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What else in the course of nature could have humbled the mad ambition of the South, but the mighty struggle through which we have recently passed ! What else could have brought to a speedy termination that system of slavery which had inter- woven itself into the fibres of southern society, polluting the very fountain of social morality, of political rectitude, and reli- gious faith ! When the lordly masters, prompted by ambition, failed in their attempt to spread their corrupt and corrupting
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institution through our broad domain, they vainly sought to overthrow the fair fabric of freedom, and establish upon its ruins an inglorious empire, resting upon human servitude as its chief corner-stone ! A purpose so base and inhuman, so repugnant to the spirit of the age, and so at variance with the laws of God, could not fail to draw down upon the devoted heads of these impious rebels, the sore displeasure of Him who has made of one blood all the nations of the earth. And what instrument of punishment was more suitable than the sword which they had wickedly drawn ! And what consequence could be more just and appropriate than the complete overthrow of the very institu- tion they vainly attempted to extend and perpetuate ! Surely the righteous Sovereign of the Universe overrules the base designs of the unrighteous, and teaches the enemies of human freedom, that their unholy schemes shall not prosper.
This signal overthrow of the institution of slavery by the very means employed to sustain and extend it-this converting of the mad ambition and base passions which slavery has produced in the masters, into instruments for the liberation of the slave, will teach the aspirants after power, that their base machinations to build up an oligarchy on the ruins of free institutions, must prove abortive ; and that the magnitude of their preparations, and the vastness of their appliances will only augment the greatness of their fall.
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" Oh sons of earth, in vain ye strive to rise, By mountains piled on mountains to the skies ! Heaven still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise."
It is difficult to tell what the military organization of the town of Lexington was during the Revolution. In 1779, there were two military companies ; for the town at a public meeting voted that the interest of the cause required that the two existing com- panies be united in one. Immediately after the close of the war, there was an important change in military organizations. The people had seen the importance of a military force ; and the State adopted measures accordingly to make the militia more efficient.
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In Lexington, an Artillery Company was formed. The record of its organization is probably lost. It appears by the town Records, that at a meeting held December 16, 1784, the town voted, "That the Artillery Company now forming have liberty to erect an Artillery Honse on that part of the Common, where the Belfry formerly stood." 'This record, unimportant in other respects, fixes with a good degree of certainty, the period · when that company was formed. Our prescribed limits will not permit us to pursue its history.
The militia organizations were kept up in Massachusetts till about 1825, when the military spirit began to wane. Some were afraid of the expense ; others thought the whole thing un- necessary. Pretended philanthropists ridiculed military parades, and some pious and shortsighted clergymen would supersede war by forming Peace Societies, and restrain the grasping ambition of the nations, by holding Peace Conventions, and passing abstract Resolutions. Such views and feelings tended to bring the military into disrepute, and our militia system was practically given up. In the cities and large towns there were a few volun- teer companies ; and this was all the organization which in fact existed at the commencement of the recent rebellion.
But the late struggle through which we have passed, has, we hope, convinced the reflecting, that resolutions are less protective in an hour of danger than batteries, and that rebels have less dread of Peace Conventions than of well appointed armies. When we consider the important services rendered by the few organized regiments of Massachusetts, by appearing promptly at Washington, when that city was threatened, we must see the wisdom of military preparation ; and if our law-makers are wise, they will see to it, that a partial organization at least, be kept up, until the States lately in rebellion show more humility than they do at present, and manifest a spirit more in accordance with the known will of the people. Moral suasion has great power ; but it is rendered more efficient when it is known that there is a military arm which will sustain it in an exigency.
During the rebellion, Lexington, as we have seen, was not behind her neighboring towns. She furnished more than her quota of men. The following is a list of men, with their rank and term of service, as reported by the Selectmen in 1866.
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Officers, Soldiers and Seamen, of the Town of Lexington, who have been in the Service of the United States, since the Commencement of the Rebellion.
ARMY.
April 16, 1861. - Edward T. Chandler, 3d Reg. Co. C. 3 mos. Sept. 21, 1861. - Re-enlisted 22d Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Wounded in hand near the Wilderness, Va., May, 1864. May -, 1861. - Samuel E. Chandler, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos. Wounded and taken prisoner at the first Bull-Run battle. He was confined In Richmond till Feb., 1862, when he was released. - Re-enlisted 12th Reg. 3 years.
