 | Benjamin Cutter - 1871 - 484 halaman
...hors»? pistols. After an animated exhortation to the collected militia, to the exertion of bravery amj courage, he exclaimed : ' If I can only be the instrument of killing oue of my country's foes, 1 shall Ш-; in peace ! ' *' The prayer of this venerable old man was heard,... | |
 | Samuel Dunster - 1876 - 356 halaman
...collected militia to the exertion of bravery and courage, he exclaimed, ' If I can only be instrumental of killing one of my country's foes, I shall die in...old man was heard, for on the return of the troops from Lexington he lay behind a stone wall and discharged his gun. A soldier immediately fell. He then... | |
 | Lucius R. Paige - 1877 - 776 halaman
...was 81 years of age, and one of the first on the parade ; he was armed with a gun and horse-pistol. After an animated exhortation to the collected militia...was heard ; for on the return of the troops, he lay 1 Cambridye Revolutionary Memorial, yenrs, as is manifest from the record of pp. 32, 33. his birth.... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1879 - 534 halaman
...from his house on the main street, near the Menotomy River, armed with a gun and a horse-pistol. " If I can only be the instrument of killing one of my country's foes," he exclaimed, " I shall die in peace." l " On the return of the troops he lay behind a stone-wall,... | |
 | BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM R. CUTTER - 1880 - 394 halaman
...of age, and one of the first on the parade ; he was armed with a gun (King's arm) and horse pistols. After an animated exhortation to the collected militia,...old man was heard, for on the return of the troops (from Lexington) he lay behind a stone wall and discharged his gun. A soldier immediately fell. He... | |
 | Benjamin Cutter, William Richard Cutter - 1880 - 404 halaman
...of age, and one of the first on the parade; he was armed with a gun (King's arm) and horse pistols. After an animated exhortation to the collected militia,...old man was heard, for on the return of the troops (from Lexington) he lay behind a stone wall and discharged his gun. A soldier immediately fell. He... | |
 | Daughters of the American Revolution - 1898 - 446 halaman
...eighty-one years of age, at the Lexington Alarm, was one of the first on the parade armed with a gun, and exclaimed, "If I can only be the instrument of killing one of my country's foes, I shall die in peace." He was wounded and left for dead by the British soldiers, but lived to be nearly one hundred, almost... | |
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... pistols. After an animated exhortation to the collected militia, to the exercise of bravery and courage, he exclaimed ; ' If I can only be the instrument of killing one of my country's foes, I shall die in peace... 