Meetings of the Company were frequently held during November and December, the last one for the year being on the evening of the 31st of December. Peter Mackintosh, Jr. (1820), made an exhaustive report in regard to the reduction of the admission fee. The history of the Company during 1821 shows its unparalleled prosperity. Its active membership had never before been so large, meetings for drill and business never so frequent, nor the "school for officers" ever more united and progressive. Rev. Edward Everett (1836), of Boston, delivered the Artillery election sermon of 1821. He was a son of Oliver and Lucy (Hill) Everett, and was born in Dorchester, April 11, 1794. He attended first the public schools of his native town, and subsequently those of Boston. On his graduation at the school in North Bennet Street, Boston, he received a Franklin medal. After attending for a short time a private school in Boston, he entered the public Latin School, graduating therefrom in 1805. He remained for a few months in 1807 at the Exeter (N. H.) Academy, and graduated from Harvard College in 1811. The following year he was appointed Latin tutor in the college. It was his intention to study law, but through the influence of the pastor of the church which his parents attended, he studied divinity while officiating as tutor. In 1813 he became pastor of the Brattle Street Church, in Boston. During his ministry the popularity of Mr. Everett (1836) was unbounded. In 1815 Mr. Everett (1836) was appointed professor of Greek literature in Harvard College, which station he occupied until 1826. Shortly after his induction into this office he visited Europe, having as a fellow-traveller for much of his journeying Gen. Theodore Lyman (1820). For two years he resided at Göttingen, employed in those branches of study appropriate to his new sphere. Afterward he continued his travels through Europe, and returned to the United States after an absence of four years. He then resumed the duties of his professorship at Cambridge, and also was engaged in the editorial care of the North American Review. May 8, 1822, Mr. Everett (1836) married Charlotte Gray, a daughter of Peter C. Brooks, of Boston. In 1824 Mr. Everett (1836) became a candidate for the National House of Representatives, to which he was elected, and took his seat therein in December, 1825. Ten years later he withdrew from the councils of the nation, being chosen in 1835 governor of the State of Massachusetts. He served in this position for four years, being succeeded in 1840 by Gov. Marcus Morton (1840). Mr. Everett (1836) embarked for Europe in 1840. At a jubilee dinner prior to his departure, Hon. Judge Story gave as a sentiment, "Learning, genius, and eloquence are sure to be welcome where Ever-ett goes"; on which Mr. Everett (1836) promptly gave, "Law, Equity, and Jurisprudence: all their efforts to rise will never be able to get above one Story." While Mr. Everett (1836) was in Italy in 1841, the minister at the Court of St. James having been recalled, Mr. Everett (1836) was appointed his successor, where he remained until the accession of President Polk. He arrived in London to enter upon the duties of his mission at the close of the year 1841. Mr. Everett (1836), after a very creditable career as minister to Great Britain, returned to Rev. Edward Everett (1836). AUTHORITIES: Proceedings Mass. Hist. Society, 1864, 1865, pp. 101-170; 1869, 1870, p. 107; Everett Memorial, published by the city of Boston; Loring's One Hundred Boston Orators; address by Richard H. Dana, Jr., Feb. 22, 1865, at Cambridge, on the "Life and Services of Edward Everett." Boston in the autumn of 1845. President Quincy having resigned the care of Harvard University, Mr. Everett (1836) was requested to accept the vacant presidency. He was inaugurated in this important station April 30, 1846, when Hon. Robert C. Winthrop (1830) gave this sentiment at a public dinner: "This occasion, which witnesses the consecration of the highest genius of our country to its noblest service." President Everett (1836) continued closely devoted to the interests of Harvard College until he was compelled by the state of his health to resign that office, and was succeeded by Jared Sparks, June 20, 1849. In 1852 Hon. Daniel Webster came home sick to Marshfield and died. A telegraphic despatch summoned Mr. Everett (1836) to Washington to take charge of the department of state. Business had accumulated during Mr. Webster's illness, but Mr. Everett (1836) applied himself to his work with his usual method and laboriousness. On the election of Mr. Pierce to the presidency, and his inauguration, March 4, 1853, Mr. Everett's (1836) service as secretary of state ended, but on that day he became a member of the Senate of the United States, to which he had been elected by the Legislature of Massachusetts. The final consideration of the Kansas Nebraska Bill, and the refusal of the Senate to allow him to record his vote against it, ended his official