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1 Rev. Rolls, 18. 10.
2 Bradford's Massachusetts, p. 111 et. al.
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The references to the enlistments from Hanover, during this period, are quite numerous. In the Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Company, in Col. Whitney's Regiment, for one month's advance pay, &c., 1 are the names of Calvin Curtis, 2d Lieut. ; Joseph Curtis, Corporal ; and Stephen Torrey, Sergeant. The same men were paid for services in August and November, 1776, 2 and Clement Bates was in their company.
In the Rolls for September and October, besides the foregoing, are the names of Abner Dwelley, Abner Curtis, Seth Bates, Joel Silvester, Nathaniel Torrey, Isaac Turner, Samuel Eells, Edward Ramsdell, Benjamin Studley, Elijah Silvester, and Reuben Curtis.3
In the roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, in Col. Dike's Regiment, for three months service, are the names of Benjamin Studley, 1st Lieut. ; Solomon Bates, Corporal ; and Benjamin Studley, Jr., Warren Torrey, Amos Berry, Cornelius Silvester, and Seth Bates ; and in the pay roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, for three months, to Nov. 1776, are the additional names of James Whiting, Stephen Randall, Dowty Bates, Thomas Gross, Francis Josselynn, and Adam Perry. 4
On the town records, under date of Oct. 1, 1776, five men are spoken of, as having been engaged for the expedition to Ticonde- roga this year, and £13 bounty per man was voted them. Fif- teen men were also hired to go to New York to reinforce the Con- tinental Army, and a bounty of £5 153. was voted to each. Six- teen men also went to Rhode Island for two months, to whom a bounty of 20s. each per month, was voted : and a like bounty to fifteen men who went to Bristol for three months.
Of the first named expedition,-that to Ticonderoga,-the only record I find, is in the "Pay Roll of Capt. Christopher Bannister's Company, which went to Ticonderoga for two months and seven days," where may be found the names of David Studley, Corporal, and Abner Dwelley, Private.
The names of the fifteen, who went to New York, I have not been able to learn.
Of the sixteen, who went to Rhode Island for 2 months, and the
1 Rev. Rolls, 24. 11.
2 Rev. Rolls, 24. 37, and 24. 35.
3 Rolls, 24. 40.
4 Rolls, 26. 420, et al.
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fifteen who went to Bristol, I find the following minutes. In the Pay Roll of Capt. Amos Turner's Co., in Col. John Cushing's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island in 1776, for two months, dated at Newport, R. I., Nov. 17, 1776,' occur the names of Michael Silvester, Snow Curtis, Nathl. Josselynn, Joseph Rams- dell, Samuel Brooks, Benj. Stetson, Simeon Curtis, Prince Curtis. Benj. White, and Benj. Bass, Privates ; and Israel Perry. Drummer.
In the Field and Staff Officers Roll, upon the Bristol Alarm, in 1776, are the names of Samuel Baldwin, Chaplain ; John Cushing. Colonel ; Benj. Bass, Quarter Master ; and Melzar Turner, Adjutant.
In the Muster Roll of Capt. Amos Turner's Co., &c., which marched to Rhode Island in 1776, are the names of? Amos Tur- ner, Captain ; Seth Josselynn, Lt .; Benj. Stetson, Benj. White. and Belcher Clark, Sergeants ; Phillip Josselynn, and Clement Bates, Corporals ; David Torrey, Drummer ; Samuel Eells, jr .. Fifer ; Isaac Josselynn, Clerk ; and Elijah Garnett, Wm. W. Eells. Abner House, Nathl. Josselynn, Robt. Cushman, Cornelius White. Oliver Bonney, Nathl. Clark, Joseph Carrel, Benj. Bates, Nathl. Josselynn, jr., Sam. Eells, Seth Bates, Stephen Torrey, Joseph Ramsdell, Robt. Eells, Theoph. Witherell, Luther Torrey, Thos. Oldham, Abner Studley, and Simeon Witherell, Privates.
