amiable and endearing youth, whose memory he has so justly and affectionately embalmed. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 541. M. S. die 7 mo. Julii, A. D. 1810, ineunte ætatis anno 27 mo. obiit academiæ Harvardinæ alumnus, SAMUEL HARRIS, patre Samuele Harris et matre Sarah, natus Bostoniæ. Literarum a puero mire studiosus ; et vixdum adultus omnibus fere linguis orientalibus eruditus, rerum antiquarum abdita et mirabilia quibus maxime delectaretur curiose et feliciter perscrutatus, cæteris suæ ætatis facile præcelluit. Cum spes amicorum maxime foveretur futurum patriæ honorem et decus, cursu academico jam prope peracto, infelici morte correptus, fluctibus Caroli fluminis submersus, eheu ! mortalia reliquit. Tanta illi pietas et benevolentia, tanta morum suavitas, tanta modestia, ut nullum suis, vel amandi vivus, vel mortuus lugendi statuerit modum. Hoc literis, hoc moribus, hoc eximiæ virtuti, amicitiæ quam impar monumentum sacraverunt juvenes, amici, sodales. Heu! quanto minus est cum aliis versari, quam tui meminisse. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 542. Note.-The ship, which brought the charter to Massachusetts with the honourable John Winthrop, the first governour of that section of America, also conveyed a STONE MUG, mounted with silver, which is carefully preserved by the hon. William Winthrop, and is valuable on account of its antiquity and the celebrity of the personages, to whom it has belonged. A scrip of paper accom panies it containing the subjoined passage in the autography of Adam Winthrop, son of Adam Winthrop of Groton in Great Britain, and father of governour John Winthrop, from whom have descended many distinguished for their patriotism, literature, and science, and for the various offices of honour and trust they have sustained in each successive generation. At ye feast of St. Mich,. an. 1607, my sister, ye lady Mildmay did give me a stone pott tipped and covered with a silver lydd. BOSTON, MASS. 543. M. S. FARNCISCA SHIRLEY, quam virginem omnium admirationi commendavit eximius formæ nitor, familiarium vero etiam amori gratior veniens in pulchro corpore virtus; quam nuptam fides intemerata, amor sincerus, rerum domesticarum prudens administratio. Indoles suavissima in tantum marito devinxerunt ut cor ejus in illa tutis sime confiderit; quam matrem nulla prius habuit cura quam ut liberorum animos præstantissimis moribus imbuerat quod et strenue laboravit et feliciter; quam demum in omni vitæ statuet conditione, summa ingenii elegantia quicquid decorum atque honestum diligenter excolentis, quicquid vanum confra et leve serio aversantis, morum simplicitas candida, pietas infucata, in egenos liberalitas, in omnes benevolentia, dolorum tolerantia, voluptatum temperantia, omnis denique et omnimoda virtus, ut amabilem fecerunt omnibus, ita amorem ipsum et delicias hujus provincia vivam, desiderium triste et insolabile reddiderunt mortuam. Maritum habuit Gulielmum Shirley, hujus provinciæ præfectum, quem filiis quatuor filiabusque quinque beavit; e stirpe generosa nata est Londini, 1692, denata Dorcestriæ Massachusettensium prid. kal. Sept. 1746, in communi hujus oppidi cœmeterio conditæ ipsius exuviæ felicem ad meliorem vitam reditum expectant. Juxta hanc præstantissimam matrem positum est quicquid mortale fuit filiæ natu secundæ, Francisco Bollan, Gulielmi Bollan, PEN. VOL III. armigeri, in curia vice admiralitatis apud Massachusettsenses regii advocati, nuper uxoris, quam virtus et forma excellens, prudentia et ingenium excultum, pietas et mores suavissimi, dilectissimum omnibus, dum in vivis fuit, finxerunt. Spatiolo vitæ, heu breve, percurso, annum quippe vix quartum supra vicesimum attigit, primo in partu diem obiit supremum 12 kal. Martias, 1744, marito, parentibus, amicis, ingens sui desiderium relinquens. Note. This inscription and the next following were taken from elegant tablets within the walls of King's Chapel in Boston. BOSTON, MASS. 544. M. S. CAROLI APTHORP, qui paterfamilias prudens et liberalis mercator integerrimus, insigni probitate civis, inter hujus ædis instauratores præcipue munificus, sincera fide et larga caritate christianus, obiit sexagenarius 11 Nov. 1758, repentina et suis immatura morte præreptus. Ne tantarum virtutum memoria et exemplum obsoleret; vidua et 15 liberi superstites hoc marmor amoris et pictatis monumentum P P. BOSTON, MASS, 545. Pro republica semper. Sacred to the memory of SAMUEL VASSALL, esq. of London, merchant, one of the original proprietors of the lands of this country, a steady and undaunted assertor of the liberties of England. In 1628, he was the first, who boldly refused to submit to the tax of tonnage and poundage, an unconstitutional claim of the crown arbitrarily imposed; for which, to the ruin of his family, his goods were seized and his person imprisoned by the star chamber court. He was chosen to represent the city of London in two successive parliaments, which met, 13 April and 3 November, 1640. The parliament in July, 1641, voted 10445 pounds 12 shillings and 2 pence for his damages and resolved that he should be further considered for his personal sufferings, but the rage of the times and the neglect of proper applications since have left to his family only the honour of that vote and resolution. He was one of the largest subscribers to raise money against the rebels in Ireland. All these facts may be seen in the journals of the house of commons. He was |