Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775

Title
Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775
LC Subject
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Description
General Gage having learned that the patriots had stored a quantity of powder and provisions at Concord, about twenty miles from Boston, sent a secret expedition to destroy both. The soldiers had orders to go by way of Lexington, and there arrest Samuel Adams, and John Hancock, who were stopping with a friend in that village. The London papers boasted that the heads of these two
Work Type
lantern slides
Location
Lexington >> Middlesex County >> Massachusetts >> United States
Date
1900/1940
Identifier
P217:09:02
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 15 - Revolutionary War
Institution
Oregon State University