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STORIESABOUTGENERAL WARREN,
STORIESABOUTGENERAL WARREN,
IN RELATION TO THE FIFTH OF MARCH MASSACRE, AND THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. BY A LADY OF BOSTON. BOSTON: JAMES LORING, 132 WASHINGTON STREET. 1835. Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1835, BY JAMES LORING, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts....
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PREFACE.
PREFACE.
The author of the following little sketch has often heard the question asked, "What did Gen. Warren do to deserve all that has been said about him?" "Did he do any thing more than fight bravely, and get killed on the day of the battle of Bunker Hill?" To answer these questions, and to show, that although it was much for him to sacrifice his life for his country, yet that was not all he did; that he had toiled nobly for many years in her cause, before a drop of blood had been shed to accomplish h
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STORIES OF GENERAL WARREN.
STORIES OF GENERAL WARREN.
As Mary Montague and her mother were one morning sitting at work, by a cheerful fire, William, a boy about nine years old, ran in exclaiming, Oh dear mother! I'm so tired I don't know what to do. Mrs. Montague. Why, my son, what has tired you so much? William. I have been playing hoop more than an hour, and my hands ache so I can play no longer. Mrs. M. Then you had better come and sit down with Mary and me and rest yourself. William. Yes, mamma, I will, if you can lend me some pretty book, or t
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