-45- which is engraved "P.O. 1 Y 99*8= This unostentatious stone marks the resting place of one of the leading statesmen of his day - Phillips Callbeck . Born in Bath, England , of Ger¬ man ancestry, Mr. Callbeck at an early age went to Nova Scotia. From there he came to the Island, probably before Governor Patterson . Here he engaged in business;, opening a store on the north corner of Queen and Water Streets. This store was the principal, if not the only, store on the Is¬ land at the time, containing necessities including supplies for fishermen (mostly French fishermen,,) Twenty days after the arrival of Patterson on September 19, 17?0> Mr .Callbeck was appointed our first Attorney General, a position which he held until the arrival of Governor Fanning . On November 7th following, he was appointed Treasurer, and in 1774? Presi= dent of His Majesty's Council. Patterson who arrived here in 1770, returned to England in 1775s when the duty of ad¬ ministering- the Government devolved upon Mr3 Callbeck as President of the Council. In the fall of the year two pri¬ vateers, belonging to the American Colonies, entered our harbor and made prisoners of Mr. Callbeck and the Surveyor- General, Mr. Wright . They were taken to Cambridge , Massa¬ chusetts, and 'brought before General George Washington . The future "Father of His Country " administered a reprimand to the privateers, and released the Island prisoners. The erection of a barracks for the troops sent here in 1778? the formation of two provincial companies of which Mr. Callbeck was C»0», the construction of ¬ terson, and the equipment of our other defences, increased not only the responsibility but also the duties which devolvec upon him as administrator of the Government. In 1780 the Governor returned from England . Then came the sale of lots for arrears of quit rents which aroused the proprietors against him and Callbeck during all the re¬ mainder of his administration of the Government. In 1786 Callbeck again became President of the Council, and in I788 Speaker of the Assembly. Two years after this he passed away, regretted by all save the landed proprietors who had spared neither trouble or expense to misrepresent his acts. The stone that marked Phillips Callbeck 9s grave is said to have been a temporary one, pending the erection of a civic monument. A more suitable one has been erected by his fam¬ ily, to remind us of his history and varied abilities which showed so conspicuously in the early days of the colony. The next oldest stone is erected to the memory of a child of Capt. Garforth of the 21st Grenadiers who married a daughter of Mr. Nisbet , brother-in-law of Governor Patter-