as revolutionary leader in Boston, 79
ties to Whigs in other colonies, 380
organizes intelligence-gathering, 51, 79
helps organize alarm system, 88, 99, 138
MIDNIGHT RIDE: overview, 93, 387
prepares for ride, 103
arranges to send lantern signals, 98–99
crosses Charles River, 104, 312, 313, 389
“gits”
horse, 106, 136
eludes British patrol, 107
ride to Lexington, 108–11
lost hour in Lexington, 395
rides to Lincoln, 129–31
capture of, 129, 184, 185
site of capture, 391
impact of capture on British plans, 184, 185, 399
historians and capture, 392
horse, 106–9, 136, 334–35, 337 339, 376, 389
distance traveled, 393
no pay for, 415
writes accounts of, 329
first pub. acct. by Gordon, 327
legends, 104
reenacted, 337
OTHER RIDES: overview, 26, 300, 301, 377, 378
to Phila., Dec. 17, 1773, 300
to New York and Phila., May, 14, 1774, 300
to New York, summer, 1774, 300
to Phila. Sept. 11, 1774, 301
to Phila., Sept. 29, 1774, 301
to Portsmouth, N.H., Dec. 12, 1774, 54, 301
to Exeter, N.H., Jan. 26, 1775, 301
to Concord, April 7–8, 1775, 87, 301
to Concord, Lexington and Charlestown, April 16, 1775, 88, 301
to Lexington and Lincoln (midnight ride), April 18–19, 1755, 301; 10
Massachusetts towns (for Committee of Safety), April 20–May 1, 301
to Phila., (“munitions mission”), Nov. 12, 1775, 301
expense accounts, 267, 268
spurs, illus., 109
saddlebags, illus., 107
WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: at muster of militia, 151
rescues Adams and Han-co k., 174
rescues secret papers, 179, 191
at Lexington fight, 188, 196
helps concert military strategy, 210
meets with Committee of Safety, 248, 266, 267; “out of doors”
work for committee, 267
identifies remains of Joseph Warren at Bunker Hill, 285
military service, 418
Penobscot expedition, 335, 344, 418
SUBSEQUENT CAREER: silver business, 291
copper and brass manufactures, 291
bell maker, 291
supports Constitution, 292
becomes a Federalist, 293
Boston associations, 376
Board of health, 376
Charitable Mechanic Association, 376
freemasonry, 344, 376
death, 15, 19, 293
historians, xvii
Revere Family: Revere, Apollos, 8
Revere, Deborah (Hitchborn) (1704-77), 8, 14, 298, 375
Revere, Deborah (1732-63 +), 297
Revere, Deborah (1758-97), 297
Revere, Edward Hutchinson, 298
Revere, Elizabeth (1743-43), 297
Revere, Elizabeth (1745-1811), 297
Revere, Elizabeth (1770-1805), 297
Revere, Frances (1736-63), 297
Revere, Frances (1766-99), 297
Revere, Grace, 298
Revere, Harriet (1782-1860), 298
Revere, Isanna (1772-73), 297
Revere, John (1730-30), 297
Revere, John (1741-1808), 297
Revere, John (1776-76), 297
Revere, John (1783–86), 298
Revere, John (1787-1847), 298
Revere, Joseph Warren (1777-1868), 285, 292, 297, 298
Revere, Joshua (1774-1801), 297
Revere, Lucy (1780-80), 298
Revere, Maria (1785-1847), 298
Revere, Mary (1743-1801), 297
Revere, Mary (1764-65), 297
Revere, Mary (1768-1853), 297
Revere, Paul I, 297 {see also Rivoire, Apollos); Revere, Paul II (1734-1818), 297 (see also Revere, Paul); Revere, Paul III (1760-1813), 297
Revere, Paul Joseph, 298
Revere, Rachel Walker (1745-1813), 15, 18, 266, 293, 297
illus. 293
Revere, Sarah (1762-1791), 297
Revere, Sarah Orne (1736-73), 15, 297
Revere, Thomas (1738-?), 297
Revere, Thomas (1740-79), 297
