1828 REVOLUTIONARY WAR AUTHOR SIGNED PAMPHLET DEDHAM CAPT GUILD'S COMPANY

19 PPS PAMPHLET WRITTEN BY ELIAS WARE, THE ONLY SURVIVING MEMBER OF CAPT. GUILD'S DEDHAM REGIMENT FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. SIGNED TWICE BY WARE AS AUTHOR TO A WILLIAM FAIRBANKS, AND ONCE AS ELIAS WARE IN PAGE 18. READS LIKE A RUN-UP AND CHRONICLE OF THE REV WAR, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAPT GUILD'S COMPANY AND COL GREATON'S REGIMENT. DESCRIBES THE INCREASING TENSIONS LEADING TO THE BOSTON MASSACRE, INDIAN SLAUGHTER, POEM ABOUT THE REV WAR, LIST OF LOST LIVES IN EACH BATTLE, DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIFORM DRESS, LIST OF SOLDIERS IN GUILDS COMPPANY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER 1776. QUITE SCARCE, WITH NO ONLINE SALES AND ZERO AUCTION RECORD. UNLIKE MANY CHRONICLES OF THE REV. WAR WRITTEN DURING THE 1820'S, THIS ONE FEELS A BIT MORE PERSONAL.