near that which gave him birth. Their cards are well known for their uniform excellence, the stamp being to the consumer a sufficient guarantee of their quality. "Although more than forty years have elapsed since the invention, such was the perfection with which it came from the mind of the inventor, that no essential improvements have ever been suggested. Attempts were frequently made to defraud him of his well-earned fame, by claiming it as the production of others, but they have proved as abortive as the attempts to infringe upon the patent.3 "After the sale of his interest, Whittemore retired from active life, and having purchased a pleasant estate in the town of West Cambridge, found that quiet and freedom from the many cares of business life sɔ agreeable to his nature. Since the invention he never seriously exerted his mechanical ingenuity, feeling, doubtless, content with the laurels already acquired. Having, however, in early life entertained a deep interest in the science of astronomy, in later years he conceived the plan of a compiete orrery, representing the whole planetary system, each planet to describe its own orbit, and the combination acting like nature's own. Enfeebled by an impaired health, and the infirmities of age, he never matured this project, and at length he died in the year 1828, at the age of sixty-nine, at his residence in West Cambridge, leaving a widow to lament the loss of a kind husband, his children an indulgent father, and his associates an amiable and devoted friend. To his family he was an example of one who lived a pure and blameless life; and though he left but an inconsiderable fortune, they inherited a far brighter treasure in an unsullied reputation. Whittemore was of a bland and conciliating disposition, even in temper, and in manners strikingly meditative, conversing but little, and often seen in profound mental study. "The value that the card machine has been, and still is, not to this country alone, but to the whole manufacturing world, it is believed even few now justly appreciate. With Whitney's cotton-gin it forms an important and necessary link in the chain of machinery which by their operation furnish to the world one of the most useful as well as beautiful fabrics. How far it may have contributed not only to perfect in quality, but to reduce it in cost, cannot be difficult to estimate. We may add, however, in conclusion, that not a cotton or woolen factory is reared that does not rely upon the card machine to complete its own machinery, and the use of the hand card in the southern states has become as general as the culture of cotton itself.” NOTE.-Amos Whittemore, grandson of Amos, of card-machine notoriety, at the age of eighteen invented the pegging machine, an important adjunct to the shoe manufacturing interest in this country. His plan also embraced machines for cutting the uppers and soles, for buffing and pairing the soles and heels, and using wire nails for fastening the heels. The slanting of the pegs in shoes is his idea. His invention was exhibited at West Cambridge in December, 1833, but meeting with discouragement and bitter opposition, was not patented. The machine was sold for forty-five dollars, and others reaped the advantages, Its true source is now recognized, and its utility generally acknowledged. Mr. Whittemore has conceived many other mechanical contrivances of decided merit. He resides in Cambridgeport. 1 His birthplace is still standing on the Arlington and Cambridge line. 2 About 1827, Gershom and Henry Whittemore, sons of the inventor, commenced business in West Cambridge, having purchased machines of their uncle Samuel Whittemore, of New York. Their factory was destroyed by fire in 1862. 3In 1827, orders were received from England and France for some card machines of the invention of Whittemore. The English machinists are said to have been unable to put them up after their arrival, and thus were obliged to procure men for that purpose from Boston."-Bishop's Hist, of American Manufactures. ADDENDA. SEVERAL CUTTERS WHOSE AFFILIATION IS NOT DETERMINED. CHARLES CUTTER, m. Sept. 15, 1831, Harriet, dau. of Daniel and Sally (Proctor) Locke, b. March 9, 1812. They resided at Moriah, Essex Co., N. Y., in 1851. Issue:- -Copeland, b. 10 Dec. 1834.-James T., b. 24 March, 1836.- Amelia, b. 3 July, 1843.