duct themselves in such manner The reasons for this are so Obvious as to not need any explanation If any of the officers of the Regements of Guard[s] are Inclin'd to attend ye funeral and Walk in procession The General Would wish them to do it Head Quarters Boston June 20th 1778 Field officer of the day to morrow. Commissioned officer) Lieut Peabody M. Guard Head Quarters Boston June 20th 1778 After Orders-the Court of Inquiry wherof Colo Gerrish is presedent having carfully Investigated the facts Res[pec]ting Joshua Howard a Soldier belonging to Col° Gerrishs Regement of Guards his Stabing A German Soldier of the Convention are of Opinion from the Evidence Adduced that the Centinal did his duty as a Good Soldier and Ought to be released from his Confinement The General Orders Joshua Howard to be released from Confinement Immediately The Court of Inquiry Whereof Colo Gerrish is Persident is to set on Monday Next at Nine Clock A.M. at Such place as ye president shall Appoint, to Examine into ye Centinal posted at Prospect Hill on ye 17. Instant and now confined in the Main Guard for Shooting Lieut Richard Brown of the 21 Regt British, and make report All Evidences and persons Concernd are to Attend the Court Head Quarters Boston June 21th 1778 Parole Gardner C. Sign Scammel Field officer of the Day to Morrow Majr Commissioned officers for Guards to Morrow Lieut Mullican) Main Guard French Lines Head Quarters Boston June 22, 1778 Parole Rawley C Sign Ipswich The General has been Informed that on the 17 Instant When Lieut Brown was Shot by a Centinal near Prospect Hill ye Said Centinal After discharging his peice on his post was Insulted beat & Abused by Several Soldiers of the Convention As a Centinal is in no case to be Insulted on his post or beat, but if Guilty of Misconduct is to be Regularly releived and Confined The General directs that a Strict Enquiry [be] made into this matter—and if any of the Soldiers who Abused the Centinal are known or can be found · that they Immediately Confind The Court of Inquiry are desired to take Cognizance of this matter and to Inquire Whether the Serjeant who Commanded the Guard to Whom ye Centinal belonged did his duty in Instantly turning out his Guard to Support and Defend the Centinall Against the least Insult: which should have been Effectually done, and that if it should appear yt the Serjeant has been Guilty of Neglect That he be Confined The Commanding officers of the Corps of Invalids will pay particular attention to the Well Disciplying of that Corpsthe Men off Duty Are to parade before the Generals Quarters on Tuesdays and thursday at 5 °Clock Afternoon well Armed and Accutred, where they are to perform their Exercise and Ma unve s Field Officer of the Day tomorrow Colo Reed Commissioned officers for Guard tomor[row] Lieut Challis main Guard Lieut Merrill French lines Head Quarters Boston June 23. 1778 Commissiond Officers for Guards tomorrow Lieut Shapleigh for M. Guard Lieut Ober for french lines Head Quarters Boston June 24 [1778] Parole Scituate C. Sign Hingham Field Officer of the day to morrow Lieut Colo Goodwin Officers for Guards to morrow Lieut Woodbury M. Guard Lieut Parsons For french lines Head Quarters Boston June 25 1778 Field officer of the day to morrow Majr The foot of this page is much worn, and the remainder of the manuscript was destroyed many years ago. GOVERNOR CHRISTOPHER GORE AND HIS VISIT TO MAINE. BY WILLIAM GOOLD. Read before the Maine Historical Society, February 9, 1888. CHRISTOPHER GORE was the eighth of the eleven governors elected by the people of Massachusetts under the constitution, while the district of Maine formed a part of the commonwealth. He was born in Boston, September 21, 1758. His father was a loyalist, but did not leave his province. The sons took the other side of the contest. Samuel Gore, a painter, the eldest son and a brother to Christopher, was one of the party that destroyed the tea in Boston in 1773. Christopher Gore was educated at Harvard College, and graduated in the class of 1776, and settled in his native town of Boston. In 1789, he was appointed the first district attorney of Massachusetts by President Washington, under the constitution of 1787. In 1796, Mr. Gore was elected one of the commissioners under the fourth article of Jay's treaty, to settle the claims of the United States upon Great Britain for spoliations. This appointment took him to London where he remained eight years, successfully engaged in the duties of his office. In 1803, he was left chargé des affaires. Governor Sullivan (who was a native of Maine) died in the second year of his service as chief magistrate of the commonwealth, December 10, 1808, which left Mr. Lincoln, lieutenant-governor, to act in his place during the remainder of the term. In 1809, Mr. Lincoln was the candidate of the Democratic party for governor. The Federal party nominated Mr. Gore he had been its candidate the year preceding. Mr. Gore had been much in public life at home and abroad, and was particularly qualified for chief magistrate. Law was his profession and politics had long been his study. It was a time of great political excitement. The people were groaning under the burden of the embargo, which had been in force nearly two years to the great injury of New England industries. In December of that year, twelve months after the embargo was laid, an additional act was passed by Congress to enforce it, under the pretense that evasions of the first law had taken place. This act was more strict and severe than the first law-that of December 1807. This statute was so oppressive in the seaport towns of Massachusetts proper and of the district of Maine, that the people became greatly excited. This was the state of affairs when the state election was held, which was attended with as much spirit and activity as on any former occasion. It was virtually a national, and not a mere state issue. Mr. Gore was elected, but by less than three thousand majority. The next year the obnoxious restrictions on commerce were not enforced with so much vigor, and modifications were promised when Governor Gore and Lieutenant-governor Cobb lost their election. In 1814, Governor Gore was chosen to the United States senate, in which capacity he served about three years, and then withdrew into final retirement. Mr. Gore had been a very successful lawyer and had amassed a fortune. Daniel Webster studied law with him. Governor Gore died at his residence in Waltham, March 1, 1829. In 1783, he had married Rebecca, daughter of Deacon Edward Paine, of Boston, who survived him. They had no children. Gore Hall at Cambridge, which contains the university library, commemorates a munificent bequest in Mr. Gore's will. It was named for him. William Sullivan describes Governor Gore as tall, |