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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 4 4 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 27: (search)
forth, champions of liberty; now free your country; protect your sons and daughters, your wives and homesteads; rescue the houses of the God of your fathers, the franchises handed down from your ancestors. Now all is at stake; the battle is for all. Lexington, in 1775, may have had seven hundred inhabitants; forming one parish, and having for their minister the learned and fervent Jonas Clark, the bold inditer of patriotic state papers that may yet be read on their town records. In December, 1772, they had instructed their representative to demand a radical and lasting redress of their grievances, for not through their neglect should the people be enslaved. A year later, they spurned the use of tea. In 1774, at various town meetings, they voted to increase their stock of ammunition, to encourage military discipline, and to put themselves in a posture of defence against their enemies. In December, they distributed to the train band and alarm list arms and ammunition, and resolve