THE GUSHING ELM 



tary movements in that vicinity during the 

 "siege/' Pastor John Brown was a Harvard 

 graduate of the class of 1741, and was or- 

 dained pastor of the second parish in Hingham 

 Sept. 2, 1747. He died in 1791 at the age 

 of sixty-seven years. 1 



The Hingham chapter of the Daughters 

 of the American Revolution selected the 

 inscription and placed it upon the tree a 

 number of years ago. It commemorates one 

 event, probably among a large number of 

 others that were never recorded; for Hing- 

 ham, during Revolutionary times, was the 

 scene of more than ordinary activity, and 

 the road on which the tree stands led directly 

 to Cohasset and other coast towns further 

 south. In 1775 the town maintained a regu- 

 lar garrison at Broad Cove, and was also 

 one of the sea-coast towns called upon for 

 assistance in protecting its neighbors from 

 British attack. The terrible strain of long- 

 continued service began to be felt in 1776, 

 and in March of that year the town council 

 appointed General Lincoln as its agent to 



1 " Hist, of Hingham," published by the town, vol. 2, p. 94. 



