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the public parade or training field in said Groton on Tuesday the 

 third day of May next at one of the clock in the afternoon with 

 their arms and equipments compleat for the purpose of exami- 

 nation with a view of arms, and for military instruction and exercise. 

 Hereof fail not and make due return of this order to myself or the 

 commanding officer at said time and place. Given under my hand 

 and seal this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one 

 thousand eight hundred and three. 



Timothy Bigelovv Captain. 



Middlesex ss. Groton, April 28, 1803. 



In obedience to the within warrant I have given legal notice to all 

 the persons within mentioned (except Amos Davis, Tyler Bigelow, 

 and Daniel Richardson who are out of town) to appear at the time 

 and place within mentioned for the purposes within mentioned, 



Luther Lawrence. 



DIARY OF REV. EBENEZER PARKMAN AND THE 

 TARBELL AND RICE CHILDREN. 



On June 20, 1707, Sarah, John, and Zechariah Tarbell 

 were carried away from Groton by the Indians into captivity. 

 In the winter of 1739, the boys came back to Groton in 

 order to visit kinsfolk and see their native town. The 

 Diary tells of their conferences with relatives of the Rice 

 boys of Westboro, who were taken captives on August 8, 

 1704, and in 1740 visited their native place. 



1739 ■^P>'i^ 23. NB. Capt. Eager from Court gave advice to 

 M^ Rice to go down to Boston to Confer w'^ Two Men who had been 

 Captivated from Groton w? y^ were but Ladds & had dwelt w'l' y*" In- 

 dians ever since : whose English Names were Tarbell — Capt. Kel- 

 logg being likw. at Boston who was ready to serve y? as an 

 interpreter. 



April 26. NB. Mr Seth Rice came up from Boston where he had 

 Conference w|!; y'= Tarbells of Groton & w'.'^ Capt. Kellogg upon y' 

 Affair of his Brethren's coming down from Canada. 



1740 April 2 \. Nigh to Evening came Mr. John Henry Lydius 

 from Boston, upon his return to Albany : & lodgd here. 



