Newspaper Clipping of “Holding the Pepperell Bridge” Poem
Exhibit: To See My Country Free
Newspaper Clipping of “Holding the Pepperell Bridge” Poem
Date Unknown Groton History Center Collection
This poem, cut from a regional newspaper’s section for Ayer, tells the story of Prudence Wright’s Guard and their exploits at Jewett’s Bridge. Interestingly, this poem was written by Annie Virginia Culbertson of Zanesville, Ohio, and is pasted on the back of a picture frame which holds a photograph of a watercolor painting said to be completed by Prudence Wright herself.