr. Josiah Wildes of Lancaster, Mass. She died June 29, 181 1. The following-named chil- dren of Daniel and Mary (Schalkwyck) White were born in Newburyport : — Mary Elizabeth, bom March 27, 1808; died October 8, iSoS. Ehzabeth Ameha, " May 4, 1809. Isabella Hazen, " December 12, 1810. For five years, beginning with May 30, 18 10, Mr. White was a member of the Massachusetts senate. November 7, 1 8 14, he was elected representative to congress, but resigned, before the first meeting in May, 181 5, to accept the office of judge of probate for Essex county, to which he was appointed by Caleb Strong, governor of Massachusetts. In 18 1 7, he removed to Salem, where he married, August I, 1 8 19, Mrs. Eliza Wetmore, daughter of William Orne of Salem, by whom he had one son. He resigned the office of probate judge July i, 1853, and died in Salem March 30, 1861. ' See Chapter XXIX. 2 7 2 If IS TOR V OF NE \VB UK YFOK T Joseph Dana, son of Rev. Joseph and Mary (Staniford) Dana was born in Ipswich June lO, 1769. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1788 ; studied divinity, and afterwards was Hcensed to preach. On account of ill health, however, he decided to begin the practice of law, and opened an office in Newburyport. He married Lucy, daughter of John Temple, May 31, 1805 ; and was a member of the Essex Bar associa- tion at its organization in 1806. His brother, Rev. Daniel Dana, was pastor of the First Presbyterian church and societ}' in Newburyport from 1794 to 1820. Joseph Dana removed to Athens, Ohio, in 18 17, and died there November 18, 1849. Ebenezer Moseley, son of Ebenezer and Martha (Strong) Moseley, was born in Windham, Connecticut, November 21, 1 78 1, graduated at Yale in 1802, and read law with Judge Chauncey of New Haven, Judge Clark of Windham, and Judge Hinckley of Northampton. In 1805 he came to Newburyport, opened a law office, and soon had a large and lucrative practice. June 17, 18 10, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Edward and Mary (Fox) Oxnard of Portland, Maine, and in 181 3 was elected colonel of the sixth regiment of the Massachusetts militia. During the war between the United States and (ireat Britain, from 18 12 to 181 5, Mr. Moseley vigorously op- posed the national administration and denounced the embargo as an arbitrary and unjustifiable infringement of the consti- tional rights of the citizens of Massachusetts.' He was an able and attractive public speaker, a prominent lawyer, and a representative to the General Court from 18 15 to 18 19 inclu- sive. In 1 82 1 and 1822 he was a member of the state senate and made the address of welcome to General LaFayette when he visited Newburyport in August, 1824. Mr. Moseley was one of the presidential electors from the state of Massachusetts in 1832, and voted with his associates ' History of Newhuryiinrt (Currier), volume I, jiages 656-65S and 664-665. lillENK/.KK MOSELEV. 274 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR 7 in the electoral college for Henry Clay in preference to An- drew Jackson. In 1834 and 1835 he again represented the citizens of Nevvburyport at the state house in Boston, and, May 26, 1835, presided at the exercises held to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the town of Newbury. He was retained as counsel in many important civil and criminal cases, and was associated with Daniel Webster in the trial of Joseph Jackman for the alleged robbery of Maj. Elijah P. Goodridge in the vicinity of the Essex Merrimack bridge, in 1816.' At that date, or during the next ten or fifteen years, John Pierpont, Robert Cross, Asa W. Wildes, Stephen W. Marston and Robert Pinckney Dunlap, afterward governor of Maine, were students-at-law in his office. His wife, Mary Ann (Oxnard) Moseley, died March 9, 1840. He died August 28, 1854, leaving the following-named children: Edward Strong Moseley, born June 22, 181 3; William Oxnard Moseley, born April 27, 1815 ; Lucy Jones Moseley, born July 5, 181 7 (married October 23, i860, Rev. A. B. Muzzey of Newburyport), and Mary Ann Moseley, born October 12, 1824 (married March 3, 1849, Oliver Hazard Perry of Andover, Mass.). A portrait of Ebenezer Moseley, painted several years pre- vious to his death, is in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Arthur C. Nason. A photographic copy of this portrait, loaned by his grandsons, Charles W. and PVederick S. Mose- ley, for the illustration of this sketch, is reproduced in the half-tone print on the preceding page. MicH.'\EL Hodge, jr., son of Michael and Sarah Hodge, was born in Newburyport September 9, 1780.^ He graduated at Harvard in 1799, and began the practice of law in New- ' " Ould Newbury:'" Historical and Hidgrajihical Sketches, pages 228 an(i22Q. - Michael I lodge, sr. , was naval officer in the custom house at Newburyport from 1776 to 1784, and town clerk from 1780 to 1790. He died in Newburyport lune 24, 1816. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 275 buiyport three or four years later. He was interested in Masonry, and delivered an address before St. Peter's lodge, which was printed in 1802, and one before the Merrimack Humane Society, printed in 1808. He married Mary Johnson, daughter of Capt Nicholas Johnson, March 21, 1805. She died September 29, 1810; and, in November, 181 5, he removed to Plymouth, Mass., where he married Betsey Hayward Elliott, daughter of Dr. James Thacher, and widow of Daniel Elliott of Savannah, Georgia. He died in Plymouth July 6, 18 16. William Bostwick Banister, son of Seth and Mary (Warriner) Banister, was born in Brookfield, Mass., Novem- ber 8, 1773. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1797; and began the practice of law in Newbury, Vermont, in the year 1800. He married Susan, daughter of Capt. Phineas Up- ham of Brookfield, January i, 1801 ; and removed to New- buryport, where he opened a law office on State street in 1807. He was elected representative to the General Court for the session beginning May 30, 18 10, and was re-elected for the sessions held in 181 1, 18 12 and 181 3. He married, for his second wife, Mary, daughter of Moses Brown of New- buryport, November 30, 1812 ; and, for his third wife, Zilpah Polly, daughter of Joel Grant of Norfolk, Connecticut, September 7, 1841. He died in Newburyport July i, 1853. Samuel Lorenzo Knapp, son of Isaac and Susanna (New- man) Knapp, was born in Newburyport January 19, 1783. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1804, read law with Theophi- lus Parsons, opened an office in Newburyport in 1809, and five years later married Mary Ann Davis of Boston.' Having been elected representative to the General Court for the session beginning May 27, 18 12, he served in that capacity until the close of the year 18 16, when, becoming ' Intention of marriage filed with the town clerk of Newburyport June 18, 1814. 276 HIS TOR Y OF NEU'B UR YPOR T financially embarassed, he was imprisoned for debt. While confined in the Newburyport jail he wrote " Extracts from the Journal of Marshall Soult."' In 1 81 7, he removed to Boston, and was associated with Daniel Webster as counsel for Levi and Laban Kenniston, who were arrested, tried and acquitted, in April of that year, for the alleged robbery of Elijah Putnam Goodridge, at or near the Essex-Merrimack bridge, in Newburyport. Although fairly successful in his profession, he decided a few years later to devote his time and attention to literary work. In 1824, he was a regular contributor to the Boston Galaxy and Commercial Advertiser ; in 1825, editor and proprietor of the Boston Monthly Magazine ; and afterwards editor of the National Journal in Washington, D. C, and of the Commercial Advertiser in New York City. He published during his life orations, biographies and mis- cellaneous sketches with titles as follows : — Oration delivered in the meeting house of the First Religious Societ\- of Newburyport, July 4, 1810. Oration before St. Peter's and St. Mark's lodges, Newburyport, on the festival of St. John the Baptist, in 181 1. Oration before the Merrimack Humane Society, September 3, iSii. Oration before the Associated Disciples of Washington, February 22, I S 1 2 . Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Eg^ypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, written by himself, two volumes, published in Phila- delphia in 1815. Extracts from the Journal of Marshall Soult, published in Newburyport in 1817. Obituary notice of Pev. Francis Anthony Matignon, first published in the New England Galaxy, September 25, 181 8, and afterwards re- printed and published in pamphlet form. Eulogy on the character of Shubael Bell, Esq., delivered in Christ Church, Boston, at the request of St. John's lodge, in iSig. Sketches of eminent lawyers, statesmen, and men of letters, in 1821. 1 Histoiy of Xewlniryport (Mrs. K. \"aie Smith), pai^e 327; History of Xew- bm-yport (Currier), volume I, page 498. LA WYERS AND DOCTORS 277 Memoirs of General Lafayette, in 1824. Oration before the Society of the Phi Beta Kappa at Dartmouth Col- lege, August 19, 1824. Discourse on the life and character of DeWitt Clinton, in 1828. Address delivered before the New England Society, in 1829. Lectures on American Literature, with remarks on some passages of American history, in 1829. Sketches of Public Characters, by Ignatius Loyola Robertson, a resident of the United States, in 1830. A memoir of the life of Daniel Webster, in 1 83 1 . Advice in the pursuits of literature, containing historical, biographical, and critical remarks, in 1832. Female Biography, containing notices of distinguished women of differ- ent ages and nations, in 1834. Life of Thomas Eddy, with extensive correspondence, in 1834. Tales of the garden of Kosciuszko, in 1834. Life of Aaron Burr, in 1835. The Bachelors, and other tales founded on American incidents and character, in 1836. Life of Timothy Dexter, in 1838. He also edited Horton's History of the United States, in 1834, and the Library of American History, in 1837. He removed from New York City in 1835 to Hopkinton, Mass., where he died July 8, 1838. Stephen Hooper, jr., son of Stephen and AHce Hooper,' was born in Newburyport April 7, 1785. He graduated at Harvard in 1808, was admitted to the bar in 18 10, and began the practice of law in Newburyport. His father having died in 1802, he lived with his mother, near Pipe-Stave hill, in Newbury.- He was one of the representatives from that town to the General Court in 18 10, 181 1, and 18 12, and a member of the state senate in 181 5 and 1816. He removed ' Stephen Hooper, sr., married, for his first wife, Sarah Woodbridge of New- buryport October 10, 1764. She died June 26, 1779. His second wife, Alice Hooper, died May 8, 1813. ^ That part of the town was set of and incorporated by the name of Parsons in 18 1 9, and the next year the name was changed to West Newbury. 2 7 S ///-S" TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T to Boston, and opened a law office in that city in October, 1818. On the twenty-third of March, 1823, he married Susan Coffin Marquand of Newburyport. He died in Boston September 16, 1824. John Pierpont, son of James and Elizabeth (Collins) Pierpont, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, April 6, 1785. He graduated at Yale in 1 804 ; and was afterward a private tutor in the family of Col. William Alston in South Carolina. He subsequently read law, was admitted to the bar, and, September 23, 18 10, married Mary Sheldon, daughter of Lynde and Mary ( Lyman ) Lord. In November, or December, 181 1, he opened a law office in Newburyport, and in March, 18 1 2, was elected a member of the school committee. He subsequently prepared, in behalf of the citizens of Newbury- port, a memorial presented to the General Court, protesting against the proposed division of the state into senatorial dis- tricts, and was a member of a special committee appointed to prepare a similar memorial protesting against the declaration of war between the United States and Great Britain' He read the Declaration of Independence at the public exercises held in the meeting-house of the First Religious Society of Newburyport July 4, 18 12 ; and on the twenty- seventh of October following, at a meeting of the members oi the Washington Benevolent society, he read a poem de- ploring the effects of the war and the embargo.- In 18 14 or 18 1 5, he removed to Boston, where he studied for the ministry. John and Mary Sheldon (Lord) Pierpont had the following-named children born respectively in Litch- field, Newburyport, Baltimore and Boston : — ' Newbunport Town Records, volume II, pages 423, 427 and 431. '•^ This poem was published in pamphlet form. The title-page reads as follows: "The Portrait || A Poem || Delivered before the II Washington Benevolent Socie- ty II of Newburyport || on the evening of October 27, 1812 || By John Pierpont Esq. II Boston 11 Published by Bradford & Read ll J. B. Waitt & Co. Printers 1| 1812." LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 279 William Alston, Mary E., Juliette, John, James, Caroline Auo;usta, born in Litchfield July ri, iSii. " in Newburyport Sept. 18, 181 2. " in Baltimore July 30, 1816. " in Boston Nov. 24, 181 9. " " April 25, 1822. " " Aug, 21, 1823. In 1 8 19, Rev. John Pierpont was ordained pastor of the HolHs Street Congregational church in Boston, and was afterward pastor of Congrega- tional churches in Troy, N. Y.. and Medford, Mass. He mar- ried Mrs. Harriet Louisa, wid- ow of Mr. George W. Fowlei-, for his second wife. There were no children by this mar- riage. In 1840, he published "• Airs of Palestine and other Poems," and, later, a volume containing twenty sermons and public addresses. He died in Medford August 27, 1866. The above half-tone print is reproduced from a photograph of Mr. Pierpont now in the possession of the First Parish church of Medford. JOHN riERPOXT. Caleb Cushing, son of John N. and Lydia (Dow) Cush- ing, was born in Salisbury, Mass., January 17, 1800. When he was only two years old his parents removed with him to Newburyport. He was fitted for college by Michael Walsh at Salisbury Point, graduated at Harvard in 1817, attended the Harvard law school, read law for two or three years in the office of Ebenezer Moseley, esq., in Newburyport, and was admitted to the bar in 1821. He married, November 23, 1824, Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Samuel S. Wilde, justice of the supreme court of Massachu- 2 8o tilS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T setts. She died, childless, August 28, 1832 ; and Mr. Gush- ing did not marry again. His subsequent career as a lawyer, statesman and diplomatist has been described elsewhere, and need not be repeated here.' Stephen W. Marston, the son of Peter and Rebecca (Webster) Marston, was born in Fairlee, Vermont, December 28, 1787. He graduated at Dartmouth in 181 i; and read law with Edward Little and William B. Bannister in New- buryport, and the Hon. Daniel Appleton White in Salem, Mass. In 181 5, he opened an office in Newburyport, and in 1 8 1 7 was one of the counsel for the defence in the celebrated Goodridge robbery case. Daniel Webster being the senior attorney. He was appointed justice of the Newburyport police court in 1833, and held that office until 1866. He died in Newburyport August 27, 1873. Asa Waldo Wildes, son of Dudley and Bethiah (Harris) Wildes, was born in Topsfield May 3, 1786. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1809, and, after teaching school for several years in Newburyport and elsewhere, read law in the office of Stephen W. Marston. June 7, 18 18, he married Eliza Ann, daughter of Abel Lunt. He was admitted to the bar in 1820, and had a law office in Newburyport until 1828, when he was appointed one of the Essex county commis- sioners, which office he held until 1856, with the exception of one term of three years, from 1842 to 1845. ^^^ clied in Newburyport December 4, 1857. William Sticknev Allen, son of Ephraim W. and Doro- thy (Stickney) Allen, was born in Newburyport April 30, 1805. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1824, read law with Stephen W. Marston, and opened an office in Newburyport in ' See Chapter XX\ III; " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketch- es, pages 664-671; and History of Essex County, edited by D. Hamilton Ilurd, volume I, pages XXX\'II-XL. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 281 1827. He married Margaret Ann, daughter of John T. Ross, December 19, 1832. For two or three years after that date he was one of the proprietors of the Newburyport Daily and Semi-Weekly Herald. In 1837, he removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and was engaged in editorial work on the Missouri Republican for several years. He died in June, 1868, in St. Louis. Robert Cross, son of William and Ruth (Stacy) Cross, was born in Newburyport July 3, 1799. He graduated at Harvard in 18 19, read law in the office of Hon. Ebenezer Moseley, was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of his profession in Newburyport in 1823. He was elected representative to the General Court for the session beginning May 31, 1826; and, in 1828, married Mary Cabot Tyng, daughter of Dudley Atkins Tyng. In 1830, he removed to Amesbury, and in 1844 to Michigan. Returning to Massa- chusetts in 1849, he settled in Lawrence, where he opened an office and lived until his death, November 9, 1859. George Lunt, son of Abel and Phebe (Tilton) Lunt, was born in Newburyport December 31, 1803, and graduated at Harvard in 1824. He began the practice of law in New- buryport three or four years later, and was elected represen- tative to the General Court for the session beginning May 26, 1830. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate in 1835 and 1836, and a member of the house of representa- tives for the sessions beginning January 4, 1837, and January 6, 1 84 1. Removing to Boston in 1848, he was appointed United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts in 1849, serving in that capacity until 1853. For nine years, from 1856 to 1865, he was one of the editors of the Boston Cour- ier, removing subsequently to Scituate, Mass., where he resided during the summer months. He died in Boston May 17, 1885, having published during his life several volumes of 2 82 HIS TOR V OF A'£ IV B UR YPOR T prose sketches, poems and miscellaneous essays, with titles as follows : — The Grave of Byron, with other I'oems, 1826 Poems, •'^39 Age of Gold, and other Poems, 1843 Culture, I S43 The Dove and the Eagle, 1S51 Lyric Poems, Sonnets, and Miscellanies, '854 Eastford, or Household Sketches, 1855 Julia, 1855 Three Eras of New England, and other addresses, 1857 The Union, a poem, i860 Origin of the late war, 1866 Old New England Traits, 1S73 Poems, 1884 Henry Willis Kinsman, son of Dr. Aaron and Nancy (Willis) Kinsman, was born in Portland, Maine, March 6, 1803. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1822 ; read law with Daniel Webster in Boston, and began the practice of his pro- fession in that city in 1826. He married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Benjamin Willis of Boston, October i, 1828. Re- moving to Newburyport in 1836, he was elected represent- ative to the General Court in 1839, and re-elected in 1849 and 1854. He was collector of customs from 1841 to 1845, and from 1849 to 1853. He married, October 5, 1858, for his second wife, Martha Frothingham Titcomb, daughter of Joseph Moody Titcomb, and died in Newburyport Decem- ber 4, 1859. Eben Francis Stone, son of Ebenezer and Fanny (Cool- idge) Stone, was born in Newburyport August 3, 1822. He graduated at Harvard in 1843, and was admitted to the bar in Essex county in 1846. He began the practice of law m Newburyport in 1847, ^^'^^ married, October 26, 1848, Har- riet Perrin, daughter of Augustus and Harriet (Child) Perrin of Boston. LAWYERS AXD DOCTORS 283 He was a member of the state senate and a representative to the General Court for several sessions. In the Civil war he had command of a regiment in the Nineteenth army corps, under General Banks, and participated in the eno-ace- ments at Port Hudson in May and June, 1863. He was elected representative to the forty-seventh con- gress, beginning December 5, i88r, and was twice re-elected, serving until the close of the forty-ninth congress, March 3, 1887. He died in Newburyport January 22, 1895.' Aaron Augustus SAR(iENT, son of Aaron P. and Eliza- beth Sargent, was born in Newburyport October 28, 1827. He learned the trade of a printer, and was employed for several years in the office of Clark & VVhitten, publishers of the Newburyport Daily Courier. In 1 847, he was a news- paper reporter in Washington, D. C, and the next year was employed as private secretary by a member of congress from the state of New York. Early in the year 1849 he sailed from Baltimore for California, stopping at Valparaiso, Chili, on the way, and arriving at San Francisco in December of that year. After some delay, he found employment as a printer in the office of the San Francisco Courier, and after- wards as a type-setter and reporter for the Nevada Journal. He returned to Newburyport in 185 i, and married, March 15, 1852, Ellen Swett, daughter of Amos and Rebecca (In- galls) Clark. Having devoted several months to the study of law, he again went to California, taking his wife with him. In 1853, he was admitted to the bar in Nevada county, and the next year was elected district attorney. In 1 86 1 and in 1868 he was a representative to cono-ress from California, and in 1870 was elected senator and served for two terms. In 1882, he was appointed minister ' For additional facts relating to the life and character of Hon. Eben F. Stone, see chapter XXIX of this volume; "(Juki Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 693-699; and the memorial address delivered in Newburyport April 21, 1895, by Hon. William D. Northend of Salem, Mass. 284 ^11^ TOR V OF NE JVB L 'R } TOR T plenipotentiary to Germany, but held that office only two years, resigning in 1884, and returning to San Francisco, where he died August 14, 1887, leaving a widow, one son and two daughters. Richard S. Spofford, jr., son of Dr. Richard Smith and Frances Lord (Mills) Spofford, was born in Newburyport February 15, 1833. He read law in the office of Hon. Caleb Gushing, and was admitted to practice in the United States circuit court at Washington, D. G., in 1856, and to the bar in Essex and Suffolk counties, Massachusetts, in 1857. He was a representative to the General Court for the sessions beginning January 6, 1858, January 5, 1859, and January 3, 1866. He married Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Newmarch and Sarah (Bridges) Prescott, December 19, 1865. For many years he had a law office in Boston, and was for several years the legal attorney and solicitor for the Galves- ton, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, which now forms a part of the Southern Pacific railway system. He died in Newburyport August 11, 1888.' probate and supreme court judges. One justice of the court of common pleas and two judges of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts resided in Newburyport at the close of the eighteenth and at the begin- ning of the nineteenth centuries, in addition to the counselors and attorneys named above. Benjamin Greenleaf was chief-justice of the court of common pleas and judge of probate for Essex county for nearly twenty years. He was born in Newbury March 19, 1732, and was the son of John and Sarah (Smith) Greenleaf. Graduating at Harvard in 1751, he lived for several years after that date in Kittery, Maine, and, September 22, 1757, ' " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 225-227. LAir YEA'S AND DOCTORS 285 married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Charles and Elizabeth Chauncey.' Returning to Newbury in 1761, he became interested in public affairs, and took an active part in the incorporation of Newburyport, in 1764. The inhabitants of the new town elected him representative to the General Court for the years 1766, 1767, 1768 and 1770. His wife died July 12, 1769; and he married, January 22, 1784, Mrs. Lucy Derby, for his second wife. In the Revolutionary war he was a member of the commit- tee of safety, and was actively engaged in procuring food, clothing and military supplies for the Continental army. In 1775, he was appointed chief-justice of the court of common pleas, and four years later judge of probate for Essex coun- ty. He held the last-named office until 1796, and the office of chief-justice until 1797, when, on account of ill health, he resigned, and retired to private life. He died in Newburyport January 13, 1799, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground, near the Auburn street en- trance. The inscription on his tombstone reads as follows : — Here are deposited the remains of the Honorable Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq. who departed this Hfe January 1 3''! i 799 in the 67th year of his Age. Hon. Samuel Sumner Wilde, son of Daniel and Ann (Sumner) Wilde, was born in Taunton, Mass., February 5, 1 77 1. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1789, was admitted 1 Elizabeth, daughter of Beniamin and EHzabeth (Chauncey) Greenleaf, born July 13, 175S, married Theophilus Parsons January 13, 1780. She died P'ebruary I, 1829. 2 86 HI^ TOR V OF NE \VB UR YPOR T to the bar of Bristol county, Mass., in 1792, began the practice of law in W'aldoborough, Maine, but removed to Hallowell in 1799. He was appointed one of the justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts in 181 5, and when the district of Maine was made a separate state and admitted into the Union, in 1820, he removed to Newbury- port. His daughter, Caroline Elizabeth Wilde, married Hon. Caleb Cushing November 23, 1824. Judge Wilde removed to Boston in 183 1, and retained his seat on the bench until the summer of 185 i. He died in Boston June 25, 1855. Hon. George Thacher, son of Peter Thacher, was born in Yarmouth, Cape Cod, April 12, 1754; graduated at Har- vard in 1776 ; began the practice of law in York, Maine, in 1780, and removed to Biddeford in 1782. He was a member of the continental congress in 1788, and of the first congress of the United States, which met in New York City March 4, 1789, after the adoption of the Federal Constitution. He was re-elected representative to congress from the district of Maine for several successive terms, but resigned his seat in 1 80 1 to accept the office of judge of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. He resided in Biddeford until the legal separation of Maine and Massachusetts was decided upon, when he removed to Newburyport, where he lived until January, 1824, when he resigned his seat on the bench and returned to Biddeford. He died in the month of April fol- lowing.' ESSEX BAR ASSOCIATION. Barristers authorized to practice in the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts were by a rule adopted in 1 806 called counselors-at-law. In order to secure certain privileges and advantages to which they were entitled under this rule, the Essex Bar association was organized early in the spring of 1 Newburj'port Herald, .-Vpril 13, 1824. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 287 that year. It consisted of twenty-three members, six of them, Joseph Dana, Michael Hodge, Edward Little, Edward St. Loe Livermore, Ebenezer Moseley and Daniel A. White, were from Newbiiryport. This association was dissolved in 18 12, and a new one formed in 183 i, which lasted only a few years. In 1836, the distinction between counselor and attorney was abolished in Massachusetts. The present Essex Bar associa- tion was organized in October, and the constitution adopted in December, 1856. When the city charter was accepted by the inhabitants of Newburyport, in 185 i, the following-named counselors-at-law resided within the limits of the city : — Horace Bickford, Stephen W. Marston, Joseph G. Gerrish, Wilham A. Marston, Nathaniel Hills, Samuel Phillips, Eben Y . Stone. Other lawyers living in the city at that date, but not in active practice, were William B. Bannister, Caleb (Aishing, Henry W. Kinsman, Ebenezer Moseley and Asa W. Wildes. Subsequently, the following-named persons were admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in Newburyport at the dates named : — Caleb Lamson, in 1853 Frank W. Hale, in 1S79 Joseph H. Bragdon, " 1854 John C. M. Bayley, " 1879 John N. Pike, " 1854 Horace I. Bartlett, » 18S0 H. B. Fernald, " 1855 Charles C. Dame, » 1884 Harrison G. Johnson, " 1856 Nathaniel N. Jones, " 1S84 John B. Swasey, " 1856 Francis V. Pike, " 1889 Charles Osgood Morse, " 1856 Robert E. Burke, " 1890 Charles W. Tuttle, " 1858 George B. BlodgeUe, " 1893 Amos Noyes, " i860 David P. Page, " 1896 Richard S. Spofford, jr., " i860 Edward H. Rowell, " 1900 Nathaniel Pierce, " 1864 Ernest Foss, " 1901 William E. Currier, " 1866 Oscar H. Nelson, " 1901 Frederick D. Burnham, " 1871 George H. O'Connell, " 1901 Thomas Huse, jr., " 1877 Timothy S. Herlihy, " 1902 David L. Withington, " 1877 Charles T. Smith, " 1904 Thomas C. Simpson, jr., " 1879 Arthur Withington, " 1904 2 88 HISTOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T DOCTORS. The first educated physician who settled in the town of Newbury was Dr. John Clark. He was granted a farm of four hundred acres at the mouth of Cart creek January 23, 1637-8. After his removal to Ipswich, in 1647, he was suc- ceeded by Dr. William Snelling, in 1649, by Dr. Peter Top- pan, in 1660, by Dr. Henry Greenland in 1663, and at a later date by Dr. John Dole, Dr. Humphrey Bradstreet and others. ' When Newburyport was incorporated, in 1764, Dr. Nathan Hale, Dr. John Sprague, Dr. John Newman and Dr. Micajah Sawyer were living within the limits of the new town.- Nathan Hale, son of Thomas and Sarah (Northend) Hale, was born June 2, 1691. He married Elizabeth Kent August 27, 1 71 3, and lived in that part of Newbury which was set off and incorporated by the name of Newburyport in 1764. He was a large owner of real estate, a skillful physician and a justice of the peace. The inscription on his gravestone in the Old Hill burying ground reads as follows : — Here lie ye Remains of Nathan Hale, Esq., Who died May gt'i 1767 aged 76 years. He was a Physician of much Experience & Considerable Eminence & highly esteemed in his Profession, which he carefully attended, distribu- ting his Services without Distinction to Rich & Poor. He was for many years a Justice of the Peace which office he faithfully executed with Integrity & without Partiality. He was a Gentleman of agreeable manners and a thorough Friend, but above all he was a Christian of ex- emplary Piety : he was devout without Ostentation & religiously Care- full to coniirm his Principles by a Life becoming the Doctrines he pro- fessed. Indeed ye Physician, ye Magistrate, ye Gentleman and the Christian were united in his Character in such a manner as made his Life desirable and greatly usefull & his Death justly lamented. ' History of Newbmy (Currier), pages 662-669. ■^ History of Newbuiy (Currier), pages 666, 667. LAJIYEKS Ayi) DOC TONS :S9 He gave in his will, proved May 25, ijGy, all his real estate and personal property to his wife Elizabeth, for her support during her life and for the support of his son Nathan, par- tially deranged, and his daughter Elizabeth, who married John Watkins. He also provided for the distribution of his prop- erty after the decease of his wife, and gave a dwelling house, with about three and one-half acres of land, on the south- easterly corner of the country road, now High street, and Fish, now State, street, to his son Nathan and daughter Eliz- abeth, and directed that the remainder of his estate should be equally divided among them, Nathan's share to be invested for his support and maintenance, and Elizabeth's share to be held in trust for the benefit of her children, William Wat- kins, Elizabeth Watkins and Andrew Watkins. His widow, Elizabeth (Kent) Hale, died April 9, 1768, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. Dr. John SPRAiiUE, with his wife Ruth, probably came from North Yarmouth, Cumberland county, Maine, to New- bury, Mass., as early as 1737.' Two sons and two daughters were born to John and Ruth Sprague, in Newbury, as fol- lows : — Mary, bom March 30, 173S. John, " September 27, 1740. Ruth, '• August 14, 1746. WilHam, " February 9, i 749. Mrs. Sprague died previous to 1753; and. May 19, 1754, Doctor Sprague married Prudence Titcomb, for his second wife. The following-named children were born to John and Prudence (Titcomb) Sprague : — John, born P^ebruary 1 7, 1755. Edward, " January 7, 1738. Martha, ■■ December 13, 1761. Michael, •' November 13, 1763. ' History of Newbury (Currier), page 666. 2 Qo iffS TOR V OF Xf. II'Bl 7v' VPOR T When Newburyport was incorporated, in 1764, Uoct(n- Sprague was living within the limits of the new town. His will, dated March 17, 1781, was proved April 26, 1784. He was the owner of considerable real estate in the town of Wendell, N. H., in North Yarmouth, Maine, and in Newbury, Mass., at the time of his death ; " also a pew in the North Yarmouth meeting house and a pew in Rev. Mr. Gary's meeting house in Newburyport."' The inscription on his gravestone in the Old Hill burying ground reads as follows : — This is erected to the Memory of that \'aluable Man Doct'" John Sprague alike eminent for his integrity and Abilities. As a Ph}-- sician he was highly esteemed. For more than forty seven years he was a Practitioner in this Town. His death which was on the 1 7t'» day of April 1 784 was generally lamented as a great and almost irreparable loss to the Publick His age was 74 . Mary, daughter of Doctor Sprague, by his first wife, mar- ried, December 2, 1760, William Fisher of Boston. Her sister Ruth married, September 20, 1781, Edward Rand of New- buryport. Mrs. Ruth (Sprague) Rand died September i, 1789.^ Martha, daughter of Doctor Sprague, by his second wife, married, November 28, 1782, Jonathan Gibson Parsons, grandson of Rev. Jonathan Parsons. After the death of her husband, Martha (Sprague) Parsons married, October 21, 1792, Edward Rand, her brother-in-law.^ Mary Parsons, a ' Essex Probate Records, book 356, page 540; and book 357, page 582. - Edward and Ruth (Sprague) Rand had three children, namely: — Edward .Sprague, born June 23, 1782; died December 23, 1863. Isaac, " .September 7, 1784; died July 14, 1818. John, " January 27, 1786; died July 24, 181 1. •'Martha (Sprague-Parsons) Rand died Feliruary 27, 1829. Her husband, Edward Rand, died December 3, 1829. LAIVYERS AND DOCTORS 291 daughter by the first marriage, was born March 2, 1783. The ■children by the second marriage were as follows : — George, born October 6, i 793 ; died in infancy. Charles, " August 11, 1795 : died in infancy. Margaret Demmon, " Feb. 3, 1798; married John Andrews. Jane, " Dec. i 7, i 802 ; married Uavid Wood. Dr. John Newman married, May 21, 1741, Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Joshua Wingate of Hampton, N. H., where he was then living, and where three of his children were born, namely, Elizabeth, in November, 1741, John, in July, 1743, and Jane, in January, 1744-5. He removed with his family to Newbury in 1 746. After that date, the following-named children were baptized in the meeting-house of the Third parish then standing on what is now Market square, New- bury port : — Wingate, baptized February 15. 1746-7. Payne. •' September 10, 1749. Elizabeth, '■ September 29. 1751. Judith. •• August 2, 1753. Joshua, " October 26, 1756. Mary. " January i. 1758. Timothy, •• March 30. 1760. Joanna. '• March i. 1768. Doctor Newman was one of the signers of the petition to the General Court for the incorporation of Newburyport in 1764. He died in Newburyport February 18, 1806, Dr. Micajah Sawyer, son of Dr. Enoch Sawyer, was born in Newbury July 15, 1737. He graduated at Harvard in 1756, and began the practice of medicine in that part of Newbury which was set off and made a separate town in 1 764. He married November 25, 1766, Sibyll, daughter of Daniel and Sibyll (Angier) Earn ham.' 1 Intention of marriage filetl with the clerk of the town of Newburyport October 25, 1766. 29: HIS TO A' y OF NE WB L 'R YPOR T (3ne son, William Sawyer, born February i, 1771, gradu- ated at Harvard in 1788, studied medicine with his father, and practised his profession for a few years, but subsequently removed to Boston and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He died in that city, unmarried, April 18, 1859. One daughter, Hannah Farnham Sawyer, married, January 20, 1807, George Gardner Lee of Boston. Another daugh- ter, Mary Ann Sawyer, married, the same day, Philip Jere- miah Schuyler of Rhinebeck, N. Y. Descendants of Mrs. RESIDE.NCK 01-' DR. MU'AIAII SAWYEK. Lee and Mrs. Schuyler are still living in the vicinity of Bos- ton and in the state of New York.' " Doctor Sawyer hatl two imcomnioiily handsome (laughters, tlistinguished far and wide for their superior beauty and style. I have seen a letter, written in 1803, by a daughter of an ex-governor of New Hampshire, and the wife of an ex- member of Congress, describing parties which she attended in Washington, during Jefferson's administration, at the houses of the President, and of the Secretary of State, and of the French Minister, in which she says that she had seen nothing in Washington equal in style and elegance to the parties given by the Sawyer girls in Xewburyport." (Remarks of Hon. Eben F. Stone at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Newbury.) LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 293 In 1 766, Doctor Sawyer purchased of the heirs of Richard Collins land formerly owned by Joseph Hoyt' on the north- westerly side of Fish, now State, street, and built a dwelling house which is still standing- there, although much changed in outward appearance. When Pleasant street was laid out a portion of this estate was taken for the highway, and fifty or sixty years later the house was raised from the level of the street to its present position, a basement or lower story added, and the entire building converted into offices and stores as shown in the half-tone print on the opposite page. Dr. Micajah Sawyer died in Newburyport September 29, 181 5, and was buried in the Old Hill burying ground. Dk. John Barnard Swett, son of Samuel Swett, was born in Marblehead June i, 1752. He graduated at Harvard in 1767; studied surgery in Edinburgh, completing his edu- cation after two or three years' practice in the hospitals of France and England. He returned to Marblehead in 1778, and enlisted as a surgeon in the expedition to Rhode Island under General Sullivan. In 1779, he served for several months in the unfortunate expedition to the Penobscot river under the command of General Lovell of Massachusetts and Captain Saltonstall of Connecticut. He married. May 4, I 780, Charlotte Bourne of Marblehead. At the earnest solicitation of kinsmen and friends, he de- cided to begin the practice of medicine in Newburyport, and subsequently purchased a dwelling house and barn " on a lane called Temple street," bounded by land of Robert Las- comb, Samuel Newhall, Henry Lunt and others.- He had a large library, and used a book-plate designed to represent the profession of medicine, as shown in the half-tone print on the next page, described as follows : At the top of the plate, resting upon a couch and attended by four cupids or ' Essex Deeds, book 58, leaf 65; Essex Deeds, book 118, leaves 2S0 and 281; and book 119, leaf 69. 2 Essex Deeds, book 163, leaf 227. 294 HI ST OR V OF NE WB UK YPOR T cherubs, is the body of a patient about to undergo a surgical operation, while under the name "J. B. Swett " the serpent of yEsculapus is twisted about a rod, standing upright between retorts and herbs growing in flower pots. BOOK-PLATE. Doctor Swett was a prominent member of the masonic fraternity, and through his influence, in 1795, the first en- campment of Knight Templars was established in Newbury- port. He died of malignant yellow fever August 16, 1796.' After his death, his widow, Charlotte (Bourne) Swett, sold the house and land on Temple street, and removed to Exeter, N. H.- A year or two later, she married Hon. John T. Oilman, for many years governor of the state of New Hampshire. Dk. Samuel Colman, son of Benjamin and Anne (Brown) Colman, was born in Newbury, Mass., December 25, 1762. He was fitted for college at Dummer Academy, and graduated 1 History of Xevvburyport (Mrs. E. \'ale Smith), pages 370 and 371. - Essex Deeds, book 164, leaf 187. LA IV VERS AND DOCTORS 295 at Harvard in 1780. Two or three years later, he began the practice of medicine in Hallowell, Maine, remaining there until the summer of 1787. He married Susannah, daughter of William and Abigail (Beck) Atkins of Newburyport, October 14, 1787, and soon after that date went to Augusta, Maine, where he devoted himself to his profession for nearly twenty years. In 1806, probably, he removed to Newburyport with his family. He had a drug store at number one Water street, corner of Market square, in 1807,' and opened a private school for boys and girls, in Middle street, in 1 809.' He died December 7, 18 10, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. Dr. Moses Little, son of Richard and Jane (Noyes) Little, was born in Newbury, "near the trayneing green," July 4, 1766. He graduated at Harvard in 1787, in the class with John Ouincy Adams, who frequently mentions him in his diary. 3 Doctor Little, after completing his studies with Dr. John Barnard Swett of Newburyport, began the practice of medi- cine in Salem, Mass. He married, April 17, 1799, Elizabeth, daughter of George W^illiams, esq., and died in Salem October 13, 181 1. Dr. William Bouchier Leonard, born in London in 1737, was a surgeon in the English navy for several years. He came to New England in 1793 probably, and in December of that year was in Newburyport, as stated in the following advertisement : — Doctor Leonard Respectfully acquaints the inhabitants of this Town and Environs, that, after an extensive Practice, by Sea and land, and in the many Hos- pitals in London & other parts of Europe, where he has been a Practi- ' See advertisement in Newburyport Herald, February 17, 1807. ^ See advertisement in Newburyport Herald, April 10, 1809. ■* Life in a New England Town, published by Little, Brown & Co., 1903. 296 Ills TOR Y OF XE IV B UK I 'FOR T tioner in Physic and Surgery. Midwifery &c ^S:c upwards of thirty five years, and with good success in many great operations ; and it has so happened that kind Providence has enabled him to Spring out of the iron chains of tyranny, horror, devastation and murder, to the only sum- mit of Liberty under the Sun, and where the diadem of a despot was hurled down to the bottomless abyss, and where. I hope, even a shadow of the like will never more appear. Mr. Leonard intreats for a share in the favors of his fellow citizens, and he humbly hopes that his abilities and experience, cemented with the faithful discharge of his duty to the lives and limbs of his employ- ers, will commend him to future favors which he solicits no longer than his character is deserving of the same, which will ever be acknowledged with gratitude by their most obliged and very humble servant. WiLLI.AM 15. LeONAKU.' November iS, 1799, Doctor Leonard married Mrs. Susanna Lindsey of Newburyport.- He owned and occttpied a house on Kent street at that date. His wife died March 30, i 800, and August 4, icSoi, he sold at auction his house, barn, surgi- cal instruments, and household ftuniiture.^ A few months later, he removed to Marietta, Ohio, where he married Lydia Moulton, a daughter of William Moulton, formerly of New- bury pi^rt. Doctor Leonard appears to have been a skilful surgeon, but was rough and coarse in his manners and language, retaining the habits acquired in his naval service at a period when profanity and rudeness occupied the place of the genteel manners of the present day. He still retained and kept up the fashion of the showy dresses, such as prevailed in the days of Queen Elizabeth, which in the backwoods of Ohio excited the curi- osity of a people accustomed to the most simple attire. He was thin and spare in person, with very slender legs, on the borders of old age. His favorite costume was a blue broadcloth coat trimmed with gold lace, and enormous gilt buttons, a waistcoat of crimson velvet, with large pocket flaps, and small clothes of the same material, a pair of silk or worsted stockings drawn over his slender legs, with large silver buckles at the knees and in the shoes. On his head he wore a full flowing peri- wig, of which he had six or eight varieties, crowned with a three-cor- ' Essex Journal ami \f\\ Ilanipsliire Packet, December 4, 1793, - Nevvburjport Herald and Country tjazette, November 22, 1799. •^ Advertisement in Newburyport Herakl and Countiy Gazette, July 31, 1801. LAirVERS AND DOCTORS !97 nered or cocked beaver hat. Over the whole, when he appeared in the street, unless the weather was very hot, he wore a large scarlet-colored cloak. This dress, with his gold-headed cane, always called for the ad- miration and wonder of the bo3's. who followed close in his train, and were often threatened with his displeasure in not very civil language. When travelling on horseback to visit his patients he rode a coal black steed, with long flowing mane and tail, the saddle and trappings of which were as antiquated and showy as his own dress.' Doctor Leonard died in Marietta, Ohio, in 1 806. Dr. Francis Vergines de Bonischere came to Newbury- port from Gaudaloupe in September, 1796.- He lived for two months with Capt. William McHard, and then removed to the house owned and occupied by Paul Noyes, " at the corner of Market and Union (now Washington) streets,"^ where he died May 26, 1830, in the eighty-third year of his age. Dr. Nathaniel Bradstreet was born in Topsfield Octo- ber 4, 1 77 1. He graduated at Harvard in 1795, and studied medicine with Dr. James Thacher of Plymouth and Doctor Holyoke of Salem. In 1798, he was appointed surgeon of the sloop-of-war Merrimac, Moses Brown of Newburyport, captain, and made several voyages to the West Indies in that ship. In F"ebruary, 1800, he resigned his commission and commenced the practice of medicine in Newburyport. He soon became prominent in his profession, and was highly esteemed as a physician and surgeon. He died in Newbury- port October 6, 1828.-* Dr. Nathan Noye.s, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Wheeler) Noyes, was born in Newbury April 3, 1777. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1 796, and from the Dartmouth Med- ical school in i 799. Six months later, he began the practice 1 New England Historical an(f (Genealogical Register, volume III, page 137; and volume IV, page 357. ^ Histoi-y of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 117 and iiS. •' Impartial Herald, November 18, 1796. * Newburyport Herald, October 10, 1828. 298 HI ST OR V OF NE IV B UR YPOR T of medicine in Newburyport, but soon removed to Charles- town, Mass., where he died September 24, 1842. Ur. Phillips White Hackett, son of John and Betsey (French) Hackett, was born in Salisbury, Mass., October 3, 1 78 1. His father was one of the builders of the frigate Al- liance, launched at Salisbury Point in 1778. His mother, Betsey French, married for her first husband John White, son of Hon. Phillips White of South Hampton, N. H. ; second, John Hackett of Salisbury ; and, third, Isaac Bernard of Amesbury. Phillips W. Hackett was probably fitted for college by Michael Walsh. He studied medicine with a physician in Hampstead, N. H., where he married, ^lay 30, 1807, Eliza- beth Putnam, sister of Oliver Putnam, who was a successful merchant and founder of the Putnam Free school in New- buryport. She probably did not long survive the birth of her first child, Sarah Ann Hackett, born in Hampstead January 31, 1809. In the summer of 18 10, Doctor Hackett removed to New- buryport, and on the twenty-third of October published the following notice in the Newburyport Herald : — Dr Hackett having commenced business solicits the patronage of the inhabitants: particular attention will be paid to any business in the line of his profession as Physician and Surgeon. A good opportunity is offered to a young gentleman wishing for instruction in the profession. His evening school will be opened the 25111 instant in a chamber of Capt Samuel Coffin's brick building, a few rods below Kent street.' In the war of 181 2, Doctor Hackett was a surgeon in the service of the United States, on the great lakes.' After the return of peace he came again to Newburyport, but his pecu- ' In 1796, William Moreland, William Caldwell and John Knight sold to Sam- uel Coffin the brick building on Merrimack street, near the foot of Kent street. It was then a distillery, and afterward a tenement house (North End Papers, by Oliver B. Merrill, in the Newburyport Daily News, August ii, 1906). -Newburyport Herald, Februaiy .25, icS6[. LA IV VERS AND DOCTORS 299 liarities and enfeebled mental condition made it impossible for him to practise his profession. How or where he lived for many years is a mystery. In 1846, he purchased a small one-story building, and moved it, with the assistance of friends, to a vacant lot on the Ferry road. The house was surrounded by young birch trees, and the pathway leading to it was lined with piles of horse shoes, keys, hoops, bits of iron and other wayside treasures he had gathered in his wanderings about the town. In this humble dwelling he lived alone, occupied with household cares six days in the week, and on the seventh attending divine service, with great regu- larity, in the meeting-house of the First Religious Society on Pleasant street.' He was naturally peaceable and quiet, but was sometimes provoked to anger by mischievous boys who trespassed upon his property in the day-time and disturbed his slumbers at night. In the following communication, pubUshed in the Newburyport Herald, he appeals to the public for sympathy and to the guardians of the town for protection : — Address to the Public. From two bold acts, one of them very dangerous, which have lately occurred at my dwelling-place in Belleville. I am constrained to address not only the Public generally, and my friends particularly, but the town authorities ; for I fear unless something can be done to prevent the pro- gress of such outrages being committed on and about my buildings, I surely shall be ousted, it being apparently determined, at all hazards, ut- terly to destroy my peaceful stay, or no stay at all. at my cottage. On the 25th day of Sept. 1S46, I placed my house where it now stands. Some two or three years since, in the month of October, and on the Sab- bath day while I was gone to meeting, my house was broken open, en- tered, things thrown into disorder, and a short ladder and a lot of boards piled on my bed. For three several times the key hole to the lock of my door has been partially filled with sand or gravel, insomuch that it was with difticulty I removed the bolt : tubs of water upset, wood piled against my door, and the like. On the Sabbath of the 27*11 ult. I came here about twilight, and, to my surprise, I discovered that 3 boards were 1 Contemporaries, by Thomas Wentvvorth Higginson, pages 344-347. 300 ^^S TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T torn from the backside of my store-house, and some of the contents scattered all around. To repair the breach occupied most of my time the following Monday. On Tuesday evening. 13111 inst., a large pile of brush and other wood, eight rods from my dwelling-house and about three rods from my store-house, was set on fire while I was absent. I desire to be thankful that it extended no farther. For the efforts of my neighbors, particularly Messrs. Wm Merrill, Chs Bartlett, David Reed and Nathi Ordway. to stop the ravages of the devouring element, I ten- der my cordial thanks. I am anxiously afraid what may happen here- after to my buildings. Firstly, I would appeal to the Supreme being whose omniscient eye sees all our actions, who alone is able to arrest the progress of wicked men. Secondly, to the authorities and guardians of the town. As such I humbly pray you to take the matter seriously into consideration ; if possible to try to prevent the repetition of such de- structive actions. I have endeavored to live an inoffensive life these thirty-three years past, most of which time 1 have spent in Old Newbury. I think I have given no cause to persons for them to aim such base and annoying conduct at me. Respectfully submitted, Phillips W. Hackett. (r^^ 10 dollars reward will be paid as above to any person or persons who will correctly inform who set the fire to the wood near my dwelling- house in Newburyport on Tuesday evening the 3rd inst.' Enfeebled by old age and disease, Doctor Hackett was obliged to accept aid from the overseers of the poor during the last years of his life. He died at the almshouse in New- buryport February 20, 1861, and was buried in the cemetery on Clark's lane, so called, at Salisbury Point, now a part of Amesbury, Mass. Dr. Lawrence Sprague of Dedhani probably began to practise medicine in Newburyport as early as 1802. Decem- ber 13, 1804, he married Sarah Titcomb of Newburyport, and occupied a dwelling house on Washington street, between Winter and Boardman streets. He subsequently opened a drug store on State street, and purchased a dwelling house in Market square. In 1812, he advertised drugs, medicine ' Newburyport Daily Herald. May 26, 1851. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 301 and spices for sale " at his store on State street, sign of the Pestle and Mortar, next door above Mr. Francis Todd's," and informed the inhabitants of Newburyport and vicinity that he still continued to practise his profession and was ready to attend patients needing the services of a surgeon or physi- cian.' Four yeais later he published the following notice : — Doctor Sprague, having ascertained that a report is in circulation that he has relinquished his profession since his return from the South, takes this method to contradict the rumor and inform his Friends and the Pulj- hc that he is now in the Practice of Physic and Surgery to the exclusion of every other kind of business He may be found at his resi- dence in Brown's Square until the first day of May next, at which time he shall occupy the House lately owned by Deacon Wm Farnham in High street, opposite to Market street. ^ The Poor who are not under the Protection and Direction of the Town will, as usual, receive Advice and every Attention free of every expense.3 Sarah (Titcomb) Sprague, wife of Doctor Sprague, died in July, 1 8 16, and he married, July 5, 1818, Catherine, daughter of Capt. Thomas Thomas. Soon after the last-named date he probably removed from Newburyport. His subsequent career is unknown. Dr. Daniel Kilham, son of Daniel and Hannah Kilham, was born in Wenham, Mass., January 15, 1753. He gradu- ated at Harvard in 1777, and studied medicine with Doctor Holyoke of Salem, Mass. Several years later, he came to Newburyport and opened an apothecary shop near the foot of State street. He was unmarried and, with John Ouincy Adams, then a student-at-law in Newburyport, boarded at the house of Mrs. Martha Leathers, on the southeasterly side of Market square. "* ' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, March 17, 1812. - " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 131. 3 Newburyport Herald and Commercial Gazette, April 16, 1816. * Life in a New England Town, pages 32, 67, 100 and 106. 302 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Doctor Kilham was elected representative to the General Court September 17, 1786, for the session ending May, 1787, and on the eighteenth of June following was chosen to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Jonathan Greenleaf, for the session ending May, 1788/ He removed, on account of ill health, to a farm in Wenham in 1804. He was a fine specimen of a gentleman of the old school, somewhat formal and reserved in his habits, but always kind and courteous, inde- pendent in his opinions and fearless in expressing them, a faithful friend, as well as a resolute and determined opponent, an excellent type of a class of men which has now almost passed away. He retained as long as he hved the old-fashioned small clothes, thus preserving the dress as well as the manners of his younger days. He was never married, his house being kept by a widowed sister.- He died quite suddenly, of heart disease, in Wenham, Octo- ber 12, 1 84 1, aged eighty-eight. Dr. Oliver Prescott, born April 4, 1762, in Groton, Mass., graduated at Harvard in 1783, and was admitted to the practice of medicine in June, 1786. He married, October 22, 1791, Ann, daughter of Leonard Whiting of HolUs, and for twenty-five years was a prominent physician in Groton. In 181 1, he removed to Newburyport, and soon had the largest practice of any physician in Essex county. January I, 1 8 14, he purchased a dwelling house, still standing, on the northwesterly corner of Green and Washington streets, which he subsequently occupied.^ His wife died there September 3, 1 82 1 ; and Doctor Prescott married, secondly, November 6, 1823, Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Oliver, and daughter of Henry Atkins of Boston. Mary Prescott, a daughter by the first wife, married, June 23, 1825, John Belknap of Boston. Doctor Prescott died September 26, 1827, leaving a widow, Elizabeth (Oliver) Prescott, and several unmarried children. ' History of Newluiryport (Currier), volume I, page 679 note. 2 History of Wenham (Myron O. Allen), page 147. ^ " Ould Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages336 and 337. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 303 Dr. John Brickett, son of Dr. James and Edna (Merrill) Brickett/ was born in Haverhill, Mass., June 2, 1774, and married, September 29, 1795, Elizabeth Ayer of Haverhill. His children by this marriage were as follows : — Lavinia born August 17, 1796; died March 2, 1822. Martha Kimball, " March 25, 1798: died August 18, 1807. Sarah Ayer, " June 13, 1800; died July 25, 1825. John James, " Feb. i, 1802 ; died Sept. 30, 1824, on the passage from Jamaica to Newburyport. Eliza W., " May 30, 1804; died January 3, 1873. Elizabeth White, " June 13, 1S06: died April 19, 1807. The above-named children were born in Newburyport, according to the record made by the town clerk, but Doctor Brickett is described as a physician in Newbury in deeds dated March 29, 1800, and February 22, 1805.^ His wife died March 15, 1807, and he married, September 12, 1809, Lydia M. Woodbury of Newburyport, for his second wife. In 1 8 10, he occupied a dwelling house on Essex street, but removed to Mr. Woodbridge Noyes' house on the northwest corner of Fruit and Prospect streets in April, 1812.3 In the month of September following he was a surgeon in the priva- teer Decatur under the command of Capt. William Nichols. ■♦ Doctor and Lydia (Woodbury) Brickett had only one child, Martha Ann Kimball Brickett, born June 2, 181 1. She married, July 31, 1833, William H. Moody of Lowell, son of Paul Moody of Newbury. 5 1 Dr. James Brickett was born in Newbury, Mass., Februaiy 16, 1738. He was a surgeon in the army organized for the capture of Canada in 1756, and after- ward general in the Revolutionary war. He married Edna Merrill October 8, 1760. She died September 21, 1802, and he married, for his second wife, Abigail Moody Januar}' 24, 1803. ^ Essex Deeds, book 165, leaf 236; and book 186, leaf 153. ^ Newburyport Herald, April 17, 1812. * Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume \'I, No. 5, October, 1864. '" The children of William H. and Martha (Brickett) Moody were as follows: — Susan Lydia, born in 1835: married George W. A. Williams in November, 1854. Hannah, born in 1837: married John Q. A. Wilhams Dececember 15, 1858. MaryC, born in 1839; married, first, George Faunce Aug. 31, 1859; second, James B. Dow, jr., Nov. 2, 1864; she died, leaving no issue. 304 HISTOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T During the last years of his hfe Doctor Brickett owned and occupied a three-story dwelling house on the southwesterly side of High street, near the head of Boardman street. He died August 23, 1848. Funeral services were held in St. Paul's church, and he was buried in the churchyard adjoin- ing. His widow, Lydia (Woodbury) Brickett, died October 17, 1854. Dr. Ebenezer Hale, son of Thomas and Alice (Little) Hale, was born in Newbury, Mass., April 28, 1809. He graduated at the Dartmouth medical school in 1829, and began the practice of medicine in Newbury, Vt. He subse- quently removed to New York, and was appointed secretary of a marine insurance company in that city. He retained that office until 1837, when he resigned in order to travel with a party of friends in England and on the continent of Europe. Returning to Newburyport in 1838, he resumed the practice of his profession, and married, June 13, 1844, Sarah White Bannister, daughter of William B. and Mary (Brown) Bannister. October 6, 1846, he bought a dwelling house, with several acres of land under and adjoining the same, on the corner of Toppan's lane and High street, " known by the name of Mount Rural," where he resided until his death, August 2, 1847.' [Note from page 303 continued.] The children of George W. A. and Susan (Moody) Williams were as follows: — Joseph Balch, married Annie Moseley Lang of Dorchester; Georgiana, married George Albree of IViston; Helen Ladd, unmar- ried; and Charles Jackson, who died in infancy, John Q. A. and Hannah (Moody) Williams had one daughter, Martha Moody, who married Edward Atkins of Boston. Joseph Balch and Annie (Lang) Williams had children as follows: Elsie (de- ceased), Pearce Penhallow, Constance, Francis Cabot, and Joseph Balch ^^'il- liams, jr. George and Georgiana (Williams) Albree had only one son, Norman Albree. Edward and Martha Moody (Williams) Atkins had one daughter, Marjorie, and a son, Paul Moody Atkins. 1 Essex Deeds, book 373, leaf 211. LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 305 Ebenezer, an only child of Dr. Ebenezer and Sarah White (Bannister) Hale, born October 8, 1845, died Febru- ary 19, i860. Dr. Richard S. Spofford, son of Dr. Amos and Irene (Dole) Spofford, was born in Rowley, Mass., May 24, 1787. He graduated at Harvard in 1 8 12, and began the practice of medicine three or four years later in Rowley, but soon re- moved to Newburyport. In 1 8 16, and for several years after that date, he had rooms " at Mrs. Hale's boarding house on State street."' July 13, 1829, he married Mrs. Frances Maria Lord and occupied a dwelling house on Titcomb street, removing to Fair street the next year.- For more than fifty years he was prominent in the med- ical profession and deeply in- terested in the mysteries of Freemasonry. He died in New- buryport January 19, 1872, and was buried in Oak Hill cemetery. The above half-tone print is reproduced from a photograph of Doctor Spofford now in the possession of Lawrence B. Gushing. Dr. Samuel Wheeler Wv.vian, son of William and Mary W. Wyman, was born in Boston in July, 1793. He gradu- ated at Harvard in 1 8 14, and studied medicine with Doctor Shattuck in Boston and Doctor Twitchell in Hanover. In 1 81 8, he began practice, as a physician and surgeon, in Ip- swich, removing to Newburyport, in 1821, where he married, ' Newburyport Herald, September 3, 1816. ■•^ Newburyport Herald, April 23, 1S30. KK. RICHARD S. SPOFKORD. 3o6 HISTORY OF NEWBURYPORT November 1 3, 1 824, Margaret, daughter of Joshua Toppau, and lived for many years in a house still standing on the south- westerly side of Orange street. His wife died December 31, 1865. He died January 31, 1867. Dr. Jonathan Greenleaf Johnson, son of William Pierce and Sarah Johnson, was born in Newburyport November 12, 1790. He graduated at Harvard in r8io, and began the prac- tice of medicine in Newburyport three years later. October 4, 1 81 3, he married Ehzabeth, daughter of Oilman White. Doctor Johnson died in Newburyport September 9, 1868.' Dr. Henry Coit Perkins, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Storey) Perkins, was born in the Wolfe tavern on State street, Newburyport, Novem- ber 1 3, 1 804. He graduated at Harvard in 1824, and received the degree of M. D. in August, 1827.- On the third day of September following he began the practice of medicine in Newbury poi't, and married, October 30, 1828, Harriet, daughter of John Daven]X)rt. He was interested in the UK. HENRY f. I'KKKINS. 1 Eleazer Johnson, twin brother of Doctor Johnson, married, October i, 1811, Fanny Toppan. He was elected town clerk of Newburyport in March, 1831, and served until the adoption of the city charter, in 1S51, when he was elected city clerk, and held that office until his death, February 27, 1S70. '^ In a brief autobiographical sketch, puMished after his death, Doctor Perkins wrote concerning an event that occurred soon after his gratluation as follows: — "On the 27 or 28th of the same month [August, 1827], between nine and ten o'clock in the evening, there appeared in the heavens a luminous bow, about five degrees in width, and extending across the celestial vault from east to west. This was the first auroral arch I had ever heard of, read of, or seen. At that time no one knew what to make of it. The frequent appearance of such arches since, either alone or accompanied by auroral streams, has called much attention to such phenomenaon the part of many scientific writers." LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 307 Study of science and art, and made, by the process discovered by M.Daguerre in 1838, a daguerreotype which was probably the first one produced in New England, if not the first in the United States.' The above half-tone print of Doctor Perkins is reproduced from a photograph now in the possession of his son, Henry Russell Perkins. Doctor Perkins was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1866 was elected president of the Massachusetts Medical Society. He died in Newburyport P'ebruary i, 1873. Dr. Enoch Cross, son of Abijah and Elizabeth (Parker) Cross, was born in Methuen July 19, 180 1. He graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth college in 1824, and began the practice of medicine in Bradford. June 2, 1828, he married Charlotte T. Pettingell of Salisbury, N. H., and in 1829 came to Newburyport, where he lived for five years in a house on Middle street, formerly owned by Capt. Peter Le Breton. In 1834, owing to ill health, he considered it advisable to remove to Peoria, Illinois. Returning to New England, in 1842, he settled in Gorham, Maine, where his wife died the next year, leaving two sons, John and Henry M. Cross. November 28, 1844, Doctor Cross married Margaret, sister of Rev. Randolph Campbell, and again took up his residence in Newburyport. In 1853, he purchased a dwelling house and land on the corner of Titcomb and Washington streets,^ where he lived until his death, May 19, 1888. • A brief description of this daguerreotype and the art of " solar painting " was published in the Newburyport Herald November I, 1839. Daguerre exhibited his first collection of daguerreotypes, in the French Acade- my of Sciences, early in the year 1839. Samuel F. B. Morse was in Paris at that time, and saw the collection. After his return to America he fitted up a studio at No. 140 Nassau street. New York City, and there, so his friends claim, "made the first sun pictures on this continent." See pamphlet, Life of Jedediah Morse, D. D., by Sidney E. Morse, published in 1867, page 16. ■^ Essex Deeds, book 494, leaf 169. 