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Bibliography

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. XVI (1907), pp. 131–140 (all Tufts entries). archive.org
Thomas Bellows Wyman, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, vol. II (1879), pp. 964–965. archive.org
Alvin Lincoln Jones, Under Colonial Roofs (1894), pp. 128–129. archive.org
Helen Tilden Wild, Medford in the Revolution (1903), pp. 50, 52, 53. archive.org
Ellen Chase, The Beginnings of the American Revolution, vol. III (1910), p. 99. archive.org
Jay Franklin Tufts, Tufts Family History 1633–1963 (secondary source), pp. 28, 35, 37, 139, 143. archive.org
William Richard Cutter, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, 4 vols. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910): Tufts family, vol. II, pp. 1198–1200; John Brooks and Dr. Tufts, vol. I, p. 566. Vol. I · Vol. II · Vol. III · Vol. IV (archive.org)
Sacramento city directories, 1869–1902 (Albert C. Tufts).
City of Medford, Minute Men monument (1925), photograph.
Herbert Freeman Adams, comp., Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. II (2012; © 2003), pp. 77, 83, 96, 107–115, 145–151. Private copy; cited with short quotes only, no scans.
Herbert Freeman Adams, comp., Tufts Kinsmen, Vol. I (2010), pp. 105, 110–112, 116, 119–120, 128–130, 133, 136–137, 141–142, 145, 150, 152–166, 175–181. The book is not hosted here. Note: Pending further work.
DAR records. Not seen; missing images.

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Research Notes

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Anne Adams Tufts's death date (Feb. 7 or Feb. 17, 1813) and her father (Quincy or Cambridge).

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**Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.** The headquarters of the Massachusetts Historical Society on Boylston Street (photographed 2008).Image: Biruitorul. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Peter Tufts House, Medford, Mass.. Daderot. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Peter and Oliver Tufts House, Somerville, Mass.. Swampyank. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Royall House, Medford, Mass. (1920). Leon H. Abdalian (via Boston Public Library / DPLA). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Isaac Royall House, east (front) facade. Daderot. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Dr. Cotton Tufts, by Benjamin Greenleaf (1804). Benjamin Greenleaf. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Charles Tufts, about 1860. Hale’s Photograph Rooms / Edwin B. Rollins. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Dorchester Heights Monument, South Boston. Jet Lowe (HABS/HAER, Library of Congress). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Old Powder House, Somerville, Mass.. Daderot. CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Prospect Hill Monument, Somerville, Mass.. Daderot. CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775 (Doolittle, Plate I). Amos Doolittle after Ralph Earl. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Battle of Bunker’s Hill, June 17, 1775 (Trumbull). John Trumbull. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, October 17, 1777 (Trumbull). John Trumbull. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
A Narrative of the Life … of Henry Tufts (1807), title page. Samuel Bragg Jr., printer. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Farmington Falls, Maine (postcard, 1907). Unknown (1907 postcard). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Fort Independence, Castle Island, South Boston. Paul Keleher. CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Cradock House, Riverside Ave., Medford (about 1895–1905). Unknown photographer (via DPLA). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Granary Burying Ground, Boston. Ceoil. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Fort on Noddle’s Island, 1776. Unknown draftsman (Library of Congress). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Noddle’s Island and Chelsea Creek, 1775 map detail. J. De Costa. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Medford Square, postcard about 1913. Unknown (postcard). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Medford Square and station, early 1900s. Unknown photographer. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Medford, Massachusetts, 1880 (bird’s-eye view). O. H. Bailey & Co.; C. H. Brainard, agent (Library of Congress). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Mystic River near Medford. Daderot. CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Lexington Battle Green. Dudesleeper. CC BY 2.5. Wikimedia Commons file page
Old North Bridge, Concord. Cbaile19. CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Engagement at the North Bridge in Concord (Doolittle, Plate III). Amos Doolittle (photo: Daderot). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Saratoga Battlefield, Freeman’s Farm. Nsausa. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
West Point on the Hudson, about 1780. Unknown artist (National Archives). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Siege of Rhode Island, 1778 (print of 1779). Unknown engraver. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Battle of White Plains, plan (1796). D. Martin. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Attack against Fort Washington, November 16, 1776. Thomas Davies. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Newburgh and Snake Hill from Fishkill Landing, about 1860–1870. E. & H. T. Anthony (NYPL). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Topsham, Maine, from Mason Street, about 1865–1880. G. W. Barnes (NYPL). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Burning of Charlestown, June 17th, 1775. NYPL Emmet Collection. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Tufts College, about 1854. Unknown artist. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Continental frigate Alliance passing Boston Light, 1780. Matthew Parke (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Commodore John Barry. V. Zveg after Gilbert Stuart (U.S. Navy). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Cape Town, late 18th century (Samuel Davis). Samuel Davis (Yale Center for British Art). CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page
St. George’s, Bermuda (1614). Capt. John Smith. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Gen. Horatio Gates (Gilbert Stuart). Gilbert Stuart (Metropolitan Museum of Art). CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Gen. Henry Knox (after Gilbert Stuart). After Gilbert Stuart (Detroit Institute of Arts). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Gen. Philip Schuyler (John Trumbull). John Trumbull. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Gen. John Burgoyne (Joshua Reynolds). Joshua Reynolds. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
The Isaac Royall Family (Robert Feke, 1741). Robert Feke. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Abigail Adams (Benjamin Blyth, 1766). Benjamin Blyth (Massachusetts Historical Society). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
John Adams (John Singleton Copley, 1783). John Singleton Copley (Harvard Art Museums). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
George Washington (Charles Willson Peale, 1776). Charles Willson Peale (Brooklyn Museum). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
A View of Houses in the City of Albany (1789). Library of Congress Prints & Photographs. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Boston and the country adjacent, 1775 (De Costa map). J. De Costa. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
First Church in Weymouth. Magicpiano. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Hotel Bucklen, Elkhart, Indiana (1863–1880s). Unknown photographer. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Yankeetown, Ohio. Aesopposea. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Town Hall, Lee, New Hampshire. Bostonian13. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Old Salem Jail, St. Peter Street, about 1908. Unknown (postcard). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Halifax, Nova Scotia, looking down Prince Street (1764). James Mason after Dominic Serres (Library of Congress). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Plan of Fort William Henry and camp at Lake George. W. Eyre and I. Heath. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance. Mwanner. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. Biruitorul. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Map of Michigan, 1831 (David H. Burr). David H. Burr. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Washington before Boston medal (1776). P. S. B. Duvivier (via DPLA). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Anne Adams Tufts, “from an oil painting” (published 1912). Unknown engraver, from an oil painting (Green & Green, 1912). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Portrait of Anne Adams Tufts (artist and date unknown). Portrait courtesy of the family / FamilySearch. Artist and date unknown. FamilySearch Family Tree page
DAR tablet to Anne Adams-Tufts (1909), close-up. Photographed by Marc Posner, April 8, 2024. By Marc Posner, HMdb.org. Used with attribution under HMdb.org terms (noncommercial). The Historical Marker Database page
Anne Adams-Tufts marker, Paul Revere Park, Somerville. Photographed by Marc Posner, April 8, 2024. By Marc Posner, HMdb.org. Used with attribution under HMdb.org terms (noncommercial). The Historical Marker Database page
Anne Adams-Tufts marker behind the Paul Revere / Winter Hill Fort marker. Photographed by Marc Posner, April 8, 2024. By Marc Posner, HMdb.org. Used with attribution under HMdb.org terms (noncommercial). The Historical Marker Database page
A Plan of the Town of Boston … in 1775 (Lieut. Page, publ. Faden 1777). Thomas Hyde Page; William Faden (Library of Congress gm71000620). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
A Plan of Boston in New England with its Environs (1777). Map from NYPL (Hades-118256-54202); crop by Fabartus. CC BY 3.0 (crop); original map public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
A Chart of the Harbour of Boston (Des Barres, 1775). Joseph F. W. Des Barres (Library of Congress 75693436). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Alford Street Bridge and the Mystic River Elevated Bridge, 1918. Boston Elevated Railway (City of Boston Archives). Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Alford Street Bridge, raised (2024). 4300streetcar. CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Alford Street Bridge (2025). 4300streetcar. CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Broadway on Winter Hill, Somerville (2024). 4300streetcar. CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford. Magicpiano. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons file page
A Plan of the Town of Medford, surveyed 1794 by Peter Tufts Jun^r. Peter Tufts Jr. (surveyor); Massachusetts Archives. No known copyright restrictions. Digital Commonwealth item page
Plan of Charlestown Peninsula, “from accurate survey by Peter Tufts Jun^r. Esq^r.” (1818). Peter Tufts Jr. (surveyor); Annin & Smith, engravers. No known copyright restrictions. Digital Commonwealth item page
French Model 1763 Charleville musket (lock detail), Smithsonian NMAH 1980.0399.0856. The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page
Tower Brown Bess India Pattern musket, Smithsonian NMAH AF*NM215. The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons file page

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