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Hard was the labor, fierce the strife, That with heroic valor brought Our great Republic into life, Our nation's glorious birthright bought
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With price untold-freedom to think, To dare and do. No cowards they
From toil or danger e'er to shrink; They kept their faith and won the day.
Steadily the tide of opposition rose against the measures of the British Parliament, which seemed determined to carry its points at all hazards. Steadily, also, the preparations for defence went on among the colonists.
January 16, 1775, the town voted to raise twenty pounds to purchase arms. Lieut. Zaccheus Wright, Col. John Rob- inson and Capt. Oliver Bates were chosen a committee to procure them, and February 3d they delivered eight guns to the Selectmen for the use of the town. Not long before this, the town stock of powder had been replenished and everything was made ready for an emergency which was near at hand.
February 27, the town voted " to chuse a committee of inspection of seven men. Chose Capt. Oliver Bates, Dea. Oliver Prescott, Mr. Ephraim Chamberlin, Ens. John Abbot Jun .! Mr. Pelatiah Fletcher, Lieut. David Goodhue and Mr. Joshua Read for said Comtee of Inspection whose business and duty it shall be to see that the American Congress Asso- ciation and the Provincial Congress resolves and Recom- mendations relative thereto, be well and faithfully observed and complied with, and that this town will not fail of lending all necessary assistance to sd Comtee in the doing of their duty."
The following agreement was recorded on the same day :
" We the subscribers having seen the [articles of] Asso- ciation drawn up by the grand American Continental Con- gress, respecting the non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation of Goods &c. Signed by the Delegates of this and the Delegates of other Colonies of this Continent, and having attentively considered of the same, do heartily approve thereof and of every part of them, and in order to make the same Association &c., our personal act, do by
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these presents, under the sacred ties of Virtue, Honour, and the Love of our Country, firmly agree and associate fully and compleatly to observe and keep all & every article and clause in sd Association contained, with respect to Importa- tion, Exportation, and Non-consumption, according to the true intent, meaning & Letter of our said Delegates, and will duly inform and give notice of every Evasion and Con- travention of sd agreement as far as we are able, and that we will, as far as we can, encourage and promote a general union herein. As witness our hands this 27th day of February 1775.
"Voted that the above draught of an Association is approved of and that the same be entered in the Town book of Records for Westford, and that the same be signed by the several inhabitants of said Town, and that the Comtee of Correspondence see the same is done or inform the Town at the next Town meeting of every person who shall delay or Refuse to sign the same, that so the Town may take further order thereon as they may think proper.
"JOSEPH READ, Moderator.
" Recorded by Nathl Boynton, Town Clerk."
March 6. " Voted and consented to Conform and abide by the advice of ye Comtees of Correspondence of the Towns of Boston, Charlestown and several other towns, that was Read in our meeting."
THE CONCORD FIGHT, APRIL 19, 1775.
Authorities vary somewhat in stating the facts relating to this fight, some claiming that in Lexington the first resist- ance was made on the morning of that memorable day, while others affirm that at Concord Bridge the earliest armed resistance was offered to the soldiers of George the Third.
We are now to consider the service rendered by the men of Westford in that struggle. This has never been fully and accurately stated in any account of it. Prominent
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among the actors then and there, was John Robinson, of Westford, a Lieutenant-Colonel in a regiment of minute- men, of which William Prescott, of Pepperell, was Colonel. Rev. Dr. Ripley, in his account says : "A company from Westford had just entered the bounds of Concord when the fight took place. But individuals from that town were present and engaged in the battle, among whom was the brave Col. Robinson." He also says further on in his narra- tive : " The situation of Maj. Buttrick, as it was more dangerous and important, has gained him distinguished celebrity and honor. But this ought never to operate as an eclipse upon any other officer on that occasion. There is satisfactory evidence that on the march to meet the enemy, Maj. Buttrick requested Col. Robinson to act as his superior, he being an older man and of higher rank in another regi- ment ; but he modestly declined, and consented to march at the right hand and be considered a volunteer. The late Col. John Buttrick, then a fifer, repeatedly affirmed that he was present and heard the conversation between his father and Col. Robinson. The Americans commenced their march in double file. In a minute or two, the Americans being in quick motion and within ten or fifteen rods of the bridge, a single gun was fired by a British soldier, which marked its way, passing under Col. Robinson's arm, and slightly wounding the side of Luther Blanchard, a fifer, . in the Acton Company."
