The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ell and faithfully deliverand pay over to said suffering Bos-tonzians the abov Newmarket had many activeTories, yet it is a matter of recordonly one citizen objected to this timelyassistance to the sacred cause. 48 JSewmarket on the Liamprey These were days vital with eventsof gravest importance, not only to thepeople of this town and the colony ofwhich they were a part, but of theworld. Little did they realize, as withgrave faces they met in Mr. Moodysmeeting house to pass thei
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ell and faithfully deliverand pay over to said suffering Bos-tonzians the abov Newmarket had many activeTories, yet it is a matter of recordonly one citizen objected to this timelyassistance to the sacred cause. 48 JSewmarket on the Liamprey These were days vital with eventsof gravest importance, not only to thepeople of this town and the colony ofwhich they were a part, but of theworld. Little did they realize, as withgrave faces they met in Mr. Moodysmeeting house to pass their various re-solves, that they were assisting to laythe foundation stones upon which fu-ture generations should build not barrels of gunpowder, part of which,later, was transported by ox team toBunker Hill, where it lent most ef-ficient aid to the sacred cause. Immediately the Scarborough fri-gate sloop of war Canseau arrivedwith severa 1 companies of wildest alarm prevailed alongthe coast. Portsmouth, appreciatingher danger and great need of assist-ance, cried loudly for help. The. Newmarket High School alone the greatest but the grandest na-tion of all time, and that the thenunknown banner under whose foldsthey were enlisting was destined tolead onward and upward till thepriceless boon of liberty was carriedto the far islands of the sea. A year later the king in councilpassed an order prohibiting the ex-portation of gunpowder. A copy ofthis royal edict reached Portsmouthby express. With great secrecy anddispatch a company of picked menwas raised and led by the immortalSullivan of Durham. Before the suspicions of the gov-ernor were awakened they proceededto Newcastle, capturing the entiregarrison, carrying off over a hundred >> cry penetrated the place of pinesand promptly the heroic men of New-market responded. Under date of October 20, 1725, ata town meeting specially called, itwas Voted to raise & send thirtyMen to Portsmouth agreeable to therequest of Po
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