On this day 250 years ago, the Town Meeting of Watertown, Massachusetts voted “that a minute company should be formed for military exercises, each man being allowed for his attendance once a week four coppers (for refreshment).” The officers of the Watertown Minutemen were: Captain Samuel Barnard; First Lieutenant John Stratton; Second Lieutenant Phineas Stearns; Ensign Edward Harrington, Jr.; Sergeant Samuel Sanger; Sergeant Abner Craft; Sergeant Christopher Grant, Jr.; Sergeant Josiah Capen, Jr.; Sergeant Stephen Whitney; Corporal Moses Stone, Jr.; Corporal Isaac Sanderson, Jr.,; and Corporal Nathaniel Bright.

Source: https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/lexington-and-concord-watertown-militia/

Also on this day in Boston an anonymous letter to a known Loyalist stated “Whenever government shows itself in earnest, ‘Down with the Tories’ is the cry and no stone left unturned to insult England.” 

Source: https://allthingsliberty.com/2018/08/communities-divided-massachusetts-january-to-march-1775/