The history of Lynn - Lynn Massachusetts Genealogy Project

1825.] HISTORY OF LYNN. 223John Gilbert Pratt, aged eight years, son of Mr. Micajah C.Pratt, was drowned, on the fourteenth of April, from a boat,in the harbor.On the twenty-first of June, Mr. Joseph Searl, of By field,was ordained pastor of the Congregational society in Lynnfield.He continued his connexion with that parish, till the seventeenthof September, 1827, when he removed to Stoneham.The French General Lafayette, who served in the army ofthe confederation, in the war of independence, this year came toAmerica, and was received with general gratulation and welcome.He passed through Lynn on the thirty-first of August. He wasreceived at Saugus bridge by an escort, consisting of a battahonof cavalry, the Lynn Rifle Company, Lynn Light Infantry, theSalem Cadets, and a large number of officers and cidzens, bywhom he was conducted to the Lynn Hotel, were an addresswas delivered to him by Captain John White, to which hemade an affectionate reply. After being introduced to manygentlemen and ladies, with several revolutionary soldiers, heascended an open barouche, and passed through two lines ofthe children of the town, who threw flowers into his carriageas he proceeded. A salute of thirteen guns was fired, on hisentrance into the town; and another of twenty-four, when heleft the Hotel. On his way he passed through seven beautifularches, decorated with evergreens, flags, and festoons offlowers ; and bearing inscriptions in honor of Lafayette andFreedom. Proceeding through the principal streets, he wasreceived, at the eastern boundary of the town, by another escort,and conducted to Marblehead.Mr. James Dimon Green was ordained pastor of the SecondCongregational Society, on the third of November.1825.For several days in the month of April, the moon and stars,with the planet Venus, were visible, for several hours, in themiddle of the day. There were no clouds, and the sun shonewith a dim light.On the twentieth of April, a piece of land, adjoining theQuaker burial Ground in Lynn, was purchased, by several individuals,and opened as a free burial ground. This was done,because that society had refused to permit a child to be buried