![WARREN, Joseph, patriot, Major General of Militia. Autograph letter signed ("Jos Warren"), [to Dr Dix in Worcester]; Boston, 10 April 1775. 1 page, 4to, evidence of mounting in left margin, endorsed on verso, fine. RARE.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/NYR/1999_NYR_09178_0295_000(115059).jpg?w=1)
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WARREN, Joseph, patriot, Major General of Militia. Autograph letter signed ("Jos Warren"), [to Dr Dix in Worcester]; Boston, 10 April 1775. 1 page, 4to, evidence of mounting in left margin, endorsed on verso, fine. RARE.
NINE DAYS BEFORE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, WARREN SENDS HIS FAMILY TO SAFETY OUTSIDE BOSTON
A terse letter to an unidentified friend in Worcester, arranging to send his family and household goods out of British-occupied Boston, just before the Lexington and Concord incidents, in which Warren was to play a critical role. He writes: "Sir my Goods are many of them out of Town I must pray you to hire a Couple of Waggons for me and direct them to go to the House of Mrs Mary Warren [his mother] in Roxbury for as many of my Goods as they can carry. My Children & Family I hope will arrive at Worcester by next Thursday Night where I rely upon your Kindness to give them the best Directions in your Power."
Warren (1741-1775), a distinguished Boston physician and dedicated patriot, drafted the Suffolk Resolves and succeeded Sam Adams as head of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Even though he was known to the British as a dangerous patriot, Warren remained in Boston to report on British activities to fellow patriots in the surrounding counties. In fact, six days after this letter, Warren despatched Paul Revere to warn Hancock and Sam Adams, who had established themselves in the Buckman Tavery in Lexington, that General Gage might send troops to arrest them. As it happened, Gage had planned a secret armed expedition to Concord to seize a store of patriot arms. Warren received word of the British move from his network of contacts on the 18th and, at about 10:00 p.m., sent Revere and William Dawes to take the alarm to Concord. A few days after "the shot heard round the world" Warren succeeded Hancock as President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Named Major General of Militia in June 1775, Warren, in the American redoubt during the Battle of Bunker Hill, and in the final, successful British assault, was killed at age 34.
NINE DAYS BEFORE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, WARREN SENDS HIS FAMILY TO SAFETY OUTSIDE BOSTON
A terse letter to an unidentified friend in Worcester, arranging to send his family and household goods out of British-occupied Boston, just before the Lexington and Concord incidents, in which Warren was to play a critical role. He writes: "Sir my Goods are many of them out of Town I must pray you to hire a Couple of Waggons for me and direct them to go to the House of Mrs Mary Warren [his mother] in Roxbury for as many of my Goods as they can carry. My Children & Family I hope will arrive at Worcester by next Thursday Night where I rely upon your Kindness to give them the best Directions in your Power."
Warren (1741-1775), a distinguished Boston physician and dedicated patriot, drafted the Suffolk Resolves and succeeded Sam Adams as head of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety. Even though he was known to the British as a dangerous patriot, Warren remained in Boston to report on British activities to fellow patriots in the surrounding counties. In fact, six days after this letter, Warren despatched Paul Revere to warn Hancock and Sam Adams, who had established themselves in the Buckman Tavery in Lexington, that General Gage might send troops to arrest them. As it happened, Gage had planned a secret armed expedition to Concord to seize a store of patriot arms. Warren received word of the British move from his network of contacts on the 18th and, at about 10:00 p.m., sent Revere and William Dawes to take the alarm to Concord. A few days after "the shot heard round the world" Warren succeeded Hancock as President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Named Major General of Militia in June 1775, Warren, in the American redoubt during the Battle of Bunker Hill, and in the final, successful British assault, was killed at age 34.