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McGlenen, Edward W. (Edward Webster), 1855-1930. American Revolution collection : accounts of battle, 1775-1898 and undated.

Title: American Revolution collection : accounts of battle, 1775-1898 and undated.

Materials chiefly relating to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., held Apr. 19, 1775. Also includes transcripts (4 items) of account of the Battle of Lexington given by Levi Harrington to his son Bowen Harrington, transcribed by Charles Bowen Harrington and copied by Elizabeth Ward Harrington; ms. about the battle by Rev. Staples as read before the Lexington Historical Society, Oct. 11, 1898; lists of those killed on Apr. 19, 1775; paper by David King entitled "The Events at Lexington Common, April 19, 1775"; narrative of the events by Jonas Clarke; description of an account written by Capt. Amos Barrett about the Battle of Concord in 1775 sent by H.A.T. of Marion, Ohio to the editor of the Cincinnati Times (1875 Apr. 21); letter relating to events occurring at Benjamin Fiske's house on Apr. 19, 1775 written by a great-grandson or daughter of Benjamin Fiske; affidavit (reproduction) of Elijah Sanderson concerning the events of April 18 and 19, 1775, including the capture of Paul Revere (affidavit was sworn on Dec. 17, 1824); and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

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Andrews, John, 1736-1809. American Revolution collection : biographical materials, 18th-20th centuries.

Title: American Revolution collection : biographical materials, 18th-20th centuries.

Miscellaneous documents of and/or chiefly relating to persons involved in the American Revolution. Also includes poem "Jefferson, Freedom, and Glory", author unknown, undated, printed as a handbill; National Geographic Society map of the travels of George Washington (1931); original ms. by Rev. C.A. Staples, describing the visit to Lexington, Mass., by Marquis de Lafayette (read before Lexington Historical Society Oct. 17, 1894) and booklet on Lafayette; letter (1760 Feb. 12) to Jonas Clarke from John Hancock; certificate of membership of Dr. Joseph Fiske in the Society of the Cincinnati, signed by George Washington (1784 May 5); biography of William Diamond, drummer boy at Lexington; program of exhibit on John Hancock memorabilia, Boston, Jan.-Feb., 1962; autograph statement by Jonathan Harrington declaring himself to be the last survivor of the Apr. 19, 1775 encounter on Lexington Common (1847 Apr. 19); biography of Jonas Clarke written by Edwin B. Worthen, Jr.; treasury warrant signed by Samuel Adams when president of the Massachusetts Senate (1785 Mar. 18); biographical materials on Rev. John Hancock and other family members including Rev. Ebenezer Hancock, Hon. Thomas Hancock, and his Excellency John Hancock; brief account of Surgeon Joseph Fiske as transcribed by Miss A.M. Mulliken (1901); and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 31 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/644730305 View

Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957. Trade catalogs of travel, 1859-1948.

Title: Trade catalogs of travel, 1859-1948.

Brochures, pamphlets, guidebooks, maps, and other ephemera relating to travel or descriptions of locations and hotels in Massachusetts, Maine and New York.

ArchivalResource: 109 items (1 box) : ill.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122443323 View