Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger (1856)
Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894, Andrew, John, 1815-1875, egr., Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1875, egr., Hill George W., 1815-1893, egr., Barry, egr. · John P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor & Worthington · leaf 198
the house of Colonel Daniel Shattuck, a part of which,built in 1774, was used as one of the depositories of storeswhen the British invasion took place. The Monument at Concord stands a short distancefrom the road leading into the town, upon land given forthe purpose by Rev. Dr. Ripley. The river… … Here, On the 19th of April, 1775,was made the first forcible resistance to British Aggression.On the opposite bank stood the Americanmilitia, and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the War of the Revolution,which gave Independence to these United States.In gratitude to God, and in the love…
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