public life, for in May, 1853, "by advice of his physicians, and unwilling to perform imperfectly the duties of such a position," he resigned his seat. Notwithstanding the condition of his health, he prepared a discourse upon the character of Washington, to be delivered throughout the country, in aid of the purchase of Mount Vernon. He spoke it in all parts of the country, one hundred and twentynine times, obtaining by the sale of tickets about fifty thousand dollars in aid of the fund. In 1860 he accepted the nomination of vice-president from a party organized upon a principle of compromise between the Republicans and the Democrats. At length the war began by the slave power in rebellion, and Mr. Everett (1836) threw the weight of his character, influence, and powers into the scale for the national life. He enlisted, not waiting for conscription or bounty, in the only arm of the service for which his years fitted him. "I am an old man," he said; "there is nothing of me left with which I can serve my country except my lips." Sixty times in thirty weeks he delivered his address upon the character of the war, which was first spoken in Boston, Oct. 16, 1861. He answered to every call of benevolence and patriotism. "The Cradle of Liberty" received his last public utterance, in behalf of the sufferers at Savannah, Ga. Mr. Everett (1836) died Jan. 15, 1865. A statue to the memory of Mr. Everett (1836) stands in the Public Gardens, Boston. It was erected by a public subscription in 1865, and the purpose was so popular that, with the surplus, after the statue was paid for, a portrait of Mr. Everett (1836) was placed in Faneuil Hall, five thousand dollars were given to the equestrian statue of George Washington, and ten thousand to the Gov. Andrew statue fund. Oct. 3, 1836, the Artillery Company returned to the armory, after the field-day parade, at six o'clock P. M. Having deposited their arms, on motion of Col. Bigelow (1833), his Excellency Edward Everett was unanimously admitted an honorary member of the Company. SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, MASS. From 1634 to 1821 inclusive, two hundred and seventy-four persons served in the office of selectmen of Boston, the aggregate number of their terms of service being fifteen hundred and forty-two. One hundred and ten persons of this number were members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, who served in the aggregate five hundred and fifty terms. A term was one year, except from 1634 to 1641 inclusive, when selectmen were elected for terms of six months only. In the following lists, the date preceding the name indicates the first year of service in the office mentioned; the inclosed date, the year when the person joined the Artillery, Company, and the numeral following indicates the terms or years of service in that office. Terms. Terms. 9 3 1679 Theophilus Frary (1666). 2 1688 Penn Townsend (1674) 5 1645 Edward Tyng (1642). Robert Gibbs (1692). 2 3 6 I 4 3 I 2 8 I 1713 John George (1702) . 1721 William Hutchinson (1703). 1727 Jonathan Williams (1711) 66 Previous to 1693 the person who kept the books of the town of Boston was called town recorder." From 1641 to 1693 there were nine persons who held this office, of whom seven were members of the Artillery Company, viz. :— The town recorder became known as town clerk in 1693. From that time until 1822 when the town became a city-eight persons held the office of town clerk, of whom six were members of the Artillery Company, viz. :· In 1636, Mr. John Coggan (1638) was chosen treasurer, to disburse the funds for the new work on Fort Hill, and in 1636 Robert Keayne (1637) was authorized to receive certain fines. In 1641 John Oliver (1637) was chosen "Treasurer for the Towne and to keep the Towne's booke." The treasurer was chosen from 1641 to 1660 by the selectmen; from 1660 to 1690, sometimes by the selectmen and sometimes by the town meeting, and from 1690 to 1821 by the town meeting. Twenty-five persons held the office of treasurer of the town of Boston between 1640 and 1822, of whom eleven were members of the Artillery Company, viz. : The overseers of the poor of the town of Boston were first elected in 1691. During one hundred and thirty years, or from 1691 to 1822, one hundred and fifty-four persons served as overseers of the poor, of whom fifty-nine were members of the Artillery Company :- 1714 Jeremiah Allen (1694) 1702 Edward Bromfield (1679) 1704 Thomas Brattle (1675) 1704 John Borland (1692) 1709 John Ballentine (1682) 1735. Edward Bromfield (1732) 1776 Samuel Barrett (1755) 1691 William Colman (1676) 1692 Samuel Checkley (1678) . 1703 Robert Calef, Jr. (1710). 1704 William Clark (1699) . 1706 Francis Clarke (1701) 1710 Charles Chauncey (1699) 1714 Samuel Checkley (1678). 1715 Timothy Clarke (1702) 1735 Joshua Cheever (1732) 1701 Benjamin Davis (1673) 1702 Jeremiah Dummer (1671) 1723 Henry Deering (1682) 2 1707 Samuel Keeling (1699) 4 1692 Samuel Lynde (1691). 2 1767 John Leverett (1750). 9 |