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He told
me he was on the Common when the British Regulars fired upon
the Lexington men. He did not tell me then the story which
he told afterward at the great celebration at Concord in 1850.
He and Amos Baker were the only survivors who were there that
day. He said he was a boy about fifteen years old on April
19, 1775. He was a fifer in the company. He had been up
the greater part of the night helping get the stores out of
the way of the British, who were expected, and went to bed
about three o'clock, very tired and sleepy. His mother came
and pounded with her fist on the door of his chamber, and
said, "Git up, Jonathan! The Reg'lars are comin' and somethin'
must be done!"
Governor Briggs repeated this anecdote in the old man's presence
at the Concord celebration in 1850. Charles Storey, a noted
wit, father of the eminent lawyer, Moorfield Storey, sent
up to the chair this toast: "When Jonathan Harrington got
up in the morning on April 19, 1775, a near relative and namesake
of his got up about the same time: Brother Jonathan. But
his mother didn't call him.


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