75 



Thomas Perkins 



$500 



Lane & Son, (in work) 



100 



John Murphy 



500 



Enos Briggs 



50 



Joseph Cabot 



500 



Eph'm Emerton 



100 



Edward Killen 



100 



Wm. Marston 



250 



Ezk'l H. Derby 



1000 



Edward S. Lang 



100 



Jona. Mason 



50 



Tho's Webb 



200 



Samuel Ropes jr. 



50 



Walter P. Bartletfc 



100 



fcamuel Brooks 



50 



Israel Dodge 



500 



Asa Pierce 



50 



Sam'l Very 



100 



Nathan Pierce 



250 



Brackley Rose 



100 



Upton & Porter 



400 



Asa Kilham 



20 



Buffum & Howard 



450 



A Lady, by J Jenks 



50 



Joseph Osgood, jr. 



25 



Edmund Upton 



300 



Wm. Appleton 



50 



Benj. West, jr. 



250 



John Hathorne 



200 



Tho's Ghipman 



100 



Isaac Osgood 



500 



Rich'd Manning, jr. 



200 



Elias H. Derby, jr. 



400 



David Patten 



50 



Jona. Lambert 



40 



E. & J Sanderson 



200 



Henry shorn 



50 



John Treadwell 



500 



Joseph Hiller 



300 



John Barr 



600 



Benj. Goodhue 



800 



Wm. Luscomb 



300 



Nath'l Batchelder 



50 



Jona. Waldo 



40 



Daniel Jenks 



500 



Tho's Bancroft 



100 



Samuel Archer 



100 



Nath'l West 



1500 



Joseph Vincent 



200 



Sam'l Mclntire 



100 



Joshua Eichardson 



500 



Benj. Fflt 



100 



Joseph Mosely 



100 



George Dodge 



1000 



Wait & Pierce 



2000 



Peter Lander 



200 



TJiomas Saunders 



500 



Stephen Phillips 



1000 



Abel Lawrence 



500 



Rich'd Derby, jr. 



1500 



Hardy Ropes 



200 



Joseph Waters 



415 



Tho's C. Gushing 



50 



C. Crowninshield 



500 



E. A. Holyoke 



800 



John Pickering 



2U0 



Moses Townsend 

 Timothy Wellman, jr. 



100 

 100 









$74,700 



John Morong 



50 







This liberal subscription bj our merchants was made in a 

 spirit of generosity and patriotism ; for, although they were 

 guaranteed six per cent, interest, yet the government was at 

 that very time seeking loans at eight per cent. They could 

 have realized two per cent, more had they loaned money to 

 government instead of building the Frigate, and this was justly 

 regarded as a sacrifice upon the altar of patriotism. 



In the evening of October 25, 1798, a meeting of the sub- 

 scribers was held at the Court House, when it was voted to 

 build a frigate of 32 guns. Mr. Wm. Gray, jr., John N orris 

 and Jacob Ashton, Esqrs., Capt. Benj. Hodges and Capt. Ich- 

 abod Nichols, were chosen a committee to carry the vote into 

 effect. Mr. Wm. Gray, jr. was made chairman, and Benja. 

 Pickman, Esq., treasurer. Capt. Joseph Waters, an experien- 

 ced ship-master, was appointed by the committee as general 



