Anthony Lamb was a militia officer who was commissioned as aLieutenant in a Colonel Sebastian Bauman Us Regiment of Artillery, New York Militia, in 1793. (Bauman had been second in command of Gen. John Lamb's (Anthony's father) 2d Continental Artillery during the Revolutionary War.) Anthony was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1797 and to Captain in 1800. He resigned in 1803 but was reappointed as a Captain, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment of Artillery at Albany in 1805, resigning again in 1809. (Source: Military Minutes of the Council of Appointments of the State of New York 1783-1821).d In 1812 he was appointed to the State MilitiaUs Quartermaster Department and later served as Aide-de-Camp to Governor Tompkins during the War of 1812, attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. In 1815 he was appointed Commissary General of Ordnance and Military Stores and later as Commissary General of the State of New York. In 1817 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. In 1821 he was dismissed as part of a general purge of supporters of Governor DeWitt Clinton by his political enemies. Anthony returned to New York City where beginning in 1825 he served for many years as an Alderman for the 5th Ward. In 1824-25 he was a member of the delegation that officially welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette on his visit to New York City. At his death he was a member of the Society of the incinnati, which arranged for his funeral in 1855.
Anthony Lamb was a militia officer who was commissioned as aLieutenant in a Colonel Sebastian Bauman Us Regiment of Artillery, New York Militia, in 1793. (Bauman had been second in command of Gen. John Lamb's (Anthony's father) 2d Continental Artillery during the Revolutionary War.) Anthony was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1797 and to Captain in 1800. He resigned in 1803 but was reappointed as a Captain, 1st Battalion, 5th Regiment of Artillery at Albany in 1805, resigning again in 1809. (Source: Military Minutes of the Council of Appointments of the State of New York 1783-1821).d In 1812 he was appointed to the State MilitiaUs Quartermaster Department and later served as Aide-de-Camp to Governor Tompkins during the War of 1812, attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel. In 1815 he was appointed Commissary General of Ordnance and Military Stores and later as Commissary General of the State of New York. In 1817 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. In 1821 he was dismissed as part of a general purge of supporters of Governor DeWitt Clinton by his political enemies. Anthony returned to New York City where beginning in 1825 he served for many years as an Alderman for the 5th Ward. In 1824-25 he was a member of the delegation that officially welcomed the Marquis de Lafayette on his visit to New York City. At his death he was a member of the Society of the incinnati, which arranged for his funeral in 1855.
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Dedicated to the Memory of
Anthony Lamb
Born in New-York [illegible]
Died in New-York [illegible]
To the Memory of
Mary Treat
Wife of Anthony Lamb
Born in Burlington, N.J. July 20 [illegible]
Died in New-York {illegible] 18[illegible]
To the Memory of
Violetta
Wife of Anthony Lamb
Born in New-York [illegible]
Died in New-York [illegible]
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