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Proceedingsof the

1903-1904

With Hmetided Constitution, and Cist of members.

President's Address: Che Recent Discovery and

Recovery of the Original Records of tt)e earlyUertnont Conventions.

Paper: Commodore CbontasOon. Charles fi. Darlina.

Paper: "Soldiers of the Revolutionary Olar Buried in

Uermont, and Jlnecdotes and incidents

Relating to Some of Cbcm,"Olalter If. Crockett.

Olitb Cists of Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Uer*mont*

BURUNGTON :

PRESS ASSOCIATION

1905.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page

Joint Resolution of Legislature 4

Act amending Charter > 5

List of Officers, 1904-5 7

Standing Committees 8

List of Active Members ,. .. .. 8

Corresponding and Honorary Members 14

Constitution as amended 15

By-Laws as amended 16

Proceedings, 1903 21

Proceedings, 1904 27

Report of Managers, 1904 < 28

Necrology 38

Recovery of Fay Records 49

Address, "Thomas McDonough" 57

Paper, "Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Buried in Ver-

mont" / >. ., 91

Appendix 107

General Assembly of the State of Vermont

JOINT RESOLUTION.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives:

That the Clerk of the House of Representatives be

directed to procure the printing of fifteen hundred (1500)

copies of the Proceedings of the annual meetings of the

Vermont Historical Society, October 20, 1903 and October

1 8, 1904, and of the adjourned annual meeting of said so-

ciety, October 27, 1904, including the paper read in the hall

of the House of Representatives by the Hon. Charles H.

Darling, Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Navy, on "Com-

modore Thomas Macdonough," and the paper by Walter H.

Crockett, Esq., on "Newly Found Incidents and Anecdotes

Concerning Some of Vermont's Revolutionary Heroes,"

appending to the latter a list of the njames of soldiers of the

American Revolution buried in Vermont to be distributed

as follows :

To each member of the Senate and House of Represen-

tatives, one copy ;to each town and city clerk, one copy ;

to

each college, normal school, academy and public library, one

copy ; to the Governor, each of the heads of departments and

each Judge of the Supreme Court, one copy ;to the Vermont

Historical Society, five hundred copies; and the remainder

to the State Library, subject to the control of the trustees

thereof.

JOHN H. MERRIFIELD,

Speaker of the House 'of Representatives.

CHARLES H. STEARNS,

President of the Senate.

Approved December 3d. 1904.

C. J. BELL,

Governor.

ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE VERMONT HIS-

TORICAL SOCIETY.

// is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the

State of Vermont:

"An act to incorporate The Vermont Historical and

Antiquarian Society," approved November 5, 1838, as

amended and supplemented by "An act altering the name of

The Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society," approved

November 16, 1859, and "An act in relation to The Ver-

mont Historical Society," approved November 9, 1869, is

hereby amended so as to read as follows :

SECTION i. Henry Stevens of Barnet, in the county

of Caledonia, and Oramel H. Smith, Daniel P. Thompsonand Geo. B. Manser of Montpelier, in the county of Wash-

ington, and such other persons as have associated and mayhereafter associate themselves with them, are hereby made a

body corporate and politic, by the name of The Vermont

Historical Society, for the purpose of discovering, collecting

and preserving whatever relates to the material, agricultural,

industrial, civil, political, literary, ecclesiastical and military

history of the State of Vermont; and by the name of The

Vermont Historical Society they and their successors maysue and be sued, may have a common seal, may receive by

gift, devise, bequest, purchase or otherwise real and personal

estate of every nature necessary or convenient for the pur-

poses of the society, including property loaned or committed

to it in trust or on condition; and may hold, manage, con-

trol, expend and dispose of the same as the best interests

of the society demand ; and may do any and all things suited

to the accomplishment of the purposes of the corporation.

SEC. 2. The said corporation in the election of its offi-

cers, the holding of its meetings and the general manage-ment of its affairs in the respects not herein provided for,

shall be controlled by the constitution and by-laws now in

force and such amendments thereto as may hereafter be

made.

SEC. 3. When The Vermont Historical Society is dis-

solved, the books, collections and all the property thereof

shall become the property of the. State, and the society shall

not sell or dispose of any part of its books or collections

except by way of exchange or to further the legitimate ob-

jects of the society and only upon the unanimous written

consent of the committee on library composed of three mem-

bers appointed by the president; and any sale and disposal

thereof except as herein provided shall be void.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts

and the State Librarian shall be cx-officio members of The

Vermont Historical Society and of the board of curators

thereof.

SEC. 5. The property of said corporation shall be ex-

empt from taxation.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Approved December 9, 1904.

OFFICERS J904-5

OF THE

Vermont Historical Society

PRESIDENT.

GEORGE GRENVILLE BENEDICT, Burlington.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

WILLIAM W. STICKNEY, Ludlow.

REV. WILLIAM S. HAZEN, Northfleld.

FRED A. ROWLAND, Montpelier.

RECORDING SECRETARY.

JOSEPH A. DEBOER, Montpelier.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.

THEODORE S. PECK, Burlington.

CHARLES S. FORBES, St. Albans.

TREASURER.

HENRY F. FIELD, Rutland.

LIBRARIAN.

EDWARD M. GODDARD, Montpelier.

CURATORS.

EZRA BRAINERD, Addison County.

SAMUEL B. HALL, Bennington County.

REV. HENRY FAIRBANKS, Caledonia County.

REV. JOHN E. GOODRICH, Chittenden County.

PORTER H. DALE, Essex County.

WALTER H. CROCKETT, Franklin County.

NELSON WILBUR FISK, Grand Isle County.

CARROLL S. PAGE, Lamoille County.

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DR. GEORGE DAVENPORT, Orange County.F. W. BALDWIN, Orleans County.

GEORGE BRIGGS, Rutland County.

HIRAM CARLETON, Washington County.

BERT EMERY MERRIAM, Windham County.

GILBERT A. DAVISJ Windsor County.

FREDERICK G. FLEETWOOD, Sec'y of State,)

HORACE F. GRAHAM, Auditor of Accounts, ( Ex-officio.

GEORGE W. WING, State Librarian.)

STANDING COMMITTEES.

On Library. Joseph A. De Boer, E. M. Goddard, John E.

Goodrich.

On Printing. Theodore S. Peck, Fred A. Rowland, Walter

H. Crockett.

On Finance? Henry F. Field, Joseph A. DeBoer, Fred

A. Rowland.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICALSOCIETY.

Alger, John L Johnson, Vt.

Allen, Charles E Burlington, Vt

Allen, Heman W Burlington, Vt.

Allen, Martin Fletcher Ferrisburg, Vt.

Bacon, John L White River Junction, Vt.

Bailey, Horace Ward, Newbury, Vt.

Baldwin, Frederick W Barton, Vt.

Ballard, Henry Burlington, Vt.

Barnum, Elmer Shoreham, Vt.

Barstow, John L Shelburne, Vt.

Bascom, Robert O Fort Edward, N. Y.

Beckett, George Williamstown, Vt.

Beebe, William A Morrisville, Vt.

Bell, Charles J Walden, Vt.

Benedict, George Grenville Burlington, Vt.

Benedict, Robert Dewey 363 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

MEMBERS. 9

Benton, Josiah Hanry, Jr Boston, Mass.

Bisbee, Arthur Brown Montpelier, Vt.

Blanchard, Fred Montpelier, Vt.

Blanchard, George Lawrence Montpelier, Vt.

Blanchard, Herbert H Springfield, Vt.

Bliss, Charles M Bennington, Vt.

Brainerd, Ezra Middlebury, Vt.

Briggs, George Brandon, Vt.

Briggs, William A. . . Montpelier, Vt.

Brock, James W Montpelier, Vt.

Brooks, John Vail Montpelier, Vt.

Brown, George B Burlington, Vt.

Buckham, Matthew Henry .Burlington, Vt.

Burditt, Dan Deming Pittsford, Vt.

Burnap, Wilder L, Burlington, Vt.

Butterfield, Franklin George Derby, Vt.

Carleton, Hiram Montpelier, Vt.

Carpenter, Henry Otis Rutland, Vt.

Chandler, Albert B Randolph, Vt.

Cheney, Thomas Charles Morrisville, Vt.

Clark, Osman Dewey Montpelier, Vt.

Clark, Henry O Orange, N. J.

Clark, Isaiah R Boston, Mass.

Colburn, Robert M .;Springfield, Vt.

Coleman, Edward Park Montpelier, Vt.

Collins, Edward D Barton Landing, Vt.

Comstock, John M Chelsea, Vt.

Converse, John Heman. .500 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Craig, William. Boston, Mass.

Crockett, Walter H St. Albans, Vt.

Cudworth, Addison Edward South Londonderry, Vt.

Cushman, Henry T North Bennington, Vt.

Cutler, Harry M Montpelier, Vt.

Dale, Porter H Brighton, Vt.

Darling, Charles Kimball Boston, Mass.

Davenport, George East Randolph, Vt.

Davis, Gilbert A Windsor, Vt.

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Davis, Edward Aaron Bethel, Vt.

Deavitt, Thomas Jefferson Montpelier, Vt.

Deavitt, Edward Harrington Montpelier, Vt.

De Boer, Joseph Arend Montpelier, Vt.

Dewey, Charles Montpelier, Vt.

Dewey, Davis Rich Boston, Mass.

Dillingham, William Paul Waterbury, VtDowner, Charles Sharon, VtDutton, Walter A Hardwick, Vt.

Ellis, William Erba Northfield, VtFairbanks, Rev. Edward T St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Fairbanks, Rev. Henry St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Farwell, Arthur Daggett Montpelier, Vt.

Field, Henry Francis Rutland, VtField, Edward Davenport Montpelier, Vt

Fifield, Benjamin Franklin.. Montpelier, Vt.

Fiske, Rev. E. S Montpelier, Vt.

Fisk, Nelson Wilbur Isle La Motte, Vt.

Fleetwood, Frederick G Morrisville, VtFitts, Clarke C Brattleboro, Vt

Fletcher, Allen M Cavendish, VtForbes, Charles Spooner St. Albans, Vt.

Foss, Eugene N Boston, Mass.

Foster, David J Burlington, Vt.

Gates, Walter Benton Burlington, VtGifford, James Meacham 319 West 102d. St., New York City

Gilmore, William H Fairlee, VtGoddard, Edward M.. ., Montpelier, VtGoodenough, Jonas Eli Montpelier, VtGoodrich, John Ellsworth Burlington, VtGoss, Frank Keeler

; Montpelier, Vt

Gordon, John Warren Barre, VtGraham, Horace French . Craftsbury, Vt.

Greene, Frank Lester St. Albans, Vt.

Hall, Samuel B North Bennington, Vt

Hamblet, Martin L Lowell, Mass.

Harvey, Erwin M I*. Montpelier, Vt

MEMBERS. 11

Harvey, John Nelson Montpelier, Vt.

Haselton, Seneca Burlington, Vt.

Hawkins, Gen. Rush C 21 West 20th St., New York City

Hawley, Donly C Burlington, Vt.

Hayes, Lyman S. . . Bellows Falls, Vt.

Hazen, Rev. William Skinner Northfleld, Vt.

Hines, G. A Brattleboro, Vt.

Howe, Willard, Bean Burlington, Vt.

Rowland, Fred A Montpelier, Vt.

Husband, William Walter Montpelier, Vt.

Hulburd, Roger W ....Hyde Park, Vt.

Hutchins, Robert H New York City, N. Y.

Jackson, John Henry Barre, Vt.

Jackson, S. Hollister Barre, Vt.

Jeffrey, William H Burke, Vt.

Jennings, Frederick B New York City, N. Y.

Kelton, Dwight H Montpelier, Vt.

Kemp, Harlan Wesley .Montpelier, Vt.

Keyes, Wade 1040-1-2 Tremont Bldg, Boston, Mass.

Laird, , Fred Leslie Montpelier, Vt.

Leavenworth, Philip Castleton, Vt.

Lewis, Rev. Alonzo N Montpelier, Vt.

Mather, Charles Duane Montpelier, Vt.

Mathewson, O. D Barre, Vt.

Martin, James L Brattleboro, Vt.

McCullough, Hall Park Bennington, Vt.

McCullough, John G Bennington, Vt.

Mclntyre, Hamden W Randolph, Vt.

Mead, John Abner Rutland, Vt.

Merriam, Bert Emery Rockingham, Vt.

Merrifield, John H Newfane, Vt.

Merrill, Olin Enosburgh, Vt.

Michaud, Rt. Rev. John Stephen Burlington, Vt.

Mimms, John H St. Albans, Vt.

Morrill, Charles H Randolph, Vt.

Moulton, Clarence E Montpelier, Vt.

Munson, Loveland Manchester, Vt.


Noble, Robert Burlington, Vt.

North, Clayton Nelson Shoreham, Vt.

Page, Carroll S. Hyde Park, Vt.

Partridge, Frank C Proctor, Vt.

Parker, Myron Melvin Washington, D. C.

Pease, Frederick Salmon Burlington, Vt.

Peck, Theodore Safford Burlington, Vt.

Peck, Cassius Burlington, Vt.

Peck, Hamilton Sullivan Burlington, Vt.

Pennoyer, Rev. Charles Huntington Springfield, Vt.

Perkins, George Henry Burlington, Vt.

Platt, Frederick S Poultney, Vt.

*Platt, William N Shoreham, Vt.

Plumley, Frank Northfield, Vt.

Powers, Horace Henry Morrisville, Vt.

Preble, Richard Henry Shoreham, Vt.

Proctor, Redfield Proctor, Vt.

Proctor, Fletcher D Proctor, Vt.

Prouty, Charles A Newport, Vt.

Prouty, George H Newport, Vt.

Putnam, George K Montpelier, Vt.

Putnam, Ralph Wright Putnamville, Vt.

'Quimby, William Lorenzo, Ames Bldg, Boston. Brookline, Mass.

Ranger, Walter E Montpelier, Vt.

Roberts, Robert Burlington, Vt.

Robinson, Daniel W Burlington, Vt.

Robinson, Arthur L Maiden, Mass.

"Ropes, Arthur Montpelier, Vt.

Roscoe, Edward Mortimer Springfield, Vt.

Rowell, John W Randolph, Vt.

Royce, Homer Charles St. Albans, Vt.

Sargent, John G Ludlow, Vt.

Scott, Olin Bennington, Vt.

Senter, John H Montpelier, Vt.

Shaw, William A Northfield, Vt.

Sheldon, Henry L Middlebury, Vt.

*Deceased.

MEMBERS. 13

Sheldon, Ned Lewis Boston, Mass.

Silver, Elmer E.. . Boston, Mass.

Slack, Leighton P St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Smalley, Bradley B Burlington, Vt.

Smilie, Melville Earle Montpelier, Vt.

Smith, Charles Albert : Barre, Vt.

Smith, Clarence L Burlington, Vt.

Smith, Edward Curtis St. Albans, Vt.

Smith, Fred Elijah Montpelier, Vt.

Southwick, John L Burlington, Vt.

Spalding, Rev. George Burley ..Syracuse, N. Y.

Stafford, Wendell Phillips St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Stanton, Zed S.. Roxbury, Vt.

Stewart, W. D Bakersfield, Vt.

Stickney, William B. C Bethel, Vt.

Stickney, William Wallace Ludlow, Vt.

Stone, Arthur F St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Stone, Mason Sereno Castleton, Vt.

Swift, Benjamin Orwell, Vt.

Taylor, W. H Hardwick, Vt.

Theriault, William Napoleon Montpelier, Vt.

Thomas, Isaac Burlington, Vt.

Tinkham, Henry Grain .Burlington, Vt.

Tuttle, Albert Fair Haven, Vt.

Van Patten, William J Burlington, Vt.

Wait, Horatio Loomis Chicago, 111.

Waite, Herschel N Johnson, Vt.

Walbridge, J. L Concord, Vt.

Walker, Roberts New York City, N. Y.

Ward, Harry Parker Columbus, Ohio

Webb, William Seward Shelburne, Vt.

Wells, Edward Burlington, Vt.

Wells, Frank Richardson Burlington, Vt.

Wells, Henry Burlington, Vt.

Wheeler, James R 433 West 117th St., New York City, N. Y.

Whitcomb, Charles Warren Cavendish, Vt.

Wilbur, LaFayette Jericho, Vt.


Wing, George Washington Montpelier, Vt~

Woodbury, Urban A Burlington, Vt.

Wright, George M 280 Broadway, New \ork City, N. Y.

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.

Benton, Everett C Boston, Mass.

Bixby, George F Plattsburg, N. Y.

Canfield, James H Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Clarke, Albert Boston, Mass.

Denio, Herbert W Westfield, Mass.

Houghton, Edward R Cambridge, Mass.

Jillson, Clark Worcester, Mass.

Kellogg, David Sherwood, M. D Plattsburg, N. Y.

Lord, Charles Dana Hanover, N. H.

Phelps, James T Boston, Mass.

Walker, Rev. Edwin Sawyer Springfield, 111.

Winslow, Rev. Wm. Copley, D. D Boston, Mass.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

Burgess, John W New York City, N. Y.

Clark, Charles Edgar, Rear-Adm'l, U. S. N., Washington, D. C.

Darling, Charles Hiram, Asst. Secy. U. S. Navy, Washington, D. C.

Dewey, George, Admiral, U. S. N Washington, D. C.

Simpson, John W 25 Broad St., New York City, N. Y.

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.

As revised by Special Committee, submitted to the

members, and adopted October 18, 1904.

CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I.

This association shall be called "The Vermont Histori-

cal Society," and shall consist of Active, Corresponding,

and Honorary Members.

ARTICLE II.

The object of the Society shall be to discover, collect,

and preserve whatever relates to the material, agricul-

tural, industrial, civil, political, literary, ecclesiastical and

military history of the State of Vermont.

ARTICLE III.

The officers of the Society, who shall constitute its

Board of Managers, to be elected annually and by ballot,

shall be a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Recording

Secretary, two Corresponding Secretaries of foreign and

domestic correspondence, a Librarian and Cabinet-Keeper,

a Treasurer, and a Curator from each county in this State.

ARTICLE IV.

There shall be one annual, and occasional meetings of

the Society. The annual meeting for the election of officers

shall be at Montpelier on Tuesday preceding the third Wed-

nesday of October; the special meetings shall be at such

time and place as the Board of Managers shall determine.


ARTICLE V.

All members, (Honorary and Corresponding members

excepted,) shall pay, on admission, the sum of two dollars,

and an additional sum of one dollar annually.

ARTICLE VI.

Members shall be elected upon the recommendation of

any member of the Society.

ARTICLE VII.

This Constitution and the By-Laws may be altered or

amended at the annual meeting by a vote of two-thirds of

the members present, provided notice of the proposed

change shall have been given at the next preceding annual

meeting.

BY-LAWS.

CHAPTER i.

RELATING TO MEMBERS.

1. Members only shall be entitled to vote or to be

eligible to any office.

2. No member who shall be in arrears for two years,

shall be entitled to vote, or be eligible to any office, and

any failure to pay annual dues for two consecutive years,

after due notice from the Treasurer, shall be considered a

forfeiture of membership; and no person thus expungedfrom the roll of the Society can be eligible to re-admission

without the payment of his arrears.

3. No person shall be elected an Active Member until

he shall have previously signified his desire to become such

in writing.

BY-LAWS. 17

4. The yearly assessment is payable at the time of

the annual meeting in October.

CHAPTER II.

Of OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

1. The President, or in his absence the highest officer

present, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and

regulate the order thereof, and be ex-ofhcio chairman of the

Board of Managers, and when required give the casting

vote.

2. The Recording Secretary shall keep the minutes

of all meetings of the Society in a suitable book, and at

the opening of each one shall read those of the preceding

one. He shall have the custody of the Constitution, By-

Laws, Records and all papers of the Society, and shall give

notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society,

and shall notify all officers and members of their election,

and communicate all special votes of the Society to parties

interested therein. In the absence of the Recording Secre-

tary his duty shall be performed by one of the. Correspond-

ing Secretaries.

3. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct all the

correspondence of the Society committed to their charge.

They shall preserve on file the original of all communica-

tions addressed to the Society and keep a fair copy of all

their letters in books furnished for that purpose. Theyshall read, at each meeting, the correspondence or such ab-

stracts from it as the President may direct.

4. The Treasurer shall collect, receive and disburse all

moneys due and payable, and all donations and bequests of

money or other property to the Society. He shall pay, un-


<ler proper vouchers, all the ordinary expenses of the So-

ciety, and shall deposit all its funds in one of the Vermont

Banks, to the credit of the Society, subject to his checks as

Treasurer ; and at the annual meeting shall make a true re-

port of all the moneys received and paid out by him, to be

audited by the Committee on Finance provided for here-

after.

5. It shall be the duty of the Librarian and Cabinet-

Keeper, to preserve, arrange, and keep in good order, all

books, manuscripts, documents, pamphlets, articles, and

papers of every kind, belonging to the Society. He shall

keep a catalogue of the same, and take especial care that no

book, manuscript, document, paper, or any property of the

Society, conficfed to his keeping, be removed from the room.

He shall also be furnished with a book, in which to record

all donations and bequests of whatsoever kind, relating to

his department, with the name of the donor, and the time

when bestowed.

6. The Curators, with the President, Vice-Presidents,

Corresponding and Recording Secretaries, Librarian, and

Treasurer, shall constitute a Board of Managers, whose

duty it shall be to superintend the general concerns of the

Society. The President shall, from this Board, appoint

the following Standing Committees, viz.: On the Library

and Cabinet, on Printing and Publishing, and on Finance.

7. The Committee on the Library and Cabinet shall

have the supervisory care of all printed publications, manu-

scripts and curiosities. They shall, with the Librarian,

provide suitable shelves, cases and fixtures, in which to ar-

range and display them. The printed volumes and manu-

scripts shall be regularly numbered and marked with the

name of "The Vermont Historical Society." They shall

BY-LAWS. 19

propose at the regular meeting, such books or manuscripts,

pertaining to the objects of the Society, as they shall deem

-expedient, which, when approved, shall be by them pur-

chased and disposed of as above directed. They shall be

required to visit the library at least once a year, officially,

and shall provide a book or books, in which the Librarian

and Cabinet-Keeper shall keep a record of their proceed-

ings and be entrusted in general, with the custody, care

and increase of whatever comes within the province of

their appointed duty.

8. The Committee on Printing and Publishing shall

prepare for publication whatever documents or collections

shall be ordered by the Society; shall contract for and su-

pervise the printing of the same, and shall furnish the Re-

cording Secretary and Librarian and Cabinet-Keeper, with

such blank notices, summonses, labels, etc., as may be

<leemed requisite.

9. The Committee on Finance shall consist of at

least one member of each of the former Committees, and

shall have the general oversight and direction of the funds

of the Society. They shall examine the books of the Treas-

urer, vouch all accounts of moneys expended, and audit his

annual report.

CHAPTER III.

OF THE; CABINET, LIBRARY, ETC.

1 . All donations to the Cabinet or Library, when prac-

ticable, shall have the donor's name, legibly written or

printed, affixed thereto.

2. All donations shall be promptly acknowledged bythe Librarian and Cabinet-keeper on behalf of the Society,


and shall be specified by that officer in his report to the

Society to be made at the annual meeting.

3. The Librarian and Cabinet-Keeper shall make a

written report of the condition of the Library and Cabinet

at the annual meeting.

4. All reports of Committees must be in writing, and

addressed to the President, and shall be recorded by the

Recording Secretary, unless otherwise ordered by a vote

of the Society.

5. It shall be deemed the duty of all members, if

convenient, to contribute to the Library and Cabinet such

papers, pamphlets and books (rare or out of print,) as

possess historical interest.

6. There shall be a public meeting of the

Society in the year in which the Legislature sits. Such

meeting shall be under the charge and supervision of the

President, who shall make, on such occasion, the President's

address and shall also invite (with such counsel as he mayrequire from the Board of Managers) to address the Society

at such meeting, one or more speakers, on subjects relating

to the history of this State.

7. Notices of the deaths of such members of.this His-

torical Society, and eminent Vermonters, as may decease

during the year preceding the annual meeting of the So-

ciety, shall be prepared under the direction of the Board of

Managers and be read at the annual meeting, and be depos-

ited in the archives of the Society for future use and refer-

ence.

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VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETINGOCTOBER 20, J903.

Pursuant to printed notice, the Vermont Historical So-

cety held its Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting at the State Li-

brary, on Tuesday, October 20, 1903. The following mem-

bers were in attendance : G. G. Benedict, T. S. Peck, D. W.

Robinson and C. L. Smith, of Burlington ; F. L. Greene and

C. S. Forbes, of St. Albans;Rev. W. S. Hazen, of North-

field; Z. S. Stanton, of Roxbury; M :. S. Stone, of Morris-

ville; Geo. Davenport, of Randolph ; Charles Dewey, H.

Carleton, E. M. Goddard, O. D. Clark, W. E. Ranger, F. A.

Rowland and J. A. De Boer, of Montpelier.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. W. S. Hazen, of North-

field.

The record of the last annual meeting was read by the

Secretary and approved.

The report of Treasurer H. F. Field was presented,

accepted and ordered to be placed on file. It showed

a balance on hand October 20, 1902, of $314.40; receipts

during the year of $135.60; disbursements, same period,

$116.51; cash on hand, balance, $33349.

The Librarian, E. M. Goddard, made a verbal report,

using his journal for that purpose and offering to submit a

written report hereafter. He discussed the needs of the li-

brary and renewed the suggestions of his preceding re-

port.


On motion of Mr. Dewey, Col. O. D. Clark was ap-

pointed temporary treasurer in the absence of Mr. Field,

with instructions to collect and remit dues.

President Benedict presented the report of the Board of

Managers, which, on motion of Mr. Dewey, was accepted

and ordered to be recorded.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.

Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 20, 1903.

Hon. George G. Benedict, President:

The Board of Managers respectfully submit the follow-

ing brief report for the year ending October 20, 1903.

During the' past twelve months the Society has lost by

death the following members : The Rev. James H. Babbitt,

of Andover, Mass.; Dr. James Conland, of Brattleboro; the

Hon. George N. Dale, of Island Pond; the Rev. Henry A.

Hazen, of Billerica, Mass. ; the Hon. Edward Swift Isham,

of Chicago; Major-General Wm. Farrar Smith, of Phila-

delphia ; and Artist Thomas Waterman Wood of New York

City. The Society was especially indebted to Mr. Isham

for his notable address on Ethan Allen in the year 1898 and

will never be able to repay the affectionate service rendered

to his native State by Mr. Wood. We fortunately possess

a good number of his best works in the collections of the

Society. It is recommended that the President appoint

members to prepare brief biographies of all these men, with

the request that the same be ready for presentation to the

next annual meeting of the Society and for insertion in the

published proceedings of that year.

Against these unfortunate and heavy inroads on our

membership, especially grievous after the unusual mortality

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 23

of 1902, we are happily able to place the applications of

thirty new members, twenty-five from Vermont and five

from abroad, a strong list, representative of the most suc-

cessful men in all the professions and in business.

The proceedings of 1901-1902 have been duly published

with the aid of the State and have been distributed, as we are

advised, in accordance with the joint resolution providing

for the publication. It is our hope that near-by years maywitness a more extended work on the Society's part in the

matter of publication. The Librarian, Mr. Edward M. God-

dard, last year made some very cogent and practical sug-

gestions in this regard. It would be serviceable, we think,

to consider his report more definitely and to refer, by

motion, so much, of it as relates to this subject to the Com-

mittee on Printing and Publication with a view to ascer-

taining whether the Librarian's suggestions cannot be car-

ried into practical effect during the coming year. It seems

to us not unlikely that copy might be prepared during that

time for a Third Volume of Transactions and that, if this

could be done, the State would not hesitate to aid the So-

ciety in preserving this material in published form.

The Special Committee appointed to consider amend-

ments to the Constitution and By-Laws have completed that

task an'd report in substance no special modifications except

in the omission of any further attention whatsoever to the

obsolete departments of Natural History and Horticulture.

It seems wise to us to adopt this recommendation and to

make the amendments in phraseology required in the other

articles, chapters and sections of the Constitution and By-

Laws, if said recommendation prevails.


Existing conditions, particularly when taken in con-

nection with the work of the State Library, the State Li-

brary Commission and other allied societies throughout the

state, tend to confirm the quite prevalent impression that

some better system can be devised through which mixed

but co-related interests and works might be merged, under

some central supervision, like the State Library Trustees,

resulting in both greater economy and better work. It

seems reasonable, at least, that our Society should concen-

trate its efforts more and more on the idea of being a Society

of publication and that its organization should be extended

with that object in view. It has been repeatedly pointed

out that a point, has been reached in the history of the State

when failure to vigorously collect and preserve material of

historic interest and value will soon be deeply deplored.

This subject is of so much importance that it almost seems

ajbsurd to expect that it can longer be ignored by the State.

Money cannot be expended to better advantage or with more

honor than to so use the small amounts that will meet the

requirements of such a work. All things which relate to

the entire history of Vermont should be collected, preserved

and, in proper form, arranged and held for public us-e at the

capital of the State, where it will be easily accessible to all.

The splendid and unique history of Vermont should not

be permitted to become a myth, at home or abroad, and no

place elsewhere should be permitted to rival its collections

here in character, volume or value.

For work done during the past year on the Library

and Cabinet and for additions to the collections we respect-

PKOCEEDINGS. 25

fully refer you to the report of the Librarian, who will cover

all these matters in full detail.

Yours very respectfully.

THE; BOARD OF MANAGERS,BY JOSEPH AREND DE BOER,

Recording Secretary.

On motion of Mr. De Boer so much of the preceding

report as relates to a third volume of Society Proceedings

was referred to the Committee on Printing and Publica-

tion.

The Secretary presented the Report of the Special

Committee on Amendments to the Constitution and By-

Laws of the Society. (See appendix B.)

On motion of Mr. De Boer, the Managers were in-

structed to print and to distribute to the members the Con-

stitution and By-Laws, with the proposals of amendment

as recommended by the Special Committee, for action at the

meeting of 1904.

On motion of General Peck, the President was instruct-

ed to appoint a nominating committee of five to present a

list of officers for the year next ensuing. The President ap-

pointed Messrs. Peck, Dewey, Rowland, Clark and Greene.

President Benedict presented an invitation from the

Nova Scotia Historical Society, requesting the presence by

delegate of the Vermont Historical Society at their celebra-

tion June 24, 1904, of the occasion when the Seigneurs De

Monts entered Annapolis Basin and landed at Port Royal.

On motion of Mr. Hazen, the invitation was accepted

and the President was authorized to appoint One or more

delegates for that purpose.


General Peck presented the report of the nominating

committee, which was accepted, and the following were

duly elected for the year ensuing:

President Geo. G. Benedict, Burlington.

Vice-Presidents Wm. W. Stickney, Ludlow; Rev.

