Note 4 — Prologue
Reading edition
Measurements given above have been taken from: Baldwin Report (1825)—Loammi Baldwin; Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker’s Hill (1843)—Solomon Willard; History of the Battle of Bunker’s (Breed’s) Hill (1875)—George E. Ellis.
Data from old records do not always check modern measurements. For example, a modern reference gives the height of the monument as 221 feet.