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HOLMAN, CHARLES. Age 22. M. Oct. 12, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., Co. H. 3 yrs. Dis. Jan. 18, 1864, to re-enlist.
HOSMER, JOHN G. Age 44. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 8 mths. Died Aug. 21, 1863, at Princeton.
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HOWE, JOSEPH M. Age 19. M. May 12, 1861. Corp. 15th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co A. 3 yrs. Died of wounds, May 12, 1864. One of four left in Co. A. after Gettysburg battle.
HOWE, LUTHER B. Age 42. M. Sept. 14, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., Co. F. 3 yrs. Dis. March 8, 1864. Disability.
HOWE, WILLIAM B. Age 40. M. Sept. 18, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf.,
Co. F. 3 yrs. Dis. Jan. 28, 1864. Disability.
HURLEY (Henley ?), JAMES P. Age 28. M. Sept. 1, 1864. Private Veteran Reserve Corps.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM 2d. Age 23. M. July 27, 1863. 13th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. E. 3 yrs. Deserted Nov. 21, 1863. Not on town list but on Adjutant Gen's.
KELLY, DANIEL S. Age 33. M. July 25, 1862. Private 36th Reg. Inf., Co. G. 3 yrs. Died May 21, 1864, at Fredericksburg, Va.
KENDALL, J. WARREN. Age 22. M. Sept. 19, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., Co. H. 3 yrs. Dis. Jan. 18, 1864, to re-enlist. M. Jan. 19, 1864. Same Reg. and Co. Dis. July 13, 1865. Exp. service.
KEYES, GEORGE E. Age 23. M. July 21, 1862. Sergt, 36th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. A. 3 yrs. Killed June 17, 1864, at Petersburg, Va. On Adj. Gen's list.
LEVALLY, GODFREY. Age 28. M. Oct. 12, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. E. 3 yrs. Dis. Jan 18, 1864, to re-enlist. M. Jan. 19, 1864. Same Reg. and Co. 3 yrs. Dis. June 21, 1865. Disability. (Credited to Holden.)
LINCOLN, GEORGE W. Age 39. M. Aug. 22, 1862. Private 36th Reg. Inf., Co. G. 3 yrs. Transferred Nov. 10, 1863, to V. R. C.
LOKER, ANDREW J. Age 20. M. July 31, 1862. Private 34th Reg. Inf., Co. C. 3 yrs. Died Sept. 25, 1864, at Charlestown, Va.
LOKER, LOREN. Age 45. M. Jan. 25, 1864. Private 57th Reg. Inf., Co. E. 3 yrs. Dis. July 30, 1865. Exp. service.
LORING, CHARLES E. Age 21. M. Oct. 5, 1861. 22d Reg. Inf. Band. 3 yrs. Dis. Aug. 11, 1862, order War Dept.
LORING, JOSEPH. Age 23. 22d Regt. Band. M. Oct. 5, 1861. Dis. Aug. 11, 1862, order War Dept. On town record but not on Adj. Gen's. LORING, LEANDER. Age 44. M. Jan. 6, 1862. Private 15th Reg. Inf., Co. C. 3 yrs. Dis. Dec. 9, 1862. Disability.
LOVE, CHARLES T. Age 19. M. July 16, 1861. 13th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. I. 3 yrs. Dis. Aug. 1, 1864. Exp. service.
MAHAN, THOMAS. Age 33. M. Feb. 18, 1864. Private 57th Reg. Inf., Co. E. 3 yrs. June 28, 1865, order War Dept. Meehan on receipt for bounty.
MAHOLM, WILLIAM. Age 19. M. Aug. 2, 1864. 2d Reg. Cavalry, M. V., unassigned recruit. 3 yrs.
MARINI, PAUL. Age 31. M. June 20, 1864. 26th Reg. Inf., unassigned recruit. 3 yrs.
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MARTIN, GEORGE. Age 22. M. June 20, 1864. 2d Reg. Inf., M. V., unassigned recruit. 3 yrs. Never joined regiment.
MARTIN, JAMES. Age 22. M. Dec. 30, 1864. Ist Battalion Frontier Cavalry, M. V., Co. A. I yr. Dis. June 30, 1865. Exp. service.
