Class Book K. '^i S ?, GopyriglitN°__ C0P1rB[GHT DEPOSID Q/fK-^tO V— t^~»*v •y L-, '^ii::^. DANIEL WANTON LYMAN 1844-1886 AN APPRECIATION 4 V V Copyrighted 191 3 See Appendix B DEDICATION TO recall pleasantly the stanch and steadfast friend- ship shown the many who enjoyed his acquaint- ance and the genial, neverfailing welcome of an inimitable host, this book is issued in memory of DANIEL WANTON LYMAN by surviving members of the Chi Psi fraternity of Brown University, the Ellsworth Phalanx of the Providence High School, and a circle of friends who hold him in esteemed remembrance. Providence, Rhode Island June 15, 1 9 10 CONTENTS Foreword . . ... Photographic View of Hermitage — Front Photograph of Daniel W. Lyman on bridge Photographic View of Hermitage — Rear Extract from Providence Journal of May 29, 1904 View of Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, North Providence Presentation Address by George W. Whitaker View of Lyman Gymnasium, Brown University Tribute of Surviving Members of Chi Psi, Brown, '64 Portrait of Daniel W. Lyman as Captain of the Ellsworth Phalanx ....... Sketch of the Ellsworth Phalanx by William A. Spicer Extract from Speech of Ex.-Gov. Elisha Dyer at Dedica- tion of Soldiers and Sailors' Monument View of Dyer Memorial at Roger Williams Park Appendix A — Correspondence Appendix B " ... Appendix C — Extract from Providence Journal Appendix D — Will Page II 15 I? ^9 21 26 27 28 29 32 33 49 SO SS 56 57 58 [9] FOREWORD. HERBERT Spencer has said that "Sentiment is the key note of all human action and it cannot be too high." This assertion by one of the profoundest thinkers of the age goes far toward encouraging efforts that would more feebly grope without it. To place before those who shall follow, in concrete and simple form, the goodly qualities of mind and soul held by those who have preceded, with a record of purposes that shall be an encouragement toward what is worthy of doing, is a just and commendable sentiment when applied to those to whom recollection turns with " Much to praise, little to be forgiven." This may be very truthfully said of DANIEL WANTON LYMAN It will be difficult to find any who knew him, and mingled in affairs with him, whose hearts will not for a moment more warmly throb as they recall some charac- teristic word, phrase or pose and who will not feel a kindly glow of thought for an unyielding inflexibility of purpose [II] which culminated in generous benefactions for those of his day and generation and of those to come. There being no portrait of him in the possession of Brown University, the surviving members of the Chi Psi Frater- nity, those of the Ellsworth Phalanx of the Providence High School and a circle of relatives and friends have united in presenting one which is considered acceptable by the University. It is given in the hope and expectation that it may prove of interest to succeeding generations of students and to the public at large as portraying a type of New England citizen that once dwelt in the City of Providence in the State of Rhode Island. Amory C. Sampson. [12] President's Office Brown University Providence June 25, 1912. Mr. Amory C. Sampson, 17 Custom House Street, Providence, R. I. My dear Mr. Sampson, — It is with pleasure I learn you are preparing a Memorial to our honored fellow citizen, the late Daniel Wanton Lyman, one of the largest benefactors of Brown University. Daily, going to and from my home, I pass the beautiful building which was built out of his gift to Brown. Through that building thousands of students have received physical training and a better equipment for life. Only those who remember the past deserve to have a future. I hope and believe that, through your Memorial, we shall more steadfastly remember and more deeply appreciate the large public service given by him. Sincerely yours. ^^i^y^^^MAe^ Tribute from the Honorable Asa Bird Gardiner, LL.D., L.H.D., ffD. lb. The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Office of the President New York, April 29, 1912. Amory C. Sampson, Esq., Providence, R. I. My dear sir, — Your proposed memorial to the late Honorable Daniel Wanton Lyman, hereditary member in and Treasurer of this State Society of the Cincinnati, is most appropriate. Although a comparatively young man when he passed away, he was a legislator of experience, and a man of affairs, a leader of society, a man of honor and a gentle- man of the old school ; kindly, courteous, and considerate of the feelings of others. He was beloved by the Society and his demise was a great loss, one that I have never ceased regretting. He was proud of his State and of the services to her of his Wanton ancestors, of Roger Williams, from whom he was descended, and of his own grandfather. Chief Justice Daniel Lyman, who was at the taking of Ticonderoga in lyyS, and who served as commissioned officer to the final historic disbandment of the Continental Army at New- burgh in 1783. Eminently patriotic, he was always to be found a cordial supporter of whatever might be for the good of the com- munity. I was indeed happy in having such a friend. Faithfully yours, NAMES OF FRIENDS Asa Bird Gardiner Hazard Stevens Mrs. James M. Varnum Edward Aborn Greene Esther D. Hammond Carolyn Lyman ChafFee Sarah Dyer Barnes Amy Hoppin Aldrich George R. Dyer Arnold B. Chace Cornelius S. Sweetland William W. Douglas ^ William Ames Darius L. GofF William E. Lincoln Henry T. Grant Courtland B. Dorrance William A. Spicer William A. Hoppin Arthur W. Dennis Desmond FitzGerald Louis H. Comstock John D. Lewis Simeon B. Tilley Stephen S. Rich James F. Field Frederic H. Fuller Amory C. Sampson [13] Extract from the Providence Journal of May 29th, 1904 OVER seventeen years ago Daniel Wanton Lyman of North Providence died so suddenly that his death was a shock to his fellow-townsmen, among whom he was a man of prominence, as well as to his family and friends. Major Lyman was a wealthy man, and there was even more than the usual interest which attaches to the distribution of an amount of property like that of Major Lyman, because of the known fact that he was, in life, a man of strong individuality and one who carried, beneath the exterior of a polite and courteous gentleman, a certain inflexibility of belief and adherence to self-conceived ideas, which made him an interesting man to know. The read- ing of Major Lyman's will was, therefore, looked forward to with certainty that his property would be disposed of, as is the function of wills to do, and with an almost equal certainty that the disposition would not be in the ordinary, or at least much practised, manner of giving by will. The reading of the will, said to have been written by the tes- tator himself, did not at all dispel this impression, but rather confirmed it. Relatives, friends, servants, public in- stitutions, charitable and educational, were generously re- membered, and among other bequests was one of $5000 for a monument to be erected in the town of North Prov- idence to the memory of the soldiers and sailors who en- listed from the town as it existed after 1874, the time of its division from what is now the city of Pawtucket and [21] also from what is now a part of Providence, and who died in the service. To-morrow the monument for which Major Lyman left that money will be dedicated, and the event will be a par- ticularly interesting one, not only because this will be the first monument of a public character to be erected in North Providence, but also because of the history of the fund, as it had lain in the town's treasury for many years before being applied to the purpose for which it was left. Besides this the ultimate application of the money to the exact purpose for which Major Lyman left it to the town and the erection of the monument upon the exact spot designated in Major Lyman's will as his choice of a loca- tion become curiously, and to many satisfactorily, unique as contrasted with some of Major Lyman's bequests. When the last will and testament of Major Lyman was read the opinion was