Wm. S. Hazen, Northfield; F. A. Rowland, Montpelier.

Recording Secretary Joseph A. De Boer, Montpelier.

Corresponding Secretaries Clarence L. Smith, Bur-

lington; Charles S. Forbes, St. Albans.

Treasurer Henry F. Field, Rutland.

Librarian Edward M. Goddard, Montpelier.

Curators Ezra Brainerd, (Addison;) Henry D. Hall,

(Bennington;) Henry Fairbanks, (Caledonia;) John E.

Goodrich, (Chittenden ;) George Davenport, (Orange;) F.

W. Baldwin, (Orleans;) Hiram Carleton, (Washington;)

and (ex-officio) Frederick G. Fleetwood, Secretary of State;

Horace F. Graham, State Auditor, and George W. Wing,

State Librarian.

The President appointed the following Standing Com-

mittees :

On Library J. A. De Boer, Edward M. Goddard,

John E. Goodrich.

On Printing Theodore S. Peck, Fred A. Howland,

Daniel W. Robinson. \

On Finance Hiram Carleton, Henry F. Field, Frank

C. Partridge.

The Secretary reported the following list of deceased

members, not previously reported at any regular meeting

of the Society :

James H. Babbitt, Minister, Andover, Mass.; James

Conland, Doctor of Medicine, Brattleboro, Vt. ; George N.

Dale, Lawyer, Island Pond, Vt. ; Henry A. Hazen, Minister,

ANNUAL MEETING, 1904. 27

Billerica, Mass.; Edward Swift Isham, Lawyer, Chicago,

111.; William Farrar Smith, Major-General, Philadelphia,

Pa.;Thomas W. Wood, Artist, New York City.

Applications for membership were received from thirty-

seven gentlemen, thirty-one from Vermont, four from New

York, one from Illinois, and one from Washington, D. C.

All were duly elected by a viva voce vote of the Society.

For names, residences and endorsements, see appendix D.

Adjournment, subject to the call of the President and

Secretary, was voted on motion of Mr. Dewey.

JOSEPH AREND DE BOER,

Recording Secretary.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING,OCTOBER 18, 1904.

Montpelier, Vt, October 18, 1904.

The Vermont Historical Society met in accordance with

the printed call, at the rooms of the Society in the State

House, and, in the absence of the President, the meeting was

called to order by Fred A. Howland, one of the Vice-Presi-

dents.

E. D. Field was elected Secretary pro tetnpore, in the

absence of the secretary.

On motion of E. M. Goddard, the meeting adjourned to

the 27th of October, 1904, at two o'clock in the afternoon,

at the Supreme Court Rooms in the State Capitol.

ATTEST, EDWARD D. FIELD,

Secretary pro tern.


ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, OCTOBER 2J, 1904.

In pursuance to adjournment, the Vermont Historical

Society held its Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting in the SupremeCourt Rooms in the State Capitol on Tuesday, October 27,

1904.

The following members were in attendance : Walter H.

Crockett, Charles Dewey, Edward M. Goddard, Charles E.

Allen, George Davenport, Rev. William S. Hazen,

Charles S. Forbes, Henry F. Field, Frederick W. Baldwin,

Hiram Carleton, W. N. Theriault, George W. Wing, Fred

A. Howland, E. D. Field, G. G. Benedict, T. S. Peck, J.

Henry Jackson, Heman W. Allen, Zed S. Stanton, Walter

E. Ranger, Horace W. Bailey and George Beckett.

Prayer was offered by the Rev. W. S. Hazen, of North-

field.

The Secretary being absent, Fred A. Howland was

elected Secretary pro tempore, and the records of the An-

nual meeting, held October 20, 1903, were read by him, and

approved.

The Treasurer, Henry F. Field, read his report, which

was accepted, and ordered to be recorded. See Appendix B.

The Librarian. E. M. Goddard, read his report, and

the same was ordered accepted and put on file.

President Benedict presented the report of the Board of

Managers.\

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.

Montpelier, October 27, 1904.

To the Vermont Historical Society:

Your managers have to report the loss by death during

the past year of two valued active members of the Society,


Mr. Henry Davis Hall and Major Alonzo B. Valentine, both

of Bennington. Brief biographical sketches of these and of

the seven members whose deaths were reported at the last

previous annual meeting are appended to this report. Our

membership now comprises 152 active members, 12 corre-

sponding and four honorary members a total of 168. Weare glad to report the applications of 46 new members,

whose election will swell the number of our active members

to 198, and our total to 214.

In compliance with the vote passed at the annual meet-

ing of 1903, the proposed amendments to the Constitu-

tion and By-Laws, as reported by the special committee

previously appointed, have been printed, together with the

articles and sections affected by the amendments, and have

been distributed to the members. These amendments come

up for final adoption at this time.

Our Librarian calls attention afresh to the inadequacy

of the accommodations of our library, cabinet and other

property in the quarters which the State kindly places at our

disposal in this building, and we suggest that it is time that

the Society should earnestly consider whether some feasible

measures of relief from the over-crowding of our book-

shelves and actual diminution of the space at our disposal

cannot be devised.

In compliance with the invitation of the Historical So-

ciety of Nova Scotia to this Society to be represented at the

tercentenary celebration of the first landing of Europeans

resulting in a permanent settlement on the soil of North

America, held at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, on the 2ist and

22nd of last June, your President appointed successively

Gen. Rush C. Hawkins, William Copley Winslow, Josiah

H. Benton, Jr.. Esq., and Hon. Albert Clarke, as delegates


to represent this Society upon that interesting occasion ; but

they were constrained by imperative engagements to decline

the appointments.

The fact has become impressed upon your Managers,that there are many intelligent and public-spirited citizens,

interested in its history and in all that tends to promote its

interests, who need only to have their attention called to the

excellent work which this Society is doing to induce them to

lend their assistance to its work by becoming members. And

they beg leave to suggest that if each of our members will

secure the addition to our roll of a single additional mem-

ber, our number may be doubled during the coming -year,

and the means of public usefulness of our Society appreciably

enhanced. Blank applications for membership will be sup-

plied by the Recprding Secretary to all members who will

use them in securing additional members.

Respectfully submitted,

G. G. BENEDICT, FOR THE

BOARD OF MANAGERS.

The report was accepted and ordered on file.

The President submitted to the meeting for action the

proposed Amendments to the Constitution and By-L/aws

suggested at the last preceding Annual Meeting. All of the

amendments were accepted and adopted unanimously. The

report of the special committee may be found in Appen-

dix C.

Applications for membership were received from forty-

six gentlemen and they were duly elected by a viva voce

vote of the Society. Fci- names, residences and indorse-

ments, see Appendix D.

REPOET OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 31

Mr. Benedict proposed as an honorary member of the

Society, the Hon. Charles Hiram Darling, Assistant Secre-

tary of the Navy, and he was unanimously elected.

On motion of General T. S. Peck, the President was in-

structed to appoint a committee to nominate officers for the

ensuing year, and the President appointed as such Commit-

tee Messrs. Peck, Crockett and Dewey.General Peck presented the report of the nominating

committee, which was duly accepted and adopted, and the

following officers were duly elected :

President George Grenville Benedict, Burlington.

Vice-Presidents William W. Stickney, Ludlow ;Rev.

William S. Hazen, Northfield; Fred A. Howland, Mont-

pelier.

Recording Secretary Joseph A. De Boer, Montpelier.

Corresponding Secretaries Theodore S. Peck, Burling-

ton; Charles S. Forbes, St. Albans.

Treasurer Henry F. Field, Rutland.

Librarian Edward M. Goddard, Montpelier.

Curators Ezra Brainerd, Addison County; Samuel B.

Hall, Bennington County; the Rev. Henry Fairbanks, Cale-

donia County ;the Rev. J. E. Goodrich, Chittenden County ;

Porter H. Dale, Essex County ; Walter H. Crockett, Frank-

lin County ; Nelson Wilbur Fisk, Grand Isle County ;Carroll

S. Page, Lamoille County; Dr. George Davenport, Orange

County; F. W. Baldwin, Orleans County; George Briggs,

Rutland County; Hiram Carleton, Washington County;Bert Emery Merriam, Windham County; and Gilbert A.

Davis, Windsor County.

Biographical sketches were submitted of the following

deceased members :


Alonzo Buckingham Valentine, the Rev. J. H. Babbitt,

General William Farrar Smith, Henry Davis Hall, the Rev.

Henry A. Hazen, the Rev. Allan D. Brown, George Need-

ham Dale, Dr. James Conland, and Thomas Waterman

Wood.

General Peck moved that a Committee consisting of

Messrs. Benedict, De Boer, and Howland, be appointed to

secure the passage of a joint resolution of the present legis-

lature appropriating not to exceed one thousand dollars

for the purpose of purchasing the sword used by Colonel

Baum, the British Commander in the Battle of Bennington,

and other relics of that battle and period, and manuscripts

now in the possession of the heirs of the late Geo. W. Robin-

son, of Bennington, Vt, which motion prevailed. A list of

the articles covered by this resolution so far as they could

be described by General Peck, is hereto attached and mark-

ed "Appendix D."

Mr. Baldwin presented to the meeting Mr. Hathorne of

Ludlow,, who, in behalf of the Grand Army Post of that

town, offered as a gift to the Society a regular Confederate

brigadier-general's uniform and the letter accompanying

the same. On motion of Mr. Baldwin, the gift was accept-

ed, and the Secretary was directed to extend the thanks of

the Society to the Grand Army Post at Ludlow.

Mr. Goddard moved that the President appoint a com-

mittee to draft a resolution which should be presented to the

Society in recognition of the services of Senator Proctor in

procuring and preserving the Jonas Fay records. The mo-

tion was carried, and Messrs. Goddard and Crockett were

appointed a committee to prepare a resolution for presenta-

tion at a meeting to be held the same evening.


On motion of Mr. Rowland, as amended by Mr. H. F.

Field, the same committee elected to secure the passage of

a resolution providing for the purchase of the Baum sword

and other articles and manuscripts, was instructed to act as

a committee to procure such amendments to the Act of In-

corporation as will enable the Society to hold an additional

amount of personal property.

On motion of Mr. Rowland, it was ordered that the

Librarian, Mr. Goddard, definitely outline in a letter to the

President his suggested plan with reference to the incor-

poration of the Historical Society library with the State

library in such manner as to enable the two to be distin-

guished, and that the legislative committee heretofore

elected, consisting of Messrs. Benedict, De Boer, and How-

land, be authorized to formulate such amendments to the

Constitution as to them may seem advisable respecting such

suggestions.

The Secretary read the resolutions forwarded to the So-

ciety by the Vermont Society of Colonial Dames and the

Vermont Conference of the Daughters of the American

Revolution, relating to the purchase of Ticonderoga by the

United States Government for the purposes of a national

park, and requesting the appointment of a committee by the

Vermont Historical Society to present the matter to the

Legislature and Governor of the State of Vermont.

On motion of Judge Carleton, the Legislative Com-

mittee above designated was appointed to carry out the re-

quest contained in the resolution.

Mr. Howland called the attention of the Society to

the offer of Mrs. Clara M. Severance to loan to the Society

curios connected with life in the Philippines collected by


her son, Max Severance, under the assurance from Mrs.

Severance that these curios would be willed to the Society

and eventually become its absolute property. On motion,

the Society accepted the loan, and the Secretary was di-

rected to so inform Mrs. Severance and convey to her the

thanks of the Society. (For list of articles loaned, see

Appendix E.)

The resignation of H. P. Ward as a member of the So-

ciety was offered and accepted.

On motion of Mr. Dewey, a committee consisting of

Messrs. Carleton, Baldwin and Howland was appointed to

make arrangements for the public meeting and exercises.

The following Standing Committees were appointed by

the President:

On Library Joseph A. De Boer, E. M. Goddard, J. E.

Goodrich.

On Printing T. S. Peck, F. A. Howland, W. H.

Crockett.

On Finance H. F. Field, Joseph A. De Boer. F. A.

Howland.

On motion of Judge Carleton, the meeting adjourned

to meet in the hall of the House of Representatives the same

evening, at 7.30 o'clock.

A true record,

ATTEST FRED A. HOWLAND,

Secretary pro tempore.

PUBLIC EXERCISES. 35

PUBLIC EXERCISES, OCTOBER 27, 1904.

The Society met at 7.30 o'clock P. M. in the hall of the

House of Representatives, as provided in the motion for ad-

journment, and the following exercises were had :

1. Introductory remarks by President G. G. Benedict

on "The Recent Discovery and Recovery of the Original

Records of the Early Vermont Conventions."

2. Paper by the Hon. Charles H. Darling, Assistant

Secretary of the United States Navy, on "Commodore

Thomas MacDonough."

3. Paper by Walter H. Crockett, Esq., on "NewlyFound Incidents and Anecdotes concerning some of Ver-

mont's Revolutionary Heroes."

The meeting was so fully attended that all of the seats

in the hall of the House were occupied, and chairs were

brought in to accommodate additional guests.

The following resolutions were proposed by the persons

indicated, and severally adopted:

By Judge Carleton :

Resolved, That the Vermont Historical Society here-

by tenders to the Hon. Charles H. Darling, Assistant Secre-

tary of the United States Navy, its sincere thanks for his

able and scholarly address upon "Commodore Thomas Mac-

Donough," and requests him to supply a copy of the samefor publication in the proceedings of the Society.

By Mr. Baldwin:

Resolved, That the Vermont Historical Society expressto Walter H. Crockett, Esq., its sincere thanks for his in-

teresting address upon Soldiers of the Revolution buried in

Vermont and Incidents and Anecdotes Concerning Some of

Vermont's Revolutionary Heroes, and ask him to furnish a

copy of said address for publication in the Proceedings of

the Society.


By Mr. Goddard :

Whereas Senator Redfield Proctor, by his diligent re-

searches has discovered the Jonas Fay records of early

Vermont conventions, and has caused to be published and

distributed facsimiles of the same, together with accom-

panying documents and an explanatory statement; there-

for/e, it is

Resolved, That The Vermont Historical Society ex-

presses its hearty thanks to Senator Proctor for the valuable

public service he has thus rendered ;and

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Society be in-

structed to send a copy of these resolutions to Senator

Proctor.

On motion of Mr. Goddard, it was ordered that when

the Society adjourns it he to meet in the Historical' rooms

at Montpelier, at 2 :3O o'clock in the afternoon of November

15, 1904.

On motion, the meeting adjourned.

A true record,

ATTEST : FRED A. HOWLAND,

Secretary pro tempore.

ADJOURNED MEETING, NOVEMBER 1.5, 1904-

Pursuant to vote, the Society met in adjourned meet-

ing at its rooms in the State House on Tuesday afternoon,

November 15, 1904.

The meeting was called to order by President Benedict.

ThjC following members were in attendance : G. G. Ben-

edict, F. A. Howland, E. M. Goddard, A. D. Farwell, and

J. A. De Boer.

On motion of Mr. Goddard, W. L. Burnap of Burling-

ton, Vt, and J. H. Walbridge of Concord, Vt., were elected

active members of the Society.

ADJOURNED MEETING, 1904. 37

Arrangements were made for securing from the Legis-

lature, then sitting, amendments of the Society's charter

and the customary resolution for the publication of its pro-

ceedings. For amendments to charter see Appendix A.

Mr. Goddard, the Librarian, in accordance with in-

struction received at the last meeting of the Society, report-

ed his proposed plan of reorganization of the Library of the

Vermont Historical Society. No action was taken other

than to accept the report.

It was voted, on motion of Mr. De Boer, to pay the li-

brarian for his services during the year, beginning October

i, 1904, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, ($100.00,) pay-

able quarterly.

Adjourned, subject to the call of the President and

Secretary.

A true record.

Attest: J. A. DE BOER,

Secretary.

necrology*

THE REV. J. H. BABBITT.

James Howard Babbitt was born in Taunton, Mass.,

January 13, 1839. He was graduated from Amherst Col-

lege in 1865, an<3 from Andover Theological Seminary in

1868. He was the faithful pastor of the following Con-

gregational Churches: In Waitsfield, Vt, 1868-76; Swan-

ton, Vt., 1877-87; Highgate, 1878-87; West Brattleboro,

1888-1900. After the latter date he resided at Andover,

Mass., without ministerial charge. He was Secretary of

the Vermont Sabbath School Association for eighteen years ;

Superintendent of Schools at Swanton and Brattleboro ; and

President of the Board of Trustees of Brattleboro

Academy. He died of apoplexy at Andover, September 14,

1903, leaving a widow and four sons.

He was held in high esteem throughout his useful

career as an able preacher and an exemplar of high ideals in

his sacred profession and in civic life.

THE REV. ALLAN D. BROWN. LL. D.

The Rev. Allan D. Brown, LL- D-> was born in Bata-

via, New York, September 2, 1848. He graduated from the

Naval Academy at Annapolis, May 28, 1863, and im-

mediately entered the service, being promoted through suc-

cessive grades until in 1868 he was made Lieut-Com-

mander. In 1869, he began a three years' service as in-

structor at the Naval Academy, and in 1876, was again or-

dered to the Naval Academy as instructor, remaining there

until 1880, and meanwhile being promoted to Commander.

NECROLOGY. 89

From 1880 to 1888, he was on duty at the torpedo station

in charge of the training ship "Janliestown'" and at the

Naval Observatory at Washington, where he was instru-

mental in establishing the time-ball system and railroad

time service.

During a voyage to Montevideo, the fever, contracted

by him years before in the service, appeared in an acute

form, resulting in his retirement. Going to Brattleboro to

reside, he became a candidate for orders in the Episcopal

Church, and was advanced to the priesthood in 1895. Hehad charge for a time of the Episcopal Church in Guilford,

and later of the Church at Barre.

Commander Brown was elected President of Norwich

University December 8, 1896, and was the head of that In-

stitution until his resignation by reason of ill health in

December, 1903. He died, as the result of disabilities con-

tracted while serving his country, at Waynesville, N. C.,

April 3, 1904.

Mr. Brown was survived by a widow, two daughters,

Mrs. George Sutherland and Miss Helen Brown, and a son,

Pierce Brown.

Few men have had so varied and meritorious a career.

As a naval officer, brave in service, scientific in investiga-

tion and scholarly as instructor at the Naval Academy, as

contributor to magazines, as minister, as president and up-

builder of Norwich University, his life was crowded with

useful service, even in the days of his declining health. Aconstructive life of constant and unselfish endeavor leaves

a splendid record of accomplishment.


DR. JAMES CONLAND.

Dr. James Conland of Brattleboro, was born of Irish

parentage in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1851. His mother died

at an early age, and when the war was in progress, at the

age of twelve, he found employment in the Naval office in

Boston, and followed a sea-faring life for several years in

different capacities, on fishing boats, coasters and West

India vessels. After leaving the sea, Dr. Conland spent

several years in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and while

at work in a chair factory in Gardner, Mass., at the age of

twenty-four, he was employed by Dr. H. D. Holton of Brat-

tleboro. He began his medical studies in the Medical De-

partment of .the University of Vermont, in 1875, and re-

ceived a degree therefrom in 1878. He practiced for a

short time ini Weston, Vt., then for about two years in

Cromwell, Conn., and returning to Brattleboro, formed a

partnership with Dr. Holton, which continued until two

years before his death, May 2, 1903.

Dr. Conland, though a democrat, was elected to the

legislature from Brattleboro in 1884, and later in 1900.

He was for many years a member of the Board of Pension

Examiners. He was an enthusiastic antiquarian, and had a

rare collection of pamphlets and publications relating to

Vermont.

He was the intimate friend of Rudyard Kipling, and

his family physician while the author and his family resided

in Brattleboro, and it is understood that the stories of his

sea life suggested the writing of "Captains Courageous."

In collecting material for this novel, Dr. Conland accom-

panied Mr. Kipling on several occasions to Gloucester and

other points on the Massachusetts coast.

NECROLOGY. 41

Dr. Conland married Matilda McGuirk at Cromwell,

Conn., in August, 1880, and his widow and one son survive

hira

An antiquarian; a tolerant a'nd well rounded man; a

skillful physician, beloved in a community deeply appreci-

ative of the unsparing, generous and valuable ministrations

of his professional life.

GEORGE NEEDHAM DALE.

George Needham Dale, who died at Island Pond on

Jan. 29, 1903, was born at Fairfax, Vt., Feb. 19, 1834.

When he was two years old, his parents moved to Waits-

field, Vt., where he passed most of the years of his minority.

He was educated in the schools of Waitsfield and at Thet-

ford Academy, and studied law with Paul Dillingham. Hewas admitted to the bar in Washington County in 1856, and

located at Guildhall, which town he represented in the Leg-

islature in 1860. He was State's Attorney of Essex County

for the years 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860; and in 1861, hav-

ing been appointed Deputy Collector of Customs at Island

Pond, he mloyed to that place where he ever after resided.

He was Deputy Collector of Customs from 1861 to 1866,

and again from 1872 to 1882 ; a senator from Essex Countyin 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1869, and again in 1892-4, being

president pro tempore of the Senate in 1868 and 1869. Hewas Lieutenant-Governor of Vermont during the years 1870

and 1871. In 1892, he was elected representative of the

town of Brighton. From October, 1901, to October, 1902,

he was United States Consul at Coaticook, Canada. From

1864 to the time of his death he was counsel for the Grand

Trunk Railway Company.


October 7, 1863, Mr. Dale married Helen M., daughter

of Porter and Mary Hinman, and there were born to them

one son and two daughters. His wife and one daughter

and the son, Porter Hinman Dale of Island Pond, still sur-

vive.

A man of imposing presence, familiar acquaintance de-

tracted nothing from the impression made by his striking

personality. A great brain and a great heart were stored

within his massive frame. Sound lawyership, true judg-

ment and breadth of understanding fitted him for the high-

est grade of legal or public service, and his great powers

merited a wider field than he sought.

He was a' strong speaker of oratorical temperament,

and his keen' sympathy and literary taste are disclosed by

the numerous memorials of his friends, recently published

by his son.

HENRY DAVIS HALL.

Henry Davis Hall was born in Bennington, May 5,1823,

being a son of the late Ex-Governor Hiland Hall, who was

for six years, 1860-5, the honored President of this So-

ciety. Failing eyesight preventing him from entering col-

lege, he engaged in mercantile business and in manufactur-

ing, being for a time a member of a firm which was a

pioneer in American Pottery. Later he was associated with

his brother-in-law, the late Trenor W. Park, in lumber ;and

later in the manufacture of cotton cloth at North Benning-

ton. He made various contributions to local history, and in

1896 delivered an address on the Battle of Bennington be-

fore this Society, devoted largely to a refutation of the

claim made in the National Magazine of American History,

that a Col. John Williams, of Hoosick, N. Y., with a body

NECROLOGY. 43

of New York troops, took a decisive part in the Battle of

Bennington. He was a School Trustee and President of

the North Bennington Library Association. He celebrated

the golden anniversary of his marriage to Caroline E.

Thatcher, in 1897. He died from heart clot December 15,

1903, at the home of his son-in-law, Henry T. Cushman, of

North Bennington, leaving the record of a loyal Vermonter,a Christian gentleman, and an upright citizen.

THE REV. HENRY A. HAZEN, D. D.

Henry Allen Hazen was born in Hartford, Vt., Decem-

ber, 1827, He was graduated from Dartmouth College in

1854. and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1857 ;

was ordained to the Christian Ministry at St. Johnsbury

1858, and held the following pastorates of Congregational

Churches : Hardwick, Vt., 1858-9 ; Barton, Vt., 1860;Ran-

dolph, 1861-2; Plymouth, N. H., 1863-8; Lyme, N. H.,

1868-70; Pittsfield, N. H., 1870-2; Billerica, Mass.,

1874-9. He was Secretary of the National Council of

Congregational Churches, 1883 ;of the New Hampshire

General Association, 1872-4; of the first two International

Congregational Councils, im London, Eng., 1891, and in

Boston, 1899. He was for several years Corresponding

Secretary of the New England Historic-Genealogical So-

ciety. He received the degree of D. D. from Marietta

(Ohio) College in 1891. He was the author of various

historical works, among them ''New Hampshire and Ver-

mont, a Historical Study" ;"The Ministers and Churches of

New Hampshire" and "History of Billerica, Mass." He

was elected a corresponding member of this Society in

1878, and remained such until his death, which took place


at Hartford, Vt., August 4, 1900. An eminent divine and

estimable citizen.

EDWARD SWIFT ISHAM.

Edward Swift Isham was born in Bennington, Vt, Jan-

uary 15, 1836, being the son of the Hon. Pierpont Isham,

Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont. Mr. Isham en-

tered Williams College in 1853, was graduated in 1857 with

honors including election to the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

He studied law at the Harvard Law School, and was ad-

mitted to the bar at Rutland, Vt., in 1858. The same year

he went to Chicago and entered the law office of Hoyne,Miller and Lewis. In 1865-6 he held his only political of-

fice, as a member of the Illinois legislature

In 1872 the firm of Isham and Lincoln was formed,

(of which Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, son of President Abra-

ham Lincoln, was the junior partner) which became

Isham, Lincoln and Beale in 1887. Mr. Isham was the

author of the article on "The Social and Economic Relations

of Corporations" in the Encyclopedia of Political Science";

of several historical papers, including "Frontenac and Miles

Standish in the Northwest," and "Ethan Allen : a Study of

Civic Authority," read before the Vermont Historical Society

November 2, 1898. He was a member of the New York

Historical Society, and many social organizations. In 1893,

his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. Mr.

Isham died of heart failure at the Waldorf-Astoria, New

York, February 16, 1902. He married Frances Burch,

daughter of Thomas Burch, Esq., of Little Falls, N. Y.

She died February 9, 1894. Two sons, Pierrepont and

Edward S., and two daughters, Anne E. and Frances, sur-

vive their parents.

NECROLOGY. 45

WILLIAM FARRAR SMITH.

Major-General William F. Smith, the Vermont officer

of highest rank and greatest distinction in the Civil War,was born in St. Albans, February 17, 1824, the son of Ash-

bel and Sarah (Butler) Smith.

He was appointed to the Military Academy at West

Point in 1841, and at graduation was fourth in the class of

1845. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the

Topographical Engineers, and from November. 1846, to

August, 1848, was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at

West Point. Afterward he wa's engaged in the survey of

the upper lakes and of the military road in Texas, the con-

struction of which he superintended, and served on the

Mexican Boundary Commission. He had risen to the rank

of Captain and was serving as Secretary of the United

States Lighthouse Board, when, in January, 1861, he went

to Key West to put the lighthouses on the coast in a state

of defence against the anticipated outbreak of the war.

When President Lincoln called for volunteers,, he resigned

his position on the Lighthouse Board, tendered his services

to his native; state, and was appointed Colonel of the Third

Regiment of Vermont Volunteers. He was promoted

Brigadier-General of Volunteers August 13, 1861, and as-

sisted General McClellan in organizing the Army of the

Potomac. He secured the brigading together of the 2d, 3rd,

4th, 5th and 6th Vermont Regiments, the first brigade

formed of troops of the same State, and the only brigade

permanently known by the name of its State in the army of

the Union.

The limits of space in this report will not permit ex-

tended mention of the facts of his long and brilliant service,


as Commander of a Division of the Sixth Army Corps,

Commander of the Sixth Corps, Commander of the Tenth

Corps, Commander of the Eighteenth Corps, and Com-mander of the Army of the James. In October, 1863,

he was Chief Engineer of the Army of the Cumberland,

and planned and executed the capture of Brown's Ferry,

thus saving the army from starvation and capture by

opening a short route for supplies. The attempt

thirty years later to give to another the credit for this feat,

embittered his later years, but cannot lessen his enduringfame. March 7, 1867, he resigned from the Army after

twenty-two years of service, with the rank of Major-Gen-eral of Volunteers. He received the following brevets :

Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. A. for gallant service in the Battle

of White Oak Swamp ; Colonel U. S. A. for like service in

the battle of Antietam; Brigadier-General U. S. A. for gal-

lant and meritorious service at Chattanooga, and Major-

General U. S. A. for similar service in the field throughout

the war. It is a matter of record that President Lincoln

deemed him fit for the chief command of the U. S. Army.After retiring from the army, he was President of the

International Telegraph Company, Chief of the Bpard of

Commissioners of Police in New York City, and in chargeof river improvements in Delaware and Maryland.

He married Miss Sarah Lyon, of New York. Hedied at his home in Philadelphia, April 30, 1903, leaving a

daughter, Clara F., and a son, Stuart Farrar Smith.

AIXDNZO BUCKINGHAM VALENTINE.

Hon. A. B. Valentine was born in Bennington, April

i, 1830, of Revolutionary and patriotic lineage, his grand-

father having been a soldier in the War of the Revolu-

NECEOLOGY. 47

tion, and his father in. the War of 1812. Soon after becom-

ing of age, he spent two years in California, was then en-

gaged in the lumber business in Wisconsin, and later in

manufacturing in Bennington. July 21, 1862, he enlisted in

the Tenth Regiment of Vermont Volunteers and was ap-

pointed Regimental Quartermaster. March 2, 1864, he was

promoted to be Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, U.

S. Vols., and served till the close of the war with the First

Vermont Brigade. June 25, 1864, he was brevetted Major

for faithful and meritorious service in the field, and was

honorably discharged June 30, 1865. Returning to Ben-

nington, he engaged in manufacturing, and was at the head

of the Valentine Knitting Company during most of the re-

mainder of his life. He was State Senator from Benning-

ton County 1886-7, and held at various times the offices

of President of the National Manufacturers' Association of

Knit Goods; President of the Bennington County Savings

Bank ; Vice-President of the Bennington Battle Monument

Association;President of the Reunion Society of Vermont

Officers; Commander of the Vermont Commandery of the

Order of the Loyal Legion; and Commander of the Ver-

mont Department of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hemarried in 1856 Miss Alma L., daughter of Trenor W.Park. He died July 9, 1904. He was active in business,

interested in the welfare of his State and in promotion of

its interests, an esteemed citizen and upright man.

THOMAS WATERMAN WOOD.

Thomas Waterman Wood, artist, was born in Mont-

pelier, Vt., November 12, 1823, of Puritan stock, son of

John Wood and Mary (Waterman) Wood. His self-educa-

tion of early years was fostered by instruction in a Boston

48 THE VEEMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

studio. In 1851, he painted portraits in Canada, Washing-ton and Baltimore, and in 1858 he visited Europe to critically

study there the galleries of London, Paris, Florence and

Rome. On his return he began to paint portraits in Nash-

ville and Louisville, but, in 1866, he permanently settled in

New York City as a figure painter. In 1869 Mr. Woodwas elected an Associate of the National Academy of De-

sign; in 1871, an Academician; in 1879, Vice-President ;and

in 1891, President, which office he held for many years.

From 1878 to 1887 he served as President of the American

Water Color Society. Mr. Wood died in New York City,

April 13, 1903, and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery,

Montpelier, Vt.

