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  • Subject is exactly "United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783."

Autograph of Jonathan Harrington, the last-surviving participant in the Battle of Lexington, 1851 April 25

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Document signed by Jonathan Harrington, the last surviving participant of the Battle of Lexington. Contains a statement written that details Harrington's experience. Harrington was the nephew of Captain John Parker, commander of the Lexington…

Autograph of Jonathan Harrington

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Autograph of Jonathan Harrington, the last living survivor of the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts. Note accompanying autograph states that autograph was written on August 12, 1852.

Appointment of Micah Chapman as Captain of the Sixth Company of Barnstable county, 1781 July 1

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Document, dated July 1, 1781, appointing Micah Chapman as "Captain of the Sixth Company in the first Regiment of Militia in the County of Barnstable whereof Enoch Hallet, Esqr is Colonel."

Signed by John Hancock in his capacity as Governor and…

A song, composed by the British soldiers, after the fight at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, between 1875 and 1880

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A song, composed by the British soldiers, after the fight at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Dated between 1875 and 1880. This song in twelve stanzas was written by an unknown British author and commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill and the British…