Paul Revere's Ride (98 page)

Porter, Jane,
424

Porter, Thomas,
306

Portsmouth, N.H.,
52
,
324

Portsmouth Alarm,
54
,
78
,
185
,
381

map,
56

Potter, Edward,
306

Poverty, in Mass.,
244

Powder Alarm, Mass.,
44
,
81
,
289
, map,
49

Powder horns,
162
,
396

see also
Militia,

arms and equipment Powell, William,
306

Prentiss Capt. Henry,
306

Presbyterian churches,
375

Prescott, Abel Jr.,
287
,
320

Prescott. Mass.,
157

Prescott, Dr. Samuel,
129
,
130
,
131
,
156
,
203
,
287
,
332

Press, and American Revolution,
73

Press, and news of Lexington,
273

Press gangs,
76

Preston, Capt. Levi,
163
,
397

Price, George,
424

Prince, Job,
306

Prince, Dr. John,
306

Prince, Salem,
282

Princeton, N.J.,
325

Pritchard, Peggy,
424

Proctor, Edward,
306

Proctor, Jonathan,
141

Prospect Hill,
259

Prostitution, in Boston,
70
,
94

Providence, R.I.,
57
,
324

Province House, Boston,
58
,
79
,
84

Public opinion: idea of,
275

early use

of phrase,
415

contest for, after Lexington and Concord,
269
–80,
416

Pulling, Capt. John,
99
,
100
,
101
,
103
,
114
,
287
,
306
,
376
,
388

Pulling, Richard,
306

Punkatasset Hill,
206
,
208
,
408

Puritans,
4
,
8
,
28
,
51
,
175

see also
Revere, Paul, English Puritan heritage of

Civil war, English Purkitt, Henry,
306

Putnam, Henry,
321

Putnam, Nathan,
320

Putnam, Perley,
320

Quakers,
60
,
172
,
375

Quarry Hill,
45

Quebec,
35
,
67
,
150
,
161
,
238

Quebec Act,
73

Quero
(schooner),
275

Quincy, Dorothy,
108
–10,
176
–78,
182
,
286
,
398

illus.,
178

Quincy, Josiah,
306
,
376

Quincy, Mass.,
331

Ramillies, battle,
239

Ramsdell, Abednego,
320

Rand, Elizabeth,
124

Randall, John,
306

Randolph, Peyton,
380

Rangers,
34
,
150
,
154

Rawdon, Lord,
284

Raymond, John,
320

Reading, Mass.,
64
,
140
,
219
,
224
,
225
,
256
,
288

Reed family (Lexington),
320

Reed, Asahael,
321

Reed, George,
321

Relativism,
374

Religion,
see
Anglican Church

Baptist Churches

Calvinist Churches

Roman Catholic Church

Congregational Churches

Quakers

Remick, Christian,
24

Rescinders’

Bowl,
21
,
22
,
339

Revere, Paul
EARLY LIFE
: French Huguenot heritage,
4
–9

English Puritan heritage,
4
–5,
175

father changes name,
6

birth and baptism,
8

education,
9

gold- and silversmith,
3
,
4
,
15
,
375

social rank,
5
,
17
,
376

religion,
15

marriages and family,
15

houses,
10
,
18

horse and stable,
26

civic activities,
376

serves in French and Indian War,
19

Boston politics,
20
,
376

mechanics associations,
51
,
59

freemasonry,
19

bookplate,
17

children,
376

temperament,
5

appearance,
3
,
4

speech,
4
,
5

portraits,
2
–4,
292

VALUES AND BELIEFS
: overview,
5
,
175

artisan and gentleman,
17
,
376

moralism and hedonism,
5

optimistic fatalism,
5

violence and rule of law,
5

venturous conservatism,
5

New England folkways and folkrights,
28

covenant,
12

doctrine of two callings,
12

ordered freedom, xix,
28

equality of status and worth,
28

AND COMING OF REVOLUTION
: Stamp Act,
20
–21,
377

Townshend duties,
21
–22

Boston Massacre,
23
–24,
377

Seider affair,
25

Boston Tea Party,
25
–26,
377

Intolerable Acts,
26

Suffolk Resolves,
26

Powder Alarm,
48

Portsmouth Alarm,
52

Salem Alarm,
58
,
382

political engravings,
24
,
72

illus.,
162

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