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Lt. Colonel Francis Smith was the commander of the British expedition to Concord. This account is his report to his superior, General Thomas Gage.
- Duration:
- 3 minutes, 7 seconds
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Excerpt from the Diary of Ann Hulton, a Loyalist, about her experiences living in Boston when war broke out on April 19, 1775
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 26 seconds
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Hear an account of the famous "Midnight Ride" written by Paul Revere himself! How does this historical account differ from later poetic retellings?
- Duration:
- 4 minutes, 41 seconds
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Solomon Smith was a veteran of Captain Davis' company of minute men from Acton MA. He fought at Concord's North Bridge on April 19, 1775. He gave a deposition about his experiences that day decades later.
- Duration:
- 3 minutes, 36 seconds
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Hannah Davis Leighton was the widow of Captain Isaac Davis who was killed in the fight at Concord's North Bridge. She had vivid memories, even decades later, of the morning of April 19, 1775, and the last time she saw her husband alive.
- Duration:
- 1 minute, 49 seconds
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Edmond Foster, a student of divinity at Yale College, served as a volunteer with the Reading militia on April 19, 1775. His account of the fighting that day was published in 1824.
- Duration:
- 3 minutes, 27 seconds
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Major Loammi Baldwin was a militia officer from the town of Woburn. On the morning of April 19, 1775 he led approximately 180 men from Woburn into battle. They engaged the British Regulars in the town of Lincoln on Elm Brook Hill.
- Duration:
- 1 minute, 41 seconds
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Ensign Jeremy Lister was a 22 year old British officer who volunteered for the Concord expedition on April 19, 1775. He was badly wounded during the retreat to Boston.
- Duration:
- 1 minute, 44 seconds
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Mary Hartwell of Lincoln Massachusetts was the wife of Samuel Hartwell who served as the first sergeant of the Lincoln Minute Company. She witnessed her father-in-law helping with the burial of some of the British dead after the battle.
- Duration:
- 57.507 seconds
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Reverend Samuel West was the minister for the town of Needham MA. His diary offers a unique glimpse into the grief felt by bereaved families who lost someone in the battle on April 19, 1775.
- Duration:
- 3 minutes, 11 seconds
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Lemuel Haynes, from Granville MA, was a man of mixed ancestry who served as an indentured servant until he reached the age of 21. Haynes gained his freedom in 1774 and in 1775 he marched as a militiaman in response to the Lexington Alarm. It is likely he wrote this poem while encamped at Cambridge.
- Duration:
- 1 minute, 46 seconds
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In this video you will hear the account of a man, name unknown, who lived in the town of Boston in 1775. This letter details his perception of the events of April 19, 1775 from the perspective of someone who has remained loyal to the British government.
- Duration:
- 2 minutes, 43 seconds
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Martha Moulton was a widow in her 70s when the British soldiers arrived in Concord. She submitted a petition to the Provincial Congress for her role in preventing the town from burning.
- Duration:
- 3 minutes, 37 seconds
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This letter was written by the wife of a British soldier (name unknown) whose husband was wounded and captured during the fighting on April 19, 1775. He is being kept and treated in Cambridge while she is trapped inside Boston which is besieged by a rebel army.
- Duration:
- 1 minute, 19 seconds
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