A fairly full reference to his life and work was pub-

lished in Vol. Ill, No. 5 of "The Vermonter," December,

1897, to which reference is made.

He founded and established in his native town a gallery

of art, comprising many copies of the masterpieces of fam-

ous artists, which is one of the finest galleries of paintings

in New England outside of Boston.

He was an ardent Vermonter, the most celebrated

painter his State has produced, and in his character

and work a true, strong, sincere and honest man. No one

has left a greater or more valuable collection of portraits

of distinguished contemporary Vermonters than Mr. Wood,

in which particular he did his State itself great service. Not

the least distinction attached to his work is his unique, faith-

ful and extraordinary success in interpreting Rembrandt's

works, which gives to his gallery at Montpelier its peculiar

value.

THE RECOVERY OF THE FAY RECORDS.

REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT.

One of the most important and interesting incidents

ever connected with the documentary history of our State,

is the recent discovery and recovery of the long lost Rec-

ords of the early General Conventions, in which the inde-

pendent Commonwealth of Vermont had its birth. Not

only have these records never until now been deposited in

the archives of our State, their whereabouts has been long

unknown to our historians, and their very existence has

been doubted by many.

From the year 1765, about which time the territory

which is now Vermont began to be known by the distinct-

ive title of "The New Hampshire Grants," down to the

year 1775, the town committees of safety appointed by the

settlers in the twenty odd towns on the west side of the

mountain line which had been reclaimed from the wilder-

ness and mainly constituted the inhabited portion of the

State, met from time to time to take measures to resist the

claims of the province of New York to the possession of

their lands. Of these earliest meetings or conventions, a

dozen or fifteen in number, no formal records, with a single

exception, are known to exist. The outbreak of the Warof the Revolution brought new exigencies upon the settlers,

and called for conventions of a higher order. These con-

sisted of delegates chosen for the purpose by the towns

at first by the west side towns, later by towns on the east

side as well.


In the period of seventeen months between July 26,

1775, and December 24, 1777, eight of these general con-

ventions assembled, raised troops for the Continental Armyand for the defense of the frontier, declared the independ-

ence of Vermont, framed and adopted the First Constitu-

tion, and appointed the State Council of Safety, which was

the temporary State government of Vermont for eight

months, until, in March, 1778, the new State was fully

organized by the election of a Governor and General As-

sembly.

The original records of the State Council of Safety

have long been safely kept in the office of the Secretary of

State ; but strange to say, one hundred and twenty-seven

years elapsed before a single line of the original records of

these most important conventions was deposited in the

archives of our State. It was perhaps due to the lack of

access to the records that the proceedings of these conven-

tions received such scant attention at the hands of our early

historians. Samuel Williams, who published the first His-

tory of Vermont in 1794, briefly alludes to the conventions,

but gives no extract from, their records. Ira Allen, whose

history was printed in London, Eng.. in 1798, barely men-

tions only two of the more important conventions. Before

Dr. Williams published the second edition of his history,

in 1809, however, he had had access to the original records,

and in the appendix to the second volume of that edition

he printed a part of the record of the Westminster Con-

vention of January 15, 1777. Slade, in his "State Papers,"

printed in 1823, barely alludes to the Dorset Convention of

July 24, 1776, saying: "There are no documents to be

found which furnish a particular account of the proceed-

THE EECOVERY OF THE FAY RECORDS. 51

ings." He also gives an imperfect abstract from the pro-

ceedings of the Dorset Convention of Sept. 25, 1776, how

obtained he does not state.

The newspapers did a little better than the historians

toward recording the proceedings of the conventions. The

Connecticut Courant, published at Hartford, which was one.

of the five New England newspapers which passed through

the fires of the Revolution and was in a way the organ of

the Vermonters, there being no printing press at that time

in Vermont printed in its issue of March 17, 1777, the

Vermont Declaration of Independence, adopted a few weeks

before, and in the issue of June 30, 1777, it published a

part of the proceedings of the Windsor Convention of June

4 of that year, which adopted the name Vermont for the

new State. These publications probably were seen by very

few Vermonters, and they seem to have passed out of gen-

eral notice, until, in its issue of June 26, 1846, the Burling-

ton Free Press printed the same documents, prefacing them

with the erroneous statement that they had never been pub-

lished and that their existence was now for the first time

made known to the public, adding that they had been re-

cently dug from some "old rubbish" at Washington, D. C.,

by Mr. Henry Stevens, "The Vermont Antiquarian." That

the Free Press received the copies of the documents from

Mr. Stevens is not doubted ; where Mr. Stevens obtained

them is not so sure.

Nothing fuller or better than such fragmentary reports

of the membership and proceedings of only three of the

general conventions reached the public until the first vol-

ume of the Collections of the Vermont Historical Society

was published, in 1870. This volume contains in consecu-


tive order the proceedings of six general conventions held

between January 16, 1776, and June 4, 1777 the records of

five of these conventions and of a part of the sixth being

copies of copies made from the original records, and fur-

nished to the Committee of Publication ( consisting of Gov.

Hiland Hall, Charles Reed and E. P. Walton) by the late

Hon. James H. Phelps of West Townshend. Mr. Phelps

was a judge of the County Court, Register of Probate, and

State Senator for two terms. He was much interested in

early Vermont history and was in the habit of taking copies

of important documents as they came to his notice. Hehad had at one time in his possession for three days the old

account book or ledger, long known to very few persons,

but now become famous, in which Dr. Jonas Fay, the stand-

ing Secretary of the General Conventions, recorded their

proceedings for permanent preservation. Forty folio pages

of this ledger contain the records, in the handwriting of

Jonas Fay and attested by his well-known signature, and

from these pages Mr. Phelps must have made his copies.

From whom he obtained the book, or to whom he returned

it, or where it could be found, he, so far as appears, never

stated his reticence on the subject being so marked as to

compel the supposition that he had some especial reason for

his silence. He furnished his copies to the Committee of

Publication with the appended statement that they were

copied by him, November i8th, iQth and 2oth, 1862, "from

the original records." This was the extent of the infor-

mation supplied by him to the committee. The committee,

as they say, made careful search for the originals, but with-

out success, and they added that they were not known to

be in existence.

THE RECOVERY OF THE FAY RECORDS. 53

The publication of the Phelps copies was followed byan abusive atack on the Committee of Publication, in the

columns of the "New York Historical Magazine." In this

its editor, the late Henry B. Dawson of Morrisania, N. Y.,

charged the committee with fraudulent garbling of the rec-

ords, basing his charge chiefly on a few unimportant changes

in spelling made by the copyist, which he (Dawsoni) had

discovered on comparing the copies, as printed, with what

he declared to be and in time were proved to be "the orig-

inal minutes" of the conventions. His charges were con-

vincingly refuted by Governor Hall, and the only import-

ant circumstance in the matter was Mr. Dawson's claim

that he possessed the original minutes. Where or how he

obtained them he had a good reason for not disclosing.

Several years later he printed the records in his magazine.

Not much attention, however, was given in Vermont to his

claim, or to his republication of the records, doubtless

because of his unscrupulous character which made his word

of small account, and because of his bitter hostility to the

early Vermonters, whom he was wont to stigmatize as "ren-

egades," "secessionists," "traitors," "outlaws" and "thieves."

The later Vermonters resented his slanders and had no use

for Mr. Dawson.

Dawson and his magazine died, and the matter passed

out of public notice until recalled by the recent discovery,

among the manuscripts in the Library of Congress, of forty

sheets of manuscript records of certain Vermont conven-

tions. These were noticed by Mr. Albert S. Batchellor, of

New Hampshire, when he was delving in the library for

New Hampshire documents. The discovery attracted the

interest of Senator Redfield Proctor. He took up a careful


inquiry into the genuine character of the manuscript, and

having, through laborious investigation and voluminous

correspondence, occupying upwards of six months, estab-

lished the fact that these were the original Fay records, and

having learned how they came to be in Washington, he

had the sheets photolithographed, and printed in a hand-

some volume, with accompanying documents and a clear

and most interesting explanatory statement of the facts

brought to light in his search. Copies of this volume have

been distributed gratuitously by the Senator to the county

clerks' offices., to the public libraries and to many private

libraries in Vermont and elsewhere.

From the results of the Senator's investigations it ap-

pears that the Jonas Fay ledger passed after his death into

the possession of the family and descendants of Dr. Jona-

than Safford, who was the step son and partner of Jonas

Fay; that sometime between 1860 and 1870 Mr. Dawson

found the ledger in the possession of Mr. E. B. Safford of

West Rupert; that he obtained the loan of the book, took

it to his home, cut from it the precious sheets, and returned

it after a few weeks, minus the records this without apol-

ogy or payment. Some twenty years later Dawson tried to

sell the manuscripts to the New York State Library for

a hundred and fifty dollars, stating falsely, in writing,

that he paid a hundred dollars for the privilege of tak-

ing them "from the ledger of Jonas Fay, the secretary

of the meetings in which the Vermonters concocted

their treasonable schemes," and that for twenty years

they had been the choicest treasure of his (Dawson's) li-

brary. The New York State librarian declined to pur-

chase, and at some later time Dawson must have sold them

THE RECOVERY OF THE FAY RECORDS. 55

to the Library of Congress. It is not necessary to charac-

terize this transaction on the part of Mr. Dawson. If he

permitted Judge Phelps to copy from the ledger, while it

was in his hands, he probably pledged Phelps to silence.

Since the publication of the facsimiles, Senator Proc-

tor has, through a special act of Congress, procured the

restoration of the Fay records to the State of Vermont, and

they are now deposited in the office of the Secretary of

State, in this building. The Senator has also obtained

from the widow of E. B. Safford the Fay ledger, in the

condition in which it was left after its mutilation by Daw-

son,, and he has transferred it to this Society for future

safe keeping.

Upon the high value of the service rendered by Sena-

tor Proctor in the establishment of the genuine character

of these early records, the publication of the facsimiles and

accompanying history, and restoration of the records to the

State archives, I will not take time to dwell. The simple

facts constitute a high tribute to his munificent public spirit

and deserve grateful recognition from the citizens of the

State he serves so well in his high office. Such recogni-

tion would doubtless take the form most acceptable to him,

if the Legislature would take steps to comply with the wish,

expressed in the Senator's letter to the President of the

Society, which prefaces the volume of facsimiles, that "the

State would collect and preserve in convenient and acces-

sible form everything attainable relating to the making of

our State, including many valuable manuscripts relating to

the history of that period, existing in the National Depart-

ment of State, the Library of Congress, the New York State

Library, and in our own State," which have come under his

eye in recent investigations.

THOMAS MACDONOUGH.

AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED BEFORE THE VER-

MONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OCTOBER 27,

J904, IN THE HALL OF THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, BY HON.

CHARLES H. DARLING, ASSIST-

ANT SECRETARY OF%,

THE U. S. NAVY.

COMMODORE MACDONOUGH.

Mr. President, Members of the Vermont Historical Society,

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Mr. Roosevelt in his Naval War of 1812 says of Com-

modore Macdonough : "Down to the time of the Civil War,he was the greatest figure in our naval history." The life

of a naval officer is consumed largely in preparation and

waiting. If his opportunity never comes he passes throughhis several grades of promotion and is retired with little

reward save the full consciousness of duties well done. If

perchance fortune brings the supreme moment and his name

is enrolled among the immortals his title to that fame often

flows from capricious sources. It may follow from a ca-

reer long and varied, it may depend upon a single conflict,

or it may be traced to a conspicuous incident of battle.

Paul Jones's retort, "We have just begun to fight," Law-rence's "Don't give up th,e ship," and Perry's message, "Wehave met the enemy and they are ours," are known around

the world.

Macdonough lived in a romantic age of our naval his-

tory. He was the contemporary of Hull, Decatur, Law-

rence, Porter, Stewart and others. The lives of many of

these have been written, their records preserved, their mem-

ory duly honored; but who was this Macdonough, who,

down to the time of the Civil War, was the greatest figure

of them all? Lake Champlain is a small inland body of

water and the general reader can hardly conceive that it

was the scene of a great naval conflict, and for Macdon-


ough, except in connection with this battle, you may search

the pages of history almost in vain.

His memory will always be closely associated with the

history of this State, and it is but due to this Society that

its records should bear a brief memorial of this remarkable

man.

His family, as the name indicates, was of Scotch origin,

but owing to the disturbed condition, of that country, emi-

grated to Ireland. His grandfather, James Macdonough,came to America about 1730 and settled at New Castle,

Delaware, at a place known as."The Trappe." He continued

to reside there until his death in 1792. Thomas Macdon-

ough, Sr.,, the father of the Commodore, was born there

in 1747, and there he studied and practiced medicine until

the opening of the Revolution. In March, 1776, he re-

ceived a major's commission from the Continental Congress

and joined the Colonial forces. His first engagement was

in the battle of Long Island, in which he was wounded, and

for gallant conduct in this action received the thanks of

Washington. Subsequently he was in the battles of White

Plains, Trenton and Princeton. In 1782 he was made col-

onel of the Seventh Regiment of the Delaware militia. In

1788 he was appointed a justice of the Court of CommonPleas and Orphan's Court and was reappointed in 1791, and

again in 1793. He died in 1795 at the age of 48 years.

Thomas Macdonough, Jr., the Commodore, was born

at the Trappe, on December 31, 1783.

The Trappe is hardly a village or even a hamlet. It

consists of a cross-roads with an aggregate of four houses,

and was dignified in 1844 by the Postoffice Department with

the name of McDonough, in honor of the Commodore. In

COMMODOKE MACDONOUGH. 61

this case the name is spelled McDonough, as it was some-

times used by the Commodore, but he generally spelled it

Macdonough and this is now : the accepted spelling.

Thomas Macdonough was one of four brothers, the

oldest of whom served in the navy of the United States and

lost a leg in the battle between the Constellation and

L'lnsurgente on February 18, 1799. Thomas's early life was

passed on the farm at The Trappe, and he enjoyed the usual

experiences of farmer and country boys. His early educa-

tion must have been limited and perhaps neglected, for we

find him serving an apprenticeship as a clerk in a store at

the little cross-roads town of Middletown, in the State of

Delaware, at the age of sixteen, when on the fifth day of

February, 1800, he was appointed a midshipman in the navy

by President John Adams.

Midshipman Macdonough was assigned to the United

States ship Ganges at New Castle, Delaware, which set sail

for the West Indies against the French who were then at

war on the sea with the United States. His first voyage was

an unhappy one. The Ganges cruised for a time in the

West Indies and captured two Guineamen and a French pri-

vateer. The man-of-war at that time, unlike the warshipof the present day, was not equipped with ice-plants, distil-

ling apparatus and laundries, and the yellow! fever broke out

on board and many died. Young Macdonough caught the

disease and was sent ashore at Havana. After remainingin a Spanish hospital for some time, he set sail in an Ameri-

can merchant vessel for the United States, but off the capes

of Delaware the merchantman was captured by an English

war vessel on account of having Spanish property on board.

Macdonough was subsequently put on shore at Norfolk,


Virginia, destitute and almost without clothing, and in this

dilemma made his way home, having been absent about one

year, during which time his illness with yellow fever had

been reported, and his family understood that he was dead.

On October 20, 1801, he joined the Constitution and

sailed for the Mediterranean, returning in May, 1803. Onthe 24th of that month he was ordered to the ship Philadel-

phia, then fitting out, and again sailed for the Mediterran-

ean. The Barbary States, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunis

and Tripoli, were at that time sending out pirates to prey

upon the commerce of the world, and were exacting tribute

from every nation that sent its ships into the Mediterranean.

England had looked with disfavor upon the growing com-

merce of the United States and was paying extra tribute to

Tripoli to encourage the pirate trade and for the purpose

of destroying American commerce. The United States hav-

ing declared war against Tripoli, a squadron was maintained

in the Mediterranean, first under Commodore Richard Dale,

afterward under Commodores Richard V. Morris, Edward

Preble and Charles Stewart. The Philadelphia, commanded

by Captain Bainbridge, was sent to join this squadron.

The Philadelphia falling in with a pirate vessel from

Morocco, the Mirboka, twenty-two guns, captured her with-

out resistance and Macdonough was placed on board with a

prize crew to take her to Gibraltar. The brig turned out to

be the Celia of Boston which had been captured but a short

time before and it was found that the captain carried an order

from the governor of Tangier to capture Americans. Mac-

donough was left at Gibraltar with the Mirboka while the

Philadelphia went for a cruise off Tripoli. Meanwhile

Commodore Preble arrived at Gibraltar and arrangements

COMMODORE MACDONOUGH. 63

were made for the return of the Mirboka to the Emperor of

Morocco, after which Macdonough joined the ship of Com-

modore Preble intending to continue as a passenger until

they met the Philadelphia, (a) They fell in with a British

frigate from which they learned that the Philadelphia had

run upon a reef off Tripoli and been captured with all on

board and towed into the harbor. The officers and men were

kept in close confinement for over a year and a half and

while thus a prisoner Capt. Bainbridge sent a communica-

tion to Commodore Preble advising him that he might enter

the harbor in a small vessel and seize and destroy the Phila-

delphia.

Macdonough meanwhile had been transferred to the En-

terprise, commanded by Lieut. Stephen Decatur. Upon hear-

ing of the plan to destroy the Philadelphia, Decatur at once

volunteered for the expedition. In November, 1804, the En-

terprise had captured a small ketch known as the Mastico,

on which were some Greeks,, Turks and Tripolitans, amongwhom were officers and soldiers and a number of slaves.

This ketch was selected for the expedition and renamed the

Intrepid. Decatur was assigned to her command and Com-

modore Stewart directed that five midshipmen be taken from

the Constitution and the balance of the officers and men

from the Enterprise. On February 4, 1804, Decatur

mustered the crew of the Enterprise and, after com-

municating to them the task he was to undertake, asked for

volunteers. As has often been the case in the American

navy in enterprises of great danger, officers and crew came

(a) In some histories, as in the Vermont Governor and

Council, it is erroneously stated that Macdonough was on the

Philadelphia when she was captured.


forward in a body. Decatur selected from the Enterprise

his lieutenants, James Lawrence, Joseph Bainbridge and

Jonathan Thorne, his surgeon, Lewis Heermann, and his

favorite midshipman, Thomas Macdonough. Sixty of the

crew were chosen and the party went on board the Intrepid.

A pilot acquainted with the harbor of Tripoli, whose name,

Decatur says, was Salvador Catalano, was sent from the

Constitution, and Midshipman Anderson from the Siren,

making in all seventy-one. Little time was allowed for prep-

aration, and an hour after receiving notice, the little band set

sail, accompanied by the Siren under Lieutenant Stewart

which was to assist the ketch and in case of her destruction,

which was considered probable, rescue her crew. Combus-

tibles for destroying ships and two or three weeks' provisions

were carried.

Tripoli was sighted February 7, and to avoid suspicion

the Intrepid anchored after dark about a mile westward of

the town. A strong gale was blowing and the pilot and

most of the officers deeming the entrance unsafe in the face

of the storm, the vessel soon weighed anchor and stood out

to sea. When the gale subsided a successful attempt was

made to enter the harbor. The Siren's character as a war

vessel was concealed and she stood outside during the day,

while the Intrepid, with a part of her crew below and the rest

disguised as Maltese, maintained the appearance of being

anxious to enter the harbor before nightfall. As darkness

advanced the Intrepid was within three miles of the eastern

entrance of the harbor, with the Siren three miles astern.

The wind grew lighter and Decatur abandoned the plan of

waiting for the Siren and gave orders to proceed, saying

"the fewer the number the greater the honor." The plan of


seizing the Philadelphia was agreed upon in detail and the

officers and men assigned to divisions for the purpose of

carrying it out, the watchword "Philadelphia" was agreed

upon and the ketch entered the harbor in silence. A light

wind wafted the Intrepid up the bay, the young moon lighted

up the water and made the concealment of the officers neces-

sary. Now the first battery was passed and the Intrepid

neared the Philadelphia. The enemy hailed the Intrepid,

whose pilot, previously instructed, replied that they had

lost their anchors in the gale and asked permission to run

a rope to the frigate and ride by until anchors could be se-

cured from the shore. The Tripolitans then asked what

brig was in the offing, for notwithstanding their precautions,

the Siren had been seen. The pilot with great tact replied

that it was the Transfer, a former British man-of-war which

had been purchased by the Tripolitans at Malta, the arrival

of which was anxiously expected.

As the Intrepid was closing in on the frigate, the wind

shifted and left her about twenty yards away.

This was a moment of great anxiety. The Intrepid,

motionless and powerless except by movements which would

betray her character, was directly under the guns of the

Philadelphia. A boat from the Intrepid took a rope and

made it fast to the chains of the Philadelphia, while a boat

from the Philadelphia brought a rope from that ship and

passed it to the Intrepid; the crew hauled on the lines, and

the Intrepid was drawn gradually to the Philadelphia. When

nearly in contact, the suspicions of the enemy were aroused

and the cry of "Americanos" resounded through the ship.

The Intrepid was ordered off, but in a moment more she

closed with the Philadelphia, and Decatur gave the order to


board. There was no time for preparation on the part of

the enemy and they scarcely made a show of resistance.

Crowded together and trampling upon each other in disorder

the Tripolitans were either cut down or driven overboard.

The American officers and men now separated in sev-

eral parties and seized the respective parts of the ship as had

previously been agreed upon, Midshipmen Macdonough and

Laws seizing the berth-deck and forward store-room. Five

minutes sufficed to clear the ship of the enemy, and Decatur

was in full possession, destined to be her last, as his father

had been her first, commander. In less than twenty minutes

the combustibles had been distributed and set on fire, and the

party was again on board the Intrepid. Those detailed to

fire the ship were driven from below by the smoke, and soon

the crackling of 'the flames gave indication that the destroy-

ing element had in turn assumed the mastery of the vessel.

The spectacle was weird and magnificent. The fire

issued from the ports and mounted the hatchways and the

whole ship was soon enveloped in flames, lighting up the city

and surrounding shipping. The brilliant illumination, its

reflection upon the water, the overhanging cloud of smoke,

the lurid glare reflected over the quaint old city arid the dark

shadows which formed the background completed a picture

of thrilling grandeur. As the loaded guns of the Philadel-

phia became heated they were discharged and mingled their

roar with that of the flames above. Those manning the

shore batteries were dazed at first but soon recovered and

the fire of cannon became general. In the midst of this

scene the crew of the Intrepid gave three cheers and com-

menced their retreat. The enemy's marksmanship was

bad and the crew of the Intrepid were in more danger

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from the guns of the burning Philadelphia than from those

of the shore batteries, and although under the fire of a hun-

dred guns for nearly half an hour she was struck by only a

single shot passing through the top-gallant sail. The crew

made use of sweeps and favored by a light breeze were soon

out of 'danger. The scene was consummated by a terrific

explosion which announced that the flames had reached

the magazine of the Philadelphia. She sank close to the

shore where she drifted after the melting of her chains.

At the entrance of the harbor the ketch was met by the

Siren and the two crews joined in general rejoicing at the

success of the expedition.

This act has always been deemed one of the most bril-

liant and thrilling in the history of the navy, and down to

the time of the Civil War it had no equal. Nelson was in

command of the British fleet blockading Toulon at the time

and when the news of the achievement reached him he pro-

nounced it "the most bold and daring act of the age."

Congress gave a sword to Decatur and the other offi-

cers were suitably rewarded. Nearly all of these youngofficers became distinguished in our subsequent naval his-

tory.

Macdonough's life from the war with Tripoli to the

autumn of 1812, when he took command of the boats on

Lake Champlain, was that of a regular naval officer and

sailor. During the administration of Jefferson the navy had

been suffered to languish, and like many other officers he

had been furloughed and joined the merchant service.

On his return to the United States from Tripoli in 1806

he was detached from the Siren and ordered to Middle-

town, Connecticut, under command of Captain Hull, and


later to the Wasp, in which h,e made a trip to England and

France, returning by way of the Mediterranean. When the

Wasp again reached the United States, in conjunction with

other vessels she cruised along the coast from Boston to

Charleston for the purpose of enforcing the embargo laws. In

January, 1807, he received his appointment as a lieutenant

in the navy, and was ordered to the Wasp, then at the Wash-

ington navy yard. On the last day of March, 1809, Mac-

donough was ordered to the frigate Essex and in September

of the same year was given charge of the gunboats in Con-

necticut and Rhode Island. Returning to Washington

under orders dated April, 1810, he was granted a furlough

of several months that he might make a voyage to the East

Indies, but in May he was ordered to the Chesapeake for a

period of twelve days, after which he resumed his furlough.

Another furlough was granted him in October, 1811; and

July i /th of the following year he was ordered to the Con-

stitution, leaving that ship a month later to take command

of the vessels at Portland, Maine, and going from that

point to Lake Champlain.

In the fall of 1811 there occurred an incident between

the Secretary of the Navy, Paul Hamilton, and -Macdon-

ough which led the latter to suggest the presentation of his

resignation. The matter was satisfactorily arranged, how-

ever, and the request of Macdonough for another furlough,

which was the cause of the difference, was granted by the

Department. In reply to Macdonough's letter stating that

he would feel compelled to resign unless his request was

favored, he was informed that in consideration of his good

standing his request would be granted.


Although this was a period of peace during which Mac-

donough was occupied with the ordinary duties of a sailor's

life, it was not without adventure. One of these occurred

soon after he was furloughed in May, 1810, and ordered to

make a voyage in the merchant service. As captain of the

merchant brig Gulliver he sailed from New York for Liver-

pool, and later to Calcutta. On the evening of the day be-

fore the brig was to leave Liverpool, Macdonough, who had

been on shore, was returning to the wharf to proceed to his

ship, when he was accosted by a man who asked if he be-

longed to any ship in the harbor. On his replying that he

belonged to the brig Gulliver, he was seized by several men

and taken to a British frigate, enrolled on the purser's list,

given a hammock and ordered forward, no attention being

paid to his assertion that he was not only an American but

an officer in the navy. Lying in his hammock he made

plans for his escape, and when the corporal of the guardhad entered and gone to sleep in an adjoining hammock,

Macdonough dressed himself in the corporal's uniform and

walked boldly on deck. Saluting the officer of the deck he

asked permission to examine the second cutter alongside, in

which he said he suspected there was rum concealed. Not

being recognized, permission was readily given, but as Mac-

donough .passed the forward hatch he saw the real corporal's

head coming up. With a blow of his fist he sent the cor-

poral to the bottom of the ladder and quickly swung himself

into the cutter and severed the rope. The strong current

soon carried the boat off and in spite of pursuit Macdon-

ough reached the shore and joined his own ship. At this

time he is reported to have said : "If I live, I'll make Eng-

land remember the day she impressed an American sailor."


It is related that while the squadron was at Syracuse

the officers and men were often set upon by ruffians and

that on one occasion Decatur and Midshipman Macdon-

ough, while passing down one of the streets of the city at

night, were attacked by three men. Drawing their swords

they defended themselves so successfully that the men were

driven off, and Macdonough pursued one of them to the

top of a house, from which the man jumped to the groundand perished from the fall.

In 1806, while first lieutenant of the Siren, then lying

in the harbor at Gibraltar, Macdonough, in the absence of

the captain, who was on shore, rescued an American sea-

man who had been impressed by the crew of a British frig-

ate from one of 'the merchantmen in the harbor. Hearing

of the incident Macdonough ordered his gig to be manned

and armed and pursued the boat of the press gang, rescu-

ing the seaman from alongside the British frigate. The cap-

tain of the frigate went on board the Siren in a great pas-

sion and demanded of Macdonough how he dared take a

man from one of his majesty's boats. He then threatened

to bring his frigate alongside the Siren and retake the man

by force. Macdonough replied that he supposed the. frigate

could sink the Siren, but so long as she could swim he

would keep the man. The British made a demonstration

as though they would board the Siren, but the prompt prep-

arations by Macdonough induced them to give up the at-

tempt. Macdonough was at this time about twenty-three

years of age.

On September 12, 1812, Macdonough, then stationed at

Portland, Maine, was ordered to take command of the ves-

sels on Lake Champlain. He made the journey across the

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country on horseback, carrying only a bundle and a valise,

and attended only by a country boy who returned with his

horse. He reached Burlington at the end of four days'

journey and took command of the fleet, which consisted of

two sloops, the Eagle and Growler, and two or three small

galleys. There were twb other sloops on the lake known

as the President and Montgomery, which have sometimes

been included in Macdonough's fleet. They were, however,

in no naval engagement and are not mentioned in any of

Macdonough's correspondence. After he first arrived at the

lake they seem to have dropped out of all account. From

a study of the records of the War and Navy Departments

the history of the two vessels may be explained as follows :

Prior to Macdonough's assuming command of the fleet all

government vessels on the lake were under command of

General Dearborn of the army. At that time the sloop Pres-

ident was included in the fleet. Under date of September

12, 1812, the Secretary of War wrote to General Dearborn

that a naval officer by the name of Macdonough had been

ordered to take command of the flotilla on the lake, and

October i6th following, General Dearborn replied main-

taining that there should be but one commander on the lake

and that he should be under the War Department. He pro-

tested against a naval officer being placed in command and

suggested an appeal to the President. He further wrote,

however, that he had so far complied with the order of the

Secretary of War as to turn over two of the vessels, but

would not turn over the other unless Macdonough and the

whole fleet were placed under his command. It is probable

that when General Dearborn turned over the Eagle and the

Grozvler he did not turn over the third vessel, which he


stated he would not do unless compelled to. The third ves-

sel, which is referred to as the President, probably continued

in the service of the War Department. During the next

year, 1813, the War Department purchased the Montgom-

ery, which with the President, was doubtless used and main-

tained by the army for conveying troops and supplies up and

down the lake. Niles's Register, the best authority on naval

matters of the time, while including the President and Mont-

gomery in Macdonough's fleet, states that the President

was purchased by the War Department in 1812 and the

Montgomery in 1813; that they were not in the naval en-

gagement on the lake, and were sold in 1815. The War

Department is not ,mentioned by Niles as having any con-

nection with any other vessel in Macdonough's fleet and

while Macdonough commanded the entire naval flotilla upon

the lake, these two vessels, the President and Montgomery,were retained and used exclusively in the service of the

War Department and were at no time any part of Macdon-

ough's fleet.

Upon his arrival at the lake Macdonough commenced

at once to collect men, ammunition and supplies, but dur-

ing the fall of 1812 and summer of 1813 little was accom-

plished. The British continued to control the north end of

the lake and during the summer of 1813 Macdonough sent

the Eagle and Growler under Lieutenant Sidney Smith .to

drive the enemy down the lake. The British retired and

Smith, following rashly, struck a rapid current in shoal

water, grounded and lost both vessels to the enemy. Thus

at the close of 1813 the British were virtually in command

of the lake.

The fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in April, 1814, had

relieved England from her struggle with France and left her


free to pursue the war in America. She organized a large

force in Canada for the purpose of driving the Americans

from the lake and surrounding country, with the intention

of making connections with New York by way of the Hud-

son River, with a view to cutting off New England from

the other States. The forces on land were commanded by

Sir George Prevost and on the lake by Captain GeorgeDownie.

Macdonough had purchased a sloop from the lake ser-

vice known as the Rising Sun and rechristened her the

Preble. He also purchased a steamboat, probably the one

known as the Vermont, and rechristened her the Ticonder-

oga. This is the first case in which steam power was ap-

plied to a naval vessel, but as her engines were constantly

breaking down, Macdonough soon determined to take out

the machinery and refit her as a schooner.

Hearing of the intended invasion, Macdonough re-

paired to Vergennes, about seven miles up the Otter Creek,

to overhaul the Ticonderoga and Preble and to build a ship

and some large galleys. Vergennes for those times was

something of a centre of industry. There were several saw-

mills, a grist-mill, a slitting-mill, a shop for making nails,

a steel foundry and several forges. One foundry alone had

nine fires. Iron ore was mined at Monkton, a town near by,

and large tracts of timber land were easily available. At

one of the foundries one hundred and twenty-seven tons of

cannon shot were cast for the fleet.

The winter was well advanced before any considerable

work was done on the vessels, but early in the spring the

woods and valleys around rang with the sound of axe and

hammer. In a letter written by Daniel Wright in 1835 ne


states that in March, 1814, he was called into the service of

the United States to aid in forwarding timber to the ship-

yard at Vergennes to build three large vessels for the lake

and several gunboats. Fifty men were sent to his house to

be boarded while they were cutting timber. He labored

with them with a team of his own. The order to procure

and forward the timber was executed in five and a half days

by one hundred and ten men.

The three vessels referred to in this letter must have

been the Ticonderoga, the Preble and Saratoga. The trees

out of which the Saratoga was built were standing in the

forest forty days previous to her being launched.

May 14, 1 8*3, before Macdonough had got his fleet

out of the creek, the British sent a sloop and sixteen galleys

to destroy it as it lay at anchor. They attacked the battery

at the mouth of the creek, but Macdonough, with what ves-

sels he had afloat, dropped down the creek and put the

enemy to flight. Local historians maintain that this en-

gagement is entitled to more serious consideration than has

been given it in history.

In July following Macdonough learned that the British

had laid the keel of a new frigate at the lower end' of the

lake. He again commenced preparations for building and

the country around Vergennes was again enlivened by his

work upon a new brig. The keel was laid on July 29th, and

she was launched on August i6th, nineteen days after the

laying of the keel, including Sundays. This brig was also

named the Eagle and was substantially of the same size as

Perry's flagships Lawrence and Niagara on Lake Erie, while

the Saratoga was much superior to Perry's largest vessel.

The time in which Perry built his ships has often been men-


tioned in praise and wonder, but Macdonough's ships were

not only of larger tonnage but were built and completed in

a shorter time.

When Macdonough had completed his brig he crossed

the lake and took up his position in Plattsburgh Bay. His

fleet then consisted of the Eagle, the Ticonderoga, and the

Preble, with four small and six large galleys. He reasoned

that the British would not venture to pass up the lake and

leave his fleet to harass them in the rear, and determined to

anchor his vessels, await the attack of the British and fight

his ships at anchor. Captain Downie's fleet slightly sur-

passed that of Macdonough in number, tonnage, battery and

men.

Spear, in "The History of Our Navy," says "the two

leading British ships had as great a weight of metal in long

guns as the whole Yankee squadron, gunboats and all."

Cooper, in his Naval History, says : "The force of the

enemy was materially greater than that of the Americans."

Mr. Roosevelt, in his Naval War of 1812, has made a

careful and detailed analysis of the strength of the respect-

ive forces, as follows :

MACDONOUGH'S FORCE;.

Name. Tons. Crew Broadside.

Ibs.

Saratoga 734 240 414

Eagle 500 150 264

Ticonderoga 350 112 180

Preble 80 30 36Six gun-boats 420 246 252Four gun-boats 160 104 48


DOWNIE'S SQUADRON.

Confiance 1200 325 480Linnet 350 125 96Chubb 112 50 96Finch no 50 84Five gun-boats 350 205 254Seven gun-boats 280 182 182

Macdonough's Force. Fourteen vessels of 2,244 tons

and 882 men, with 86 guns throwing a broadside of 1,194

pounds of shot, 480 pounds from long and 714 from short

guns.

Downie's Squadron. Sixteen vessels of about 2,402

tons, with 937 men, and a total of 92 guns, throwing a broad-

side of 1,192 pounds, 660 from long and 532 from short

pieces.

To understand fully the consummate skill with which

Macdonough placed his fleet it is necessary to explain that

the lake is a narrow body of water, running, unlike most of

the waters of the United States, from the south toward the

north. Such is its shape and that of the mountains about

it that the wind commonly blows either directly up or downthe lake.

Much credit has always been given to the manner in

which Macdonough anchored his ships. The histories of

the battle invariably speak of his having anchored with

"springs," but never explain what is meant by anchoringwith a spring. The purpose of anchoring with a spring is

to enable the ship to be turned while lying at anchor, but as

this is purely a nautical term it is necessary to explain at

some length just how this is accomplished. If a string be

attached to a float in a running stream the float will bring

up with the end to which the string is attached pointing up


stream. In a like manner if an anchor is thrown out from

the prow or stern of a ship the ship will bring up with the

stem or prow to which the anchor is attached facing up the

current, or into the wind if the sails are set and that is the

controlling force. If after the ship is so brought up a sec-

ond anchor is dropped from the stern or other end of the

ship, and the first anchor is raised, the ship will immediately

turn about and the stern, to which the second anchor is at-

tached, will face up the current or into the wind as the case

may be. If a line is carried from a ship swinging at anchor

to some fixed object on shore or at some distance from the

side of the ship and the line pulled in, the ship will swing

around or be drawn toward the object to which the line is

attached. To accomplish this small anchors, known as

"kedge" anchors are frequently carried out in boats from the

ship and dropped at some distance. Lines may also be car-

ried from the main anchor chains to different parts of the

ship for the same purpose. This is what is meant by an-

choring with a spring.

Macdonough availed himself of all these expedients.

He dropped an anchor from the bow, another from the

stern; he attached lines to the anchor chains, and he also

carried out kedge anchors to either side of the ship and in

this manner by raising or letting go on one anchor and pull-

ing in on different lines he was able to turn and manoeuver

his ships.

The American fleet was formed in a double line of bat-

tle across the entrance to Plattsburg Bay from Cumberland

Head toward Crab Island. In the outer line were the Eagle,

Saratoga, Ticonderoga and Preble, in order named from

Cumberland Head southward, while the gunboats made up


the inner line. The British line from the north southward

was as follows : Chubb, Linnet, Confiance and Finch, with

the gunboats between the two latter vessels and extendingthe line. By this formation Macdonough prevented Dow-nie's ships from passing around his line of battle on account

of shoal water at the ends of the line and in addition the

British commander was unable to drawl out his full line

unless he did so outside the bay.

At a little past eight on a beautiful Sunday morning,

September n, 1814, the British hove around Cumberland

Head. Macdonough knelt in prayer on the deck and await-

ed the enemy. When the Confiance had come into full view

Downie hove to for the purpose of allowing his gunboats to

come up. He then ordered them to attack the southern end

of the American line, and while the Chubb and Linnet at-

tempted to turn the northerly end of the line, he proceeded

to attack the Saratoga and Ticonderoga with his own ship

and the Finch. Macdonough waited until the Confiance

came within range and then fired the first gun himself. The

twenty-four pound shot raked the deck of the Confiance,

killing and wounding several men and carrying away her

wheel. This was the signal for general firing on the part

of the Americans. The Confiance held her fire until within

a short distance of the Saratoga and then discharged a

broadside with terrific effect, killing and wounding nearly

forty men. The battle thereupon became general and was

waged with great fierceness all along the line. Macdonoughhimself was twice knocked down, once by a falling spar and

again by being struck with the head of one of his men which

had been severed by a cannon ball and hurled against him

with great force. The Finch, being disabled by the Ticon-


deroga early in the engagement, drifted down toward Crab

Island, where she was fired upon by a shore battery manned

by invalids and surrendered. The Eagle had her springs

shot away and drifted down to the west side of the line,

which enabled the Linnet to turn the American line at the

north. Nearly all the guns of the Saratoga and many on

the Confiance were rendered useless. In this situation the

forethought of Macdonough in setting springs enabled him

to swing his ship around and bring his fresh port battery

into action. The British commander tried the .same ma-

noeuver, but failed to accomplish his purpose. Macdon-

ough's expedient turned the battle in his favor and at the

end of two hours and thirty minutes the British struck, and

Macdonough had enrolled his name among the greatest of

American naval heroes.

While the naval engagement was going on General Pre-

vost engaged the forces on shore, but learning of the dis-

aster to the British fleet, withdrew in disorder, leaving the

American forces in undisputed possession of the northern

border. Macdonough's victory was the beginning of the end

of the war and contributed much in securing favorable nego-

tiations for peace.

Much has been said about the manner in which the

American land forces, two thousand in number, repulsed the

British army, fourteen thousand in number, at Plattsburg.

But it must be remembered that the British expedition, as

well land as naval, had for its object the seizure of CrownPoint and the opening of communication from the upper end

of the lake to the Hudson River. It therefore became nec-

essary that the British should gain the mastery of the lake

in order to make the expedition successful, either with re-


spect to land or naval forces. While the American forces

on land were holding their position against the British dur-

ing the engagement on the water, it is hardly to be supposedthat the two thousand militia would have long endured

against the fourteen thousand British regulars, had the naval

engagement terminated in favor of the British. All honor

is, therefore, due to Macdonough in the engagement, for the

victory upon land as well as water. Nor can too much be

said in praise of his plan of battle or its execution.

His victory was due to three distinguishing causes.

First, Cumberland Head juts out from the New York shore

toward the east and south, forming Plattsburg Bay. Across

this bay from Cumberland Head toward Crab Island Mac-

donough placed his fleet, knowing that the British would not

dare pass up the lake leaving him to harass their rear. He

thereby compelled the British to tack around Cumberland

Head and attack his fleet, bows on, thus exposing themselves

to a raking fire from Macdonough's broadsides. By so

doing Macdonough accomplished what rarely occurs in a sea

fight, namely, chose his own position and forced the enemyto attack him to the enemy's greatest disadvantage. In

short he forced the enemy to attack him where he 1 chose and

as he chose.

The second cause was his superior seamanship in the

manner in whch he set his springs, as before described, and

the ability with which he afterward manoeuvered or winded

his ships.

The third cause of victory lay in the superiority of his

marksmanship and the valor and persistence with which his

ships were fought. The ships of either side were not in-

ferior in size or armament to the majority of the deep sea


men-of-wars-men of the time. Macdonough's flag ship and

the British flagship, the Confiance, were each somewhat

smaller than the Constitution, but they were larger than the

Peacock, Wasp, Hornet, Intrepid, Boxer, Enterprise, Bonne

Homme Richard and all other famous ships of the navy up

to that time, save the Constitution, the President and their

class. Both the Saratoga and the Ticonderoga were larger

than the flagships Niagara and Lawrence of Perry's fleet, or

any of the other ships on either side of the Lake Erie battle.

Each of the fleets on Lake Champlain were somewhat larger

than either of the fleets on Lake Erie. Perry's gallant con-

duct in battle, the transfer of his flag from the Lawrence

to the Niagara after the former was disabled, his famous

dispatch to General Harrison, "We have met the enemy and

they are ours," have made his name famous. But Perry's

force exceeded the British in ships, men, tonnage and metal,

while the British force on Lake Champlain exceeded Mac-

donough's in the same particulars. In fact Macdonough alone

among all the American commanders is distinguished in

having commanded the only smaller fleet that ever defeated

a larger one.

This comparison with the battle of Lake Erie is not

made for the purpose of detracting anything from the glory

of that battle, for which all honor is due, but because the

battles of Lake Champlain and Lake Erie perhaps more

closely resemble each other than any others in American his-

tory. Great as was the battle of Lake Erie, the battle of

Lake Champlain was greater. Nor does history furnish

many examples of greater severity, for the American loss

numbered 104 killed and 116 wounded, and the British 168

killed and 220 wounded, Captain Downie of the British fleet


being among the killed. When the battle ceased hardly a

mast was standing in either fleet and an old sailor who had

been with Nelson at Trafalgar declared that that was "but a

flea bite to this."

Mr. Roosevelt in his Naval War of 1812 says:

"Captain Perry's name is more widely known than that

of any other commander. Every school boy reads about

him, if of no other sea captain ; yet he certainly stands on a

lower grade than Macdonough." And again, "But it will

always be a source of surprise that the American public

should have so glorified Perry's victory over an inferior

force, and have paid comparatively little attention to Mac-

donough's victory which was really won against decided

odds in ships, men and metal."

Macdonough was commissioned a master-commandant

on July 24, 1813, and on November 30, 1814, he was ap-

pointed a captain in the navy, to rank from September u,

1814. He was always spoken of as "Commodore" because

he commanded a fleet.

The Legislature of Vermont passed a resolution of

thanks for his "unrivalled bravery and important service in

the conquest of a British squadron of a superior force on

the nth of September, 1814, which protected the soil of free-

men, gained the applause of millions, and merited universal

respect and admiration." Vermont, also purchased and con-

veyed to him a tract of land lying on Cumberland Head,

overlooking the scene of the battle. New York State by

letters patent granted him one thousand acres of land in the

town of Sterling, county of Cayuga. The State of Dela-

ware gave him an elegant sword and a service of plate,

while Congress caused a gold medal to be struck and pre-


sented to him, emblematic of the action between the two

squadrons.

On December 12, 1812, Macdonough married Lucy

Ann, daughter of Nathaniel Shaler, of Middletown, Conn.,

by whom he had nine children, and thereafter his home was

at Middletown.

Several months following the victory of Lake Cham-

plain were spent by Macdonough in making disposition of

the ships and stores left on the lake, and it is not until

May 23, 1815, that orders are found assigning him to other

duty. On this date he was directed to proceed to Ports-

mouth, New Hampshire, to take command of th,e navy

yard and have charge of the equipment of the Washington,the latter duty to terminate upon the arrival of Commodore

Chauncey. In November, 1816, he was again ordered to

Lake Champlain to serve as one of a board of commis-

sioners to be formed at Plattsburgh, New York, to deter-

mine the proper sites for fortifications contemplated on

the lake. In April, 1818, he was ordered from Portsmouth,

New Hampshire, to Boston to take command and have

charge of the preparation for sea of the U. S. S. frigate

Guerriere, which had been selected to convey to St.

Petersburg our new minister plenipotentiary to Russia,

Hon. G. W. Campbell. This command was evidently looked

upon as of considerable importance, for Commodore Mac-

donough was directed to "give every effect which shall add

to the dignity of the mission to one of the greatest powersin Europe."

After Macdonough left Russia to join the Mediterran-

ean squadron the most unpleasant incident in his naval ser-

vice occurred. A marine named Robert Sloane assaulted


one of the officers with a bayonet, and under the law that

obtained then as now, the commander-in-chief of a fleet on

a foreign station was authorized to convene a court martial

for his trial, pursuant to which Commodore Stewart con-

vened a court, of which Macdonough was president, for

such trial on board the Guerriere. When the evidence had

been submitted and the court had found the man guilty it

adjourned to meet at a tavern in the city of Naples. The

adjournment to that place was made for the purpose of mak-

ing and correcting the record on account of the illness of the

judge advocate of the court, who was stopping at the tavern.

The court met pursuant to such adjournment, and after cor-

recting the record and signing it, forwarded it to the com-

mander-in-chief, who, under the law, was the reviewing au-

thority. Commodore Stewart in reviewing the case decided

that the adjournment from the ship to the city of Naples,

in foreign territory, was out of the jurisdiction of the court

and that the proceedings were, therefore, null and void. He

discharged the accused marine and notified the court of his

decision. The court thereupon reconvened on board the

Guerriere, and acting under the advice of the judge advo-

cate, prepared a document of considerable length in turn

reviewing the decision of Commodore Stewart. In their

review they passed such strictures upon Commodore Stew-

art's judgment as to constitute a breach of military disci-

pline. He reported it to Washington, recommending that the

members of the court be sent to the United States under

arrest to be further dealt with as the authorities at Wash-

ington deemed best. The Secretary of the Navy, by direc-

tion of the President, approved the recommendation of

Commodore Stewart, and Macdonough and the other mem-

GOMMODOEE MACDONOUGH. 85

bers of the court were returned to the United States on

board the U. S. S. Erie. After reaching home Macdon-

ough took counsel with respect to the propriety of his acts,

and becoming convinced that he had been in error, so wrote

to the Secretary of the Navy, who replied that his course was

such as might be expected from an honorable and high-

minded man, and that under this view of the subject, the

President had authorized him to restore Macdonough to the

command of the Guerriere, and the incident was closed.

While this incident will always be regretted, the gravity

of it was no more serious than a misunderstanding of his

rights with respect to the law ; but the dignity and reserve

with which he bore himself throughout the whole unfortun-

ate affair, together with the magnanimity with which he ac-

knowledged the error when discovered, must always accen-

tuate rather than detract from the greatness of the man.

On March n, 1820, Macdonough was ordered to the

New York navy yard to have charge of the frigate "74,"

and subsequently was in command of the Washington at

that yard and also of the Ohio, neither of which were at sea.

He spent a portion of his time with his family at Middle-

town, Connecticut, until March 22, 1824, when upon his own

application he was given command of the Constitution and

sailed for the Mediterranean from New York, October 29,

1824.

Commodore Macdonough's health declined during his

cruise in the Mediterranean and he was relieved of the com-

mand of the Constitution on October I4th, 1825. Accom-

panied by his physician he started for the United States in

the brig Edwin, but died at sea November 10, 1825. The re-

mains were landed at Philadelphia November 25th, and taken


to New York, where the funeral was one of the events of the

time. The city passed resolutions of respect and citizens

generally participated in the honors. The remains were

brought from the navy yard on a barge under a canopy of

the American flag, escorted by eight boats rilled with officers

and marines and were taken to the city hall. The funeral

service was read at St. Paul's Church by Chaplain Cave

Jones. The bearers were officers of the navy. Flags in the

city and harbor were at half mast during the day, bells were

tolled and minute guns fired. After the service the remains

were escorted to the steamboat Commerce, on which they

were conveyed to Middletown, Connecticut, for burial. The

procession included a detachment of horse artillery, a battal-

ion of infantry, a detachment of U. S. marines, officers of

the army and navy, the mayor and members of the city

government, the Society of Cincinnati, of which the deceased

was an honorary member, senators and members of the U.

S. House of Representatives, judges of the courts of the

United States and New York State, senators and members

of the State Assembly, ministers and consuls and officers

holding commissions from foreign courts and officials and

citizens of New York.

On the arrival of the remains at Middletown they were

taken to his late home. The funeral was then held from the

Presbyterian Church, attended by judges of the Supreme

Court, the military, the officers of the army and navy, the

Masons and a large body of citizens. The cadets of the

Military Academy conducted by Captain Alden Partridge,

former surveyor general of Vermont, acted as a military es-

cort for the remains and fired three volleys over the grave.

Minute guns were also fired from the academy grounds at


the time of the funeral and flags in the city and harbor were

floated at half mast.

The family monument is of plain white marble and

bears this epitaph :

"Sacred to the memory of Com. Thomas Macdon-

ough of the U. S. Navy. He was born in the State of Dela-

ware, December, 1783, & died at sea of pulmonary consump-

tion, while on his return from the command of the Ameri-

can squadron in the Mediterranean, on the loth. November,

1825. He was distinguished in the world as the hero of

Lake Champlain, in the Church of Christ as a faithful, zeal-

ous, consistent Christian, in the community where he resided

when absent from professional duty as an amiable, upright

and valuable citizen."

And so at a little less than forty-two years of age, a

brilliant career was closed.

Macdonough was a tall, spare, dignified man. His

complexion, eyes and hair were light. His face was full and

regular. His countenance frank, open, refined and intel-

lectual. His mouth and chin were not large, but indicated

decision of character. His nose may be described as tend-

ing toward the Roman type, his eyes bright and penetrating,

but kindly, his forehead high, his hair abundant. He maywell have been called a handsome man.

Until broken by disease he was straight, vigorous and

athletic. He was of a slightly nervous temperament, but

had schooled himself to a rigorous self-control. In youth

he is said to have been sufficiently fond of pranks, but early

care and responsibility subdued his spirit, and while yet

young he leaned rather toward seriousness. He was an all-

around sailor of the old man-of-wars-man type, when self


reliance and resourcefulness in the hour of trial gained the

victory. He was quick to discern the critical moment and

act with decision.

Men are sometimes deemed brilliant because their

opinions are quickly formed, but conjecture is not to be con-

founded with logical reasoning, nor impressions with delib-

erate judgment. The correctness of the conclusion is the

test of the mental operation, and in this Macdonough was

unerring. He commanded rather by his example and the

force of his character than by virtue of his rank.

In the battle which made his name famous he fired the

first gun with his own hand and was twice knocked senseless

on the deck, and when the report ran through the ship that

the Commodore was dead, the crew paused dismayed in the

midst of the battle. No higher testimonial of his bravery can

be written than that in the most thrilling events of his time

he walked side by side with the gallant Decatur. Although

the ravages of disease had wasted his body to sixty pounds,

by his fortitude he retained command of the Constitution to

within twenty-seven days of his death.

The war of 1812 was fought by the American sailor for

the maintenance of free ships and sailors' rights. The coun-

try's cause was the sailors' cause. It was a struggle to re-

dress wrongs which had been seared upon the memory.

Through it all Macdonough remained calm and self-pos-

sessed, spoke no hasty word, did no unwise act. Upright

and independent himself, he abhorred oppression; loyal to

his country and fearless in battle, he was charitable to the

vanquished and pitied the suffering.

While Captain Pring of the British sloop Linnet was a

prisoner he testified: "I have much satisfaction in making

V


you acquainted with the humane treatment the wounded have

received from Commodore Macdonough. His generous and

polite attention to myself, the officers and men, will ever be

gratefully remembered."

Macdonough was loved by his officers and men, popu-

lar with those who knew him, respected by all. He enjoyed

society and was free and courteous with his friends.

To his brother's widow left in narrow circumstances he

tendered pecuniary aid, saying that his religion made him

the widow's friend.

His character was devout and religious. He spoke of

his escape from the fate of his companions on the Phila-

delphia as "providential." On the morning of the great bat-

tle he prayed with his men as he saw the enemy approaching

and remarked that, "they are superior to us in force, but,

by the blessing of God, we can beat them." When asked

how he escaped when so many around him fell, he replied,

pointing to heaven: "There is a power above which deter-

mines the fate of men." In reporting the battle to the Navy

Department he declared that, "The Almighty has been

pleased to grant us a signal victory."

He added distinction to his service, glory to his coun-

try, lustre to his flag and nobility to mankind.

Soldiers of the Revolutionary WarBuried in Vermont

And Anecdotes and Incidents

Relating to Some of Them.

A paper read before the Vermont Historical Society in the

Hall of the House of Representatives, October 27, J904,

By Walter H. Crockett.

SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION BURIED IN

VERMONT, AND ANECDOTES AND INCI-

DENTS RELATING TO SOME OF THEM.

By WALTER H. CROCKETT.

In accordance with a resolution adopted at the last an-

nual meeting of the Vermont Society, Sons of the American

Revolution, held at St. Albans, Nov. u, 1903, which author-

ized an attempt to ascertain as nearly as might be possible,

the number of Revolutionary soldiers buried in this State,

a request for information was made by the Secretary

through the Vermont newspapers. Several hundred replies

were received, not only from all parts of this State, but

from nearly ,every section of the United States. Other

names have been secured from Vermont gazetteers and his-

tories.

Members of the Society of the Daughters of the Am-erican Revolution have taken a keen interest in this work,

and from their replies and from the year books of their so-

ciety many names have been secured. The largest number of

names, however, has been 'found in a vlery rare copy of a

list of Vermont Revolutionary pensioners, published many

years ago, and secured by Senator Redfield Proctor.

In all, 4,608 names have been compiled. Entire accu-

racy cannot saf,ely be claimed for a list gathered from such

miscellaneous sources, with little opportunity for verifica-

tion. Some names may be credited to the wrong town.

The names of others who afterward removed from the


State may appear in the list. Care has been taken to make

the compilation as accurate as possible, and in the main it

will be found correct.

The pension list referred to is given by counties only,

not by towns, and at the time of its compilation Lamoille

County had not been organized.

Three divisions are given : First, a list of invalid pen-

sioners ; second, pensioners under the act of March 18,

1818; and third, pensioners under the act of June 7, 1832.

A letter from the commissioner of pensions, the Hon.

Eugene F. Ware, states that all the beneficiaries under the

acts referred to were Revolutionary soldiers. The State in

whose service each soldier enlisted is given, but not the

regiment.

The names of 3,196 soldiers are giv,en as pensioners.

Windsor County leads with 546, while Rutland County is

second with 479. Out of the 3,196 pensioners mentioned,

only 172, or a little more than 5 percent., served in the

Vermont militia. Nearly one-half 1,409, to be explicit

served in Massachusetts regiments ; Connecticut contributed

701 ; New Hampshire, 444; Rhode Island, 104; New York,

75, and there were a few from other states, besides a num-

ber of naval veterans. These figures give an idea of the

emigration into Vermont during the years immediately fol-

lowing the close of the Revolution.

There are, in the list compiled, the names of 2,221

soldiers who are accredited to the towns in which they

lived and were buried. This number includes 809 names

duplicated in the pension list. Deducting 809 names from

the total pension list, there are left 2,387 names accredited

only to counties, or a total of 4,608 soldiers of the Revolu-

tion who lived and died in Vermont.

SOLDIEES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 95

Of the 246 towns and cities in. the State, 192 are repre-

sented in the list. If the pension list giv,en by counties

could be given by towns, it is probable that nearly every

town in the State would be found to contain the graves of

Revolutionary soldiers.

Such a list, compiled nearly a century and a quarter

after the close of the War for Independence, cannot pos-

sibly be complete. Some towns that naturally would be

expected to furnish long lists send only a few nances. If

it is possible at this time to gather between 4,000 and 5,000

names, it is probable that nearly if not quite 6,000 soldiers

of the Revolution found their last resting places within the

borders of Vermont.

Manchester leads in the number of soldiers, reporting

241 names. Pawlet reports 71; Wilmington, 69; Barnard,

62; Dumnterston, 49; Rutland, 49; Danby, 43; Newbury,

42; Pittsford, 41; Brattleboro, 38; Poultney, 34; Benning-

ton, 31; Benson, 30; Fairfax, 29; Strafford, 30; Cornwall,

29; Randolph, 27; Reading, 26; Middletown Springs, 26;

Middlebury, 25 ; Calais, 24 ; St. Albans, 23 ;New Haven,

23; Shorehara, 24; Salisbury, 22; Westminster, 41; Orwell,

21; Putney, 21; Clarendon, 21; Williamstown, 20; Barre,

20.

In prosecuting this investigation three real sons of the

Revolution have been found in Vermont. Jonathan Bab-

cock, of Stratton, aged 94 years, is the son of Robert Bab-

cock, of Wardsboro, who died Aug. 23, 1863, at the great

age of 104 years and 6 months. Robert Babcock was one

of forty picked men who aided Lieut. Col. William Barton,

of the Rhode Island militia (later the founder of Barton,

Vt.) to capture Sir William Prescott, the British com-


mander in Rhode Island. James C. Church, of Brookline,

85 years old, is the youngest of twenty children born to

Charles Church, of Westminster, who enlisted as a soldier

in the Revolutionary War when only 16 years old. Dr.

C. A. Perry, of Readsboro, aged 66 years, must be one of

the youngest real sons of the Revolution in the United

States. His father, Micah Perry, of Concord, enlisted when

16 years old.

ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS.

A few of the anecdotes related in the letters received

by the Secretary may be of interest.

William Cox, of West Fairlee, Adam Beals, of St. Al-

bans, and Lieut. John. Wyman, of Dummerston, were pres-

ent at, and had a part in, the famous "Boston Tea Party,"

Dec. 1 6, 1773.

Capt. Thomas White, of Windsor, Thomas Townsend,

of Reading, Thomas Farnsworth, of Halifax, Peletiah Bliss,

of Newbury, Thomas Savery, of Salisbury, Jonas Holden,

of Mount Holly, Seth Oaks and Nathaniel Oaks, of Athens,

Seth Ruggles, of Poultney, Capt. John Shumway, of Dor-

set, Lieut. Jonathan Farrar, of Rupert, and Ebenezer Allen,

of Newfane, were among those who responded to the Lex-

ington alarm. The Ebenezer Allen mentioned was not the

Col. Ebenezer Allen prominent in the expeditions of the

Vermont militia.

Stephen De Maranville, of Poultney, the youngest son

of a noble Frenchman, served as minute man. Jonathan

Farrar, of Rupert, was a lieutenant of minute men at the

time of the Lexington alarm. Thomas Mullen, of New-

bury, responded to the Lexington alarm and saw service at

Bunker Hill. Joseph Rann, of Poultney, was severely

SOLDIERS OF THE EEVOLUTIONARY WAR. 97

wounded at Bunker Hill, and to the day of his death car-

ried a ball in his ankle received in that battle. Capt. Isaac

Holden, of St. Albans, participated in the battles of Lexing-

ton 'and Bunker Hill and had previously served in the

French and Indian War.

Carlos Hawkins, of Reading, Capt. Daniel Manning,

of Poultney, William Doe, Nehemiah Lovewell, and Peter

Martin, of Newbury, Abraham Townsend, of Berlin, Jona-

than Childs, of Wilmington, Seth Oaks, of Athens, and

Lieut. Beriah Sherman, of Waitsfield, fought in the battle

of Bunker Hill. Jonas Holden, of Mount Holly, was

wounded at Bunker Hill. Abial Bugbee, of Pomfret,

served in Col. Israel Putnam's regiment at Bunker Hill.

It is related of William A. Hawkins, of Reading, that

at the battle of Bunker Hill he fired his gun until it was

too hot to handle. He removed his coat, wrapped it around

the gun, and continued firing. He was promoted to be an

ensign for gallant conduct in that battle.

Ebenezer Wakefield, of Manchester, was at Bunker

Hill and at the surrender of Burgoyne. Luther Fairbanks,

of Pittsfield, was at Bunker Hill and at the siege of Que-bec. Capt. Elias Greene, of Cambridge, was at Bunker

Hill, at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, and at the

surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Col. Ephraim Doolittle, of Shoreham, who was with

Lord Amherst at the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown

Point during the French and Indian War, commanded a

regiment of minute men April 19-23, 1775.

