HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS. 1 57 



Timberlane [Hampstead, N. H.], once at Dunstable ; twice for the 

 Rev. Mr. Secomb of Harvard ; once for the Rev. Mr Bliss of Con- 

 cord ; and once at the Seat of Isaac Royal^ Esq ; [Medford] . . . 

 This Morning he return'd to Town, & intends, God willing, to preach 

 at five this Evening at the Rev. Mr. Webb'?, [of the New North], and 

 to take his final Leave for this Season of Boston, one Day this Week. 



Mr. Whitefield was an interesting character, and in this 

 country he influenced the lives of thousands of persons ; and 

 the effect of his preaching in many families has been handed 

 down from generation to generation even to the present day. 



HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS. 



On February 20, 1880, the town of Groton dedicated three 

 monuments bearing the following inscriptions, which were 

 written by President Eliot of Harvard College. 



NEAR THIS SPOT 



STOOD THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE OF GROTON 



BUILT IN 1G66 



AND BURNT BY THE INDIANS 



13 MARCH 1676 



HERE DWELT 



WILLIAM AND DELIVER.\NCE LONGLEY 



WITH THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN. 



ON THE 27TH OF JULY 1694 



THE INDIANS KILLED THE FATHER AND MOTHER 



AND FIVE OF THE CHILDREN 



AND CARRIED INTO CAPTIVITY 



THE OTHER THREE. 



COLONEL WILLIAM PRESCOTT 



COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES 



AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 



WAS BORN ON THE 20TH OF FEBRUARY 1726 



IN A HOUSE WHICH STOOD 



NEAR THIS SPOT 



