Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-08
psr ssnt. Arnerican.sn' about which we heat Ec much in these days?
 Sincerely,
 ALLEN B. LINCOLN. westford, Conn. Aug. 1, 1921.
oDb iNciDENxs is AMxmIoAs
 HISTORY
FAMOUS RIDE OF ISRAEL sIssEL


 In 1ff4 the Committee of corres- 1 pafidehee representing the Coiofies | f0un it most difficult to cUfnInunfcate | with one another, lowing to their let- r tefs Being lost throukh the earelessness | 6f the Government riders" Not iffre duently they Were obliged to send their | ,ettefs BY friends of the cause whom 1 they could trust.
 April fs, f775, it Decsme necessary t6 "Alafrn" the colonies of tite hattie of Lexington and Concord. The E6st roads were being closely guarded by the British and their Tory friends The committees hnesseneers were uf- ten beaten and forced fo turn hack their letters being seized. It was jyi1- Portant that a fearless man sfidtI.d ve chosen for this dangerous dutt,
 Israel Bissell Vas the man selected. he was fast and fearless rider, whose home was ih East Windsor. On ina niofnin6 Of the 18th he vas intrusted with the following message: Yesterday nf6fhinf We hsd rsnorfs in this city from Rhode island and NeV London that sn action had happened 6e-- tween the Kings troops and '1e, ithabi tants of Boston. which was not credited. but about F o'clock an express arrived with the following account, viz Water town, Wednesday morning, dear 10 o'clock. To all Friends of American Liberty. let it De Known: That this ntofnff before break of day a brigade. consisting of about 1000 or 1,200 men, landed at Phip's Farm at Cambrides and marched to Lexington, where ,rev found company of our celony militia in arms upon whom they fired without any provocation and killed six men and wounded four others.
 By an express from Boston. we And. another brigade are upon their ma -.h 1 from Boston, supposed to be about 1. .eas. The bearer. Israel Bisseli, Is charged to alarm the country quite to Connecticut. and Ali persons are desired to furnish him With fresh horses as they may be | needed.
 /I have spoken with several, wao | Have seen the dead and wounded Pray | let the delegates from this colony ls | Connecticut see this. They know Col Foster of Brookffeid, one of our dee ! gates"
 l This message was signed by T. Painter. l one of the committee. Bisseil started
 with the message from watertowA,
 Mass, and took the following route {: Worcester. Mass. Bfookline, New Lon | don, Lyme Saybrook KillinRworti East | Guiifcrd, Guilferd, Branford, New Haven, l New York, New Brunswick, Princeton. | Trenton and arrived in Philadelphia four days from the start. This seems ike A l remarkable time to cover distance rf l nhere than three hundred miles aud l when the rough country and poor roads is to De taken into consideration, t was a | wonderful achievement.
 The express was continued on as far
 as Charleston, s. C., but not by B.ssel;. He returned over the appeal to the petri- cts to another rider, and after rsnainns 5
 in Philadelphia two days re>1rne1 to h's Starting poiAt
 l At each town the time of his arriva, | was indofsed by one Or more Of the mem bers of the committee At many places I 1t was copied. This must have caused
 some delay.
 The time taken by the stage coaches from Boston to Philadelphia at that re-
 about four days, the distance being about
 $50 miles. From the following an idea oi
 how he rode may be obtained:
 ''Bisseli left Watertown near 1f o'clock in the morning and bv noon At 1. had alfead covered the distance to Wtr cester, close to thirty-six miles. As hs
 passed through the country. the ridti
 shouted "To arms, To arms :" and leav-
 ing his good horse, which dropped deaa before the meeting house in Worcester ) the tireless courier, with fresn mount bore the message on up among the hills IT . the direction of Brookline." , With all the good roads that the -i1ei woud encounter today between PhilAael
 phia and Boston, # would take the endur l ance of d horseman, as well as the boS ] mounts he could obtain, to ri1. iron
 Boston from 10 a. m. on one Inornin: i and reach Philadelphia at ?. rn fou 7 days later, yet this is what ssen ii, { and history credits him with berns th 4 kaut nf Salt1b rfdeNA oe fba PhttcI,,
 tien
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