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ed, —previous to his decease requested a copy of the address for publication. (21) Several poems in a bound volume of a paper published at Cambridge, while he was in college, given to Edward Everett, his classmate, after Mr. D.'s death. It contained articles by the students, among them many by Mr. Everett. A Dudleian Lecture, delivered by him in the College Chapel, Wednesday, the 12th of May, 1841. (Ms.) Text, Rev. 18: 2. David Damon was of the sixth generation in descent from Thomas Damon, who came from England about the year 1650, and settled in that part of Reading which is now Wakefield. Thomas, son of Thomas, was born in Reading. old style, 31-11—1658, or new style, 31 Jan. 1659, and married Lucy Ann Emerson, 15 May, 1683. Their fourth son, and ninth child, Thomas, was born at Reading, 25 Dec. 1703, and married at Woburn, Abigail Rice, of East Sudbury, now Wayland, 5 Feb. 1730; d. 6 Mar. 1796, a 92. She was b. 27 Mar., 1709, d, Feb. 1806, a. 97. Their first <
The two boats which approached the Satellite were in command of Col. Wood, and the two which boarded the Reliance in charge of Lieut. Hoge. At the time (12 o'clock) it was dark and a heavy sea was running. The assailants were not discovered on the Satellite until nearly to the boat, when the officer ran below to call the executive officer, and by the time he returned the vessel was boarded and the crew were in a fight with the rebels, which lasted ten or fifteen minutes, during which Thomas Damon, a fire turn, and — Lawson, who originally came from the rebel army, were killed, and Ensign R. Somers received two cutlass wounds on the left arm, and was shot through the neck; N. H. Stavey, shot in arm; William Bingham, Samuel Chin, and two others, slightly wounded. Several of the rebels were wounded; but the crew was overpowered. The party which boarded the Reliance were also resisted, the officers and men fighting desperately, but were obliged to surrender. In this attack Lieut. H