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New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
cClintock, Colonels James Reed and Enoch Poor were all Massachusetts born, adopted citizens of your state. The former was born in this very town, an army chaplain, present at the battle of Bunker Hill, whose face may be seen in another of Trumbull's pictures, that magnificent one that so stirs you with its power, The Battle of Bunker Hill. He appears there as the clergyman in bands. The military service of Reed and Poor you know too well for us to tell you. To the latter the S. A. R. of New Jersey have this present month dedicated a memorial. Captain Isaac Baldwin, one of Stark's men who fell in the great battle, was spoken of as an officer of merit, and we are pleased to have in our chapter membership one of his descendants. Colonel Dearborn, Daniel Webster and Henry Wilson reversed the conditions of birthplace and citizenship, being New Hampshire born and honored citizens in our Commonwealth. Now, today we join in a common cause with a common interest, and gratefully dedi
Exeter, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
tline of the life of John Brooks, the Medford boy who was friend of Lafayette and Washington and governor of this Commonwealth. We are justly proud of him for the dignity of his character and his three-fold able service along military, civic and medical lines. You may see his face portrayed in Trumbull's picture of the surrender of Burgoyne in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. Colonel Stark in a letter to Matthew Thornton, who was president of a Provincial Convention at Exeter, New Hampshire, addressed a letter to him there, two days after the battle stating that Major McClary was killed by a cannon-ball and Captain Baldwin and Lieutenant Scott by small arms. He further furnished the following:— The whole number, including officers, killed and missing,15 wounded,45 — 60 He also transmitted the account of Reed's losses, at the desire of the latter. This letter of Stark may have been written at the Admiral Vernon Tavern or at the Royall House. Major
Winter Hill (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
way of Haverhill and Andover. Medford thus became a part of the stage whereon was enacted the military drama by the Continental Army, the grand finale of which was the evacuation of Boston by the British. A portion of the left wing was upon Winter Hill in the southern part of the town. Men from other provinces than New Hampshire were here either permanently or for a short time; a company under Captain Sawyer from Wells in the district of Maine, being stationed here eight months. Young Henry Dearborn of your state stopped here with his men on the night of June 16th, and early the next morning marched to Winter Hill. Benedict Arnold, of less pleasant memory, from Connecticut, on September 13th, 1775, encamped here for the night with a detachment of men from Cambridge. In Arnold's famous expedition through the wilderness Dearborn accompanied him. What an exciting time there must have been in this little town until after the evacuation of Boston and the withdrawal of the army f
Epsom (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
d a letter to him there, two days after the battle stating that Major McClary was killed by a cannon-ball and Captain Baldwin and Lieutenant Scott by small arms. He further furnished the following:— The whole number, including officers, killed and missing,15 wounded,45 — 60 He also transmitted the account of Reed's losses, at the desire of the latter. This letter of Stark may have been written at the Admiral Vernon Tavern or at the Royall House. Major Andrew McClary of Epsom was killed by a cannon-ball from a vessel after he had come to Medford to procure bandages for the wounded and was returning over Charlestown Neck. He was of Colonel Stark's regiment and was brought here and interred with the honors of war. Our local historian, Rev. Charles Brooks, says, He lies about fifty or sixty rods north of the old burying ground, also that twenty-five of the general's men who had been killed were brought here and buried in the field about fifty or sixty rods north o
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
s in Medford. 1775. A plain boulder of New Hampshire granite, suitably inscribed, marks the resn of this province joined regiments of the New Hampshire line, among the latter being a few from thf the town. Men from other provinces than New Hampshire were here either permanently or for a shor hands) in a tavern hall called afterwards New Hampshire hall. This was probably in the Admiral Ve a century all the travel and teaming from New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts passed througgested that a marker be placed for these New Hampshire men, but the spot could not be identified ven have been the interest and history of New Hampshire and Massachusetts from the time they were tions of birthplace and citizenship, being New Hampshire born and honored citizens in our Commonwea this boulder, the gift of the S. A. R. of New Hampshire to the memory of those men who gave up thee was dedicated to the memory of forty-one New Hampshire soldiers who fell at Bunker Hill, or died [6 more...]
