NOTES. Note A, to page 490. The following is the list of Captain Parker's company, as they stood enrolled on the 19th of April, 1775. Those marked with an asterisk, were present at the celebration on the 20th of April, 1835. Buckman John Chandler John Chandler John, Jr Comee Joseph, wounded Cutter Thomas Farmer Nathaniel, wounded Fessenden Thomas Green Isaac Grimes William Hadley Benjamin Hadley Ebenezer Harrington Ebenezer Harrington John *Hosmer John, living Lock Benjamin, living *Mason Daniel, living Mead Abner Merriam Benjamin Merriam William Mulliken Nathaniel Munroe Asa Munroe Ebenezer Munroe Ebenezer, Jr, wounded Munroe Edmund, lieutenant Munroe George Munroe Isaac, Jr, killed Munroe Jedediah, wounded in morning, killed in the afternoon. Munroe John Munroe John, Jr Munroe Philemon Munroe Robert, killed Munroe William, orderly sergeant *Munroe William, Jr, living Muzzy Amos *Parker Ebenezer, living Parker John, captain, Parker Jonas, killed Parker Thaddeus Parkhurst John Pierce Solomon, wounded Porter Asahel, of Woburn, killed Prince, a negro, wounded Raymond John, killed Reed Josiah, living Reed Joshua Reed Nathan Reed Robert Reed Thaddeus Simonds Josiah Simonds Joshua Smith David Smith Joseph Smith Phineas Smith Thaddeus Tidd John, wounded Tidd Samuel Tidd William Viles Joel White Ebenezer Williams John The proper limits of the occasion precluded a detail of the interesting occurrences of the retreat and pursuit from Lexington to Charlestown. One portion of these were commemorated at Danvers, on the 20th of April, 1835. Next to Lexington, Danvers suffered more severely than any other town. Seven of the Danvers company were killed. On the late return of the anniversary, the corner-stone of a monument to their memory was laid at Danvers, with affecting ceremonies, and a highly interesting address was delivered by Daniel P. King, Esq., of that place. The following return of all the killed and wounded, is taken from the Appendix to Mr Phinney's pamphlet: LEXINGTON. Killed in the morning.--Jonas Parker, Robert Munroe, Samuel Hadley, Jonathan Harrington, Jr, Isaac Muzzy, Caleb Harrington, John Brown.—7. Killed in the afternoon.-Jedediah Munroe, John Raymond, Nathaniel Wyman. -3. Wounded in the morning.—John Robbins, Solomon Pierce, John Tidd, Joseph Comee, Ebenezer Munroe, Jr, Thomas Winship, Nathaniel Farmer, Prince Estabrook, Jedediah Munroe.-9. Wounded in the afternoon.-Francis Brown.-1. CAMBRIDGE. Killed.--Wm. Marcy, Moses Richardson, John Hicks, Jason Russell, Jabez Wyman, Jason Winship.-6. Wounded.--Samuel Whittemore.-1. Missing.--Samuel Frost, Seth Russell.--2. CONCORD. Wounded.-Charles Miles, Nathan Barnet, Abel Prescott.-3. NEEDHAM.-Lieut. John Bourn, Elisha Mills, Amos Mills, Nathaniel Chamberlain, Jonathan Parker.-5. SUDBURY. Killed.--Josiah Haynes, Asahel Reed.-2. Wounded.-Joshua Haynes, Jr.--1. ACTON. Killed.-Capt. Isaac Davis, Abner Hosmer, James Hayward.—3. BEDFORD. Killed.-Jonathan Wilson.-1. Wounded.-Job Lane.-1. WOBURN. Killed.-Asahel Porter, Daniel Thompson.-2. Wounded.--George Reed, John Bacon, Johnson.-3. MEDFORD. Killed.-Henry Putnam, William Polly.-2. CHARLESTOWN. Killed.-James Miller, C. Barber's son.-2. WATERTOWN. Killed.--Joseph Coolidge.-1. FRAMINGHAM. Wounded.-Daniel Hemmenway.-1. DEDHAM. Killed.-Elias Haven. STOW. Wounded.-Daniel Conant. ROXBURY. Missing.-Elijah Seaver. Wounded.-Israel Everett. BROOKLINE. Killed.-Isaac Garduer, Esq.-1. BILLERICA. Wounded.-John Nickols, Timothy Blanchard. CHELMSFORD. Wounded.-Aaron Chamberlain, Oliver Barron.-2. NEWTON. DANVERS. Wounded.-Noah Wiswell. Killed.-Henry Jacobs, Samuel Cook, Ebenezer Goldthwait, George Southwick, Benjamin Daland, Jotham Webb, Perley Putnam.—7. Missing.-Joseph Bell.--1. BEVERLY. Killed.--Reuben Kenyme.-1. Wounded.-Nathaniel Cleves, Samuel Woodbury, William Dodge, 3d.—3. LYNN. Killed.-Abednego Ramsdell, Daniel Townsend, William Flint, Thomas Hadley.-4. Wounded.-Joshua Felt, Timothy Munroe.-2. Missing.Josiah Breed.-1. TOTAL. Killed, 49.- Wounded, 36.