He was Sergeant in Co. D, promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, discharged to accept the office of Ist Lieut., in 7th Mo. Cavalry, and served as Adjutant.
May 1, 1861. - Frank V. Butters, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos. - Royal Ramsey, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos.
May -, 1861. - Elijah D. Gossom, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos. - Re-enlisted 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years. Discharged for disability, April 9, 1863.
May -, 1861. - Henry A. Angier, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos. Wounded and taken prisoner at first Bull-Run battle, was confined at Richmond. - William W. Melvin, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos. Sept. - , 1862. - Re-enlisted 5th Reg. Co. H. 9 mos.
May -, 1861. - Wilbur F. Harding, 5th Reg. Co. K. 3 mos.
Sept. - , 1862. - Re-enlisted 5th Reg. Co. H. 9 mos.
May -, 1861. - Henry Johnson, 5th Reg. Co. G. 3 mos.
June -, 1861. - John Gallagher, 9th Reg. Co. I. 3 years. Disabled temporarily by the bursting of a shell in MeClellan's re- treat near Richmond.
- Joseph H. P. Fiske, 11th Reg. Co. G. 3 years. Discharged. Re-enlisted Veteran.
- Charles A. Fiske, 11th Reg. Co. G. 3 years. Wounded severely in the arm. Re-enlisted Veteran.
- Andrew A. Harrington, 11th Reg. Co. G. 3 years.
- Francis H. Kneeland, 12th Reg. Co. G. 3 years.
- Charles H. Fiske, 12th Reg. Co. G. 3 years. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 1862.
- Daniel G. Fiske, 12th Reg. Co. G. 3 years.
- John H. Peters, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Corporal. Wounded at Antietam.
- Adam Peters, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Wounded in the head.
- George Linsey, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years.
- Charles H. Puffer, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Wounded at Fredericksburg, and died at Alexandria.
- Loring W. Muzzey, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Promoted to Quartermaster, May, 1862, to Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, March, 1864, and to Major and Commissary of Subsistence, July, 1865.
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June -, 1861. - George E. Muzzey, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, June, 1862, to 1st Lieutenant, July, 1863, and appointed Quartermaster, March, 1864. - A. H. Kneeland, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. - James A. Williams, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. - Benjamin Thorn, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Killed.
- Henry A. Lovewell, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Discharged.
July -, 1861. - Charles Cutler, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years. Died August 29, 1862, of disease contracted in the service.
- E. E. Hatch, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years. Killed May 3, 1863, at Chancellorsville, Va.
- H. W. Stearns, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years. - Isaac F. Buttrick, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years. Wounded, and discharged.
- Charles F. Buttrick, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years.
- Sumner Crosby, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years.
- George Flint, Jr., 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years. Wounded in the hand.
- William M. Locke, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years.
- Jonas F. Capell, 16th Reg. Co. K. 3 years. 2d Lieutenant, June, 1862, 1st Lieutenant, August, 1862, Captain, 1863. Major by Brevet.
- Ralph Cole, 16th Reg. Co. K. 3 years.
- Isaac F. Kinaston, 16th Reg. Co. K. 3 years.
- John O. Niel, 16th Reg. Co. K. 3 years. Wounded in the foot. Re-enlisted in the Veteran Reserve Corps. - John Healy, 16th Reg. Co. H. 3 years.
Discharged August, 1863, for disability, having been wounded in the hand.
- Charles R. Johnson, 16th Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Captain. Was wounded at Chancellorsville, and again at Gettys- burg, and died at home of the latter wound.
- Charles McMahan, 16th Reg. Co. A. 3 years.
- John Howard, 16th Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Discharged March, 1862.
- Re-enlisted.
- F. Murphy, 16th Reg. Co. F. 3 years. - John Bannon, 16th Reg. Co. K. 3 years.
Aug. - , 1861. - William De Coty, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Died of wounds received at second Bull-Run battle, October 18, 1862.
- John G. Sherman, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Wounded at Fredericksburg.
- John Manley, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Killed at Fredericksburg.
