A stone tablet in memory of Captain Keayne was placed in the First Church, corner of Marlborough and Berkeley Streets, Boston, in the summer of 1905, at the suggestion of Capt. Albert A. Folsom, by vote of the Company, and under the direction of a committee consisting of Col. Sidney M. Hedges, Capt. Edward E. Allen and Capt. Jacob Fottler. The inscription on the tablet was prepared by Captain Folsom, and was as follows: THIS MEMORIAL TABLET ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF MASSACHUSETTS PLACED HERE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN ROBERT KEAYNE BORN WINDSOR, ENGLAND, 1595, DIED BOSTON, 23 MARCH, 1656. HIS REMAINS INTERRED IN KINGS CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND. MEMBER MERCHANT TAYLORS' COMPANY LONDON, 17 APRIL, 1615. MEMBER HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY ARRIVED BOSTON IN THE "DEFENCE" JULY, 1635. AGAIN ELECTED CAPTAIN 1647. A PATRIOTIC AND GENEROUS CITIZEN. 1645, 1646, 1647, 1648, 1649, 1650. HIS WILL DATED 28 DECEMBER, 1653, CONTAINS The tablet was designed and made by the Kavanagh Brothers Company of Quincy Adams, Mass. No. 1. From the Troy (N. Y.) Citizens Corps to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, June, 1892. From the Honourable Artillery Company of London, in commemoration of the visit to Boston under command of Col. the Earl of Denbeigh, October, 1903. Prize Loving Cup made of oak preserved from the belfry of old Faneuil Hall at the time of its renovation as a fire-proof building in 1899. Won by 1st Company for proficiency in drill. GIFTS TO THE COMPANY AS REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY MUSEUM AND ARTICLE. LIBRARY. DONOR. Set of silverware used at the banquet Oct. 4, 1903, given by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts to the Honourable Artillery Company of London. Thomas M. Holden. A book, entitled "A System of Artillery Discipline," 1817. Capt. Samuel Hichborn. Piece of architrave from one of the openings in old Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., taken out at the time of the restoration during the summer of 1899. Samuel M. Naylor. Book, "Uniforms of the United States Army from 1774 to 1900." Picture of Faneuil Hall. Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. Piece of a wheel belonging to a gun carriage captured by George Washington at York town. Francis Hight. Lieut. T. J. Tute. Medal, semi-centennial of the Amoskeag Veterans of Manchester, N. H. Major C. E. Staniels. of Norfolk, Va. Engrossed resolution. The Select and Common Councils Engrossed resolution. Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Confed- Photographs of the Ancient and Honorable Lieut. George H. Allen. ARTICLE. Wood from the yoke upon which the Liberty DONOR. Howard B. French. Medal struck by the Corporation of the City of London to commemorate the Coronation visit of the Captain General and Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company of London, His Majesty King Edward VII., and Queen Alexandra, to the Guildhall, London, Oct. 25, 1902. Book, "Hooker Memorial." Book, "Thou Beside Me Singing." Oscar Berry. Capt. Isaac P. Gragg. George F. Viett, of USE OF THE ARMORY. During the year the use of the armory was granted as follows: 1904. 1905. June 12. Railroad Firemen, for inspection. Aug. 15. Post 113, G. A. R., for reception. Aug. 16 to 20. National Encampment, G. A. R., for visitation. Feb. 22. Knights of Columbus, for collation in evening. Annual Convention of Eastern Star Grand Chapter. May 23. The Boston Typothetæ, for convention of master printers of New England. |