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The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1805 were : Nathaniel Brown, Thomas L. Chase, Nathaniel Clarke, Charles Davies, David Forsaith.
Nathaniel Brown (1805) was a ship-joiner, of Boston, and lived on Ship Street. He was a son of Nathaniel, Jr., and Elizabeth (Harding) Brown, and was born in Charlestown (baptized), Sept. 23, 1770. He was quartermaster of the Sublegion of Artillery from 1807 to 1809, with the rank of lieutenant, and fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1807. He received the Masonic degrees in Mount Lebanon Lodge, of Boston, in the summer of 1802, and was discharged Nov. 5, 1805. He became a member of St. Andrew's Chapter, Jan. 25, 1804, and resigned his membership Nov. 14, 1814.
Thomas L. Chase (1805) was a shopkeeper, of Boston. He was an officer in the United States Army in 1812.
Nathaniel Clarke (1805), merchant, engaged in the West India goods trade on the south side of the market. His residence was No. 71 Middle Street. Mr. Clarke (1805) was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1807.
Charles Davies (1805), tin-plate worker, of Boston, did business at No. 2 Kilby Street, and resided in Gouch Lane. Mr. Davies (1805) died in 1810, aged thirty- six years.
David Forsaith (1805) was a shopkeeper, afterward auctioneer, of Boston. Mr. Forsaith (1805) was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1808. He died sud- denly in the street, April 9, 1824, aged fifty-two years.
Nathaniel Brown (1805). AUTHORITIES: Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates; Records of Mt. Lebanon Lodge and St. Andrew's Chapter.
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The stated parades of the Artillery Company were held April 1 and May 6, 1805. At the former meeting, Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris was chosen to deliver the anniversary election sermon.
Monday, June 3, the Company paraded at the Old South Church, proceeded thence to the State House, and escorted his Excellency the Governor to the Old Brick Meeting- House, when the usual services were held. At the dinner the usual toasts were offered, and the election was held on the Common. Major George Blanchard (1794) was elected captain ; Mr. Melzar Holmes (1798), lieutenant ; Mr. Nahum Piper (1794), ensign ; Messrs. Daniel G. Ingersoll (1801), Jeremiah Gardner, Jr. (1801), George Noble (1801), and James Bird (1801), sergeants ; Gen. John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Capt. Thomas Clark (1786), clerk.
Capt. Messinger (1792) then took command, Major Blanchard (1794) being indis- posed, and exhibited the proficiency of the corps to the Governor and spectators, after which his Excellency commissioned the newly-elected officers. The Company returned to Faneuil Hall under the command of Lieut. Melzar Holmes (1798).
The Company paraded, commanded by Major Blanchard (1794), Sept. 2 and Oct. 6, 1805.
At the dinner sixteen toasts were offered, after each of which there was vocal or instrumental music. "Strong's March" and " President's March " were played by a band, in reply to the toasts to the Governor and the President, and "Old Hundred," " Hail Columbia," "From Vernon's Mount behold the Hero rise," and "Yankee Doodle," were sung by the Company. After the eighth toast, " Our Military Brethren : May their virtues adorn the country to which their lives may be devoted," Lient. Bowman (1793) sung the following anniversary ode, which was written for the occasion by the Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, and was printed in the Norfolk Repository, of Dedham, June 18, 1805 :-
"Ours be the sweetest joys of life, Endear'd by mutual love and peace, Secure from rancor and from strife, And all that hinders their increase 'Round our blest home the olive grows, And in our cup the vintage flows.
" But should invasion e'er intrude The cherished quiet to annoy, And war, terrific, fierce, and rude, Assault the asylum of our joy, We'll gird our swords on with the vine, And laurels with the olive twine.
"Our independence to maintain, Our Constitution still to shield, Crowds shall assemble on the plain, And warlike arms with valor wield. Freedom none merit but the brave; Let cowards skulk into the grave.
" With wreaths be every soldier crowned, Reap'd from the harvest field of fame; And long applauded and renowned, In glory's annals shine his name. Honors immortal shall attend The heroes who our cause defend."
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After the toast "The Cherished Memory of our Immortal Washington," Mr. Eaton (1796) sung the hymn, "From Vernon's Mount behold the Hero rise," and after the toast " The Farmer of Quincy," the song " Adams and Liberty " was rendered.
Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D., of Dorchester, delivered the Artillery elec- tion sermon of 1805. Rev. John Pierce, D. D., who preached the Artillery sermon in 1813, wrote a minute sketch of Dr. Harris, which was printed in Sprague's " Annals of the American Unitarian Pulpit."
