[Pamphlets. American history]

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Thursday, 17th. - Fine weather, had a shot from Bunker Hill, did
no damage.
Friday, 18th. - Went upon picket, home-guard; a smart shower
last night.
Saturday, 19th. - Pleasaint in the morning, cool in afternoon, the
wind out east. No remarks this day.
Sunday, 20th.- Went upon main guard at the corner house; some
firing from each sentry, but did no damage; all the brigade mustered
and manned the lines.
Monday, 2)1st. - Pleasant for the season, came off main guard at
eleven o'clock.
Tuesday, 22d. -Very hot weather, all still, no remarks. To-day
Lieutenant Whittemore and wife came into camp, and Amos Pearson.
WTednesday, 23d. —Very warm weather; heard some cannon that
were fired from Roxbury from the Regulars; went upon picket guard
at night, some firing about midnight in the Common, Charlestown, but
did no damage upon either side.
Thursday, 24th. - Very hot, came off guard at sunset. No remarks
to-day.
Friday, 25th.-In the afternoon three men from the Regulars'
floating [battery] there swam at Malden, and one came through
Charlestown. A number of cannon and small arms were fired from
the enemy this afternoon, but did no damage.
Saturday, 26th.- Cloudy this morning; some small arms fired at
break of day. At night a large number of men, about twenty-five hundred, went to intrench upon a hill near Mystic River, well known by
the name of the Plowed Hill: about one thousand had tools, the other
was to cover them in case of an attack from the enemy.
Sunday, 27th. -As soon in the morning as the enemy saw our
works, they cannonaded it from Bunker Hill and their floating batteries, killed two of our men with their cannon shot, belonging [to]
Rhode Island, one of them was adjutant to Colonel Varnum's regiment, and his name was Mumford; wounded one Rifleman in the leg so
that he was obliged to have it cut off; killed one Indian; they kept
almost a continual fire with cannon and small arms all day; we killed
a number of Regulars at the lower sentry.
Monday, 28th. - Last night we had a very smart shower of rain,
attended with extreme hard thunder and sharp lightning: it began between eleven and twelve o'clock, and lasted about thrtee-quarters of an
hour. This morning pleasant, but some clouds after rain. All still
at Bunker's Hill; some cannon fired in the afternoon; killed one of the
Rhode Island men with a cannon shot, and wounded Robert Martial
of Captain Lunt's company in the thigh with a small shot; the'enemy
hove three bomb-shells at sunset at the Plowed Hill breastwork, but did
no damage.
Tuesday, 29th. - Went up to the alarm post at break of day, returned at sunrise; cloudy this morning; at seven o'clock came on
stormy, wind at N.E., rained very hard. At night went upon picket