[MASSACHUSETTS] an 1806 manuscript document concerning Eli Jones, one of the surveyors of Higways for the Town of Lincoln. Mentions road from Concord line at the new bridge; the public meeting house formerly owned by Capt. Nathan Brown. Unknown who wrote or signed this document. The surveyor Eli Jone was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, was born at Holliston, April 24, 1756, died at Lincoln, Massachusetts, May 9, 1811, aged fifty-five years (gravestone). He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Abraham Pierce's company on the Lexington Alarm, was at Bunker Hill and in the same company, Colonel Samuel Thatchers regiment, in 1776; also in Captain Joseph Fullers company, Colonel Samuel Bullards regiment, August 20 to November 29, 1777, at Stillwater; also in Captain Edward Fullers company, Colonel William McIntoshs regiment, March April, 1778; also in the Continental army, enlisting July 19, 1779, at the age of twenty-three years. He was five feet, seven inches and a half in height. He served in Colonel Bradfords company and regiment (Fourteenth) to April, 1780. He was commissioned lieutenant, July 15, 1780. In 1780 he was in Captain James Cooper's company. Another name mentioned is Daniel Brooks (1764-1839) enlisted, 1781, as a private in Capt. John Hayward's company, Colonel Webb's Massachusetts regiment. He was born and died in Lincoln, Mass. Lincoln, Mass. is the small town sandwiched between Lexington and Concord, which was founded in 1754 (exactly twenty-one years to the day before April 19, 1775). Lincoln has been largely overlooked in the narrative of the start of the American Revolution. It remains in the shadow of its better-known parent towns, but its importance to the sweep of events on April 19 goes far beyond its relative obscurity. It was in Lincoln where Paul Reveres famous midnight ride ended, when he was captured by an advance patrol of British officers in the wee hours of April 19. Contrary to popular perception, Revere didnt make it to Concord. Lincolns minutemen and militia companies (about 110 men, in total) were the first to arrive in Concord that morning. By the best estimates that exist, Lincoln men made up 20% to 25% of the Provincial force that later engaged the British at the North Bridge. The British march to Concord and the return march from Concord went right through Lincoln. It was in Lincoln, on the return march, that the British column was ambushed by as many as 1,200 Provincials at a dog-leg in the road, which today we call the Bloody Angles. Here the fight began in earnest: more people were killed and wounded along this stretch of road in Lincoln than at the Lexington Green and Concords North Bridge combined. It was here, in Lincoln, that the events of the day boiled over and passed the point of no return. Approx. 7 x 11-3/4 in. Mostly on one side with a little on the backside. VG.

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