The record of the Artillery Company for 1797 is as follows:

"Monday, April 3d 1797. The Company paraded as usual, and performed the duties enjoined by their Charter, commanded by Capt Clark [1786]. The Rev. Henry Ware of Hingham was chosen to preach the Anniversary Election Sermon in June next. Voted, that the Commissioned Officers be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Ware and inform him of the choice. Attest, GEORGE BLANCHARD, Clerk.

"Monday, May 1st 1797. The Company paraded this day under the command of Capt Clark [1786]. The Committee appointed to wait on the Rev. Mr. Ware reported, that he accepted their invitation to preach the Election Sermon in June next.

"Attest, GEORGE BLANCHARD, Clerk.

"Wednesday evening, May 18 [17], 1797. Capt Clark [1786], Maj. Russell [1788], Mr. Doubleday [1790], Col Winslow [1786], Mr Phillips [1790], Mr Bass [1789], Capt Gardner [1794], Col Waters [1769] and Mr Bowman [1793] were appointed a Committee to make arrangements for the Election, and report the necessary sum to be assessed on each member towards defraying the expenses of the day.

"Wednesday evening, May 24, 1797. The Committee reported, that there is two hundred & five dollars interest money in the hands of the Treasurer, which, with an assessment of three dollars on each Member, they conceive will be sufficient to defray the expenses of Election day. Voted, the above report be accepted. Voted, that the Clerk may deliver to the members of the Company twenty Cards, each card to be at the rate of three dollars, provided application is made for them by the 29th inst & no Gentleman can receive more than one card, unless the whole number are not taken up individually. It is expected that the Gentlemen who purchase Cards for their friends will see the other Members seated before they place themselves at the tables in order that the Company may experience no inconvenience from the above indulgence.

"Attest, GEORGE BLANCHARD, Clerk.

"Friday evening, June 2d 1797. Voted, that Mr. James Phillips [1790], Capt Wm Williams [1789] and Mr William Walter [1791] be a Committee to examine the Treasurer and Clerks Accounts, & report at the first meeting of the Company in August. Voted, that Col. Waters [1769], Mr. Bowman [1793], Mr. Messinger [1792], Capt R. Gardner [1794], Capt Williams [1789], Mr. Holden [1794], and Mr. Eaton [1796] be a Committee to arrange the Musick for Election day.

"Monday, June 5th 1797. This day being the Anniversary of the Election of Officers, the Company paraded at the Old South Meeting House, at ten o'clock, from whence they marched to the Council Chamber, and received the Commander-in-chief, (His Excellency, Increase Sumner Esq.) the Lieut. Governor, Council and other Gentlemen invited to dine with the Company, and escorted them to the Old Brick Meeting House, where an ingenious discourse was delivered by the Rev. Henry Ware of Hingham from 1st Corinthians, 12th chapter, 25 & 26, verses. Divine service being over, the Company again escorted His Excellency the Governor &c to Faneuil Hall, where they partook of an elegant dinner, after which a number of Patriotic Toasts were given, among which was the following one worthy to be written in letters of gold: - 'The late Governor of Massachusetts [Samuel Adams] tho' ceasing from the active cares of publick duty, may Americans forever remember with gratitude the First of Patriots in the worst of times!' In the afternoon the Company repaired to its appropriate square on the Common, where they made an unanimous choice of the following Gentlemen for their

officers the ensuing year: - Mr. Samuel Todd [1786], Captain Mr. Jonas S Bass [1789] Lieutenant; Mr Joseph Lovering, Jr [1788] Ensign; Messrs William Walter Jr [1791], Edmund Bowman [1793], Robert Homes [1792], John Howe Jr [1792], Sergeants; Col John Winslow [1786] Treasurer; Mr James Phillips [1790], Clerk. The Supreme Executive was then escorted into the Square having taken their seats, the Company went through a variety of manoeuvres, evolutions and firings to great acceptance. After which in the presence of an immense collection of Spectators, His Excellency received the badges from the old, and invested the new Officers with them. The Company thus organized waited on the Governor & other invited gentlemen to the Hall where a liberal collation and judicious toasts concluded as handsome a celebration as was ever witnessed. Voted, that Capt Clark [1786], Maj. Russell [1788], Mr. John G. Doubleday [1790], and Col. Winslow [1786] be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Ware return him the thanks of the Company for his elegant Discourse this day delivered, and equest a copy for the press. Attest, GEORGE BLANCHARD, Clerk.

"Mr. Ware, in a very polite letter to Capt Clark [1786], declined giving a copy of his Sermon for the press, for the reasons therein expressed.

"Attest. GEORGE BLANCHARD, Clerk.

