NEAR THIS SPOT A PARTY
OF PATRIOTIC WOMEN UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF MRS. DAVID
WRIGHT OF PEPPERELL, IN
APRIL 1775, CAPTURED LEONARD
WHITING, A TORY WHO WAS
CARRYING TREASONABLE DESPATCHES
TO THE ENEMY AT BOSTON. HE
WAS TAKEN A PRISONER TO GROTON
AND THE DESPATCHES WERE SENT
TO THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY
AT CAMBRIDGE.
