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The Revolutionary Tavern

Middlesex County · dedicated 1930 · Route 2 and Barrett Hill, Shirley · location approximate

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Built before 1747 and kept from 1758 to 1790 by Obadiah Sawtell, "the old landlord." He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress. Here the men gathered at the alarm on April 19, 1775.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

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