A guide-book of Boston for physicians . Across the street and behind the church, one finds the oldburying-ground of the town. Another place of great interestis the Hancock-Clark ! /??•? house on Hancock Street,where Samuel Adams andJohn Hancock were sleep-ing when roused by PaulRevere. This house con-tains nearly all the richcollection of the Lexing-ton Historical interesting placesin Lexington are markedby tablets with historicaldata, and on the road toConcord, which the Britishtravelled, there are two orthree other places of in-terest. Entering Concord, andpassing for the time
A guide-book of Boston for physicians . Across the street and behind the church, one finds the oldburying-ground of the town. Another place of great interestis the Hancock-Clark ! /??•? house on Hancock Street,where Samuel Adams andJohn Hancock were sleep-ing when roused by PaulRevere. This house con-tains nearly all the richcollection of the Lexing-ton Historical interesting placesin Lexington are markedby tablets with historicaldata, and on the road toConcord, which the Britishtravelled, there are two orthree other places of in-terest. Entering Concord, andpassing for the time theliterary landmarks, onecomes to Monument Sq.,a short distance from theBoston and Maine Rail-road station. Just beforeit is reached, one sees theWright Tavern, built in 1747. Here the British commander,Major Pitcairn, as he stirred his brandy, boasted he would stirthe blood of the Yankee rebels. From the hill nearly opposite,Pitcairn watched the battle at the bridge. From the Square, a sign points the way up Monument Street. N. L. Stebbins, Photo. MINUTE-MAN, CONCORD By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to Aprils breezt unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard round the world. 152 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION to the Battle-Ground. Turning into a lane, with dark pines oneither side, one comes to the monument which marks the siteof the conflict. The setting is particularly impressive, and as hecrosses the rude bridge tha,t arched the flood/ looks atFrenchs statue of the brave young minute-man, and reads theinscription on the monument, no American can fail to be the retreat of the British a mile or so on the Lex-ington road, to Merriams Corners, one sees the place wherethe enemy were attacked by the farmers and townspeople, andfled in confusion. Concord is rich in literary associations. Ralph Waldo Emersonlived here for many years, and died here. Nathaniel Hawthorne,Henry Thoreau, the Alcotts and the Hoar family al
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