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Israel Gilbert,
deceased.
Sep. 21.
Daniel Stoddard,
Dec. 9.
Knight Sprague, Jr.
Dec. 9.
Zebulon Stodder, Abel Wilder,
Dec. 9.
deceased.
Oct. 31.
Jeremiah Lincoln, (Ens.)
in captivity.
Sep. 21.
Jonathan Smith, (Corp.)
Dec. 9.
Caleb Leavitt, (Clerk.)
Dec. 9.
Thomas Slander,
killed.
Sep. 19.
William Hodge,
Nov. 11.
Elijah White,
deceased.
Sep. 20.
George Low,
Dec. 9.
Robert Tower,
deceased.
Sep. 18. June 3.
Isaac Gross,
In the year 1757, several Hingham soldiers were present at the bar- barous massacre at Fort William Henry. Among them, were Major Samuel Thaxter, Thomas Gill, Thomas Burr, Elijah Lewis, Knight Sprague, Seth Stowers. They fortunately escaped, and returned home, after suffering almost every privation on their journey.
In 1758, Dr. Gay records the decease of David Waterman, Ezra Garnett, Samuel Tucker and Obadiah Stowell in the * * expedition.
Jeremiah Lincoln, (mentioned in one of the preceding rolls as in captivity,) was taken prisoner when out on a scout, carried to Quebec, where, after spending one winter, he made his escape in the night with four companions, two of whom went back. The others came home through the wilderness, having suffered much for want of food ; and they were frequently lost on their perilous journey, so that seve- ral days elapsed before they could learn their true situation. They subsisted on roots and the bark of trees.
In 1759, Capt. Jotham Gay commanded a company whichi was sta- tioned at Halifax, from March 31 to Nov. 1. It contained forty two persons from this town, beside others. Rev. Mr. Brown of Cohasset was Chaplain. Dr. Gay corresponded with him, and in a character- istic letter, under date of June 25, 1759, he writes to Mr. Brown, "I wish you may visit Jotham (Captain) and minister good instruction to him and company, and furnish him with suitable sermons in print, or in your own very legible, if not very intelligible manuscripts, to read to his men, who are without a preacher; in the room of one, constitute Jotham curate."
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In 1760, Stephen French, John Stowell, Jr. and Daniel Lincoln died in the army .- Gay's Record.
Capt. Joshua Barker, of this town, served as a Lieutenant under Capt. Winslow in the expedition to the West Indies in 1740, and in the different wars of the country, from 1742 to 1758.
NOTE I, TO PAGE 21.
REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
I have collected the following minutes of services rendered by citi- zens of this town, during the war of the Revolution. It undoubtedly exhibits in an imperfect degree the extent of services. The dates when the services commenced are inserted.
In 1775, April 19, Capt. James Lincoln's company 13 days service.
Enoch Whiton's do. 3
Isaiah Cushing's do. 3
May 8,
" § James Lincoln's Hingham.
do. 8 months in
In 1775, April 27. Capt. Jotham Loring and company served in Col. Greaton's Regiment at Roxbury, &c. till June 22, when Lt. Charles Cushing was ap- pointed Captain. The company served till the close of the year. This company generally re- enlisted before the close of the year, for a ser- 1776, January 1. vice of one year, commencing Jan. 1, 1776. Af- ter the evacuation of Boston, they marched to New York ; thence they embarked for Albany, where they arrived April 25th, at Stillwater April 27th, at Fort Edward 29th, and thence by land and water, to Montreal, where they arriv- ed May 21. The disasters and sufferings of the troops in this expedition are matters of his- tory. I am happy to have it in my power to give the names of the officers and most of the men who served in it. They were Charles Cushing, Captain. Benjamin Beal, Lieutenant. John Lincoln, Ensign.
Moses Sprague, Abijah Whiton, Christopher Kilby,
Thomas Marsh,
Joseph Sprague,
Israel Stowell,
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Jonathan Herscy, Jacob Gardner, Hosea Stodder, Joshua Ripley, Luther Gardner, Elijah Gardner, Noah Hobart, Jesse Dunbar,
Luke Hunt, Daniel Sprague, Joseph Whiton, Abel Whiton,
Thomas Bangs, Thomas Chubbuck, Jr.
Othniel Stodder, Joshua Stowell,
Lot Marsh, Joshua Dunbar,
Reuben Stodder, Jr.
