Chapter III (2)

In his paper on “The Travels of Jonathan Carver,” read before the American Historical Association in Chicago, December 29, 1904, Prof. E. G. Bourne of Yale University, presented the results of an investigation as to the originality and authenticity of the second part of this famous book, which is devoted to giving a systematic account of the manners and customs of the Indians in the Northwest, and of the animals and products of the soil.

The Professor brought to light the fact that as early as 1792 Oliver Wolcott, then Comptroller of the Treasury in Philadelphia, wrote the geographer Jedidiah Morse, that he had been informed on good authority that the book was written under very inauspicious circumstances; adding that Carver was an ignorant man, incapable of writing such a work, and that there was reason to believe it to be a compilation from other authors.[26]

Next, he cited contemporaneous but entirely independent criticisms by Schoolcraft in 1823,[27] and by Keating in 1824,[28] both of whom assert that the author of the _Travels_ drew considerably from Lahontan. In addition, Schoolcraft declared that material was also derived from Charlevoix’s _Travels_. More detailed and more positive still, were the assertions of Greenhow, the historian of Oregon, that the second part of Carver’s _Travels_ was a compilation from Charlevoix, Hennepin, and Lahontan.[29] Greenhow was familiar with Keating’s views, but apparently not with Schoolcraft’s, whose _Memoirs_ were published in 1851, or with Wolcott’s, whose letter first saw light in 1846. These early criticisms appear to have escaped the notice of later writers who have written upon Carver’s _Travels_, for neither Moses Coit Tyler, in his _History of American Literature_, nor the authors of the articles on Carver in the various cyclopædias, breathe any suspicion as to the authenticity of the work.

In the second part of his paper, Professor Bourne gave the results of his attempt to test the correctness of the assertions of Wolcott, Schoolcraft, Keating, and Greenhow. He cited a few passages showing how the author of the _Travels_, whoever he might be, drew from books information which a genuine traveller would not think of going to books for. For example, the description of the personal appearance of the Indians was taken from Lahontan; of their keenness in detecting a trail, from Charlevoix; of their game of lacrosse partly from Charlevoix and partly from Adair’s _History of the American Indians_. The description of the Indian sled (or toboggan), with which the real Carver must have been perfectly familiar, is taken word for word from Charlevoix. Again, the real Carver must have many times seen Indians scalp prisoners, for he was a veteran of the French and Indian War, and one of the survivors of the Fort William Henry massacre; but notwithstanding such presumable personal observation, the author of Carver’s _Travels_ borrows word for word Adair’s account of the process of scalping. The accounts of the animals are largely from Charlevoix. “The short vocabulary of the Chippeway Language” is almost entirely taken from Lahontan’s “Dictionary of the Algonkin Language.” Some of the changes are pure blunders of hasty transcription, which one familiar with the language, as Carver pretended to be, could not have made; as, for example, where Carver gives _Sheshikwee_ for “dart,” when Lahontan gives it as the name of a particular kind of dance; or again, where Carver gives the word for “heart” which Lahontan gave for “hart.”

Professor Bourne’s conclusion was, that the second and larger part of Carver’s _Travels_ is not an original work, but a literary compilation, like Sir John Mandeville’s _Travels_ or Benzoni’s _History of the New World_; and that the first part was probably put together by the same writer, from Carver’s notes or oral recollections. As to the extent or reality of Carver’s journey up the St. Peter’s (or Minnesota) River, Professor Bourne felt disposed to accept the view of Keating, who apparently had studied the question very thoroughly on the ground, that Carver had entered the river but did not ascend it as far as he pretended.

OLD FORT GEORGE, ON THE BATTERY, NEW YORK CITY

On July 30, 1904, the contractors who were excavating for the Rapid Transit tunnel in Battery Park, New York City, dug up at a point twenty feet west of the center line of State street and eighty-seven feet north of the center line of Bridge street, a small monumental stone of great historical significance. This stone, which was two feet nine inches below the surface of the ground, marked the site of the southwest bastion of Old Fort George.

The great historical value of this monument was immediately appreciated by the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society and the New York Historical Society, for it supplied the _datum_ for the exact location of the boundaries of the old fort, which, under various names, had occupied the site of the birthplace of the Metropolis.

