Historical Sketches of the Times and Men in Ashfield, Mass;, During the Revolutionary War (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the Times and Men in Ashfield, Mass;, During the Revolutionary War And upon examining a list of the patriotic I am impressed with the thought, that so large a proproportion of them did so. Seven out of twelve of those who were of suitable age. Two men it appears were enduring hard service under Washington. Mr. Stocking had nine men to guard in his house because of their Tory sympathy. So we see the efforts of the newly and thinly settled districts were to the extent of their ability; though our estimate does not comprise the most thickly settled districts as No 1, 2, and 8. For at this late day, I am unable to learn where all their men were. Then our fathers were wise enough to do more than put forth determined efforts. They earnestly sought for assistance from "the great Judge of the Universe." Not only soldiers went on; their minister went as a chaplain. The Rev. Nehemiah Porter left Ashfield soon after the 16th of August and did not return until after the surrender of Burgoyne. His serving as chaplain in Gen. Gates´ army is the great historical event of Ashfield, though Dr. Paine does not allude to it in his history of the town. Yet it may be safely claimed, that it would be profitable to every friend of our country to know about his services to it, in the time of its trial. But though I have for nearly twenty years been endeavoring to find something published or written about them, I have found only a few sentences. I am obliged, therefore, to rely upon traditional reports. They inform us that at one time the army was assembled for prayer, and Mr. Porter engaged so long and earnestly in prayer, a profane soldier said, "I don´t want to live until that man gets done praying." From what Dr. Thatcher, a surgeon in the army, has recorded in his journal, we infer this assembling of the soldiers was on the Sabbath, just before Gen. Gates marched north to meet Burgoyne. And the next day he wrote and issued his proclamation, encouraging the Americans to expect the help of Heaven. It seems evident Gates was inspired with this encouraging assurance to his men, by hearing Mr. Porter´s prayer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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