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2007-01-10 16:08:38 · 3 answers · asked by Eugene P 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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The head was rescued (stolen) by Tories and shipped to England. Part of the statue was made into 42,088 bullets under the direction of Gen. Oliver Wolcott. The rest was stolen (rescued) by another bunch of Tories and hidden. Pieces of the statue have been recovered over the years, the last known in 1972. About 1,400 pounds of the 4,000 pound statue are still unaccounted for.

If you need to know the names of the people who made the bullets, how many and where they were sent, this is from skyweb.net, link cited below:

Mrs. Marvin, 3456 cartridges. Mrs. Marvin, on former account, 2602 Ruth Marvin on former account, 6204 Not sent to court house 449 packs, 5388 Laura, on former account, 4250 Not sent to court house 344 packs, 4128 Mary Ann, on former account, 5762 Not sent to the court house 119 packs, out of which I let Colonel Perley Howe have 3 packs, 5028 Frederick, on former account, 708 Not sent to court house, 19 packs, 228 Mrs. Beach's two accounts, 2002 Made by sundry persons, 2182 Gave Litchfield militia, on alarm, 50 Let the regiment of Col. Wigglesworth have, 300 Cartridges, No. 42,288 Overcharged in Mrs. Beach's account, 200 (total) 42,088

or in another account of the story on skyweb:

With the aid of three ladies of the neighborhood, daughters Laura (age 15) and Mariann (age 11) and son Frederick (age 9) manufactured a total of 42,088 rounds (Laura 8,378, Mariann 10,790, Frederick 936) which the General duly turned over to the almost empty military supply depot, "melted majesty," people said, to be poured right back into the king's men."

2007-01-10 16:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by Peaches 5 · 0 0

Paul revere

2007-01-11 00:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

nice info Georgia B

2007-01-11 03:23:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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