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 also mentioned as one of those who “rendered aid to the sick and wounded”; he was from an excellent Marblehead family, ranking sixth in a class of forty-two, according to the social grading then employed in the catalogue. At this time he was officially rated as chaplain of Thomas’s regiment; the next year he became the minister at Exeter, New Hampshire, and later rose to be a Justice of the Peace, consequently dignified with the suffix of “Esquire.” In 1790 he received an honorary A.M. from Dartmouth.

But such a nondescript state of affairs could not continue. The untrained collegians, though zealous, were poor enough substitutes, at best, and must soon return to finish their education. Dr. Foster seemed completely bewildered. Forced therefore into action at last, the Provincial Congress aroused itself and took matters into its own hands. Order was rapidly restored and suitable arrangements were made for the sufferers. Branch hospitals were established at Jamaica Plain for the Roxbury section of the camp, with a natural pre-