This account was published in 1827, and being prepared by one on the ground and only about fifty years after the fight, when some who saw it were still living, is, without doubt, the best narrative we shall ever have of that conflict. Others who have attempted to describe it, have done little more than repeat the words of Rev. Dr. Ripley. Some slight variations occur, however. Thus, George Bancroft affirms that Col. Barrett gave the order to advance, where- upon " Capt. Davis, drawing his sword, cried, march ! His company, being on the right, led the way, he himself at their head, and by his side Maj. John Buttrick, of Concord,
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with John Robinson, of Westford, Lieutenant-Colonel in Prescott's Regiment."
Frederic Hudson, in his account [Harper's Magazine, May, 1875,] says :
" Among those early on the field from the neighboring towns, was Lieutenant-Colonel John Robinson, of Westford. He was accompanied by the Rev. Joseph Thaxter, Captain Joshua Parker, and private Oliver Hildreth. Mr. Thaxter had been preaching at Westford as a candidate. On the first tidings of danger he hastened to Concord, armed with a brace of pistols, and was in front to receive the first fire of the enemy ; and he and William Emerson, the pastor of Concord, were the first chaplains of the Revolution.
. Maj. Buttrick took command of the Americans in the forward movement. He was accompanied by Lieutenant- Colonel Robinson. In their left hand they held their fusees trailed and marched with Captain Davis and his men."
From all these statements it is clear that Davis, Buttrick and Robinson were marching side-by-side in this first show of armed resistance to British oppression-a noble triad of choice spirits who dared to do and die. Heroically did they lead on the eager troops who sought, not revenge, but liberty ; who, as George W. Curtis pithily said, in his oration at Concord, April 19, 1875, " loaded their muskets, not with a ball only, but with a principle, and brought down, not a man, but a system."
The three companies whose muster-rolls are here given, copied from the originals in the State House, were no doubt in the fight on that day. Rev. G. Reynolds, in a recent address, admits that two companies of minute-men from Westford were present, and the heading of the rolls shows that they marched from home that morning.
Captain Underwood's Company. "A List of the Travel and Service of Capt. Timothy Underwood, of Westford, in the County of Middlesex, with the men under him belonging
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to Colonel William Prescott's Regiment, of Minute-men, who, in consequence of an Alarm made on the 19th of April 1775, marched from home for the defence of this Colony against the Ministerial troops :
OFFICERS.
Timothy Underwood, Captain.
Thomas Cummings, First Lieut. Philip Robbins, Second Lieut.
Joshua Parker, Sergeant.
Amaziah Hildreth, Corporal.
James Fletcher, Sergeant.
Thomas Guy, Fifer.
Timothy Spalding, Sergeant.
Isaac Parker, Drummer.
PRIVATES.
Oliver Barrett,
Jonas Blodgett,
Josiah Brooks,
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Silas Chandler,
Abner Kent, Samuel Keyes, Stephen Meeds, John Nutting, John Parker,
William Chandler,
Ebenezer Corey, Samuel Crafts,
Moses Parker, James Perry,
Ephraim Cummings,
Silas Proctor,
Daniel Dudley, Joseph Dutton,
Benjamin Read, Leonard Read,
William Dutton,
Joshua Fassett,
Davis Fisk, David Fletcher,
Oliver Read, Samuel Read, Thaddeus Read, Abijah Richardson,
Ebenezer Fletcher,
Wily Richardson,
Jeremiah Fletcher, e
Jacob Robbins,
John Fletcher,
Jeremiah Robbins, Philip Spaldon, Levi Temple,
Ebenezer Foster,
John Hildreth, Silas Howard,
Jonas Kemp,
Amos Tidd, Joseph Underwood, Daniel Whitney, Ebenezer Wright .- 58.
MIDDLESEX Ss. . December 16, 1775. The within named Timothy Underwood made solemn oath to the truth of the within Muster Roll. Before me, Moses Gill, Justice of the Peace through the Province."
