mes interchangeable, there is no
doubt but this is the person mentioned in the list of 1835.
Communicated by Prof. Wm. Gammell, of Brown University, and
Rev. Sereno Dwight Gammell, of Wellington, O., grandsons of
John Gammell.
SAMUEL GORE,
Born in Boston, February 6, 1751; died November 16, 1831. Captain John
Gore, his father, a lieutenant in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, in 1753, had, by industry, acquired considerable wealth. Being
a Tory, he left Boston with the British army in 1776, but afterwards
returned. Samuel followed his father's trade, that of a painter, in
Court Street, at the corner of Gore's Alley, (Brattle Street,) but,
unlike him, was an ardent patriot. He was one of the party of young men
who, at noon-day, and under the eyes of the British guard, carried off
and secreted the cannon from the gun-house that stood opposite the mall
at the corner of West Street. His companions in this daring feat were
Nathaniel Balch, James Brewer, Moses Grant, Jeremiah Gridley and
----Whiston. Mr. Gore was one of those who established the glass-works
in Essex Street, a speculation by which he unfortunately lost all the
accumulations of many years of untiring industry. He was a member of the
Masonic Lodge of St. Andrew, in 1778, and was the first treasurer of the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Governor Christopher Gore
was a younger brother. He was a man of superior intelligence, kindness
of heart, and courtesy of manner.
[Illustration: Signature, Samuel Gore]
MOSES GRANT,
Son of Samuel, and father of Deacon Moses Grant, was born in Boston,
March 13, 1743; died December 22, 1817. He was an upholsterer, on Union
Street, and his son, Moses, was a partner with him until his death. He
was an ardent patriot; was one of the volunteer guard on the
"Dartmouth," on the night of November 29, 1773; was one of those who
seized and carried off the cannon from the gun-house, on West Street,
and one of the renowned "tea party." Member of the company of cadets,
and a deacon of Brattle Street church.
[Illustration: Signature, Moses Grant]
NATHANIEL GREENE
Was in 1789 register of deeds, at 42 Cornhill. He was an ardent Son of
Liberty, and was present at the public celebration in Dorchester, where
three hundred of them gathered, August 14, 1769.
[Illustration: Signature, Nathaniel Greene]
SAMUEL HAMMOND,
One of the tea party, died at Wadsborough, Vt., January 4, 18
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