Essentials of United States history . ge assumed the aggressive. He heard that powderand cannon were secreted at Salem, and sent Colonel Lesliewith three hundred sol-diers to capture any mili-tary stores to be foundthere. On Sunday morn-ing, February 26, 1775,Leslie sailed out of Bostonharbor and arrived atMarblehead about object of the expedi-tion was at once suspectedby the patriots of Marble-head, and Major JohnPedrick mounted hishorse and rode to Salemto warn the people. Di-vine service was beingheld in the severalchurches, but when MajorPedrick announced theapproach of the soldie
Essentials of United States history . ge assumed the aggressive. He heard that powderand cannon were secreted at Salem, and sent Colonel Lesliewith three hundred sol-diers to capture any mili-tary stores to be foundthere. On Sunday morn-ing, February 26, 1775,Leslie sailed out of Bostonharbor and arrived atMarblehead about object of the expedi-tion was at once suspectedby the patriots of Marble-head, and Major JohnPedrick mounted hishorse and rode to Salemto warn the people. Di-vine service was beingheld in the severalchurches, but when MajorPedrick announced theapproach of the soldiers,the congregations were instantly dismissed. It had been reported to the English that Colonel DavidMason was mounting beyond the North River some old can-non captured from the French in the recent war. ColonelLeslie, therefore, rapidly marched to the drawbridge over theriver. On arriving at the bridge he found a large number ofmen already there and the draw raised. He ordered thedraw down, but his command was defied. There was then. A PowDEK House near Boston. Used by the colonists in 1775 and 1776. 114 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY danger of immediate conflict. Leslie threatened to Timothy Pickering, who was in command of theSalem militia, warned him that if he opened fire not one of hismen would leave town ahve. The delay had already giventime to secrete the cannon, and Reverend Thomas Barnard,pastor of the North Church, succeeded in making a com-promise. The agreement was that the draw should be loweredand that Leslie be permitted to march his men thirty rodsbeyond the bridge, but only on his word of honor as a manand a soldier that he would then countermarch and returnwith his forces to Boston. This was done, and thus blood-shed was averted. Here at Salem, then, was the first armedThe First resistance to British soldiers, and but for the tactArmed and skill of Mr. Barnard, here would probably have Resistance, {^(.^^n the first bloodshed of the Revolutio
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