Captain Bates's Company. "A List of the Travel and Service of Capt. Oliver Bates, of Westford, in the County of
Josiah Fletcher, Levi Fletcher,
John Wright, Sergeant. James Proctor, Corporal.
Willard Fletcher, Corporal.
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Middlesex, and the men under him, belonging to the Regi- ment of Militia whereof James Prescott, Esq., is Colonel, who, in consequence of the Alarm made on the 19th of April 1775, marched from home for the Defence of this Colony against the Ministerial Troops.
OFFICERS.
Oliver Bates, Captain.
David Goodhue, First Lieut.
John Abbot, Second Lieut.
John Prescott, Corporal.
Thomas Rogers, Sergeant.
Timothy Cummings, Drummer.
Solomon Spalding, Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
Joseph Wright, Jr., John Barrett,
Jonathan Hadley, John Hadley, Jr., Ephraim Heald,
David Bixby,
Ephraim Bixby,
David Holding,
Jacob Bixby,
William Nichols,
Levi Bixby,
Nathaniel Prentice,
Abel Boynton,
Jonas Prescott, 3d.,
Nath! Cummings,
David Dutton,
Timothy Prescott, Abel Read, Stephen Read,
Benjamin Estabrook,
Silas Spalding,
Amos Fletcher, Jr., Joseph Fletcher,
Ephraim Wright,
Pelatiah Wright .- 36.
Josiah Fletcher,
COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
December 27, 1775. Oliver Bates, the Captain, being dead, David Goodhue, his Lieutenant, made solemn oath that this Roll by him subscribed, is just and true in all its parts. Before me, Moses Gill, Justice of the Peace through the Province."
Captain Minot's Company. " A list of the Travel and Service of Capt. Jonathan Minot, of Westford, in the County of Middlesex, and the men under him belonging to the Regiment of Militia whereof James Prescott, Esq., is Colonel, who, in consequence of the Alarm made on the 19th of
Ephraim Dutton,
Joseph Prescott, Corporal. Daniel Goodhue, Corporal.
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April 1775, marched from home for the defence of this Colony against the ministerial troops.
OFFICERS.
Hosea Hildreth, Corporal.
William Hildreth, Sergeant.
Jonathan Minot, Captain.
Samuel White, Sergeant.
Zaccheus Wright, First Lieut.
Nehemiah Green, Corporal.
Leonard Procter, Second Lieut.
Amos Wright, Corporal.
Aaron Parker, Jr., Sergeant.
Gershom Fletcher, Sergeant.
Jonathan Minot, Jr., Drummer.
PRIVATES.
Francis Smith,
Benjamin Osgood,
Cæsar Bason,
David Parker,
Aaron Blood,
Ebenezer Parker,
Peter Brown,
Amos Parlin,
Job Dodge,
Charles Procter,
Elijah Hildreth, _
John Pushee, Joshua Read,
Nathaniel Holmes,
Francis Kidder,
John Robbins,
Thomas Kidder,
John Robbins, Jr.,
Rogers King,
Peter Robbins,
Francis Leighton, Abijah Mason, Thomas Meads,
Zechariah Robbins,
James Wright. - 36.
PERSONAL TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Jonathan Prescott, a grand-daughter of Colonel Robinson, who died in this town, April 14, 1876, at the great age of ninety-one years, distinctly remembered the colonel, being twenty years old at the time of his death, in 1805. She testified to the compiler of this work that when the alarm came on the night of the 18th of April, he stood not on the order of his going, but mounted his horse and hurried to Concord, leaving orders to his hired man to follow with provisions. She said, likewise, that he was invited to take the command, and the tradition in her family has always been that he did assume it and ordered the troops to fire. Her recollection accorded with the inscription on his grave- stone which affirms that he commanded the soldiers at the Bridge.
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One of our citizens, Mr. J. Boynton Reed, now living (1881), says that his father, Abijah Reed, went with Colonel Robinson's man to Concord ; but the troops had moved on and they followed them to Lexington. Mr. Reed also says that Capt. Oliver Bates received a wound on that day from the effect of which he died July 4, 1775.
