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The Siege of Boston

French, Allen, 1870-1946, 1911. A public-domain text about Boston, accessioned whole so the archive can quote it.

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book

Author

French, Allen, 1870-1946

Publisher

New York : Macmillan

Published, as stated

1911

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en

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Presented to the LIBRARY of the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO by Ontario Legislative Library • THE SIEGE OF BOSTON THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK • BOSTON • CHICAGO ATLANTA • SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON • BOMBAY • CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO OLD STATE HOUSE THE SIEGE OF BOSTON « *' W$ -3 (/intatiu Of I" BY ALLEN FRENCH a, ' i . Of THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1911 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and clectrotyped. Published February, 1911. Nortooott J. S. Gushing Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. TO C. E. S. PREFACE IN writing this book I have endeavored to produce a brief and readable account of the Siege of Boston, and of the events which brought it about. These were, of course, parts of a larger history, the connection with which I have carefully indicated. My main endeavor, nevertheless, has been to treat my subject as a single organic series of events. To select the more interesting and significant masses of detail, and properly to coordinate them, has not been an easy task. The minor incidents were conditioned by the scale of the book ; the result, I hope, is fluency and a more evident connection between the larger events. So far as possible, I have relied upon con- temporary statements. But no writer on the Siege can fail to acknowledge his deep obliga- tions to the "History of the Siege " by Richard Frothingham. This acknowledgment I gladly Vll viii Preface make. Since 1849, however, the date of the publication of the book, there has come to light interesting new material which I have endeavored to incorporate here. The other authorities upon which I have chiefly de- pended will be found by referring to the foot- notes. ALLEN FRENCH. CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, January, 1911. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. BEGINNINGS AND CONDITIONS I II. WRITS OF ASSISTANCE AND THE STAMP ACT . 21 III. CHARLES TOWNSHEND, SAM ADAMS, AND THE MASSACRE . . . . . .41 IV. THE TEA- PARTY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES . . 71 V. THE OCCUPATION OF BOSTON . . .91 VI. THE POWDER ALARM AND THE WINTER OF 1774-1775 . . '.123 VII. MILITARY PREPARATIONS . . . .161 VIII. THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL . •. . .187 IX. BOSTON BELEAGUERED 216 X. THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL , . .256 XI. WASHINGTON TAKES COMMAND . . .288 XII. EVENTS IN BOSTON FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER, 1775 • " 331 XIII. WASHINGTON'S DIFFICULTIES . . . .361 XIV. THE WINTER IN BOSTON . . . • 392 XV. THE EVACUATION . . . • 4!5 Q)ttt«uo ILLUSTRATIONS OLD STATE HOUSE ..... Frontispiece PAGE THE HUTCHINSON HOUSE . . . . -35 FANEUIL HALL ...... facing 58 SAMUEL ADAMS ...... facing 69 THE INVESTMENT OF BOSTON .... facing 127 REVERE'S PICTURE OF BOSTON IN 1768 . . .175 THE OLD NORTH CHURCH .... facing 181 THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON .... facing 193 PLAN OF THE SIEGE . . . . . 235 THE MINUTE. MAN ..... facing 303 THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE .... facing 303 WASHINGTON'S

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