generally expressed that the docu- ment was admirable for breadth of generous distribution and for the clearness of its terms, and it is safe to say that but very few of those who read it printed in the Providence Journal of the time, thought that any of the bequests would be diverted in the somewhat remarkable manner that they have been turned from what appeared to be a plainly ex- pressed wish by the writer of the Daniel W. Lyman will. Perhaps the most pronounced case of this kind occurred in respect to the house and farm occupied as a country resi- dence by Major Lyman at the time of his death, which did not, however, take place at the North Providence house, but at the residence of a relative in Providence, where Major Lyman was visiting. The Lyman house in North Providence is located on Fruit Hill avenue, less than half a mile from the village of Lymansville, which takes [22] its name from the Lyman family, an ancestor of Daniel W. Lyman having built up a mill industry at that place, which is remarkable for having been the place where the first power loom in the country was set up and operated ; this, too, by the ancestor of Major Lyman, who was also of distinguished ancestry on his mother's side, being ma- ternally descended from Elisha Dyer, a citizen of commer- cial and social eminence, father of Gov. Elisha Dyer, now spoken of as " Old " Governor Dyer, because of his de- scendant of the same name who held the office more re- cently, and who will deliver the principal oration at the dedication of the Lyman monument to-morrow. Major Lyman took an active and constant pride in keep- ing his out-of-town home in excellent condition, and he had added to the natural beauties of the place by artificial embellishments, so that "The Hermitage," as it was called by its owner, was one of the most picturesque places to be found about Providence. This property, with ten acres of land was left to the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children to be used as a home for children in charge of the society, but with a provision that, if it should not be accepted or its use should be ever discontinued by the so- ciety, the house, land and $50,000 left with it for a main- tenance fund, should pass to Brown University, to be used as a poor-student fund, and out of the tangle which arose from the several interpretations placed upon what was thought, at first glance, to be clear and unmistakable lan- guage, the property at last landed in the possession of Brown University, and is now owned by that corporation, but in a condition so changed from that in which it was kept by Major Lyman as to excite sadness in the hearts of all those who knew the place when care and a due appre- [23] elation of its beauties made it a delight to visitor and pass- erby. Under Major Lyman's care the old place was most interesting both as to the house and its surroundings. Of an old-fashioned type, the house was kept outwardly in a condition of repair and coloring befitting its character, and inside the low-studded rooms were literally filled with furniture, articles of use and adornment, with a large col- lection of old and curious things gathered together by Ma- jor Lyman, and the grounds about the house and stable were harmoniously in keeping with the buildings. Now the once beautiful home of the man who was so thoughtful of others that he bequeathed as much as $5000 to more than one person as a mark of friendly appreciation, and whose love of natural beauty was marked, is a wreck of its former condition. The trees about the place are still beautiful, and it is doubtful if anywhere in the state of Rhode Island could be found more perfect types of the white ash tree than stand about the front of the Lyman es- tate on Fruit Hill avenue, to which are added some fine old elms and other trees, which made up a part of Major Lyman's scheme of surroundings for his North Providence estate. Nothing beyond the appointing of a committee ever came of the several attempts to take some decided action in the matter until a year ago last March, when a committee was appointed at the financial town meeting to take the matter in charge, and, with tacit instructions to obtain an opinion of the Supreme Court upon the wording of the clause of Major Lyman's will, under which the town re- ceived the bequest. There is no doubt that a majority of this committee favored the erection of a Town Hall rather than a monument, and there was a rather general hope and [24] belief, on the part of the lesser number, that the Court would command a strict adherence to the seemingly more reasonable construction of Major Lyman's words, and it turned out that the few were correct and the many more or less disappointed, the Court ruling that Major Lyman clearly intended that a monument in the ordinary accept- ance of the term should be erected, and that it should be located, if possible, at the junction of Fruit Hill and Olney avenues, as suggested by Major Lyman. Under the work of the committee, thus instructed, the suggested site has been enlarged by the purchase of land, and a statue of a re- turning soldier of the Civil War has been set up thereon, the whole to be dedicated and turned over to the Town of North Providence to-morrow, with fitting ceremonies, among which will be an oration by Ex-Gov. Elisha Dyer, an address by Governor Garvin and probably an address by War Governor William Sprague, who has promised to be present. The monument is the design of Mrs. Alice Theo Ruggles Kitson of Boston. [25] Presentation Address By George W. Whitaker. FRIENDS: We are gathered here to-day to cele- brate the transfer of this magnificent product of genius to the town of North Providence. Art remains always young and new. The last record of a people is its art, and by this is a country known. Since the beginning of history the sculptor has found no worthier or nobler theme for the expression of his artistic aspiration than the sacrifice of human life in defence of home and country. In ages to come, and long after what we see of a less enduring nature around us shall have passed away, this beautiful statue of imperishable bronze erected to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors enlisting from the town of North Providence who fell or died in the Civil War, by one of her eminent and grateful sons, will remain standing as a sign and inspiration to future generations, ever encouraging loyalty to our country. I feel that it is the sentiment and desire of your com- mittee that the Park and Monument retain the same sim- plicity and condition of surroundings in the future which now obtains. In behalf of the committee it gives me great pleasure to present this monument and grounds to the town of North Providence. [27] 2 t Tribute by Surviving Members of the Chi Psi Fraternity of Brown AMONG the pleasant recollections of our connection with Brown University, and of those with whom we were there associated, are the lasting life im- pressions made upon us by Daniel Wanton Lyman. We distinctly recall that from the first a natural disposition was shown by him to foster and encourage matters of interest regarding social and civic affairs, that came within his scope, widening as life went on to broader efforts and maintain- ing, ever from childhood, a self-respect and courtesy of bearing that were his by right of heredity. While not attaining to scholarly distinction in college, he nevertheless showed in practical matters, pertaining thereto, a sense of sound judgment and good taste that caused his opinions to be heeded by men of maturer age. Unvarying and inflexible in his determination, when once his mind was made up, he held to his views with commend- able persistency leaving nothing undone in his endeavor to convince his associates of the correctness of his decisions. Attitudes of hostility that might be provoked by a seem- ingly independent, yet not aggressive, bearing were inva- riably softened by his sense of humor and by a genial hos- pitality which was the prompting of a heart warmer than he was credited with. The real kindliness of his nature was revealed by his intentions regarding the division of his large estate and by the gift to his Alma Mater of the Gym- [29] nasium that bears his name. Aside from this his helping hand, never ostentatiously shown, was more often in evi- dence than was supposed. A proof of the influence of his life upon his associates is found in the fact that men, hardened by contact with the world, invariably soften their tones and kindly recall him as always a most interesting personality and of marked influence in any commendable enterprise. To this day the mention of Capt. Lyman, "The Major," or "Dan," as his best-loved intimates addressed him, interests them and their descendants. No fireside quite like his for geniality and merry chat, is the testimony of all who were privileged to sit there. It is only a memory now ; that it may be an undying one is a sentiment to which we personally are most glad to subscribe. As surviving members of his College Fraternity, the Chi Psi Society, we desire to profiler this simple tribute to the worth that was in him and which permeated his life. ,^^L^ ^.