In the Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Soper's Co. to Bristol, 1776. . are the names of Joseph Soper, Captain ; John Hatch, 1st. Lt. : Joshua Dwelley, 2d Lt. ; Wm. Curtis, Timothy Rose, and Michael . Silvester, Sergeants ; Snow Curtis, Corporal ; and Asa Whiting. Caleb Silvester, Benj. Clark, Elisha Palmer, Isaac Perry, Jona. Pratt, Abel Whiting, Seth Curtis, jr., Jas. Whiting, Thos. Hatch. Gideon Studley, Seth Curtis, Henchman Silvester, Job Curtis. Elijah Gilbert, Benj. Mann, Josh. Mann, Joseph Brooks, Elisha Simmons, Jesse Curtis, Prince Curtis, Melzar Curtis, Eliab Stud- ley, Jabez Studley, Thos. Stetson, Israel Perry, Abel Curtis, and Elijah Curtis, Privates.
1777. March 10, Committee of Safety, &c., Joshua Simmons. Joseph Cushing, Timothy Rose, Benj. Bass, Lemuel Curtis, Capt.
1 Rev. Rolls, 3. 178.
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" Rev. Rolls, 3, 132.
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Prince Stetson, Israel Perry, Capt. Robert L. Eells, Michael Silvester, David Jacobs, Calvin Curtis, Lt. Benjamin Studley, Jesse Curtis, Joseph Ramsdell, Abner Curtis, Seth Stetson, jr. Melzar Curtis, Timothy Robbins, and Samuel Barstow, jr.
By an Act of the Province, called an " Act to prevent monopolies and oppression," the following scale of prices for labor and goods was fixed this year.
Day labor, for reaping and mowing, 3s. 6d. From April 1, to last of September, 2s. 8d. For March, October, and November, 2s. 4d. For the three winter months, 2s. 6d. Good wheat, per bu., 6s. 8d. Rye, 4s. 4d. Indian corn, 3s. 8d. Spanish pota- toes, in the field, 1s. ; out of the cellar 1s. 4d. Good men's shoes, 7s. 6d. Good tried tallow, 8d. Good veal, mutton, and lamb, 3d. Horsekeeping, 1s. 4d. per 24 hours. A yoke of oxen, 1s. 4d. Teaming work at 1s. 6d. per mile. Turkeys, ducks, dunghill fowls, and geese, 4d. per lb. Milk, 2d. per qt. Good English hay 3s. per hund., and in proportion for a meaner quality. Good merchantable boards, 40s. per M. at the mill. Good tur- nips, 1s. 4d. per bu. Cider at the mill, 6d. per bbl. Summer apples, 6 1-2d. per bu. Winter apples, 8d. A middling sized yoke of oxen, 2s. per day. For a common plow, in common busi- ness, 1s. 6d. White oak bark, at the tannery, 20s. per cord. Black oak, 18s. Hemlock, 13s. 4d. Hog's fat, 7 1-2d. per lb. Womens' shoes, 5s. 8d. per pair. Making mens' shoes, 2s. 6d. Womens' shoes, the same, the shoemaker finding the heels. Other shoes, in proportion. Hemlock boards, 32s. per M. Pine shin- gles, without sap, 13s. 4d. Hemlock shingles, 12s. good and clear, and with the grain. Tobacco, 5s. per. lb. Smith's coal, at the pit, 13s. 4d. per load. Horse shoeing, steeled, toed, and corked, fixed for the winter, 6s. 8d. Wood, at the E. end of the town, from Oldham's to Benj. Clark's, and so to the old forge, wal- nut, 13s. ; oak, 11s. ; swamp-wood 9s. The other parts of the town, walnut, 9s. 6d. ; oak, 8s .; swamp wood, 7s. An ox cart and wheels, 1s. 4d. per day, and all other tools and implements, and all other labor and business, according to former wages and customs.
In March of this year, the town's quota of every seventh man was called for, and it was voted to give those that enlisted £14 each, in addition to the Continental and State bounties ; and a
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committee of twenty was chosen, to hire the money and the men. This measure, of offering bounty to soldiers, was adopted at the urgent solicitation of Washington, and was deemed by him of great importance, to encourage enlistments, and to secure their perma- nence.1
In the early part of this year, there was another expedition to R. I. ; and in the muster roll of Capt. Amos Turner's company, are the names of? Amos Turner, captain ; Reuben Rose, lieuten- ant ; William Eells, sergeant ; Leonard Hill, corporal ; and Ezra Briggs, Elisha House, John Hatch, John Bates, Solomon Bryant, Samuel Brooks, Samuel Eells, Jr., Luther Torrey, Shuble Munroe, Jr., Joseph Robbins, Samuel Torrey, Melzar Stoddard, Reuben Curtis, and Henry Dillingham, privates. Of this number, Shuble Munroe died in Hanover, in 1851, at the age of 90.
