 | R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - 512 páginas
...f William Heath was bom in Roxbury, March, 2, 1737, on the estate settled by his ancestors in 1636, and was bred a fanner. His fondness for military exercises...captain in the Suffolk regiment, of which he became a colonel in 1774. He engaged with zeal in the Revolutionary contest ; was a delegate to the Provincial... | |
 | Duane Hamilton Hurd - 1884 - 602 páginas
...born in Roxbury, March 2, 1737, on the estate settled by bis ancestor in 1636, and was bred a farmer. His fondness for military exercises led him, in 1754,...became colonel in 1774. In 1770 he wrote sundry essays in a Boston newspaper, signed " A Military Countryman," on the importance of military discipline and... | |
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Countryman," on the importance of military discipline and skill in the use of arms. He was a member of the General Court in 1761 and in 1771-74, engaged with zeal in the Revolutionary contest, was a delegate to the 'Provincial Congresses of 1774-75, and... 