Stoneham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
n had never before been asked him, and he had never before repeated the story. April 19, 1898, the Medford Historical Society placed thirty S. A. R. markers upon graves in this city, most of them here, and each succeeding Memorial Day since it has been the pleasant privilege of this chapter to add to each marker an American flag and a laurel wreath. In 1900 the stone opposite, which was formerly the doorstone of her home on Fulton street (a name given in her honor to what had been the Stoneham road), was erected and dedicated to Mrs. Fulton. How closely woven have been the interest and history of New Hampshire and Massachusetts from the time they were British provinces to the time of independent statehood! The Rev. Samuel McClintock, Colonels James Reed and Enoch Poor were all Massachusetts born, adopted citizens of your state. The former was born in this very town, an army chaplain, present at the battle of Bunker Hill, whose face may be seen in another of Trumbull's pictu
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
sand had gathered here. Some returned home, others came back after arranging their affairs, and some of these joined Massachusetts regiments, while men of this province joined regiments of the New Hampshire line, among the latter being a few from tlly supplied with hostelries was that for more than a century all the travel and teaming from New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts passed through here on the way to Boston, and quite likely here was the last stop before entering the great tows erected and dedicated to Mrs. Fulton. How closely woven have been the interest and history of New Hampshire and Massachusetts from the time they were British provinces to the time of independent statehood! The Rev. Samuel McClintock, Colonels James Reed and Enoch Poor were all Massachusetts born, adopted citizens of your state. The former was born in this very town, an army chaplain, present at the battle of Bunker Hill, whose face may be seen in another of Trumbull's pictures, that ma
Mystick River (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
sunrise. From his home to the north came John Stark in the same heroic, picturesque way, leaving his sawmill as Putnam had left the building of a stone wall. As he hurried along he told his followers to meet him in Medford on the banks of the Mystic. Soon after these men came thronging in, until nearly two thousand had gathered here. Some returned home, others came back after arranging their affairs, and some of these joined Massachusetts regiments, while men of this province joined regimefor Abigail Adams, writing under date of 25 June, 1775, concerning the excitement attending the battle of Bunker Hill, says, Medford people are all removed. Every seaport seems in motion. The British had ships and floating batteries in the Mystic river, which flows through the centre of our city, and the following from Mr. Nowell's diary, as given by Rev. Charles Brooks in his History of Medford, shows the excitement and perturbation the inhabitants were subject to and serves to explain the
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
f Boston by the British. A portion of the left wing was upon Winter Hill in the southern part of the town. Men from other provinces than New Hampshire were here either permanently or for a short time; a company under Captain Sawyer from Wells in the district of Maine, being stationed here eight months. Young Henry Dearborn of your state stopped here with his men on the night of June 16th, and early the next morning marched to Winter Hill. Benedict Arnold, of less pleasant memory, from Connecticut, on September 13th, 1775, encamped here for the night with a detachment of men from Cambridge. In Arnold's famous expedition through the wilderness Dearborn accompanied him. What an exciting time there must have been in this little town until after the evacuation of Boston and the withdrawal of the army from Cambridge! It was on the direct route to Cambridge, and scores of men and soldiers were constantly passing through back and forth. Over these New Hampshire men John Stark was
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 4
Stark's headquarters in 1775, where Mayor Charles S. Baxter greeted the assembly in the name of the city, and informal addresses were made by guests. Miss Eliza M. Gill, through whose efforts the site of the burial place was identified, read the historical address which is given below. [Editor.] Scarcely had the skirmish between the provincials and the British soldiers taken place on Lexington Green, April 19th, 1775, before relays of messengers had carried the news throughout New England, and from every quarter far and near, from farm and village, valley and hillside, men were hurrying toward Boston; the minutemen who had pledged themselves to be ready to start at a moment's warning should any such act as had just occurred make it necessary for them to defend their rights and liberties, even to the shedding of the last drop of their blood From his home to the south came the impetuous Israel Putnam. Hearing the news the next morning, as in leather frock and apron he w
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