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196 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
MAY MEETING.
The Society held its stated monthly meeting this day,
Thursday, May 10th, at eleven o'clock, a.m. ; Colonel
AspiNWALL, one of the Vice-Presidents (the President
being absent), in the chair.
The Librarian announced donations from the State of
Ohio ; the State of Khode Island ; the New-Jersey His-
torical Society; the New-England Loyal Publication So-
ciety ; the Society for the Encouragement of Domestic
Industry; the State Historical Society of Iowa; the Pro-
prietors of the "Heraldic Journal"; the Proprietors of
the " Savannah Republican " ; John Appleton, M.D. ;
Surgeon-General Joseph K. Barnes ; J. M. Clark, Esq. ;
Mr. A. Cushing ; Mr. E. H. Goss ; B. A. Gould, Esq. ;
George Punchard, Esq. ; Hon. A. H. Rice ; Dr. J. M.
Toner ; Daniel Treadwell, Esq. ; W. A. Whitehead,
Esq. ; Hon. Henry Wilson ; Mrs. J. E. Worcester ; Pro-
fessor S. J. Young ; and from Messrs. Amory, Deane,
Green, Lawrence, Webb, and Winthrop, of the Society.
Dr. RoBBiNS, the Corresponding Secretary, reported a
letter of acceptance from James Parton, Esq., of New
York, who had been elected a Corresponding Member
at the last meeting.
Mr. Deane communicated a letter from Mr. Ticknor,
relating to a few letters found among the papers left by
the late Miss Belknap. They were intended for the
Society, if Mr. Deane should decide that they were
worthy of preservation. Mr. Deane stated that the pack-
age received contained letters of the elder Buckminster,
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGEATEES OP NEW ENGLAND. 197
John Eliot, Governor Gore, and others ; and, on his
motion, the thanks of the Society were presented to Mr.
Ticknor for this acceptable gift.*
Mr. Deane read a letter from Mr. Whitmore, regret-
ting his inability to be present at the meeting, as he had
contemplated reading a paper on the " Early Engravers
of NeAv England." At Mr. Whitmore's request, Mr.
Deane communicated this paper to the meeting ; and,
on his motion, it was referred to the Committee on the
Publication of the Proceedings.
THE EARLY PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW
ENGLAND.
BY MK. WILLIAM H. WHITMOEE.
It has been commonly supposed, that the earliest portraits
painted in New England, except possibly a few executed by
amateurs, were those by Smibert. We propose to show that
there was at least one eariier resident painter, and to call
attention to his proficiency in the kindred art of engraving.
It is probably safe to assume, that, prior to 1723, no en-
graver capable of executing a portrait on copper or steel had
visited New England. In that year appeared a " Life of the
Rev. Increase Mather," by his son. Cotton Mather, which,
though printed by B. Green for R. Belknap in Boston, has
prefixed a very poor portrait, the work of John Sturt, an
English engraver, who died in London in 1730.
Nothing but the lack of a competent artist here could have
caused the publisher to send abroad for this portrait.
PETEE PELHAM.
Soon after this date, however, an educated artist of very
* Many of these letters are worthy of publication, but are reserved for a future
volume of Collections from the " Belknap Papers." — Eds.
198 MASSACHUSETTS mSTOBICAL SOCIETY. [May,
considerable ability did take up his residence here. This
was Peter Pelham, of whom we know only that he had been
resident in London, and there, by his wife Martha, had chil-
dren, baptized at St. Paul's, Covent Garden : viz., Peter, 17th
December, 1721 ; and Charles, 9th December, 1722.
Two letters from his sister, Helen Pelham, fortunately pre-
served, show that their father was living in 1748, but was
dead in 1763, and that he lived to be over eighty years of
age ; and it would seem probable, that he was Peter Pelham,
an English engraver, born about 1684. Of him Dr. Spooner
(" Biographical History of the Pine Arts ") writes that he
engraved a number of portraits, and had a son, J. C. Pelham,
born in 1721, who painted historical pieces and portraits, but
achieved no reputation. This connection is, however, purely
conjectural.
The earliest work we have yet traced to Pelham is his en-
graved portrait of the Rev. Cotton Mather, dated 1727. It
is inscribed, "P. Pelham ad vivum pinxit, ab origine fecit et
excud." This is a distinct claim to his execution of a painted
portrait ; and in the Library of the American Antiquarian
Society at Worcester, Mass., among the other family portraits
of the Mathers, is an oil painting which corresponds with the
engraving. Not only are the accessories the same, but the
portrait is reversed in the engraving, as if the artist copied
it upon the copper as it stood before him. We may surely
accept this as Pelham's original, as there is no other claimant.
The picture has been repaired and rebacked within a few
years, thus preventing any chance of finding an inscription
thereon.*
* By the kindnesa of Mr. Deane, my attention has been called to the following
receipt among the Belknap Papers: —
JSozton March the Wth 1727-8.
B«ceived of the Revd Mr. Benjn Coleman the Sum of 3 shillings hemg the first Payment of the
Subscription for a Print in Metzoo : of the late Rev. Dr. Cotton iJSatijIt, by which the Bearer is
Entitled to the said Print Paying 2 shillings at the DeUyery of the same, By me Peter Pelham.
The Italics are in writing.
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW ENGLAND. 199
In 1731, Pelham published a portrait inscribed, " Rev. John
Moorhead, Minister of a Church of Presbyterian Strangers at
Boston in New-England. Transit hora sine mora : sic transit
Gloria Mundi. Prjeter Deum Optabile nihil est. P. Pelham
pinxit et fecit." The same inscription, " pinxit et fecit," is
on an undated portrait of Mather Byles. With these confir-
mations of the Mather portrait, we may be sure that Pelham
was a painter.
Yet he did not engrave his own pictures solely : two
other painters, we know, were associated with him. In or
about 1734, he engraved Smibert's portrait of the Rev. Ben-
jamin Colman, of which the Rev. E. Turell (" Life of Colman,"
Boston, 1747, p. 231) writes : —
"His picture drawn in the year 1734 by the greatest Master our
Country has seen, Mr. John Smibert, shows both his Face and Air
to Perfection : And a very considerable Resemblance is given us in
the Metsotinto done from it by Mr. P. Pelham, which is in many of
our Houses."
Most critics to-day would be apt to consider Pelham's
engravings as superior to Smibert's paintings.
In 1743 the portrait of the Rev. William Cooper, and
probably soon after, that of the Rev. Joseph Sewall, both
painted by Smibert, were engraved by Pelham.
In 1750, a portrait of the Rev. Thomas Prince was en-
graved by Pelham, from a painting by Greenwood.
We have thus the names of Smibert and Greenwood as
resident artists. Of these, John Smibert, a Scotchman, born
at Edinburgh in 1684, had studied in Italy before 1728,
when he was induced by Bishop Berkeley to share his for-
tunes in America. With the failure of Berkeley's scheme
we have nothing to do at present ; but it was the means of
bringing Smibert to Boston, where he married and had chil-
dren.
Greenwood was undoubtedly a citizen of Boston, and of
200 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
both these artists we shall have more to say after completing
our notice of the Pelhams.
To revert to Peter Pelham. We are obliged to glean
from the journals of the day the few items which help us to
gain a few details of his life. We have already shown that
he came here probably between 1724-26 ; that in 1727 he
engraved Cotton Mather's portrait, and in 1731 John Moor-
head's, as well as that of Benjamin Colman in 1733-34.
In 1734, we find that he had already commenced a school,
in which, by later advertisements, we find he taught not only
writing and reading, but dancing, painting, and needlework.
The department of needlework may have been confided to his
wife.
The advertisement in the " Boston Gazette " for April 5th,
1734, reads, —
" At Mr Pelham's House near the Town Dock is to be sold sundry
sorts of Household Goods (for Cash) very Cheap, he having Intention
to break up House-keeping.
" N. B. Attendance will be given from Eight till Twelve o'clock
every morning, but not after that Hour on account of his preparing
for his School in the Afternoon, which he continues to keep as hereto-
fore."
The next announcement, from the " Boston Gazette " for
Feb. 6th, 1738, reads thus : —
"Mr Peter Pelham gives notice to all Gentlemen and Ladies in
Town and Country, That at the House of Philip Dumerisque Esq,
in Summer street (next his own Dwelling house) Young Gentlemen
and Ladies may be Taught Dancing, Writing, Eeading, painting upon
Glass, and all sorts of needle work."
In 1743 Pelham issued an engraving of the portrait of the
Rev. William Cooper, inscribed " J. Smibert pinxit, P. Pelham
fecit 1748. Printed for and Sold by Stephen Whitney at
y° Rose and Crown in Union Street, Boston."
