Excerpt from The History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company: From Its Formation in 1637 and Charter in 1638, to the Present Time; Comprising the Biographies of the Distinguished Civil, Literary, Religious, and Military Men of the Colony, Province, and Commonwealth The undersigned, a Committee to superintend the publication of this History, have devoted to that duty the time they could spare from their other avocations, and now submit the volume to the candor of their associates and to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in the western hemisphere and the third oldest in the world. Its members have served in every Massachusetts colonial war and national conflict since its founding in May 1638. In this set of four volumes, published between 1896 and 1901, company historian Roberts covers the rich history of the organization from 1637 to 1888 and provides detailed biographical sketches of all its members in the style of Sibley's Harvard Graduates. Roberts's detailed member service records are an invaluable source of three centuries of military history. Each volume has its own index of names and places" -- Publisher's description.

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