Part 12

At Charlestown Common, on the corner of the road to the Penny Ferry which crossed the Mystic River to Everett,[312] stood the home of William Barber, sea captain. His family consisted of his wife, Anne Hay, and their thirteen children. One of them, Edward, fourteen years old, sat at the window looking out upon the brilliant pageant of marching soldiers in the road. Many of the soldiers must have seen him, for he was not in hiding. One did, at all events, and with that thirst for killing some one, even though but a boy, shot him and saw him fall back into the room dead. Thus Edward Barber became Charlestown's martyr of April 19th.

While Charlestown did not officially contribute to the organized minute-men who were pursuing Percy, yet many individuals must have been in the American ranks on that day, for in the afternoon Gen. Gage wrote to James Russell of Charlestown that he had been informed people of that town had gone out armed to oppose His Majesty's Troops, and that if a single man more went out armed, the most disagreeable consequences might be expected. The people of Charlestown indeed had reason to be in terror, surrounded as they were by the soldiers, frenzied with their disastrous retreat from Lexington. The Selectmen arranged with Percy an armistice, agreeing that the troops should not be attacked, and that assistance should be given in getting them across the ferry to Boston, provided they would not attack the citizens or destroy their homes. This agreement seems to have been kept in good faith by both parties.[313] British officers walked up and down the streets, directing the women to keep within doors.

Percy's force remained on Bunker Hill until arrangements were completed for their trip across the Charles River to Boston. The wounded were sent over first, being conveyed by the boats of the _Somerset_ man-of-war, which still lay there, as it did when Revere crossed the night before.

Gen. Gage sent pickets from Boston, selected from the Tenth and Sixty-fourth Regiments to do guard duty in Charlestown.[314]

Gen. William Heath, as commander of the American forces, assembled the officers of the minute-men at the foot of Prospect Hill, in Somerville, for a Council of War. Then he ordered the formation of a guard to be posted near, and sentinels along the road now known as Washington Street in Somerville, and Cambridge Street in Charlestown, to Charlestown Neck. The remainder of the force was ordered back to Cambridge,[315] which place was to be for a while the Headquarters of the American Army.

FOOTNOTES:

[310] Low's Almanack, Boston, 1775.

[311] See his report to Gen. Gage.

[312] Everett was then a part of Malden.

[313] De Bernicre's Report.

[314] De Bernicre, and Diary of a British Officer in Boston in 1775.

[315] Heath's Memoirs.

AMERICAN KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING.

_Acton._ Killed: Capt. Isaac Davis, James Hayward, Abner Hosmer. Wounded: Luther Blanchard and Ezekiel Davis.

_Arlington._ Killed: Jason Russell, Jason Winship, Jabez Wyman. Wounded: Samuel Whittemore.

_Bedford._ Killed: Captain Jonathan Willson. Wounded: Job Lane.

_Beverly._ Killed: Reuben Kennison. Wounded: Nathaniel Cleaves, William Dodge, 3rd, Samuel Woodbury.

_Billerica._ Wounded: Timothy Blanchard, John Nichols.

_Brookline._ Killed: Major Isaac Gardner.

_Cambridge._ Killed: John Hicks, William Marcy, Moses Richardson. Missing: Samuel Frost, Seth Russell.

_Concord._ Wounded: Capt. Nathan Barrett, Jonas Brown, Capt. Charles Miles, Capt. George Minot, Abel Prescott, Jr.

_Charlestown._ Killed: Edward Barber.

_Chelmsford._ Wounded: Oliver Barron, Aaron Chamberlain.

_Danvers._ Killed: Samuel Cook, Benjamin Daland, Ebenezer Goldthwait, Henry Jacobs, Perley Putnam, George Southwick, Jotham Webb. Wounded: Nathan Putnam, Dennison Wallis. Missing: Joseph Bell.

_Dedham._ Killed: Elias Haven. Wounded: Israel Everett.