^C.'C^o'*^ 4^^^£^^«*-t^ 'dljk(^ ^/J4u^ ^ ^ ^c^cu [30] THE ELLSWORTH PHALANX Capt. D. W. Lyman Lieut. C. A. Barnard Lieut. W. C. Simmons, Jr. The Ellsworth Phalanx " We are the boys, the gay old boys Who marched in '6 1 : We'll ne'er forget old times, my boys. When you and I were young." — Old War Song NEVER in all history was so wonderful a scene as the sudden uprising of the young men of the North in loyal response to the call of their great Captain, Abraham Lincoln. Like the minute-men at Con- cord and Lexington, they sprang to the defence of their country, and when their mission was accomplished, after four long years of war, and after many of their comrades had perished on the field of honor, the survivors returned as quietly and loyally to the employments of peace and the delights of home. "Prior to the late War of the Rebellion," said Gen. Horatio Rogers, one of Rhode Island's foremost soldiers and jurists, "it was a matter of speculation among us, whether, if opportunity offered, the young men of this generation would emulate the heroism of their patriotic ancestors. In those tranquil times, and to our inexper- ienced minds, the history of the great struggle for inde- pendence seemed like a romance. Our civil war has at last solved the problem, and has proved that devotion to country has not withered in the hearts of our American Youth." In April, 1861, the peal of hostile cannon filled the land, and the mutterings of the impending storm were heard in our schools and colleges. [33] Studies languished at the old High School on Benefit street, for more vital problems demanded the consideration of teachers and scholars, how to learn to be patriots and be ready to make whatever sacrifice the honor of the country should demand. Through the open windows came the noise of fife and drum and the tramp of men. The at- mosphere was too full of excitement and the spirit of the hour to concentrate the mind upon ordinary studies. The country was in peril and there were traitors in the camp. Every student was expected to show his colors and the National Flag was displayed from the High School build- ing in the presence of teachers, students, citizens and soldiers about leaving for the war. The young ladies of the school carried small flags and smiled approvingly from the windows. Mayor Jabez C. Knight delivered a stirring address. Bishop Clarke, turning to the volun- teers, said, " My grandfather, after the battle of Bunker Hill, had to sleep in a baker's oven and I am glad he did not get baked else I should not be here to-day to address you. Some of you may have to sleep in a baker's oven before you get back. If you do, I hope you will not get baked, but come back well-bre(a)d men, as you are to-day." Ex-Mayor William M. Rodman referred to the caution given Nathanael Greene by his mother, "Whatever happens, don't get shot in the back." After the singing of America, nine rousing cheers were given for " Governor Sprague," " The First Regiment," " The Marines," about leaving for the war, and " The Young , Ladies of the High School." It was now the middle of April, 1861. President Lin- coln had called for seventy-five thousand volunteers to put down the Rebellion, and it was decided by the High [34] School boys to organize a military company for the service of the state. An enthusiastic meeting was held in the hall, and an able committee appointed, who quickly reported over seventy names on the roster, and the boys then fell into line under the name of " The Ellsworth Phalanx," in honor of the youthful and lamented commander of the New York Zouaves, who was shot at Alexandria, Va., May 24, 1 86 1, after tearing down a confederate flag in that city. Only a few days before Ellsworth had reported with his regiment at the capitol and received the thanks of President Lincoln for his prompt response to the call. At the White House his attention was called to a confederate flag across the river, flaunting defiance from the summit of the Marshall House. Turning to the President he said, "I will lower that flag with my own hands." Loyally he fulfilled the pledge at the sacrifice of his life. He was one of the youngest officers in the service. He had so much of the boy in him that he rushed forward and was shot. Hardly a year passed before many of the members of the Ellsworth Phalanx, as soldiers of the Tenth Rhode Island Volunteers, were marching through the same city and by the same hotel where Ellsworth fell, and they halted while they sang the stirring strains of " Ellsworth's Avengers," and fell into step again with that grand old marching song, "John Brown's body lies a mold' ring in the grave But his soul is marching on." Colonel Ellsworth was an attorney in Presiden Lincoln's office in Springfield, Illinois, when he was a candidate for the presidency, and after his election, accompanied him to Washington. When the news came that the state of South Carolina had begun the war he went to New York, and in [35] an incredibly short space of time, organized and equipped his Zouave Regiment, a thousand strong, and hurried it to Washington. His untimely death was sincerely lamented. He was so generous and loyal, so stainless and brave, that even Bayard himself would have been proud of him. He was buried from the East room of the White House, by the special order of President Lincoln, who mourned him as a brother. Another young soldier of genius who was killed in his first battle was Theodore Winthrop, the gifted author of "Cecil Dreeme." On the 19th of April, 1861, he left the armory door of the Seventh New York with his hand upon a howitzer; and on the 21st of June his body lay upon the same howitzer, at the same door, wrapped in the flag for which he gladly died, as the symbol of human freedom. With boyish enthusiasm he describes the march of the Seventh through Washington. " It was worth a life, that march ! Our neat uniforms and bright barrels showed to great advantage. On we marched, tramp, tramp, to the White House, showed ourselves to the Presi- dent, made our bow to him as our host, and then marched up to the Capitol, our grand lodgings. I was pleased to notice that the top had been left off for ventilation. Once inside, firstly, we washed. Constant vigilance is the price of neatness. We find that a soldier needs, besides his soldierly drill, first, good feet ; second, a good stomach ; third, and after them come the good head and the good heart ; and so I say to every volunteer, * Trust in God, and keep your shoes easy.' In our little marches we have en- countered other regiments, and most soldierly of all, the Rhode Island men, in blue flannel blouses and bersagliere hats. It is evening, and the gentle moon looks on, mild [36] and amused, the fairest and fullest lady of all that visit us. Morning dawns at length for * Reverlee,' as everybody pronounces it, and there is for a moment a sound of legs