acount of the tranactions of
the 19 day.

the 20. I went upon the main guard at night our boats went up with in
gun Shot of the comon[147] and alarmed them by fireing Several guns
and then returned without any Loss on our side.

[Footnote 147: The large park, known as Boston
Common, extended down to the water's edge, before
the flats were filled in.]

the 21. Nothing remarkable hapened this day at night one of the enemy
deserted and came to us.

the 22. We paraded nothing remarkable I went down to the piquet.

the 23, 24. Nothing remarkable.

the 25. A flag of truce came out of town but for what I dont know.

the 26. This morning their was a man ran away from the floating
battery.

the 27. Being Sunday but they make such a fireing over at Bunkers hill
that it seems to be more Like the Kings birth day than Sunday but what
Sucksess they have had we are not able to determine but we heard that
they killed too men and wounded 3 or 4 four more[148]

[Footnote 148: About nine o'clock on Sunday
morning, the 27th, the British opened a heavy
cannonade from Bunker's hill (where they had built
a strong redoubt), and from a ship and floating
battery in Mystic river. The firing was directed
upon the American works on Winter, Prospect, and
Ploughed hills. They continued to bombard these
works daily until the 10th of September.]

the 28. But they still hold up their firing at Bunkers hill nothing
more remarkable this day.

the 29. I went upon the piquet down to the george tavern and the enemy
fired several small arms at us but did us no Damage.

the 30. Very rainy nothing extraordinary this day.

the 31. Nothing extraordinary this day only it was rainy at night
Lieutenant Foster and four men went down to the piquet.[149]

[Footnote 149: There was a famous tree in Boston,
under which the patriots had often held meetings
since the time of the stamp-act excitement. On that
account it was called "Liberty-Tree." It was a
noble elm, and stood at the corner of the present
Washington and Essex streets. On the 31st of
August, 1775, the British cut it down, with no
apparent