Historic views ^ ^ ••• 
 
 OF 
 
 LEXINGTON 
 
 PHOTOGRAPHED AND PUBLISHED 
 BY 
 
 — C. F. LAWRENCE, 
 
 LEXINGTON, MASS. 
 i8qo. 
 
 REPRODUCED AND PRINTED BY THE BOSTON PHOTOGRAVURE CO. 
 
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VIEW OF THE BATTLEGROUND, 
 NOW KNOWN AS THE COMMON. 
 LOOKING NORTH. 
 
VIEW OF THE BATTLEGROUND, 
 LOOKING EAST. 
 
I*' AC simile of Inscription on Monument. 
 
 WRITTEN BY REV. JONAS CLARK. 
 
 Sacred to Liberty & the Rights of Mankind!!! 
 
 The Freedom & Inde|>cndence of America, 
 Scaled & defended with the Blood of her Sons. 
 
 This Monument is erected 
 By the inhabitants of Lexington, 
 under the Patronage & at the expense of 
 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
 
 To the memory of their Fellow Citizens, 
 Ensign Robert Munroe, and Messrs. Jonas Parker, 
 Samuel Hadley. Jonathan Harrington. Junr., 
 Isaac Muzzy, Caleb Harrington and John lirovjn 
 Of Lexington, & A sahel Porter, of Woburn, 
 Who fell on this Field, the First Victims to the 
 Sword of British Tyranny & Oppression, 
 
 On the morning of the ever memorable 
 Nineteenth of April, An. Dom. 1775. 
 
 The Die was cast!!! 
 
 The Blood of these Martyr’s 
 In the cause of God & their country 
 Was the cement of the Union of these States, then 
 Colonies, & gave the spring to the spirit. Firmness 
 And resolution of their Fellow Citizens. 
 
 They rose as one Man to revenge their brethren’s 
 Blood, and at the Point of the Sword, to assert & 
 Defend their native Rights. 
 
 They nobly dar’d to be free !! 
 
 The contest was long, bloody & affecting. 
 Righteous Heaven approved the solemn appeal, 
 Victory crowned their arms and 
 The Peace, Liberty, & Independence of the United 
 States of America, was their glorious Reward. 
 
 Built in the year 1799. 
 
SITE OF THE FIRST THREE 
 MEETING HOUSES IN LEXINGTON. 
 I 
 
 BUILT 1092, WHEN THE TOWN 
 WAS A PARISH OF CAMBRIDGE. 
 
 I I 
 
 BUILT 1713, ON THE 
 INCORPORATION OF LEXINGTON. 
 
 Ill 
 
 BUILT 1794; BURNED 1846. 
 
 THIS SPOT IS THUS IDENTIFIED WITH 
 THE TOWN’8 HISTORY FOR 150 YEARS. 
 PASTORATES. 
 
 BENJAMIN ESTABROOK, 1692— 16^7 
 
 JOHN HANCOCK, 1698— i7<u 
 
 JONAS CLARKE. I 7 SS — ,8 °5 
 
 AVERY WILLIAMS, 1807 - 1815 
 
 CHARLES BRIGGS, 1819 — 1835 
 
 WM. C. SWEET, 1836 - 1839 
 
 JASON WHITMAN, 1845-1846 
 
 
HOUSE BUILT 1690, 
 
 KNOWN AS THE 
 
 BUCKMAN TAVERN. 
 
 A RENDEVOUS OF THE 
 MINUTE MEN. 
 
 A MARK FOR BRITISH BULLETS, 
 APRIL 19. 1775. 
 
HOUSE OF 
 
 JOHNATHAN HARRINGTON. 
 
 WHO, WOUNDED ON THE COMMON, 
 
 APRIL 19 1775 , 
 
 DRAGGED HIMSELF TO THE DOOR 
 AND DIED AT HIS WIFE'S FEET. 
 
 
HOUSE OF 
 
 MARRETT AND NATHAN MONROE. 
 
 BUILT 1729. 
 
 A WITNESS OF THE BATTLE. 
 
CLARK HOUSE. 
 
 BUILT 1698. ENLARGED 1734. 
 RESIDENCE OF, 
 
 REV. JOHN HANCOCK, 55 YEARS, 
 
 and of his successor, 
 
 REV. JONAS CLARK, 50 YEARS. 
 
 HERE SAMUEL ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK, 
 WERE SLEEPING WHEN AROUSED 
 BY PAUL REVERE, 
 
 APRIL 19,1775. 
 
house of 
 
 benjamin merriam, 
 
 ONE OF THE MINUTE MEN WHOSE 
 FAMILY FLED 
 
 AT THE APPROACH OF' THE BRITISH, 
 WHO PILLAGED THE HOUSE 
 APRIL 19, 1775. 
 
high school building, 
 formerly town hall, 
 near this spot 
 EARL PERCY 
 
 WITH REINFORCEMENTS 
 
 planted a field piece to cover 
 the retreat of the 
 
 BRITISH TROOPS, 
 
M the hill to the '>OUTH 
 
 WAS PLANTED 
 ME OF THE e-RITI-.H HELAplEOIS 
 APR". 19 1775 
 TO COMMAND THE VILE ACE 
 AND _ S APPROACHES 
 
 AND NEAR THIS PLACE 
 : EVERAL 8UILDINCS WERE CU ’MUD 
 
THE MONROE TAVERN. 
 
 BUILT 1695. 
 
 EARL PERCY'S 
 
 HEADQUARTERS AND HOSPITAL, 
 APRIL 19, 1775. 
 
sa; 
 
BIRTHPLACE OF THEODORE PARKER. 
 
 THE OLD BELFRY ON THE RIGHT. 
 

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