In Hayward Pierce's company, which marched on a secret expedition to Tiverton, in Rhode Island, occur the names of 3 Wil- liam Curtis, sergeant ; Laban Rose, corporal ; and Simeon Cur- tis, Elijah Sylvester, Joshua Dwelley, James Barstow, Elisha Stetson, Elisha Simmons, Seth Curtis, Jr., Jesse Curtis, Elijah Curtis, Samuel Brooks, Joseph Brooks, Seth Curtis, Elisha Sil- vester, Elisha Palmer, Lemuel Bates, Seth Bates, Nathaniel Jos- selynn, Nathaniel Torrey, Isaac Stetson, James Whiting, Joseph Nickerson, Josiah Mann, Elijah Gilbert, Zachariah Lambert, Benjamin Bowker, Japhet Crooker, Josiah Damon, Nathaniel Magoun, and others.
In the pay roll of the four independent companies, stationed at Hull, March 1, 1777, are the names of Caleb Silvester, sergeant ; and Henchman Silvester, Levi Mann, Joshua Mann, and Cuffy Tilden, privates.4
In the roll of bounty due Capt. Seth Stower's company, in 1777, are Calvin Curtis, Luther Robbins, Elisha Curtis, Reuben Curtis, Cornelius Silvester, and Ezra Briggs.5
There were doubtless others out during this year, but the names given, are all we have found.
Oct. 20, 1777, £490 were voted for the pay of the soldiers already enlisted ; and it was voted to purchase 105 lbs. of pow- der for a town's stock, " if it can be had for 5s. per lb." A
1 See Marshall's Washington, vol. 1, p. 106, &c.
2 Rev. Rolls, 3, 302 8 Ib. 21, 266. 4 Ib. 37, 4. 5 Ib. 23, 25.
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committee of three was also chosen, agreeable to the orders of the Provincial Congress, to supply the families of soldiers absent on service.
The operations for 1778, were quite extensive. Jan. 26, a new quota was called for, and arrangements were made to obtain the men. April 6. £200 were voted to supply the soldiers' families.
A quota of shirts being called for, to supply the army, the town voted that the selectmen should purchase the same, also the " shoes and stockings called for by the Hon. Court of this State, as cheap as they can " ; which was accordingly done, and the supply forwarded.
In April, meetings were held throughout the State, to act upon the draft of the CONSTITUTION which had been prepared ; but this draft was so objectionable, that few towns voted in its favor. In Hanover, a committee of fifteen was chosen to take the subject into consideration, and report ; and at a meeting held June 8, at which seventy-three persons were present, they " voted the plan null and void to a man."
The enlistments for this year were as follows :- The Records of the town speak of eleven men, as engaged April 11, to whom a bounty of £27 each per month was voted; of men who went to Hull the 3d of March last, to whom £88 bounty were voted; of sixteen men raised, June 22, to guard the New England States, to whom it was voted to give £15 each, per month, in addition to the State's pay,-these being for the secret expedition to Rhode Island ;- of eleven men raised June 29th, for six months, " to join General Sullivan at Providence," to whom $4 per day were voted, " with the publick's pay" ; and October 26th, the sum of £3317 12s. 6d. was voted, " to pay the men that are and have been raised since October last, in the different services of the Commonwealth."
From the Revolutionary Rolls, we gather the following particu- lars, relating to the service this year. In the " Pay Roll of Captain Calvin Curtis' company, in Colonel John Jacobs Regi- ment, of Massachusetts, from Jan. 1, 1778, to Jan. 1, 1779,"1 are the following Hanover names, viz : Calvin Curtis, captain ; and
1 Rev. Rolls, 1-147
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Jabez Studley, Clement Bates, Neal Bates, Nathaniel Josselynn, and Abner Studley, privates. In the "Pay Roll of Captain Abraham Washburn's company, which did duty near Boston, six months, from July 1, 1778," 1 are the names of Caleb Silvester, Seth Perry, Henchman Silvester, Thomas Torrey, Abner Curtis, Elijah Turner, John Turner, Asa Turner, and Job Curtis.