MATHEWS, FRANCIS E. Age 19. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg.,
Co. K. 9 mths. Died at Marine Hospital, N. Orleans, Aug. 24, 1863.
MATHEWS, FRANKLIN E. Age 25. M. Jan. 9, 1864. Private 4th Reg. Cav., Co. D. 3 yrs. Dis. June 21, 1865. Exp. service.
MAYNARD, CHARLES H. Age 18. M. Sept. 17, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., Co. F. 3 yrs. Died Jan. 3, 1862, Annapolis, Md.
McKERNAN, MICHAEL. Age 21. M. April 30, 1864. 2d Reg. Inf., M. V., unassigned recruit. 3 yrs. Transferred to Navy, May 17, 1864.
MCKINLEY, DAVID. Age 28. M. Sept. 1, 1864. Private Veteran Reserve Corps.
McQUADE, THOMAS. Age 20. M. Sept. 16, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., Co. E. 3 yrs. Dis. Dec. 17, 1863, to re-enlist. M. Dec. 18, 1863. Same Reg. Dis. July 11, 1865. Exp. service.
McWILLIAMS, GEORGE. Age 23. M. June 18, 1864. 2d Reg. Inf., M. V., unassigned recruit. 3 yrs. Never joined regiment.
MERRIAM, JOHN N. Age 23. M. Aug. 8, 1862. Private 36th Reg. Inf., Co. G. 3 yrs. Dis. Feb. 16, 1864. Disability. (Unfit for Invalid Corps.)
MILLER, EDWARD P. Age . M. Nov. 6, 1861. Corp. 32d Reg. Inf., Co. A, M. V. 3 yrs. Dis. Nov. 30, 1862. Disability.
MIRICK, HERVEY C. Age 21. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Died May 8, 1863, at Berwick, La.
MIRICK, GEORGE L. Age 21. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Dis. Sept. 2, 1863. Exp. service.
MIRICK, GEORGE WALDO. M. Aug. 6, 1861. 15th Reg. Co. I. 3 yrs. Dis. Aug. 6, 1864. Exp. service.
MOODY, GEORGE B. Age 23. M. May 25, 1861. Member of Band, Ist Inf. 3 yrs. Appears credited to Sutton, Mass.
MYRICK, GEORGE. Age 25. M. March 1, 1863. Ist and 2d Lieut. Ist Reg., Inf. 3 yrs. Dis. May 25, 1864. Exp. service. Credited to Boston.
PAGE, GEORGE E. Age 23. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53rd Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Dis. Sept. 2, 1863. Exp. service.
PARKER, GEORGE R. Age 42. M. Aug. 13, 1862. Private 36th Reg. Inf., Co. K. 3 yrs. Transferred Sept. 1, 1863, to V. R. C. Dis. Mar. 9, 1865. Disability.
PARKER, GEORGE W. M. Age 21. M. Oct. 25, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Dis. Jan. 10, 1863. Disability.
PARKER, HENRY A. Age 19. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Died July 2, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La.
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PARTRIDGE, DANIEL W. Age 38. M. Aug. 7, 1862. Private 36th Reg.
Inf., Co. G. 3 yrs. Dis. June 8, 1865. Exp. service.
PARTRIDGE, LYMAN F. Age 34. M. Aug. 7, 1862. Sergt. 36th Reg. Inf., Co. G. 3 yrs. Dis. June 8, 1865. Exp. service.
PRESTON, JOHN. Age 22. M. Feb. 14, 1865. Private 5th Battery Lt. Artillery, M. V. 3 yrs. Dis. June 12, 1865. Exp. service.
QUIGLEY, THOMAS. Age 23. M. April 28, 1864. 2d Reg. Inf., M. V., unassigned recruit. 3 yrs. Never joined regiment.
QUINLAN, JERRY. Age 24. M. April 28, 1864. 2d Reg. Cavalry, M. V., Co. I. 3 yrs. Dis. July 20, 1865. Exp. service.
RANDALL, JOSEPH. Age 31. M. Dec. 8, 1862. Private 36th Reg. Inf., Co. G. 3 yrs. Died Feb. 11, 1864. Camp Nelson, Kentucky.