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW ENGLAND. 201
The next item, also in reference to an engraving, is from
the " Boston Evening Post" for July 27th, 1747:—
"A curious Print of His Excellency, William Shirley, Esq, done
in mezzotinto, by Mr Peter Pelharn, to be sold by him at his school, in
Queen Street — at Mr Stephen Whitney's, at the Hose & Crown,
in Union street, — and at Mr. James Buck's near the Brazen Head, in
CornhiU."
On the 22nd of May, 1748, Pelham was married at Trinity
Church to Mrs. Mary Singleton, widow of Richard Copley, of
Boston, and of course received into his family her son John
Singleton Copley, afterwards so distinguished as an artist.
To this period belong the two following advertisements. The
first from the " Boston News Letter " for July 11, 1748 : —
" Mrs Mary Pelham, (formerly the widow Copley on Long Wharf,
tobacconist) is removed to Lindel's Row, against the Quaker Meeting
House, near the upper end of King Street, Boston, where she con-
tinues to sell the best Virginia Tobacco, Cut, Pigtail, and Spun, of all
sorts, by Wholesale and Retail, at the cheapest rates."
The second is from the " Boston Gazette " for Septem-
ber 20th, 1748 : —
"Mr. Pelham's Writing and Arithmetick School near the Town
House, (during the Winter) will be open from Candle Light till nine
in the Evening, as usual, for the benefit of those employed in Business
all the Day — ; and at his Dwelling House near the Quaker's meeting
in Lindall's Row, all persons may be supply'd with the best Virginia
Tobacco, cut, spun into very best Pigtail and all other sorts ; also SnufF
at the cheapest Rates."
A sprightly antiquary of this city, some two years ago,
founded quite a lively article upon the Copleys, on a mistaken
view of these advertisements. It seems perfectly clear, that
Mrs. Mary Pelham, finding her husband's means not abundant,
preferred to add her contribution to the common fund by
keeping up her tobacco-shop. It seems as clear that her
husband pursued his path of engraving and teaching: w©
26
202 MASSACHUSETTS HISTOBICAL SOCIETY. [May,
shall presently show to which pursuit the step-sou, Copley,
was directed.
During the ensuing three years, Pelham seems to have
been most fully employed as an artist; and here we may
properly insert, in its chronological order, the following let-
ter written by his sister in England : —
Oct. 3. 1748
My dear Brother, — I begin writing to you without knowing
whether it will ever come to your hands or not, but I am determined
to write, and hope you will get some of my letters if not all. This is
the third time I have wrote since February ; in my last I told you
that my father was very well, and so he is now, thank God Almighty
for it. I am in the country, but hear frequently from my dear
father. We have been out of town ever since the second of May. I
long to have a letter from you to know how you and all your family
does. In your last you were so good as to tell my father how your
sons was disposed of. I hope Peter is happily married. As Charles
is brought up a merchant I flatter myself that some time or an other
he will come to England. O my dear soul how glad I shall be to see
him ; if please God I should be alive then. I shall here send you a
direction how to write to me, which I did in my two last letters,
but till I hear from you I am not sure you got them. I hope you will
never fail to write when any ships come to London, for it is the great-'
est pleasure in the world to my dear father and me to hear of your
welfare. I am sure my letters must be very stupid to my dear brother,
as I have nothing entertaining to tell you, for as you know none of my
acquaintance, nor I any of yours, must make my letters very stupid ;
for after I have inquired how you, your wife, and the dear children are,
and tell you my father and self are well, I have nothing more to say.
As for news I can never write of that you have in a better manner
than what I can express it. So will conclude with my best wishes and
love to your self and to your wife, and to all your family and hope
you will believe me to be.
Your ever loving sister Helek Pelham
I send this to town to ray
father & get him to send it
to the New England Coffee house.
Direct for me at the Hon"* Mrs. Conways
in Green St, near Grosvenor Square
To Mr Peter Pelham, S'.
at Boston in New England.
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW ENGLAND. 203
We again quote from the " Boston News Letter " for June
7th, 1750: —
" To be sold by James Buck at the Spectacles in Queen St. An
accurate Print in Metzotinto of the Rev Thomas Prince, A. M. Like-
wise all Sorts of Maps & Prints, among which is a Set of Prints com-
pletely coloured, proper for viewing in Camera Obscurse."
To this period of his life we may assign the portrait of
the Rev. Joseph Sewall, " J Smibert pinxit, P. Pelham fecit,"
and possibly that of Mather Byles already noticed. There is
also a portrait of the " Rev. Edward Holyoke Fxads. Harvard
1749," which is in Pelham's style, though not signed by him.
The last item we have found is in the " Boston News
Letter" for September 17th, 1751, and reads as follows: —
" To be sold by P. Pelham, at his house near the Quakers Meeting-
House, a print in Metzotintu of Thomas Hollis, late of London,
merchant, a most generous Benefactor to Harvard College in New-
England, having founded two Professorships and ten Scholarships in
said College, given a fine Apparatus to Experimental Philosophy,
and increased the Library with a large Number of valuable books
&c. &c. done from a curious whole length Picture by Joseph High-
more in London, and placed in the College Hall in Cambridge. Also
sundry other Prints at said Pelham's."
The records of Trinity Church in Boston, where Pelham
had long worshipped, show that he was buried December
14th, 1751. We have searched in vain for any obituary
notice of him from any of the clergymen whose appearance
he has preserved for posterity. Brief as this sketch is, we
now know more of him, perhaps, than of most of his con-
temporaries ; and, if we can restore him to his rank as the
founder of the arts of painting and engraving in New Eng-
land, our time has been well employed.
It is probable that Pelham left very little property, since
no inventory was returned by his widow. The year following
she published this notice in the " Boston Gazette " for Aug.
18th, 1752: —
204 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Mat,
"All persons indebted to the estate of Mr Peter Pelham, late
of Boston, deceased, are hereby requested to pay the same to Mary
Pelham, widow, Administratrix to said estate ; and those to whom the
Estate is indebted are desired to apply to the said Administratrix in
order for a settlement."
For nearly forty years Mrs. Pelham continued to reside in
Boston, and without doubt her declining years were cheered
by the success of her son, Copley, whose talent as a painter
had brought him fame and competence.
Her son by Pelham, viz., Henry Pelham, born 14th Febru-
ary, 1748-9, was also an artist, like his half-brother. He
certainly painted and engraved a picture on " The Finding of
Moses," and, by a brief account of him in the London " Notes
and Queries," First Series, vol. iv. p. 306, it seems he pub-
lished other engravings. He was a good civil engineer, and
was agent in Ireland for the Marquis of Lansdowne. He was
accidentally drowned in the river Kenmare, 1806. His face,
however, has been preserved in the famous picture of the
" Boy and Squirrel," which was Copley's first great success.
As is well known, this noted picture, since the death of Lord
Lyndhurst, has been reclaimed, and added to the art-treasures
of our city.
The death of Mrs. Pelham, widow of our artist, called
forth the following notice in the " Boston Gazette " for May
4th, 1789: —
" Died, on Wednesday last, Mrs Mary Pelham, widow of Mr Peter
Pelham, late of this town, and mother of Mr. Copley. Her funeral
will be attended this afternoon, at four o'clock, from her dwelling
house, at New Boston, when and where, her, Mr Copley's and the
family's friends and acquaintances are requested to grace the proces-
sion."
Her will makes her "good friend, Charles Pelham of New-
ton," her executor; and to him and to his daughter (her
god-daughter), Harriet Pelham, various bequests are made.
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW ENGLAND. 205
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY.
The last and most famous member of Pelham's family
was his step-son, John Singleton Copley, born in 1738, the
son of Richard Copley, who died in 1748.
It is not our province here to examine the life or recount
the triumphs of Copley as a painter. It is enough for us to
claim him as an engraver on the evidence of an engraved
portrait of the " Eev. William Welsteed of Boston in New-
England, M. 58, 1753, J. S. Copley pinxit et fecit. Printed
for and sold by Stephen Whiting at y" Rose and Crown in
Union St."
This first step in his artistic life bears so plainly the
mark of Pelham's style, that we may be sure it was to his
step-father that Copley owed much valuable rudimentary in-
struction. It is true he afterwards deplored his lack of
proper teaching; but this may well refer to that higher train-
ing which he sought and obtained abroad. Only four years
afterwards, in 1757, he painted those grand portraits of the
Tracys of Newburyport, which in his old age he regarded
as nearly his best productions in that style. So far as his
initiation in the art, and very possibly the awakening of his
taste, is concerned, we may surely claim Pelham as Copley's
master.
We will close this account of the Pelhams, by relating a
few particulars in reference to the descendants of Peter Pel-
ham and his first wife.
His son, Peter, jun., had married here in 1746; but, in or
about 1749, he removed to Virginia, where his family increased
to thirteen children. We have seen quite an extended pedi-
gree, tracing many branches now scattered through the South
and the West. One descendant was William, Surveyor-gen
eral of Arkansas, and probably another was the artillery
ofiicer who has gained some notoriety among the Rebels, in
Virginia.
