USM 001.056. Autograph of Jonathan Harrington, 1851 April 25

Scope and Contents Document signed by Jonathan Harrington, the last surviving participant of the Battle of Lexington. Contains a statement written that details Harrington's experience. Harrington was the nephew of Captain John Parker, commander of the Lexington militia, and the cousin of Jonathan Harrington, who died after the battle on the doorstep of his home on Lexington Green.Description of Harrington at bottom of document excerpted from Benson J. Lossing's The Pictorial Field-book of the...