REED, JOSEPH P. Age 32. M. Oct. 5, 1861. 22d Reg. Inf. Band. 3 yrs. Aug. II, 1862, order War Dept.
RILEY, JAMES. Age 21. M. June 18, 1864. 2d Regt. Inf., Co. F. Cred- ited to Middletown. Deserted Sept. 4, 1864. On Town Record but not on Adj. Gen's.
ROBINSON, CHARLES. Age 26. M. Apr. 29, 1864. Private 2d Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. F. 3 yrs. Dis. July 14, 1865. Exp. service.
ROPER, EDWARD R. Age 23. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Died Dec. 10, 1862, at Baton Rouge, La.
ROPER, FRANCIS. Age 18. M. July 26, 1862. Private 36th Inf., Co. F. 3 yrs. Died Jan. 18, 1863, Falmouth, Va.
SAWYER, EVANDER E. Age 37. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Ist Corporal, pro- moted Nov. 18, 1862 to Sergt. 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Dis. Sept. 2, 1863. Exp. service.
SCHULZE, ERNEST. Age 24. M. June 17, 1864. Private 3d Reg. Cavalry, unassigned recruit. 3 yrs.
SCOTT, ISAAC E. Age 21. M. Dec. 30, 1864. Ist Batallion Frontier Cavalry, M. V., Co. A. I yr. Dis. June 30, 1865. Exp. service. SHERMAN, CHARLES. Age 24. M. May 14, 1864. Private 19th Reg. Inf., Co. D. 3 yrs. Dis. Jun. 30, 1865. Exp. service.
SKINNER, ARTEMAS H. Age 25. M. Oct. 5, 1861. 22d Reg. Inf. Band. 3 yrs. Aug. 11, 1862, order War Dept.
SKINNER, CHARLES A. Age 21. M. Oct. 5, 1861. 22d Reg. Inf. Band. 3 yrs. Dis. Aug. 11, 1862, order War Dept.
SMITH, FRANK. Age 22. M. July 29, 1863. 13th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. K, 3 yrs. Deserted Nov. 25, 1863.
SMITH, JOHN. On Town list but not on Adj. Gen's.
SWEENEY, JAMES. Age 32. M. July 29, 1863. 13th Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. I. 3 yrs. Deserted Sept. 21, 1863. On Adj. list but not on town's.
TERRILL, JOSEPH. Age 21. M. June 10, 1864. Private 2Ist Reg. Inf., Co. F. 3 yrs. Transferred to 36th Reg. Inf., Co. K, and then to 56th Reg. Inf., Co. B. Dis. July 12, 1865. Exp. service.
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THOMPSON, FRED'K G. Age 22. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K .. 9 mths. Died April 18, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La.
TORGER, ORRIN L. Age 21. M. Aug. 19, 1864. Private 2d Reg. Heavy Artillery, M. V., Co. H. 3 yrs. Transferred Jan. 17, 1865, to 17th Inf. Co. G. Dis. June 16, 1865, order War Dept. Probably Prince- ton. On Adj. Gen's list not on town list.
TWEDEL, EDWARD. Age 26. M. Dec. 30, 1864. Ist Battalion Frontier Cavalry, M. V., Co. A. I yr. Dis. June 30, 1865. Exp. service.
WATSON, WILLIAM A. Age 19. M. Sept. 23, 1861. Private 25th Reg. Inf., Co. H. 3 yrs. Dis. Oct. 20, 1864. Exp. service.
WELCH, HENRY H. Age 19. M. July 31, 1862. Private 34th Reg. Inf., Co. C. 3 yrs. Deserted Dec. 13, 1862.
WELCH, J. WILDER. Age 21. M. July 12, 1861. Private 15th Reg. Inf., Co. A. 3 yrs. Dis. Aug. 1, 1861. Disability.
WHITCOMB, GILMAN W. Age 21. M. July 12, 1861. Private 15th Reg. Inf., Co. B. 3 yrs. Dis. April, 1864. Disability.
WHITCOMB, WILLIAM H. Age 42. M. Oct. 17, 1862. 5th Sergt. 53 Reg. Co. K. 9 mths. Died Aug. 18, 1863 on steamer "Meteor" at sea.
