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Monday, June 2, 1806, being the anniversary of the election of officers, the Company paraded "in the hall over new Faneuil Hall," at ten o'clock A. M.; received his Excellency Gov. Strong and guests at twelve o'clock M.; proceeded to the Old Brick Meeting-House, where Rev. Mr. Kendall preached the sermon, after which the Company and guests marched to Faneuil Hall and partook of the dinner. At five o'clock P. M., the Company proceeded to the square on the Common, where the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: Mr. William Alexander (1795), captain; Major Peter Osgood (1797), lieutenant; Mr. William Jepson (1797), ensign; Messrs William Marston (1804), Jacob Hall (1802), John B. Hammatt (1801), and Levi Melcher (1802), sergeants; Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer; Capt. Samuel Todd (1786), superintendent of the armory, and Capt. Thomas Clark (1786), clerk. The Company then escorted the commander-in-chief to the square, and the badges of office were received from the old and presented to the new officers by his Excellency. review the Company returned to Faneuil Hall.

After

Monday, Sept. 1, and Oct. 6, 1806, the Artillery Company paraded, and special meetings were held Sept. 22 and Sept. 29.

Gov. Strong offered the following volunteer toast at the dinner: "The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. May they ever prove the best citizens in peace and the bravest soldiers in war." After the toast to the memory of Washington, Mr. Eaton

(1796) again sung,

FROM VERNON'S MOUNT BEHOLD THE HERO RISE.

THE MUSIC WAS WRITTEN BY Oliver Holden (1794).
FROM Vernon's Mount behold the HERO rise,
Resplendent forms attend him through the skies;
The shades of war-worn Vet'rans round him throng,
And lead enwrapt their honor'd Chief along.

A laurel wreath th' immortal WARREN bears;
An arch triumphal MERCER's hand prepares;
Young LAWRENCE 'erst th' avenging bolt of war,
With port majestic guides the glittering car;

MONTGOMERY's god-like form directs the way,
And GREEN unfolds the gates of endless day,

While angels trumpet-tongued proclaim through air

Due honors! Due honors for the FIRST OF MEN prepare.

Rev. James Kendall, D. D., of Plymouth, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1806. He was a son of James Kendall, of Sterling, Mass., and was born in 1769. He was twice married; first, to Sarah Poor, and second to Sally Kendall. Mr. Kendall graduated at Harvard College in 1796, and was a tutor in the college at the time of his invitation to settle with the First Church in Plymouth. On the second Sunday of October, 1799, he began to preach on probation, in Plymouth, as the successor of Mr. Robbins, and was ordained Jan 1, 1800. During his entire residence of sixty years in Plymouth he occupied the parsonage in which he died in 1859. He was buried on Burial Hill. The honorary degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Harvard College in 1825.

Rev. James Kendall, D, D, AUTHORITY; Hyrd's Hist, of Plymouth County.

1807

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1807 were: Edmund Bowman (1793), captain; Jonathan Loring, Jr. (1792), lieutenant; Jonathan Whitney (1797), ensign. William Howe (1806) was first sergeant; Nathaniel Clarke (1805), second sergeant; Henry Fowle (1806), third sergeant; Nathaniel Brown (1805), fourth sergeant; John Winslow (1786), treasurer; Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Samuel Todd (1786), armorer.

From the "Massachusetts Register" the following list is compiled: Brig.-Gen. Amasa Davis (1786) was quartermaster-general of Massachusetts; Ebenezer Mattoon (1817), major-general, Fourth Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; John Winslow (1786), brigadier-general of Legionary Brigade, First Division; Charles Clement (1795), brigademajor; James Phillips (1790), brigade-quartermaster; Elijah Crane (1819), brigadiergeneral, Second Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; Peter Osgood (1797), major, First Sublegion, Legionary Erigade; Daniel Messinger (1792), major, Sublegion of Light Infantry; John Binney (1801), captain, First Battalion, Legionary Brigade, First Division of Artillery; John Roulstone (1812), lieutenant in troop of cavalry; Joseph Loring, Jr. (1793), captain in Sublegion of Light Infantry; George Wheeler (1812), Ezra Davis (1801), lieutenants; Nathaniel Brown (1805), quartermaster, Sublegion of Artillery; Thomas Dean (1806), captain, Second Sublegion of Light Infantry; Samuel Curtis (1810), captain, Third Sublegion; Frink Stratton (1811), lieutenant; James B. Marston (1810), lieutenant, and Major William Sullivan (1819), lieutenant in the Independent Cadets.

The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1807 were: William Abrams, Jr., Samuel T. Armstrong, Peter Conant, Jr., Caleb Knight, James R. Knight, Joseph Tucker, Terence Wakefield, George Welles.

William Abrams, Jr. (1807), an accountant, of Boston, who for many years was employed at 29 Middle Street, and resided in Sun Court Street, was a son of William Abrams, grocer, at 15 Middle Street. A William Abrams, Jr., was born in Boston, Aug. 18, 1750; probably he was the grocer.

Samuel Turell Armstrong (1807), printer, of Boston and Charlestown, son of John and Elizabeth Armstrong, was born in Dorchester, April 29, 1784, and married, Oct. 1, 1812, Abigail Walker. He was a great-grandson of Samuel Bass (1720).

Samuel T. Armstrong (1807), having lost his father in very early life, was apprenticed to Manning & Loring, book printers. At the expiration of his apprenticeship he began business in State Street, in connection with Joshua Belcher (1812), and published a periodical called the "Emerald." This partnership was soon dissolved, and Mr. Armstrong (1807) set up a printing-office in Charlestown, and printed the "Panoplist," devoted to religious matters. He removed to Boston in 1811, and became a prosperous publisher and bookseller at No. 50 Cornhill, now Washington Street. He continued the publication of the "Panoplist," and published large editions of popular religious works. His industry was untiring, his energy and perseverance were indefatigable, and his profits sure and increasing. He retired from business, when comparatively a young man, with a property worth over one hundred thousand dollars. He united with the

Samuel T. Armstrong (1807). AUTHORITIES: Whitman's Hist. A. and II. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Annals of Mass. Char. Mech. Association;

New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg., 1861, 1890, 1894;
Ilill's Hist. of Old South Church.

Old South Church, Dec. 24, 1815, and was elected a deacon, May 15, 1829, and accepted the position, having declined a previous election (Feb. 8, 1828) to the same office. In 1828 and 1829 he was president of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. He served the city of Boston as a representative in General Court, and Suffolk County as a State senator. He was lieutenant-governor of the State a number of years, in the administrations of Levi Lincoln and John Davis, and was acting-governor during ten months of the year 1835, Gov. Davis having been elected a senator in Congress. He was alderman of the city of Boston from 1828 to 1831 inclusive, and, for a single year, 1836, was mayor of Boston, after which he retired from public life. He amassed a fortune, but died without issue. He visited Europe twice, and spent some years on the continent. At one time he was much interested in military matters; was captain of the Warren Phalanx, of Charlestown, from 1811 to 1814, and first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1811. He died very suddenly, March 26, 1850.

Peter Conant, Jr. (1807), schoolmaster, afterward trader, of Boston, brother of Col. Artemas, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Fairbanks) Conant, was born in Stow, April 9, 1785, and he died in Charlestown, Dec. 4, 1862. He married Harriet Howe, of Boston, sister of John Howe, Jr. (1792). She died Jan. 12, 1888, aged nearly ninetynine years. Mr. Conant (1807) remained in Stow until the War of 1812, when he enlisted and served in the army in Northern New York. Soon after his discharge he came to Boston, and his first occupation was that of usher in the Eliot School. About 1825, he became a teacher in the Harvard School, Charlestown, and when the TrainingField School-House was erected, he took charge of the school in that house. After teaching for ten years, he opened a book and stationery store in Charlestown, which he kept for some years, when he became book-keeper in the office of the Boston Transcript, a position he held until his decease. When he lived in Boston, he boarded with his father-in-law, John Howe (1773), corner of Salem and Endicott streets. Afterward, purchasing land of Oliver Holden (1794), he erected a house on Bartlett Street, Charlestown, now numbered 64, and resided there until his decease. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1811.

Caleb Knight (1807), of Boston, was brother of James R. Knight (1807). He received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge, and took membership therein in 1807. He never held office in the Artillery Company.

James R. Knight (1807), merchant, of Boston, was a brother of Caleb Knight (1807). Mr. Knight (1807) died at Greenwich, N. Y., May 22, 1824, aged forty-three years.

Joseph Tucker (1807), housewright, of Boston, son of Stephen and Abigail (Newell) Tucker, was born (baptized) March 18, 1770. He married Mary He was admitted into St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter, Dec 13, 1797, and resigned his membership Oct. 30, 1814. He never held office in the Artillery Company. He died June 20, 1824, aged fifty-five years.

Peter Conant, Jr. (1807). AUTHORITIES: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Conant Genealogy,

Terence Wakefield (1807), apothecary, of Boston, kept a store at No 12 Milk Street in 1820, and resided on Pond, now Bedford, Street. He learned the apothecary business in the shop of Dr. Thomas Bartlett (1793), at the sign of the Good Samaritan, 13 Cornhill, and commenced business on his own account in 1803 in the shop previously "kept by Dr. Mountfort, corner of Fish Street." He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1810, and ensign in 1815.

George Welles (1807), jeweller, of Boston, was born June 14, 1784, in Hebron, Conn. He came to Boston a poor boy, but by his great industry and economy became wealthy. He married, but had no children. His military career began about 1805, and in 1811 he became captain of a company in the Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He held this position until 1818, when, notwithstanding he was a good disciplinarian, he was defeated for the office of major, and retired from the militia. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1811, lieutenant in 1814, and its captain in 1820. He was active in the concerns of the Artillery Company, and often served on important committees.

He died at Framingham, May 6, 1827, aged forty-three years, and was buried at Hebron, Conn.

April 6, 1807, the Artillery Company made its first public appearance for the season, commanded by Capt. Alexander (1795). Rev. Thomas Baldwin, of Boston, was chosen to deliver the Artillery election sermon the next June.

May 4, the Company paraded. Special meetings were held May 11 and May 18. Monday, June 1, 1807, being the anniversary and election of officers, the usual formalities were observed. His Excellency James Sullivan was accompanied by his Honor Levi Lincoln, the honorable council, the major-general of the First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and other guests. The weather was unpropitious, and the election of officers was held and exchange of insignias made in Faneuil Hall, the galleries being opened for the admission of spectators. Mr. Edmund Bowman (1793) was elected captain; Mr. Jonathan Loring, Jr. (1792), lieutenant; Mr. Jonathan Whitney (1797), ensign; Messrs. William Howe (1806), Nathaniel Clarke (1805), Henry Fowle (1806), and Nathaniel Brown (1805), sergeants;. Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer; Capt. Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Capt. Samuel Todd (1786), superintendent of the armory.

The exercises in the Hall being completed, the Company, commanded by Capt. Bowman (1793), escorted the governor to his home in Summer Street, after which they returned to the Hall, and spent the evening socially.

Special meetings were held July 6 and Aug. 24, and Sept. 7 the Company paraded. Sept. 21, 1807, the Company fixed the pay of the clerk at forty dollars per year. Friday, Oct. 9, the Company made its last parade of the year. Major Phillips (1790) having, at his own expense, elegantly painted and decorated the cartridge canister of the Company, a vote of thanks to him for the same was passed.

The Independent Chronicle, of Boston, dated June 8, 1807, gives the following additional facts in regard to the anniversary day :

"Monday last being the anniversary of the Antient and Honorable Artillery Company, the morning was ushered in by a discharge of 17 guns from the North End. At

George Welles (1807). AUTHORITY: Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842.

half past 12 o'clock, his Excellency James Sullivan Esq- and his Honor Levi Lincoln Esq- were escorted by the Company to the Old Brick Meeting House, under a discharge of 17 guns from Copp's Hill by the North End Artillery, and another salute of 17 more from Rhoade's Wharf. The weather being unfavorable his Excellency consented to perform the ceremonies of investing the new officers with their badges in Faneuil Hall, the Hall of LIBERTY. On his Excellency's being conducted to his Chair a salute of 17 guns was fired at Capt Rhoades's, North End - and on his leaving the Hall another salute of 17 guns was fired from Copp's Hill. Thus did the people do honor to whom honor was due."

The Columbian Centinel, after giving the seventeen toasts offered at the anniversary dinner, adds,

"After the third toast his Excellency the commander-in-chief gave — 'The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. May they long continue a defence and ornament of this Commonwealth.'

"This toast was received with plaudits from the Company and with martial airs from the American band of music attached to the Legionary Brigade; and who, on this occasion, appeared in a new and superb uniform; and discharged the duties of the day with much better success than was to be expected from the short period of their tuition."

Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D., of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon in 1807. He was the only son of Thomas and Mary Baldwin, and was born in Bozrah, Conn., Dec. 23, 1753. When he was sixteen years of age, his father died; his mother married a Mr. Eames, and the family moved to Canaan, N. H. Sept. 22, 1775, Mr. Baldwin married Ruth Huntington, of Norwich, Conn. She died Feb. 11, 1812, and he married Margaret Duncan, of Haverhill, Mass. At the age of thirty years he represented Canaan in the Legislature, and was repeatedly re-elected to this office. In 1782 he began to exhort in public meetings, and in August of that year he was licensed to preach. In the spring of 1783 the Baptist church in Canaan invited him to become their pastor, but he declined to accept. However, he continued to supply the pulpit. June 11, 1783, he was ordained to the work of an evangelist, and toiled in Canaan seven years. In the winter of 1789-90 he was invited to Sturbridge, to Hampton, Conn., and to the Second Baptist Church, in Boston. He preached his first sermon in Boston, July 4, 1790, and on the twenty-second day of August the Boston church invited him to settle as pastor. He accepted, and was installed Nov. 11. In 1794 Brown University conferred upon him the degree of A. M., and in 1803 Union College conferred the degree of D. D. In September, 1803, he became the editor of the "Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine." He continued sole editor of that publication until 1817, and from that year until his decease was senior editor. He died Aug. 29, 1826, at Waterville, Me., whither he went to attend the commencement exercises at the college in that town.

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1808 were: Melzar

1808. Holmes (1798), captain; Benjamin Coates (1796), lieutenant; Dexter

Dana (1798), ensign. Thomas Dean (1806) was first sergeant; William Bowman (1806), second sergeant; David Forsaith (1805), third sergeant; Samuel Rev. Thomas Baldwin, D. D. AUTHORITY: Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.

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