Manuscript DS, signed “Sam'l Hoar,” "Josh'a Brooks," and "Ephriam Brown," one page, 8 x 6.5, April 21, 1807. Document pertaining to the repair of highways and bridges in the town of Lincoln, Massachusetts, interestingly naming "Walden Pond" as a local landmark. Signed at the conclusion by Hoar, Brooks, and Brown as assessors to authorize work on the roads. In fine condition. Hoar and Brooks both fought at the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775. Second Lieutenant Hoar and Private Brooks were members of the Lincoln militia that met up with the Concord militia under Major Buttrick and exchanged fire with the British at the North Bridge as they approached Concord. Brooks was wounded by a bullet that grazed his head and passed through his hat. Hoar was later a representative and senator in Massachusetts, and grandfather of US Attorney General Ebenezer R. Hoar. Walden Pond, located on the border of Concord and Lincoln, would be made famous decades later as the retreat of transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau.
