Part 6

“... These Hospitals, so different from all others—these thousands, and ten and twenties of thousands of American young men, badly wounded ... operated on, pallid with diarrhoea, languishing, dying with fever, pneumonia, etc., open a new world somehow to me, giving closer insights ... showing our humanity ... tried by terrible fearful tests, probed deepest, the living souls, the body’s tragedies, bursting the petty bonds of art. To these, what are your dreams and poems, even the oldest and the tearfullest? Not old Greek mighty ones, where man contends with fate (and always yields)—not Virgil showing Dante on and on among the agonized and damned, approach what here I see and take a part in. For here I see, not at intervals but quite always, how certain man, our American man—how he holds himself cool and unquestioned master above all pains and bloody mutilations.... This, then, what frightened us all so long! Why it is put to flight with ignominy—a mere stuffed scarecrow of the fields. O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?...”

LETTER OF LINCOLN, DECLINING AN OFFER OF OFFICE

⁂ It is easy to see the great personal interest of such a letter as this. It marks a period in Lincoln’s life, the importance of which can hardly be over-estimated. In Morse’s _Life of Lincoln_, it is said that upon the offer of the position, “controlled by the sensible advice of his wife, he fortunately declined.”

Springfield, _Illinois_, _Sept. 27, 1849_.

“HON. J. M. CLAYTON Secretary of State.

DEAR SIR

Your letter of the 17th inst. saying you had received no answer to yours informing me of my appointment as Secretary of Oregon is received and surprises me very much—I received that letter accompanied by the commissions in due course of mail, and answered it two days after, declining the office and warmly recommending Simeon Francis for it. I have also written you several letters since, alluding to the same matter all of which ought to have reached you before the date of your last letter.

Your Obt. Servt. “A. LINCOLN.”

SOCIETIES

THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Society was celebrated on Tuesday evening, Nov. 22, 1904, by a banquet. The president announced that Mr. Henry Dexter, a fellow member had presented to the Society the sum of $150,000, and in addition the granite for the entire front of the central portion of the new building, Central Park West, 76th–77th Sts. A medal in bronze and silver has been struck to commemorate the founding of the institution.

At an annual meeting (Jan. 3d, 1905), of the Society, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Samuel V. Hoffman; first vice-president, Frederic W. Jackson; second vice-president, Francis R. Schell; foreign corresponding secretary, Archer M. Huntington; domestic corresponding secretary, George R. Schieffelin; recording secretary, Acosta Nichols; treasurer, Charles A. Sherman; librarian, Robert H. Kelby.

At a stated meeting held February 7th, Mr. A. Emerson Palmer, Secretary of Board of Education, read a very interesting and instructive address on “A Century of Public Schools in the City of New York,” with stereopticon illustrations.

The Society resolved to take measures to celebrate in 1909 the ter-centenary of the discovery of this part of North America by Henry Hudson, the 200th anniversary of that event having been celebrated by the Society on September 4th, 1809.

RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

At the annual meeting Jan. 10, Ex-Chief Justice Stiness paid a glowing tribute to the character and ability of the late Judge Horatio Rogers, formerly President of the Society. Prof. Albert Harkness of Brown University, the present president delivered a valuable address on “Some Phases in the Development of History.” The librarian, Mr. Brigham, in the course of his report on the accessions to the library during 1904, made this remark, which may be commended to the attention of those who have accumulations of such material which seem to them only fit to be burnt, as occupying space, and not even worth offering for the acceptance of any library of reference: “In many cases these gifts have been made with the apology that they were too trivial, and hardly worth the acceptance. But it is the ephemeral pamphlet and the unimportant report that is likely to be asked for by the next generation, just as we to-day are searching, too often in vain, for the transitory publication of a half century ago.”

NOTES AND QUERIES

CAMPBELL—Can any reader give particulars of Lieut.-Col. Donald Campbell of the Revolutionary Army? All I find about him is that he held a staff appointment until 1782.

W. A.

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FLAGS—Are any of the flags carried by our Revolutionary forces still preserved (except the one of the Washington Light Infantry of South Carolina).

_Cleveland, O._ R. E. B.

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BAND INSTRUMENTS DURING THE REVOLUTION—There were some of Washington’s regiments which had bands of music—Col. Proctor’s Pennsylvania artillery regiment for one, and the Third New York infantry another. I remember seeing a statement, somewhere, years ago, that the band instruments of the latter were deposited in some public building at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., after the Revolution. Where are they now—and are those of Proctor’s regiment also preserved, and where?

_Chicago._ H. AUSTIN.