_Framingham._ Wounded: Daniel Hemenway.

_Lexington._ Killed: John Brown, Samuel Hadley, Caleb Harrington, Jonathan Harrington, Jr., Jedediah Munroe, Robert Munroe, Isaac Muzzy, Jonas Parker, John Raymond, Nathaniel Wyman. Wounded: Francis Brown, Joseph Comee, Prince Estabrook, Nathaniel Farmer, Ebenezer Munroe, Jr., Jedediah Munroe (killed later), Solomon Pierce, John Robbins, John Tidd, Thomas Winship.

_Lincoln._ Wounded: Joshua Brooks.

_Lynn._ Killed: William Flint, Thomas Hadley, Abednego Ramsdell, Daniel Townsend. Wounded: Joshua Felt, Timothy Monroe. Missing: Josiah Breed.

_Medford._ Killed: William Polly, Henry Putnam.

_Needham._ Killed: Lieut. John Bacon, Nathaniel Chamberlain, Amos Mills, Sergt. Elisha Mills, Jonathan Parker. Wounded: Eleazer Kingsbury, ---- Tolman (son of Dr. Tolman).

_Newton._ Wounded: Noah Wiswell.

_Roxbury._ Missing: Elijah Seaver.

_Salem._ Killed: Benjamin Pierce.

_Somerville._ Killed: James Miller.

_Sudbury._ Killed: Josiah Haynes, Asahel Reed. Wounded: Joshua Haynes, Jr.

_Stow._ Wounded: Daniel Conant.

_Watertown._ Killed: Joseph Coolidge.

_Woburn._ Killed: Asahel Porter, Daniel Thompson. Wounded: Jacob Bacon, ---- Johnson, George Reed.

_Totals._ Killed: 49. Wounded: 41. Missing: 5. Total loss: 95.

BRITISH KILLED, WOUNDED, PRISONERS AND MISSING.[316]

"Return of the Commission, Non-Commission Officers, Drummers, Rank and File, killed and wounded, prisoners and missing, on the 19th of April, 1775.

"4th or King's Own Regiment, Lieutenant Knight, killed. Lieutenant Gould, wounded and prisoner. 3 Serjeants, 1 Drummer, wounded. 7 Rank and File, killed, 21 wounded, 8 missing.

"5th Regiment, Lieutenant Thomas Baker, Lieutenant William Cox, Lieutenant Thomas Hawkshaw, wounded. 5 Rank and File killed. 15 wounded, 1 missing.

"10th Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, Captain Lawrence Parsons, Lieutenant Wald. Kelly, Ensign Jeremiah Lester, wounded. 1 Rank and File killed, 13 wounded, 1 missing.

"18th Regiment. 1 Rank and File killed, 4 wounded, 1 missing.

"23rd Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Bery Bernard, wounded. 4 Rank and File killed, 26 wounded, 6 missing.

"38th Regiment. Lieutenant William Sutherland, wounded. 1 Sergeant wounded. 4 Rank and File killed, 11 wounded.

"43rd Regiment. Lieutenant Hull, wounded and prisoner. 4 Rank and File killed, 5 wounded, 2 missing.

"47th Regiment. Lieutenant Donald McCloud, Ensign Henry Baldwin, wounded. 1 Sergeant wounded. 5 Rank and File killed, 21 wounded.

"52nd Regiment. 1 Sergeant missing. 3 Rank and File killed, 2 wounded.

"59th Regiment. 3 Rank and File killed, 3 wounded.

"Marines. Captain Souter, Second Lieutenant McDonald, wounded. Second Lieutenant Isaac Potter, missing. 1 Sergeant killed, 2 wounded, 1 missing. 1 Drummer killed. 25 Rank and File killed, 36 wounded, 5 missing.