Revere, place names. Mass. (town), 331
Minn., 333
Mo., 333
Pa., 333
Revere streets, named in 16
towns, 331
Revere Copper and Brass Co., 292, 298, 339
Revere Sugar Corp., 339
Revolutionary Bicentennial Commission, 342
Revolutionary movement: Boston, 27
structure of, 79
Rice, Ezekiel, 160
Richardson, Experience Wight, 172
Richardson, Josiah, 127, 172
Richardson, Moses, 320
Richardson, Thomas, 103, 104
Riots, Boston, 68
Britain and Ireland, 77
Rivoire, Apollos, 6, 297, 298, 374
gold and silver of, 7
see also Revere Family Rivoire, Simon, 6
Robbins, John, 191, 195, 320
Robbins, Capt. Joseph, 145
Robbins, Mary, 298
Robertson, Lt. Alexander, 323
Robertson, Col. James, 308
Robins, Thomas, 125
Robinson, Bobbie, 424
Robinson, Capt. John, 310
Robinson, Lt. Col. John, 405
Roby, Joseph, 306
Rodgers (Solomon) tavern, 170
Roger, Jacob, 168
Rogers, Robert, 150, 154
Rogers, William, 302
“Rogues March.” 70, 71, 73
Roman Catholic Church, 72, 74
Rooke, Lt. Harry, 244, 308
Rose, Edward, 297
Roxbury, Mass., 50, 89, 96, 98, 142, 147, 152, 248, 321, 327
Royal American Magazine, 72
Royal Marines, see British Marines Royal Navy, see British navy Roylston, Thomas, 306
Ruddock, Abiel, 376
Ruddock, Capt. Abiel, 306
Russell, Ezekiel, 273, 274
Russell, Jason, 256, 320
Russell, John, 306
Russell, Seth, 320
Russell, William, 306
Rutland, Vt., 287
Sabbath, in New England, 82
Sabin, Douglas, 403, 407, 408, 409, 410, 423
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France, 6, 297
Salem, Mass., 41, 59, 157, 171, 260, 275, 321
Salem Alarm, 58, 78, 98, 127, 185
map, 61
Salisbury, Mass., 171
Salmon, story of Hancock and, 179, 286
Salutation Tavern, 302
Sanderson, Elijah, 89, 91, 129, 133–37, 190, 195, 311–12, 318, 330
captured, 132
Sanderson, Samuel, 319
Sandham, Henry, 329
Sandwich, Earl of, 74, 239
Saratoga, battle of, 286
Savage, Mrs. Samuel, 144
Savage, Samuel, 144
Saybrook, Conn., 325
Scituate, Mass., 171, 311
Scott, Capt. James, 286
Sears, Capt., 300
Seaver, Elijah, 321
Secrecy, British obsession with, 113
Secret Nine, 377
Seeger, Pete, 342
Seider, Christopher, 25
Sessions, Robert, 306
Sewall, Jonathan, 47
Sewall, Samuel, 8, 298
Seward, James, 306
Sharp, Gibbens, 306, 376
Shattuck, Mrs. Job, 170
Shea, Capt. John, 308
Shea, Ellen, 424
Shed, Joseph, 306
Shee, Capt. John, 323
Shirreff, Maj. William, 308
; Shrewsbury, Mass., 46
Shy, Arlene, 423
Sidney, Algernon, 164
Sigourney, John R., 306
Silver, Paul Revere, 375
Simms, Surgeon’s Mate, 127, 242, 255, 324
Simonds family (Lexington), 320
Simonds, Joshua, 198, 230, 319
Simpson, Benjamin, 306
Simpson, Lt. Ambrose, 324
Singapore, Malaya, 298
Skerry, Janine, 374
Skinner, Linda, 424
Slater, Capt. Peter, 306
Sloper, Ambrose, 306
Small, Capt. John, 36, 320
Smith, Lt. Col. Francis, 117, 118, 123, 127, 133, 138, 184, 190, 198, 199, 200, 206, 215, 218, 222, 227, 229, 230, 234, 242, 245, 259, 263, 264, 308, 315, 322
chosen to command Concord expedition, 85
orders to, 89
wounding of, 410
subsequent career, 282
illus.,
Smith, Hezekiah, 172
Smith, Isaac, 240
Smith, Capt. John, 332
Smith, John, 306
Smith, Thomas, 423
Smith, Timothy, 195
Smith, Virginia, 424
Smith, William, 144, 209, 394
Smith family (Lexington), 320
Smith’s Hill, 222, 408
see also Hardy’s Hill