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MATTHIAS OGDEN—Is there any portrait of Matthias Ogden, brother of Aaron, extant?

NEW JERSEY.

MINOR TOPICS

THE DEATH OF WALTER N. BUTLER

Mrs. Mary (Mower) Baldwin, who died in Oneida County, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1904, was a daughter of Peter Mower, a Revolutionary soldier. His brother George, was one of the party of patriots who with several Indians, pursued the notorious Tory and killed him at the ford of West Canada Creek, Oct. 30, 1781.

History has always credited the fatal shot to an unnamed Oneida Indian, but Mrs. Baldwin in whose family it was a tradition, always declared that it was fired by her uncle George, the only white man who had kept up so far with the Indians. Butler after crossing the ford in safety, dismounted from his horse; Mower, recognizing him by his uniform—the notorious “Butler’s Rangers”—fired and killed him.—_American Monthly Magazine_, February.

GENEALOGICAL

All communications for this department (including genealogical publications for review) should be sent to William Prescott Greenlaw, address: Sudbury, Mass., from April to November, inclusive; Commonwealth Hotel, Bowdoin St, Boston, Mass., from December to March, inclusive.

[A limited number of queries will be inserted for subscribers free; to all others a charge of one cent per word (payable in stamps) will be made.]

8. _a._ PALFREY—Wanted, the maiden name of the wife of Peter Palfrey who came to Salem, Mass., about 1626, was made freeman 1630 and settled in Reading.

_b._ FRARY—Wanted, the maiden name of the wife of John Frary who settled in Dedham, Mass., about 1638.

_c._ LILLIE—Wanted, the parentage of David Lillie who is said to have been born in Lebanon, Ct., Oct. 27, 1742, and married Huldah Blodgett in 1756 at Stafford, Ct.

_d._ ADAMS—Wanted, the maiden name of the first wife of Robert Adams who settled in Newbury, Mass., and died there Oct. 12, 1682.

_e._ PEASE—Wanted, the maiden name of the wife of Robert Pease who came to Salem, Mass., in 1634 and died there in 1644.

_f._ SEYMOUR—Wanted, the maiden name of the wife of Richard Seymour who died in Norwalk, Ct., Nov. 25, 1655.

_g._ WOODRUFF—Wanted, the maiden name of the wife of Matthew Woodruff who died at Farmington, Ct., in 1682.

_h._ CARTER—Wanted, the maiden name of the first wife of Capt. John Carter of Woburn, who died there Sept. 14, 1692.

_i._ PRESCOTT—Wanted, proofs of the ancestry of John Prescott of Lancaster, Mass., who died there in 1681.

M. 1.

9. _a._ MULLINS—Wanted, a complete list of the children of William and Alice Mullins who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower, 1620.

_b._ MULLINS—Wanted, a complete list of the children of William Mullins, Jr., whose daughter, Sarah, m. Gannett, Savil and Faxon.

_c._ MULLINS—Who was the William Mullins who married May 7, 1656, Ann, widow of Thomas Bell, in Boston?

_d._ MULLINS—Did Ruth, daughter of William and Alice Mullins, who was baptized at Dorking, England, 1619, marry and leave descendants?

_e._ ALDEN—Did Thomas Delano marry Rebecca Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla? If not, is there any positive evidence as to the given name of the daughter he did marry?

_f._ ALDEN—Wanted, a complete list of the children of John Alden, and the order of their births.

S. 3.

10. _a._ TURNER—Whom did the daughter of John Turner, who came in the Mayflower, marry and did she leave any children? Bradford says she was living in Salem about 1650.

B. 2.

FARRAR FAMILY MEMORANDA.

Thomas Farrar, of Lynn, 1639, had wife, Elizabeth; children, Thomas, Sarah, Hannah, Susanna, Peleg, Mehitable and Elizabeth. His wife died 8 Jan., 1681, and he d. 23 Feb., 1694. (_Savage’s Gen. Dict._)

Thomas Farrar of Lynn, aged above 50 in 1699. (N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, vol. 6, p. 253.)

1645. “2. (11) A tre Atturney gener^{ll} for debts rents landes from Tho: ffarrar of Boston husbandman (son of Thomas ffarrar of or neere Burnley in Lan^{ce} husbandman) unto Henry Farrar his brother Mariner, wth power to sett lett Lease or make sale of any such house or lands to him due by inheritance gift or otherwise. witnes Joseph Wilson.” (Aspinwall’s Notarial Records, p. 18.)

Extracts from the Registers of the Parish Church of Burnley in the County of Lancaster, England.

MARRIAGES.