3 o8 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T Dr. John Atkinson, son of John and Lucy (Chipman) Atkinson, was born in Minot, Maine, April 13, 1799. He attended the Bowdoin Medical School, graduating" in 1823. January 12, 1825, he married Sarah Crocker of Minot, and came to Newbury, Mass., where he began the practice of medicine in that part of the town known as Belleville. In 1828, he removed to Newburyport, living in a house nearly opposite the head of Boardman street, on High street, until 1830, when he purchased a house on Strong street, which he subsecjuently occupied.' His wife died December 4, 1835, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. In August, 1836, he married Hannah, daughter of Edmund and Zilpha (Gerrish) Bartlett. He died August 21, 1852, leaving a widow, four sons and five daugh- ters. His widow died May 31, 1872. Dr. Josiah Atkinson, son of John and Lucy (Chipman) Atkinson, was born in Minot, Maine, August 16, 18 17. He graduated at Bowdoin college in 1842, and afterward studied medicine in the Berkshire medical school in Pittsfield, Mas- sachusetts. He married, June 29, 1848, Olivia C. I)Onney of Roches- ter, Mass., and began the practice of medicine in Dorchester, removing to Newburyport in 1853. He occupied a house on the southwesterly side of Merrimack, near Boardman, street, owned by the estate of Abraham Williams, and subsequently leased the house on Strong street, formerly owned by his brother, Dr. John Atkinson, deceased, and afterward a house on the opposite side of the street, now owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad corporation. Soon after the close of the Civil war, owing to domestic affliction and serious financial losses, his mind became unset- tled, and in a fit of temporary insanity he took his own life June 21, 1869. ' Essex Deeds, book .256, leaves 30 and 31 LAWYERS AND DOCTORS 309 When the city charter was adopted, m 185 i, the following- named physicians were living within the limits of the city : — Jonathan G. Johnson, residence Samuel W. Wyman, " Richard S. Spofford, •' Enoch Cross, " Henry C. Perkins, " Stephen M. Gale, George W. Skinner, '• Job T. Dickens, " J. H. Sawyer, " John Atkinson, " John Merrill, " H. T. Packer, E. P. Grosvenor, '• Spring street. Orange •' P'air " Middle " Essex " State '• State " Pleasant " Titcomb " Strong " High Warren " Hi-h Other physicians subsequently began the practice of medi- cine in Newburyport at the dates named in the following list : — James A. Tilton, in 1S53 Josiah Atkinson, " 1^53 Francis A. Howe, " i<'^S7 E. P. Cummings, " 1S66 George W. Snow, " 1866 David Foss, •' 1869 Job B. M. Dickens, " 1872 Edward P. Hurd, " 1873 George Montgomery, " 1873 James J. Healey, •• 1874 John F. Young, " 1874 Daniel H. Spofford,' in 1877 Alvah B. Dearborn, •' 1877 James A. Merrill, " 1877 Frank A. Hale, " 1879 Henry F. Adams, " 1883 LB. Bolton, " 1883 John Homer, '• 1884 Charles VV. Stiles, " 1886 Ernest H Noyes, " 1889 George W. Worcester, " 1889 Frederick Tigh, •' 1891 1 Dr. Daniel H. Spofford came to Newburyport in 1877. He had an office at No. 1 1 Brown square, and afterwards at No. 55 State street, removing to Boston in September, 1878, but visiting Newburyport twice a week for several months after the last-named date. He was a Christian Scientist, using, according to his published statement, '■ no medicine, mediumship, or mesmerism." He became involved in a centroversy with Mrs. Mary Baker-Glover Eddy in regard to the payment of a royalty of two dollars a week which she claimed, and was subse- fjuently, according to the account published in the Newburyport Herald October 30, 1878, the victim of a conspiracy that culminated in an attempt to kidnap him and compel him to abandon his practice in Massachusetts. 310 ins TOR V OF .YE IFB UR YPOR 7' Charles V . Johnson, in iSga Randolph C. Hurd, in 1901 Clarence C. Day, " i''^94 Charles F. A. Hall, " 1902 Abby Noyes Little, •' 1897 Fred O. Morse, " 1903 Arthur C. Nason, •• iank Bevan Skinner of Woodbury, N. J. Lilla Lawson, his youngest daughter, married Frederick Grant of Boston. Mr. Grant AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND EXGRAVERS 353 died in 1892 ; and his widow, Lilla (Lawson) Grant, died in 1898. A photograph of Mr, Lawson, taken when he was eighty years of age, is now in the possession of Mrs. Frank Bevan Skinner. With her permission, it is reproduced in the half- tone print on the opposite page. Hiram Betts Haskell, son of Caleb and Fanny Matilda (Betts) Haskell, was born in Frederickton, N. B., January 17, 1823. His parents removed to Newburyport when he was only five years old, and he subsequently attended the primary and grammar schools of the town for several years. At an early age he found employment in a grocery store, and after- wards in a drug store in Boston. He took lessons in drawing and painting, and in 1845 opened a studio in Newburyport and devoted the remainder of his life to portrait painting. He was unmarried, and occupied apartments near his studio. In addition to his artistic skill, he had considerable literary ability, and was a frequent contributor to the Newburyport Herald, Newburyport Daily Evening Union and other news- papers of the day. While painting a portrait in Byfield, Newbury, he was found unconscious, and remained in that condition until his death, August 22, 1873. Alfred Thompsc^n Bricher, son of William and Elizabeth Dame (Muir) Bricher, was born in Portsmouth, N. H,, April 10, 1837. He came with his father, mother and other mem- bers of the family to Newburyport in 1840, and was a pupil in the Putnam Free school from July, 1850, to July, 1851. When only fifteen or sixteen years of age he was a clerk in a bookstore in Boston, devoting all his spare time to the study of drawing and painting at the Lowell Listitute. In 1858, he opened a studio in Newburyport, removing to Boston in i860, and to New York City in 1868. He was elected a member of the American Water Color society in 354 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB i 'R YPOR 7 1874, and of the National Academy of Design in 1879. His autumn landscapes and marine views painted since the last- named date have attracted attention at all the prominent art exhibitions in the United States. He gave to the Newburyport Public library, in 1882, an oil painting of " Sea Gull Cliff," a rocky promontory at the southern end of the island of Grand Manan.' This painting, and other productions of his art, displayed in public and private picture galleries in Boston and New York, have estab- lished his reputation as a successful and accomplished artist. Among the many notable works that ha\-e come from his studio the best known, and perhaps the most highly appre- ciated, are " Low Tide at Grand Manan," "The Grotto at Orr's Island," " Mist on the Hills at Cliff's Island," "Low Tide, Matthew's Cove, Grand Manan," and the "Surf at Conanicut." Mr. Bricher has been twice married, in 1868 to Susan A. Wildes of Boston, and in 1881 to Alice L. Robinson of New York. His residence at the present time is New Dorp, Staten Island. His studio is at No. 2 West 14th street, New York City. John Appleton Brown, son of George Frederick Handel and Asenath Lyons (Page) Brown of West Newbury, Mass., was born in that town July 12, 1844. He studied art in Bos- ton, and in 1867 went to France, where he remained several years, a pupil of the distinguished landscape painter, Emile Lambinet. Returning to Massachusetts, he opened a studio in Boston, and married, June 26, 1874, Agnes A. Bartlet, daughter of Edmund and Louisa S. Bartlet of Newbur\port. He went again to Europe for study in 1874 and 1888, but retained his residence in Boston until 1891, when he moved to New York, where he opened a studio. His landscape ' See Historical Sketch of Clnind Manan and Quodily Bay, by Edwaixl Abbott, published in Harper's Monthly Magazine (or March, 1878, illustrated by Alfred T. Bricher, pages 541-566. AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND EXG RAVERS 355 paintings have been highly commended by art critics, and his " Springtime," with its blossoming apple trees reflected in a shallow pond, has been selected for reproduction in the " Mas- ter Pieces of American Art." He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Society of American Artists, New York Water Color club and several other organizations, including the Players" club and the Century club. He died in New York City January 19, 1902. His widow, Agnes (Bartlet) Brown, who has painted many attractive pictures of woodland scenery, domestic animals, fruits and flowers, has resided in Newburyport since the death of her husband. ]oiin aim'leion brown. William Edward Norton was born in Boston June 28, 1843. He was the son of Daniel Norton, who was born in Newburyport P'ebruary 18, 1796, and married, March 22, 1822, Mary, daughter of Levi and Mary (Putnam) Carr of Newbury. Daniel Norton resided in Newburyport until 1837, when he removed to Boston with his wife and six children. His youngest son, William Edward Norton, born as above- stated in Boston, developed a taste for drawing and painting at an early age, and after completing his education in the public schools, attended lectures on art at the Lowell Insti- tute, and subsequently learned the trade of a house, sign and decorative painter. In 1865, he began his career as a marine artist, receiving instruction from George Inness, and two years later made a voyage to Europe in a sailing ship to study " the effect of 356 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T winds and clouds and changing skies," by moonlight and sun- light, on the sea. In 1868, he married Sarah U. Ryan of Grand Manan, New- Brunswick, where he passed several summers sketching the lofty hills and rocky cliffs of that picturesque island. He went with his wife to Paris in 1877, and there continued the study of art under the direction of Jacquesson de la Chev- reuse and A. Vollon. Two or three years later he visited Italy, and afterward opened a studio in London, where he lived until 1902. Since his return to the United States, with his wife and two daughters, in the autumn of that year, he has resided in New York City, where his wife died in 1904. His paintings have been exhibited frequently in the Royal Academy of London, in the Paris Salon, and many of the public art galleries of the United Kingdom. He has been awarded three gold medals, one at the art exhibition in Phila- delphia in 1876, one at Chicago in 1893 and one at St. Louis in 1904. Although a marine artist, Mr. Norton has painted land- scapes and views of peasant life in Europe, with groups of men and women working in the fields at sunrise or resting from their labors at sunset. " A Moment's Leisure," reproduced in the half-tone print on the opposite page, is a view of the seashore in Holland, with a Dutch peasant waiting, with his boys and horses, to launch a fishing boat on the beach. " Day Dreams and Dutch Lovers " represents a young couple, in quaint costume, sitting on a bench in the sunlight. '' The Boats are Coming " is the title of a picture with two young Dutch girls in the foreground, one sitting on the sand dunes at the seashore, the other stand- ing and pointing seaward. "The Arrival of a Herring Boat on the Dutch Coast " represents a group of men and women watching a boat coming on to the beach in a rough sea. "Driftwood" is a sketch of the seasho.e with an old fish- wife carrying home driftwood ; and " Her Last Trip " is a picture of man and horses pulling a condemned boat up on AUTHORS, ARTISTS AXD ENGRAVERS 357 the beach in Holland. "Tacking Ship off Shore " is a view of the sea from the coast of Ireland, with a full-rigged ship "A moment's LElsrKK," KV WILLIAM K. NOKH iN. " coming about " on the long tack ; her sails " aback " on the foremast, ready to fill out as the ship obeys her helm and in stately fashion comes around to the wind. A picture suggested by the lines of Coleridge in " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is reproduced in the half-tone print on the next page. It represents a sixteenth-century ship sailing among icebergs in a fog. And now there came both mist and snow. And it grew wondrous cold ; And ice, mast high, came floating by, As green as emerald. " Tranquility " is the title of a moonlight view of ships in smooth water, with sails furled, waiting to enter the nearby dock. This painting received honorable mention at the Paris salon in 1895. 358 HIS TOR V OF NE VVB UR YFOR T Mr. Norton continues to work at his profession, and has recently exhibited several interesting and attractive pictures at his studio, No. 1931 Broadway, New York City. "THE ANCIENT MARINER, KV WII.IIAM E. NORTON. Laura Coombs Hii.ls, daughter of Philip Knapp and Mary {Gerrish) Hills, was born in Ncwburyport September 7, 1859. After completing her education in the public schools of the city, she turned her attention to decorative work, and devoted many months to designing Chiistmas cards and valentines, and afterwards to crayon drawings and pictorial illustrations for St. Nicholas Magazine. In order to perfect herself in her chosen profession she attended the Cowles Art school in Bos- ton and the Art Students' league in New York. At her home in Newburyix)rt, in an upper room of the house where her parents resided, on the southwesterly corner of Washing- ton'and Market streets, Miss Hills studied and painted until she opened a studio in l^oston, at first on Huntington avenue, A UTHORS, AR TIS TS AND ENGRA VERS 359 opposite Arlington street, afterwards on Boylston street and recently at No. 66 Chestnut street. In December, 1892, she had the care and supervision of the dances and decorations at Mechanics hall, Boston, when the " Pageant of the Year " was given, under the auspices and for the benefit of the Women's Educational Union of that city. Her skill in designing the costumes and working out the details of that fairy-like spectacle was highly com- mended by the newspapers of the day. Turning her attention to miniature painting, Miss Hills soon developed a remarkable talent for that line of work. In 1897, she was elected a member of the Society of American Artists, and the next year several of her miniatures were on exhibition at the Paris salon. In March, 1908, fifty artistic portraits from her studio were exhibited at the Copley gallery, on Boylston street, Boston, and, in the month of May following, this collection, including fanciful and ideal subjects. " Saint Elizabeth," "The Sleep- ing Girl," "The Red F"lower," "The Black Mantle," and portraits of "Mrs. Mayer S. Bernheimer " "Miss Dorothy Bass Whitney," "Miss Margaret Curzon Hale," " Miss Alice Brown," " Miss Marjorie S. Bernheimer " and others, was on exhibition for sev^eral weeks at the Rembrandt gallery, on Vigo street, London. An English critic, in a communication to the London Daily Telegraph, wrote as follows concerning these miniatures : — What is particularly interesting and remarkable is that Miss Hills renders with real subtlety and yet without exaggeration the racial char- acteristics of her nation. The American beauty in youth, with her air •of keenness, of confidence, of disdain for sentimentality, is painted with wonderful strength and delicacy. At the close of this exhibition in London, Miss Hills, with her sister Elizabeth, visited France, Switzerland, Italy and other places of interest on the continent of Europe, returning 360 HISTORY OF NEWBURVrOKT to Boston in season to resume her work in the month of Oc- tober following, at her studio, No. 66 Chestnut street. During the summer months Miss Hills resides with her sister in a picturesque cottage recently erected at Sawyer's hill, on Storey avenue, Newburyport. INVENTORS AND ENGRAVERS. Matthew Perkins, born in Ipswich May 29, 1725, mar- ried Ann Greenleaf of Newbury December 22, 1748. Twelve children, four sons and eight daughters, of Matthew and Ann (Greenleaf) Perkins were born in Newbury at the following- named dates : — Benjamin, born December 8, 1749. John. •' January 30, 175 I. Nathan. '• April 9, 1752. Ebenezer, " November 30, 1 753. Marv, •■ April 22, 1755; married Nicholas Johnson. Abigail, ■' September 21, 1756. Jane. '• April 14. 1758; married Aaron Pardee. Esther, " May 27, 1759. Susannah, " September 9, i 760. Ruth. •• July 28. 1761 I ^^^.^^^_ Sarah. " July 28. 1761 i Elizabeth, " June 2, 1762. Mrs. Ann (Greenleaf) Perkins died August 28, 1762 ; and her husband, Matthew Perkins, married, January 23, 1763, Mrs. Jane, widow of Jonathan Dole. The following-named children of Matthew and Jane (Dole) Perkins were born in Newburyport soon after the town was incorporated : — Jacob. born March 2. 1764; died March 2. 1764. Edmund, '■ July 2, 1765 ; died August 17, i7C>5- Jacob, " July 9, i 766. Abraham, '' May 4, i 768. Anna Greenleaf, " Feb. 2, 1770: died August 7, 1770. Anna, " April 15. 1771: died August 6, 1771. Sarah, " June 1 5. 1773. Matthew Perkins died in May, 181 5. A U THORS, A R T/S TS AND ENGRA VERS 361 Bentamin Perkins, son of Matthew and Ann (Greenleaf) Perkins, born in Newbury December 8, 1749, was a lieutenant in Capt. Moses Nowell's company, and marched with that company from Newburyport to Cambridge immediately after the Lexington alarm in April, 1775. Remarried, May 13, 1775, Elizabeth Clarkson of Portsmouth, N. H.,' and had one son, Joseph, born March 4, 1781, who died in infancy. He had command of a company in Col. Moses Little's regiment at the battle of Bunker hill, and afterwards in New York and New jersey. His wife died June 7, 1784," and he married, January 16 (25?), 1785, Mary Moody of Newburyport. He owned and occupied a house on the corner of Fair and Mid- dle streets for many years. September 2, 1795, he bought of Abel Greenleaf land on the corner of Green and Pleasant streets, and erected the two-story brick dwelling house, with a " gambrell roof," now standing there.^ He died March 9, 1797. His will, proved on the third of April following, provided for the payment of his just debts, and also for an annual allowance of fifty dollars to his father, Matthew Per- kins ; the rest and residue of his estate to be and remain the property of his wife, Mary (Moody) Perkins. On the twentieth of May, 1798, Mary Perkins, widow, married Jonathan Gage. She continued to live in the house on the corner of Pleasant and Green streets until her death, March 20, 1830. Her husband, Jonathan Gage, died March 3, 1 84 1, aged eighty-two; and the house, with the land under and adjoining the same, became the property of her nephew, Richard Stone. ^ Nathaniel Hills purchased the house and land in April, 1844, and sold it in the month of June following to Hannah 1 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume L, page 466. ^ See gravestone in Old Hill burying ground. 3 Essex Deeds, book 161, leaf 191. The brick dwelling house on the cornerof Milk and Federal streets, similar in shape and style of architecture, was built about the same date by Nicholas Johnson, brother-in-law of Capt. Benjamin Perkins. '' Essex Probate Records, book 407, leaf 396. 362 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T K. Johnson, wife of Harrison Gray Otis Johnson. She re- tained possession of the property until her death, in 1875^ when it was conveyed to her son, Harrison G. Johnson, wha owned and occupied it for twenty years. Jacob Perkins, son of Matthew and Jane (Dole) Perkinsr was born in Newburyport July 9, 1766.' When only twelve years of age he was apprenticed to a goldsmith and learned the art of making gold beads and plating shoe buckles. Be- fore the adoption of the Federal constitution, in 1788, he was employed to make the dies for the copper coin issued by the state of Massachusetts.^ November 11, 1790, he married Hannah Greenleaf, Rev. John Murray officiating ; and two years later invented and patented machines for cutting and lettering the edge of coin and also for detecting counterfeit money, as stated in the following communication published in the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet July 18, 1792 : — ^ Several newspapers of the past and present week have prematurely mentioned Mr. Perkins of this town being sent for to Philadelphia, for the purpose of superintending the coinage there. Mr. Perkins" abilities in that line are fully adequate to such an appointment, as the specimens he has exhibited in that line amply testify. Instead of the former meth- od of performing the business, he has invented a new machine, which cuts the metal into such circular pieces as are wanted, and gives the im- pression at the same time — its motion is accelerated by a balance-wheel,, and more than one-third of the time and labor thereby saved. He has also constructed another machine, of his own invention, for milling or lettering the edge, by which a boy can mill sixty each minute. Were it found necessary, he could apply steam to perform all the most laborious part of the business. But what is of more importance, and will be found ' MaUhew Perkins, born in Ipswich May 29, 1725, married Ann Greenleaf December 22, 1748. She died August 28, 1762. Mr. Perkins married, Januaiy 23, 1763, Jane, widow of Jonathan Dole, as stated on page 360. 2 The old-fashioned copper cent, with an Indian on one side and an eagle on the other, was made from dies cut by Mr. Perkins. ' Newspaper on file in the library of the American Antiquarian .Society, Worces- ter, Mass. AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS 363. to be of more public utility than all the foregoing, is, a check, which he has invented, for discovering counterfeits — this is so contrived, as that one-eighth of a minute is sufficient to determine, without the possibility of a mistake, whether a piece of money is genuine or not, and any town or merchant can be supplied at a small expense with said checks, and then rest assured that an imposition will be absolutely impossible In 1795, Mr. Perkins invented a machine for cutting and heading nails at one operation, and leased a small shop or factory in Byfield, Newbury, where he commenced the manu- facture of brads and nails, removing early in the spring of 1796 to a more convenient location in Amesbury, Mass.' In 1 799, a new method of detecting counterfeit bank notes was- announced, in the newspapers of the day, as follows : — • Jacob Perkins, Having invented an effectual check for detecting counterfeit Bank Paper, which has received the sanction of several Banks, and the appro- bation of the undersigned eminent artists in Philadelphia, and having obtained a patent securing to him, and to his assigns, the exclusive right of the invention, hereby offers to his fellow-citizens the privilege of using it upon terms to be agreed on between him and any person disposed to avail themselves of a guard against counterfeits. The undersigned having examined Jacob Perkins' new invented meth- od to detect counterfeit Bank Paper, do approve of the plan ; it being impossible to engrave or sink two plates perfectly alike, without the original die or hub, the counterfeiter would find it impossible to make an impression which would perfecdy gage with the check from the orig- inal die. Robert Scot, Engraver & Die Sinker. James Smither, Engraver. James Akin, Engraver.- This invention for preventing the counterfeiting of bank bills consisted of a simple device for printing on the face of the bill in fine type, many times repeated, the amount for which it was issued, and on the back of the bill letters and ' History of Newbin^ (Currier), page 298. " Newburyport Herald and Country (gazette, May 14, 1799. AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS 365 figures grotesquely arranged, as shown in the half-tone prints on pages 364 and 366, reproduced from an unfinished and unsigned bank bill now in the possession of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. In 1804, Mr. Perkins discovered a process by which steel plates could be hardened without injury to the engraved sur- face. A large number of these plates was made and sold to banking associations in New England, as stated in the following advertisement : — Stereotype Plates for Banks. The Patentee of the Stereotype Plates for the impression of Bank Bills informs the Public that he has constantly on hand ready made plates (the name of the Bank and Town excepted), and will be happy to supply Banks on the shortest notice. His terms are reasonable and uniform, the plates well executed, and he has the authority of many eminent artists, as well as the sanction of experience, to say that bills impressed from these plates cannot be counterfeited. No attempts of the kind have ever yet been made, tho' it has been adopted and is now used by sixteen Banks in New England. Encouraged by the success of his principle, and the increasing de- mand for his plates, he has at a great expense improved his former invention by adding beauty to security. He has formed a steel plate of sixt3'-four dies, impressed by the same dies now used for copperplates, neatly fitted and keyed together in a strong iron frame. The name of the Bank and Town and the denomination of the Bill are removed and substituted at pleasure. The standing part of the plates are elegantly engraved by Mr. James Akin. When completed there will be from six to seven hundred days work in the plate, and being well hardened, it will, without injury, print more paper than will be used in the United States. It is now nearly finished, and any orders addressed to him at Newburyport will be punctually honored. Jacob Perkins.' In a small pamphlet of eight pages, published in January, 1806, now in the Boston Pubhc hbrary, Mr. Perkins described his invention as a case-hardened steel plate, with steel dies, one inch thick, keyed together in a strong iron frame and ' Newburyport Herald, March 8, 1805. AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS 367 firmly screwed to a metal plate one inch in thickness. The plate is made in separate parts in order that it may serve to print bills of any denomination.' In 1808, these plates were used in a series of copy books, published for the use of school children, with a title as fol- lows : — Perkins & Fairman's Running Hand, Stereographic copies. Paten Steel Plates. 2 In 1 8 10, Mr. Perkins invented a furnace for heating" houses and large buildings with hot air. When the Massachusetts Medical college was built on Mason street, in Boston, it was supplied with a furnace described as follows : — The whole building is warmed by a single stove situated in the cellar calculated by the inventor [Jacob Perkins] for burning Rhode Island coal. Owing to the smallness of its draught, it burns this coal in great perfection, keeping up a permanent and intense heat. The stove is sur- rounded by a brick chamber from which a brick flue is carried up to the second story, communicating by large pipes or apertures with all the principal rooms in the house. The air is admitted from the outside of the building, through a brick passageway down to the stove : a portion of it goes to maintain the combustion ; the rest being raritied by the heat of the stove, ascends rapidly through the flue, and maybe delivered at pleasure into any or all the apartments by opening the pipes or com- munications. The strong current of heated air thus obtained is suffi- cient to warm the largest rooms in a very short space of time. 3 The firm of Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., engravers, was established in Philadelphia, by George Murray, John ' The title-page of this pamphlet reads as follows: — The II Permanent Stereotype Steel Plate il with || Observations on its Impor- tance II and II an Explanation 1| of its || Construction and Uses |! C. Stebbins, printer || 1806 || ^ Gideon Fairman, who was associated with Jacob Perkins in the publication of these copy books, was an engraver in Newburyport at that date. In iSio, he re- moved to Philadelphia, and the next year was a member of the firm of Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co. ^ History of Boston, by Charles Shaw, pubhshed in 1817, pages 219 and 220. 368 HIS TOR V OF .\E II'B L 'A' 1 'FOR 7' Draper, and Gideon Fairman, previous to the declaration of war with Great Britain, in 1812, Charles Toppan of New- buryport was employed, in 18 14, to assist the firm in engrav- ing copper plates to be used in printing bank bills, and in 18 16 Mr. Perkins was induced to remove to that city.' Accompanied by Gideon Fairman of Philadelphia and Charles Toppan of Newburyport, Mr. Perkins w^ent to Lon- don in 1819 to introduce his stereotype plates, but was unable to induce the directors of the Bank of England to pay the sum asked for printing bills by his method. Although somewhat discouraged, he decided to remain in London and establish himself in business there. The next year, in company with Charles Heath and Gideon Fairman, he engraved and sold a large number of steel book-plates, and subsequently supplied the Bank of Ireland with stereotype plates on which its bank notes were printed. In 1822, "Jacob Perkins' Patent Hardened Steel Plates" were generally used for the illustration of books and the re- production of pictures and portraits. During the next two or three years his brother, Abraham Perkins, printed from these patent plates, in Newburyport, bills for most of the banks in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.- May 20, 1825, the editor of the Daily Herald, referring to this fact, reminded its readers, somewhat facetiously, that notwith- standing the cry of hard times, " there is more money made in Newburyport than in an)^ other town in the Common- wealth." In addition to the inventions described above, Jacob Per- kins devoted considerable time to the construction of a steam gun which he exhibited before a board of commissioners, con- 1 After the death of tleorge Murray, Mr. Topiian became a member of the firm, and the name was changed to Draper, Toppan, Longacre & Co. ; afterwards to Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. In 1858, the last-named firm combined with others to form the American Bank Note Company. 2 Newburj'port Herald, May 28, 1822. The brick building in which most of these bills were printed is still standing in the rear of the dwelling house No. 18 Fruit street, formerly owned by Jacob Perkins and afterwards by his brother Abraham. JACOB PERKINS. 3 7 o HIS TORY OF NE I VB C/A' ) TO/x' T sisting of the Duke of Wellington and other military and scientific gentlemen of England. He also made some impor- tant discoveries which ultimately led to a more economical use of coal in generating steam.' Postage stamps were first issued in England in May, 1840. Sir Rowland Hill, postmaster-general at that date, describing the engraving and printing of these stamps, states that the work was done substantially as follows : — The Queen's head was first engraved by hand on a single matrix : the efifigy being encompassed with hnes too tine for any hand, or even any IdlU the most dehcate machinery to engrave. The matrix being subse- quent) v liardened was emph:)ved to produce impressions on a soft steel roller of sulificient circumference to receive twelve; and this being hard- ened, in turn, was used under very heavy pressure to produce and repeat its counterpart, on a steel plate, to such an extent that this, when used in printing, produced at each impression two hundred and forty stands : all this being of course done, as machinists will at once perceive, accord- ing to the process invented by the late Mr. Perkins. - The half-tone print on the preceding page is reproduced from a lithograph owned by C. W. Ernst, esq., of Boston. This lithograph was drawn by Richard J. Lane, from a portrait painted previous to 1825, by Chester Harding. Duplicate copies of the lithograph are in the possession of Mr. Lawrence B. Gushing and Hon. Moses Brown of Newburyport. Jacob Perkins died July 30, 1849, '^'^ ^"^^ residence of his son, in Regents square, London.-' Abraham Perkins, son of Matthew and Jane (Dole) Per- kins, born in Newburyport May 4, 1768, married Elizabeth Knapp December 14, 1794, Rev. Thomas Gary officiating. Abraham and Elizabeth (Knapp) Perkins had seven sons, Anthony, Benjamin, Charles, Abraham, Nathaniel, Jacob and 1 Newburyport Herald, September 5, 1823 2 Life of Sir Rowland Hill, by his nephew, ( leorge B. Hill, volume I, page 406. ^ Newburyport Herald, September 21, 1849. A UTHOKS, A h' T/S 7'S AND ENGRA VERS 371 Thaddeus, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary Jane and Hannah, all born in Nevvburyport. The first-named daughter, Elizabeth, born May 22, 1805, married Rev. Randolph Campbell ; the second, Mary Jane, born September 5, 1 8 10, married Moses Brown ; and the third, Hannah, born April 19, 181 3, died on the thirteenth of September following. Abraham Perkins was a brother of Jacob Perkins, the in- ventor, and was interested with him in printing bank bills from patent steel plates. The business was established as early as 1808. In July of that year, Jacob Perkins gave a mortgage deed of his house and land on the northwesterly side of Fruit street to Charlotte Hamilton of Exeter, N. H., who conveyed the property to William B. Swett of Boston September 21, 181 5.' The brick building in which bank bills were printed was probably erected soon after that date, Abraham Perkins purchased the property September 11, 1832.' His wife died February 12, 183 i. He died April 2, 1839. Isaac Ames of Haverhill, administrator of the estate of Abraham Perkins, sold the land on the northwesterly side of Fruit street, Newburyport, with the buildings thereon, to Daniel Silloway, who subsequently conveyed the property to Daniel S. Poor.^ James Akin, born in South Carolina, was for several years clerk in the state department at Philadelphia, under Timothy Pickering. He afterward went to England, where he learned the art of engraving, and probably came to Newburyport in 1804, at the solicitation of Jacob Perkins, who was then at work perfecting his patent steel plates for printing bank bills. The following advertisement was published in the Newbury- port Herald April 27, 1804 : — ^ Essex Deeds, book 184, leaf 77. 2 Essex Deeds, book 266, leaf 99. ^ Essex Deeds, book 450, leaf 245, and book 450, leaf 240. 372 HIS TOR Y 01- NE WB UR YPOR T Engraving in General. The public is respectfully informed that the above business will be carried on ver)- extensively bv Ja.mes Akin, Newhurvport, who, having completed his professional studies in London under an eminent master, and since that time resided and followed his profession in Philadelphia (from which place the yellow fever has exiled him), flat- ters himself to be able to afford much satisfaction to those who may favor him with their commands. |r^^ Specimens may be seen in his possession which will testify his abilities, and more particularly in Bank Work, having executed the business for several Banks in the Southern states: he therefore solicits the attention of the Banks in New England, as there appears at present to exist a want for the security of bills. In the month of May following", Akin engi"a\-ecl a medal presented by the Merrimack Htimane Society to Captain Gage " for his efforts in saving the lives of two hundred persons when the ship Sarah was wrecked." He also engraved the frontispiece for a poem, in two parts, published by Joseph Story, in Salem in 1804, entitled "The Power of Solitude." In 1805, he had rooms over the bookstore of Thomas & Wliipple, in Market square,' where he engraved some maps and charts for Edmund M. Blunt, publisher of the American Coast Pilot. A dispute over some details of the work result- ed in a serious quarrel, and Blunt, seizing a heavy iron skillet, threw it at Akin. In revenge for this display of passion. Akin published a caricature called " Infuriated Despondency," representing Blunt in the act of throwing the skillet.- This engraving he sent to England, with instructions to have it reproduced by the manufacturers of crockery ware on pitch- ers, wash bowls and chamber vessels. A large number of these household utensils were imported and sold in Newbury- port, but most of them were purchased by the friends of ' Newburyport Herald, January 8, 1805. - The half-tone print on the opposite page is reproduced from an engraving now in the possession of Edward H. Little, Toppan street, Newbur^'port. INFURIATED DESPONDENCY , 374 ins TOR V OF NE IVB UK i '/'OK T Elunt and broken up. Only a few specimens have been pre- served by collectors of old crockery ware. He also reproduced this enij:raving on writing-book covers, as stated in the following advertisement : — Book Covers just published and for sale by James Akin, by the single sheet or hundred, three numbers of Plate I entitled No. i Turkeys, No. 2 Sailors Glee, No. 3 Infuriated Despondency, — calculated for Writing Book covers for children, and adapted with singular taste to amuse their juvenile fancy.' In July, 1805, Mr. Blunt entered a suit for libel against Akin, which was decided, after a long and bitter contest, in favor of the defendant, who subsequently published the fol- lowing notice in the Newburyport Herald : — " Secret History '" a la mode '• St. Cloud." As public curiosity has been greatly excited relative to the very pecu- liar situation in which I have been placed by a controversy of three years standing, and as rumor has caused much speculation in enquiries respecting my character, which from various causes has alternately be- come the theme of conversation at the fire-side, in the stage, and upon the ocean, perhaps with few or none of the connecting circumstances to ^ive truth its proper coloring, — I am actuated from a sense of duty which I owe to the reputation of my family and to my honor, to lay be- fore the public, with a rigid adherence to truth, minute details of the abuse of power that has been practiced towards me by imprisonment and unconstitutional demands for excessive bail, the effect of a shame- ful collusion oppressively intended and wickedly exercised for pretended offences presumed to have been committed by me against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, after all which the Grand Jury was discharged without finding a bill of indictment against me. " Vivat republica," " Vivent Le Laberte et L'Egalete."" As soon as I can conveniently remove to Philadelphia, it will be put to press, and shall contain the full value of One Dollar, at which price subscribers are solicited. 1 Newburyport Herald, June 25, 1805. A UTHORS, AR TIS TS AND ENGRA VERS 3 7 5 Many plates from entire new and original designs made expressly for the occasion shall accompany the work; and the politician, the morahst and the critic shall find a record of events as strange as they are true. James Akin. Author of the " Prairie Dog," " Infuriated Despondency," '• Bug a boo," &c &c.' In 1805, he engraved a full-length portrait of Lord Timo- thy Dexter, which was published January 31, 1806, as stated in the following advertisement : — Strange, Wonderful and Philosophic. The most noble Lord Timothy Dexter First in the East. This day published and for sale at the Bookstore of Thomas and Whipple, sign of Johnson's Head. Market Square, a full length portrait of this Eccentric Character with his Dog, engraved from Life, by James Akin.2 In addition to his work as an engraver, Akin painted in water colors, in 1807, the portrait of Thomas Leavitt of Hampton Falls, N. H., and the portrait of his wife Hannah (Melcher) Leavitt.^ The frontispiece of the " Newburyport Collection of Sa- cred, European Musick," pubhshed in 1807, was engraved by Akin.-t He also furnished designs for book-plates. In a letter, dated Newburyport, January 19, 1807, now in the possession of the Essex Institute, he enclosed the sketch of a book-plate intended for Ichabod Tucker of Salem, Mass. Three book-plates, exhibited at the Art museum in Boston in 1906, were credited to Akin, and described as follows :— 1 Newburyport Herald, November 14, 1806. 2 Newbui7port Herald, Januaiy 31, 1806, 3 Thomas Leavitt and his artist friend, James Akin, by Frank B. Sanborn, in Granite Monthly, October, 1898. i History of Newburyport (Currier), volume \, page 481. 376 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T Several books lying on a table. On the cover of one standing upright is the name of Peter A. Browne.' The arms and crest of Hector Coffin, bearing his name, with the motto. Exstant trcfe /actus praemia.- A pile of books, with inkstand and quill, and the name of Joseph S. Lewis on the topmost volume.? In 1807, the following" advertisement appeared in the New- btn'yport Herald : — To the Inhabitants of Newburvport : The public are respectfully informed of mv intention of removing to Philadelphia bv the way of New York, where, if uninterrupted health prevails, shall be traced -^w^. bitten with acid for their amusement some Phantasmagorial subjects. Those who benevolently encouraged my Little labors to prevent the blunt wearing of my points in Legal execu- tions will please accept my sincere thanks. I flatter myself that no distance will ever lessen the gratitude I feel and those endeavors to please which I have manifestly displayed on all occasions where I have been employed. [T^^ Claimants are requested to present their accounts for settlement, and should there be delays ni}' friend. Mr. Jacob l-^erkins, will receive applications in mv al)sence. Ja.mes Akin.4 In 1808, Akin returned to Philadelphia and notified the inhabitants of that city that he resided "just above the upper Ferry, over the Schuylkill, where he means to pursue his business." While England and France were at war, in 1809, he de- signed and published an engra\ing called " Jefferson milking the cow," representing Napoleon holding the horns of the restive animal and John Bull the tail, while Jefferson, takings advantage of the situation, is filling American pails and buck- ets with good, rich milk. ' American Book Plates (1894), page 118. - American Book Plates (1894), page 186. •^ American Book Plates ( 1894), page 236. ■" Newburj'port Herald, October 30, 1807. AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND ENGRAVERS The fourth vokime of the works of Benjamin Franklin, published in Philadelphia in 1809, by William Duane, has a portrait of the distinguished author engraved by Akin ; and the history of the Heathen Gods, published in Worcester, Mass., by Isaiah Thomas, illustrated by several artists, has six engravings by Akin, as follows : " Diana in hunting habit with a bow in her hand " ; " Saturn, holding a scythe in one hand and a serpent in the other " ; " Pan, god of the woods " ; " Cybele, seated in a chariot " ; "■ Momus, wearing his mask " ; and " Satyr, a sylvan demi-god, in human shape, with the legs, feet and tail of a goat." In 181 1, a picture of Venus and Cupid, " taken from living- models " painted by Jeremiah Paul, was exhibited " at the office of James Akin, engraver. No. 22 Mulberry, now Arch, street, Philadelphia." At a later date Akin published an engraving of two large, well-fed dogs, representing England and the United States, quarrelling over a bone marked " Oregon." During the last years of his life he had an apothecary store, where he sold drugs and medicines. He died in Philadelphia July 16, 1846, aged seventy-three. William Hooker was an engraver in Philadelphia in 1805, and probably came to Newburyport soon after that date. He engraved for Prince Stetson & Co., in 1807, an advertising- card or broadside, surmounted by a quaint and picturesque view of Wolfe tavern, as shown in the print on the next page.' This print is reproduced from a copper plate engrav- ing now in the possession of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Gideon Fairman was born June 26, 1774, in Fairfield county, Connecticut. He came to Newburyport and was associated with William Hooker in the publication of writing ' The statement on page 503 of " Ould Xewbuiy: " Biographical and Histori- cal Sketches, that James Akin engraved this view of Wolfe tavern," is probablv incorrect. ■^7'^i/m:ey &leLf07i m Respectfullt inform the Public. That they have put in complete wpair that wetl known Tu^i:rn, Formerly kept by M Davenport, SIG^NCF Jamie s WdjufeEs'^q^ State Street , Wliere thz:>se who favour them rrilh fheir custotrv shiiU tjcperkyice every covveniejice and attentw7i w/uch l/icy can cemmand. A I ^THORS, A R TIS TS AND ENGRA VERS 3 7 9. books for school children. In May, 1808, the firm of Hooker & Fairman filed, with the clerk of the district of Massachu- setts, the title of a book described as follows : — Large and round small text, round and running hand, Biographical copies with the component parts of the letters, an alphabet of Capitals- arranged according to their similarity, &c &c. Now engraving and will be published in a few days, as above, a new set of German Text Copies.' Nearly a month later Hooker and Fairman were engraving" '^ a new and improved chart of the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence " for Edmund M. Blunt, publisher of the Ameri- can Coast Pilot. 3 Gideon Fairman removed to Philadelphia in 1 8 10, and was afterwards junior member of the firm of Draper, Murray & Fairman, engravers. He died in that city in 1827. William Hooker probably rernained in Newburyport until 181 5 or later. He engraved a map of the eastern end of the Isle of Sable, a chart of Long Island Sound, and probably other maps and charts for the sixth edition of the American Coast Pilot, published by Edmund M. Blunt in 1809 ; also, several plates used to illustrate a poem, translated by John Hoole from the Italian of Torqueto Tasso, published in two volumes by Edward Little & Co. in 18 16. Soon after the last-named date Hooker removed to New York City, where he was associated with Edmund M. Blunt in publishing charts and manufacturing nautical instruments. He engraved many of the maps and charts for the tenth edition of the American Coast Pilot, published in 1822. The sixteenth edition of the New American Practical Navigator, published in New York in 1846, has several engravings by Hooker. He probably died in that city while the book was- being prepared for the press. ' Newburyport Herald, May 17, 1808. ^ Newburyport Herald, June 10, 1S08. CHAPTER XXV. PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS. The charitable funds, educational institutions, public parks and highways of Newburyport have been established or main- tained and improved by the donations and bequests of many public-spirited citizens. Brief biographical sketches of the men and women who have assisted in this philanthropic work will be found in the following pages. CONTRIBUTORS TO FUNDS IN AID OF THE POOR. Timothy Dexter, son of Nathan and Esther ( Brintnall) Dexter, was born in Maiden, Mass., January 22, 1747-8. He came to Newburyport in 1769, probably, and married, May 22, 1770, Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin Frothingham. He was fond of notoriety, and invented fabulous stories for the purpose of magnifying his wealth and imposing upon the credulity of his fellow-townsmen, as will more fully appear in the twenty-seventh chapter of this volume. He died October 22, 1806, leaving, by his will, the sum of two thousand dol- lars for the benefit of the poor of the town of Newburyport. This was probably the first bequest made by any person for any purpose to the inhabitants of Newburyport. Margaret (Ford) Atwood, daughter of Andrew and Sarah Ford, was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, May II, 1754. She married, June 30, 1793, Zachariah Atwood. He died July 19, 1796, leaving two sons, only one, however, living to the age of manhood. Margaret (P'ord) Atwood died June 15, 1832. Her will, dated August 2, 1830, and proved August 7, 1832, pro- vided for the payment of her just debts and funeral 380 PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 381 expenses, and gave to her son, Zachariah, during his Hfe, the use and improvement of her three-story brick dwelling house on the corner of Lime street and Ann, now Atwood street, Nevvburyport. The rest and residue of her estate, after the payment of certain legacies, was placed in trust, the income to be paid to the treasurer of the select- men of Newburyport for the benefit of the poor. It was also provided that all legacies terminated by law or by the death of the legatees, unless otherwise provided for, should be transferred to and become a part of the rest and residue.' Moses Merrill, treasurer of the town of Newburyport, re- ceived from the estate of Margaret (Ford) Atwood the sum of ten thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars, for which he gave a note, dated June i 5, 1837, '^'"'^ on the twelfth of December following he received, from the same estate, accrued interest on the above-named sum, amounting to eleven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-seven cents. ^ Lucy Maria Follansbee, daughter of Capt. Thomas M. and Hannah Follansbee, was born in Newburyport November 14, 181 5. Her father was for many years a member of the Newburyport Marine Society. He died January 9, 1821, leaving a widow and three daughters, Mary, Caroline and Lucy. Mary married Robert Brookhouse of Salem, Mass., in 1 840, and ten or fifteen years later Caroline and Lucy Maria Fol- lansbee removed to that city, where they established a home for themselves. Lucy Maria Follansbee, the survivor of her immediate family, died, unmarried, in Salem, in November, 1873, leaving to the city of Newburyport the sum of three thousand dol- lars, the annual income thereof to be expended by the mayor and aldermen in the purchase of fuel to be distributed among ' Essex Probate Records, book 408, leaf 389. "^ Essex Probate Records, book loi, leaves 133 and 325. 382 HI ST OR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T the worthy poor of the city. She also gave the sum of five thousand dollars to the Society for the Relief of Aged Fe- males, and two thousand dollars to the Newburyport Marine Society.' Rev. William Horton, D. D., son of James and Nancy (Bassett) Horton, was born in Newburyport March 14, 1805. He graduated at Harvard college in 1824, and six years later was ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant Episcopal church. September i, 1830, he married Mary Evadne, daughter of Hon. Ralph Hill French of Marblehead, Mass. For several years he was rector of St. Paul's church, Wind- sor, Vt., Trinity church, Saco, Me., St. Thomas' church, Dover, N. H., and St. Paul's church, Brookline, Mass. From September i, 1853, until his death, October 29, 1863, he was rector of St. Paul's church, Newburyport. In his will he provided for the payment of one-quarter part of his estate, after the death of his wife and mother, to the city of New- buryport, for the purchase of land and the erection of a com- modious almshouse.^ Richard W. Drown, son of Thomas and Comfort (Wig- gin) Drown, was born in South Newmarket, now a part of the town of Newfield, N. H., October 30, 1795. He came to Newburj^port when only fifteen or sixteen years of age, learned the trade of a clock and watch maker, and married, October 30, 1823, Miss Phebe Boardman. He had a shop on the northeasterly side of Merrimack street, opposite the foot of Green street, that he owned and occupied for many years. In 1842, he bought of Moses Merrill and Stephen W. Marston, trustees under the will of John Greenleaf, land on which he built the two-story frame dwelling house still stand- ing on the southeasterly corner of High and Court streets.^ ' Essex Probate Records, December 9, 1873. 2 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 245-247. * Essex Deeds, book 331, leaf 180. REV, WILLIAM HORTOX, D. D. 384 f^^S TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR 7 Mr. Drown died August 15, 1888. His will, dated June II, 1888, and proved on the tenth of September following, provided for the payment of several bequests, including the sums of two thousand dollars to the Howard Benevolent soci- ety and two thousand dollars to the Ladies' General Charita- ble society. He gave the use and improvement of the house and land on the corner of High and Court streets to his son Thomas S. Drown during his natural life, and after his decease to the North Congregational church and society, " to be used only for a parsonage for said church forever ; " and further provided " that no part of the land belonging to this piece of Real Estate be ever sold by said church, but be forever re- tained by them." All the residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, wherever it may be found, and of whatsoever it may consist, 1 order and direct that it be placed in a trust fund and invested in one or more New England city bonds or notes, or bonds of the United States, and the income from said fund to be paid to poor and indigent men bom in this country and residents of Newburyport, Mass., and fifty years of age and upwards, at the discretion of my Trustee hereafter named, and his successors in office forever. 1 order and direct the Trustee of this fund to render a yearly account to the Judge of Probate of Essex County of the condi- tion of the fund and a detailed account of the expenditure of the in- come. In the event of the death of the Trustee, or his resignation of the care of this trust, I refer the appointment of a successor, or succes- sors, with all the authority given to my Trustee herein named, to the Judge of Probate having jurisdiction over this will.' Albert W. Greenleaf was appointed trustee in September, 1888. He died January 3, 1899, and on the twenty-eighth of March following William F. Houston, the present trustee, was appointed. The income of the fund, amounting to about seven hun- dred dollars annually, is distributed among a large number of aged and worthy men, to whom it is of great assistance. ' Essex Probate Records, book 457, page 530. PHlLA/VrHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS CONTRIBUTORS TO SCHOOL FUNDS. 385 Moses Atkinson, son of Ichabod and Priscilla (Bailey) Atkinson, was born in Newbury September 22, 1734. He married. May 19, 1757, Mary Merrill of Rowley, Mass. She died August 16, 1780. For his second wife, he married, in 1 78 1, Sarah Hale of Hampstead, N, H, He died previous to July 5, 1 8 14, and by his will gave to the school district in which he had resided, in Newbury, a certain portion of his real and personal estate, ' ' for the support of a school for reading, writing, arithmetic, and English grammar." When a part of the town of Newbury was annexed to Newburyport, in 185 I, the property of "School District Number Two" was conveyed to the inhabitants of the city of Newburyport, to be kept and used for the purpose named in the will of the testator.' Moses Brown, son of Joseph and Abigail (Pearson) Brown, was born October 2, 1742, in that part of Newbury now within the limits of the town of West Newbury. He was for many years a prominent and influential merchant of Newbury- port, where he died February 9, 1827. By his will, he gave the sum of six thousand dollars for the use and support of a grammar school in Newburyport, and by a codicil provided that this fund should accumulate until the principal and inter- est amounted to fifteen thousand dollars, when the income should annually be appropriated and applied to the support of said school.^ Oliver Putnam, son of Oliver and Sarah (Lake) Putnam, was born in Newbury November 17, 1777. He attended school until fourteen or fifteen years of age, when he was employed as a clerk in the office of Farris & Stocker, mer- chants and importers, in Newburyport. He retained that po- sition for several years, and afterwards made several prosper- ous voyages as supercargo to the continent of Europe and ports in South America. Having acquired a small fortune. ' History of Newbury (Currier), pages 409 and 410. ' Ould Newbury " : Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 632-63; 2 i 386 HISTORY OP NEWBUKYPORT he decided, on account of ill health, to retire from business, and removed, in 1802, to Hampstead, N. H., where he pur- chased a small farm, and lived with his parents, his brother Thorndike and other members of his family, until his death, July 1 1, 1826.' During the last years of his life he devoted much time to the study of political and economic questions, and some of his essays relating to the protection of domestic industries were col- lected and published, in 1834, in a small volume entitled " Tracts on Sundry Topics of Political Economy." His library, although small, was well arranged and care- fully classified. He evidently had two book-plates, engraved at dif- BooK-PLATE. fcrcut datcs, as shown in the half- tone prints on this page. After his death, a certain portion of his estate was allowed to accumulate until it reached the sum of fifty thousand dollars, when it was paid by the executor of his will to a board of trustees, incorporated April 9, 1838, for the purpose of establishing and maintain- ing " a free English school BOOK-PLATE. ' Oliver Putnam, sr. , sold his dwelling house in Newbury in 1797, and removed to Haverhill, Mass. October i, 1799, he sold at auction "a building formerly occupied_as a Blacksmith's Shop near the hayscales, corner of High and Marlbo- rough streets, Newbury,"' also a pew and one-half of a pew in the Rev. Mr. Moore's meeting-house (Advertisement in the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette), {lis wife died in Hampstead, N. H., in 181 1, and he died there in 1818, PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 387 in Newburyport for the instruction of youth wherever they may belong." On the fifteenth of March, 1844, land on the northvvestei;}y corner of Green and High streets was purchased, and G. J. F. Bryant, architect, of Boston, was employed to draw the plans for a large and commodious school-house, which was erected there two or three years later. January 31, 1845, Roger S. Howard was appointed princi- pal of the school, but he resigned before the school-house was completed, and William H. Wells of Andover, Mass., was appointed, May 24, 1847, to fill the vacancy. In order to determine whether the testator by his will intend- ed to establish a school for the instruction of girls as well as boys application was made to the supreme court of the com- monwealth for an interpretation of the will. The court decided that the language used by the testator was broad enough to justify the trustees in establishing a school for both sexes. On the sixth and seventh of April, 1848, pupils were ex- amined for admission to the school. Only about one-half of those who appUed were admitted. Dedicatory exercises were held in the school building April 12, 1848, at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon.' The principal, William H. Wells, gave an interesting and appropriate address, which was fol- lowed by brief remarks from His Excellency George N. Briggs, governor of the commonwealth. The engraving on the next page, reproduced from an old wood cut, gives a view of the school building as it was in 1848. From April, 1848, to July, 1868, the following-named per- sons were instructors in the Putnam Free school : — William H. Wells, principal, from April, 1848,10 July, 1854. William M. Baker, " " Aug., 1854, to Aug., 1857. N. W. Metcalf, " " Aug., 1857, to Aug., 1859. Hylas T. Wheeler, " " Aug., 1859, to April, 1866. James P. French, " " Aug, 1866, to Oct., 1866. George N. Bigelow, " " Oct., 1866, to Aug., 1868. ' History of Newbmyport (Currier), volume I, pages 326-328. PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 389 Luther Dame, assistant, George C. Lincoln, " Jeremiah L. Newton, " David W. Hoyt, " Ira M. Moore, " David W. Hoyt, " John A. Douglass, " Joseph Boardman, " Mary Ann Shaw, preceptress, Marcia D. Kimball, '• Mrs. L. J. H. Russell, " Anna D. Reed, " Arexine G. Parsons, " Louisa P. Stone, " Jane Andrews, ■' Susan N. Brown, " Margaret Clarkson, " Caroline C. Andrews, assistant, Susan Simpson, " Margaret Clarkson, ■' Mary Q. Brown, ^ '• Mary Little Moody, " Nancy J. Bigelow, " from April, i84S,to April, 1S50. " May, 1850, to July, 1850. " Aug., 1850, to Nov., 1 85 1. " Dec, 1851, to March, 1853. " April, 1S53, to Nov., 1853. " Nov., 1853, to July, 1854. " Aug., 1854, to March, 1856. " April, 1856, to Nov., 1857. ■ •■ April, 1848, to July, 1851. " Aug., 1 85 I, to Nov., [851. " Dec, 1851, to March, 1853. " May, 1853, to July, 1853. " August, 1853, to July, 1S54. " Aug., 1854, to March, 1855. " AjDril. 1855, to July, 1855. " Sept., 1855, to April, 1866. " Sept., 1866. to Sept., 186s. '■ Sept., 1 85 1, lo Jul)-, 1852. •' Sept., 1852, to July, 1853, and April, 1855, to July, 1855. " May, 1S59, to Sept.. 1866. " Nov., 1862, to Nov., 1863. " April, 1866, to Nov., 1866. " Nov., 1866, to July, 1868. After a long controversy, the city council of the city of Newburyport and the trustees of the Putnam Free school agreed, in 1868, upon a plan uniting the Brown high, the Female high and the Putnam Free schools.^ Since that date the pupils in the Putnam Free School department have had the following-named instructors : 1 In addition to the assistant teachers named above, William II. Merrill was an instructor in the school for a few months i.i 1854, Edward D. Pritchard in 1855 and 1862, John W. Dodge in 1857, Austin Dodge in 1865 and Charles R. Cross in 1866. * Assistant teacher during the illness of her sister, Susan N. Brown, preceptress. •' For the details of this controversy see the mayor's message to the city council^ June I, 1868; also, editorial comments published in the Newburyport Herald August eleventh and twelfth, and a communication from Nathaniel Pierce, mayor, August 18, 1868. Owing to this long controversy, plans for enlarging the Putnam Free School building were delayed somewhat, but during the fall and winter the alterations and additions were made, as shown in the half-tone print on the ne.xt page. PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 391 Sylvester Burnham, principal, from Aug., 1868, to Aug., i86g. Amos H. Thompson, " " Sept., 1869, to Oct., 1881. Laroy F. Griffin, " " Dec, 1881, to Jan., 1882. George E. Gay, " " Jan., 1882, to Nov., 1883. Charles D. Seelye, " " Dec. ,1883, to Sept., 1885. Enoch C. Adams, ■' " Oct.. 1885, to July, 1896. George A. Dickey, " '• Aug., 1896, to Aug., 1899. Walter E. Andrews. " " Oct., 1 899, to the present time. Margaret Clarkson, preceptress, •' Sept., 1868, to Aug, 1889. Sarah W. Pike, assistant, " Aug., 1868, to Aug., 1891. Ehzabeth G. Bigelow, •' " Sept., 1883, to Sept., 1885. Mary RouLstone Bond, " " Sept.. 1S89, to April, 1898. Harriet C. Piper,' " " Nov., 1 891, to June, 1904. Bertha May Stiles,^ " " Nov., 1 891, to July, 1892. Isabella H. Howe, " •• May, 1898, to August, 1899. CHo M. Chilcott, •' " Sept., 1899, to Sept., 1908. Bertha Bonart, » » June, 1904, to Sept., 1908. Elizabeth A. Towle, " " Sept. 29, 1908, to the present time. Mabel L. Hayes, " " Sept. 29, 1908, to the present time. For three or four years after the resignation of Mr. Thomp- son as principal, the scholarship and discipline of the united schools was very unsatisfactory, owing to a lack of harmony among the teachers and other incidental causes. The appointment of Enoch C. Adams, however, in October, 1885, led to the introduction of new and improved methods of teaching and the adoption of a higher standard of scholar- ship. He had charge of the consolidated school for eleven years, and his resignation in 1896 was accepted with great regret, as stated in the following tribute of respect placed on record by the trustees of the Putnam Free school : — ^ Mr. Adams took charge of the school when its condition was unsatis- factory, and by his superior ability and discretion promptly succeeded in raising it to a high standard of excellence. With ample scholariy equip- ^ Miss Piper was granted leave of absence in May, 1897, and Miss Sarah L. Merrill was employed as an assistant in her place for one year. * One-half the salary paid to Miss Stiles was by special agreement charged to the Putnam Free School fund, and one-half to the city of Newburyport. 3 Mr. Enoch C. Adams is now principal of the high school in Newton, Mass. 392 ^ffS rOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T ment, he has shown rare energy and capacity for the organization and wise direction of such an institution. His character and conscientious devotion to his duty have commanded the entire respect and confidence of his pupils, his assistants, of this Board of Trustees, and of the people of Newburyport and vicinity whose sons and daughters constitute the membership of the united Newburyport High and Putnam Free Schools. It is with profound regret that we accept his resignation, not only because we are to be deprived of the benefit of his professional services, but also because we feel that his departure is a distinct loss to our social, political, and religious life. In 1902, the city of Newburyport, b\- right of eminent domain, took possession of the land and btiilding owned by the trustees of the Putnam Free school. Extensive repairs and alterations were made for the better accommodation of the male and female high schools, and the instruction of pupils connected with the Putnam Free school was provided for by a new agreement, which has been annually renewed from August, 1902, to the present time. William Wheelwright, son of Ebenezer and Anna (Coombs) Wheelwright, was born March 16, 1798, in a house then standing on the easterly side of Water street, at the head of Coombs' wharf, near Lime street. He attended the pub- lic schools in Newburyport, and completed his education at Phillips' academy in Andover, Mass. When only sixteen years of age he shipped as cabin boy on board a vessel bound to the West Indies, and soon became a subordinate ofTficer and afterward captain of the vessel. In 1823, he was in command of the ship " Rising Empire " when she was wrecked off the coast of South America, near the mouth of the river La Plata. A few months later he sailed as super- cargo in a vessel bound from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso. In 1825, he was appointed United States consul at Guayaquil, then the most important port on the Pacific coast. Returning to Newburyport in 1828, he married, February 10, 1829, Martha Gerrish, daughter of Edmund and Zilpah (Gerrish) PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 393 Bartlet, and a few weeks later sailed, with his wife, in a small vessel from New York for the Isthmus of Panama, and thence to Guayaquil, where he found the business firm with which he was connected involved in serious financial difficulties, owing to the mismanagement of a partner. In order to re- trieve his shattered fortune Mr. Wheelwright removed to Valparaiso, Chile, and devoted his time and attention to the development of local industries, the organization of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company and the establishment of a line of steamers to and from the Isthmus of Panama, connecting Valparaiso with the continent of Europe. Subsequently, he became interested in a plan to unite the Pacific and Atlantic coast by a railway over the mountain range that separates Chile from the Argentine Republic. Unable to secure the co-operation of the Chilian government, Mr. Wheelwright decided to remove to Buenos Ayres, where, after three years of persistent labor, he succeeded in obtaining grants of land and other concessions that led to the organization of the Grand Central Argentine Railway Company and the con- struction of the road from Rosario on the Parana river, one hundred and eighty-nine miles above Buenos Ayres, to Cor- dova, Central Argentina, a distance of two hundred and forty- six miles. He afterwards organized the Ensenada Railway Company, and built the road connecting the bay or port of Ensenada with the city of Buenos Ayres. On account of ill health, he decided, in May, 1873, to visit England and take medical advice. The voyage seemed to strengthen and invigorate him, but during the summer he grew weaker, and died in London September 26, 1873. On the seventeenth of October following he was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, Newburyport.' 1 Life and Industrial Labors of William Wheelwright in South America, by Senor J. B. Alberdi; History of Essex County, compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, volume n, pages 1820- 1826; " Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 65 1-658; The Arena, December, 1906, pages 591-602, and Januaiy, 1907, pages 31-38; and History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 329. WII.T.IAM WHEELWRIGHT. PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 395 Two-ninths of his estate was placed in the hands of trus- tees, " the income to be applied to the assistance of such Protestant young men of the city of Newburyport as the said trustees shall consider deserving and meritorious, in obtaining a scientific education." Since 1882, the graduates of the Newburyport high school, wishing to continue their studies in chemistry, mineralogy or civil engineering, have had their tuition and other expenses paid at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, the Lawrence Scientific school and similar institutions, by the trustees of the Wheelwright fund. This fund now amounts to four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, — a sum exceeding the total amount of all other donations and bequests to the city of Newburyport, including gifts to the Public library, the Anna Jaques hospital and other public institutions. The half-tone print on the opposite page is reproduced from a portrait of Mr, Wheelwright in the possession of the trustees of the Wheelwright fund. Robert Noxon Toppan, son of Charles and Laura Ann (Noxon) Toppan% was born in Philadelphia October 17, 1836. He graduated at Harvard college in 1858, and after- wards attended the law school at Columbia college. June 4, 1 86 1, he began the practice of law in New York City, but the next year closed his office and went to Europe, where he remained with his father, mother and other members of his family for ten or fifteen years. He married, October 6, 1880, Sarah Moody Cushing, daughter of William and Sarah Moody (Stone) Cushing, and lived in Newburyport for two or three years after that date, when he removed to Cambridge, Mass. February 17, 1887, he gave to the city of Newbury- port the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the income to be awarded annually " to the member of the senior class of the Brown high, the Female high, and Putnam Free schools, 1 Charles Toppan was a native of Newburyport, and for many years president of the American Bank Note Company. 396 HI ST OR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T now consolidated, who shall pass the best examination in the fundamental principles of the constitution of the United States and of the local governments." Mr. Toppan died in Cambridge May lo, 1901, leaving a widow and three children. He was buried in Oak Hill cem- etery, Newburyport. CONTRIBUTORS TO STREET AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS. John Bromfield, son of Henry and Margaret (Fayer- weather) Bromfield, was born in Boston January 6, 1743. He probably came to Newburyport soon after the incorporation of the town in 1764, and married. May 3, 1770, Ann Rob- erts, daughter of Robert Roberts. June 9, 1771, he pur- chased of his father-in-law, Robert Roberts, a lot of land on the southeasterly side of King, now Federal, street, near the corner of a two-rod way, now Prospect street.' On this lot of land he erected a dwelling house, where he lived for ten or twelve years. In 1794, after his removal from Newbury- port, he conveyed the whole or part of this land, " bounded by land owned by the town of Newburyport where the work house stands," to Sarah Roberts, and in 1798 gave a quit- claim deed of the property to Alice, wife of Stephen Hooper.