WHITE. GEORGE E. Age 21. M. Dec. 28, 1864. Private 3d Reg. Cav- alry, M. V., Co. M. 3 yrs. Dis. Sept. 28, 1865. Exp. service.
WHITNEY, AUGUSTINE. Age 22. M. Aug. 30, 1864. Private 2d Reg. Heavy Artillery, M. V., Co. D. 3 yrs. Transferred Feb. 9, 1865, to 17th Inf. Dis. June 30, 1865, order War Dept.
WHITNEY, WILLIAM L. M. Aug. 9, 1862. Private 15th Reg. Inf., Co. A. 3 yrs. Died Nov. 14, 1862, at Washington, D. C.
WILCOX, BENJAMIN F. May 1861, on town list not on Adj. Gen's.
WILSON, GEORGE W. Age 24. M. July 19, 1861. Corp. 2Ist Reg. Inf., M. V., Co. E. 3 yrs. Dis. Jan. 1, 1864, to re-enlist. Re-enlisted Jan. 2, 1864. Same Reg. 3 yrs. (Credited to Leominster.) Died Feb. 21, 1864, at Cleveland, O.
WINN, EDWARD F. Age 39. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co K. 9 mths. Dis. Sept. 2, 1863. Exp. service. On Adj. Gen's list, not on town list.
WINSHIP, CHARLES N. Age 19. M. Oct. 17, 1862. Private 53d Reg., Co. K. 9 mths. Dis. April, 1863. Disability. Re-enlisted Feb. 29, 1864. 25th Reg. Inf., Co. H. 3 yrs. Dis. July 20, 1865. Exp. service.
Copy of a portion of a letter written by D. H. Gregory to his wife, Oct. 7, 1862:
" There was quite a collection of people on the common this morning, to see our soldiers start off for the camp. Mr. Ross carried the soldiers (26 I believe) on the stage. Mason, with his four horses, the band in an omnibus, and John Brooks took the ladies dressed in Red
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White and Blue. Some 25 or 30 carriages accompanied them to Sterling. Mr. Briggs, Mr. Vinton and others. The Soldiers were addressed at the Town Hall in Sterling by Mr. Briggs and the Sterling minister. Mr. Briggs gave each soldier a testament. The company returned to Princeton about noon. The soldiers proceeded to Groton Junction and would go into camp to-day.1
John D. Mirick Post, No. 99, G. A. R. was instituted Aug. 4, 1869.
The successive Commanders were Wm. H. Eveleth, a veteran of 8th. Massachusetts Regiment, Joseph P. Reed of the 11th Reg't, and Emory W. Gill of the 40th Reg't, who was in command when the Post surrendered its charter in 1874. (The exact date not given. The Adjutant was not over exact in the keeping of his records.) In all twenty-one members belonged to the organization. If the records may be believed, the veterans were not extremely zealous in attending meetings, largely no doubt the result of living at some distance from the center of the town and the consequent difficulty of getting out in the evening. Such was the fate of many of the early posts in the smaller communities.
The first posts in Massachusetts were started in 1867, only one in 1866, so it will be seen that Princeton was in quite early but did not have the vitality essential to long life.
Tablet at the entrance to Bagg Hall:
OUR TOWNSMEN
WHO DIED
IN THE SERVICE 1861-1865
Joseph M. Howe.
15th Reg.
Cold Harbor Va.
May 25.64
William L. Whitney.
th Washington D. C.
Nov. 14.62
Charles H. Harthan. 21st Gallop's Island Mass. Mar 1.64
Henry Holden.
25th Goldsboro, N. C.
Dec 17.62
Charles H. Maynard
25th
Annapolis Md.
June 3.62
Andrew J. Loker
34th
Charlestown Va.
Sept 25.64
Myron H. Fay
36th
New Madrid, Mo.
Aug 9.63
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Daniel S. Kelley.
36th
Fredericksburg Va.
May 21.64
Joseph Randall
36th
66 Camp Nelson, Ky.
Feb. 11.64
Francis Roper
36th
Falmouth, Va.
Jany 18.63
Frederick W. Boyles.
5,3d
New Orleans La.
May 7.63
Joseph T. Estabrook.
53ª
New York, N. Y.
Jany 4.63
Francis E. Mathews
53ª
New Orleans La.
