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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3., Medford in the War of the Revolution. (search)
same name this custom is confusing. Another difficulty is the repetition of family names, so common in those days. The authorities were by no means careful to write Jr. where it belonged. The Town Records are more correct on this point than the State Papers. Making allowance for mistakes made in this way, I have found over two hundred men who served for Medford—twenty-five per cent. of all the inhabitants of the town in 1776. This does not cover the whole number; for instance, in July, 1776, thirty men went to Ticonderoga, and we have the names of only twelve. The other eighteen were from Hampshire Government. Other recruits were, like these, non-residents, hired to fill up the town's quota, but one hundred eighty-nine have been identified as Medford citizens, or bore surnames common in the town at that time. One hundred were tax-payers between 1775 and 1783. In August, 1774, Medford began to be anxious about her supply of powder, stored with that of the surrounding to