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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
o Col. Palmer and others, a committee appointed by the Great and General Court of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay to receive the same,— keeping separate accounts of the damages sustained by posting the American Army in this town. The Records of the Selectmen afford some glimpses of the difficulty with which arms and ammunition were procured at the commencement of the War, and of the ruinous depreciation of the currency at a later period. I select a few items. An order was drawn, March 13, 1775, to pay Col. Thomas Gardner for four half barrels of powder, £ 20. 13. 4. To arm the soldiers, it was necessary to obtain muskets from private individuals. The Selectmen, May 30, 1775, acknowledge that they have received guns, etc., valued as follows:— Of John Caldwell, gun,£. 1.0.0 Of Ebenezer Bradish, gun and bayonet,1.10.0 Of Capt. Thatcher, gun,1.4.0 Of Capt. Edward Marrett, gun,1.4.0 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.7.0 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,0.19.6 Of Capt. Stedman, gun,1.0.0 and<