rushing into pantaloons, and arms plunging into jackets, as the orderly calls, ' Fall in for roll call.' " Alas, with Theodore Winthrop went out of the world great possibilities of military distinction, literary fame and usefulness. The death of no two officers in the Civil War was more sincerely lamented than that of Ellsworth and Winthrop, cut off in their ardent dawn, with their work hardly begun. They were the first conspicuous victims of the great struggle. The government was now to come to the death-grapple with its old enemy. Freedom against Slavery, Justice against Injustice. Rhode Island was arming for the im- pending struggle and looked to Burnside for a leader. " How soon can you come on and take command of the first Rhode Island?" telegraphed our young War Governor, William Sprague, to New York. "At once," was Burn- side's reply. All classes were united in the determination to vindicate the honor of the flag. The excitement was fully shared if not increased by the High School boys. Early in June they launched their new military company, "The Ellsworth Phalanx." For Captain, all eyes turned to Daniel Wanton Lyman. Our good friend was a tall, square-shouldered, handsome fellow of finest parts, a natural leader, inheriting the manly and military qualities of his patriotic ancestors. He had a rare makeup of refinement and courtliness and was a youth of fine sensibilities. He lived to realize his ambition to make " The Corps," as he loved to call it, the best-drilled and equipped company in Rhode Island, so that when the state [37] called for its services it was found " ready and willing." The other officers (we recall them all with pride and affec- tion) were lieutenants, Andrew J. Gray, Charles E. Bar- nard, John B. Kelley, Walter C. Simmons, and Jesse P. Eddy. Sergeants, William P. Vaughan, William A. Hoppin, Arthur Martin, C. B. Greene, and Fred A. Vin- ton. Corporals, William A. Spicer, Warren R. Perce, C. A. Pitcher, and John R. Read. Ensigns, Brockholdst Mathewson, William Angell. Color sergeants, Simeon B. Tilley, Lewis G. Janes. Color corporals, Frank F. Tingley, Henry V. A. Joslin. Drill master. Col. Westcott B. Handy, of the Old Guard Continentals. Clerk and treas- urer, Lewis G. Janes. Armorer, Varnum Richardson. Other young and valiant comrades were Lorin M. Cook, James F. Field, Arthur W. Dennis, Charles H. Fay, Amory C. Sampson, Desmond Fitzgerald, John D. Lewis, Edwin Metcalf, Wendell P. Hale, H. James Goulding, Alfred E. Cady, Wayland Douglas, Stephen S. Rich, and Louis W. Clark. The Company averaged from seventy to eighty fellows between the ages of fifteen and eighteen. They made an arrangement with the United Train of Artillery for the use of their armory on Canal street, and under the training of that noted drill master, Colonel Handy, soon attained a creditable degree of proficiency. Still the days were hot, and the discipline was strict, and the fellows found it no boy's play lugging those heavy guns round during the long and toilsome march. But who can forget the refreshing seasons that followed, when good old Colo- nel Handy marched us in single file through his root and herb shop in Market Square and treated all with a large glass of his famous medicated beer. May his memory ever remain as fragrant as his beer. As the good Baptist [38] minister said of the brandy peaches presented to him, " It wasn't so much the gift that delighted him, as the spirit in which it was sent." No wonder that the High School boys advanced rapidly in martial spirit and discipline and soon attracted the ad- miring gaze of our citizens at the first parade of the Com- pany on the afternoon of October 5th, '61. How proud they were as they marched up Westmin- ster street with their new uniforms and polished barrels. They took the field, or rather the Dexter Training Ground, as if the field were a ball-room. Modesty forbids us to say more, but an indulgent critic has written, that "in point of marching, with all the legs going together, twisting it- self up and untwisting, marking time, getting out of the way of an omnibus or ice cart, breaking into single file for Indian skirmishing, forming by platoons, and wheeling round the corner, it was the equal of any military organ- ization I ever saw." And as if this were not glory enough, the Providence Journal said, " Our community was agreeably surprised and gratified by the fine, soldierly appearance on our streets of a new military company on Saturday, the 5th inst. The Phalanx is formed from the lads belonging to the Provi- dence High School. They have been drilling for several months under the command of Daniel W. Lyman, their unanimous choice for Captain. Their uniform is particular- ly unique and appropriate, and was much admired. Their marching was equal to that of our older companies, and they bid fair to be an ornament to the City and an honor to the State." A second successful parade followed, November i6th, with sixty members in the ranks, and early in December [39] the Company was presented with a handsome flag by Cap- tain Lyman and the following notice appeared in the Jour- nal of December 6, '6i : "Presentation. The Ellsworth Phalanx, or the High School Boys, whose soldierly appearance attracted so much favorable attention on Saturday last, received from their Captain, Daniel Wanton Lyman, on Tuesday evening, De- cember 2nd, a beautiful silk flag, the glorious * Stars and Stripes.' The new banner was received with deafening shouts and a 'tiger' from the boys." The Captain seldom laughs loud, but his smile that day was broad and apprecia- tive, as he bade the boys to always stand by their colors. ' Pride, and glory and honor, all Live in the colors to stand or fall. The Phalanx was sensibly animated by the patriotic asso- ciations of the flag, with a loyal determination to bear it aloft, until it shall be honored and respected from the Lakes to the Gulf. Another grand presentation followed on the evening of January 3d, '62, which is thus described in the Providence Journal of January 4th : " Presentation. The Young Ladies of the Providence High School, last evening, at the Infantry Armory, corner Dorrance and Weybosset Streets, presented to their class- mates of the Ellsworth Phalanx, a beautiful blue silk ban- ner with the inscription PRESENTED BY THE YOUNG LADIES OF PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL [40] It was received with great enthusiasm and acknowledged with an eloquent speech from Captain Lyman. Appro- priate festivities, including dancing, followed the • Presen- tation.' " February 22d, '62, Washington's Birthday, the Com- pany assembled at High School Hall, on the corner of Benefit and Waterman streets, and listened to the read- ing of "Washington's Farewell Address," by their clerk, Lewis G. Janes. "March 31, 1862. — The obsequies of Col. John S. Slocum, Major Sullivan Ballou, and Capt. Levi Tower, brave Rhode Island officers who fell at the battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861, were publicly observed in Provi- dence today. The line was formed under the command of Gen. Charles T. Robbins. Among the various mili- tary organizations were the University Cadets and the Ellsworth Phalanx, Capt. D. W. Lyman, with 53 men. "At the conclusion of the Ceremonies at Grace Church Cemetery, the column was reformed, and proceeded to Dexter Training Ground, and marched in review before Governor Sprague, who officially thanked the various organizations in the funeral escort, including the Ellsworth Phalanx." The blue silk standard, with other treasured souvenirs of the Phalanx, are preserved in the English and Scientific High School on Summer street, David W. Hoyt, Principal. "Wednesday afternoon, April 2d, '62, the Ellsworth Phalanx, under Capt. D. W. Lyman, marched out of town a short distance into North Providence for target [41] exercise. They were in uniform with full ranks, accom- panied by fife and drum. The shooting was on the whole good. Private Charles H. Fay made the best three shots at one hundred yards, with a Burnside rifle, and won the prize of a pair of napkin rings. The best marksman at two hundred yards was Corporal William A. Spicer, of the Color Guard, who won a cockade of Red, White and Blue silk streamers, to be worn on bayonet on parade. On the return to the armory they were ordered to step two paces to the front to receive their trophies. They briefly acknowledged their appreciation of the honor." Tuesday, April 29, '62. The Second Annual Election of the Ellsworth Phalanx was held this evening in the ar- mory on Canal Street, and the following were elected offi- cers for the ensuing year : Captain, Daniel Wanton Lyman. Lieutenants, 1st. John B. Kelley. 