News from Lexington, Putnam Leaving the Plow. "He dared to lead where any dared to follow."

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• PUBLISHER: Published by the Kellogg & Bulkeley Co. Hartford, Conn.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph, printed in color,

  DATE: 1886-7.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 5/8 x 22 1/2" (39.6 x 57.3 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: "He dared to lead where any dared to follow." Issued as "A Christmas Gift to its Patrons; 1886-7, from the 'Bee Hive,' Hartford, Conn." Although he fought in the French and Indian War, Israel Putnam was a farmer near Pomfret, Connecticut, when the Revolution broke out. Upon hearing news of the events at Lexington, he abandoned his plow in the field and rushed to Cambridge to join the patriot forces. Soon he was prominently engaged at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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• CONDITION: Good condition with original printed color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Revolutionary War