Maj. Amos Morrill, of St. Albans, is said to have been

at the taking of Ticonderoga and at the battle of Bunker

Hill: Other names of men said to have been with Ethan

Allen at the capture of Ticonderoga, and not given in the


list published in.- the Burlington Free Press early in the pres-

ent year by Robert O. Bascom, secretary of the New York

State Historical Association, are : John Alexander, of Brat-

tleboro, Ebenezer Andrews, of Mount Holly, Gershom

Beach, of Salisbury, Enos Flanders, of Sheffield, Thomas

Johnson, of Newbury, Noah Jones, of Shoreham, and Sam-

uel Laughton, of Dummerston.

Enoch Cheney, of Washington, and James Eddy, of

Clarendon, served as scouts. Ebenezer Mcllvane suffered

the hardships of the terrible winter at Valley Forge. Felix

Benton, of Cornwall, wintered at Valley Forge and was on

duty as a picket when Major Andre was executed as a spy.

Hananiah Brooks, of St. Albans, was also at Valley

Forge, and later saw Major Andre hanged. Simeon Chand-

ler, of Wilmington, participated in the siege of Boston.

Jonathan Knight, of Dummerston, was in the fight at

the Westminster court house, March 13, 1775. Capt. Ben-

jamin Samson, of Roxbury, rang the church bell at Lex-

ington, Mass., April 19, 1775, to arouse the minute men

on the approach of the British troops.

John Chipman, of Middlebury, was with Ethan Allen

during the spring of 1775, went to Canada with Seth War-

ner, and was at the capture of St. Johns and Montreal.

Stephen Holley, of Cornwall, was with Benedict Ar-

nold on his terrible journey through Maine and Canada to

Quebec. Nathaniel Stedman, of Newfane, and Samuel

Viall, of Manchester, were at Burgoyne's surrender.

David Green, of Randolph, served three years under

General Washington, part of the time as his cook.

Joseph Allen, of Charlotte, was present at the capture

of St. Johns and Montreal, and was with Benedict Arnold

in his siege of Quebec.

SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 99

Ebenezer Robinson, of Reading, was a captive on board

the prison ship "Jersey" in New York harbor.

David Field, of Guilford, was commissary general

under Gen. John Stark at the battle of Bennington.

Thomas Johnson, of Newbury, was an aide on the staff

of General Lincoln in 1777.

Nathan Jackson, of Cornwall, was a trusted messenger

of General Washington.Benoni Gleason, of Benson, was present at the surren-

der of Lord Cornwaliis at Yorktown.

Jonathan Martin, of Springfield, previous to removing

to Vermont, was a member of the first constitutional conven-

tion and of the first legislature of New Hampshire.

Solomon Bartlett, of Plainfield, was the youngest

brother of Josiah Bartlett of New Hampshire, after JohnHancock the first signer of the Declaration of Independ-

ence, and was at one time an aide on the staff of General

Israel Putnam.

Capt. John Warner and Truman Warner, of St. Al-

bans, were brothers of Col. Seth Warner.

Col. Thomas Elmore obtained a charter for and gavehis name to the town of Elmore.

Abel Amsden, of Reading, enlisted in Col. William

Prescott's regiment, May 20, 1775. He participated in the

siege of Boston, and fought in some of the most important

battles of the war. It is related that he paid $70 in Con-

tinental currency for a dinner of corn bread and milk at a

tavern, and that the landlord did not consider that sum a fair

price for the meal.

Col. Samuel Brewer, of Orwell, was a lieutenant in a

company of minute men raised in Berkshire County, Mas-


sachusetts, and took part in the siege of Boston. In 1776he was sent to Ticonderoga in command of a regiment. In

the Brewer genealogy, compiled by Prof. Fiske Parsons

Brewer, a brother of Mr. Justice Brewer of the United

States Supreme Court, it is said that Col. Brewer was "con-

sidered by Washington one of the biggest sensed men he

ever knew." Colonel Brewer moved to Vermont and built

a brick mansion a mile and half southwest of Orwell vil-

lage, which is still in an excellent state of preservation.

Nathaniel Bosworth, of Berlin, while serving in the

Continental army, was taken prisoner by the British and

confined on a prison ship at the mouth of the Delaware

river. Conceiving the idea that they were being slowly

poisoned, Bosworth and several of his fellow-prisoners

planned to escape. Taking advantage of a time when the

guards were sleeping, they slid down the ship's cable and

swam ashore, although the water was very cold, the month

being March. Proceeding a distance, Bosworth concealed

himself in a large cask and fell asleep. He was awakened

by the singing of a bird. A patriotic American woman

gave him food and directions which enabled him to reach

the American lines in safety.

Toward the end of the war, Thomas M. Wright, who

had seen service as a private in the Massachusetts militia,

emigrated to Vermont and settled in Barnard, when that

town was largely an unbroken wilderness. He built a

log house and made a clearing. It was necessary to

carry his grain on his back to Windsor, twenty-six miles,

to get it ground, finding his way by marked trees and mak-

ing the journey in a day. Aug. 9, 1780, Mr. Wright,

while working in the hay field, heard a scream, and looking

SOLDIEES OF THE REVOLUTIONABY WAE. 101

up saw his wife pursued by 25 Indians. The house was

stripped of its furnishings and Mr. Wright was taken as a

prisoner to Canada, where he was sold to the British for

eight dollars. With four companions Wright made his es-

cape. The party was nine days in; coming through the for-

ests. The men had no food except the game they shot, and

were nearly starved. One of the party was taken ill and his

companions stayed with him as long as they dared. Toremain longer meant that all would perish, so a bed of

boughs was made by a running stream, a store of slippery

elm bark and roots was gathered, and the man left to his

fate. Strangely enough he recovered, and in eighteen days

came out of the forest. Mrs. Wright had gone on horse-

back to her father's home in Hardwick, and there her hus-

band found her.

Dr. Silas Hodges, of Clarendon, was a surgeon in

Washington's army. Another Clarendon soldier was Theo-

philus Harrington, later a judge, whose demand of a bill

of sale from the Almighty for a fugitive slave has made

his name immortal.

Stephen Hall, of Calais, enlisted in the American armyat the age of 13, and Asa Wilson, of Fairfield, at the ageof 14. Samuel White, of East Montpelier, enlisted before

he had reached his I4th birthday. Not being considered

old enough to carry a musket, he was detailed as a servant

for General Washington.

Joshua Johnson, of Albany, when a boy, ran away from

home to enlist. Being refused, he shipped as a midship-man in the West India trade and later entered the army,

serving until the close of the war. It is related that in later

years he defeated Ira Allen as a candidate for the Vermont

Legislature from Irasburgh.


William Hodgkins, of Grand Isle, was not tall enoughto meet the requirements of the service when he enlisted.

Later he presented himself again, having filled his shoes

with paper, evidently believing that by taking thought he

might add a cubit to his stature, notwithstanding Scrip-

tural authority to the contrary. The deception was dis-

covered and the case brought to the attention of the com-

manding officer, Baron Steuben, who laughingly said, "Pass

him in. We will make a drummer of him."

One of the surprising facts brought out by this inves-

tigation is the great age attained by many Revolutionary

soldiers in this State, a large number having lived to be well

past 90 years.'

Samuel McWaine, of Woodstock, who had seen ser-

vice in the French and Indian War, and who served seven

years during the Revolution, lived to be 99 years and 9

months old.

John Ellis, of Barnard rounded out a full century.

Nathan Lounsbury, of Clarendon, lived to be 102 years old.

Daniel Heald, of Chester, who had taken part in the battle

of Concord, lived to be 95 years old, while John Joyal, of

Swanton,, according to the best information obtainable, lived

to the almost unprecedented age of 113 years.

One colored man, John Linde, of Brookfield, was a

Revolutionary soldier.

It may not be out of place in this paper, which, from

its nature cannot be expected to be a closely connected nar-

rative, to refer briefly to a soldier who played an import-

ant part in the Revoluton, who afterward emigrated to Ver-

mont, where he attained considerable prominence, but who

has been well nigh forgotten, Col. Udny Hay.

SOLDIEES OF THE EEVOLUTIONAEY WAR. 103

The public papers of George Clinton, the first governor

of New York, which cover the period of the Revolutionary

War, contain a great amount of correspondence with Col.

Hay, regarding supplies of various kinds and the trans-

portation of the same. In 1779 he was deputy quartermas-

ter general for the army in New York State. His task was

evidently one of great difficulty, as the collection and dis-

tribution of the needed supplies was attended by irritating

indifference and aggravating delays. One item in his re-

port tells of the purchase of 40,000 bushels of charcoal for

the smith's department. When General Washington or-

dered the Hudson river craft repaired it was Col. Hay who

procured the lumber. General Lincoln wrote Hay asking

his advice regarding the building of gunboats. He also

wrote Generals Greene and Heath regarding the purchase

of wheat. Apparently he had charge at times of certain

prisoners and their effects.

In June, 1780, Colonel Hay was appointed agent for

New York to supply the State's quota of provisions for the

use of the army, and he writes: "Much of the business of

transportation in this State may probably come under mydirection during the campaign." Again he writes Governor

Clinton: "The army look up to me for the transportation

of supplies of every sort," and later the governor refers to

the multiplicity of affairs which engage Hay's attention.

He aids in reinforcing West Point, forwards supplies to

Washington's army, and obtains from the New York Leg-islature the passage of certain acts to aid him in collecting

supplies. Appointed deputy commissary general of pur-

chases for New York, he recommends the establishment of

a magazine of 40,000 barrels of flour for the army.


Sept. 1 8, 1780, he writes Governor Clinton: "I have

been with the Gentlemen of the New Hampshire Grants at

Bennington who have desired me to meet them again next

Friday at the same place where they are to call a council

for the purpose of giving me every assistance in their

power, which I now apprehend will be but little, not from

want of inclination, but want of ability to putt any of their

acts in execution,."

According to a statement in "Governor and Coun-

cil," Colonel Hay had visited Bennington on a similar er-

rand early in 1778. This authority further states that Col.

Hay was descended from an eminent family in Scotland,

and was highly educated. January 9, 1777, the Continental

Congress resolved that Udny Hay, Esq., be appointed a lieu-

tenant colonel by brevet and assistant deputy quartermaster

general, and stationed at Ticonderoga. Later he was made

deputy commissary general of purchase for the northern

division of the army. Soon after the close of the war he

came to Underbill, where he acquired large tracts of land.

He represented the town in the legislature from 1798 to

1804 and at the time of his death was a member of the

Council of Censors. He is said to have been opposed to

the Constitution and to the administrations of Washington

and Adams.

An obituary notice in the Burlington Sentinel tells of

Colonel Hay's death Sept. 6, 1806, in his 67th year. A note

in "Governor and Council" states that he lived and died in

Underbill, but the Sentinel declares that his death "took

place in this town [Burlington]* * * after a very short ill-

ness * * * The next day [Sept. 7th] his remains were con-

veyed to the meeting house, where an appropriate discourse

SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 105

was delivered by the Rev. President Sanders and attended

to the grave by a numerous and respectable procession of

his friends from this and the neighboring towns with un-

common manifestations of regard for his character and sor-

row at his death."

The obituary notice further says: "Col. Hay came to

America without education, without property or friends.

During our Revolutionary war he soon and long distin-

guished himself in the department where he was stationed

as an active, enterprising and able officer. And since the

establishment of our State, his influence in our public coun-

cils for a considerable number of years has been predom-inant beyond a parallel." It will be noticed that there are

discrepancies between the two accounts of Colonel Hay's

career, as given in the Sentinel and in "Governor and

Council." It appears from a further item in the Sentinel

that Colonel Hay's estate was insolvent.

If Colonel Hay's grave can be found it should be

marked in some suitable way. It would appear from the

Sentinel account that he was buried in Burlington, but the

list of Revolutionary soldiers kept by the Burlington Grand

Army Post does not contain Colonel Hay's name.

One of the principal objects in the attempt to compile a

list of Vermont's Revolutionary soldiers, is the hope that

as many as possible of the graves of these heroes may be

marked and their memories saved from oblivion.

The government will furnish headstones for such

graves and ship them' to the nearest railway station, but

will not set them. Here is a work, not only for the patriotic

societies, but for public-spirited citizens in all towns and

cities where Revolutionary soldiers are buried. the work


of taking the proper steps to secure such headstones and

then setting them after they are obtained. These soldiers

of the Revolution were the builders of our State and of our

Nation. The very least we can do in return for their sac-

rifices is to see to it that their names are not forgotten.

Any work that is to be done along this line must be done

speedily. No great outlay of time or money is required

only that patriotic public spirit that gives promise of a noble

future because of its jealous care in preserving the memoryof the great deeds of the past.

[For the lists of Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Vermont and of Vermont

Revolutionary Pensioners, compiled by Mr. Crockett, see Appendix F.]

APPENDIX A.

LIST OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

ELECTED OCTOBER 20, 1903.

Name.

O. D. Matthewson,Robert Noble,Isaac Thomas,Henry Crain Tinkham,Edward Wells,Frank Richardson Wells,Olin Merrill,LaFayette Wilbur,Fred BlanchardGeorge Lawrence Blanchard,John Vail Brooks,Arthur Daggett Farwell,Edward Davenport Field,Jonas Eli Goodenough,Frank Keeler Goss,Harlan Wesley Kemp,Charles Duane Mather,William A. Beebe,Frank C. Partridge,Redfield Proctor,Albert B. Chandler,Charles H. Morrill,Bert Emery Merriam,John Abner Mead,Edward Mortimer Roscoe,Horatio Loomis Wait,Robert O. Bascom,Robert H. Hutchins,Roberts Walker,Myron Melvin Parker,

Residence. Recommended ~by

Barre, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

Enosburgh, Vt.

Jericho, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt.

Morrisville, Vt.

Proctor, Vt.

Proctor, Vt.

Randolph, Vt.

Randolph, Vt.

Rockingham, Vt.

Rutland, Vt.

Waterbury, Vt.

Chicago, 111.

Fort Edward, N. Y.New York City, ISi. YNew York City, N.

Washington, D. C.

W. E. Ranger.G. G. Benedict.W. E. Ranger.

T. S. Peck.T. S. Peck.T. S. Peck.

F. A. Rowland.J. A. De Boer.

F. A. Rowland.F. A. Rowland.F. A. Rowland.F. A. Rowland.J. A. De Boer.J. A. De Boer.J. A. De Boer.F. A. Rowland.F. A. Rowland.W. E. Ranger.Henry F. Field.F. A. Rowland.

T. S. Peck.W. E. Ranger.W. E. Ranger.

Henry F. Field.

W.- E. Ranger.T. S. Peck.

G. G. Benedict., E. M. Goddard.Y. T. S. Peck.

T. S. Peck.

APPENDIX B,

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

Henry F. Field, Treasurer, in account with Vermont His-torical Society.

1903 Dr. Cr.Oct. 19, To balance forward from last report $333 49

1904Jan. 4, To Cash for sale Vols. I and II Society's

Collections to J. H. Benton, Jr 5 00Oct. '03 to Oct. '04, To Cash received for mem-

bership dues, elections of 1902-3 56 00


To Cash for candidates for membership1904 , 22 00To Cash for annual dues 1903 and '04

and prepayments 101 00To Interest on deposit Montpelier Sav-

ings Bank and Trust Co 8 881903

Oct. 24, By paid Free Press Asso. bill sundryprinting $11 17

1904Jan. 5, By paid Free Press Asso. bill, report

of Com. on change of Constitution 14 00Mch. 25, By paid The Tuttle Co., 5 books re-

ceipts for treasurer 2 75

April 16, By paid Bdw. M. Goddard, bill timeand labor cleaning and moving books,pamphlets etc., and preparing maga-zines for binder 45 00

April 16, By paid B. Lee Whitney assistance to

librarian , 18 00

Sept. 30, By paid The Tuttle Co., 250 circularsfor treasurer's use 175

Oct. 24, By Balance in treasurer's hands 433 70

$526 37 $526 37

APPENDIX CREPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITU-

TION AND BY-LAWS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Montpelier, Vermont, October 20, 1903.

Hon. Geo. G. Benedict, PresidentVermont Historical Society.

The undersigned, Committee on Amendments to the Con-stitution and By-Laws, appointed at the last regular annualmeeting, as per motion on page 19, Published Proceedings of

1901-2, respectfully report that they have duly considered thematter committed to their charge and submit and recommendthe following changes and amendments:

CONSTITUTION.ARTICLE I.

Substitute the word "Active" for "Resident," so as to makethe article read as follows:

"Article I. This association shall ~be called 'The VermontHistorical Society' and shall consist of Active, Correspondingand Honorary Members."

APPENDIX. 109

(The committee advise this change because (a) many resi-

dent members have moved from the state who should remainand would like to remain active; and (b) many new membershave been elected, as a practice, who reside out of the state at

the time of such election; and (c) the distinction is best re-

moved in a practical classification of the Society's membershipat the present time.)

ARTICLE II.

Substitute the following in place of this article:

"Article II. The object of the Society shall be to discover,collect and preserve whatever relates to the material, agricul-

tural, industrial, civil, political, literary, ecclesiastical and mili-

tary history of the State of Vermont."(If the above is adopted, it will eliminate the departments

of Natural History and Horticulture, neither of which depart-ments has ever been continuously or effectively conducted andboth of which have for many years been substantially obsolete.In the judgment of your Committee, it would be found difficult

for the society to do useful work in either, even if they couldbe resurrected, while at the same time it may be noted that otherorganizations throughout the state, and especially in the workof the State University, have naturally and effectively assumedthis work in the course of the sixty-five years next followingthe organization of the Society.)

ARTICLE III.

Amend this article so as to make it read as follows:"Article III. The officers of the Society, who shall also con-

stitute its Board of Managers, to be elected annually and by bal-

lot, shall be a President, three Vice-Presidents, RecordingSecretary, two Corresponding Secretaries of foreign and domesticcorrespondence, a Librarian and Cabinet-keeper, a Treasurer anda Curator from each county in this state."

(The preceding makes no change in this article except to

provide a definition in the Constitution itself of who composethe Board of Managers, which was not there before, and it

also advises the use of a Curator from each of our fourteencounties, instead of "seven Curators from different counties inthe State." This change, we think, will conserve the purposes ofthe Society by distributing and maintaining an interested super-vision in all sections of the state.)

ARTICLE V.

Amend this article by striking out the words "with whomit shall be optional," so as to make it read as follows:

"Article V. All members, Honorary and CorrespondingMembers excepted, shall pay, on admission, the sum of two dol-

lars, and an additional sum of one dollar annually."


(Your Committee believes that Honorary Members shouldnot even have the suggestion made to them of entrance fees orannual dues and that the same may be properly omitted, also, in

the case of Corresponding Members, whom it is impossible to

solicit and who usually have not affirmatively exercised their

option in past years. The change seems further warranted if thedistinction as to Resident and Corresponding Members be discon-

tinued, according to the amendment, as recommended, in ArticleI of the Constitution, above.)

BY-LAWS.CHAPTER I, SECTION 2.

The Committee advise the elimination of this article. It

will have no force and will be quite unnecessary if Article I andArticle V of the Constitution be amended as above advised.

CHAPTER I, SECTION 4.

Number this section 3 and substitute the word "Active" for

the word "Resident" before the word "Member." This merelyfollows change of Article I of the Constitution as advised.

CHAPTER I, SECTION 5.

Number this section 4 and insert the words "time of the"before the word "annual," so as to make it read:

"4- The yearly assessment is payable at the time of the

annual meeting in October."

(This change is necessary, because (a) all members do notattend the annual meeting: (b) the Treasurer does not alwaysfind it convenient to attend; (c) the Treasurer may reside else-

where, as now, than in Montpelier; and (d) there is no reason

why dues should not be paid by check, draft, money 'order orin cash at the office of the Treasurer.)

CHAPTER II, SECTIONS 2 and 3.

Strike out both these sections, as being non-applicable if

the amendment advised of Article II, Constitution, be adopted,

discontinuing the departments of Natural History and Horti-

culture.

CHAPTER II, SECTION 5.

Insert the words, as a part of the first sentence, "com-mitted to their charge." Also strike out the concluding words,"which has been sustained since the previous meeting." Thesection will thus read:

"Sec. 8. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct all the

correspondence of the Society committed to their charge. They

APPENDIX. Ill

shall preserve on file the originals of all communications ad-

dressed to the Society and keep a fair copy of all their letters in

books furnished for that purpose. They shall read, at each

meeting, the correspondence or such abstracts from it as the

President may direct."

CHAPTER II, SECTION 7.

Strike out the words "specimens of natural history" andinsert the word "articles" before the words "and papers." Alsoinsert after the words "from the room" a comma and the words"except under such written regulations as may be supplied to

the Librarian by the Board of Managers." These changes fol-

low the omission of the department of Natural History and the

striking out of Section 2, Chapter III of the By-Laws as herein-after advised.

CHAPTER III, SECTION 2.

Strike out this section as being fully covered by the amend-ed reading for Section 7, Chapter II, By-Laws, above, relatingto the duties and responsibilties of the Librarian.


Strike out the concluding words of this section, to wit: "andsuch natural products as may illustrate the natural history of

this state." This simply follows from the other changes desig-nated in the course of this report.


Strike out this section and substitute the following:"/Sec. 7. There shall be a Public Meeting of the Society in

the year in which the Legislature sits. Such meeting shall beunder the charge and supervision of th? President, who shall

make, on such occasion the President's Address and shall alsoinvite (with such counsel as he may require from the Board ofManagers) to address the Society at such meeting, one or morespeakers, on subjects relating to the history of this state."

(The preceding will conform to the practice which has beenso admirably introduced by our distinguished President andseems much more practicable, as a standing order, than the pres-ent obsolete section of the By-Laws.)

CONCLUSION.

We discover and recommend no changes, amendments or addi-

tions, in either Constitution or By-Laws, other than the pre-ceding. In all cases the language of the old has been retainedwith but slight modification. We request consideration of thesesuggestions at the present meeting of the Society, in orderthat notice of any amendments may be duly given, as required


by Article VII of the Constitution, and to insure action thereonat the annual meeting in 1904. It is our best judgment that the

adoption of these amendments will prove of service to the Soci-

ety, considering our changed conditions and circumstances, as

compared with those existing in 1838. At the same time,we submit this report with full acceptance of the words usedby the Board of Managers in 1902: "We do not fail to recog-nize the wise, honorable and patriotic purposes of the Society'sfounders in all the provisions of the Constitution and By-Lawsas they exist to-day," and we record to their memory our rever-ence and affection for their unselfish labors in the honor of theirState.

Yours very respectfully,JOSEPH A. DE BOEE,HIBAM CARLETON,PEED A. ROWLAND,

Committee.

,:APPENDIX a

LIST OF NEW MEMBERS OF THE VERMONT HISTORICALSOCIETY ELECTED OCTOBER 27, 1904.

Name. Residence. Recommended by

Fletcher D. Proctor, Proctor, Vt Fred A.John L. Southwick, Burlington, Vt. G. G.Nelson Wilbur Fisk, Isle La Motte, Vt. G. G.John H. Merrifield, Newfane, Vt. Fred A.Edward Harrington Deavitt, Montpelier, Vt. EdwardEdward Park Coleman,Henry Otis Carpenter,Walter A. Button,Leighton P. Slack,Edward Aaron Davis,George H. Prouty,Charles Downer,Thos. Chas. Cheney,Dan Deming Burditt,John L. Bacon,Horace French Graham,C. J. Bell,Clarke C. Fitts,

Henry Ballard,Herbert H. Blanchard,Allen M. Fletcher,Rev. Chas, Huntington Pennoyer, Springfield, Vt.

John Nelson Harvey, Montpelier, Vt.

William H. Jeffrey, Burke, Vt.

Montpelier, Vt. Fred A.

Rutland, Vt. EdwardHardwick, Vt. Fred A.St. Johnsbury, Vt. Fred A.

Bethel, Vt. Fred A.

Newport, Vt. Fred A.

Sharon, Vt. Fred A.

Morrisville, Vt. Fred A.

Pittsford, Vt. Fred A.

Hartford, Vt. Fred A.

Craftsbury, Vt. Fred A.

Walden, Vt. Fred A.

Brattleboro, Vt. Fred A.

Burlington, Vt. Wm. B. C.

Springfield, Vt. K. M.Cavendish, Vt. Fred A.

Fred A.E. M.

Fred A.

Howland.Benedict.Benedict.Howland.D. Field.

Howland.D. Field.

Howland.'Howland.Howland.Howland,Howland.Howland.Howland.Howland.Howland.Howland.Howland.Stickney.Goddard.Howland.

Howland.Goddard.Howland.

APPENDIX. 113

Rt. Rev. John Stephen

Lyman S. Hayes,William Walter Husband,Clayton Nelson North,William Lorenzo QuimbyWade Keyes,Ned Lewis Sheldon,William Craig,Isaiah R. Clark,E. N. Foss,Arthur L. Robinson,Chas. Kimball Darling,Elmer E. Silver,Porter H. Dale,Frederick Salmon Pease,S. Hollister Jackson,Albert Tuttle,W. A. Shaw,Hamilton Sullivan Peck,Willard Bean Howe,Walter Benton Gates,

Michaud,Burlington, Vt. G. G. Benedict.Bellows Falls, Vt. E. M. Goddard.

Montpelier, Vt. Edward D. Field.

Shoreham, Vt. Elmer Barnum.Brookline, Mass. Josiah H. Benton.

Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Maiden, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Boston, Mass.

Brighton, Vt.

Burlington, Vt.

Barre, Vt.

J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.J. H. Benton.

G. G. Benedict.G. G. Benedict.

Fred A. Howland.Fair Haven, Vt. Fred A. Howland.Northfield, Vt. Geo. W. Wing.Burlington, Vt. G. G. Benedict.

Burlington, Vt. G. G. Benedict.

Burlington, Vt. G. G. Benedict.G. G. Benedict.Franklin George Butterfield, Derby, Vt.

APPENDIX E.

MAX SEVERANCE COLLECTION OF PHILIPPINE CURIOS.

Three Moro shields, Campilan, Moro armor, 2 Moro manu-scripts, 2 Kris, Bolo, Tom torn, Moro dress, 5 Moro daggers, 2

Kris daggers, Moro mirror, Beaten silver tobacco box, Carvedbamboo box, 2 Inlaid boxes for betel nut, Lime for the betel

nut, Moro cartridge belt.

ROBINSON COLLECTION OF REVOLUTIONARY AND OTHERRELICS.

Camp Kettle of Col. Frederick Baum, taken at the Battleof Bennington.

Col. Baum's sword, taken from him when wounded on theBennington battle field.

Two red coats worn by British soldiers when in the Benning-ton battle.

Two cannon balls plowed up on the Bennington battlefield.

Bullet moulds used in 1777 for casting bullets for theAmerican soldiers at the Battle of Bennington.

A soldier's skull dug up on the Bennington battle field.

The front doors of the Catamount Tavern.A stone with the inscription "Council Room," which was

over the fire-place in the council room in the Catamount Tavern.


A ledger used in the Catamount Tavern which contains anaccount against Col. Ethan Allen.

A sword used in the Battle of Plattsburg.A bomb shell found between Fort George and Fort William

Henry.Numerous old documents signed by Vermont Governors.Old Vermont Gazette, Rutland Herald, etc.

APPENDIX F.

ADDISON.

Lieut. Benjamin AdamsDaniel ChampionSylvanus ChapinCapt. CookLieut. Benjamin EverestCapt. Zadock EverestMaj. T. Woodford

ALBANY.Joshua Johnson

ANDOVER.

Ebenezer CoxReuben Kendall

ALBUKG.

William Bell

Capt. Benjamin MarvinMatthew Niles

ATHENS.

Seth OaksJosiah PowersJames Shafter

BARNARD.

Solomon AikensJames AllenLemuel AshleyAbel BabbittThomas Badford

Elijah BarnesMoses BeldenAmos BicknellGideon BillingsAaron BlanchardJoseph BowmanEphraim BriggsAsa BrighamMatthew BrownJoseph ChamberlinBenjamin ClappEbenezer CoxGeorge CoxShiverick CrowellJohn CummingsJoel DavisSeth DeanBenjamin EastmanTimothy EastmanJohn Ellis

Joseph Ellis

Aaron FayCalvin FairbanksJohn FishJohn Foster

Joseph FosterThomas FreemanRoger FrenchJohn GambelNathaniel HaskellJesse KinneyJacob LawtonJacob LearnedEnoch LeonardEbenezer LewisJonathan LuceMoses LurveyGideon Newton

APPENDIX. 115

John NewtonTimothy NewtonAsa PaigeGeorge PaigeNathaniel PaigeAmaziah RichmondLemuel RichmondNathaniel RichmondWalker RichmondDaniel SharpeChristopher SmithStewart SouthgateAndrew StevensLieut. Elias StevensAsa WhitcombJabez WightJonathan WightNathaniel WightThomas M. Wright

BABNET.

Joseph BonettThomas ClarkGeorge GibsonJoseph GoodwillieAmasa GroutDaniel HallArchibald HarveyThomas HaseltineWilliam JohnsonJohn McLarenJames OrrBartholomew SomersCaleb Stiles

Sergt. William StrobridgeWilliam Tice

WilsonJohn Woods

BABBE.

Zebedie BeckleyMaj. William BradfordJames BritonAbel CampGould CampLieut. Lemuel ClarkFrancis DavisNathaniel Brown DodgeWarren Ellis

Nathan HarringtonAbijah HoldenNathaniel HoldenSerg't Jonas NicholsRobert ParkerAsahel PatersonCapt. Asaph ShermanNathaniel ShermanMolton StacyAdolphus ThurstonLieut. Benjamin Walker

BABTON.

John MerriamSerg't Samuel Wells

BELLOWS FALLS.

Charles Church

BENNINGTON.

Hezekiah ArmstrongHopestil ArmstrongJames BushnellRobert BlairNathan Clark, Jr.

John CrawfordElijah DeweyDavid FayElijah FayJohn FayJonas FayNathaniel FillmoreJosiah Fuller

Anthony HaswellEleazer HawksSimeon HathawayThomas HendersonCapt. Samuel HerrickAaron HubbellElnathan HubbellJohn NortonShadrack NortonDavid RobinsonJoseph RobinsonMoses RobinsonSamuel RobinsonJoseph RuddEphraim SmithHenry Walbridge


Isaac WebsterJoseph Wickwire

BENSON.

Abel BaconCapt. William BarberChristopher BatesJohn CarterJonah CarterSolomon ChittendenLieut. Stephen Crofoot

Capt. Joel DickinsonSerg't John DunningWalter DurfeeCapt. William FordSolomon GibbsAllen GoodrichLieut. Caleb GoodrichSimeon GoodrichThomas Goodrich.Benoni GleasonJacob GleasonMaj. Osias JohnsonWilliam JonesRev. Dan KentAllen LeetWilliam ManningLieut. Solomon MartinJames NobleAmos Root, Jr.

