. The history of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921 . F]-om an Cld Deawinq. OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, RIVER TAOOART BLOCK. 18G6,CORNER MAIN AND SCHOOL STREETS. Arnolds expedition. 113 laid to undertake the expedition. Planned in secrecy it wasthought to take Quebec by surprise, and to do this effectually thetrip was designed to be made overland through the wilderness ofMaine up the Kennebec River to its source, then over the high-lands known to the Indians as the great carrying place to theheadwaters of the River Chaudiere and down that stream to itsjunction with the St. Lawrence about fo
. The history of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921 . F]-om an Cld Deawinq. OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, RIVER TAOOART BLOCK. 18G6,CORNER MAIN AND SCHOOL STREETS. Arnolds expedition. 113 laid to undertake the expedition. Planned in secrecy it wasthought to take Quebec by surprise, and to do this effectually thetrip was designed to be made overland through the wilderness ofMaine up the Kennebec River to its source, then over the high-lands known to the Indians as the great carrying place to theheadwaters of the River Chaudiere and down that stream to itsjunction with the St. Lawrence about four miles above Quebec. The detachment, says the Editor of the State Papers, wascomposed of men enlisted for that duty from the troops stationedin the vicinity of Boston, and placed undel the command of Arnold, with Roger Enos as second in com-mand. They were relieved from duty in the several organizationsto which they had belonged, and ordered to Cambridge commonon the 8th and 9th of September, where they were assigned to twobattalions of about i,ick) men each. On the evening of the
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