206 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
William Pelham, the youngest son, was born in Boston,
and undoubtedly was buried from Trinity Church, 28th Janu-
ary, 1760-61.
Charles Pelham, the other son by the first wife, was
educated as a merchant ; but the following advertisement in
the "Boston News Letter" of April 23d, 1762, probably re-
fers to some period when he had been unsuccessful : — .
" Charles Pelham hereby informs all the Gentlemen and Ladies in
Town and Country that he proposes again to open a Dancing School
on Monday the third day of May next, at Concert Hall, where he will
give constant Attendance as usual, every Monday, Thursday and Sat-
urday in the Afternoon, provided he may meet with suitable encour-
agement. He therefore begs leave to desire that those who intend
to favour him therein, would be so good as to apply to him (at Mrs
Pelham's, next door to Thomas Lechmere Esq, at New Boston) any
Time before the said Third of May."
To this period belongs the following letter addressed to
him by his aunt: —
Chiohesteb Feby 15* 1762.
Mt dear Nephew, — The third of this month brought me the
comfort & pleasure of a letter from you dated Nov. 2. 1761. Indeed
I was rejoiced to see one, for I have been vastly uneasy as I have
never heard from you since Oct. 27, 1759 & I have written you three
letters since that. My dear I have never heard from you since that
dreadful fire happened at Boston, therefore judge of my uneasiness.
But, thank God, I have now heard that you are well, as for your
brother Peter, I have not heard from him this age — poor William
you mentioned him to me & said he was but of a poor constitu-
tion, and till then I did not know that there was any children of
your mother's, but Peter & you ; or if I did I had forgot it. So your
brother has five children, poor man I pity him. You have never seen
Capt Parker I suppose since you told me of him, I know him perfectly
well
Now Charles as to my picture, how can you think I would sit for it.
Your grandfather sat for his at 80, 'tis true, but there never was so
handsome, so charming a man at that age as he was — it was with
much ado that I got him to have it done. I told him I would not be
without it for any thing in the world, nor indeed no more I would, and
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGEAVEES OP NEW ENGLAND. 207
as there was a tolerable good painter upon the place, I insisted on it —
but as to miniature there is not one nearer than London, & it would
cost above half a year's income to have it done, were I even there,
and most likely I shall never go there again, for tho' my dear father
was older than I, yet in constitution I was always older than him. So
desire never to hear any more on that subject, for I shall never come
into it.
I am much obliged to Mr Parsons who sent me your letter directly,
and I send this to him and beg the favour of him to send it. I desire
you will send yours to him when you write, which I hope will not be
long before I shall be made so happy. Now I must tell the dates
of my letters which I wrote — Tours of Oct 27, 1 reed Jany 2. 60 —
& I answered that Apr 18 — I wrote again Aug 15, & in Mch 13
61 — so you see how often I have wrote to you — 3 letters for one. I
hope this will come safe, for indeed my dear, writing is not the agreea-
blest thing in the world, unless I could write as well as you do — but
my writing and spelling is so bad that I can take no pleasure in it —
but it is the only way that any one can have the pleasure of conversing
with their friends & I hope so near & dear as you are to me that you
will be good enough to make allowances for an old woman.
I saw in the papers you had a fine burial at Boston — poor General
Whitmore, some of his troops are here. I think it was a sad accident
he met with My dear child I cannot possibly make my letter agreea-
ble to you by telling you all the chit-chat, as you know not a soul
here, so will conclude with assuring you how much I am
Your affectionate aunt & humble servant
Helen Pelham.
P. S. — My dear nephew. I do not remember any thing about
your ever having the small pox, but think it most likely you never had
it, by your brother having so lately got it — ' so hope you will always
avoid it, as you say you have done. I cannot tell what to say in
regard to your coming to England, as it is not in my power to give
you the assistance I could wish, therefore must say you are right in
staying in a place where you are known & settled — & dont doubt
but God will give a blessing to your honest endeavours, & shall think
myself happy in hearing from you & of your welfare, — which I hope
you will be so good as to gratify me in as often as you can.
He soon retrieved his position, if indeed, in the opinion
of the time, he had ever lost it ; and, removing to Medford,
208 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
where he was schoolmaster, married there 6th December,
1766, Mary, daughter of Andrew Tyler by his wife Miriam,
a sister of the famous Sir William Pepperell. He is named in
1779, by Colonel Eoyal, in a letter from England, as " Charles
Pelham, Esq., who used to do business for me."
Prior to his marriage, he had bought, in April, 1765, the
homestead of the Rev. John Cotton, in Newton, with one hun-
dred and three acres of land, for £735. Jackson says of him,
" He was represented by his neighbours to have been a very
polite and intelligent man. Opened an academy at his own
house, and fitted scholars for College." — "He was a staunch
friend of the Colony, as will appear by the resolutions he
prepared for the Town."
His daughter, Helen, married Thomas Curtis, and was
the mother of our late distinguished citizen, Charles Pelham
Curtis. We may add, that the portrait of Charles Pelham,
painted by Copley, is still preserved.
JOHN SMIBERT.
Of John Smibert, whom we have mentioned as an early
artist, we will present two facts which are probably not
extant in print. First, he married Mary Williams, at Bos-
ton, 30th July, 1730, and had children, — Alison, b. 14th May,
1731 ; William, 29th January, 1732 ; John, 24th November,
1733; Nathaniel, 20th January, 1734. Secondly, the inven-
tory of his estate which contains some interesting items. It
reads as follows : —
Inventory of the Estate of Mr. John Smibeft, late of Boston, Painter, taken by us the
subscribers, in February, 1762.
The easterly half of the House & land in Queen St.
Fourteen acres of land in Boxbury
A House lott of Land in the Westerly part of Boston
Plate, 109 oz & 15 p<.
Silver watch & seal & 2 rings
Wearing apparel 12 . 12, Library 11 >. 18 .. 5
Fire arms & silver hilted sword
^466.
.13.
.4
186.
. 13.
.4
10
36.
. 6.
.4
8.
. 2.
.8
24.
.10.
.5
3.
.17.
.4
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF NEW ENGLAND. 209
Colours & oyls 307 .. 16 .. 5, 35 portraits 60 .. 5 .. 4 368 .. 1 .. 9
41 History pieces & pictures in that taste 16 .. .0
13 Landskips 2 .. 18 2 Conversation Pictures 23 .. 6 .. 8 25 .. 19 .. 8
Bustoes & figures in Paris plaister & models 4 .. 5 .. 8
Prints & books of prints 11 .. 12 .. 8 Drawings 4 . 16] 16.. 8 .. 8
Pillows, prospect glass & magnifying glass, foyles & flutes 1 .. 11 . 4
An eight day clock 9 .. 6 .. 8 Desk & book case 8 17 .. 6 .. g
Escrutore 2. Table Linnen 9 .. 18 .. 8 Sheeting do 16 .. 9 .. 11 28 .. 8 .. 7
two pieces of brown linnen 6 .. 15 .. 8
4 feather beds Bolsters & pillows Bedsteads & Curtains 21 .. 6 .. 8
3 do do do 8.0.0
12 pr of blankets & 3 rugs 3 .. 12 .
two silk quilts & a coverlid 4 . 18 .. 4 five looking glasses 6 .. 17 11 .. 10 . 8
China & Earthen ware 3 .. 17 .. 4
three chests of drawers & 1 table 5 .. 13 4 Easy chairs & couch 1 .. 17 .. 4 7 .. 10 .. 8
three dozen & 10 chairs 12 .. 3 .. 4 Ten tables 4 .. 6. 5 carpets 2 .. 4 18 .. 13 .. 4
Pewter 8. .9. .2 Iron & tin ware 11 .. 2 .. 11 19 .. 12 .. 1
Brass & copper ware 13 .. 19 .. 2
Bell metal skillits 49| 2» 2 .. 12 .. 9
Gross of glass bottles 1 .. 12 Lumber in the garrett 2.1.4 3 .. 13 .. 4
Negro girl Phillis 26 .. 13 .. 4 Horse chaise & runners 24 .. 5 ,. 4 60 .. 18 .. 8
Cloaths press, chest, boxes, brushes, baskets, bellows &o 1 .. 16 .. 8
£. 1387 ..4.9
David Cutter
Joseph Gale
John Greenwood.
Maey Smibekt ) , „
I adm"
John Moffatt )
22 Sept. 1762. [Suflf. Wills, vol. 46, p. 277.]
"We have not space to attempt an enumeration of his pic-
tures, nor can we easily account for his undue popularity.
Perhaps the association with Berkeley aided him socially, or
he may have owed something to his marriage. At all events,
though but an inferior painter, his tastes must have led him
to a close acquaintance with his fellow-artist, Pelham. Some
indication of this may be found in the tradition, that John
Singleton Copley, Pelham's step-son, was a student with
Smibert. To be sure, Copley was only thirteen when his
presumed instructor died ; but it is very probable that he
was the recipient of some attention, if not information.
