In this letter written four days after the Battle of Bunker Hill, John Bromfield of Newburyport recounts what he has heard from friends who were in Charlestown serving as part of two Newburyport companies. Bromfield's letter includes descriptions of the conditions in Charlestown; the overnight building of fortifications, the lack of food and water for the men the morning of the battle, and also the first skirmishes between the British and the colonists. Bromfield describes the casualties endured by both sides and the letter ends with the news that Joseph Warren has been killed in battle.