In the "Pay Roll of Capt. Ichabod Bonney's company, that did duty on Castle Island, agreeable to an order of Sept 7, 1778, discharged Dec. 11, and allowed four days to return home,"2 are the names of Nathaniel Chamberlin, sergeant ; Isaac Turner, cor- poral ; Joseph Barstow, fifer ; and Albert Smith, Elijah Silvester, Caleb Rogers, Luther Robbins, Nathaniel Torrey, Benjamin Studley, Job Curtis, Samuel Garnet, Josiah Mann, and John Bosworth, privates.
In Capt. Joseph Clift's company, in Col. Whitney's regiment, which went to Rhode Island, in July 1778,3 occur the names of Joshua Dwelley, lieutenant ; Snow Curtis, sergeant ; and Ben- jamin Studley, Simeon Curtis, Job Tilden, Seth Curtis, Lemuel Bates, Jacob Silvester, Luther Robbins, Seth Bates, Job Barsto w and Eells Damon, privates.
In the Pay Roll of Capt. John Turner's company, in Colonel Eleazer Brook's regiment, which was at Cambridge, from Feb. 8, , to April 4, 1778,4 are the names of Asa Whiting, Benjamin Bates, Seth Bates, Jonathan Pratt, Simeon Curtis, James Whiting, Henry Perry, Samuel Ramsdell, and Job Silvester. The same names are on the Rolls from Feb. 18, 1777, to June 2, 1777.
In the Rolls for eight months service in 17 785 are the names of Calvin Curtis, captain ; and Reuben Rose, lieutenant.
Finally, in the Muster Roll of Militia to serve in Gate's regi- ment, until January 1, 1779,6 are the names of Amos Turner, and Joseph Soper, captains ; and Nathaniel Josselynn, jr., Abner Studley, Joseph Neal Bates, Clement Bates, and Jabez Studley, privates.
On the Town Records, the names of the eleven men, raised April 12, are thus given :- Joseph Turner, Solomon Bryant, Gershom Curtis, Elijah Stetson, William W. Eells, Lot Ramsdell,
1 Rev.Rolls, 24-94. 2 Ibid 25, 17.
+ Ibid, 23, 155.
5 Ibid, 1, 62.
8 Ibid 1, 171.
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Thomas Gross, Ezra Briggs, jr., Francis Josselynn, Nathaniel House, and Melzar Lindsey.
1779. The Committee of Correspondence for this year, consisted of Joseph Cushing, Esq., Benjamin Studley, John Curtis, Samuel Stetson, Timothy Robbins, John Hatch, Prince Stetson, and Marlboro' Turner. On the 9th of August, the Town voted to " stand by the doings of the State Convention that met at Con- cord, July 14;" and Joseph Cushing, Esq., was chosen, to " meet at Cambridge the 1st of September next, to draw a form of Government." On the 30th of August, the town voted to " stand by the report of the County Committee for two weeks ;" and Sept. 13, it was voted " to abide by the regulations of the County Committee until further orders." The convention al- luded to in the last two votes, was held at Mr. Caleb Loring's, in Plympton, Aug. 24.1 The references to enlistments for this year, on the town records, are the following : March 23 .- A commit tee was appointed to settle " with the eight and nine months' men, that went to the North River." July 5 .- " Three men were raised for an expedition of nine months to Springfield, and £3 per month, in the old way, and the Continental wages," were voted them. Sept. 20 .- " Five men" were raised for "two months, to go to Rhode Island, and £50 per man, were voted them." Oct. 4 .- The officers of the companies in the town were instructed to hire two men " to go to Rhode Island, the first of January." Oct. 19 .- " Voted to pay the four men that went to North River, and the three that went to Rhode Island."
From the Revolutionary Rolls, our gleanings for this year are but few. In the "Pay Roll of Lieut. Abner Dwelley's compa- ny, in an expedition to Manchester, in the Northern Depart- ment,"? are the names of Abner Dwelley, lieutenant ; and John Skiffe, sergeant. In the " Abstract of pay due Captain Calvin Curtis' company, &c., July, 1779,3 for two months after arrival in camp, &c., are the names of Calvin Curtis, captain ; Reuben Curtis, corporal ; and Leonard Hill, Jabez Studley, and Joshua Palmer, privates.