2d. Walter C. Simmons. 3d. Chas. A. Barnard. 4th. Jesse P. Eddy. Brevet 2d Lieut, of the Color Guard, Louis H. Comstock. Sergeants, I St. Wm. P. Vaughan. 2d. William A. Hoppin. 3d. Arthur Martin. 4th. Charles T. Greene. 5th. Fred A. Vinton. Corporals, William A. Spicer, Warren R. Perce, C. A. Pitcher, John A. Read. [42] Ensigns, William Angell, Brockholdst M. Mathewson. Color Sergeants, Simeon B. Tilley, Lewis G. Janes. Color Corporals, Frank F. Tingley, Henry V. A. Joslin. Clerk and Treasurer, Lewis G. Janes. Drill Master, Col. Westcott B. Handy. Armorer, Varnum Richardson. An essay on "The Coming Crisis," by one of the younger corporals of the Phalanx, illustrates the spirit which pervaded the entire Company. " Whatever sacrifice vv^e may be called upon to make, let us stand ready to meet it. We are not too young to possess the spirit of patriotism, the spirit of the gallant Ellsworth, whose name we have chosen. Let us stand ready therefore, so that if the safety of the country should demand it, we may rally with full * Phalanx ' in her de- fence, and give our aid, little though it may be, to the good cause." The time was at hand. With May, 1862, came intel- ligence of threatened disaster to the Union cause. Stone- wall Jackson, whose name was worth an army to the Con- federates, with twenty thousand men, had sent General Banks' little army whirling down the Shenandoah Valley to the Potomac, and at midnight on the 25th a despatch came to Providence from the War Department with urgent appeal for troops for the defence of the Capital. An hour later Governor Sprague issued his proclamation for two regiments of infantry, and one of artillery for immediate service at Washington. The response was prompt, and among other organizations that composed the Tenth Rhode Island Volunteers, the Ellsworth Phalanx of the Providence [43] High School furnished a liberal quota. At the head of Company B, composed almost exclusively of High School and College students, marched Captain Elisha Dyer, an honored governor of the state, w^hose former position gave increased value to the service now^ rendered. Good men were needed at once. The order of Gov- ernor Sprague showed how pressing he deemed the emer- gency, and as the news flashed over the wires, men leaped from their beds, and hastened to the recruiting rendezvous. It was no night for sleep. The alarm was transmitted from city to country, until the entire State was aroused, and the two regiments and battery summoned were ready to march the next day, not waiting even for uniforms. Let no one who saw it ever despair of the Republic. Those youthful volunteers of the Ellsworth Phalanx who so promptly responded to the call for troops, can hardly have found in life a day of more strange excitement and enthusiasm than when they enlisted and started for Wash- ington, and although our first view of the unfinished dome of the Capitol was from the door of a cattle car which had been hurriedly vacated at Baltimore by cloven-footed predecessors for our accommodation, yet we rejoiced that we arrived in time to help prevent the execution of the Confederate plan, and in time to receive the thanks of our great Captain, Abraham Lincoln. On arriving in Washington we "fell in" with alacrity to march anywhere. The day was warm, so that the order to pile knapsacks and overcoats into the wagons was a great relief. As we passed along, the question was heard, " What regiments are those ? " One of our boys replied, "The 109th and iioth Rhode Island." "Whew! When did you enlist ? " " Monday morning, and started [44] Tuesday afternoon," and he could not help adding, " eight hundred more are on the way." " Good Lord ! " ejaculated a bystander, " How many men have you got in Rhode Is- land?" "Couldn't stop to count," was the answer, with- out losing step. A few weeks later, July i st, two of us boys of seventeen, who fortunately wrote a good hand, were ordered by Colonel Bliss to report at the War Department for special duty, as clerks at Army Headquarters. We went with the advance as far as the Rapidan, in August, via Manassas, Catlett's and Warrenton. At Warrenton we took possession of a Young Ladies' High School, a substantial brick building, where we copied our military orders and dispatches. Only two months before we were at the Providence High School. We hardly expected to attend school so soon down in " Ole Virginny." We found a number of dainty notes in the desks, evidently left there by the young ladies for the Yankee invaders. Some were very pathetic, but the spelling was bad. After enlarging on music lessons and a recent serenade, one girl said, " That was a sad accident, was it not, that befell our beloved General Ashby. It does seem as though all our distinguished men were being taken. O, if we could only have piece once more " In pleasing contrast, here are some of the notes from our New England girls to the boys sick in the hospitals, after the battle of Cedar Mountain, near headquarters, August 9th, where hundreds were killed and wounded. " Dear Soldier Boy : — If these socks had language they would tell you that many a kind wish has been knit into them. We all think of you and want to do everything we can for you. Keep up your courage, boys, and bye and [45] bye you will come back to us. Won't that be a grand time, though. Yes, there's a good time coming, boys." " My dear Boy : — I have knit these socks expressly for you. How do you like them ? How do you look, and where do you live when you are at home? I am sixteen years old, of medium height, blue eyes, fair complexion, light hair, and a good deal of it. Direct to . . . " Surgeons and nurses : Hands off; these things are not for you, but for our sick and wounded boys." August 2 2, 1862, during the temporary absence of the writer from army headquarters, at Catlett's Station, thirty- five miles from Washington, a night attack was made by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, the noted Confederate Cavalry leader, with fifteen hundred horsemen. My comrade wrote me, "The rain poured in torrents, and the sudden attack at midnight was a complete surprise. Everybody at head- quarters was startled from sleep by the firing of volley after volley in our midst, and we started up and tried to find a way of escape. I had a hard tramp through the storm, wind and darkness, and am thankful to get off alive. The raiders carried off about two hundred horses, the General's uniform, baggage and dispatches, several of the clerks and staff-officers, and two hundred prisoners." As our term of service had nearly expired, we rejoined our regiment August 25th, and started for home a few days later. The Providence Journal extended the follow- ing hearty welcome to us: — "The Tenth regiment and battery arrived in Providence yesterday and was received by a national salute and escorted to Exchange Place, August 28th. We are proud to greet them. The gallant fellows have discharged their duties with credit to themselves and [46] to their State. We rejoice that we can take them by the hand, and bid them a hearty welcome home. An enthusiastic reception was given Capt. Elisha Dyer, and the members of Companies B and K, in Callender Hall on Sabin Street. It had been tastefully decorated, and several tables spread with everything to tempt the appetite. The two companies were escorted by the Citizens of the Fourth Ward under command of Capt. Daniel W. Lyman, of the Ellsworth Phalanx. Addresses of welcome were made by Rev. Augustus Woodbury, Dr. McKnight and President Sears of Brown University, who spoke to the companies in general, and the student soldiers from the High School and College in particular. A rousing reception was afterwards given the High School boys of Company B by the Ellsworth Phalanx in High School Hall." A comrade thus de- scribed the boys' home-returning. "The regiment was formed so as to represent an entire corps d'armee. The famous mountain howitzer captured by the boys of Com- pany B formed the light artillery, with the Stars and Stripes floating gloriously from the vent.