The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

366 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
July 6. Our soldiers had a scurmig this morning with
their gard, and drove them from it and set Brown's house
afire on the Neck.
July 10. Our People go to Long Island and fetch of all
the cretors, and took 13 mereens prisoners.
July 11. This day many of the ships goes out of the harbor, but upon what expedition we cannot tell at preasant.
July 12. This day we have our town meeting to choose
representative according to the advice of the Continental
Congress.
July 13. Our people began to entrench near the George
tavern on Boston Neck, and the soldiers fired at them and
kild one man.
July 15. I went to Newport in Rodilan.
July 20. The Light-house was sot afire, and our people
went to Nantasket to git of the barley and hay.
July 30. There was something of a scirmige with the
Regulars; the Regulars set the George tavern afire on the
Neck.
Aug. 25. This day four barges came up to the farm bar;
our people fired at them, but did them no damage.
Sept. 11. This day there was a canoe came of from the
fortification on the Neck; the wind blowd so hard that it
blowd him off, and a boat with five men to help him, and
and were all blowed over to the Neck and were taken prisoners.
Sept. 18. There was 108. shot fired at our people this day,
but not one man killd.
Sept. 26. Our people went on an expedition over the bay,
and set the house on fire on Governor's Island.
Oct. 8. The Men a War goes from Boston to Bristol roadiland, and then fired on the town and did much damage.
Oct. 10. Governor Gage sailed for England.
Oct. 12. Mr. Edward Prestons barn and Chocolate mill
were both burnt to ashes.
Oct. 16. Our people went down in Cambridge bay with two
floating Batery's to fire upon Boston, and one of them split
their cannon by not raming their shot down; it kild one and
wounded 6.
Oct. 20. The ships set fire to the town at Casco bay, and
burn about three quarters of the town to ashes.
Oct. 28. There was 417 houses and warehouses burnt at
Casco bay the 20th of this month.
Dec. 15. Our Privatears take a fine prize laden with ammunition and stors, and a fine mortar.