- William W. Jones, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Re-enlisted Veteran Reserve.
- Michael Crowley, 12tlı Reg. Co. E. 3 years.
- George B. Dennett, 12th Reg. Co. E. 3 years. Was takeu prisoner, and confined in several prisous, and at last transferred to Andersonville.
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Aug. - , 1861. - Windsor Smith, 13th Reg. Co. B. 3 years. Discharged. - Joseph Chandler, 13th Reg. Co. B. 3 years. Taken prisoner at the second Bull-Run Battle, paroled, and dis- charged for disability.
- Charles B. Harrington, 13th Reg. Co. B. 3 years. Dicd September, 1862, of disease contracted in the service. - George II. Smith, 13th Reg. Co. B. 3 years. -- William Green, 13th Reg. Co. B. 3 years. - Jolin Crowley, 14th Reg. Co. C. 3 years. Sept. - , 1861. - Thomas H. Earle, 1st Cavalry. 3 years. Died July, 1863, In South Carolina. - Luke Estabrooks, 1st Cavalry. 3 years.
- William Estabrooks, 1st Cavalry. 3 years.
- Henry M. Jones, 1st Cavalry. 3 years.
- Charles Cole, 1st Cavalry. 3 years.
- John K. Hanscom, 1st Cavalry. 3 years. Discharged for disability.
- George B. Hildreth, 1st Cavalry. 3 years.
- James Cody, 1st Cavalry. 3 years. Discharged.
- Cyrus M. Cutler, 22d Reg. Co. F. 3 years.
-- Joseph Simonds, 22d Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Corporal. Died October, 1862, of wounds received at Malvern Hill.
- George D. Harrington, 22d Reg. Co. F. 3 years. - Thomas K. Sawin, 22d Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Discharged.
Sept. - , 1862. - Re-enlisted in 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 mos. - Charles A. Gould, 23d Reg. Co. K. 3 years. Promoted to Assistant Adjutant General, rank of Captain. - Luther H. Pushec, 1st Cavalry. 3 years. - Martin Walsh, 1st Cavalry. 3 years. Dec. - , 1861. - John Callahan, 30th Reg. 3 years. Re-enlisted.
1861. - William Gleason, 1st Sharpshooters. 3 years. Discharged. - Frank W. Bryant, 1st Sharpshooters. 3 years. - Alvin Cole, 1st Sharpshooters. 3 years. - Nathan W. Penniman, 1st Sharpshooters. 3 years. - Sayles V. Lawrence, 1st Sharpshooters. 3 years.
- Henry L. Wheelock, 1st Sharpshooters. 3 years. - E. R. Bullard, N. Y. 5th Reg. 3 years. Killed. - A. Trask, N. Y. 5th Mozart Reg. 3 years. - John Gately, N. Y. 5th Reg. 3 years. Discharged.
Mar. - , 1862. - Jeremiah Logan, 19th Reg. 3 years.
Wounded, and discharged. He had served in the English army at the Crimea. Mar. - , 1864. - Re-enlisted 28th Reg. 3 years. Wounded. - Thomas Kelley, 20th Reg. Co. A. 3 years.
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May -, 1862. - William Dillon, 21st Reg. 3 years. Aug. - , 1862. - Hugh O. Donnell, 20th Reg. 3 years. - Adams Stimpson, 20th Reg. 3 years. - Samuel Adams, 20th Reg. 3 years. - James Isherwood, 20th Reg. 3 years. - John W. Hudson, 35th Reg. Co. D. 3 years.
2d Lieutenant, Co. D. 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, September, 1862, Captain, Co. H, November, 1863, Major, September, 1864, and Lieutenant Colonel, February, 1865.
- Benjamin M. Marchant, 35th Reg. Co. D. 3 years. Sergeant.
- Jarvis. W. Dean, 35th Reg. Co. D. 3 years. Sergeant, Co. K, wounded severely at Antletam, and discharged for disability.
- Timothy Leary, 40th Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Killed.
- Warren Kinaston, 38th Reg. Co. F. 3 years. Died June, 1864.
- Thomas Cosgrove, 40th Reg. Co. F. 3 years.
-- Charles M. Parker, 24th Reg. 3 years.
- Charles Flagg, 24th Reg. 3 years. Re-enlisted.
- George A. Trull, 24th Reg. 3 years.
- N. B. Chamberlain, 24th Reg. Co. A. 3 years. Re-enlisted.
- Daniel Crowley, 28th Reg. Co. A. 3 years.
- D. Conway, 28th Reg. Co. A. 3 years.
- William P. Briggs, 32d Reg. 3 years. - Lucius B. Angier, 1st Cavalry. 3 years.
Sept. - , 1862. - Alvin W. Harding, 5th Reg. Co. H. 9 months. - Frederic H. Harding, 5th Reg. Co. H. 9 months. - Arthur F. Gould, 44th Reg. 9 months.
- William Winning, 44th Reg. 9 months. -- Ira G. Kinaston, 45th Reg. Co. C. 9 months. - Isaac W. Holmes, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. - George W. Wright, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. - Willis L. Wright, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months.
- Walter R. Wright, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. - Frank O. Kendall, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. Sergeant.
- Samuel H. Jones, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. Corporal.
- Re-enlisted Heavy Artillery.
- George Simonds, Jr., 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months.
- Josiah Bryant, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months.
- Sidney Butters, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months.
- George H. Butterfield, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months.
- David Fitch, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months.
- Clifford Saville, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. Slightly wounded in the head. 51
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Sept. -- , 1862. - Henry E Crouch, 45thi Reg. Co. D. 9 months. - John D. Bnssey, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. - Abraham W. Johnson, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. - Charles L. Tidd, 48th Reg. Co. A. 9 months. - Origen B. Darling, 45th Reg. Co. D. 9 months. Oet. - , 1863. - Re-enlisted 1st Battery, Co. B. 3 months. Oct. - , 1862. - William A. Merriam, 47th Reg. Co. G. 9 months. - John Byron, 47th Reg. Co. G. 9 months. Died at New Orleans. - Charles H. Dean, 47th Reg. Co. G. 9 months. - Milton Nourse, 47th Reg. Co. G. 9 months. - Frank H. Capell, 47th Reg. Co. G. 9 months. April -, 1864. - Re-enlisted in the Regular Army. Oct. - , 1862. - William B. Nason, 38th Reg. 3 years. - James R. Carpenter, 38th Reg. 3 years.
Dec. - , 1862. - John Grover, N. Y. 99th Reg. Co. K. 3 years.
July -, 1863. - Albert Hanford, 3d Bat. Unattached Heavy Art. 3 yrs. - Clarence Hanford, 3d Bat. Unattach'd Heavy Art. 3 yrs. Nov. - , 1863. - Charles Berlitz. 3 years. - Curtis Williams, 54th Reg. 3 years. - Patrick Faley, 56th Reg. Co. B. 3 years. - Charles F. Buxton. 3 years. - John F. Donnelly, 56th Reg. 3 years.
- Alfred Johnson, 4th Cavalry. 3 years. - James S. O'Brien, 2nd Heavy Art. Co. G. 3 years. - Francis A. Bergain, 4th Cavalry. 3 years. Dec. - , 1863. - Thomas French, 4th Cavalry. 3 years. - Francis Edgar, 3d Cavalry, 3 years.
- Edward Connauton, 55th Reg. 3 years. - William Byle. 3 years.
- Dennis McMahan, 56th Reg. Co. C. 3 years. Was taken prisoner at Petersburg, and died at Andersonville. - Patrick Gray, 2d Heavy Art. Co. G. 3 years. - Matthew Egan, 2d Heavy Art. Co. H. 3 years. - James Sheena, 2d Heavy Art. Co. G. 3 years. - John Wright, 11th Bat. Co. C. 3 years. Mar. - , 1864. - William Manning, 28th Reg. 3 years. - Stephen Carroll, 28th Reg. 3 years. May -, 1864. - James McGuire, 3d U. S. Art. Regular Army. 3 years. - William Viglo, 3d U. S. Art. Regular Army. 3 years.
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- Patrick Purcell, Invalid Corps. 3 years. Discharged for disability.
31, “ - Daniel Jacobson, 2nd Infantry. 3 years. - Barney Fryer, 2nd Infantry. 3 years. - Charles Wilson, 2nd Infantry. 3 years. - Thomas Mills, 2nd Infantry. 3 years. May -, 1864. - Thomas Swain, 2nd Infantry. - James Converse, 2nd Infantry.
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May -, 1864. - John Nevin.
Died before mustering in. - Richard Rankin, 28th Reg. - James J. Bull, 28th Reg. - William Buckett, 28th Reg. - August Lent, 28th Reg. Wounded. - John Maloney, 28th Reg.
- Cyrus S. Capell, Regular Army.
- G. A. Wheeler, Regular Army.
- Charles L. Potter, 3rd Unattached Heavy Artillery. 1
- E. S. Locke, 2nd Heavy Artillery. 1 year.
Jonas Bartlett, 2nd Heavy Artillery. 1 year.
-- Luke MeGrath, 2nd Heavy Artillery.
- Cornelius Manly, 2nd Heavy Artillery.
-- C. A. Grover, 2nd Heavy Artillery.
-- Michael Keefe, 2nd Heavy Artillery. -- T. McCarty, 2nd Heavy Artillery. - E. A. Cooper, 2nd Heavy Artillery. -T. W. Childs, 2nd Heavy Artillery. - Moses Wyman, 2nd Heavy Artillery.
Mar. - , 1864. - William Smith. 3 years. Colored. - Mose Evans. 3 years. Colored. - E. H. Somes. 3 years. Colored. - Jacob Carson. 3 years. Colored.
May -, 1864. -- Adam Naylor, 5th Cavalry, Co. C. 3 years. Colored. Feb. -- , 1865. - James Cannedy. 3 years. Colored.
NAVY.
Charles O. Muzzey, in the Navy.
Entered the Navy, November, 1861, as Aide and Secretary to Captain Pickering, U. S. Steamer Kearsarge, transferred to Steamer Hous- atonic, May, 1863, killed by the explosion of a torpedo, in Charles- ton Harbor, Feb. 18, 1864.
G. G. Wheeler, in the Navy.
Peter Bannon, in the Navy.
Joseph Gammon, Steamer Mississippi.
Joseph Gerard, in the Navy. Discharged. Jeremiah Crowley, in the Navy.
John Whitman, in the Navy.
Charles Fiske, Jun., U. S. Ship San Jacinto.
William B. Fiske, in the Navy. Discharged. Bowen Buckley, in the Navy.
In the above and the previous military lists, we have generally adopted the spelling found on the rolls, though in many cases it is probably incorrect.
CHAPTER XVII.
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
List of Selectmen - School Committees - Assessors -Town Clerks - Treas- urers - Committees of Correspondence - Representatives - Senators - Justices of the Peace - College Graduates.
IT may be gratifying to us to know who have enjoyed the confidence of the people from time to time, and who have filled the principal places of honor and trust in the town. It is proposed to give a list of the Selectmen, School Committees, Assessors, Clerks, and Treasurers. Also to give the names of the Representatives, Senators, and Justices of the Peace, as far as the same can be ascertained. Such lists not only show who were the prominent men at different periods, but they show the views and habits of the people in relation to rotation in office. And if it should appear that our fathers fell into one extreme, it may appear that we have fallen into the other. We will give the list from the incorporation of the town to the present day.
List of Selectmen, from the Incorporation of the Town to the present day, together with the years they served; arranged in the order in which they first entered upon their office.
Matthew Bridge, 1712, 13. William Reed, 1712, 14.
Francis Bowman, 1712, 13, 15, 16, 21, 24, 26-28.
Joseph Simonds, 1712.
John Merriam, 1712, 13, 19-21, 23.
Joseph Estabrook, 1713, 15-17. Thomas Blodgett, 1713, 18-20, 22-24. Joseph Bowman, 1714-16, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33-38.
Samuel Stone, 1714, 15, 23.
William Munroe, 1714-16, 25.
Joseph Tidd, 1714. Joseph Fassett, 1716, 17, 19, 21, 25-27, 30,39.
John Lawrence, 1716, 17, 22, 25, 26. Benjamin Wellington, 1717-23, 25-30, 32, 33, 36, 37. Thomas Merriam, 1717, 22, 23. John Munroe, 1718-20. John Paulter, 1718. Thomas Cutler, Jr., 1718, 28, 30, 32. Samuel Locke, 1720, 29. Joseph Brown, 1722, 24, 25, 27.
