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 1803, but relinquished it in 1810, to become a partner with his brother 

 in the mercantile house of William B, Swett & Co. in Boston, having in 

 the mean time married a daughter of the eminent mei'chant, the late 

 Hon. William Gray. Soon after the breaking out of the war of 1812 

 he was active in organizing a volunteer corps in Boston, under the 

 name of the New England Guards, of which he was the first com- 

 mander, and which, under his lead, rendered important service in defence 

 of our coast and harbor. Joining the United States Army as a volun- 

 teer, in 1814, he served as a topographical engineer on the staff of 

 General Izard, with the rank of Major. After the declaration of 

 peace he was an aid-de-camp to Governor Brooks, and was ever after- 

 wards known as Colonel Swett. He had a strong taste for military 

 service, and devoted not a little study to the science of war, even to 

 the latest years of his life. Few men followed the campaigns of the 

 late Rebellion with more intelligent and patriotic ardor, or were more 

 ingenious and fertile in the suggestion of whatever might contribute 

 to the comfort, safety, and success of the Union soldiers. He was a 

 member, successively, of the Common Council and of the School 

 Committee of Boston, and for three years one of its Representatives 

 in the Legislature. He was a frequent contributor to some of our mag- 

 azines and newspapers ; and, on his return from Europe, whither he 

 had gone about the time of Napoleon's return from Elba, he pub- 

 lished in the Boston Daily Advertiser an account of his tour, and of 

 the events he had witnessed during the memorable Hundred Days. 

 His principal, if not his only, independent publication, however, was 

 an elaborate account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, in a pamphlet, 

 which went through more than one edition. He was elected into the 

 Academy in May, 1813. 



Of his five children, two sons and a daughter survive him ; but his 

 wife died in 1844, and his eldest son, a Unitarian clergyman of many 

 remarkable gifts, in 1843. Colonel Swett bore his bereavements and 

 infirmities with a brave heart ; and his familiar figure, though sorely 

 bent by age, was seen in our streets, and at the meetings of our own 

 Academy, until Avithin a few months of his death. 



Henry Darwin Rogers, for many years one of our most distin- 

 guished Resident Fellows, and whose name was, in consequence of his 

 change of abode, transferred to the Associate list two years ago, died 

 at Shawlands, near Glasgow, upon the very day of our annual meet- 

 ing last year, namely, on the 29th of May, 1866. Born in Phila- 



