STORIES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
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Hezekiah Broad
" Hezekiah Broad was born in Massachusetts in 1748. He was a man of strong common sense, great moral courage, stern integrity; discreet and consistent in all things. He early and firmly opposed British oppression. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in 1774 and a delegate of the Massachusetts Convention that framed the state constitution in 1779. He filled various public offices with honor to himself and usefulness to his constituents. He died at Nantick, Mass, on the 17th of March 1824."
Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson