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First Division; Ebenezer Mattoon (1817), major-general of the Fourth Division; Nehemiah Freeman (1793), division inspector, and George Sullivan (1811), judge advocate, Fourth Division. Brigade staff officers: Henry A. S. Dearborn (1816), brigadiergeneral, First Brigade, First Division; Nathaniel Guild (1820), brigadier-general, Second Brigade; Freeman Fisher (1821), aide-de-camp; Arnold Welles (1811), brigadier-general, Third Brigade; Nathaniel Austin (1819), brigadier-general, First Brigade, Third Division; Joseph Butterfield (1821), brigade-quartermaster, Second Brigade; Salem Towne, Jr. (1821), brigadier-general, First Brigade, Seventh Division; Thomas H. Blood (1817), brigadier-general, Second Brigade. Field officers of infantry: Jonathan Whitney (1793), lieutenant-colonel commandant, Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division; Eleazer G. House (1810), and Benjamin Loring (1810), majors; Daniel Messinger (1792), lieutenant-colonel commandant, Third Regiment; John Tarbell (1813), major, First Regiment, First Brigade, Third Division; Joshua B. Phipps (1812) and William Fernald (1811), majors in the Fifth Regiment; Micah M. Rutter (1821), lieutenant-colonel commandant, First Regiment, Second Brigade, Third. Division.

In the First Regiment (Boston and Chelsea) were: William Ingalls (1821), surgeon; Daniel Dunton (1812), Thaddeus Page (1820), and Asa Tisdale (1814), captains; Caleb Hartshorn (1820), Nathan Eaton (1816), Robert G. Mitchell (1812), and Samuel Davis (1817), lieutenants; Alexander H. Gibbs (1820), Nathaniel Richards, Jr. (1816), Joseph Lewis (1811), and Pliny Smith (1816), ensigns.

In the Second Regiment (Boston and Chelsea), besides the field officers above mentioned, were: Abner Bourne (1812), adjutant; Henry S. Waldo (1812), quartermaster; Samuel W. Kendall (1814), paymaster; Michael Roulstone (1810), Asa Richardson (1812), George Welles (1807), George Sullivan (1811), Caswell Beal (1806), Samuel B. Ford (1813), John Dodd, Jr. (1810), and Daniel L. Gibbens (1810), captains; Elna Hayt (1812), James Russell (1812), James N. Staples (1816), and Ezekiel Jones (1816), lieutenants; Francis Southack (1816), Ira Brown (1816), Simon Gardner (1817), Benjamin T. Pickman (1819), John M. Marston (1814), and Ephraim Whitney (1816), ensigns.

In the Third Regiment (Boston and Chelsea), besides the field officers above mentioned, were: Stephen Fairbanks (1820), adjutant; James B. Marston (1810), Samuel H. Parker (1820), Benjamin Huntington (1814), Philip Curtis (1812), Micah B. Bacon (1816), Joseph Jenkins (1817), and David Francis (1806), captains; Joshua Simonds (1811), Luke Richardson (1812), Benjamin Darling (1820), Ephraim Harrington (1815), David Moody (1812), and Edward Bugbee (1816), lieutenants; Christopher Gore (1814), John Park (1812), Benjamin Winslow (1819), and Martin Brimmer (1820), ensigns.

The Handel and Haydn Society was instituted in April, 1815, and was incorporated by the Legislature of Massachusetts, Feb. 9, 1816. Among the original members of this society were: Samuel H. Parker (1820), Charles Nolen (1797), John Dodd, Jr. (1810), George Singleton, Jr. (1792), Peter Osgood (1797), Abner Bourne (1812), Ebenezer Goodrich (1815), Isaac Davis (1821), Christopher Gore (1814), Jonathan Loring, Jr. (1792).

The printed list of the members of this society from 1815 to 1867 contains the names of many members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, among them being Henry Clay Barnabee (1870), Charles F. Chickering (1845), president of the society in 1856 and 1857; Thomas E. Chickering (1845), president from 1858 to 1860

inclusive; William Coffin, Jr. (1806), trustee from 1817 to 1822, and treasurer from 1823 to 1835, when he was succeeded by Abner Bourne (1812); Benjamin Huntington (1814), William Jepson (1797), Daniel Messinger, Jr. (1822), John G Roberts (1847), Thomas C. Webb (1838), and very many others.

The member of the Artillery Company recruited in 1815 was Ephraim Harrington.

Ephraim Harrington (1815), bricklayer, of Roxbury, was born in August, 1793. He removed to Boston, and in 1820 resided on Pleasant Street. He was lieutenant in the Third Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in 1815, 1816, and 1817; captain in the same from 1818 to 1821 inclusive, and held the office of first sergeant in the Artillery Company in 1819. He received the Masonic degrees in St. John's Lodge, Boston, Aug. 28, 1821. He was a representative of Boston. in the General Court in 1838. He died July 24, 1854, aged sixty years and eleven months.

The Artillery Company met, pursuant to orders, for drill, March 20 and 27, 1815. On Friday, April 7, the Company paraded, in full uniform, for inspection," the first field-day since the glorious return of peace." The Company unanimously made choice of the Rev. Francis Parkman, of Boston, to deliver the next anniversary sermon.

April 17 and 24 the Company met for drill, and May 1 the Company paraded at Faneuil Hall, at three o'clock P. M., in uniform complete, under the command of Lieut. George Welles (1807), the commander being indisposed and absent. They marched to the Common and through various parts of the town, performed a variety of exercises, etc., and, on their return to the Hall, were provided with a collation.

At a meeting held May 15, 1815, it was voted "that the Company adopt, as their system of manœuvres and exercise, after the 1st of June next ensuing, the system contained in Maltby's Elements of War,' and conform thereto, as near as practicable, in their drill and exercise."

May 22 and 29 the Company met for drill. At the latter meeting, a committee was chosen and designated as the committee of finance. It consisted of Brig.-Gen. Arnold Welles (1811), Major Benjamin Russell (1788), Andrew Sigourney, Esq. (1806), Zachariah G. Whitman (1810), and Capt. William Howe (1806).

Monday, June 5, 1815, being anniversary day, the Artillery Company paraded at Faneuil Hall at nine o'clock A. M., in uniform complete, under command of Lieut. George Welles (1807). At the State House, Capt. William Howe (1806) took command of the Company, and escorted his Excellency and other guests to the First Church, in Chauncy Place, where the anniversary sermon was delivered by Rev. Francis Parkman, of Boston. After service, the procession returned to the Hall, where an elegant entertainment was provided. At four o'clock, the Company proceeded, under command of Lieut. Welles (1807), to the Common, election was held, and the governor took the chair of state. When the time arrived to invest the officers-elect, Capt. Howe (1806), who had remained n a carriage in the vicinity, alighted and took command. The newly elected officers were then installed into their respective offices by his Excellency. Most of the duties of the day were performed under the command of Lieut. George Welles (1807), with honor to himself and the Company; though it was a disappointment that the health of Capt. Howe (1806) was such as to prevent him from performing many of the duties, depriving the Company of the presence and command of that excellent officer and disciplinarian.

After the duties on the Common were completed, the governor was escorted to his residence, and the Company returned to Faneuil Hall.

Meetings for drill were frequently held on account of a change in the tactics. Sept. 4 the Company, under the command of Capt. John Roulstone (1812), paraded, marched to the Common, and, for the first time in public, were exercised in accordance with the system of Gen. Maltby. Oct. 2 a public parade was made by the Company under command of Capt. Roulstone (1812).

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On the 23d of October, 1815, the American Antiquarian Society having invited the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company as being the oldest chartered society in New England to attend the celebration of their anniversary, the Company paraded, without uniform or arms, and were conducted by the commander into the hall where the Antiquarian Society were at dinner, and "reciprocated their mutual esteem" by two appropriate toasts. Whereupon the Company escorted the government and members of the Antiquarian Society to King's Chapel, in Boston, where a discourse was delivered by their vice-president, William Paine, M. D.

Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D., of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1815. He was a son of Samuel and Sarah (Rogers) Parkman, and was born in Boston, June 4, 1788. His father was an eminent merchant. Francis was fitted for college in his native town. He entered the sophomore class at Cambridge in 1804, and graduated in 1807. Shortly after leaving college, he began the study of theology under the direction of Rev. William E. Channing. He continued this study until May, 1810, when he embarked for Europe. He travelled extensively, and returned to America in the spring of 1812. A few months after Dr. Eliot's death, which occurred in February, 1813, Mr. Parkman was requested to preach as a candidate at the New North Church, of which Dr. Eliot had been pastor. Mr. Parkman consented, and, Dec. 8, 1813, he was ordained to the Christian ministry, and was installed over that church. In 1834 he received the honorary degree of D. D. from Harvard College. Dec. 7, 1842, Mr. Amos Smith was associated with Dr. Parkman as a colleague. Mr. Smith resigned in June, 1848, when Dr. Parkman relinquished the charge of the pulpit. This was done that the society might have perfect liberty in inviting candidates. Mr. Joshua Young was ordained in February, 1849, as Mr. Smith's successor, at which time Dr. Parkman's connection with the church ceased.

In 1844-5 he visited Europe, and remained there six months. In the autumn of 1852 Dr. Parkman went to Baltimore, Md., to attend a general convention of delegates from the Unitarian churches. He was elected president of that body. At its conclusion, he returned home, but very soon after his arrival the community was astounded by the tidings of his sudden death, Nov. 12, 1852.

The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1816 were: Henry

1816. A. S. Dearborn (1816), captain; Benjamin Loring (1810), lieutenant; Philip

Curtis (1812), ensign. Zachariah G. Whitman (1810) was first sergeant; John Park (1812), second sergeant; John L. Phillips (1813), third sergeant; John M. Marston (1814), fourth sergeant; Andrew Sigourney (1806), treasurer; Zachariah G. Whitman (1810), clerk, and Levi Melcher (1802), armorer.

Rev. Francis Parkman, D. D, AUTHORITY: Sprague's Annals of American Pulpit.

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