Edward ffarrer and Jenett Willsone 9 August 1567.

Henrie ffarrar and Jenet Jacksonn 20 May 1610.

Henry Shore and Agnes ffarrar 12 ffebruarie 1614–15.

Henrie ffarrar and Alice Thomas 13 October 1623.

William Roberte and Anne ffarrer 27 October 1636.

Isaack ffarrar and Dinah Woodhead 18 July 1643.

BAPTISMS.

John son of John ffarrer 30 January 1581–2.

Roberte son of John ffarrer 24 April 1584.

Anne dau. John ffarrer 17 September 1586.

Marie dau. John ffarrer 4 August 1588.

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Anne dau. of Anthonie ffarer 20 May 1592.

Henry base son of Anthonie ffarer 19 May 1594.

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Susan dau. of Henry ffarrer 28 Marche 1611.

Robert son of Henry ffarrar of Worsthorne 27 September 1618.

Marie dau. of Henrie ffarrar 10 October 1624.

Jenet dau. of Henrie ffarrar 11 November 1627.

Daurathie dau. of Henrie ffarrar 11 December 1631.

Margret dau. of Henrie ffarrar 20 April 1634.

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Elizabeth dau. of Thomas ffarrar 14 April 1612.

Thomas son of Thomas ffarrar 29 Januarie 1614–15.

Anne dau. of Thomas ffarrar 29 Marche 1618.

Henry son of Thomas ffarrar 7 October 1621.

BURIALS.

A child of Anthony ffarrer 30 April 1591.

Anthonie ffarrer 10 June 1597.

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Uxor Edward ffarrer 10 July 1597.

Edward ffarrer 21 Auguste 1597.

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Uxor John ffarrer 9 October 1596.

John ffarrer 4 October 1597.

A child of Adam ffarrer 5 September 1597.

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Uxor Henrie ffarrar of Worsthorne 3 September 1627.

Henrie ffarrar of Worsthorne 24 October 1633.

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Daurathie dau. of Henrie ffarrar 17 Marche 1632–3.

A child of Henry ffarrer 1 ffebruarie 1635–6.

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A childe of Thomas ffarrer 9 Januarie 1603–4.

A child of Thomas ffarrer of Pendle 23 December 1604.

A child of Thomas ffarrer 7 Aprill 1606.

A child of Thomas ffarrer 9 November 1608.

A child of Thomas ffarrer 20 December 1609.

A child of Thomas ffarrer 14 Marche 1610–11.

Uxor of Thomas ffarrer 19 Marche 1610–11.

John son of Thomas ffarrar 6 Marche 1630–31.

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Anne dau. of Thomas ffarrar of Saxifield 23 March 1649–50.

Athellred uxor Thomas ffarrar of Saxifield 30 March 1650.

DEXTER GENEALOGY 1642–1904 BEING A HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD DEXTER OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, FROM THE NOTES OF JOHN HAVEN DEXTER AND ORIGINAL RESEARCHES. By ORRANDO PERRY DEXTER, M. A., Oxon. Arranged by HENRY L. MILLS. Press of J. J. LITTLE & CO., Astor Place, New York, 1904. 12mo. pp. 279. Ill.

Richard Dexter came from Ireland, and belonged to a family which from the beginning of the twelfth century has been prominent in Irish history. The genealogy, therefore, is prefaced by a chapter on “Early Irish Records Relating to the Dexter Family.” Mr. Mills has well performed the labor of arranging the materials which came into his hands, the authorities for the statements in them being indicated in a table of references made by Orrando Perry Dexter. The good index, the convenient size of the book, its letterpress and binding, are all mentionable points. The illustrations are two in number, one being a coat of arms in color. ***

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THE CHURCHILL FAMILY IN AMERICA. COMPILERS: GARDNER ASAPH CHURCHILL, NATHANIEL WILEY CHURCHILL. Editor and Associate Compiler: REV. GEORGE M. BODGE. Published by the family of GARDNER A. CHURCHILL. Boston, 1904. Large 8vo. pp. xv + 707. Ill.

The Plymouth branch, the Connecticut branch, and the Manhattan branch of the Churchill family constitute the three divisions of this work, followed by an appendix of names unconnected with the above lines, and preceded by Mr. Bodge’s preface which concludes with “The Churchill Family in England.” Mr. Bodge explains that, owing to the death of the compilers, the task of preparing their collections for the press was left to him, a labor which, as would be expected, he has ably performed. The plan on which the genealogy is arranged is that of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, in its organ, the “Register,” by means of which the immense mass of notes and correspondence entrusted to Mr. Bodge have assumed the lucid order which alone renders a genealogy serviceable. There is a most carefully prepared index of nearly ninety pages. The illustrations are fine, chiefly portraits. The book is printed on good paper and bound in black cloth.