Peter Whiton, Joseph Lincoln, Nathaniel Stodder,
David Hersey, Israel Whiton,
Joseph Hill, James Hayward, Jr. '
William Spooner, Levi Gardner, Obadiah Stowell,
Daniel Cain, Seth Stowell, Issachar Stowell.
There were five others in this company, from Hingham, who re- ceived a bounty from the town, but whose names I cannot ascertain.
Enoch Dunbar was in the Canada Expedition in Capt. Ste- phens' Company of Artillery.
1776, May. A company of thirty men under the command of Capt. Seth Stowers, served eight months at Nantasket. His Lieu- tenants were Peter Nichols and Elijah Beal ; Sergeants, Eli- jah Lewis, Joseph Wilder, John Gill, Benjamin Jacob, David Lincoln, Stephen Stoddard.
Aug. 2. The town paid fifteen men for services at Ticon- deroga, six months. They were in Capt. Endicott's Company. Sept. Also twenty three men at New York.
Dec. Also thirty seven men at New York, under Capt. Pe- ter Cushing.
1777. Twenty eight men to the Northern Department, under Capt. Theophilus Wilder, at the surrender of Burgoyne. [This company was increased to fifty two men.] Capt. Seth Stowers commanded a company in Rhode Island, in Robinson's Regiment. Several Hingham names appear on the roll. Time of service six monthis.
Thirty three men with Capt. Job Cushing, at New York, &c. Seventeen men under Capt. Joshua Tower, at Rhode Island. 1778. Seventeen men, for three years.
Eight men at Rhode Island with Lt. John Lincoln. Nineteen men at Rhode Island, for six weeks.
Thirty four men, with Capt. Elias Whiton, for three months, at Dorchester Heights.
Twenty two mnen with Capt. Baxter, at Rhode Island for six weeks.
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1778. Seven men guards at Cambridge, with Capt. Benjamin Beal, four months.
1779. Lt. John Lincoln commanded a company of men at Rhode Island, in Webb's Regiment, from Sept. 1, 1779 to Jan. 1, 1780, in which were several soldiers from Hingham.
Six men at Rhode Island with Capt. Job Cushing.
Four men guards at Boston.
Fifteen men with Lt. Elijah Beal, at Claverck, New York. Eighteen men with Capt. Theophilus Wilder, at Hull.
Forty four men with Capt. Peter Cushing, at Hull. Nineteen men with Capt. Jabez Wilder, at Hull.
Fourteen men with Capt. Ward, at Boston, for three months, to guard stores.
Seven men with Lt. Jacobs, at Rhode Island, for five months. 1780. Thirty eight men with Capt. Theophilus Wilder, three months, at Rhode Island.
Five men, guards, at Boston.
Seven men, for six months, in the Continental Army, viz.
James Bates, Lot Lincoln,
Levi Gardner, Ezekiel Cushing, Leavitt Lane.
Jesse Humphrey,
Daniel Woodward,
1781. Three men at West Point.
Eleven men at Rhode Island, under Capt. John Lincoln, four months.
1783. Twelve men at Hull.
Twenty five men were paid for three years services. No date. Twenty four men also were paid for three years services.
The above minutes do not include a large number of services by companies who marched on a sudden alarm, or of many individuals who enlisted for three years or during the war, in the Continental Army in companies not mentioned above. It is impossible to obtain an exact account of such enlistments.
Enoch Dunbar, Amos Dunbar, Daniel Dunbar, Melzar Dunbar, Luther Gardner and Peleg Whiton served seven months in Gazee's Artillery Company, R. I. ycar not known.
Perez Gardner served, in addition to other enlistments, three years in the Continental Army, Vose's Regiment. With him were John Tower killed at Morrisania on a scout ; James Bates and James Hay- ward, both of whom died at West Point; John Daniels, Abel Cuslı- ing and Solomon Loring, also Jack -, a colored man, killed at New York.
Several citizens of llingham enlisted in the naval service. The
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following persons served on board the brig Hazard, commanded by Simeon Sampson, viz : In 1776 and 1777, Walter Hatch, 2d Lieut. Samuel Lincoln, Peter Wilder, Samuel Stodder, Joseph Lincoln, Corporal of Marines, Stephen Lincoln, Armorer, Jairus Lincoln, Roy- al Lincoln, Ezekiel Lincoln, Zenas Whiton, Laban Thaxter, Jonathan Cushing, Seamen.