Smithfield, Va., 325
Smithson, Hugh Jr., 235
Smithson, Hugh Sr., 235
Smithson, James, 411
Smithsonian Institution, 411
Smuggling, in Britain, 77
Snelling, Joseph, 375
Snowshoe men, 152
Somerset, HMS, 9
Somerville, Mass., 124
Sons of Liberty, 21, 22, 302, 303, 339, 382
Sorrentino, Frank, 424
Soutar, Maj. William, 187, 324
South Bridge, Concord, 287
South Caucus, 303
South End mob, 377
South Midlands, disorders in, 77
Southborough, Mass., 168
Southwick, George, 320
Spaulding, George, 156, 158
Spear, Thomas, 306
Speech, 33
British elite dialect, 70, 379, 395
British private soldiers, 66
Flash dialect, 66
New England dialect, 70, 104, 131, 182, 188, 206, 215, 395
Spies, see Intelligence
Sprague, Samuel, 306
Spurr, Col. John, 306
St. Andrews Lodge, 307
St. David’s Day, 239
St. Patrick’s Day, 72
Stamp Act, 20–21, 37, 163, 237
repeal of, 377
Stanbridge, Henry, 306
Starr, James, 306
Stearns, Capt. Phineas, 307
Stearns, Rachel, 169
Stearns, Susanna, 169
Steblecki, Edith, 344
Stedman, Ebenezer, 141
Stelzer, W. N., 424
Stern, Jeremy, 319, 424
Stevens, Gen. Ebenezer, 307
Stiles, Eb., 328, 332, 337
Stiles, Elizabeth, 311
Stiles, Ezra, 46, 191
Stoddard, Asa, 307
Stoddard, Jonathan, 307
Stoneham, Mass., 64, 140
Storey, Lt. Thomas, 323
Story, Dr. Elisha, 307
Stow, Mass., 208, 209, 321
Street firing, 405
Street lamps, in Boston, 376
Stuart, Gilbert, 14, 292
Sudbury, Mass., 83, 147, 155, 158, 208, 2 o, 222, 253, 287, 321, 331, 394, 409
Suffield, Conn., 311
Suffolk, Lord, 276
Suffolk Resolves, 26, 27, 300
Sukey (brig), 275
Sullivan, Charles, 423
Sullivan, Eileen, 424
Sumner, George, 331
Surry, Va., 325
Sutherland, Lt. Wm, 127, 185, 186, 193, 194, 199, 202, 212, 222, 312, 324, 402, 406
Swan, Col. James, 307
Sweetser, John, 307
Symmes, Eben, 307
Symmes, John, 307
Sythe, Zapnin, 396
Tabor, Capt. Philip, 307
Tanner’s Brook, 224, 407
Tar and feathers, 70, 84
Tarrant, Sarah, 63, 64
Tate, William, 124
Taverns, 81, 82, 389
see also Black Horse
Buckman
Brooks
Bullards
Bunch of Grapes
Cooper
Fitch
Golden Ball
Green Dragon
Kettell’s
Munroe
Newell
Pipers
Pollards
Rodgers
Tufts
Wright Tavern
Taylor, Elizabeth, 144
Tea Act, 25, 74, 163
Temple’s Farm, 45
Terrain, Battle Road, 223, 241
Tewksbury, Mass., 139, 220, 407
Thaxter, Joseph, 412
Thomas, Isaiah, 72, 73, 271, 313
Thompson, Daniel, 227, 321
Thompson, Lt. John, 323
Thompson, Lt. Col. William, 220
Thoreau, Henry David, 289
Thoreau, John, 289
Thornborough, Lt.? Edward, 310
Thorne, Lt. F. P., 324
Thorne, Lt. Peregrine, 386, 402
Thorning, William, 228, 410
Ticonderoga, 286
Tidd, Benjamin, 195, 401
Tidd, John, 320
Tidd, William, 319
Tidd family (Lexington), 320
Tides, April 18–19, 1775, 312, 313
Tileston, Thomas, 307
Time, Inc., 339
Timekeeping, methods of, 318
Tisdale, James, 157
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 5
Tolman, 321
Tory Row, Cambridge, 47
Tourtellot, Arthur B., 339, 340
Town meeting, 41, 177
Townsend, Daniel, 320
Townshend Acts, 22, 25
Train, John, 340
Training bands, see Militia Trenton, N.J., 325
Trevelyan, George Otto, 207
Triber, Jayne, 341, 343
Trott, George, 307
Trull, Capt. John, 139, 220, 407
Trumbull, Gov. Jonathan (Conn.), 265, 277
Trunk (Hancock), 179, 181, 188, 191, 196, 327, 398
illus., 182
Truro, Eng., disorder in, 76