The Secretary of the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society on August 1, wrote to Mayor McClellan, and President Orr of the Rapid Transit Commission, requesting that the bearings of the exact site of the monument be carefully taken, and that the stone be replaced above ground on the same spot as soon as Battery Park was restored to its normal condition. On August 12th, the Scenic Society’s letter was formally approved by the Rapid Transit Board, and the acting chief engineer was authorized to construct a proper pedestal for the monument and restore it as soon as practicable.

The New York Historical Society, through whose instrumentality the stone was originally erected in 1818, also manifested the liveliest interest in the matter, and when the stone is replaced will probably hold formal ceremonies.

The circumstances of the original erection of the monument are extremely interesting:

Under date of June 10, 1817, Mr. John Pintard, Secretary of the New York Chamber of Commerce, wrote to the New York Historical Society as follows:

NEW YORK, _10th June, 1817_.

The subscriber, as Secretary of the Corporation of the New York
Chamber of Commerce (instituted 5th April, 1768), in reviewing the
minutes of that respectable Association, found the following
astronomical observations for determining the Latitude of the City of
New York made in October, 1769, by Mr. David Rittenhouse of
Philadelphia, and Captain John Montresor of the British Corps of
Engineers, at that period stationed in this City.

These observations, it is presumed, have never been published, and may
be considered of sufficient importance to be preserved in the archives
of the New York Historical Society.

JOHN PINTARD.

The accompanying extracts from the minutes of the Chamber of Commerce were as follows:

NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

_7th November, 1769_.

At the desire of several members of the Chamber, they had requested
the President to apply to Messrs. David Rittenhouse and John Montresor
to take the Latitude of the Flag Bastion on Fort George in the City of
New York.

NEW YORK, _October 12th, 1769_.

At your request, in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of
New York, I have made the following observations with the Pennsylvania
sector of six feet radius on the Southwest Bastion in this city.

Zenith distance on the Meridian
of Capella
° ′ ″
Octr. 9th, morn 5 2 0½
10th, do 5 1 59

of Castor
° ′ ″
10th, morn 8 19 51
12th, do 8 19 51

Having carefully computed the Declinations of the above stars from
their latitudes as settled by Dr. Bradley, reduced to the present time
and corrected by the observation of light and variable motion of the
earth’s axis, I find, the Latitude of the place from the observations
of Capella to be 40° 42′ 9″ and from those of Castor 40° 42′ 7″, a
mean whereof is the Latitude of the Fort, 40° 42′ 8″.

I am sir, your very humb. servt.

DAVID RITTENHOUSE.

to John Cruger
President
of the Chamber of Commerce

Observations made at the Flag Bastion in Fort George in the City of
New York, principally with the sector belonging to the Province of
Pennsylvania, of six feet radius, by Messrs. David Rittenhouse and
John Montresor, Engineers, October, 1769.

Zenith Distance of Capella
October 9th 3h 50′ morn 5° 2′ 0½″
10th 3 46 do 5 1 59

Zenith Distance of Castor
October 10th 6h 6′ 8 19 51
12th 5 58 8 19 51
=== === ===
Declination of Capella 45 44 14
Zenith distance of Capella Refraction 5 2 5
——— ——— ———
Latitude 40 42 9
=== === ===
Declination of Castor 32 22 7
Zenith distance of Castor 8 19 51
Refraction 0 0 9
——— ——— ———
Latitude 40 42 7
=== === ===

The mean of the above observations ascertain the Latitude of Fort
George in 40° 42′ 8″.

I am, with respect
Sir, Your most Humb. Servt.
JOHN MONTRESOR.

John Cruger Esq.
President
of the Chamber of Commerce
of New York.

(End of extract of minutes.)

The Chamber of Commerce appropriated 20 pounds to pay Mr. Rittenhouse for his services in the above matter.

In 1790,[30] Fort George was razed to the ground, part of the material was used for filling in and enlarging Battery Park, the Government Building was erected on part of the old fort site, and all trace of the southwest bastion where the observations of Montresor and Rittenhouse were made was lost.