"Copy of the Rev. Mr. Ware's letter to Capt. Clark [1786]:-'I have this day received your communication of the vote of the Anc. and Hon. Artillery Company respecting the sermon delivered before them last Monday. Be kind enough to express to them my thanks for their politeness and candor and the high sense I feel of the honor they do me in requesting a copy of it for the press. Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to comply with the wishes of the Company, could I think the performance entitled to the honor of being made more publick. An unwillingness to add to the number of useless publications, I hope will sufficiently apologize for me to the Company in declining their request. With high esteem and respect for the Company, I am Dear Sir, Yours, and their sincere friend and very humble servant, HENRY WARE.'

"Thursday evening, 22d Augst. 1797. Voted, That the Treasurer be requested to call on Capt Samuel Prince [1788] and demand payment of the Fifty pounds of the Company's money, which is loaned in his hands; the money to be paid in ninety days from this date. Also voted, that the Treasurer be requested to purchase the sum of Eight hundred dollars in Union Bank shares, when the Company's money is collected, on the lowest terms and as soon as is convenient for him to do so.

"Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock Augst 29. Company met at Faneuil Hall and Voted, unanimously, that we attend the funeral of our worthy and very attentive Brother, Capt Robert Jenkins [1756], who has been a member of the A. and H. A. Company for fortyone years. Voted, that the Commissioned Officers be a Committee to wait on the friends of the deceased and inform them of the same.

"Monday, September 4. 1797. The Company paraded agreeable to Charter, marched into the Common, and went through a variety of evolutions and firings with great exactness, commanded by Capt Samuel Todd [1786].

"Attest, JAMES PHILLIPS, Clerk. "Monday, October 3, 1797. The Company agreeable to Charter made their publick appearance, commanded by Capt Todd [1786]. Attest, JAMES PHILLIPS, Clerk."

On Monday, April 3, 1797, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company commenced their tour of military duty for the year by a parade in Boston. "Their usual adroitness in exercise, and exactness in the various military evolutions, was particularly distinguishable on this occasion."

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June 5, 1797, was a fine day, and the Artillery Company enjoyed one of its most satisfactory anniversaries. The gratification of the spectators was a matter of public record. Among other guests, the chief-justice of the United States was present. The chief decoration in Faneuil Hall consisted of a group of figures, representing President Adams, the late President of the United States, the deceased Gov. Hancock, the late Gov. Adams, and the hero slain on Bunker Hill, - President Adams being in the centre, Washington and Hancock on his right, Gov. Adams and Gen. Warren on his left. Above, in gilt letters, were the words: "Behold Those Patriots! Imitate Their Virtues." A sumptuous dinner was succeeded by sixteen regular toasts. The governor offered a volunteer toast: "The memory of those independent patriots who first instituted the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company." The concluding exercises passed off in the presence of an immense concourse of spectators, and an evening collation concluded the anniversary services.

Col. Daniel Messinger (1792) sang the following song with so much pathos and expression that frequently, on the anniversary occasions, in answer to the repeated requests of the Company, he was obliged to sing it :

TO-MORROW, TO-MORROW!

OR, THE PROSPECT OF HOPE.

IN the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining,
May my fate no less fortunate be

Than a snug elbow chair can afford for reclining,
And a cot that o'erlooks the wide sea.

With an ambling pad pony to pace o'er the lawn
While I carol away idle sorrow;

And blithe as the lark that each day hails the dawn,
Look forward with hope for to-morrow.

With a porch at my door, both for shelter and shade, too,
As the sunshine or rain may prevail,

And a small spot of ground for the use of the spade, too,
With a barn for the use of the flail:

A cow for my dairy, a dog for my game,

And a purse when a friend wants to borrow;

I'll envy no nabob his riches or fame,

Nor what honors may wait him to-morrow.

From the bleak northern blast may my cot be completely
Secured by a neighboring hill;

And at night may repose steal upon me more sweetly,

By the sound of a murm'ring rill;

And while peace and plenty I find at my board,
With a heart free from sickness and sorrow,
With my friends will I share what to-day may afford,
And let them spread the table to-morrow.

And when I at last must throw off this frail covering,
Which I've worn for threescore years and ten,

On the brink of the grave I'll not seem to keep hovering,
Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again;

But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey,

And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow;

As this old worn-out stuff which is threadbare to-day,
May become everlasting to-morrow!

Rev. Henry Ware delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1797. He was a son of John and Martha Ware, and was born in Sherborn, Mass., April 1, 1764. He married, (1) March 31, 1789, Mary, daughter of Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, Mass. Mr. Clark delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1768. Mary (Clark) Ware died July 13, 1805, and Mr. Ware married, (2) in February, 1807, Mrs. Mary (Otis) Lincoln, widow of Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., eldest son of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln (1786). She died Feb. 17, 1807, a few days after her marriage, and Mr. Ware married, (3) in September, 1807, Elizabeth Bowes, of Boston.

