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CRITICAL NOTICES.
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Art . I . —A Discourse , delivered on the Sttbbath after the Decease of the Hon . Timothy Pickering-. By Charles . W . Upham , Salem , Mass .
1829 . Col » Pickerino ( as our readers are probably a ware ) was one of the patriots of the American Revolution . Shortlyafter the commencement of hostilities he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas , and also sole Judge of the Maritime Court for the middle
district , which comprehended Boston , Marblehead , Salem , and other ports in Essex . This office he held till he joined the army under Washington ' s immediate command . " About nine o ' clock in the morning of the 19 th of April , 1775 , Col . Pickering being in his office , ( the Registry of Deeds for the county of Essex , ) a captain of militia , from the adjacent town of Panvers , came in and informed him that a man had ridden into that
town and ; reported that the British troops had marched from Boston to Lexington , and attacked the militia . This officer , whose company belonged to Col . Pickering ' s regiment , asked for orders , and received a verbal answer , that the Danvera * company should march without waiting for those of Salem . Immediately , Col . Pickering weat to the centre of the town , and met a few of the piiucipal inhabitants . A short consultation
ensued . Those who knew the distance of Lexington from Salem , and its relative situation to Boston , observed , that the British troops would certainly have returned to Boston long before the Salem militia could reach the scene of the reported action ; and that to march would therefore be useless . I , t was , nevertheless , concluded to assemble the militia , and commence the march ; andfor
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this sole reason—that it would be an evidence to their brethren in the country , of their disposition to co-operate in every measure which the common safety required . " Of these troops Col . Pickering had the command ; they arrived in time to see the British troops ascend Bunker ' s Hill , but were not able to render any service , as the euenoy was well flanked with artillery . In the autumn of 1776 ,
when a large reinforcement of militia was called for , Col . P . took the command of a regiment of 700 men , furnished from Essex . Shortly after he accepted the office of adjutant-general , and joined the army under Washington ' s command atMiddlebrook , in New Jersey . A pleasing anecdote , respecting this appointment , is preserved in a letter from Washington to the President of
Congress : ^ < c Here I am to mark with peculiar satisfaction , injustice to Col . Lee , who has deservedly acquired the reputation of a good officer , that he expressed a distrust of his abilities to fill the appointment intended for him" ( viz . tbat of adjutant-general , which had been previously declined by Pickering , as
interfering with the active part he took hi public business ); " on hearing that Cqlonel Pickering would accept it , he not pnly offered but wished to relinquish his claim to it in favour of him , whom he declared he considered , from a very intimate and friendly acquaintance , as a first military character ; and that he knew no gentleman better or so well qualified for the post among us . "
After the battles of Brandywine , German Town , &c , at which Colonel Pickering was preseut , he was elected member of the Continental Board of War , in which station he remained till he became Quarter-master general . After the peace
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orthodox brethren be aware how they kin ^ e a flajti e which may quickly defy their powers of controul , and extend jts ravages over the whole kingdom . Tliey ppint to Anierica . with approbation , and they triay have done it in ignorance . We , haye novvbrought togetHersdnie statements which they are required , a& honest men , to hear ' and proclaim—that if the work of Revivals proceed in this kirijjdom it may be unattended by the unholy measures and the disastrousconsequences which it has occasioned in America .
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Critical Notices . 565
Critical Notices.
CRITICAL NOTICES .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1829, page 565, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2575/page/45/
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