"Total. 1 Lieutenant killed. 2 Lieutenant Colonels wounded. 2 Captains wounded. 9 Lieutenants wounded. 1 Lieutenant missing. 2 Ensigns wounded. 1 Sergeant killed, 7 wounded, 2 missing. 1 Drummer killed, 1 wounded. 62 Rank and File killed, 157 wounded, 24 missing.

"N. B. Lieutenant Isaac Potter reported to be wounded and taken prisoner.

"Signed

"THO. GAGE."

Lieut. Hull, of the 43rd Regiment, wounded traveling in a chaise, fell behind the troops, again wounded, and carried into the house of Samuel Butterfield, in Arlington, where he died, two weeks later.[317]

The forces participating were about eighteen hundred British, well organized and well commanded, opposed by about thirty-seven hundred and ninety-two Americans, without effective organization and without a real commanding officer.

FOOTNOTES:

[316] I am under obligations to the Military Secretary of the English War Office for a copy of the official returns of Gen. Gage of his losses on April 19, 1775, accompanied by the following:

"WAR OFFICE

"The Military Secretary begs to inform Mr. Frank W. Coburn with reference to his letter of the 27th November last, addressed to the late Commander in Chief, that the only information available on the subject of the casualties sustained by the British Troops during the action at Lexington on 19th April, 1775, is contained in the Lords' Gazette of 6-10 June, 1775, an extract of which is enclosed.

"WAR OFFICE, "25th Sept., 1901."

"MR. FRANK W. COBURN, "Lexington, Massachusetts."

[317] Smith's West Cambridge Address.

DISTANCES MARCHED BY THE BRITISH SOLDIERS.

I have measured the routes of the various detachments and am enabled to give them as follows, in each case of Smith's force from the shore of Charles River in Cambridge, out to Concord and back to the shore of Charles River in Charlestown. The route of Percy's force was from School Street, Boston, out through Roxbury, etc., to the High School in Lexington, and return to the shore of Charles River, in Charlestown. My cyclometer is divided into eighty-eight fractions of a mile, each one of sixty feet.

Three companies under Capt. Lawrence Parsons to the home of Col. Barrett, beyond North Bridge, Concord, 39-71/88 miles.

Three companies under Capt. Walter Sloane Lawrie to the North Bridge, Concord, 36-11/88 miles.

Force of about one hundred men under Capt. Mundy Pole, to the South Bridge, Concord, 36-40/88 mile.

Main division under Lieut.-Col. Smith, to Concord village, 34-55/88 miles.

Earl Percy's reinforcement, to the High School in Lexington, 25-(70½)/88 miles.

That of his baggage train captured and destroyed in Arlington, 11-(39⅓)/88 miles.

ENGLISH FRIENDS AFTER THE BATTLE.

As in the beginning of this little history we gratefully chronicled the warm and sympathetic friendship for America that permeated the British nation, and particularly the councils of Parliament, so as we close, we may glance across the ocean again to see if that same friendship can survive the shock of rebellion against the King. In quarrels of a family nature one does not feel unpatriotic if he happens to espouse the cause of the minority. So it was with John Horne Tooke.[318] His intense friendship for this part of the British Kingdom was evident at the start and reached a decided climax after the battle. He was a member of the Constitutional Society, and during an adjournment or recess of a meeting held June 7th proposed that a subscription should be immediately entered into "for raising the sum of one hundred pounds, to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents, of our beloved American fellow-subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were, for that reason only, inhumanly murdered by the King's troops at or near Lexington and Concord." The money was raised and placed at the disposal of Benjamin Franklin, to distribute in accordance with its purpose. The resolution was forwarded to several newspapers, and its publication naturally aroused considerable surprise and painful comment.

Mr. Horne was arrested and tried for "a false, wicked, malicious, scandalous and seditious libel of, and concerning, his said Majesty's government, and the employment of his troops," etc.[319] He was found guilty and sentenced to a fine of £200; to be imprisoned for twelve months; and that he find securities in £800 for his good behavior, for three years.[320]

I have not read of any other Briton punished to that extent at that time, for friendship for his fellow subjects on this side of the ocean. There were many as sincere and devoted to the cause of the colonists as Horne, and perhaps as openly, too, but he happened to be the one selected to bear the heavy burden of his King's displeasure.

