intimate friend and associate of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, and during the administrations of the two last, filled offices of trust and honor, which he accepted at their request. MILLS, LT. THOMAS, Dunbarton, N. H., 15 Dec., . 90. He retained his bodily and mental faculties to the last in a remarkable degree. He was very abstemious, never drank any ardent spirit, and never was sick a day in his life. He was the first person in the town who enlisted to join Gen. Stark at Bennington in 1777, and among the first who went over the breastworks of the enemy in that battle. During the war, Lt. Mills and a man named Piper, took prisoners seven men and two boys near a bridge over the Hoosick, although Mills and Piper had each a Hessian prisoner taken just be fore. MORRILL, HON. DAVID L., Concord, N. H., 28 Jan., æ. 76 yrs. 7 mo. 18 days. "Gov. Morrill was born in Epping, this State, June 10, 1772; was the oldest son of Rev. Samuel Morrill, and grandson of Rev. Isaac Morrill, of Wilmington, Ms., both graduates of Harvard College. In 1793 he settled at Epsom, as a physician, where he remained until 1800. In October, of that year, he commenced the study of divinity, was approbated as a preacher the following June, and was ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian Congregational Church in Goffstown, March 2, 1802. In 1807, he resumed the practice of physic, and continued it, when not drawn from it by public duties, until 1830. In 1811, at his own request he was dismissed from his pastoral duties to the church in Goffstown, on account of ill health. In 1808 he was elected a member of the Legislature from Goffstown, and was annually reelected Representative until 1817; at the June session, 1816, he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives and the same session was chosen Senator in Congress, for 6 years from the 4th of March, 1817; his term expired on the 4th of March, 1823, and at the March election, of that year, he was elected a State Senator to represent the 3d Senatorial District, and was chosen President of the Senate the following June. The next year he succeeded Governor Woodbury as Chief Magistrate of the State, and in 1825 he received 30,167 of the 30,770 votes given for Governor in the whole State that year. In 1826, in a sharp contest, he was re elected Governor, having for a competitor for the Gu bernatorial Chair, the late Gov. B. Pierce of Hillsborough. In addition to the titles of 'Dr.,' ' Rev.,' 'Gov..' 'Senator,' &c., Dartmouth College conferred upon him the titles, Mas ter of Arts,' and Doctor of Medicine,' and the University of Vermont added, 'Doctor of Laws."". Conc. Dem. MORRIS, THOMAS, Esq., New York. He was for many years U. S. Marshall, and son of the celebrated Robert Morris of Philadelphia. MORSE, MR. LEONARD, Sherburne, æ. 57. MUSSEY, MRS. BETSEY WOODBURY, Wife of Benj. B. Mussey, Esq., of Boston, 20 March, æ. 40 years. MUSSEY, MRS. DOLLY, N. Brighton, Me., 5 Feb., æ. 91, widow of late Theodore Mussey, Esq, of Standish. OGIER, LEWIS, Camden, Me., 30 Jan., æ. 88, a soldier of the Revolution. OLIVER, MRS. ELIZA, Boston, 28 Dec., æ. 71, widow of late Hubbard Oliver. PARKER, MR. ELIAB, N. Reading, 11 Feb., æ 80. PETERS, AMOSs, Mt. Airy, Hunterdon Co., N. J., 14 Jan., æ. 90, a sergeant in the Rev. army. "Several matrons of that period have left us within a few days, all over 90 years of age; among them Mrs. Amelia Lippincott, grandmother of Stephens, the traveller and author, who died at Shrewsbury, Monmouth county, on the 27th ult.. in the 96th year of her age. She retained the possession of her faculties to the last.". Newark Daily Adv., Feb., 1849. PORTER, MRS. HANNAH, Hampton Falls, N. H., æ. 96. She was widow of late John Porter, and dau. of Hon. Meshech Weare, first Governor of New Hamp shire. She is said to have entertained at her house, Washington, Lafayette, and many Revolutionary worthies. POTTER, CAPT. JAMES, North Adams, 22 Jan., æ. 89, a soldier of the Revolution. PRENTISS, MRS. SARAH