the first volume just published of the Vital Record of Rhode Island, by James N. Arnold, editor of the "Narragansett Historical Register," a copy of which has been presented by the editor to this Society. When the whole work is completed it will contain all the births, marriages and deaths recorded by all the towns in that state. Mr. Arnold has spent years upon this great work, and now, through the aid of their state legislature, the public are beginning to reap the benefit of his toil.

SEAL.

During the past year our Society has adopted a corporation seal, the design of which was suggested by one of our members, representing the old Powder Rock.

In conclusion I desire to say that the year past has been a prosperous one for our Society. It has already passed far ahead of the expectations of its most active members, but I shall not be fully satisfied till I see the Society placed upon a solid basis, with a permanent fund both for the purchase of important books and for the employment of a librarian who can devote at least the afternoon of each day to the work of the library.

MRS. SALLY COLE died in Dedham January 16, 1891, at the age of ninety-three years, seven months and nineteen days. She was of the sixth generation descent from Nathaniel, (the first of the name in Dedham) and Priscilla (Clark) Colburn, and was the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Dexter) Colburn, having been born in West Dedham May 28, 1797. Her twin sister Hepzibah, (afterwards Mrs. Nathan Everett) is still living in the enjoyment of a remarkable degree of health. It may well be doubted whether there can be found in this country, at least, another instance of twins living to the great age attained by these venerable women.

Mrs Cole was married April 2, 1823, to Noah Cole, who died in West Dedham April 30, 1858. Of their three children, the oldest died at the age of twenty years, the second at the age of forty-seven years, and the youngest died in infancy. During the past fifteen years the widowed sisters have lived in the family of Mrs. Amory Fisher, of Dedham, the daughter of Mrs. Everett, where they found a happy and congenial home.

Mrs. Cole, like most of her father's family, possessed a cheerful temperament, and her sunny, happy disposition made her beloved by all with whom she was associated. She led a quiet, uneventful life, having her full share of trials, but bearing them all with the patient endurance of a sincere Christian woman. Until the last year of her life she took much out-door exercise, enjoying her walks about the village and meeting with the kindly greeting which both old and young ever gave to Aunt Sally." Though for the past year her health had been gradually failing, her last sickness was short and comparatively painless.

On the ninety-first anniversary of the birthday of Mrs. Cole and Mrs. Everett, May 28, 1888, the Dedham Historical Society gave them a reception which was attended by a very large number of the old residents of Dedham and vicinity, including more than forty persons then more

than seventy-five years old, many of them being far along in the eighties and three in the nineties. Of the aged people present on that interesting occasion, one half of the number has since passed away.

The Colburn family to which Mrs. Cole belonged was noted for its longevity. Although the father died at the age of seventy-nine years and the mother only reached into her forty-third year, most of their twelve children lived to great age, as will be seen by the following statement of their ages at the time of death:

Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, 78 years and 9 months; Mrs. Nabby Smith, 97 years, 7 months and 22 days; Isaacus Colburn, 88 years, 2 months and 19 days; Mrs. Polly Bacon, 74 years, 6 months and 16 days; Mrs. Sally Cole, 93 years, 7 months and 19 days; Mrs. Hepzibah Everett, now living at the age of 93 years and 10 months; Mrs. Hannah Ellis, 86 years, 3 months and 21 days; Mrs. Caty Farrington, 72 years, 5 months and 21 days; Mrs. Lucy Lincoln, now living at the age of 88 years and 7 months; John Dexter Colburn, 85 years, 2 months and 18 days; Mrs. Julia Richards, 83 years, 3 months and 28 days; Lyman Richards Colburn, the youngest child, died in his 59th year.

Isaac Colburn, the father, married for his second wife Mary Harris of Needham, by whom he had three children, the eldest of whom is Mrs. Mary Wheelock of Norwood, now in her 73d year. Martha, the next child, died unmarried at the age of 31 years, and Dana Pond Colburn, the youngest, well known as a distinguished teacher, was accidently killed when in his 37th year. H. O. H.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

NOTES.