^ John Bromfield, jr., second son and fourth child of John and Ann (Roberts) Bromfield, was born in Newburyport April 7, 1779. He was fitted for college at Dummer Acad- emy, but did not apply for admission to Harvard on account of ill health. He became interested in commercial pursuits, and made several voyages, as supercargo, to Europe and the East Indies, accumulating a large fortune, which he carefully invested. Living in Boston during the last years of his life, he gave, in 1845, to the Boston Athenaeum, of which he was a member, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. He died in that i Essex Deeds, book 133, leaf 172. 2 Essex Deeds, book 157, leaf 224, and book 164, leaf 200. PHILAXTHROPIS TS AND BENEFA C TORS 397 city December 8, 1849, unmarried, and was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, Newburyport. His will, proved January 14, 1850, provided for the distri- bution of more than one hundred thousand dollars to various charitable and benevolent societies in Boston and vicinity, and also authorized and directed " that the sum of ten thousand dollars be invested at interest in the Hospital Life Insurance Company, in the city of Boston, so and in such manner as that the selectmen, or other duly authorized agents of the town of Newburyport for the time being, may, annually, re- ceive the interest which shall accrue or become payable for or in respect of said deposit ; and I direct that by or in behalf of said town, the interest so received shall be annually ex- pended, one-half in keeping the sidewalks in the public streets of said town in good order, and the other half in the planting and preserving trees in said streets for the embellishing and ornamenting of said streets for the pleasure and comfort of the inhabitants." These bequests have been of great benefit to the commu- nity where he resided for many years, and especially to the town where he was born and begun his business career. When a part of Newbury was annexed to Newburyport, in 185 I, South street, the dividing line between the two towns, was planted with shade trees, the sidewalks repaired, and the name changed to Bromfield street, in honor of John Brom- field, the sagacious merchant and benefactor of the town. Michael Hodge Simpson, son of Paul and Abigail (Hodge) Simpson, was born in Newburyport November 15, 1809. He completed his education at an early age, and was employed in the commission house of Adams & Emery of Boston for two or three years, and, after that firm was dissolved, by Jonathan Emery & Son, who continued the business. He was allowed to send ventures on his own account to foreign ports, and so laid the foundation of his future business career. When only twenty years of age he had established himself in the general 398 HIS TOR Y OF NE \VB UK YPOR T commission business at No. 38 India wharf, Boston/ and subsequently, in company with George Otis, son of Harrison Gray Otis, began the imj^ortation of hides, horns and wool from Calcutta and South America. In 1837, he was elected agent of the woolen mills at Saxon- ville, Mass., organized under the name of the New England Worsted Company, and held that position until the wide- spread financial disasters of 1857 caused the failure of the company. With the assistance of some friends, he purchased the mills, which, under his sole management, were remarka- bly prosperous, and led to the building of the Roxbury Carpet Mills a few years later. He retained the management of these two large manufacturing enterprises until his death. Mr. Simpson married, December 24, 1832, Elizabeth D., daughter of Jeremiah Kilham of Boston. She died, leaving three children, one son and two daughters. In September, 1880, Mr. Simpson built a plank road on Plum island, extending from the hotel to the seashore, and in November of that year erected a cottage near the beach, which he occupied during the summer months. He gave twenty-five hundred dollars for the improvement of Bartlet mall, eighteen thousand dollars for the enlargement of the Public Library building, and at his death bequeathed the sum of twenty thousand dollars to the city of Newburyport, the annual income to be expended in sprinkling the streets. He married, June 1,1882, at his residence in Saxonville, Miss Evangeline Marrs of Saxonville, Rev. Lucius R. East- man of Framingham officiating. He died at his residence in Boston December 22, 1884, leaving no children by his second wife. His portrait, painted by Edgar Parker of Boston, was pre- sented to the Newburyport Public library two or three months previous to his death. 1 Advertisement in Xewbur^'port Herald, February 19, 1830. PHILAXTIIROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 399 Eunice (Atkinson) Currier, daughter of Matthias and Abigail (Bayley) Atkinson, was born in Newbury September 29, 1782.' She married, September 15, 1835, Moses Coffin Currier, a widower with three sons, Moses Atkinson, John and Leonard. Her husband died September 23, 1858. She died May 18, 1873, and gave, in her will, to the city of Newburyport, upon certain conditions, several acres of land on High street, near the junction of Moseley and Storey ave- nues and the Ferry road, so called, " to be known forever as Atkinson Common."" In addition to the gifts and bequests named above, several statues, drinking fountains, tablets and other memorials of value have been presented to the city of Newburyport by the following-named persons. Daniel Ingalls Tenney, son of Richard and Ruth (In- galls) Tenney, was born in Newburyport May 2, 1800, and gave, in 1877, the bronze lamp-posts, with plate-glass lan- terns, that stand in front of City hall, and, in 1879, the statue of Washington at the southeasterly end of Bartlet mall. Mr. Tenney was for twenty-five or thirty years a wholesale and re- tail dealer in silver ware and jewelry in New York City, where he died, unmarried, November 23, 1881. William H. Swasev, son of Henry S. and Sarah (Rogers) Swasey, who gave the statue of William Lloyd Garrison, in Brown square, designed and modeled by David M. French of Newburyport, was born in Thomaston, Maine, May 15, 1823, and came with his father, mother and brothers to Newbury- port when he was only seventeen years of age. He found employment as shipping clerk with the firm of John Wood & ' Matthias Atkinson was a soldier in Capt. Moses Little's company that marched from Newbury, April 19, 1775, to re-inforce the colonial troops at Lexington and Concord. He was a lineal descendant of John Atkinson, who settled in Newbury in 1662. '•^ History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 219-221. 400 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T Son, and four or five years later begun business at the corner of Ferry wharf and Water street, in company with Eben Sumner, removing to the brick store at the corner of Com- mercial wharf and Water street in 1854, when Warren Cur- rier was admitted to a partnership in the business, and the firm-name changed to Sumner, Swasey & Currier. Twenty years later, Mr. Swasey was interested, with Elisha P. Dodge, in the manufacture of ladies' boots and shoes, and is now treasurer of the Towle Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1880, for the manufacture of silver ware. In addition to the statue of Garrison presented to the city, Mr. Swasey has aided the Belleville Improvement society, the Soldiers' Monument association, the South End reading room, and other organizations, with liberal gifts of money, and has devoted much time to the study of local history. He married, October 20, 1852, Susan, daughter of James and Susan Babson of West Newbury, Mass. She died in Newburyport February i, 1907, leaving no children. Mrs. Ann E. Taggard of East Boston gave, in 1898, the drinking fountain at the corner of High and Auburn streets, in memory of her husband, Cyrus Henry Taggard. William Henry Bartlett, son of Henry A. and Hannah (Bishop) Bartlett, was born in Newburyport September 30, 1842. He enlisted, in 1862, in company A of the forty- eighth Massachusetts regiment, under the command of Col. Eben F. Stone. His term of service having expired in July, 1863, he re-enlisted, and served in company B, at the head- quarters of the Department of the Gulf, until July 30, 1864. He was afterwards a school teacher in Worcester, Mass., where he resided until his death, July 5, 1904. He provided in his will for the erection of a fountain in Gushing park, at a cost not to exceed five hundred dollars. The fountain was completed and dedicated with an appropriate address by Nathan N. Withington, esq., June 16, 1906. PHILANTHROPISTS AND BENEFACTORS 401 The fountain in the centre of Frog pond was given to the city of Newburyport in 1891, by Edward S. Moseley, in memory of his father, Ebenezer Moseley, who was a promi- nent lawyer in the town from 1805 to 1850, and interested in the enlargement and improvement of Bartlet mall at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The drinking fountain at the junction of Storey and Mose- ley avenues and the Ferry road, so called, was the gift of John T. Brown, in 1894, in memory of his wife, Ellen T. Brown. The drinking fountain at the corner of High and Toppan streets was presented to the city in 1897 by Paul A. Merrill. The monument to the soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil war, designed and modeled by Mrs. Theo Alice (Rug- gles) Kitson, wife of Henry Hudson Kitson of Boston, was erected on Atkinson common by an association of represen- tative citizens, and dedicated July 4, 1902.' The contributors to the funds held for the benefit of the charitable and benevolent societies, for the old ladies' home, the old men's home, the Anna Jaques hospital, the Homoeo- pathic hospital, the young men's and the young women's Christian associations and other organizations, are too nu- merous to be printed in this volume, but the names of the generous donors will be found in the published reports of the above-named societies. ' History of Newbur)-port (Currier), volume I, pages 220 and 221. CHAPTER XXVL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBI.IC LIBRARY FUND. In September, 1854, Hon. Josiah Little gave five thousand dollars to the city of Newburyport for the purpose of estab- lishing a free public library for the use of the inhabitants of Newbury, West Newbiuy and Newburyport, and Hon. Charles Jackson and Col. Samuel Swett of l^oston gave a large and valuable collection of books and pamphlets for the same purpose. These and other contributors who have made the library what it is to-day are entitled to unqualified praise for their disinterested benevolence. Who they were and what they did to promote and encourage the study of literature and art in this community is briefly told in the following" bio- graphical sketches. Josiah Little, son of Col. Josiah and Sarah (Toppan) Little, was born in Newbury January 13, 1791. He gradu- ated at Bowdoin college in 181 1, and married, January 24, 1 814, Sophronia Balch, daughter of John Balch of Newbury- port. Although the owner of large tracts of land in Maine and New Hampshire, he was interested in various manufac- turing enterprises, and devoted considerable time and atten- tion to the development of local industries. Li 1839 ^^^'^ 1840, he was a member of the Massachusetts senate, and in 1854 became interested in a plan to establish a free public library in Newburyport, and gave the municipal authorities the sum of five thousand dollars to be devoted to the purchase of books. A room on the northwesterly side of City hall was fitted up for the use of the library, and dedicated with appropriate exercises September 5, 1855. The half-tone print 402 CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND 403 on this page is reproduced from a photograph taken soon after the last-named date. Mr. Little died February 5, i860, leaving no children. His widow, Sophronia (Balch) Little, died June 24, 1872. HON. JOSIAU LllTLK Charles Jackson, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Tracy) Jackson, was born in Newburyport May 31, 1775. He grad- uated at Harvard college in 1793, and read law for three years in the office of Theophilus Parsons. In 1795, he mar- ried Amelia Lee, daughter of Joseph Lee of Salem, Mass., and in 1 796 opened a law office in Newburyport, where he 4 04 HIS TOR V OF NE IV B UR YPOR T resided until 1803, when he removed to Boston. His wife, Amelia (Lee) Jackson, died in 1809, and, in December, 18 10, he married his second wife, Frances Cabot, daughter of John Cabot of Beverly, Mass. In 18 1 3, he was appointed associate-justice of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, and held that office for ten years, resigning in 1823 on account of ill health. Several years later he resumed the practice of law in Boston, and in 1854 gave to the city of Newburyport a large collection of books and pamphlets for the library founded by Hon. Josiah Little. He died in Boston December 13, 1855.' Samuel Swett, son of Dr. John Barnard and Charlotte (Bourne) Swett, was born in Newburyport June 9, 1782. He graduated at Harvard college in the year 1800, and read law with Hon. Jeremiah Smith of Exeter, N. H., and afterwards with Hon. Charles Jackson and Hon. Edward St. Loe Liver- more. He was admitted to the Esse.x bar in 1805, and began the practice of law in Salem, Mass., where he married, August 25, 1807, Lucia Gray, daughter of William Gray. In 18 10, he removed to Boston, and became interested in mercantile affairs. For more than thirty years he was a member of the firm of William B. Swett & Co., and during that time was a frequent contributor to the newspapers of the day. At a later date he published historical and topographical sketches of the battle of Bunker hill, and several other pamphlets of local historical interest. In 1854 he gave to the city of Newburyport a valuable collection of books and pamphlets for the use of the Public library established in September of that year. He died in Boston October 28, 1866.- ' Memoirs of Dr. James Jackson, by Dr. James Jackson Putnam, pages98-l27; also, page 269 of this volume. - New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXI, pages 374 and 375. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND 405 Matthias Plant Sawyer, son of Dr. Moses and Hannah (Little) Sawyer, was born in Newbury July 11, 1788. His father died August 5, 1799, and his mother married, July 3, 1807, Col. James Burnham, and removed with her children to Portland, Maine. Matthias Plant Sawyer lived in that city for six or eight years, and then became interested in commer- cial affairs in Boston, where he accumulated a handsome prop- erty. He owned and occupied for many years a large three- story brick dwelling house, on the corner of Park and Beacon streets, with an unobstructed view of the state house and Boston common. He died, unmarried, March 31, 1857, and by the terms of his will gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of five thousand dollars, the income to be used in the purchase of books for the Public library. George Peabody, son of Thomas and Judith (Dodge) Peabody, was born February 18, 1795, in South Danvers, now Peabody, Mass. When only fifteen or sixteen years of age he came to Newburyport and was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store on State street, kept by his brother David Peabody and Samuel Swett, under the firm -name of David Peabody & Co. Soon after the disastrous fire that destroyed much valuable property in Newburyport, in 181 i, he decided to accompany his brother. Gen. John Peabody, to George- town, D. C, and sailed for that port May 4, 1812, in the brig Fame. In 1814 he returned to Newburyport on a visit, which lasted several months, during which time he boarded at Lock's Hotel, on the corner of State and High streets. Capt. Blakely and other officers of the U. S. sloop-of-war Wasp, then fitting for a cruise, were at the same hotel. Capt. Blakely married at this time and brought his wife to the hotel from her native place at Santa Cruz.' February 22, 18 14, the Wasp sailed for Portsmouth, N. H., where she received her armament and sailed again in 1 Newburyport Herald, January 29, 1863. 4 o6 HISTOR Y OF NE IVB UR YPOR T April for a cruise on the English coast. A few months later, George Peabody, in company with Elisha Riggs, began business as a wholesale dealer in dry-goods in Alexandria, D. C. The firm removed to Baltimore, Md. , in 1 8 1 5, and sub- sequently established branch houses in New York and Phila- delphia. In 1837, he was the senior partner of the firm of George Peabody & Co., bankers and brokers, in London, and soon became a large dealer in American securities. In 1856, he returned to the United States for a brief visit, and on the second of October attended the Essex County Agricultural fair in Nevvburyport. He arrived at the railroad station, near the head of State street, on the morning of that day, and was received by a committee of citizens, — ex-mayor Moses Daven- port, chairman, — and escorted to the fair grounds, and after- wards to the meeting-house of the First Religious Society on Pleasant street, where an eloquent address was delivered by Major Ben : Perley Poore, of West Newbury. At the close of the exercises in the meeting-house, dinner was served in a large tent erected on land belonging to the estate of Moses Brown, at the corner of High and State streets, but Mr. Peabody, on account of other engagements, was unable to participate in the festivities of that occasion. In 1866, he gave fifty thousand dollars to the Peabody In- stitute in Danvers ; one hundred and fifty thousand to Yale, and the same amount to Harvard college. His donations to various charitable and educational institutions in the United States and England amounted to eight million dollars. February 20, 1867, he gave to the Newburyport Public library the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the income to be applied to the purchase of standard works, by the best au- thors, on topics of general interest.' At the request of some of his personal friends, he gave a portrait of himself, painted ' In a letter from Mr. Peabody, published in the Newburyport Municipal Regis- ter, the terms and conditions of this gift are clearly stated, and suggestions made in regard to the organization of a board of trustees to receive and expend the income. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND 407 by an English artist in 1869, to the directors of the library." Mr. Peabody died in London November 4, 1869. An English ship-of-war, convoyed by two armed vessels, one detailed for that purpose by the president of the United States, the other by the emperor of France, brought his body to Portland, Maine, where it lay in state for two or three days, and was then taken to Peabody, Mass., where, after a solemn funeral service in the old South meeting-house, it was buried in Harmony Grove cemetery, while a violent north- east snow storm was raging. John Merrill Bradbury, son of Ebenezer and Nancy (Merrill) Bradbury, was born in Newburyport October 29, 1 81 8. He attended the Latin high school, and was after- wards a pupil at Dummer academy, completing his education at Dickinson college in Carlisle, Pa. He married, August 28, 1843, Sarah Ann, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Sargent) Hayes of Gloucester, and for several years after that date was a teacher in one of the public schools of Newburyport. In 1849, he accepted a clerkship in the treasury department at the state house in Boston, and afterwards held, for fifteen or eighteen years, an important and responsible position with the firm of Gilmore, Blake &; Ward, bankers. Accompanied by his wife, he visited England, Scotland, Ireland and the continent of Europe in 1868, returning to Boston in 1871, suffering from a severe lameness that result- ed in a surgical operation and the loss of one of his feet by amputation. January 20, 1875, he purchased an estate in Ipswich, Mass., where he resided until his death, March 21, 1876, leaving a widow, but no children. By his will, dated May 19, 1873, and proved April 17, 1876, he gave to the Public library of Newburyport the sum of one thousand dollars. Charles W. ^ History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 526. 4o8 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Tuttle, esq., in a brief obituary notice of Mr. Bradbury, wrote as follows : — • His chief delight and interest were in the history and antiquities of New England. He had a keen relish for antiquarian research, and never lost an opportunity to add to his stock of this kind of informa- tion. He was as familiar as one could well be with the local history of both banks of the Merrimac River, where the early settlements were made. His ancestors for six and seven generations had lived and died there, and he knew the history of each generation with marvellous accu- racy and fullness. He had gathered local traditions and examined ancient records till he was master of the history and genealogy of all, or nearly all. the old families between Haverhill and Plum Island.' Joseph A. Frothingham, son of Stephen and Hannah (Johnson) Frothingham, was born in Newburyport April 25, 1804. He was a druggist in Salem, Mass., for several years. In September, 1832, he married Martha, daughter of Thomas and Betsey Beck of Portland, Maine, and soon after that date returned to Newburyport and opened a drug store near the corner of Market and Merrimack streets. From 1833 to i860 he was a dry-goods merchant and occupied a store, afterwards occupied by his son, Joseph A. Frothingham, jr., on the northwesterly side of State street, near Threadneedle alley. His wife died January i, 1854; and he died Septem- ber 22, 1880. By his will, proved November i, 1880, he gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of one thousand dollars, the income to be used for the purchase of books for the Public library. Sarah Ann Green, daughter of Silas and Sarah Green, was born in Newburyport November 19, 181 3. When only sixteen years of age she was employed as a teacher in a private school in Dover, N. H., and afterwards in a private school in that part of Newbury knov^n as Belleville. In 1843, she was appointed one of the assistant teachers in the New- ' New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXXI, page 372. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND 409 buryport Female high school, which position she retained until July, 1868. She resided in a house, built by her grandfather more than a century ago, on the northwesterly side of Top- pan's lane, near High street. She died, unmarried, February 9, 1882. By her will she gave two thousand dollars to the Newburyport Public library. John Ouincv Ada:sis Williams, son of Abraham and Ann Williams, was born in Newburyport March 28, 1823. When only seventeen years of age he was employed as clerk by the firm of Bangs & Brewer, on Long wharf, Boston, and was afterwards engaged in business with his brother, under the firm-name of George W. A. and John O. A. Williams. He married, December 15, 1858, in Boston, Hannah M., daugh- ter of William H. and Martha (Brickett) Moody, and died December 14, 1886, leaving one daughter, who married Ed- ward Atkins of Boston. By the second codicil of his will, proved in the probate court for Suffolk county January 31, 1887, he gave, in memory of his father, the sum of one thousand dollars to the Newburyport Public library, to be known as the "Abraham Williams' fund ". Rev. William Oxnard Moselev, son of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Oxnard) Moseley, was born in Newburyport April 27, 181 5. He graduated at Harvard in 1836, studied for the ministry, was pastor of a Unitarian church in Burlington, Vt., two or three years later, and afterwards in South Scituate and Chelsea, Mass. He married, October 26, 1847, Caroline Louisa Fairbanks, daughter of Hon. Stephen Fair- banks of Boston. She died in September, 1856. P^or his second wife he married, January 15, 1868, Julia Maria Hale, daughter of Joseph W. and Julia Ann (Todd) Hale of New- buryport. He died in Newburyport February 10, 1894, and provided in his will that the sum of ten thousand dollars should be set aside as a trust fund, the income to be paid to his sister, Mrs. Lucy Jones (Moseley) Muzzey, during 4IO HISTORY 01- NEWBURYPORT her life, " and at her death the principal to be paid to the Newburyport Public Library."' He also provided that the sum of three thousand dollars should be paid to the Howard Benevolent society, and the same amount to the General Charitable society of Newburyport. WiLi.iAM Cleaves Todd, son of Ebenezer and Betsey (Kimball) Todd, was born in Atkinson, N. H., February 16^ 1823. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1844, and afterwards taught school in Shepherdsville, Ky., for eighteen months. He visited Europe in 1848, and after his return was principal of the Atkinson academy for six years, resign- ing in 1854 to take charge of the Female high school in New- buryport. By fortunate investments in stocks and bonds, he realized a sum sufficient to enable him to live independent of his salary, and resigned his position as principal of the Female high school in 1864. After that date he resided for three years in Atkinson, N. H., during the summer, and in Wash- ington, D. C, during the winter months. In 1867, he made his second trip to Europe, remaining there until 1870. In 1879, he again visited Europe, and traveled extensively in Norway and Sweden. Returning to New England, he divided his time chiefly between Atkinson, N. H., and Newburyport,. Mass., writing occasionally for the magazines and newspapers of the day biographical and historical sketches, which he afterwards collected and published in one volume under the title of " Biographical and Other Articles." In March, 1870, a reading room in connection with the Newburyport Public library was established, at his suggestion, and from that date until March, 1881, he gave three hundred dollars annually for the purchase of newspapers and magazines, increasing the amount of his gift to three ' Lucy Jones Moseley, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (C^xnard) Moseley, was born in Newburyport July 5, 181 7. She married Rev. Artemas Bowers Muz- zey October 23, i860, and a few years later removed to Cambridge, Mass., where she died November 30, 1891. CONTKIBUTORS TO THE PC ft L/C LIBRARY TCXD ^n hundred and seventy-five and afterward to four hundred dol- lars per annum, until April 2, 1900, when he generously donated the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, the income to be expended annually in providing papers and periodicals for the reading room of the Public library. Mr. Todd died, unmarried, in Atkinson, N. H,, June 26, 1903.' John Raxd Spring, son of Capt. John Hopkins and Sarah Ann Spring, was born in Newburyport August 5, 1824. He was a student at Dummer academy for two or three years, and entered Bowdoin college in 1841, but remained there less than twelve months, returning to Newburyport, and thence to New York City, where he was employed as bookkeeper by a firm engaged in the wholesale dry-goods trade. A few years later he married Fanny M. Corey of Utica, N. Y., and estab- lished a home for himself and wife in Michigan, and after- wards in San Francisco, California. Returning to Newburyport in 1859, he purchased a house on Broad street, near the corner of High street, where he lived until 1862, when he went again with his wife to San Francisco, and subsequently became a large owner of real estate in that city. He did not return to Newburyport, ex- cept for a brief visit ten or fifteen years later. His wife died in San Francisco March 17, 1898, and in April, 1900, he gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of twenty thousand dollars, the income to be expended in the purchase of books for the Public library. He died April 12, 1906, leaving no children, except a daughter, — now Mrs. Dr. Conrad Weil, — adopted several years previous to the death of his wife. By his will, proved July 13, 1906, in the superior court of the state of California, for the city and county of San Francisco,^ he gave to six benev- ' For further details see biographical sketch of William Cleaves Todd published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LIX, pages 41- 45; also, History of Newbur^'port (Currier), volume I, pages 243 and 526 note. 2 Number 45S in the record of the superior court. JOIIN RAM) Sl'KlNC. CONTRIBrrORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND 413 olent societies or charitable institutions in the city of Nevv- buryport the sum of sixty thousand dollars, as follows : — To the Societ}- for the ReHef of Aged Females, Ten thousand dollars " Newbur3-port Charitable Society, Ten thousand dollars. " Howard Benevolent Societ}-, Ten thousand dollars. " Old Ladies" Home, Ten thousand dollars. " Anna Jac|ues Hospital, Ten thousand dollars. " Home for Aged Men, Ten thousand dollars. The half-tone print on the opposite page is reproduced from a photograph of Mr. Spring now in the possession of his sister, Mrs. Margaret S. Blake of Maplewood, Mass. The photograph was taken in San Francisco, when Mr. Spring was over eighty-two years of age. Edward Strong Moselev, son of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Oxnard) Moseley, was born in Newburyport June 22, 181 3. He entered Yale college in 1829, and remained there until the last term of his junior year, when he resigned in order to enter the counting room of Benjamin A. Gould, a leading merchant of Boston, engaged in the East India trade. Februarys, 1839, he married Charlotte Augusta Chapman, daughter of Rev. George T. Chapman of Newark, N. J., and began housekeeping in Newburyport, where he resided until his death. He was a large ship-owner, and for many years president of the Mechanicks National Bank and of the Insti- tution for Savings in Newburyport and vicinity. At his suggestion and with his personal assistance, the Tracy house on State street was purchased in 1864 and re- modeled for the accommodation of the Public library. He was also deeply interested in the movement that resulted in the enlargement of the building in 1882 and the erection of the commodious reading room known as the "Simpson Annex." His wife died November 13, 1893. He died April 25, 1900, leaving three sons and two daughters. By his wil', dated September 22, 1898, and proved May 21, 1900, he gave 4 1 4 HIS TOR V OF NE J V8 UK YPO R T to the trustees of the Newburyport Public library the sum of five thousand dollars.' Elizabeth Hammond of Haverhill married, in 1869, Ed- ward S. Stickney who was born in Newburyport October 7, 1824. Mr. Stickney was for many years a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Chicago, Illinois. He died March 20, 1880, and his widow, Elizabeth Hammond Stickney, gave, by her will, the sum of ten thousand dollars to the New- bur}port Public library. - SxEPiiEX Webster Marston, son of Stephen W. and Mary (White) Marston, was born in Newburyport October 11, 1 8 19. He was for many years engaged in the dry-goods commission business in Boston, and was also the selling agent in that city for several large cotton manufacturing corporations. He died in Boston, mimarried, September 4, 1899, and gave, by his will, five thousand dollars to the Newburyport Public library. Abram Edmands Cutter, son of Abraham and Mary (Gibson) Cutter, was born in Newburyport January 24, 1822. When he was ten or twelve years old his parents removed to Saco, Maine, where he attended school and subsequently found employment as clerk in a bookstore. In 1852, he re- mox'ed to Charlestown, Mass., where he began business as bookseller and publisher. He married, July 7, 1853, Mary Eliza Edmands, daughter of Barnabas and Eliza (Whittemore) Edmands. She died February 11, 1854. For his second wife he married, October 13, 1857, Elizabeth ¥. Smith, daughter of Washington and Elizabeth (Hay) Smith. He died in Charlestown, Mass., May 14, 1900, and gave, by his will, the sum of four thousand dollars to the Newburyport Public library. ' For further details in regard to the Hfe of Edward S. Moseley, see memorial volume published in 1902. - Histoiy of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 5:17 note. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUXD 415 Elisha Perkins Dodge, son of Nathan Dane and Sarah Perkins (Shepherd) Dodge, was born in Ipswich, Mass., Octo- ber 5, 1847. He came to Newburyport in 1866, and for more than thirty years was the most prominent and success- ful manufacturer of shoes in the city. He married Katharine S. Gray, daughter of John and Sarah (Paine) Gray, Septem- ber 16, 1869. He died September 30, 1902, leaving a widow and three sons, Robert Gray, Edwin Sherrill and Lawrence Paine Dodge. By his will, he gave to the trustees of the Public library the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, to be known as the William H. P. Dodge fund, in commemoration of his deceased brother." George Haskell, son of Solomon and Harriet (Orne) Haskell, was born in Newbury, Mass., November 21, 1836. He married, January i, 1868, Margaret F., daughter of Elbridge G. and Mary Hoyt, and was employed for many years by the Boston & Maine Railroad Company as signal tender in Newburyport. He was fond of books and interest- ed in the study of local history. His wife died October 14, 1888 ; he died July 16, 1904. By his will, proved Sep- tember 6, 1904, he gave to the city of Newburyport the sum of one thousand dollars, the income to be used in the pur- chase of books for the Public library. February 10, i860, the officers and members of the New- buryport Lyceum association voted to assist in procuring funds for the purchase or erection of a building, to be owned by the city, for the better accommodation of the Public libra- ry, which was then inconveniently located on the first floor on the northwesterly side of City hall. Natives and residents of "Ould Newbury" and others interested in the welfare of the city were invited to deliver lectures for two or three years in ' For further details in regard to the life of Hon. Elisha P. Dodge, see bio- graphical sketch by Nathan N. Withington, published in 1903, and History of Newburyport (Currier), volunr.e I, pages 222-224 '^'^^ 5-7' 4i6 HIS TOR Y OF NE \VB i 'A' YPOR T succession, and a sum exceeding" one thousand dollars, received from the sale of tickets, was placed to the credit of the build- ing fund. In 1863, Edward S. Moseley, realizing the value and im- portance of the library and the need for vigorous action, vol- untarily raised by personal solicitation or printed circulars the balance needed to purchase the Tracy house, on State street, where Washington and Lafayette had been entertained, and remodel it for the use of the library. The following-named persons contributed for that purpose the sums set against their respective names : — Edward S. Moseley, Edward S. Rand, Josiah L. and Joshua Hale, John Porter, Caleb, John N. and William Cushin Charles H. Coffin, Robert and Charles M. Bavley, Mrs. Nancy Horton, John Currier, jr., Micajah Lunt. Mrs. .Sarah \V. Hale, Josiah Little, Henry Cook, William Graves, Eben F". Stone. Benjamin F. Currier, Moses E. Hale, Albert W. Stevens, George L. Rogers, William Forbes, Henry C. Perkins, Mark Symons, Jeremiah Colman, William Ashby, John Osgood, R. Wills and Son, John N. Pike, Amos Noyes, Newburyport, J? I ,000 .000 (( ,000 ,000 ing, " ,000 500 K 500 500 500 (1 500 U 250 250 200 200 u (1 100 IDG (( 100 100 100 11 100 11 100 100 11 11 100 100 100 _ 11 100 11 50 11 50 COXTRrBl'TORS TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUXD 417 Nathan A. -Moultoa. Xewburyport, William H. Swasey, " David Wood, " Edward H. and George J. George, •' William Wheehvright, London, Eng., Mrs. M. G. Wheelwright, John R. Spring. San Francisco, Cal., John Atkinson, Boston, Mass., WilHam P. Pierce, " Stephen Tilton and Company, " Samuel Stevens, James Reed, George W. A. Williams, Balch W. Pierce, George W. Wheehvright, Stephen W. Marston, jr., Charles G. Wood, Andrew L. Haskell, John M. Bradbury, Nathaniel Foster, jr.. Robert B. Williams, jr., John Tilton, John H. Bradbury, Caleb Norris, Samuel K. Whipple, George Butler, Edward P. Wilbur. Daniel I. Tenney, Jacob Little, Lemuel Coffin, George A. Wood, Joseph B. Hervey, William B. Todd, New York City, Philadelphia, Pa.. Cleveland, Ohio, Washington, D. C, 5 50 30 30 10 1,000 1.000 1,000 500 500 500 250 250 2SO 250 200 100 50 50 50 25 25 25 10 10 5 5 5 500 500 500 250 150 100 The balance of the fund, amounting to five thousand dollars, after paying for the house and land on State street and the improvements thereon, was deposited in the Insti- tution for Savings in Nevvburyport and Vicinity, the income to be expended in defraying the cost of repairs on the library building when necessary. 4 1 8 HIS TOR V OF NE WB UR YPOR T The building was afterwards enlarged and much impro\-ed by the addition of a commodious and well-lighted reading room, which was completed and dedicated with appropriate exercises April 28, 1882. The following-named persons con- tributed the sums set against their names to defray the cost of these alterations and improvements : — Michael H. Simpson, Boston, 18,500 Edward S. Moseley, Newburyport, 500 Robert Couch, " 5°° Charles Lunt, " . 500 William O. Moseley, " 5°° Stephen A. Caldwell, Philadelphia, 500 Stephen W. Marston, Boston, 250 William H. Swasey, Newburyport, 100 Eben F. Stone. " 100 John J. Currier, " 1 00 George J. Caldwell, ■' 100 Joshua Hale, " 100 Alexander Caldwell, " 100 Lemuel Coffin, Philadelphia, 100 Nathaniel Donnell, New York, 50 CHAPTER XXVII. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS. Timothy Dexter was born in Maiden, Mass., January 22, 1747-8, and learned the trade of a leather dresser in Charles- town. He came to Newburyport in 1769, and purchased a small lot of land on Prospect street in 1770.' In the month of May following he married Elizabeth (Lord) Frothingham, widow of Benjamin Frothingham,' and occupied for many years a dwelling house on the southeasterly corner of Green and Merrimack streets, with a glover's shop in the basement. April 5, 1776, he advertised in the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet. Good Deer. Sheep and Moose Skins for sale, at the sign of the Glove, opposite Somerby's landing.' His peculiarities and eccentricities attracted attention, and in March, 1776, he was elected "Informer" by the legal voters of the town, and ordered to enforce the law in regard to the killing of deer. Although seldom called upon to give information or asked to assist in the prosecution of offenders, he was evidently pleased with the slight distinction that this unimportant office gave him, and was annually re-elected until March, 1788. Following the example of John Hancock and other wealthy men of Massachusetts, at the close of the Revolutionary war, 1 " Ould Newbury :" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 571. - Rev. .Samuel Parley, Presbyterian minister at Seabrook, N. H., married Timo- thy Dexter and Elizabeth Frothingham May 22, 1770 (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume L, page 462). ■' This landing was laid out by the selectmen of Newbury in 1752, and by the selectmen of Newburyport in 1781 (History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 364)- 419 4 2 o fil^ TOR V OF NE VVB L 'R YPOR T Dexter invested a large sum of money in the depreciated currency that was redeemed subsec|uently at ))ar by the gov- ernment : and a year or two later he increased his capital by fortunate real estate speculations. In 1 79 1, he bought the Tracy house, now the Public Library building, on State street, and lived there probably until he removed to Chester, N. H., in 1796.' When the Essex-Merrimack bridge was built, in 1792, he was one of the largest stockholders. On the fourth of July, 1793, he crossed the bridge, with some of his boon companions, to Deer island, and sat down to a substantial dinner, with a bountiful supply of good wine. Stimulated by. the excitement and conviviality of the occasion, he delivered an incoherent speech that his somewhat inebriated friends considered " truly Ciceronian."- It was, however, a mere jumble of words, subsecjuently re-arranged by one of his youthful admirers and published in the newspapers of the day. In 1795, he offered to erect at his own expense a brick building, on land neai where the present police station stands, suitable for a market house, but the inhabitants of the town, unwilling to accept his gift and recognize him as a public benefactor, declined the offer with thanks. ^ Annoyed by this refusal and animated with a desire to make a sensation elsewhere, he sold his dwelling house on State street, now the Public Library building, and, in 1796, removed to Chester, N. H. where he lived for nearly two years. Returning to Newburyport in 1798, ne purchased a large three-story house, with about nine acres of land, on High street, nearly opposite Olive street, belonging to the estate ' He sold his dwellirg house on the corner of Green and Merrimack streets to John Balch April 13, 1792 (Essex Deeds, book 155, leaf 33). In 1S14, Charles Pierce of Portsmouth, N. H., purchased the property (Essex Deeds, book 204, leaf 9), and conveyed it, August 12, 1828, to Harrison Johnson of Newburyport (Essex Deeds, book 249, leaf 293). 2 Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, July 6 and 10, 1793. ^ Newburyport Town Records, volume III, page 117; and " Uuld Newbury :" Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 623. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS 421 of Capt. Thomas Thomas, deceased, which he owned and occupied until his death. He was unhappy, however, in his domestic affairs, and made several unsuccessful attempts to sell this property. Six months after receiving the deed of conveyance he published the following" advertisement in the Columbian Centinel : — To BE Sold That elegant Mansion House situate in Newbury Port, owned by the subscriber, together with about Nine Acres of Land adjoining, with the Out Houses, Stores, Stables, &c. The House has a new Cupola, with a spread eagle on the top, which turns with the wind ; tinished in an ele- gant manner, and perhaps makes as good an appearance as any Seat in the United States. There are in the garden about 150 Fruit Trees, which produce a great plenty of fruit, and good Well of Water. In one of the banks of the Garden is an elegant new Tomb, on the top of which is erected the Temple of Reason, 12 feet square, 11 feet high, with I5 '* TIMOTHY DEXTEK AND HIS DOG. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS 427 der his name "infamously famous than not famous at all." His writings- stand as a monument of the truth of this remark; for those who have read his " Pickle for the Knowing Ones," a jumble of letters promiscu- ously gathered together, find it difiicult to determine whether most to laugh at the consummate folly, or despise the vulgarity and profanity of the writer. His manner of life was equally extravagant and singular. A few 3-ears since he erected in front of his house a great number of images of distinguished persons in Europe and America, together with beasts, &c., so that his seat exhibited more the appearance of a museum of artificial curiosities than the dwelling of a family. By his orders a tomb was several years since dug under the summer house in his garden, where he desired his remains might be deposited (but this singular re- Cjuest could not consistently be complied with), and his cofiin made and kept in the hall of his house, in which he is to be buried. The fortu- nate and singular manner of his speculations, by which he became pos- sessed of a handsome property, are well known, and his sending a cargo of warming-pans to the W. Indies, where they were converted into molasses-ladles and sold to a good profit, is but one of the most pecu- liar. His principles of religion (if they could be called principles) were equally odd : a blind philosophy peculiar to himself led him to believe in the system of transmigration at some times ; at others he expressed those closely connected with deism -. but it is not a matter of surprise that one so totally illiterate should have no settled or rational principles. His reason left him two days before his death, but he has gone to render an account of his life to a just and merciful Judge. The funeral of Mr. Dexter will be to-morrow, at 3 o'clock, from his dwelling house.' Although the writer of the above notice evidently believed the stories circulated by Dexter in regard to the shipment of a cargo of warming pans to the West Indies, Mr. William C. Todd, after a careful examination of the custom house records in Newburyport and elsewhere, asserts in a pamphlet, pub- lished in 1886, that the stories were fictitious and have no historical value vvhatever.- Dexter's will, dated March i, 1799, seven years previous to his death, was proved November 3, 1806. It provided liber- ally for his wife Elizabeth, his son Samuel Lord Dexter, his ' Newburyport Herald, October 24, 1806. Timothy Dexter, An inquiry into his life and character, by William C. Tcdd. 42 8 HIS TOR Y OF NE WB UK YPOR T daughter Nancy (Dexter) Bishop, wife of Abraham Bishop, his granddaughter Nancy Bishop, his brothers Nathan and John Dexter and others. He also gave to Joseph Somerby, schoolmaster, two shares in the Essex-Merrimack Bridge cor- poration, his best silver can, his turtle-shell pinchbeck watch, three of his best silver spoons and one pair of gold sleeve- buttons. To the town of Maiden he gave three hundred dollars for the purchase of a bell for the meeting-house, and the sum of two thousand dollars, the income to be allowed to accumulate for a century ; after that date the interest to be appropriated, annually, " for the support of the gospel in said town of Maiden." To the town of Newburyport he gave two thousand dollars, the income to be applied, annually, for the support of the poor outside of the almshouse. The total value of his estate, according to the inventory, filed December 4, 1806, was as follows : — House and land on High street, ;f 12.000.00 I 10 shares in the Essex Merrimack bridge, 13,400.00 Two shares in Chester, N. H , turnpiice, 100.00 Furniture, crockery, and silver ware, horses and carriages, clothing, promissory notes, &c., &c., 7,527.39 ^35,0^7-39 The board of health objected to his burial in the tomb erected in the rear of his house on High street, and a suitable lot was provided for him in the Old Hill burying ground. The inscription on his gravestone reads as follows : — In mem or)' of M" Timothy Dexikr, who died October 23d A. D. 1806. /Etatis 60. He gave liberal Donations, For the support of the Gospel : For the benefit of the Poor, And for other benevolent purposes. E CCENTRIC CHAR A CTKRS 429 GRAVESTONES IN MEMORY OF TIMOTHY DKXIKU AMI HIS WIFE. The household furniture and other personal property be- longing to the estate of Timothy Dexter was sold as stated in the following advertisement : — To be sold at public auction, on Tuesday, the 12th of May next, at the dwelling house of the late Mr. Timothy Dexter in High street all the Household Furniture belonging to the said Dexter's estate ; Feather Beds, Bedsteads, &c, also a number of handsome carved Images, well painted, designed to represent some of the first characters in the United States of America and in Europe, with the Pillars on which they stand. P. Bagley & Sons, Auctioneers.^ 1 Newburyport Herald, April 28, 1807. 430 HIS rOR Y OF NE WB UR YPOR T Elizabeth Dexter, widow of Timothy Dexter, died July 3, 1809, aged seventy-two. She was buried at the side of her husband in the Old Hill burying ground. Samuel Lord Dexter, only son of Timothy and Elizabeth Dexter, was born in September, 1772. On the sixth of Octo- ber he was baptized in the meeting-house of the First Relig- ious society in Newburyport. In his boyhood he was idle and dissolute, and in later years indulged in every kind of dissipa- tion. Remarried, in June, 1800, Mrs. Mehitable Hoyt of Hampstead, N. H.' For his second wife, he married, January 1 1, 1807, Esther Dexter of Newburyport. He died July 20, 1807, leaving no children. His widow married, November 16, 1809, William Rose of Charlestown, Mass.' Nancy, only daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth Dexter, was born August 16, 1776. Although possessing consider- able personal beauty, she was a vain, frivolous girl, superficially educated, fond of dress and fashionable society. She mar- ried, March 11, 1792, Abraham Bishop of New Haven, Conn., Rev. Edward Bass, D. D., officiating. Her first and only child, Mary Ann Bishop, was born in 1794, and two or three years later her husband applied for and obtained a divorce for statutory causes, and was granted the care and custody of the child. Mrs. Bishop returned to Newl)uryport, with confirmed habits of intoxication, and was provided with board and lodging in the Dexter house, on High street, where she died September 30, 185 i. Mary Ann Bishop married Stephen (J) Clark, an able lawyer, who was afterward appointed judge of the municipal court in New Haven. In 1852, she sold to Dr. Elbridge G. Kelley the house and land on High street, Newburyport, " belonging ' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, June lo, 1800. Intention of mar- riage filed May 22, 1800. See Memorial of the town of Hampstead, N. H., com- piled by 'Miss Harriette E. Noyes, page 439. 2 " C)ukl Newbuiy : '■ Historical and Biographical Sketches, page ^575. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS 431 to the estate of the late Lord Timothy Dexter."' Doctor Kelley retained possession of the property until 1874, when it was sold to Hon. George H. Corliss of Providence, R. 1.- It is now owned by Mrs. Katheriue Tingley of Point Loma, California. Jonathan Plumme>r, son of Jonathan and Abigail Plum- mer, was born June 13, 1761, in a house then standing near Gravel hill, in the town of Newbury. Although mentally weak and easily imposed upon, he had a retentive memor}', and soon acquired a good com- mon-school education. When sixteen or eighteen years of age he was anxious to study for the ministry, but was persuad- ed by friends and neighbors to turn his attention to secular pursuits. He was fond of reading, and for a small consideration would recite in the market ]ilace in Newburyport selec- tions of prose and poetry taken from his favorite authors, to the great delight of the men and boys accustomed to as- semble there. He sold pins, needles and other small wares from a basket that he carried from house to house, and occasionally wrote and published verses describing some event or incident of local interest. He styled himself " poet lauriet to Lord Tim- othy Dexter," and one of his early publications was a broad- side, printed in large type, with the following title or heading : — lOXATIIAX Pl.rMMER. ' Essex Deeds, book 456, leaf 84. ■■' " Ould Newbuiy:"' Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 570-576. ^22 Hf^ TORY OF NE WB L Vv' ] 'FOR T Plunimers Declaration of War with The Fair Ladies of the Five Northern States and The Author's Congratulatory Address to Citizen Timothy Dexter on his Attaining an Independent Fortune.' He aftervvai'd published in the Impartial Herald the fol- lowing flattering and laudatory letter : — To Citizen Dexter, the favorite of the Cxoddess who presides over riches. Wise and wealthy citizen : Julius Ceasar, a renowned and ever victorious Roman Emperor, being once at sea, in a tremendous storm, banished the fears of his pilot, who expressed great concern, by informing him that he bore Ceasar and his fortune. Now, sir, I beg leave to inform you that I have been very fearful that I should draw nothing in the present Connecticut Manufac- tory Lottery, and my diffidence is so great that I have not yet ventured to lay out in it a single cent, nor can I yet resolve, so far, to trust my ragged fortune. In this disagreeable situation to whom but to you, my generous Patron, can I look for the favor which Ceasar granted to his dispairing Pilot? In the name then of Apollo, my immortal master, let your droop- ing Poet receive one or two of these tickets from your bounteous hand. This favor granted. My joy shall then, from shore to shore. Resound till time shall be no more. I shall then have substantial reason to hope that a part of the fortune, not of the conquering Ceasar, but of the lucky, the successful Dexter, will attend me. My muse whispers that tickets bought by so fortunate a gentleman, benevolently given by you, and gratefully received by me, will be very likely to draw some capital prize. I am, sir, your very hum- ble servant and affectionate bard, Jonathan Plummek, Jun.^ The first number of his autobiography, "written by himself," was published in 1796,' and during the ne.xt two or three years ' A copy of this broadside is in the possession of Mr. Edward H. Little, Nevv- buryport. * Impartial Herald, May 5. 1795. ^ Advertisement in the Impartial Herald, FelKuary 9, 1796. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS 433 he wrote and sold, from his basket in Market square, verses and sermons on the following subjects : — The Awful Malignant Fever at Newburyport in the year 1796.' An Elegiac Ode and Funeral Sermon on the death of three persons who killed themselves.' A Solemn Call to the Citizens of the United States by a Citizen of Newburyport.' March 17, 1797, the following congratulatory ode was printed in the Impartial Herald : — To Sir Timothy Dexter, on his rctuniiih^ to Newburyport, after residing a long time at Chester in New Hampshire : a con- o^ratnlatory Ode.- by Jonathan Pliunmer.Junr., Poet Laiiriet to his Lordship. Your lordship's welcome back again — Fair nymphs with sighs have mourn"d your staying So long from them and me your swain, And wonder'd at such long delaying ; But now you bless again our eyes, Our melting sorrow droops and dies. The town of Chester to a Lord Must seem a desert dull and foggy, A gloomy place — upon my word I think it dirty, wet, and boggy : Far different from your Kingly seat,* In good saint James his famous street. There all the arts and graces join To make you happy and contented : There flowing wits and sparkling wine Will duly to you be presented — Aye, raptures rare combined meet To bless and crown saint James his street. *Kingly seat — The elegant house in saint James his park and street, which be- longed some time since to Jonathan Jackson, Esq. ^ Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 434 fff^ TOR y O F ME IV B UK YFOR T \'our happy change Til loudly sing, Your change to all the town transporting, And while 1 make the valleys ring, I shall rejoice at your good fortune. From Chester to saint James his street Is quite a glorious retreat. But I a suit of clothes must have To sing my joy in, and the best, sir; A suit of red ; not black and grave, Provided by the Earl of Chester. To Todd the taylor send, I pray : — Your Lordship's Poet must be gay. The sable suit is handsome yet ; But not so proper to rejoice in, As that which now you'll for me get. To tune my very joyful voice in. In Europe I know not a King Without a bard in red to sing.' You in this place have many friends, And all the Lawyers here are civil : They know full well that envy tends To send its owners to the devil. I think they will not beat you blind, Because the Nymphs are to you kind.f t Because the Nynii>hs, \c. — It is strongly suspected that Lord Dexter was bruised half Id death, liy a lawyer in New Hampshire, partly on account of the ladies regard for him in that state. 1 Concerning this appeal for a new suit of livery, the poet laureate, in his auto- biography, makes the following statement:^ *' It happened that the Earl of Chester was ill of the gout about the time that this ode made its appearance. This I imagine operated to my disadvantage in re- gard to my obtaining the suit of red. The painful disease, in a great measure, destroyed his Lordshiji's relish for jioetry. Lady Dexter, too, co-operated with the f,'()Ul in the business of with-holchng from me the object of my wishes. She is not altogellier so generous, so noble, so royal, as his T>ordship, and when she rules the house, those benevolent actions are not always done which at other times adorn the place. I would not be understood to hint that she alone ever absolutely controls him; but I cannot say that she and the gout together do not sometimes get him under. I did not expect that anything would hinder him from cloathing his own poet; but alas! I must confess that I have not yet received the suit." ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS 435. Your house| in Chester is not fit For a wise noble lord to dwell in — In this you may display your wit : Aye, this I'm sure you will do well in. I hope you'll shine gay as a lark, A glory to saint James his park. Bless me ! what wits and beauties there. With dazzling lustre gay are shining ! Nymphs whom to angels I compare, And wits who're not with envy pining : Beaux who will never beat you blind Because the Nymphs are to you kind. Lo 1 what a place below the skies, § How stately, elegant, and splendid. Is that boon earthly paradise. Where wit and beauty are so blended ! You truly hit the proper mark By living in St. James his park. A man of sense should always live Among the highest and the best, sir. And never pine away and grieve Among the fighting folks at Chester: Then shine, rich lord, the gayest spark, The glory of saint James his park. X The house is elegant; but only 2 stories high. § Lo! what a place, &c.— Newburyport in general, and saint James his park in particular. [Inserted verbatim.] In 1797, he published the second number of his autobi-, ography, and on the twenty-sixth of June, 1798, announced the completion of the third number, as follows : — Jonathan Plummer, Jr., having published the third number of his History, expects to spend a few weeks in the market in order to sell it. In this work the marvellous favour, the matchless kindness of the High- est to the author while a poor benighted Infidel are partly displayed.' ' Newburyport Herald and Country (iazette, June 26, 1798. 436 HISTORY OF NEIVBURYPORT In this aut()bi()i;raphy the author states that he tau<:;;ht school in Londonderry, N. H., from 1779 to 1782, and after- wards sold books, ballads and fruit in the streets of Nevvbury- port, and made many ineffectual attempts to marry maiden ladies and widows. He was a dreamer of dreams, and professed to see visions and receive communications from the spirit world that were startling-, and, in his opinion, inexplicable. Although a devout member of several religious organizations, he usually attended the Sunday morning service in the meeting-house on Prospect street, where Rev. Charles W. Milton officiated. On one oc- casion, after a brief illness, he sent up the following note to be read before the long prayer : — Jonathan Plummer, Jr., desires to return thanks to the transcendent!}- potent Controller of the Universe, for his marvellous kindness to him in raising him from a desperately low and perilous indisposition, to such a measure of streni^^th and health that he is again able with glad- ness of heart and transporting rapture of mind, to wait at the celestial portals of wisdom. The said Plummer also desires to give thanks to Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end, for his astonishing favor, his captivating mercv, and his personal regard to him in snatching him from endless grief and everlasting woe, in a miraculous manner: by light in dreams; for causing the day to dawn in his heart, and the dayspring from on high to illuminate his dark and benighted imderstanding ; for chasing far from him the gloomy fog of infidelity, and enabling him triumphantly to rejoice in the glorious light and liberty of the (.".ospel wherein his blessed Redeemer has crowned his happy life. In the prayer that followed Parson Milton, who was an able and eloquent preacher, addressed the throne of grace as follows : — () Lord, have mercy on this over-pompous brother, whose wordy rhet- oric has just startled our ears ; save us from cant, bombast, and all the wiles of the devil. Amen.' ' Newl)uryi)i>rt I Iciald, Jaiuiaiy 31, 1S55; Nnnai;enariaii (Miss Sarah A. Em- ery), page 252. ECCEXTRIC CHARACTERS 437 After the death of Timothy Dexter, in 1806, Jonathan Plummer Uved with his unmarried cousins, Eunice, Hannah and Elizabeth Alexander, in a dwelling house then standing on the corner of High and Federal streets, Newburyport. Soon after that date, he published several small pamphlets and a broad-side with the following title : — The Newburyport Hurricane. By Jonathan Plummer, a travelHng- Preacher. An Elegiac Ode and a Funeral Sermon on the deaths of Mr. John Bernard, Jr., and Mr. Joseph Wingate, drowned near New- buryport, and Mr. John Fisher, drowned near Marblehead on the even- ing of Monday, the twenty-second of June, 1808, by a most tremendous Hurricane and Tornado. Printed for the Author and sold by him at his basket in Market square, Newburyport.' He also published a broad-side, containing a sermon and an ode on the death of seventy-nine persons who died suddenly in various towns in the vicinity of Newburyport during the hot weather in the summer of 181 1.- During the last years of his life, he wrote and published several wills that were curious specimens of enmity and folly. One of them, purporting to be his last will and testament, provided for the distribution of his property among certain young ladies and widows of Newbury and Newburyport.^ None of these wills, however, were properly executed, and were superseded by one made at a later date. The peculiarities and singular costume of Jonathan Plummer made him conspicuous wherever he went. In an engraving, published in 1809, reproduced in the print on page 431, he is represented as standing in the market-place with his basket filled with books and pamphlets for sale.-* Enfeebled by disease, his distracted brain gave way to strange hallucinations and led him to self-mutilation. He 1 Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. '^ Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. ^ Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian, pages 252-255. '' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, February 10, 1809. 438 HIS TOR Y OF NE IVB UR YPOR T recovered from his wounds, however, and died, unmarried, September 13, 1819. Notice of his death, published in the Newburyi)ort Herald Sei)tember 14, 18 19, reads as follows: " Yesterday afternoon Mr. Jonathan Plummer, aged 58, poet laureate and preacher to their majesties the sovereign people." On the third of October following, his will, providing for the payment of five dollars to each of his cousins, Eunice, Hannah and Elizabeth Alexander, and Mary Barber of New- buryport and certain other small bequests, was disallowed, " the testator not being of sound mind when the will was executed."' Two items of this will read as follows : — It is my will that my executor shall have six hundred copies of the Occurrences of my life printed from the manuscript which I may leave at my disease and have the same bound in boards, out of the proceeds of my estate, and the same to give or cause to be given away, not ex- ceeding one copy in a family, and that he shall give or cause to be given away the whole edition of this work within four years after my decease. I give and becjueath the remainder and residue of my estate to the Methodist Society in Greenland, in the county of Rockingham and state of New Hampshire, to stipport the Gospel, to be paid by my exec- utor within four years after my decease. His estate was appraised at $1,573.14. Samuel Newman was appointed administrator, and he distributed the balance remaining in his hands, after the payment of a few small bills for medicine, clothing, funeral expenses, etc., to the brothers and sister of Jonathan Plummer then living (Asa, Francis, Edmund, James and Rhoda, wife of Daniel Bradbury) and to the legal representatives of Joseph Plummer, deceased, and Sarah (Plummer) Marston, deceased. Jane Hooper, otherwise known as " Madam " Hooper, was perhaps thirty-five or forty years of age when she came to Newi)ury, in 1760. Her early history is unknown. She taught school for a short time in the vicinity of Cottle's lane, and attracted considerable attention on account of her pecu- liarities and eccentricities. She was supposed to have supcr- ^ Essex I'lubate Rccuids, bouk 395, leaves 142 and 143. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS 439 natural power, and her house on South, now Bromfield, street was visited by men and w(jmen anxious to know what the future had in store for them. As a fortune teller she soon became famous, and sometimes startled her visitors with statements that convinced them she was in communication with the Prince of Darkness and could rely upon him for assistance and support. When she appeared on the street children ran from her frightened at her whimsical dress and strange demeanor, but she evidently did not seek their ap- probation nor attempt to win their confidence. During the last years of her life she was in destitute circumstances, and was assisted by the town authorities.' She died May i6, 1798. The following notice appeared in the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette on the eighth of June : — Died at the alms house a person known by the name of Madam Hooper, aged about 80, for many years a terror to weak and superstitious minds, who honored her with the appellation of ivitch. Joseph Knicht and Elizaf^eth Cogswell, " both of Row- ley, Mass.," were married April 14, 1787. They had two sons : — Henry Cogswell, born in 1788. Frederick, born October 9, 1791. Mrs. Elizabeth (Cogswell) Knight, aged twenty-seven years and three months, died in Hampton, N. H., November 26, 1 79 1. Joseph Knight married, September 4, 1793, Mary Treadwell of Ipswich, for his second wife. In November, 1793, he purchased of Moses Brown land on the northeasterly corner of Charter and State streets, Newburyport, with the dwelling house the-reon,- where his son Antonio was born November 2, 1795. His wife, Mary (Treadwell) Knight, twenty-four years old, died on the tenth of December following. ' History (A Newbiirypoit (Mrs. E. \'ale Smith), page 35; Reminiscences of a Nonagenarian, page 250. ■■^ Essex Deeds, book 157, leaf 162. 440 11 1 ST OR V OF NR IV B UR YPOR T He sold his property in Ncwburyport,' and probably removed to Ipswich, where he married, for liis third wife, Elizabeth ; and died in that town November 20, 179H, at forty years of age. Abraham Wheelwright was appointed administrator of his estate on the third of December following, and " Elizabeth Young, formerly Elizabeth Knight, widow of Joseph Knight," was paid a small sum by order of the probate court Septem- ber 28, 1824. Wade Cogswell was appointed guardian of Frederick and Henry Cogswell Knight, and Nathaniel Wade was appointed guardian of Antonio Knight, sons of Joseph Knight.- The two oldest sons, Henry Cogswell and Frederick, lived with their maternal grandfather, Dr. Nathaniel Cogswell, in Row- ley, for ten or fifteen years, and Antonio probably remained in Ipswich under the care of his guardian. Henry Cogswei.l Knight entered Harvard college in 1808, and remained until October, 181 1, devoting consider- able time to literary work, and afterwards studying for the ministry. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Protestant Episcopal church, and had charge of several parishes in the vicinity of Boston, for a short time, but became dissatisfied, and returned to Rowley, saying that he had mistaken his calling. He published " Letters from the South and West," two volumes of lectures and sermons, and several volumes of poetry, at various dates between 1810 and 1830. He died in Rowley, unmarried, January 10, 1835.^ Frederick Knight, brother of Henry Cogswell Knight, entered Harvard college in 1807, remaining until a few months previous to the close of his senior year, when he decided to complete his education at the law school in Litchfield, Conn. He had considerable literary ability, and wrote 1 Essex Deeds, hook 159, leaf 71. 2 Essex I'robate Records, December 3, 179S, an 1848, Charles H. Balch. 3, 1849, Charles H. Balch. 7. 1852, Albert Currier. 5- '853, Micajah Lunt. 4, 1S54, Isaac H. Boardman. 7. '857, Eben F. Stone. - " 6, 1858, Eben F. Stone. " 2 1 86 1, Eben F. Stone. -) 1867, Albert W. Stevens. " I, 1 868, Charles C. Dame. " 6, 1 868, Richard Plumer. 3, 1872, David T. Woodwell. I, 1873, David r. Woodwell. S, 1876, Haydn Brown, West Newbury 3, 1877, Haydn Brown, " (( 7, 1 8S0, Warren Currier.