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GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OF THE WOODBURY FAMILY, ITS INTERMARRIAGES AND CONNECTIONS. By CHARLES LEVI WOODBURY. Edited by his sister, E. C. D. O. WOODBURY, Manchester, N. H.: Printed by the JOHN B. CLARKE CO., 1904. Square 4to. pp. 251. Ill.

The sketches are introduced by a memoir of Judge Woodbury, the compiler. The genealogical value of the work is apparent from the fact that, beside the Woodbury pedigree, it includes those of such families as the Quincys, the Palgraves, the Wendells, the Clapps, the De Kays, the Willetts, the Perkinses, and others. Though left unfinished and inaccessible at Judge Woodbury’s death, the sketches are nevertheless presented here in a nearly completed form, though it has been found impossible to fill omissions occasioned by the loss of some of the original papers. The mental energy, the skill and the humor characteristic of the compiler will be recognized in these pages, which, though not intended for the public, will be attractive to many outside of the readers for whom they were designed. Paper, print and binding are good. There is no index. ***

REPLIES.

3. _a._ MAVERICK—There is no absolute proof that Moses Maverick was son of Rev. John and brother of Samuel, but the editor of this department (a descendant of Moses) is satisfied that Rev. John Maverick was father of Moses, Samuel, Antipas and Silas, notwithstanding what Palfrey and Savage wrote to the contrary.

A thorough examination of the whole matter has brought to light no evidence which contradicts the statement of John Josselyn, who was a guest of Samuel Maverick several days in July, 1638, that Mr. Maverick, the minister, was father of Samuel, the commissioner (Josselyn’s Two Voyages, 1865 edition, pages 13, 20 and 190); nor of the statement of Col. Cartwright in 1665 that Mr. Samuel Maverick had mother, wife, children and brothers living in Massachusetts at that date. (N. E. H. and G. Register, vol. 48, p. 207).

There is no record of the death of the widow of Rev. John Maverick, and I have no doubt that she was the mother of Samuel Maverick and lived with him during her widowhood. A point worth noticing in this connection is that Samuel Maverick in writing to a man who lived near where Rev. John Maverick had lived after his marriage in England, says that his mother “presents her humble service.”

The direct evidence of Josselyn and Cartwright both of whom had ample opportunity by association with Samuel Maverick to learn about the family, is not disqualified by the unsupported opinion of these two eminent historical scholars.—EDITOR.

BOOK NOTICES

A HISTORY SYLLABUS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Published by D. C. Heath & Co., Boston, Mass., 1904. $1.20 net.

This Syllabus consists of four outlines in History. (1) Ancient History (the major portion Greek and Roman), (2) Mediæval and Modern European History, (3) English History, and (4) American History and Government. General suggestion to teachers in regard to the method and use of the outlines and useful bibliographies furnish helpful and necessary data for the school work of preparation and recitation.

The primary object of the syllabus is to provide definite and practical material in training pupils to meet the college entrance requirements. Those schools, also, which do not prepare their pupils to pass college examinations will find the book useful.

The syllabus is wisely not intended for boys and girls of thirteen years of age. Pure narration is best for them at this age, as the living voice serves to arouse interest and to furnish a stimulus for the sterner work of wide and varied reading.

Grave, but not unsurmountable difficulties, will arise in the actual working out of this syllabus from the inadequate preparation of the teacher and from the failure to provide the student always with the books for reading.

Yet these difficulties ought to be overcome, since the slavish method of simply hearing the recitation from the text-book must give way to the more comprehensive method of reading many writers.

As these outlines have been prepared by able university professors and successful secondary school teachers, they are the product of careful planning and actual experience.

F. C. H.

BOOKS WANTED

Wants Inserted for 10 Cents Per Line. Ten Lines Free to Each Subscriber. Limited to Americana.

LIBRARIAN, 18 SOMERSET STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

A Patent for Plymouth In New England. To which is annexed, extracts from the Records of that Colony, etc., etc. Boston; New England: Printed by John Draper, 1761. 22 pages.

An Hour with the Pilgrim Fathers and their Precursors. By Benj. Scott. Second edition. London. 1869.

The Pilgrim Fathers neither Puritans nor Persecutors. By Benj. Scott. London. 1864.

Mayflower Essays on the Story of the Pilgrim Fathers. Blaxland. London. 1896.