John StearnsAsahel Stiles

Jacob ThomasReuben Wilkenson

BERKSHIRE.

Elias BabcockJob L. BarberCapt. Phineas HeathWilliam LarrabeeCapt. David NuttingMaj. Stephen RoyceBenjamin B. Searles

BERLIN.

Richard BaileyNathaniel BosworthJames BramanWilliam FlaggJohn Flanders

Joseph GoodenowSerg't David NyeElijah NyeSolomon NyeJames ParleyZachariah PerrinStephen PersonCapt. James SawyerThomas SpearsCapt. Daniel TaylorAbraham Townsend

BETHEL.

Silas AdamsSerg't Elisha A. FowleiJames HuntingtonThomas McKnightJohn MoodySylvanus OwenSamuel PaineJonathan RiceGodfrey RichardsonWilliam Wight

BOLTON.

Samuel BarnetJohn Kennedy

BRAINTREE.

Serg't Samuel BassEnoch ClevelandExter DolebyDaniel Flint

Serg't Jonathan FlintPhineas Flint

Elijah FrenchJohn GoochSeth MannLieut. Isaac NicholsDavid SmithJeremiah SnowEbenezer White

BRADFORD.

Samuel AspinwallTheodore BarkerCol. John BarrenBliss CorlissEmerson Corliss

APPENDIX. 117

Capt. Robert HunkinsReuben MartinJames McFarlin

BRANDON.

Jonas BagleySamuel BurnellEdward CheneyJacob FarringtonJoshua FieldNathan FlintDavid Jacobs

Philip JonesJabez LyonJohn McCollomDavid MerriamRoger StarkweatherJedediah Winslow

BRATTLEBOBO.

John AlexanderThomas AckleyJohn BarnesSamuel BennettJoel BolsterWilliam Butterfield

Benjamin ChamberlainOliver ChapinReuben ChurchJabez ClarkJames DennisBenajah DudleyObadiah Gill

Daniel HarrisSalathiel HarrisWilliam HarrisElisha HotchkissBromer JenksElias JonesIncome JonesIsrael JonesOliver JonesLieut. Joseph JoyJohn KelseyCushing KingIchabod KingWilliam KingThaddeus MillerIsaac Pratt

Serg't Hezekiah SalisburyNathaniel SampsonSylvanus SartwellLevi ShumwayThomas SimpsonLemuel ThompsonRoyall TylerSamuel WellingtonDavid Wells

BEIDQEWATER.

Jonathan Capron

BBIDPOBT.

Abraham Lawrence

Capt. Benjamin MinerDavid WhitneyJames Wilcox

BRISTOL.

Serg't John BushLieut. Amaziah HawkinsSerg't Robert HolleyHenry McLaughlinCapt. Gurden Munsill

BROOKLINE.

Daniel BensonEbenezer HarwoodSamuel RistJotham Stebbins

Timothy WellmanRichard WhitneyJonathan Wooley

BROOKFIELD.

Samuel BagleySerg't Asahel DurkeeAmasa EdsonAmaziah GroverJohn LindeJoseph MorseNoah. PaineEdmund PeaseJohn SladeCapt. Solomon Smith


Elisha WilcoxGershom York

BRUNSWICK.

Philip GrapesNathaniel Wait

BURLINGTON.

Col. Ebenezer AllenGen. Ethan AllenHeman Allen

Capt. Lemuel BradleyCapt. Alexander CatlinDr. Seth ColeGen. Roger EnosCol. Udny HayComfort HicksCapt. Jesse Hollister

Capt. Russell JonesSamuel PageCol. Stephen PearlJohn PomeroyCol. Nathan RiceSerg't David Russell

Capt. Benjamin RussellStephen RussellCapt. William RussellJames SawyerJohn Stacy

CABOT.

Lieut. David BlanchardTrueworthy DurginNathan EdsonJonathan HeathStarling HeathMaj. Lyman HitchcockLieut. Fifleld LyfordLieut. Thomas LyfordJerry McDanielsThomas OsgoodSamuel WarnerNathaniel WebsterLieut. John Whittier

CALAIS.

William AbbottWelcome Ainsworth

John Battist

Joshua Bliss

Jonas CousinsSeth DoanDavid FullerBackus GaryEbenezer GoodenoughStephen HallMoses HaskellNathaniel JacobsFrancis Le BarrenJob MacomberJohn MartinPhineas SlaytonJesse SlaytonShubael ShorttEzekiel SloanRichard RingeSerg't Samuel WhiteAsa WheelockEdmund WillisDuncan Young

CAMBRIDGE.

Jonah Brewst^rCapt. Frank GreeneElias GreeneNathaniel ReadDavid Safford

CASTLETON.

Darius BranchLieut. Rufus BranchCol. Isaac markEli CoggswellPeter CogswellJonathan DunningCyrus Gates

Capt. John HallLieut. Elias HallNehemiah HoitCol. Noah LeeZadock Remington

CAVENDISH.

Timothy FulhamJohn Spaulding

APPENDIX. 119

CHARLOTTE.

Lieut. Joseph AllenSamuel AndrewsLamberton ClarkLevi CoggswellSamuel HadlockJames Hill

Serg't Daniel HosfordDavid HubbellPhineas LakeSkiff MorganAsa NaramoreElisha PulfordNewton RussellIsrael SheldonJoseph SimondsEzra Wormwood

CHELSEA.

Ebenezer AllenLaban BrownSerg't Jonas GatesSamuel HaywardSamuel LincolnThomas MooreEnos SmithElkanah Stevens

CHITTENDEN.

CHESTEE.

George EarlDaniel Heald

CLARENDON.

Lieut. Samuel AllenWilliam CarpenterMoses ChaplinLevi ColvinZebulon CraneWilliam GrossmanDavid DeanJames EddyJoseph FieldsBenjamin FosterTheophilus Harrington

Gideon HewittDr. Silas HodgesNathan LounsburySamuel NewtonJohn SmithPerry SmithAbel TitusLieut. Col. Joseph WaitSerg't Richard WeaverSilas Whitney

COLCHESTER.

Elisha Allen

CONCORD.

David HibbardMicah PerryJonathan Woodbury

CORINTH.

Ebenezer BarryAmos BoardmanJeremiah BowenAbel JackmanPeter V. MahewReuben PageDaniel StevensBracket Towle

CORNWALL.

Seth AbbottRoger AmyEldad AndrusZachariah BenedictFelix BentonJeremiah BinghamSamuel BlodgettAbijah DavisBenajah DouglassDaniel FootHiland HallAmbrose Hill

Stephen HolleyElisha HurlburtWilliam HurlburtSamuel IngrahamNathan JacksonJonathan JenningsIsrael C. Jones


David ParkhillJacob PeckLieut. Benjamin ReeveSamuel RichardsWilliam SladeEbenezer Stebbins

Benjamin StevensCalvin TildenAbraham WilliamsonMoses Wooster

COVENTEY.

Amasa Wheelock

DANBY.

Ephraim BriggsJohn BrockJohn BromleyJoshua Bromley

'

William BromleyRufus BucklinCapt. John BurtJoseph ButtonCapt. Stephen CalkinsDennis CanfieldAbraham ChaseJonathan CrandallDavid ComstockObadiah EdmundsBenedict EgglestonHenry FrostCapt. William GageIsrael HarringtonThomas HarringtonHenry HerrickHenry LewisPeter LewisElisha LincolnDarius LobdellLieut. Abraham LockeJonathan MabbittEphraim MalloryJabeth MattesonGideon W. MoodyLieut. John MottIsrael PhillipsIsrael PriestIsaac ReedWilliam RobertsJoseph Ross

Israel SeleyJonathan SeleyGideon TaberWater TaberCapt. Micah Vail

Capt. John VailIsaac WadeCapt. Ebenezer Wilson

DANVILLE.

Eli BickfordJacob ChamberlainSamuel Chamberlain, Jr.

DOESET.

Jonathan ArmstrongReuben BloomerJonathan CrandallJustus HolleyWilliam ManleyStephen MartindaleCephas KentCephas Kent, Jr.

Prince PaddockCapt. John ShumwayMaj. Simeon SmithNathaniel Viall

Capt. Abraham Underbill

DOVEE.

Serg't Elijah BaldwinJoseph BriggsDavid DexterGamaliel Ellis

William HallSamuel Hill

Gardner HoweJoshua KendallDavid LeonardAbner PerryEbenezer SearsEbenezer SparksLuther WardTimothy Wood

DUMMEBSTON.

Nathan AdamsJoseph BemisJoshua Bemis

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David BennettStewart BlackIsaac BoydenMaj. Josiah BoydenEbenezer BrooksElijah BrownElijah BuckJabez ButlerJohn BurnhamJames ChaseWilliam CummingsJason DuncanAsa DuttonBenjamin EstabrookWilliam FrenchDaniel GatesElijah GibbsJoseph Gilbert

Benjamin GleasonJohn GouldJames HanleyJoseph HilliardArad HoltonDaniel HoughtonSeth HudsonJonathan HuntleyJosiah KelloggJoel KnightJonathan KnightJohn LaughtonNathaniel LaughtonSamuel LaughtonDaniel LesterSerg't Calvin MunnCapt. Isaac MillerJohn Miller

Maj. Joseph MillerJohn NegusSamuel NorcrossBenjamin PierceElkanah PrenticeLemuel PressonLieut. Leonard SpauldingIsaac TaylorJoshua WilderLieut. John Wyman

DUXBUBY.

Serg't John CabotBenjamin Davis

David PhelpsSamuel Ridley

EAST MONTPEIJEB.

Enoch CateTheophilus ClarkRoland EdwardsSerg't John GrayJob MacomberElias MetcalfJohn PutnamDavid RussellDaniel RussellJoshua SandersSamuel SouthwickClark StevensHezekiah TinkhamEdward WestSamuel White

ELMOBE.

Col. Samuel Elmore

ENOSBUBG.

William BoydJacob BakerWilliam, CragieEbenezer DunhamSeth DenioEphraim LeachJames HallJohn PerleyNathaniel ShermanMaj. Benjamin Williams

ESSEX.

Jonathan BixbyLieut. Samuel BradleyStephen ButlerThomas ChipmanGideon CurtisDavid DayWilliam IngrahamAbram Stevens

FAIRFAX.

Briar BeemanPhilip Blaisdell


Josiah BrushAnthony ClineJames CrisseyStephen EnglandAsa FarnsworthJames FarnsworthOliver FarnsworthOliver FarweUJonathan GeorgeEdmund GoodrichStephen HowardStephen HolmesArad JayJames KeelerZelda KeyesHampton LovegroveJonathan MajorJedediah Merrill

Joseph MerrillNathan MurrayBrigham RoodJoseph StarkweatherThomas StickneyJacob StoryBernard WardIsaac WebsterRobert Wilkins

FAIBFIELD.

Josiah BriggsSerg't John ColburnJohn B. MitchellPhinehas PageMedad ParsonFrancis StoryOscar WilsonBenjamin Wooster

FAIB HAVEN.

Jacob BarnesJonathan CadySolomon Cleaveland

Serg't Isaac CutlerAlexander DunohueWilliam ButtonEzra HamiltonOliver KidderGamaliel LeonardNoah Priest

Serg't Ethan WhippleDr. James Witherell

FAIELEE.

Francis ChurchillLieut. Ebenezer CookBenjamin Follett

Samuel WoodsAsa Woodward

FAYSTON.

Ebenezer Cutler

Joseph MarbleJesse MixWilliam Wait

FEBEISBUBG.

Reuben MartinNoah Porter

FLETCHER.

Thomas L. Munsil

Briggs Rood

FRANKLIN.

Maj. Leonard KeepCol. Ebenezer MarvinCapt. Lemual RobertsWilliam SiscoJames StevensonReuben Towle

GEORGIA.

Elisha Bartlett

Samuel Bartlett

Frederick CushmanAbram Laflin

Abel ParkerAbel Pierce 2ndWilliam PostEthiel Scott

Joseph Stannard

GLASTENBUBY.

Joshua Elwell

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GOSHEN.

Phineas BloodJames CowenReuben GrandeyAbiather Pollard

GBAND ISLE.

Isaac AdamsJoseph AdamsLieut. Samuel Allen, Jr.

Ephraim Duell

Serg't Alpheus HallWilliam HazenWilliam HodgkinsElijah HydeJedediah HydeGrindal ReynoldsDaniel Wadsworth

GBANVILLE.

Isaac CadyLevi Ball

GBOTON.

Abraham AlexanderDavid BachelderEbenezer BachelderJeremiah BachelderDominicus GrayJesse HeathJonathan MacomberSamuel RandallEdmund Welch

GUILFOBD.

Benjamin CarpenterDavid FieldElisha FieldJohn KentJohn Shepardson

HALIFAX.

Thomas FarnsworthSerg't Samuel Stafford

HANCOCK.

Obadiah Lamb

HABDWICK.

Capt. John DoeGossSinclair

Serg't John StevensAndrew Wheatley

HABTFOBD.

Samuel BaileySherebiah BallardWilliam ChamplinNathan CobbJoseph FennoSeth Fuller

Joseph GallupRoger HuntingtonElijah KibbieChristopher PeaseBurphy ProutyPhineas RussStephen TildenElisha WoodardWilliam WhitmanDr. James Wolcott

HABTLAND.

Amasa BryantJoseph EvansJohn OrcuttSergt. Jeremiah RichardsonMoses Webster

HIGHGATE.

Ebenezer ChamberlinJohn E. JohnsonSerg't Benjamin Story MeigsMatthew MorehouseNathan Record

HINESBUBGH.

David BeachGeorge Palmer

HUBBABDTON.

John ChurchillSamuel ChurchillSilas Churchill


Frederick DikemanCapt. Benjamin HickokRev. Ithamer HibbardJohn RumseyWilliam RumseyJonathan SlaysonSerg't Asahel WrightCapt. James Whelpley

HUNTINGTON.

James AmblerEbenezer AmblerSerg't Solomon BuelCharles BrewsterBenjamin DerbyJohn FitchBenjamin HollyJehiel JohnsJoshua RemingtonJacob Snyder

HYDE EABK.

Thomas CooteSamuel EatonDarius FitchCapt. Jabez FitchEphraim GarvinJacob HadleyCapt. Jedediah HydeLieut. Aaron KeelerCapt. Peter MartinAmos McKinstryJabez NewlandOliver NoyesRoger Toothaker

IRA.

{Salmon KingsleyJason NewtonDavid ParkerPeter ParkerNathaniel Wilmarth

ISLE LA MOTTE.

Daniel BixbySerg't William BlanchardSerg't John FaddenNathaniel Hall

Caleb HillAbram KnappEzra PikeElisha E. ReynoldsHenry ScottSeth StrongGardner WaitJoseph WillamsWilliam Wilsey

JERICHO.

Thomas BarneyLewis ChapinJohn LymanRoderick Messenger

JOHNSON.

Samuel Eaton

LEICESTER.

Serg't John BarkerCapt. Thomas SawyerStephen SparksJoseph Swinington

LINCOLN.

Owen BriggsWolcot BurnhamEbenezer DurfyThomas Lee

LONDONDERRY.

Edward AikenBarach BolsterWilliam CoxSamuel DavisHollis EatonJohn HaseySamuel HaywardJohn Patterson

Benjamin PierceThomas ReedNathaniel ShattuckJohn Warner

LOWELL.

Hosea Sprague

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UJNENBUB<ffl.

Aaron AmesEbenezer BelknapWarren CookZerubbabel EagerLevi FaySamuel GatesFranklin Littlefleld

Samuel PhelpsMoses QuimbyLieut. RiceJohn Whipple

LYNDON.

Serg't Abel CarpenterWilliam Harvey

MANCHESTEE.

Daniel AbbottJohn AbbottJonathan AikenJohn AllenJonathan AllenJosiah AllenSeth AllenDavid AndersonJames AndersonRobert AndersonDaniel ArnoldJohn AustinAbsalom BakerJoseph BaKerEleazer BaldwinDaniel BarberGideon BarberSamuel BartoBenjamin BearsLewis BeebeWilliam BedelNathan BemanSamuel BemanJonathan BenedictSamuel BenedictWilliam BennettSamuel BineyCapt. Peter BlackElijah Bliss

Timothy Bliss

Elijah Blodgett

Bernard BournJared BournNathaniel BournArthur BostwickIsrael BostwickNathaniel BostwickJonathan BoydenChristopher BrackettJames BreakenridgeCapt. Allen BriggsDavid BrooksAsa BrownsonEli BrownsonThomas BullThomas Bull, Jr.

Joseph BulkleyCharles Bullis

Henry Bullis

Beverly BurchJoseph BurrElijah BurtonIsaac Burton, Jr.

Josiah BurtonJames CadwellAbner ChaffeeDaniel ChampionCalvin ChamberlinAmos ChipmanEbenezer ClarkJosiah ClarkRobert CochranElijah CookElisha CookCharles Collins

Christopher Collins

Nathaniel Collins

Richard ColvinJonathan CoreyJames CowdenHall CurtisDavid CuttingJohn DaggettShadrack DanksJob DeanEliakim DeningWilliam DrewNathan EatonJames EddyJohn Elliot

John Ells


Waterman EllsAbel EmmonsZadock EverestStephen FarmanThomas FarrAsa FarrandBenjamin FassettJohn Fassett, Jr.

David FayJoseph FayJohn ForbesRoswell FrancisThomas FrenchElijah FrenchJoseph FrenchSamuel FrenchSilas GoodrichZebedee GoodwinWilliam GouldJesse GravesThaddeus HarrisJohn HarrisJohn HageboomBarnabas HatchCornelius HavensEdward HendersonThomas Hill

William HillSimeon HineDavid HixCapt. Elijah HollisterJohn HopkinsJohn HowardSamuel HullJames JamesonDaniel JonesDavid JonesJohn LangdonLoren LarkinJoseph LarkinsDavid LeavenworthDavid LeeDavid Lee, Jr.

James LewisJosiah LockwoodHugh LoganJohn LoganRobert LoganBenjamin MclntyreJoseph Mclntyre

Isaac MarksAaron MasonBenjamin MattesonJames MeadPhilip MeadTimothy MeadTimothy Mead, Jr.

Truman MeadZebulon MeadDaniel MerrimanDaniel MillerNoah MorseRufus MunsonThaddeus MunsonJames MurdockRobert NicholasJacob OdellWilliam OdelGideon OlmsteadDaniel OrmsbyGideon OrmsbyJonathan OrmsbyJohn PageJonathan PageTimothy PearlAbel PettiboneSamuel PettiboneSeth PettiboneAbel PhelpsMartin PowellTruman PowellBenjamin PurdyBenjamin Purdy, Jr.

Daniel PurdyDavid PurdyReuben PurdySolomon PurdyWilliam RamseyPhilip ReynoldsAmos RichardsonAndrew RichardsonJohn RichardsonNathan RichardsonSerg't Israel RoachBenjamin RobertsChristopher RobertsDaniel RobertsJohn RobertsPeter RobertsWilliam Roberts

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Samuel RobinsonJoel RossWilliam RossJohn SabinJesse SawyerAaron SaxtonGeorge SaxtonJohn SayerJohn ScottDaniel ShawJosiah SheldonTimothy SkinnerAbraham SmithFrederick SmithGeorge SmithIsaac SmithJohn SmithJohn Smith, Jr.

Nathan SmithNoah SmithReuben SmithSeth SmithStephen SmithMordecai SoperPelatiah SoperSolomon SoperThomas SoperTimothy SoperMoses SperryJohn StewartWallace SunderlandJames SutherlandJohn SutherlandLena SutherlandSamuel SutherlandJonathan TaylorMoses TaylorEzra ThompsonDavid Tuttle

Benjamin VaughanJames VaughnSamuel ViallJeremiah WaitThomas WaitPerez WaltonCapt. WakefieldSerg't Ebenezer WakefieldStephen WashburneGiles WalcottIsaac Whipley

Jeremiah WhipleyJohn WhiteSamuel WilcoxStephen WilcoxEdmund WoodNicholas WoodEnoch WoodbridgeJohn WoodworthJohn WrightSamuel Wright

MAELBOBO.

Thomas AdamsJustus AingusZarager Bartlett

Sylvester BishopElijah BruceJohn ChurchTimothy MatherTimothy TomlinJonathan WarrenWilliam WilliamsNathaniel Whitney

MABSHFlfiLD.

Jacob BlackDaniel BemisNathaniel CorbinJonas CummingsHenry DwinellJoseph J. EatonJohn PikeJonathan Willis

MIDDLEBUBT.

Harvey BellEleazer BarrowsNathan CaseJohn ChipmanDavid ChaffenEdward EelsFreeman FootMartin FootPhilip FootBethuel GoodrichLieut. Stephen GoodrichWilliam GoodrichLebbeus Harris


Aaron HastingsEben W. JuddAbraham KirbyHenry KeelerEbenezer MarkhamTimothy MathewsSamuel MattocksGamaliel PainterJonathan PrestonJabez RogersJohn StewartEbenezer Sumner

MIDDLESEX.

Joseph ChapinCyrus HillJames HobartJoseph HutchinsSeth Putnam

Sloan

MIDDLETOWN SPBINGS.

Gideon BuelJohn BurnhamHezekiah CliftPeter CrockerPhineas CloughThomas CloughDavid EnosLuther FilmoreSerg't David GriswoldJonathan GriswoldBenjamin HaskinsJonathan HaynesJonathan HaysBenjamin HuckinsElisha HutchinsGeorge KilbournThomas KorganThomas MorganAzor PerryEzekiel PerryFrancis PerkinsPhilo StoddardCaleb SmithSerg't Joseph SpaldingDavid ThomasJohn Woodworth

MILTON.

David AustinJoseph AustinAlpheus HallWilliam A. NewmanWilliam Powell

MONKTON.

Ashbel DeanJosiah LawrenceDavid RuscoWilliam PeckAbel PeckSerg't John Phinney

MONTGOMERY.

Capt. Joshua Clapp

MONTPELIEB.

Jacob DavisPerley DavisAaron GriswoldEstis HatchMicah HatchTimothy HatchLuther KingIram NyeRichard PaineSamuel PattersonEliakim D. PersonsCapt. Stephen RichReuben Russell

Joseph WoodworthZiba WoodworthTimothy Worth

MOEEISTOWN.

Joseph BurkeSamuel CookNathan GatesCrispus ShawMoses Weld

MOUNT HOLLY.

Ebenezer AndrewsJonas Holden

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MOBETOWN.

Reuben HanksBissell Phelps

MORGAN.

Samuel Elliott

Jacob Taylor

MOUNT TABOE.

Serg't James HathawayIra MoultonWalter Taber

NEWBURY.

Bancroft AbbottNathan AveryJohn Barnett

Frye BayleyJacob BayleyGen. Jacob BayleyJames BayleyCapt. John G. BayleyMaj. Joshua BayleyCapt. Jabez Bigelov/-

Peletiah Bliss

Thomas BrockAbiel ChamberlinSergt. Joseph ChamberlinMoses ChamberlinRemembrance ChamberlinRichard ChamberlinAsa CoburnJoel CorbeeWilliam DoeJohn EatonAbner FowlerJacob FowlerLieut. Jonathan GoodwinJonathan HadleyNehemiah HadleyCol. Joab Hoisington

Capt. Lemuel HolmesCol. Robert Johnston

Capt. Thomas JohnsonCol. Jacob KentJacob Kent, Jr.

Capt. Nehemah Lovewell

Peter Martin

Thomas MellenJohn Mills

John Mills, Jr.

William PeachGideon SmithCapt. Simeon Stevens

William WallacePeletiah Watson

NEWFANE.

Ebenezer Allen

David AngerWard EagerLieut. Jonathan ParkDaniel PhillipsNathaniel StedmanRobert Timson

NEW HAVEN.

Abram S. AbbottLieut. BaldwinAmos BirdGeorge W. Bisbee

Solomon BrownMartin CraneThomas DickinsonMartin EnoAlonzo H. Field

Capt. Nathaniel Hall

Jonathan HoytSeth HoytSeth LangdonMathen PhelpsSimeon PorterWilliam SeymourGeorge E. SmithNathan SmithJosiah TaylorAugustus TrippJesse WardPreserved WheelerCapt. William Wheeler

NEWPORT.

John Niles

NORTHFIELD.

Noah BensonEbenezer Fox


Joseph GoldDavid HedgesJohn LoydEleazer NicholsSilas RoysAnanias TubbsSerg't Jason Winch

NORTH HEBO.

Samuel AllenElisha HibbardNathan HutchinsNathan Hutchins, Jr.Jedediah P. Ladd

NORWICH.

Elihu BaxterCapt. Paul BrighamJoseph CushmanJoseph Cummins *

Peter Olcott

Joseph LovelandTimothy Wilmot

ORANGE.

Alden FreemanSimeon JudkinsCapt. Nelson

ORWELL.

Apollos AustinElias BascomSeth BensonEphraim BloodArchibald BrewerSamuel BrewerDaniel BuellLemuel ClarkJames ConkeySamuel GriswoldEbenezer HulburdWheeler MartinJohn NobleSimeon NorthJohn PepperJacob PerkinsEli RootJonas RoycePliny Smith

Timothy SquierN. Richardson Stoddard

PAWLET.

Gideon AdamsJoseph AdamsJohn AllenNehemiah AllenParmelee Allen

Timothy Allen, Jr.

Elisha AverillLieut. Samuel BordenAaron BennettSalah BettsRoswell BennettChristopher BillingsDavid BlakelyDaniel BranchEbenezer BroughtonElijah BrownNathaniel CarverOliver ChurchillElisha ClarkRobert CoxAsa DenisonJedediah EdgertonJacob EdgertonCapt. Simeon EdgertonSerg't Abiather EvansWilliam FitchGideon GiffordEbenezer Gillia

Ebenezer GouldEzekiel HarmonSerg't Nathaniel HillAsahel HollisterLieut. Elijah HollisterJunett Hollister

Capt. James HopkinsDaniel Hallett

Buckley HutchinsSilas JonesOliver LoomisJames LeachJudah Moffitt

Serg't Josiah MonroeSimeon PepperMaj. Moses PorterCapt. William, PotterCapt. James Pratt

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Samuel Pratt

Joseph PriestJedediah ReedIsaac ReedSimeon ReedJohn RisdenDaniel RisdonAbel RobinsonEphraim RobinsonSerg't John SargentGeorge RushCapt. John Start

Serg't Peter StevensSamuel StrattonNathaniel RobinsonJacob SylusLieut. Eliel ToddSeth VietsLieut. Daniel WelchNathan WilliamsDavid WilleyAndrew WinchesterJohn WisemanJohn WoodHenry Wooster

PANTON.

Peter FerrisEdward GrandyElijah GrandyBenjamin HolcombPhilip SpaldingPhineas Spalding, Jr.

PEACHAM.

Samuel ChamberlainWilliam ChamberlainJonathan Elkins

PITTSFIELD.

Luther Fairbanks

PITTSFOBD.

John BarnesIsrael BuckIsaac BuckIsaac Buck, Jr.

Capt. Benjamin CooleyCaleb Cooley

Gideon CooleyWilliam CoxDarius CrippenSerg't Jonathan DemingNoadiah DemingEbenezer DruryLuther DruryEphraim DunlapIsrael EllsworthSamuel EllsworthJohn HitchcockAsahel HopkinsEbenezer HopkinsJames HopkinsNehemiah HopkinsEbenezer LymanStephen MeadSilas MosherJabez OlmsteadAbdon OwenAbraham OwenEdward OwenAaron ParsonsJohn Penfield

Serg't Milton PotterZachariah RandZachariah Rand, Jr.

Jonathan Rowley, Jr.

Abel StevensBenjamin Stevens

Benjamin Stevens, Jr.

Daniel StevensEphraim StevensSamuel SheldonJohn Woodward

PLAINFIELD.

John BancroftSolomon BartlettLieut. Joshua LawrenceMoses Reed

POMFEET.

Abial BugbeeWilliam ClementsJeremiah ConantNathaniel CarpenterSerg't John DexterDexter HawkinsIncrease Hewitt


Adam HowardJoshua LazelleJohn MillerAbiel MorseRobert PerryJeremiah PrattSamuel SnowThomas VailCharles WalcottFrederic WareWilliam Watrous

PLYMOUTH.

Francis Akeley

POWNAL.

Josiah WrightSamuel Wright

POULTNEff.

Maj. Heber Allen

Capt. Elkanah AshleyThomas AshleyJeremiah ArmstrongWilliam BucklandStephen De Maranville

Maj. Zebudiah DeweyBazaleel FarnumCapt. John GrantJames HookerThomas HookerWilliam HookerNehemiah HoweSilas HoweAbel HubbardLindley JoslinJosiah LewisWilliam LewisDaniel MalloryDaniel ManningJoseph ManningIchabod Marshall

Joseph MarshallJohn OwenSamuel Prindle

Joseph RannJohn RichardsZebulon RichardsSeth Ruggles

Lieut. James SmithJesse SoperCapt. William WatsonWilliam WoodOliver Wright

PUTNEY.

Daniel AdamsDavid BrownSeth CoreyAbram HoughtonElijah HoughtonJoshua HydeZenas HydeDaniel JewettElisha JohnsonMoses Johnson

KathanSerg't Daniel MartinAaron M. MartinIsaac PalmerJohn SmithEzekiel PierceLieut. John StoversJames UphamGeorge WareEzekiel WilsonLuke Wilson

RANDOLPH.

Benjamin BlodgettHenry BlodgettSylvanus BlodgettJacob CobbWilliam CorleyStephen FishLieut. John GossDavid GreenDavid GrowDyer HebardStephen HerrickJoseph HobartElisha LilleyJohn MclntyreNathan NyeSolomon OrcuttJacob ParishAdonijah RogersJames Steele

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Isaac ThayerAnsel TuckerOliver TylerSamuel UphamLieut. Edward WaldoSerg't Abner WashburnLevi WilderBenjamin Woodworth

BEADING.

Abel AmsdenMoses ChaplinGeorge ClarkAaron DarlingOliver DavisJames HallJosiah HarrisBenjamin HathornNathan HatchCapt. William A. HawkinsJeremiah JohnsonSolomon KeyesGideon KirtlandThomas Nichols

NuttingSerg't Abiah RiceWilliam RistEbenezer RobinsonJames RobinsonBenjamin SawyerCornelius SawyerAmos WetherbeeDaniel WetherbeeElijah WilliamsLieut. WhiteJeduthun Wyman

EICHFOBD.

Enoch CarltonHezekiah Goff

RICHMOND.

Edward AllenJames HumphreyWilliam Wells

EIPTON.

Jabez HendrickJohn S. KirbySamuel S. Kirby

BOCHESTER.

Kiles Paul

BOXBUKY.

Samuel RichardsonStephen RumneyBenjamin SamsonJedediah Smith

BOTALTON.

Gideon CrandallEbenezer DeweyJohn HutchinsonAsa Perrin

RUPEBT.

