Though their fleets bridge the main,

For our altars and laws with our lives we'll maintain !

For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves,

While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

Sept. 3, 1798, the Company paraded under the command of Col. Winslow (1786). Afterward the Company attended the interment of the remains of their venerable brother soldier, Deacon Samuel Barrett (1755).

Rev. Nathaniel Thayer delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1798. He was a son of Rev. Ebenezer and Martha (Cotton) Thayer, of Hampton, N. H., and was born July 11, 1769. He was prepared for college at Phillips Academy in Exeter, N. H., in the first class sent to Harvard College from that institution. He graduated at Harvard College in 1789, received the degree of A. M. from Harvard, also from Dartmouth in 1800, and S. T. D. from Harvard in 1817. After graduation he pursued his theological studies under the direction of Rev. David Osgood, D. D., of Medford,-who delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1788,— and at the same time he taught the grammar school in that town. He began to preach in 1791, but his first year of settled ministerial life was in 1792-3, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he resided in the family of Col. Timothy Pickering, a Massachusetts man, who was a member of President Washington's cabinet.

Rev. Nathaniel Thayer. AUTHORITIES: Marvin's Hist. of Lancaster; Thayer Genealogy.

1 Mr. Paine visited Major Russell (1788), of the Centinel, with his new song, "Adams and Liberty," and Major Russell (1788) pronounced it imperfect, because Washington was not properly noticed. "The sideboard was replenished, and Mr.

Paine was ready for a libation, when Major Russell [1788] interposed and insisted, in a humorous manner, that he should not slake his thirst till he had written an additional stanza, in which Washington should be introduced." He forthwith wrote and inserted this stanza.

In 1792 he first preached at Lancaster, Mass., and, June 3, 1793, he was invited to settle in that town as colleague with Rev. Mr. Harrington. Mr. Thayer accepted, and was installed in that parish Oct. 9, 1793. He continued in this relation for forty-seven years. In 1840, for the benefit of his health, he visited Saratoga Springs and Niagara Falls. Monday, June 22, was spent in travelling on his return. He reached Rochester at night, retired at his usual hour, and died suddenly at two o'clock in the following morning.

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1799 were: Robert

1799. Gardner (1794), captain; Lemuel Gardner (1787), lieutenant; Thomas W.

Sumner (1792), ensign. Ephraim Prescott (1796) was first sergeant ; Solomon Phipps (1796), second sergeant; Benjamin Coates (1796), third sergeant; Charles Clement (1795), fourth sergeant; John Winslow (1786), treasurer, and William Walter, Jr. (1791), clerk.

May 28, 1799, the officers of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company paid their respects to the President of the United States at his residence in Braintree. The visit was politely returned, when the President attended the anniversary exercises on the first Monday in June next following.

The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1799 were: Edward Goodwin, Benjamin Hale, Thomas Oliver Larkin, Josiah Marshall.

Edward Goodwin (1799), mechanic, of Charlestown, son of Deacon David and Abigail (Jenner) Goodwin, was born in Charlestown, March 27, 1778, and married, May 8, 1800, Katherine Larkin, sister of Capt. Thomas O. Larkin (1799). Mr. Goodwin (1799) was a mechanic in some branch of the chaise-making business. He was totally blind for several years before his death. He lived in a house which stood on Water Street, near Charles River Bridge. He became a member of King Solomon's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., in September, 1799. He died July 27, 1807.

Benjamin Hale (1799), sailmaker, son of Benjamin and Sarah Hale, was born in Boston, March 24, 1777. He was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1803, and resided on Batterymarch Street.

Thomas Oliver Larkin (1799), merchant, of Charlestown, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Oliver) Larkin, was born (baptized) July 16, 1769. He married, (1) at Concord, Mass., May 3, 1796, Hannah Cordis, who died Oct. 28, 1796, and, (2) Nov. 29, 1801, Ann Cooper, by whom he had three children. He died April 18, 1808, aged thirty-nine years. His brother Samuel joined the Artillery Company in 1801.