It is to be regretted, that the names of all who served in the
1 Winsor, Hist. Dux.
2 Rev. Rolls, 18, 222. 8 Ibid. 31, 163.
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army, were not entered on the records of the town. Had this course been adopted, it would have been easy to ascertain who were out, and the time they were absent. But to the confusion incident to the general disturbance of the ordinary functions of government, we are to attribute this neglect; and when we con- sider the highly excited state of the public mind, and the anxiety which prevailed as to the result of the war, we should be thankful for the few items we may be able to glean.
1780. Committee of Correspondence : Joseph Cushing, Esq., Calvin Curtis, Joseph Soper, jr., Israel Perry, Benjamin Bass, David Jacobs, John Hatch, Robert L. Eells, and Snow Curtis.
March 9. Voted, to give the five men that went to Rhode Island, last Fall, for two months, £189, each.
April 10. £5,000 were raised for the use of the town, and the pay of soldiers.
June 16. A meeting held, to raise fifteen men for six months, to go to Springfield, and a Committee was chosen to engage them.
June 26. " Agreed to give the soldiers thirty silver dollars. per month, and the Continent's pay."
June 27. £1,000, hard money, voted, to pay the six months' men with ; and a Committee chosen, to settle with the three men that went to North River, last Summer.
July 3. Voted, to give the three months' men, being eighteen in number, " one silver dollar, or one bushel of corn, per day, which ever they may choose." July 6. Voted, the eighteen men. called for June 22, the same that the six months' men had." July 21. £500, in silver, raised to pay the soldiers with. Oct. 23. A meeting held, to get a quantity of beef, for the use of the State ; and it was voted to raise $35,320, to purchase the same. Oct. 30. £3,160, voted, " to supply the soldier's families."
A glance at the foregoing votes, shows the confusion and dis- tress which prevailed at this period.
The war had lasted over four years. The private business of the soldiers had been neglected. And though their families were comfortably supported, yet the prospect for the future was gloomy and threatening.
It was the country's dark hour. The currency was depreci- ated. The army was suffering. The most sanguine were be-
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coming discouraged. Had it not been for the noble generosity of a few, and the determined energy of George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief, all would have been lost. Enlistments pro- ceeded slowly. Patriotism, if not flagging, was beginning to de- spair. But, by desperate efforts, by earnest entreaties, and by liberal promises, the army was recruited, funds were procured, and the movements of the troops successfully conducted.
It is probable, that many of the soldiers named in the foregoing lists, served in the army this year, and, perhaps, to the close of the war. The policy of three years' enlistments had been adopted ; and many were entered "during the war." Our extracts from the Rolls, for this year, are few.
In the Pay Roll of Capt. Amos Turner's Company, in Col. John Jacobs' Regiment,' &c., are the names of Amos Turner, Captain ; Benjamin Stetson, first Lieutenant ; Luther Robbins, Sergeant ; and Amos Berry, Levi Bates, Job Tilden, Dowty Bates, Theoph- ilus Witherell, Benjamin Bates, jr., Nathaniel Barstow, James Woodward, Elisha Palmer, and Samuel Baldwin, Privates.
1781, Jan. 8. A meeting held to raise eighteen men, for three years, or during the war, and a Committee chosen " to petition the General Court to lessen the number called for from this town." The sum of $100, in hard money, was voted to each man that shall engage, and Capt. Luther Bailey was directed " to get the men, if he could, for that encouragement."
March 5. Men raised for Rhode Island, for forty days. Committee of Safety : Capt. Joseph Soper, John Hatch, David Jacobs, Benjamin Studley, Timothy Rose, Jesse Curtis, Thomas Whiting, jr., Seth Bailey, Abner Curtis, Marlboro' Turner, John Stetson, Joseph Brooks, and Simeon Curtis.
July 9. A meeting held to raise two men, for Rhode Island, for five months, and a bounty of five shillings per day was voted to each, with a like allowance for every twenty miles' travel home, when discharged, - the same to be paid in silver money.
July 30. Voted, to raise £116. 7s., in silver, for the purchase of beef, and a Committee having reported that beef could be had for four pence per pound, it was voted, " that all those that turn
1 Rev. Rolls, 3, 164.
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in four silver dollars to the Committee, be allowed one hundred pounds of beef for the same."