The New York Historical Society, on June 10, 1817, therefore voted to apply to the Corporation of the City to ascertain the site of the bastion an which Messrs. Rittenhouse and Montresor made their observations in 1769 and to erect a monument with suitable inscriptions to mark the same. Messrs. John Pintard, Dr. John Griscom and Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill were appointed a committee to prepare the memorial to the Common Council and present it to that body. The memorial, dated June 16, 1817, recited the facts here given and said: “It is conceived by the Historical Society that it is worthy the care of a cultivated and enlightened people to ascertain and perpetuate by a monumental stone the aforesaid site.” It also called attention to the fact that “Your magnificent City Hall has been erected considerably to the northward of the place where Fort George formerly stood,” and requested that its latitude also be accurately determined and marked by a monument with appropriate inscriptions.

On July 8, 1817, the New York Historical Society Committee reported to the Society that the Committee of Arts and Sciences of the Common Council, to whom their Memorial had been referred, had reported favorably thereupon.

The report of the Common Council Committee, after reciting the facts of the survey in 1769, proceeds as follows:

“The communication from the Historical Society having stated this fact as taken from the minutes of the Chamber of Commerce, request that the Corporation would endeavor to find the site of the Flag Bastion of Fort George and erect on the spot a stone with an inscription stating the latitude, when and by whom taken, and that a suitable person or persons be employed to take the latitude of the City Hall and erect a stone in front or near it with the latitude marked thereon which shall serve as a monument or milliarium from which all distances shall be reckoned and which will be considered the proper latitude of the place, being taken from the largest and most elegant and permanent building in the City.

“Your Committee think that the subject of this communication is of great importance and that so large and growing a city as New York, should not longer remain without its latitude being accurately ascertained and that a place of observation should be known and designated; wherefore they recommend,

“1, That the Street Commissioner be directed to ascertain as nearly as possible the site of the Southwest Bastion of Fort George and to erect thereon a monumental stone on which shall be marked the latitude as taken in 1769 and by whom;

“2, That a suitable person or persons be employed under the direction of your committee to find the Latitude of the City Hall and to erect a monumental stone near it with suitable inscriptions from which mileage or distances from the city shall hereafter be computed.

“One other subject connected with the one before your committee, though not in the petition under consideration, they beg to submit to the Board. The City Surveyors frequently differ in their computations of distances and direction in consequence sometimes of the different variations of the magnetic needles used by them. If a place was fixed in some elevated situation, (as the cupola of the City Hall, for instance) from which some permanent object on Long Island or the Jersey Shore could be observed, and the true direction ascertained, it might serve the purpose of regulating surveys and in some measure of correcting errors, as thereby the compasses of all surveyors might at any time be adjusted. Wherefore your committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

“Resolved, That the Street Commissioner be directed to ascertain if any proper object can be seen from the Cupola of the City Hall which may be fixed upon as a mark to ascertain the direction of the compass from the said cupola; and that a stone slab be fixed somewhere on the top of the Hall with marks thereon by which the true direction of the magnetic needle of surveyors’ compasses may at all times be regulated and adjusted.

“Respectfully submitted.

SAMUEL ACKERLY,
J. WARREN BRACKET,
THOMAS R. SMITH,
JOHN REMMEY,
ARTHUR BURTIS.”

The inscription originally drafted by the New York Historical Society for the Fort George monument was as follows:

_To perpetuate
The site of the S. W. Bastion of
Fort George
The Latitude of Which, 40° 42′ 8″
was taken at the order of the N. Y. Chamber of Commerce[31]
by Capt. John Montresor and David Rittenhouse Esq.
In October, 1769
The Corporation of the City of New York
(at the request of the N. York Historical Society)
have erected
This Monument
A D 1817_

The monument was not erected until 1818, and the inscription actually carved on it reads as follows:

_To perpetuate
The Site of the S. W. Bastion of
Fort George
In 40° 42′ 8″ N. Latitude
As observed by_
CAPT. JOHN MONTRESOR, AND DAVID RITTENHOUSE
_in October 1769.
The Corporation of the City of New York,
have erected
This monument
A. D. MDCCCXVIII._

NEW YORK CITY EDWARD HAGAMAN HALL

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

A WAR LETTER OF WALT WHITMAN

(_His opinion of President Lincoln_)

[The original letter dated Washington, March 19, 1863, is owned in New
York and is of exceptional interest, as written to two intimate
friends and revealing Whitman at his very best. He says it is the
longest he has ever written, and that he is “writing at night, while
taking care of the child of a friend who had gone to see Matilda Heron
in _Medea_.”]

* * * After describing his life in Washington, among the soldiers, he refers thus to President Lincoln:

“Congress does not seize hard upon me ... much gab, great fear of public opinion; plenty of low business talent, but no masterful man in Congress (probably best so)—I THINK WELL OF THE PRESIDENT. He has a face like a Hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful, with its strange mouth, its deep cut criss-cross lines, and its doughnut complexion. My notion is, too, that underneath his outside smutched manner, and stories from third-class country bar rooms (it is his humor), Mr. Lincoln keeps a fountain of first class practical telling wisdom. I do not dwell on the supposed failures of his government; he has shown I sometimes think an almost supernatural tact in keeping the ship afloat at all, with head steady, not only not going down and now certain not to, but with proud and resolute spirit, and flag flying in sight of the world, menacing and high as ever. I say never yet Captain, never ruler, had such a perplexing dangerous task as his the past two years. I more and more rely upon his idiomatic western genius, careless of court dress or of court decorums....”

(_His hospital experiences are very interesting._)

“... 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.

* * * * *

Anne dau. of Anthonie ffarer 20 May 1592.

Henry base son of Anthonie ffarer 19 May 1594.

* * * * *

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.

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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.

3. A most interesting reproduction of a document of unique
interest—the original manuscript petition to the Assembly of
Connecticut, praying for the incorporation of the Company. This is
signed by all the original members of the Company, including Arnold
and his brother-in-law, Pierpont Edwards, who afterwards, by the irony
of Fate, became the executor of his estate, at the discovery of his
treason.

The original is owned by the New Haven Colony Historical Society, and
will be reproduced, not by engraving, but by an actual
photograph—folding to fit the size of the page. The edition will be
limited to 250 copies, of which 248 will be for sale.

200 will be octavo (6 × 9) gilt top, bound in cloth. $3.00.

50 will be large paper, bound in boards, 8 × 11, untrimmed edges, gilt
top, special paper. $5.00.

_Postage extra on each._

The printing will be from type, distributed as soon as the work has
been done, and this edition will never be duplicated.

II.—THE POEMS OF EDWARD COATE PINKNEY. With a biographical sketch of
of the poet, by Eugene L. Didier, author of a “Life of Edgar A.
Poe,” “Life of Madame Bonaparte,” etc. The original edition of these
poems is now one of the rarest items of Americana. It was published
in 1825, and won the admiration of the chief American critics, Poe
among them, who pronounced Pinkney to be “the first of American
lyrists,” and his poem, “_A Health_,” (of which I give two verses
herewith) “especially beautiful—full of spirit and brilliancy.”

A HEALTH

I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone,
A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon;
To whom the better elements and kindly stars have given
A form so fair that, like the air, ’tis less of earth than heaven.

Her every tone is music’s own, like those of morning birds,
And something more than melody dwells ever in her words;
The coinage of her heart are they, and from her lips each flows
As one may see the burthened bee forth issue from the rose.

Only Pinkney’s untimely death—before he was twenty-five—prevented his becoming one of the foremost poets of our country. The _North American Review_, then the highest literary authority in the country, said: “If the name of Thomas Carew or Sir John Harrington had been attached to these poems, we should, in all probability, like others, have been completely taken in.” Another critic declared: “Some of his poems are not surpassed by any similar productions in the English language.” I risk nothing in saying that Pinkney’s readers of 1905 will re-echo these praises—and I trust all who have heretofore sustained me in my historical publications will give as hearty support to this, my first effort in the field of American poetry. The edition will consist of 250 copies, of which 200 will be in octavo (6 × 9) form, gilt top, uncut edges, at $3.00.

50 copies, on special paper, large paper (8 × 11). $5.00.

_Postage extra on each._

EACH STYLE WILL HAVE A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR, from an authentic original.

