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Primary Source overview of Apr 19 1775 - Pro British Perspective

Started by Whisker, April 25, 2009, 05:38:29 PM

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April 25, 2009, 05:38:29 PM Last Edit: April 25, 2009, 08:01:35 PM by Whisker
I found this through my libraries...  Thought I might share.

It is an article entitled

A Circumstantial Account
Of an Attack that happened on the 19th of April 1775, on His Majesty's Troops,
By a Number of People of the Provience of Massachusetts Bay
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It was published in 1775.  I think it credits the first shots to the British Americans.  Hard to read in spots as it is a scan. 

I attached it.

What brings together men liberated from local and national limitations is also what keeps them apart. What pushes for greater rationality is also what nourishes the irrationality of hierarchical exploitation and repression.  What creates society's abstract power also creates its concrete unfreedom.

DryFire

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April 25, 2009, 07:39:27 PM
Awesome, I had read about the account, but this is the first I have seen it. I went and typed "A circumstantial account" into google and found it typed out and readable next to the original document. It is here and a little easier to read. It is interesting that they say there were 200 drawn up on Lexington green, there were far fewer than that, and that there is no mention of the fire at Concord which cause the milita to approach the bridge.

http://www.teachushistory.org/node/249

Whisker thanks for sharing.
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Nickle

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April 25, 2009, 07:59:22 PM
Nice item to see.

Hard for me to believe the validity of it, considering some of it runs contrary to what some of the British regular officers stated.

Clearly a piece of propaganda. That happened on BOTH sides.
They have men amongst them who know very well what they are about, having been employed as Rangers against the Indians and Canadians and this country being much covered with wood, and hilly, is very advantageous for their method of fighting. . . . ".  Lord Percy

Sounds like New Englanders to me.

Whisker

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April 28, 2009, 12:16:45 PM
Quote from: DryFire on April 25, 2009, 07:39:27 PM
Awesome, I had read about the account, but this is the first I have seen it. I went and typed "A circumstantial account" into google and found it typed out and readable next to the original document. It is here and a little easier to read. It is interesting that they say there were 200 drawn up on Lexington green, there were far fewer than that, and that there is no mention of the fire at Concord which cause the milita to approach the bridge.

http://www.teachushistory.org/node/249

Whisker thanks for sharing.

This helps quite a bit. Thanks!
What brings together men liberated from local and national limitations is also what keeps them apart. What pushes for greater rationality is also what nourishes the irrationality of hierarchical exploitation and repression.  What creates society's abstract power also creates its concrete unfreedom.
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