^ 493 1 No senators from Newbury or Newburyport were elected (or the sessions beginning January 5, 1842, January 3, 1844, January i, 1S45, January 2, 1850, January i, 1851, January 3, 1855, and January 2, 1S56. ^ July 30, 1857, Essex county was divided into five senatorial districts. The city of Newburyport and the towns of Amesbury, Bradford, Georgetown, Groveland, Newburj', .Salisbury and West Newbury formed the Fourth Essex district. No senators from Newbury or Newburyport were elected for the sessions beginning January 5, 1859, January 4, i860, January i, 1862, January 7, 1863, January 6, 1864, January 4, 1865, January 3, 1S66, January 5, 1870, January 4, 1871, Janu- ary 7, 1S74, January 6, 1875, January 2, 1878, January i, 1879, January 3, 1883, January 7, 1885, and January 6, 18S6. ^ April 27, 1876, Essex county was divided into six senatorial districts, and the city of Newburyport, with the towns of Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, Salisbury, Amesbuiy and West Newbury formed the Fourth Essex district. 494 APPENDIX For the session hei^iiiHing Senators Jan. 5, i.S.Si, Joseph N. Rolfe, Newbun-. " 4, 1H82, Joseph N. Rolfe, " " 2, I1S84, Albert Currier. " 5, 1887, John J. Currier.' " 6, 1892, Edward P. vShaw. " 6, 1892. Luther Dame,- Newbury. " 4, 1893, Edward P. Shaw. " 4, 1893, Luther Dame,- Newbury. " 5,1898, Charles O. Bailey,' " " 4, 1899, Charles O. Bailey, " " 6, 1904, Moody Kimball.3 " 4, 1905, Moody Kimball. " 2, 1907, James F. Sha\v,4 Manchester. " I, 1908, James F. Shaw, " " 6, 1909, James F. Shaw, '• ' June 29, 1886, the senatorial districts were re-arranged. The city of Haver- hill, the towns of Amesbury, Merrimac and Salisbury and wards three, four, five and six of the city of Newburyport were assigned to and included in the Fourth Esssex district, while the city of Gloucester, the towns of Essex, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbur)', Rockport, Rowley, Topsfield and West Newbury and wards one and two of the city of Newburyport were taken to form the Third Essex district. No senators from Newbury or Newburyport were elected for the years 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891. '■^ Senator from the Third Essex district. No senators from Newbury or New- buryport were elected in the Third or Fourth Essex districts for the years 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897. •' Senator from the Third Essex district. On and after June 6, 1896, the city of Haverhill and the towns of Amesbury, Bradford, (.leorgetown, Groveland, Merri- mac, Salisbury and West Newbury constituted the Fourth Essex district, and the cities of Gloucester and Nevvbuiyport, and the towns of Essex, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley and Wenham constituted the Third Essex district. No senators from Newbury or Newburyport were elected for the years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1906. '' Mr. Shaw, senator from the Third Essex district, was born in Newbuiyport, but resided in Manchester at the date of his election. Since June 18, 1906, the city of Haverhill and the towns of Amesbury, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Merrimac, Middleton and Peabody have formed the Fourth Essex district, antl the cities of Gloucester and Newburyport and the towns of Essex, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Newbury, Rockport, Rowley, .Salisbury, ropstield, Wenham and West Newbuiy the Thirtl Essex district. II. In addition to the books and pamphlets described in Chap- ter XIII, pages 471 to 500, of the first vokime of this history, some earUer and some later publications have been examined recently and the following title-pages carefully copied and reprinted for the information of readers interested in the subject of bibliography. The Ass j or the | Serpent | A comparison between the tribes of | Issachar and Dan in their regard | for Civil Liberty | November 5, 1 71 2 I By Thomas Bradbury | London printed | Newburyport | Re- printed by Thomas and Tinges in King Street | MDCCLXXIV.' The Sacrifice of the Wicked explained and distinguished | in two dis- courses I ****** I By Joseph Dana A. M. | Pastor of the South Church I in Ipswich | Newburyport | Printed and sold by John Mycall 17.S2.' The knowledge of the chief Constituent parts of the Chris- I tian System needful as a Guide to Pastors and | People in their several different Duties. | A | Sermon | Preached at the | Instalment | of the Reverend | John Thompson | in the pastoral office over the | first church of Christ I in Berwick, May 7. i 783 | By Paul Coffin, A. M. | Pastor of the Church in Buxton. | All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for | reproof for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God | may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. II Tim. Ill, 16: 17. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hos. IV. 6. | They shall not hurt, nor destroy in all my holy mountain ; for the earth shall | be full of the knowledge of the Lord. Is. II. g. | Newburyport | Printed by John Mycall I MDCCLXX.XIII.^ A Short I Introduction | to | English | Grammar | with | Critical ' Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. - Rev. Paul Coffin, son of Col. Joseph Coffin of Newbury, was ordained pastor of the first church in township No. i, on the Saco river, now Buxton, Me., March 16, 1763. 495 496 APPENDIX Notes I By Robert Lowth. D. D. | Lord Bishop of Oxford | Newbury- port j Printed and sold by John Mycall | MUCCLXXXIIL' Jerubbael | or | Tyranny's Grove Destroyed | and the | Altar of Lib- erty Finished | A | Discourse | on America's Duty and Danger | Deliv- ered at the I Presbyterian Church in Newburyport | December 11, 1783 I on occasion of the | Public Thanksgiving | for | Peace. ] Pub- lished by particular request | By John Murray, A. M. | Pastor of said Church I Newburyport | Printed by John Mycall, MDCCLX XX IV. A I Sermon | Delivered at | Newburyport | August i4t'i 1788 | on a I Day set apart | By the | First Church there | To Seek the [ Divine Direction and Blessing | in the choice and settlement of a colleague pastor I with the | Rev. Thomas Gary | By John Tucker D. D. | Pastor of the First Church in | Newbury | Newburyport | Printed and sold by John Mycall 1788 A I Sermon | Delivered | December 10. 1788 | at the | Ordination | of the I Rev. John Andrews | To the care of the j First Church and Soci- ety I in I Newburj'port | as a | Colleague Pastor | with the ] Rev. Thom- as Cary | By Timothy Hilliard, A. M. | Pastor of the First Church in I Cambridge | Published at the Desire of the Church and Society ] Newburyport | Printed by John Mycall MDCCLX XX IX. The Diligent Servant Excited | A | Sermon | preached in the Presby- terian Church in | Newburyport | January 23, 1791 | The day preceding the funeral | of the | Rev. Joseph Prince | who departed this life on the 1 5th of I that month ietat 68 | Published by the request of the Mourn- ers I By John Murray A. M. | Pastor of said church | Newburyport | Printed and sold by John Mycall 1791.' The I Fair Hibernian | [A Novel published in Dublin Ireland] | Re- printed in Newburyport | By George Jerry Osborne | Market Square | MDCCXCIV.' The I Ready Reckoner [ or the Trader's Useful Assistant | * * * The Eleventh Edition | Compared with the last edition | By Nicolas Pike, Esq. | Printed at | Newburyport, 1 794 | By Edmund M. Blunt - The I New England Farrier | or | A Compendium of Farriery | in Four Parts | * * * | By Paul Jewett | of Rowley | Newburyport Print- ed I By WilHam Barrett ] at his Printing OfT.ce Merrimack Street | MDCCXCV.2 ^ Essex Institute, Salem, Mass, '•' Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.; second editinn, printed in Salem in 1807 by Joshua Gushing. APPENDIX 497 A I Sermon | Delivered at | Newburyport | December 19, 1794 [ at the I Ordination | of the | Rev. Daniel Dana | By Joseph Dana, A. M. I Pastor of the South Church in Ipswich | Printed by Blunt and March, Market Square, Newburyport | MDCCXCV.' A I Sermon | Dehvered February 19, 1795 | Being a Day | of | Public Thanksgiving | Throughout the | United States of America | By John Andrews A. M. | Junior Pastor of the First Church in Newburyport | Printed at Newburyport by | Blunt & March. Catalogue of the Haverhill Library printed in Newburyport by Blunt & March, 1796.' Eighteen | Sermons | Preached by the late | Rev. George Whitefield A. M. I * * * * I taken verbatim in Short Hand and faithful | ly Tran- scribed by Joseph Guiney | Revised by Andrew Gifford D. D. | Printed at Newburyport by | Edmund M. Blunt | 1797 - The Bank of Faith ] Wilham Barrett publisher | Newburyport | 1797-3 Doctor Watts" Plain and Easy Catechisms for Children | Edmund M. Blunt, publisher j 1797.^ Jantiary 30, 1798, Angier March annotmced the publication of " A Journal of the Captivity and Sufferings of John Foss, several years a prisoner at Algiers," and on the twentieth of November following advertised for sale " the second edition greatly enlarged and corrected."-^ The first edition of this book, consisting of a thousand copies, was exhausted in a few months. It probably did not contain the " Algerine Slaves, a poem by a citizen of Newburyport," published in the second edition .'^ The Duties of Gospel Ministers and Hearers | Represented in the substance of two | Discourses | delivered December 2"^ 1798 | Being 1 Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. '•^ These sermons were reprinted in 1809 l>y Thomas & Whipple (see History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 497 ). •' Advertised in the Newburyport Herald in May, 1797. '■ Advertised in the Newburyport Herald in July, 1797. * History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 492. •^ The author of this poem is unknown. T'ossibly Thomas Paine, a student-at- law with Theophilus Parsons in 1798, may have written it. In 1803, the name of Thomas Paine was changed to Robert Treat I'aine, by order of the General Court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. 498 APPENDIX the next Sabbath after the Installation \ By Rev. Samuel Tomb | Pastor of the 2nd Church and Parish in Newbury | Published at the request of many hearers | * * * | Printed at Newburyport by Edmund M. Blunt 1799. A I Discourse | on the | Character and Death | of | General George Washington | By Joseph Dana | Pastor of the South Church in Ip- swich I Printed at Newburyport by Edmund M. Blunt. 1800.' A I Discourse | on the | Character and Virtues | of | General George Washington | Delivered | on the twenty-second of February iSoo | the day I of I National Mourning | for his | Death | By Daniel Dana | Min- ister of a church in Newbur3port | Published at the desire of the hear- ers I to whom it is affectionately inscribed | Newburyport | From the press of Angier March | Sold at his bookstore, north side of Market Square. An I Eulogy | on | General George Washington | who departed this life December 14, 1799 | in the 68tli year of his age | Delivered | Before the First Religious Society in Newburyport | February 22, 1800 | By John Andrews A. M. | Colleague Pastor with the Rev. Thomas Gary | * * * I From the press of | Angier March | Sold at his bookstore, north side of Market Square | Newburyport. A I Solemn Call | to the | Citizens of the United States | By a citizen of Newburyport | Printed and sold by Angier March, Middle street, Newburyport. [no date.] [A poem of eleven pages, probably printed in the year 1800.] A I Sermon | Delivered to the | First Religious Society | in Newbury- port I September 27, 1801 | Being the Last | Lord's Day | of their assembling in the | Old Meeting House I By Thomas Gary A. M. | Sen- ior Pastor I From the Press of Allen & Stickney | Newburyport i8or. A I Sermon | Delivered | October 1, 1801 | at the | Dedication | of a I New House | For ] Public Worship | erected by the | First Religious Society | in Newburyport | By John Andrews A. M. | Colleague Pastor with the I Rev. Thomas Gary | From the press of Allen & Stickney | Newburyport 1 80 1 . An I Oration | pronounced before the | Right Worshipful Master & Brethren | of | St. Peters Lodge | At the | Episcopal Church in New- buryport I on the I Festival of St. John the Baptist | June 24, 5802 | By Brother Michael Hodge, Jun., P. M. | From the Press of | Brother Angier March, Newburyport | June 28, 5802.' ' Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. APPENDIX 499 An I Address j to the | Members of the | Merrimack Humane Soci- ety j at their | Anniversary Meeting | in Newburyport | September 3, 1805 I By Daniel Appleton White | Newburyport j Edmund M. Blunt, Printer | 1805 The Advantages of God"s presence with his peo | pie in an expedition against their enemies, j A | Sermon | Preached at Newbury May 22, 1755 I at the desire and in the audience of | Col. Moses Titcomb | and many others inlisted under him | and going with him in an expe | dition against the French | By John Lowell, A. M. | Pastor of a Church in Newbury [ * * * | Newburyport : From the Press of E. W. Allen [ Sold at the bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, Market Square | July 1806 A I Sermon | Occasioned bv the much lamented Death of | Col. Moses Titcomb | who fell in the l^attle near Lake George | September 8, 1755 I By John Lowell, A. M. | Pastor of a Church in Newbury | *** Newburyport: From the Press of E. W. Allen | Sold at the bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, Market Square | June 1806 ■ An I Address | to the | Members of the | Merrimack Humane Soci- ety I at their | Anniversary Meeting | in Newburyport | September 6. 1808 I By Michael Hodge, Jr. — Newburyport | From the Press of E. W. Allen I Sold at the bookstore of Thomas & Whipple, No. 2 State street | 1808 ^ A I Sermon | Delivered | November 26, 1808 | at the | Interment | of the I Rev. Thomas Cary A. M. | Senior Pastor of the First Relig- ious Society in | Newburyport | By John Andrews A. M. | Surviving Pastor 1***1 Newburyport | Printed for Edward Little | 1808 A I Discourse | L)elivered before the | Merrimack Humane Society | at their | Anniversary Meeting | September 1,1812 j By John Andrews A. M. I Minister of the First Church and Religious Society | in New- buryport j * * * I Newburyport j From the Press of E. W. Allen | 1812 In 181 5, William B. Allen & Co. ptiblished the following described books and pamphlets : — The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the New Eng- land States convened at Hartford December 15, 1814. 1 This sermon was Hrst printed and sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen street, Bos- ton, in 1760. - Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 500 APPENDIX The Little Reader, a new Spelling Book of easy lessons in Spelling and Reading. Designed principally for the Use of Female Schools. By James Pike, author of the English Spelling Book. Sermon by Rev. Isaac Braman at the Ordination of the Rev. (Gardiner B. Perry at Groveland, Mass. History of England from the earliest period to the close of the year iSi 2, b}' J. Bigland, with an Appendix: being a Continuation to the Treaty of Paris by an American Gentleman. The Catechism of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America * * * with some additions by James Morss. Rector of St. Paul's Church, New- buryport. Other books and pamphlets, pubhshed by Charles Whipple, W. & J. Oilman and others, at a later date, have title-pages as follows : — Catalogue of Books | in the | Newburyport Circulating Library | Kept at I Charles Whipple's ] Bookstore No. 4 State Street Newbury- port I . . . I 1S16 A I Sermon | Delivered March 9, icSirj, at the funeral [ of the | Rev. Samuel Spring, D. D. | Pastor of the North Congregational Church in Newburyport | By Leonard Woods D . D. j Abbot Professor of Christian Theology in the Theological Seminary at Andover | Newburyport | Published by Charles Whipple No. 4 State Street | 181 9 | Flagg & Gould I Printers Two I Sermons | addressed to the Second Presbyterian Society | in Newburyport | May 29, 1S26 | the Sabbath after his installation [ By Daniel Dana, D. D. | Newburyport j Printed by W. & J. Gilman | No. 9 State street | 1826 Miracles | of | God and the Prophets | By Dr. Antonio Knight | New- buryport I 1829 Letters | Descriptive of | Public Monuments, Scenery and Manners | in France and Spain | In two volumes | Newburyport | Printed by E. W. Allen & Co. | MDCCCXXXII.' The I Amaranth | A | Literary and Religious Offering | Designed as I A Christmas and New Year's Present | Edited by J. H. Buckingham I Newburyport j Charles Whipple | [1831] Printed by J. H. Buckingham. 1 These letters were written by Mrs. Caroline Elizaheth (Wilde) Gushing, wife of Caleb dishing, and published a few years previous to her death. APPENDIX 501 The Amaranth has for a frontispiece an engraving of the cenotaph erected to the memory of Rev. George Whitefield, in the First Presbyterian meeting-house on Federal street in Newburyport, and contains verses and prose sketches with titles as follows : — Hampton Beach, by George Lunt. The Empaled Butterfly, " Hannah F. Gould. A Story of Delhi, " Thomas M. Clark. Rev. George Whitefield, " Leonard Withington. Sabbath Morning, - Park Benjamin. The Cloud Ship, " Alonzo Lewis. Alfred Raybourg, " Thomas M. Clark. Advice to an Infidel, " Leonard Withington. A Jewish Tradition, " George Lunt. Jehiel Wigglesworth, " Mrs. L. H. Sigourney. Joseph H. Buckingham printed in Newburyport, in 1832, for Carter & Hendee of Boston, a poem by John G. Whit- tier, entitled " Moll Pitcher." A copy of this poem, dedi- cated to Eli Todd, M. D., of Hartford, Connecticut, is in the library of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, translated from the original Latin and collated with the author's last edition in French by John Allen. Published in three volumes by William B. Allen & Co., Newburyport, 181 6.' The Tongue | Two Practical Sermons | By T. W. Higginson | Min- ister of the First Religious Society in Newburyport | Newburyport | Published by A. Augustus Call | 1850. Merchants | A Sunday Evening Lecture | By T. W. Higginson | * * * I Newburyport [ A. A. Call, Publisher [ Huse and Bragdon, Printers | 1851. Strigilis | A Rhyme of the Railer [ By Aquillpen | Newburyport | E. Davis Green, Printer | 1852.- ' Probably printed with the New Haven edition of the same date, and supplied with title-page only by the Newbiuyport publishers. See advertisement in the Newburyport Herald and Commercial Gazette, July 12, 1816. - This book, criticising the whims and follies of the day, is supposed to have been written by Samuel A. Wheelwright and Richard -S. Spofford, jr. On account of its scratching and irritating propensities, the poem was called Strigilis, — "A Curry Comb." 502 APPENDIX The I Washiad ] or | Siege of Washington | An Epic Poem | In three cantos | Being scenes from the experience of an office seeker, and containing some | Account of the Conspiracy of the " outsiders "' to secure appoint | ment to the U. S. Government offices in the Custom House j and Post Office at Newburyport, Mass. | By an Eminent Con- servative I Hoec Oliin Meminisse Juvabit ] Canto First [ 1858 | ' The first Newburyport Directory was printed in 1848 and published in January, 1849. Wooster Smith, publisher, C Nason, Watchtower office, printer. In 1850, Wooster Smith was publisher of the directory, and Nason, Bragdon & Co., Union Press, printers. The publisher in 1851 was John E. Tilton, printers, Huse & Bragdon. In 1853, C. Augustine Dockham and Nathaniel P. Brown were publishers, and Wil- liam H. Huse, printer. In 1854 C. Augustine Dockham was publisher, and Wilham H. Huse, printer. In 1855, Caleb Niles Haskell was publisher, and Morss, Brewster & Huse, printers. In 1858, and for several years after that date, Caleb Niles Haskell was publisher, and Adams, Sampson & Co., of Boston, printers. In 1866, Sampson, Davenport & Co., suc- cessors to Adams, Sampson & Co., were publishers and print- ers. From 1886 to the present time the directory has been printed and published by Sampson, Murdock & Co. and by the Sampson & Murdock Company. ' Only one canto of this poem, written by Ethvin Blood, was published. It is dedicated " To the office holders under the Federal Government who have been re-appointed by the President in opposition to the principle of Rotation, and, above all, in opposition to the small jealousy,— the petty intrigue, and the secret treachery of their own supposed friends," and describes a meeting of some of the prominent politicians of Newburyport and the bamiuet that followed, at which choice wines and viands were served. I'rinted copies of the first canto of this poem are in the possession of Lawrence B. Gushing of Newburj'port and James E. Whitney of ]5oston. III. HENRY LUNT AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.' The ship " Mary and John," Robert Sayres, master, saihng from England in March, 1634, arrived in Boston in the month of May following. Rev. Thomas Parker, John Spencer, James Noyes, Nicholas Noyes, Henry Lunt and others were passengers in this ship and settled in Newbury in 1635. Henry Lunt was granted a house lot and several acres of farming land on the northerly bank of the Ouascaqunquen, now Parker, river. May 2, 1638, he was admitted to the privileges of a freeman in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. He married, probably in 1638, Anne , by whom he had the following-named children : — Sarah, born Nov. 8, 1639. Daniel, " May 17, 1 64 1 . John, " Nov. 30, 1 643' Priscilla, " Feb. 16, 1646. Mary. " July 13, 1648. EHzabeth, " Dec. 29, 1650, Henry, " Feb. 20, 1653- When the new town was laid out, in 1645, on the south- westerly side of Merrimack river, Henry Lunt was granted four acres of land on the Country road, now High street, between Cottle's lane, now Bromfiekl street, and Chandler's lane, now Federal street, Newburyport. On this lot of land he probably built a house in which he lived until his death, July 10, 1662. ' Compiled from genealogical records and papers in the possession of Capt. James O. Knapp. 504 APPENDIX In his will, proved on the thirtieth of September following, he gave to his wife, during her natural life, and after her de- cease to his sons John and Henry, his dwelling house, barn and orchard, to his son Daniel land adjoining his homestead, and to his daughters Sarah, Priscilla, Mary and Elizabeth the sum of twenty pounds each. Mrs. Anne Lunt, widow, married, March 8, 1664-5, Joseph Hills, who was born in England in 1602, married Rose Clark in 1624, came to Boston with his wife and children in 1638, and lived for many years in Charlestown, and afterwards in Maiden, Mass. June 24, 165 1, he married, for his second wife, Hannah (Smith), widow of Edward Mellowesof Charles- town. His third wife was Helen, or Eleanor, daughter of Hugh Atkinson,' and his fourth wife Mrs. Anne Lunt, widow, as above stated. He was a deputy to the General Court from Charlestown and Maiden, and a prominent member of the committee appointed to codify the laws of the colony of Mas- sachusetts Bay in 1648. Soon after his marriage to Mrs. Anne Lunt he removed to Newbury, and was elected deputy to the General Court July 28, 1665, but for some reason un- known did not attend the session held in the month of October following, and for this neglect of duty a fine of ten pounds was imposed upon the freemen of the town.- He was subse- quently elected deputy for the sessions beginning May 15, 1667, and May 19, 1669. He died in Newbury Eebruary 5, 1687-8. His widow, Anne (Lunt) Hills, died several years later. Daniel, son of Henry and Anne Lunt, burn May 17, 1641, married, May 16, 1664, Hannah, daughter of Robert and Catherine Coker. She died January 29, 1679, and he mar- ried, for his second wife, Mary (Cutting) Moody, widow of Samuel Moody, and daughter of Capt. John and Mary Cut- ting of Newbury. ' History of Maiden (D. ]'. Corey), page 182 note. - History of Newbury (Currier), pages 677 note and 678. APPENDIX 5Qg Children of Daniel and Hannah (Coker) Lunt : — Hannah, born May 17, 1665. Daniel, " May I, 1667. Henry, " June 23, 1669. John, " January 10, 167 Sarah, " June 18, 1674. Mary, " July 24, 1677. Children of Daniel and Mary (Cutting-Moody) Lunt : — Joseph, born March 4, 1681. Anne, " January 28, 1683. Benjamin, " March 15, 1686. Joseph, son of Daniel and Mary (Cutting-Moody) Lunt, born March 4, 1681, married, December 29, 1702, Martha, daughter of John and Mary (Poore) Noyes. She died June 26, 1706; and he married, in 1708, Joanna Adams for his second wife. Joseph and Martha (Noyes) Lunt had only one child :— Mary, born December 3, 1705 ; died January 8, 1725-6. Joseph and Joanna (Adams) Lunt had the following-named children : — Elkaneh, born December 11, 1709. Joseph, '• September 21, 171 1. Cutting, " January 22, 17 14. Lois, '• January 5, 171 7. Nathaniel, " May 2. 1719. Mehitable, " January 23, 1721. Eunice. " September 18, 1725. Cutting, son of Joseph and Joanna (Adams) Lunt, born January 22, 17 14, married, December 10, 1735, Deborah, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Knight) Jaques. She died February 14, 1788. He died December 29, 1790. 5o6 APPENDIX Children of Cutting" and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt : — Sarah, born in October, i73^j; died January 13, 1738. Paul, " March 18, 1739; died Februarys. 1746. Richard, ■' April 17, 1742. Silas, " August 21, 1744; died April 13, 1752. Paul, " March 30, 1747. Cutting, " January 1, 1749. Richard, son of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt, born April 17, 1742; married, June 23, 1765, Elizabeth Chapman of Salem, Mass., by whom he had the following-named chil- dren : — Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 4, 1767, in the North Church, Salem. Deborah, " Oct. 4, 1767, " Sarah, " Sept. 23. 1770, " Richard, " Sept. 27, 1772. " Joseph, " Dec. 4, 1 774, " November 15, 1776, Richard Lunt sailed from Newbury- port in the privateer brig Dalton, and was captured on the twenty-fourth of December following, taken to England, and confined in Mill prison/ He was released in 1779, and sailed on the fourteenth of August from L'Orient, in France, in the frigate Alliance, with the Bon Homme Richard and other vessels, under the command of John Paul Jones, for a cruise on the British coast. He died October 27, 1796, and was buried in the graveyard near the First Parish meeting-house in Newbury. Paul, son of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt, born March 30, 1747, married, February 2, 1775, Margaret, daugh- ter of Major Joshua and Sarah (Bartlett) Coffin. She died , and he married, February 5, 1790, Harriet Adams for his second wife. He was a Ueutenant in Capt. Ezra Lunt's company at the battle of Bunker hill, and the author of a diary ' History of Xewburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 627-629. APPENDIX 507 published in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for February, 1872. He died November 26, 1824. Harriet (Adams) Lunt died February 20, 1852. Cutting-, son of Cutting and Deborah (Jaques) Lunt, and brother of Richard and Paul Lunt, born January i, 1749, married Mary, daughter of William and Mary (Brown) Ger- rish. He was captain of the marines in the privateer Lide- pendence, commanded by William Nichols, in September, 1776, and on the fifteenth of November following sailed from Newburyport in the brig Dalton, and on the twenty-fourth of December was captured by an English frigate, taken to Eng- land, and confined in Mill prison. After his release, in 1779, he was third lieutenant of the Bon Homme Richard, under the command of John Paul Jones. \\\ October, 1780, William Coffin of Newbury was captain of the privateer America, and Cutting Lunt, saihng master.' The privateer, with her offi- cers and crew, was lost at sea in 1781 or 1782. Henry Lunt, jr., son of Daniel and Hannah (Coker) Lunt, and grandson of Henry Lunt, sr., was born June 23, 1669/ He married Mary in 1694, probably, by whom he had the following named children : — Daniel, born June 15, 1695. Benjamin, •• June 21, 1700. Henry, •' . Johnson, '• Aug. 12, 1704. Abner, •' in 1706. Sarah, •' . His wife Mary Lunt died December 28, 1721 ; he died in 1738. 1 Massachusetts Archives, volume 165, page 275; volume 271, page 291; and volume 40, page 58. "• See page 505 for children of Daniel and Hannah (Coker) Lunt. 5o8 APPENDIX Abner, son of Henry and Mary Lunt, born in 1706, mar- ried, May 6, 1726, Hannah Stickney. Abner and Hannah (Stickney) Lunt had the following-named children : — Hannah, born Feb. 17, 1727. Sarah, '■ Sept. 14, 1 730. Abner, " July 25, 1 732. Abner, son of Abner and Hannah (Stickney) Lunt, born July 25, 1732, married, April 19, 1751, Miriam, daughter of Benjamin and Miriam (Woodman) Coffin. They had chil- dren as follows : — Anne, born Oct. 29, 1751. Miriam, " Feb. 9, 1 754. Jacob, " ■ -. Mary, " . Micajah, '• Nov. 9, 1 764. Abner Lunt died at sea when his children were young ; and his widow, Miriam Lunt, died March 7, 1787. Micajah, son of Abner and Miriam (Coffin) Lunt), born November 9, 1764, served in the army and navy in the Revolutionary war, and was afterwards a prominent merchant and ship-owner in Newburyport.' He married, June 11, 1792, Sarah, daughter of Daniel Giddings of Ipswich, by whom he had the following-named children : — WiUiam, born Oct. 3, 1793 ; died Aug. 14, 1794- Micajah, '■ April 22, 1 796. William, " Jan. 1, 1798. Sarah Lord, " Oct. 6, 1800. Mary Cofifin, " Nov. 9, 1802. George, " March 7. 1805. Hannah Giddings, " March 25, 1807. Susan Maria. •' June 5, 181 1. 1 See chapter XXII, page 250, APPEiSft^IX S09 Mrs. Sarah (Giddings) Lunt died January 5, 1827, and, on the thirty-first of July following, Mr. Lunt married, for his second wife, Sarah B., daughter of Edmund Swett, by whom he had one son, Jacob William Lunt, born January 30, 1829. Micajah Lunt died August 30, 1840, and his widow, Sarah B. (Swett) Lunt, died September 2, 1876. Micajah, son of Micajah and Sarah (Giddings) Lunt, born April 22, 1796, married. May 29, 1826, Hannah Gyles, daughter of Samuel Mulliken. She died October 8, 1829, leaving no children, and Captain Lunt married, December 13, 1 83 1, Mary Johnson, daughter of Edmund Coffin, for his second wife, by whom he had the following-named children : — - Micajah, born Nov. 21, 1S32; died Jan. 18, 1S65. Edmund Coffin, " June 17, 1S34; " in May, 1838. Mary Coffin, " Oct. 20, 1835; " Sept. 28, 1836. Sydney William, '■ July 14, 1837; " Nov. 30, 1838. Sarah Giddings, •' March 7, 1839; " Sept. 22, 1857. Edmund Sydney, " Dec. 25, 1841 ; " Sept. 21, 1898. Mary Coffin, " May 8, 1 845 ; married, June 18, 1874, Col. Edward O. Shepard of Boston. Captain Lunt' was a large ship-owner, a successful merchant, and for many years president of the Bartlet Steam Mills Manufacturing Company. He died January 8, 1874, and his widow, Mary Johnson (Coffin) Lunt, died June 19, 1878. Henry, son of Henry and Anne Lunt, born February 20, 1653, married Jane . Henry and Jane Lunt had the following-named children : — Skipper, born Nov. 29, 1679. Mary, " Jan. 16, 1682. Abraham, " Dec. 10, 1683. John, " Feb. i, 1686. William, " July 4, 1688. Daniel, " Jan. i, 1691. ' See biographical sketch, chapter XXII, pages 251 and 252. CIO APPENDIX Jane, born Nov. 9, 1693. Samuel, '• March 26, 1696. Henry, - • • James, " Jan. 15, 1698. Daniel, son of Henry and Jane Lunt, born January i, 1 69 1, married Mary, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Noyes) Pettingell, January 21,1 7 19-20. Daniel and Mary (Pettingell) Lunt had the following-named children : — Matthew, bom Oct. 24, 1720. Daniel, ■' Jan. I, 1723. Henry, '• Sept. 20, 1725. Moses, » Aug, 12, 1727. Mary, " Jan. 1 1, 1728-9. Sarah, •' March 20, 1734, Matthew, son of Daniel and Mary (Pettingell) Lunt, born October 24, 1720, married Jane Moody in 1742 probably. Matthew and Jane (Moody) Lunt had the following-named children : — Ezra, born April 10, i 743. Daniel, March 14, 1745 Anne, Feb. 28, 1750. Henry, in 1754. Jane, Feb. 20, 1 756. Mary, Feb. 25. 1759. Elizabe :th , •' March 2, i 761. The oldest son, Ezra, married Elizabeth Pearce in 1765, and after her death Mary . In April, 1774, he was the owner of a stage-coach, advertised to leave Newburyport every Monday morning for Boston, returning on the following Thursday to Newburyport.' He was also proprietor and pub- lisher of The Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet,^ in company with Henry Walter Tinges, under the firm-name of ' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 390 and 395. - History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 503. APPkNDiX 51 i Lunt & Tinges, from August, 1774, until May, 1775, when he enhsted in the Continental army, and was captain of a company in Col. Moses Little's regiment at the battle of Bunker hill, and afterwards served in New York and New Jersey.' In 1782 he was an innholder in Newburyport,' and subsequently had command of two companies raised to assist the government in suppressing the rebellion headed by Daniel Shays, and served in that capacity from January 8 to July 2, 1787.^ Two or three years later he removed t<^ Ohio, where he died in 1803. Daniel, the second son of Matthew and Jane (Moody) Lunt, born as stated on the opposite page, March 14, 1745? married Sarah Knight in 1 769. He was in command of a brig captured, February 25, 1776, in the vicinity of Cape Ann, by an English sloop-of-war, and taken into Boston harbor. He subsequently published an account of the harsh treatment he received previous to his escape from the merchant ship in which he was confined for several weeks.^ November 15, 1776, he sailed from New- buryport in the privateer Dalton, Eleazer Johnson, master, and on the twenty-fourth of December following was cap- tured, taken to England, and confined in Mill prison for two or three years.5 He died in 1787 ; his widow died July 20, 1 8 16, aged sixty-eight. Henry, the youngest son of Matthew and Jane (Moody) Lunt, born in 1754, married Sarah . He was in the naval service early in the year 1776, and on the fifteenth of November sailed from Newburyport in the privateer Dalton, was captured by an English frigate, taken to England, and confined in Mill prison. After his release in ' History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 546-549 and note. ^ History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 390. 3 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 89-91. •* History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 620. '" History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 628 and 629. 5i: APPENDIX 1779, he was second lieutenant of the l^on Homme Richard, under the command of John Paul Jones.' He died in 1805. Henry, son of Henry and Sarah Lunt, born February 28, 1776, married Mary Green Pearson May 24, 1801. He re- moved to Boston in 1809, and was for many years senior member of the firm of Lunt & Leach, on India wharf in that city. He died in Dorchester, Mass., March 4, 1859. His son, William Parsons Lunt, born in Newburyport April 2, 1805, graduated at Harvard college in 1823, studied for the ministry in the Theological school at Cambridge, and was pastor of the Second Unitarian church in the city of New York from June 19, 1828, to November, 1833. He was in- stalled, June 3, 1835, assistant pastor, or colleague, of Rev. Peter Whitney, senior pastor of the Unitarian church in Ouincy, Mass., and at the burial of John Ouincy Adams, in 1 848, delivered a sermon which was said to be " worthy of a place beside any funeral oration of ancient or modern times." He died March 21, 1857, in Arabia, on his way to Jeru- salem, and was buried in the sand near Akaba, on the eastern arm of the Red sea. A rude heap of stones marks his last resting-place.- A tablet, with the following inscription, was erected to his memory, in 1858, in the church at Quincy, where he preached for more than twenty years:— In memory of William I'arsons Lunt D. D. Pastor of this Church Prized, Honored, Lamented, Theologian, Poet & .Scholar He devoted his Life To Intellectual Pursuits and .Sacred Exercises. Weighty and Accomplished as a Writer Eloquent as a Preacher Conservative in a Liberal Doctrine: 1 History of Newbuiyport (Currier), volume I, pages 602-605. - Histoiy of Braintree and Quincy, by William S. I'attee, pages 225 and 226. APPENDIX 5 T 3 Of a Grave & Earnest Spirit, He loved tlie Highest Meditations And meditated the Truest Services. Born in Newburyport April XXI, MDCCCV,' Installed here June III. MDCCCXXXV. He died at Ezion-Geber on his way to Jerusalem March XXI. MDCCCLVII. " Even so says the Spirit, for they rest.""- Henry, son of Daniel and Mary (Pettingell) Liint-', born September 20, 1725, married, January 31, 1764, Abigail (Allen) Lunt, widow of Josiah Limt. Henry and Abigail (Allen) Lunt had the following-named children : — Samuel Allen, born November 3, 1769. Abel, " in 1767. Joseph, " February 13. 1774. Abel, son of Henry and Abigail (Allen) Lunt, born No- vember 3, 1769, married, May 13, 1795, Phebe Tilton. Abel and Phebe (Tilton) Lunt had the following-named children : — Abel, born November i 7, i 798. George, " December 31, 1803. George, son of Abel and Phebe (Tilton) Ltmt, born De- cember 31, 1803, graduated at Harvard in 1824, studied law, and three or four years later began the practice of his profes- sion in Newburyport.^ October 25, 1834, he married Sarah Miles Greenwood. She died in July, 1842, and, two years later, he married Emily, daughter of John(.?) Ashton. For his third wife he married Adelaide Parsons, sister of the poet, T. W. Parsons. ' William Parsons Lunt was born April j, 1805, according to the Newl>uryi)ort town records. - History of Braintree and (^uincy, William S. Pattee, page 141. 3 See page 510. ■* Chapter XXIII, page 281. 5J4 APPENDIX After his removal to Boston, in 1848, he was United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts from 1849 to 1853, and editor of the Boston Com'ier from 1856 to 1865. During the last years of his life he resided in Scituate, Mass., and devoted himself to literary pursuits. He died in Boston May 17, 1885, and was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, Newbury- port. IV. SOLDIERS STATIONED AT PLUM LSLAND. During the war of 1812 troops were stationed at Plum island, and several independent military companies were or- ganized for service there. An observatory erected on Lunt's hill, in Newbury, now Alarch's hill, Newburyport, was supplied with field-glasses and telescopes for the purpose of watching the movement of vessels approaching the mouth of Merrimack river.' The Silver Greys, composed of merchants and men of prominence in the town, having provided themselves with arms and ammunition, offered to assist in erecting fortifications on the island ; and the Sea Fencibles, a company of ship-masters and seamen, out of employment, attracted considerable atten- tion escorting the lieutenant-governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts to Plum island when Fort Philip was com- pleted and supplied with cannon for the defence of the sea- coast. They carried a flag with only five stars in the union, representing the five New England states. The Washington Light Infantry, Captain Titcomb, was on duty at the island for a week in the summer of 18 14,- and other companies volunteered to assist in building temporary batteries if needed. The following-named officers and men were placed in charge of the batteries, when completed, by order of the commander- in-chief : — 3 ' Newburyport Herald, July 2, 1813. The observatory was sold at public auction July 13, 181 5. ' Newburyport Herald, July 26, 1814. ■* Archives, adjutant-general's office, Boston, Mass. 5i6 APPENDIX Sergeant Pilsbury"s Detachment, from June 21 to June 2S, i(Si4. Sergeant. Privates. Chas. Pilsbury. Washington Webster, Privates. Winchester Knight, John Daveds, Danl. B. Pingree, Nicholas Blasdell, Ephraim Goodwin, Benj. Kent, Charles Emerson, Jas. Bachelder, Ezekiel True. Sergeant Young's Detachment, from June 2S to Jul)- 5, 1S14. Sergeant. Privates. James Young. Nathl. March, Privates. Moses Kimball, James Campbell, James S. Goodhue, George Norton, jr., Jonathan Choate, Wm. Burk, Samuel Bagley, Samuel Knapp, Thos. Yatte, Isaac Poor, NatW Perkins, Moses Norton, Daniel Stanwood, Charles Davis, Philip Colby. Robert Leigh, Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from July 5 to July 12, 1814. Sergeant. Privates. Jacob Griffin. Thomas Somerby, Privates. Stephen Pritchard. John Newman, Sergeant Robert Griffin's Detachment, from July 5 to July 12, 1814. Sergeant. Privates. Robert Griffin. Philip Butler, Privates. Jeremiah Burnham, Ephraim I. Smith. Benj. Eolsom, Joseph Whittemore, John Demars, Enoch Danford, Geo. Packer, W"' C. Pilsbury, Thos. Wyatt, Theodore Libbey, Sam'l Gibson. APPENDIX 517 Sergeant Mason's Detachment, Sergeant. Wm. S. Moses, James Campell (?). Drummer. George Moulton. Fifer. Jonathan Moulton, Jr. Privates. Joseph Whittemore, Jonathan Sweet, Charles Call, Moses Morton, from July 12 to July 19, 1814. Privates. Wm Somersby, Jr., Thomas Wyatt, Dan1 Stan wood, Nathaniel Hodge, Joseph Gerrish, Will Somersby, Win Jennison, Jr., John Dodge, Ebenezer Wheelright, Sam'l Prince. Sergeant White's Detachment, from July 25 to July 30, 1S14. Privates. Wm Somersby, Samuel Wheeler, Jr., Ephraim I. Smith, Philip Butler, Chas. Call, Sergeant. Thos. B. White. Corporal. James Campbell, Musician. Samuel Gibson. Fifer. Charles Butler. Privates. Thos. Somersby, Richard Evans, Thos. Wyatt, Sergeant Gordon's Detachment. Sergeant. Charles Gordon. Corporal. James Campbell. Drummer. Moses Bayley. Fifer. Nath' F. Flanders. Privates. Wm Allen, A. W. Trusdale, Robert H. Noyes, Hector Cross, Wm Hastings, Dan'l Pilsbury, Dan'l Stanwood, W'li Shaw, Sam'l Mason. from July 30 to August 6, 1814. Privates. Robert Gardner, Charles Hall, Thos. Furnald, Nehemiah Flanders, Jr., Benj. Pidgin, H. B. Haskell, Ephraim \. Smith, John Flanders, Daniel Pike, Joseph Woodman, y^, Joseph F. Chase. 5i8 APPENDIX Sergeant Brown's Detachment, from August 6 to August 15, 181 4. Privates. Charles Cole, James Campbell, Joseph Ham, Sergeant. Thomas Brown. Corporal. Dan'l Stone. Drummer. W'li Mason. Fifer. John Havers (or Flavers). Privates. Wm Davis, Wni Middleton, Saml. Swasey, George Packer, James Burns, Thomas Wyatt, Amos Clark, Merrill Morse, Wm Davenport, John Huse, Joseph Silloway. Sergeant Noyes' Detachment, from August 13 to August 20, 1S14. Sergeant. Fifers. Jacob Noyes, jr. Dan'l Morton. Corporal. Privates. Sam'l Clark. Nathl Currier, Jr., Drummer. Thos Ladd, Sam'l Dodge. Thos. Yatt (or Gatt). Fifers. John Green, Chas. Davis, Henry Jackson, W'" Hall, James Campbell. Sergeant Wood's Detachment, Sergeant. Wm. Wood. Corporal. James Campbell. Drummer. Moses Bayley. Fifer. Joseph Knapp. Privates. Dudley Hardy, James Wood, Benj. Pidgen, Henry Morrison, John Carr, from August 20 to August 27, 1S14. Privates. Chas. Call (or Cole), Ephraim I. Smith, Nathl Fitz, Joseph Laskey, Joseph Silloway, W'm Anderson, Geo. Packer, Thos. Wyatt, Chas. Pillsbury, Jacob Griffin, Sam'l Cressey, Nath'l Warner, Moses Ordway. APPENDIX 5^9 Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from Sergeant. Jacob Griffin. Corporal. Ephraim I. Smith. Drummers. Tho* B. Stone, John Butler. Privates. Thos Wood, Nehemiah Flanders, Jr., James Campbell, Charles Call, W>" Mason, Benj. Newman, Jr., August 27 to September 3, 1.S14. Privates. Sam'l Wood, Benj. H. Wadleigh, Sam'l Gibson, Artemas W. Truesdall, Joseph Wilson, Robert Gardner, Will Marden, Arthur Somersby, Edward Currier, James Morton, John Fenney, Robert Gardner, Joseph Bassett. Sergeant Evans' Detachment, from September 3 to September 10, 1814. Privates. James Wood, James Cambell, W'li Kloot, Sergeant. Richard Evans. Corporal. John Putnam. Drummer. Moses Bayley. Fifer. Robert Gordon. Privates. Dan'l Pike, Artemas Flanders, Jr., Benj. Pidgen, Sam'l Dodge, Will Anderson, Henry Morrison, Joseph Laskey, John Carr, Jacob Prichard. Sergeant Stone's Detachment, from September 10 to September 17, 1814. Privates. Sam'l Creasey, Nehemiah Flanders, Jr., Sergeant. W'li Stone. Coiporal. Amos Foreman. Drummer. Tristram Plummer. Fifer. Orlando Brown. Privates. Moses Coffin, James Merrill, Stephen H. Peabody, Joseph Stickney, James Wood, Charles Cook, 3id, Robert Gardner, Joseph Picker, Jr., Geo. Packer, Thos Wood. 520 APPENDIX Sergeant Wood's Detachment, from Sept. 17 to Sept. 24, TS14. Sergeant. Jonathan Wood. Corporal. Ebenezer Noyes. Drummer. Chas. F. Backliff. Fifer. Joseph Knapp. Privates. Wm Balch, Joseph Elder, W'li Kloot, Privates. Moses Bayley, Geo. Packer, Thos Pearson, Jr., Wm Hull, Thos Johnson, John Butler, Ephraim I. Smith, Edward Currier, Sam'l Clark, David Reed, Chas. Walker. Sergeant Greely"s Detachment, from Sept. 24 to Oct. i, 1814. Privates. Joseph Silloway, Edward Packer, Joseph Furnald, Sergeant. Nath"l Greely, W"i Kloot. Drummer. Artemas W. Truesdall. Fifer. Chas. Rogers. Privates. Nath'l Woodman, Richard Wells, W"! F^landers, John Hoyt, Robert Gardner, Alexr Robinson, Nathl March, Sam'l Brown, Jr., James Pease, Nathl Howard. Sergeant Hodge's Detachment, Sergeant. S. S. Hodge. Corporal. Dan'l Balk. Musicians. Enoch Stickney, Benj. G. Johnson. Privates. James Francis, Henry Loring, Anthony Devenport, Geo. Carter, from October i to Octobers. 1S14. Privates. Wm H. Tyler, Oliver Prescott, jr., Joseph Lunt, jr., Nathl Wyer, jr., Wm H. Prince, Nathan Plummer, Joseph Knapp, James Campbell, Thos Johnson, John Broking, Nathan A. Prescott (or Brackett). APPENDIX 521 Roll of Captain Titcomb's Company, Lt (6tii Regt., 2d Brigade, 2ci Division), from Captain. Paul Titcomb. Lieutenant. John Chickering. Ensign. Chas. H. Black. Sergeants. Eleazer Johnson, jr., Jonathan G. Johnson, Benj. G. Sweetser. Musicians. Jos. Gardner, John G. Stall, John Carlton, Leonard Philips. Privates. Collery, Philip Johnson, jr., John Greenleaf, Nathan Follansbee, Charles Davenport, Abel Johnson, Charles Whipple, W"i P. Johnson, .-Col. Paul Merrill's Regiment October 5 to October 7, 1S14. Privates. John Porter, Jeremiah P. Tappan, John Scott, Paul Bishop, Edmund Sweet, Oliver Spaulding, Geo. Rogers, Ebenezer Steadman, Charles Gordon, Benjamin Pardee, Jacob Swain, Anthony Perkins, Richard M. Bartlett, Jonathan Call, jr., Ebenezer Wheelwright, Wm Black, Wm Boardman, Stephen Tilton, Wm Shaw, Geo. Coffin, Anthony Smith, George Greenleaf. Captain Greenleaf's Company, from October 5 to October 7, 181 4. Privates. Captain. Charles Greenleaf. Ensign. Solomon Foster. Sergeants. Thos Brown, Henry Hudson. Privates. Benjamin Barber, Charles Cook, Moses Cole, Wm Davenport, Joseph Doggett, Frederic W. Donnell, Wm Davis, Amos Foreman, John Huse, John Page, Wm Middleton, Joseph Pike, Merrill Morse, John Stephens, Joseph Taylor, Wm K. Wilson. 522 APPENDIX Captain Pierce's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5 to October 7, 1S14. Captain. Privates. Nicholas Pierce. John Brown, Ensign. Moses Hale, James Cook. Nath'l Hodge, Sergeants. Jonathan Moulton, H. G. Britton, Dan'l Smith, Saul Stevens, John Dodge, Silas Rogers. Wm Tennisson, Privates. Sam'l Prince, John Hoytt, Nath'l Woodman, Moses More, Nath'l Talbot. Captain Coffin's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5 to October 7, 1814. Captain. Privates. Nath'l Coffin. Chas. Davis, Lieutenant, Wm Kloop, John Dodge, jr. Joseph Lasky, Ensign. Nathi March, Jas. H. Currier. Stephen Ordway, Sergeant. Peter Post, James Young. William Stanwood, Privates. Ebenezer Walch, Nathan A. Bricket, Jonathan Pettingill, Wm Burk, Isaac Poor, Wm Couch, Joseph Piper, Thomas D. Cook, James Campbell, Samuel. Currier, Joseph Knap, jr., Walter Brown, Daniel Spiller. Captain Plummer's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5 to October 7, 1.S14. Captain. Musicians. Enoch Plummer. Benj. Stevens, Lieutenant. Charies F. Backlyft. Jonathan Cooledge. Privates. Sergeant. James Brown, jr., Wm Wood. Moses Bayley, Corporals. James Horton, Benj. Pidgin, Robert Noyes, Nathl Flanders, Edward Titcomb, J, T. Chase. Edmund Backlyft, APPENDIX 523 Privates. Robert Pearson, Geo. Thompson, Thos Somerby, jr., John Flanders, Edward I'acker, Henry Morrison, Ebenezer Noyes, Jonathan M. Durbank, Wm Flanders, Privates. Richard Wells, Saml. Brown, Joseph 15rown, 3rd, George Packer, Artemas \V. Trusdall, Joseph Silliway, Nehemiah Flanders, \Vm. Mooer, Thos. Robert. Lieutenant Moody's Detachment, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5 to October 7, 1814. Privates. Lieutenant. John Moody. Sergeants. Jacob Noyes, Richard Hooker, Nath'l Greely, Thos. Davis. Privates. Zachariah Atwood, Matthew Currier, jr. Edward Currier, Samuel Clark, Wm Chase, Samuel Dodge, Joshua Frye, Daniel Foster, jr., John Green, Thomas Hall, Joseph Haskell, Henry Jackson, Wm Hall, James I'ease, John Perkins, Stephen Boardman, Nicholas Short, Thos. Todd, John Finey (or Tiney) , John Wells, jr., Benj. Hyatt, jr., Arthur Somersby, Micajah Lunt. Captain Pike's Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, from October 5 to October 7, 1S14. Captain. James F. Pike, Lieutenant. Abner Pearson. Ensign. Benj. Greely. Sergeants. Charles Hunt, Thomas B. White, Richard Evans, Jonathan Wood. Musicians. John Putnam, Joel Smith. Privates. Foster Smith, Isaac Rand, Robert Gordon, Samuel Wheeler, Wm Hastings, Sam'l D. Ford, Heaton Cross, 524 APPENDIX I'rivates. Joseph Elder, Chas. Short, Geo. Short, Joseph Short, jr., Daniel Chase, Jacob P rite hard, Thomas Plummer, Charles Butler, John Mace. Lewis(?) Spring, Sam"l Spring, Francis Todd, Geo. Feabody. Joseph Plummer, Privates. \Vm Shaw, \Vm Edmunds, Edward Berry, J as. Furnald, Thos Pearson, Woodbridge, James L. Foot, Henry Frothingham. Wm D. Burnham. Joseph Tupper. Sam'l Chase, John Coffin, Wm. Kimball, jr., HeHta Ellis. Captain CaldwelPs Company, to 6th of Captain. Alex. Caldwell. Ensign. Reuben W. Rogers. Sergeants. Eben Bradbury, Jacob Griffen, Will G etch el. Privates. Harrison Bradley, Will Marden, Amos Skeels, Joseph I'utman, Joseph Wilson, jr., Michael Sumner, Joseph Wentworth, Ralph Cross, Moses Cass, Col. Merriirs Regiment, from 5th to October, 1814. Privates. Joshua Hills, Richard Peters, Will Whitmore, Wm Caldwell, Thos. B. Stone, Enoch Baker, John Glines. Jas. Woodman, Benj. H. Wadleigh. John Caldwell, Benj. Newman, jr., Samuel Whood (?), Peter Morse, Ephraim Smith, Wm Welch, Nath"l 15assett, Wm Rogers. Captain Williams" Company, Col. Merrill's Regiment, two days between October 5 and October 11, 18 14. Sergeant. Charles Pillsbury. Captain. Abraham Williams. APPENDIX 5^5 Privates. James Murrill, James Chase, jr., Orlando Brown, Wistran Plunimer, Charles Pearson, James Wood, Joseph Stickney, Wm Mitchell, Joseph Batchelder, Captain Stickney's Company, Col. Merr to October 1 1, Captain. Jacob Stickney. Lieutenants. David Lufkin, Charles Hodge. Quartermaster. Samuel Hoyt. Sergeants. Jeremiah Wheelwright, Green Johnson. Joseph Buntin, Wm Bartlett. Corporals. Wm Young, Joseph Aubin, -Charles Cook, James Francis. Musicians. David Lake, John Putnam, Hoel Smith, Moses Bailey, Samuel Walter, Privates. Nicholas Lattimore, Mayo Gerrick, Jeremiah Blanchard, Jacob Knap, John H. Titcomb, Privates. Benj. Kent, Charles Emerson, Caleb Lufkin, Ezekiel True, Thos. Morrison, Moses Ordway, Nathaniel Warner, Ephraim Goodwin, Davis Hervy. ilPs Regiment, from October 7 I 814. Privates. Hos(?) Adams, David Coffin, jr., Charles Hall, Jonathan Titcomb, George Kilborne, jr., James Cummings, John Boddely, Wm Howard, Joseph Parsons, Henry Furlong, Christopher Bassett, Joseph Grind, Wm Lawson, John Stone, Amos Dennis, Samuel Swasey, Jonathan C. Welch, Benjamin Toppen, jr., Wm Friend, Dan'l Tilton. Enoch Haskell, Stephen Norton, David Haskell, Thomas Stallard, Silas Nowell, Wm B. Norton, Nathan Brown, John Young, ;26 APPENDIX Privates. Isaac Park. John Couch, Alex'r Livingston, Robert Kilborn, Amos Knight, Privates. Joseph .Stover, Enoch Gerrish, John Dole. Thomas lioardman Joseph Lovett. Lieutenant Chickering's Detachment, from Oct. 8 to Nov. 7, 1S14. Lieutenant. John Chickering. Sergeant. Frankhn Gerrish. Corporals. Nath'l Flanders, J as. Morrell. Musician. Richard Page. Privates. John Chase, jr., Wm Hall, Michael Stevens, Jedediah Kilburn, Henry Pearson, John Dennis Farley, Amos Noyes, jr.. Privates. Sam"l Smith. Levi Goodwin, Win .Smith, John Brown, Moses Emer}-. Daniel Gall, John Pressey, Wm Vickery, Robert Gardner, Jas. Laskey, Moses Call (or Cole), Joseph Brown, Enoch .Somersby, W"i Marden, Wm Kloot(.?), Sam'l Lunt. Lieutenant Goodwin's Detachment, from Nov. 7 to Dec. 7, 1814. Lieutenant. John Goodwin. Sergeant. Jacob Griffin. Corporal. Stephen Bartlett. Musicians. Nath'l Rogers, Charles Flanders, John Gerrish. Privates. Jeremiah P^aton, John Merrill, 4th, Privates. .Sam'l Ordway, Enoch Flanders, Moses Hoyt, James Nichols, John Blaisdell, 3rd, Chas. F. Racklefft, Edward I'arker, Robert Pearson, W"" Bush, W'n Connor, Jacob Merrill, James Robbins, APPENDIX 527 Privates. W"i Chase, Chas. Bartlett, Wade Elsey (or Ilsey), Chas. Chase, Dan'l Wells, Henry Kent, Privates. Ely Adams, Levi Pickman, Wm Silloway, John M. Noyes, Joseph Lowell. Lieutenant Little's Detachment, from Dec. 7 to Dec. 13, 1814. Lieutenant. Geo. Little Sergeant. True G. Graves. Corporals. Walter Brown, Philip Butler. Musicians. John Morrill, jr., Moses Brown, jr. Privates. James S. Gates, Daniel Wells, jr., Michael Rogers, Luther Weston, Samuel Atwood, Henry Rogers, Privates. James Burrill, Caleb Reed, Richard Adams, Thos. Goodwin, John Evans, jr., Reuben McCrelles. Gidion Bartlett, Dan'l Gall (14 Days), James Foot, Wm Saunders, Geo. Packer (or Parker), Chas. Emerson, Frederick Donniel, Wm. Chase, jr., Nehemiah Flanders, Joseph Lowell. Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from Dec. 13, 1814, to Feb. 11, 1815. Sergeant. Privates. Jacob Griffin. Dan'l Wells, jr.. Corporal. Ja's Silloway, Joshua Mace. Philip Butler, Drummer. John Brewster, Charles Flanders. Truel G. Graves, Fifer. Thos. Morrison, Stephen Gordon. James Campbell, Privates. Thomas Stoddard, Sam'l Jackman, Robert Gardner. 5 28 APPENDIX Sergeant Griffin's Detachment, from February ii to March 15, 1S15. Sergeant. l*rivates. Jacob Griffin. Dan'l Wells, jr., Corporal. Philip Butler, Joshua Mace. John Brewster. Drummer. True G. Graves, Chas. Flanders. James Campbell, Fifer. Thos. Stoddard, Stephen Gordon. Robert Gardner, Privates. Thomas Morrison, Samuel Jackson, Jas. Silloway. V. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. HISTORY OF NEWBUKYFOKT, VOLUME I. In 1767, James Hudson erected storehouses and reservoirs on the northeasterly bank of Merrimack river, in the town of Salisbury, where he began the manufacture of salt.' The Pennsylvania Magazine, or American Monthly Museum for March, 1776, has a sketch of these salt works, with an engraving, from which the half-tone print on the next page is taken. The storehouses and reservoirs are designated by figures in the engraving and the process of making salt is described as follows : — The water in full tides is received through the sluice No. 4 into the reservoir No. 5 (which is a hundred feet long and 40 broad), where it stands in the sun to evaporate to a pickle ; thence it is pumped into a refining cistern, there to refine ; thence it is drawn into pans (which are made of plate iron, rivetted together, about ten feet square and twelve inches deep), there boiled and skimmed as the salt makes ; then carried to the hot house to cure, and from thence to the store. 1. Hook's rock. 5- The reservoir. 9. BoiHng house. 2. The dam. 6. Refining cistern. 10. Refining cistern. 3. The wharf. 1- Boiling house. n. Dwelling house. 4. A sluice. 8- Hothouse. 12. Storehouse. 13. Salt boat. (The above account was handed to us by a member of the Continental Congress.) - ' History of Newbury (Currier), page 296; History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 150 note and 151. 2 The Pennsylvania Magazine, March, 1776, page 146. A copy of this maga- zine, printed in Philadelphia, is in the Newburyport Public library. "lAi'iIIiI'' ,. ■■■: ^;i^:'' '^1 V' ii''§ •*: )^^ Cv APPENDIX 531 The Alliance, built for the United States government on Merrimack river, at Salisbury Point, near the mouth of Povvow river, by William and John Hackett, was a frigate of about nine hundred tons register, carrying thirty-two heavy guns. Her dimensions were as follows: 125 feet keel, 135 feet extreme length on the main deck, 12 1-2 feet depth of hold and 30 feet beam. She was launched in 1778, and named the Alliance in honor of the treaty concluded on the sixth of P'ebruary of that year between France and the United States. She was fitted for sea in Newburyport, and sailed, in the month of November, for Boston, where she received naval supplies and shipped a crew of French and English sailors. January 11, 1779, she began her eventful career, under the command of Capt. Pierre Landais, a Frenchman, and sailed from Boston, carrying General La Fayette to his home in France. After a stormy passage, during which a })ortion of the crew attempted to take possession of the frigate, she arrived in the harbor of Brest, and was ordered to join the squadron then being fitted out by John Paul Jones for a cruise on the English coast. In the terrible struggle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis, in the month of September, the captain of the Alliance was accused of insubordinati(jn and failure to assist the Bon Homme Richard.' A violent quarrel ensued, and after the arrival of the vessels in the Texel, Holland, Captain Landais was discharged from the navy, and Captain Jones, assuming command of the Alliance, sailed on a cruise down the English channel as far south as Corunna, Spain.- In 1780, the Alliance returned to the United States, and in February, 1781, sailed from Boston under the command of (^apt. John Barry, for L'Orient, in P" ranee, capturing on the voyage several valuable prizes. In 1782, on her way to Ha- ' History of the United States Navy (Maclay), volume I, pages 1 18-134. 2 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, pages 603-605. 532 APPENDIX vanna, she was chased by several English cruisers, but man- aged to escape with the loss of three men killed and eleven wounded. At the close of the Revolutionary war the Alliance was sold, and afterwards employed in the merchant service. She made several voyages from Philadelphia to France, Spain and China. In 1790, she was dismantled and grounded on the beach at Petty's island, near Philadelphia, where she remained until her hull was destroyed by the action of the wind and tide.' June 21, 1815, Samuel J. Mills, James Richards, Horatio Bardwell, Daniel Poor, Edward Warren and Benjamin C. Meigs were ordained in the Plrst Presbyterian meeting-house on Federal street, Newburyport. A large audience, including nearly two hundred clergymen, attended the morning service, and, after the noon recess, re-assembled to partake of the holy communion. - On the twenty-third of October following, the brig Dryade sailed from Newburyport for Ceylon and Calcutta, with Rev. James Richards and wife, Rev. IJaniel Poor and wife, Rev. Horatio Bardwell and wife. Rev. Benjamin C. Meigs and wife and Rev. Edward Warren, the second group of mis- sionaries sent out, by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to preach the gospel of Christ to the ignorant and benighted inhabitants of Burmah and Hin- doostan.3 Religious services were held on the brig an hour ' Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, by John F. Watson, volume II, pages 338-340. -See Newburyport Herald, June 23, 1815; The Pano|)list, a missionary maga- zine, July, 1815, pages 331 and 332; also, a sermon pul)lished in pamphlet form, with title as follows: " Paul on Mars Hill | or | A Christian Survey of the Pagan World I A I Sermon Preached at Newburyport June 2[, 181 5 | at the | Ordination I of the Reverend | Messrs. Samuel J. Mills, James Richards | Edward Warren, Horatio Bardwell | Benjamin C. Meigs and Daniel Poor | to the office of | Chris- tian Missionaries | By Samuel Worcester, D. D. | Pastor of the Tabernacle church in Salem | Publisheil by order of the Prudential Committee of the | American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions | Andover | 1815 ■' The first missionaries sent by the American Board were ordained in the Taber- nacle in Salem February 8, t8i2. APPENDIX 533 previous to her departure, Rev. Samuel Spring, pastor of the North Congregational Church, officiating.' After a brief address and a fervent prayer for those about to engage in missionary work, an original hymn, written for the occasion, was sung by a chorus of male and female voices, the benedic- tion was pronounced, the last farewells were spoken and the vessel, with sails extended to catch the favoring breeze, start- ed on her long and perilous voyage. Although the cutting and storing of ice for summer use was not an established industry in Newburyport until 1840, as stated on page 226 of the first volume of this history, the following advertisements indicate that a limited supply of that useful commodity could be obtained at a much earlier date : — Ice may be had at Robert Laird's brewery on Green street every morning (Sundays excepted), from six to eight o'clock, at three cents per pound. - Famines can be accommodated with Ice for the season (on moderate terms), and should enough apply to make it an object it will be sent ac- cording to the wish of those supplied. Anthony S. Junes, State street.3 In i860, arrangements were made to sprinkle a few of the streets in the centre of the city, as stated on page 227 of the first volume of this history, but eleven years previous to that date a few merchants and storekeepers purchased a watering cart that was used to keep down the dust and make State street and Market square more attractive during the summer months.'* At or about the same date the dwelling houses and shops of Newburyport were numbered and the first directory pub- lished giving the names and residences of the inhabitants of the town, ' Newlniiy|)ort Herald, Octol er 24, 1815. ^ Newljiiryport Herald, August 7, 1807. ' Newburyport Herald, May 1 9, I 829. ■" Daily Evening Union, July 23, 1849. 534 APPENDIX The statement, on page 66 1 of the first volume, and page 249 of the second volume, of this history, that the brig Marpy sailed from Baltimore, Md., in September, 18 14, is probably incorrect. A careful examination of local newspapers and official records, recently made by Sidney M. Chase of Haver- hill, seems to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the Harpy sailed from Baltimore for New York in April of that year, under the command of Captain Gregg, and two or three months later was cruising on the New England coast, having captured, on the second of July, the Princess Elizabeth, a British packet-ship, with a number of army and navy officers, and a large amount of specie and naval stores. August 10, 1 8 14,' the Harpy arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., where she was detained nearly two months, making repairs on hull and spars, before she sailed, early in October, under the com- mand of Capt. William Nichols of Newburyport, on a cruise, returning to Portsmouth on the twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh of that month, with sixty-five prisoners taken from two Eng- lish transports laden with provisions for the British army. In September, 1871, strange and mysterious sights and sounds disturbed and annoyed the teacher and pupils of the male primary school in Charles street, Newburyport, but no report was made to the school committee until late in the month of October, 1872, when the annoyance became more serious, and the police were asked to investigate and ascer- tain if possible the cause of these disturbances. Many people, impressed with the idea that these sights and sounds were of supernatural origin, read with surprise and astonishment the following notice published in the Newbury- port Herald, November 14, 1872 : — ' Extracts from the log of the privateer Ilarpy, giving an account of the cai>ture of the Princess EHzabeth, were jnihlished in the I'ortsmouth IntelHgencer August 10, and reprinted in the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette August 12, 1814. APPENDIX ■ 535 The advent of a real old-fashioned ghost, such as made us shudder and cover our heads with the bed clothes when we were children, is an event worth recording and a sensation the people in the lower part of the city have lately experienced. The Male Primary school on Charles street is attended by about fifty pupils, and is taught by Miss Lucy A. Perkins, an excellent teacher, possessing the confidence of parents and the School Committee, a young lady who showed good courage in a trying emergency, and a teacher much beloved by her pupils. The school house is a story and a half structure, and here for about a year past there have been strange and mysterious occurrences. Sounds and sights which could not be accounted for have annoyed the teacher and frightened the children. Doors would be opened apparently without hands, a face appear at the window and suddenly disappear; sometimes a hand would show itself in the rear of the teacher's desk, and no one could be found to whom the face and hand belonged or who occasioned the sounds. The teacher said nothing of these things until within a few days, when she informed a member of the School Committee of the matter which was being circulated through the city by the children. A day or two since some of the pupils called the attention of the teacher to the fact that some one was looking into the room from the entry. Miss Perkins turned and saw a boy, apparently about a dozen years old, who, as she approached him, disappeared into the attic. She followed him and made a grasp at the form, but seized nothing, and the form disappeared entirely, like the baseless fabric of a vision. The school exercises were resumed, and on Tuesday (November 12, 1872), many persons visited the room and saw the latch of the door lifted, but no one could be discovered who raised it. This ghost story, however, was ciuickly exploded by the police who, having examined the school btiilding and some of the ptipils acctistomed to attend school there, discovered that Amos Cin-rier, a young lad not over eight or ten years of age, son of Nathaniel Currier, was actively engaged with two or three comjianions of about the same age in producing these mysterious sights and sounds. Meanwhile reporters connected with Boston newspapers, in search of a sensation, visited Newburyport, and subsequently published exaggerated accounts of what they saw and heard, and a few weeks later two pamphlets, with the following title pages, professing to give all the important facts relating to 536 APPENDIX the ghost of the Charles street schoolhouse, were printed and widely circulated : — The I Haunted School House | at Newburyport, Mass. | Loring Pub- lisher I Corner Washington and Bromfield Streets | Boston ' Expose I of I Newburyport Eccentricities | Witches and Witchcraft | The Murdered Boy | and apparition | of the | Charles Street School House I By H. P. Davis Mass.^ At a meeting of the school committee, held Monday even- ing, F'ebruary 24, 1873, the condition of the Charles street primary school was taken into consideration, and a sub-com- mittee, previously appointed, reported in detail the facts that had been discovered after careful investigation, and recom- mended that a vacation of three or four weeks be allowed Miss Perkins, the teacher, and a substitute employed to take her place. This report, signed by Samuel J. Spalding, pastor of the Whitefield Congregational church and society, and George D. Johnson, rector of St. Paul's church, gave a brief summary of the facts established by the investigation, and closed with the following statement : — After deducting the baseless and purely sensational stories put afloat and the exaggerations which the excited imaginations of credulous persons have made, and sights and sounds that can be accounted for by the most simple principles of natural philosophy, and by the tricks of mischievous boys (quite as natural), there is hardly enough left out of which to make a small ghost.3 The recommendations of the sub-committee were subse- quently adopted. Miss Perkins was granted a vacation of several weeks, for rest and recreation, after the severe mental strain that had seriously imp>aired her health and strength, and the Charles street school was placed in charge of Nathan 1 Cupyright entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, ^y A. K. Loring. * Copyright entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, ^y H. F. Uavis. 3 Newburyport Herald, February 25, 1873. APPENDIX 537 A. Moulton. The ordinary routine of school work was re- sumed ; the mysterious sights and sounds ceased, and all traces of ghostly visitors disappeared. A few years later the school building was sold by order of the committee on public property. It was repaired and remod- eled, and is now a comfortable and convenient dwelling house. Thursday afternoon, May lo, 1906, the cash and other accounts of the city treasurer were examined and a deficit of several thousand dollars discovered. After a brief conference with the mayor, Hon. William F. Houston, the treasurer was arrested and committed to jail by order of Judge Thomas C. Simpson of the municipal court. An expert accountant, employed to investigate the books and accounts in the treasurer's office, subsequently reported that the shortage in cash amounted to six thousand, eight hundred dollars and that city notes to the amount of eighty thousand dollars had been illegally issued.' September 27, 1906, James V. Felker, treasurer of the city of Newburyport, was indicted for embezzlement. His plea of not guilty was changed to " guilty " at the session of the superior court held in Salem on the eighth of October following, but judgment was deferred until February 20, 1907, when he was sentenced to not less than four, nor more than six years in the state prison at Charlestown, one day in solitary confinement. The statement on page 6']6 of the first volume of this his- tory that the office of deputy collector in the custom house at Newburyport was not established until 1841 is incorrect. The following-named persons held that office previous to the date named : — Michael Little. from 17S9 to 1821. Solomon A. Currier, " 1821 " 1829. Charles Titcomb, " 1829 " 1841. Newburyport Herald, May 26, 1906. 