. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . d the Peace, Liberty, and Independence ofthe United States of America was their glorious Reward. Built in theyear 1799. Concord is a pleasant little village, and lies upon theConcord River, one of the chief tributaries of the Merri-mac, near the junction of the Assabeth and SudburyRivers. Its Indian name was Musketaquid. On accountof the peaceable manner in which it was obtained, bypurchase, of the aborigines, in 1635, it was named Con-cord. At the north end of the broad street, or common,is the house of Colonel Daniel Shattuck, a par
. Sights in Boston and suburbs, or, Guide to the stranger . d the Peace, Liberty, and Independence ofthe United States of America was their glorious Reward. Built in theyear 1799. Concord is a pleasant little village, and lies upon theConcord River, one of the chief tributaries of the Merri-mac, near the junction of the Assabeth and SudburyRivers. Its Indian name was Musketaquid. On accountof the peaceable manner in which it was obtained, bypurchase, of the aborigines, in 1635, it was named Con-cord. At the north end of the broad street, or common,is the house of Colonel Daniel Shattuck, a part of which,built in 1774, was used as one of the depositories of storeswhen the British invasion took place. The Monument at Concord stands a short distancefrom the road leading into the town, upon land given forthe purpose by Rev. Dr. Ripley. The river runs at the CONCORD. 175 foot of the mound on which it stands. It is built ofCarlisle granite, and the following inscription is engravedon a marble table inserted in the eastern face of the ped-estal : —. Here, On the 19th of April, 1775,was made the first forcible resistance to British the opposite bank stood the Americanmilitia, and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the War of the Revolution,which gave Independence to these United gratitude to God, and in the love of Freedom,This Monument was erected,A. D. 1836. 176 SUBURBAN SIGHTS. The view is from the green shaded lane which leadsfrom the highway to the monument, looking two trees, standing one upon each side, without theiron railing, were saplings at the time of the battle; be-tween them was the entrance to the bridge. The monu-ment is reared upon a mound of earth, a few yards fromthe left bank of the river. A little to the left, two rough,uninscribed stones from the field mark the graves of thetwo British soldiers who were killed and buried upon thespot. To reach South Boston from Boston we may take anomnibus, and be landed
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