The Notebook of William Benjamin Sayer

Col. Daniel Morgan’s riflemen stopped at this farm after the battle of Lexington Mass. The old barn that stood on the opposite or south side of the road, and Morgan to show his men’s skill with the rifle had one of them shoot a wren at the peak of the barn roof with a rifle Ball (June 1776 is noted; does not appear to be the correct date--sg). ................
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