-[Vide Book of Lockes, p. 170.] Charles Cutter and Copeland Cutter reside Emerald Grove, Rock Co., Wis. FREDERIC WILLIAM CUTTER, b. at Canton, Ct., 17 Dec. 1847; m. Josephine, dau. of Samuel Dare, of Bethel, Ct., April 14, 1869. His parents died when he was very young. Can give nothing concerning his lineage. Has resided until recently in New Haven, Ct. Thinks his father was a native of Germany. GEORGE H. CUTTER, notary public, of Boston. Married a daughter of Gen. J. S. Tyler, of that city, and has an office on State Street. GEORGE W. CUTTER, of Covington, Ky., most favorably known as the Western Poet; the author of the "Song of Steam," and other productions of high poetic merit. A zealous consistent whig, and a Captain in the Second Kentucky Regiment in the war with Mexico. Was near the lamented Col. Clay during the engagement at Buena Vista, and with him at the hour of his death. Was the gentleman who brought Col. Clay's pistols home from the battlefield, and delivered them to Col. Clay's father, at his residence in Ashland. When Col. Clay fell, Capt. Cutter was the only commissioned officer of the regiment on the field. He fought bravely with a musket, and helped carry Col. Clay away from the effects of the enemy's fire. Three of the men who assisted in this office were shot, and the others desisting, Capt. Cutter alone remained. To Capt. Cutter were addressed Col. Clay's last words. "And oh! what language can impart The sorrow of that day The grief that wrung each manly heart, The memory of that glorious strife To us the darkest page of life- Capt. Cutter married Miss Drake, an actress, of Cincinnati. Ile published Buena Vista and other Poems, Cincinnati, 1848. The "Song of Steam" is considered his best poem. He d. in Washington, D. C., Dec. 26, 1865.* THE SONG OF STEAM. BY G. W. CUTTER. Harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein; For I scorn the power of your puny hands, As the tempest scorns a chain. How I laughed as I lay concealed from sight, For many a countless hour, At the childish boast of human might, And the pride of human power. *Vide Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser, Oct. 27, 1847; N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Register, April, 1866, &c. When I saw an army upon the land, Creeping along, a snail-like band, Or waiting the wayward breeze; When I measured the panting courser's speed, As they bore the law a king decreed, Or the lines of impatient love I could not but think how the world would feel, When I should be bound to the rushing keel, Ha ha ha! they found me at last, They invited me forth at length, And I rushed to my throne with a thunder-blast, Oh! then ye saw a wondrous change Hurrah! Hurrah! the waters o'er, The ocean pales where'er I sweep, I carry the wealth and the lord of earth, The wind lags after my flying forth, The lightning is left behind. In the darksome depths of the fathomless mine, My tireless arm doth play, Where the rocks never saw the sun decline, Or the dawn of the glorious day. I bring earth's glittering jewels up And I make the fountain's granite cup I blow the bellows, I forge the steel, In all the shops of trade; I hammer the ore and turn the wheel, Where my arms of strength are made; I manage the furnace, the mill, the mint; And all my doings I put into print, On every Saturday eve. I've no muscle to weary, no breast to decay, And soon I intend you may "go and play," But harness me down with your iron bands, For I scorn the strength of your puny hands, JOSEPH CUTTER, b. Westminster; m. (1st) Ruth Ann Gilcreast, of Lunenburg, Mass.-Ruth Ann, wife of " Joseph Cutter, of Massachusetts, ,"d. Aug. 8, 1845, aged 21, and is buried beside her mother at Jaffrey Centre, N. H. He m. (2d) about 1847, Martha V. Milliken, of Sharon, N. H. Resides in Ashburnham, Mass. Issue by first marriage :-Sarah Gertrude Louisa, m. Frank Wood. THE FRONTISPIECE of this volume is an illustration of the arms used by the Cutter family in this country. To whom this mark of dignity and distinction was granted in England, or for what cause, is not definitely ascertained. The following statements from an English authority may possibly relate to it. Arms. Az., three dragon's heads erased or, a chief ar. Crest. A dragon's head erased az., gorged with a mural coronet or, holding in mouth a laurel branch vert. CUTLER (Westminster); granted March 27, 1693. BURKE, Encyclopedia Heraldry. SIR JOHN CUTLER, of London, created a baronet, Nov. 9, 1660, died April 15, 1693, when the title expired. He married first, Eliza, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, Knt., of Wheatfield in Oxfordshire, by whom he had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Charles Bodville Robartes, Earl of Radmore; second, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Foot, Bart., of London, who had a daughter Elizabeth, married Sir William Portman, Bart., of Orchard Portman.