Smibert seems to have been highly estimated by the public
of his day, and numerous portraits remain bearing the stamp
of his painstaking, but utterly commonplace, brush.
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210 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
His son, Nathaniel Smibert, is said to have shown much
promise as an artist, but he died at the age of twenty-one.
JOHN GEEENWOOD.
Of the other associate of Pelham, John Greenwood, we
know much less. I am indebted to Isaac J. Greenwood, of
New York, for the information that he was probably the son
of Samuel Greenwood, of Boston, ship-builder and merchant,
by his second wife, Mary Charnock, and was baptized at the
Old South Church, 10th December, 1727. If this be the per-
son, he married, 17th December, 1769, Frances Stevens; left
this country before the Revolution, went probably to India,
but eventually settled in London as an auctioneer, and died
at Margate in 1792.
In confirmation of this theory, it will be noticed that John
Greenwood was one of tlie appraisers on the estate of
John Smibert, and is the only one whom we can suppose
to have been competent to value the paintings composing a
part of it.
The fourth name to be placed on the list of painters here,
is that of Richard Jennys, jun., whose portrait, in metzotint,
of the Rev. Jonathan Mayhew, of Boston, is inscribed " pinxit
et fecit." It was published by Nath. Hurd, and, though un-
dated, must have been issued before 1768.
Lastly, we have to place on our list the name of Black-
burn, of whom at present no particulars can be given, so
completely has his memory been forgotten, although as an
artist he was second only to Copley.
GOLDSMITHS AND ENGRAVERS.
We have now to consider a class, more properly denom-
inated artisans, than artists, — men who were rarely employed
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW ENGLAND. 211
on copper or steel plate, but who wrought at goldsmith's
work, or engraved cards and similar small pieces.
First among these we place Nathaniel Hurd, born at Bos-
ton, 13th of February, 1730. He was the son of Jacob Hurd»
goldsmith, and Elizabeth Mason, his wife. The pedigree is
traced through Jacob, a joiner of Charlestown, to Jacob of
Boston, a son of John, who was a settler here in 1639.
As Nathaniel Hurd was, perhaps, the most accomplished
engraver from 1750 to 1777, the following particulars may be
interesting.
In a memoir of him, published in the " New-England Maga-
zine" (Boston, 1832), Mr. Buckingham writes : —
"In seal-cutting and die-engraving, Mr. Hurd was considered supe-
rior to any in the colonies. Coats-of-arms, pictures, and carvings were
not much valued and sought after, a century ago, in New England.
They approximated too near to graven images, in the view of our
puritanical forefathers, to meet with much encouragement. Portrait-
painting, however, met with considerable countenance. They deemed
it a mark of family affection, and individual respect and esteem ; so
that, from the time of Mr. Smybert, who came over to this country
with Dean Berkeley, down to the period when Copley flourished as our
first portrait painter, there were very few families, in easy circum-
stances, who had not a picture by the hand of that very eminent
American painter ; but, as to engravings on copper-plate by an Ameri-
can, there was hardly such a thing to be seen in New England."
Of Hurd he adds, —
" He was probably the first person who undertook to engrave on
copper in the United States. We have seen a miniature likeness of
the Rev. Dr. Sewall, minister of the Old South Church in Boston, en-
graved by Hurd, in the linear style, in 1764. In this art he was his
own instructor."
We have seen that this writer was mistaken about Hurd's
position as the earliest engraver, as this honor belongs to
Pelham. We think it very probable that he was a pupil
of Pelham's, since there was an acquaintance between the
212 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
families, evidenced by the portrait of Hurd, painted by
Copley.
In truth, we doubt if Hurd ever made any other portrait
than that mentioned. His skill lay chiefly in executing small
plates, of which many specimens remain. The taste of the
day for coats-of-arms led many people into the fashion of
having book-plates made. Those which we have seen are
very neatly designed and well executed, the details of the
ornamentation being very delicate. Another example re-
mains in a plate for invitation cards of Thomas Bernard
and Edward Oxnard, for the Commencement at Harvard, in
1767. The demand for such articles as cards and bill-heads
probably sufficed to keep one artist well occupied ; but, as an
additional employment, he used to engrave or chase silver-
plate.* The growing wealth of New England found expres-
sion then in the use of massive plate; and one of the most
common advertisements in the journals of the day was of sil-
ver lost or stolen. Often it is described as stamped " Hurd."
The father and brother of the engraver were goldsmiths
here. A salver yet owned by E. C, Moseley, Esq., has the
stamp "Hurd," and on the face is engraved a fine represen-
tation of the Oliver arms.
We have Mr. Buckingham for our authority in saying that
Hurd also published one or more caricatures, as that of the
pillorying of a certain Dr. Seth Hudson, who, in 1762, was
convicted of counterfeiting the Province notes.
Hurd probably never married. His brother, Benjamin
Hurd, was a goldsmith, as was also his brother-in-law, Daniel
Henchman, a son of the Rev. Nathaniel Henchman.
* We insert the following advertisement from the " Boston Gazette," 28th April,
1760:—
" Nathaniel Hurd Informs his Customers he has remov'd his Shop from Maccarty's Corner
on the Exchange, to the hack Part of the opposite Brick Building, where Mr Ezekiel Price kept
his Office, where lie conUnues to do all Sorte of Goldsmith's Work ; likewise engraves in Gold,
BilTer, Copper, Brass, and Steel, in the neatest Manner and at a reasonable Kate."
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF NEW ENGLAND. 213
In his will Nathaniel Hurd mentions his sister Sarah, who
married Thomas Walley, and was the ancestress of Wendell
Phillips, Esq., and of the Hon. Samuel H. Walley, of Boston.
He also mentions his sister Anne, the wife of John Furnass ;
and to her son, John Mason Furnass, he bequeathed his tools,
owing to the genius which Furnass discovered for the profes-
sion of engraving.
THOMAS JOHNSON AND ROBERT TURNER.
Out of courtesy to the sex, we will next insert from the
"Boston Gazette" for May, 1748, the advertisement which
follows : —
" Drawing, Japanning and Fainting on Glass taught by
Mrs Sarah Morehead at the Head of the Rope Walks, near
Fort Hill." And proceed to two other engravers, whose
works mainly contributed to arouse the devotion of our an-
cestors. These were Thomas Johnson and Robert Turner,
both of whom furnished plates of music to accompany the
Versions of the Psalms in use a century ago.
When the first plates appeared is, perhaps, now forgotten ;
but the following title shows something of the matter : —
" An Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-Tunes. In a plain and
easy Method with a collection of Tunes in three Parts. By the
Reverend Mr Tufts. The Eleventh Edition. Printed from Copper-
Plates, Neatly Engraven. Boston, N.E. Printed for Samuel Ger-
rish, 1744."
In this there are ten pages of music ; but, instead of notes,
the letters F, S, L, M, are used.
Eight years after this, however, we find the following vol-
ume issued : —
" A New Version of the Psalms of David ; Fitted to the Tunes
used in the Churches : with several Hymns out of the Old and New
Testament. By John Barnard, Pastor of a Church in Marblehead.
214 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETT. [Mat,
Boston: N.E. Printed by J. Draper for T. Leverett in Cornhill
1752."
At the end are sixteen pages of music, the notes being
angular or diamond-shaped instead of round. "Engraved,
Printed & Sold by James Turner near the Town House, Bos-
ton, 1752."
That Turner sometimes practised other parts of his pro-
fession, is witnessed by two examples. In the first place, we
have a copy of the book-plate of John Franklin, brother of
Benjamin, which is quite neatly designed. For a photograph
of this, I am indebted to William Duane, Esq., of Philadel-
phia, and it has been published in the "Heraldic Journal"
(vol. ii. p. 97).
Secondly, there is among the Curwin papers, at Salem, a
bill dated Marblehead, Sept. 2, 1752, and rendered to the
executors of William Lynde, containing these items : —
To 8 escutcheons for y" Funeral of y° Dec^ at 8| ap"
„ an Inscription on y" Breastplate of the Coffin
„ 9 enamell rings for do w' 13 dwt. 23 gr. ~
„ fashioning ditto at 9|4 ap'
„ adding a Crescent for difference to each of the Escutch-
eons at 2| ap'
■}
£6
..8
4
.. 4
11
£11 ..16
Here ends our present knowledge of this Essex worthy,
though we have searched the files for some notice of his
death.
Of our townsman, Thomas Johnson, we know a little more.
He was born here in 1708, and died 8 May, 1767, aged 59, as
his tombstone in the King's-Chapel yard shows.