In 1778, William Tidmarsh was Captain's Clerk on board the Hazard, then commanded by John Foster Williams. In 1779, Asahel Stodder was a seaman on board the Hazard. Samuel Stodder served in her four cruises and was in the Penobscot Expedition.
In 1780, Samuel Stodder and Bela Lincoln served on board the Protector. Seth Stowell was Quarter Master and Luther Lincoln, Boy. They were in the celebrated battle with the British Frigate Admiral Duff, which lasted nearly three hours, in which the latter blew up.
Jonathan Cushing was a prisoner in the Jersey Prison Ship ; also at Halifax with Joseph Lincoln, in 1778. They were taken on board a prize to the brig Hazard.
Samuel Stodder was taken in the Protector and confined in Prison in England till exchanged.
Hosea Whiton died in the Canada Expedition ; Francis Gardner died in the Jersey Prison Ship ; Jesse Gardner, Isaac Wilder and Ja- cob Sprague died in Halifax prison.
Joshua Ripley was killed at the taking of Burgoyne, and Nehemiah Ripley never returned from the same expedition, and was supposed to have been killed.
PENSIONERS, Under the Act of March 18, 1818. Hingham Persons.
Robert Corthell,
died May 22, 1833.
Abel Cushing.
Lemuel Dill, (Ifull.)
Melzar Dunbar,
died Sept. 13, 1829.
Perez Gardner,
Peter Hersey,
died June 26, 1829.
Caleb Lincoln,
" Aug. 12, 1827.
Jairus Lincoln,
" Feb. 5, 1832.
Marsh Lewis,
1835.
Solomon Loring,
Israel Stowell,
Israel Whiton,
William Daniel,
“ Aug. 23, 1826.
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Under the Act of June 7, 1832.
Benjamin Barnes,
died Dec. 30, 1833.
Canterbury Barnes,
April 29, 1833.
Levi Burr,
Cushing Burr,
Jonathan Cushing,
Ezekiel Cushing,
Sherebiah Corthell,
Enoch Dunbar,
David Gardner,
Ezekiel Hersey,
John Hersey,
Noah Hobart,
Edmund Hobart,
Jedidiah Joy,
Leavitt Lane,
Royal Lincoln,
Lot Marsh,
David Sprague,
Stephen Stoddard,
Samuel Stodder,
Ebed Stodder, Bela Tower,
Gridley Thaxter,
Joseph Wilder.
died Aug. 7, 1832. " Oct. 6, 1835.
NOTE J, TO PAGE 24.
Mary Hawke, daughter of James Hawke, a grandson of Matthew Ilawke, one of the carly settlers of Ilingham, was born October 13, 1711. She was married to Samuel Thaxter (Il. C. 1714) March 5, 1730. Mr. Thaxter died Dec. 4, 1732. She was married to Rev. John Hancock, of Braintree, by Dr. Gay, December 12, 1733.
" John Hancock, the son of the Revd. Mr. John Hancock and Mary his wife was born 12th of January 1736-7."-Braintree Records.
NOTE K, TO PAGE 29.
While these sheets were passing through the press, Rev. Nicholas Bowes Whitney, the successor of Dr. Shute, died Nov. 26, 1835,
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aged 64. Mr. Whitney was a native of Shirley, a graduate of Harvard in 1793; and he was ordained Pastor of the Second Congregational Parish in Hingham, January 1, 1800. His pastoral relations were amicably dissolved April 15, 1833. The length of his ministry was upwards of thirty-three years.
NOTE L, TO PAGE 32.
The individual alluded to in the text, was Danniel Stodder. His decease is noted in the Town Records, as follows :
" Mr. Daniel Stodder, born in England, died March the 9th, 1736-7, in the one hundredth and fourth year of his age." He was the oldest person who ever lived in Hingham.
NOTE M, TO PAGE 32.
The oldest person now living in Hingham is Mr. Ebed Hersey. He was born Feb. 21, 1739 (O. S.) about three years after the decease of Mr. Stodder, above named.
