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[Revolutionary War, Battles of Lexington and Concord]. Letter to Captain Morgan Lewis Thanking Him for His Protection....
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[Revolutionary War, Battles of Lexington and Concord]. Letter to Captain Morgan Lewis Thanking Him for His Protection. Two pages, 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, Massachusetts; April 24, 1775. A letter to Morgan Lewis from a Jonathan Mouton, thanking Lewis and his men for protecting the people of Massachusetts. Signed, "Jonathan Mouton." Dated four days after the battles of Lexington and Concord.The letter reads, in part: "I thank you and the men under your command for so willingly excerting [sic] yourself for the safety of our country...I therefore recommend it to you that as soon as the weather permits to return to your several families and sir I recommend to you to inculcate it on your men that they attend with as close an application in preparing for a crop of provisions as possible with suitable application...should there be any need of your military service within my limits I will give you as reasonable directions as possible."
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, marked the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War. British troops, seeking to seize colonial military supplies in Concord, clashed with colonial militia in Lexington, resulting in the first shots of the conflict, famously referred to as "the shot heard 'round the world." Morgan Lewis raised in his militia in response to the alarm of April 19, and, beginning April 21, pursued the British during their retreat. It was in this course of action that his minutemen defended the citizens and farmlands of Massachusetts, which Mouton thanks him for.
Lewis officially mustered into the Continental Army on August 1, 1775, as a lieutenant in Colonel James Scammon's 30th regiment. He was promoted to Captain of a Sanford Company of the Massachusetts Militia in June of 1776, just in time to lead his men in the Battle of Bunker Hill. His active service ended that same year, but he continued to support the Patriot cause in Sanford for the rest of the war. He died at his home on November 17, 1784.
Condition: Toning and mailing folds, as expected. Slight wear at the margins. Some dampstaining, throughout. Includes a typed transcript of the letter.
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