Eureka Reporter | 1906-03-23 | Page 4 | Spurs Worn by Gen. Putnam

SPURS WORN BY GEN PUTNAM relics of revolutionary hero owned by massachusetts man among the choicest relics in the country are the spurs worn by israel putnam when accord in the winter of 1778 as the narra alve runs gen putnam was delegated to visit horse iseck conn now call ed greenwich the british general toon had been ravaging towns and villages along the sound and at length 1500 strong descended upon putnam alth his little force 0 men and two iron pieces putnam drew up his men with their field pieces on high ground near the meeting house where they for a time repulsed the enemy provoked and mortified that so in ing to the story he dashed down the steps at horse neck pursued by the british significant a band could keep back his superior numbers gen toon or dered a party 0 horsemen to charge the americans putnam erected his men to a swamp saying run my lads I 1 will take pare ot myself waiting until the british swords almost reached him he struck spurs into his horse and to the amazement of the pur auers dashed down the seventy five or stone steps leading from the meeting house no one dared follow him uninjured though a ball bad pierced hi hat putnam rode to ford the spurs have come down through the descendants of putnam they are ot brass very heavy and old fash toned they are now in the posses slon of a westfield mass man