Aug 24.63
Hervey C. Mirick.
53ª
Berwick, La.
May 7.63
Henry A. Parker.
5.3ª
Baton Rouge, La.
Jany 2.63
Edward R. Roper
5,3ª
66 Long Island N. Y.
Dec 10.62
Frederick G. Thompson.
53ª
Baton Rouge La
Apr. 18.63
William H. Whitcomb.
5.3ª
Cairo, Ill.
Aug 12.63
CHAPTER XI
BIOGRAPHY
Hon. Moses Gill was born at Charlestown, Mass., on the 18th day of January in the year 1734. He was bred to the business of a merchant, early went into that line in Boston and for a long course of years maintained the character of an upright and liberal merchant.
In his youth he was married to the amiable and accom- plished Miss Sarah Prince, the daughter and only child of the Reverend Thomas Prince, then pastor of the Old South Church in Boston; in whose right he held while he lived, and afterwards in his own, a large landed estate in Princeton.
The increasing value of that property depended on the industry and enterprise of the owner; and in its improve- ment he set a valuable example and did much good in this part of the country.
Rev. Peter Whitney in his History of Worcester County, 1793, says:
"In this town is the country seat of the Hon. Moses Gill, Esq., who has been from the year 1775 one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, and for several years a councillor of this Com- monwealth. His elegant and noble seat is about one mile and a quarter from the meeting house, to the south. The farm contains upwards of 3000 acres. The county road from Princeton to Worcester passes through it in front of the house, which faces to the west.
"The buildings stand upon the highest land of the whole farm; but it is level round about them for many rods, and then there is a very gradual descent. The land on which these buildings stand is elevated between 1200 and 1300
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feet above the level of the sea, as the Hon. James Win- throp, Esq., informs me.
"The mansion house is large, being 50 x 50 feet, with four stacks of chimneys; the farm house is 40 x 36 feet; in a line with this stand the coach and chaise house, 50 x 36 feet; this is joined to the barn by a shed 70 feet in length - the barn is two hundred feet by thirty-two. Very elegant fences were erected around the mansion house, the out- houses, and the garden.
"The prospect from this seat is extensive and grand, taking in horizon to the east, of seventy miles at least. The blue hills of Milton are discernable with the naked eye, from the windows of this superb edifice, distant not less than sixty miles, as well as the waters of the harbour of Boston, at certain seasons of the year.
"When we view this seat, these buildings, and this farm of so many hundred acres, now under a high degree of cultivation, and are told that in the year 1766 it was a per- fect wilderness, we are struck with wonder, admiration and astonishment.
"The honorable proprietor hereof must have great satis- faction in contemplating these improvements, so extensive, made under his direction, and, I may add by his own active industry. Judge Gill is a gentleman of singular vivacity and activity, and indefatigable in his endeavors to bring forward the cultivation of his lands; of great and essential service, by his example in the employment he finds for so many persons, and in all his attempts to serve the interests of the place where he dwells, and in his acts of private munificence and public generosity, and deserves great respect and esteem, not only from individuals, but from the town and county he has so greatly benefited, and especially by the ways in which he makes use of that vast estate, wherewith a kind Providence has blessed him.
"Upon the whole, this seat of Judge Gill, all the agree- able circumstances respecting it being attentively con- sidered, is not paralleled by any in the New England States; perhaps not by any one this side of Delaware."
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Many of the older families in Princeton today are glad to consider among their treasures, articles of furniture and bric-a-brac that came from the Gill mansion.
Mrs. Sarah (Prince), wife of Moses Gill, died on Monday, August 5, 1771, aged 43 years. After the decease of his first consort, he was married to Miss Rebecca Boylston, niece of Thomas Boylston, Esq., and sister of Mary Hal- lowell, mother of Ward Nicholas Boylston, later known as Madame Rebecca Gill. She died at Princeton on Monday, March 21, 1798 in the 70th year of her age. Both wives died childless. He adopted a son of his brother John, who was named for him, Moses. The last named died in South Boston, May 1887.
In Nicholas Boylston's will of Aug. 1, 1771, Suffolk Probate 70. 445. he devised to Rebecca (Mrs. Gill) "Negro Man Jack and Negro Woman Flora."