JEWETT, Boston, 5 Jan., æ. 39, wife of Mr. Henry James Prentiss, and dau. of late Eliphalet Jewett, formerly of Salem. PRINCE, DAVID, Esq., Cumberland, Me., 3 Feb, æ. 95 yrs. 9 mo. RANDALL, REUBEN, Greenville Co., N. Y., æ. 91, a Revolutionary soldier. He was a native of Connecticut, and 19 years of age when he entered the army. REED, WILLIAM GORDON, at Paris, 13 Feb., æ. 37, eldest son of William Reed, of Boston, formerly of the house of Paine, Striker & Co., Batavia, Java. SALMON, JOHN, ESQ, Boston, 15 March, æ. 83. Mr. Salmon has, through a long and active life, sustained the reputation of an honest man and one of the most useful citizens. When about ten years old he witnessed the battle of Bunker's Hill and the conflagration of Charlestown. This he viewed from Copps Hill, and though he was at that time a mere child, the impressions made on his mind by that tragic scene remained clear and vivid till the end of his life. SANDERSON, MRS. SARAH, Roxbury, 14 | WEBSTER, MRS. CYNTHIA, widow of late Jan., æ 98. SIMPSON, MR. BENJ., Saco, Me., æ. 94, one of the immortal "Tea Party." STACKPOLE, ABSALOM, N. Berwick, Me, 30 Jan., . 96, a soldier of the Revolution. STONE, CAPT. JOHN, Worthington, 20 Feb., æ. 96. He survived his wife, with whom he had lived sixty-five years, just two weeks. STONE, MRS. SARAH, Watertown, 27 Feb., æ. 87, widow of late Jonathan Stone. STONE, WILLIAM. Hallowell, Me., æ 87, a Revolutionary soldier and one of the first settlers of the town. TEN BROECK. REV PETRUS S., Danvers, 21 Jan., æ. 57, formerly Rector of St. Paul's church in Portland. THOMAS, MR. SIDNEY, St. Louis, 28 Jan., æ. 34, a native of Plymouth, Mass. THOMPSON, MR. BENJ. F., of Hempstead, L. I.. suddenly, in the city of New York, 22 March. Mr. Thompson is extensively known as the author of the history of Long Island, was for several years District Attorney of Queen's County, and ranked among the most respectable scholars in historic and antiquarian lore that this country affords. Charles R. Webster of Albany, N. Y., at Albion, N. Y., 22 Dec., 1848, æ. 78. WILKINSON, MRS. BETSEY, Boston, 11 Jan., æ. 66, wife of Simon Wilkinson, Esq. WILLIAMS, MISS DOROTHY, Hadley, 7 Jan., æ. 84, dau. of Hon. William Williams, formerly of Dalton. WILLIAMS, WIDOW ELIZABETH, Roxbuty, 31 Jan., æ. 89. WILLIAMS, JOEL, Orange, N. J., 28 Feb., æ. 85. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and had lived with his wife, who survives him, sixty-one years in the same house where he died.'" WILLIAMS, MISS JULIA, Northampton, 10 March, æ. 65, eldest dau. of late Rev. Solomon Williams, of that town. WILLIAMS, HON. TIMOTHY S., Ithaca, N. Y., 11 March, Senator from the 26th district of that state. WILSON, MRS. JANE, Bath, Me, 14 March, æ. 99. WINGATE, PAINE, ESQ, Hallowell, Me., æ. 61. WITHIN, SAMUEL, Wilton, Me., æ. 91 yrs. 8 mo., a Revolutionary pensioner. WOODBURY, MR. JOHN, Boston, 24 Dec., æ. 80. DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY. HON. SAMUEL BRECK, of Philadelphia, an ancient Map of Boston, (1769) C. M. TAINTOR. ESQ., of Shelburne, Ms., several MSS. of the Revolutionary period, and early newspapers. REV. ERASTUS WENTWORTH, of Lebanon, Ill., catalogue of the officers and students of M'Kendree College, 1848. MR. S. T. FARWELL, several valuable modern pamphlets. J. WINGATE THORNTON, Esq., do. do. The publisher would ask pardon of all persons of the name of Frobisher-regularly entitled to that name-in the United States, for what may be considered ignorance on the part of the author of the "Memoirs of Sir Martin Frobisher," in the last number of the Register. The writer of that article will be acquitted even of the charge of ignorance, when we assure our readers that no such name is to be found among our subscribers! Several valuable works sent to be noticed will receive attention in our next. Many valuable communications are unavoidably deferred at present. They shall receive early attention. Mr. A. M. Griggs, of Chaplin, Ct., desires information respecting his name and family. |