"Wednesday evening, 11th March. Met for Exercise agreeable to the above vote. Met for Exercise, at the Hall. Met at the Hall for Exercise. "Monday evening 16th March. "Monday evening 23d March. "Monday evening, 30th March. Met at the Hall. Voted, the Company to meet at the Town House floor on Monday next at three o'clock P. M. being the first Monday in April, with their Cartridge Boxes filled with Blank Cartridges. Voted, That the Clerk shall make provisions at the Hall as usual for the refreshment of the Company after the parade. "Monday, 6th April. The Company paraded at the Town House floor agreeable to the above vote — marched into the Common — performed firings &c, commanded by His Honor the Lieut. Governor, Gen. Lincoln [1786]. Voted, that the three Commissioned officers & the Treasurer be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Barnard of Salem, & request him to preach a sermon to the Company on their Election in June Attest SAMUEL GREENOUGH, Clerk. next. "Monday evening, 20th April, Company met at Faneuil Hall for Exercise. "Monday evening, 27th April. Company met at the Hall for Exercise. Voted, that the Company parade at Faneuil Hall on Monday next at three o'clock P. M. in uniform, with Arms, accoutrements &c. Voted, That the Clerk notify the absent members of the time & place of parade on Monday next, and provide for the refreshment of the Company as usual. -- "Monday, 4th May. The Company paraded at the Hall,- marched into the Common,- performed various evolutions and firings commanded by Col. John Winslow [1786], — returned to the Hall. The Committee report the Rev. Mr. Barnard accepted of the invitation of the Company to preach a Sermon to them at their Election in June next. Voted, To meet at the Hall on Monday evening of the 18th inst, at half after Seven o'clock, on business, without Arms. Attest: SAMUEL Greenough, Clerk. "Monday evening, 18th May. Agreeable to the above vote the Company met at Faneuil Hall this Evening. Voted, That a Dinner be provided at Faneuil Hall for the Company and such Gentlemen as they shall invite to dine with them the first Monday in June next. Voted, That the three Commissioned Officers, Col. Amasa Davis [1786], Col Josiah Waters [1769] and Mr. William Shattuck [1787] be a Committee to provide and give a bill of fare for the Intertainment of that day. Voted, That the Treasurer pay twenty-four pounds lawful money from the funds towards defraying ye Expense of the Entertainment on Election in June next: and the said Committee as before appointed engage ye Band for said day. "May 23d. Voted, That the Company parade at the Old South Meeting, & the Roll be called at ten o'clock. Voted, That fifteen pounds, in addition to the twenty-four pounds, for ye expences of the Dinner on Election day, to be borrowed on Interest & repaid out of ye first money collected from ye funds of the Company. "June 5th, Monday. The Company paraded at the Old South Meeting House & at eleven o'clock escorted His Excellency, ye Governor, Lieut Governor, & Council to the old Brick Meeting House, where a sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Barnard of Salem. After service, ye Company escorted the Governor &c. &c. to Faneuil Hall, where an elegant entertainment was prepared by the Company. At 4 o'clock, ye Company proceeded into ye Common & made choice of Brig. General William Hull [1788], Captain, Major Andrew Cunningham [1786], Lieutenant, and Captain Turner Phillips [1786], Ensign, for ye year ensuing. The Company was then led to the Hall by their new Officers, where they finished the day very agreeably. "June 15th. The Company met at Faneuil Hall. Voted, to print the Rev. Mr. Barnard's Sermon by Subscription, and the Officers were the Committee to superintend the same. "September 7th The Company met agreeable to their Charter & were led into the Common by Maj. Gen. Hull [1788], where they went through the firings & evolutions with great exactness, & returned to the Hall and partook of refreshments as usual. "October 5th. The Company met agreeable to their Charter and were led into the Common by Lieut Andrew Cunningham [1786], where they went through the firings, &c. & then returned to the Hall and partook of refreshment. Voted, That the Company meet the third Monday Evening in March next at 7 o'clock, unless sooner called together by ye Officers." The Artillery election was held on Monday, June 1, 1789, agreeably to their charter. The Company assembled at the Old South Meeting-house at high noon, marched to the council chamber, received the lieutenant-governor, the council, officers of the several independent military organizations in town, and thence proceeded to the Old Brick Meeting-house, where services were held and a sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Barnard, of Salem. After service, a procession was formed and the Company escorted Lieut.