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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…

Letter from Colonel Nathaniel Terry to Captains Grant and Barber, 1781 September 8

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This letter from Connecticut Colonel Nathaniel Terry to Captains Grant and Barber directs both men to send a detachment of men to New London, Connecticut. Written while at Enfield, Connecticut, and dated September 8, 1781.

Officer's commission issued to Abel Chapin, 1781 July 1

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In this document, Governor John Hancock commissions Abel Chapin as First Lieutenant of the 1st Hampshire County Regiment, 8th Massachusetts. Signed by John Hancock, Governor and Commander and Chief in and over the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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…