In March, 1835, the number of legal voters in Hingham, was 673. It may gratify the curiosity of posterity to know what names were most prevalent at that time. There were on the list of voters, of the name of Hersey 39-Cushing 37-Sprague 35-Lincoln 30-Whiton 30-Stodder 24-Gardner 22-Wilder 21-Fearing 16-Barnes 13- Burr 13-Loring 13-Hobart 11-Humphrey 11-Leavitt 11-Lane 11-Jacob 9-Tower 9-Gill 8-Hudson 8-Marsh 8-Thaxter 8- Beal 7-Dunbar 7-Thayer 7-Corthell 6-French 6-Thomas 6- Brown 5-Burrill 5-Churchill 5-Ripley 5-Cain 4-Stephenson 4- Shute 4 .- There were three voters of each of the names of Bailey, Basset, Bates, Davis, Damon, Ford, Howard, Harden, Hunt, Nye, Our, Remington, Studley, Stowell, Siders, and Waters-two each of the names of Andrews, Blossom, Baker, Burbank, Cooper, Corbett, Eas- terbrook, Eldridge, Gay, Higgins, Harris, Horn, Haskell, Jones, King- man, Kennerson, Loud, Litchfield, Lewis, Marble, Norton, Nichols, Nickerson, Newcomb, Pratt, Perry, Palmer, Souther, Seymour, Til- den, Trowbridge, Torrey, Tuttle, Wild ; and there were one hundred voters of as many other different sir-names.
APPENDIX.
CELEBRATION AT HINGHAM,
September 28, 1835.
A meeting of the citizens of Hingham was held at the Union Hotel on the 6th of July, 1835, agreeably to previous notice, to take into consideration the expediency of celebrating the two hundredth anni- versary of the settlement of the town. Of that meeting, Jotham Lin- coln, was chosen Chairman, and James Loring Baker, Secretary.
It was voted to appoint a Committee to take the subject into con- sideration, and report at an adjourned meeting of the citizens. This Committee consisted of the following persons:
John Kingman, Henry Cushing, Jairus Lincoln, David Fearing,
Edward Wilder, Marshal Lincoln,
Increase Sumner Smith, David Whiton and
John Kuhn Corbett, Caleb Sumner Hunt,
Charles Whiting Seymour.
At an adjourned meeting of the citizens, held at the Union Hotel, on the 10th of July, the Chairman being absent, Increase Sumner Smith was chosen to preside. The Committee appointed at the pre- vious meeting presented a report by their Secretary, Jairus Lincoln, recommending a public celebration of the two hundredth anniversary
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of the settlement of the town, and proposing the manner in which it should be carried into effect. This report was accepted, and a Com- mittee of Arrangements appointed, which, as finally organized, con- sisted of the following persons :
Jairus Lincoln, Chairman, Caleb Gill, Jr. Secretary,
Nathaniel Whittemore,
Rufus Lane,
Zadock Hersey,
Barnabas Lincoln,
Laban Cushing,
Nathaniel Richards,
James William Sivret.
Upon this Committee devolved the duty of making all the arrange- ments for an appropriate observance of the anniversary. They fixed upon the Twenty-Eighth day of September as the proper day for the celebration, considering the eighteenth day of September 1635, as the day when a permanent settlement of the town was made ; and mak- ing the correction for New Style, the anniversary would fall, in 1835, on the twenty-eighth of September.
On that day, agreeably to previous directions, the bells of the vari- ous meeting-houses were rung at sunrise. At ten o'clock a procession was formed at the Union Hotel, under the direction of Charles Lane, as Chief Marshal, assisted by Marshals,
John Kingman, Caleb Sumner Hunt, Francis Anglin Ford,
Norton Quincy Thaxter, Enoch Whiting, John Waters, Jr. Roswell Trowbridge,
Isaac Hersey, Jr.
Caleb Beal Marsh,
David Cushing,
Seth Lincoln Hobart,
Bela Whiton, Samuel Sprague, Jr.
David Andrews Hersey,
James Stephenson, Jr.
Thomas Hobart,
Theophilus Cushing, 2d,]
Eleazer Ewer,
William Whiton,
Leonard Cushing, Caleb Hersey,
Quincy Hersey, John Puffer.
The procession moved under the escort of the Hingham Rifle Company, commanded by John Kuhn Corbett, and the Washington Guards, commanded by Edward Cazneau, with a band of Music, to the head of Lincoln-street, where the scholars of the Academies and Public Schools were arranged in lines. The number of scholars was upwards of five hundred. The procession passed through the lines, and thence to the Meeting House of the First Parish, the scholars then forming a part of the procession.