III.—ADVENTURES IN THE WILDS OF AMERICA AND THE BRITISH-AMERICAN
PROVINCES. By Charles Lanman, author of _A Dictionary of Congress_,
_The Private Life of Daniel Webster_, etc., etc. With an Appendix by
Lieut. Campbell Hardy, Royal Artillery.

2 vols., octavo. 500 pp. each. Illustrated. Portrait, and memoir of
the author by William Abbatt. Price $10.00.

Large paper (8 × 11) 3 vols. (consecutive paging), special fine paper.
Only 15 copies. $20.00.

Originally published in 1857, this most valuable and interesting work
has long been out of print and scarce, and hence not known to the
present day as its merits deserve.

While other books on similar subjects have been issued since, I think
none of them—or all combined—equal this, as a record not alone of
sport, but of travel, description of scenery, literature and legend
(for the author has recorded many most beautiful Indian legends). The
range of his journeys was from Florida to Labrador, and from the
Atlantic to the present St. Paul and Minneapolis. His style needs no
encomium from me. I prefer to quote from letters to him from
WASHINGTON IRVING and EDWARD EVERETT:

MY DEAR SIR:

I am glad to learn that you intend to publish your narrative and
descriptive writings, in a collected form. I have read parts of them
as they were published separately, and the great pleasure derived from
the perusal makes me desirous of having the whole in my possession.
They carry us into the fastnesses of our mountains, the depth of our
forests, the watery wilderness of our lakes and rivers, giving us
pictures of savage life and savage tribes, Indian legends, fishing and
hunting anecdotes, the adventures of trappers and backwoodsmen; our
whole arcanum, in short, of indigenous poetry and romance: to use a
favorite phrase of the old discoverers, “they lay open the secrets of
the country to us.”

I return you thanks for the delightful entertainment which your Summer
rambles have afforded me. I do not see that I have any literary advice
to give you, excepting to keep on as you have begun. You seem to have
the happy, enjoyable humor of old Izaak Walton, and I trust you will
give us still further scenes and adventures on our great internal
waters, depicted with the freshness and skill of your present volumes.

With the best wishes for your further success, I am

Very truly, your obliged
WASHINGTON IRVING.

EDWARD EVERETT wrote:

I fully concur with the opinions expressed by Mr. Irving on the
subject of a collective edition of your narrative and descriptive
writings. While I am not familiar with all of them, from those which I
have read and from his emphatic and discriminating commendation, I am
confident the series would be welcomed by a large class of readers.
You have explored nooks in our scenery seldom visited, and described
forms of life and manners of which the greater portion of our busy
population are entirely ignorant.

Wishing you every success, I am

Very truly yours,
EDWARD EVERETT.

A selection of a few of Mr. Lanman’s chapters will give a slight idea
of the variety of his book:

Legends of the Illinois—Lake Winnipeg—Fish of the Upper
Mississippi—Down the St. Lawrence—The Saguenay River—The Hermit of
Aroostook—The Falls of Tallulah—The Valley of Virginia—The Cheat River
Country—Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers—Accomac—A Week in a Fishing
Smack—A Virgina Barbecue—Esquimaux of Labrador—The Western Pioneer.

IV.—GARDEN’S ANECDOTES OF THE REVOLUTION (both series). The author,
Alexander Garden, was Major in Lee’s Legion—and his work is one of
the best on its theme. The first volume was published at Charleston,
in 1822; the second in 1824. Each is scarce and valuable, the second
particularly so. I propose revising the text, to eliminate errors,
and to issue my edition in two octavo volumes (6 × 9) with a number
of illustrations, including one or more of the author, and one each
of the brothers Pinckney (not heretofore published), and a number of
landscapes.

The edition will be limited to 200 copies (6 × 9) and 50, large paper
(8 × 11)—the former in cloth, gilt top, with paper label; the latter
in charcoal boards, gilt top, and untrimmed edges. The prices will be
$10.00 and $15.00 respectively.

N. B.—All these works will be printed in large type (Small Pica, same
as this line) on fine paper, well bound and produced in the general
style of my other publications. Address, William Abbatt, 281 Fourth
Ave., N. Y.

SUBSCRIPTION FORM

_TO_ WILLIAM ABBATT
281 FOURTH AVE., NEW YORK