Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . two iron cannon. The nearest approach to a fight with the Indians within the limitsof the town was made in 1631, when, a portion of the company was on guard at night on accountof expectation of an attack by the savages. An arrow shot from a bush near by passed throughthe clothing of the commanding officer and then the guard fired a volley and retreated as it was 8 LYNN AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. too dark to engage in open combat. The next morning several cannon shots were fired into thewoods and the settlers stood ready to defend
Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . two iron cannon. The nearest approach to a fight with the Indians within the limitsof the town was made in 1631, when, a portion of the company was on guard at night on accountof expectation of an attack by the savages. An arrow shot from a bush near by passed throughthe clothing of the commanding officer and then the guard fired a volley and retreated as it was 8 LYNN AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. too dark to engage in open combat. The next morning several cannon shots were fired into thewoods and the settlers stood ready to defend their homes but no foes appeared and in the futurethe settlement remained unmolested. ^ . When the Pequot war broke out, in 1636, one of the companies that saw the most active ser-vice, during the first campaign, was commanded by a Lynn man, and when the second expeditionwas taken, in 1637, the town furnished twenty-one men. Lynn also took a prominent part in theKing Philip war, for although too far away from the fields of battle to be exposed to any immedi-. LYNN AFTER THE FIRE, 1889, FROM BROAD STREET. ate danger the town appreciated the importance of that deadly struggle and knowing that its out-come would decide the question of supremacy between the whites and the Indians, it contributedfreely both men and means and thus done much to aid in the advancement of settlements through-out New England. During the French and Indian war many Lynn soldiers saw active service,notably a company which started from Lynn for Canada, May 23, 1758, and of which two werekilled on the field of battle. A resolution passed at a meeting held December 16, 1773, may be taken as a fair expressionof the spirit shown by the people in resisting what they considered unfair government exactions; We highly disapprove of the landing and selling of such teas in America, and will not suffer anyteas, subjected to a parliamentary duty, to be landed or sold in this town; and we stand ready toassist our brethre
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