The services then took place at the Meeting House. They were
Leavitt Lane, Jr. Lincoln Jacob,
Martin Fearing, John Leavitt, Jr. Edward Wilder,
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commenced by an Anthem by the Choir, under the direction of Luther Stephenson.
The following Ode, composed for the occasion, by Increase Sum- ner Smith, was read by Rev. Albert Adams Folsom, Pastor of the Universalist Society, and sung by Mr. Coburn of Dorchester :
The change of earth, the change of earth ! A theme to thrill each patriot breast, While musing proud upon the birth Of civil freedom in the west ; Cast back your thoughts o'er time's swift flight, And call carth's changes up to light.
When proud Sesostris' conquering car, Rolled forth to spread destruction wide,
And savage hordes in fear afar, Crouched low beneath the monarch's pride ; What nation on the foodful earth,
Could boast of civil freedom's birth ?
The tide of time, the tide of time! In silent flow it swept along, Till Greece, " fair Greece," that glorious clime, Sent forth her heroes and her song ; Yet still the Greek became a slave, E'en on the conquered Persian's grave.
The tide of Time is rolling on, The glories of fair Greece are fled ; Her heroes and her bards are gone, Their ashes mingled with the dead ; The Roman sceptre sways o'er earth ;- Where look for civil freedom's birth ?
Swell high the strain of grateful song ! A wandering bark* has caught iny eye; Her lonely course she sweeps along, Beneath stern winter's stormy sky ; What brings she o'er the wintry deep ? What embryo nations in her sleep ?
Swell high the strain of grateful song ! A few short years have sped their flight,
* The May-Flower.
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A HOBART joins the exile throng, Stern patron of the people's right ; Where ceased he and his flock to roam ? Oh here, 't was here, they found their home.
And here, yes, here we find our home, Descendants of the sainted dead ; Where'er o'er earth our feet may roam, No holier spot they e'er shall tread ; For, standing on our fathers' graves, We feel that we shall ne'er be slaves.
Swell high the strain of grateful song! Our fathers fled the tyrant's rod, And hither wander, throng on throng, As conscience wills to worship God ;- Oh dreamed they then, those exiles bold, Of aught our eyes this day behold ?
Look forth along our rock-bound coast, Look forward to the far " far west ;" __ Say, may we not earth's changes boast ? Thrills not the scene each patriot breast ? Then swell again the change of earth; This, this the land of freedom's birth.
A Prayer was then offered by Rev. Joseph Richardson, Pastor of the First Parish.
The following Hymn, composed for the occasion, by Luther Bar- ker Lincoln, was read by Rev. Apollos Hale, Minister of the Meth- odist Society, and sung by the Choir, in the tune of Old Hundred :
ALL HALLOWED POWER! before whose throne
Thy supplicating children bend, Inspire our hearts with holy love, To every breast thine unction send.
BENIGNANT POWER! whene'er we turn To scenes of long departed days, 'Sweet memory' swells the starting tear, And tunes the thankful lips to praise.
SUSTAINING POWER ! beneath whose smile Two hundred years have passed away, O, what a tribute should we bring, On this peculiar, happy day !
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PROTECTING POWER ! beneath whose care Our fathers felt that they were blest, Beneath whose tender Providence Their consecrated ashes rest,
THOU GUARDIAN POWER ! the offspring too Of those fond cherished Sires would bear To Heaven their grateful sacrifice, And seek a Father's blessing there.
ALMIGHTY POWER! and when in dust. This venerated house shall lie,
O may our souls have found a home. -A fair and beauteous home-on high.
The foregoing Address was then delivered by Solomon Lincoln.
After the Address a Prayer was offered by Rev. Charles Brooks, Pastor of the Third Congregational Society.
An Anthem was then sung by the Choir; and the services were closed with a Benediction by Rev. Albert Adams Folsom.
At the close of the services, a procession was again formed of the subscribers to a Dinner and their guests, and was escorted to a Pavil- ion adjacent to Old Colony House, erected for the occasion, where upwards of four hundred persons partook of a Dinner. The Pavilion was decorated with flags, flowers and inscriptions. At the head of the table, were suspended the names of Peter Hobart, John Norton and Ebenezer Gay, the first Clergymen of the town. At the tables Ebenezer Gay presided, assisted by the following Vice Presidents :
Jedidiah Lincoln, Seth Cushing, James Stephenson, David Whiton, Jotham Lincoln, Joseph Cushing,
Edward Thaxter, Marshal Lincoln, Thomas Loring, Caleb Bailey, Henry Cushing.
