...e town, and found here as on the way hither, as we are told, hospitable doors opened to them and all things in common. Later, there may have been vacant houses in which they could take shelter, for 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 a...