538 APPF.NDIX The date, July 4, 1827, in the tenth hne from the top of page 418, should read July 4, 1837. The words " near Parker river," in the sixth line from the bottom of page 439, should be stricken out, and the following words inserted: "on the southerly side of the Green." The resignation of Col. Edward Wigglesworth was acce]Dted March 19, 1779, and not March 19, 1776, as stated near the bottom of page 584. VI. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. HISTORY OF NEWBURYPORT, VOLUME II. The statement, on page 15 of this volume, that the area of Newburyport, at the present time, is eighteen square miles, equivalent to eleven thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land and water, is probably incorrect. A table in the appendix to the Physical Geography of Essex County, by John Henry Sears, gives the area of the city as stated above, but recent measurements and mathematical computations made by the harbor and land commissioners of the state of Massachusetts reduce the number of square miles to twelve and eighty-five one-hundredths, equivalent to eighty- two hundred and twenty-four acres of land and water, in- cluding highwavs, ponds, swamps, rivers and harbor. The date, November 2, 1837, on the second line from the bottom of page 17, of this volume, should read October 31, 1837. The Plum Island, now Newburyport, life-saving station, was established in 1874, as stated on page 21 of this volume. The following-named persons have been keepers of the station from that date to the present time : — Robert Floyd, Francis L. Coffin, James W. Willett, George F. Woodman, James W. Elliott, Charles W. Noyes. Thomas J. Maddock, rom Oct. 24, 1S74, to March 12, 1877. " Mar. 20, 1877, u ) " Nov. 4, 1879, " Dec. 2, 1880. " Dec. II, 1880, » April I, 1882. " April 13, 18S2, " Nov. 3, 1894. " Dec. 14, 1894, " July 21, 1896. " July 22, 1896, " the present time. 539 540 APPENDIX In the note at the bottom of page 212 of this vohime the name " William Wesley Front " should read William Wel- stead Front, and the name " Elizabeth Fonqnet " should read Mary Jane F^ouquet. Robert Jenkins and Mary Jane F'ouquet were married June 26, 1803, and had the following-named children : — Mary, born March S, 1804. Robert, " February 17, 1805. Mary Jane, " Au^. 21, 1807 ; married Stephen W. Marston, esq. Elizabeth, " Sept. 19, 1809; died June 19, 1892. Henrietta, " Sept. 6, 181 i ; died March 20, 1875, unmarried. Lydia Ann, " Nov. 16. 1814 ; married Lemuel S. Williams. Sarah, " Nov. 7, 1820; died March 16, 1900. Robert Jenkins died in Worcester October 28, 1847. His widow, Mary Jane (F'ouquet) Jenkins, died in Brookline Jan- uary 7, 1866.' Marcy, or " Marcia," as the name is frequently spelled in the town records, daughter of John and Hannah (Toppan) O'Brien, was born in Newbm-yport March 6, 1784, as stated on page 222 of this volume. She married Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin of Danvers April 16, 1806. When John Quincy Adams was a student-at-law in the office of Theophilus Farsons he wrote, as stated on page 263 of this volume, a poem setting forth the whims and follies of some of the young ladies prominent in the social life of New- buryport. Manuscript copies of this poem were privately circulated and created considerable excitement, especially among those who considered themselves unjustly criticised. It was printed, without the author's consent, in the Brother Jonathan, the weekly issue of the Daily Tatler, published in 1 See gravestones in Oak Hill cemetery, Newburj'port. APPENDIX 541 New York, in 1839." Since that date it has been republished several times. - It is impossible to give, with absolute accuracy, the names of the young ladies described in this poem, or identify them, beyond a reasonable doubt, with the fictitious characters they are supposed to represent, but some biographical and genealog- ical facts relating to them have been discovered and are printed in the footnotes. ^ A carefully corrected and unabridged copy of the poem reads as follows : — A VISION. Fatigued with labor, and with care oppressed, At once my mind and body sought for rest ; The drowsy god upon my aching head With hberal hand his friendly poppies shed ; When lo ! before me wondrous scenes appeared — Strange things I saw and stranger things I heard. On pui-ple pinions borne, the god of Love, With rapid flight descended from above ; His golden quiver, by a ribbon slung, In graceful ease across his shoulder hung ; The fatal bow, his ensign of command, With dire intent he wielded in his hand. He saw me first, and took a feathered dart, Prepared his bow, and levelled at my heart ; I turn'd around, his p^ isture I espied : " O, spare me, Cupid, cruel god 1 " I cried, " Behold around you swarms of youthful swains, The blood of passion boiling in their veins, 'Tis theirs from love to gather perfect bliss. On beauty's lip to print the burning kiss ; 1 Newbiuyport Daily Herald, December 25, 1839, and June 30, 1S64. !i Poems of Religion and Society, by John Quincy Adams (1853), pages 109- 116; Saturday Evening Union, August 26, 1854; Newbuiyport Daily Herald, July 15, 1864. ■* See extract from an address by Samuel Swett before the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston, published in the Newburyport Daily Herald Sep- tember 22, 1864, and a brief reply by Josephine, widow of James Morss, pub- lished in the same paper October 5, 1864. 542 APPENDIX *Tis theirs to find enjoyment in a sigh, And read their fortune in a virgin's eye : But 7ne, whom nature formed without an art, To win the soul or captivate the heart — J/f, whom the Graces view with stern disdain, As scarcely tit to join the Muses" train ; From me what trophies could'st thou hope to raise?" So poor a conquest who would deign to praise ? By Cupid"s hand should I be doomed to bleed ? Not even Cupid would avow the deed ; While prostrate millions bow before thy shrine With willing hearts, thou canst not wish for mine." " Mistaken youth ! "' the wanton god replied, " To think that Love will e"er submit to Pride ; Though willing thousands call upon my name. Though prostrate millions celebrate my fame, If one proud heart my empire could despise, One heart defy the power of beauty's eyes, My useless bow at once I would destroy. Nor ever more one feathered dart employ ; My mercy then in vain you would implore,. Your peace of mind it never could restore. And yet some merit I will grant thy plea. And in thy favor soften the decree. Of all the fair that grace the verdant plain. Choose for thyself the object of thy pain. Should'st thou prefer the beauties of the face. Or in the form admire peculiar grace — Should sparkling eyes inspire a pleasing f^ame, Or rosy cheeks thy fond attention claim — Whatever charm thy fancy can suggest, In some kind virgin thou may'st still be blest, For in the search we possibly may lind Some who possess the beauties of the mind."" He ceased to speak, and waved his potent wand — The virgin throng arose at his command. Unnumbered beauties stood before my view, Bright as the sunbeam on the morning dew — The short, the tall, the fair, the brown appeared, The prude that pouted, the coquette that leered, The timid maid just blooming at fifteen. And the stale virgin withered, pale and lean. APPENDIX 543 With all the charms of beauty richly fraught, LuciXDA' first my close attention caught ; A faultless person and a lovely mind I found, with wonder, were in her combined ; Deticient only in a single part, She wanted nothing, but a feeling heart. Calm and unrufHed as a summer sea. From passion's gales Lucinda"s breast was free ; A faithless lover she may well defy. Recall her heart, nor breathe a single sigh — And should a second prove inconstant too, She changes on till she can find one true. Belinda- next advances with a stride, A compound strange of vanity and pride, Around her face no wanton Cupids play, Her tawny skin defies the god of day — Loud was her laugh, undaunted was her look, And folly seemed to dictate what she spoke ; In vain the poefs and musician's art Combined to move the passions of her heart ; Belinda's voice like grating hinges groans, And in harsh thunder roars a lover's moans. I turned away — the fair Narcissa' smiled, Her winning softness all my soul beguiled ; My heart with rj^pture dwelt upon her charms. And hoped to clasp her beauties in my arms ; But soon I found these ardent hopes were vain — Narcissa viewed my passion with disdain. And can the sex by Nature formed for love, Each soft impression from the heart remove t Can idle vanity betray the mind To wish, and even strive to be unkind, Use cunning art to raise the lover's sigh. Then view his woes with a disdainful eye 't 1 Miss Lucy Knight. .See Life in a New England Town, pages 95 and 114. She married, May 12, 1788, John Cregory of Boston. ^ Miss Rebecca Cazneau, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Cazneau, afterward Mrs, Alwyn. Life in a New England Town, pages 67 and 120. •^ Miss Mary Newhall, daughter ot Samuel and Elizabeth Newhall. She married, October 17, 1793, Rev. Ebenezer Coffin of Newbury. Robert ,S. Coffin, the " Boston Bard,"" was her son. 544 APPEXDIX Yes, there are such, but when avenging time Withers their charms and strips them of their prime, Their former follies they in vain lament, Of former cruelties in vain repent : Their fate, in one short hour may be comprised ; While young they're hated, and when old despised. Vanessa' came, a smile adorned her face. Her words were sweetness and her voice was grace ; No raging passions burn within her breast, Not even envj- can disturb her rest. Her lovely mind a rival's worth can own. Nor think all charm confined to her alone : And if the fair Vanessa could be taught To store her mind with larger funds of thought, Her volubility of tongue repress, Think somewhat more, and prattle somewhat less, The palm of excellence she well might claim, And Love himself might tune the voice of Fame. But lo 1 CoKiNNA ^ next in rank appears, And riots in the bloom of early years. With innate warmth of constitution blest. Her greatest pleasure is to be caressed — Her lips sip rapture from an amorous kiss. Viewed as a pledge of more endearing bliss ; But frugal Nature wisely did dispense With so much love a slender share of sense ; For Nature grants but to a chosen few To taste the joys of mind and body too. Gigantic limbs, in painful buckram cased. Assume the honors of a slender waist ; But ah 1 what power of buckram can restrain The wild effusions of a thoughtless brain. ^ NEREA3 next advances in the throng, And affectation leads the maid along, ' Miss Frances Jenkins. She married William Farris Decemlier 15, 1789. ^ Miss Harriet Bradbur)', daughter of Hon. Theophilus Bradbury. She married Thomas Woodbridge Hooper September 17, 179:!. •' Miss Ann Jenkins, sister of Miss Frances Jenkins. She married Thomas Thomas, jr., June 4, 1795. APPENDIX 545 With studied step she steers amid the band, And holds a senseless novel in her hand ; Fair is her face and elegant her form, Her manners gentle and her heart is warm. Why will Nerea spend her youthful days In wild romances and insipid plays ? Where idle tales in flimsy language told Exhibit folly in a pleasing mould, Fictitious evils enervate the breast, Deprave the morals and corrupt the taste. Almira' next in dubious form is seen. Her face is female, masculine her mein," With equal skill no mortal can pretend The varied faults of either sex to blend ; To woman's weakness add the pride of man, And wield alike the dagger and the fan. In fairest forms can evil passions dwell ? The virgin's breast can envy's venom swell ? Can malice dart her rage from beauty's eye. Or give the snow-white cheek a crimson dye ? Where, then, are all the tender virtues flown, And why was strength dispensed to man alone ? The lamb to vie with lions ne'er pretend. The timid dove with eagles ne'er contend ; Attempt not then, ye fair, to rule by fear. The surest female weapon is a tear. Behold Statira's - ancient beauties rise, With conscious wit, and wisdom's glancing eyes. ' Miss Catherine Jones. She married William Brown April 2, 1793, and re- moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she died in 1863. Some writers claim that Miss Elizabeth Harris Hooper was described under the fictitious name of " Almira." She was the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Har- ris) Hooper, and was born January 31, 1772. She died November 2, 1795, and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. - Miss Mercy PhilHps, born in 1755, married, November 18, 1789, Rev. Ed- ward Bass, D. D. ; his first wife having died six months previous to that date. Some newspaper writers, however, assert that the lines addressed to Statira were intended to describe Miss Sarah Rol erts, daughter of Robert and Sarah Roberts, who was born in Newbury December i, I 751; died in Newburyport January 17, 1798; and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard. 5^5 APPEXDIX With stern disdain she views the youthful race, Nor heeds the lolooming honors of the face. Autumnal roses she alone admires, And grey-haired charms excite her warmest hres. Nay, good Statira, look not thus askance, And oh ! forbear that killing, sidelong glance. Contending wittlings to assert their power May look Hke threat'ning clouds before a shower, But maiden modesty may well disdain To use such arts -.for all such arts are vain. Still must thy face express thy secret mind. Where friends with grief, and foes with pleasure, find, Instead of art. which Nature has denied. The grin of envv and the sneer of pride.' To beauty strangers, destitute of grace. With varied nothings pictured in their face, A motley crowd in quick succession came. Distinguished only by a differing name. 'Till breaking forth in all the pride of day, The sun of beauty drove those clouds away. With graceful step the lovely Clara ~ moved ; I saw, I gazed, I listened, and I loved — The fleeting vision vanished from my mind. But love and Clara still remained behind. Ye faithful lovers whom the muse inspires. Who feel the rapture of poetic fires. Whose voices sing with more than human skill. The silent grotto and the murmuring rill. Whose tender strains describe with matchless art The soft emotions of a feeling heart : Come, and before the lovely Clara's shrine. The mingled tribute of your praises join ; My Clara's charms no vulgar poets claim. No servile bard that clips the wings of fame, 1 The stanza beginning " Behold Statira" s ancient beauties rise," appears in several newspaper versions of this poem, but it was accidentally or purposely omit- ted when the poems of John Quincy Atlams were collected and published in a small volume, in 1853. 2 Miss Mary PVazier, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Ballantine) Frazier, born March 9, 1774; afterwards Mrs. Daniel Sargent. See Life in a New England Town, page 169, and Recollections of Samuel Rreck, pages 119-121. APPENDIX 547 To vile acrostics tunes" unmeaning lays, Or in a rebus centres all his praise. The partial gods presiding at her birth Gave Clara beauty when they gave her worth : Kind Nature formed of purest white her skin, An emblem of her innocence within : And called on cheerful Health her aid to lend, The roses' colors in her cheeks to blend, While Venus added, to complete the fair, The eyes blue languish and the golden hair : But far superior charms exalt her mind, Adorned by nature, and by art refined. Her's are the lasting beauties of the heart. The charnis which Nature only can impart ; The generous purpose and the soul sincere — Meek sorrow's sigh and gentle pity's tear. Ah ! lovely Clara, can a heart like thine Accept the tribute of a muse like mine .? Should these poor lays attract thy beauteous eye, Say, would they raise one sympathetic sigh ? For thee my heart with vivid ardor glows. For thee my blood with rapid impulse flows. By day thy beauties are my darling theme. By night thy image sweetens many a dream. On thee thy ardent lover's fate depends, Yxoxw thee the evil or the boon descends ; Thy choice alone can make my anxious breast Supremely wretched, or supremely blest. Previous to the capture of Louisbourg by Sir William Pep- perell, in 1745, the Isles of Shoals were frequently attacked and plundered by PVench privateers and English freebooters, and it became necessary to build a fort there for the protec- tion of the inhabitants. On the west point of Star island, on an eminence, are the ruins of a small fort which was defended formerly by nine cannon, four pounders. The fort was dismantled at the commencement of the late [Revolution- ary] war, and the cannon carried to Newburyport.' 1 Massachusetts Historical Society Collections (First Series), volume VIII, page 246. 548 APPENDIX In consequence of the exposed condition of the islands and their liability to capture by English armed vessels, the in- habitants were removed to the mainland in 1776, and the cannon taken from the fort to Portsmouth, and thence to Newbury port.' After the close of the Revolutionary war, many hardy and vigorous fishermen removed to the islands and devoted their time and attention to catching and curing fish. They soon became demoralized, intemperate and vicious, living in open violation of the laws of God and man. Applying to Dudley Atkins Tyng, who was collector of customs in Newburyport from 1795 to 1803, for licenses to enable them to carry on their business successfully, he urged them to abstain from the immoderate use of spirituous liquors and curb their evil passions and appetites.^ With the assistance of Rev. Dr. Morse of Charlestown, Mass., secretary of the society for the propagation of the gospel, Mr. Tyng employed a missionary to hold religious services on the islands, beginning April 27, 1799. Aided by men of wealth in Boston, Salem, Exeter and Portsmouth, he sent carpenters and masons from Newburyport and built a stone chapel on Star island, which was dedicated November 14, 1800.3 Rev. Josiah Stevens was for several years the officiating clergyman, preaching to a good-sized congregation on Sunday, and during the remainder of the week teaching the children how to read and write. In 1802, a dwelling house was erect- ed " for the use of the minister or missionary residing on the Isles of Shoals forever. "■♦ January 2, 1826, the interior of the chapel was partially destroyed by fire. It was repaired during the following sum- 1 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 565. '^ For biographical sketch of Dudley A. Tyng, see History of TCewburyport (Cur- rier), volume n, pages 267 and 268. 3 Newburyport Herald, August 6, 1 841. ■' Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume XWV, pages 239-241. APPENDIX 549 mer, and since that date has been kept in good order and condition by the occasional contributions of visitors who attend divine service on the island during the hot summer months. The " Epitaphs " written by Hannah F. Gould, for the entertainment of personal friends, as stated on page 313 of this volume, were privately circulated in Newburyport previ- ous to the year 1825. Several manuscript copies have been preserved, some with thirty-two, others with thirty-four, and one, in the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., with thirty-six epitaphs. These copies vary slightly in minor details, owing to a lack of care in transcribing them. Ten years after the death of Miss Gould the epitaphs were printed and sold in pamphlet form, without note or comment. They are now re-published, with brief biographical foot-notes to assist the reader in identifying the persons whose peculiar- ities were described and mildly caricatured nearly a century ago. ASAHEL HUNTINGTC^N.' Here Huntington hid. He"s chewed his last quid And all his cigars are done burning ; If where he goes No tobacco plant grows, We shall surely behold him returning. 1 Born in Topsfield, Mass., July 23, 179S, He graduated at Yale college in 18 1 9, and commenced the study of law in the office of John Scott, Newburyport. Removing to Salem, Mass., he was appointed district attorney and afterward clerk of the courts for Essex county. He died in Salem .September 5, 1870. 550 APPENDIX EPHRAIM W. ALLEN. Here fame sits weeping O'er him that lies sleeping So sound that her trump cannot rouse him ; He has saved from the press One fair sheet for his dress, Which is all that his office allowed him. JOHN ANDREWS/ Here a stationer lies, With his ticket and prize, His sealing-wax, wafers and feather; Who for all his mild looks. And his paper and books, Could not keep soul and body together. BAILEY BARTLETT.^ Bailey Bartlett lies here. And the spring of the year Was the time he took to pop off in ; Tread lightly o'er his bed, For a mellower head Never filled up one end of a coffin. ' Born in Attleborough, Bristol county, Mass., April 9, 1779. He came to Newburyport at the beginning of the nineteenth centurj-, and was employed in the printing office of the Newburyport Herald and Countr)- (lazette for several months. August 4, 1801, he purchased a controlling interest in the paper, and was the managing editor and publisher until 1S32. He married, December 26, 1S04, Dorothy, daughter of William and Mary Stickney of New Rowley. He died in Newburj'port March 9, 1846. 2 Son of Rev. John and Margaret ( Wigglesworth) Andrews. He was born in Newburyport November 25, 1797; and married Margaret Rand May 11, 1830. Wm. B. Allen & Co. sold, March 21, 1817, to Charles Ewer and John Andrews, jr., all their stock of books and stationaiy. The firm of Ewer & Andrews was dissolved February' 13, 18 18, and on the seventeenth of February' following John Andrews, jr., and Ebenezer Wheelwright, jr., began business, as book- sellers and stationers, under the firm-name of Andrews & Wheelwright. Mr. Andrews was for twenty-five or thirty years afterwards cashier of the Mechanicks Bank. He died May 16, 1874. •* Son of Hon. Bailey and Peggy Leonard (White) Bartlett. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., October 20, 1794, and was a dealer in dry goods on State street, Newburyport, for several years, removing to Lawrence in 1823. He married Caroline Long of Hopkinton, N. H. APPENDIX 551 EBENEZER BAILEV.' Here lies Eben Bailey His Murray and Paley He's quietly laid on the shelf; He"s set his last sum, Sent his last scholar home, And now he's o:one home himself. JOSEPH CHAMBERLIN.^ Here Chamberlin is press'd With the turf on his breast. But his nose is too little to feel it ; 'Tis doubted by many If he ever had any, As he always took care to conceal it. GEORGE CROSS. 3 Here George was interred Without saying a word, For he never was given to sound ; He has made his escape From the yard-stick and tape. To measure himself on the ground. 1 Son of Paul and Emma (Carr) Bailey. He was born June 25, 1794, in that part of Newbuiy now included within the limits of West Newbury, and in 1820 was the teacher of a private school in Newburyport. He married, May 13, 1824, Adehne, daughter of Allen Dodge, removed to Boston, and afterwards to Lynn, where he died August 5, 1839. 2 Joseph Chamberhn had a private school for young ladies on Charter street in May, 1821. He afterward removed his school to Green street, occupying the school building previously occupied by Ebenezer Bailey. He probably removed from Newburyport previous to 1830. ^ Son of William and Ruth (Stacy) Cross. He was born in Newburyport Janu- ary 21, 1795; married, November 17, 1835, Lucy Ann Brown of Newbuiyport, and removed to Troy, N. Y. In 1823, he kept a dry-goods store on State street; and died at the residence of his son, in Jamaica I'lain, July i, 1875. 552 APPENDIX ROBERT CROSS.' Here lies Robert Cross, ' To our sorrow and loss, Before he had entered an action ; He has taken his fill Of law-book and quill. And retired from the world and its faction. GAISFORD GILES. - Here Gaisford the just Gives himself up to dust. From which he would never be parted ; He ever would wrestle With mortar and pestle, "Till he got back to earth where he started. J.VCOB GERRISH.3 Here Jacob was cast From his ladder at last, Taking care that the earth should not dirt him ; Though by death he was found On the uppermost ground, The fall was too trifling to hurt him. 1 .Son of William and Ruth (.Stacy) Cress. He was born in Newburj'port July 3) 1799; graduated at Harvard in 18 19, and was admitted to the bar in 1823; married, in 1828, Mary Cabot Tyng, daughter of .Dudley Atkins Tyng, and died in Lawrence, Mass., November 9, 1859. 2 Son of Rev. John Giles, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Nevvbury- port, from 1S03 to 1824. Gaisford Giles was an apothecary. In 1821, his store was on State street, two doors above the Newburyport Bank. In 1830, he re- moved to Market square, taking the store formerly occupied by Dr. Aaron Davis. He died April 5, 1833, aged thirty-five. 3 .Son of Stephen and Ruth (Page) Gerrish. He was born in Newbury, Mass., in 1784, married Harriet Toppan September 7, 1814, and died in Newburyport April 19, 1843. APPENDIX - 553 JOHN GREENLEAF." Here lies little John : When the turkeys were gone, And the pies and puddings were, too. As there was nothing for eating He thought of retreating. For then he had nothing to do. BENJAMIN A. GOULD." Here Benjamin A. Put his Latin away, To have a long day of thanksgiving : His tongue is now dead. Like the language he read When he mingled himself with the living. JAMES CALDWELL.^ "Tis here gallant James Has laid his last claims. And left all the ladies behind him ; He has fluttered about, Got himself tired out. And hid where no maiden can find him. HENRY JOHNSON/ Here Henry is paid For the charges he made, And has settled at last with his debtors ; With a good-natured grace He smiled in death's face. When he showed him his handcuffs and fetters. 1 Son of John and Elizabeth (Coates) Greenleaf, and grandson of Hon. Benja- min Greenleaf, judge of probate. He was born in Newburyport June 22, 1795, and married, January 19, 1825, Fraisalette Cutler, daughter of Capt. Francis Lane, and subsequently removed to Topsham, Maine. 2 Son of Benjamin and (Irizzel (Apthorp) Gould, and brother of Hannah Y. Gould. He was born June 15, 1787, and for many years was a teacher in the Boston Latin school. He died in Boston October 24, 1859. 3 Son of Alexander and Mary W. Caldwell. He was born in Newburyport July 31, 1787, and for many years was a dealer in dry-goods at No. 56 State street. He died, unmarried, January 6, 1864. ^ Son of Capt. Nicholas and Mary (Perkins) Johnson. He was born October 4, 1796, and for many years was a prominent merchant in Newburyport, and, in 1852 and 1853, mayor of the city. He died March 13, 1S59. 554 APPENDIX ABEL JOlfNSON.' Here Abel lies slain, Though it was not by Cain, For cane was his greatest supporter For when that was gone His right side was undone, For his left was two inches shorter. CHARLES TOPPAN.- Here Toppan has come To a peaceable home, And now he lies humble and quiet ; The grave could not catch A more troublesome wretch, Nor the worm find a fitter for diet. JOHN .SCOTT.3 Here a certain attorney Has stopped on his journey, His justice and mercy disputed ; For he tried to proceed With one shoe on his steed, But was thrown and completely non-suited. 1 Son of Capt. Nicholas and Mary (Perkins) Johnson, and brother of Henry Johnson. He was born in Newburyport in 1793, and died at Cape Henrj', Hayti, in 1826. 2 Son of Edv.ard and Rachel (Smith) Toppan. lie was born February 10, 1796, in Newburyport, and when only eighteen years of age was employed by Draper, Murray cS: Fairman, bank-note engravers, in Philadelphia. He married Laura Ann Noxon July 17, 1826, and in 1858 was elected president of the American Bank Note Company. He died in Florence, Italy, November 20, 1874. 3 Son of Joel and Mar}' Scott. He was born in NewLurj'port Januar)- 13, 1790, and married Hannah Pickard of Rowley in July or August, 1S15. He died ^L'lrch 2, 1828. His widow died June 18, 1861. APPENDIX ASA W. WILDES. 555- Wlien his case was done pleading, And his boys were done reading, And his speech was no longer fluent : Asa dodged out of sight, And his boys took to flight When they saw their great master play truant. THOMAS B. WHITE. - Here lies lazy Tom, \\\\o for fashion has come. With some thought of returning to sup ; Being decently laid By the sexton and spade, He's too lazy to help himself up. DR. ANTONIO KNIGHT. ^ Here crazy Antone Has laid himself down On the lap of the earth — his first parent ; When death with his dart Struck his love-tortured heart. And pierced the unhappy Knight-errant. ' Son of Dudley and Bethiah (Harris) Wildes. He was born in Topstield,. Mass., May 3, 1786; and taught school in Newburyport after graduating at Dart- mouth in 1809. He married, June 7, 181S, Eliza Ann, daughter of Abel Lunt; aftetwards studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1820. For twenty-five years he was one of the commissioners for the county of Essex. He died in Newburyport December 4, 1857. - Son of Oilman and Betsey White. He was born in Newburyport Octol er 20, 1795, and was the senior member of the firm of T. B. & E. L. White, booksellers and stationers. He removed to New Bedford, and for thirty years was cashier of the National Bank of Commerce in that city. He died, unmarried, lanuary 19, 1873- •' Son of Joseph and Mary (Treadwell) Knight. He was born in Newburyport in 1795, and died in Ipswich July 8, 1SS2. He was mildly insane, and claiming supernatural power, applied to the General Court for permission to change his, name to Emanuel. 556 APPENDIX JOSEPH MARQUAND.' Here lies our kind Joe, And a handsomer beau Never danced with the handsomest lady; He's had his last ball. And exchanged his light hall For a house that is narrow and shady. HENRY C. WRIGHT. - Here lies Master Wright, When he bade us good night The glory of Andover fainted ; He"s read his last rule, Whipped his last rogue in school, And now he has gone up to be sainted. DR. SAMUEL W. WVMAN.^ Here lies Dr. Wyman, That snug little shy man. Whose house always traveled when he did But he might have been kept In the room where he slept, For a closer srrave never was needed. ' Son of K'sepli and Rebecca Marquanci. He was born in Newburyport Decem- ber 25, 1793; and married Sarah (Winslow) Head, widow of Charles Head, De- cemlier 20, 1827. He lived in a house on the corner of Fruit and High streets for two or three years, and afterward removed to Newbury, where he died in 185 1. - Son of Seth and Miriam Wright. He was born August 29, 1797, in Sharon, Conn., and was a school teacher in Newburyport in 1822. He married, June 26, 1823, Elizabeth LeBreton, widow of David Stickney, and was pastor of the First Congregational Church in West Newbury from June 21, 1826, to July 7, 1S33. He subsequently visited Europe, and after his return to New England became a prom- inent anti-slaver)' lecturer. •' Son of William and Maiy W. Wyman. He was born in Boston in July, 1739, and began the practice of medicine in Ipswich in 181S, removing to Newburyport in 1821, taking with him a small building that he subsequently used as an office, on the corner of State and Temple streets. He married, November 13, 1824, Margaret, daughter of Joshua Toppan. He died in Newburyport January 31, 1867. APPENDIX 557 EBENEZER WHEELWRIGHT.' Here lies a Wheelwright With his spokes out of sight, For his wheel always went without carriage ; He kept making wheels Till he'd worn off his heels, And wheeled himself quite out of marriage. JOHN PORTER/ Death's habits are such That he meddles too much, Sometimes, with our Porter and Beer; He has taken his cup, Drank the spirits all up. And thrown out the sediments here. CHARLES PRESC0TT.3 Here Charles is secured From the storms he adored. His compass and charts are thrown by His harbor is made. His anchor is weighed. And his colors are hoisted on hieh. ' Son of Ebenezer and Anna (Coombs) Wheelwright. He was born in New- buryport Februaiy 13, 1800; married .Sarah Boddily Januaiy 21, 1S23; and was for many years a merchant in Newburyport and Boston. He died |une 10, 1877. - Born in Haverhill, ]\Lass., Februaiy 2, 1784. He married, September 16, 181 1, Hannah, daughter of William and Betsey Bartlet, antl died in Newburyport, March 26, 1873. ■* Son of Dr. Oliver and Ann (Whiting) Prescott. Born in Groton, Mass., March 4, 1801, he came with his father, mother, and other members of the fam- ily, to Xewburyport in 181 1, and subsequently made several voyages to the West Indies as an ordinary seaman. He died, unmarried, in Empire City, California October 24, 1851. 558 APPENDIX DR. RICHARD S. SPOFFORIX' Here lies Richard Spotford, His last powder is proffered, And he out of patients has grown ; His pills and his phials Have taken their trials, And now he has gone for his own. EBENEZER SHILLABER." Say the best that we can, There lies a small man Beneath the green turf on the hill : He's plead his last cause, Read his last code of laws, And made, let us hope, his last will. ALFRED W. PIKE.^ Here Alfred, "tis said. Rests his logical head From the noise of each wearisome elf For having declined All the verbs he could find, He took to declining himself. ' Son of Dr, Amos and Irene (Dole) Spofford. He was born in Rowley, Mass., May 24, 1787, and began the practice of medicine in Newburyport in 1816. He married Mrs. Frances Maria Lord July 13, 1829, and died in Newburyport Janu- ary 19, 1872. - Son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Endicott) Shillaber. He was born in Salem, Mass., luly 8, 1797, and was a lawyer in Newburyport for several years. From 1841 to 1851 he was clerk of the courts for Essex county. He died November 8, 1856, in^Biddeford, Maine, unmarried, '^ Alfred W. Pike, son of Joseph and Lois (Tenney) Pike, was born in Rowley, Mass., March 21, 1791, and was a school teacher in Newburyport for ten or fifteen years. He died at his residence in Boston September 6, 1S60, and was buried in the new cemetery, opposite the Congregational meeting-house, in Byfield parish, Newbury. The stone that marks his last resting-place was erected by pupils who received instruction from him when he was a teacher in the Newburyport Academy. APPENDIX CHARLES II. BALCH. 559 'Twas here Balch was dropped, When his time-piece had stopped, The chain having caught in the notches; The wheels moved too slow, And the hands would not go. So he's done with his clocks and his watches. JOHN T. BALCH. - Here lies Johnny T With a chest of Bohea, That the merchants of India gave him ; But all the good things That foreign trade brings Proved at last insufificient to save him. CALEB CU.SHING.^ Lay aside all ye dead, For in the next bed Reposes the body of Gushing; He has crowded his way Through the world, as they say. And even though dead will keep pushing. 1 .Son of Daniel and Lucy (Hedge) Balch, He was born October 29, 1787, and was a clock and watch maker. He died in Newburyport November 18, 1852, un- married, - Son of Daniel and Martha Kalch. He was born in Newburyport October 13, 1 799, and was, for several years, a dealer in West India goods and groceries. He married Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Hon. George Thacher of Biddeford, Maine, and removed to that town, where several of his children were born. He after- wards resided in New York city and Akron, Ohio. He died February 24, 1847. •' Son of John Newmarch and Lydia (Dow) Gushing. He was born in Salis- bury, Mass., January 17, iSco, and married, November 23, 1824, Caroline Eliza- beth, daughter of Hon. Samuel S. Wilde of Newburyport. He was a prominent lawyer, legislator, statesman and diplomatist. He died in Newburyport January 2, 1S79. 56o APPEXDIX JONATHAN WOOD.' Here the Major lies cold. His cheap goods are all sold, His snuff box was all he could proffer. But that he"d not sell, For he loved it too well, So a pinch was the most he could offer. EDMUND SWETT.- Here lies Mr. Fairface — More properly bareface — For once he's completely beat down : His stuff was too thin. The grave took him in, And s:ave him a sioiic for a crown. HANNAH F. GOULD.^ Now Hannah has done With her rhyming and fun ; When her course from the world she was shaping. The bells would not toll For so little a soul, From so mighty a body escaping. ' Son of Jonathan and Abigail W.iod. He was bxn in B.Jixford August 9, 1794, and in 1815 had a shop at No. 2 State street, Newburyport, where he sold broadcloths, cassimeres, blankets, caHcoes, sheetings, etc. In December, 1821, he disposed of his stock in trade at auction, and probably removed from Newbury- port soon after that date. He was major of the battalion of infantry under the command of Lt. Col. Abraham Williams of Newburj'port. * Son of Edmund and Abigail Swett. He was born in Newburyport March 11, 1793, and married, October 19, 1815, Mary Stone. He removed to Boston hfteen or twenty years later. 3 This epitaph is supposed to be the last one written by Miss Could. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Grizzel (Apthorp) (.iould, and was born in Lancas- ter, Mass., September 5, 1789. She died in Newburyport September 5, 1866, unmarried, APPENDIX 561 HANNAH F. GOULD.' Here lies one whose wit Without wounding could hit ; — And green grow the grasses above her: — She has sent every beau To the regions below, And now she"s gone there for a lover. Paul Lunt married Hannah Adams, and not Harriet Adams as stated on the five hundred and sixth page of this volume. Ezra, son of Matthew and Jane (Moody) Lunt, born April 10, 1743, probably married Elizabeth Pearce in 1765, as stated on the fi\'e hundred and fortieth page, and after her death married, for his second wife, Mary (Pike) Coffin, widow of Capt. David Coffin. His intention of marriage to Mary, widow of Captain Coffin, was filed with the town clerk Janu- ary 9, 1768. ' For many years Caleb Cushiiig was supposed to have written this epitaph, in reply to one beginning, " Lay aside all ye dead," printed on page 559, but in a brief note to lohn Ward Dean of Boston, published in the Newburyport Herald January 15, 1S79, Mr. Gushing wrote: "The epitaph in question was, in my be- lief, written by Mr. Ebenezer Bailey, certainly not hs me."' VII. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. HISTORY OF NEWl'.URV. In the letter from Robert Mason " to his excellency Ed- mund Andres," printed on the one hundred and ninety-fifth page of the History of Newbury, by John J. Currier, the name " Daniel Pierce," in the sixth line from the bottom of the page, should read " Daniel Davison." The grist mills and saw mill at Pine island, owned by Daniel Adams, jr., were destroyed by fire, December 5, 1797, as stated on the two hundred and sixty-second page of the History of Newbury,'. Mr. Adams subsequently built a new grist mill in the same locality, which, after his decease, became the property of his children. July i, 1857, Asa, son of Daniel Adams, sold one-undivided-half of this grist mill to Seneca Adams, ^ and July 9, 1858, Sarah and Edna Adams sold the other undivided-half to Joseph N. Rolfe.^ August 31, 1863, Edmund Knight purchased of the estate of Seneca Adams one-half of the mill, with about one and a half acres of land adjoining.^ VWe or six years later, the grinding of corn by water power was found to be unprofitable ; the ma- chinery was removed from the mill, and the building taken down . May 2, 1870, Edmund Knight and Joseph N. Rolfe sold Asa and Joseph L. Adams about one acre of marsh and upland, " it being the premises known as the Pine Island ' History of Newbury (Currier), pat;;es 261 and 262; Essex Deeds, book 147, leaf 93, and book 149, leaf 29. 2 Essex Deeds, book 555, leaf 125. 3 Essex Deeds, book 575, leaf 272. '' Essex Deeds, book 660. leaf no. 562 APPENDIX 563 ■mill lot," reserving the right to repurchase the same within ten years for the erection of a mill.' The land, however, was not repurchased, and the mill was not rebuilt. The date, January 26, 1868, on the second line from the bottom of page three hundred and fort}'-fi\'e of the History of Newbury, should read January 25, 1868. In the Revolutionary war the men and officers under the command of General Burgoyne were taken prisoners October 17, 1777, at Saratoga, and sent to Massachusetts for safe keeping until they could be exchanged and returned to Eng- land. They were carefully guarded at Winter hill, in the vicinity of Boston, by Continental troops detached from the army for that purpose.' The following-named officers, in Col. Jacob Gerrish's regiment, signed a petition, December 6, 1777, asking for food, clothing and other supplies while guarding these prisoners.^ Jacob Gerrish, Field Officer. John Devereux, Captain. Henry Morrill. '■ " John Dodge. " Benjamin Gage, '■ " Jonathan Proctor, " Miles Greenwood, Captain. Oliver Titcomb, " Mark Pool, " Caleb Kimball, " Sami Huse, " Samuel Webber, son of John and Rachel (Harris) Web- ber, was born in Byfield, Newbury, January (?) 13, 1760. He was fitted for college at Dummer Academy, and graduated at Harvard in 1784. After completing his studies for the ministry, he accepted, in 1787, the position of tutor of the col- lege, and was appointed, in 1789, Hollis professor of mathe- matics and natural philosophy. March 11, 1806, he was elected president of the corporation, but did not assume the duties of that office until the twelfth of May following. In 1 Essex Deeds, book 967, leaf 113. 5 Histoi7 of Newbuiy (Currier), page 596. •* Massachusetts Archives, volume 183, pages 294 and 295, 564 APPENDIX 1789, he married Rebecca Smith of Gloucester, and by this marriage had the following-named children : — George, born in 1791 : died in icSog, unmarried. Sophia, " '• 1792; died in 1866. Matilda, " " 1795; married Prof. James F. Dana of Dartmouth college. Samuel. " '• 1797: married Anna Winslow Green of Medford in 1823. John A., " " 1799: married Sarah Heckling of Boston. Caroline, '• '• iSoi ; died in 1S25. unmarried. He died in Cambridge July 17, 18 10. Dennis Condry, son of Dennis and Mary (Perkins) Con- dry, was born in Newburyport August 23, 1794. At an early age he made several voyages to the West Indies, as an ordinary seaman, and soon became a ship-master and ship- owner. April 8, 1813, he married Ann, daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Adams) Lowell,' and November 29, 1821, was admitted to membership in the Newburyport Marine Society. He was captain of the ship Potomac, built, in Salis- bury, in 1 82 1, for William Bartlet of Newburyport, and in 1840 was part owner of the ship Delia Walker, commanded by his son, Lewis Lowell Condry. In 1830, he purchased a lot of land, with a dwelling house thereon, in Newbury, on the southwesterly side of High street, opposite the head of Lime street, which he owned and occupied for twenty-five years. - ' Lewis Lowell was for ten or fifteen years keeper of the lighthouses at Plum island. - The house on this lot of land was probably built in 1797, by Benjamin Shaw (Essex Deeds, book 164, leaf 28). He was unsuccessful in business, and sold the property to Elias Hunt in 1799 (Essex Deeds, book 166, leaf 50). Mr. Hunt died April 20, 1820; and his widow, Betsey Hunt, conveyed the land, with the buildings thereon, to Dennis Condry April 27, 1830 (Essex Deeds, book 256, leaf 133). AmosW. Mooney purchased the house October 20, 1856 (Essex Deeds, book 540, leaf 115), and sold it, March 16, 1874, to Thomas C. Simpson (Essex Deeds, book 900, leaf 36). It is now the residence of his daughter, Mabel (Simp- son) Burke, and her husband, Robert E. Burke, esq. APPEiVDIX 565 Although actively engaged in commercial pursuits, he was interested in public affairs, and was a member of the Massa- chusetts senate in 1846 and 1S47, and a representative to the General Court for the session beginning Januar}' 3, 1849. He was twice married. By his first wife, Ann (Lowell) Condry, he had the following-named children : — Lewis Lowell, born in Newburyport Oct. 11, 1813. Ann. " " Newbury Feb. 19. 1815: married Charles Knight. Dennis, " " Newbury Jan. 21, 1S19. Charles Coffin, " " " March 5, 1821 : died Jan. 3, 1S46. Delia Walker, " " " April 26, 1824 : died Oct. 14, 1824. Delia Walker, •• " >• August 4, 1830 : married Richard .\L Hanson of Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. 1852. Mrs. Ann ( Lowell) Condry died in i845(.?) ; and Captain Condry married, February 7, 1848, Catharine Rebecca, daughter of William and Sarah Justice (Mclntire) Browne of]\Vashington, D. C. By this second marriage he had one daughter, Sarah Browne Condry, born in Newburyport No- vember 9, 1848. She married, January 20, 1876, William Nichols Field. Mr. Field died in 1893. Captain Condry was appointed lieutenant-commander in the United States naval transport service October 5, 1861. After the close of the Civil war he was an inspector in the Boston custom house for several years. He died in Roxbury, now a part of the city of Boston, November 26, 1876. In addition to the sons and daughters of Dr. John and Elizabeth Newman, born in Hampton, N. H., and in Newbury, ^[ass.,at the dates mentioned on the six hundred and sixty-sixth page of the History of Newbury, they had the following-named children baptized by Rev. John Lowell, pastor of the Third Parish church in Newbury, now the First Religious Society of Newburyport. 566 APPEXDIX Elizabeth, baptized September 29, 1751 Judith, " August 2, 1753. Joshua, " October 26, 1756. Mary, " January 1, 1758. Timothy, " March 30, 1760. Joanna, " March i, 1767. All old house that stood on the corner of Ordway's lane, now Market street, and the country road, now High street, Newburyport, was supposed for many years to have been the home of Elizabeth Morse, who was accused and convicted of witchcraft in 1680 and afterwards reprieved.' It appears, however, from recent investigation, that William Morse and his wife Elizabeth resided at that date in a house then stand- ing, between Water and Liberty streets, on the southeasterly side of Market square. - The house on the corner of Market and High streets was probably built by Joseph Morse in 1701. He owned and occupied it at the time of his death in 1744.^ When it was removed, in June, 185 i, a stately elm tree was cut down to make room for the block of modern two-story houses now standing there. These improvements were unfavorably com- mented upon by many citizens, and the temporary excitement that followed was evidently increased by the publication of the following v^erses, written by Rev. Edward A. Washburn, rector of St. Paul's church. THE el:\i of the old morse HOUSE.4 All night around the ancient house The screaming winds I heard, All night the ghosts of witches old Were from their slumber stirred : Amidst the black and ruined walls The giant elm tree lay. That cast its patriarchal arms Above me yesterday. 1 History of Newbury (Currier), pages 186-189. ' " Quid Newbury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages 628 and 629. 3 " Quid Newljury:" Historical and Biographical Sketches, pages I40 and 141. '' From the Newburyi^ort Herald, lune 17, 1851. APPENDIX 567 And as I listened, came a groan From out the prostrate bole, As if there breathed in one last gasp A suffering. Dryad soul : — " What voice is here?" the sighing air Brought back the sound of woe : " Alas 1 I was a goodly elm, And now I lie full low. I grew a sapling, tall and strong, In sunshine and in storm, My boughs made music in the blast. And shade in summer warm : My roots were fixed in native earth. My locks I waved on high, And here, where first I had my birth, I hoped in peace to die. Ah I many a legend strange and old Have I to tell of yore, The wonders of -oulde Newberry,' The folk that are no more. The Quakers wild, the witches dire. Of Cotton Mather's day ; A Godly hangman, sure, was he, A Godly priest to pray. Ah I many a night in sad affright Against the walls I leaned, I saw the wrinkled hags at work, I saw the great, foul fiend : And maidens fair with demon heart Who revelled in their sins. Pinched pious people black and blue. And stuck with crooked pins. Alas ! alas ! those days are gone, And gone this ancient place. Old Newbury doth now contain A mercenary race : They've pulled the house upon my head. And for an inch of ground Thev've cut away the goodliest elm In all the region round. 568 APPENDIX They've chopped me up for firinti; wood. They've torn me limb from limb : And here they'll put a paltry box, All painted white and prim; — The villains I if they burn me e'er In stove or iron grate, I'll fire the house and tumble it On every rascal pate. May Heaven confound these new-made cits! Their brains are out of joint ; They'll spoil the place from Oldtown green As far as Salisbury point : Mine ancient neighbors opposite' Have heard the butchers talk Of cutting down their reverend heads To make a new brick walk. No more shall I woo passers by, And children fresh from school ; No more in August's blazing noon Shall spread my shadow cool ; My bough has bowed to ruthless axe, My glory downward sunk. They've hacked my twigs and piled them up, And now they pack my trunk. Ah 1 well a day ! with one last word I leave the thankless town ; One parting curse to blast the Goth Who cut the old elm dow^n ; O listen, sympathizing friend, Before I yield to death, I'll pour my very spirit out In one expiring breath. Ye I'owers I that rule o'er trees and men. Grant him a hapless lot. To wander like the weary Jew In some Sahara hot ' The elm trees on the southwesterly side of High street, opposite Market street, were cut down when the Kelly school house was built, by the city of Newbury- port, in 1872. APPENDIX To travel all his sultry years, And ask in vain for shade ; And when he dies, his bleaching bones Amid the sands be laid. Or, if he live, and here remain. Then grant, O righteous Heaven That never tree save gallows-tree May to the wretch be given. A murderer's heart is in the man Who kills an aged tree : I do advise the Mayor wise To watch him narrowly. A murderer's heart is in the man Who kills an aged tree : He'll kill his aged father next, Or baby on the knee ; Farewell — I die,'" — the elm tree paused, No sound came forth again ; I only heard the wild wind scream, I heard the pelting rain. 569 VIII. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. " OULD NEWF.URV:"" HISTORICAL AM) lUOGK APH ICAL SKETCHES. On the ninth page of " Ould Newbury," first hne, " the Council for New England" should read "the King's Privy Council." On the fiftieth page, sixteenth line, " Lionel North " should read " Lionel Worth." Edward Rawson, who came from England to Newbury in 1637, was elected a deputy to the General Court for the ses- sion beginning May 2, 1638, and served for many consecutive sessions.' He owned and occupied a dwelling house near Parker river, and in 1642 was one of the freeholders of the town entitled to a proportionate part of the undivided land and to all the rights and privileges of citizenship. When the removal of the principal inhabitants from Parker river to Merrimack river was decided upon, in 1645, Mr. Rawson was granted several acres of land on the country road, now High street, opposite the head of Poore's lane, now W^oodland street, Newburyport, where he built a house in which he lived until he removed with his family to Boston, in 165 i. Two hundred acres of upland and meadow land, near birchen meadow, were granted Edward Rawson by the town of Newbury F"ebruary 24, 1637.- Subsequently, this land was exchanged for two hundred acres of meadow and upland on both sides of the Artichoke river. ^ ' " Oukl Newbury " : Historical ami Biographical Sketches, pages 40-54; and History of Newburj' (Currier), page 675. 2 History of Newbury (Currier ), page 65. 3 " Ould Newbury " : Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 50. APPENDIX 571 April 6, 1638, Mr. Rawson and John Woodbridge were ordered to prepare a list of the laws considered necessary for the protection of life and property in the colony of Massa- chusetts Bay,' and on the sixth of September following Ed- ward Rawson, John Woodbridge and Edward Woodman were appointed by the General Court commissioners to end small causes in the town of Newbury.- November 19, 1638, Mr. Rawson was elected town clerk,, and was annually re-elected to that office for nine consecutive years. He was interested in the attempt to manufacture powder in the colony as early as 1639, and on the sixth of June of that year was granted by the General Court five hundred acres of land "at Pecoit, so as he go on w"^ the business of powder, if the salt peter come.'" For the en- couragement of this new industry the following order was passed the same day : — [June 6, 1639] It is ordered that if the salt peter come not Mr Rau- son shallbee considered according to such damage as hee shall sus- taine.4 Owing to the enactment of laws in England and Holland, prohibiting the shipment of saltpetre to America, the manu- facture of gunpowder in the colony was delayed twenty-five or thirty years. Mr. Rawson was elected deputy to the General Court for the session beginning May 14, 1645, and on the eighteenth of June following was appointed clerk of the house of deputies.-^ For his services as clerk he received an annual salary of twenty marks. [October 18, 1645] ^tt is ordered yt Mr. Rawson shallbe allowed out of the treasury the some of twenty marks, for the service he hath donne ' History of Newbury (Currier), page 56. 2 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 239. 3 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 263. ■* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 260. '" Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 28. 572 APPENDIX in keeping & transcribing the reccLs of tlie House of Uepu's for the time past.' [November 4, 1646] Itt is ordered ye Edward Rawson shall have twenty markes allowed him for his paines, out of y<; next levy, as secrtr to ye Howse of Depu's for two yeeres past. By bot'i howses.- He was associated with Joseph Hills, who subsequently married the widow of Henry Lunt of Newbury, in codifying the laws of the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1648.^ An order adopted by the General Court in March, 1647-8, reads as follows : — The Co'te doth desire that M"' Rawson & M'' Hill compare \^ amend- ment of the bookes of lawes passed & make them as one : & one of them to remaine in ye hands of ye comittee for ye speedy comitting of them to the presse & ye othr to remaine in ye hands of ye .Secretary,4 sealed up, till ye next Co'te.-i In May, 1648, John Winthrop, jr., was granted three thou- sand acres of land, " neere to the Narraganset country," upon condition that he begin the manufacture of salt and make one hundred tons within three years. The same day the fol- lowing order was passed by the General Court : — In answere to the recjuest of Mr John Wilson, pasto'' of the church of Boston, and M"" Edwd Rawson of Newberry, to whom this Cost formdy granted 1500 acies in the Pequod country, the Co'te doth thinke it meete to have their 1500 acres layd out next & adjoining to the 3000 acres granted to Mr John Winthrope at Pacatuck, neere the Narraganset Coun- try, togeth' also : or in case M'' Winthrop performe not the condition wth respect to the time limited, that then the 1500 acres of the said John Wilson & Edwd Rawson shalbe of the said 3000 acres granted to the said John Winthrop.'^ 1 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 61. - Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 83. 3 See brief sketch of Heniy Lunt and some of his descendants on preceding pages 503 and 504. ■* Increase Nowell was secretary of the colnny from June, 1639, to May, 1650. ^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 230. " Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 241, and volume III, page 126. APPENDIX 573 For the purpose of encouraging the manufacture of powder the General Court passed an order requiring the inhabitants of every town in the colony to join together " for the breed- ing of salt peeter in some out house used for poultry ; " ' and, October 27, 1648, granted Edward Rawson five hundred acres of land for assistance rendered in establishing and de- veloping that industry. The Corte, haveing taken into their serious consichation the great for- wardnes & readines of Mr Edw^ Rawson to advance so hopefull a de- signe as the makeing of saU peter wthin this jurisdiction, who for that end & purpose hath disbursed certain moneyes, to his great losse & damage, prsentrd to us at large in his petition deHvred into this prsent Corte, have therefore, in consideration of the pniiises & answere to his said petition, given & granted to him & his heires 500 ac of land at Pe- quot, to be layd out by the appointmt of the Corte, as also five pound, to be paid him out of the treasury. - [October 17, 1649] Mr Edwd Rawson haveing resigned up his 500 acres of land formrly granted him in p't of recompense of his damage sustained about ye salt peeter, the Corte have thought nieete to alow him thirty pounds, in full satisfaction, whereof the five pound formrly granted is accounted a part.3 May 2, 1649, Edward Rawson, Richard Bellingham, In- crease Nowell and Joseph Hill were appointed by the General Court " to examine the public writings received fro'" the form"" Gov^'n'' & put them in order fitingly ; & they are to do it w"'in 5 weeks." ■♦ May 22, 1650, Mr. Rawson was elected secretary of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, and served in that capacity until the charter was vacated in 1684. He was appointed to many positions of emolument and trust by the General Court ; and attended to the duties assigned him with promptness and fidelity ; and was a member of the committee appointed to revise the laws of the colony October 18, 1650. 1 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 29. ^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 261. ■* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 283. ^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume II, page 271. 5y_| APPENDIX Itt is ordered that Richard BelHngham, Esquire, the secretary [Edward Rawson] and Mr. [Joseph] Hill, or any two of them, are appointed a comittee to take order for the printing the Lawes agreed vppon to be printed, to determine of all things in reference thereunto, agreeing with the president for the printing of them with all expedition, and to allow the title if there be cause.' October 14, 165 i, Mr. Rawson was appointed recorder for the county of Suffolk in place of William Aspinvvall, who, for misconduct, was removed by the General Court, and or- dered to deliver up all the records belonging to the county.^ When John Hull was authorized to coin silver money for the use of the colony, Mr. Rawson, who still retained the office of secretary, was appointed, with Richard Bellingham, Capt. John Leverett and others, by the General Court, May 27, 1652, to select a convenient place for the mint house in Bos- ton, and make all the arrangements necessary to carry on the work of the mint judiciously and promptly.^ June 2, 1653, Mr. Rawson was allowed compensation for his service as clerk of the commissioners of the United Col- onies, as stated in the following order : — The secretary and his man having for this months time, and more, binn very much imploied to write for our commissioners, both theire acts and transcribing the letters and artikles to the Dutch &c, the Court doth judge it meete, and orders that the secretary be satisfied out of the next country rate, eight pence p page, as the lawe provides in another case; and that the severall proportions of the other colonies be by the auditor taken notice of, that it may be brought to account.4 In 1653, Mr. Rawson was one of the commissioners ap- pointed to confer with the inhabitants of Wells, Cape Por- pus and Saco, Maine, in regard to the bounds and limits of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, and subsequently petitioned ' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 35. '^ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 68. •' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume III, page 261. '■ Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 146. APPENDIX 575 the General Court for compensation. In answer to this peti- tion he was granted, November i, 1654, two hundred acres of upland and meadow, on " Ouochecho River, above Dover bounds," and Capt. Bryan Pendleton and Peter Coffin were ordered to lay it out.' May 15, 1657, he was granted addi- tional land, as follows : — The Court, in reference to ye secretary Edward Rawsons service wth other gentm" for the eastward doe graunt vnto him two hundred acres of land, to be laid out vnto him beside wt was confirmed to him on Quochecho River, in jaiy place not interfering wt'i former graunts.^ October 18, 1659, Mr. Rawson's salary was increased to sixty pounds per annum, by the adoption of the following order : — The Court, considering that the secretary hath served the countrie for many yeers in that place, whose time hath altogether binn taken vp wth the weighty occasions of the countrie, which haue beene & are incum- bent on him [the neglect whereof would be an inevitable & great preju- dice to the pulique] and himself oft times forced to hire a dark to helpe him, which hath cost him some yeeres twenty pounds per annu, and every yeere spending of his owne estate a considerable some beyond what his estate will beare, nor is it for the honour of the country that such an officer, so necessary, who hath also binn found faithfull & able in the discharg of the trust comitted to him, should want due encour- agement, doe therefore order, that the present secretary shall have, from the eleventh of May last, the some of sixty pounds per annu for his sallery, to continew yeerly vntill this Court shall order & provide some other meete recompense. 3 October 16, 1660, the following" order was adopted by the General Court, granting to Mr. Rawson a gratuity of two hundred and fifty acres of land for his labor in compiling and preparing the laws of the colony for the press. ' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 2ii. 2 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 304. 3 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume IV, part I, page 391, 576 APPENDIX Whereas Mr Edward i\awson was imployed by this Court for the drawing vp of the booke of laues before it was performed by Major Genii Dennison, this Court, being willing to acknowledg the labors of such as are imploied for y; publicke behooffe, doe judge meete, as a gra- tuity for his paines, to graunt him two hundred and fifty acres of land in any place not yet disposed of by this Court.' Atigust 8, 1 66 1, Mr. Rawson, secretary of the colony, in the presence of the governor, deputy governor, magistrates, deputies, a large number of citizens, several companies of soldiers, "and one troope of horse," assembled in Boston, proclaimed Charles the Second " lavvfull King of Great Brittaine, France & Ireland, and all other territories & dominions thereunto belonging." In the discharge of his public duties Mr. Rawson was fre- cjuently called upon to assist in the settlement of questions relating to the government of the colony, and often paid from his private purse bills that were afterward brought to the attention of the General Court and settled at various dates by the adoption of the following orders and resolves : — [October 22, 1677] The Court, vpon information of Mr. Rausons extraordinary reall expences out of purse lately, as djet, wayting on the council, for paper also, and hiring persons to write for him, as, being demonstrated, he is in disburs, it is ordered, that the Treasurer pay him forty pounds in money in consideration thereof, besides his ordinary sallery.- [October 15, 1679] In ansr to the humble remonstrance & peticon of Edward Rawson, the Court judgeth it meet to grant the peticoner fivety pounds in or as money, to be payd him out of the publick treasury..^ [March 16, 16S0-1] In an ans>' to the humble motion & request of Edward Rauson, it is ordered, that the fowerteen pounds the Treasurer demands of the .Secretary be chardged to the country's account & that the Treasurer pay him twenty pounds more in country pay & this to be in sattisfaction for extraordinary service done, as in the peticon, besides his sallery.4 1 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I\', part I, pages 441 and 442. - Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 171. •* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 252. ■* Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume \' , page 306. APPE^fDIX 577 [October lo, 1683] In answer to a motion made, the Corte doe grant to Mr Edward Rawson five hundred acres of land, to be layd out in any free place, not prejudicing any plantation.' The charter of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay was an- nulled in 1684. A provisional government was organized in 1686, and Joseph Dudley appointed president. In December of that year, Sir Edmund Andros, governor-in-chief of all New England, arrived in Boston and assumed control of pub- lic affairs. Previous to his arrival the records and papers, in the custody of Edward Rawson, were placed in the hands of a committee appointed to receive them. No sessions of the General Court were held until after the revolution in 1689, which resulted in the overthrow of Governor Andros. When the new charter was granted by the King, and the Province of Massachusetts Bay organized, in 1692, Mr. Raw- son was too old to take an active part in the administration of public affairs. He died August 27, 1693, aged seventy-eight, at his residence in Rawson 's lane, now Bromfield street, Boston. The ferry at Carr's island was probably abandoned previ- ous to the incorporation of Newburyport, as stated on the seventy-fifth page of " Ould Newbury," and several attempts were made to re-establish it without success. The court of general sessions, held at Ipswich in March, 1773, issued the following order : — On reading the Petition of Richard Carr & James Carr shewing that they are owners of the Island in Merrimack River, called Carr"s Island, that formerly there was a Ferry kept up & maintained from s'd Island to the main Land at Newbury & a Bridge between the same Island & Sal- isbury, that s'd Petitioners apprehend that if a Bridge & Ferry were again kept in the same places the Public would be greatly served &c (as by s'd Petition on file) & praying the Court to encjuire by a committee of the Expediency thereof &c Ordered that William Browne, Nathaniel Peaslee Sargeant & Richard Saltonstall, Esc|, be a Committee to inquire into the necessity & con- ' Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume V, page 418. 578 APPEXDIX venience of having a Bridge & Ferrj' as set forth in s"d Petidon & take a view of s"d Island &c & make a Report at next Term.' The committee failed to report at tlie appointed time, and the case was continued from term to term for two or three years, until the beginning of the Revolutionary war, when it was quietly dropped from the docket. Mary, daughter of George and Elizabeth Carr, born Feb- ruary 24, 165 1-2, as stated on the seventy-sixth page, married Rev. James Bailey (or Bayley), who was born in Newbury September 12, 1650. He graduated at Harvard college in 1669, and was settled, October 28, 1671, pastor of the First Parish church in " Salem Village," now Danvers, Mass., where he ofificiated until 1679, when he removed to Killing- worth, Conn., where his wife died October 28, 1688. Sarah, sister of Mary (Carr) Bailey, married Thomas Baker of Boston, not William Hinckley of Hampton, N. H., as stated on the page above-named,- and Ann, a younger sister, married Thomas Putnam of Danvers November 22, 1678. John Carr, brother of Mary, Sarah and Ann Carr, was evidently disappointed in love. He was anxious to marry Jemima True of Salisbury, but the match was broken off, on account of his youth it is said, and he became despondent, morose and at times partially insane. He died September 23, 1689, and Mrs. Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, wife of Capt. Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, was accused of having de- throned his reason by witchcraft, and filled his mind, weak- ened by disease, with disordered fancies. ^ At her trial in 1692 the sworn statements of Richard and James Carr were presented to the court by the prosecuting attorney, but Wil- liam Carr, an older brother, ha\ing faith in her blameless life 1 Records of the Court of General Sessions, 1764- 1777, page 300. 2 Sarah, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carr, born August 13, 168 r, prob- ably married William Hinckley of Hampton, N. H., December 30, 1700 (Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury (Hoyt), volume I, page 86). 