Tsongas, Paul, 373
Tufts, Dr. Cotton, 257
Tufts, Samuel, 124, 125
Tufts Tavern, 124, 125
Turner, Frederick, 424
Tyler, Royall, 307
U.S. v. Spirit of ‘76 (court case), 336
University of the City of New York, 298
Urann, Thomas, 307
Valley Forge, 396
Vaughan, Pvt. Robert, 68
Venderput, Capt. George, 310
Verity, Liza, 424
Verner, Lt. Thomas, 323
Vernon, Fortesque, 307
Vevers. Lt. George, 324
Vialle, Jacques, 312
Vietnam, xvi, 162, 340, 342, 343
Viles, Joel, 319
Waddell, Roberta, 424
Wade, Lt. William, 323
Wadsworth, Peleg, 289
Walcott, Lt. Col., 68
Waldo, Benjamin, 307
Walker, Joshua, 141
Wallace, Bill, 424
Wallace, Dennis, 320
Wallace, Capt. James, 310
Wallis, Dennison, 256
Walsh, Lt. Thomas, 323
Waltham, Mass., 142
Ward, Joseph, 382
Warden, 240
Warner, Sam Bass, 424
Warner, Suzanne, 424
Warren, Dr. Joseph, 25–27, 47, 51, 69, 72, 75, 79, 87, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 111, 143, 248–51, 253, 267, 270, 275, 284, 307, 376
illus., 95
New England, 165
Europe (1914), 165
South (1861), 165
Washington, George, 34, 267, 280, 286
Watergate, xvi, 343
Waters, Col. Josiah, 388
Watertown, Mass., 81, 86, 89, 142, 147, 169, 259, 321, 324
Watson, Abraham, 90
Watson’s Corner, 259
Watts, Isaac, 164
Wayland, Mass., 83, 294, 418
see also East
Sudbury;
Sudbury Weather, April 17–20, 1775, 310, 311, 414
Webb, Joseph, Jr., 307
Webb, Jotham, 320
Webster, Daniel, 330
Webster, Capt. Thomas, 307
Weighton, John, 222
Welles, Henry, 307
Wellington, Benjamin, 187, 286
Wellington family (Lexington), 320
Wendell, Oliver, 307
Wentworth, Gov. John, 27, 54, 57
West Acton, Mass., 145
West Cambridge, Mass., 84, 329
see also Arlington, Menotomy West, Capt. John, 322
Westford, Mass., 209, 405
Westmoreland, N.H., 287
Weston, Mass., 82, 83, 84, 144, 168
Weymouth, Mass., 331
Wheeler, Capt. Josiah, 307
Wheeler, Ruth, 406
Whicher, Joseph, 62, 64
Whipple, S. Lawrence, 423
White, Ammi, 287, 406
White, Ebenezer, 319
White, Samuel, 307
“White Cockade,”played at North Bridge, 211
Whitehaven, disorder in, 76
Whiting, Leonard, 170, 171
Whitman, Walt, 289
Whittemore, Samuel, 257, 320
Whitten, John, 307
Whitwell, Samuel, 307
Whitwell, William, 307
Wilkes, John, 21
William III, 238
Williams, Jeremiah, 307
Williams, Jonathan, 307
Williams, Thomas, 307
Williamsburg, Va., 271, 325
Willis, Nathaniel, 307
Willis Creek, 123
Wilmington, Mass., 139
Wilmington, N.C., 325
Wilson, Capt. Jonathan, 227, 253, 320
Winchester, Mass., 139, 254
Wingfield, Capt. William, 307
Winship, Jason, 169, 257, 320
Winship, Simon, 128
Winship, Thomas, 320
Winship family (Lexington), 320
Winslow, John, 307, 376
Winter Hill, 260
Winthrop, Hannah, 143, 166–68, 311
Winthrop, John, 166, 167, 175, 307, 311
Winthrop, Mass., 331
Wiswell, Noah, 321
Woburn, Mass., 127, 139, 141, 158, 179, 182, 183, 224, 225, 227, 288, 321, 331
Wolfe, Gen. James, 35, 238, 384
Wolny, Karen, 424
Wood, Benjamin, 302
Wood, David, 423
Wood, Grant, 332; “Paul Revere’s Ride,”
illus., 333
Wood, Sylvanus, 189
Woodbridge, N.J., 325
Woodbury, Samuel, 320
Woodman, Joyce, 423
Woodstock, Conn., 324
Woodward, Lt. Melton, 324
Woodward, Samuel, 168
Worcester, Mass., 48, 80, 83, 270, 324
Work ethic, 40, 94
Wright, Claire, 424
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