American AcornsNourse, Military Annals of Lancaster (1889), p. 122: Captain Hastings's company at Bunker Hill. Nourse quotes an account that Captain Benjamin Hastings led one company of thirty-four and took post at the rail fence.
Image · dated 1889 · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); militaryannalsof00nour.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
He also relates that
“one account by a soldier states that Captain Benjamin
Hastings . . . . . led one company of thirty-four, and took
post at the rail fence.”
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Keep in mind: Nourse is quoting Frothingham and an unnamed soldier's account. The page names Hastings and his company, not Nathaniel Oaks at the battle.