In 1760 there appeared — probably a companion to Bar-
nard's version and Turner's notes, and adapted to conserva-
tive minds — the following volvime : —
"A New Version of the Psalms of David: Fitted to the Tunes
used in the Churches. By N. Brady, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary,
1866.] PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OP NEW ENGLAND. 215
and N. Tate, Esq ; Poet-Laureat to His Majesty. Boston ; New-
England : Re-printed by D. and J. Kneeland, in Queen-street, for T.
Leverett, in Cornhill. 1760."
Annexed are 16 pages of music, "Engraved, Printed &
sold by Thomas Johnston, Brattle Street, Boston, 1755."
It may be added, that these sets of notes were detached
from the text, and could be sold and used with any version,
or separately.
In 1760 we also find the following announcement in the
" Boston Gazette," under date of April 28, 1760 : —
" An exact Chart of Canada River (from the Island of Anticosta,
as far up as Quebec) the Islands, Rocks, Shoals and Soundings, as
they appear at Low Water (taken from the French), to be Sold by
the Printers hereof, and by Thomas Johnston in Brattle Street."
Johnston had also practised as a herald painter; for we
have seen a tricking of the Lynde arms, dated in 1740, and
signed by him, which shows that he was quite proficient in
water-color painting.
In his inventory, wherein he is termed a " japanner," we
find the following items : —
"10 small pictures 30s; glass arms, 4s; 2 pictures 62s; Dr. May-
hew and Mr Gee's picture 36s; 6 pictures 9s; large piece of painting
24s ; 4 pictures 2s ; Book of Heraldry 48s ; sundry pictures £2 .. 16 .. 4 ;
3 paint stones and brushes, 15 copper plates, 40s; easel, burnishers, &c
— one organ unfinished &c."
By his nuncupative will, he left to his wife, Bathsheba,
" all my psalm-tune plates, together with the press."
It seems highly probable that he also engraved a little por-
trait of Increase Mather, of which a copy is in the library of
the Massachusetts Historical Society.
On the whole, with his known engravings and his easel left
behind him, Johnston may claim to be admitted td the frater-
nity of the early New-England artists.
Lastly among our Colonial or Provincial engravers we may
name Paul Eevere. He was born, says Buckingham, in Bos-
216 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [May,
ton, in December, 1734, his father being a goldsmith here,
and his grandfather, being a refugee from France, living in
Guernsey.
Eevere first practised his art as an engraver of silver
plate ; but afterwards he tried his hand on copper-plate.*
Buckingham records a portrait of the Rev. Dr. Mayhew as
one of his earliest efforts. A warm patriot, he devoted much
time to political caricatures and engravings connected with
our early struggles with the Crown.
"In 1775, he engraved the plates, made the press, and printed the
bills of the paper money, ordered by the Provincial Congress of Mas-
sachusetts, then in session at Watertown."
Of the events of his public and private life we need make
no farther mention, as they are sufficiently well known.
We may conclude our account with Buckingham's citation
from the manuscripts of Samuel Davis of Plymouth, in regard
to the succeeding engravers. He names " Vent, Brigdon,
"Webb, Edwards, Pierpont, Burt, Bowyer, Parker, Belknap,
Emery, Holmes, Tyler, Woodward, Prothingham, and Codner.'?
We may add Callender, who acquired and destroyed Pelham's
plates, as we were assured by the late Rev. William Jenks, of
Boston.
A circular letter from William A. Whitehead, Cor-
responding Secretary of the New-Jersey Historical So-
ciety, was read, inviting this Society to send delegates
to the New-Jersey Society's meeting, on Thursday, the
* Curionsly enough, Revere also tried his hand at ft set of notes for the Psalms, as
appears by the following in the "Boston Gazette," 4 Feb. 1765: —
" Just Published and to be Sold by Josiali Flagg and Paul Eevere in Fish Street at the North
End of Boston — A Collection of the best Psalm-Tunes in two, three and four Parts, from the
most celebrated Authors ; fitted to all Measures and approved of by the best Masters in Boston,
New-Kngland. To which are added. Some Hymns and Anthems ; the greater Part of them never
before Printed in America.
Set in score by Josiah Flagg.
Engraved by Paul Kevere."
1866.] "CEOMWELLIAN SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND." 217
17th of May, at which it is intended to celebrate the
two-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Newark,
This communication was referred to the Standing
Committee, to ascertain if it would be agreeable to any
of the members to be present on the occasion referred
to.
Dr. Ellis spoke of the volume of Proceedings which
the Society had directed to be prepared from its early
records. As one of the Committee, he had examined
these records ; and though he believed our predeces-
sors were, in their labors, equally faithful with the
present "members, yet • he found that the records were
exceedingly meagre ; and it would be necessary, in
order to properly illustrate the early history of the
Society, to seek for information from other sources.
Many memoirs of deceased members w^ere yet to be
written. It remained a question with him whether he
should prepare memoirs of these members from such
sources as were open to him, to be included in the
volume, or adopt some other method. Information or
assistance from any member who could offer it, was
desired.
On an inquiry from Mr. Sibley, whether one volume
would embrace all the Proceedings of the Society, from
its commencement to the time at which the first printed
volume of Proceedings begins. Dr. Ellis stated, that it
would depend upon the amount of material that could
be collected beyond the Records, whether one volume
or more would be requisite.
Professor Torrey referred to a paper printed in the
second volume of the fourth series of our Collections,
28
218 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Mat,
being a "letter from certain ministers and others of
New England to Cromwell, upon his application to per-
sons here [in New England] to settle in Ireland ; " and
he read from Pendergast's " Cromwellian Settlement of
Ireland " a passage (founded on unpublished manu-
scripts), from which it appears that a few persons did
emigrate from New England, and were admitted as ten-
ants of a portion of the confiscated Irish lands. Sev-
eral families went over in 1656, and were settled near
Garristown, about fifteen miles north of Dublin. In
1655, two islands near Sligo had been set apart for
the use of expected immigrants from New England ;
but whether they were ever settled in this way, does
not appear.
The Corresponding Secretary called attention to a
printed broadside, which he had noticed in his Cabinet,
containing the yeas and nays on General Conway's
motion in the House of Commons, 27th February, 1782,
in favor of terminating the war with the American
Colonies. The sheet was sent to the Society by the
Hon. Thomas Beekman, of Peterboro', Madison Coun-
ty, N.y., formerly a member of Congress from that
State, through the Hon. Edward Everett, whose letter,
dated 23d March, 1834, accompanied the document.
The following is a copy : —
In the House of Commons on Wednesday 27th Fehriiary, 1782,
The Eight Honourable General Conway moved a Resolution, on
which an Address to His Majesty was presented on Friday 1st of
March, purporting,
" That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, most hum-
bly to represent to His Majesty, that the further Prosecution of offen-
sive War on the Continent of North America, for the Purpose of
1866.] TEAS AND NATS ON GENERAL CONWAT'S MOTION.
219
reducing the revolted Colonies to Obedience by Force, will be the Means
of weakening the Efforts of this Country against the European Enemies,
tends, under the present Circumstances, dangerously to increase the mutual
Enmity so fatal to the Interests both of Great-Britain and America, and,
by preventing an happy Reconciliation with that Country, to frustrate the
earnest Desire graciously expressed- by His Majesty to restore the Bless-
ings of Public Tranquillity."
On which, after a long Debate, the House divided,
FOR PEACK WITH AMERICA.
Bedfyrckhire.
Earl of Upper Ossory County
Hon. St. And. St. John Ditto
Sir Wm. Wake Bedford
Berks.
W. H. Hartley
John Elwes
Francis Annesley
R. A. Neville
John Aubrey
Chaloner Arcedeckne
Hon. J. Montagu
Backs.
Earl Vemey
Hon. Thomas Grenville
James Grenville
Hon. Wm. Grenville
Viscount Mahon
Gen. Smith
J. M. Smith
Wm. Drake
W. Drake, jun.
County
Ditto
Reading
Ditto
Wallingford ,
Ditto
Windsor
County
Ditto
Buckingham
Ditto
Chipping Wycomb
Wendover
Ditto
Amersham
Ditto
Cambridgeshire.
Hon. P. Yorke County
Hon John Townshend University
Benjamin Keene Cambridge
J. W. Adeane Ditto
Cheshire.
S. R. Cotton
J. Crewe
R. W. Bootle
County
Ditto
Chester
CormeaU.
Sir Wm. Lemon, Bart
Ed. Eliot
Samuel Salt
Hon. W. Tollemache
George Hunt
Sir John Kamsden, Bart.
Thomas Lucas
Edward J. Eliot
Dudley Long
County
Ditto
Leskeard
Ditto
Bodmyn
Grampound
Ditto
St. Germain's
Ditto
Cumberland.
Henry Fletcher
County
Carlisle
Earl of Surrey
William Lowther
Ditto
John Lowther
Cockermouth
J. B. Garforth
Ditto
Derbi/shire.
Rt.Hon.Ld.Geo. Cavendish County
Edward Coke
Derby
Devonshire.