" May 25, 1775. Voted that the militia officers lately chosen by the company in this town viz: Captain Jonathan Minot and Capt. Oliver Bates shall have the command of all the men in this town from sixteen years old to sixty, except those that are excused as by the old Province law, and to call them to train &c., as they think proper ; and also to take care that the alarm-men are equipt as the old province law directs. Voted that the Selectmen shall take care of the Baggnets. Chose Capt. Joseph Read to serve the town as a Delegate to go to the Provintial Congress for six months. Voted that the Rev. Mr. Willard Hall shall deliver up his arms to the Committee of correspondence of this town."
A similar vote was passed in regard to Daniel Raymond ; and he and his son, Daniel Raymond, Jr., were forbidden to go out of town without a pass from the Committee of Correspondence.
"June 5, 1775. Pay to Capt. Joseph Read the sum of three pounds and fifteen shillings for seventeen days service and expenses at the Provintial Congress at Watertown."
This was for attendance upon the session held at Water- town, from April 24th to May 29th.
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.
In this battle, as well as in the struggle at Concord Bridge, Colonel Robinson participated. He was then in Prescott's Regiment, which occupied the redoubt. A tall man, of commanding presence, he stood in the front, " in
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shape and gesture proudly eminent," exposed to instant death, yet doing his duty ; now leaping upon the parapet, a target for the advancing foe, and now reconnoitering, with the ill-fated McClary, the position of the enemy to find the best way of repelling his persistent attacks ; showing himself everywhere the efficient officer and the strong-hearted man.
In the list of companies in this battle there is given one of which Joshua Parker was captain, Amaziah Fassett, first lieutenant, and Thomas Rogers, second lieutenant. Parker and Rogers were from Westford, and Fassett was born here, but was then a resident of Groton. Parker was a sergeant in Captain Underwood's Company, and Rogers held the same rank in Captain Bates's Company, at Concord Bridge. Fassett was taken prisoner at Bunker Hill, and died in Boston, July, 1775.
The following is' the muster-roll of Captain Parker's Company, including only the names of Westford men. They were in Col. William Prescott's Regiment.
Captain, Joshua Parker. Date of Enlistment, 1775. April 12
Second Lieutenant, Thomas Rogers
April 19
Sergeant, Solomon Spalding
April 19
Sergeant, Nehemiah Green .
April 19
Sergeant, Silas Procter
April 19
Sergeant, Jonathan Minott
April 19
Corporal, Peter Brown
April 19
Corporal, Obadiah Perry .
April 20
Corporal, Levi Temple
April 19
Corporal, Jonas Holden .
April 19
Drummer, Isaac Parker .
April 19
Fifer, Ephraim Spalding.
April 19
Calvin Blanchard
· April 19
David Bixby
May 1
Abel Boynton
May 5
William Chandler
April 30
Samuel Craft
April 19
Ephraim Dutton
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April 19
Benjamin Esterbrooks
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April 19
Levi Fletcher
. April 19
Josiah Fletcher .
.April 19
Joshua Fassett .
April 19
Isaac Green
April 19
Ephraim Heald .
April 19
Oliver Heald
May 17
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Jonathan Hildreth
April 19
David Keyes
May 6
Samuel Keyes
April 19
Thomas Kidder .
April 28
Peter Larkin
April 26
John Parker
April 19
Nath! Prentice
William Read
April 19 May 2 May 18
Oliver Read
April 19
Stephen Read
April 19
Francis Smith
April 19
Silas Spalding
April 19
Simeon Senter
April 26
Joseph Underwood. .
April 19
Robbin Skinner
April 26
James Perry
April 19
Jonas Blodgett .
April 19
Nath! Holmes
April 19
Perry Blodgett and Holmes " enlisted into the artillery Company, May 24, 1775." Joseph Minott and Jonathan Hadley, both of Westford, were killed in battle June 17, 1775. Abijah Mason, also of Westford, died in camp July 30, 1775. This return of Captain Parker's Company, in the Tenth Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. William Pres- cott, was made Sept. 27, 1775, and without doubt, Minott, Hadley, and Mason were members of it.
