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Revolutionary Dwellings – Homes of Patriots and Loyalists in Mhd.

Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945 Pleasant Street 235, Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

An estimated 300 houses survive in Marblehead, MA from before the time of the American Revolution (even if modified by later generations) out of perhaps 525 or so that existed as the war began, when Marblehead was still the sixth most populous metropolis in British North America. And because it is estimated that more than […]

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Event Series Captain James Mugford of Marblehead, an Early Revolutionary War Martyr in 1776

Captain James Mugford of Marblehead, an Early Revolutionary War Martyr in 1776

Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945 Pleasant Street 235, Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

Illustrated Talk. Hear how, on his 27th birthday in May 1776, Captain James Mugford of Marblehead became an early Revolutionary War hero and martyr, killed in combat by the British in retaliation for audaciously -- and fortuitously for Commander-in-Chief Washington and his army -- capturing a 300-ton British supply ship a day or two before. […]

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Event Series Captain James Mugford of Marblehead, an Early Revolutionary War Martyr in 1776

Captain James Mugford of Marblehead, an Early Revolutionary War Martyr in 1776

Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945 Pleasant Street 235, Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

Illustrated Talk. Hear how, on his 27th birthday in May 1776, Captain James Mugford of Marblehead became an early Revolutionary War hero and martyr, killed in combat by the British in retaliation for audaciously -- and fortuitously for Commander-in-Chief Washington and his army -- capturing a 300-ton British supply ship a day or two before. […]

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Event Series The Dramatic Story of an Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776

The Dramatic Story of an Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776

Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945 Pleasant Street 235, Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

Illustrated talk about how an artillery commander from Marblehead defied his superior officers at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, by leading his cannon company into the thick of the fray, rather than retreating, and dragging the only American field-piece down off the hill as the American forces retreated. That would prove […]

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Event Series The Dramatic Story of an Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776

The Dramatic Story of an Artillery Commander at Bunker Hill 1776

Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945 Pleasant Street 235, Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States

Illustrated talk about how an artillery commander from Marblehead defied his superior officers at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, by leading his cannon company into the thick of the fray, rather than retreating, and dragging the only American field-piece down off the hill as the American forces retreated. That would prove […]

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