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Rantoul ; Clias. W. Tuttlo of Boston ; X. E. Atwood of 

 Proviiicetown ; Daniel H. Johnson, Jr.; Iowa Historical So 

 ciety ; Jacob Batcliclder of Lynn ; Editors of tlio Round 

 Table. 



W. P. Upham from a Committee appointed at a }trevioas 

 meeting, submitted the following statement: — 



In making the recent alterations at Fort Pickering, about 

 lialf of a dozen twelve pound shot were taken Ironi the 

 aiorth-east and south-west corners of the old parapet facing 

 the liarbor. They were Ibund buried about tliree feet be- 

 neath the turf half way from the top of the parapet. There 

 is good reason to believe that these balls were thrown there 

 hj the British Man of War Nautilus, when she chased the 

 Privateer Rattlesnake into Beverly harbor, Oct. 10, 1775. 

 All account of this affair is given in an old newsi>aper, the 

 *• New England Chronicle or Essex Gazette,'' ol Oct. 12, 

 1775, also in Stone's History of Beverly, page !i4. 



The Privateer was chased in from the Bay and ran ashore 

 in Mackerel Cove near Beverly. The Man of War got 

 aground on Nathaniers Ledge, south-east of Woodbury's 

 |)oiiit and in this position bombarded the town of Beverly 

 till the tide leaving her, she careened so that she was 

 tmable to bring a single gun to bear. Thu;; she remained 

 under constant lire from the Salem people on Hospital point 

 and from Sharpshooters on the Beverly shore till dark, when 

 .she cut her cable and got off, having been considerably dam- 

 o.o'ed. It is probable that as the Nautilus entered the har- 

 f)or, she passed not far from Fort Pickering and fired a 

 broadside at it. 



The Fort has been repaired twice since then, once in 1798 

 rand again in 1809. — but from the accounts lately given of 

 ithesc repairs and from the appearance of the place previous 

 to the i^rescnt alterations, it is inferred that a part of the 

 old jjarapet where these balls were found has not been ma 

 iterially altered since the Revolution. 



iCEOKGE I). Wildes followed with some remarks relating 

 to the Forts and to the sailors and soldiers of the Revolution 

 and of the War of 1812 furnished by Salem, Newburypoit 

 .and other towns of the County. He made particular men- 