John Parker
County
John RoUe
Ditto
Viscount Howe
Dartmouth
A. Holdsworth
Ditto
Hump. Minchin
Okehampton
R. Palk
Ashburton
Sir George Yonge, Bart.
Honiton
J. Wilkinson
Ditto
Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick
Tavistock
Sir Fred. Rogers
Plymouth
J. Baring
Exeter
Dorsetshire.
Hump. Sturt County
Thomas Scott Bridport
Richard Beckford Ditto
Henrv Bankes Corfe Castle
H. W. Mortimer Shaftesbury
W. Morton Pitt Poole
Durham.
John Tempest
General Lambton
Durham C.
Ditto
Essex.
John Luther County
Sir Robert Smith, Bart. Colchester
Ch. Potter Ditto.
Gloticestershire.
Sir Wm. Guise, Bart. County
Sir Wm. Codrington, Bart. Tewkesbuiy
James Martin Ditto
Charles Barrow Gloucester
John Webb Ditt»
220
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
[May,
Herefordshire.
Sir George Comewall, Bt. County
John Scudamore Hereford
R. P. Knight Leominster
William Plomer
Baron Dimsdale
William Baker
John Radcliffe
Wm. 0. Sloper
Hertfordshire.
Earl of Ludlow
' Kent
Hon. Charles Masham
Filmer Honywood
Robert Gregory
Sir Horace Mann
Clement Taylor
Charles Robinson
George Gipps
Lancashire.
Thomas Stanley County
Wilson Braddyll Lancaster
General Burgoyne Preston
Hon. H. Walpole Wigan
Thomas Lister Clithero
John Parker Ditto
County
Hertford
Ditto
St. Alban'a
Ditto
County
County
Ditto
Rochester
Maidstone
Ditto
Canterbury
Ditto
Leicestershire.
William Pochin
Hon. Booth Grev
County
Leicester
Lincolnshire.
Charles And. Pelham County
Sir John Thorold, Bart. Ditto
George Sutton Grantham
John Harrison Grimsby
Sir Thomas Clarges, Bart. Lincoln
Middlesex.
John Wilkes
Hon. Charles J. Fox
Fred. Bull
John Sawbridge
Nath. Newnham
Sir Watkin Lewes, Knt.
County
Westminster
London
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Monmouthshire.
John Hanbury
John Morgan
County
Ditto
Norfolk.
Sir Edward AsUey, Bart. County
T. W. Coke Ditto
Sir Harbord Harbord Norwich
Hon. R. Walpole Yarmouth
Richard Hopkins Thetford
C. Molyneux Lynn
Northamptonshire.
Thomas Powys County
Lucy KnightJey Ditto
Richard Benyon
James Phipps
Viscount Althorpe
Frederic Montague
Peterborough
Ditto
Northampton
Higham Ferrers
Northumberland.
Sir Wm. Middleton, Bart. County
Sur M. W. Ridley, Bart. Newcastle
Nottinghamshire.
Charles Meadows County
Robert Smith Nottingham
Rt. Hon. Lord G. Sutton Newark
Oxon.
Rt. Hon. Ld. Robert Spencer Oxford C.
Hon. P. Bertie Ditto
Salop.
Noel Hill County
Richard Hill Ditto
Sir Charleton Leighton, Bt. Shrewsbury
Thomas Whitmore Bridgenorth
Admiral Pigot Ditto
Somersetshire.
Sir J. Trevelyan
Hon. J. J. Pratt
Clement Tudway
Robert Child
R. Pennington
F. F. Luttrel
County
Bath
Wells
Ditto
Milborne Port
Minehead
Hants.
Jer. C. Jervoise County
Robert Thistlethwayte Ditto
J. Fuller Southampton
Edward Morant Yarmouth
Sir J. G. Gritfin Andover
B. Lethulier Ditto
Viscount Middleton Whitchurch
Right Hon. T. Townshend Ditto
Staffordshire.
Sir J. Wrottesley
Hon. E. Monckton
R. B. Sheridan
George Anson
T. Gilbert
County
Stafford
Ditto
Litchfield
Ditto
Suffolk.
Sir Charles Bunbury, Bart. County
Sir John Rous, Bart. Ditto
Thomas Staunton Ipswich
SirGerrardVanNeck.Bart. Dunwich
Sir Charles Davers, Bart. Bury St. Edmunds
Rt. Hon. General Conway Ditto
Surry.
Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart.
County
Hon. A. Keppel
Ditto
Edward Norton
Haslemere
W. S. Stanhope
Ditto
Sir Robert Clayton, Bart.
Blechingley
Rt.Hon.Sir Fletcher Norton Guildford
Sir Richard Hotham
Southwark
N. PolhiU
Ditto
1866.] TEAS AND NATS ON GENERAL CONWAT'S MOTION. 221
Sussex.
Et.Hon.Ld.George Lennox County
Hon. T. Pelhara Ditto
Hon. Major Stanhope Bramber
Sir H. Gough Bart. Ditto
Sir Th. G. Skipwith, Bart. Steyning
J. Peachey Shoreliam
Thomas Kemp Lewes
Thomas Steele Chichester
P. W. Balier Arundel
Warmckshire,
Sir Geo. Shuckburgh, Bt. County
Sir Robert Lawley, Bart. Ditto
Sir Robert Ladbroke Warwick
Westmoreland,
James Lowther County
General Honeywood Appleby
Hon. Wm. Pitt Ditto
Wilts.
Ch. Penruddock
County
William Hussey
Salisbury
Hon. "Wm. Bouverie
Ditto
Henry Uawkins
Chippenham
John Dunning
Calne
Rt. Hon. Isaac Barre
Ditto
Thomas Pitt
Old Sarum
W. A. Court
Heytesbury
Samuel Estwick
Westbury
J. W. Gardiner
Ditto
Rt. Hon. Lord Herbert
Wilton
Worcestershire.
Hon. Edward Foley
County
Wm. Lygon
Ditto
Sir John Rushout
Evesham
C. W. B. Rous
Ditto
Hon. Andrew Foley
Droitwich
Edward Winnington
Ditto
T. Bates Rous
Worcester
YorJcshire.
Henry Duncombe County
Sir Geo. Savile, Bart. Ditto
Sir James Pennyman, Bt. Beverley
Evelyn Anderson
Viscount Duncannou
James Hare
William Weddell
Edmund Burke
Henry Pierse
William Nedham
Hon. George Fitzwilliam
Marquis of Graham
William Lawrence
Earl Tyrconnel
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bt
Beilby Thompson
Lord John Cavendish
Charles Turner
William Wilberforce
Ditto
Kniiresborough
Ditto
Malton
Ditto
Northallerton
Pontefract
Richmond
Ditto
Rippon
Scarborough
Thirske
Ditto
York
Ditto
Hull
Cinque Ports.
John Trevannion
J. Nesbit
Dover
Winchelsea
Wales.
Viscount Bulkeley
Sir George Warren
Ch. Morgan
J. Vaughan
J. Parry
Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart.
Richard Middleton
Sir R. Mostvn
Watkin Williams
W. Mostyn Owen
Ch. Edwin
E. L. Vaughan
Anglesea
Beaumaris
Breconshire
Carmarthenshire
Carnarvonshire
Denbighshire
Denbigh
Flintshire
Flint
Montgomeryshire
Glamorganshire
Merionethshire
Scotland.
Sir T. Dundass
J. H. Blair
Sir Gilb. Eliot
J. S. Stuart
Earl of Fife
Edinburghshire
Edinburgh
Roxburghshire
Renfrewshire
Bamfshire
George Byng
Vise. Maitland
Ayes ,
Tellers . . . . ,
Total Majority ,
234
2
236
FOE THE MINISTET.
S. Whitbread
BedfordsMre.
Bedford
Berks.
John Mayor
P. P. Powney
Abingdon
Windsor
Bucks.
Ant. Bacon
Thomas Ord
Robert Waller
Aylesbury — Con-
tractor
Ditto
Wycomb
Cambridgeshire.
James Mansfield University
Cheshire.
Tho. Grosvenor Chester
Cornwall.
Hon. George Percival Launceston
Thomas Bowlby Ditto
Vise. Maiden Lestwithiel
H. Rosewame Truro
Wm. Masterman Bodmyn
222
MASSACHUSETTS HISTOEICAL SOCIETY.
pklAT,
Et. Hon. Ch. Jenkinson
Sir Grey Cooper
John BuUer
William Graves
Sir Fr. Basset
Saltash
Ditto
Eastloo
Ditto
Penryn — Made a
Baronet the other day, on account of his
tin and copper, which he supplies Govern-
ment with, by contract,
J. Rogers Ditto
J. Macphersoa Camelford
J. Pardee Ditto
William Praed St. Ives
Abel Smith Ditto
Lord Shuldham Fowey
P. Eashleigh Ditto
Lord Hyde Helston
Francis Hale Saint Michael's —
Nephew to the Pay-Master General.