3 Mrs. Bradbury was the daughter of John and Judith Perkins of Ipswich. She married Thomas Bradbury in 1636, and died December 20, 1700, in the eighty- eighth year of her age. APPENDIX 579 and high moral character, testified strongly in her defence. She was convicted, however, and sentenced to death, but managed in some way to escape punishment, and lived for several years after that date in Salisbury/ Richard Carr, born April 2, 1659, son of George and Elizabeth Carr, married Dorothy for his first wife (not Elizabeth , as stated on the above-named page). She died August 3, 1694, and he married, February 20, 1701-2, Sarah Healey for his second wife. She died January 8, 1726-7, and August 10, 1727, Mr. Carr married for his third wife Sarah Greeley. Richard and Dorothy Carr had the following-named children : — - Samuel, born June 16, 16S6. Dorothy, '• July 20, 1688. Elizabeth, " June 9, 1691. Richard, " January 3, 1693-4. By his second marriage Mr. Carr had two sons, namely : — James, born November 30, 1702. John, " in August, 1706. By his third marriage Mr. Carr had no children. He died September 11, 1727. On the one hundred and eighth page of " Ould Newbury," last line, " Dec. 26, 1647," should read " May 26, 1647." On the one hundred and fifty-fifth page, fifth line from the bottom of the page, "Dudley Atkins Tyng " should read " Dudley Atkins." On the one hundred and seventy-first page, fifth line from the top of the page, " Samuel Brocklebank Coffin " should read " Brocklebank Samuel Coffin." ^ Salem Witchcraft (Charles W. Upham), volume II, pages 225-238. ^ Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury (Hoyt), volume I, page 87. 580 APPENDIX Henry Sewall, oldest son of Henry and Margaret (Graze- brook) Sewall, was baptized in St. Michael's church, Coven- try, England, April 8, 1576. He married Anne Hunt, prob- ably,' and came to Newbury when he was nearly sixty years of age, with, perhaps, a second wife, named Ellen, according to the Massachusetts Bay Colony Records. With the consent & att the desire of Henry Seawall & Ellen his wife, the Court hath ordered that his said wife shalbe att herowne disposeall, for the place of her habitacon, & that her saide husband shall allowe her her weareing app"ell & XXip ann, to be paide quarterly, as also a bedd with furniture to it.- Mr. Sewall was exceedingly irritable, easily prov^oked, and at times mentally unbalanced, or perhaps mildly insane. He was dissatisfied with the quantity and quality of the land granted him by the town of Newbury, and appealed to the General (]ourt for relief. [March 12, 1637-S] Mr. Henry Seawall's business & difference w'h the towne of Neweberry is referd to M^ John Winthrope, junior, Mr Rich'd Saltonstall & Mr Synion Bradstreete to heare iS: to certify how they find the case to the General Courte.3 This committee, finding no cause for complaint, made no report, and the town of Newbury, after careful consideration, decided to make no change in the bounds and limits of the grant. This decision was evidently unsatisfactory to Mr. Sewall, and for his subsequent misconduct he was ordered to appear at the Ipswich court and give bond for his future good behavior. [March 3, 1639-40] Mr. Henry Seawall, for his contemptuous speech & carriage to Mr Saltonstall, was enjoyned to acknowledg his fault pub- lickely at Ipswich Court & to bee of good behavior & was enjoyned to appear at the next Quarter Court, vnles the Court of Ipswich do release 1 History of Newbury (Coffin), page 317; " Ould Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches, page 247. 2 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records (October 6, 1635), volume I, page 163. 3 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 222. APPENDIX 581 him from the good behavior & from his appearance at the Quarter Court, hee bound himself e in 66^ 13s 4^ for his appearance and good behavio'.! Several months previous to his quarrel with Mr. Salton- stall be was accused of assaulting his wife. Henry Seawall, being p'sented by the grandiury for beating his wife, is referd to the Court of Ipswich to examine & hee to appear wtHout any new summons.- When the new settlement on the right bank of Merrimack river was decided upon and laid out, in 1645, Mr. Sewall removed to Rowley. In October, 1650, he was accused of disturbing the congregation assembled for public worship in the meeting house in that town, and also for assaulting the son of William Acey and " drawing blood. "^ In December, 1650, Humfrey Rayner, Thomas Mighell, Ezekiel Northend and Matthew Boyce of Rowley certified that Mr. Showell was walking in the foremost seat in the meeting-house of Rowley, near the pulpit. Rev. Ezekiel Rogers being present and ready to step into the pulpit to begin prayer, said, " Mr. Showell, cease your walking." Mr. Showell answered, "You should have come sooner," etc. Showell continuing his walk, the pastor said, " Mr. Showell, remember where you are ; this is the house of God." Mr. Showell answered with a loud voice, " I know how to behave myself in the house of God as well as you," etc. Then the pastor said, " Rather than that he disturb the congregation, put him out." Mr. Showell replied, " Let us see who dare." After this a brother spoke to him in a friendly way, but Mr. Showell, with a stern countenance and threatening manner, said he would take a course with some of us, etc. On another Lord's day, Mr. Showell was walking in the meeting-house, a ' Massachusetts Ba)- Colony Records, volume I, page 286. 2 Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, volume I, page 233. 3 The Essex Antiquarian, volume IX, page 45. 582 APPENDIX part of the congregation being assembled, he, looking up, said, " Good Lord, this day is spent, I know not how, and nothing is yet done," expressing some trouble in other words.' For these contemptuous speeches Henry Sewall was pre- sented to the Ipswich court March 26, 165 i, and ordered to make acknowledgement in the Rowley meeting-house or pay a fine of forty shillings. He accepted the first alternative, and made the following acknowledgement : — I Henry Sewall being prsented to the Court holden at Ipswich in the first month 1651 for contemptuous speaches & gestures, to the reverend Mr Ezeekiell Rogers & others in the publicje meeting ; and the truth thereof being prooved Ijy full Testimony; vpon which as part of ye fentence I am inioyned to make my confession »& acknowledgment of my great sinne against god & offence against his messinger & espetially in charging Matthew Boyse about buying my howse for the removall of me out of Towne which was denyed by him & not proved by me. I doe now in the presence of god & this reverand assemblage freely acknowledg my evell according to the full extent of the Testimonies and doe earnest- ly desire you all to pray to the god of all wisdom & grace to pardon these & all other my sinnes and to guide me in his blessed wayes of Truth & peace for tynie to come.- Notwithstanding this public acknowledgement and confes- sion Mr. Sewall was frequently called upon to apologize for his subsequent misconduct. In September, 1653, he was presented by the grand jury in the court at Ipswich for misdemeanors in the public meetings and for striking William Acey on the face in the open street.^ At the session of the court held in March, 1654, he was presented for push- ing Mr. Jewett in a very offensive manner in the public as- sembly on the Lord's day ;-• and, March 27, 1655, he was fined for striking William Asye and " justleing " Mr. Jewett. 5 1 The Essex Anti(|uarian, volume IX, page 128; and History of Newbury (Cof- fin), page 61. ^ The Essex Antic juarian, volume IX, page 128. •* The Essex Antiquarian, volume X, page 86. ■* The Essex Antiquarian, volume X, page 176. '" The Essex Antiquarian, volume XI, page 24. APPENDIX 583 His conduct oa these and other occasions indicate that he was not in his right mind during the last years of his hfe. He died in Rowley in March, 1657, in the eighty-first year of his age. On the two hundred and forty-eighth page of '' Ould New- bury," eighteenth hne from the top of the page, " April 17, 1678," should read "August 17, 1678." On the two hundred and sixty-fifth page, twelfth line from the top of the page, " 1698 " should read " 1697." On the two hundred and ninety-fifth page, sixth line from the top of the page, "Long Button" should read "Long Ditton." On the three hundred and eighty-second page, third line from the bottom of the page, " 1722 " should read " 1723." On the three hundred and ninety-third page, " John Kel- by," numbered eighty-one in the list of names on that page, should read " John Kelly." On the four hundred and thirtieth page, twelfth line from the bottom of the page, "November 3, 1728," should read " December 18, 1725." The communication to which reference is made, on page four hundred and fifty-one, was printed in the Newburyport Daily Herald July fourteenth, and in the Semi-Weekly Her- ald July 16, 1 84 1. Another communication, pubUshed March 25, 1850, announced the removal of the painting described in the first communication. Some interesting and quaint epitaphs, from gravestones in the Old Hill burying-ground, have been printed on pages four hundred and fifty-three to four hundred and sixty-three of " Ould Newbury." From other monuments and memorial tablets still standing in this old graveyard the following in- scriptions have been recently copied by Sidney Perley, esq., of Salem, Mass. APPEXDIX In Memory of Capt. Jeremiah Pearson, who Departed this Life January the 3d, 1768, in the 69^11 Year of his Age. Depart my Friends dry up your Tears I fnu/t lie hear till chrift appears In Memory of Cap^ Gideon Woodwell, who died Augst 24, 1790 aged 70 years. In Memory of Capt Nicolas Tracy, who departed this Life May ye 23d 1787, ^ talis 61. Sacred To the Memory of M>-s Sarah Crofs (The beloved wife of Mr Ralph Crofs) who departed this life in a well grounded hope of eternal glory, June ye 13th, 1787; In the 79111 year of his age. Her Hufband was known in ye gate, when he fat among the elders. APPENDIX 585 In Memory of Capt William Davenport, who departed this Life Septr 2d, 1773, Aged 58 Years. In Memory of Capt. Moses Brown who died at Sea Jany ist 1804, Aged 62, And his Sons Captn William Brown lost at Sea 1799, Aged 31, Capt Moses Brown 3d drowned Deer 22d 1797. Aged 27. Ill memory of Stephen Cross, esq. who died Mar. 31st, 1809 aged 78. Also Isaac his Son lost at Sea i 795 yEt. 27. Sacred to the memory of Mr Ralph Crofs, Who ferved God & the Prefbeterian Church as a ruling Elder in this town more than XL years being a faithful reprover of vice both in public and private Finif h'd a life of Exemplary piety in a well Grounded hope of eternal glory Janr ye 4th 1788; In the 82d year of his age . Glory with all her lamps /hall burn And watch the Chtiftians fleepins^clay Till the la/t trumpet roufe his urn To aid the trimnph of the day. 586 APPENDIX ^ to tl^e A/ Mr. Philip Coombs, who died in France Jany 1757; yEt. 52 ; And Mrs. Lydia Coombs; his wife, who died June 23rci i 794 ^t. 78 ; The influence of real piety prevailed thro their Characters, ^ reflected a lufturc on the Religion of Je/us, which they emin'^ntly adorn d, &^ for many years were diftinguifed members oj the Pre/byterian Church in this Town. Great God, to thee we raife our fong. TIii)ie were the graces that eniich'd tJieir ?ninds IVe blefs thee that they f hone Jo bright, And leftfofair a track of pious life behind. In Memory of Mrs Jane Coombs, late Confort of Mr William Coombs who Died April cf-^ i 783 Aged 44 Years. The Woes on I Toes have fadden'd tJiy I aft years And A/igui/h keen, has eaufd a sea of tears Heav'n wounds to heal, marks the long laboring breaft Difsolves the night, and guides thee to thy reft. Sacred to the memory of William Coombs, Jun. Son of Mr William and Mrs Jane Coombs who died January 7th 1785 aged 1 8 years Appendix In Memory of Mr William Coombs who slept in Jesus May 28, 1814, yEt 78 A bright example of all which ennobles the man and adorns the Christian ; he lived to God, to his country and mankind and died universally beloved, honored and lamented. 5% For me to live is Christ, 6-' to die is ^ain. Sacred to the Memory of Elder Robert Murray, Father of the Rev. John Murray of this Town ; who, after a long courfe of diltinguii'h'd piety departed this Life, in full alTurance of a blefsed immortality, Dec. 13111 1790, Mi. 91. Hei^e lies the Body of Mrs MARGARET SMITH, Wife of Docf JOSIAH SMITH, who departed this Life, April 1 8th 1 78 1, in the 34th Year of her Age. The Spider's moft attenuated Thread Is Cord, is Cable to Man's tender tie On earthly Blifs. 588 APPENDIX In Memory of Capt Benjamin Perkins who departed this Life 9 of March, 1797 In the 48 year of his age. In Memory of Docf Enoch Sawyer, who (after a long Series of ye moft exquiiite Pain ; which he bore with the fortitude of the Hero, and the reiignation of a Chriftian) departed this Life Nov 15111 1 77 1. Aged 77 Years. He was an able, experienced Phyiician, and a truly honeft Man. A'o longer his all healing art availed, and every Remedy its Mafter Jailea. ^^^^,,^0. for p™„, ,,„,;_^^ ''fe^, Under this mournful Stone lie the remains of ANNA, Wife of TIMOTHY PALMER, who changed this mortal Life, for that of immortality, on the 21st day of JULY^D. 1786. In the 3 2d Year of her age. O the soft commerce ! O the tender ties, Clofe ttin fled with the Fibres of the Heart! Which broken^ break them ; nnd drain off the joul Of human joy ; and make it pain to live — And is it then to live ? When ftuh Friends part, ' Tis the Survivor dies — my Heart ! 710 more. APPENDIX In tiietnory of MR. TIMOTHY PALMER, ivJio died Dec. ig, 1821, Aged 70. .4 ho In menioiy of John., son of Andrews ana Elizabeth Palmer, who died in A msterdajn Dec. 4, 18 ly ; Aged 24. Here lies Buried The Body of Mi- Thomas Savage Who departed this Life August ye 23d I 749 Aged 84 years & 10 mos. Here hes the Body of Mrs. Mehetable Savage ye wife of Mr Thomas Savage and daughter to Mr. Henry and Mary Phillips late of Boston who departed this life June 6th 1737 in ye 70th year of her age. 589 In Memory of Fortune A faithful servant who died July 16, 1S04 this stone is erected by Tristram Dalton ' Pomp Fuller Died Sept 16, 1794, aged 35 Some hearty friend may drop a tear On my dry bones, and say, These once were strong as mine appear, And mine must be as they." ' Newburyport Herald, March 28, 1866. 590 APPENDIX On the four hundred and sixty-ninth page of '» Ould New- bury," fourth line from the bottom of the page, "July 25, 1785," should read "April 2, 1779." On the four hundred and seventy-seventh page, the date " 1841," in the note at the bottom of the page, should read " 1741-" On the four hundred and eighty-first page, first line, the date " 1796" should read " 1794," and "at the same time," on the next line, should read " three years previously." Mary, eldest daughter of Tristram Dalton, whose resi- dence is described on pages four hundred and seventy-five to four hundred and eighty-three, inclusive, of " Ould New- bury," married, August 21. 1794, Leonard White of Haver- hill, Mass., Rev. Edward Bass, D. D., rector of St. Paul's church, Newburyport, officiating. The engraving of Wolfe tavern, enlarged and reproduced in the half-tone print on the five hundred and second page of " Ould Newbury," attracted considerable attention when it was first published in 1807. It was engraved by William Hooker, and not by James Aiken, as stated on page five hundred and three. See duplicate copy, page three hundred and seventy-eight, second volume. History of Newburyport (Currier). Nancy, only daughter of Timothy Dexter, born August 16, 1776, as stated on the five hundred and seventy-sixth page, married, March 11, 1792, Abraham Bishop of New Haven, Conn., Rev. Edward Bass., D.D., rector of St. Paul's church, Newburyport, officiating. The statement on the five hundred and eighty-fourth page that Eleazer Johnson died in 1847, leaving only one son, Richard, who was born in 181 5, is incorrect. He left several children. His son Richard, born in 181 3 (not 181 5), has descendants now living. APPENDIX 591 The date " 1838," in the eleventh Hne on the six hundred and ninth page should read " 1832." The clock purchased in 1837 by the town of Newbury port, as stated on the six hundred and twenty-seventh page, was placed in a niche on the outer wall of a brick building on the westerly side of Market square, near Inn street. Ten or twelve years later it was removed to a more conspicuous po- sition on the market house, where it remained until 1896, when it was replaced by a new one, the gift of John T. Brown, esq. Abraham Wheelwright died October 14, 1850, not "April 19, 1852," as printed at the top of page six hundred and forty-five. His wife, Rebecca (Knight) Wheelwright, died November 5, 1835. Elizabeth Cogswell Wheelwright, who married George Greenleaf October 19, 181 3, died May 7, 1844, not "in May, 1894," as printed on the above-named page. Mr. Greenleaf married his second wife, Mrs. Mary S. Huse (widow), September 21, 1847. In the sixth line from the top of the six hundred and sixty- seventh page, after the name " Mary Perkins " add the word " Johnson." " Rev. Samuel J. May," in the ninth line from the bottom of the six hundred and ninety-first page, should read " Rev. Joseph May." IX. THE 15R1GANTINE WARREN. TiiK thirty-two gun frigate Warren was one of several ves- sels built in 1776 under an act passed by the Continental congress for the defence of the sea-coast." She was well equipped for active service and captured and sent into port several valuable prizes. In July, 1779, under the command of Capt. Dudley Saltonstall, she was ordered, with other vessels belonging to the navy, to the mouth of Pe- nobscot river. After an unsuccessful attempt to dislodge the English forces at that place, she escaped up the river, and was subsequently destroyed to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy. - In 1799, a smaller vessel, — the brigantine Warren, carrying eighteen guns, — was built, under the supervision of Nich- olas Johnson of Newburyport, by Daniel Webster of Salis- bury. She was launched Sej^tember 26, 1799, and was after- wards fitted for sea in Newburyport. Sc^ne interesting facts relating to her construction and subsequent career will be found in the following pages. Navv Dki'ARTMENT, .\[)nl 4, 1799. Sir. The favorable Reports 1 liave received respecting the ship of War Merrimack, built under tlie direction of the Committee at Newbury Port, of which you were a member, incline me to have built at the same place one of the 18 Ciun Bri<;;s authorized by Congress at their last session. 1 History of the United States Na\7 (Maclay), volume I, page 36. * History of the I'nited States Navy (Maclay), volume I, pages 97-100. APPENDIX 593 From your knowledge and experience I flatter myself that under your superintendence the public will obtain a valuable vessel. 1 request, therefore, that you will immediately make arrangements for building a Briga calculated to carry Eighteen 9 Pounders with advantage, agreea- bly to such model and dimensions as 3'ou shall approve. She must be built of the best seasoned Timber 3-our country affords, and completed within as short a period as may consist with a faithful execution of the workmanship. Her construction should be calculated to unite strength with fast sailing, she should have room enough in her hold to carry Water and Provisions for 100 to 120 men for 6 months and her Tonnage must not exceed 360 Tons. You will please to observe that the Law will not admit of these vessels carrying more than 18 Guns, they cannot exceed that number, for which they must be calculated in the first in- stance, and I presume may be made as formidable as any vessels in the world of the same size. I rely entirely on your good judgment in the execution of this business, and think it unnecessary to furnish either model or dimensions from hence. I am particular as to the number of (iuns because our Captains are very fond of introducing additional (iuns and by this means crowding their vessels without any manner of use. When the vessel is completed it will be proper that I should be fur- nished with a draft of her in order that if she proves to possess supe- rior good qualities, her model may be adopted in future. You "will be pleased to advise me from time to time of the progress made and of the sums to be remitted you. Your commission for this service will be two p cent as heretofore, and your Accounts for the Ex- penditure are to be transmitted to Mr. Winder agreeably to the forms he has pointed out. The I>riga must be copper bolted and sheathed. If you cannot pro- cure the bolts, spikes &c give me timely notice and I will endeavour to forward them from this place. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedt & hWe Servent, Ben Stoddert. Nicholas Johnson Esq, Newbury Port.' The vessel was built at Salisbury under the supervision of Capt. Nicholas Johnson, as stated in the notices published in the Newburyport Herald. ' Papers in the possession of the Old Newbury Historical Society, 594 APPENDIX Yesterday a fine coppered ship called the Warren, of i8 guns, was launched at Salisbury from the yard of Mr. Daniel Webster. The river Merrimack has been justly celebrated for the excellent vessels it has produced. Mr. Webster has added to the number of those which are allowed to be superior in materials and workmanship. The Warren has a figure head, which gentlemen pronounce to be a striking likeness of the Hero whose name she bears. Capt. Timothy Newman of this town is appointed to the command of the Warren.' The beautiful U. S. ship Warren, Timothy Newman, Esc^)., com- mander, now lying in this harbor, is completely rigged and has nearly her full complement of men — fine hardy sons of Neptune, shipped with- out solicitation, to defend the insulted commerce of their country. She only waits orders to proceed to President's roads. May she be as use- ful as she will be ornamental to our young navy.^ Yesterday the U. S. ship Warren, Capt. T. Newman, sailed from this port for the President's Road.> She arrived safely at her destination, and Captain Johnson was subsequently authorized to make certain payments to the officers and crew, as stated in the following letter :^ Boston, Nov. 28th. 1799. Sir. I have to inform you of the Warren's anchoring in Nantasket roads. Capt. Tappan is alongside delivering the stores on board. Tomorrow morning expect to come up to President road. The ship proves very well & no doubt will sail very fast. It will be necessary to take in 10 or 12 tons more Pig iron to bring her by the stern. We want 17 to com- pleat our complement of men, viz : — 9 able seamen, 7 ordinary seamen, and one boy, exclusive of one Boatswain's mate, one Master at Arms. & one Quarter Gunner, all of which 1 expect may be easily procured. By despatches from the Secretary of the Navy 1 may soon expect to receive sailing orders. I am sir Your obedient servant Timothy New.man. Capt. Nicholas Johnson, Navy Agent. 1 Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, September 27, 1799. - Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, November 12, 1799. •' Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette, November 26, i 799. APPENDIX 595 Navy Department, 26tii Feby 1800. Sir. I am honored with your letter of the 3rd instant. The charge of 250 Drs which you have made for superintending the building of the ship Warren appears reasonable and is allowed. The balance due you on the adjustment of your accounts shall be remitted as soon as the accountant makes his report to me thereon. Enclosed herewith is a list of the powers of Atto left by the crew of the ship Warren to receive part of their pay in their absence, agreeably to which, if the powers be authenticated by the signatures of the Cap- tain & Purser of the ship, you will be pleased to make the payments quarterly as they become due, and advertise in the News papers for the persons holding the powers to apply to you. Timothy Turner Esquire, accountant of this department, will point out the mode of keeping the accounts & of taking receipts, to which you will be pleased to conform. Whenever you hear of the arrival of the \'essel at any port of the United States, it will be proper to suspend all further payments and to send to this office immediately, and to the purser, an account of all the monies &c paid as aforesaid, that the proper stoppages may be made in settlement with the men. A remittance of 2000 I])ollars is now ordered to enable you to make the payments for the first quarter. I have the honor to be Sir, y mo ob. ser. Ben Stoddert. P. S. Although the payments are directed to be paid quarterly, which is intended as a measure of safety, lest payments might be made for services of people who had ceased to perform them, yet when appli- cation is made by persons who appear to be really in want, you may dis- pense with the general rule and pay them monthly. B. S. Nicholas Johnson, Esq. The Warren was nearly four hundred tons register. She carried eighteen heavy guns and one hundred and sixty men. Under the command of Timothy Newman, she was ordered, in November, 1 799, to cruise in the Caribbean sea, near the 596 APPENDIX island of Cuba, in company with the Xorfolk, Capt. William Bainbridge, and the Pincknicy, Samuel Hey wood, master. Capt. Timothy Newman died August 15, 1800. Previous to that date, the president had been authorized, by an act of congress, to reduce the number of vessels in the navy, and twelve months later fifteen or twenty ships, brigs and sloops of war were withdrawn from active service and subsequently condemned as unseaworthy. The Wanrii was sold in Boston in 1 80 1. X. SELECTMEN ELECTED IN NEWBURVPORT, 1764 TO 185 I. Newburyport was incorporated January 28, 1764. The first meeting of the inhabitants qualified to vote in town affairs was held February 8, 1764. The names of the selectmen elected at that date, and at the annual elections subsequently held, are as follows : — Elected. Selectmen. February 8, 1764. Stephen Cross, Enoch Titcombjr., Timothy I'ike, Daniel Farnham and William Atkins.' March 15, 1764. Daniel Farnham, Timothy Pike, Enoch Titcomb, William Atkins and Stephen Cross. March 19, 1765. Daniel Farnham, John Berry, Robert Roberts, Cutting Moody and Ebenezer Little. March 18, i 7G6. Daniel Farnham, Robert Roberts, Benjamin Green- leaf, Dr. John Sprague and John Berry. March 24, 1767. Dudley Atkins, Moses Bradstreet, Benjamin Greenleaf, Samuel Greenleaf and Robert Roberts. March 16, 1768. Ralph Cross, Benjamin Greenleaf, John Berry, Daniel Farnham and Robert Roberts. March 22, 1769. Daniel Farnham, Ralph Cross, John Berry, William Atkins and Edmund Bartlet. March 20, 1770. Ebenezer C^xreenleaf,- Daniel Dole and Cutting Bartlet. March 13, 1771. Tristram Dalton, John Lowell, Matthew I'erkins, John Stickney and David Moody. 1 The name of William Atkins does not appear in the report of the first meeting made by the town clerk, but he was evidently elected one of the selectmen, and signed the warrant for a town meeting March 2, 1764. (See Newbuiyport Town Records, volume \, page 10.) 2 Excused March 23, 1770, and William Atkins elected to till the vacancy. 597 598 APPENDIX March 2, 1772. lienjamin Greenleaf, Tristram Dalton, John Low- ell, Stephen Cross and Abel Greenleaf. March 1,1773. John Stickney, Richard Smith, Jonathan Titcomb and Mathew I'erkins. March S, 1774. Tristram Ualton,' Benjamin Greenleaf,- Jonathan Titcomb, Stephen Cross and John Lowell. March 9, 1775. Jonathan Titcomb, John Lowell, Stephen Cross, ivichard Smith and Abel Cxreenleaf. March 14, 1776. John Lowell. Tristram Dalton, Abel Greenleaf, Jonathan Marsh and Moses Little. March 21, 1777. Jonathan Titcomb, Abel Greenleaf, Moses Little, Samuel Tufts and Jacob Boardman. March 19, 1778. Jonathan Titcomb, Abel Greenleaf, Samuel Tufts. Moses Little and Moses Fraizer. March 9, 1779. Jonathan Titcomb, Abel Greenleaf, Samuel Tufts, Moses Fraizer and Moses Little. March 9, 1780. Jonathan Titcomb, Samuel Tufts, Moses Fraizer, Abel Greenleaf and Nathaniel Tracy. March 12, 1781. Jonathan Titcomb, Samuel Tufts. Moses Fraizer, Abel Greenleaf and Nathaniel Tracy. March 18, 17S2. Enoch Titcomb, Nathaniel Tracy.^ Moses Brown, Nicolas Pike and Jonathan Mulliken. March 12, 1783. Joseph Moulton, jr.,4 Edward Wigglesworth, David Coats, Michael Hodge and William Coombs. ^ March 10, 1784. Edward Wigglesw^orth, David Coats, William Coombs, Michael Hodge and William Bartlet. x^ March 16, 1785. Edward Wigglesworth, David Coats, Michael Hodge, William Bartlet and William Coombs. March 15, 1786. Jonathan Titcomb, Moses Fraizer, David Moody, John Fletcher and Joseph Huse. March 20, 1787. Joseph Huse, Benjamin Balch, Thomas Thomp- son, George Searle and Josiah Smith. March 26, 1 788. Benjamin Balch, Thomas Thompson, Joseph Noyes, William P. Johnson and Edward Rand. ' Tristram Dalton declined serving, and Kiciiard Smith was chosen in his jilace. - March 11, 1774, Benjamin Greenleaf declined to serve as selectman, and Abel Greenleaf was chosen in his place. * Mr. Tracy declined to serve, and lonathan Marsh was elected in his place March 21, 1782. ^ Mr. Moulton declined to serve March 19, 17S3, ami William Bartlelt was elected in his place. J March 8, 1 791. March 8, 1792. March 12, •793- March 12, I 794- March 17, 1795- March lO, I 796. March ^ ^ 1797- March 15, 1798. APPENDIX 599 March 10, 17S9. Thomas Thompson, Benjamin Balch, WilHam P. Johnson, Edward Rand and Joseph Noyes. March 9, 1790. Joseph Noyes, Edward Rand, Thomas Thompson, John O'Brien and Nicholas Johnson. Joseph Noyes, John O'Brien, Nicholas Johnson,' Anthony Davenport and Henry Hudson. Moses Hoyt, Anthony Davenport,^ Henry Hud- son,- John O'Brien,- and Nathaniel Carter, jr. John Mycall, Nathan Hoyt. Bishop Norton, Thom- as Thompson,.? and Joshua Carter. William Noyes, John Mycall,4 Joshua Carler,4 John Petlengel,4 and Theophilus Bradbury, J r.4 John Pettengel, Theophilus Bradbury, jr., Eben- ezer Stocker,5 Daniel Hortons and Oilman White.6 John Pettengel, Theophilus Bradbury, jr., Daniel Horton, Ebenezer Stocker and Oilman White. Abraham Wheelwright, Leonard Smith, Isaac G. Pearson, Simeon Tufts and Samuel A. Otis. Abraham Wheelwright, Leonard Smith, Samuel A. Otis, John Pearson, jr., and Charles C. Raboteau. March 19, 1799. Charles C. Raboteau, Jonathan Gage, William Wyer, jr., Thomas M. Clark and James Prince. March 26. 1800. Nehemiah Haskell, John B. Titcomb, John Fitz, Alexander Caldwell and Moses Hoyt. March 17, 1801. Moses Brown, Wilham Bartlet, Nicholas Johnson, Abner Wood and Benjamin Balch. March 22, 1802. Abner Wood, Israel Young, Jonathan Gage, An- thony Davenport and John Greenleaf, jr. March 22, 1803. Abner Wood, Israel Young, Jonathan Gage, An- thony Davenport, and John Greenleaf. ' Nicholas Johnson was excused from serving as selectman March 22, 1791, and William Coombs was chosen in his place, but declined to serve, and Moses Hoyt was elected April 4, 1791. ■■^ Anthony Davenport, Henry Hudson and John O'Brien resigned, and Richard Bartlet, Samuel Bayley and John Mycall were chosen members of the board of selectmen March 22, 1792. ■' Thomas Thompson was excused from serving, and John Pettengell was elected in his place March 18, 1793 ■* Chosen March 24, 1794. " Chosen April 27, 1795. '' Chosen April 6, 1795. 6oo APPEND rx March 20, 1.S04. Samuel French, jr., Joshua Toppan, Benjamin Wvatt, Gihnan White and Edward Litde. March 21, 1S05. Samuel P>ench, jr., Joshua Toppan, Benjamin Wyatt, Gilman White and Edward Little. March 19. 1806. Zebedee Cook, John I'eabody, David Coffin, jr., Samuel Foster, jr., and Robert Foster. March 18, 1807. Zebedee Cook. John Peabody, Samuel H. Foster. Robert Foster and Abraham Perkins. March 16, 1808. Zebedee Cook. Abraham Perkins, Daniel A. White, Stephen Holland and Amos Toppan. March 15, i S09. Daniel A. White, Stephen Holland, Amos Toppan, Jeremiah Nelson and Sewell Toppan. March 21, 1810. Stephen Holland, Jeremiah Nelson, Sewell Top- pan, William Woart and Jacob Stone. March 11, 181 i. Jeremiah Nelson, Jacob Stone, Isaac Adams, Eleazer Johnson, and Nicholas Johnson, jr. March 18, 1812. Isaac Adams, Nicholas Johnson, jr., Eleazer John- son, Ebenezer Moseley and George Jenkins. March 23, 1813. Ebenezer Moseley, George Jenkins, Isaac Stone, Edward S. Rand and Joshua Greenleaf. March 16, 1814. Joshua Greenleaf, Isaac Stone, Edward S. Rand. William B. Bannister and Allen Dodge. March 27, 1815. Jo.shua Greenleaf, Edward S. Rand, William B. Bannister, Allen Dodge and John Wood. March 7, 1816. William B. Bannister, Edmund Bartlet. F:benezer Gunnison,' Robert Clark.' and Abraham Wil- liams.' March 6,1817. Ebenezer Moseley, Abraham Williams. Robert Clark, Richard Bartlet- and Stephen Howard. - March 16, 181 8. Stephen Howard, Arthur Gilman, Samuel Emer- son, John Scott and Prescott Spalding.^ March 11, 18(9. Samuel Emerson, Arthur Gilman. Prescott Spald- ing, Stephen W. Mars ton and Daniel Swett. March 13, 1820. Stephen W. Marston. Daniel Swett, William Cross. Joseph O'Brien and James Prince. March 12, 1821. James Prince, Stephen W. Marston, Daniel Swett, William Cross and Philip Coombs. 4 1 Elected March 28, 1816. - Elected March 24, 181 7. ■' Elected March 24, 1818. '' Elected March 29, 1821, in place of Joseph O'Brien, who notitied the select- men that he intended to remove from Newburyport. APPENDIX 60 1 March 12, 1S22. Stephen W. Marston, Phihp Coombs, Ebenezer Wheelwright, John Wood and Anthony Smith. March 10, 1823. Phihp Coombs, Ebenezer Wheelwright, Anthon}- Sniith, Ebenezer Moseley and W^illiam Davis. March 10, 1824. Ebenezer Moseley, Ebenezer Wheelwright, Philip Coombs, Anthony Smith and William Davis. March 16. 1S25. John Wills, jr.,' Samuel S. Plummer, Asa W. W'ildes, Whittingham Oilman and Greene San- born. March 14, 1826. Asa W. Wildes, Samuel S. Plummer, Whitting- ham Oilman, Greene Sanborn and John Cook, jr. Marcli 15, 1827. Asa W. Wildes, John Cook, jr., Thomas Buntin, John S. Pearson and Moses Merrill. March 10, 1828. John Cook, jr,, Thomas Buntin, Moses Merrill, Charles H. Balch and Caleb Gushing. March ii, 1S29. Charles H. Balch, Ebenezer Stone, Samuel T. De- Ford, Henry P^rothingham and Henry Merrill. March 24, 1830. Charles H. Balcli. Ebenezer Stone, Samuel T. De- Ford, Henry Frothingham and Henry Merrill. March 28, 1831. Charles H. Balch, Ebenezer Stone, Henry John- son, Nathaniel Horton and Tristram Coffin, 3rd. March 28, 1832. Charles H. Balch, Henry Johnson, Nathaniel Hor- ton, Stephen Tilton and Tristram Coffin. 3rd. March 27, 1833. Charles H. Balch, Stephen Tilton, Richard Stone, Joseph George and Ebenezer Bradbury. - March 25, 1S34. Joseph George, Moses Merrill, Offin Boardman, Stephen Frothingham and Nathaniel Jackson. March 23, 1835. Ebenezer Stone, John N. Gushing, Charles H. Balch, Henry Merrill and Jeremiah Colman. March 28, 1836. Charles H. Balch, Ebenezer Stone, John N. Gushing, Henry Merrill and Jeremiah Colman. March 27, 1837. Charles H. Balch, Henry Merrill, John N. Gush- ing, Jeremiah Colman and Nathaniel Horton. March 29. 1838. John Klerrill, Isaac Pearson, Stephen Caldwell, Jacob Horton and Anthony Knapp. March 25, 1839. John Merrill. Stephen Caldwell, Isaac Pearson, Anthony Knapp and Jacob Horton. ' John Cook, jr., was elected May 5, 1825, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the removal of Mr. Wills from Newburyport. ■-' Declined to serve, and Amos Noyes was elected to fill tlie vacancy April 10, 1833- 6o2 APPENDIX March 25, 1S40. Thomas Buntin, Moses Merrill, Isaac H. Board- man, William Moody and Moses Davenport, jr. March 22, 1841. Thomas Buntin, Moses Merrill, Isaac H. Board- man, Moses Davenport, jr., and Ezra Lunt. March 2S, 1842. Moses Merrill, George Emery, Samuel Currier,' Edward Toppan, jr., and John Pearson. March 27, 1843. George Emery, John Pearson, Moses Merrill,^ William Nichols and Edward Toppan, jr. March 25, 1844. John Pearson, Edward Toppan, jr., William Nich- ols, John Burrill' and John Huse.' March 31, 1845. William Nichols, John Pearson, Edward Toppan, jr., John Burrill-t and John Huse.4 March 30, 1846. Charles French, Henry Johnson, John Stone, Na- thaniel Horton and Isaac Stevens. March 8, 1847. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, Charles French, John vStone and Isaac Stevens. March 14, 1848. Thomas Davis, Albert Currier, Henry Johnson, Robert Bayley, jr., and Nathaniel Horton. March 20, 1849. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, Thomas Davis, Albert Currier and Robert Bayley, jr. March 19, 1850. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, Thomas Davis, Robert Bayley, jr., and Albert Currier. March 18, 1851. Nathaniel Horton, Henry Johnson, John M. Coop- er, Samuel PhiUips and Samuel T. Payson. ' William Nichols chosen April 11, 1842, to take the place of .Samuel Currier, who had resigned. 2 lohn Burrill, jr., chosen April 24, 1843, t" '^ke the place of Moses Merrill, who declined to serve. 8 Elected at an adjourned meeting held in March, 1844. ■• At an adjourned meeting held April 16, 1845, Ki^ihard Fowler and John T. Loring were chosen in place of John Burrill ami John Huse, resigned. XI. MAYORS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, 1 8 5 1 TO 1 909. An act to establish the city of Newburyport was ap- proved by Governor Boutwell May 24, 185 i. This act was accepted and adopted, on the third of June, by a majority of the legal voters living within the hmits of the town, and on the twenty-fourth of that month the city government was organized. Since that date the following-named persons have served as mayors of the city and members of the board ot aldermen. Caleb Gushing, Mayor, 1851. ALDERMEN. Thomas Huse, Ward One Nathaniel Horton, Ward Four John Porter, " Two John M. Cooper, " Five Moses Davenport, •' Three Joseph Roberts, " Six Thomas Huse, Philip Johnson, Moses Davenport, Caleb Cushing,! Mayor, 1852. Henry Johnson,- " 1852. ALDERMEN. Ward One Nathaniel Horton, " Two John M. Cooper, " Three Joseph Roberts,3 Henry Johnson, Mayor, 1853. ALDERMEN. Isaac H. Boardman, John M. Cooper, Edward Toppan, Ward Four " Five " Six Ward Four " Five " Six Moses Pettengill, Ward One Philip Johnson, " Two Moses Davenport, " Three 1 Resignation accepted June 21, 1852. - Elected June 21, 1852. ■■' Died August 12, 1852. John Currier, jr., was elected to till the vacancy August 21, 1852. 603 6o4 APPENDIX Moses Davenport, Mayor, 1854. ALDERMEN. David T. Woodwell, Ward One Frederick J. Coffin, Ward Four W^illiam Graves, " Two Jabez L. Pearson, " Five Samuel T. I'ayson, '^ Three Geo. W. Jackman, jr., " Six Moses Davenport, Mayor. 1855. ALDERMEN. Nathaniel Greeley, Ward One Frederick J. Coffin, Ward Four William Pritchard, " Two Enoch G. Currier, " Five Samuel T. Payson, •' Three Thomas Atwood, " Six William Cushing, Mayor, 1856. ALDERMEN. Nathaniel Greeley, Ward One Philip K. Hills, Ward Four William Graves, " Two Enoch S. Williams, " Five Benjamin Davis, jr., " Three Thomas Atwood, '' Six William Cushing, Mayor, 1S57. ALDERMEN. Charles W. Hale, Ward One Philip K. Hills, Ward Four William Graves, " Two Enoch S. Williams, " Five Benjamin Davis, jr., '• Three Moses Stevens, " Six William Cushing, Mayor, 1858. ALDERMEN. David T. Woodwell, Ward One Philip K. Hills, Ward Four William Graves, " Two Samuel E. Towle. " Five Benjamin Davis, jr., •• Three Thomas Atwood, " Six Albert Currier, Mayor, 1859. ALDERMEN. Moody D. Cook, Ward One Frederick J. Coffin, Ward Four Ralph C. Huse, " Two Edward Burrill, " Five Charles W. Davenport, " Three Geo. W. Jackman, jr., " Six Albert Currier, Mayor, i860. ALDERMEN. Isaac Hale, jr.. Ward One Daniel P. Pike. Ward Four Nathaniel W. Hurd, " Two Edward Burrill. " Five Charles W. Davenport, " Three Geo. W. Jackman, jr., " Six APPENDIX 605 Moses Davenport/ Mayor, 1861. George W. Jackman, jr.,^ " " ALDERMEN. Isaac Hale, jr., Ward One Jos. A. Frothingham, Ward Four Nathaniel Pierce, " Two William H. Huse, " Five George J. George, " Three Geo. W. Jackman, jr. .3 " Six George W. Jackman, jr., Mayor, 1862. ALDERMEN. Isaac Hale, jr. ,4 Ward One Horace Hamblett, Ward Four Nathaniel Pierce, " Two William H. Huse, " Five George J. George, " Three Winthrop O. Evans, " .Six Isaac H. Boardman, Mayor, 1S63. ALDERMEN. Samuel Pettengell, Ward One John N. Pike, Ward Four William Graves, " Two William H. Huse, " Five Norman C. Greenough, " Three John J. Currier, " Six George W. Jackman, jr.. Mayor, 1864. ALDERMEN. Samuel Pettingell, Ward One Enoch M. Read, Ward Four Ralph C. Huse, " Two John T. Page, " Five Norman C. Greenough, " Three John J. Currier, " Six George W. Jackman, jr.. Mayor, 1865. ALDERMEN. Paul G. Lunt, Ward One William C. Balch, Ward Four William Pritchard, " Two Thomas H. Cutter, " Five Warren Currier, " Three Moses H. Fowler, " Six ' Died February 18, 1861. 2 Elected February 27, 1861. ■' Resigned February 27; and Winthrop O. Evans elected March 4, 1861, to fill the vacancy. '' Resignation accepted May seventh, and Charles C. Dame elected to fill the vacancy May 24, 1S62. 6o6 APPEXDIX Paul G. Lunt, Nathaniel Pierce, Warren Currier, Henry T. Moody, Joseph G. Gerrish, David J. Adams, William Graves, Mayor, 1866. ALDERMEN. Ward One William C. Balch, •■ Two William H. Huse, " Three Moses H. Fowler, Eben F. Stone, Mayor, 1S67. ALDERMEN. Ward (Jne Frederick J. Coffin, " Two Nathan A. Moulton, " Three F2ben P. Cutter, Nathaniel Pierce. Mayor, 1868. ALDERMEN, Henry T. Moody, Ward One Dana Dodge, Joseph G. Gerrish, " Two Elbridge G. Kelley, David J. Adams, " Three Eben P, Cutter, Paul G. Lunt, Amos W. Mooney, David J. Adams, Luther Dame Charles T. Smith, jr. Amos Coffin, Nathaniel Pierce, Mayor, 1869. ALDERMEN, Ward One George W. Clark, " Two John E. Bailey, '• Three Moses H. Fowler, Robert Couch, Mayor, 1870. ALDERMEN, Ward One George W. Clark, ' Two John E. Bailey, Ward Four '• Five " Six Ward Four " Five " Six Ward Four " Five " Six Ward Four " Five '• Six Ward Four " Five Three Elbridge K. Batchelder, •' Six Paul G. Lunt, Henry Cook, Samson Levy, Paul G. Lunt, Henry Cook, .Samson Levy, Elbridge G. Kelley, Mayor, 1871. ALDERMEN. Ward One Rufus A. Wills, Ward Four " Two Edward A. Moseley, " Five '■ Three George W. Jackman, jr., '• Six Elbridge G. Kelley, Mayor, 1872. ALDER.MEN. Ward One Joseph B. Morss, Ward Four " Two Edward A. Moseley, " Five " Three George W. Jackman, jr., " Six APPENDIX 607 Warren Currier, Mayor, 1873. ALDERMEN. Alfred Osgood, Ward One Joseph B. Morss, Ward Four Charles H. Goodwin, '• Two Edward P. Russell " Five William P. Plumer, '• Three Joseph H. Currier, " Six Warren Currier, Mayor, 1874. ALDERMEN. Luther Dame, Ward One John N. Pike, Ward Four John Augustus Greeley, '• Two Harrison G. Johnson, jr., " Five Amos Coffin, " Three Joseph H. Currier, " Six Benjamin F. Atkinson, Mayor, 1875. ALDERMEN. Luther Dame, Ward One Albert J. Atkinson, Ward Four John Augustus Greeley, " Two Harrison G. Johnson, jr., " Five Amos Coffin, " Three Joseph H. Currier, " Six Benjamin F. Atkinson, Mayor, 1876. ALDERMEN. William Thurlow, Ward One Samuel S. Blake, W^ard Four Charles H. Goodwin,' " Two Edward P. Russell, " Five Amos Coffin, " Three George E. Currier, " Six George W. Jackman, jr., Mayor, 1877. ALDERMEN. Francis W. Putnam, W^ard One Moses H. Fowler. Ward Four Charles T. .Smith, jr., " Two J. Otis Winkley, " Five Enoch T. Northend, " Three George E. Currier, " Six Jonathan Smith, Mayor, 1878. ALDERMEN. Jacob Knight, Ward One Dudley T. Batchelder, Ward Four Joseph A. Woodwell, " Two John A. L. Oddie, " Five John P. Coombs, " Three George E. Currier, " Six ' Resigned April seventh, and Charles T. .Smith, jr., elected April 17, 1876, to fill the vacancy. 6o8 APPENDIX Albert Cheever, John Wood well, William H. Noyes, John J. Currier, Mayor, 1879. ALDERMEN. Ward One Charles L. Ayres, Ward Four ■' Two Thomas Mac Kinney, " P'ive '• Three John P. Evans, " Six Albert Cheever, John Woodwell, William H. Noyes. John J. Currier, Mayor, 1880. ALUERiMRN. Ward One Arthur C. Richardson, Ward Four " Two J. Otis Winkley, " Five " Three John P. Evans, " Six Robert Couch, Mayor, 1881. ALDERMEN. Enoch Gerrish, Ward One Arthur C. Richardson, Ward Fou Robert G. Sargent, Henry M. Cross, Two Joseph Hall, Three Jonathan Kenniston, Five Six Benjamin Hale, Mayor, 1882. ALDERMEN. Enoch Gerrish, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four Thomas C. Simpson, " Two J. Otis Winkley, " Five Nathan 1). Dodge, " Three Jacob T. Rowe, " Six William A. Johnson, Mayor, 1883. ALDERMEN. John S Frost, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four Charles H. Goodwin, •' Two J. Otis Winkley, " Five Thomas H. Boardman, " Three Jacob T. Rowe, " Six William A. Johnson, Mayor, 1884. ALDERMEN. Stephen Peabody, Ward One Thomas H. Davis, George W. Adle, John S. Frost, Two Orrin J. Gurney, Three Melvin T. W^adlin, Ward Four " Five " Six APPENDIX 609 Thomas C. Simpson, Mayor, 1885. AI.DEUMEN. Enoch Gerrish, Ward One Joseph W. Evans, Ward Four Henry Z. Whittier, " Two William R. Johnson, " Five Thomas H. Boardman, " Three Benjamin F. Stanley, " Six Charles C. Dame, Mayor, 1886. ALDERMEN. George O. Noyes, Ward One Joseph W\ Evans, Ward Four Henry Z. Whittier, " Two William R. Johnson, " Five Charles H. Goodwin, " Three Benjamin F. Stanley, " Six J. Otis Winkley, Mayor, 1887. ALDERMEN. John J. Putnam, Ward One Arthur C. Richardson, Ward Four George Osgood, " Two Simon E. Wilson, '' Five William F. Houston, " Three Charles D. Pettigrew, " Six William H. Huse,' Mayor, 1888. Albert C. Titcomb,^ " " ALDERMEN. John J. Putnam, Ward One Albert C. Titcomb,3 Ward Four George Osgood, " Two Francis A. Howe, " Five William F. Houston, " Three Charles D. Petligrew, " Six Albert C. Titcomb, Mayor, 1889. ALDERMEN, Isaac P. Noyes, Ward One Edmund C. Pearson, Ward Four W. Herbert Noyes, " Two George E. Ross, " Five Joseph T. Chase, jr., " Three George M. Roaf, " Six ' Died March 28, 1888. 2 Elected April 2, 1888. 3 Frank W. Hale was elected April 10, 1888, in place of Albert C. Titcomb, who resigned previous to that date. 6io APPENDIX John J. Putnam, W. Herbert Noyes, Henry C. Plummer, Elisha P. Dodge, Mayor, 1890. ALDERMEN. Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four Two George E. Ross, Three Israel A. Morse, Five Six Elisha P. Dodge, Mayor, iSgi. ALDERMKN. John J. Putnam, Ward One Chas.H.DeRochemont, Ward Four Alfred Pearson, " Two George E. Ross, '' Five Edward A. Hale, " Three Israel A. Morse, '• .Six Orin J. Gurney, Mayor, 1892. Al-DERMEN. John W. Allen, Ward One Charles C. Stockman, Charles W. Page, " Two George E. Stickney, Henry C. Plummer, Two Three Andrew R. Curtis, Ward Four " Five " Six John W. Allen, Charles W. Page, Eben A. Young, Orin J. Gurney, Mayor, 1893. ALDERMKN. Ward One Charles C. .Stockman, Ward Four " Two George E. Stickney, " Five " Three Andrew R. Curtis, " Six Charles H. Bliss, Charles W. Page, Eben A. Young, Orin J. Gurney, Mayor, 1894. ALDERMEN. Ward One Charles C. Stockman, Ward Four " Two George E. Stickney, " Five " Three Alvah Iloyt, " Six Orin J. Gurney, Mayor, 1895. ALDERMEN. Henry J. Noyes, Ward One Philip H. Blamphey, jr., Ward P'our Edward Perkins, " Two Charles W. Johnson, '■ Five Moody Kimball, " Three Alvah Hoyt, " Six APPENDIX 6ii Henry J. Noyes, Frank H. Plumer, Moody Kimball, Andrew R. Curtis, Mayor, 1896. AI.DKRMEV. Ward One Philip H.Blamphey, jr., Ward Four " Two Charles W. Johnson, " Five " Three William C. Coffin, " Six Andrew R. Curtis, Mayor. 1897. ALDERMEN. Henry J. Noyes, Ward One Abraham A. Crabtree. Ward Four James D. Lewis, " Two Jere Healey, " Five Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three William C. Coffin, '' Six George H. Plumer, Mayor, 1898. ALDERMEN. Charles L. Perkins, Ward One Abraham A. Crabtree. Ward Four Thomas Huse, " Two Jere Healy, " Five Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three George W. Cooper, " Six Thomas Huse, Mayor, 1899. ALDERMEN. Eben C. Knight, Ward One William G. Fisher, James F. Carens, " Two John H. Balch,jr., Irvin Besse, " Three Albert H. Beckford, Ward Four " P'ive " Six Thomas Huse, Mayor, 1900. ALDERMEN. Eben C. Knight, Ward One William G. Fisher, James F. Carens, " Two Arthur Withington, Irvin Besse, " Three Albert H. Beckford, Andrew J. Casey Alderman at large.,' Ward Four " Five " Six 'Acts and Resolves, chapter loi, accepted by the city of Newburyport November 7, 1S99, provided for the election of an alderman at large. 6 1 2 APPENDIX Moses Brown, Mayor, 1901. AI.DERMEX. John W. Sargent, Ward One William Balch, Ward Four Clarence J. Fogg, " Two Arthur Withington, " Five Luther Dame, " Three Job Weston, " Six Alfred Pearson, Alderman at large. Moses Brown, Maj'or, 1902. AI.DEKMEN. John W. Sargent, Ward One William Balch, Ward Four Clarence J. Fogg, " Two Samuel J. Hughes, " Five Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three John M. Chase, " Six- Luther Dame, Alderman at large. James F. Carens, Mayor, 1903. ALDERMEN. George F. Woodman, Ward One Charles W. Ayers, Ward Four Moody B. Noyes, " Two Andrew R. Curtis, " Five Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three John M. Chase, » Six Robert G. Dodge, Alderman at large. James F. Carens, Mayor, 1904. AI.DERMRX. George F. Woodman, Ward One Charles P. Kelley, Ward Four Moody B. Noyes, " Two Andrew R. Curtis, " Five Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three John RL Chase, " Six Charles W. Ayers, Alderman at large. William F. Houston, Mayor, 1905. ALDERMEN. Joseph L. Jacoby, Ward One Charles P. Kelley, Ward Four Moody B Noyes, " Two Andrew R. Curtis, " Five Arthur P. Brown, " Three Obed W. Greaton, " Six John Balch Blood, Alderman at large. APPENDIX 613 William F. Houston, Mayor, 1906. ALDERMEN. George H. Welch, Ward One Charles P. Kelley, Ward Four George P. Peckham, " Two John B. Blood, " Five Arthur P. Brown, " Three Obed W. Greaton, " Six Moody B. Noyes, Alderman at large. Albert F. Hunt, Mayor, 1907. ALDERMEN. George H. Welch, Ward One William H.Wallace, Ward Four Laurens C. Emery, " Two Albert H. lieckford, " Five Robert E. Hart, " Three Obed W. Greaton, " Six Edgar Ross, Alderman at large. Irvin Besse, Mayor, 1908. ALDERMEN. Herbert S. Noyes, Ward One William H. T. Dodge, Ward Four George P. Peckham, " Two Edward G. Moody, '■ Five George F. Avery, " Three Herbert Currier, '• Six John J. Kelleher, Alderman at large. Albert F. Hunt, Mayor, 1909. ALDERMEN. Hiram H. Landford, Ward One William H. T. Dodge, Ward Four George P. Peckham. " Two Edward G. Moody, " Five Benjamin P. Ireland, " Three George E Cooper, " Six Charles E. Coffin, Alderman at large. CITV CLERKS. George H. Stevens,' City Clerk from March 7. 1870, to June 18, 1906. Henry W. Little,' assistant City Clerk from January 4, 1897, to June 18, 1906. Henry W. Little, City Clerk from June 18, 1906, to the present time. CITY TREASURERS. James V. Felker,^ City Treasurer from January i, 1S83, to May i i, 1906. Harry F. Whiton, City Treasurer from July 2, 1906, to the present time. 1 History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 686. ^ History of Newburyport (Currier), volume I, page 687. XII. CONCLUSION. When the first volume of this history was pubUshed, in 1906, several chapters relating to the literary and industrial associations, banks, insurance companies and benevolent soci- eties of Newburyport were omitted to make room for a full and detailed account of the stirring events that occurred, and the privateers that were equipped for service, in the town, during the Revolutionary war. Since the publication of that volume the omitted chapters have been revised and are now printed with some brief biographical sketches, in this, the second volume of the history of Newburyport. The biographical and historical facts stated in the })reced- ing pages have been gathered, mainly, from original letters and public documents in the Massachusetts archives ; from town records ; from probate records, and from the registry of deeds in Salem, Mass. Many well-known historical authorities have been consulted and much xaluable information obtained from the New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register ; the Essex Insti- tute Historical Collections ; histories of Newbury and New- buryport by Caleb Cushing, Joshua Coffin, and Mrs. E. Vale Smith ; historical sketches by George J. L. Colby and Wil- liam T. Davis in the histories of Essex county ; early copies of the Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet ; and com- plete files of the Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette. The author is especially indebted to George Erancis Dow, secretary of the Essex Institute, for assistance in preparing this work for the press ; to Sidney Perley, esq., attorney-at- law, Salem, Mass., for a critical examination of the manu- 614 APPENDIX 615 script previous to publication ; to Carl Wilhelm Ernst of Boston, for many important facts relating to the invention and introduction of steel-plate engraving by Jacob Perkins ; to Lawrence B. Gushing and Capt. James O. Knapp for gene- alogical information ; to Capt. Clemens E. Davis and Charles H. Sargent for advice and practical suggestions in regard to the development of steam navigation on the Merrimack river ; to John D. Parsons, librarian, for the unrestricted use of books, pamphlets and newspapers in the public library ; and to Henry W. Little, city clerk, for frequent opportunities to examine and make copious extracts from the town records and official reports at city hall. ERRATA. Dr. Frederick Irving Knight was born in Newbury, now Newburyport, May eighteenth, and not May 8, 1 841, as stated on the three hundred and tenth page of this volume. 616 INDEX. INDEX. ABBIE and Eva Hooper (schooner), Wreck of, 25, 26. Abbot, Professor of Christian Theolo- gy. 500. Abbotsford, Scotland, 465. Abbott, Builer, 447. Edward, 354. Academy at Milton, Mass., 335. Acey, William, 581, 58a. Achilles (iron collier), 78. Active Fire society, 31. Adams, Anne, 244. Archelaus, 56. Asa, 562. Daniel, 1 10, 493, 562. David J., 606. Edna, 562. Elizabeth, 56, 564. Ely, 527. Enoch C, 391. Hannah, 561. Harriet, 506, 507, 561. Dr. Henry V., 309. Hos, 52s. Isaac, 600. Joanna, 505. John, 56, 422, 467. Wooden statue of, 422. John Quincy, 230, 240, 262-264, 295> 301, 3n, 478, 512, 540, 541, 546. Burial of, 512. Joseph L., 562. Mary, 56, 57. Paul, 112. Richard, 527. Richard G., 184. Samuel, 56, 106-108, 467. Sarah, 562. Seneca, 562. Silas, 88, 112. Stephen, 57. Susan I., 178. " Adams and Liberty," 270. Adams & Emery, 397. Adams, Sampson & Co., 502. " Address to the Members of the Mer- rimack Humane Society," etc., 499- Address to George Washington, 264. Adelphi theatre, London, Eng., 465. A die, tieorge W., 608. "Advantages of (Jod's presence with his people in an expedition against their enemies " (text of sermon by Rev. John Lowell), 499. Adventure (brigantine), 222. African Slave Trade, 320. " Age of Gold, and other Poems," 282. Agile Pire society, 31, 32. Agriculture, 269. "Aida" (oratorio), 184. " Airs of Palestine and other Poems," 279. Ajalon, Valley of, 443 . Akaba, 512. Akin, James, 130, 131, 363, 365, 371, 372, 374-377, 425, 590. Akron, O., 559. Alabama river, 69. Albany, N. Y., 70, 74, 247, 320, 339. Alberdi, Senor J. B., 393. Albree, George, 304. Mrs. Georgianna, 304. Norman, 304. Alden, Mrs. Adelaide Stocjdley, 239. J. D., 239. Aldermen, List of, of City of Newbury- port, 603-613. Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 337. Alert (brig), 249. Alexander, Elizabeth, 437, 438. Eunice, 437, 438. Hannah, 437, 438. Capt, Nathaniel, 96. Alexandre, Monsieur, 465. Alexandria, Va., 314, 321, 406. " A Igerine Slaves, " 497. Algiers, 495. Alianza (schooner), 25. AH Bey, 276. Alice M. (steamboat), 80. Alice Oakes (schooner), 23. Allen, Abigail, 513. Mrs. Dorothy, 280, 550. E. W., 499, 500. Ephraim W., 64, 2S0, 315, 482,550. 19 620 INDEX Allen, John, 501. lohn W., 610. Mrs. Margaret, 28, 339. Mrs. Margaret Ann, 281. Myron O., 302. William, 517. William V,., 499, 501, 550. William H., & Co., 499, 501, 550. William S., 174, 175- William Stickney, 280. Allen & Stickney, 498. Allen lane, 351. Alley, Frank, 183. Hemy G., 180. Alliance (frigate), 229, 298, 506, 531, 532- All Saints' i hurch, 320. Almanacs, Fleet's, 155. Almshouse, 300, 315, 382, 428, 439. Almshouse, Blockley, West Philadel- phia, 478. Alston, Col. William, 278. Alton, Hampshire, Eng., 457. Alwyn, Mrs. Rebecca, 543 " Amaranth, A Literary and Religious Offering," etc., 500, 501. " Amber Gods and other Stories," "The," 341. America, 307, 446, 456-458, 462, 571. America (privateer), 507, America (ship), 461, 462. American Academy of Arts and Sci- ences, 307. American Antiquarian Society, 365. American army, 106, 322, 460. American Bank Note Company, 368, 395, 554- ^ . . American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 532. " American Coast Pilot," 372, 379. American colonies, 250. American commerce, 128. " American Explorers," 344. "American Hymn," 182, 183. American independence, 135. American legation, 329. American Mo .thly Museum, 529. American revolution, 329, 462. American Seamen's Friend Society, 142. American Water Color society, 353. " American Weather," 344. Ames, Isaac, 371. Amesbuiy, Mass., 25, 69, 74, 76, 81, ^9. 94> 95, 103, 127, 281, 298, 300, 325, 328, 341, 343. 363, 454, 468, 493, 494- Amesbury ferry, 461. Amesbuiy ferry road, 13. Amherst college, 343. Amherst, N, H., 463. "A Moment's Leisure," 356, 357. Amor)', John, 269. Mrs. Katherine, 269. Keb cca, 269. Amsterdam, Holland, 247-249, 589. Anderson, William, 518, 519. Andover, Mass., 69, 175, 210, 238, 321, 387, 392, 468, 556. Andover Theological Seminary, 235, 238, 343, 500- Andrew, Governor, 484. Andrews, Caroline C, 389. Caroline Gushing, 338. Emily R., 339. Jane, 338, 389. John, 32, 129, 134, 291, 338, 496- 499, 550- Margaret, 28, 338, 339, 550. Margaret Demmon, 291. Margaret H., 143. Samuel Allen, 104. Sarah, 321. Walter E., 391. Andrews & Wheelwright, 550. Andrews', Rev. Mr,, meeting-house, 122, 219. Andromache (English frigate), 252. Andros, Sir Edmund, 562, 577. Angler, Rev. ^amuel, 257. Sibyll, 229, 257, 260, 291. Ann Maria (schooner), 23. Ann street, 381. Anna Jaifues Hospital, 334, 395, 401, 413- Association, 144, 238. Annapolis, N. S., 318. Annexation of part of Newbury to Newburyport, 115. Antigua, 225. Antioch college, O., 339. Antiquarian and Historical Society of Old Newbury, 178. Anti-slavery lecture, 556. " Anvil Chorus," 182. Appleton, Louisa Armistead, 310. Nathan, 245. Appomattox, Va., 322. Apthorp, th-izzell, 553, 560. " Afiuillpen," 501. Aj-ahia, 276, 512. Arch street, Philadelphia, 377. Archbishop, Roman Catholic, of Bos- ton, 235. "Arctic Experiences," 327. Area of Newbury, 14. INDEX 6ii Area of Newburyport, 15, 539. Argentine Republic, 393. Argus (brig), 251. Argus (schooner), 19. Arithmetic, Walsh's, 311. Arkansas, 175. Decisions of supreme court of, 322. Arkansas Advocate, 321. Arlington street, Boston, 359. '• Arminius " (oratorio), 184. Armitage, Bishop, 232. Mrs. Charlotte, 232. Mrs. Charlotte Louisa, 258. Rev. William Edmond, 258. Armory, 115, 126. of the Knight Templars, 125. Arnold, Col. Benedict, 88, 89, 202, 204, 205. William, 222. Arrow heads, Indian, 173. Arskin^, John, 98. Art, 307, 348. exhibitions, 356. galleries, 351, 356. museum, 375. Students' league, 358. Artichoke river, 15, no, 193, 570. Artilleiy company, 11 3- 115, 117. Artists, 346, 348-360, 377. English, 407. Marine, 355, 356. Ashby, Wilham, 137, 416. Ashland street, 42, 130. Ashton, Emily. 513. John, 513. Askin, John, 94. Aspen swamp, 56. Aspinwall, William, 574. " Ass or the Serpent," " The," 495. Assembly house, 59, 60. rooms, 190. Associated Disciples of Washington, 135' 276. AthenEeum, Newburyport, 172, 173. Book-plate of, 172, 173. Athens, Ga.. 329. N. Y., 75- O., 272. Antiquarian, 408. Atkins, Mrs. Abigail, 198, 295. Andrew, 198. Dudley, 199-201, 267, 268, 579, 597- Edward, 304, 409, Eliza, 339. Elizabeth, 302. Francis Higginson, 198, 199. Hannah, 201. Atkins, Henry, 302. Joseph, 198-200. Katharine, 201. Marjorie, 304. Mrs. Martha Moody, 304. Mrs. Mary, 198-200. Mary Russell, 201. Paul Moody, 304. Rebecca, 201 . Mrs. Ruth, 198. Mrs. Sarah, 198, 200, 201, 267. Susannah, 295. William, 198, 218, 295, 597. "Atkins," "Joseph," " the Story of a Family," 198, 199. Atkinson, Mrs. Abigail, 399. Albert J., 607. Mrs. Alice L., 58. Amos, 88, 92, III. Benjamin F., 607. Mrs. Catherine Maria, 238. Eleanor, 504. Eunice, 399. Fred L., 66. Mrs. Hannah, 238, 308. Helen, 504. Hugh, 504. Ichabod, 385. John, 93, III, 163, 23S, 308, 309, 399/417- Dr. Josiah, 308, 309. Mrs. Lucy, 308. Mrs. Mary, 385, Matthias, 399. Moses, 147, 385. Dr. Moses L., 338 Mrs. Olivia C, 308. Mrs. Priscilla, 380. Mrs. Sarah, 308, 385. Atkinson, N. H., 334, 410, 411, 477. Atkinson academy, 410. Atkinson common, 185, 186, 399, 401. Atlantic Monthly, 336, 338, 341. Attleborough, Mass., 550. Atwood, Margaret, 133, 380, 381. Samuel, 527. Thomas, 604. Zachariah, 380, 381, 523. Atwood street, 381. Aubin, Corp. Joseph, 525, Nathaniel, 49. Philip, 146. Solomon, 91, 98. Auburn street, 115, 139, 257, 285, 400. Auctioneers, 51, 429. Auctions, 58, 72, 116, 148, 173, 296, 386, 429, 445, 447, 515, 560, 622 INDEX Augusta, Me., 232, 295. Augusta (schooner), 19. Aurora borealis, 306. Authors. 311-322, 377. Autographs, 166, 331. Aver}-, George F., 613. Sarah, 349. Ayer, Elizabeth, 303. Ayers, Charles W.,' 612. Ayres, Charles L., 608. " Azonian," 341. BABB, James, 96, 98. Babson, James, 400. John, 195, 196. Joseph, 335. Jfseph Edward, 335-33^- Mrs. Sarah EHza, 335. Susan, 400. Bachelder, James, 516. "Bachelors," "The," etc., 277. Bachman, Solomon, 186, 254. Backclyft, Charles F., 520, 522. Edmund, 522. Bagley, Benjamin, 103. Serg. Peter, 94. Philip, 65, no, 112, 170. Samuel, 516. Bagley, P.,'& Sons, 429. Bailey ( Bayley) : Abigail, 88, 399. Mrs. Adeline, 551. Charles M., I54,"4i6. Charles O., 494. Daniel, 58, 59, 1 80. Ebenezer, 551, 561. Mrs. Emma, 551' Jacob, 88, 318. Rev. James, 578. JohnC. M., 287, • John E., 606. Joshua, 88. Mrs. Mary, 578. Moses, 325, 517-520, 522. Paul, 551. Priscilla, 385. Robert, 151, 169, 416, 6d2. Sarah, 242, 5 78. Thomas, 69. William, 59. Bainbridge, Capt. William, 596. Baker, Eliza, 270. Enoch, 524. Capt. John, 88, 92. Thomas, 57S. WiUiam M., 387. Balch.Benjamin, 48, 59, 137, 59^, 599- Charles H., ii7» 493i 559= 6or. Balch, Daniel, 29, 559. Edith A. , 346. Mrs. Elizabeth, 559. Mrs. Eunice, 474. Mrs. H. J., 44. Hannah, 131-133- John, III, 158, 171, 402, 4-0, 473, 474. John H., jr., 611. John I., 559. Joseph, 1 58. Mrs. Lucy, 559. Mrs. Martha, 559. Mar>', 474, 481. Mary C, 143. Samuel, no. Sophronia, 402, 403. William, 31, 149, 161, 167, 520, 612. William C,, 153, 17^ 346, 605, 606. Baldwin, Henry P., 232. Mrs. Sibyl, 232 . Balk, Corp. Daniel, 520. Ballantine, Elizabeth, 546. Balls, 44, 45, 190, 477i 480. Baltimore, Md., 249, 250, 278, 279, 283, 317, 349. 406, 484, 534- Bands of music, 183, 190, 325. Newburyport brass band, 325. Bangor, Me., 23, 63, 117, 226, 463. Bangs & Brewer, 409. Bank bills, 363-368, 371, 372. Bank of England, 368. of Ireland, 368. "Bank of Faith," 497. Bank-note engravers, 554. Banks, 164-172, 363. Banks, General, 283, 485. Bannister, Mrs. Mary, 275, 304. Sarah White, 56, 58, 304, 305. Seth, 275. Mrs. Susan, 275. William B., 136, 170, 227, 267, 2S7, 304, 492, 600. William Bostwick, 275, 280. Mrs. Zilpah Polly, 275. Barbadoes, 249. Barber, Benjamin, 521. Barbour, Hon. James, 478. Bardwell, Rev. Horatio, 532. Barge (water), 80. Barges, coal, 78. Barnard, Sarah, 220. Capt. Timothy, 88, 89. Barnstable, Mass., 232, 258. Barrett, William, 496, 497. Barristers, 286. Barry, Capt. John, 531. INDEX 623 Bartlet (Baitlett): Mrs. Abbie W., 239. Adelaide Stoodley, 239. Agnes A., 354, 355. Mrs. Alice, 234. Bailey, 471, 550. Betsey, 224, 233. 235, 237-239, 317, 557- Mrs. Betty, 211, 239. Mrs. Caroline, 550. Caroline Hall, 239. Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 215. Catherine Maria, 238. Charles, 300, 527. Cutting, 45, 597. David, 233. Ebenezer, 233. Edmund, 69, 136, 233-235, 237-239, 308, 354, 597, 600. EHzabeth, 239, 317. Eunice, 474. Frances Ann, 239. Gideon, 527. Hannah, 133, 233, 235, 237, 238, 308, 315, 317, 400, 557- Mrs. Harriet, 238. Harriet Holmes, 238. Henry, 239. Henry A., 400. Horace I., 287. Joanna, 345. John Stephen, 215. Joseph, 70, 345. Louisa S., 239, 354. Margaret Brierly, 239. Maria, 238, Martha Gerrish, 238, 392, 393. Mrs. Mary, 233. Mary McClintock, 239. Nathaniel Stoodly, 239. Mrs. Peggy, 550. Richard, 136, 137, 146, 198, 233, 599, 600. Richard M., 239, 521. Samuel, in, 233. Sarah, 506. Sarah Boardman, 345. Corp. Stephen, 526. Thomas, 31. William, 48, 135, 146-148, 156, 157, 159-161, 164, 165, 167, 170,211, 233-239, 3i7> 525. 557. 564.598, 599- William Henry, 400. Rev. William S., 175. William Stoodly, 239, 317. Mrs. Zilpha, 235, 238, 239, 308. Bartlet mall, 117, 184, 238, 336, 398, 399, 401. Bartlet Steam Mills, 42, 149, 150, 236, 252, 509. Bartlett's lane, 128, 229, Barton, Rev. Frederick A., 238. Mrs. Harriet Holmes, 238. Bass, Rev. Edward, 119, 1 21, 122, 129, 194, 263, 348,430, 545, 590. Mrs. Mercy, 545. Bassett, Christopher, 525. Joseph, 519. Nancy, 382. Nathaniel, 524. Bastile prison, 461. Batchelder, Dudley T., 607. Elbridge K., 606. Joseph, 525. Bath, Me., 219. Bathing houses, 67, 68. Battle of Bunker hill, 86, 506, 511. at Concord, 86. of Elkhorn, 322. of Harlem Heights, 91. near Lake George, 499. of Lexington, 86. of Long Island, 91. near Newport, 100. of Shiloh, IC9. Bay State Cordage Company, 153. Bay State Steamship Company, 81. Bayard, Elizabeth Ingersoll, 321. Beacon street, Boston, 193, 3 10, '405. Beacons, 16. Beane, Rev. Samuel C, 178, 329,348. Beck, Abigail, 198, 295. Mrs. Betsey, 408. Jonathan, 104. Joshua, 198. Martha, 408. Nathaniel, no. Thomas, 103, 104, 408. Beck street, 235. Beckford, Albert H., 6n, 613. Beethoven club, 181. Belfast, Ire,, 202. Belknap, John, 302. Mrs. Mary, 302, Bell, Shubael, esq., 276. Belleville, 299, 308, 408. cemetery. III. Congregational meeting-house, 41. Improvement society, 186, 400. Bellingham, Richard, 573, 574. Bell inn, Gloucester, Eng., 455. Bells, 18, 49, 108, 150, 428, 481. Beloit college. 346. Bennington, \'t., 93, 317. 624 INDEX Benevolent society, Nevvbiiiyport How- ard, 136, 137, 139. Washington, 135. Benjamin, Park, 175, 501, Benson, Bishop, 455. Bent, William II , esq., 352. Bentley, Rev. William, 124, 125, 192. Benton, Hon. Thomas H., 175, 334. Bequests, 45, 137-139, 144. Berkes, Corp. Samuel, 105. Berkshire Medical school, 308. Berlin, Germany, 310, 464. Bermuda islands, 457. Bernard, Mrs. Betsey, 298. Gov. Francis, 90. Isaac, 298. John, 437, Bernheimer, Marjorie S., 359. Mrs. Mayer S., 186, 356. Berry, Ambrose, 49. Edward, 524. John, 597. Berry, Dodge & Co., 45. Berwick, Me,, Church in, 495. Besse, Irvin, 611, 613. Beta (schooner), 23. " Bethesda," 456. Bethel society, Xewburyport, 142, 143. Betts, Fanny Matilda, 353. Beverly, Mass., 20, 154, 245, 247, 404. Bible society, Merrimac, 134, 135. Bickford, Horace, 287. Biddeford, Me., 286, 558, 559. Bige ow, Elizabeth G., 391. George N., 387. Nancy J., 389. Big and, ]., 500. Bill issued by Newburyport Bank, 166. Biographical i-ketches, 189-487. Bishop, Abraham, 428, 430, 590. Brnjamin, 105. Hannah, 400. Mary Ann, 430. Nancy, 428, 430, 590. Paul, 521. Black, Eds. Charles H., 521. William, 521. Black Rocks, 73, 74, 77, 80, Si. Blaisdell, John, 3d, 526. Blake, D. S., 177, 327. Lucia, 320. Mrs. Margaret S., 413. Samuel S., 607. Blakeley, Captain, 405. Blamphey, Philip, 610, 611. Blanchard, Jeremiah, no, 525. Blasdell, Nicholas, 516. Blatchford, Capt. Robert, 17. Bliss, Charles A., 184. Charles H., 610. Blocklev almshouse, West Philadelphia. 478. Blodgette, George B., 287. Blood, Edwin, 177, 502. John Balch, 612, 613. Blue Bird (sloop), 17. Blunt, Edmund M., 270, 372-374, 379, 496-499. Blunt & March, 495. Board of war, loi, 102. Boardman, Mrs. Elizabeth A., 144. Isaac H., 154, 162, 163, 493, 602, 603, 605. Jacob, 598. John, 31, 67. Jonathan, 124. Joseph, 389. Offin, 32, III, 146,601. Phebe, 382. Stephen, 523. Thomas, 526. Thomas H., 608, 609. William, 521. Boardman street, 31, 155, 197, 300, 304, 308. Boar's Head, 69, 81. Boddily, Rev. Mr., 54. John, 525. .Sarah, 557. '' Body of Liberties," 256. Bokman, Capt. Samuel, 20. Bolton, Dr. J. B., 309. Bonart, Bertha, 391. Bond, Mary Roulstone, 391. Bon Homme Richard (vessel), 506, .5"7. 512, 531. Bonischere, Dr. Francis Vergines de, 297. Bonney, Mrs. Olivia C, 308. Book-plate of Newburyport Athenae- um, 172, 173. Book-plates, 172, 173, 293, 294, 368, 375. il(>^ 386. Books, Copy, 367. Singing, 59. 180, 181. Bootman, John, 103, no. Boott. Kirk, 245, 446, 447. Boott mills, Lowell, 446. Bordeaux, France, 249, 349. Borden, Seth A., 152. Boston, Anthony, 100. Boston, Mass., 17-20, 25, 27, 38, 49- 51, 60, 62, 63, 67, 69-72, 76, 77, 80, 81, 91-93, 100, 102, 106, 117, 124, 131, 155, 178, 181-184, 190, 192, 193, 197, 198, 201-204, 220, INDEX 625 221, 224, 226, 232, 235, 244-246, 249, 251, 255, 256, 258, 261, 267- 271, 274-276, 278, 279, 281, 282, 284, 286, 290, 292, 302, 304, 305, 310, 313, 315, 317,321, 328-330, 335-338, 340, 341. 346, 347, 352- 355, 358-360, 367, 370, 371, 375, 387. 396-398, 401, 402, 404,405, 407, 409, 413,414, 417, 418,440, 444, 448, 456, 458-461, 468, 474, 476, 477, 499, 501-503, 510-512, 514, 515, 531,543,548,551,553, 556, 557. 558, 560, 561, 563-565, 570, 572, 574, 576-578,594, 596, 614. Boston, History of, 367. Church of, 572. common, 405. harbor, 511. Neck, 190. pubHc Hbrary, 365. Boston (United States frigate), 205, 209. Boston Academy of Music, 181. Boston Advertiser, 347. Boston AthenKum, 191, 269, 396. " Boston Bard," 313, 314, 543. Boston Courier, 281, 514. Boston custom-house, 345, 565. Boston Galaxy and Commercial Adver- tiser, 276. Boston Journal, 329. Boston Latin school, 553. Boston & Maine Railroad, 14, 308, 415. Company, 308, 415. Boston Monthly Magazine, 276. Boston Museum, 173. Boston Transcript, 336. Bourne, Charlotte, 293, 294, 404. Bowdoin college, 308, 311, 334, 402, 411. Bowdoin Medical school, 308. Bowen & Cushing, Boston, 459. Boxford, Mass,, 105^ 494, 560. Boyce, Matthew, 581, 582. Boyd, Newell, 74. Boylston, Mass., 326. Boylston street, Boston, 359. Boynton, Eben M., 178. Brackett, Lt.