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Grape Island, affair at.

In Boston Harbor was Grape Island, to which, on Sunday morning, May 21, 1775, some British troops repaired to secure hay; for so closely were they besieged in Boston, that only on the islands in and near the harbor could they procure grass or straw or fresh meat. Three alarm-guns were fired; the drums beat to arms; the bells of neighboring towns were rung; and very soon about 2,000 of the men of that region were flocking to the water's edge. They soon obtained a lighter and a sloop, when. many jumped on board, pushed off, and landed on the island. The British fled, and the Americans burned the hay they had gathered.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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