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

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

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 militia, and the cousin of Jonathan Harrington, who died after the battle on the doorstep of his home on Lexington Green.

Description of Harrington at bottom of document excerpted from Benson J. Lossing's The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution.

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts.

USM 001.056

1851 04 25

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English

A1995/003/1

1 item ; 23 x 30 cm.

Museum purchase.