FR 494 "Battle of Lexington" $20 Brown Back CGC 64PQ
US FR 494 "BATTLE OF LEXINGTON" 1882 $20 2nd CHARTER "BROWN BACK" CHARTER # 733 "J.P. MORGAN SIGNATURE" GRADED CGC 64PQ CHOICE UNCIRCULATED!! FROM THE CU RUN! EXCELLENT COLORS AND CENTERING!
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON WAS A MILITARY CONFLICT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE THIRTEEN COLONIES IN AMERICA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. GENERAL THOMAS GAGE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION FROM SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM LEGGE TO DISARM THE REBELS AND TO IMPRISON THE LEADERS OF THE REBELLION. GENERAL THOMAS SENT BRITISH TROOPS (THE "REDCOATS") TO CAPTURE THE PATRIOT SAMUEL ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK. THE BATTLE HAD OVER 100 SPECTATORS, NO ONE KNOWS WHO FIRED THE FIRST SHOT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BUT MANY BELIEVE IT WAS A SPECTATOR. THE BATTLE ENDED WITH RETREAT FROM THE COLONISTS WHO WERE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED BY BRITISH TROOPS.
THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON WAS A MILITARY CONFLICT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE THIRTEEN COLONIES IN AMERICA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. GENERAL THOMAS GAGE RECEIVED INSTRUCTION FROM SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM LEGGE TO DISARM THE REBELS AND TO IMPRISON THE LEADERS OF THE REBELLION. GENERAL THOMAS SENT BRITISH TROOPS (THE "REDCOATS") TO CAPTURE THE PATRIOT SAMUEL ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK. THE BATTLE HAD OVER 100 SPECTATORS, NO ONE KNOWS WHO FIRED THE FIRST SHOT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BUT MANY BELIEVE IT WAS A SPECTATOR. THE BATTLE ENDED WITH RETREAT FROM THE COLONISTS WHO WERE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED BY BRITISH TROOPS.