-BURKE, Extinct Baronetcies. Sir William Portman, Bart., made knight of the Bath by King Charles II., m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of SIR JOHN CUTTER, Bart.; secondly, &c.*-BURKE, Hist. Commoners Great Britain and Ireland, vol. i. p. 63. A CORRESPONDENT writes: "A family of Cutters in Marlboro', Mass., are Canadian French. When they came to that town with their French name, it was Loucouture. Now they are Yankeeised they call the name Cutter." Other instances of assuming the name might be mentioned. INFORMATION RECEIVED SINCE THE FOREGOING PAGES WERE PRINTED. Widow PATIENCE CUTTER, aged 80, formerly of Medford, died Oct. 19, 1816, in Newburyport.-City Records. Page 100. SARAH REBECCA, dau. of" William and Elizabeth F. Cutter," d. in Woodbridge, N. J., Nov. 7, 1857, aged 13 years, mos., and 20 days.' GEORGE, ditto, d. Jan. 11, 1849, aged 9 mos." 66 MARY CUTTER, wife of CHARLES, died May 3, 1870, aged 81. She had been blind twenty-three years, and died very happy. Her son KELSY7 has issue :-i. Charles,' b. 27 March, 1839.-ii. Joseph,s b. 10 Oct. 1840. Her daughter MERCY, the wife of Daniel T. Whitmore, has :-George C., b. 15 Sept. 1844. RICHARD CUTTER, of New Jersey-possibly a son of RICHARD-married "about 60 yrs. ago," Miss Mary Bloodgood, of Flushing, L. I., and died before his youngest child was born, i. e. before Aug. 5, 1817. His issue: i. RICHARD, now dead. ii. JOHN, living in Washington Co., N. Y. Has two sons, George and John, the latter of whom served in the army during the last war; was in several severe battles, and then in Sherman's Great March. iii. SUSANNA. iv. BLOODGOOD H., b. Aug. 5, 1817; m. Emeline Allen, and resides at Little Neck, L. I. In 1867, he went on the Quaker City excursion to the Holy Land. He is called the "Long Island Farmer Poet." His portrait and some of his poems have been published. The following stanzas are selected from his lines on the "Mount of Olives." The name is spelt CUTTER in index Hist. Order British Knighthood. From the Mount of Olives I did view The Jordan vale and Dead Sea too, And the mountain gorge through which they go From th' high Mineret 'twas more grand; Westward there lay old Scopas Mount From Scopas Mount to the Southwest, Jerusalem, O sacred mount, O, how can I the scenes recount * This is the place to meditate They suffered for that wicked deed, So it behoves us to take heed That which destroyed the Jews of old, JERUSALEM, 1867. Page 104. JOSEPH CUTTER, d. Nov. 22, 1818, æ. 62. His son, BENJAMIN W., d. Aug. 17, 1814, aged 2 yrs. 2 mo. and 11 dys." 66 Page 120. FREDERIC Augustus' Cutter, m. Oct. 11, 1870, Susan Martin Hardy, of Pelham, sister to his second wife. MARIA LOUISA CUTTER, wife of Edward Auten, has a sɔn, b. April 20, 1870. Page 123. OLIVIA CUTTER, wife of William H. Warne, has a son, b. Dec. 23, 1869. Page 124. AMMI® CUTTER, M. Elizabeth Cutler, June 3, 1799; she d. June 13, 1801. Married Mehitable Lombard, Nov. 11, 1802; d. Dec. 9, 1803. Hannah Champney, m. March 11, 1804, Page 125. CAROLINE CUTTER, d. Feb. 15, 1830. Page 157. WILLIAMS CUTTER, m. Hannah Mallet. She is living in Malden, Mass., aged 84. William F. Cutter, her husband, died about 1835. He was engaged in the construction of the well-known Whittemore card machine, and put up many of the machines at Paris, in France, and in other parts of Europe. The notice of his children, as given on page 157, is erroneous. Ile had issue: i. WILLIAM, went off to sea and was never heard from. ii. CAROLINE,7 m. David Hanson; lived in Sandwich, and d. in Boston. Her husband was a soldier in the late war, and has been missing since the battle of Gettysburg. Issue:-Maria Elizabeth, m. Thomas Lilley; r. Milford, Mass.; has two children living.-Frances Ann, r. in S. Boston.- Adelaide, m. George Hollis; r. S. Boston; has a son living. |