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INVENTORY FORM C CONTINUATION SHEET LEXINGTON 16 MERIAM STREET <br /> MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION Area(s) Form No. <br /> 220 MORRISSEY BOULEVARD,BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS 02125 <br /> �H 947 <br /> Nevertheless,the plaque,and its inscription,have occupied this site on Merriam Hill since the late 19th century. <br /> ENTIRE INSCRIPTION (if applicable): <br /> ON THIS HILL <br /> SAMUEL ADAMS <br /> HEARING THE FIRE OF THE <br /> BRITISH TROOPS APRIL 19, 1775 <br /> EXCLAIMED TO HANCOCK <br /> "WHAT A GLORIOUS MORNING FOR AMERICA!" <br /> BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES: <br /> Everett,Edward,An address, delivered at Lexington, on the 19th (20th)April, 1835 (Charlestown,William W.Wheildon: 1835) <br /> Gordon,William, The History Of The Rise,Progress and Establishment Of The Independence Of The United States of America,Including An <br /> Account Of The Late War,And Of The Thirteen Colonies,From Their Origin To That Period(London: 1788) <br /> Staples,Rev. Carlton A., "Some historic doubts concerning the battle of Lexington" (Lexington: Lexington Historical Commission,undated <br /> monograph) <br /> Town of Lexington,Reports of the Committee on Historical Monuments and Tablets, 1884 and 1885 <br /> poi <br /> Continuation sheet 2 <br />