Lieut. Jonathan Farrar

BUTIAND.

Joseph BarneyWilliam BarrObadiah BassJoseph BatemanNathaniel BeamanJonathan Bell

Capt. Joseph BowkerBenjamin CheneyJames ClaghornJohn CookBarzilla DeweyDaniel DouglassWilliam EmersonJohn FentoaSeth GorhamDavid GleasonNathaniel GoreAsa HaleMoses HaleJesse HaydenAmos HimesEphraim JacksonJoseph KimballPhinehas KingsleyLieut. Thomas LeeJesse LongLevi LongBenjamin JohnsonJohn McConnell


Samuel McConnellJames MeadWilliam PageDavid PattisonJoshua PrattNathan PrattIssacher ReedJoshua ReynoldsLuther ShawCephas SmithJohn SmithSolomon SmithDaniel SquiresHenry Strong.Samuel ThrallDavid Tuttle

Serg't Amos WellerObadiah WheelerSerg't Eleazer WheelockWait Wright

EYEGATE.

Serg't Abiel LearnedSylvester Learned

SALISBURY.

Gershom BeachSalathiel BumpSamuel DanielsJosiah FarnhamGeorge GriswoldJohn HoltChristopher JohnsonHenry KeelerSamuel KeepJohn MortonJoshua MossmanJoel NewtonDaniel NoyesSamuel PierceWilliam PrattThomas SaveryEli Smead,Jabez SpencerSimeon StrongJonathan WainwrightAbe WaterousDaniel Whiting

SANDGATE.

Serg't Lewis Hurd

SHAFTSBUBY.

Jabez ElwellJohn ElwellMoses ElwellJonas GalushaAaron HewlettGideon Olin

SHEFFIELD.

Samuel DrownEnos Flanders

SHELBUKNE.

Serg't Ebenezer BarstowCapt. Israel BurrittJohn CallenderAsahel NashRichard SpearLieut. Peter StearnsMoses PiersonUzal PiersonZiba PiersonNathan White

SHELDON.

Lieut. Francis DuclosElisha SheldonDavid SloanElisha SmithBenjamin Stearns

Capt. Robert Wood

SHERBUBNE.

Josiah Ward

SHOREHAM.

Stephen Barnum.Thomas BarnumEbenezer BushAmos CallenderNoah CallenderTimothy F. ChipmanCol. Ephraim Doolittle

Gideon Jennings

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Noah JonesPete JonesWilliam JonesElijah KelloggJohn LarrabeeDaniel NewtonJosiah PondDavid RamsdellHopkins RowleyThomas RowleyThomas Rowley, Jr.

Eli SmithNathan SmithSamuel WolcottSamuel Wolcott, Jr.

Elijah Wright

SPRINGFIELD.

Andrew BradfordWilliam BrownJames ChittendenPaul HaywoodJohn HarrisJoseph HodgmanCapt. William HoldenWilliam KirkRichard LeeThomas LelandJonathan MartinMatthew Pierce

SHEEWSBUBY.

Philemen AdamsSamuel DennisStephen EastmanCapt. John KilmornSerg't William LordSamuel LowCapt. Nathaniel Smith

SOUTH HERO.

Benjamin AdamsThomas DixonEleazer MartinJohn MonteJoseph Mott, Jr.Jabez RockwellCapt. Ephraim SawyerDavid Wadsworth

ST. AIBANS.

Adam BealsHaclatiah BridgesPaul BrighamHananiah BrooksSamuel Church 2ndJohn DelaneyJohn Gates

Serg't Isaac GibbsLieut. Isaac HoldenIthiel HoldridgeWilliam IshamJonathan JanesCol. Stephen KeyesHezekiah KeelerRobert LovewellDaniel B. MeigsMaj. Amos MerrillNoel Potter

Zepheniah RossSamuel ToddBates TurnerCapt. John WarnerTruman Warner

STARKSBOBO.

George BidwellNathaniel ChafeeSolomon PhillipsOliver White

ST. GEORGE.

Jehial Isham

ST. JOHNSBUBY.

Jonathan ArnoldSerg't Barnabas BarkerCapt. John BarkerCapt. Samuel BarkerSimeon CobbJonas FlintDaniel Fuller

Stephen HawkinsJohn IdeLemuel JenkinsJoel Roberts


STRAFFOED.

Levi BaconPeter BensonEzra Blaisdell

Lieut. Timothy BlakeSamuel Bliss

John P. BurroughsElias CarpenterSamuel EastmanBenjamin GeorgeJob HaskellRobert HaynesJames HydeEnoch JenkinsJacob KillingerOliver LaddBenjamin LilleyDavid Miller

Joseph NortonAzel Percival

Serg't John PowellJonathan RichDavid RichJonathan RowellElisha ShepardLieut. Frederick Smith

Joseph SmithBenjamin TuckerCapt. Phineas WalkerJoel WhiteCapt. Guy Young

SUDBURY.

Abner HallNoah Merritt

Stephen MurrayPeter ReynoldsSerg't Adam Stevens

Asahel Williams

SUNDERLAND.

Capt. Thomas ComstockSimeon Hicks

STRATTON.

Samuel MarbleJonathan Marsh

BUTTON.

Jesse AingerRev. Amos BeckwithMoses H. BrewerJames CampbellSerg't Samuel Winslow

SWANTON.

Azariah BrooksEleazer BrooksHananiah BrooksJosiah BrushJohn B. JoyalSamuel Todd

THETFORD.

Asa BondSerg't Joseph BruceJonathan ChildRichmond CrandallRobert FarrisJohn Frizzell

Simon Gillett

Josiah HubbardEdward S. MeederLevi ParkerSamuel ShepherdSolomon StrongJames TylerJeremiah TylerRichard Wallace

TINMOUTH.

Charles BrewsterLieut. Nathaniel ChipmanNeri OramtonDr. Ebenezer MarvinSamuel MattocksSamuel NoblePelatiah PhillipsBeulah Waldo

TOPSHAM.Abel GroutBissell GroutBille Mann

Adam DickeyJacob Wilds

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TOWNSHEND.

John BurtMaj. Samuel FletcherJosiah FiskJonas GalushaPhilip KingsburyEbenezer MclvaineNathaniel OaksJoseph Tyler

TROY.

Moses HuntAbner Smith

TUNBRIDGE.

Solomon CushmanTimothy DeweyCapt. Benjamin DurkeeJoel EmeryJohn HopkinsHezekiah HutchinsonJohn RiddallCyrus TracySerg't Elijah TracyPeter Whitney

UNDERIIILL.

David BergeChauncey GravesGeorge OldsCaleb SheldonBarnard "WardOliver Wells

VERGENNES.

Enoch WoodbridgePhineas Brown

VERNON.

John DresserJohn FairmanSylvanus HarrisIsaac JohnsonStephen JohnsonJacob LawtonDavid Lee

. Andrew Parsons

John J. PeelerIsaac PrattEbenezer ScottThomas SweetlandJerijah Thayer

VEESHIEE.

Enoch Catlin

Lyman ChildJesse PaineNathan Pierce

Samuel Southworth

WAITSFIELD.

David BashnellGaas HitchcockBeriah ShermanBenjamin Wait

WAIDEN.

Serg't Joshua Corson

WAIXINGFORD.

James CulverWilliam FoxLieut. Abraham Ives

Lieut. Joseph Randall

WABDSBOEO.

Robert BabcockThomas BoyleGideon BrimhallNathaniel ChamberlinElisha ConverseHinsdale HammondDavid HarrisAdam HowardSamuel KenneyDaniel ReadEphraim RiceJohn StacyStephen WarrenEdward WalkerAsa Wheelock

WARREN.

John GreenslitWilliam Porter


Moses SargentRichard ShawRuel Sherman

WALTHAM.

Pliny Stannard

WASHINGTON.

Enoch CheneyHoratio HobartJoseph KenisonShubel SmithThaddeus White

WELLS.

Peter BlossomWilliam HartRobert Hotchkiss^Phineas LambTimothy MosesElijah Parks

WATEBBUEY.

Asaph AllenJohn AtkinsPaul DillinghamLevi GleasonRoswell HuntJohn HutsonCephas Sheldon

WEATHEESFIELD.

Isaac Proctor

WEST FAIBLEE.

William CoxSolomon DickinsonJoseph FosterJohn GouldJonathan LougeeStephen MayCalvin MorseFrancis Whitcomb

WESTFOED.

Jesse AtwoodWilliam Chadwick

George ChaseGideon DixonSamuel FrenchSolomon HobartSimeon HookerJohn LawrenceSerg't John MacomberSamuel MooreGeorge NorthwayCapt. James TaylorGeorge ThrasherBenjamin WilmontJosiah Woodruff

WEST HAVEN.

Elijah Tryon

WESTON.

Samuel MartinJohn Wait

WESTMINSTEB.

Jabez ArmsSergt. Seth ArnoldThomas BaldwinAaron BixbyNathaniel BixbyElisha BerryStephen R. BradleyCapt. Jesse BurkBysewell BeckwithJames CrawfordWilliam CronkLieut. Nathaniel DoubledayIsaiah EatonRichard FairbrotherWilliam FrenchBartholomew Fuller

Benjamin GoodridgeBenjamin Goodridge, Jr.

Seth GouldLot HallAaron HitchcockHeli HitchcockCharles HoldenFrancis HoldenDaniel HoughtonDavid Houghton

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Jonathan HoughtonBenjamin HowardRobert Miller

Henry P. RanneyEphraim RanneyMark RichardsReuben RobinsonBenjamin SmithBenjamin StoneLinds TowerJosiah VictorDavid WellsAzariah WrightCaleb WrightThomas Wright

WEST WINDSOB.

Reuben Kendall, Jr.

WHEELOCK.

Ebenezer Chandler

WHITING.

Maj. Samuel BeachSerg't Noah Bliss

Francis DonitaEzra KelseyMilton PotterGideon WalkerElijah White

WHITINGHAM.

Josiah BrownJonathan CooleySilas StickneyJonathan Tainter

WILLIAMSTOWN.

Edmund BaconJames Buell

Ephraim CapronAbijah ClarkEliphalet ColmanJoseph CranePenuel DenningJoshua OilmanWilliam HarringtonMoses Jeffords

Henry JohnsonJames Kilburn

Cornelius LyndeElijah PaineShubael SimonsJames SmithJohn SmithSylvester SmithTimothy SnowJob Thompson

WILLISTON.

Elisha BradleyJoseph BradleyRobert BeachDr. Thomas BinneySerg't John BrownThomas ChittendenPaul ClarkJoseph EdmondsThaddeus GravesCol. Isaac McNeilSolomon Miller

WILMINGTON.

Asher AlvordSerg't Adnah BangsCaleb BaldwinJedediah BassettCharles BellowsAbraham BoydAbram BoydRobert BoydSamuel BridgeJohn BuckMoses BuckSamuel Buell

Roger BurchardTimothy CastleSimeon ChandlerJonathan ChildsJesse CookJoseph CookRobert CookDaniel CuttingDaniel DickensonOzias DixWarren EastbrookElijah EastonJesse FitchJohn Fitch

Stephen Forbes


James FlaggJosiah FlaggStephen FosterTheophilus FosterNathan FoxWatson FreemanJohn GibbsAndrew HaskellThomas HaskellWilliam HaskellJonathan HastingsAsa HavensAbraham HaynesSerg't Jonas HaynesReuben HaynesDavid JillsonJonathan JohnsonJonathan LambSerg't Israel LawtonJonah LincolnDaniel Livermore"John MarksBenjamin MetcalfIsaac MillerJudah MooreReuben MorganJesse MossmanSamuel MurdockJoseph NyeLevi PackardJeremiah ParmeleeJames SmithMedad SmithDaniel StearnsJosiah StearnsReuben StearnsJesse SwiftSamuel ThompsonEphraim TitusJeremiah WheelerBarni WingJonathan Witt

WINDHAM.

Samuel AyersJonathan BritnallJohn BurnapJohn Cole

Stephen FitchArchibald Mack

John MackArchibald McCormicNehemiah PeirceDaniel Putnam

WINDSOR.

Sewall BloodBenjamin Cole

Stephen ConantWalter GilkeySamuel HutchinsonSamuel MarcyJereboam SwainCapt. Benjamin SkinnerAndrew StevensCapt. Moses White

WINHALL.

John Brooks

WOLCOTT.

Seth Hubbell

WOODBURY.

Joseph BlanchardDavid RuggComfort Wheeler

WOODSTOCK.

James BishopLieut. Abner BrighamJesse BruceRufus CarpenterJohn DarlingJohn DotonJames FletcherDaniel FraserLieut. Nathan RowlandJabez KingAndrew McWaineJoel PerkinsPhineas RaymondLieut. Israel RichardsonAmaziah RichmondNathaniel RugglesPhinehas SandersonBenjamin ThompsonJacob Wilder

WOBCESTEB.

Stephen Spear

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INVALID PENSIONERS,

ADDISON COUNTY.

David BarberPeter BradleyCalvin BinghamJacob ChaseJason EagerBethuel Goodrich, Jr.

Martin HatchSergt. Henry Jones, 2ndHenry JonesRussell JeffersonWilliam JourdonWilliam KelloggSerg't Adam MulrLevi PlumbleyThomas StevensSerg't Calvin StewartAbraham VandenbergHenry WilsonJoseph Walbridge

BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Ephraim BowenSerg't James A. BennettBenjamin GroverNathan B. HarveyZenas JonesGeorge W. KingJonathan LyonJohn TalmanRichard C. Wear

CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Hastings BlanchardJames ChesleyEben FiskJudson FarrahWells GoodwinSamuel HavilandJoseph HackettAugustus Monroe

CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

Lyman AllenJonathan Allen

Alanson AdamsReuben Butler

Serg't Joseph H. BryantDaniel Bennett

Guy BeebeeBenjamin ButcherRobert CockleJames GatchellZebulon GilmanArthur HoganAsa HullWilliam HumphreyHarvey JohnstonDavid LatheJohn McLeodLawrence PanoSergt. Levi Pratt

Lieut. Frederick A. SawyerJohn TitusPeter WilhelmJohn Williams

ESSEX COUNTY.

Adam Bartlett

Jonathan Hoyt

FEANKIJN COUNTY.

James AustinAlfred EldredgeSerg't Gardner FosterArtiban HoitUriah HigginsJohn NewtonJustus PowersLemuel Scott

Alpheus Smith, Jr.

Obed SnowHarry SykesFrederick Wilkins

GRAND ISLE COUNTY.

Charles CortwiteEleazer MartinThomas ReynoldsAbraham Woodard


ORANGE COUNTY.

Solomon ClarkCharles Collins

Lieut. John W. GushingJohn DarlingExperians Fisk, Jr.

Manzel HazeltonJames MellenEbenezer SmithNicholas C. Wells

ORLEANS COUNTY.

Stephen BarnardJohn BickfordJohn CollinsJoshua FossSerg't Frederick FullerJoshua OilmanGideon GriggsJohn HadleyJonas Harrington .

Ela Haynes (or Hinds)Stephen F. HemingwayNathaniel HewettNathaniel NorrisAdam SumnerWalter Waller

RUTLAND COUNTY.

Stephen AngervineJohn Bell

Serg't Elial BondLieut. Daniel FarringtonNathan FordSolomon GibbsMoses HeadJohn HerrickRoswell HuntThomas MitchellCharles ObrihamRufus ParkerElnathan PhelpsIra RemingtonPrince RobinsonElnathan Ward

David WarrenAbel Woods

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

Isaac BillingsLaban BrownRichard BuchananJames GreenJames HarveyJason MarchAdonijah B. Rogers

WINDHAM COUNTY.

Oliver DarlingIsaac GleasonWilliam HazeltineThomas LoweCalvin P. PerrySerg't Daniel ReedElihu SabinChauncey L. Temple

WINDSOR COUNTY.

Daniel Averill

Serg't Alfred BarrelEzra BellowsDaniel BoyntonAden BullardSerg't Giles ConeEzekiel CookCapt. David CrawfordCalvin DikeSerg't Andrew DunlapWilliam FiskSerg't Charles FrenchJohn M. GoodrichCalvin GreenZera GreenWillard HuntoonJohn MorganAlba SouthardJames StevensAmasa TurnerRobert White

APPENDIX. 143

LIST OF INVALID PENSIONERS WHO RECEIVED PENSIONS AT THE BUR-LINGTON AGENCY, BUT WHOSE RESIDENCE COULD NOT BE ASCER-

TAINED, OWING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF PAPERS IN THE WAROFFICE IN 1801 AND 1814.

Jonas AdamsElijah BarnesSamuel BradishDaniel BrownThomas BrushElisha CapronFrederick CarterGershom ClarkSamuel EyresEzra GatesThomas GreenJonathan HaynesJared HinkleyWilliam HuntCharles HuntoonLieut. Joseph HuntoonSerg't Seth IngramJoseph B. LovewellAbraham Merryfield

Richard MillenLieut. Elnathan NicholsCol. John NixonElisha NortonPliney (Pliny) PomeroyJonathan PrestonNehemiah PricePeter RiderJohn RobertsAmasa Scott

Ephraim SmithCapt. John StarkUriah StoneJoseph TylerHorace B. ThompsonAaron WilderEphraim WilmarthSerg't John WilsonWilliam Woodruff

PENSIONERS UNDEB THE ACT OF MARCH 18, 1818.

ADDISON COUNTY.

Solomon AikenJohn AlexanderEzra AllenHeman AmyBenjamin AndrewsSamuel AndrewsLieut. Samuel BacheCapt. John Bacon .

Isaac BarrowsJonathan BeldingSimeon BlanchardLeeman BrownsonDavid BrydiaDaniel BallAsahel BeebeSolomon BeebeJesse BishopElijah BranchEdward Galley (or Kelley)Timothy CaseHenry ChamberlinLeander Chamberlin

Swift ChamberlinPeter ChartierCapt. Peter ClayesDavid CloughSergt. Anthony CollamoreAsa CraneJohn CraneZachariah CurtisNathaniel CushmanLevi DarlingPeter DavisJohn C. Despervine (or Taper-

vine)John DibbleDaniel DikeJohn DowningElisha DunhamLuther EatonJonathan EldridgeJames FarmerEdward ForbesCalvin GoodnoNathan Griffith

Edmund Grundy


John HodgdonBenjamin HodgeEphraim HoldridgeSerg't Jonathan HunterNathan JaquesPrince JenneyNathaniel JoySolomon KelloggWilliam KilbournJames LawrenceGeorge LeonardLemuel LuddingtonThomas N. MartinPhilip McKenzieJacob McLeanSerg't Thomas McNeillBenjamin MeadEly NicholsDavid PageEbenezer Palmer *

Stephen ParkerJoseph PayneBenjamin PlumleyJonathan PlumleyPaul PondJoseph PowersOwen RecordsRichard ShawWilliam SpoonerNathan SpragueSamuel SunderlandSamuel TaylorStephen TerrillJonathan TreadwaySamuel WalkerMichael WelshSamuel WetherellMoses WheelerJoshua WhitneyAbner WilcoxTimothy Woodward

BENNETOTON COUNTY.

Oliver AldenAdam AmsdenJesse BanisterThomas BanisterFrancis BatesJoseph BeamanSelah B. Benjamin

Stephen Bennett, 2ndAbner BlackmarWilliam Blasdell

Ephraim BlowersCornelius BracyAbijah BrownHezekiah CareyEbenezer ChaceSamuel ChurchWard ClarkShubael CookJohn CorkinsJohn CraffordWilliam CummingsJosiah CutlerGideon DavisJames DavisJoseph DayBenedict EgglestonDaniel EvansGeorge Fields

Joseph FreemanJotham FrenchBenjamin Glazier

George GobyGeorge GodfryAllen GravesDavid GrayWilliam Harris, 2ndBenoni HawkinsJohn HollyElisha HoughtonJoseph HouseJoseph HoweDavid JepsonTitus KelloggEzra KeysJabez KnapBenjamin LambEbenezer Lillie

Elisha LincolnAsahel LucasJohn MarbleJacob MartinStephen MerrillGideon MyersSeth PollardSilas PrattWilliam Pratt

Humphrey RichardsonGeorge Robinson

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David SawyerJoseph Smith, 2ndSamuel StaceySerg't Nathaniel ThompsonEbenezer TempleOliver TiddAsa ThatcherSamuel ThayerSimeon ThayerSergt. Nathaniel ThompsonEbenezer UphamEdward WadeHenry WakelinDaniel WelshJohn WelshNathan WhippleDavid WhiteJohn WileyJohn WimanCharles Winchester

CAT.KDONIA COUNTY.

John AllenJosiah BachelderJames BallNathan BarkerHenry BlakeJoseph BlanchardNathaniel BurbankWells BurbankZebulon BurroughsJames Campbell, 2ndJohn ChaplinEdward ClarkJoseph ConnerMoses DarlingNathan EdsonMoses EvansEben FarmanManassah FarnsworthJohn FoxSerg't Thomas FullerPaul GaleNathaniel GlinesAlvin GoodallSilas GorhamElias Hall

Pearly HarrisArchibald HarveyThomas Haseltine

Starling HeathJohn JennessWilliam JohnstonJohn KelleyJoab KimballEdward MagoonEleazer NuttingSergt. William OrcuttThomas OsgoodFoster PageNehemiah PhilipsEdward PollardDaniel QuinleyJohn Rollins

David RuggEbenezer SawyerBela ShawCaleb Stiles

Stephen SweetserWilliam Trescott

Serg't Paul Wells

CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

Alexander AlfordRobert AverillDaniel BarnumFriend BeemanLieut. Peter BenedictWilliam Bliss

Serg't Joseph BonettSamuel BurnsIsaac BumpBenjamin Butcher, 2ndSamuel ChaseJohn CobbSamuel CollamerEbenezer CookJared DixonAlexander DurandSerg't Thomas EddyEbenezer FlaggEbenezer FoxLemuel FrenchSamuel Fuller

Serg't Samuel HillSamuel HinksonLieut. John Hollenback (or Hol-lomback)

Daniel HoweAugustus Lavoke (or Lavoque)


John LawrenceJohn MartinJames MoreyCaleb NashAndrew NealThomas NewmanPrince PetersAaron PotterAmos PrestonReuben RayIsaac RexfordAsa RiderFreelove RobertsRobert RollinsNathan SeymourJabez SpicerRoger StevensLieut. Safford StevensWilliam StrawEliphalet TomlinsoijSimon TubbsSerg't Hezekiah TuttleJonathan WoodThomas Woodward

ESSEX COUNTY.

Josiah AbbottElijah BlodgettGershom BostonSamuel ClayChancey CurtisEzekiel FlandersDavid HagarCharles HansonJames LutherSamuel MartinNathaniel MoultonMansfield NicholsJeremiah ParmeleeHinds ReedSilas SimondsBenjamin StreeterSamuel TurnerNoah VillasRobert WallisLot Woodbury

FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Philip AlexanderJohn Andrus

Thomas AtwoodBenjamin BarnetEnoch BealsFoard BearsIsaac BillingsSilas Billings

Joseph BowdishJeffrey Brace (alias J. Stiles)

Jude BrownJohn BurlinsonIsaac ButlerAbraham CarmanRoswell CatlinComfort ChafferEbenezer ChamberlainAaron ChaseReuben CrawJonathan DanforthJohn DelawayJonathan FarnsworthSimeon FosterJacob GarlandSergt. David GeorgeMichael GeorgeDavid GibbsObadiah GilbertJoshua GoodridgeGeorge GraggLieut. Benoni GrantIsaac GreggBenjamin GriswoldWilliam HeathJehiel HoldridgeJehiel HullWait HurlbutWilliam Jeffords

Serg't Benjamin JoyMicah JoyWilliam Kelly, 2ndThomas KeyesEleazer KnappIsaac LackeySamuel Laflin

Joseph LambTheophilus LarrabeeJohn Lawrence, 2ndBenjamin LeachJohn McNamaraSilas McWitheyJames Miller

Serg't Samuel Mitchell

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Timothy MitchellTho. Nash (alias Hunter)Samuel Niles

Elijah NuttingJohn NuttingAaron OldsJohn OtisAnsel PattersonEbenezer PeaseJoel W. PerharnDaniel PerkinsDaniel Perkins, 2ndDavid PerrigoPutnam PhelpsJames Pierce

Elijah PrattWilliam Prior

Joseph RandallRobert RummellsWilliam SandersJacob SeagelGeorge ShepardJedediah SherwoodIsaac Smith, 2ndIthamer SmithNathan SmithEbenezer StebbinsFrancis StewartIsaac TillotsonNathaniel B. TorreySerg't Stephen TrowbridgeBenjamin WelchEphraim WhitcombDavid WhiteJared WilcbxAsa WilkinsLieut. Josiah WitterGideon WoodRobert WoodRoger WoodworthJehiel Wright

GRAND ISLE COUNTY.

John BeanBenjamin Bell

Joseph ButlerWilliam CadyJosiah KnightWilliam McAllisterCloud Monty-Stephen Paine

ORANGE COUNTY.

Timothy AbbottSamuel AdamsAmos AllenJames AndrewsMichael ArcherJohn BarnesEdward BassMoses BatesRosiah BeedyJohn BlackmoreLieut. Thomas BinghamJames BishopWilliam BoardmanThomas BogleAnaniah BohononJohn Proctor BorresEnoch BowenCharles BowlesMoses BraggAbraham BrighamCapt. Paul BrighamEleazer BrownBenjamin BurgessJohn BurkJonathan CadwellSergt. Richard CarltonLieut. John ChadwickJoseph ChamberlainLieut. Isaac ChurchJonathan ChurchillDaniel CilleyReuben ClementSalem ColbeyEdward CowderySamuel Corless

Timothy CorlessNero CrossJohn CummingsSimeon CurtisObadiah DavisGideon DickinsonJonathan DowningEbenezer DrakeIchabod DyerJosiah EastmanQm. Sergt. Samuel EdsonJohn FellowsJacob FlandersNathaniel Flint


John FindlySamuel FreemanJoshua GearyMoses S. GeorgeSimon Gillet

Irijah GreenAmasa GroverNathan HainesJames HavensJoseph HixonSamuel HoughtonEnoch HoytDaniel HuntCharles HuntonBlisha HutchinsonStephen JenkinsSerg't John KeyesWilliam KincadeRichard KimballThomas KinneyGeorge KnoxThomas LancasterLevi LawrenceNathaniel Leeds

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Alexander LeslieJohn LinesSamuel LinseyLevi LufkinBenjamin MackJohn MartinThomas MaySamuel McKellupgThomas McKirthBenoni MoreyJoseph OrnNathan PageThomas ParkerMoses PearsonSergt. Samuel PeckDaniel PhilbrickMathew Pratt

Benjamin PrestonJohn PutnamJohn RandSamuel RandallLieut. Joseph RaymondJonathan ReadJohn RiceMerrick RiceRichard RindgeEphraim Rollf

James RowellMoses RowellLieut. Cornelius RussellConant SawyerIsaac SkinnerBenjamin SmithJohn Smith, 3rdJedediah SmithZachariah SmithLemuel SouthworthEbenezer StaceySerg't John StaceyJohn StewartFrancis ThompsonGeorge TownsendJohn UnderwoodLieut. Joseph WalesCharles WeedJohn WelchDaniel WentworthJabez WightGeorge WilliamsonJonathan WillsEbenezer WoodDaniel WoodsPeter YoungmanThomas Youngman

OBLEANS COUNTY.

Elias BinghamEbenezer BroughtonIsaac ClementJohn ColePaul CookNathan CrossDaniel DavisonQm. Serg't Seth EddyIsaac FletcherWilliam HamblettBenjamin HardyJames HarlowJohn HealyLieut. Jonathan HeathTimothy HinmanSerg't David HopkinsonMoses HuntHumphrey NicholsJonathan NorrisMoses NorrisJohn PalmerSimeon Pope

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Joel Priest

Serg't William RichardsonDavid RipleyJosiah RobertsWilliam Sisco

Ephraim SkinnerJoseph SlackBenjamin StebbinsJonathan TaylorLoring ThompsonLieut. Thomas TolmanSamuel Turner, 2ndJohn VanceBenjamin VarnumEdward WelchArchipus WheelockPeter Wylie

ETJTLAND COUNTY.

Joshua AdamsEliakim AikinEleazer (or John) AlbeeZebulon AmesSamuel AyresTimothy BackusJonathan BagleyPeter BakerJosiah BaldwinJohn BankerIthiel BarnesAlexander BarrEzekiel BeebeBrister BennetJonas BennetSeth BensonBenjamin BlossomIsaac BowenDaniel BurlingameRoger BurrEli CalkinLemuel ChapmanBenjamin ChamberlainSolomon ChittendenAsa ClarkOren ClarkSolomon CollinsThomas CollinsWilliam CookDavid CrossJohn Daniels

Barnabas DavidsonJohn DavisDouglas DavisonEbenezer DearstJerathmiel DotyJesse DoudSamuel DrewCaleb EddyJonathan FletcherAbel Foster

Joseph Frost

Capt. John FullerSeth GanseyCornelius GibbsThomas Gibbs 2ndEbenezer GibsWilliam Gill

Elijah GoodwinJacob GouldDaniel HardyJacob HibbardSerg't Samuel Hill

Isaac HoisingtonJohn HoweJoseph RowlandJonas HubbardSelah HubbardWilliam HuntSerg't Thomas HutchinsonJonathan JacksonIsaiah JacobsTimothy JohnsonAaron KeelerAmos KimballJedediah KimballAmos LawrenceMoses LeachJames LedgetSimeon LeonardDaniel LincolnJohn LynchJames MartinJohn MayChristopher MinerIchabod MitchellJohn MoorsAbraham MosesRevivius NewellDaniel NewtonEliada OrtonNathan Osgood


Joseph OwenJohn PageBenjamin PalmetonBarzilla PhillipsJames PhillipsJohn PhillipsJoseph M. PineZebulon PondPeter PowersLemuel PrattJohn PriestSamuel Priest

Timothy PrinceJoshua RandallSamuel RangerGilbert RayLuke RobertsSimeon Russell 2ndSergt. John SailingsIsaac SaundersJacob SawyerZadock ScribnerHenry SellickJedediah SewardDavid ShaysJonathan SheppardDan SmithJohn Smith 2ndJonathan SmithRoger SmithTimothy Smith.William SmithPrince SoperEphraim StephensSerg't John SweetlandEdward TaylorJacob ThayerWilliam ThomasSamuel TorreySerg't Solomon TracyAbial TraftonMoses TurnerQm. Serg't Jabez WardBadwell WatkinsJesse WatsonElijah WentworthJonathan WilliamsThomas WilliamsHenry WilsonJoshua WoodJosiah Wood

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

Benjamin AldenGeorge AllenCarver BatesEbenezer BeanJoseph BennettParrit BlasdellAsa BoutwellThomas Carr 2ndMoses ChaseTimothy Claflin

Aaron doughCaleb CottonSamuel CurrierJohn DavidsonJonathan DavisSamuel DavisJonathan DelanoBenjamin DixNathaniel B. DodgeArchelaus DwinelElisha GoodspeedAzariah GrantJoseph HamiltonEstes HatchJoseph HobartJohn HudsonDavid JohnsonThomas JonesGiles KelseyWilliam KenneyJames KilbornJames LathamRichard LymanDavid MackGeorge Martin 2ndObadiah MorseMoses NelsonApollos PaddockNoah PearsonAsa PolandMoses RoodAsa RichardsonAbel SawyerDavid SloanTimothy SnowPrimus StoryElias TaylorLieut. David ThomasThomas Thompson

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Ephraim TownDavid TownDavid V. TownJohn VintonJoshua WadeJeduthun WaitJosiah Wright 2nd

WINDHAM COUNTY.