A blessing was asked at the table, by Rev. Martin Moore, of Cobas- set, and after the removal of the cloth, thanks were returned by Rev. Dr. Henry Ware, Jr. of Cambridge.
The following Hymn, composed for the occasion by Dr. Ware, Jr. was sung by the whole company standing, in the tune of St. Martins :
We praise the Lord, who o'er the sea Our exiled fathers led, And on them in the wilderness His light and glory shed.
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In want and fear for many a year, They spread their scanty board ; Yet loud and strong their grateful song The Giver's hand adored.
Two hundred years have passed away ; The desert frowns no more ; And glory, such as Judah knew, Crowns hill side, vale, and shore, Then louder still, o'er plain and hill, Send forth the shout of praise,
And bid it run from sire to son, Through all succeeding days.
After the singing of the Hymn, Jairus Lincoln announced several sentiments prepared by the Committee of Arrangements, which were received with much gratification, and interspersed with music and songs adapted or composed for the occasion. Among them were songs composed by Luther Barker Lincoln and Melzar Gardner.
On the announcement of sentiments alluding to the guests, several of them addressed the company-among others Samuel Turrell Arm- strong, acting Governor of the Commonwealth, John Quincy Adams, Peleg Sprague, William Barron Calhoun and John Davis, Judge of the District Court. Beside these there were among the guests, Henry Alexander Scammel Dearborn, Adjutant General of the Common- wealth, Robert Charles Winthrop, Aid to Lt. Gov. Armstrong, John Angier Shaw, Senator from Plymouth District, and several Clergy- men. A great number of sentiments were also given by the officers of the day, and individuals composing the company ; and the whole was a rich intellectual entertainment highly gratifying to the taste and feelings of all who participated in it.
One of the most interesting parts of the celebration of the day, was conducted by the Ladies. At a preliminary meeting arrangements had been made for a collation for the entertainment of their friends and strangers at Willard Hall. The Hall was decorated for the occasion with evergreens and flowers arranged with great taste and beauty, and with the portraits of several of the former most distinguished inhabi- tants of the town. Among them were those of Rev. Dr. Gay, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, Col. Nathan Rice, Madam Derby, the founder of the Derby Academy, Dr. Ezekiel Hersey and John Thaxter, Esq. bearer of the treaty of peace from the American Commissioners in France in 1783. The tables were loaded with a profusion of delica- cies of which several hundred partook. The Committee who made the arrangements for this interesting festival were,
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Miss Eliza Thaxter,
Mrs. Increase Sumner Smith,
Margaret Cushing, Caleb Beal Marsh,
66 Mary 'Tidmarsh,
Miss Meriel Hobart Lincoln,
Lydia Barnes, Mary Ripley Whiton,
Eunice Whiting Ripley,
Joann Kettell Ilersey.
Mrs. Ebenezer Gay presided at the tables, assisted by the following ladies as Vice Presidents :
Mrs. Marshal Lincoln, Mrs. Sally Locke, Miss Elizabeth Cushing,
Edward Thaxter,
Nathaniel Whittemore,
Mary Beal,
Dixon Lewis Gill, Mehitable Lincoln.
During the afternoon the ladies were visited by a large number of gentlemen and by the guests of the company at the Pavilion. Senti- ments were given, and one was reciprocated with the gentlemen. There were also several Hymns and Songs composed for the occasion which were sung with fine effect. Among those who composed them were Mrs. Edward Thaxter, Miss Mary Willard, Miss Martha Ann Gibbs Lincoln, Increase Sumner Smith, and James Humphrey Wil- der. At evening the company left the Hall, and attended a Concert given by the Pupils of the New England Institution for the Blind, in the Meeting House of the Third Society.
During the day the Scholars of Willard Academy partook of a col- lation prepared for them and their friends in a room beautifully dec- orated for the purpose. And the Misses of the Public Schools and of Derby Academy also partook of a collation in the Hall of that Insti- tution.
It has been deemed proper to prepare the foregoing brief sketch of the manner in which this interesting Anniversary was observed, for the gratification of those who will celebrate its occurrence in succeed- ing centuries.
66 Susan Lincoln,
Adeline Lincoln,
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