Thaddeus M. Harris, son of William Harris by his wife, Rebeckah, daughter of Thaddeus Mason, of Cambridge, was born in Charlestown, July 7, 1768. He married, Jan. 28, 1795, Mary, only daughter of Dr. Elijah and Dorothy (Lynde) Dix, of Worcester, by whom he had five sons and three daughters.
Mr. William Harris, teaching school at Charlestown, at the opening of the war, moved his family to Sterling for safety. He, a captain and paymaster in the Revolu- tionary Army, died Oct. 30, 1778, aged thirty-four years, at Sterling, while at home on a furlough. Thaddeus then went to live with a farmer at Westminster, and attended the district school ; afterward at Templeton, and in 1779 returned to Sterling, and soon after resided with Rev. Ebenezer Morse, of Boylston. There he prepared for college. In 1782 he visited his mother, Mrs. Samuel Wait, of Malden, and in 1783 entered Harvard College. He graduated in 1787; taught school the next year at Worcester ; returned to Harvard to pursue his studies, when he was appointed sub-librarian, and, in 1791, librarian. He began to preach in 1789, and settled with the church in Dorchester, Oct. 23, 1793. He resigned this position Oct. 23, 1836, the forty-third anniversary of his settlement. He died in Boston, April 3, 1842.
Dr. Harris was a member of the Humane, Charitable, Peace, and Antiquarian societies, and overseer of Harvard University. He was prominent in the Masonic Fraternity, and was the pioneer in furnishing a distinctively American Masonic literature. He published more than forty "occasional addresses" in pamphlet form, and several miscellaneous ; also, a history of Dorchester, biography of Father Rasle, "A Journey to Ohio," Massachusetts Magasine, 1795-6, Constitutions of the Freemasons, 1792 and 1798, and other works.
1806. The officers of the Artillery Company elected in 1806 were : William Alexander (1795), captain; Peter Osgood (1797), lieutenant ; William Jep- son (1797), ensign. William Marston (1804) was first sergeant; Jacob Hall (1802), second sergeant ; John B. Hammatt (1801), third sergeant ; Levi Melcher (1802), fourth sergeant ; John Winslow (1786), treasurer ; Thomas Clark (1786), clerk, and Samuel Todd (1786), armorer.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company for a century and a half has been more or less identified with Faneuil Hall. Its original home, or place of assembling, was the Old Town-House. It was a condition in Robert Keayne's (1637) will that the proposed town-house should have "a roome for an Armory to keepe the Armes of the Artillery Company & for the Souldiers to meete in when they have occasion." An armory
Rev. Thaddeus M. Harris, D. D. AUTHORI- TIES : Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit; Mr. Nathaniel Hall's address at Mr. Harris's funeral,
April 7, 1842; Eulogy, by Mr. Benjamin Huntoon, before the Grand Lodge of Mass .; Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Mass., 1873.
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was provided, for Feb. 13, 1733-4, the selectmen met to view the small arms lodged in the town's armory. The town-house was much too small to accommodate the General Court, the civil courts, officers of the town, etc., and the erection of Faneuil Hall, in 1741-2, was a fortunate relief. The town officers moved in 1742 into the new building. The first meeting of the Artillery Company in Faneuil Hall, according to the Company records, was April 7, 1746. The next meetings held there, so far as the records state, were April 3, 1758, and April 2, 1759, though it is probable that the Company met there every year between 1746 and 1758. From the Boston Records we learn that May 26, 1760, "the Officers of the Artilery Company desired of the Selectmen the Liberty of Faneuil Hall on the next Monday being Artillery Election of Officers & for their Com- pany to Dine in - Voted that Liberty be granted."
May 3, 1762, certain proposals were made to the Company by some of the members, viz., " ist That the Company for the future break up at Faneuil Hall, should leave be obtained of the Selectmen for said purpose. 2dly. That the Governour, Council, &c be invited on the anniversary of the Election of officers, as formerly to dine at Faneuil Hall. ... 3dly The Governour, Council, &c, after the Election of officers, to be invited and entertained as usual [at Faneuil Hall]." And it was further proposed that " the eldest Sergeant provide for and entertain the Company at Faneuil Hall on their muster in September," the second sergeant in October ; the third sergeant in April; and the fourth sergeant in May. These proposals were accepted, and "to stand during the pleasure of the Company."