On a much larger and more impressive scale was the petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled. It was presented in October, and recited how that body had "taken into the most serious consideration the present distressed situation of our fellow subjects in America," and concluded with the prayer that the House would be "pleased to adopt such measures for the healing of the present unhappy disputes between the mother country and the colonies, as may be speedy, permanent and honourable."

But the wise counsels of the great city did not prevail in the House of Parliament, for that body simply ordered their petition to "lie upon the table."[321]

So was fought the opening battle of the American Revolution, the beginning of that long struggle which rent in twain the great English nation, and gave birth to these United States.

END.

FOOTNOTES:

[318] At that time his name was simply John Horne.

[319] "The Battle of Lexington as looked at in London before Chief Justice Mansfield and a jury in the Trial of John Horne, Esq. By John Winslow."

[320] See Memoirs of John Horne Tooke, by Alexander Stephens, London, 1813. Vol. I, page 431, etc.

[321] Parliamentary History of England, XVIII, column 698.

ERRATA

Page XV. line 25 Genealogical, not Genealogicol. 11 line 20 Mothksin, not Mothskin. 11 bottom line, 115, 116, not 116, 117. 13 line 31, MS. not MSS. 16 line 4, of the note, 1100, not 100. 45 line 8, Edget, not Edgell. 67 line 7, latter, not former. 67 line 8, former, not latter. (_ie._ Comee wounded, Harrington killed). 96 line 18, Colonel, not Lieutenant. 96 line 20, Edget, not Edgett. 96 line 21, Micajah, not Micajab. 96 line 32, Nathaniel, not Nathan. 96 line 33, forty, not thirty-nine. 97 line 1, fifty, not forty-nine. 97 line 2, thirty-five, not twenty-five. 97 line 5, seventeen, not sixteen. 97 line 8 and 9, 1149, not 1137. 97 line 9 and 10, 1577, not 1565. 97 line 17, Whitcom, not Whitcomb. 104 line 27, forty, not twenty. 114 line 15, becoming, not became. 128 line 6, 5, not 15. 130 line 17, Cook's Company was commanded by his Lieutenant John Marean, thirty-eight men. 130 lines 23 and 24, 2013, not 1981. 133 line 11, were, not was. 134 line 4, seventy-five, not seventy-six. 134 line 16, Kingsbery, not Kingsbury. 134 line 23, Lieut. Shaw, not Capt. Shaw. 134 line 31, fifty-three, not fifty-two. 148 line 23, Dunster, not Dusnster. 161 lines 2 and 3, 3792, not 3760.

INDEX.

Acton, alarm in, 40 Killed and wounded, 157 Men of, 81

Abbott, Lieut. Moses, 81

Adams children, 138 Hannah, removed from her home, 125 Home, 141 Joel, 138 Deacon Joseph, 137, home set on fire and looted, 137; 138 Mrs. Joseph, 137 Samuel, 17; 18; 21; 25; 29; 30; 31; 34; 36

Adan, John R., note, 23

Alarm in other places, 32

Allen, the one-handed peddler, 28

Americans killed and wounded, 157 Number of, engaged, 161

Andover, alarm in, 34

Arlington, battle in, 130 Killed and wounded of, 157 Men of, 134 Smith's advance through, 51 Percy's retreat through, 130

