The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . to the plain. Soon after, theright flank of the British was exposed to the fire of a body of. GEX. HEATH. GEN. WILLIAM HEATH. 389 militia which had come from Roxbury, Brookline. and Dor-chester. For a few minutes the fire was brisk on bothsides, and the British here had recourse to their field-pieces again. The siege of Boston began when, at the close of that day,guards were posted at Charlestown Neck by Heath. It wasthe singular fortune of
The town of Roxbury: its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages . to the plain. Soon after, theright flank of the British was exposed to the fire of a body of. GEX. HEATH. GEN. WILLIAM HEATH. 389 militia which had come from Roxbury, Brookline. and Dor-chester. For a few minutes the fire was brisk on bothsides, and the British here had recourse to their field-pieces again. The siege of Boston began when, at the close of that day,guards were posted at Charlestown Neck by Heath. It wasthe singular fortune of this officer to perform a similar dutyeight years later at West Point, when the army was finallydisbanded, his being the last division in the service. Hecommanded a division during the siege, was at the head ofthe eastern department in 1777. with the care of the SaratogaConvention prisoners, and subsequently had charge of theposts on the Hudson. Upon the discovery of Arnoldstreason. Heath was the trusted officer to whom Washingtonconfided the command at West Point. Returning to hisfarm at the close of the war, he was chosen a delegate tothe Convention that adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788 ;was a State senator in 1791-92 ; and was ju
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