-Gov. Adams, Hon. Mr. Bowdoin, the council, senators, judges, members of the House, selectmen of Boston, clergy, consul of France, officers of the Cadets, Castle William, light infantry, artillery, fusileers, all in uniform; Capt. Linzee, and five other officers of the British frigate "Penelope," etc., numbering two hundred persons, to Faneuil Hall, where a sumptuous dinner was served. After dinner, the usual toasts were offered, and addresses made. After the first -"The illustrious, the President of the United States," Mr. Rea (1789), Col. toast, "FROM Britain's sea-girt isle, Luxuriant glows — To this then desert waste, By savages possest, To be with Freedom blest In calm repose: "Our enterprising sires, Warm'd with fair Freedom's fires, Here they their dwelling made, "By faithless foes compell'd This Institution made "While the same martial fire "Illustrious FOUNDERS, hail! Their grandsires' fame. HEAVEN SHOUT AMEN!' After the banquet, the Company repaired to the Common and elected officers for the ensuing year, viz.: Brig.-Gen. Hull (1788), captain; Major Andrew Cunningham (1786), lieutenant, and Capt. Turner Phillips (1786), ensign. His Excellency the governor, from indisposition of body, not being able to take his seat on the Common, the old officers, and those just elected, proceeded to his Excellency's house, where the old officers resigned the insignia of their offices, and the new officers were invested therewith by the commander-in-chief.1 Gen. Hull (1788), having returned with his officers to the Common, invited the guests to an entertainment provided for them at Faneuil Hall, to which all repaired, and completed the exercises of the Artillery election. The Hall was elegantly decorated. At the entrance was a bower, and at the upper end, eleven connected pillars, probably denoting the eleven States that had ratified the Constitution of the United States; between the centre pillars was placed a full-length portrait of the illustrious President of the United States, over which was an obelisk eight feet in length, designed and finely executed by Johnston (1786), representing at the top the All-Seeing Eye, diffusing its influence on "our Fabius," with the words "Fideles Protego" over it. The Hall was profusely decorated with flowers, streamers, flags, etc., and there was but one opinion expressed by the thousands who visited the Hall, viz., that it was an artistic and beautiful decoration. Rev. Thomas Barnard, Jr., of Salem, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1789. He was a son of Rev. Thomas Barnard, who delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1758, and was born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 5, 1748. He graduated at Harvard College in 1766, and studied theology with Dr. Williams, of Bradford. At first he leaned to the side of the loyalists, probably through the influence of his parishioners, but eventually he was a stalwart on the Whig side. He was present and prominent in the first clash of the Revolution, when Col. Leslie, the British officer, came to Salem at the head of three hundred men, for guns which were in Salem, secreted by Col. David Mason (1754). It is said that the counsel of Mr. Barnard, that day, prevented bloodshed, and turned back the King's troops, leaving the object of the expedition unaccomplished. When his father, in 1770, became disabled by paralysis, the First Church became divided as to a colleague. Some wanted Thomas Barnard, Jr.; a small majority preferred Asa Dunbar. This disagreement resulted in the formation of the North Church of Salem, and the settlement, as pastor, of Thomas Barnard, Jr., who was ordained Jan. 13, 1773, and continued in that relation until his death, Oct. 1, 1814. The society was united and prosperous throughout his long ministry. He was very kind and genial, and held in the highest respect by all classes and churches. A picture of him is given in the "History of Essex County," compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, Philadelphia, 1888, page 49, from which work this sketch is abbreviated. 1 Letter from Jeremy Belknap to Ebenezer Hazard, at New York, dated "BOSTON, June 2, 1789. "My dear Sir, I have received no letter from you for several posts. I suppose you are very much engaged, as it must be about the time for you to be reappointed, as I hope and trust you will be. We had, yesterday, the artillery election, an account of which you will see in the papers. Washington's picture was exhibited, and his praises sung in Faneuil Hall with great ardor and sincerity. The most extraordinary part of the story is that Governor H. had a convenient fit of the gout, and could not appear on the Common, the usual place where the old officers resign and the new ones are invested. However, Lincoln proved himself an older general by insisting on a personal interview, and actually entering the bed-chamber, where the ceremonies were performed under the inspection of the physician and nurse. Much risibility was thereby occasioned among those who know the real character of the popular idol. "We are all well, through mercy; and I am, "Your affectionate friend, "J. BELKNAP." 1790. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1790 were: Robert Jenkins (1756), captain; John Johnston (1786), lieutenant; Israel Loring (1768), ensign. Samuel Todd (1786) was first sergeant; Lemuel Gardner (1787), second sergeant; John Bray (1788), third sergeant; Benjamin Russell (1788), fourth sergeant, and Thomas Clark (1786), clerk. "The following lines were written by a young Miss of only 11 years of age, "ON SEEING FANEUIL HALL ON THE DAY OF ELECTION, "SEE here the tables with good things abound, And at him look with wonder and amaze. Kind heaven with peace and plenty doth them bless, And may heav'n's blessing always on them rest; Then let them close the joyous day in peace, And e'er be thankful for the bounteous feast." The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1790 were: Ebenezer Little Boyd, Joseph Cowdin, John G. Doubleday, Asa Fuller, Jeremiah Kahler, James Phillips. Ebenezer Little Boyd (1790), merchant, of Boston, was a brother of Capt. Joseph Coffin Boyd (1786). His place of business was No. 5 on David Spear's wharf, and his residence was on Friend Street. He became a Baptist, and was ordained to the ministry of that sect, and removed from Boston. He received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in 1792–3, and became a member of that Lodge, June 3, 1793. Joseph Cowdin (1790) had a wife, Mary, in 1793-4. She was a daughter of Gen. Amasa Davis (1786). He was first lieutenant in the militia in 1791-2, and captain in 1793-4. At the time of his decease, in 1794, he held the positions of first sergeant of the Artillery Company and of captain in the Boston regiment. Died "in this town [Boston], Capt. Joseph Cowdin [1790], aged twenty-nine years. His remains were entombed on Monday, July 28, 1794, with military honors. The company of the First Regiment which he commanded at the time of his decease paraded under the command of Lieut. Lathrop, and performed the military honors of the day. The commissioned and non-commissioned officers preceded the corpse, and the pall was supported by six captains, the whole in complete uniform. After the mourning relatives, the members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, and of the new Relief Fire Society, paid that respect to the deceased which was due to his many virtues and usefulness." 2 John G. Doubleday (1790), grocer, of Boston, son of John and Elizabeth Doubleday, was born in Boston, June 12, 1764. His store was No. 30 Marlborough Street, and he resided on Orange Street. He was clerk of the Artillery Company in 1792, second sergeant in 1793, and ensign in 1796. John G. Doubleday (1790). AUTHORITY: Boston Records. 1 Columbian Centinel, June 16, 1790. 2 Columbian Centinel, July 30, 1794. Asa Fuller (1790), tallow-chandler, of Boston, lived on Chambers Street. The firm of Asa Fuller & Co. had their chandlery works on Washington Street, and their store was No. 6 Green's Wharf. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1794, and first lieutenant in the Boston regiment from 1791 to 1793. He removed soon after to Portland, Me., where he married, Jan. 20, 1807, Nancy Locke. Jeremiah Kahler (1790), merchant, of Boston, was a native of Germany, and was born in the year 1743. He came to America when he was a young man, established himself in Boston, and became a prominent merchant. "He was always charitable, while he had the means, and ever ready to do acts of friendship. Editors were often indebted to him for translations from the gazettes of his native country. Reverses of fortune did not impair his habits of industry nor his power of being useful, though they limited his sphere of employment. He enjoyed the esteem of a numerous acquaintance, and his memory is respected." He was ensign of the Artillery Company in 1795, and died in Boston, Feb. 2, 1829, aged eighty-six years. He remained an honorary associate of the Artillery Company until his decease. James Phillips (1790), rope-maker, of Boston, son of Isaac and Preseler (Priscilla) Phillips, was born in Boston, May 14, 1767. In his youth he was employed in a rope-walk owned by a maternal uncle, and afterwards was superintendent of rope-walks owned by Isaac P. Davis. He held this relation from 1795 to 1818, when the ropewalk was destroyed by fire. He then (in 1820) became overseer, or master, of the almshouse, by the appointment of the selectmen, and when it was transformed into a house of industry, and removed from Barton's Point to South Boston, he also had charge of it. Mr. Phillips (1790) received the appointment of secretary to the overseers of the poor in 1825, a situation he retained until his decease. He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1793, clerk in 1797, ensign in 1798, and captain in 1802. For fifty years he enlivened the social meetings of the Company. His peculiar eccentric songs of "Contentment," "Barrel of Beer," "The Parson Who'd a Remarkable Foible," "Gaffer Gray," etc., were always enthusiastically received. He possessed an amiable disposition, frank manners, great benevolence and purity. He was a fireward in Boston for several years, and a surveyor of hemp, under the town government, from 1808 to 1820. He obtained his title of "Major" by being brigade quartermaster under Gen. Winslow (1786). He was in the military escort which conducted Gen. Washington into Boston in October, 1789, and was probably the last survivor of those engaged in that loyal parade. He was secretary of the Charitable Mechanic Association in 1800 and 1801, and a trustee from 1802 to 1804. He died March 30, 1853, nearly eighty-seven years of age. His tomb, No. 94, on the Common, was built and owned jointly by him and his friend, Col. Daniel Messinger (1792). His brother, Capt. Turner Phillips, joined the Artillery Company in 1786. Asa Fuller (1790). AUTHORITIES: Boston Directory; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Jeremiah Kahler (1790). AUTHORITY: Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842. James Phillips (1790). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Annals of the Mass. Char. Mech. Association; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842. |