Mr. Moses Gill was one of a committee sent by the pro- vincial Congress June 20, 1775, to repair to Springfield, there to receive Generals Washington and Lee " and escort them to the army before Boston."
When the controversy between Great Britain and America became serious and it was seen that a resort to arms would be the probable consequence, Mr. Gill, came forward with his property and cast it liberally into the lap of his country's fortune. His person and property were laid at the foot of the altar of liberty, ready for the sacrifice, if his country needed them.
In the year 1775, he was elected into the council under the charter of 1692; by which fifteen councellors were to act as Governor. This was done in pursuance to the recommendation of the American Congress. Under this authority, troops were raised, ships provided, magistrates and judges appointed, and commissions issued to defend the country. Mr. Gill continued in the council under this form of government, elected annually by the General Court, until the new constitution was formed in 1780. From that time to the year 1795, he was continued one of the Executive Council. In that year, he was elected
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Lieutenant-Governor, and continued by annual elections, from that time in the same office until June 1799, when by the death of Governor Increase Sumner he became Acting Governor. He died May 20, 1800 and from this date until the 30th of May 1800 - ten days - when Caleb Strong was inaugurated the state was without a Governor.
From the Boston papers of that period we learn:
"The Funeral Solemnities of the late Lieutenant-Gover- nor and Commander-in-Chief, His Honor Moses Gill, Esq., were performed with marks of the highest respect. Order of Procession. Funeral Escort, Officers of the Militia with Side-Arms, Justices of the Peace, Judges of Probate, Muni- cipal Court and Common Pleas, Attorney-General, Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, Members of the House of Representatives, Members of the Senate, Sheriff of Suffolk with his wand, Q. Master-General, Adjutant-General, Members of the Honorable Council, Secretary, Treasurer, "Paul" Bearers, Hon. Mr. Jones, Genl. Lincoln, Hon. Mr. Robbins, Rev. Dr. Howard, Hon. Judge Dana, Hon. Mr. Phillips, Relations, Members of Congress in Boston, United States Judges and District Attorney, Other Civil Officers of the United States, Foreign Consuls, President, Corporation, Professors and Instructors of Harvard Uni- versity, Ministers of the Gospel, Selectmen of Boston, Cor- porations in Boston according to Seniority, Citizens and Strangers."
" The escort was composed of a troop of calvalry, com- manded by Capt. Davis of Roxbury, a regiment of Infan- try, two companies of Light Infantry, and a company of Artillery; the whole under the command of Lt. Col. Gardner. 'The civil part of the procession was directed by Majors Cunningham and Blanchard, Capt. Gardner's com- pany of Artillery fired minute guns; - the places of busi- ness were closed; the colours in the harbour and in the town, were suspended half mast and staff; and such evi- dences of general respect were given, as the notice un- avoidably brief, would admit." (Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, Wednesday, May 28, 1800.)
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The procession moved at the hour appointed, from the late dwelling-house of the deceased in School-street, his winter home where the Parker House now stands, through Long-Acre, Common-street, Hollis-street, Main-street, down and up State-street, through Court-street and Tre- mont-street, to the place of interment; probably the Granary Burying Ground.
From an Inventory of personal estate belonging to Moses Gill (original mss. in possession of the American Antiquarian Society.)
WEARING APPARELL
Mr. Gill's Linnen
Stockins
I doz. old ruffled shirts
4 p Cotton
10 newer Do
I p Fine Thread
12 old plain shirts
2 p Black Silk
6 new Neckloshs
2 p Black Worsteed
I p Grey Do 4 old Do
5 Long Lawn Caps
Coarse Thread
I Holland Do
Under Thread
MR. GILL'S CLOATHS
I Scarlet Rocquela (Roquelaure) - A short abridgement of a cloak.
I Blue Do
I Great Coat
I Old Red Banyan (Banyan) - An Indian Gown, worn in England and America "The graceful folds alluring to all men and all por- trait painters."
I Chince Banyan
I Calico Gown
I Suit pearl color cloath - viz. coat, jacket, and breaches
I cloath colored coat and Breaches
I Light coat, Jacket and Breaches
I Summer coat and Breaches
I Black cloath Coat and Jacket
I Blue coat and Breaches
I Velvet Jacket and Breaches
I p Silk Breaches
I Black Padusoy Jacket (Paduasoy) - Soie de Padua - A strong silk made at Padua, Italy, much used for ladie's dresses, gentle- men's coats, etc.