John Morshead Callington
George Stratton Ditto
Sir Wm. James Westloo
John BuUer Ditto
John Stephenson Tregony
John Dawes Ditto
Derbyshire,
Hon. Nat. Curzon County — Son of
Lord Scarsdale, chairman of "committees
in the H. of Lords.
Demnshire.
Charles Boone Ashburton
Adm. Darbj' Ditto
Viscount Fielding Beeralston — Son
of Ld. Denbigh, Master of the King's
Hounds, Lord of the BedchaiSiber, and
just made Major of Dragoons. ,'
Lawrence' Cox Ditto '
Sir R. Payne Plympton
Hon. J. Stuart Ditto — Son of the
E. of Bute.
L. Browne Totness — Son of
his Majesty's Gardener.
J. Cleveland Barnstable
Fr. Basset Ditto
Right Hon. Richard Rigby Tavistock
Dorsetshire.
William Ewer
Hon. Henrv Fane
D. R. Mitciiell
Rt. Hon. Welbore Ellis
Gab. Stewart
Dorchester
Lime
Ditto
Weymouth
Ditto — Disposes
of places in this borough to himself and
friends, thro' the interest of his father
Tucker, worth manv thousands a year,
Wm. R. Rumbold " Ditto
John Boyd Wareham
Joseph Gulston Poole
John Bond Corse Castle
Sir Francis Sykes Shaftesbury
Durham,
Sir Thomas Clavering County
£ssex.
T. B. Bramston County
Hon. G. A. North Harwich
Gloucestershire.
Samuel Blackwell Cirencester 1 bkhism
James Whitshead Ditto j i«»j
Lord Bathurst, President of the Council.
Hants.
Hen. Penton Winchester
Lovel Stanhope Ditto
Sir Wm. Gordon Portsmouth
Hon. J. St. John Newport,
Sir Richard W'orsley Ditto
Sir Thomas Rumbold Yarmouth
E. M. Worsley Newton
Wm. Jolliffe Petersfield
T. S. Jolliffe Ditto
Hans Sloane Southampton
Ed. Gibbon Lymington
Hon. John Luttrell Stockbridge
Serefordshire.
Rt. Hon. T. Harley County— Contrac-
torum Generalissimo.
Sir Richard Symons Hereford
Vise. Bateman Leominster
St. Leger Douglas Weobly
Vise. Hinchinbroke
Sir Hugh Palliser
Lord Mulgrave
Kent.
Sir C. Frederick
Sir Walter Rawlinson
Geo. Finch Hatton
County
Huntingdon
Ditto
Queensborough
Ditto
Rochester
Lancashire.
Sir Tho. E^erton County — Col. of
a Regiment worth lOOOl. a year, which
his Manchester constituents raised for
him, and bribed him with, to vote against
the Liberties and Welfare of his Country.
He is also a great catch-singer, and friend
of the immaculate Karl of Sandwich.
Sir H. Houghton Preston — Favours
from the Blue Ribbon. Dr. Finch, a Pre-
bendary of VVestm.
Ab. Rawlinson Lancaster
B. Gascoyne, jun. Liverpool
Hen. Rawlinson Ditto
T. Davenport Newton
Leicestershire.
J. P. Hungerford
J. Darker
County
Leicester
Lincolnshire.
Robert Vyner Lincoln — Said he
would not cry out against paying towards
the support of the American war, till
land was taxed 14s. in the pound; and
yet was the very first complainant of his
sufferings occasioned by that verj' war,
viz. in the article of wool. His nephew
just made Preb. of Canterb.
Sir Geo. Howard Stamford
Hen. CecU Ditto
1866.] TEAS AND NATS ON 6ENEEAL CONWAT'S MOTION.
223
H. Sibthorpe
Francis Eyre
Boston
Grimsby
Monmouthshire.
Sir John Stepney Monmoutli
JYifrfolk.
Kt. Hon. Ch. Townshend Yarmoutli
J. C. Talbot Castle Rising
Eob. Mackretb Ditto
N&rihampfomhire*
Geo. Rodney Northampton
J. W. Egerton Brackley
T. CasweU Ditto
Northumberland*
Anth. Storer Morpeth
Peter Delme Ditto
Hon. John Vaughan Berwick
Sir J. H. Delaval Ditto
Nottinghamshire.
D. P. Coke Nottingham
Wharton Amcots Retford
Oxfordshire.
Rt. Hon. Lord. Ch. Spencer County
Vise. Parker Woodstock
Rt. Hon. Lord North Banbury — The
Noble Lord in the Blue Ribbon himself,
who assures the House daily, "he has
gained nothing by his Place."
Is being Chancellor of the Exchequer and
First Lord of the Treasxuy, nothing ?
Are the Cinque Ports, nothing ? Are
great Appointments for his Father, Wife,
Brother, Sons, Brother-in-law, and Cous-
ins to the third and fourth Generation,
nothing ? Besides Dependents of all
kinds, from Sir Grey Cooper to Mr. Bate.
Are not the Noble Lord's Emoluments, be-
sides his patronage, 50,0001. a year at
least?
Is not the Earl of Guilford Treasurer of the
Queen's Houshold?
Is not Lady North Ranger of Bushy Park ?
Is not Brother Brownlow, Prelate of the
Garter and Winchester?
Is not Son Geo. Sec. and Compt. of the Q
Houshold, Sec. of the Exchequer, and
has he not a Regiment of Government
Volunteers?
Is not Son Fred. Chamberlain of the Tally
Court?
Is not Brother Willoughby in the King's
Bedchamber ?
Have not Cousin Bagots two Peerages in
one year, a Bishoprick, Deanery, Collec-
torship of Middlesex, of itself 40001. a
year? &c. &c &c.
Has not Cousin Dartmouth the Privy Seal?
Cousin Harleys, the Bedchamber, Deanery
of Windsor, and THE LOANS ?
Legge's, Digby's, Burgoyne's innumerable
Appointments of high Rank and Profit,
down to Whitshead Keene, and little
Scarsdale, Chairman of Committees ?
After all, " Is not the Noble Lord commend-
able instead of culpable, for providing for
his relations ? " Beit so! Let him not
however insult the Distresses of his
Country by pretending, " that a large
"Stock has not been fattened on the Public
"Pasture."'^
Sir William Dolben University
Francis Page Ditto
Rutlandshire.
G. B. Brudenell
County
Shropshire.
William Pulteney Shrewsbury
Rt. Hon. Lord Clive Ludlow
Fred. Cornwall Ditto
Wm. Clive Bishops Castle
Hen. Strachey Ditto
Somersetshire.
John Townson Milbom Port —
Salt-petre itself. For this business the
Directors of the E. India Company meet
on Friday, to pass judgment on his con-
duct.
Hon. A. Poulett Bridgewater
Mat. Brickdale Bristol
Geo. Daubeny Ditto
S. Smith Ditto
A. Moysey Bath
Staffordshire.
Viscount Lewisham County — Son of
Ld. Dartmouth, Privy Seal, and Coz. to
the Premier.
Arch. Macdonald Newcastle
John Courtney Tamworth
John Calvert Ditto
Barne Bame
Sir James Marriot
Viscount Beauchamp
Hon. Rob. Conway
P. C. Crespigny
General Phillipson
A. J. Skelton
Dunwich
Sudbury
Orford
Ditto
Aldborough
Eye
Ditto
" Surrey,
George Onslow Guildford
Rt. Hon. Lord Newhaven Gatton
Robert Mayne Ditto
John Kenrick Blechingley
Sussex.
Thomas Fitzherbert Arundel
Sir Cecil Bisshopp Shoreham
Sir Sampson Gideon Ditto
Henry Drummond Midhurst — Con-
tractor, and one of the Quadruple in the
Loan
Sir J. Irwin East-Grinstead
Herbert Ditto
J. Wallace Horsham
Sir George Oabome Ditto
224
MASSACHUSETTS HISTOEICAL SOCIETT.
[Mat,
Warwickshire.
Hon. Ch. Greville Warwick
Lord Sheffield Coventry — Be-
sides tlie title, has the rank of Lieut. Col.
Commandant, with a Reg. of Dragoons,
worth 12001. a year, which his subaltern
Officers, whose Heads he was put over, it
is said paid for raising.
Edward Roe Yeo Ditto
Wilts.
Sir J. T. Long
Hen. Jones
Lord Courtown
F. Burton
Viscount Fairford
Devizes
Ditto
Marlborough
Heytesbury
Malmsbury — Son
of the Earl of Hillsborough, Secretary of
State, is said to give it as his opinion, that
next to his Father, he looks upon Bamber
Gascoigne to be the greatest politician in
Europe.
J. Calvert
K. W. Wraxall
Hon. Gen. St. John
William Strahan
George Selwyn
Robert Shaftoe
Hon. H. S. Conway
Ditto
Hindon
Wotton-Basset
Ditto
Luggershall
Down ton
Ditto
Worcestershire.