7. The following I find in Frank Moore's "Diary of the American Revolution." It is copied from the Freeman's Journal, for November 5, 1776. A. A. FOLSOM.

BEHOLD a COWARD!

Head-Quarters, Ticonderoga, Octo. 22, 1776.

THE public is desired to take notice, That Daniel Pittee, Ensign in Capt. Timothy Stow's company, Col. Wheelock's regiment, applyed at Head Quarters for a discharge, upon hearing the enemy were likely to attack our lines, he was refused, and next day deserted our camp. This infamous run-away belongs to the south parish of Dedham, in the county of Suffolk. Published by order of Brig. Gen. Bickett.

Andrew Brown, Maj. Brigade.

8. The following is a list of lantern slides, already made by a committee of the Dedham Camera Club:

1. High Street from Church Green to Station, October, 1889.

2. Court House from Church Green, winter, 1890.

3. Court Street from School to Marsh, snow scene, April 1, 1890.

4. Fisher's Ice Pond, November 23, 1890.

5. Ames Street from High toward the Bridge, August, 1890.

This list will be continued from time to time as space will permit.

QUERIES.

24. In the river just below Providence, there is a lighthouse named "Pomham Light," near which are the buildings and grounds

of the Pomham Club. This club is named after the famous Indian chief, who lived nearly opposite at Warwick, more than two hundred years ago. Arnold, in his History of Rhode Island (Vol. 1. p. 417), says, "He fell on the 25th of July, 1676, at the head of his warriors, in a battle near Dedham." Will some one give me the location of the battlefield? A. A. FOLSOM.

25. Manasseh Cutler, afterward Honorable and Reverend, gives in his printed journal an account of his marriage to Miss Mary Balch, at Dedham, on September 7 (Church Records give October 8, as the date), 1766, and names the wedding guests, among whom is Miss Polly Sumner. Can this be the same as Nathaniel Ames's "adorable P. S.", whom he fondly mentions in his diary on November 11, 1762, as being present at a "genteel Ball" in Dedham ? Mr. Cutler's mother-in-law had a niece, Miss Polly Sumner, who was born on May 8, or 18, 1744, and who was, therefore, a miss of 18 summers when the "genteel Ball" took place; and as Ames himself was only 21 years old at the time, and was intimate with Cutler, the Balch family, and the Sumners, it is not impossible that this Miss Polly was the young lady whom he found so pleasant. A. B. P.

26. Nicholas Pullen and Mary Tucker were married in Rehoboth, Mass., January 9, 1710. Wanted, the place of Nicholas Pullen's nativity, also his parents' names. CHARLES L. PULLEN, MEMPHIS, TENN.

HISTORIC VIEWS OF DEDHAM.

A series of photographic views has been prepared by Mr. Alonzo A. Smith, artist and photographer of Dedham, mounted on 8 x 10 inch cards, and bound together in neat and substantial cloth covers. The first plate contains photographs of all the Presidents of the Dedham Historical Society, with their autographs, followed by thirty-one views of historic places, including several old houses not now existing. This collection must be of great interest to former residents of this ancient town, and those interested in it as the home of their ancestors. The price of the set is $5.50, delivered. J. H. B.

Ancestry of Calvin Guild, Margaret Taft, James Humphreys and Rebecca Covell Martin, by Howard Redwood Guild, of Providence, R. I., 1891.

This is an ancestral genealogy of the above named families skilfully worked out. The author starts with his own family, and tracing back, brings in all the connected families for eight generations, including the surnames of over one hundred ancestors, from 1620 to 1890. Among the other families connected are the Cushman, Allerton, and Howland of "Mayflower" stock, the Draper, Whiting, Child, Ware, Metcalf, Curtis, Browne, and other families prominent in the early history of Massachu setts and Rhode Island. Six generations of the Guilds give family averages of eight children, and seven generations of the Martins give nine. The work is very well done, and shows a great amount of patient research and study, and is issued in a well printed octavo pamphlet of forty-two pages. G. W. H.

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