Note 6 — Chapter III · THE CHOICE OF A CAREER
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Her mother had been Miss Hannah Linzee, whose father, Captain Linzee, of the British sloop-of-war Falcon, had tried by heavy cannonading to dislodge Colonel William Prescott from the redoubt at Bunker Hill. The swords of the two had been handed down in their respective families, and now found a peaceful resting-place in young Prescott's "den," where they hung crossed upon the wall above his books.