Philip AdamsIsaac ArmsdenThomas AtchersonGeorge AustinSamuel BaileyJeremiah BarrettSergt. Edmund BemisBarzilla BenjaminThomas BetterleySolomon BlodgetTimothy BoltonIsaiah BoothJohn BradleyGideon BriggsJacob BrownSerg't Silas BrownJonathan BurkJohn BurnhamEbenezer ChamberlainStephen ChaseJoseph CleavelandEleazer CobleighNathaniel ColeEzekiel CookJosiah CutlerNathaniel CutlerJohn DarlingBenjamin DavisHenry DavisJohn L. DavisAmos DennisonPeter DerryJonathan DixJohn DudleyAbijah EatonJonathan EmmonsAsa FayJohn FirnhamTimothy FisherThomas FrenchGamaliel Gerald

Thomas GleasonJacob GilsonSolomon GilsonAndrew GrimesThomas HarrisIchabod HigginsAsahel Hill

John HoganAmos HolbrookRichard HuntJames HuzzeyEphraim JacksonRobert JenisonBenjamin JewellGrindell KeithPeter LambJacob LaughtonSamuel LoveringThomas LowJonathan Marble, Jr.

Jason MakepeaceSerg't Jesse MarksJames MayarSylvester MattoonWilliam MinerSamuel MooreSamuel NewtonMiller PaineEzekiel PerhamLieut. Joseph PerryJohn PriestAmos Puffer

Stephan PutnamBailey RawsonThomas Reed 2ndJohn RobertsJohn RozierCapt. Amasa SoperJonathan StearnsWilliam StewardWilliam StoodleyJoseph SwainAbraham TuttleJoseph UnderwoodElijah WallsworthCalvin WeldJohn WelmanHezekiah WetherbeeEleazer WhitneyTimothy WilcoxJohn Williams 2nd


Nathaniel WooleyAsa Miller WymanUzziah Wyman

WINDSOE COUNTY.

Isaac AdamsJonas AdamsSergt. Levi AdamsSamuel G. AllenJohn AthertonJoshua AustinSamuel AveryJoel BabbitElijah BackusHart Balch

Humphrey Ball

Hananiah BarkerOliver BarrettHoward Bassett

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Zachariah Bassett

Josiah BatesEbenezer Billings

Adonijah BixbyWilliam Brown 2ndSolomon BriggsSerg't Jonas BruceBenjamin BugbeeZadock BarnumDavid BurtonJames ByramRobert CampbellLieut. Ephraim CareyJedediah Caswell

Sylvanus ChadwickDavid Chaffin

Samuel ChaseStephen ChildJoshua ChurchEphraim Claflin

Sergt. Samuel ClappEbenezer ClarkPaul ClarkWaters ClarkJulius Colton

Serg't William ConeHumphrey GrainEbenezer Currier 2nd.

Jonas CuttingJosiah DanaNathan Davis

Joseph DemickShadrack DodgeCharles DorothyJoseph DoubledayRobert DunbarEphraim DuttonDavid EarleSamuel EllinwoodOliver FairbanksEbenezer FarnsworthJoseph FarnsworthFrancis FaxonMoses FayThomas FayNathan FellowsSamuel FinneyRobert ForrestJonathan FosterPrince FreemanJonathan FrenchWillard FrinkJames GainesJohn GibsonJohn Gill

Serg't Aaron Glazier

Isaac GlinneyJohn GoodrichBenjamin GreenIsaac GreenEphraim GriggsJacob GroverRecompence HallSimeon HarringtonSeth HartIchabod HatchDavid HesseltonRichard Hill

Nathaniel HitchcockSerg't Elkanah HixonThomas HoadleyBenjamin HoltAbraham HoldenJoseph HoldenReuben HollandWilliam HoltCapt. John HouseSimon HoweSerg't Maj. Abner HubbardSamuel Hutchinson 2nd

Stephen JenningsJedediah Jepherson

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William JewellJames JohnsonUriah JohnsonWilliam KirkDaniel KnightJohn KnowzeWilliam LabaronJonathan LakeShubael LanphereNicholas LawrenceEnoch LearnedLieut. Benjamin LyndeEdward LyonJohn MallardDaniel MarshChristopher MartinSergt. Ephraim MartinGeorge MartinReuben McCollisterJohn Moor Jr.

John MooreAlexander MurrayLieut. Samuel MyrickJonathan NewmanSamuel Newton 2ndJohn NicholsElijah NortonSergt. Benjamin PackardMoses PageCharles PainEzekiel PalmerJonah PalmerPhilemon ParkerSilas ParkerJohn PatrickJoseph PeaseBenjamin Peirce 2ndDavid Peirce

Joseph PerhamAbner PerryDaniel PerrySilas PerryJoshua PhillipsAsahel PowersRobert PrestonSamuel ProctorElnathan ReedJonathan ReynoldsIsaac RiceLemuel Richards

Ezra RitterJohn RobbinsRufus RootJohn RowCaesar SankeeJonathan SawyerJohn ScottAbbe Severance

Sylvanus ShawFrancis Sinclair

William SlackNathaniel SmithPeter SmithSamuel SmithCaleb SnowJonathan SnowJoshua SpearBenjamin SpoonerCharles SpoonerLincoln Stiles

Phineas StrongArtemas TaftFrederick TempleBenjamin TennyJohn 0. ThacherJoseph TuckerNathaniel TuftsJames UphamElisha WardNathan WatkinsThomas WeatherbeeThomas WeedenSergt. Asa WneelerJonathan WheelockSergt. Jotham WheelockArchibald WhiteFrancis WhiteBenjamin WhitmoreAbner WhitneyJohn WhitlyLevi WilderJames WillisCaleb WillistonDavid WiswellEleazer WoodEbenezer WoodwardNehemiah WoodwardTimothy WoodworthClark Young


PENSIONERS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.

ADDISON COUNTY.

Lieut. Samuel AdamsLieut. James AndrewsSergt Ethan AndrusNathaniel AustinSergt. James BarberRufus BarnardRuppe BatchelderCalvin Bliss

Joseph BirdBenjamin Bissell

Alpheus BrooksNathan BrownSergt. Solomon BrownJonathan BurnamDoud BushnellSolomon Carter .

Jirch ChamberlainDaniel ChampinLemuel ChaseEzra ChilsonJosiah ClarkWilliam Cook.lames CraneEliakim CulverMartin CurtisSamuel DarrowMoses DowThomas DudleyAbram DunningEzra EvartsEliphalet FarnamFrederick FrostReuben Gillet

Adam GillmoreEben GoodenowAbner HallGershom HallSamuel HallJohn HalseyDaniel HamblinJohn HamblinLevi HanksAbraham HoldenSolomon HoweNathan HoytSergt. Allen Hunsdon

Job HutchinsonLewis JacobsNoah JonesZebulon JonesGershom Justin

Elijah Keeler

Stephen KingEli LewisJohn LookerEzra LoomisJonathan MarvinMatthew MasonSamuel MartinPhilemon MetcalfRichard MinerHebard MorrillBezaleel MyrickSolomon NaughtonLuther NewcombSergt. William Niles

James PalmerJacob PeckJathleel PeckReuben PeckDan PondJacob PostTruman PrattMoses RobbinsJeremiah RockwellJonathan RowellJoshua RuggJames ShawWilliam ShepardSergt. James SibleyBenoni Shurtliff

Oliver SmithSergt. Roswell StearnsAsa StrongHilyer TannerJesse ThomasJoseph TorrenceThomas VradenburghIsrael WadsworthJohn C. WallerBenjamin WhitmanAndrew WrightWilliam Young

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BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Jonathan AikenSylvester AndrewAsa AndrewsBenjamin BarnardElijah BartonSergt. Lemuel BishopJohn BlanchardBenjamin BowenJames BowenJohn Croswell

Sergt. Joseph CurtisElias DemickAaron DenisObadiah DunhamSergt. William DuntonJohn FullerJohn FrostPeter GouldAbraham GrimesReuben GulliverJames HamiltonSeth HarmonMoses HastingsSeth HathawayIsrael HaysSergt. Isaiah HendryxJames HicksIsaac HillLevi HillAsahel HollisterZaccheus HoveySergt. Aaron HubbellJohn HulingAdam HurdElijah HurdAsa KinneCharles LedyardEmmons Lillie

Simeon Littlefield

Jesse LoomisJames MerrillJosiah MontgomeryEdward MooreSergt. Grove MooreBenjamin MorganJoseph MyrickMartin NortonZadock NortonZacheriah Paddeford

Qm. William ParkCharles ParkerJohn ParkerSergt. Eli PettiboneStephen PrattElisha RaymondSergt. John RisdonIsaac RobertsSergt. Jacob SaffordSolomon SaffordLieut. Ephraim SeelyeMoses SheldonEnoch ShermanJames SweetAshbel SykesJoel TaylorJoseph ThorpNathaniel TowsleyJames UranSolomon WadeSamuel WalliceSamuel WalkerDaniel WarnerDavid WeeksEbenezer WelchOliver WellmanProsper WheelerSamuel WilkinsonWilliam WimanNoah WoodwardSolomon Wright

CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Asquire AldrichAbner AllenUri BabbittJethro BachelderJonathan BadgerLuther BaileySergt. Obadiah BarberThomas BeedleJohn BlyElisha GateDaniel ChappelSamuel ClarkSeth ClarkZachariah CliffordAbner CoeJedediah CoeThomas Colby


Abel ConantJonathan Curtis

Sergt. Samuel DanielsSamuel DavisBenjamin DemingStephen DexterBenjamin DowNathaniel DowDavid DurantSergt. Benjamin FarmerNathaniel FarringtonAbraham FullerJason FullerLevi HallThomas HallNathaniel HaywartfJames HeathSamuel Hill

Sergt. Thomas Hill

Sergt. Henry HoffmanEbenezer HolbrookThomas HoytMoses HuntleyJoseph KnightWilliam KnoxJonathan LewisAshbel MartinDavid MartinSergt. Isaac MartinJames McFarlandIsaac MinerJames MinerSergt. Jeremiah Morrill

Joseph Morrill

Ephraim NilesLemuel NorthropSergt. Gaius PeckNathaniel PerkinsOliver PhelpsDaniel PikeThaddeus PotterJonathan PowersJonathan RandallElijah RossTheophilus RundletWilliam SawyerJonathan SheldonTimothy ShurtleffEsek Smith '

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Samuel SpauldingEbenezer Spencer

Jonathan SpragueAllen StewartIsaac StowellSimeon WalkerJohn WalterSergt. Samuel WarnerStephen WatkinsEphraim WessonNathaniel WheelerHenry WilliamsSergt. Joseph WoodBenjamin Wright

CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

Sergt. Abijah AllenNathan AllenElisha AshleyWyman AverillMoses BarnettJohn BeachRobert BeachFriend BeemanIsaac BenhamJames BennettJohn BlakeNathaniel BloodEber BradleySergt. Edward BrighamBenton BuckJustus ByingtonSamuel CalhounIsaac ChaceEvans ChanceBenoni ChapinIchabod ChapinArchibald CookSolomon CooleyLevi ComstockJohn CunninghamSergt. John CurrySimon DavisSergt. John DevereauxJarrad FarrandJoseph FarrandNathan FayJeremiah FisherJohn ForbesAsa GravesThadeus GravesZachariah Hart

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Sergt. Elnathan HigbeAbel HildreathLeonard HodgesSimon HutchinsDaniel IshamJirah IshamDavid LamsonElon LeeElisha LeonardMoses LeonardAbierther LincolnJohn LinkonElisha MeechSamuel MillsDaniel MorseJohn MosesNathaniel NewellElias NyeElisha OwensJohn PalmerSamuel ParksRobert PennellThomas PierpointDaniel RobinsJosiah SheldonJacob SniderDaniel StearnsEliphaz SteeleJesse StockwellJames TaylorThomas TousleyJabez J. WarnerDavid WebsterJoseph Willcox

ESSEX COUNTY.

Sergt. Edward AdamsJoseph BallOrsamas BaileyJoseph BootyNathan BucherOilman CloughMills De ForrestSamuel HoweJohn HughsJohn MelendySergt. John MerrillSergt. Jacob SchoffAmos Underwood

FBANKIJN COUNTY.

Lieut. Joseph AndrewsJeremiah AustinJohn AustinJohn BadgerWhitmore BeardsleyAsahel BerryReuben BruceZebulon BukerEliphalet CarpenterWilliam CastorDaniel ChandlerOliver Collier

Henry CollinsLuther CooleyAbel DavisCornelius DavisKitteridge DavisArthur DorrahRalph EllenwoodReuben EvartsAbel FairbanksJonathan FarnsworthJames FiskAsa FlemingEzekiel FullingtonFrancis GoodridgeElihu GroutErastus HathawayJohn HaywardJoseph HerrimanJames HillUri Hill

Sergt. Luke HitchcockJonas HoughtonNathan HoytJohn HunkinsEphraim JewelJonah JohnsonIsrael JonesPhilip IngramRuel KeithUnite KeithAsa LaddEdmund LambRichard LattinJonathan MahurinSamuel MillerRufus Montague


David PackardAmos PageParker PageThomas PageSergt. Josiah PeckhamRufus PerrigoAmos PhilipsEzekiel PondGeorge PotwineSergt. Truman PowellSergt. Simeon PresbreySilas ReynoldsWilliam SergeantElijah ShawJohn Shirtliff

John StearnsJonathan StickneyJacob TruaxJeremiah UtleyPeter Verano ,

Jeremiah VirginiaIsaiah WashburneEdward Whitmore.Salmon WilloughbyAsa WillsonPerez Wright

GRAND ISLE COUNTY.

John BushJohn KnightJoseph PhelpsJames SternbergerStephen SweetSergt. Church Tabor

ORANGE COUNTY.

Reuben AdamsAmaziah AinsworthSluman AllenWalcott AllynAaron AndrewsNathaniel AveryJesse BaileyWilliam Ballou

Sergt. George BarfieldMoses BartholomewAaron BayleyPeter BayleyJosiah BigelowBarna Biglow

Ezra BlasdellJohn BrownWilliam BrownSylvester BugbeeJohn BushnellDavid CarltonWilliam Carlisle

Elias CarpenterJohn CarpenterJonathan CarpenterCephas Child

Sergt. Joseph ClarkForest CloudLemuel CoburnJesse CogswellEnoch ColtonJohn ColtonFrancis DavisSergt. Edward DodgeCushman DownerJames DownerAmos DwinellEliab EdsonAriel EgertonSamuel EgglestonBenjamin FalchJosiah FlaggWilliam FreemanZebulon GitchellJohn GuildDaniel HackettAsa HatchIsaac HeathJohn HobartRoger HoveySergt. Samuel HoveyPerley HoweAaron HurdSeth HuntHiram HuntingtonAbijah HutchinsonIchabod HydeJoseph JenkinsSamuel JohnsonPhineas KelloggIsrael KibbiePatrick KennedyJonathan LaddLevi LeavittLieut. John LymanBenjamin Martin

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Joshua MartinJohn MatsonThomas McKnightNathaniel Morrill

Sergt. James MorrisMoses MorseElisha NewhallWilliam NuttDaniel NyeNathaniel OakSamuel OdwayRichard PaineCapt. Samuel PaineEdward PeaseDaniel PerkinsElisha PhilipsSergt. Isaac PinneySamuel PlumleyJames PresseyIsrael PutnamJob ReedSergt. William RolfeAsa SmithRoswell SmithAmbrose StebbinsLieut. Mansfield TappanSergt. Ashbel TuckerJonah WashburnAmos WheelerEli WhiteElijah WhitneyWilliam Wight

ORLEANS COUNTY.

Serg't James AdamsJohn AdamsElijah AllenMartin Allen

Jonathyn AllynMartin BarneyChristopher BartlettJoel BentonSergt. David BlanchardBenjamin BurtonBowman ChadwickIsaac ChildJohn Clifford

Samuel CobbPhineas CowlesSerg't William Craigue

John CurrierLieut. Joseph CurtisDaniel DavidsonJonathan FosterSilas FrenchDaniel FrostSamuel HenryFrederick W. HermanIsaac HinmanJoseph HydeJohn KeisonWilliam LangGeorge Little

James Little

John MillsNathan NyeSerg't Aaron ParkerAndrew PeabodyJoseph Priest

Qm. Eber RobinsonJonathan RobinsonPeter SanbornJoseph ScottAmos SmithNehemiah SnowBarzilla SpauldingLemuel SturdevantStephen TildenSerg't Robert TrumbullBenjamin WalkerRobert WatermanSerg't Joseph E, WestgateNathan WillcoxCaleb Young

RUTLAND COUNTY.Peter AmesMoses AmblerAsa AndersonOliver ArnoldMartin AshleyIsaac AtwoodDaniel BallardLemuel BardenPhilbrook BarrowsSilas BartlettNicholas BartonSamuel BennettSimeon BiglowCaleb BlanchardSerg't Timothy BoardmanConsider Bowen


Enos BriggsAsa BrownDaniel BuellLieut. Lev! BuellJoseph BurkWilliam BurnamSamuel BurnellAsa CarverRufus CarverWait ChattertonSerg't Penuel ChildCaleb ChurchillNathaniel ChurchillEzra ClarkIchabod G. ClarkJohn Collins

Serg't Abel CooperRoyall CrowleySerg't Joseph DaggettSerg't David Dana -

Asa DarbeEnos DeanSerg't Nathan DenisonWilliam DoweJames DowlingJoshua DurantWalter DurfeeJoel Earle

Serg't Eli EastmanAbram EatonDaniel EatonEnoch EatonSerg't Jesse EddyJotham FordPeter FoxNathan FreemanPearson FreemanSerg't Amasa Fuller

Serg't Eli GaleSerg't Nehemiah GatesSerg't Samuel GatesSolomon GibbsSimeon GilbertWilliam GilkeyJohn GoddingDaniel GoodenowSerg't Simeon GoodrichThomas GouldSerg't Andrew GrantDavid Graves

William GravesSerg't Allen GreenPeleg GreenUzziah GreenSamuel GriswoldHilkiah GroutPeter HallJohn HamblinThomas HammondUriah HarringtonRichard HaskinsJoseph HawkinsMoses HawkinsReuben HeathMinor HilyardJeremiah HoitSerg't Titus HolmesSamuel HookerSerg't Abel HortonJohn HoweCaleb RowlandZebulon JewettsOzias JohnsonOliver IdeLent IvesPreserved KelloggNathaniel KeyesPeter KeyesSerg't Elias KingTheodore KingJoel KnappLevi LarkinJosiah LawrenceSerg't Abel LewisElijah Lillie

Stephen LongEzekiel LongleyOliver LoomisEleazer LymanWillard MannSeth MartinJohn McDonaldJonathan MerrillDavid MeriamSamuel S. MerrimanJohn V. Miller

Serg't Caleb MorgonSergt. Solomon MoultonElias MungerSerg't Benjamin Needham

APPENDIX. 161

Joseph NewellTheodore NewellJames NobleJohn NobleWilliam NobleJonathan OrmsSamuel OwenHenry PackerSerg't Abel PaineEphraim ParkerSerg't Samuel ParkerThomas ParmenterEliphalet PateeIsaac PeckJohn PepperIsrael PhillipsSerg't Daniel PlattElias PostSerg't Simeon PostSerg't Caleb PotterDaniel Potter

Serg't John PotterZimri PrattLieut. Silas ProcterWilliam PutrinJohn RandallJonathan RemingtonLieut. Jonathan ReynoldsLieut. Jonas RiceJonas RichStephen RichardsonBela RogersLieut. Charles RogersJeremiah RogersThomas RogersSerg't Moses RootSerg't Rufus RossJohn Scott

Elijah SegerDavid ShipherdJesse SlaytonIsaac SouthworthJasher SouthworthAaron SmithPliny SmithIsaac SpaldingEbenezer SquiresAsa StaplesSimeon StevensGould StilesAbel Taft

Serg't Gideon TerneyThomas ToddSerg't John TolmanElijah TrullWait TuckerJames WalkerStephen WardThomas WardEleazer WarnerPhinehas WhitneyJoel Willis

Serg't Silas WillisDavid WoodHenry WoodhouseAmos YeawSimeon Young

WASHINGTON COUNTY.

Moses AinsworthAsahel AllenAbiather AustinZebedee BeckleyJames BritainEliada BrownJohn BrownEzra ButlerJoseph BuzzellThomas CutlerEbenezer DodgeAbel DustinSerg't Thomas FosterThomas FrenchBenjamin FullerSerg't Josiah GoodellGilbert HatchReuben HawksSamuel HendersonStephen JonesEnos KelloggMartin KelloggSerg't Elias KingsleyElisha LathropJeremiah LelandJesse MartinJohn MellenAaron MinerJoshua MorrillJohn MorseDaniel MosesAndrew Nealey


Robert ParkerAzel ParkhurstPeter ReedPhinehas RiderTimothy RobertsAmos RobinsonSerg't Asher RobinsonNoah RobinsonAbial ShattuckJoseph ShermanAbraham ShipmanAmasa SkinnerEli SkinnerJared SkinnerDarius SpauldingSilas SpaldingEphraim StoneEdmund TownElisha Town .-.

James TownJames TwingSamuel UphamCurwin Wallis

Philip WhiteElisha WilcoxEphraim WilleySerg't Uriah WilkinsElijah WrightJonathan Wright

WINDHAM COUNTY.

Hezekiah AbbeySamuel AdamsWilliam BartlettJohn BemisSamuel BennettSerg't William BlackSerg't Lamech BlaudenDavid BloodDavid BondPhinehas BondDarius BullockIsrael BullockJohn CarpenterJames CaseSerg't Samuel Chaffin

Henry ChandlerHiel ChandlerNathaniel CheneyCharles Colton

Simeon ConantElisha CookJoseph CrumbJoshua DavisSamuel DavisArchelaus DeanJoseph DuntonMaverick EatonElijah ElmerColton EvansPearley FairbanksEliphalet FeltAbiah Fuller

Benjamin FurnissAsa GaleNahum GoodenowAbel GrantSerg't Amos GrayEllis Griffith

Jesse GuildEphraim HallJohn HarrisLevi HaywardJonas HazeltineSamuel HiscockAbraham Hill

Joel Hill

Ephraim HoldenElihu HotchkissJonathan HuntleyEdmund IngallsWilliam JenisonAmos JoySerg't Eleazer KendallJohn KidderNathan KnowltonHenry LakeMoses LarnardSamuel LarrebeeAbner LewisReuben LippinwellJesse MarshWilliam MarshPhinehas MatherRufus MooreElijah MorseBenjamin MurdockJoseph MuzzyMarshall NewtonJabez PaineEbenezer Parker

APPENDIX. 163

Samuel ParkerAndrew ParsonsLevi PerryFrancis PhelpsJohn PhilipsOliver PhilipsElijah PikeGeorge PorterAmos ProutyWilliam RanneyEzekiel RansomBenjamin ReedSerg't Frederick ReedMark RichardsWilliam RobinsonSamuel RockwoodLieut. Joseph RodgersZepheniah ShepardsonSerg't Asa SmithDavid SmithEbenezer SmithEphraim SmithHezekiah SmithJohn SmithSamuel SpauldingJohn StearnsSerg't William StearnsJohn StowellJoel StreeterEbenezer TaftWilliam TaftAmasa TiffanyDavid ToUinghamJoseph Tuttle

Sergt. Samuel ViallJames WalkerSerg't Beriah WheelerAbiel WhitmanJohn WierAaron WilderSamuel WiswallArtemas WoodardJonathan Woolley

WINDSOR COUNTY.

Joseph AbbottTimothy AdamsJohn AdyeIsrael AikinJohn Aikin

Noah AldrichQuartus AlexanderPhineas AlvordMatthew AthertonJohn AustinJohn Austin

(not a duplicate)Samuel Axtel

Lyman BacheStephen BackusStephen BakerIsaac BaldwinJason BanisterDan BarnardJoel BarretSerg't Luther BartholomewThomas BayleyJosiah BelknapAmos BemisJohn BennettSamuel BennettWilliam BennettJohn BillingsIsaac BisbeeLevi BishopJonathan M. Bissell

Serg't Josiah BlakeJohn BloodLieut. Benjamin BosworthJewett BoyingtonWilliam BraggChaplain Daniel BreckReuben BrooksSolomon BrownJoel BurbankSilas BurdooNathaniel BurgessEbenezer BurnhamWilliam ButmanManessah CadyNedabiah CadyAbel CampBarnabas CaswellJosiah ChandlerWilliam ChandlerSerg't Calvin ChapinGideon ChapinJohn ChaseMoses ChaseSerg't Waldo CheneyLyman Child


Joshua ChurchBenjamin ClarkSerg't Daniel ClarkSquier ClevelandSamuel ClevelandStephen ClevelandNathan CobbDavid ColburnSolomon ColemanOliver CookEdward CorlewBibye L. CottonSerg't Thomas CraigSerg't Thomas CraigeAmos GrainNoah CrockerHolmes CushmanDaniel DavisJoel DavisJames L. Dean

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Jeremiah DeanDarius DeweyMartin DigginsSamuel DikeAsahel DoubledayGershom DunhamDavid EdgertonSerg't Enoch EmersonSolomon EmmonsNathaniel FarrElijah FarringtonThomas FayNathan Felch

Stephen FiskDaniel FletcherAbel FlingJacob FosterJoseph FosterRufus FosterEdmund FreemanJoseph FrenchJosiah GibbsStephen GibbsSergt. William GibsonJohn GiddingsPeter GilsonAsa GreenIsaac GreenLuther GroverZebedee Hackett

Henry HallSerg't Jacob HallJonathan HallJohn HaradenWilliam HarlowSamuel HarringtonLuke HarrisJacob HaskillJohn HaskelPrince HaskellSerg't Adrian HatchJosiah HatchJoseph HawkinsSolomon HaywardSolomon HazenEphraim HealdIsaac HincherSeth HodgesLieut. Thomas HodgkinsEbenezer HoisingtonSamuel HoweJoseph HulettJonathan IngersollCalvin JohnsonJonathan JonesJosiah JordanSimeon KeithIsaac KendallJacob KendallSerg't Elias KeyesJohn KiblingSerg't Daniel KingOliver LauthropSurgeon Joseph LewisDarius LiscombCaleb LitchfieldDaniel LovejoySimeon LoverinEzra LowellAsa LullDavid LumbardJohn LumbardAlvan MarcyChester MarceyGardener MarceyHenry McNellySamuel MetcalfAnderson MinerDavid MorehouseSerg't Aaron Mosner

APPENDIX. 166

Israel NewtonDavid NicholsWilliam NicholsDan NilesElisha OrcuttOliver OsgoodJames ParkerStephen ParsivalJustin ParsonsJoseph PattersonMoses PeabodyJohn PerkinsWalter PollardSimeon PomeroySerg't Asahel PowersThomas PowersAsa PrattNathan PrattThomas Prentiss

Timothy ProctorEzra PutnamStephen ReedJoseph RemingtonEliakim RiceJason RiceSamuel RobbinsHenry RobeySerg't Reuben RobinsonEliphalet RogersJuduthun RogersJohn RootElijah RoyceJeremiah RastOliver Rusit

George SampsonPhilemon SampsonSilas SearsCalvin SeaverEbenezer SeveranceLemuel ShawDaniel SherwinSamuel ShipmanJoshua SimmonsLuther Skinner

Asahel SmithPaul SmithAbraham SnowThomas SouthgateEzra SpauldingGardner SpoonerPhilip SpragueSeth SterlingDavid StimsonNathaniel StoneTimothy StoneWilliam StrongJoseph TaggartJoseph TaylorLeonard TaylorJosiah TildenIsaiah TinkhamSeth TinkhamBenjamin ThatcherAndrew ThomasPeleg ThomasJohn ThurstonLyman TolmanJames TopliffJames TracyNahum TraskSerg't Retire TraskSerg't John WallaceAbraham WatermanElisha WatermanSerg't William WatermanDaniel WeatherbeeJesse WilliamsThomas WilliamsSylvanus WillisSolomon WilsonJonathan WhitcombAndrew WhiteSolomon WhiteJoseph WoodPeter WoodburyAsa WrightNathaniel Wright

INDEX.A.

Active Members, 1904-5,

8-14

Address, Hon. C. H. Darling 58-89

Annual Meeting, 1903,

21Annual Meeting, 1904 27

Adjourned Meeting, Oct., 1904 28

Adjourned Meeting, Nov., 1904 36Act Amending Charter i 5, 6

B.

Babbitt, J. H., sketch of 38

Benedict, G. G., President's Address 49-55

Brown, Allan D., sketch of 38, 9

By-Laws, as revised 14-20

C.

Conland, Dr. James, sketch of 40-1

Constitution, as revised 15, 16

Corresponding Members 14

Crockett, W. H., paper ,93-106

D.

Dale, George N., sketch of 41, 2

Darling, Charles H., address 59-89

E.

Election of Officers, 1903 26Election of Officers, 1904 31

F.

Fay Records, Recovery of 49-55

H.

Hall, Henry D., sketch of42, 3

Hazen, Rev. H. A., sketch of .'43

Honorary Members 14

I.

Isham, E. S., sketch of 44

J.

Joint Resolution of General Assembly . .4


M.

Macdonough, Thomas, paper on 59-89

N.

New Members, 1903 107New Members, 1904 112-13

O.

Officers, 1903-4 26

Officers, 1904-5 7, 8

P.

Philippine Curios 33, 113

Pensioners, Invalid . . 143-53

Pensioners under act of 1832 154-65

R.

Report of Managecs, 1903 22

Report of Managers, 1904 28-30

Report of Special Committee on Revision of Constitutionand By-Laws 108-12

Reports of Treasurer . . . ,. . ... .,. . .107, 8

Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Vermont 114-42

Revolutionary Relics . ., 22, 113

S.

Standing Committees 26, 34

Smith, Gen. W. F., sketch of 45, 6

V.

Valentine, A. B., sketch of .46, 7

W.

Wood, Thomas W., sketch of 47, 8

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