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- GLC#
- GLC00303
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 19, 1775
- Author/Creator
- Merrill, Isaac, 1708-1787
- Title
- to John Currier
- Place Written
- Essex County, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written by Merrill, a Colonel of militia, sending an account of the American militia's opposition to British troops at Lexington and Concord to Captain Currier. He mentions that Gage marched last evening out of Boston "Destroying our men and interest." Tells Currier to muster and mobilize as many of his officers and soldiers as possible. Tells him to spread the word and have other militia companies join them. Says he should appoint an officer to take charge in case he has to leave. Merrill still saw himself as a British citizen when he signed the date of the letter "in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of George the Third." Verso contains miscellaneous calculations which seem unrelated to this letter.
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