The company of Capt. Abijah Wyman, of Ashby, was in Col. William Prescott's regiment in that battle. The return, made Oct. 3, 1775, includes the following men from Westford :
Thomas Comings, Second Lieutenant; Daniel Dudley, Corporal; Philip Robbins, Corporal.
Thomas Robbins,
Cæsar Bason,
Oliver Barrett,
David Cowdry,
Ebenezer Corey,
Simeon Kemp,
David Fish,
Thaddeus Read,
Abner Kent,
Daniel Whitney.
Jeremiah Robbins,
In all 14 men. The return states that "Cesor Bason died June 17."
John Pushee
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Mr. Francis Tinker in his sketch of Ashby, in Drake's History of Middlesex County, Vol. I, .p. 223, says that Lieutenant Comings and ten men in Captain Wyman's com- pany, were from Westford, but he does not give names.
In regard to Cæsar Bason, this anecdote is told on good authority. In the battle he found his powder was nearly gone, and putting in his last charge, he exclaimed, " Now, Cæsar, give 'em one more." He fired and was him- self shot, and fell back into the trench. Tradition intimates that Leonard Proctor went to Cambridge on the day before the battle and was on or near the ground. Mr. Tinker states that Jacob Bascom, of Westford, was killed. No such name occurs in our records, and there was probably a mis- take in putting Bascom for Bason. Bason was a colored man and perhaps the servant of James Burn. There is some uncertainty as to his real name. In 1773 " Ceasor Burn was paid 4 shillings for four crows killed in this town."
Colonel Prescott, in a letter to John Adams, says : " I commanded my Lt. Col. Robinson and Maj. Woods, each with a detachment, to flank the enemy, who, I have reason to think, behaved with prudence and courage." It is stated that when the British were advancing some of the Provincials fired without orders, so eager were they for the fray. This made Colonel Prescott angry. "His Lt. Col. Robinson ran round the top of the parapet and threw up the muskets." [Colonel Swett's narrative, p. 34.]
"July 10, 1775. Chose Doctor Asaph Fletcher to represent this town in the great and general Court to be held at Watertown."
" September 18, 1775. Pay to Capt. Joseph Read the sum of 6£ for twenty four days service at the General Court in the year 1775." ·
" May 20, 1775. Voted that our Committee of corres- pond call in the assistance of the Committee of Correspond of the neighboring towns to Judge on the conduct of aney
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persons that have been unfriendly to their Country, and that the Committee publish their proceedings in the public Prints:"
"June 14, 1776. Voted to choose three men to be a Committee to Draw up some advice for our Representative. Chose Doctor Asaph Fletcher, Capt. Amos Fletcher, and Ens. Nathaniel Boynton to be said Committee. Voted to accept the Committee's Report, as follows, viz :
" Whereas wee the subscribers were this day chosen and appointed by the Town of Westford as a Committee to take under consideration a resolve of the Collony of Massachu- setts Bay on the 7th day of June instant, to advise the person who should be chosen to Represent them in the general Assembly, wheather, should the Honorable Congress for the safety of the Colonies, declare them independent of Great Britain, they the said inhabitants will solemly engage with their lives and fortunes to support them in the measure, -we have taken the same under consideration and report as follows : that it is our Humble opinion that nothing short of a state of independancy will so weel answer for our safety & in case the said Congress should declare a state of indepen- dence wee will acquiese theirto and riske our lives and fortunes in support thereof. Voted that a Coppy of said Report be sent to our Representative as soon as may be. Voted to make the Town store of powder to be three hundred weight; to purchase Ball and flints answerable to the powder. Also, to purchase fifteen guns to be added to our store with Cartridge Boxes."
Salt. It was deemed important to have a town stock of this article on hand, and individuals were designated to obtain it. September 18, 1775, Zaccheus Wright, Zechariah Hildreth and Nathaniel Boynton were paid £8 2s. "'for salt for the town." January 29, 1776, Nathaniel Boynton was paid £16, Ios. for salt " he purchased in Salem."
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December 2, 1776. " Voted that twenty bushels of salt be still kept in store ; that all the salt in store above twenty bushels be delivered to the inhabitants of this Town accord- ing to pay ; and that Dea. John Abbot, Zach. Wright, and Samuel White be a Committee to proportion the salt to the inhabitants according to Last year's rates. Also, that the twenty bushel of salt be Deald out to the poor of the town by Discretion of the Selectmen."