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2 pr. Old Knit Breeches
2 pr. Cotton Velvet Breeches
I pr. Nankeen Do
MRS GILLS CLOATHS
I Gowns &c
2 Suits Black Padusoy
I Bombazeen - Gen- erally associated with deep mourning
I Sack Black Padusoy
I D° Flowered Tobine
I Gown & scirt White Tabby - A kind of coarse waved or watered silk.
I Gown Yellow Grown'd Brocade
I Brown Ducape - A corded silk of moderate firmness.
I Green Padusoy
I Sriped Lutstring - (or Lus- tring) - A glossy silk much used for ladie's dresses, petti- coats, etc.
I Blue Do
I Red Brolio (or Broella) - A coarse french cloth.
I Blue Crape
I Grey Tabby
I D° Padusoy
I D° Ducape (short cape
I D° Mantua Silk (manteau or Mantle) - A sleeveless cape or cloak.
I Bengal
I Long Lawn
2 Callico
I striped holland Wrapper
I Black & White Do
2 short Gowns
2 scarlet Cloth Long Cloaks
2 Sattin Cardinals & Bonnets
I pompadore Sattin Capuchin - A hood worn by ladies, re- sembling that of a Capuchin friar.
I Old Sattin Cloke & riding hat I Gauze hat
Petticoats &c
I Black Sattin Scirt
I Blue D° Quilt
I Black Callimanco Do
I D° Bombazeen D°
3 Linnen Under Coats
I Broad Cloath Do
2 Baise Do
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Mrs. Gills Linnen
Shifts
4 Holland 5 Long Lawn
I Muslin
2 Cambrick
Aprons
2 Lawn
I Minionett
I Gause
4 Check'd Wastcoats Pocketts
Head Dresses &c
I suit Brussels Lace
I D° Spender Lace
2 plain Muslin Suits
I Flowered Gause
I plain Lawn
I pr plain Lawn ruffles
I Brussels Lace Cap & hanchr
I Lawn Square hanch™ Cambrick Do - Long Lawn Do
3 Lawn Mobs. I Cap - made of stiff gauze twisted about the head, crossed under the chin, and fastened behind, with the ends hanging down. Cambrick Mobs Holland Do
I Black Sattin hanch
I Green Tippet
I Nice Leather Mount Fan
I small Do Do
I Nice Catgut Do
I Black & White - Do I purple & White Do
I Black Crape Do
I pr shoes purple
I Blue
Sattin
I White 1
Jewels &c.
I paste Necklass & Earings
2 Mourning rings Amethyst
I D° Christal
2 D° plain Enamell'd
I pr Enamell'd Buttons
I pr D° - Studds
I pr Jet Buttons sat in Gold
I pr Stone Buckles
I pr rare Earings
I pearl Necklass Earings & Buckle
I pr rare Blue stone pendants
I pr cats Eye stone pendants
I pr purple stone Earings
I Knife I Fork I penknife Agate handles
I pearl Snuff Box I Burning Glass Turtle shell case
I Do plain Leather Case
I pocket Microscope I D° Tellescope
I D° Prospect Glass
I set Globes
I D° Thermometer & Barom- eter
I Temple Spectacles. -
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Biography
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD!
On the night of the 18th of August instant, the house of the subscriber, in Princeton, was broken open, and the following articles of PLATE were stolen from thence, viz.
Three Tankards,
One Cream Bucket,
Three Cans,
One Strainer,
Five Porringers,
Three Candle Sticks,
Eight table Spoons,
One Soup Spoon,
Two Bowls,
Two Chafing Dishes,
Three Servers,
A pair of Tea Tongs,
One Coffee Pot,
One Pepper Box,
One Tea Pot,
One Mustard Pot,
Two Cups,
A pair of Salts.
Any person who will give information, so as that the above articles may be recovered, and the Thief or Thieves brought to justice, shall receive the above reward.
Moses Gill.
Princeton, August 19, 1793. Massu Spy, Aug. 22, 1793.
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