BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
OF THE
Boston Tea Party.
Major NATHANIEL BARBER,
A prominent merchant and patriot of Boston, was one of the famous "Whig Club" of ante-revolutionary days, in which were James Otis, Dr. Church, Dr. Warren and other leaders of the popular party. In it Civil Rights and the British Constitution were standing topics for discussion. He was one of the committee of correspondence, from its creation in 1772, and afterwards of the committee of safety, and was naval officer of the port of Boston in 1784. He joined St. Andrew's Lodge of Freemasons in 1780, and died at his house, in Bear Lane, (Richmond Street,) October 13, 1787; aged 59. Before the Revolution he kept an insurance office in Fish (now North) Street.
SAMUEL BARNARD,
A major in the Revolutionary army, was born in Watertown, Mass., June 19, 1737; died August 8, 1782.