-gov. J. Q. A,, 1 71. Nathan A., 520. Bradbuiy, Mrs. Ann, 265. Charles, 468. Daniel, 438. Ebenezer, 118, 147, 407, 492, 524, 601. Mrs. Eleanor, 468. Frances, 468. Bradbury, Francis, 468. George, 266, 468. Mrs. Hannah Jones, 468. Harriet, 194, 468-470, 544. John, 165. John II., 417. John M., 417. John Merrill, 407, 408. Mrs. Lois, 468. Mrs. Mary, 266, 468, 578. Mrs. Nancy, 407. Mr-. Rhoda, 438. Mrs. Sarah, 266, 468,469. Mr-. Sarah Ann, 407. Theophilus, 134, 156,194,262,265, 266, 468-471, 491, 492, 544, 599- Thomas, 495, 578. William, 468. Wyman, 32. Bradbury, Theophilus, House of, 472. Bradford, Mrs. Clara, 63. Nathaniel, 95. Bradford & Read, 27S. Bradford, Mass., 193, 307, 468, 493, 494. Bradford road, 193. Bradley, L'. David, 90. Harrison, 524. Brar" street, Betty, 241. Dr. Humphrey, 288. Moses, 597. Nathaniel, 128, 129, 170, 297. Symon, 580. Bragdon, Isabella, 266. Joseph H., 177, 287, 501, 502. Braintree, Mass., 260, 262, 512, 513. Braman, Rev. Isaac, 500. Brave (schooner), 25. Breck, Samuel, 546. Breckenridge, John C, 484. Brest, France, 531. Brett, John, 32, no, 11 1. Brewer, Colonel, 89. Brewster, John, 527, 528. Bricher, Alfred Thompson, 353, 354. Mrs. Alice L., 354. Mrs. Elizabeth Dame, 353. Mrs. Susan A., 354. William, 353. Brickett, Mrs. Abigail, 303. Mrs. Edna, 303. Eliza W., 303. Mrs. Elizabeth, 303. Elizabeth White, 303. Dr. James, 303. John, 147, 167, 303, 304. John James, 303. Lavinia, 303. 626 INDEX Brickett, Mrs. Lydia M., 303, 304. Martha, 409. Martha Ann Kimball, 303. Martha Kimball, 303. Nathan A., 522. Sarah Aver, 303. Bridge at Cur's island, 577, 57S. Essex-Men imack, 340, 346. Newbury port, 148. Bridges, 75, 148, 340, 346, 577, 578. Budges, -Sarah, 284, 341. Bridgewater, Mass.. 42, 31 1. Brigantines, 156, 222, 229, 592, 593. Briggs, Gov. George N., 387. Russell E., 152. Brigs, 18, 20, 215, 225, 248-252, 405, 506, 507, 511, 532, 534, 592, 596. Brintnall, Esther, 3S0. Bristol, Erg., 247, 248. Bristol county, Mass., 386. British army, 205, 534. coast, 506. fleet, 205. packet ship, 534, provinces, 448. troops, 190 , 468. Britton, Serg. H. G., 522. Broad street, 144, 238, 411. Broa:iside?, 432, 437. Broadway, N. V. City, 358. Brockway, Miss, 138. Charles J., 160, 239. Mrs. Elizabeth, 239. Maria J., 139. Brockway's, Miss, schoolroom, 138. Bromtield, Mrs. Ann, 396. Henry, 396. John, 396, 397. Mrs. Margar;:!, 396. Bromfield street. Newburyport, 15, 397, 439, 503- Boston, 536, 577. Bronx (steam-tug), 79. Brookfteld, Mass., 275. Brookhouse, Mrs. Mary, 381. Robert, 381. Brooking, Adeline, 138. John, 520. Brookline, Mass., 540. Brooklyn, N. V., 79, 197, 198, 268, 320, 322, 323, 327. Navy yard, 323. Brooks, (ieorge, 219. Mrs. Henrietta Louisa, 219. Brown (Browne): Mrs.^Abigail, 226, 385. Mrs.. Agnes A., 354, 355. Alexander D., 45, 169. Brown, Alice, 347, 356. Dr. Alphonso B., 310. Amos, 96, 99. Anne, 294. Arthur P., 612, 613. Mrs. Asetiath Lyons, 354. Mrs. Catherine, 226, 545. Causten. esq., 226. Charles W., 451. Chailes William Milton, 451. Mrs. Dorothy, 225. Edward, 225, 226. Mrs. Elizabeth. 347. Mrs. Ellen T., 401. Mrs. Eunice, 226. George, 226. George Edward, 451. George Frederick Ilandel, 354- Haydn, 178, 493. Capt. Henry, 17. Jacob, 96, 1 10. James, 226, 522. Jane, 27J, 476. John, 96, 99, 522, 526. John Appleton, 354, 355. John O. \V., 147. John T., 45, 401, 591. Joseph, 95. 226, 385, 523, 526. Lawrence, 253. Levi, 347. Mrs. Lucretia Ilamsly, 451. Lucy Ann, 551. ]NL J., 142. Mary, 226, 227, 275, 304, 507. Mrs. Mary Jane, 371. Mrs. Mary Jane Clarissa, 451. Mary Lawrence, 253. Mary Q., 389. Moses, 29, 48,, 54, 60, 61, III, 119, 137, 146, 157, 164, 170, 225- 227, 250, 275, 297, 370, 371, 385, 439, 527, 5^5, 598, 599, 612. Nathan, 207, 525. Nathan W., 68. Nathaniel P.. 502. Orlando, 519, 525. Peter A., 376. Mrs. Rebecca, 253. Samuel, 56, 520, 523. Sarah, 225, 226. Mis. Sarah Jusiice, 565. Selina Ann, 451. Susan N., 389. Susannah, 226. Thomas, 88, 451, 51 8, 521. Thomas Augustus, 451 . Walter, 522, 527. Winiam,'226, 545, 565, 577, 585. INDEX 627 Brown high school, 389, 395. Brown square, 147, 301, 309, 399. Brown street, 60, 61, 251, 252, 477. Brown's wharf, 71. Bryant, G. J., 387. Brunswick, Me., 313. Brussels, France, 329. Brutus Fire society, 32. Buck, John, 31. Buck street, 261. Buckets, Fire, 27-29, 34, 36, 37. Buckingham, J. H., 500. Joseph H., 501. Buenos Ayres, 392, 393. Bufford, James, 100. Bunker hill, Battle of, 86, 243, 325, 361, 404, 506, 511. Buntin, Serg. Joseph, 525. Mary L., 138. Thomas, 601, 602. Burbank, Jonathan M., 523. Burgess, Captain, 23. Burgoyne, General, 563. Burials, 17-19, 228. Burke, Mrs. Mabel, 564. Robert E., esq., 184, 287, 564. William, 516, 522. Burley, Djniel S., 153. Burley & Stevens, 154. Burley, Stevens & Co., 153. Burlingame, Anson, 175. Burlington, Vt., 409. Burnham, Elizabeth, 92, 456. Frederick D., 287. Col. James, 405. Jeremiah, 516. Lt. John, 88, 92. Sylvester, 391. Thomas W., 64. Wm. D., 524. Burns, James, 518. Robert, 174. Burnside, Gen. Ambrose E., 331. Burr, Colonel, 205. Aaron, 277. Burrill, Edward, 604. James, 527. John, 31, 71, 118, 602. Thomas, 31. Burying grounds, 15, 18, 110-112. Bush, Wm., 526. Buswell, Jonathan, 88, 91, 94, 96, 98. Bushwick, N. Y., 323. Butler, Benjamin F., 75, 331. Charles, 89, 147, 517, 524. George, 417. John, 105, 519, 520. Molly, 229. Butler Philip, 516, 517, 527, 528. Butman, Alngail, 192. Buxton, Me., Church in, 495. Byfield parish, 129, 147, 235, 353, 363, 477, 563- cemetery, 558. meeting-house, 558. Byron, 282. CABIN boy, 392. Cabot, Francis, 261, 404. John, 404. Susan, 245, 261. Calais, Me., 18, 20, 341. Calcutta, 244, 398, 532. Caldwell, Abner, 350. Alexander, 31, 246, 418, 524, 553, 599- Mrs. Eleanor, 334. George J., 418. James, 31, 43, 137, 553- John, 334, 524. Maria, 351. Mary, 246, Mrs. Mary W., 553. Sarah, 43. Stephen, 601. Stephen A., 418. Wilham, 298, 351, 524. William Warner, 334. California, 71, 283, 327, 411, 413. California (steamboat), 71, Call, A. A., 501. Charles, 517-519. Jonathan, jr., 521. Moses, 526. Calley, Beiijamin, 104. Eliphalet, 104. Jonathan, 104. " Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion," etc., 501. Cambridge, Mass., 86, 90, 175, 178, 185, 209, 257,268, 312, 334, 361, 395, 410, 496, 512, 564. Cambridge Law school, 481. Campbell, Mrs. Elizabeth, 371, James, 516-520, 522, 527, 528, Margaret, 307. Mrs. Margaret M., 178. Rev. Randolph, 18, 307, 325, 371. Canada, Capture of, 303. Canal, Essex Company's, 80. Pawtucket, 245. Cannon, 86, loi, 102, 107, 108, 112, 115, 205, 209, 515, 547. Canterbury, Eng., 332. Canton Harmony, No. 47, Patriarchs Militant (I. O O. F.), 127. 628 INDEX Cape Ann, 8i, 234, 511. Cape Cod, 201. Cape of Good;Hope,'244. Cape Henry, Hayti, 554. Cape Porpus, Me., 574. Carens, James F., 611, 612, Carey, James, 452. John, 96. Rev. Thomas, 125, 129. Caribbean sea, 595. Carlisle, Pa., 407- Carlton, Amos, 1 10. Serg. Daniel, 105. John, 521. Stephen, 105. "Carmen" (oratorio), 184. Carr. Ann, 578. Dorothy, 579. Elizabeth, 578, 579. Emma, 551. George, 578, 579. James, 577-579- John, 91, 92, 518, 519, 578, 579. Levi, 355. Mary, 355, 578. Richard, 577-579- Samuel, 579. Mrs. Sarah, 579. William, 578. Carr's island, 80, 577, 578. Feny at, 577, 578. Carrie H. Spofford (schooner), 24. Cart creek, 288. Cartels, John, 105. Carter, Elizabeth E., 133. George, 520. Hannah, 216. Joshua, 157, 164, 165, 170, 599. Nathaniel, jr., 599. Thomas, 170. Carter & Hendee, 501. Cartridges, loi. Carvanaugh, John, 88. Cary, Rev. Mr., 124, 290. John, 98. Thomas, 64, 164, 209, 348, 370, 496, 498. Gary's, Rev. Mr., meetmg-house, 113. Casey, Andrew J., 611. Casilear, John W., 351. Cass, Lewis, 203, 461. Moses, 524. Castine, Me., 19. Castrine, St. Lucie, W. L, 349. Caswell, Michael, 99. Catalogue of Haverhill library, 497. •' Catalogue of Books in the Newbury- port Circulating Library," 500. " Catechism for Children," " Dr. Watts' Plain and Easy," 497. " Catechism of the Protestant Bpisco- pal Church in America," etc., 500. Gates, James, .S., 527. Caudle's, Mr., Breakfast Talk, 338. Cazneau, Rebecca, 543. Samuel, 543. C. B. Stevens (steam-tug), 20, 72. " Celestial City," 314. Cemeteries, 14, 300, 319, 478. on Clark's lane, Salisbury Point, 300. Dunker's, Germantown, Pa., 478. Census of United Slates, 221. Centennial fair, 76. Centipede (iron collier), 78. Central place, 329. Central wharf, 71. Century club, 355. Ceres (ship), 221. Chalmers, Doctor, 335. Chamberlin, Eliza Ann, 335. Joseph, 551. Chandler's lane, 207, 20S, 234, 24 1 503- Chapel, Stone, on Star island, Isles of Shoals, 548. Chapman, Charlotte Augusta, 413. Elizabeth, 506. Rev. George L, 413. Nathan, 104. Chaplin, Rev. Jeremiah, 222, 540. Mrs. Mary, 540. " Character and Death of General George Washmgtou," 498. " Character and Virtues of General George Washington," 498. Charitable Society of Newburyport, General, 143. Charles street, 15:, 534-536- Charles L. Mather (steam-tug), 75, 80. Charleston, S. C, 263, 484. Charlestown, Mass., 42, 241, 298, 414, 479, 430, 504, 537, 548. Charter street, 126, 171, 312, 439, 551- Charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 573- Chartres, Duke de, 461, 462. Charties, France, 461. Chase, Chas., 527. Daniel, 524. J. T., 522. James, jr., 525. John, jr., 526. John M., 612. Joseph T., 517, 609. Moses, 1 10. INDEX 629 Chase, Samuel, in, 524. Sarah Ellen, 215. Sidney M., 534. Simeon, 105. Wm,, 523, 527. Chaslellux, Marquis Francois jean, 460. Chauncey, Judge, 272. Rev. Charles, 285. Elizabeth, 285. Cheever, Albert, 608. Chelsea, Mas=., 90, 239, 317, 318, 336> 338, 345. 409- Chelmsford, Mass., 245. Cheney, Mrs. Abigail, 325. James W,, 181. Mary B., 325. Moses, 93. Samuel, 325. Thomas, 95. Cherokee Indians, 322. Chester, N. H., 420, 42S, 433-435. Chestnut street, 469, 470. Boston, 359, 360. Chetolah (yacht), S3. Chevrence, Jacquesson de la, 356. Chicago, III., 356, 414. Chickering, John, 31, 149, 521, 526. Chilcott, Clio M,, 391. Child, Harriet, 282. Chile, 393. China, Commissioner to, 482, 532. Chipman, Lucy, 308. Choate, Eben, 88. Ebenezer, 96, 99. John, 88, Jonathan, 516. Leonard, 41. Mary, 92. Nehemiah, 95. Hon. Rufus, 175. Choral society, 182. Choral union, 1S4, Christ church, Bjston, Mass., 276. Hartford, Conn., 318, 320. Oxford, Eng., 456. Christian scientist, 309. "Christian System," 495. Church of the Advent, 321. Church o( England, 256, 325, 4515, 456. Church Monthly, 328. Cincinnati, O., 545. Citizen (steamboat), 70. Citizen's Street Railroad Co., 45. City clerks, 242, 613, 615. City of Frederickton (steamboat), 73. City Freight Railroad, 14. City hall, 124, 172, 174-177, 181-184, 340, 399. 402, 415- City of Haverhill (steamboat), 72, 73, 81. City Improvement society, 68, 185. City Point (steamboat), 23. City treasurers, 537,613. Civil war, 128, 185, 283, 308, 322, .330, 338, 343, 345, 401, 484, 565- Clanin, Benjamin, 89, 158. Clara E. Uhler (steam-tug), 79. Claremont, N. II., 92. Clark, Judge, 272. Abraham Wheelwright, 246. Amos, 283, 518. Edward \Varren, 246. Mrs. Eliza, 320. Ellen Swett, 283. Enoch, 246. George Henry, 246, 320. George W., 182, 606. Lt. Greenleaf, 93. Dr. John, 288. Mrs. Lucia, 320. Mary, 246, 451, 453. Mrs. Mary Ann, 430. Mary Rebecca, 246. Moses, 1 12. Mrs. Rebecca, 246, 247, 2S3, 318, 320, 321. Robert, 600. Rose, 504. Rufus Wheelwright, 246, 320. Samuel, 518, 520, 523. Samuel Adams, 246, 321. Mrs. Sarah, 321. Lt. Silas, 90. Stephen, 430. Mrs. Susan Sanderson, 321. Thomas M., 31, 136, 137, 147, 160, 165, 170, 175, 501, 599. Capt. Thomas M., 135. Thomas March, 246, 247, 318, 320, 321. Rev. Thomas March, 318, 319. Clark & Whitten, 283. Clark's lane, Salisbury Point, 300. Clarkson, Elizabeth, 361. Margaret, 389, 391. Clay, Henry, 274, 352. Cleaveland, Nehemiah, 174. Clement Mrs. Clara Erskine, 225, 347. James Hazen, 347. Clement's inn, 255, 256. Clerks, City, 242, 613, 615. of courts, 549, 55S. of house of deputies, 571, 572. of house of representatives, 92. Cleveland. O., 417. Clocks, 447, 591. 630 INDEX Clocks, Makers of, 382, 559. Cloth, Cotton, 147-149, 151, 153, 235. 245, 246. Clout, James, 91. Cluston, Thomas, iii. Coal, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 75, 78, 367, 370. pocket, 78. Rhode Island, 367. Coates, David, 29, 89, 112, 113, 598. EHzabeth, 553. Cobb, Francis D., esq., 232, 258. Francis Davis, 232. Katherine II., 232. Mrs. Katherine S., 232. Louisa Farnham, 232. Matthew, 232. Mrs. Phebe Bliss, 232. Richard, 232. William, 232. Coburn, Josiah, 105. Cockburn, Sir Alexander, 484. Coffin, Mrs. Abigail, 225. Amos, 606, 607. Anna L. , 179. Benjamin, 508. Brocklebank Samuel, 579. Charles E., 613. Charles II., 43, 138, 151, 169, 416. Daniel, 29. David, 60, 146, 228, 251, 525, 561, 600. David M., 72. Rev. Ebenezer, 313, 543. Edmund, 251, 509. Francis L. , 539. Frederick J., 604, 606. George, 96, 98, 521. Hector, 31, 148, 376. John, 99, 524. Joseph, 225, 495. Capt. Joseph M., 73, 76, 80, Joshua, 177, 506, 614. Lemuel, 28, 99, no, 11 1, 417, 418. Margaret, 506. Mrs. Mary, 313. 543, 561. Mary Johnson, 251, 509. Miriam, 250, 508. Moses, 519. Capt. Nathaniel. 522. Paul, 91, 96, 98, 495. Peter, 575. Rebecca, 239, 240. Robert S., 543. Robert Stevenson, 313. Capt. Samuel, 298. .Samuel Brocklebank, 579. Sarah, 225, 226, 506. Coffin, Susanna, 133. Tristram, 149, 157, 164, 601. William, 225, 240, 507. William C, 61 1. William S., 22. Cogswell, Bridget, 228. Elizabeth, 439. Dr. Nathaniel, 440. Wade, 440. Coker, Mrs. Catherine, 504, Hannah, 504, 505, 507. Hawthorne, 198. Robert, 504. Colbar, David, 104. Colby, George J. L., 177, 327-329, 614. Mrs. Hannah, 327. Hezekiah, jr., 33. Joseph Lunt, 327. Makepeace, 90, 94, 96, 98. Philip, 516. Mrs. Sarah Arabella, 328. C)lby & Lunt, 75. Colby university, 222. Cole, Benjamin, 32. Charles, 51 8. Charles Octavius, 350. Mrs. Elizabeth, 255. Joseph Greenleaf, 350. Lyman Emerson, 350. Moses, 521, 526. Moses Dupre, 349, 350. Mrs. Sarah, 349. William, 18, 99, 255. Collector of customs, 46, 282. Collery, , 521. Collier, David, 104. Collins, Mrs., 137. Daniel, SS, 91, 92, 96, 98. Elizabeth, 278. Maj. James, 88, 91. Richard, 293. CoUinsville, Conn., 238. Colman, — , 44. Mrs. Anne, 294. Benjamin, 128, 294. Dudley, 91, 92, 96. Jeremiah, 416, 601. Dr. Samuel, 294. Sarah, 451. Mrs. Susannah, 295. Colony, John, 96, 98. Columbia college, 395. Columbian Centinal, 462. Columbian college, Washington, D.C., 346. Columbian order, 327. Commercial Advertiser, 276. \ INDEX 631 Commercial wharf, 240, 400. Commissioners to end small causes in Newbury, 571. Committee of safety, 85, lOl, 209, 216, 220, 267, 285. Concerts, 45, 181 -184, 325. Concord, Mass., 230, 243, 349, 399. N. H., 271, 476, 477. Concord battle, 86. Concord river, 477. Condry, Ann, 564, 565. Mrs. Catherine Rebecca, 565. Charles Coffin, 565. Delia Walker, 565. Dennis, 493, 564, 565. Lewis Lowell, 564, 565. Mrs. Mary, 564. Sarah Browne, 565. Congregational church in Brunswick, Me., 313. Portland, Me., 469. Congress, 207, 265, 266, 271, 283, 286, 292, 467-478, 480-482, 485. Members of, 207, 266, 271, 283, 286, 292, 467-476, 480-482, 485. Continental, 529. Congress hall, Philadelphia, 469, 470. Congress street, 42. meeting-house, 41. Congressional Directory, 331. Connecticut Historical Society. 321. Connecticut Manufactory lottery, 432. Connolly, John, 94. Connor, William, 99, 526. Connors, Benjamin, 96. Constantinople, Turkey, 343. Constitution, State, 491. United States, 266, 396. Constitutional convention, Massachu- setts, 209. Continental army, 90, 91, 96, 99, 100, 103, 105, 109, 212, 228, 230, 250, 285, 511. congress, 190, 220, 261, 266, 286, 463, 467. securities, 109. troops, 243, 563. Contributors to the public library fund, 402. school funds, 385. street and park improvements, 396. Cook, Albert, 18. Charles, 33, 519, 521, 525. Christopher C. , 73. Elias, no, III. Henry, 169, 416, 606. Ens. James, 522. Capt. James G., 18. Cook, John, 96, 98, no, n2, 601. Moody D., 604. Samuel, 32. Thomas D., 522. Zebedee, 31, 156, 600. Coolidge, Fanny, 254, 282, 485. Lt. Jonathan, 522. Coombs, Abigail, 212. Anna, 212, 392, 557. Betty, 211, 233, 238, 239. Elizabeth, 212. Mrs. Jane, 211, 212, 586. John, 146, 211. John P., 607. Lydia, 210-212, 233, 241, 586. Martha, 21 1. Mary, 211, 212. Mrs. Michal, 212, 213. Philip, 210-212, 233, 241, 586, 600, 601. Susanna, 212. William, 29, 89, n2, 129, 130, 134, 146, 157, 164, 21 1, 212, 233, 234, 586, 587, 598, 599. Coombs wharf, 392. Cooper, George E., 613. George W. , 611. John M., 602, 603. Co-operative Bank, 171. Copley, John Singleton, 191, 193, 258. Copper-plate engraving, 368, 377. Cord, James, 104. Cordova, Central Argentina, 393. Corey, Fanny M., 411. Cork, Ire., 221, 457. Corliss, George H., 145, 431. Mrs. George H., 146. Cornhill, Newburyport, 156. Cornwallis, General, 105. Cornwallis, N. S., 318. Corunna, Spain, 229, 531. Cottle, Woodbridge, 208. Cottle's lane, 15, 438, 503. Cotton, Benjamin, 91, 98, 104. Leonard, 91, 94, 96, 98, 104. Cotton Company, Newburyport Steam, 148, 149. Cotton spinning machinery, 446. Couch, John, 526. Joseph, 134. Robert, 418, 606, 608. William, 522. Council for New England, 570. Country road, 15, 56, 57, 503, 566. County commissioners, 280, 328, 55:5. Court of common pleas, 257, 284, 285. general sessions, 33, 257. Court house, 38, 128, 257, 442. 632 INDEX Court street, 328, 382, 384. Cowell, Anna, 191. Cowles Art school, 358. Crabtree, Abraham A., 611. Crafts, Gov. Saniutl C, 267. Cram, Mr., 444, 445. Mrs. Argentine, 54. Benjamin, 54. Gyles, 53. Samuel, 104. Crambries, Lt. -governor, 204. Creasey, George, 344. George William, 344, 345. ISIrs. Harriet, 344. Philip 11. , 24. Samuel, 518. Mrs. Sarah Boardman, 345. Creedon, P. J., 44. Crier, Town, 50-53. Crocker, Sarah, 308. Crockett, Capt. Allard, 19. Cromlon, Gyles, 53. Cromwell, Argentine, 54. Oliver, 90, 94, 321. Crosby, , 326. Michael, 96. Cross, Mr., 35. Abijah, 307. Caleb, 28. Charles R., 389. Mrs. Charlotte T., 307. Mrs. Elizabeth, 307. Dr. Enoch, 307, 309. George, 551. Heaton, 523. Hector, 517. Henry M., 78, 178, 307, 608. John, 50, 307. Mrs. Lucy Ann, 551. Mrs. Margaret, 307. Mrs. Mary Cabot, 281, 552. Ralph, 28, 45, 98, III, 209-211, 241. 524, 584, 585. 597- Robert, 32, 274, 281, 552. Mrs. Ruth, 281, 551, 552. Mrs. Sarah, 241, 584. Stephen, 209, 211, 228, 234, 585, _597, 598. Thomas, 33. William, 29, 246, 281, 551, 552, 600. Cuba, 83, 225, 596. Cumberland county, 96, 266. Cummings, Eleanor, 468. Dr. E. P., 309. James, 525. Cunningham, f. H., 313. Curfew, 49. Currier, Albert, 145, 151, 447, 493, 494, 602, 604. Amos, 535. Benjamin F., 416. Edward, 519, 520, 523. Enoch G., 604. Mr?. Eunice, 399. George E., 607. Herbert, 613. Jacob, no. Ens. James H., 522, John, 44, 72, 241, 399, 416, 603. John J., 15-17,64, 178, 418, 494, 562, 605, 608. Joseph H., 607. Joshua, 496. Leonard, 399. Mrs. Mary, 241. Matthew, jr., 523. Moses Atkinson, 399. Moses Coffin, 399. Nathaniel, 518, 535. Samuel, 522, 602. Solomon A., 537. Warren, 181, 400, 493, 605-607. William, jr., 159. William E., 2S7. Curtis, Andrew R., 610-612. George W., 175. Timothy, 110. Gushing, Benjamin, 253. Caleb, 17, 114, 117, 174, 178, 253, 279, 280, 284, 286, 287, 334, 338, 352, 416, 481-485, 492,500, 559i 561, 601, 603, 614. Mrs. Caroline, 279. Mrs. Caro'ine Elizabeth, 482, 500, 559- Mrs. Ellen M., 254. Mrs. Hannah, 253. John, 103. John N., 18, 161, 167, 279, 416, 601. , John Newmarch, 253, 254, 4S1, 559. Lawrence B., 131, 141, 178, 305, 370, 502, 615. Lydia, 253, 279, 481, 559. Sarah, 254, 395. Thomas, 467. William, 253, 254, 395, 416, 604. Gushing guard, 114, 115. Gushing park, 400. Custom house, 68, 103, 127, 165, 166, 274, 502, 537. Boston, 214, 345, 565. Portsmouth, N. H.. 476. INDEX 633 Customs, Collectors of, 46, 228, 240, 250, 548. Cutler, Mrs. Alice, 189, 191, 195, 196. Joseph, 164, 1S9, 191, 195, 196. Rev. Manasseh, 100, 108. Samuel, 124, 155, 157. Sarah, 196. Susan, 196. Cutter, Abraham, 414. Abram Edmands, 414. Eben P., 606. Mrs. Mary, 414. Thomas II., 605, Cutting, Capt. John, 504. Maty, 504. Cutts, Anna Geitrude, 92. Richard D., 92. DAGUERRE, M., 307. Daily Evening Union, 328. Daily Tattler, 540. Dalton, Mr., 265. Mrs. Abigail, 213. Mary, 213, 214, 216, 467, 590. Michael, 32, 213, 214, 216, 467. Philemon, 213. Mrs. Ruth, 189, 191, 214. Tristram, 34, 106- 108, 12S, igg, 191, 214, 218, 461, 467, 491, 589, 590, 597^ 598- Dalton (privateer), 229, 506, 507, 511. Dalton club, 213. Dame, Charles C, 287, 336, 493, 605, 609. Luther, 389, 494, 606, 607, 612. Dana, Rev. Daniel, 18, 129, 134, 174, 212, 272, 497, 498, 500. Mrs. Elizabeth, 212. Prof. James F., 564. Joseph, 129, 249, 272, 287, 495, 497, 498. Mrs. Lucy, 272. Mrs. Mary, 272. Mrs. Matilda, 564. Rev. Samuel, 212, Mrs. Susanna, 212. Danbury, Conn., 93. Danford, Enoch, 516. Danforth, Lucy P., 335. Daniels, Abigail, 198. D^nvers, Mass., 80, 190, 191, 406, 540, 578. Danville, Me., 270. Dartmouth college, 270, 272, 275, 277, 280, 282, 285, 297, 410, 46;, 473. 555, 564. Medical school, 297, 304, 307. Daughters of Rebekah, 126. Daveds, John, 516. Davenport, , 502. Messrs., 120. Mr., 378. Anthony, 120, 210, 520, 599. Mrs. Catheiine, 210. Charles, 521. Charles W., 604. Harriet, 306. John, 306. Mr. M., 30. Moses, 37, 120, 156, 160, 406,602- 605. William, 518, 521, 585. Davis, Aaron, 112, 160, 552. Benjamin, 105, no, 604. Charles, 516, 518, 522. Capt. Clemens E., 74, 615. Capt. Elias, 93. H. P., 536. Isaac, 93. James, 100. Jefferson. 109. John, 96, 99, 104. Capt. John O., 74, 75. Joseph, 112. Lt. Joshua, 105. Mary Ann, 275. Moody, 452, 453. Rebecca I., 478. Samuel, 100. Thomas, 170, 523, 602. Thomas H., 608. William, 123, 148, 160, 167, 168, 518, 521, 601. William T., 614. Davison, Daniel, 562. Day, Albert W., 321. Dr. Clarence C, 310. Jonathan, 96, 98. Dean, John, 62. John Ward, 561. Dearborn, Dr. Alvah B., 309. Benjamin, 35. Dear Isle, Me., 25. DeBlois, George, 197. Mrs. Ruth, 197. Decaiur (privateer), 66, 249, 303. Decatur ( steamboat), 70. Declaration of Independence, 106, 270, 278, 463, 464. Dedham, Mass., 300. Deer island, 122, 341-343, 420. DeFord, Samuel T., 32, 149, 165, 601. Delany, James, 96, 98. 634 INDEX Delaware, Fort, 109. Delia Walker (ship), 564. Demars, John, 516. Dennis, Amos, 525. Dennison, Major-general, 576. Derby, Mrs. Lucy, 285. Dernier Resort Fire society, 28. DeRochemont, Charles IL, 608, 610. Desannette, John, 242. Mrs. Martha, 242. Devereux, Catherine, 218. Capt. John. 563. Dewey, Katherine S., 232. Mrs. Louisa, 232. Rev. Orville, 232. Dexter, Mrs. Elizabeth, 380, 419, 427, 429, 430. Mrs. Esther, 380, 430. John, 94, 428. Mrs. Mehitable, 430. Nancy, 428, 430, 590. Nathan, 380, 42S. Samuel Lord, 427, 430. Tinnothy. 59, 102, 220, 277, 334, 375, 380, 419 438, 590. Dexter house, 351, 423, 430. Diana (British letter of marque), 247. Diary ol John Quincy Adams, 230, 263-265. Rev. William Bentley, 125. Rev. Manasseh Cutler, 100. Caleb Haskell, 89. Charles Herbert, 229. Paul Lunt, 506. Dickens, Dr. Job B. M., 309. Dr. Job T., 309. Dickey, George A., 391. Dickinson college, 407. Dijon, France, 211. Diligent (schooner), 221. Dimmick, Rev. Luther F., 18, 171, 181,348. Mary E., 143. '' Diosnna," a collection of poems, 312. Directory, Newburyport, 502, 533. Distilleries, 199, 227, 298. District attorney of United State-;, 514, 549- Dixon, Alexander, 135. Dockham, C. Augustine, 502. Doctors, 163, 288-300. Dodge, , 45. Abraham, 88, 92, 103, no, 112. Adeline, 551. Allen, 551, 600. Austin, 389. Dana. 606. Edwin Sherrill, 415. Dodge, Elisha P., 183, 400, 610. Elisha Perkins, 415. Francis, 329. John, 148, 517, 522, 563. John S., 134. John W , 64, 3S9. Rev. John Webster, 65. Joseph, 95. Judith, 405. Mrs. Katharine S., 415. Lawrence Paine, 415. Mrs. Mary, 329. Mary Perley, 329. Nathan D., 608. Nathan Dane, 415. Robert G., 612. Robert Gray, 415. Samuel, 518, 519, 523. Mrs. Sarah Perkins, 415. Virginia, 329, 331. William H. P., 415. William H. T., 613. Dodge, Bliss & Co., 45. Dodge. William II. P., fund, 415. Doggett, Joseph, 521. Dole, Daniel, 597. David, no. Eben S., 491. Elizabeth, 242. Irene, 305. Jane, 360, 370. John, 288, 526. Jonathan, 360. Mary, 102, Nathaniel, 178. Richard, 54. Willard W., 45. Doliber, Ruth, 19S. Donnell, Frederick W., 521. Nathaniel, 418. Donniel, Frederick. 527. Donnoly, James, 94. Donovan, John, 104. Dora (steam yacht), 82, 83. Dorchester, Mass., 304, 308,468, 512. Dorr, Edward, 125. Doughty, Francis, 255. Douglass, John A., 389. William, 51. Dover, N. H., 382, 408, 574. Dow, Dr. Aaron, 58. (ieorge Francis, 614. Irene, 558. James B., jr., 303. John, 105. Lydia, 253, 279, 481,559. Mrs. Mary C, 303. Downer, Henry J., 66. INDEX 635 Downing, David, 91, 98, 104. Draper, — , 351. John, 367. Draper, Murray & Fairman, 379, 554. Draper, Toppan, Longacre &Co., 368. Dresser, Benjamin, 103. Lt. Daniel, 88. Drown, Mrs. Comfort, 382. Rev. Edward L., 178, Mrs. Phebe, 382. Richard W., 137, 144, 382, 384. Thomas, 382. Thomas S., 384. Drowning, Rescue from, 130. Drug stores, 295, 300, 353, 408. Dryade (brig), 532. Dry-goods storts, 352, 473, 550, 551, 553- Duane, William, 377. Dublin, Ire., 496. Dudley, Joseph, 198-200, 577. Katherine, 198. Mary, 198, 199. Simuel, 104. Gov. Thomas, 200. Dummer, Mrs. Katherine, 198. Lt.-gov. William, 198. Dummer academy, 244, 294, 329, 396, 407, 411, 563. Duning, David, 96. Dunkers' cemetery, Germantown, Pa., 478. Dunlap, Gov. Robert Pinckney, 274. Duplessis, H., 124. Dupre, Jacques Moyse, 349. EA. CREED (schooner), 20. • East Boston, Mass., 74, 79, 81, 83, 320, 400. Easterbrooks, Samuel, 99. Eastern Railroad Company, 43, 252, 444. Depot of, at Rowley, 443. East Haverhill, Mass., 477. East India trade, 245, 254, 413. East Indies, 234, 239, 396. East Machias, Me., 19. Eastman, Rev. Lucius R., 398. Eaton, Jeremiah, 526. Samuel, 94, 1 10. Eddy, Mrs. Mary Baker-Glover, 309. Thomas, 277. Edes & Gill, 499. Edgewater (steamboat), 81. Edinburgh, Scotland, 208, 293. Edmands, Barnabas, 414. Mrs. Eliza, 414. Mary Eliza, 414, Edmunds, William, 524. Edwards, Elizabeth, 455, Joseph, 32. Moses, 37. Samuel, 332. Edwina (schooner), 27. Eighth regunent, 114. Eldridge, Daniel, 96, 98. Ellen Willis, 332. Joseph, 520, 524. Mrs. Sarah Payson, 332. Electric Light and Power Company, Newburyporl, 154. Eliot, Charles, 184. Mrs. Katherine, 201. Samuel, 201. Thomas, 103. Elizabeth, N. J., 321. Elks, Benevolent and Protective Order of, 66. Ellingwood, Mrs. Harriet Maria, 219. Rev. John W., 219. Elliott, Mrs. Betsey Hayward, 275. Daniel, 275. James W., 21, 539. Ellis, Helita, 524. S. A., 181. Ellitt, Corp. William, 94. Elm tree of the old Morse house, 566. Eisey, Wade, 527. Embargo, The, 269, 272, 278. Embezzlement of James V. Felker, 537. Emerson, Bulkeley, 119, 120. Charles, 516, 525, 527. Hannah B., 261. Hannah Bliss, 230, 232. R ev. John E., 320. Ens. Nehemiah, 90. Ralph Waldo, 175. Samuel, 600. Rev. William, 230. Emerson's rocks, 19, 20, 23. Emery, Mrs.- Abigail, 241. Caroline, 57, 58. George, 125, 602. Jonathan, 397. Josiah, 241. Laurens C., 613. Mary A., 45. Moses, 57, 526. Nancy, 137. Nathaniel, 11 1. Rev. Rufus, 348. Sarah A., 436. Emery, Jonathan, & Son, 397. Empire City, Cal., 557. Encampment of Massachusetts, of L O. O. F., 127. 636 INDEX Endicott, Dorcas, 558. Engines, Fire, 32-43. houses, 32, 34, 39, 40. England, 190, 194, 195, 197, 198, 200, 203, 211, 22[, 226, 234, 245-247, 249, 250, 252,255, 256, 269, 293, 304, 325. 332, 346, 370-372,376, 377. 393- 406, 407- 446, 447. 45S- 457. 465. 474, 500, 503, 504, 506, 507,511, 563, 570, 571. Bank of, 368. English frigatei, 249, 252, 3(3, 507, 511. navy, 199, 200, 295. transport-;, 534. Engravers, 347, 351, 363, 367, 368, 371. 377. 379, 554, 590. Bank-note, 554. Engraving, 368, 370, 372, 379, 425, 615. Ennis, John, 94, 97, 98. Ensenada Railway Company, 393. Eon (steam fire engine), 40, 41. Episcopal church, Nevvburyport, 498. Epitaphs in Old Hill burying-ground, 583-588. "Epitaphs," by H.F. Gould, 313, 549. E. P. Morris (steamboat), 77. E. P. Shaw (steamboat), 77. Ernst, C. W., esq., 370. Carl Wilhelm, 614. Erskine, Mrs. Harriet, 347. John, 347. Essex, Mass,, 76, 92, 494. Essex (steamboat), 70. Essex bar association, 272, 286, 287. Essex county, 200, 267, 269, 271, 282, 284, 302, 328, 468, 473, 477, 480, 493. 549. 555. 558. History of, 328. Physical geography of, 539. Essex street, 123, 145, 170, 172, 174, 303. 309. 326, 350- Essex hall, 145. building, 172. Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 29, 133, 375.377.495-499,501,549- Essex Journal and New Hampshire Packet, 60, 510. Essex Marine Insurance Company, 162. Essex-Merrimack bridge, 75, 122,274, 276, 340, 346, 420, 428, 462. Essex North Musical convention, 181. E-;sex Steam Mills, 149. Eulogies on Gen. George Washington, 270, 498. Eustis, Mrs. Eleanor St. Barbe, 219. Joseph, 219. Evangeline (steam yacht), 80. Evans, John, jr., 527. John P., 608. Joseph W., 609. Richard, 517, 519, 523. Thomas, 1 1 2. Winthrop O., 605. Eveley, Lt. Joseph, 88. Everett (steam yacht), 80. Evergreen cemetery, 323. Ewer, Charles, 550. Ewing, Captain, 461. Exeter, N. H., 294, 347, 371, 404, 457. 463. 548. Expedition, Lady Franklin Bay, 343, 344- against the French, 499. to Penobscot river, 293. to Quebec, 88, 89. to Rhode Island, 293. FAIR street, 52. 215, 228, 305, 309, 361. Fairbanks, Caroline Louisa, 409. Hon. Stephen, 409. Fairfield county, Conn., 377. Fairhaven, Mass., 321. Fairlee, Vt., 280. Fairman, -, 351, 554. Gideon, 367, 368, 379. Fall River, Mass., 152. Falmouth, Me., 262, 265, 266, 468. Fame (brig), 405. Faneuil hall, Boston, 460. Fanny (steamboat), 69. Farley, John Dennis, 526. Farnhaai, Catherine Louisa, 232. Charlotte, 232. Daniel, 57, 59, 229, 232, 257, 258, 260, 261, 291, 447, 597. Dorothy, 57, 260. Elizabeth Cordis, 232. Mrs. Evelyn, 232. Hannah, 57, 260. Mrs. Hannah B., 230, 232, 261. Hannah Bliss, 232. John Hay, 232. Katharine, 57, 258-260. Louisa, 232. Mary Bliss, 232. Phebe Bliss, 232. Samuel, 261. Sarah, 261. .Sibyl Angler, 232. .Sibyll, 57, 229, 257, 260, 291. William, 57, 229-232, 260, 261, 301. William Emerson, 232. INDEX 637 Farnsworth (steam-tug), 78, 79. Farrington, DeWitt, 75. Farris, Mrs. Elizabeth, 202, 203. Mrs. Frances, 203, 212, 544. Margaret, 203. William, 29, in, 157, 202, 203, 207, 212, 349, 544. Farris & Stocker, 203, 385. Faunce, George, 303. Mrs. Mary C, 303. Fayerweather, Margaret, 396. Febiger, Christian, 86. Federal constitution, 107, 286, 467. Federal Fire society, 30. Federal street, 19, 31, 36, 37, 39, 42, 130. 133, 151. 152, 181, 207, 211, 223, 224, 234, 235, 237, 239, 241, 242, 269, 270, 361, 396, 437. 457, 501, 5031 532- meeting-house, 18, 49, 174, 448, 450- Felker, James V., 78, 537, 613. Felton, Hugh, 103. Samuel M., 175. Female Bethel society, 142, 143. Female high school, 334, 389, 392, 395, 408-410. Female seminary, Byfield, 477. Females, Society for the Relief of Aged, 1 38- 14 1. Fenney John, 519. Fernald, H. B., 287. Ferry, Amesbury, 461. Ferry at Carr's island, 577, 578. Ferry landing place, 225. Ferry road, 13, 186, 299, 399, 401. Ferry, Upper, Philadelphia, Pa., 376. Ferry wharf, 251, 400. Fiberloid Manufacturing Co., 45. Field, William Nichols, 565. Fielding, John, 97, 98. Fillmore, John T., 73, 81. Millard, 329. Finey, John, 523. Fires, 27, 31, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41, 149, 159, 240, 300, 336, 349, 405, 463, 473, 54S- 562. Fire of 1811,31, 37, 159, 240, 349, 405, 463, 473. Fire alarm, 42. buckets, 29, 34, 36, 37. by-laws, 33. department, 3S-40, 117. engines, 32-43. hooks, 33, 36, 37. Firemen, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 45. Benefit association. 45. Fund for injured, 43. Firemen, Hale fund for, 43. Sick Benefit association, 44. Fire societies, 27-32. Firewards, 33-36, 38, 60. First Baptist society, 60. First church, Cambriige, 496. Newbury, 496. Newburyport, 496, 497. West Newbury, 180. First Congregational church, West Newbury, 556. First National Bank, 169, 170. First Parish church, Medford, 279. Salem \'illage, 578. West Newbury, 63. First Parish meeting-house, 41. Newbury, 506. First Parish society, West Newbury, 63. First Presbyterian church, 272. and society, 448. First Presbyterian meeting-house, ig. 181, 270, 318, 457-459. 5oi> 532. First Religious society, 135, 181, 230, 232, 278, 299, 329, 332, 334, 406, 467, 469, 501,565. Newburyport, 39, 276, 498, 499. meeting-house of, 123, 299, 430, 487, 498, 499. Fish street, 53, 213, 219, 234, 261, 262. 289, 293. Fisher, Mrs. Mary, 290. William, 290. William G., 61 r. Fishing Insurance Company, Newbury- port Mutual, 160. Fisk, Lt. Joseph, 92. Fiske, Rev. Daniel }., 178, 348. Prof. John, 178. " Fitz, George, 70. John, 599. Mark, 146, 147. Nathaniel, 518. Five Cents Savings Bank, 169. Flag of five stars, 515. Flagg, Grizzell Aplhorp, 312. Fiagg & Gould, 500. Flanders, Artemas, jr., 519. Charles, 526-528. Daniel, no, ni. Enoch, 526. Enoch C, 52, 53. John, 517/523- Nathaniel, 522, 526. Nathaniel F., 517. Nehemiah, 517, 519, 523, 527. William, 520, 523. Flavers, John, 518. Fleet, T."&J., 155. 638 INDEX Fleet's almanacs, 155. Fletcher, Rev. J. C, 346, 348. John, 598. Julia Constance, 348. Florence (steamboat), 76, 77. Florence, Italy, 351, 554- Floyd, Joseph, no. Robert, 21, 539. Flying Fish (schooner), 22. Flynn, John, 94. Fogg, Caleb, 104. Clarence J., 612. Follansbee, Caroline, 381. Catherine, 352. Mrs. Hannah, 381. Lucy Maria, 381. Mary, 381. Nathan, 147, 352, 521. Samuel, no. Sophia Ann, 142. Capt. Thomas M., 381. William, 103. Folsom, Benjamin, 516, Fontigebeau, Colonel, 462. Foot, Caleb, 94. Enoch, 96- 98, 104. James, 527. James L., 52, 524. Samuel, 89. Forbes, William, 416. Ford, Andrew, 380. Margaret, 380, 381. Samuel D., 523. Samuel J., 127. Mrs. Sarah, 380. Foreman, Amos, 519, 521. Forest Hills cemetery, 317. Forrester street, 42. Fort Delaware, 109. at Isles of Shoals, 547. Oswego, 211. Philip, 515. on Plum island, 16. at Portsmouth, 548. Forts, 16, 100, 109, 211, 515, 547, 548. Fortuna (sloop), 27. Fortune (negro?), 589. Fortune teller, 439. Forty-eighth Massachusetts regiment, 400, 485. Foss, David, 145, 309. Ernest, 287. John, 497. Foss, John, " Journal of the Captivity and Sufferings of.'" 497. Foster, Daniel, no, in, 523. Capt. Henderson, 19. Foster, John, 89. Moses, 92. Nathaniel, 32, 417. Robert, 62, 600. Samuel, 67, 68, 600. Samuel H., 600. Ens. Solomon, 521. Mrs. Susan, 92. Thomas, 32. Fountains, Drinking, 399-401. Fouquet, Elizabeth, 212, 540. Mary Jane, 540. Fourth Essex district (state senatorial), 485, 493, 494. Fourth Middle congressional district (Essex county), 468, 473, 476, 4 77- Fourth Religious society, 325, 450. meeting-house of, 325. Newburyport, 44S. Fowle, Mrs. Alice, 191, 195. Greenfield Hooper, 195. Jacob, 191, 195. James Roland, 195. Robert, 121, 195, 196. Stephen Hooper, 195. Mrs. Susan, 196. Susannah, 195. Fowler, George W., 279. Hannah, 327. Mrs. Harriet Louisa, 279. Jacob, no. Moses H., 605-607. Mrs. Moses H., 179. Richard, 602. Fowles, Helen B., 44, 45. Fox, Mary, 272. Rev. Thomas B,, 175, 348. Fox (ship), 247. Francestown, N. H., 328. Francis, Col. Ebenezer, 93, 98, 99. James, 520, 525. William (" Emperor"), 454. Frankfort, 19. Pa., 326. Franklin, Benjamin, 377. Franklin (schooner), 23. Franklin, Dr., Wooden statue of, 422. Fraternity hall, 177, 178, 185. Frazier, Mrs. Elizabeth, 546. Mary, 546. Moses, 546, 598. Frederic Reed (schioner), 19. Frederickton, N. B., 353. Freemasonry, 275, 305, 311. Freemasons, 119-121, 124, 215, 294, 350. Fremont, John C, 330, INDEX 639 French, Betsey, 298. Charles, 602. David M., 399. James P., 387. Capt. Joshua, 104. Mary Evadne, 382. Hon. Ralph, 382. Samuel, jr., 600. French, Expedition against the, 4<_)9. fleet, 100. government, 466. minister, 292. privateers, 235, 474, 547. revolution, 461. sailors, 531. Friend, William, 89, 112, 225, 525. Friendly Fire society, 31. Friends' Academy, 339. Frigates, 229, 506, 507, 531, 592. English, 221, 313, 511. Frog pond, 113, 114, 184, 191, 193, 230, 238, 244, 401. Frost, John S., 60S. Frothingham, Andrew, 65, 147. Benjamin, 29, 102, 380, 419. Mrs. Elizabeth, 380, 419. Gilman, 167. Mrs. Hannah, 408. Henry, 65, 157, 161, 167, 524, 601. Isaac, 94, 105. Mrs. Jane. 65. Joseph, 32. Joseph A., 137, T46, 171, 408, 605. Mrs. Martha, 408. Stephen, 31, 408, 601. Fruit street, 174, 303, 368, 371, 476, 556. Frye, Joshua, 523. Fuller, A., 71. Col. Nathan, 96. Pomp, 589. Funerals, 18, 19, 215, 329, 407, 421, 427. Furgerson, James, 105. John, 105. Furlong, Henry, 31, 525. Furnald, James, 524. Joseph, 520. Thomas, 517. GAGE, Captain, 130, 372. Benjamin, 563. Jonathan, 67, 122-125, '57> 170, 361, 599. Mary, 133, 361. Gen. Thomas, 190, 191. Gale, Daniel, 104. Maria A., 343. Gale, Dr. Stephen M., 309. Gall, Daniel, 526, 527. Gallashan, Abraham, 32. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, 284. Gamewell Electric Fire Alarm System, 42. Gardner, George, 149. Joseph, 521. Robert, 517, 519, 520, 526-528. Garrison, Abijah, 315. Mrs. Fanny, 315. William Lloyd, 3 15-3 1 7, 352, 399, 400. Garrison, William Lloyd, Statue of, 399, 400. Gas and Electric Company, Newbury- port, 154. Gates, Gen. Horatio, 95. Gatt, Thomas, 518. Gay, George E., 391. General Bartlett (steamboat), 74, 75. General Charitable society, 143, 410. General court, 15, 17, 38, 190, 209, 278, 504, 570-577, 580. George, Edward H., 417. George J., 417, 605. Joseph, 123, 601. Moses, 97-99, 104. George A. Chaffee (steam-tug), 80. Georgetown, D. C, 329, 405. Mass., 44, 473, 493, 494. Germania orchestra of Boston, 182, 184. Gerrish, Benjamin, 33. Enoch, 526, 608, 609. Serg. Franklin, 526. Mrs. Harriet, 552. Jacob, 88, 92, 223, 552, 563. John, 526. Joseph, 88, 517. Joseph G., 287, 606. Mary, 358, 507. Mary P., 127. Moses (" Fooney"), 453. Mrs. Ruth, 238, 552. Col. Samuel, 86. Stephen, 238, 552. William, 507. Zilpha, 235, 238, 239, 308, :;92. Gerrick, Mayo, 525. Getchell, Emily A., 179. Emily Adams, 344. Mrs. Hannah Rolfe, 344. Hubbard, 344. Serg. William, 524. Ghost, 534-536. Gibraltar, 199, 200. 640 INDEX Gibson, INIary 414. Samuel, 516, 517, 519. Giddings, Daniel, 250, 508. James, 32. Hon. Joshua R., 175. Lydia, 92. Sarah, 250, 251, 508, 509. r.ifford, Rev. Andrew, D. I)., 497. Gifts, 227, 236, 238. Giles, Gaisford, 552. Rev. John, 552. Thomas, 97. Gillett, Herbert E., 184. Gilman, Aithur, 600. Capt. Jeremiah, 89. Hon. John T., 294. S. K.; 125. Whittingham, 601. Gilman, W. & J., 500. Gilmore, Blake & Ward, 407. Glennie, Rev. J. D., 325. Glide (steamboat), 73. Glines, John, 524. Globe (steamboat), 25. Globe Steam Mills, 151, 169. Gloucester, Mass., 25, So, 195, 335, 460, 468, 494. Godefroy, Cools, 349. Nicholas Cools, 349. Godfrey, Harriet, 347. Goldsmith, Jeremiah, 97, 99. Oliver, 174. Goodale, Thomas, 97, 98. Goodhue, James S., 516. Goodrich, Oliver, iio. Goodridge, Maj. Elijah Putnam, 274, 276, 280. Goodwin, Deacon, 449. Ann, 310. Charles H., 607-609. Ephraim, 516, 525. Lt. John, 526. Levi, 526. Moses, 350. Thomas, t;27. William W„ 64. Gookin, Hannah, 200, 216. Gordon, Charles, 517, 521. Robert, 519, 523. Stephen, 527, 528. Timothy, no, in. William, 13Q. Gorham, Lt. Shuball, 88. Gorham, Me., 307. Gospel, .Society for the Propagation of the, 548. Gough, John B., 175, 325, 326. Mrs. Mary B., 325. Gough, Mrs. Mary E., 326. Gould, Benjamin, 92, no, 112, 312, 553, 560. Benjamin A., 413, 553. Mrs. Grizzel, 553, 560. Mrs. Grizzell Apthorp, 312. Hannah F., 338, 501, 549, 553, 560, 561. Hannah Flagg, 312, 313. Thomas, 97, 99. Governors, 190-192, 198, 267, 294, 387, 445, 464, 471, 576, 577. of Massachusetts, 471. of New Hampshire, 294, 464. of \^ermont, 267. Graham, John, 97, 99- Grand Central Argeniine Railway Gini- pany, 393. Grand Lodge of L O. O. Y. of Massa- chusetts, 126. of the United States, 126. Grand Manan, Island of, 354, 356. Grand National Peace Jubilee, 182. Grant, Frederick, 352. Joel, 275. Mrs. Lilia, 352, 353. I'lysses S., 331, 484. Zilpah Polly, 275. Grasshopper plain, 14. Gravel hill, 431. Graves, Mary P., 142. True G., 527, 528. Truel G., 527. William, 72, 416, 604-606. Gravestone inscriptions, 583-580. Gravestones, 185, 240, 260, 338, 361, 55S, 583-589- Graveyards, 185, 314, 506. Gray, Rev. Frederick T., 67. John, 325, 415. Katharine S., 415. Lucia, 404. Mrs. Sarah, 415. William, 404. Grazebrook, Margaret, 580. Great Britain, 136, 234, 272, 278, 368, 4S4, 576. Greaton, Obed W., 612, 613. Greely, Maj. -gen. Adolphus Washing- ton, 343. Ens. Benjamin, 523. Mrs. Frances Cobb, 343. Mrs. Henrietta Crager Hudson, 34.3. John Augustus, 607. John Balch, 343. Lucius II., 251. Nathaniel, 520, 523, 604. Mrs. Sarah, 579. INDEX 641 Green, Anna Winslow, 564. E. Davis, 501. John, 518, 523. Mrs. Sarah, 408. Sarah A., 144. Sarah Ann, 408. Silas, 408. Serg. Thomas, 94. Greene, Major-general, 91. Katheriue, 269. Green, The, 538. Lower, 13, 14. Green street, 14, 31, 53-55, 65, 102, 114, 122, 123, 129, 13S, 157, 158, 194, 195, 227, 246, 262, 265, 302, 347, 361, 382, 387, 419, 420, 442, 468, 473, 474, 533, 551- Greenland, Dr, Henry, 288. (Greenland, N. H., 246, 438, 451. Greenlaw, Captain, 18. Greenleaf, Abel, 361, 598. Mrs. Abigail, 211. Albert W., 141, 384. Ann, 360-362. Benjamin, loi, 146, 211, 262, 284, 285, 553, 597, 598. Catherine, 210. Capt. Charle=, 521. Daniel, 207. Mrs. Dorothy, 210. Ebenezer, 211, 597. Elizabeth, 262, 285, 553, 591. Enoch, 210. Mrs. Fraisalette Cutler, 553. George, 31, 521, 591. Hannah, 210, 311, 362. Henry, 97. Jane, 211, 212. John, 35, 60, 61, 147, 160, 161, 284, 382, 521, 553, 599. Jonathan, 207-210, 234, 242, 302, 311, 491. Joshua, 122-124, 600. Mrs. Lucy, 285. Mrs. Lydia, 210, 21 1. Mrs. Marcia, 210. Martha, 241. Mrs. Mary, 207, 210, 242. Mrs. Mary S., 591. Mayo, 93. Moses, 90, 93, 98, 99, 210, 311. Richard, 210. Samuel, 99, 597. Sarah, 207, 21c, 242, 284. Simon, 210, 31 1. Thomas, 99. Greenleaf 's lane, 201. Greenleaf street, 139, 450. Greenough, John, 30. Jonathan, 105. Norman C, 605. William, 121. Greenwood, Capt. Miles, 563. Sarah Miles, 513. Gregg, Captain, 534. Gregory, John, 543. Mrs. Lucy, 543. Gridley, Jeremy, esq., 119. Grif^n, Eliphalet, 91, 94, \&,\, 142. Jacob, 516, 518, 519, 524, 526-528. Laroy F., 391. Serg. Robert, 516. Griffith, Eliphalet, 97, 98. Grind, Joseph, 525. Grist mills at Pine island, 562. Grosvenor, Edwin Augustus, 343. Dr. E. P., 309. Dr. Edwin Prescott, 343. Mrs. Harriet, 343. Groton, Mass., 302, 557. Grout, Doctor, 463. Groveland, Mass., 493, 494, 500. Guadaloupe, Island of, 212, 214, 226, 297. Guayaciuil, 392, 393. Guernsey, Island of, 210. Guiney, Joseph, 497. Gun-house, 113-116. Gunnison, Benjamin, 134. Ehenezer, 31, 600. Guppy & Armstrong, 147. Gurney, Orrin J., 608, 610, Gwynn, Anthony, 234. Mary, 233, 234. HACKETT, Mrs. Betsey, 298. Mrs. Elizabeth, 298. John, 298, 531. Dr. Phillips White, 298-300. Sarah Ann, 298. William, 531. Haines, Ebenezer, 104. Hale, Mrs., 305. Mrs. Alice, 304. Anne Gardner, 334. Benjamin, 67, 161, 167, 608. Benjamin W., 162. Charles W., 604. David, 44, 105, 154, 169. Ebenezer, 31, 43, 56, 58, 304- Edward A., 610. Elizabeth, 288, 289. Enoch, 112, 215. Dr. Frank A., 44, 309. Frank W., 287, 609. 642 INDEX Hale, George E., 29, 67. Isaac, 154, 604, 605. Jacob. 334. Hon. John P., 175. Joseph W., 63, 409. Joshua, 43, 58, 416, 418. Josiah L., 43, 416. Mrs. Julia Ann, 409. Julia Maria, 409. Lydia B.. 67. Margaret Curzon, 359. Mrs. Mary Jane, 334. Moses, 522. Moses E., 416. Moses L., 43. Nathan, 32, 288, 289. Samuel, 31, 162, 163. Sarah, 288, 385. Mrs. Sarah \Vhite, 56, 58, 144, 304, 305, 416. Thomas, 43, 288, 304. Hale's court, 125, 145. Halifax, 225. Hall, Charles, 517, 525. Dr. Charles F. A., 310. Mrs. Elizabelh, 241. Hannah, 233. Isaac, 233, 241. Joseph, 6o3. Mary, 226. Sarah, 346. Thomas, 523. William, 518, 523, 526. Halliday, John, 88. Hallowell," Me., 286, 295, 473. Ham, Joseph, 518. Thomas, 31. Hamblett, Horace, 605. Hamilton, Alexander, 422 Wooden statue of, 422. Charlotte, 371. James, 104. Mary Ann, 321. Dr. Robert D., 310. Thomas A., 55. Hamilton, Mass., 108, 46S, 494. Hammond, Mrs. Caroline Lev^i'^, 215. Elizabeth, 414. Capt. William, 215. Hampstead, N. H., 298, 385, 386, 430. Hampton, N. H., 54, 213, 216, 291, 439, 565, 578- "■' Hampton beach," 501 • Hampton Falls, N. H., 220, 347, 375. Hancock, John, 419, Wooden statue of, 422. Hancock (United States frigite), 205, 209. Hannah Stone (schooner), 24. Hannibal (ship), 221. Hanniford, William, 97, 98. Hanson, Mrs. Delia Walker, 565. Richard M., 565. Harbut, Joseph, 97, 99. Harding, Chester, 370. William, 97, 99. Harding, Dudley, 518. Israel, 94. Harlem Heighti., N. Y., 91, 92. Harmony Encampment of Amesl Mass., I. O. O. F., 127. Harmony Grove cemetery, Salem, Harpy (brig), 534. Harpy (privateer), 66, 249. Harris, Abigail, 109. Benjamin, 191, 194, I97i 201, Bethiah, 280. 555- Edward, 108, 109, 223. Elizabeth, 201. Harriet, 468. Rev. Henry. 201, 202. John, 97, 98. Jonathan, 1 1 1. i\Irs. Lucy, 201, 202. Mary, 189, 191, I94, I97, 201, Mehitable, 476, 477. Rachel, 563. Robert, 476. Harris street, 65, 66, 145, 174, 197, 201, 227, 246, 250, 474- Meeting-house on, 41. Harrisburg, Pa., Capitol at, 351. Harrison street, 42. Harrod, Elizabeth, 212. Hart, Eliza A., 137. Robert E., 613. Hartford, Conn., 239, 317, 318, 321, 335> 501- Harvard, Mass., 60. Harvard college, 64, 92, 191, 193, 200, 214, 220, 227, 232, 245, 254, 256, 257, 261, 264-271,274, 277, 279, 281, 284, 286, 291-293, 295, 297, 302, 305, 306, 310, 313, 335, 382, 395. 396, 403, 406, 409, 440, 441, 481, 512, 513, 552, 563, 578. Law school, 279, 311, 312, 485 Medical school, 310. Harwood, Emily, 63. Haseltine, William, 69. Haskell, Andrew L., 417- Caleb, 89, III, 353. Caleb Niles, 502. )ury, 407. 545- 194, 350. 320, 195, 239, 262, 282, 301, 321, 404, 485, INDEX 643 Haskell, Cicero, 103, 104. David, 525. Enoch, 525. Mrs. Fanny Matilda, 353. George, 415. Mrs. Harriet, 415. H. B., 517. Hiram Betts, 353. Jacob, 175^ 177. Joseph, 523. Nathan, 103. Nehemiah, 60, 112, 599. Solomon, 415. Hastings, William, 517, 523. Haunted schoolhouse, 534-536. Havana, Cuba, 92, 225, 463, 531. Haverhill, Mass., 69-76, 79, 80, 81, 90, 129, 227, 303, 371, 386, 408, 462, 468, 471, 494, 534, 550, 557. 590. Haverhill Express Company, 78. Haverhill Library catalogue, 497. Haverhill, Newburyport and Boston Steamboat Company, 81. Haverhill Steamboat Express Compa- ny, 74- Havers, John, 518. Haverty, Captain, 76. 81. Hawkeswood, 346. Hay, Elizabeth, 414. Capt. John, 57, 258, 260. Mrs. Katharine, 57, 258-260. Hayes, Mrs. Abigail, 407. Uaniel, 407. Mabel L., 391. Sarah Ann, 407. Haynes, Capt. Aaron, 89. Hay scales, 37, 386. Hayward, Mrs. Kathrine H., 232. Hazel Dell (steam-tug), 79. Hazeltine, Hannah, 253. Head, Charles, 556. Mrs. Sarah, 556. Head & Amory, 243, 244. Healey, Dr. James J., 309. Jere, 611. Sarah, 579. Dr. Thomas R., 310. Health Insurance Company, 163. Heath, Charles, 368. Heckling, Sarah, 564. Helen (ship), 325. Hemphill, Cust, 97, 99. David, 97. Hen and chickens of Antonio Knight, 444. Hendee, , 501. Henly, Colonel, 99. Henry, Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, 321. John Snowden, 321. Sarah, 321. Henshall, Lt.-col. William, 91, Herald (steamboat), 70. Herbert, Charles, ill, 229. Mrs. Jane, 229. John, 229. Mis. Molly, 229. Hercules (iron collier), 78. Hercules (ship), 215. Herlihy, Timothy S., 287. Herrick, Peter, 156. Harrington, Patrick, 88. Hervey, Davis, 525. Joseph B., 417. William, 68. Hesper (ship), 253. Hey wood, Capt. Samuel, 596. Hibernia (schooner), 222, 223. Hicks, William W., i8o. Hidden, John, 52, 53. Higgins, Captain, 23. Higginson, Sarah, 261, 268, 269. Stephen, 261, 268. Thomas Wenlworth, 299, 334, 501. High school, 336, 392. Newton, Mass., 391. High street, 13-15, 31, 37, 56-58, 60- 65, 112, 128, 133, 138, 140, 145, 155, 174, 179, 199, 203, 218-221, 223, 224, 230, 238, 246, 251, 252, 254, 257, 261, 289, 301, 304, 308, 309, 328, 332, 339, 348, 351, 382, 384, 386, 387, 399-401, 405, 406, 409, 411, 420, 428-430, 437, 447, 451, 457.460, 476, 477, 482, 503, 556, 564, 566, 568, 570. Hill, George B., 371. George W., 176. Joseph, 573, 574. Lucy E. R., 63. Sir Rowland, 370. Hilliard, Rev. Timothy, 496, Hills, Mrs. Anne, 504. Elizabeth, 359. Mrs. Eleanor, 504. Mrs. Hannah, 504. Mrs. Helen, 504. Dr. John M., 223, Joseph, 504, 572. Joshua, 127, 524. Laura Coombs, 358, 359. Mrs. Lydia, 127. Mrs. Mary, 358. Mrs. Mary P., 127. Nathaniel, 223, 287, 361. 644 INDEX Hills, Philip K., 176, 604. Philip Knapp, 126, 127, 358. Mrs. Rose, 504. Hinckley, Judge, 272. William, 578. Hinghain, Mass., 92. Historical Society of Old Newbury, 178. History of " Newburyport in the Civil War," 345. Hobert, Thos., 523. Hoboken, N. J., 332. Hobson, Jeremiah, 95. Moses, 95. Hodge, Abigail, 397. Mrs. Betsey Hayward, 275. Charles, 29, 525. James, 30. Lucy, 559. Mrs. Mary, 275. Michael, 29, 89, 91, 112, 113, 119, 147, 155, 164, 274, 287, 498, 499, 59^- Nathaniel, 517, 522. Mrs. Sarah, 274. Serg. S. S., 520. Hodgkins, Francis, 33. Jacob, no. James, 104. Lt. Joseph, 88, 92. Holbrook, Ellen M., 254. Ilolden, , 74. Holderness, N, H., 195. Holland, Stephen, 135, 600. Holland, 229, 234, 247-249. 253, 356, 357, 531, 571- HoUiday, John, 123. Thomas, 90. 94, 97, 98. Hollis, N. H., 302. HoUis Street Congregational church, Boston, 279. Holmes, OHver Wendell, 175. Holt, David, 104. Nicholas, 56. Holton, Albert, 239. Mrs. ^Margaret Bnerly, 239. Holyoke, Dr., 297, 301. Home for Aged Women, 139, 140. Home for Aged Men, 413. Homer, Dr. John, 309. Homoepathic hospital, 401. Honeywell, Richard, 97. Hook's rock, 529. Hook nnd Ladder company, 39, 42. Hooker, Serg. Richard, 523. William, 31, 377, 379, 590. Hooker & Fairman, 379. Hooks, Fire, 33, 36, 37. Hoole, John, 379. Hooper, " King," 189. Madam, 438, 439. Mrs. Abigail, 192. Alice, 189, 191, 193, 195, 196, 277, 396- Amelia Whittemore, 197. Mrs. Anna, 191. Benjamin Harris, 194, 197. Elizabeth, 194. Elizabeth Harris, 194, 197, 545. Mrs. Frances, 544. Greenfield, 191. Hannah, 191. Harriet, 194, 197, 468-470. Henrietta Tracy, 197. Jane, 438. John Whittemore, 197. Joseph, 189-191, 194, 195, 197, 198, 201, 322, 545. Lucy, 197, 322, 323. Mrs. Mary, 189, 191, 192, 194, 197, 201, 545. Mary Harris, 197. Mrs. Rachel, 322. Rebeckah, 189, 191, 196. Robert, 189-194, 196, 214. Robett C, 193. Ruth, 189, 191, 194, 196, 197, 214. Samuel, 191, 192. Mrs. Sarah, 189, 191, 193, 277. Stephen, 119, 120, 135, 136, 189, 191, 193, 194, 277, 396, 492. Mrs. Susan Cofifin, 194, 278. Swett, 191. Thomas, 91, 99. Thomas W., 227, 468, 470. Thomas Woodbridge, 194, 544. William Woart, 197. Hopkins, John, 340. Mrs. Louisa Parsons, 339, 340. Thomas, 96. Hopkinton, Mass., 277, 550. Horton, Daniel, 599. Jacob, 163, 601. James, 167, 171, 382, 522. Mrs. Mary Evadne, 382. Mrs. Nancy, 382, 416. Nathaniel, 601-603. Obadiah, 31, 32. Rev. William, 137, 382, 383. Horton street, 42. Hose carriages, 42, 43. Hosiery Company, Newburyport, 147, 148. Hospital, Anna Jaques, 144, 334. Hospital Life Insurance Company, 397. INDEX 645 Hospitals, 144, 238, 293, 295, 310, 334. 397- Houghton, Osgood & Co., 346. House, Dexter, 351. Stone, 346. Tracy, 176. House o( representatives, 478, 482. Houston, Hon. Sam, 175. William F., 384, 537, 609, 612,613. Hovey, Rev. Horace C., 135, 348. Howard, Benjamin, 32, 319. Caroline, 319. Mrs. Harriet, 319. Nathaniel, 32, no, 520. Rogers., 175, 387. Stephen, 67, 68, 122, 125, 157,170, 600. William, 525. Howard Benevolent society, Newbury- port, 136, 137, 139, 384, 410, 413- Howe, Farnham, no, in. Francis A., 44, 45, 144, 309, 609. Isabella H., 391. Mrs. Mary McKinstty, 63, Hoyt, Mr., 35. Alvah, 610. David W., 389. Elbridge G., 415. Elizabeth, 62. John, 520, 522. Corp, Jo", 94. Joseph, 31, 62, 63, 293. Margaret F., 415. Mrs. Mary, 415. Mary Jane, 334. Mrs. Mehitable, 430. Moses, 526, 599. Samuel, 31, 525. Sarah, 226. William, 62-64. Hudson, Henry, 155, 156, 521, 599. James, 529. John R., 31, 136. Huggins, , 454. Hughes, Alice, 234. Lt. Samuel, 92. Samuel J., 612. Hull, John, 574. William, 520. Humane society, Merrimack, 130. Humphries, William T., 180. Hunnewell, Daniel, 31. Richard, 90, 98. Hunniford, William, 96. Hunt, Albert F., 613. Anne, 580. Mrs. Betsey, 564. Hunt, Serg. Charles, 523. Elias, 564. Leigh, 338. Nathaniel, 33, 104. Capt. William I., 20. Huntington, Asahel, 549. Lady Selina, 448, 451. William, no. Huntoon. Jonathan, 100. Huntress, George, 96-9S. Hurd, Dr. Edward P., 178, 309. D. Hamilton, 328, 331. Nathaniel W., 604. Dr. Randolph C, 310. Huse, Arthur L., 24. John, 71, 518, 521, 602. Joseph, 598. Mrs. Mary S., 591. Ralph C, 604, 605. Samuel, 246, 563. Sarah, 241. Thomas, 287, 603, 6n. William H., 177, 328, 502, 605, 606, 609. Huse & Bragdon, 501, 502. Huse, William H., & Co., 182. Husey, John, 88. Hutchings, George, 20. Hutchinson, Thomas, 192. Hutchinson & Crosby, 326. ICE, 533. * Ilsley, Isaiah, no, n2, Stephen, 178, 493. Wade, 527. William, 131. Ilsley house, 12S. Immanuel church, 317. Independence (privateer), 29, 507. Independence, American, 117. Independent street, 151, 152. India wharf, Boston, 398, 512. Indian hill, 329, 330. farm, 466. Indians, loi, 215, 362. Eastern, loi. "Infuriated Despondency," 372-375. Ingalls, Rebecca, 283. Ruth, 399. Ingersol, Dorothy, 2IO. Joseph, 128. Inn street, 149, 236, 591. Inness, George, 355. Innholders, 351,454, 455, 5n. Insane asylum, 445. Insane, Massachusetts General Hospi- tal for the, 131. Inscription on bell, 150. 646 INDEX Inscription on obelisk, 450. on tankard, 243, 244. Inscriptions, 19, 150, 199, 202, 210, 219, 237, 243, 244, 260,285, 288, 290, 428, 450, 464^ 512, 513- on gravestones, 199, 202, 210, 219, 428, 464, 583-589- Institution for Savings in Newburyport and its \'icinity, 127, 169, 252, 413, 417, 474- Insurance, 155. companies, 156-163, 304. underwriter, 473. Insurance Company, Newburyport Ma- rine, 156. International Exchange, 465, 466. law, 484. International Power Company, 42. Intrepid (ship), 250. Inventors, 360, 368-371. Ipsw ch, Mass., 14, 24, 80, 81, 92, 129, 227, 250, 261), 288, 360, 407, 415, 439, 440, 445, 447, 468, 493- 495, 497, 498, 508, 555, 556, 577, 578,581,582. court, 580, 581. lighi house, 23, 27. river, 16. Ireland, B jn min P., 611-613. hadrarh, 88. Ireland, 202, 216, 218, 407, 445, 463, 496, 576. Bank ■ f, 368. Coast of, 357. Irvin^ton, N, V., 268. Isabella (schooner), 205, 206. Isle of Sable, 379. Isles of Shoals, 69, 80, 81, 547, 548. TACKMAN, Charles H., 179. vJ George W., jr., 604-607. Joseph, 274. Richard, 93. Samuel, 527, 528. Stephen, jr., 70. Jackson, Abraham, 29, 65. Mrs. Amelia, 403, 404. Andrew, 274, 317, 442, Charles, 48, 116, 125, 164, 269, 401-404. Mrs. Dorothy, 220. Edward, 220. Mrs. Frances, 404. Hannah, 244, 245, 269, 403, 463. Henry, 244, 518, 523. James, 105, 221, 245, 404, Jonathan, 89, 97, 99, 220, 221, 227, 244, 245, 269,403,433, 467, 491- Jackson, Michael, 92. Nathaniel, 601. Patrick Tracy. 244, 245. Pomp, 97, 99. Mrs. Sarah, 220. Tackson, Dr. James, Memoirs of, 221. Jackson, Tracy & Tracy, 220, 228. Jackson's wharf, 68. Jackson, Me., 264. Jacksonville, Fla., 76. Jacoby, Joseph L., 612. Jail, Newburyport, 276. Jamaica, L. I., 266. Jamaica Plain, Mass., 317, 551. James, Charles T., 151. Mrs. Elizabeth, 456. James (ship), 56. James Steam Mills, 68, 151. lamson, Jno., 96. Jaques, Anna, 137, 144. Deborah, 505-507. Mrs. Elizabeth, 505. Joseph, 112. Parker, 112. Richard, 505. Jarvis, Charles, 91, 94, 97, 98, Jefferson, Ihomas, 230, 292, 422. Jenkins, Ann, 267, 544. Mrs. Betsev, 235. Eliz beth, 133, 212, 540. Fiances, 203, 212, 544. Georgr, 235, 600. llennetia, 540. Joseph Marion, 196. Lewis, 189, 192, 196, 197. Lydia Ann, 540. Mary, 540. Mary Dalton, 197. Mary Jane, 540. Mrs. Michal, 212, 213. Mrs. Rebeckah, 189, 192, 196. Rebecca Hooper, 196. Robert, 161, 167, 212, 213, 471, 540, Robert Dalton, 196. Mrs. Ruth, 196, 197. Sarah, 212, 540. Lt. Stephen, 92. William, 262. Jennison, William, jr., 517. Jerusalem, 478, 4S0, 512, 513. Jetties, 79, 80. "jetty (steam-tug), 80, Jewett, Mr., 5S2. Paul, 496- John E. Sanford (schooner), 24. Johnson, Abel, 521, 554. Abigail, 241. INDEX 647 Johnson, Andrew, 328. Mrs. Anne, 244. Benjamin, 15. Benjamin G., 520. Catharine, 242. Charles F., 145, 310. Charles W., 610, 61 1. Clara A., 244. Daniel, 33, 473. Mrs. Dolly, 242. Eleazer, 31, in, 117, 122, 123, 161, 167, 241-243, 306, 511,521,590, 600. Elizabeth, 215, 241-243, 253, 306. Mrs. Fanny, 242, 306. Rev. George D. , 536. Serg. Green, 525. Hannah, 242, 408. Mrs. Hannah K., 361, 362. Hannah Kenny, 471, 473. Harrison, 420. Harrison G., 287, 362, 473, 607. Harrison Gray Otis, 362. Mrs. Henrietta, 242. Henry, 161, 167, 215, 553, 554, 601-603. Isaac, 32, 103, 208, 209, 241. Jane, 242. John Bayley, 242. Dr. Jonathan, 309. Serg. Jonathan G., 521. Jonathan Greenleaf, 242, 306. Joseph, 20, 58, 241, 242. Lydia, 210, 211, 241. Martha, 210, 241, 242. Mary, 241, 242, 275, 360, 553, 554. Mrs. Mary Anthony, 215. Mary Perkins, 591. Mrs. Miriam, 244. Moses, 241. Nathaniel, 95. Nicholas, 29, 48, 129, 147, 157, 164, 241, 242, 253, 275, 360, 361, 553, 554. 592-595» 599. 600. Philip, 43, no, 117, 151, 161, 242- 244, 521, 603. Richard, 590. Samuel O., 471. Sarah, 210, 241, 242, 244, 306. Thomas, 241, 520. WiUiam, 33, 210, 234, 241, 242. William A., 608. William P., 29, 31, 157, 521, 598, 599- William Pierce, 210, 242, 243, 306. William R., 131, 609. Johnson street, 62, 63. Johnston, Mrs. Abigail, 109. Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney, 109. Dr. John, 109. Col. William Preston, 109. Johnstone, Hepsibah, 326. Jones, Anthony S., 533. Catherine, 226, 545. David, 234. Ephraim, 468. Hannah, 137. Hannah H., 142. Capt. John, 262. John Paul, 229, 506, 507, 512, 531. Mrs. Martha, 262. Nathaniel N., 92, 225, 287. Sarah, 266, 468. Josie M. (steamboat), 81. KAMES, 13. Kasan, University of, 341. Kavan, James, 103. Keene, N. H., 339. Keese, John, 323. Kelby, John, 583. Kelleher, [ohn J., 613. Keller, 182, 183. Kelley (Kelly) : Charles P., 612, 613. Elbridge G., 430, 431, 606. John, 583. Kelly schoolhouse, 230, 257, 447,568. Kemp, Amos, 105. Kennebunk, Me., 23. Kennebunkport, Me., 79. Kenney, John, 99. Kenniston, Jonathan, 608. Laban, 276. Levi, 276. Kent, Benjamin, 516, 525. Elizabeth, 288. Mrs. Hannah, 200. Henry, 527. Mariner, 35. Mary, 266, 468. Moses, 37, 88, 92. Richard, 32, 200. Sarah, 200, 201, 267. Stephen, 97, 98. Kent street, 31, 37, 64, 153, 257, 296, 298, 336, 446. Keough, Robert F., 81. Kervins, James, 104. Kettle, James, 234. Kettle hole, 14. Kilborn, Constable, 46. George, jr., 525. Jedediah, 526. Corp. John, 90. Robert, 526. 648 INDEX Kilham, Doctor, 263. Daniel, 301, 302. Elizabeth D., 398. Mrs. Hannah, 301. Jeremiah, 398. KilUngworth, Conn., 578. Kilpatrick, Captain, 22. Kimball, Betsey, 334, 410. Caleb, 93, no, 563. John, 251. Mrs. Lucy, 131. Marcia D., 389. Moody, 494, 610, 611. Moses, 169, 173, SI 6. Sumner I., 22. William, 147, 524. Kimball's island, 75. King, Mrs. Isabella, 266. John, 98. Richard, 266, 467. Rufus, 119, 262, 266, 422, 467. Wooden statue of, 422. Mrs. Sibbella, 467. Thomas Starr, 175. King Cyrus Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, 124. King's privy council, 570. King street, 208, 223, 234, 396, 495. King wharf, 208. Kingman, Ezra, 31 1. Hannah, 311. Mrs. Susanna, 311. Kinney, Abijah, 98. John, 97. Kinsman, Dr. Aaron, 282. Clara, 63. Mrs. Elizabeth, 282. Henry W., 63, 287, 493. Henry Willis, 282. Louisa H., 63. Mrs. Martha Frothingham, 282, Mary McKinstry, 63. Mrs. Nancy, 2S2. Kitson, Henry Hudson, 401. Mrs. Theo Alice, 401. Kittell, James, 156. Kitlery, Me., 284. Kitty Boynton (steamboat), 75. Kloot, William, 519, 520, 522, 526. Knapp, Captain, 124. Anthony, in, 601, Cynthia, 63. Elizabeth, 370. Isaac, 28, 30, 93, III, 275. Jacob, 525. Capt. James O., 503, 615. Joseph, 168, 518, 520, 522. Mrs. Lydia, 211. Knapp, Mrs. Mary Ann, 275. Nathaniel, 28, 30, 124, 125, 147- Samuel, 516. Samuel L., 136. Samuel Lorenzo, 275. Mrs. Susanna, 275. William, 90, 112, 21 1, 250. Knight, Amos, 33, 526. Mrs. Ann, 310, 565. Anne, 155. Anne C, 139. Antonio, 439 445, 500, 555. Benjamin, 33, 21 1 Charles, 565. Serg. Daniel, 93. Eben C, 179, 611. Edmund, 562. Elizabeth, 439, 440, 445, 505. Frederick, 310, 439-441. Dr. P'rederick Irving, 310, 616. Hale, 37. Hannah W., 445. Henry Cogswell, 439-441. Jacob, 607. James, 112. John, 91, 94, 97, 98, 298. Joseph, 156, 439, 440, 555. Mrs. Louisa Armistead, 310. Lucy, 543. Mrs. Martha, 211. Mrs. Mary, 439, 555. Rebecca, 591. Sarah, 511. Winchester, 516. Knight Templars, 124, 125, 294. Grand Encampment of Massachu- setts and Rhode Island, 125. Newburyport Commandery of, 124. Knobb's beach, 21, 25. Life-saving station, 21. Krell, Mrs. Maria Augusta, 140. I ABENTA, Andrew, 103. i— LacaiUade, Dr. James O., 310. Lacon (schooner), 22. Ladd, Nathaniel, no. Persis Matilda, 328. Thomas, 518. Ladies' Bethel society, 142, 143. Ladies General Charitable society, 384- Lady Franklin Bay expedition, .343,344. LaFayette, General, 58, 114, 117, 247, 272, 277, 416, 462, 531. Reception of, 247. Laird, Robert, Brewery of, 533. Lake, David, 525. Sarah, 385. INDEX 649 Lake Champlain, 95. George, 95, 499. Ontario, 211. Lamb, Charles, 336, 338. Lambard, Charlotte Louisa, 258. Lambert. Jonathan, 110. William", 89. Lambinet, Emile, 354. Lamson, Caleb, 92, 287. Lancaster, Mass., 312, 560. Landais, Capt. Pierre, 531, Lander, Emma, 179. Landford, Hiram H., 613. Lane, Benjamin L, 171. Fraisalette Cutler, 553. Capt. Francis, 553. Isaac W., 180. Richard J., 370. Lanes, 14, 15, 31. 63. Lang, Annie Moseley, 304. Harriet, 319. Lascomb, Mrs. Betty, 211, 233, 238, 239- Mary, 234. Robert, 211, 233, 234, 293. Laskey, Jas., 526. Joseph, 518, 519, 522. Latin classics, 455. grammar school, 31 1. high school, 407. Lattimore, Nicholas, 525. Laughton, Elizabeth, 202, 203. Joseph, 203. Launchings, 70, 73, 293, 594. Laura Marion (steamboat), 25. Lawrence, Mass., 41, 71, 75, 76, 80, 271, 281, 480, 550, 552. Lawrence (steamboat), 70-72, 81. Laws, Codification of, 571, 572. of colony, 504. Revision of, 573-576. Lawson, Mrs. Catherine, 352. Mrs. Elizabeth, 352. Mrs. Frances, 352. Frances Ellen, 352. Lilla, 352, 353. Thomas B., 476. Thomas Bayley, 352, 353. Walter U., 352. William, 352, 525. Lawyers, 61, 92, 135, 163, 2155-287, 311, 322,327,400,401,403, 404, 430, 434, 440, 441,461, 463,467, 468, 476,477,480,481,485,513, 555, 558, 559. Leach, Captain, 19. Leader (brig), 252. Leathers, Joseph, 262, 263. Leathers, Mrs. Martha, 262, 263, 301. Sarah, 263. Leavitt, Mrs. Hannah, 375. Thomas, 375. Le Breton, Anthony, 214. Caroline Lewis, 215. Edmund L., 149. Edmund Lewis, 215. Edward L., 174. Eliza, 215. Elizabeth, 215, 556. George Washington, 215. Mrs. Lucy O., 215. Mrs. Mary, 214. Mary Anthony, 215. Peter, 29, 147, 170, 214, 215, 307. Mrs. Sarah Allen, 215. Stephen, 214, 215. Mrs. Tabitha, 215. Lechford, Thomas, 255, 256. Lectures, 174, 175, 177, 178, 277, 318, 326, 328, 340, 415, 556. Lee, Amelia, 403, 404. George Gardner, 292. Mrs. Hannah Farnham, 292. John, 147. Joseph, 195, 403. Leicester, Mass., 463. Leigh, Robert, 516. Leighton, Mis. Caroline Gushing, 338. Rufus, 338. Lennon, Elizabeth, 352. Leonard, Mrs. Charlotte, 232. Evelyn, 232. George W., 232. Mrs. Lydia, 296. Mrs. Susanna, 296. Dr. William Bouchier, 295-297. Leonidas Fire society, 31, 32. Leopard (iron collier), 78. Lesley, Edward S., 151, 153, 171. Letters, 86, 106, 107, 222, 247, 251, 263, 346, 432, 440, 469, 482, 592, 594, 595- of marque, 222, 247, 251. British, 247. of George Washington, 106, 107. Leverett, Capt. John, 574. Levesque, Rev. J. L. M., 235. Levy, Samson, 606. Lewis, Alonzo, 501. Harriet, 344. James D., 61 1. Joseph S., 376. Tabitha, 215. William, 94, 97. Lewis, J. W., & Co., 328. Lewiston (steamboat), 81. 650 INDEX Lexington, Mass., 230, 243, 399. Va., 109. Lexington, Battle of, 86, 361. Libbey, John, 1 10. Theodore, 516. Liberator, The, 317. Liberty street, 35, 174, 214, 336, 566. Libraries, 131, 172, 173, 175-180, 293. 334. 465. 466, 497- Lil^rary, Haverhill, Catalogue of, 497. Newburyport Athenaeum, 172, 173. Public, 131, 334. " Life in a New England Town," 265, 301. Life saving stations, 17, 21, 23-26. Lighthouse, Ipswich, 23, 27. Plum island, 23. Lighthouse point, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25. Lighthouses on Plum island, 16, 17, 23, 27, 564. Lime street, 35, 52, 133, 211, 212, 223, 224,251, 348, 381, 392, 450, 4511 564- Lincoln, George C, 389. Leontine, 152. Lindsey, James, 94. John, 98. Susanna, 296. Linnean Society, Newburyport, 173. Litchfield, Conn., 278, 279, 440. Lithoid Manufacturing Co., 44. Little, Mr., 45S, 459. Dr. Abby Noyes, 310. Mrs. Abigail, 88. Alice, 304. Amos, 1 1 2, Ebenezer, 597. Edward, 270, 280, 287, 471, 499, 600. Edward H., 169, 372, 432. Mrs. Elizabeth, 295. Lt. George, 527. Hannah, 405. Henry B., 81, 131, 167. Mrs. Henry B., 208. Henry W., 615. Jacob, 417. Mrs, Jane, 295. Joseph, 100. Joshua, III, 167. Josiah, 176, 270, 402-404, 416,471, 493- Mary, 213, 214, 467. Michael, in, 537. Moses, 87, 88, 91, 92, III, 264, 295, 361, 399.511. 598. Nathaniel, 112. Richard, 264, 295. Little, Mrs. Sarah, 270, 402, Mrs. Sophronia, 402, 403. Tristram, 213. William, 178, 179. Little, Edward, & Co., 379. Little, Moses, Residence of, 87, 88. Little Falls, N. Y., 317. Little river, 14. Little Rock, Ark., 321, 322. Littlefield, Ens. William, 92. Livermore, Ann Grace, 476. Arthur Brown, 476. Edward St. Loe, 61, 62,67, 68, 251, 262, 271, 287, 404, 476, 477, 480. Elizabeth Brown, 476. George Williamson, 476. Grace Ann, 476. Harriet, 477, 480. Mrs. Jane, 271, 476. Mrs. Mehitable, 476, 477. Samuel, 271, 476. Mrs. Sarah Greene, 476. William Stackpole, 476. Livesey, Rev. R., 229. Livingston, Alexander, 526. Lizzie H. Haskell (schooner), 23. Lloyd, Fanny, 315. Lock's hotel, 405. Locks and canals on Merrimack river, 245- Logan, Hon. Alexander, 331. Lombard, Allen, 232. Charles, 232. Charlotte, 232. Sibyl, 232. Lombard (schooner), 17. London, Eng., 32, 256, 295,310, 325, 351. 356, 359, 368, 372, 393. 406, 407, 417, 446,448, 461, 465, 495. Londonderry, N. H., 195, 436, 463. Long, Mrs, Anna Matilda, 451, Caroline, 550. Charles, 31. Rev. Joseph Augustus Edwin, 451. Longacre, , 368. Long Button, 583. Long Island, N. Y., 92. Battle of, 91, Long wharf, Boston, 409. Lopans, Captain, 20. Lord, Elizabeth, 419. Mrs. Frances Maria, 305, 558. Lt, James, 88, 92. Lynde, 278. Mrs. Mary, 278. Mary Shildon, 278. L'Orient, France, 250, 506, 531. Loring, , 536, INDEX 651 Loring, Henry, 520. John T., 602. Richard, no. Lougee, Serg. John, 90. Louisbourg, Capture of, 547. Louisiana, 109. Louisville, Ky., 219. Lovell, Genera], 293. Levering, Richard, 1 10. Lovett, Mrs. Eliza Ann, 335. Eliza Jane, 335. Joseph, 526. William H., 335. Low, Lt. Ebenezer, 88. Low street, 115. Lowell, Ann, 564, 565. Mrs. Elizabeth, 564. Francis Cabot. 244, 246. James Russell, 175. John, 89, 245, 261, 269, 34S, 467, 499, 565. 597. 598. Joseph, 527. Lewis, 564. Richard, 32, 91, 94, 98. Samuel, 91, 94, 98. Mrs. Sarah, 261, 269. Mrs. Susan, 245, 261. Sydney Vale, 327, Lowell, Mass., 69, 70, 75, 80, 245, 246, 303. 328, 352, 446, 477. Lower Green, 13, 14, 178, 185. Lower Long wharf, 208, 209. Lowth, Rev. Robert, D. D., 496. Loyalists, 189, 190, 192, 195, 197, 258. Lucy M. Collins (schooner), 24. Ludlow, Captain, 23. Lufkin, Caleb, 525. Lt. David, 525. Luke Hoyt (steam-tug), 78, 79. Lundy, Benjamin, 317. Lunt, , 75. Abel, 228, 280, 281, 513, 555. Mrs. Abigail, 513. Abner, 250, 507, 508. Abraham, 509. Mrs. Adelaide, 513. Anne, 503-505, 508-510. Benjamin, 209, 505, 507. Charles, 83, 145, 418. Cutting, 505-507. Daniel, 112, 503-505, 507, 509- 5", 513- Deborah, 505-507, Edmund Coffin, 509. Edmund Sydney, 62, 252, 509. Ehza Ann, 2S0, 555. Elizabeth, 503, 504, 506, 510, 561. Elkanah, 505. Lunt, Mrs. Emily, 513. Eunice, 505. Ezra, 86, 88, 92, 99, 506, 510, 561, 602. George, 175, 228, 281, 493, 501, 508, 513. Hannah, 504, 505, 507, 508. Hannah Giddings, 508. Mrs. Hannah Gyles, 251, 509. Mrs. Harriet, 506, 507. Henry, 29, 56, 293, 503-505, 507- 5I3> 572. Jacob, 508. Jacob William, 509. James, 510. Jane, 509-511, 561. Capt. Jeremiah, 70. Mrs. Joanna, 505. John," 503-505, 509. Johnson, 507. Joseph, 505, 506, 513, 520. Josiah, 513. Lois, 505. Mrs. Margaret, 506. Mrs. Martha, 505. Mary, 503-505, 507-5'o. 513, 561. Mary Coffin, 62, 252, 508, 509. Mrs. Mary Green, 512. Mrs. Mary Johnson, 509. Matthew, 510, 51 1, 561. Mehitable, 505. Micajah, 62, 70, 72, 162, 250-252, 416, 493, 508, 509, 523. Miriam, 250, 508. Moses, 510. Nathaniel, 505. Paul, 88, 112^ 506, 507, 561, 605, 606. Mrs. Phebe, 281, 513. Philip H., 178, 179. Priscilla, 503, 504. Richard, 112, 506, 507. Samuel, 510, 526. Samuel Allen, 513. Sarah, 250, 251, 503-512. Mrs. Sarah B., 251, 509. Sarah Giddings, 509. Sarah Lord, 508. Mrs. Sarah Miles, 513. Silas, 506. Skipper, 509. Susan Maria, 508. Sydney William, 509. Thomas, no. William, 508, 509. Rev. William Parsons, D. D., 512, 513- William Pike, 51. 652 INDEX Lunt, Paul, Diary of, 506. Lunt & Leach, 512. Lunt & Tinges, 511. Lunt's hill, 515. Lyceum association, 175. hall, 174. Newburyport, 174. Lyman, Mary, 278. Lynde, Benjamin, 256. Lynn, Mass., 345, 346, 551. MACE, John, 524. Corp. Joshua, 527, 528. Reuben, 58. Machias, Me., 99, 221, 362, 363. Machias Liberty (sloop), 221. Mackintosh, Hiram P., 40. MacKinney, Thomas, 608. Maddock, Thomas J., 21, 539. Madison street, 43. Madison, Ind., 232. Wis., 28. Magee, Peter, 96. Maine, 261, 274, 286, 344, 368, 402, 462. Maine Wesleyan seminary, 327. Maiden, Mass., 380, 419, 428, 504. Mall, The, 14. Improvement association, 184. Malloon, William, 105. Manchester, Mass., 494. N. H., 42. Manchester Locomotive Works, 42, 43. Manley, Captain, 205. Mann, Horace, 339. John, 104. Maplewood. Mass., 413. Mablehead, Mass., 189-192, 194-196, 198, 201, 215, 219, 293, 382. March, , 497. Angier, 31, 497, 498. Mrs. Caroline, 319. Ebenezer, 492. Rev. John C., 175. Nathaniel, 516, 520, 522. March's hill, 515. Marchant, Dr. Peter, 263. Mrs. Sally, 263. Marden, William, 519, 524, 526. Margaretta (British armed cutter), 221, Marietta, O., 108, 296. Marine Fire Society, 28. Marine Insurance Company, Newbury- port, 156. Marine Railway Company, Merrimack, Marine Society of Newburyport, 128. Marion, Joseph, 155, Market hall, 174, 325. Market house, 113, 420,591. Market square, 31, 37, 38, 42, 43, 49, 77, 113, 165, 166, 168, 213, 262, 291, 295, 300, 301, 336, 372, 375, 425. 