Excerpt from Souvenir of Lexington, 1775-1875 An additional certificate accompanies the pistols, signed by Co]. Aaron Burr, aide-de-camp to Gen. Putnam. They are kindly loaned, for exhibition at the Lexington Centennial, by the widow of John P. Putnam of Cambridge, n.y.buildings, however, that stood that day around the common, are still to be seen. May they long be preserved as' eloquent though silent witnesses of an event which they help so much to illustrate! As soon as the firing ceased, a few of the red-coats, it is ...
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Excerpt from Souvenir of Lexington, 1775-1875 An additional certificate accompanies the pistols, signed by Co]. Aaron Burr, aide-de-camp to Gen. Putnam. They are kindly loaned, for exhibition at the Lexington Centennial, by the widow of John P. Putnam of Cambridge, n.y.buildings, however, that stood that day around the common, are still to be seen. May they long be preserved as' eloquent though silent witnesses of an event which they help so much to illustrate! As soon as the firing ceased, a few of the red-coats, it is said, pursued the retreating farmers up Bedford (now Hancock) Street, and over into the adjacent fields. Some of them went to the neighboring houses to get water to drink. But they soon te-formed, fired a volley, and huzzaed three times, as if in token of victory. They then resumed their march to wards Concord, six miles farther. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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