The story of Patriots' day, Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, with poems brought out on the first observation of the anniversary holiday (1895)
Varney, George Jones, 1836- [from old catalog] · Boston, Lee and Shepard · leaf 34
y pleasant. After I hadpassed Charlestov/n Neck and got nearly oppositewhere Mark^ was hung in chains, I saw two men 1 Revere and two companions, in a boat with muffled oars, passed the Britishman-of-war Somerset within hailing distance, just five minutes before orders weregiven to stop any one… … LEXINGTON S MIDNIGHT ALARM 21 on horseoack under a tree. When I got near them,I discovered they were British officers. One tried toget ahead of me, and the other to take me. I turnedmy horse very quick, and galloped towards Charles-town Neck, and then pushed for the Medford road.The one who chased…
