Bunker Hill

Date:  September 5, 1775 Author:  [Anonymous] “Yesterday morning advice was received of the safe arrival of the Russia Merchant, Captain Street, at Dover, from Boston, with some dispatches from General Gage, which were immediately sent express to the Secretary of State’s Office. – She sailed from Boston the 29th of July, but has brought no […]

Author: [Anonymous] Date:  September 2, 1775 “The death of Dr. Warren, who was killed at Bunker’s Hill on the 17th of June, was occaisioned in the following manner:  When the Provincials were retreating in consequence of the three concurring circumstances,  Charles Town being on fire, the ships cannonading, and the regulars advancing,  the Doctor, with […]

 Author: [Anonymous], probably by Joseph Warren “Extract of a Letter from the Camp at Cambridge, June 14 [1775]. “I have the pleasure of transmitting to you an infamous proclamation of General Gage’s, which has just come to hand. I hope your body, Sir, in a continental way, will answer him in the true spirit of […]