99. Brigadier-General James Reed (1722-1807)
erected 1975
Fitzwilliam Common
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99. Brigadier-General James Reed (1722-1807) | ||
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"This veteran Captain of the French and Indian War, born
in Woburn, Mass., settled here about 1765 as an original proprietor of Monadnock No. 4, now
Fitzwilliam. After the Battle of Lexington, he recruited several companies to form the Third New
Hampshire Regiment which aided General Stark at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War.
He was commissioned a Brigadier-General following the siege of Boston and his engagement at the
Battle of Ticonderoga." erected 1975 |
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Fitzwilliam Common |
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