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William Munroe, * 1724, 30, 34, 35. Samuel Winship, 1728-30, 32, 33. George Munroe, 1728. John Mason, 1729, 34-36. Jonathan Simonds, 1732.
Matthew Bridge, Jr., 1732, 33, 40, 44, 45.
John Cutler, 1733.
William Reed, 1734-38, 43, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61.
John Stone, Jr., 1734-37, 39, 40, 46, 48, 52. Joseph Estabrook, 1737, 38. John Laughton, 1738.
Benjamin Reed, 1738, 41, 42, 44-46, 48, 59, 60.
Benjamin Smith, 1739-42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53-55, 58.
Isaac Bowman, 1739, 43, 47, 53-55, 58- 60.
Ebenezer Fiske, 1739, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57. Daniel Simonds, 1740, 55. John Muzzy, 1741, 42, 44. Daniel Tidd, 1741, 42, 46, 48-52, 57. Samuel Stone, 1741, 42.
Josiah Parker, 1743-45, 53-55.
Joseph Stone, 1743.
Joshua Simonds, 1746.
John Bridge, 1746, 56.
Isaac Stone, 1747, 48, 51.
John Hoar, 1747, 48.
David Cutler, 1749-51. Thomas Robbins, 1749. Nathaniel Trask, 1750. Amos Muzzy, 1750.
Robert Harrington, 1752, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69-72, 74, 77, 78, 83, 84.
Daniel Brown, 1752, 61. Jonathan Lawrence, 1752. John Mason, 1755. Jonas Stone, 1756, 58, 61-67, 69-71, 73. Hezekiah Smith, 1756. James Brown, 1756.
Thaddeus Bowman, 1756-61, 65, 66, 69-71, 73. Joseph Bridge, 1757.
Samuel Bridge, 1758-60. John Buckman, 1759, 60. Joseph Tidd, 1761, 66, 67. Ebenezer Smith, 1762-64, 69. Marrett Munroe, 1762-64, 67. Benjamin Brown, 1762-66, 69, 70. Samuel Stone, Jr., 1765. Daniel Brown, 1767.
Samuel Hastings, 1767, 73, 78, 80.
Hammond Reed, 1770, 72, 74, 80, 89. Josiah Smith, 1771, 72, 74, 76, 77.
Jonathan Smith, 1771.
Thomas Robbins, Jr., 1772, 74, 78.
John Chandler, 1772, 74, 76, 79, 80, 82-84, 86, 89.
Jonathan Harrington, 1773, 76.
John Muzzy, 1773.
Thomas Parker, 1776, 77.
Nathan Simonds, 1776.
Philip Russell, 1776, 77.
William Tidd, 1776, 78, 79, 83, 87, 88. Joshua Reed, 1777, 78, 80.
Thomas Winship, 1779, 81.
Daniel Harrington, 1779, 85, 86.
William Munroe, 1779, 82-84, 89, 90, 99, 1804, 5.
Benjamin Brown, 1780.
William Reed, 1780.
Benjamin Estabrook, 1781, 82.
Phinehas Stearns, 1781, 82.
Francis Brown, 1781-83.
Joseph Simonds, 1784, 87, 88, 90, 94. Amos Marrett, 1785, 86, 89-91.
Nathan Reed, 1785-88.
Joseph Smith, 1785, 89-91, 93.
Benjamin Wellington, 1785, 92.
Amos Muzzy, 1786-88. John Parkhurst, 1791.
Joel Viles, 1791. Joseph Fiske, Jr., 1791.
Thomas Fessenden, 1792.
Isaac Hastings, 1792-98, 1802-4, 9-11.
John Mulliken, 1792, 93, 96-1800, 2, 3, 6-16. Jonas Bridge, 1792, 94-98. Joseph Smith, 1793. Joseph Fiske, 1793.
* It frequently happens, in this list, that the same name appears at different times; but the individuals are not the same. The family names being the same, create some confusion.
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James Brown, 1794, 1800, 2, 3. David Fiske, 1795.