Aspinwall, Capt. Thomas, 133

Bacheller, Capt. John, 96

Bacon, Jacob, 158 Lieut., John, 143; 158

Baggage wagons of Percy captured, 119 Length of their route, 161

Baker, Lieut. Thomas, of the 5th Regt., 112; 128; 159

Baldwin, Ensign Henry, of the 47th Regt., 112; 128; 160 Col. Loammi, 33; 112

Ballard, John, 17

Bancroft, Capt. Nathaniel, 134

Barber, Mrs. Anne Hay, 155 William, home of, 155 Edward, 125; 155; 157

Barker, Francis, 42

Barnard, Capt. Samuel, 134

Barrett, Corporal Amos, 39 Col. James, 42; 76; 80; 81; 82; 83; 86; 87; 88; 161 Mrs. James, 87; 88 James, Jr., 87 Capt. Nathan, 73; 80; 157 Samuel, 78 Stephen, 87 Deacon Thomas, 78

Barron, Capt. Oliver, 43; 96; 157

Bates, Capt. Oliver, 97

Bathericke, Mother, 119

Battle, Capt. Eben, 134

Beaton, John, 93

Bedford, alarm in, 37 Killed and wounded, 157 Men of, 37

Belfry, the Old, in Lexington, 61

Belknap, Jason, 119 Joe, 119 Capt. Samuel, 97

Bell, Joseph, 157

Bentley, Joshua, 22

Berkshire County Convention, 14

Bernard, Lieut.-Col. Bery, 159

Beverly, killed and wounded, 157 Men of, 134

Bigelow, Capt. Timothy, 46

Billerica, alarm in, 39 Men of, 96 Wounded, 157

Black Horse Tavern (see also Wetherby's Tavern), 18; 36; 51; 52

Blanchard, Luther, 42; 83; 84; 99; 157 Timothy, 157

Blaney, Capt. Benjamin, 134

Bliss, Mr., 9 Mr. (tory), 16

Bloody Angle in Lincoln, battle at, 101; 105

Bond, Joshua, house and shop of, burned, 126

Boston Massacre, 2

Boston Port Bill, 2

Boston, start of Percy from, 114 Start of Smith from, 19

Bowman, Lieut. Solomon, 53; 54; 145 Capt. Thaddeus, note 35; 37; 58; 61

Boynton, Thomas, Journal of, note 34

Breed, Joshua, 158

British Forces, 13 Killed, wounded, prisoners and missing, 159 Number of engaged, 160 Prisoners, first ones captured, 71 Start for Lexington and Concord, 19

Brookline, killed, 157 Men of, 133

Brooks, Major John, 96 Joshua, 84; 99; 158 Tavern, 98; 102

Brown, Deacon Benjamin, 71 Capt. David, 39; 40; 74; 80; 83 Francis, 158 John, 60; 70; 158 Jonas, 99; 157 Jonathan, 40 Reuben, 93 Solomon, 18; 27; 28; 34; 35; 36; 67; 68 Widow, her Tavern, 42; 88

Bryant, Albert W., note, 35

Buckman, John, 67 Tavern, 30; 31; 36; 37; 60; 61; 62; 67; 68; 71; 111

Budge, James, 119

Bullard's Bridge, 47; 48

Bullet found in Lexington, 106

Bull's Tavern, 72; 106

Burgoyne, Gen. John, 4

Butterfield, Jonathan, 138 Samuel, home of, 160

Buttrick, Major John, 81; 82; 84; 85; 91 John (fifer), 83

Cambridge, battle of, 145 Burial of the patriot dead of, 149 Killed and missing, 157 Men of, 104 Percy's retreat through, 145 Smith lands at, 20; advances through, 47; 50

Camden, Lord, 4

Cannon, carriages of, burned, 92; 94 Percy's opening bombardment in Lexington, 122; 123 Trunnions knocked off, 92; 94

Capen house, 49

Chamberlain, Aaron, 157 Nathaniel, 143; 153

Charlestown, battle in, 154 Killed, 157 Percy's arrival in, 154 Selectmen arrange an armistice with Percy, 156

