Word: barkers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...books of importance have been printed by the University Press very recently. On April 14, "The Siege of Boston," comprising the diary of Lieutenant John Barker during the siege of Boston from November 1774 to May 1776, was published. The book is bound in black cloth with scarlet paper sides, illustrated with twelve reproductions from very rare originals in private and semi-public collections, and enclosed in a slide-case. The edition is definitely limited to 500 copies. So great has been the local demand that less than 200 copies are now available...
...Barker...
...diary of Lieutenant John Barker from 1774 to 1776: The British in Boston. This volume covers the daily life of the British troops during the siege of Boston and also gives accounts of the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill...
...Mile Run-W. L. Chapin '25, LeB. R. Barker...
...that year Lieutenant John Barker wrote down for his own amusement his keenly critical observations of the famous events at Concords, Lexington, and Bunker Hill, his opinions, often expressed with biting sarcasm, of General Gage, Colonel Smith and Colonel Clark, and his caustic comments on Yankee and British general staffs alike. There by he provided a contemporary historical document of exceedingly great value...