Abel Prescott Jr. was one of the Americans who rode to warn that the

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soldiers were coming to

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on the eve of the

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. While his brother

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was warning Concord about the British

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to Concord, Abel rode south to warn the towns of

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and

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. He was fired on by British soldiers as he was returning from the neighboring town. He was slightly wounded in his side but succeeded in escaping by hiding himself in a house belonging to Mrs. Heywood. Within four months he died of the wound and from dysentery at the age of 26.

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