Chatham, Lord, 4

Cheever, David, 51

Chelmsford, alarm in, 43 Men of, 96 Wounded, 157

"Cheevy Chase," 115

Child, Capt. Lemuel, 44; 134

Choate house, in Somerville, 49

Christ Church (Old North) in Boston, 23

Clarke, Miss Elizabeth, letter of, note, 113 Rev. Jonas, 25; 34; 36; 113 Jonas, son of Rev. Jonas, 30

Clark, Capt. Thomas, 40

Cleaves, Nathaniel, 144; 157

Coburn, Capt. Peter, 44

Concord, alarm in, 39 Battle of, 78 Court House saved, 95 Damages in, 95 Men of, 81 Smith's advance into, 73 Smith's retreat from, 95 Wounded, 157

Comee, Joseph, 62; 66; 67; 70; 158

Committee of Safety, 9; 10; 11; 12; 18; 51; 128 Supplies, 10; 11; 12; 18; 51

Conant, Col., 21; 24 Daniel, 158

Congress, First, Continental, 3 First, Provincial, 3; 5 Its limited power, 6; 7 Second, Provincial, 7; 11

Cook, Capt. Phinehas, 130 Rev. Mr., 120; 137 Samuel, 143; 157

Cooper, Benjamin, 142; 143 Rachel, 142; 143 Tavern, 25; 142; 143

Coolidge, Jacob, 144 Joseph, 158

Council of War in Concord, 80; 81 In Somerville, 156

Court House in Concord saved, 95

Cox, Lieut., of the 5th Regt., 112; 128; 159 William, one of the Boston Tea Party, note, 2

Crosby, Lieut., 96

Cudworth, Capt. Nathan, 96

Cumings, Dr., 93

Cutler, Mr., 136 Rebecca, 136

Cutter, Ammi, 119; 121; 139

Daland, Benjamin, 143; 157

Damages in Concord, 95

Damages in Lexington, viz., Bond's, 126; Loring's, 124; Mason's, 128; Mead's, 124; Meeting House, 112; 123; Merriam's, 124; Mulliken's, 126; Munroe's, 127; Sanderson's, 127; Total, 128

Damages in Somerville, viz., Miller's, 153; Abigal Shed, 154; Ebenezer Shed, 154

Danvers, alarm in, 34 Killed, wounded and missing, 157 Men of, 134

Davis, Ezekiel, 84; 99; 157 Capt. Isaac, 41; 42; 43; 80; 81; 82; 83; 84; 91; 99; 157