It appears from the records that the very next year the Company held its meetings the first Friday in April, the first Monday in May, and the first Monday in June, at Faneuil Hall, and also in subsequent years, which implies that the proposals were agree- able to the selectmen of the town. These were daytime meetings, or parades, while the evening meetings for business were held at some one of several taverns, the proprietors of which were members of the Artillery Company. The selectmen granted special permission for the use of Faneuil Hall for drills whenever it was asked, the last request prior to the Revolution being April 22, 1772. After the Revolution the first recorded meeting, Oct. 19, 1786, was held at Faneuil Hall. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company has met there regularly for more than one hundred years, except in a few instances, when the enlargement of Faneuil Hall building ,or the making of repairs has prevented.
The original Faneuil Hall building was one hundred feet long and forty feet wide, two stories high, and would accommodate one thousand persons. Dec. 29, 1773, the people of Boston met at Faneuil Hall for determining some effectual method to prevent the tea from being unloaded, and, "it appearing that the Hall could not contain the people assembled, it was voted that the meeting be immediately adjourned to the Old South Meeting-House, leave having been obtained for this purpose." The town felt the need of a larger hall. It was sufficient for the transaction of ordinary town business, yet on every interesting occasion, when great numbers of the inhabitants were assem- bled, it became necessary to adjourn to some larger building. After a time the pro- prietors of the places of worship became unwilling to admit such large numbers to the free use of their buildings. The town being thus destitute of suitable accommodations for large assemblies of people, the selectmen, on the ninth day of May, 1805, offered to the town a plan for the enlargement of Faneuil Hall, which was accepted, and the selectmen were directed to carry it into effect.
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Two years prior to this suggestion the Artillery Company had made an attempt to obtain a new armory, etc. In the original building there was considerable unoccupied space between the ceiling of the Hall and the roof. A committee was appointed to learn the expense of fitting up an armory for the Company in the attic. The estimated cost was seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents. The Company obtained the permission of the selectmen to take possession of the attic, an assessment was levied upon the members, and the new armory was completed and occupied. This probably accounts for the arrangement of the headquarters of the Artillery Company in the present building.
The plan proposed by the selectmen provided for a building twice as wide, i. e., eighty feet, and a third story added. The picture of Faneuil Hall as it appeared in 1826, from Snow's "History of Boston," shows by its white lines the relative size of the original building.
In February, 1806, "the agents appointed to superintend the enlargement of Faneuil Hall gave a Raising Supper to the artisans and workmen employed on that stately and beautiful edifice. The fathers of the town, and a number of the municipal officers, were present. The repast was abundant, and concluded with libations to ten excellent toasts."1 The enlargement proceeded with uncommon despatch, and without accident, and, in twelve months from the beginning of the work, was completed to general satisfaction.
The Artillery Company occupied the old Faneuil Hall on the first Monday in June, 1805, and the new Faneuil Hall on the first Monday in June, 1806. On the latter occasion the following toast was offered : "NEW FANEUIL HALL. May its walls ever echo the dignified sentiments of rational liberty to remotest posterity."
Since the enlargement of the building, the apartments called "the armory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company" have remained practically as they are at present. In the centre, running lengthwise of the building, there is a commodious hall, about seventy-five feet by thirty feet, and on either side a series of several rooms adjoin- ing, each about twenty-five feet square. For many years after the enlargement these vari- ous rooms were occupied by the companies of the Boston regiment and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company as armories, and the large hall was used in common. As the years passed, some of these companies were disbanded, and others obtained new armories in other buildings, until the Artillery Company became the sole occupant, and occupied, as now, the hall and all the adjacent rooms. These apartments are used for offices, gun-rooms, picture gallery, library, museum, etc., and are stored with precious relics and heirlooms.
The members of the Artillery Company recruited in 1806 were : John Banister, Caswell Beal, Stephen Bean, William Bowman, Josiah Calef, Benjamin Clark, William Coffin, Jr., Thomas Dean, Caleb Eddy, Robert Fennelly, Henry Fowle, David Francis, Benjamin Fuller, William Howe, Henry Hutchinson, Jonathan Kilham, Thomas C. Legate, James Penniman, John Pickens, Jr., Andrew Sigourney, Samuel Waldron.
John Banister (1806), cooper, of Boston, resided on Purchase Street. Mr. Ban- ister married (probably for the second time ), Feb. 10, 1811, Mary Cunningham. He was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1810. He removed to New Orleans, La., and died there about 1824.
1 Columbian Centinel, Feb. 8, 1806.
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Caswell Beal (1806), tailor, of Boston, son of Benjamin and Martha (Thaxter) Beal, of Hingham, was born in that town June 18, 1778, and learned, in Boston, the tailor's trade. He married Hannah Jacob, who survived him. He carried on the tailor- ing business for a few years, on his own account, in the Old State House. He was an active and zealous politician, but of a pleasant and social disposition.