July 21, 1777. Mr. Francis Leighton was paid £9. 17s. for "Transporting Seventy one bushel of salt from Newburyport to Westford."
Watch. " Sept. 16, 1776. Voted to have a watch kep in case of Alarm in Westford; that the Militia officers shall Leave a sufficient number of men for a watch for the safety of the people in case of alarm; and that said watch shall be under the Directions of the Committee of correspond of this town."
Census. Dec. 27, 1776, Zaccheus Wright, Zechariah Hildreth, Jonathan Keep, and Francis Leighton were paid " for numbering the people in this town." This was the first and only Colonial census and it was taken forty-seven years after the town was incorporated. The population at that time was 1, 193.
Agreeably to the following Order of Council, the Decla- ration of Independence, made July 4, 1776, was recorded on the town book, by Zaccheus Wright, town clerk.
" IN COUNCIL, July 17, 1776.
" Ordered that the Declaration of Independence be printed and Copy sent to the ministers of each parish of every. Denomination in this State, and that they severally be required to read the same to their Respective Congrega- tions as soon as Divine service is ended in the afternoon of the first Lord's Day after they shall have received it, and
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after such publication theirof to Deliver the said Declaration to the Clerks of their several Towns or Districts who are hereby required to record the same in their Respective Town or District Books their to remain as a perpetual Memorial theirof.
"In the name and by order of the Council.
"R. DERBY, Jun. President. "JOHN AVERY, Dept. Sec'y."
Campaigns. "March 25, 1777. Voted to make the Inhabitants of this town equil according to their estates for each Campaign since Concord Battle as to the cost of hiring men &c. Chose Capt. Joshua Parker, Doctor Asaph Fletch- er, Dea. John Abbott and Capt. Amos Fletcher to settle the prise of each Campaign. Chose Maj. Jonathan Minot, Capt. Pelatiah Fletcher and Capt. Zachs Wright as a Committee to Imploy men for the present Campaign, and pay them a bounty for that service. Voted to accept the Committee's Report Respecting the settleing the prise of each Campaign, viz :
The Cambridge Campaign
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8 months
. £ 2- 8s .- 0d.
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6 weeks
10 s .- 0 d.
The Siege of Boston
2 months
12 s .- 0 d.
The Continental Service
· 1 year
18- 0s .- 0d.
The Nantasket Campaign
6 months ·
1-16 s .- 0 d.
The Ticonderodge Campaign
. 412 months .
15- 0s .- 0d.
The Dorchester Hill Campaign
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3 months 18 s .- 0 d.
The New York Campaign
2 months .
13-10 s .- 0 d.
The New York and Jersey Campaign,
3 months · 13- 6 s .- 8 d.
The Guarding at Boston
10 weeks .
8 s .- 0 d.
" Voted to give Twenty-four pounds to each man that shall engage for three years or During this unhappy war in the Continental Service. Voted the Thanks of this Town to . the person that has given the sum of 6£ 14s. as a donation to this Town to Hire men for the Continental Service. That the Committee that was chosen to hire men, shall receive and pay out the said Twenty-four pounds to each man who
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shall ingage, and are to take account of what each man has Don in the former and present Campaign."
April 2, 1777. "In compliance to an act" of the General Court, the town adopted and recorded the list of prices fixed by the Court for labor and for articles of common necessity. The list is very long and only a few items are quoted : Good wheat, 6 shillings per bushel ; " Good rie " 4s. 6d. per bushel ; Good corn 3s. 6d ; Pork 4 1-4 pence per pound ; Grass-fed beef 2 1-4 pence ; Stall-fed beef 3 3-4 pence. Good English hay in the Spring 3s. per hundred ; in the field in Hay time 2s .; Shoeing a horse 5s. ; a pair of oxen " corkt" 8s. Husbandry labor from the 20th of June to the 20th of August 3s. per day, and from the 15th of November to the 15th of March Is. 6d. per day. Carpenters and house wrights 3s. 2d. from the 10th of March to the Ioth of November, and from the Ioth of November to the Ioth of March 2s. 8d. per day.
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