of Rhode Island, under Captain Jonathan Evans, in Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment.

From 1779 to the close of the war, the names of but few, belonging to Rowley, who served in the war, can now be obtained, the muster rolls having been removed from Boston to Washington.

Besides those before mentioned, the names of a few others have been collected from various sources.

On the 24th of April, 1775, Captain T. Mighill commenced enlisting men for the eight months' service. Moses Hobson and Jonathan Stickney served three months and fifteen days each, from said 24th of April. Their names are not borne upon said Mighill's September roll, before stated.

Joseph Brocklebank and Joseph Todd (with others whose names are unknown) were out two months, from April 29 to June 29, 1777, at Rhode Island, under Captain Benjamin Adams, Colonel Titcomb's regiment.

Nathaniel Burpee, drummer, Ezekiel Lancaster and David Nelson, privates, (with others,) were out from August 15 to November 30, 1777, in New York, under Captain Benjamin Adams, Colonel Johnson's regiment, and were two hundred and seventy-two miles from Rowley when dismissed.

Thomas Pike was drafted, June 11, 1778, and served nine months at Fishkill, New York.

William Rutherford was drafted, and served from July 6 to December 13, 1780, two hundred and sixty miles from home when dismissed.

David Pickard was in the same service, the same

term.

Joshua Jackson, Nathaniel Smith, Joshua Saunders, Edward Saunders, Jonathan Lambert, and John Crom

bee, were stationed at Castle Island, under Captain James Maloon, Major-General John Hancock having the chief command.

Jeremiah Elsworth, Asa Low, and Thomas Pingree, were three years' men; and on the 15th of May, 1782, Elsworth receipted for £ 23 9s. 9d. and Asa Low for £24 1s. 2d. toward their wages.

Samuel Bailey, Jr., Moses Merrill, and Daniel Merrill, served three years.

1777. Paul Jewett, a son of Paul, died in the army at New City, near Albany.

1778. Samuel Clough returned from Albany sick, died soon after.

1781. John Crombee died of small-pox in the State of New York.

1781. William Todd, a son of William, died while privateering.

Solomon Lowell, David Poor, Silas Dole, Moses Boynton, and James Phillips, were in the army.

Samuel Burbank, on his return from the army, died of the small-pox in the pest-house.

From the peace of 1783, for about two years, the town were frequently called together for the purpose of taking measures to adjust and make a final settlement of all their war expenses. One of the greatest difficulties they had to encounter, was that of settling with the several twentysix classes for hiring three years' men for the war, under a vote of the town, passed in 1781. These classes had expended different sums in procuring each their man; some of the classes had been deficient in the performance of the duty enjoined upon them by the town. These difficulties became, at length, so great, that the town despaired of being able to come to a compromise among them

selves. They, therefore, on the 22d day of August, 1785, agreed and voted, to refer all their class difficulties to the determination of three referees, viz. Samuel Moody, of Newbury, Joshua Holt, of Andover, and John Choate, of Ipswich. Thomas Mighill, Daniel Spofford, and Solomon Nelson were appointed a committee to manage the affair before the referees, in behalf of the town; each class had their own committee before the referees.

The referees met, and after hearing the parties, made an award, which was laid before the town for their acceptance, at a meeting held November 1, 1785. This meeting was held in the second parish, and convened at one o'clock in the afternoon. Some of the classes being dissatisfied with the award, a long debate ensued; the final question was taken about eleven o'clock at night, after a continued meeting of ten hours' duration, and the award was accepted. The town made a grant of £ 2,200, to pay all the said twenty-six classes, and ordered the assessment of the same.

These twenty-six men cost the town, for their services, from the time of their enlistment in 1781, to the close of the war, about $ 282 each.

To the £2,200, or $7,333.33, now granted, add the before-mentioned grants, amounting to $ 24,071·48, and it makes the sum of $31,404.81, actually paid by the town for the expenses of the war, beside other very considerable sums to committees, &c. for their services, not included in the above.

The particular and minute recital of those occurrences which took place in the town, particularly connected with the events of the revolutionary war, which has been gone into, seemed necessary, in order to give an adequate idea of the great exertions and privations made and en

dured by the people of the town, during the period of that war, the merit and remembrance of which is almost lost in the happy results they assisted to bring about.

The great expenditure of this town was, in fact, an uncompensated gratuity to the public.

Rowley furnished its full proportion of men for the army of the Revolution, having furnished three captains, viz. Thomas Mighill, who was out in the years 1775, 1776, and 1780, Benjamin Adams, who was out several campaigns, and Edward Payson, who was out a short time in 1775. They furnished nine lieutenants, viz. Amos Bailey, Daniel Dresser, Mark Creasey, Thomas Green, Thomas Pike, Benjamin Stickney, Moses Scott, John Tenney, and Rufus Wheeler, and perhaps others. Sergeants and corporals, quite a number. Nathaniel Burpee and Samuel Todd were out as drummers, and Thomas Stickney as a fifer, and there were other musicians from this town.

The number of privates furnished cannot be now ascertained with certainty. But the following estimate is made, which approximates the true number, viz.

Raised, April, 1775, for 8 months' service

54

6

18

5

"under Capt. John Dodge, 24

"Guard at Cambridge,

58

26

March, 1778, "

66

service not stated,

"service not stated,

6 months' service, in Guard or elsewhere, 6

66 September, "service not stated, to serve under Colonel

Cogswell,

Raised, Sept., 1778, for service not stated, number equal o one third train band, say,

June, 1779, " 6 months' service at Rhode Island

40

5

It does not appear by the records what number of men the town was required to furnish for the years 1775 and 1776, but the authenticated rolls show the names of Rowley men equal to the numbers put down in the foregoing list, and sixty-four other privates, who were not Rowley men, but were enlisted by Captain Mighill, of Rowley, and served those years under him and other officers. All the other numbers of privates in said list are taken from the records of the town.

Rowley must have had on an average about fifty men each year, in the service of their country, during the eight years the war continued.

SHAYS'S INSURRECTION.

The causes of the insurrection which quickly followed the peace of 1783, have been well stated by the author of the "History of Worcester," published in 1837. That author says;

"The struggles of the Revolution had scarce terminated, before disturbances arose among the people, which, in their progress, brought the Commonwealth to the very verge of ruin.

"Could the existence of insurrection and rebellion be effaced from memory, it would be wanton outrage to recall from oblivion the tale of misfortune and dishonor.