* We bring home few trophies and less scars. We bear no tattered, shot-rent banners, but are not entirely destitute of tatters, if we are of banners, and having done what we were or- dered to do and marched where we were ordered to march in Old Virginia, are not ashamed to expose our bared soles for public inspection." Finally, our honored Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Clapp, the be- loved pastor of the Beneficent Church, said of us, " Our re- cord is an honorable one. We may not be able to shoulder * The howitzer is preserved in the State House on Capitol Hill. [47] our crutches and show how fields were won, but we did faithfully the work to which we were suddenly called, in a most serious emergency, and when unexpectedly ordered to the front, for closer contact with the foe, not a man held back." About one-fifth of all the boys who entered the High School from 1843 **^ 1861 served in the Army or Navy during the Civil War, and twenty-five per cent of the classes from 1850 to i860 are known to have been in the service. Number of teachers, 6 ; students, 225 ; number who died in the service, 1 7. Many of the boys after com- pleting their first term of service re-enlisted and as commis- sioned officers served through the War. The Roll of Honor, " In Memoriam," containing the names of those who died in the service, is on the walls of the English High School on Summer Street. " Re quie scant in Pace." My task is accomplished, good-bye to the Ellsworth Phalanx, and all the fine fellows that composed it. Good- bye, Captain Lyman, of noble and worthy ambition. Good-bye, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, privates, to whom we owe much kindness. Good-bye, youthful vol- unteers, who promptly responded to the call of our great Captain, Abraham Lincoln. Good-bye, finally, comrades who fell in our holy cause. You died for freedom and justice, and God was your leader. William A. Spicer, Co. B, Tenth R. I. Volunteers. [48] Extract from Speech of Ex-Governor Elisha Dyer at Dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in North Providence. DANIEL WANTON LYMAN was born in the city of Providence, Jan. 24, 1844, and died there Dec. 19, 1886, nearly 43 years of age. He was the son of Henry Bull Lyman and Caroline, daughter of Elisha Dyer. On his father's side the family can be traced back to the distinguished colonial general, Phineas Lyman of Connecticut, who did gallant service in the French and Indian wars. His grandfather, Daniel Lyman, at the time of the battle of Lexington, was a member of the Junior class at Yale College, and with the other members of his class agreed to place themselves under the command of Benedict Arnold, march to Cambridge and offer themselves as volunteers in the service of their country. Arnold having been appointed colonel by the Provisional Congress, and directed to take possession of Ticonderoga, Crown Point and St. John's, offered Daniel Lyman a captain's commission, which was accepted and the young man went with the expedition. The next year after leaving college, 1776, he was appointed a brigade major and had a a horse shot under him at the battle of White Plains. In 1777 he joined Colonel Lee's regiment at Cambridge, this regiment being one of the 16 Congress regiments which served during the war. In the spring of 1778 he joined General Heath at Boston and the ensuing year was made adjutant-general of the eastern department. When in 1780 Count Rochambeau with a fleet and army arrived at Rhode Island, General Heath was ordered there to receive him. As senior aide Colonel Lyman was appointed to visit Admiral de Ternay's ship and welcome the strangers to our shores. He was the first American who boarded the French ship. It was upon the occasion of a reception given to the French officers [49] at Newport that Colonel Lyman first met his wife, Mary Wanton, whose father, John G. Wanton, received and entertained the foreign officers with the greatest hospitality. At the close of the war he returned to New- port, R. I., to practice law, and subsequently served the state as chief justice. During his residence in Newport he undertook the building of Stone bridge, which he accomplished in three years and which at the time was considered an herculean task. Finally he removed to the beautiful country seat known as the Hermitage, which is here close to us under the hill, where he spent the remainder of his days and where his grandson lived the life of an old-fashioned country gentleman. On his mother's side Daniel Wanton Lyman was descended from Mary Dyer, who was hanged on Boston Common in 1660 for being a Quaker ; from Roger Williams, whose granddaughter married John Dyer; and thence down to Anthony Dyer, his maternal grandfather, who served during the revolution with the Rhode Island Continental line. He was also descended on his mother's side from Gabriel Bernon, a distinguished Huguenot refugee. It is stated on competent authority that during the Civil war, one hundred Lymans served on land and on sea. Daniel Wanton Lyman was the last male representative of his name and stood before the world as the single survivor of his family bearing the name of Lyman. After the death of his parents he came into posses- sion of a large property, the income of which he greatly increased by economy and careful management. Colonel Lyman's residence being in North Providence, he was repeatedly chosen to represent that town in the State Senate. He was assiduous in the performance of his official duties ; studied carefully the forms of legislative proceedings, and the bearings of the many questions which came up for consideration, fre- quently expressing his views in matters under discussion forcibly and with a graceful delivery. As a benefactor he was an enigma, little known or understood, and yet how good and how kind he was is well known to his dearest friends. [SI] The crowning glory of his life after all was his tender and devoted affection for his mother. From early womanhood, by reason of an accident, she had been permanently lame, and nothing that he could do to promote her comfort or her happiness was neglected. Neither the claims of business nor the attractions of society kept him from his watch- ful care of his mother. To be with her and to minister to her every want and help her to bear the burdens of age and sickness was the absorbing desire of his heart and stands out pre-eminent as a beautiful trait in his character. Colonel Lyman inherited the martial spirit which distinguished his ancestors and his family. To those of us who were nearest him it was known that he chafed under the facts that by reason of his youth and his duty to his aged parents he was unable to take part in the gigantic struggle of the civil war, but later on was commissioned as captain in the Fifth Regiment of Rhode Island Militia, served as adjutant and after- ward was made major on the staff of the major-general of the militia. In May, 1869, he was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Padelford with the rank of colonel, and held the position until May, 1873. By hereditary descent he was a member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati. To those among you, his neighbors, the story of his simple daily life need not be told. Many, many years will have passed away before his neighbors and kinsfolk will