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John Buttrick was a prominent leader of the Concord Militia during the Battle of Concord. He was given credit of ordering "the shot heard around the world." He is mentioned in a letter dated May 20th 1861 from William Roland G. Mellon to Frances Miller Seward. 

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John Buttrick was a prominent leader of the Concord Militia during the Battle of Concord. He was given credit of ordering "the shot heard around the world." He is mentioned in a letter dated May 20th 1861 from William Roland G. Mellon to Frances Miller Seward.
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