Mr. Beal (1806) was ensign in the Second Regiment, Legionary Brigade, from 1809 to 1813 inclusive ; lieutenant in 1814 ; captain in 1815, and colonel in 1816; was third sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1809, and ensign in 1813. He could not withstand the New England climate, but was obliged to seek the warmer South. He received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in 1811. He died at New Orleans, La., in March, 1817.
Stephen Bean (1806), lawyer, of Boston, son of Joshua Bean, of Gilmanton, N. H., was born in Brentwood, N. H., in 1772. He was fitted for college by Rev. Isaac Smith, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1798. He taught in the academy at Salisbury, N. H., for a short time, then moved to Boston and " engaged in mercantile pursuits." 1 He married, in Boston, May 4, 1808, Miss Susan Hubbart, a lady of wealth. He became a member of Columbian Lodge, July 4, 1804 ; was secretary in 1805, senior warden in 1806, and master in 1807-8. He joined St. Andrew's Chapter, April 2, 1806 ; received the orders in Boston Commandery, Knights Templars, Oct. 29, 1806, and became a mem- ber, Aug. 10, 1816. He never held any office in the Artillery Company. He died in Boston, Dec. 10, 1825, aged fifty-three years.
William Bowman (1806), hatter, of Boston, son of William and Lucy (Sumner 2) Bowman, was born in Dorchester, Aug. 31, 1782. He was a cousin of Gen. W. H. Sum- ner (1819). He "never married," according to Mr. Bond's "History of Watertown."
Mr. Bowman (1806) manufactured hats, and kept a store on Ann Street, but, having failed in business, he lost all ambition, and had no heart to struggle against his troubles. Some of the members of the Artillery Company became interested in him, and obtained for him a commission as ensign in the army of 1812. He immediately repaired to Sackett's Harbor, engaged in several battles, particularly Fort Erie and Bridgewater, where he displayed many acts of valor, and was promoted to be a captain in Col. Miller's regiment. Upon the restoration of peace he returned to Boston, and resumed his occupation. He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1808. He died at Cambridgeport in 1820.
Josiah Calef (1806), merchant, of Boston, was born in Kingston, N. H., May 21 1782. His father, Joseph, was a Revolutionary soldier, and his mother was a daughter of Josiah Bartlett, M. D., a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Calef (1806) removed to Boston about 1800.
Caswell Beal (1806). AUTHORITIES: Lin- coln's Hist. of Hingham; Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Annals of Mass. Char. Mech. Association; Mass. Military Archives.
Stephen Bean (1806). AUTHORITIES: Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; Hist. of Columbian Lodge, by John T. Heard, p. 496.
William Bowman (1806). AUTHORITIES : Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842;
New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Reg., 1854; Genealogy of Sumner Family.
Josiah Calef (1806). AUTHORITIES: Whit- man's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; The Massachusetts Lodge, - One Hundred and Twenty- fifth Anniversary.
1 The history of Gilmanton states that he " en- gaged in mercantile pursuits," but on the roll of the Artillery Company he is called a lawyer.
2 She was a sister of Gov. Increase Sumner.
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Mr. Whitman (1810) says that "Mr. Calef [1806] was a descendant of Robert Calfe, Jr., who joined the Artillery Company in 1710. ... He was much respected for his philanthropy."
Josiah Calef (1806) received the Masonic degrees in The Massachusetts Lodge in November, 1806, and February, 1807 ; became a member, March 30, 1807, and demitted March 30, 1827. He became a member of St. Andrew's Chapter, Oct. 26, 1808, and demitted in January, 1832.
Mr. Calef (1806) removed to Saco, Me., in 1811, and erected works for making nails, which he carried on jointly with others until 1836. He was a prominent citizen of Saco, - a director in various banks, insurance companies, etc., and a director of the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad from its organization. He died March 2, 1863.
Benjamin Clark (1806), merchant, of Boston, was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1810.
"The Tea Leaves of 1773" says, " Benjamin Clarke was a cooper in Ship Street, and in 1807 resided in Prince Street. He became a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1801 ; of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1806, and died in 1840."
Mr. Clark of the Artillery Company did not use the final "e" in spelling his name, and his autograph on the Company records is quite different from that given in " The Tea Leaves." If Benjamin Clarke was a cooper, then the Benjamin Clark of the Artillery Company was more probably the merchant who resided at No. 30 Marlborough Street, Boston. If so, he was first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1810.