have ceased to speak his name. " How long shall a man live is not for him to know ; How well shall a man live is all his own to show." [S3] APPENDIX A Fort Hill, Pawtuxet, R. I. August 19, 1910. Mr. A. C. Sampson, Providence, R. I. My dear Amory : — Congratulate me on the completion of the task you assigned me of writing a paper on the Ellsworth Phalanx, our High School Com- pany of '61, Dan'l W. Lyman, Captain. The work was undertaken with considerable reluctance, after the lapse of so many years, but once begun, it brought its reward continually, in the joy of living over again "the times when you and I were young." I have no recollection of the excursion of the company to Lyman's country residence, "The Hermitage," during the summer. It may have been when we were away quietly holding the forts near the capital. I have Lyman's letter from Bristol Ferry, R. L, dated July 20th, '62, in which he says: — "I dismissed the company on Tuesday, July 15th, and bade them enjoy themselves for six or seven weeks, or until the return of your regiment. Promotion is the lot of good soldiers, so with you. We are glad the boys were pleased with the box we sent. Your bundle was from Amory C. Sampson. Your true friend and Captain, Dan'l W. Lyman." My recollection is that the Hermitage was afterwards destroyed by fire but I have not seen it for many years. Was anything saved ? Faithfully yours, William A. Spicer. [55] APPENDIX B Providence, R. I. August 20, 1910. Mr. William A. Spicer, Fort Hill, Pawtuxet, R. I. My dear William : — A pleasing recollection to me in days to come, will be that of your valued letter received this morning telling of the interest you have found in a task the extent of which I did not realize when I asked you to attempt it. It is exceedingly well done, contains all that could be desired and I beg your acceptance of my most earnest thanks. Regarding the excursion to Capt. Lyman's country house, "The Hermitage," in the very early Fall of 1862, it comes back to me now that comparatively few of the Ellsworth Phalanx participated but that it was an enjoyable day for those who went. My idea in including the photo- graphic views of the beloved ancestral home of Capt. Lyman is to renew the memories of that day in those who did go, and also the mem- ories of the countless good times and merry chats had before his fireside by the many friends who deeply regret that it has all gone forever from the face of the earth with the exception of the tall chimney standing like the obelisk in Central Park, a silent memento, — and the old-fashioned Lyman Knocker, now in possession of Lieutenant Simmons, which is still fulfilling its mission as of yore, in being not silent, and that it may long continue so, is a wish in which, I am sure the " Few Surviving Comrades" will cordially join. I remain faithfully and gratefully yours, Amory C. Sampson. [56] APPENDIX C [Extract from the Providence Sunday Journal, Oct. 31, 1909.] CENTURY OLD LANDMARK BURNS Lyman Homestead on Fruit Hill Avenue Destroved. A fire, starting about an hour before noon yesterday, totally destroyed the old Lyman homestead on Fruit Hill avenue in North Providence. The blaze started around one of the chimneys and worked its way quickly through the roof to the outside, where it made rapid headway. Three volunteer fire companies were called and a line of 1500 feet of hose was eventually laid from the corner of Metcalf avenue but was of little use because of low pressure and the delay in getting so much hose together, for no company has more than 600 feet. The building was occupied by William Townsend and Alexander Troy, whose goods were all saved. The building, which was owned by Lorenzo Zambarano, was insured. Burning from the roof down, notwithstanding the stiff breeze that was blowing, the building burned slowly and attracted much attention. The ruins were visited by many curious ones to see the last of the old landmark, which was credited with being a hundred years old. The place was considerably remodelled by Maj . Daniel W. Lyman, who was the last of the family to live there. At the same time rare trees and shrubs were planted about the grounds, in which the owner took great pride. Here the pulpit of old Fruit Hill Meeting House was placed when the building was replaced by the present chapel. The Lyman family, who owned the Lymansville Mills and the greater part of the land of the present mill village, lived in the homestead which was destroyed. Upon the death of Maj. Lyman the property through a flaw in his will was given to Brown University, by which it was sold to an Italian named Masso, from whose hands it went to the present owner. It was well known on account of Maj. Lyman's active interest in town affairs during his life, and his gift of a fund for the erection of the soldiers' and sailors' monument at Lyman Park. This, however, was only one of his many public gifts, which include the Lyman Gymnasium at Brown University. [57] APPENDIX D In the name of the Creator and Preserver of all things. Amen. I, Daniel Wanton Lyman, of the town of North Providence, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, being fully aware of the uncertainty of life and being of sound and disposing mind, do make this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills heretofore by me made. I desire so much of the real estate that I may die seized and possessed of as may be necessary to pay the following legacies to be sold, and from the pro- ceeds of such sale the following legacies paid to the following persons and institutions and societies, to wit, viz. : To my Agent, William H. Wood, of the City of Providence, Ten Thousand (^10,000) dollars, if he be living at the time of my decease; if not living at that time, to be divided equally between his children. To Julia L. Aborn, my cousin. Ten Thousand ($10,000) dollars, if she be living ; if not, to her children or child surviving her at the time of my decease, share and share alike, and if no child be living to revert to my estate. To Sophia T. Aborn, Louise L. Peck, and Annie B. Tillinghast, children of the said Julia L. Aborn, Ten Thousand (;^io,ooo) dollars each, in trust for their natural lives, the income from said Trust Estate to be for their own free use and disposal, and at their death or at the death of either of said children of Julia L. Aborn, such child's share to be divided equally among the children of Sophia T. Aborn, Louise L. Peck, and Annie B. Tillinghast. To George R. Dyer, son of Elisha Dyer, Jr., Ten Thousand (;^ 10,000) dollars for his own free use and disposal. To Anna Jones Dyer and Harriet Hoppin Dyer, twin children of William Jones Dyer, Five Thousand ($5,000) dollars each, for their own free use and disposal. To Caroline Lyman Peck, daughter of Walter A. and Louise L. Peck, Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000) dollars, in trust for her natural life, the income from said Trust Estate to be for her own free use and disposal, and at her death to her child or children, for its or their free use and dis- posal forever. If she die leaving no child or children, then said Twenty- five Thousand dollars to be given to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children without reservation. [58] To Walter I. Barnes, Georgianna Barnes, and Sarah D. Barnes, children of Lydia Dyer Barnes, Five Thousand (^5,000) dollars each, for their own free use and disposal. To Louis Winsor, Benjamin Winsor, and Sarah S. Winsor, Five Thousand (;^5,ooo) dollars each, for their own free use and disposal. To Charles W. Simmons, Walter Cook Simmons, Amory C. Sampson, and James A. Warren, Five Thousand (;^5,ooo) dollars each, for their own free use and disposal, in memory of my pleasant relations with them. I give and bequeath my Cottage house and one acre of land to George W. Small, for his kindness to my mother ; — said house and land on Metcalf Avenue, in the Town of North Providence. To Daniel Shay, my faithful farmer. One Thousand (^1,000) dollars. To each person (male or female) in my employ as servant or as farm hand, or coachman or groom in my employ at the time of my decease. Five Hundred (;^SOo) dollars. To the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children of the City of Providence my Mansion House and buildings thereto belonging, situate in the Town of North Providence on Fruit Hill Avenue, so called, and Ten (10) acres of land adjoining the same (as my Executors may select) ; also Fifty Thousand (jg5o,ooo) dollars as a fund for the same — said Real Estate and money to be forever used as a home and fund for the maintenance of said home for said children, and if not accepted or ever discontinued, to revert to Brown University as a " Poor Student Fund " to be used as the Trustees and Corporation of Brown University may determine for that purpose, said fund to be called the " Daniel Wanton Lyman Fund for Students." To Edward Wheaton Hoppin, son of William Anthony Hoppin, I give and bequeath Ten Thousand ($10,000) dollars, in memory of his father's and mother's kindness to me. To Swan Point Cemetery Corporation Three Thousand (;jS3,ooo) dollars as a fund for the perpetual care of the Lyman lots in said burial grounds, viz. : Daniel Lyman's, John W. Lyman's, and Daniel Wanton Lyman's Lots ; the interest of said fund to be used for caring for the monuments, grounds, and general appearance of said lots. I give and bequeath to the Corporation of Brown University of the City of Providence, Fifty Thousand (;^so,ooo) dollars to build a building for any needed use they may elect (not sectarian) in memory of my Family, and said building to be known as the "jLyman Memorial." To my good friends, Elisha Dyer, Jr., William A. Hoppin, Asa Bird Gardiner, and James M. Varnum (the last two of New York) Ten Thou- sand ($10,000) dollars each for their own free use and disposal. To the Town of North Providence Five Thousand ($5,000) dollars to erect a monument to the memory of the soldiers and sailors who fell [59] or died in the late war, enlisting from this part of the town existing A. D. 1885, and my desire is that the monument be erected at the junction of Olney and Fruit Hill avenues in said town, on a triangular piece of land thereat located. To the " Lying-in Hospital" of the City of Providence, I give and be- queath in memory of my devoted mother, Caroline Lyman, Twenty-five Thousand (1^25,000) dollars, as a fund for that worthy institution. To the Nursery I give Five Thousand ($5,000) dollars. To the City of Providence I give and bequeath Ten Thousand ($10,000) dollars for the erection of a monument in Roger Williams Park to be called the "Elisha Dyer Memorial," erected by his grandson, Daniel Wanton Lyman. I request all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid and my body interred in Swan Point Cemetery in the place prepared for the same beside the remains of my devoted mother, Caroline, wife of Henry Bull Lyman. I appoint as Executors of this my last will and testament, Willam H. Wood, Wilham A. Hoppin, and Esther D. Chapin, requesting them to use their best judgment about the time for selling the property, and direct the entire property be kept together for one year after my death, and the income from whatever source, after necessary expenses, taxes, and so forth, are deducted to be divided equally between them as and for their salary or fee for being my Executors. I give to my dear cousin, Esther D. Chapin, all the residue of my property both real and personal remaining after paying all legacies, ex- penses, etc., and hereby make her my residuary legatee — which property so given I give in trust to Esther D. Chapin for her lifetime she to have and to enjoy all the income from said property ft»r her own sole use and purposes, and at the death of said Esther D. Chapin, one-half to go to her child or children and the other half to go to Brown University. In case she leave no child or children then her half to be, or the half her child or children would have had, to be divided equally between the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Rhode Island State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I appoint William H. Wood and William A. Hoppin, Trustees under this my will and testament, over all trusts created, they to pay all in- comes over to those who have been given money in trust (or property) after deducting a reasonable compensation for their services as Trustees. I request that no sureties be required on any bond, and that no inven- tory be taken of my property having full and explicit confidence in the Executors herein named. [60] In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this four- teenth day of July, A. D. 1885. DANIEL WANTON LYMAN. [L. S.] The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof signed and sub- scribed to, sealed, published, and declared by the said Daniel Wanton Lyman, as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us and each of us who, at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed and signed our names as witnesses, and do hereby attest the same the day and year above written. Spencer B. Hopkins. William A. Ley. CODICIL. Whereas, owing to certain changes in human affairs, which affect more or less the forgoing instrument, I do hereby make this my codicil to my will and testament, as follows : In the above written will I have given to George W. Small (for his attention and kindness to my mother) my cottage house and lot on Metcalf Avenue in the town of North Provi- dence ; now the said George W. Small having acted towards me in a very unworthy and uncalled-for manner since my mother's decease, I hereby revoke said gift of said cottage house and lot on Metcalf Avenue to said George W. Small, and direct that the same cottage house and lot on Metcalf Avenue be given to Bernard Campbell, my mother's former coachman and servant, to his own free use and for his disposal forever. Furthermore, whereas, by my will I have given the sum of Ten Thou- sand ($10,000) dollars to Julia L. Aborn with certain qualifications, and the said Julia L. Aborn now being dead, I revoke the said gift to her and hers, and direct my Executors to divide the said sum of Ten Thousand dollars in three (3) portions, as follows : One portion of Five Thousand (;^S,ooo) dollars, one portion of Twenty -five Hundred ($2,500) dollars, and another of Twenty -five Hundred ($2,500) dollars; and to give the first portion of Five Thousand ($5,000) dollars to Henry A. Peters, of Kingsey Falls, Canada, if he be living at the time of my decease, in memory of the high esteem I bear him and his devotion to me ; the second portion of Twenty -five Hundred ($2,500) dollars to my young friend, Louis A. Treadwell, of Reading, Conn. ; the third portion to William A. Malone, of Appling, Ga., for their own free use and disposal [61] CEC 57 1913 I, furthermore, give and bequeath to Amory Chapin, son of Francis J. Chapin, the sum of Ten Thousand (;JSio,ooo) dollars, for his own free use and disposal forever. To my cousin, Frances Jones Chapin, daughter of my Aunt Frances Jones Vinton, Twenty-five Thousand (^25,000) dollars, in trust, the in- come of which shall be paid to her quarterly by my trustees during her natural life, and at her death to be given to Brown University, as a fund for the education of poor students in that university, to be called the Lyman Fund for students. DANIEL WANTON LYMAN, [L. S.] The foregoing codicil to my last will and testament was, this eighteenth day of September, 1886, signed and subscribed to, sealed and published, and declared by the said Daniel W. Lyman as and for his last will and testment in the presence of us, and each of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto sub- scribed and signed our names as witnesses, and do hereby attest the same, the day and year above written, viz., Sept. 18, 1886. William A. Ley, John B. Goodwin. Copy of the "last will and testament of Daniel Wanton Lyman, left with the Town Clerk of North Providence, R. L, December 21st, 1886, by Wm. H. Wood." Attest, Thomas H. Angell, Town Clerk. [62]