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Paul Revere's Ride

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by David Hackett Fischer


  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
/>   Warrior ethic, 155

  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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