Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Massachusetts” in entry gridley-richard of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...d was in the battle there, in which he was wounded.
He was active in planning the fortifications around Boston, and in September, 1775, he was commissioned a major-general in the provincial army of Massachusetts .
He was commander of the Continental artillery until superseded by Knox.
He died in Stoughton, Mass., June 20, 1796.
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