Dawes, William, 18; 20; 21; 25; 26; 27; 44

De Bernicre, Ensign, 16; 75; 76; 86; 89; 94; 109; 130

Dedham, alarm in, 44 Killed and wounded, 157 Men of, 134

Des Barres's Map of Boston and Vicinity, note, 48

Devens, Richard, 12; 24; 26; 51; 52

Dimond, William, 58; 61

Distances marched by the British soldiers, 16

Dodge, Capt. Caleb, 134 William, 3rd, 144; 157

Douglass, Robert, 33; 61

Downer, Dr., 136

Dracut, alarm in, 43 Men of, 44

Draper, Capt. Daniel, 134 Capt. William, 44; 134

Ears, cutting off of, charged to Americans, 89

Eaton, Capt. Thomas, 96

Edgett, Capt. Simon, 45; 96

Ellis, Capt. William, 134

Emerson, Rev. William, 39; 89

Emes, Capt. Jesse, 96

English friends after the battle, 162

English War Office, letter from the Military Secretary of, note, 159

Epes, Capt. Samuel, 134

Estabrook, Prince, 70; 158

Everett, Israel, 144; 157

Fairbanks, Capt. David, 134

Farmer, Capt. Edward, 96 Nathaniel, 70; 158

Farrington, Capt. William, 134

Faulkner, Col. Francis, 41 Francis, Jr., 41

Felt, Joshua, 158

Fiske, Benjamin, home of, 108

Fiske Hill in Lexington, fighting near, 106

Fitch, Nathan, Jr., Tavern of, 38

Flight of Hancock and Adams, 30

Flint, Capt. John, 96 Capt. Samuel, 134 William, 143; 158

Flour in Concord destroyed, 92; 94

Forces of the Americans and British compared, 160

Foster, Rev. Edmund, 33; 96

Fox, Capt. Jonathan, 97

Framingham, alarm in, 45 Men of, 96 Wounded, 157

Franklin, Benjamin, 162

Friends, English, after the battle, 162

Frost, Capt. Ephraim, 120 House in Somerville, 49 Samuel, 157

Fuller, Capt. Aaron, 134 Capt. Amariah, 130

Gage, Gen. Thomas, 5; 6; 8; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 34; 54; 75; 94; 114; 115; 146; 149; 155; 156; 160

Gardner, Henry, note, 7 Major Isaac, 133; 147; 157 Col. Thomas, 51

Gerry, Elbridge, 18; 36; 51; 52; 53

Gleason, Capt. Micajab, 96

Goddard, Mrs. Mehitable Gay, 27

Goldthwaite, Ebenezer, 143; 157

Goodridge, Capt., 11

Gordon, Rev. William, note, 16

Gould, Lieut. Edward Thornton, of the 4th or King's Own Regt., 85; 99; 121; 159

Gould, Capt. George, 134

Great Fields in Concord, 101

Great Meadows in Concord, 96

Greaton Family, note, 44

Guild, Capt. Joseph, 134

Gun carriages in Concord burned, 87

Hadley, Samuel, 68; 158 Thomas, 143; 158

Hall, Capt. Isaac, 25; 134 Mrs. Thomas, note, 138

Hancock, John, 6; 8; 10; 17; 18; 21; 25; 29; 30; 34; 36; 52 Mrs., 30

Handley, Charles, 88

Hapgood, Capt., 97

Hardy's Hill, fight at, 98

Harrington, Caleb, 62; 66; 67; 68; 70; 158 David, 50; 66 Jonathan, Jr., 66; 68; 70; 158 Thaddeus, note, 37

Hartwell houses in Lincoln, 102 Sergt. John, 102 Sergt. Samuel, 102 Mrs. Samuel, 102

Harvard College, Percy's contemplated destruction of, 116; 149

Hastings, Samuel, 104

Hatchet, British soldier killed with a, 89

Haven, Elias, 143; 157

Hawkshaw, Lieut. Thomas, of the 5th Regt., 112; 128; 159

Haynes, Capt. Aaron, 96 Deacon Josiah, 112; 158 Joshua, Jr., 158

Hayward, James, 108; 112; 157 Lieut., 93

Hicks, John, 148; 157 Mrs. John, 148 Son of John, 148

Hill, Mrs. James, note, 138

Heath, Gen. William, 11; 14; 51; 128; 132; 135; 156

Hemenway, Daniel, 157

Horne, John, 162; 163

Hosmer, Abner, 84; 91; 99; 157 Adjutant Joseph, 80; 91

Hubbard, Ebenezer, 77

Hull, Lieut., of the 43rd Regt., 85; 99; 160

Hunnewell brothers, 49

Hunt, Capt. Simon, 41; 81; 83

Hutchinson, Capt. Israel, 134 Thomas, 13

Indians of Stockbridge, 11

Ireland, Jonathan, 49

Jacobs, Henry, 143; 157

Jasper, Mr., gunsmith, 17

Johnson, Mr., 158

Jones, Elisha, house of, 85; 90 Madame, 30

Jones Tavern, 16

Jones, Rev. Thomas, 30

Kelly, Lieut. Waldo of the 10th Regt., 85; 99; 159

Kennison, Reuben, 143; 157

Kent, Samuel, 49

Killed, wounded and missing, Americans, 157

Killed, wounded and missing, British, 159

Kingsbury, Capt. Caleb, 134 Eleazer, 144; 158

Knight, Lieut., 159