433, 437. 442, 453. 456, 496- 499> 533, 552, 566, 591- Market street, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 54, 62, 121, 146, 199, 213, 218, 219, 229, 230, 237, 238, 297, 301, 314, 334, 358, 408, 447, 566, 568. Marlborough street, 112, 128, 180, 194 314, 327,328, 350, 386. Marquand, Ann, 240. Charles, 240. Daniel, 239, 240. Elizabeth Coffin, 240. Joseph, 32, 239, 240, 556. Lemuel, 74, 77, 81, 155. Mary, 239, 240. Michal, 212, 213. Rebecca, 133, 239, 240, 556. Mrs. Sarah, 556. Susan Coffin, 194, 278. Susanna Coffin, 240. Marrs, Evangeline, 398. Marsh, Rev. Christopher Bridge, 459. Jacob, 105. Jonathan, 598. Mary, 233. Nathaniel, 31. Marshall, Captain, 23. Marston, Mrs. Mary, 414. Mrs. Mary Jane, 540. Peter, 280. Mrs. Rebecca, 280. Mrs. Sarah, 438. Stephen W., 32, 149, 165, 166, 274, 280, 287, 382, 414, 417, 418, 540, 600, 601. Stephen Webster, 414. William A., 287. Martha (brig), 225. Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth, 263. Mary and John (ship), 503. Mary Ann (ship), 204. Mary G. Powers (schooner), 25. Marysville, Cal., 71, 351. Masconomet mills, 42, 151. Mason, Sergeani, 517. John, 98. Prof. Lowell, 181. Robert, 562. Samuel, 517. William, 518, 519. Masonic organizations, 322. INDEX 653 Massachusetts, 209, 214, 220, 256, 261, 269, 271, 272, 279, 281, 284, 286, 2S7, 293, 309, 310, 329, 338, 344. 34Si 354, 3^^2, 368, 404, 419, 460, 467, 471, 473, 477, 482, 485, 491, 514, 515. 563- Bay Colony, 503, 504, 572, 574, 577. Bay Province, 577. Governor of, 471. Massachusetts Constitutional conven- tion, 261. Massachusetts General Hospital, 310. association, 269. Massachusetts General Hospital for the Insane, 131. Massachusetts Historical Society, 507. Massachusetts infantry, 345. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 395- Massachusetts Medical college, 367. Massachusetts Medical Society, 307. Massachusetts miHtia, 272, 485. Massachusetts senate, 469. Massasoit (steamboat), 80. Massey, Charles, 219. Mrs. Elizabeth, 219. Mather, Cotton, 567. Matignon, Rev. Francis Anthony, 276. Matrosses, 93, loi, 102. Matthew's cove, Island of Grand Ma- nan, 354. Mattie Sargent (steam-tug), 74. Maud (steamboat), 75. Maverick church, 320. May, Rev. Joseph, 332, 348, 591. Rev. Samuel J., 591. May Queen (steamboat), 73, 76. McBurnie, Edith M., 180. McClenlick, William, 97, 99. McCobb, Col. Samuel, 96. McCrelles, Reuben, 527. McCusker, John E., 81, 312. McDonald, James, 93. McFarland, James, 105. William, 105. McGaw, Mrs. Hannah, 463. John, 463. Thornton, 463. McHard, Joseph, iii. Capt. William, 297. Mclntire, Sarah Justice, 565. McKeen, James, 99. McKinney, Thomas, 72. McKinnon, John H., 81. McKnight, Robert, 104. McMan, John, 99. McNall, Capt. Joseph, 96. McNeil, George E., 340. McNeil, Capt. Hector, 204-206. Mary, 192. McPharson, Paul, 105. McQuillen, William E., 78. Mechanic (steamboat), 69. Mechanic Library association, 177. Mechanick association, Newburyport, 134- Mechanicks Bank, 167, 169-171, 413, 550. Medford, Mass., 90, 175, 279, 564. Meeting-house, Rev. Mr. Andrews', 122, 219. Rev. Mr. Gary's, 113,290. Dr. Dana's, 174. Federal street, 174, 450. of First Religious Society, 123, 299, 406, 430, 487. on High street, 457. in Maiden, 428. Methodist, 174.. Rev. Mr. Moore's, 386. on Prospect street, 436, 448, 449. in Rowley, 581, 582. South, in Peabody, 407. Third Parish, 291. Meeting-houses, 18, 19,37,41,49,50, 54, 113, 122, 123, 135, 136, 174, 181, 219, 276, 278, 290, 291, 299, 325, 3S6, 406, 407, 428, 430, 436, 448-450, 457, 460, 4S7, 581,582. Meigs, Rev. Benjamin C, 532. Melcher, Hannah, 375. Mellowes, Edward, 504. Mrs. Hannah, 504. Meloon, Josiah, 104. Melrose, Mass., 336-338. Members of congress, 467-476. Memphis, Tenn., 322. Memphis Appeal, 322. Men, Newburyport Society for the Re- lief of Aged, 141. Merchants, 15, 60, 64, 92, 155, 160, 189, 199, 200, 202, 208, 212, 216, 220, 225, 246-248, 250, 253, 298, 385,397,404.406, 408, 411, 413, 460,474,508, 509,515, 553, 557- Merchants Bank, 126, 127, 167, 168, 170, 252-254. building, 126, 170, 176, 226. Merchants Insurance Company, 161. Merchants Mutual Insurance Company, 163. Merrill, Colonel, 524, 525. Annis, 93, 105. Charles R., 137. Edna, 303. Ezekiel, no. 654 1ADEJ< Merrill, Henry, ill, 6oi. Jacob, IT I, 526. James, 519. Dr. James A., 309. John, 94, 161, 162, 165, 166, 309. 492, 526, 601. Jonathan, 97, 98. Mary, 385. Moses, 381, 382, 601, 602. Nancy, 407. Nathan, in. Oliver B., 153, 298. Orlando B., 53, 63, 64. Paul, 134, 521. Paul A., 401. Robert, 134. William, 300. William H., 389. Merrimac, Mass., 494. Merrimac (sloop-of-war), 297. Merrimac (steamboat), 72, 73. Merrimac Valley Visitor, 328. Merrimack, N. II., 463, 464. Merrimack (ship), 212, 246. Merrimack (ship-of-war), 592, 594. Merrimack (sloop-of-war), 225. Merrimack (steamboat), 69, 74, 76. Merrimack Bank, 164. Merrimack Bible society, 134, 135. Merrimack Coffee house, 121. Merrimack court, 198. Merrimack Encampment, I. O. O. F., No. 7, 126, 127. of Newburyport, 127, Merrimack Fire and Marine Insurance Company, 157. Merrimack Humane Society, 17, 128, 129, 275, 276, 372, 499. Merrimack Insurance Company, 157, 159, 160, 162. Merrimack Library association, 175. Merrimack Marine and Fire Insurance Company, 160. Merrimack Marine Railway Company, Merrimack river, 14-16, 70-72, 74-70, 78-83, 130, 198, 210, 245, 254, 408,462, 477, 503, 515, 529-53I' 570, 577, 581; 615. Steam navigation on, 69. Merrimack River Towing company, 78, 79. Merrimack Steam Navigation compa- ny, 71. Merrimack street, 31, 37, 41, 42, 53> 54, 67, 68, 102, 122, 123, 126, 154, 199, 227, 237, 238, 298, 308, 382, 408,419, 420, 446, 473, 496. Merrimack \'alley Steamboat compa- ny, 73, 74, 76, 77- Merritt, Henry, 137. Merry's Museum, 343. Metcalf, N. W., 387. Methodist meeting-house, 174. Methodist Society, Greenland, N. H., 438. Methuen, Mass., 271, 307, 468, 480. Mexican war, 322, 482. Michigan, 281, 411. Middle street, 37, 38, 156, 215, 218, 219, 233, 295, 307,309. 348, 361, 498. Middlesex canal, 70. Middleton, William, 51 8, 521. Middleton, Mass., 494. Middletown, R. I., 319. Mighill, Elizabeth, 473. Thomas, 581. Milbury, Mass., 343. Military companies, 84-86, 88-90, 1 13. Militia, 272, 330, 4S5, 560. Milk street, 212, 361, 448. Mill, Curzon, road, 13. Mill prison, 221, 229,506, 507, 511. Miller, Mrs. Hannah, 192. John, 192. Milliken, Edward, 105. Seth M., 153. Mills, Frances Lord, 284. Levi, 30. Rev. Samuel J., 532. Mills, 42, no, 193, 235, 236, 245, 246, 562. at Pine island, 562. Milnor, Rev. Jame-;, 351, Miltimore, Rev. James, 134. Milton, Rev. :\Ir;, 37. Anna, 450. Mrs. Anna, 450, 451. Anna Matilda, 450, 451. Rev. Charles W., 134, 436. Charles William, 448-451. Lucretia Hamsly, 450, 451. Mary Ann, 450. Mary Jane Clarissa, 450, 451. Selina Mary Ann, 450, 451. Milton, Mass., 335. Miner, Rev. George 11., 34S. Minneapolis, Mmn., 42. Minneola (steamboat), 81. Minot, Me., 308. Minto, James D., 81. Missionary at Isles of Shoals, 548, Mitchell, John, 262. Joseph, 105. Martha, 262, 263. INDEX 655 Mitchell, Ens. Nathaniel, 92. William, 525. M. L. Wetherell (schooner), 24, Mobile, Ala., 69. Mobile (steamboat), 69. MoUenhauer, Emil, 184. Monomsck (steam-tug), 79. Monrce, President, 58, 117, 22S, 247, 350. Jame?, 240. Monroe, President, Reception of, 247. Monroe street, 144, 153. Montgomery, Dr. George, 309. Lt. Nathaniel, 88, 92. Monument on Atkinson common, 185. to the soldiers and sailors, 401. Monuments, 19, 185, 237, 401, 441, 464. Moody, Abigail, 211, 241, 303. Caleb, III. Cutting, 45, 597. David, 597, 598. Edward G., 613. Elizabeth, 54. Enoch, 93. Hannah, 303, 304. Hannah M., 409. Henry T. , 606. Jane, 510, 51 1, 561. John, 1 12, 523. Jos., 30. Joseph Edward, 345. Mrs. Martha, 409. Mrs. Martha Ann Kimball, 303. Mary, 361, 504. Mary C, 303. Mary Little, 389. Paul, 93, 244, 245, 303. Rebecca, 223. Samuel, 112, 257. 504. Sarah, 207. Somerby, 32. Susan Lydia, 303, 304. William, 602. William H., 303, 409. William O., 418. Moody's lane, 473. Mooer, William, 523. Mooney, Amos W., 564, 606. Moore, Rev. Mr., 386. Hamilton, 125. Ira M., 389. Moorfield, Elizabeth, 92. Mootrey, Joseph, no. More, Moses, 522. Moreland, Mrs. Anne, 155. William, 119, 155, 298. Morgaridge, John, iii. Morrill, Frank F., 63. Henry, 563. Corp. Jas., 526. John, jr., 527. Morris, John, 97, 99. Morrison, Charles P., 181, 182. Henry, 518, 522. Thomas, 31, 525, 527, 528. Morse, Rev. Dr., 548. Anthony, 448. Charles Osgood, 177, 287. Mrs. Elizabeth, 566. Dr. Fred O.. 310. Israel A., 610, Rev. James, 134. Joseph, 566. Merrill, 518, 521. Peter, 524. Samuel F. B., 307. Sidney E., 307. William, 566. Mors?, James, 174, 175, 314, 348, 442", 500, 541. Joseph B., 44, 171, I 78, 606, 607. Mrs. Josephine, 541. Morss, Brewster & Huse, 502. Morton, Daniel, 518. Mrs. Harriet, 197. James, 519. Moses, 517. Moseley, Mrs. Caroline Louisa, 409. Charles W., 274. Mrs. Charlotte Augusta, 413, Ebenezer, 136, 147, 160, 170, 174, 272-274, 279, 281, 287,401, 409, 410, 413, 492, 600, 601. Edward A., 606. Edward Strong, 162, 274, 401, 413, 414, 416, 418. Frederick S., 83, 274. James, 97, 99. Jedediah, 307. Mrs. Julia Maria, 409. Lucy Jones, 274, 409, 410. Mrs. Martha, 272. Mary Ann, 272, 274, 409, 410, 413. William O., 138, 144, 274, 409. Mrs. William O., 45. Moseley avenue, 186, 399, 401. Moses, Serg. William S., 517. Moulton, E., 130. George, 517. Henry W., 177. Henry William, 344. John, III. Jonathan, 517,. 522. Joseph, 147, 598- Lydia, 296. 656 INDEX Moulton, Nathan A., 417, 536, 537, 606. Mrs. Susan Floyd, 344. Susan Whitlemore, 344. William, 296. Mouut Rural, 56-58, 304. Muir, Elizabeth Dame, 353. Mulliken, Benjamin, 105. Hannah Gyles, 251, 509. Jonathan, 196, 598. Samuel, 125, 165, 251, 509. Mullins, John, 103. Murdock, , 502. Murphy, Elizabeth, 445. Murray, , 554. George, 367, 368. John, 105, 348, 362, 448, 457-459> 496, 587. Elder Robert, 587. William, 104. Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., 351, 367. Murrill, James, 525. Muse, Margaret, 320. Museum, Boston, 173. Music, 180-184. 230, 330, 334. Musical festivals, 181, 1S2. societies, 180-184. Muzzey, Rev. A. B., 274. Rev. Artemas Bowers, 410. Mrs. John, 137. Lucy J., 137. Mrs. Lucy Jones, 274, 409, 410. Mycall, John, 28, 35, 59, 60, 495, 496. 599- NANCV (schooner), 19. Nantasket roads, 594. Nantucket, Mass., 351. Nantz, France, 214, 251. Narragansett country, 572. Narragansett (steamboat), 72. Nason, Dr. Arthur C., 44, 310. Mrs. Arthur C, 274. C., 502. Nason, Bragdon & Co., 502. Nashua, N. II., 70, 80. National Academy of Design, 351, 354, 355- Naval battle, 200. ofificers, 203, 205, 274. supplies, 531, 534. Navigation, 244. on Merrimac liver, 615. Steam, 69. Navy, 226, 295, 531, 592, 594, 596. Secretary of the, 594. English, 295. Nelson, Mrs. Elizabeth, 473. Elizabeth Mighill, 474. Jeremiah, 156, 157, 159, 161, 170, 207, 473-476, 481, 600. John B., 474, 476. Mrs. Mary, 44, 474, 481. Mary Balch, 474. Mary E., 44. Oscar II., 287. Solomon, 473. Nesmith, Henrietta Crager Hudson, 343- John, 75. Mrs. Marie A., 343. Thomas L., 343. Nevada county, Cal., 283. Newark, N. J., 413. New Baltimore, N. Y., 79. New Bedford, Mass., 339, 340, 351, 555- New Brunswick, 73, 354, 356. Newbury, Mass., 13-15, 18, 27, 32, 36, 41, 46, 49-51. 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 86, 88-90,93, 95, 96, 102, 112, 114, 115, 117, 121, 125, 128- 130, 137. 138. 144, 147, 148, 178- 180, 185, 193, 198, 200, 201, 207, 208, 210, 21 1, 213, 214, 216, 226, 229, 233-235, 237, 238, 241, 244, 250, 251, 257, 261, 262, 264, 265, 267, 268, 270, 274, 277, 284, 285, 288, 289, 291, 295, 297, 303, 304, 308, 313. 3i4» 325. 327. 328, 340, 343i 344, 348, 353, 355, 360, 361, 363, 380, 385, 386, 397, 399, 402, 405, 408, 415, 419, 431, 437> 438. 451,456,457,461,467, 468, 471, 473,477, 482, 491-496, 498, 499, 503,504,506, 515, 543, 545, 551, 552, 556, 558, 564, 565, 567, 570 572, 577, 578, 580, 616. Annexation of part of, to Newbury- port, 115. Two hundred and fiftieth anniversary exercises, etc., 340. town house, 174. Newbury, Vt., 275, 304. Newburyport, 1-616. Area of, 15. Incorporation of, 15, .157. Population of, 15. Newburyport academy, 558. Newburyport artillery company, 100, 109, 112, 117, 118, 267. Newburyport Athenneum, 172, 173, 177. Newburyport Bank, 65, 66, 164-166, 552. INDEX 657 Newburyport Bethel society, i8, 142, 143- Newburyport, Boston and Haverhill Steam Boat Company, 70. Newburyport bridge, 148. Newburyport Charitable society, 413. Newburyport Choral Union, 183. Newburyport Circulating Library, Cat- alogue of, 500. "Newburyport in the Civil War," "History of," 345. Newburyport Commandery of Knight Templars, 125. Newburyport Co-operative Bank, 171. Newburyport Daily Courier, 283. Newburyport Daily and Semi-Weekly Herald, 281. Newburyport Daily Evening Union, 353. Newburyport Electric Light and Power Company, 154. Newburyport Encampment of Knight Templars, 125. Newburyport Female Charitable socie- ty, 131-133- Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, 171. Newburyport Gas and Electric Com- pany, 154. Newburyport Health Insurance Com- pany, 163. Newburyport Herald, 64, 315, 327, 328, 353- Newburyport Homreepathic Hospital, 145- Newburyport Hosiery Company, 147, 148. Newburyport Howard Benevolent so- ciety, 136, 137, 139. Newburyport Insurance Company, 161. Newburyport Ladies Bethel society, 143. Newburyport Library association, 176. Newburyport life saving station, 21,25, 27, 539- Newburyport Linnean society, 1 76. Newburyport Lyceum, 174, 177, 183, 415. Newburyport Marine Insurance Com- pany, 156, 203. Newburyport Marine Insurance society, 160. Newburyport Marine society, 16, 17, 28, 128, 213, 222, 223, 251, 252, 381, 382, 564. Newburyport Mechanick association, 134. Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 43, 160, 162, 474, Newburyport Mutual Fishing Insurance Company, 160. Newburyport and Newbury Mechanics association, 134. Newburyport Oratorio class, 182, 183. Newburyport Phenix Marine and Fire Insurance Company, 158, 159, Newburyport Silk Company, 148. Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Females, 139, 140. Newburyport Society for the Relief of Aged Men, 141. Newburyport Steam Cotton Company, 148, 149. Newburyport Woolen Manufacturing Company, 146, 147. Newburyport Young Men's Christian Association, 145. New Dorp, Staten Island, N. Y., 354. Newell, Mrs. Jane, 242. Nathaniel, 242. New England, 214, 295, 307, 314, 326, 372, 408, 410, 556, 577. coast, 534. Council for, 570. states, 330, 515. New England Worsted Company, 398. Newfield, N. H., 382. New Gloucester, M«., 311. Newhall, Awlrew, 99. Mrs. Elizabeth, 543. Mary, 313, 543. Samuel, 59, 113, 293, 543. New Hampshire, 175, 261, 328, 344, 368, 402, 460, 462-464, 476, 480. Governors of, 292, 294. New Haven, Conn., 86,272,430,501, 590. New Hill burying ground, 112, 240, 312, 338, 480. New Holderness, N. H., 196. New Jersey, 77, 78, 361,511. New London, Conn., 71. Newman, Benjamin, 88, 93, 519, 524, Elizabeth, 291, 565, 566. Jane, 291. Joanna, 291, 566. John, 288, 291, 516, 565. Joseph, 29. Joshua, 291, 566. Judith, 291, 566. Mary, 291, 566. Payne, 291. Samuel, 31, 61, 93, 103, 160, 43S. Sarah, 252, 253. Susanna, 275. Timothy, 291, 566, 594-596. Wingate, 291. 658 INDEX Newmarch, Joseph, 31. New Orleans, La., 70, 109, 343, 345, 463- Newport, R. I., 456, New Rowley, Mass., 550. Newspapers, 117, 121, 124, 176, 270, 3'3. 315. 321-3231 327, 329. 353. 362, 410. Newton, Jeremiah L., 176, 389. Newton, Mass , 391. New V'ork, 23, 24, 91, 103, 155, 264, 266, 283, 292, 511, 541. New Ycrk.N.Y., 23, 70, 117,221,223, 267, 268, 276, 277, 286, 304, 307, 310, 317, 323, 325-327, 351-356, 35^,361, 379. 392, 395' 399, 406, 411, 417, 418, 461, 463, 467, 478, 512, 534, 559- Nichols, Humphrey, 105. James, 526. Mrs. Mary, 451, 453. Mary Caroline, 67. Samuel, 161, 167. William, 29, 66, 67, 247, 249, 250, 303. 493, 507, 534, 602. Nineteenth army corps, 283, 485. Nixon, Col. lohn, 89. Noble, Oliver, 91. Norfolk, Conn., 275. Va., 351. Norfolk (vessel), 596. Norris, Caleb, 417. James, 104. North Congregational church, 142, 146, 183, 320, 384, 500, 533. Meeting-house of, 40, 460. " North End Papers," 153, 298. North Yarmouth, Me., 289, 290. Meeting-house in, 290. Northend, Enoch T., 607. Ezekiel, 581. Sarah, 288. lion. William D., 283, 487. Norton, Amos, 1 10. Anne, 133. - Bishop, 599. 'Daniel, 355. • George, 112, 516. - Joshua, 33. ■« Mrs. Mary, 355. - Moses, 516. -^Richardson, 93. — Mrs. Sarah D., 356. "Stephen, 525. - William B., 525. "William Edward, 355-358. Norwich, Conn., 71. Notes of city illegally issued, 537. Nova Scotia, 96. Nowell, Increase, 572, 573. John, 33. Capt. Moses, 86, 93, 94, 230, 243, 361. Samuel, 32. Silas, 525. Noxon, Laura Ann, 395, 554. Noyes, Captain, 124. Mr., 452. Amos, 63, 112, 161, 167, 177, 287, 416, 526, 601. Charles W., 539. David, 161, 167. Dolly, 242. Dorcas, jr., 133. Ebenezer, 520, 523. Eliphalet, 32. Dr. Ernest H., 309. Dr. Francis \'., 175. (ieorge O., 609. Ilarrielte E., 430. Henry J., 235, 610, 61 1. Herbert S., 613. Isaac, 33. Isaac P., 179, 609. Serg. Jacob, 518, 523. James, 503. Jane, 295. John, 1 12, 505. John M., 527. Joseph, 234, 598, 599. Martha, 505. Mrs. Mary, 505. Moody B., 612, 613. Nathan, 170, 297. Nicholas, 503. Paul, 297. Mrs. Rebecca, 297. Robert, 522. Robert II., 517. Samuel, 297. Sarah, 242, 244, 510. Sewall B., 235. Serg. Simon, 105. W. Herbert, 609, 610. William, 103, 214, 599. William H., 83, 608. Woodbridge, 303. Nye, Dr. Samuel, 129. OAK Hill cemetery, 14, 92, ill, 225, 236, 247, 250, 285, 305, 310, 332, 340, 393, 396, 397, 474, 514, 540. Oakland street, 15, 332. Oakley, Arthur E., 351. Mrs. Cornelia, 351. INDEX 659 Oakley, Violet, 351. Obbins, Solomon, 88. O'Brien, Mrs. Betsey, 224. David, 223. Dennis, 223. Hannah, 222, 540. Harriet, 224. Israel, 234. Jeremiah, 221, 222. John, 29, 60, 158, 167, 222, 223, 540, 599. Joseph, 123, 222-224,600. Marcia, 540. Marcy, 222, 540. Mary, 234. Mary Johnson, 224. Polly, 222. Mrs. Rebecca, 223. Richard Morris, 222. Sam\iel, 103. Thomas Moody, 224. \^aleria, 224, William, 222, 223. William Moody, 224. Ocean avenue, 347. ' Ocean Mills, 42, 44, 153. Ocean National Bank, 167, 168, 170, 253. -54- O'Connell, Georga H., 287. Odd Fellows, 125. hall, 126. Oddie, John A. L., 607. Ohio (steamboat), 70. Old llill burying ground, 15, 18, iii, Ii5i 139. i85>209, 213, 218, 219, 229, 232, 260, 288, 290, 293, 361, 428-430, 450, 583-589. Inscriptions in, 583-589. Old Ladies' Home, 139, 140, 203, 401, 413- Old Men's Home, 141, 401. Old Newbury Historical Society, 207, 476. Old South meeting-house, 133. Boston, 318. Olive (brig), 251. Olive Branch (schooner), 20. Olive lane, 31. Olive street, 140, 155, 420. Oliver, Mrs. Elizabeth, 302. Thomas, 302. Orange street, 18, 228, 234, 306, 309. Orations, 135, 136, 265, 276, 49S. Oratorios, 182-184, Ordway, John, 199. Moses, 58, 518, 525. Nathaniel, 300. Samuel, 526. Ordway, Stephen, 522, Thomas, 31. Ordway's lane, 54, 566. Orient (steamboat), 76. Orleans, Duke of, 462. L. P. B., 462. Orne, Eleanor, 334. Eliza, 271. Harriet, 415. William, 271. Orphans, 131-133, 456. Osborne, George J., 122. George Jerry, 496. Osgood, Alfred, 607. David, 97, 98. Dean, 99. Edward, 180, 350. Enoch, 160. Frank S., 180, 350. George, 609. Hannah, 210. John, 44, 137, 416. Osgood, James R., & Co., 346. Otis, George, 398. Harrison Ciray, 398. James F., 174. Samuel A., 599. Samuel Allyne, 164. Oxford, Eng., 455, 456. Oxnard, Edward, 272. Mrs. Mary, 272. Mary Ann, 272, 274, 409, 410, 413. PACATUCK, 572. Pacific coast, 254, 327, 338, 393. Packer, Edward, 520, 523. George, 516, 518-520, 523, 527. Dr. H. T., 309. Pafford, John, no. Page, Asenath Lyons, 354. Charles W., 610. David P., 174, 175, 287, 335. John, 521. John T.,605. Richard, 526. Ruth, 552. Paige, Serg. William, 90. Paine, Mrs. Eliza, 270. Robert Treat, 262, 270, 467, 497. Sarah, 415. Thomas, 270, 497. Painter's Arms, Sign of the, 16, 348. Painters (art), 347, 348, 352, 353>355, 359, 375. Portrait, 352, 353. Palestine, 279, 478. Pallas (brig), 250, Palmer, Andrews, 589. 66o INDEX Palmer, Mrs. Anna, 588. Mrs. Elizabeth, 589. John, 5S9. Timothy, 28, iii, 588, 589. Panama, Isthmus of, 393. Panther (iron collier), 78. Parana river, 393. Pardee, Aaron, in, 360. Benjamin, 521. Henry, 31. Mrs. Jane, 360. Paris, France, 106, 248, 307, 329, 351, 356, 460, 461, 464, 466. Salon, 356, 357, 359. Treaty of, 500. Park, Isaac, 224, 526. John, 122. Park improvements, 396. Parker, Lt. Aaron, 88. Edgar, 398. Edward, 526. Elizabeth, 307. George, 527. Capt. Gideon, 88, 92. J. C. D., 183. Nathaniel, 96, 98. Phineas, 242. Samuel, 105. Mrs. Sarah, 242. Theodore, 175. Rev. Thomas, 503. Capt. William, 22. Parker river, 13, 14, 0, 147, 178, 503, 538, 570. Parmenter, , 314. Parsons, Adelaide, 513. Arexine G., 389. Mrs. Elizabeth, 262. Lt. Enoch, 88, 92. Capt, Harry, 251. John D., 24, 615. Jonathan, 29, 33, 290,348, 457-459- Jonathan Gibson, 290. Joseph, 525. Lydia, 210, 311. Mary, 290. Theophilus, 147, 262, 264-266, 269- 271, 275, 285, 403, 468, 476, 497, 540. T. W., 513. Parsons, Mass., 277. Parsons street, 251. Parton, Mrs. Ellen Willis, 332. Ethel, 348. James, 178, 185, 333. John, 332. Mrs. Sarah Payson, 332. Pastures, Common, 63. Pattee, William S., 512. Patton, Re%'. Myron O., 348. Paul, Jeremiah, 377. Pauline (steamboat), 77. Pawtucket canal, 245. falls, 70. Pay, William, 88, 97, 98. Payson, Samuel T., 602, 604. Peabody, David, 31, 405. Francis, esq., 190. George, 405-407, 524- John, 65, 405, 600. Mrs. Judith, 405. Stephen, 44, 608. Stephen II., 519. Thomas, 405. Peabody, Mass., 405, 407, 494. Peabody, David, & Co., 405. Peabody, George, & Co., 406. Peabody Institute, Danvers, 406. Peabody Manufacturing Company, 151, 152. Peabody Mills, 42, 152. Peace Jubilee, Grand National, 1S2. Peace Jubilee and International Festi- val in Boston, 182. Peak, Rev. John, 60. Pearce, Elizabeth, 510, 561. Pearson, Abigail, 226, 385. Lt. Abner, 523. Alfred, 610, 612. Amos, 92, no. Charles, 525. David, no. Edmund C, 609. Elizabeth, 215. George F. , 62. George H., 183. Hannah, 242. Henry, 526. Isaac, 601. Isaac G., 599. Jabez L., 117, 604. Jeremiah, 57, 584. John, 135," 137, 155, 157, 170, 599, 602. John S., 601. Mrs. Mary, 57. Mary Green, 512. Michael, 70. Moody, 148. Nathaniel, no. Robert, 523, 526. Theodore, jr., 37. Thomas, 520, 524. Pease, James, 520, 523. Pecker, Corp. William, 105. Peckham, George P., 613. INDEX 66i Peerless (steamboat), 73. Pembroke, Robert, 94, 97, 98. Pendleton, Capt. Bryan, 574, Pennsylvania, 351. State house, 470. University of, 268. Penobscot river, 103, 250, 293, 592. Expedition, 250, 293. Pentucket Navigation Company, 75,76. People's Line of steamers, 76, 78, 81. Peoria, 111., 307. Pepperell, Sir William, 547. Perkins, Mr., 67. Abigail, 360. Abraham, 30, 67, 68, 116, 124, 360, 368, 370, 371, 600. Mrs. Ann, 360-362. Anna, 360. Anna Greenleaf, 360. Anthony, 370, 521. Benjamin, 86, 88, 92, iii, 125, 243, 360, 361, 370, 588. Charles, 370. Charles L., 611. Ebenezer, 360. Edmund, 360. Edward, 610, Elizabeth, 306, 360, 370, 371. Esther, 360. Plannah, 362, 371. Mrs. Harriet, 306. Henry C, 174, 309, 416. Dr. Henry Coit, 306, 307. Henry Russell, 307. Jacob, 38, 122, 125, 360, 362-371, 376, 615. Jane, 360, 362, 370. John, 360, 523, 578. Joseph, 361. Mrs. Judith, 578. Lucy A., 535, 536. Mary, 242, 360, 361, 553, 554> 564. 578, 591- Mary Jane, 371. Matthew, 360-362, 370, 597, 598. Nathan, 360. Nathaniel, 370, 516. Ruth, 360. Sarah, 360. Mrs. Susan Sanderson, 321. Susanna, 360. Thaddeus, 371. Thomas, 306. Perkins, Edward, & Son, 44. Perley, Renton M., 238. Rev. Samuel, 419. Sidney, 18, 313, 583, 614. Perrin, Augustus, 282. Harriet, 282, 487. Perry, Rev. Gardiner B., 500. Mrs. Mary Ann, 274. Oliver Hazard, 274. William, 105, 112. William W., 1 10. Perth Amboy, N. J., 338. Peter (brig), 215. Peters, Richard, 524. Petersburg, Va., 345. Petition of William Farris, 203. Pettigrew, Charles D., 609. Pettingell, Benjamin, 112. Charlotte T., 307. James, 49. John, 121, 157, 170, 599. Jonathan, 522. Joshua, 103, no. Mary, 510, 513. Matthew, 510. Moses, 603. Samuel, 161, 605. Sarah, 137, 510. Capt. William, 25. Petty's island, N. J., 77, 532. Phelps, Miss, 315. Phenix Fire Society, 30. Phenix hall, 123, 125, 315, 4S1. Phenix Marine and Fire Insurance Company, 158, 159. Philadelphia, Pa., 25, 27, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 107, 190, 220, 261, 266, 276,313, 318,321,328,332, 351, 352, 356, 362, 363, 367, 368, 371, 372, 376, 377, 379, 395> 4o6, 417, 418, 460-463, 467-469, 478, 529, 532, 554- Philadelphia and Reading Coal and and Iron Company, 78. Philippe, Louis, 331, 461, 462. Phillips, Henry, 589. Hon. J., 441. Leonard, 521. Mrs. Mary, 589. Mehitable, 589. Mercy, 545. Samuel, 287, 602. Wendell, 175. Phillips Academy, Andover, 238, 392. Phips, Samuel, 97, 99. Phcebe (schooner), 225. Physical geography of Essex county, 539- Physicians, 242, 268, 288-310, 463, 556, 558. Pickard, Hannah, 554. Picker, Joseph, jr., 519. Pickering, Timothy, 93, 371. d62 INDEX " Pickle for the Knowing Ones," 422, 424, 427. Pickman, Levi, 527. Pictou, N. S., 20. Pidgeon, Benjamin, 32, 517-519, 522. Pierce, Balch W., 417. Charles, 420. Daniel, 241, 562. David, 97, Jacob W., 123. Mrs. Jacob W., 447. Martha, 210, 241. Nathaniel, 287, 389, 605, 606. Capt. Nicholas, 522. William P., 417, Pierpont, Caroline Augusta, 279. Mrs. Elizabeth, 278. Mrs. Harriet Louisa, 279. James, 278, 279. John, 135, 175, 274, 278, 279. Juliette, 279. Mary E., 279. Mrs. Mary Sheldon, 278. William Alston, 279. Pike, Abbie F., 142. Albert, 175, 321, 322, 442. Alfred W., 558. Annie M., 137, 138. Benjamin, 32, 94, 95, 321. Daniel, 88, 94, 517, 519. Daniel P., 171, 604. Dorothy, 225. Elias, no. Francis V., 287. James, 500. Capt. James F., 523. John N., 287, 416, 605, 607. Joseph, 94, no, 521, 558. Joseph S., 170. Mrs. Lois, 558. Mary, 561. Mrs. Mary Ai}n, 321. Michael, 104. Moses, 93, 1 10. Nicholas, 48, 97, 159, 249. Nicolas, 496, 598. Richard, 29, 60, 135, 157, 223. Mrs. Sarah, 321. Sarah W., 391. Timothy, 597. Pilling, Dr. Simeon O., 310. Pillsbury, Charles, 516, 518, 524. Daniel, 96, 517, David B., 344. Enoch, 32. Hannah Rolfe, 344. Joshua, III. Lois, 468. Pillsbury Mary, 226. Samuel, in. Tristram, 93. Dr. Warren W., 310, 464. William C, 516. Pillsbury Genealogy, 344. Pinckney (vessel), 596. Pinder, James, 97, 98. Pine island, 562. Pingree, Daniel B., 516. Pinkham, Isaac, 104. Piper, Harriet C, 391. Joseph, 522. Joseph L., 155. William 11., 176. Pipe-Stave hill, 14, 193, 277, 461. Pittsburg, Pa., 463. Pittsfield, Mass., 308. Pittston, Me., 317. Place, Samuel, 88. *' Plaine Dealing, or Newes from New England," 256. Plank road on Plum island, 398. Pleasant street, 37, 39, 40, 67, 114, 123, 135. 136, 145-147, 149,156, 170, 174, 181, 185, 236, 293, 309, 336, 350, 361, 406. meeting-house, 49, 135, 136. Plum island, 15-17, 19-27, 70, 72, 73, 80, 81, 93, 117, 128, 130, 398, 408, 515, 564. beach, 27. hotel, 1 8. life saving station, 21, 539. lighthouse, 23. Plum Island Point, 25. Plumer (Plummer): Mrs. Abigail, 431. Asa, 438. Edmund, 438. Enoch, 32, 122, 522. Francis, 438. Frank H., 611. George H., 611. Henry C, 610. James, 438. Jonathan, 424, 431-438. Joseph, III, 438, 524. Mary, 57. Nathan, 520. Paul, 130. Rhoda, 438. Richard, 171, 493. Samuel S., 601. Sarah, 438. S. S., 137. Thomas, 524. Tristram, 519. ikbEx 663 Plumer, William, 130. William P., 607. Wistran, 525. Plymouth, Eng. , 249, 456. Mass., 275, 297. Pocahontas (brig), 18, 19. Poems, 135, 270, 278, 279, 282, 312- 314. 334, 335' 340, 344. 347. 348, 501, 502, 540, 541, 546. 506. Books of, 312-314. Poems of religion and society, 54ii 546- Poetry, 322. 433-435. 440-443. 54i- Books of, 322. Poets, 175, 313, 314, 322, 323, 513- Poets of Essex county, 313, 314, 322, 323- Point a Petres, Guadaloupe, 92. Point aux Trembles, 204. Point Loma, Cal., 431. Polk, President, 250. Polar discoveries, 343, 344. Polaris expedition, 327. Police, 45. court, 280. station, 154, 420. Polish revolution, 174. Pollock, Allen, 38. Polly (schooner), 225. Pomona (ship), 243, 244. Pomp (negro), 97, Pond street, 115, 209, 335. Pool, Capt. Mark, 563. Poole, John, 125. Poor, The, 301, 381, 382, 428. funds, 380. Poor (Poore): Corp. Amos, 94. Benjamin, no, 329. Ben: Perley, 178, 329-331, 406, 462, 466. Rev. Daniel, 532. Daniel S., 371. George, 105. Isaac, 516, 522. Mary, 505. Mrs. Mary Perley, 329. Nathan, 112. Samuel, 73. Timothy, 1 10. Mrs. Virginia, 331. William, 90, 97, 98. Poore's lane, 14, 15, 198, 570. Pope, Rev. Louis A., 184. Popkin, Rev. John S., 135. Population of Newbury port, 15. Porter, Mrs. Hannah, 235, 237, 557. John, 70, 148, 154, 156, 161, 162, 171, 235,238,416, 521, 557, 603. Port Hudson, La., 283, 343, 485, Engagement at, 283. Port Johnson, N. J., 25. Portland, Me., 40, 76, 137, 219, 251, 252, 262, 265, 266, 270, 272, 282, 311, 405, 407, 408, 462, 468, 469. Portrait of George Peabody, 406. Portraits, 173, 179, 191, 19^, 348, 350-353. 370, 375.406, 451, 475, 476. Portsmouth, Eng., 249. N. H., 20, 25, 35, 69, 70, 75, 80, 81, 117, 195, 271, 320, 353, 361, 405, 420, 441, 457, 459-462, 476, 534. 548. Fort at, 548. Post, Peter, 522. Post-otlice, 222, 328, 502. Postal service, 470. Potter, James, 31. Potter, Shop, kiln and wheel of, 59. Pottle, William, 88. Potomac (ship), 564. Powder, Ciun, loi, 573. Manufacture of, 571. Pownalborough, Me., 318. Powow (steam-tug), 79. Powow river, 461, 531. Preble, Capt. Jedediah, loi. Presbury, Edward, 207. Mary, 207, -;42. Presbyterian church, 5S5. Newburyport, 496. minister, 458. Prescott, Mrs. Ann, 302, 557. Charles, 557. Mrs. Elizabeth, 302. Harriet Elizabeth, 284, 341. Jonathan, 104. Joseph Newmarch, 284, 341. Lucy O., 215. Mary, 302. Mary Newmarch, 341. Nathan A., 520. Oliver, 170, 215, 302, 520, 557. Mrs. Sarah, 2S4, 341, Presidents of United States, 135, 240, 264, 292, 328, 407, 469, 478, 484. Pressey, John, 526. Price, Daniel, 94, 98. Primrose (brig), 20. Prince, James, 156, 158, 167,599, 600. Rev. Joseph, 496. Samuel, 517, 522, William H., 520. Princess Elizabeth (British packet ship), 534- 664 INDEX Princeton, N. I., 318. Printers, 283, 313, 315, 367. 499" 502. Printing offices, 60, 496, 550. Prison, Mill, 221, 229. Prisons, 221, 229, 345. Pritchard, Edward D., 389. Jacob, 519, 524- Stephen, 516. William, 72, 604, 605. Privateers, 29, 66, 159, 221-223, 229, 235, 240, 247-250, 267, 506, 507, 511. 547- English, 159. French, 159, 235, 247, 248, 547. Privy council. King's, 570. "Proceedings o( a Convention of Del- egates from the New England States convened at Hartford De- cember 15, 1814,'" 499. Proctor, Capt. Jonathan, 563. Ens. Samuel, 92. Prospect street, 303, 396, 419, 448. meeting-house, 436, 448, 449. Protector (Masi-achusetts frigate), 209. Protestant Episcopal church, 195, 317, 318, 382, 440, 500. Prout, Mrs. Sarah, 212. William W., 164. William Welstead, 540. William Wesley, 212, 540. Providence, R. I., 81, 145, 314, 317, 318, 431. Provincial congress, 209. N. H., 463. Public library, 127, 176, 179.334, 352, 395, 39S, 402, 404-411, 413-417. 615. building, 178, 221, 264, 398, 415- 418, 420. fund, 402. Pudding lane, 243. Punch bowl, 207, 208. Purchase street, 43, 180, 328, 350. Putnam, Mrs. Ann, 578. Elizabeth, 298. Col. Enoch, 104. Francis W., 607. James, 99. Dr. James Jackson, 245, 404. John, 519, 523, 525- John J.. 609, 610. Joseph, 97, 524. Mary, 355. Oliver, 298, 385, 386. Mrs. Sarah, 385. Thomas, 578. Thorndike, 386. Putnam Free school, 298, 338, 339, 341, 346, 353, 387-389, 390-392, 395- QUARTER court, 580-582. Quascacunquen lodge of I. O. O. F,, No. 39, 125-127. Quascacunquen river, 56, 503. Quebec, 88, 89, 204-206. Expedition to, 202, 204. Queen of the Bay (schooner), 22. Queen of the Merrimack (water barge), 74. Queen street, 62, 121, 199, 213, 2I5, 219, 229. Boston, 499. Queen's wharf, 32, 34, 35, 219. (^)uincy, Dorothy, 220, Josiah, 267. Qjincy, Mass., 512, 513. Quochecho river, 574. Quoddy Bay, 354. RABOTEAU, Charles C, 599. Racklefft, Charles F., 526. Kand, Charles, 291. Edward, 137, 147, 170, 290, 598, 599- Edward S., 147, 157, 170, 416, 492, 600. Edward Sprague, 290. George, 291. Isaac, 290, 523. Jane, 291. John, 31, 290. Margaret, 338, 550. Margaret Dennison, 291. Mrs. Martha, 290. Mrs. Ruth, 290. Randall, Moses D., iSl, 182. Randlett, Thomas L., 154. Rattlesnake (iron collier), 78. Ravvson, Edward, 56, 570-577. Raybourg, Alfred, 501. Rayner, Humphrey, 581. Readtield, Me., 327. Reading, Pa., 224. Reading rooms, 175, 176, 179, 180, 410, 413. Reasonable (English ship-of-war), 229. Reaves, Samuel, 99. Rebecca (schooner), 18. Rebellion, Shay's, 5 1 1. Reception to Gen. A. W. Greely, 344. Reed (Read) : Anna D., 389. Caleb, 527. Daniel M., 171. iJvbMX 665 Reed, David, 300, 520. Enoch M., 169, 605. James, 149, 226, 417. Mrs. Sarah, 226. Selwyn C, 25. Relitf of Agtd Females, Society for the, 138, 139, 382, 413. Relief of Aged Men, Newburyport So- ciety for the, 141. Representatives to general court, 103, 200, 203,209,212,214, 220, 228, 235, 246, 258, 261, 266, 271-273, 275, 279, 281-285, 302, 328, 335, 473. 477. 482, 484, 491, 504, 565, 571- Revere, , 243. Paul, 244. Revivalists, 455-457. Revolution, 189, 192, 194, 203, 209, 212, 214, 216, 258, 329, 547, 548. of 1689, 577. American, 462. French, 461. Revolutionary relics, 331. soldiers, 84-1 12. war, 29, 51. 92, 103, 109, no, 223, 225, 228, 229, 234, 240, 242, 243, 285, 419, 453, 474, 508, 532, 563, 578, 614. Rhinebeck, N. Y., 292. Rhode Island, 94, 100, 103, 105, 113, 125, 261. Bishop of, 318. coal, 367. Expedition to, 293. Richards, Alexander, 57. Daniel, 158. Ellen, 58. Humphrey W., 95. Rev. James, 532. John, 97, 99. Mary Leonard, 58. Oliver, 104. Sibyll, 58. Mrs. Sibyll Sawyer, 57. Richardson, Arthur C, 491, 608, 609. Richmond, \'a., 345. Ridgeway, Sally, 349. Right Arm (steam-tug), 25. Riley, John, 105. Ring's island, Salisbury, 74, 76, 77, 155, 225, 349. Rio Grande river, 322. Rising Empire (ship), 392, Rising Sun Tavern, 452, 453. Road, Old Araesbury ferry, 13. Curzon mill, 13. Roaf, George M., 609. Robbery, 274, 280. Robbins, Captain, 23. James, 526. Roberts, Alice, 193. Ann, 396. David, 94, 97, 98. Joseph, 603. Rev. Oliver A., 123. Parker, 336. Robert, 396, 545, 597. Sarah, 396, 545. Roberts college, 343. Roberts street, 133. Robey, Capt. Joseph, 88. Robinson, Alexander, 520. Alice L., 354. Elizabeth, 347. Capt, John, 105. Joshua Danforth, 335. Mrs. Lucy P., 335. Robert, 335, William, 74. Robinson, Robert, & Co., 335. Robinson Seminary, Exeter, N. IL 347- Rochester, Mass., 308. Rockport, Mass., 23, 494. N. B., 18. Rock's bridge, 462. village, 480. Rogers, Aaron, 1 10. Alice, 63. Andrew W., 154. Benjamin, 29, 128. Charles, 88, 520. David, 97, 99. Rev. Ezekiel, 581, 582. George, 521. George L., 63, 416. Henry, 527. Michael, 527. Nathaniel, 526. Ens. Reuben W., 524. Sarah, 399. Serg. Silas, 522. William, 524. Rogers street, 262. Rolfe, Joseph, 33. Joseph N., 494, 562. Serg. Timothy, 105. Rollings, Eliphalet, 94. Joseph, 94. Romona (ship), 244. Ronney, Abijah, 96. Rope-.valks, 37. Rose, Mrs. Esther, 430. William, 430. Rose (ship), 247. 666 INDEX Rose cottage, 443, 445. Ross, George E., 609, 610. Rev. James H., 178. John, 100. JohnT,, 281. Margaret Ann, 2S1. Rowe, Jacob T., 60S. Rowell," Edward H,, 287. Joseph, 32. Rowley, Mass., 15, 18, 89, 90, 305, 314.385' 439-441, 443, 445' 468, 473' 493, 494, 496, 554, 558, 581- 583. Roxbury, Mass., 92, 261, 565. Roxbury Carpet Mills, 398. Ruby (brigantine), 156. Ruggles, Theo Alice, 401. Rural, Mount, 56-58. Russ, William, no. Russell, Albert, 71, Edward P., 607. Mrs. L. J. H., 389. William, 158, 167. Gov. William E., 340. Russell, Albert, and Sons Company, 42. Russia, 234, 249, 253. Ryan, Sarah D., 356. SACO, Me., 382, 414, 574. Saco river, 495. Sacred Music society, 181. Sacramento, Cal., 71. Salem, Mass,, 29, 33, 60, 80, 93, 124, 125,133, 142, 144, 151, 175, 190, 192, 195, 197, 219, 220, 232, 234, 2<^7, 249, 257, 261, 268, 271, 280, 283,295, 297,301,375, 377, 381, 403, 404, 408, 480, 487, 495-499. 506, 532,537,548, 549,558, 578, 583, 614. Salisbury, Mass., 20, 23, 74, 76, 77, 80, 89, 94, 95, 103, 109, 129, 155, 219, 225, 253, 279, 298, 468, 481, 493, 494. 529, 530, 559, 564, 577- 579, 592-594- N. H., 307. Salisbury beach, 78, 80, 81. Salisbury Point, 23, 279, 298, 300, 462, 531,568. Sally Ann (brig), 247, 248. Salt works, 529, 530. Saltonstall, Captain, 293. Capt. Dudley, 592. Dr. Nathaniel, 129. Richard, 577, 580, 581. Samiloff, Prof. A., 341. Mme. Anna, 341. Sampson, Davenport & Co., 502. Sampson & Murdock Co., 502. Sampson, Murdock & Co., 502. San Antonio, Tex., 335. Sanborn, Frank B., 375. Greene, 601. Sanborne, Harriet, 343. San Diego, Cab, 343. San Domingo, 468. Sandgate, Eng., 325. Sandwich, Kentshire, Eng., 198. Sandwich Islands, 254. Sandy beach, 20, 21. San Francisco, Cal., 71, 138, 283,284, 411,413,417- San Joaquin river, 71. Santa Cruz, 225, 405. Sarah (ship), 130, 372. Wreck of, 130. Sarah (steamboat), 71. Saratoga, N. Y., 315, 563. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 351. Sargent, Aaron Augustus, 283. Aaron P., 283. Abigail, 407. Charles 11., 81, 615. Charles R., 71, Daniel, 546. Mrs. Elizabeth, 2S3. Mrs. Ellen Swett, 283. John W., 24, 180, 612. Leonard W., 44. Mrs. Mary, 546. Miriam, 244. Nathaniel Peaslee, 577. Robert G., 608. William H., 153. Saturday Evening Union, 327. Saturday Night (newspaper), 329. Saimders, Benjamin, 153. George, 104. NN'illiam, 527. Savage, Mrs. Mehitable, 589. Thomas, 589. Savannah, Ga., 275, 320, 345, 455, 456. Sawmill at Pine island, 562. Sawyer, Albert P., 44. Elizabeth, 215. Dr. Enoch, 291, 588. Mrs. Hannah, 405. Hannah Farnham, 292. Dr. J. H., 309. Mary Ann, 292. Matthias Plant, 405. Micajah, 57, 128, 129, 164, 258, 260, 288, 291-293. Dr. Moses, 405. Mrs. Sibyll, 57, 260, 291. William, 292, INDEX 667 Sawyer Hill burying ground, no. Saxonville, Mass., 398. Sayres, Capt. Robert, 503. Sayward, Jonathan, 104. Scarborough, Me., 266, 467. Schalkwyck, Mrs. Mary \'an, 271. Schley, Capt. Winfield S., 344. Schofield Brothers, 147. School books, 341. comnnittee, 278. Decoration of, 185. District, 327, 385. No. 2, 385. Evening, 298. funds. Contributions to, 385, Grammar, 227, 230, 244. teachers, 280, 313, 327, 331, 332, 338, 339, 400, 407, 408, 410, 436, 438,481,551, 553, 555, 556. houses, 387, 447, 478, 480, 534- 537- Schoolhouse, Charles street, 534-537. School street, 315, 457, 458. Schools, 338-340, 351, 353, 358, 407, 408, 414, 477, 481, 500. Schooners, 17-20, 22-27, 69, 79, 221- 223, 225, 252. Schuyler, Mrs. Mary Ann, 292. Philip Jeremiah, 292. Scituate, Mass., 281, 514. Scotland, 155, 208, 245, 407, 465. Scott, Mrs. Hannah, 554. Joel, 161, 554- John, 521, 549, 554, 600. Mrs. Mary, 554. Robert, 363. Walter, 175, 465. Scottish rite, Masons, 322. Seabrook, N. H., 419. Sea Fencibles, 239, 515. Seamen's Friend Society, American, 142. Searle, George, 164, 201, 598. Mrs. Mary Russell, 201. Ens. William, 92. Sears, John Henry, 13, 14, 539. Seaver, Edwin P., 340. Second church, Newbury, 180, 498. Scarborough, Me., 467. Second Presbyterian church, 320, 552. Second Unitarian church, New York city, 512. Secretary of Massachusetts Bay Colo- ony, 573-576. Seelye, Charles D., 391. Selectmen, 46-49, 51, 52, 60, 91, 597- 602. Senate, State, 221, 261, 265, 268. Senate, United States, 329, 331. chamber, Philadelphia, Pa,, 470. Senatorial districts, 278, 493, 494. Division into, 278, Senators, State, 252, 271-273,277, 281, 283, 402, 469, 485, 491-494, 565- United States, 266, 267, 283. Serapis (vessel), 531. " Sermon Delivered November 26, 1808, at the Interment of the Rev. Thomas Cary," etc., 499. " Sermon by Rev. Isaac Braman at the Ordination of the Rev. Gardi- ner B. Perry," etc., 500. " Sermon Delivered March 9, 1819, at the funeral of the Rev. Samuel Spring, D. D.," 500. "Sermon Occasioned by the much lamented Death of Col. Moses Titccmb," etc., 499. Sermons, 129, 279, 320, 348,433, 437, 440, 448, 495-499, 501, 512,532. Sewall, Mrs. Anne, 580. Mrs. Ellen, 580. Henry, 580-582. Mrs. Margaret, 580, Sharon, Conn., 556, Shattuck, Dr., 305. Shaw, , 481. Benjamin, 564. Charles, 367. Edward P., 45, C6, 73, 76, 80, 494. Holland, 51. James F., 494. Dr. John W., 310. Maty Ann, 389. Samuel, no. William, 517, 521, 524. Shays, Daniel, 511. Shay's rebellion, 511. Shenandoah (schooner), 27. Shepard, Col. Edward O., 62, 252. Capt. Isaac, 71. Mrs. Mary Coffin, 252. Shepherd, Sarah Perkins, 415. Shepherdsville, Ky., 410. Shillaber, Mrs. Dorcas, 558. Ebenezer, 558. Ship street, 235, 243. Ship-builders, 241, 242, 31 1. carpenters, 207, 2io, 21 1, 233, 243, 262. masters, 215, 216, 239, 242, 253, 515, 564- owners, 413, 474, 564. wrecks, 16-20, 22-26, 130, 201. wrighis, 233, 262. yards, 113, 207, 209, 241-243, 594. 668 INDEX Ships, i8, 130, 155-157, 163,205,207, 208, 212, 213, 215, 221, 229, 239, 243, 244, 246, 247, 250-254, 325, 355,357,372,392, 461, 503, 5", 592, 596. Short, Charles, 524. George, 524. Joseph, jr., 524. Moses, no, 112. Nicholas, 523. Richard, no. Capt. Samuel, 23. Sign of the Painters' Arms, 16, 348. Sign of the Pestle and Mortar, 301. Sign of General Wolfe, 120. Sign, Wolfe tavern, 120, 350. Sigourney, Mrs. L. II., 501. Silk Company, Newburyport, 148. Silk, Culture of, 148. Silloway, Daniel, 371. Jas., 527, 528. John, 88. Joseph, 518, 520, 523. Wm., 527. Silver buckles, 209. Silver Greys, 515. Silver Star (steamboat), 72. Silver ware, 173, 399, 400, 428, 447. Simpson, Mrs. Abigail, 397. Adam, 105. Mrs. Elizabeth D., 398. Mrs. Evangeline, 398. John, 105. Mabel, 564. Michael H. , 418. Michael Hodge, 397, 398. Paul, 397. Susan, 389. Thomas C, 131, 287, 537, 564, 608, 609. " Simpson Annex," 413. Singing, 180-184. books, 59, 180. Sixth regiment, 272, 330. Sixty-fourth regiment, 190. Skeels, Amos, 524. Skinner, Mrs. Frances Ellen, 352. Frank Bevan, 352, 353. Dr. George W., 309. Slavery, 317, 328, 461. Slaves, 317, 497. Sloops, 17, 27, 2n, 221, 225, 596. of war, 297, 405, 511. Small, Capt. J., 20. Smibert, , 258. Smith, Anthony, 521, 601. Augusta J., 140. Caroline, 57. Smith, Charles F., 30. Charles T., 287, 606, 607. Daniel, 31, 522. Daniel H., 71. Mrs. Dorothy, 57, 260. Edmund, 445, 447. Mrs. Elizabeth, 414. Elizabeth F., 414. Ephraim, 524. Ephraim I., 516-520. Euphemia, 327. Mrs. E. \'ale, 117, 6 1 4. Foster, 326, 523. Hannah, 504. Mrs. Harriet Maria, 219. Mrs. H. M., 183. Hoel, 525. Isaac, 88, 129. James, 104. Lt. Jared, 92. Jeremiah, 104, 404. Joel, 523. John, 88. John Adams, 219. John H., 177. Jonathan, 607. josiah, 57, 58, 89, 260, 587, 598. Justin, 137. "Leonard, 28, 32, 65, 599. Mrs. Margaret, 260, 5S7. Martha, 252. Mrs. Mary, 57. Mrs. Mary Euphemia. 326, 327. Dr. Mayo, 326. Mary Vale, 327. Nathaniel, 144. Rachel, 554. Rebecca, 564. Richard, 112, 598. Samuel, 526. Sarah, 284. Sibyll Sawyer, 57. Stephen, 104. Lt. Sylvanus, 92. Rev. Thomas, 46S, Washington, 414. Wm., 526. Wooster, 502. Smith & Parnienter, 314. Smith's court, 326. Smither, James, 363. SnelHng, Dr. William, 288. Snow, Dr. Frank W., 310. Dr. George W., 309. Snow storms, 16, 17, 40, 407. Society of American artists, 355, 359. Society for the Relief of Aged Females, 382 INDEX 66<5 Society for the Relief of Aged Men, 141. Soldiers, 109, 185, 243, 325, 399,400. and sailors, 185. home, Chelsea, 345. Monument association, 400. at Plum island, 515-524. of the Revolution, 84-112, 511. Somerby, Abiel, 32. Arthur, 519, 523. C. A., 125. Daniel, in. Mrs. Elizabeth, 317. Enoch, 526. John, 31. Joseph, 15, 42S. Moses, no, iii. Thomas, 47, 123, 516, 517, 523. William, 517. Somerby's landing, 419. Somersworth, N. 11., 245. Somerville, Mass., 244. South America, 385, 392, 393, 398. South Carolina, 278, 371, 474. South church, Ipswich, 495, 497, 498. South End Reading Room association, 179. South Hampton, N. H., 298. South Newmarket, N. H., 382. South Portsmouth, R. I., 319. South street, 397, 439. Spain, 150, 174, 229, 482, 484, 500,532. Minister to, 484. Spamins, Peter, 104. Spalding, Jeptha, 121, 122. Julia B., 142. Oliver, 521. Prescott, 31, 600. Samuel J., 171, 177, 329, 348, 473, 536. Sarah J., 143. Spencer, Elizabeth, 446, 447. George, 448. Jeremiah, 104. John, 447, 503. Joseph, 448. Thomas, 447. William, 447. Spencer-Pierce house, 461. Spiller, Daniel, 522. Spofford, Dr. Amos, 305, 558. Dr. Daniel H., 309. Mrs. Frances, 284. Mrs. Frances Maria, 305, 558. Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth, 284, 341, 342. Mrs. Irene, 305, 558. Jesse, 105. Richard S., 32, 44, 149, 163, 284, 287, 305, 309,341, 343, 501, 558. Spofford, Dr. Richard Smith, 284. Richard Spofford, 341. Spooner, Hannah Jones, 468. Sprague, Archibald, 52. Mrs. Catherine, 301. Edward, 289. John, 27, 288-290, 597. Dr. Lawrence, 102 ,232, 300, 301. Martha, 289, 290. Mary, 289, 290. Michael, 289. Mrs. Prudence, 289. Ruth, 289, 290. Mrs. Sarah, 102, 103, 300, 301. William, 289. Spring, ]Mrs. Fanny M., 41 1. John, 88. Capt. John Hopkins, 411. John R., 138, 417. John Rand, 41 1-413. Lewis, 524. Samuel, 112, 129, 134, 34S, 500, 524, 533- Mrs. Sarah Ann, 411. Spring street, 309. Stackpole, Mrs. Sarah Creese, 476. William, 476. Stacy, Ruth, 281, 551, 552. Stall, John G., 521. St. Aloysius de (Jonzaya, Church of, 235- Stallard, Thomas, 525. Standard Oil Company, 155. Standish, Me., 311. St. Andrew's church, 317, 318. Stanhope, Lady Hester, 480. Staniford, Margaret, 260. Mary, 272. Stanley, Benjamin F., 609. Stanwood, Atkinson, 138. Daniel, 516, 517. Joseph, 97, no. Michael, 98. Thomas, 37, no. William, 522. Star Island, Isles of Shoals, 547. Stone chapel on, 548. Startled Fawn (steamboat), 76. State house, 93, 106, 274, 405, 407. Pennsylvania, 470. State street, 16, 36, 53, n4, 117, 120, 123, 125, 126, 145, 146, 156, 158, 167-172, 174, 176, 194, 197, 201, 213, 216, 218, 219, 221, 225-227, 257, 261, 275, 289, 293, 300, 301, 305, 306, 309, 319, 330, 336, 348- 350, 352, 378, 405, 406, 408, 413, 416, 417, 420, 439, 453, 454, 463, 473, 499, 500. 533. 550-553, 556. 670 INDEX State university, La., 109. St. Barbe, Captain, 221. Lydia, 219, 220. Steamboats, 23, 25, 69-75, 77' 78> 80, 81. Steamers, Line of, 393. Steam gun, 368. navigation, 69. Steam-tugs, 20, 25, 74-76, 78, 79, 81. Stearns, Eben S., 125, 339. Ezekiel, 104. Stebbins, C, 367. Stedman, Ebenezer, 31, 521. Sarah, 102. Steele, Ebenezer, 234. Mrs. Mary, 234. Stereotype plates, 365-368. Stetson, Mr., 454. Stetson, Prince, & Co., 377, 378. St. Eustatius, 225. Stevens, Albert W., 416, 493. Benjamin, 522. Charles B., 72. Cyrus P., 63. Frank E., 21. George H., 613. Hannah M., 317. Isaac, 602. John, 94, 105, 521. John P., 153. Joseph, 91. Rev. Josiah, 548. Michael, 526. Moses, 604. Samuel, 72, 417. Serg. Saul, 522. Stickney, , 498. Mrs. Abigail, 241. Amos, 112. Andrew, 112. Caleb, 58. David, 63, 68, 215, 556. Dorothy, 280, 550. Edward S., 414. Mrs. Eliza, 215. Mrs. Elizabeth, 63, 414. Elizabeth Le Breton, 63. Enoch, 520. Eunice, 226. George E., 610. Hannah, 508. Hannah Lee, 63. Capt. Jacob, 525. Jeremiah, 68. John, 32, 94, 97, 98, 597, 598. Jonathan, 241. Joseph, 519, 525. Mrs. Mary, 550. Stickney. Mary Thurston, 63. Peter Le Breton, 63. Samuel, 94. William, 88, 112, 550. Stickney's lane, 63. Stiles, Bertha May, 391. Dr. Charles W., 309. Stimpson, Capt. E. E., 73. St. John, N. B., 25, 448. St. John, the Baptist, 121, 122. Festival of, 276, 498. St. John's lodge of Freemasons, 119, 120, 122, 123, 276. .St. John river, 96. St. Lawrerce gulf, 379. river, 379. St. Louis, Mo., 281, 321, 347, 356. St. Lucie, Island of, 349. St. Mark's lodge of Freemasons, 123, 215' 276, 350. St. Mary's church, 319. Stocker, , 385. Ebenezer, 29, 128, 129, 157, 164, 203, 349. 599- John, 199. Stockman, Charles C, 610. John, 97-99. Michael, 91, 97. William, 31. Stockton, Cal., 71. Stoddard, Thomas, 527, 528. Stoddert, Ben, 593, 595. Stone, Corp. Daniel, 518. Eben F., 114, 175, 176, 178, 214, 258, 287, 292, 400, 416, 418, 493, 606. Eben Francis, 282, 4815-487. Ebenezer, 254, 282, 485, 601. Mrs. Eliza, 339. Mrs. Fanny, 254, 282, 485. Mrs. Harriet, 282, 487. Isaac, 136, 600. Jacob, 169, 174, 339, 600. John, 44, 88, 9698, 104, 525, 602. Louisa P., 389. Louisa Parsons, 339. Mary, 210, 560. Richard, 149, 168, 361, 601. Sarah Moody, 254, 395. Thomas B., 519, 524. William, 31, 519. Stonman, John, 97, 98. William, 91. Stoodley, Betsey, 235, 239, 317. Storey avenue, no, in, 186,399,401. Story (Storey): Judge, 3 n. Mrs. Anna Gertrude, 92. INDEX 671 Story, Caroline A. W., 64. Charles W., 64, 92, 225. Dr. Elisha, 91. Elizabeth, 92, 306. Joseph, 372, Mrs. Lydia, 92. Lydia M., 64, 225. Mariana Teresa, 92. Mrs. Mary, 92. Moorfield, esq., 92. Susan, 92. Susan Tappan, 92. William, 92. Stover, Joseph, 526. St. Paul's church, 59, 121, 122, 129, 180, 199, 201, 203, 213, 219, 268, 304, 314, 322, 382, 500, 536, 590. Brookline, Mass., 382. Windsor, Vt., 382. churchyard, in, 120, 155, 194-196, 198, 199, 201-203, 213, 214,216, 218, 219, 263, 267, 268, 295, 308, 452, 545- St. Peter's charity fund, 122, 123. St. Peter's lodge of Freemasons, 120- 123, 215, 275, 276. Street improvements, 396. railways, 77, 78. sprinkHng, 398, 533. Streets, 14, 15, 18, 19, 31, 32, 61-63, 67, 68. numbered, 533. Strong, Caleb, 271, 467, Martha, 272. Strong street, 68, 148, 197, 198, 308, 309, 422. Strover, Miss., 198. St. Thomas' church, Dover, N. H., 382. Sudbury, Mass., 219. Suffolk county, Mass., 284, 409, 574. SulHvan, General, 100, 103, 113, 293. Summer street, 58, 59. Summers, James, 94, 97, 98. Sumner, Ann, 285. Eben, 65, 169, 400. Ebenezer, 65, 66. Mary F., 66. Michael, 524. Sumner, Swasey & Currier, 400. Sunbeam (schooner), 20. Superior court, 41. New Hampshire, 476. Supreme court, 262, 266-269, 279, 284, 286, 404, 471, 482. United States, 484. Surgeons, 293, 296-298, 301, 303, 305. Surprise (English frigate), 249. Swain, Cornelia, 351. Jacob, 521. Levi, 350. Mrs. Maria, 351. Mrs. Phebe, 350. William, 350, 351. Swallow (sloop), 225. Swan, Richard, 88. Swansea, Great Britain, 234, Swasey, Henry S., 399. John B., 287. Joseph, 30, 208. Samuel, 234, 518, 525. Mrs. Sarah, 399. Mrs. Susan, 400. William H., 44, 45, 144, 178, 399, 400, 417, 418. Sweat, Edward, jr., 30. Enoch, 93. Sweet, Edmund, 521. Jonathan, 517. Sweetser, Serg. Benjamin G., 521. Mrs. Edith A., 346. Mrs. Elizabeth, 346. Moses, 177, 346. Moses Foster, 346. Mrs. Sally, 132, 133. Swett, Mrs. Abigail, 560. Mrs. Charlotte, 294, 404. Daniel, 600. Edmund, 31, 161, 167, 251, 509, 560. Dr. John B., 119, 124, 125. Dr. John Barnard, 293-295, 404. Joseph (Barnard), 191, 192. Mrs. Lucia, 404. Mrs. Mary, 560. Ruth, 191, 194. Samuel, 224, 225, 293, 402, 404, 405, 541. Sarah B., 251, 509. William B., 371. Swett, WiUiam B., & Co., 404. Symonds, Mark, 31, 72, 151, 169,416. T^ABERNACLE, The, 59, 60. A Tabernacle church, Salem, 532. Taggard, Mrs. Ann T., 400. Cyrus Henry, 400. Talbot, Nathaniel, 522. Tankard. Silver, 243, 244. Tapley, William, 105. Task, Oxford, 104. Taunton, Mass., 255, 270. Tavern on Deer island, 122. Wolfe, 156, 378. Taverns, 29, 84, 117, 120, 122, 156, 378. 672 INDEX Taylor, Joseph, 521. Teal, Israel, 88. Teel, William, 84. Teling, John, 96. Temperance, 314, 315, Z^l, 325. 326. 328, Temple, John, 272. Lucy, 272. Temple street, 37, 38, 52, 59, 60, 119, 228, 234, 293, 294, 556. Tenney, Daniel Ingalls, 399, 41 7- Edward, 105. Hiram A., 177. Lois, 558. Richard, 399. Mrs. Ruth, 399. Samuel, 137, 157, 160, 170. Tennison, William, 522. Tewksbury, Mass., 477. Thacher, Betsey Hayward, 275. Elizabeth Jones, 559. Hon. George, 286, 559. Harriet, 238. Dr. James, 275, 297. Peter, 286. Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va., 321. Andover, 5S0. Third Essex senatorial district, 494. Third Massachusetts congressional dis- trict, 481. Third Parish church, 565. Third Parish meeting-house, 291. Third Parish in Newbury, 49. Third Religious society, 459. Thomas, Abigail, 225. Mrs. Ann, 267, 544. Catherine, 301. Isaiah, 377. Mrs. ISIartha. 266, 267. Peter, 97. Thomas, 89, too, 112, 221, 238, 250, 266, 267, 301, 421, 544. Thomas & Tinges, 495. Thomas & Whipple, 372, 375, 425. 497, 499- Thomaston, Me., 23, 399- Thompson, Amos A., 178. Amos H., 391. Lt. Caleb, 88. Daniel, 328. George, 523. Hugh, 94. John, 103, 495- Mrs. Persis Matilda, 328. Sarah, 133. Sarah Arabella, 328. Thomas, 598, 599. "Thorn Cottage, or the Poet's Home," 441. Thornton, Hannah, 463. James, 463. Dr. Matthew, 463, 464. Thornton ferry, Merrimack, N. H., 464. Threadneedle alley, 120, 156, 408, 454. Three Brothers (steamboat), 80. Thurlo, Moody A., 162. Thurlow, William, 607. Thurlow Weed (steam-tug), 74, 78, 79. Thurston, Enoch, 60, 61, 251. John, 61. Martha, 61. Stephen, 168. Thurston & Colman, 44. Tibbetts, Russell S., 179. Tidd, Peter, 18. Tigh, Dr. Frederick, 309. Tigris (vessel), 327. Tilton, Daniel, 525. Dudley D., 171. Capt. J. F., 77. Dr. James A., 309. John, 417. John C, 80. John E., 502. John G., 325. Phebe, 281, 513. Stephen, 31, 161, 167, 417, 521, 601. Tilton, Stephen, & Company, 417. Tiney, John, 523. Tinges, Henry Walter, 495, 510. Tingley, Mrs. Katherine, 431. Tit comb. Captain, 515. Albert C, 609. B. B., 137. Benaiah, 48, 54. Charles, 537. Edward, 522. Mrs. Elizabeth, 54. Enoch, 54, III, 246, 492, 597. George, 136. Hannah Dummer, 102. Henry, 31, 168. Jeremiah, 525. JohnB., 31, 599. John H., 525. Jonathan, 32, 86, 89, 94, 99-103, III, 113, 598. Joseph, 32, 199. Joseph Moody, 282. Joshua, 89, 112, 246. Josiah, 102. Martha, 102, 267. Martha Frothingham, 282. INDEX «V3 Titcomb, Mrs. Mary, io2. Michael, 43, 99, 112. Miriam, 216, 218. Moses, 104, 216, 499. Capt. Oliver, 563. Capt. Paul, 521. Prurience, 289. Sarah, 54, 102, 103, 300, 301. Zebulon, 99. Titcomb house, 53-56. Titcomb, Gen. Jonathan, Residence of, 102. Titcomb street, 31, 40, 305, 307, 309. Todd, Mrs, Betsey, 334, 410. Ebenezer, 334, 410. Eli, M. D., 501. Francis, 301, 317, 524. Julia Ann, 409. Mrs. Martha W, , 67. Thomas, 523. William B., 417. William C, 176-178, 427. William Cleaves, 334, 410, 411, Toggerson, Capt. James, 20. "Tom Folio," 336, 337. Tomb, Rev. Samuel, 498. Tonsburg, Norway, 139. Topography. 13, 14. Toppan (Tappan) : Captain, 594. Abraham, 451. Amos, 600. Ann C. , 144. Benjaniin, 93, 525. Benjamin Henry, 97, 98. Caleb, 222. Charles, 368, 395, 396, 554. Edward, 29, no, iii, 156, 554, 602, 603. Elizabeth, 57, 241-243. Enoch, 451. Enoch Clark, 453. Enoch Colman, 451-453. Fanny, 242, 306. Hannah, 222, 540. Harriet, 552. Capt. Isaac G., 18, Jacob, 57. Jeremiah P., 136, 521. John, 37, II I. Joseph, 447. Mrs. Joseph, 447. Joshua, 306, 556, 600. Mrs. Laura Ann, 395, 554. Lydia, 223. Marcia, 210. Margaret, 306, 556. , Mrs. Mary, 451, 453. Toppan, Mary Chase, 473. Michael, 32. Dr. Peter, 288. Mrs. Rachel, 554. Robert N., 178. Robert Noxon, 395. Sarah, 270, 402, 451. Mrs. Sarah Moody, 395. Sewall, 37, 600. Stephen, no, in. Wigglesworth, 112. Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co., 351,368. Toppan's lane, 57, 58, 257, 304, 409. Toppan street, 56, 372, 401. Topsfield, Mass., 280, 297, 468, 494, 549, 555- Topsham, Me., 553. Torrens, Prof. L. A., 183. Towle, Elizabeth A., 391. Samuel E., 604. Towle Manufacturing Company, 400. Town clerks, 242, 274, 306. Xewbury, 571. Town crier, 50-53. hall, 114, 136, 138, 170, 174, 181. house, 84. Newbury, 174. Salem, 190. Towne, Joseph B., 31. Tracy, , 228. Eleanor St. Barbe, 219. Ehzabeth, 218, 219. Hannah, 216, 220, 244, 245, 269, 403- Harriet Maria, 219. Helen, 142. Henrietta, 242. Henrietta Louisa, 219. John, III, 119, 195, 216, 218, 460. Mrs. Lydia, 219, 220. Matthew, 218. Mrs. Miriam, 216, 218, 219. Nathaniel, 119, 195, 196, 209, 216, 221, 461, 491, 598. Nicholas, 116, 216, 218-220, 584. Patrick, 88, 216, 217, 220. Prince, 104. Robert, 218. Tracy house, 114, 117, 176, 264, 413, 416, 420. Training green, 295, 327. Trask, Lt. Moses, 88. Oxford, 97, 98. Treadwell, Mary, 439, 555. Treasurer, City, 537, 613. County, 50. Town, 381. 674 INDEX Treaties of peace, io6, 136, 484, 531. with France, 531. of Washington, 484. of 1815, 136. Tredick, Dorcas, 138. Trenton, N. J., 266. Trevecca, Wales, 448. Trinity college, 317, 318, Trowbridge, Judge, 257. Troy, N. Y., 279, 551. True, Ezekiel, 516, 525. Jemima, 578. Truesdall, Artemas W., 519, 520, 523. Trumbull, , 232. Trusdale, A. W., 517, Tucker, Captain, 206. Benjamin, 16, 348, 349. Ichabod, 375. Rev. John, 348, 496. Mrs. Sally, 349. Mrs. Sarah, 348. Tufts, Rev. John, 180. John W., 334. Oxford, 91. Samuel, 598. Simeon, 599. Tupper, Col. Benjamin, 90. Joseph, 524. Turkey hill, 87, 88. Turner, Timothy, esq., 595, Col. William, 105. Tuttle, Charles W., 287, 408. Gov. Hiram A., 464. John B., 72. Twelfth Massachusetts regiment, 91. Twitchell, Dr., 305. Two-hundredth anniversary celebra- tion, 274. "Two Sermons addressed to the Sec- ond Presbyterian Society in New- buryport," etc., 500. Tyerman, Rev. L., 457. Tyler, WilHam II., 520. Tyng, Name of, 267. Tyng family, 43. Tyng, Dudley A., 124, 125, 128, 129, 147, 492. Dudley Atkins, 164, 201, 228, 267, 268, 281, 548, 552, 579. Mary Cabot, 281, 552. Mrs. Sarah, 268. Rev. Stephen H., 332. Rev. Stephen Iligginson, 268. Tyng street, 41, 335. Tyngsborough, Mass., 267, 268. Tyson, G. E., 327. U HLER, Mrs. Frances Ellen, 352. Nicholas Biddle, 352. Unicorn street, 67. Union Fire society, 29, 30. Union hall, 122, 123, 125, 157, 158. Union Marine and Fire Insurance Com- pany, 158. Union IVIutual Marine Insurance Com- pany, 162. Union Press, 502. Union street, 154, 179, 196, 297. United Rebekah lodge ot I. O. O. F., No. 13, 127. United States, 203-205, 228, 230, 246, 249, 270, 272, 277, 278, 298, 307, 328, 345-347. 354, 35^, 377. 406, 4^7, 433. 461, 462, 465, 466, 473, 474,478, 482, 484, 531- army, 344. circuit court, 284. constitution, 266, 396. consul, 392. district attorney for Massachusetts, 281. district court, 261. government, 123, 212, 344, 346. life saving service, 22, 27. life saving station, 21. naval transport service, 565. senators, 214, 266, 267. signal corps, 343. Unity (sloop), 221. Universalist church, Boston, 460. University of Pennsylvania, 268. Upham, Captain, 23. Phineas, 275. Susan, 275. Upper green, 185. Upper long wharf, 218, 229. Utica, N. Y., 411. VALE, Gilbert, 326, Mrs. Hepsibah, 326. Mary Euphemia, 326. Valparaiso, Chile, 283, 392, 393. Van Baggen, Parker & Co., 248. Van Buren, Rev. James II., 24, 348. Van Humel, , 248. Varina, Edward E., 45. Nicholas, 72. Vattamore, Alexandre, 464-466. Vatter, Capt. Henry, 75, 80. Vengeance (privateer), 250, 267. Vergnies, Francis, 170. Vermilye, Rev. Ashbel G., 348. Vessels, 16-20, 23-27, 46, 74, 90, 92, 103, 155, 157-160, 192, 205, 207, 208, 216, 221-223, 225, 228, 234, 242, 243, 246-250, 253, 317,325, 327, 392, 393. 407, 474, 515. 53i» 547. 548, 592-596. INDEX Hi Vesta (yacht), 83. Vestal (English frigate), 249. Veteran Artillery association, 114, 117, 118. Vickery, Joshua, 46. William, 526. Victoria Mills, 151, 152. Views of Newburyport, frontispifce^ 15, 16. Vigilant Fire society, 31, 32. Viliard, Mrs. Henry, 317. Virginia (schooner), 23. *' Vision," "A," 263, 541. Vollon, A., 356. WADE, Colonel, 100. Mrs, G. K. B., 310. Nathaniel, 88, 90, 440. Robert, 98. Wadleigh, Benjamin H., 519, 524. Wadlin, Melvin T., 608. Wainwright, Francis, 198. Mary, 198, 200. Waite, Sarah, 242. Waite, J. B,, & Co., 278. Waldoborough, Me., 286. Wales, Herbert E,, 81. Walker, Charles, 520. Eleazer R., 71. Isaac, 59. Wallabout cemetery, 323. Wallace, William H., 613. Walnut Hill cemetery, West Newbury, 331- Walsh, Ebenezer, 522. James, 31. Michael, 279, 298, 311, 481. Walter, Samuel, 525. Waltham, Mass., 245. Walton, Eliza, 320. Mrs. Margaret, 320. Rev. William C, 320. Wanderer (steam-tug), 80. War between France and England, 210, 211, 376. in Germany, 460. of 1812, 159, 239,313. Mexican, 482. War, Board of, loi, 102, 220. Declaration of, 278. department, 314. Secretary of, 203. Ward, , 407. James, 94, 97, 98. Rev. Nathaniel, 256. Pickering, 18. Warner, Nathaniel, 518, 525. Warner Cotton Mills, 151, 152. Warren, Rev. Edward, 532. Joseph, 121, 350. Capt. Nathaniel, 88, 92. Warren (brigantine), 592. Warren (United States ship-of-war), 594-596. Warren street, 309. Warriner, Mary, 275. Warville, John Pierre Brissot de. 461. Washburn, Rev. Edward A., 348. Gov. William B., 445. Washington, General, 99, 106-108, 350. George, 106, 114, 136, 228, 270, 276, 416, 422, 460, 498. Mrs. George, 469. Washington, D. C, 21, 22, 92, 169, 214, 276, 283, 284, 292, 314, 320, 322, 329, 331, 338, 341, 344, 346, 410, 417, 473i474,477> 478, 480- 482, 484, 485, 565. Washington hall, 122, 123, 129, 163. Washington street, 31, 196, 197, 229, 262, 297,300, 302, 307, 334, 347, 358. Washington Benevolent society, 131;, 278, Washington's birthday, 135. Washington Light Guard, 114. Washington Light artillery, 114. Washington Light infantry, 116, 117, Washington, Statue of, 319, 399, 422. Washingtonian Total Abstinence socie- ty. 315- Wasp (United Slates sloop-of-war), 405. Water street, 31, 151, 152, 207, 2io- 212, 216, 222, 237, 239, 240, 242, 295, 327. 347. 392, 400, 463, 566. Waterman, Luther, 160, 212. Mrs. Mary, 212. Waters, Mrs. Clara, 347, 348. Mrs. Clara Erskine, 225. Mrs. Clara Erskine (Clement), 92. Edwin Forbes, 347, 348. Lillian H., 343. Rachel, 197. Samuel, 197. Watertown, Mass., 209, 220, 257. Waterville, Me., 71, 222. \^'atki^s, Andrew, 289. Elizabeth, 289. John, 289. William, 289. Wattel, Benjamin, 97. Watts, Doctor, 497. Wauwinet (steam-tug), 76. 676 INDEX Weare, N. H., 315. Webb, George J., 181. Webber, Mrs. Anna Winslow, 564. Caroline, 564. George, 564. John, 104, 563. John A., 564. Matilda, 564. Mrs. Rachel, 563, Mrs. Rebecca, 564. Samuel, 104, 563, 564. Mrs. Saiah, 564. Sophia, 564. Webster, Benjamin, 100, 334, 352, 473. 474, 592, 594- Daniel, 274, 276, 277, 280, 2S2. John, 50. Rebecca, 280. Washington, 516. Weed, Lt. Charles, 94. Daniel, 447. Weil, Dr, Conrad, 411. Weld, Rev, Ezra, 57, 258, 260. Mrs. Hannah, 57, 260. Welch, George H., 180, 613. John, 103. Jonathan C, 525. William, 524. William H., 127. Wells, Daniel, 527, 528. John, 252, 523. Mrs. Martha, 252. Richard, 520. 523. Mrs. Sarah, 252, 253. William H., 387. William V., 106. Wells, Me., 574. Wendell, Dr. Cobiirn D., 310. Wendell, N. H., 290. Wenham, Mass., 301, 302, 46S, 494. ^^'entworth, Joseph, 524. Wesley, Charles, 455. John, 455. Wessacumcon Steam Mills, 149, 236. West Indies, 156, 189, 213, 214, 216, 223, 225, 226, 228, 234, 247, 250, 253i 297, 349, 392, 427, 557, 564- West Newbury, Mass., 15, 63, 148, 178-180, 193, 226, 277, 327-329, 331, 354, 385, 402, 406, 462, 466, 491, 493, 494, 551, 556. West Newton, Mass., 339. Weston, Job, 612, Luther, 527. Wetmore, Mrs. Eliza, 271. Wharf of Wm. Coombs, esq., 130. Jackson's, 68. Wharves, 15, 34, 35, 68, 71, 78, 130, 199, 208, 218, 219, 227, 234, 240, 243, 251, 45'- Wheeler, Hylas T., 387. Rebecca, 297. Samuel, 517, 523. Wheelwright, Abraham, 246, 440, 591, 599- Mrs. Anna, 212, 392, 557. Ebenezer, 60, 147, 156, 165, 170, 212, 392, 517, 521,550, 557,601. Elizabeth, 441. Elizabeth Cogswell, 591. George ^^^, 417. Serg. Jeremiah, 525. Maria Augusta, 140. Mrs. Martha G., 140, 417. Martha Gerrish, 238, 392. Rebecca, 246, 247. Mrs. Rebecca, 246, 318, 320, 321, 591. Samuel A., 501. Mrs. Sarah, 557. William, 140, 238, 392-395, 417- Wheelwright fund, 395. Whicher, Morrill, 97, 98. Moses, 97, 98. Whipple, , 497, 499- Benjamin, 95. Charles, 500, 521. Edwin P., 175. James K., 137. Samuel K., 417. Whistles, Steam fire, 42. Whitcomb, Mary E., 326. White, Mrs. Betsey, 298, 555. Daniel A., 67, 68, 135, 287, 600. Daniel Appleton, 271, 280, 480, 492, 499. Mrs. Eliza, 271. Elizabeth, 242, 271, 306. Elizabeth Amelia, 271. Gilman, 48, 306, 314, 555, 599,6oo, Mrs. Hannah, 192. Isabella Ilazen, 271. John, 94, 97, 98, 298. Leonard, 590. Mary, 227, 271, 414, 590. Peggy Leonard, 550. Hon. Phillips, 298. Samuel, 192. Thomas B., 517, 523. 555- NN'hite Fawn (steamboat), 80. Whitefield, Mrs. Elizabeth, 455, 456. Rev. George,455-457, 459, 497,501. Thomas, 455. Whitefield Congregational church and society, 536. INDEX 677 Whitefidd Mills, 153. Whiting, Ann, 302, 557. Leonard, 302. Nathan, 96, 98. Whitman, Hon. Ezekiel, 311. Lucy, 20 r. Susanna, 311. Whitmore, David, 33. Jonathan, 33. Joseph, III. William, 524. Whitney, Mrs. Dorothy Bass, 356. James E., 502. Myron W., 183. Nathan, 97. Rev. Peter, 512. Whiton, Harry F., 613. Whittemore, Eliza, 414. Joseph, 88, 197, 516, 517. Mary, 197. Rachel, 197, 322. Susan Floyd, 344. Whittier, Henty Z., 609. John G., 323, 324, 352, 480, 501. Serg. Morrill, 90, 94. Serg. Moses, 90. Whood, Samuel, 524. Wiggin, Comfort, 382. Wigglesworth, Edward, 29, 93, 95, 96, 98, no, 117, 119, 147, 227, 228, 538, 598. Jehiel, 501. Margaret, 550. Mrs. Martha, 227. Rev. Samuel, 227. Wilbur, Edward P., 417. Wilde, Mrs. Ann, 285. Caroline EHzabeth, 279, 286, 482, 500, 559. Daniel, 285. Hon. Samuel S., 279, 482, 559. Hon. Samuel Sumner, 285, 286. Wildes, A. W., 163. Asa W., 287, 555, 601. Asa Waldo, 274, 280. Mrs. Bethiah, 280, 555. Dudley, 280, 555. Mrs. Eliza Ann, 280, 555. Dr. Josiah, 271. Mary, 271. Susan A., 354. Willett, Benjamin, 99. James W., 539. Nathaniel, 91, 97, 98. William Carroll (schooner), 23. William P. Johnson (ship), 215. Williams, Abbie W., 239. Abraham, 28, 167, 308, 409, 524, 560, 600. Williams, Mrs. Ann, 409. Mrs. Annie Moseley, 304. Bishop, 318. Mrs. Caroline Hall, 239. Charles Jackson, 304. Constance, 304. Elsie, 304. Elizabeth, 295. Enoch S., 149, 165, 604. Dr. F., 239. Francis Cabot, 304. George, 295. George W. A., 303, 304, 417. Georgianna, 304. Mrs. Hannah, 303, 304. Mrs. Hannah M., 409. Helen Ladd, 304. John J., 235. John Q. A., 303, 304. John Quincy Adams, 409. Joseph, 158, 336. Joseph Balch, 304. Lemuel S., 540, Mrs. Lydia Ann, 540. Martha Moody, 304. Pearce Penhallow, 304. Robert, 28. Robert B., jr., 417. Mrs. Susan Lydia, 303, 304. William C, 160. Williams, Abraham, fund, 409. Williamson, William, 91, 94, 97, 98. Willis, Benjamin, 282. Elizabeth, 282. Joseph, 97, 99. Nancy, 282. Sarah Payson, 332. William, 468. Wills, John, 142, 147, 156, 161, 167, 601. John N., 71. Rufus A., 606. Mrs. Sarah, 253. William H., 175. Wills, R., & Son, 416. Wilmington, Del., 72. Mass., 315. Wilson, Rev. John, 572. John Parker, 104. Joseph, 422, 519, 524. Simon E., 609. William K., 521. Winder, Mr., 593. John W., 184, Robin, 96. Windham, Conn., 272. Wind mill, 16. Windsor, Vt., 267, 382. Wingate, EHzabeth, 291. 678 INDEX Wingate, Joseph, 437. Col. Joshua, 291. Winkley, J, Otis, 607-609. Winslow, Sarah, 267, 268, 556. Sidney W., 154. Winter street, 31, 37, 68, 128, 179, 229, 300, 451. Winthrop, John, jr., 572, 580. Wiscasset, Me., 19, 463. " Wishiad," 502. Witchcraft, 536, 566, 578. Withington, Arthur, 287, 61 1, 612. David L., 114, 178, 287. Leonard, 174, 175, 501. Lothrop, 348. Nathan N., 177. 178, 348, 400,415, 491. Woarl, Mary, 131, 132. W., 207. William, 63, 64, 67, 68, 125, 128, 129, 135' 157. 158,600. Woburn, Mass., 347. Wolfe, General, 120, 350. James, esq., 378. Wolfe, General, Sign of, 120. Wolfe tavern, 29, 67, 120, 128, 156, 171, 306, 350. 377, 378, 454. 460, 590- Women's Christian Association, 146. Wood, Mr., 452. Mrs. Abigail, 560. Abner, 165, 247, 599- Albert, 70. Charles G., 417. David, 30, 291, 417. Mrs. Elizabeth, 66. George, 314, 31 5- George A., 417. Hannah B., 45. James, 518, 519, 525- Mrs. Jane, 291. Jane R., 28. John, 66, 70, 154, 161, 162, 167, 600, 601. Jonathan, 520, 523, 560. Mrs. Mary, 314. Samuel, 519. Thomas, 103, 519. William, 314, 518, 522. Wood, John, & Son, 399. Woodbridge, , 524. John, 571. Sarah, 189, 191, 193, 277. Woodbury, Benjamin, 104. James, 104. John, 104. Lydia M., 303, 304. Sarah Eliza, 335. Woodbury, N. J., 352. Woodland street, 14, 15, 145, 473, 570. Woodman, Alfred, 347. Ann, 265. Archelaus, 56. Charles, 347. Charles T., 315. Daniel, 346. Edward, 571. George F., 81, 180, 539, 612. Mrs. Hannah, 315. Hercules, 56. Jas., 524. Jonathan, 49, 92, no, 112. Joseph, 3d, 517. Joseph H,, 315. Mary, 346, 347. Miriam, 508. Moses, 97, 98. Nathaniel, 520, 522. Mrs. Sarah, 346. W^oods, Frank O., 135. Rev. Leonard, D. D., 500. Woodwell, David T., 493, 604. Gideon, 33, no, 112, 584. John, 215. 608. Joseph A., 607. Woolen Manufacturing Company,New- buryport, 146, 147. Worcester, George W., 145, 309. Rev. Samuel, 532. Worcester, Mass., 182, 320, 326, 335, 365, 377, 400, 454, 463. 540. Worrell, Mrs. Margaret F., 478. Worth, Lionel, 570. Wreck of schooner Carrie H, Spofford, 24. Wrecks, 24, 74, 372, 392. Wright, Mrs. Eliza, 215. Mrs. Elizabeth, 556. Henry C, 63, 215, 556. Miriam, 556. Seth, 556. Wyatt, Benjamin, 60, 600. Stephen, 97, 99. Thomas, 516-518. Wyer, Nathaniel, jr., 520. WiUiam, 30, 124, 599. Wyman, Mrs. Margaret, 306, 556. Mrs. Mary W., 305, 556. Dr. Samuel W., 309, 556. Dr. Samuel Wheeler, 305. William, 305, 556. YACHTS, 27, 80-83. I Yale college, 272, 278, 310, 318, 320, 406, 413, 549- INDEX 679 Yarmouth, Eng., 451. Me., 27. Mass., 286. Yarn, Cotton, 151. Woolen, 238. Yatte, Thomas, 516, 518. Yellow fever, 294, 372. Yonkers, N. Y., 239, 352. York, John, 88, 89, York, Me., 20, 257, 286, 349, 456, 457- Young, Eben A., 610. Mrs. Elizabeth, 212, 440. Young, Israel, 164, 212, 599. Serg. James, 516, 522. John, 525 Dr. John F., 309. Corp. William, 525, Young Men's Christian Association, 145' 319. 401. Young Women's Christian Association, 146, 401. ZANESVILLE, O., 477. Zepher (steam yacht), 80. Zerrahn, Carl, 183, DEC S91t'()ii W cS '^r, ^ v^'^' \<^' .^^' . \%. ,-0' x' \^^ x^ ■.^'' o \\' ^<^^ <^'%. -oV^^ A^^■ v^-. 1-0 • -S A y\^ c