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��Concord, New Hampshire.

��gathered in regiments and brigades, Col. William Kent, an honored sur- and performed the evolutions of mimic vivor of the old regime, remembers warfare, to the delight of our grave and distinctly the closing days of the last reverend seniors, who were then the century. He was one of the school- irrepressible boys of the period. The children of the town who marched in

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��Eleventh Regiment embraced Concord and neighboring town companies. Mili- tary rank, like town offices, went from neighbor to neighbor ; and, once com- missioned as an officer, the rise through successive grades was rapid and sure. Those were the palmy days of colonels and brigadier-generals.

��procession to the old North Church when memorial services were held in honor of Washington. He was a mem- ber of the Governor's staff when La- fayette honored Concord with a visit, and took part in the imposing ceremo- nies of the day. In his father's home the French patriot was entertained, and

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