William Coffin, Jr. (1806), merchant, of Boston, son of William and Mary Coffin, was born in Boston, Jan. 29, 1758.
Thomas Dean (1806), printer and broker, of Boston, the only child of Thomas and Martha (Low) Dean, was born in Boston, Jan. 13, 1779. He was a descendant, in the sixth generation, from John Dane, who came from England in 1636, and settled in Roxbury, Mass. The name was spelled Dane until Thomas, the father of Thomas (1806), changed it to Dean. Hon. Nathan Dane, who established the law school at Harvard, was a cousin of Thomas Dean, Sr. The last named was a Revolutionary soldier ; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; was captured by the British in the fall of 1778, carried to Barbadoes as a prisoner, where he was killed, at the age of twenty-six years, in March, 1780, by a hurricane. He never saw his son Thomas (1806). Mr. Dean (1806) married, June 7, 1801, Nancy Harris Grubb, of Boston, who died May 22, 1835, aged fifty-four years.
Thomas Dean (1806) served his time with Major Benjamin Russell (1788), learning the printer's trade. The firm of Gilbert & Dean was established at Nos. 3 and 16 Old State House, and did a broker's commission business. Mr. Gilbert was likewise a printer, and was a fellow-apprentice with Mr. Dean (1806) in the newspaper office of Major Russell (1788). Oct. 30, 1802, Gilbert & Dean began the publication of the "Boston Weekly Magazine " at their printing-office, No. 56 State Street, next at 78 State Street, and the magazine was discontinued Oct. 19, 1805. The Massachusetts
Thomas Dean (1806). AUTHORITIES : Whitman's Hist. A. and H. A. Company, Ed. 1842; MS. of Mrs. Adelaide E. Cordis, granddaughter of Major Thomas Dean ( 1806), Medford, Mass.
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Bank held a mortgage on the Exchange Coffee-House, which was transferred to Gilbert & Dean just prior to the destruction of that property by fire in 1818. The forty thousand dollars thus invested by the firm was a total loss, but the firm continued in business until 1823, when it was mutually dissolved. Major Thomas Dean (1806) and Thomas W. Hooper then formed a partnership in the same business, and carried it on in the Old State House. This relation continued until Major Dean's ( 1806) death.
Thomas Dean (1806) was a lieutenant in the First Sublegion of Infantry in 1803 ; was commissioned captain in the military company in Wards 8 and 9, Legionary Brigade, Oct. 5, 1804, in which position he served until March 2, 1810, when he was commis- sioned major of the Second Regiment of Infantry in the Legionary Brigade of the First Division, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. His commission as major is in the archives of the Artillery Company. He was in active service as major in the War of 1812-14, from Sept. 13 to Nov. 7, 1814, at South Boston. He was also first sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1808, lieutenant in 1812, and its captain in 1819. He was made an honorary member of the Artillery Company in 1822.
Thomas Dean (1806), with his family, attended the Old South Church. From 1807 to 1819 he resided at No. 17 Cook's Court, now Chapman Place, east side of the Parker House. The house is still standing. From 1819 to 1826 Mr. Dean (1806) resided at the corner of Tremont and Hollis streets. There he died, Sept. 9, 1826, in his forty- ninth year, and his remains were placed in his tomb, No. 201, in the Granary Burial- Ground. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company attended his funeral.
Caleb Eddy (1806), merchant, of Boston, son of Capt. Benjamin Eddy, a master mariner, was of the firm of Bemis & Eddy, ship-chandlers, 8 Long Wharf. Mr. Eddy (1806) resided on Snow-hill Street.
Robert Fennelly (1806), apothecary, of Boston, son of - and Sarah (Bell) Fennelly, was born March 22, 1775. His father was of foreign birth. He married Sarah Bell, a sister of Capt. Bell (1756). Robert Fennelly's (1806) wife, Elizabeth, after his decease married Nathan Gurney. Dr. Fennelly (1806) left no children.
He was second sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1810, and lieutenant in 1815 ; selectman of Boston in 1821; of the common council in 1825 ; board of aldermen in 1827 and 1828, and representative to the General Court. He sustained public office with honor to himself, and to the unusual satisfaction of his constituents. In 1822 he was made an honorary member of the Artillery Company.
"He was warden of Christ Church [1805-11], but joined the Baptists. While warden, the minister and church members, male and female, met at his house. He had just obtained a demijohn of old wine to compound into medicine, and had unfortunately placed it beside a similar demijohn of ipecac in the shop below. His wife mistook the right vessel, and the whole church were physicked thoroughly before the mistake was discovered." 1
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