-Missing, 5. ORATION delivered on THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY, 1835, BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF BEVERLY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF PARTY. WHEN Our fathers united in resistance to the oppressive measures of the British ministry, a few only of the leading patriots, and those principally of Massachusetts, contemplated the establishment of an independent government. They were unanimously determined to assert their rights, and to stand or fall in their defence; but the mass of the people desired and expected a reconciliation. There is preserved a letter of Washington, written from Philadelphia, on the 9th of October, 1774, at which place he was in attendance, as a member of the first revolutionary Congress. It is addressed to Captain McKenzie, an officer of the British army in Boston, with whom Washington had served in the former war. It probably gives the precise state of the feelings of the patriots, both in and out of Congress, with the exception of a very few bold, far-reaching, and I might almost say inspired,-individuals, who went far beyond their age, and knew that separation and independence were inevitable. It contains unquestionably the feelings and opinions of Washington himself. 'I think,' says he, 'I can announce it as a fact, that it is not the wish nor the interest of the government of Massachusetts, or any other government upon this continent, separately or collectively, to set up for independence; but this you may rely upon, that none of them will ever submit to the loss of those valuable rights and privileges, which are essential to the inhabitants of every free state, and without which life, liberty, and property are rendered totally insecure."* The address to the king, which was adopted by Congress a short time after this letter was written, contains the most solemn protestations of loyalty;—and after setting forth, in strong language, the views entertained in America of the ministerial policy, it adds, 'these sentiments are extorted from hearts that would much more willingly bleed in your Majesty's service.' I have no doubt these and numerous other like protestations were entirely sincere; and I quote them to show, in the clearest manner, that the revolutionary struggle was a contest for principle, in which our fathers engaged with reluctance, and that the torch of independence was not kindled by the unholy fire of personal ambition. But the measures of the British ministry were conceived in the lofty spirit of offended power, dealing with disaffected colonial subjects. The sovereign considered the prerogatives of majesty to be invaded. The crisis was beyond the grasp of common minds. The government and people of England,—and perhaps I should add the people of America,—were unconscious that a state of things existed, vastly transcending the sphere of ordinary politics. It was not possible, that the great controversy should be settled by any common mode of adjustment. A change in the British constitution, by which the colonies should have been admitted to a full representation in parliament, would probably have restored harmony. But this was rejected even by the most enlightened friends of America in the British parliament. After alternate measures of inadequate conciliation and feeble and irritating coercion, the sword is drawn. The wound of which Chatham spoke, -the vulnus immedicabile, the wound for which, in all the British Gilead, there was not one drop of balm,-the wound, which a child, a madman, a thoughtless moment might inflict, and did inflict, a wretched project to knock the trunnions off a half a dozen iron six-pounders, and throw a few barrels of flour into the river at Concord,―this incurable wound, which not parliaments, nor ministers, nor kings, to the end of time, could heal,-is struck. When * Washington's Works, Vol. II, p. 401. In making this citation, I would acknowledge my obligations to Mr Sparks' invaluable collection of the Writings of Washington, particularly the Appendix to the second volume, for the greater portion of the historical materials made use of in this address. |