Mr. Larkin (1799) rose to the rank of captain in the militia, but never held any office in the Artillery Company. He received the Masonic degrees, in 1796, in King Solomon's Lodge, Charlestown, and became a member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Boston, Oct. 11, 1806. He was admitted into St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter, Dec. 13, 1797, and was a charter member in 1800. He succeeded Oliver Holden (1794) as master of King Solomon's Lodge.

Edward Goodwin (1799). AUTHORITIES: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; By-Laws of King Solomon's Lodge.

Thomas 0. Larkin (1799). AUTHORITIES: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; By-Laws of King Solomon's Lodge.

Josiah Marshall (1799), merchant, of Boston, was engaged in the West India grocery trade at No. 21 Merchants Row, and his residence was in "Half Court Square." He was an alderman of Boston in 1825 and 1826, and a representative to the General Court. He died suddenly in 1841.

The record of the Artillery Company for 1799 is as follows:

"Thursday evening, 28th March, 1799. At a full Meeting of the Company, Voted, That each member pay for his Knapsack and Canteen; & any person on leaving the Company shall return them to the Commissioned Officers, who shall estimate the value of them, and direct the Treasurer to pay the same.

"Monday evening, 1st April, 1799. At a full Meeting of the Company, Voted, That each member pay to the Clerk the sum of three dollars as an assessment for the expense of his Knapsack & Canteen. Voted, That each member pay to the Clerk one dollar as assessment for the provision to be made by him for the two Spring trainings. "Attest. WM. WALTER Jr. Clerk.

"Monday evening, May 20th 1799. At a full Meeting of the Company, Col. Winslow [1786] informed the Members, the buttons ordered from England were at his store and ready for delivery. A Committee of arrangments for Election day were chosen consisting of Col, Winslow [1786], Lt Bray [1788] Ensign Phillips [1790], Capt T. Clark [1786], Maj. Blanchard [1794], Mr. Jonas S. Bass [1789], Mr. Messinger [1792], Capt Todd [1786], T. W. Sumner [1792], Col. Waters [1769] if in town, and the Clerk, ex officio. Mr Moses Wheeler proposed a candidate. Mr Thomas O Larkin [1799] admitted a member under the new arrangement for admission. WM. WALTER Clerk.

"The Clerk of the Company having been unwell and out of Town last Fall, the times the Company turned out under the command of their Commanding Officer, Col. John Winslow 1786], was not duly entered, but on the first Mondays of September & October, 1798 and on the first Monday of April & the [first] Friday of May they turned out & performed a variety of evolutions agreeable to Charter.

"Attest, WM. WALTER, Clerk.

"Monday evening, 27th May, 1799. The Committee of Arrangements reported, they had attended to their duty & had formed a list of persons to be invited, which was read; and they proposed that an assessment should be laid on each Member of two dollars & fifty cents and that the Treasurer pay from the income of the Company the deficiency for the entertainment. Voted That the report of the Committee be accepted. Mr. Moses Wheeler admitted a candidate. Attest, WM WALTER Jr. Clerk.

"Friday evening, 31st May, 1799. Voted, that Mr. George Blanchard [1794], Mr. Thomas W. Sumner [1792], Mr. Joseph Eaton [1773], Capt Robert Gardner [1794] and Mr. Ephraim Prescott [1796] be a Committee to examine the Treasurer's & Clerks accounts and report at the first meeting after. Voted that Capt Thomas Clark [1786], Mr. Jonas S. Bass [1789], and Mr. E. Prescott [1796] be a Committee to procure silver eagles for the hats of the members.

"Monday, June 3d 1799. This being the Anniversary day of the election of officers for the Company, they paraded, fifty-seven, in number, at the Old State House, and at II o'clock marched to the New State House, where they received his Honor, Moses Gill, the Governor being very unwell, and a large number of other Gentlemen and escorted them to the Old Brick Meeting House, where a most excellent discourse,