Kaler, James Otis: Corporal 'Lige's Recruit. v1. 19 Jun 2013
 

James Otis Kaler (March 19, 1848 — December 11, 1912) was an American journalist and author of children’s literature. He used the pen name James Otis.

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There was great excitement among the citizens of the town of Pittsfield in the province of Massachusetts on the first day of May in the year 1775.
Master Edward Mott and Noah Phelps, forming a committee appointed by the Provincial Assembly of Connecticut, had arrived on the previous evening charged with an important commission, the making known of which had so aroused the inhabitants of the peaceful settlement that it was as if the reports of the muskets fired at Lexington and Concord were actually ringing in their ears.

Hey, I formated this ebook for Project Gutenberg (working as post-processor at Distributed Proofreaders) :D

Well, Sir, you did a great job on it. :thumbsup: