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[Revolutionary War]. Partly-printed document listing 49 soldiers of Capt. Luke Drury's Company, [ca. May 1775], [probably Cambridge, Massachusetts] [Siege of Boston]. Accomplished by Nathan Morse, 1 page (13.5 x 14 in.; 343 x 356 mm.), with 13 ruled columns, 4 of which - "Men's Names.," "Towns whence they came.," "Rank.," and "Time of Inlistment.," - are accomplished in manuscript; lower margin extended to accommodate the names of the last 4 men. This muster roll bears the names of 49 members of Captain Luke Drury's Company. At least 29 of these men were Grafton, Massachusetts-area Minutemen who had very recently responded to the Lexington-Concord Alarm (19-21 April 1775), including Fortune Burnee, of African-American and Native American heritage, joined by his half-brother, Joseph Anthony, who enlisted on 29 April and died in service. General soiling with a few stains; professionally mended 1.5 in. tear into names column and 2 in. fold separation. May 1775 Siege of Boston muster roll, listing 29 Lexington Alarm Minutemen - including 2 African-Americans & 1 soldier killed at Bunker Hill. Names of the soldiers as they appear on the document are shown here: Luke Drury Capt ... April 19th (2) Asaph Sharmon 1t Lt ... April 19th [Asaph Sherman] (2) Jonas Brown 2d Lt ... April 19th (2) Nathan Morse ... Serjeant / April 26th (4) Shelomith Stow ... Serjeant / April 19th (2) Ebenezer Phillips ... Serjeant / April 19th (2) Jonah Goulding ... Serjeant / April 19th (2) William Walker ... Corporal / April 19th (2) Joseph Leland ... Corporal / April 19th (2) Abner Brigham [of] Crydon [Croydon, NH] / Corporal / May 20th (1) William Moore ... Corporal / April 19th [killed August 17, 1775 on expedition to Canada] (2) Elijah Rice ... Drum.r [Drummer] / April 19th (2) Zadock Putnam ... Fifer / April 19th (2) Edward Buttrick ... April 2[?] (3) Isaac Brigham (2) Forten Burnea [Fortin/Fortune/Fortunatus Burnee; African-American] (3) Peter Butler (2) Esick Dexter [Esek Dexter] (3) Zebulon Daniels (1) William Evens [William Evans] (3) Gad Smith [of] Gilford, in York [Guilford, ME] (1) Solomon Stow (1) Benjamin Grover (1) Aaron Heath [of] Tyringham [or Alstead, NH; enlisted April 26, 1775; taken prisoner 3 times] (1) Jonathan Hemenway [Jonathan Hemingway; of Framingham] (1) Thadeus Kemp [of] Bilreca [Thaddeus Kemp; of Billerica; enlisted 29 April 1775] (1) Ebenezer Leland [also of Croydon, NH] (2) Elezar Leland [Eleazer Leland; also of Croydon, NH; enlisted 20 May 1775] (1) Thomas Leland [Sr.] [of Sutton] (5) Thomas Leland 2,d (1) James Marting [of] Walpole, NH [enlisted 26 April 1775] (1) Ebenezer Melendy (2) Ebenezer Wadsworth [also of Alstead, NH; guardian of above William Evans] (1) Samuel Heards [Samuel Heard; killed 17 June 1775 at Bunker Hill] (1) William Marting [of Chelmsford; enlisted 1 May 1775] (1) Thomas Pratt (2) Joseph Plumly [Joseph Plumley; also of Alstead, NH] (1) Matthias Rice (2) Henry Redner [also of Sandisfield; enlisted 7 May 1775] (1) George Smith (3) Eliphalet Smith [born in Suffield, CT; of Sandisfield] (3) Samuel Starns [Samuel Stearns] (2) Moses Sherman (2) Jonah Stow [of] Alstead, NH [enlisted 26 April 1775] (1) John Banks [also of Alstead, NH] (1) Joseph Anthony [enlisted 29 April 1775; African-American (1) Solomon Brooks (2) Elisha Aldrich [enlisted 26 April 1775] (3) Jaazaniah How [Jezaniah Howe; also of Alstead, NH; enlisted 29 April 1775] (1) Corresponding footnotes: (1) Not found listed on a surviving Lexington Alarm muster roll. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors. 20 of the 49 men, counted by us as Militiamen rather than Minutemen. (2) Captain Luke Drury's Grafton Company, marched 36 miles in response to the Lexington Alarm, 19 April 1775. Also reprinted in History of Grafton. 20 of the 49 men. (3) Marched 36 miles on April 21, 1775 to join Capt. Aaron Kimball's April 19th Grafton Company. Ibid. Also in History of Grafton. 7 of the 49 men. (4) Captain Aaron Kimball's Grafton Company, marched 36 miles in response to the Lexington Alarm, 10 April 1775. Ibid. Also in History of Grafton. 1 of the 49 men. (5) Captain John Putnam's Sutton Company, marched approx. 42 miles in response to the Lexington Alarm, 19 April 1775. Ibid. 1 of the 49 men. Revolutionary War documents listing Minutemen and black troops are scarce. In addition, this is one of the first printed forms of the American Army listing Samuel Heard, who was killed at Bunker Hill the following month, and William Moore, also killed in service that summer. An extremely rare touchstone to the earliest days of the Revolutionary War.