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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 27, 1775
Page
4
Extraordinary sale brings back a long dispatch from Salem reporting British troop movements toward Concord and Lexington. The account details clashes, fires, and casualties near Boston and Charlestown with lists of the fallen and wounded amid civil war rumors and calls for unity.
Witnesses from Lexington Massachusetts describe the March 1775 confrontation with regular troops at Concord and the North Bridge, recounting the firing on militia, troop movements, and destruction of property. The affidavits name John Hoar John Whithed Abraham Gearfield Benjamin Munroe Isaac Parks William Hosmer John Adams Gregory Stone and others.
Stocky paragraph traces late fire in America and several expeditions to Lynn and Concord. Mentions 3000 Provincials, mercenaries retreating, Lord Percy, Col. Smith, and General Gage. Describes mass camps in New England, college barracks, political influence of Mr He, Lord Bute, and arrangements to recall Parliament. Advocates harsher measures including additional regiments and militia embracement.
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