# Of Yankee granite Author: Cameron, Edward Herbert, 1875-1938; Lawrence, John Silsbee, 1878-1973 [Author of introduction, etc.] Genre: Category: History - American Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71777 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Of+Yankee+granite+Cameron&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary _Had the British bullet that went through the hat of Major Samuel Lawrence of Groton near Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775 been aimed a bit lower, some thousand descendants of Major Lawrence would not have been born and I should not now have his dispatch wallet, nor his letter explaining the battle and mentioning General Dearborn, my first wife’s ancestor. The Bunker Hill Monument might not have been built; the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company might not have been developed; various charitable institutions might not have had adequate financial support and the dams at Waltham, Lowell and Lawrence might not have been constructed to provide the power to operate textile mills. John Bro... ## Chapters - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/of-yankee-granite-71777/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/of-yankee-granite-71777/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/of-yankee-granite-71777/chapters/3/index.md)