“July 4th, Newell tells us: The 38th Regiment landed at Hancock’s wharf and next day, the 5th at Long Wharf. Both camping on the Common. Addressing the Relief Committee in Boston, the chairman of the Wrentham Committee  writes on the same date: ‘Permit me, gentlemen, to assure you that we feel the heavy hand of power and claim a share in your sufferings.’ A gift of nineteen bushels of rye and eleven bushels of corn forwarded by Mr. Ezra Ware gave expression to their sympathy.”

Reference Data:

The Beginnings of the American Revolution, Vol. 2, by Ellen Chase, 1910, pages 4-5