John Chandler, 1796-98. Nathan Chandler, 1796-1800, 4, 9-17. Stephen Winship, 1799-1801. Thomas Tufts, 1799, 1800. Nathan Dudley, 1799-1801.
Joshua Russell, 1801-3.
Joshua Reed, 1801.
Josiah Smith, 1801, 4-6.
Abijah Harrington, 1802, 3, 9, 10.
Nathan Russell, 1804-6.
Thomas Locke, 1804. Jacob Robinson, 1805, 6.
Joshua Swan, 1805, 6.
Amos Muzzy, Jr., 1807, 8, 17-19.
John Muzzy, 1807, 8.
Nathan Munroe, 1807, 8.
Abraham Smith, 1808.
Joseph Underwood, 1809.
Charles Reed, 1810-21, 30.
Nathan Fessenden, 1811-13.
James Brown, Jr., 1812, 13.
Benjamin O. Wellington, 1814-16, 29, 31.
John Muzzy, Jr., 1814-16.
Nathaniel Cutler, 1817-23.
Isaac Reed, 1817.
Phinehas Lawrence, 1820-23.
Benjamin Reed, 1822-27.
Nathaniel Mulliken, 1824-29, 47. William Chandler, 1824-27.
Francis Bowman, 1828. Francis Wyman, 1828, 29. John Mulliken, Jr., 1830, 31. Joel Viles, 1831-35, 52-56. Philip Russell, 1832-40, 49, 50, 56, 57. Solomon Harrington, 1832-36. Charles Robinson, 1836, 37, 56, 57. Isaac Mulliken, 1837-40. Sidney Lawrence, 1838, 36. Benjamin Muzzey, 1840-43, 48. Charles James, 1841, 42. Nehemiah Wellington, 1841. Billings Smith, 1842. Jonathan S. Parker, 1843, 44, 49. Albert W. Bryant, 1843-47. Pelatiah P. Pierce, 1844-46. Stephen Locke, 1845, 46.
Galen Allen, 1847, 48, 51.
Joseph F. Simonds, 1848, 49.
Simon W. Robinson, 1850, 51. Joseph Howe, 1850, 51. Alonzo Goddard, 1852-56. Isaac N. Damon, 1852-56. Charles Hudson, 1857-61. Loring S. Pierce, 1857-59. David A. Tuttle, 1858, 59. Webster Smith, 1860-65. William H. Smith, 2d, 1860-65. Hammon Reed, 1862-65. John W. Hudson, 1866, 67.
Sylvanus W. Smith, 1866, 67.
List of the Members of the School Committee, from 1830 to the present day.
Charles Briggs, 1830-35. William Muzzey, 1830, 34. Joseph Merriam, 1830, 31. John Muzzey, 1830, 31, 36, 37. Ambrose Morrell, 1830. Samuel Fiske, 1831, 35. Benjamin Muzzey, 1831-34, 36, 38-40. Charles Tidd, 1832-34, 36-46, 49, 57-59. Benjamin O. Wellington, 1832-6. Nathaniel Mulliken, 1832, 33. Philip Russell, 1836. Isaac Mulliken, 1836, 37.
James Brown, 1836, 37. William G. Swett, 1837. Samuel Stetson, 1837, 41. O. H. Dodge, 1838-40. Oliver Locke, 1841. James M. Usher, 1842. W. K. Knapp, 1842. Charles M. Bowers, 1843, 44. John Nelson, 1843. Samuel J. May, 1844. Samuel B. Cruft, 1844. Charles HI. Webster, 1845.
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James Parker, 1845. Jason Whitman, 1846, 47. T. H. Dorr, 1846-49. Webster B. Randolph, 1847, 48. Ira Leland, 1848-57.
Volney Wilder, 1849. Fiske Barrett, 1850, 51. J. A. Cooledge, 1850, 51. Curtis Cutler, 1852. William F. Bridge, 1852.
Charles Hudson, 1853, 56.
Howland Holmes, 1853, 55, 158-6. E. P. Crafts, 1854, 55. C. F. Dunbar, 1856. Jonas Gammell, 1857, 59-67.
L. J. Livermore, 1858-66. Caleb Stetson, 1860, 61.
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