Rt. Hon. Lord Westcote Bewdley
Hon. W. Ward
Worcester
Yorlcshire.
Ch. Mellish
William Chaytor
Edwin Lascelles
Ch. Atkinson
celebrated Cornfactor.
Hon. J. Phipps
Hon. Fred. Robinson
Wales.
Sir Ch. Gould
Earl of Lisbume
John Campbell
Glynn Wynn
Lord Kensington
Whitshed Keene
Aldborough
Under Heydon
Northallerton
Heydon The
Scarborough
Rippon
Brecon
Cardiganshire
Cardigan
Caernarvon
Haverfordwest
Montgomery
Hugh Owen
Thomas Johnes
E. Lewis
Cityue
Sir Ch. Famaby
Viscount Palmerston
John Ord
Philip Stephens
Sir Richard Sutton
Sir Edward Deering
Richard Jackson
William Dickenson
Hon. Thomas Onslow
John Durand
Sir J. Henniker
Pembroke
Radnorshire
New Radnor
Ports.
Hythe
Hastings
Ditto
Sandwich
Ditto
New Romney
Ditto
Rye
Ditto
Seaford
Dover
Scotland.
Adam Drummond
Sir Adam Fergusson
Sir. J. Anstruther
Lord Fred. Campbell
J. Campbell
Sir Robert Laurie
Sir Robert Herries
Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas
Rt. Hon. Lord W. Gordon
Robert Skene
Sir Arch Edmonston
Rt. Hon. Lord A. Gordon
George Graham
States L. Morris
Johnston
J. Henderson
Andrew Stuart
Francis Charteris
Sir VV. Aug. Cunningham
A. Murray
John Fringle
Sir James Cockbum
William Adam
Hon. Keith Stewart
Charles Ross
Hon. J. Wemyss
Aberdeen, &c.
Airshire
AnstrutherWeston
Argyleshire
Culross
Dumfriesshire
Dumfries, &c.
Edinburghshire
Elginshire
Fifeshire
Irvine, &c.
Kincardineshire
Kinrossshire
Kintore
Kircudbright
Kirkaldy
Lanerkshire
Lauder, &c.
Linlithgowshire
Peebleshire
Selkirkshire
Selkirk, &c.
Wigton, &c.
Wigtonshire
Wick, &c.
Sutherlandshire
John Robinson
Mr. Adam
Ministry
Tellers ....
Total Minority
215
2
217
ABSENTEES.
(f) Ackland John
Ambler Ch.
Bacon Ed.
Barwell Rich.
(/) Bamfylde Sir Ch.
(f) Barrington John
Baynton And.
Benfield Paul
(/) Bentinck Lord Ed.
Bridgewater
Boroughbridge
Norwich
Helston
Exeter
Newton
Weobly
Cricklade
Nottinghamshire (/) Bullock John
Bertie Lord Robert
Boscawen Hugh
(/) Blake Sir P.
(/) Bowes A. R.
(/) Bridgman Sir H.
(/) Bridgman H. S.
Burrell Sir Merrick
Burrard H.
Boston
St. Maw's
Sudbury
Newcastle
Wenlock
Wigan
Bedwin
Lymington
Steyniug
1866.] YEAS AND NATS ON GENERAL CONWAT'S MOTION.
225
(/) Cavendish Lord G. H.
Coghill Sir John
Clayton VVm.
(f) Clerke Sir P. J.
Clinton Sir Henry
Coxe Sir Ch.
(f) Coxe R. H.
Crawford J.
Cust F. C.
Cust P.
Damer Hon. Geo.
(/) Dempster George
Duntze Sir J.
(f) Dundas Charles
(f) Button James
U'Oyley Chr.
Dalrymple H.
Eden Sir John
Eden Kt. Hon. William.
Elphinston Hon. G. K.
Evelyn W.
Eyre Ant.
(/) FarrerT.
(f) Fleming Sir Michael
(f) Forrester George
(/) Fludyer Sir Sam.
i'onnereau M.
Frederic John
Gascoigne Bamber
Garden Alex.
{f) Gal way Viscount
if) Goddard Ambrose
Halliday John
Hamilton Rt. Hon. W. G.
(/) Halsey T.
Hervey Eliab
Hanger Hon. Wm.
Harris Sir James
Hudson Giles
Johnston George
(/) Keppel Hon. William
Derby
Newport
Marlow
Totness
Newark
Byegate
Somersetshire
Dumbarton
Grantham
llchester
Dorchester
Cuper
Tiverton
Orkney
Gloucestershire
Seafbrd
Haddingtonshire
Durham
Woodstock
Dumbartonshire
Hythe
Boroughbridge
Wareham
Westmoreland
Wenlock
Aldborough
Aldbo rough
Christ Church
Truro
Aberdeenshire
Pomfret
Wilts
Taunton
Wilton
Herts
Maiden
Christ Church
Chippenham
St. Michaels
Lestwithel
Chichester
Leigh T. P.
Lincoln Earl of
(f) Lowther Sir James
Luttrell Hon. H. L.
Luttrell H. F.
Luttrell Hon. James
Mackworth Sir Herbert
(f) Manners Ld. Robert
Manners Ld. Robert
Macleod Lord
Melburn Lord
(/) MethuenP.
Monro Sir Hector
Moncktoii Hon. Gen.
Murray Hon. J.
( f) Noel Thomas
i^ugent Earl
Owen Hugh
(/) Pelham Hon. Hen.
Percy Lord Alg.
Pitt Hon. George
Phillips George
Purling John
Roberts John
Rodney Sir George Biydges
(f) Ross Gen.
■Scott H.
Sinclair J.
Strutt John
(/) Scudamore Ch. Fitzroy
Stuart Hon. Charles
Trentham Vise.
Vernon Richard
Warren Sir J.
(/) Walpole Hon. Thomas
'/) Wenman Viscount
(/) Wilkinson P.
Wilmot John E.
Wollaston William
VVoodley Wm.
Yorke Hon. J.
Newton
Retford
Cumberland
Bossiney
Minehead
Stockbridge
Cardiff
Cambridgshire
Hull
Rossshire
Luggershall
Bedwin
Inverness, &c.
Portsmouth
Perthshire
Rutlandshire
St. Michael's
Pembrokeshire
Lewes
Northumberland
Dorsetshire
Caermarthen
Weymouth
Taunton
Westminster
Cromartyshire
Berwickshire
Caithnessshire
Maiden
Thetford
Bossiney
Newcastle
Okehampton
Marlow
Lynn
Oxfordshire
Old Sarum
Tiverton
Ipswich
Marlborough
Ryegate
JPrieJKiS to their Country, and y<w Peace with America marked (y") — Absent .... 34
Total Majority 286
270
Besides several independent and very respectable Members who voted in the Minority on
this occasion — such as Mr. Parker Coke, Mr. Rawlinson, Mr. Rashley, Mr. Whitbread,
Mr. Darker, &c. &c.
Ayes 236
Noes 217
Absentees 101
Vacant Seats 3
Speaker 1
Total Number of the whole House 658
N. B. The absent Gentlemen marked {f), with many others less
known to the Publisher, are distinguished Friends of their Country; and if
they had been present, it is supposed would have voted with the Majority
29
226 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [Jubte,
on this Question, making in all upwards of Two Hundred and Seventy
Members, in Opposition to, and against the utmost Efforts of the Min-
ister; who, besides Mr. Secretary Robinson's endearing Lures, cer-
tainly exerted all his Abilities, Zeal, and Assurances on this Occasion.
" How are the Mighty fallen ! " — It is worth observing also, there
were, with the Minister, only Eleven against Sixty-Four County Mem-
bers in England and Wales who voted for this Question. For the
Addenda of Places, Pensions, Contracts, &c. see a small Pamphlet
just published by J. Stockdale, entitled, " Substance of the Charges
" of Mismanagement on the Naval Enquiry, &c."
Attendance is only wanting, to complete the Downfal of an Admin-
istration which every Day brings some fresh Calamity home to the
Breast of every Man among us. — The single Question now is, Whe-
ther the Premier and his Dependents shall retain their Places, to the
final Ruin of the Empire ; or by a Change of Men and Measures, we
shall regain the Confidence of America, and retain our Properties and
Importance.
Printed for J. STOCKDALE, opposite BuKLiifOTON-HocsE, PICOADILLT. (Price Two-pence,
or Twelve Shillings a Hundred.]
William V. Wells, Esq., of San Francisco, was elected
a Corresponding Member.
JUNE MEETING.
A stated monthly meeting of the Society was held
this day, Thursday, June 14, at eleven o'clock, a.m. ;
the President, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, in the
chair.
The President announced to the Society, that the
Recording Secretary, Charles Deane, Esq., sailed for
Europe on the 6th instant, to be absent for several
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