August 8. Men raised for West Point, for three months, and six shillings per day were voted them, and ten dollars each, before marching.
The only entry I have found on the Revolutionary Rolls, for this year, is the following :
In the Pay Roll of Capt. Joseph Soper's Company, in Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, for service done in the State of Rhode Island, in March, 1781,' are the names of Joseph Soper, Captain ; John Hatch, and Michael Silvester, Lieutenants ; Com- fort Bates, Sergeant ; Neal Bates, and Josiah Chamberlain, Cor- porals ; Reuben Curtis, Drummer ; Joseph Turner, Fifer ; and Samuel Perry, Nathaniel Clarke, Cornelius Turner, Benjamin Bates, Jabez Studley, Ezra Briggs, Clement Bates, Gershom Curtis, Benjamin Bates, jr., and Edmund Silvester, Privates.
In the foregoing sketch, we do not claim to have presented the names of all who enlisted in the war from Hanover. We have, however, given as full a list as our means permitted. And what we have furnished, is sufficient to show, that the citizens of this town failed not of their duty in the great struggle for freedom, but performed their part with fidelity and zeal.
Our limits do not allow us to enter more at large into the gen eral details of the war ; neither can we narrate all the incidents of a traditionary character, which exist in the town. Many of these are of interest ; but the fund of anecdotes already in exist- ence, and published to the world, is such as not to require enlargement by us.
Of the incidents subsequent to the war, we have but little to say. In 1784, a Committee of nine was chosen to consider the offer of five years pay to the officers of the Revolution, and report ; and February 9, the Committee reported, that "Scituate, Marsh- field, Pembroke, and Abington, be invited to send a man or men from their town to meet a man or men from this town, at such time and place as they shall think proper, to consult what is best to be done, concerning the pay of the Continental Officers."
1 Rev. Rolls, 3, 134.
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March 15, Lt. Benj. Studley, and Mr. Melzar Curtis were chosen to meet at the Widow Loring's, with the County Convention, to consult about the " officers pay."
1794, July 28. " Voted, that the town will take into considera- tion the law of the Congress of the United States, particularly as it respects the raising the men ordered to be procured in this town."
August 9. , Chose a Committee to procure the men when called for into actual service. " Voted, that the town will give those men who are returned by the officers, six shillings per day, or three shillings for each half day, they shall be called upon for service. Voted, that the town will indemnify the Committee, they procuring the men as cheap as they can."
1795, November 9. A meeting was held to " take into consider- ation the loss of the Town's stock of powder, - the same having been stolen, - and to adopt such measures as may be thought best calculated to recover the same or the value thereof," and a Committee was chosen to " prosecute such person or persons as may appear to them expedient."
1797, October 23. Voted to give the men who shall be de- tached by the Commanding Officers of the two Companies, by order of Goverment, or such as shall voluntarily enlist, $1 per day, for each day they shall be called upon for service. Chose a Com- mittee to procure men when called for, into actual service, to serve in their stead, and voted to indemnify them for all expenses accruing.
1799. Voted to allow the training band nine shillings compen- sation, for two days at the Brigade muster at Halifax, - the offi- cers to send a list of the same to the assessors.
The foregoing notes bring us to the time when the Hanover Artillery Company was formed ; and the History of this Company, and the sketch of the warof 1812, will form the subject of the en- suing chapter.
CHAPTER IX
MILITARY HISTORY CONTINUED.
PUBLIC L_ BRAB
Military Companies subsequent to the Revolution - Hanover Artillery Company - Hanover Light Infantry Company - Hanover Rifle, Company - War of 1812 - List of Soldiers.
Although it has never been the policy of the American people, to encourage the formation of a standing army, for national de- fence, yet the military spirit, awakened by the Revolution, con- tinued to animate the public mind for many years ; and for some time after the war of 1812, military offices were held in much greater esteem than now, and military parades were frequent, and. attracted considerable attention. Hence military companies have existed in almost every town, in New England, down to a com- paratively recent period ; but the Legislation of Massaghusetts, for the past twenty years, has done little to revive or ? encour- age the war spirit, and its concomitants. 1
From 1783 to 1794, we find but one regularly organized com- pany in Hanover, which was commonly known as the " old mili- tia company," and which was commanded by Col. John B. Bar- stow, prior to the year 1800.
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