He graduated at Harvard College in 1785, and after a course of study in theology was ordained, Oct. 24, 1787, as pastor of the First Church in Hingham. In 1805 he resigned this pastorate, and, Feb. 5, 1805, the corporation of Harvard College elected him Hollis Professor of Divinity. The overseers eventually concurred, and, May 14, 1805, he was formally inducted into that office. On Aug. 29, 1840, the Rev. Henry Ware, D. D., resigned the office of Hollis Professor of Divinity, being incapable of performing the duties of the office by the failure of his sight. Dr. Ware died in Cambridge, July 12, 1845.

1798.

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1798 were: John Winslow (1786), captain; John Bray (1788), lieutenant; James Phillips (1790), ensign. George Blanchard (1794) was first sergeant; Samuel Watts (1794), second sergeant; William Alexander (1795), third sergeant; John S. Lillie (1794), fourth sergeant; John Winslow (1786), treasurer, and William Walter, Jr. (1791), clerk.

In August, 1798, the militia of Boston and Chelsea were formed into a legionary brigade. The nine companies of the First Regiment were augmented to sixteen, and - were formed into four sublegions, each sublegion being commanded by a major, the entire sublegion forming a corps commanded by a lieutenant-colonel commandant. This formation was, however, of but a short duration.

The Boston Light Infantry made their first public appearance on Thursday, Oct. 11, 1798, under the command of Capt. Daniel Sargent, Jr. At twelve o'clock the company marched into Franklin Place, where an elegant standard was presented them by Mr. Stephen Higginson, Jr. At four o'clock P. M. a banquet was provided at Concert Hall, to which the officers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, with other guests, were invited.

The Independent Company of Cadets, commanded by Col. May (1786), celebrated their twelfth anniversary on Friday, Oct. 12, 1798, and on the same day the Fusileers also paraded, commanded by Capt. Brazer (1786).

Rev. Henry Ware. AUTHORITIES: Quincy's Hist. of Harvard University; Lincoln's Hist. of Hingham.

The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1798 were: Joseph Callender, Jr., Dexter Dana, David Devens, Joshua Gardner, Jr., Melzar Holmes, David Stetson.

Joseph Callender, Jr. (1798), shopkeeper, of Boston, was a grandson of Joseph Callender (1703). He was born in 1763, and died in May, 1823. "He took advantage of the Bankrupt Act, became a grocer, and brought up a large family." He and his wife Mary became members of the Old South Church, Dec. 11, 1808. His place of business was on the south side of the market, and he resided on Prince Street. He was a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

Dexter Dana (1798), merchant, of Boston, was a brother of Ephraim Dana (1812). He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1803, ensign in 1808, and its clerk from 1810 to 1815. "He failed in business, but, being discharged by his creditors, commenced business as a grocer and failed again." His troubles greatly affected his mind, and he was removed to Portland, where he lived with his family, supported by his brothers until his decease, which occurred in October, 1822, aged fifty years.

Mr. Dana (1798) received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in 1813, and resigned his membership July 31, 1816.

David Devens (1798), merchant, of Charlestown, son of David and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Devens, of Charlestown, was born in that town Jan. 10, 1777. He married, June 17, 1804, Abigail Adams, who died Sept. 8, 1821, aged thirty-eight years. He was an uncle of the distinguished jurist and comrade, Gen. Charles Devens, who died in 1890. Mr. Devens (1798) was for several years president of the Bunker Hill Bank, Charlestown, and held the office of fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1802. He became a member of King Solomon's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Charlestown, in September, 1799. He died Aug. 29, 1855.

Joshua Gardner, Jr. (1798), of Boston, was a brother of Capt. Lemuel Gardner (1787). He married, in November, 1797, Miss Lydia Wheelwright, daughter of Capt. Job Wheelwright (1759). He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1801.

Melzar Holmes (1798), merchant, of Charlestown, son of Melzar Holmes, was born at Kingston, Mass., Dec. 8, 1774. He married, (published) Sept. 28, 1800, Betsey L. Beal, of Kingston, who died in May, 1810. He became a very enterprising merchant. He was interested in the militia, was one of the founders of the Warren Phalanx, and later became its captain. He built and resided in the house on Salem Turnpike (Chelsea Street) occupied, in 1875, by Mr. T. M. Devens. When the day for the election of his successor arrived (June, 1809), Faneuil Hall was undergoing repairs and being enlarged. It was doubled in width, and raised one story. at the Exchange Coffee-House, and, as the exchanged in the large area in the centre. excess. Gov. Gore presided.

Joseph Callender, Jr. (1798). AUTHORITIES: Boston Records; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.

Dexter Dana (1798). AUTHORITY: Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.

The Artillery Company, therefore, dined rain fell in torrents, the badges were The spacious galleries were crowded to

David Devens (1798). AUTHORITY: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates.

Melzar Holmes (1798). AUTHORITIES: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.