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Hosmer, Abner Home Site

138 Prospect Street



The bronze marker reads:


SITE OF THE HOME OF DEACON JONATHAN HOSMER. ABNER HOSMER, HIS SON, PRIVATE IN CAPT. ISAAC DAVIS' MINUTE COMPANY, AND TWO BLANCHARD BROTHERS, APPRENTICED TO DEACON HOSMER, WENT FROM HERE ON APRIL 19, 1775 TO CONFRONT THE

KING'S TROOPS AT THE NORTH BRIDGE IN CONCORD. THERE ABNER HOSMER FELL DEAD IN THE SAME BRITISH VOLLEY THAT KILLED CAPT. DAVIS.


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