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See also:REVERE, See also:PAUL (1735–1818) , See also:American engraver and patriot, was See also:born in See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts, on the 1st of See also:January 1735. He had a meagre schooling, and in his See also:father's See also:shop learned the See also:trade of a See also:gold- and silversmith. In 1756 he was second See also:lieutenant of See also:artillery in the expedition against See also:Crown Point, and for several months was stationed at Fort See also:Edward, in New See also:York. He became a proficient See also:copper engraver, and engraved several See also:anti-See also:British caricatures in the years before the See also:War of See also:Independence. He was one of the Boston See also:grand jurors who refused to serve in 1774 because See also:parliament had made the justices See also:independent of the See also:people for their salaries; was a See also:leader in the Boston See also:Tea Party; was one of the See also:thirty See also:North End See also:mechanics who patrolled the streets to See also:watch the movements of the British troops and Tories; and in See also:December 1774 was sent to See also:Portsmouth, New See also:Hampshire, to urge the seizure of military stores there, and induced the colonists to attack and See also:capture Fort See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William and See also:Mary—one of the first acts of military force in the war. His midnight ride from See also:Charlestown to See also:Lexington on the 18th–19th of See also:April 1775, to give warning of the approach of British troops from Boston, is Revere's most famous exploit; it is commemorated by See also:Longfellow, who, however, has " paid little See also:attention to exactness of fact " (See also:Justin See also:Winsor). In 1775 Revere was sent by the Massachusetts-See also:REVERIE 223
provincial See also:congress to See also:Philadelphia to study the working of the only See also:powder See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill in the colonies, and although he was allowed only to pass through the See also:building, obtained sufficient See also:information to enable him to set up a powder mill at See also:Canton. He was commissioned a See also:major of See also:infantry in the Massachusetts See also:militia in April 1976; was promoted to the See also:rank of lieutenant-See also:colonel of artillery in See also:November; was stationed at See also:Castle William, defending Boston See also:harbour, and finally received command of this fort. He served in an expedition to Rhode See also:Island in 1778, and in the following See also:year participated in the unsuccessful See also:Penobscot expedition. After his return he was accused of having disobeyed the orders of the commanding officer, was tried by See also:court-See also:martial, and was acquitted. After the war he engaged in the manufacture of gold and See also:silver See also:ware, and became a See also:pioneer in the See also:production in See also:America of copper plating and copper spikes for See also:ships. In 1795, as grandmaster of the Masonic fraternity, he laid the cornerstone of the new See also:State See also:House in Boston, and in this year also founded the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, becoming its first See also:president. He died in Boston on the loth of May 1818.
See See also:Charles F. Gettemy, The True See also:Story of Paul Revere (Boston, 1905).
End of Article: REVERE, PAUL (1735–1818)
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