A Declaration of the Warrantable Grounds and Proceedings of the First Association of the Government of New Plymouth In their Laying the First Foundation of this Government, and in their Making Laws, and Disposing of the Lands within the same. Together With the General Fundamentals of their Laws, Enacted, Ordained, and Constituted, by the Authority of the Associates of the Colony of New Plymouth. Boston. Printed and sold at Greenleaf’s Printing-Office, in Hanover-Street. M.DCC, LXXIII.

The Pilgrim Fathers. A lecture by R. W. Dale, M. A. London. 1854.

Waddington’s Life of John Penry.

The Pilgrim Fathers in Holland. By William C. Winslow, LL.D Boston. 1891.

The History of The Primitive Yankees or The Pilgrim Fathers in England and Holland. By William Macon Coleman. Washington. 1881.

The Illustrated Pilgrim Memorial. Boston. 1886.

Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections. Second Series, vols. 9 and 10. Fourth Series, vol. 1. Sixth Series, vol. 10. Seventh Series, vols. 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, First Series, vols. Second Series, vols.

Morton’s New England’s Memorial. Boston. 1721, and Newport. 1772.

Chapman’s Bulkeley Genealogy. 1875.

Raymond’s Raymond Genealogy. 1886.

Burnham’s Burnham Genealogy, 1869 or later edition containing the Ipswich families.

Copyright, 1905, by William Abbatt

ARNOLD’S EXPEDITION TO QUEBEC

By the late JOHN CODMAN, 2D

Extra-Illustrated Edition. Two Maps, and Notes. Edited by William Abbatt.

200 copies at $7.50 net. Cloth, gilt top.

50 copies on hand-made paper. Boards, gilt top. $15.00.

Postage, 30 cents extra on each.

Among the historical books of 1901, I know none more interesting or valuable than Mr. CODMAN’S, and it is greatly to be regretted that he did not live to witness its deserved success.

Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL (author of _The Crisis_) says: “This book richly deserves the prominent notice given it (by a leading literary journal). It revives a most important and glorious episode in the history of this country, and every American will be the better for reading of the heroic struggles of Arnold’s men across the wilderness. It is a book which seems essential to every library.”

But the author failed to fully recognize his opportunity for illustrating the story, giving portraits of only four of the twenty or more officers of the expedition.

In my edition I insert _thirteen additional portraits, several of which have never appeared before, and nine other illustrations_.

The biographical notices of the original have been extended wherever possible. These various improvements add much value to the original work, not only to the bibliophile but to the general reader.

The expedition to Quebec, through the trackless wilderness of Maine, is easily the most dramatic episode of the Revolution. It was led by one who was destined to a brilliant career as a soldier, and a disgraceful end as a traitor to his country. But for two events it would have been completely successful, and the whole history of our Revolution changed thereby—the territory of the original thirteen Colonies being augmented by the vast domain now comprehended under the general name of British America, and our country thus extending from the shores of the Arctic Ocean to the Rio Grande.

These two incidents were, first: the month-late start of the expedition, because of which the terrible flood in the Dead River, with the resultant hardships, was encountered by those whom one of their number, many years later, justly termed “that band of Heroes”—and, second: the wound which disabled Arnold himself when, during the desperate attack on Quebec, his inspiring presence and wonderful leadership were most needed by his men.

Mr. Codman’s book is the only modern account of this important “prologue of the Revolution,” as it has been styled by another author. No full understanding of the importance of Arnold’s enterprise and the heroism of his men is possible without having read it. Its terse diction and graphic style make it most interesting reading, and the numerous illustrations (most of them made expressly for it) add greatly to its value.

Sample pages will be sent free on request. Address the MAGAZINE of HISTORY, 281 Fourth Ave., N. Y.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1905

I expect to publish within the coming twelve months several interesting items of Americana, viz:

I.—THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND COMPANY, GOVERNOR’S FOOT-GUARD of the State of Connecticut; by Jason Thomson, Esq., of the New Haven Bar (a member of the Company). This was originally issued as a pamphlet, but has long been out of print. The Company is the third oldest military organization in the United States, beginning its history with service in the Revolution when Benedict Arnold, its first captain, took the Colony powder by force from the hesitant Selectmen of New Haven, and marched to Cambridge, accompanied by Israel Putnam, to join the patriot forces there. It has since served in the War of 1812, the War of the Rebellion, and the Spanish-Cuban War. The history of such an organization is obviously well worth preserving and enlarging by illustrations, as I have done. It will contain:

1. A rare plate of Benedict Arnold, in uniform, as he appeared before _Quebec_.

2. A colored plate, showing the present uniform of the Company.