Named Entity Results, Paul Revere

The vigilant Warren, learning the secret of the expedition, sent Paul Revere to warn the patriots of their danger. Revere waited at CharlestRevere waited at Charlestown for a signal-light from the sexton of the North Church, to warn him of the forward movement of the troops. It was given, and on Deacon Larkin's swift horse Revere sped to Lexington. At a little past midnight he rode up to Clarke's house. which he found guarded by Sergeant Monr not to allow them to be disturbed by any noise. Noise! exclaimed Revere; you'll have noise enough before long; the regulars are coming outllowed to knock at the door. Mr. Clarke appeared at a window, when Revere said, I wish to see Mr. Hancock. I do not like to admit strangers ight, answered Mr. Clarke. Hancock, who was not asleep, recognized Revere's voice, and called out. Come in, Revere, we are not afraid of you.Revere, we are not afraid of you. The warning was given; the whole household was soon astir, and the two patriots awaited the coming of the enemy. When they approached, the

00 bills of 20 dollars each236,000 ———————— Total, 403,800$2,000,000 Resolved, that the form of the bill be as follows: Continental currency. No.— —Dollars. This Bill entitles the Bearer to receive —Spanish milled Dollars, or the value thereof in Gold or Silver, according to the resolutions of the Congress, held at Philadelphia the 10th of May, A. D. 1775. A committee was appointed to procure the plates and superintend the printing of the bills. The plates were engraved by Paul Revere, of Boston. The paper was so thick that the British called it the pasteboard currency of the rebels. The size of the bills averaged about 3 1/2 by 2 3/4 inches, having a border composed partly of repetitions of the words Continental currency. On the face of each bill was a device (a separate one for each denomination) significant in design and legend; for example, within a circle a design representing a hand planting a tree, and the legend Posteritate—for posterity.

Dawes, William, Patriot. On April 18, 1775, he accompanied Paul Revere, riding through Roxbury, while Revere went by way of Charlestown. On the following day, when Adams and Hancock received the message from Warren, Revere, Dawes, and Samuel PRevere went by way of Charlestown. On the following day, when Adams and Hancock received the message from Warren, Revere, Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode forward, arousing the inhabitants. They were surprised by a number of British at Lincoln, and both Dawes and Revere were captured, Prescott making good his escape to Concord. received the message from Warren, Revere, Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode forward, arousing the inhabitants. They were surprised by a number of British at Lincoln, and both Dawes and Revere were captured, Prescott making good his escape to Concord. received the message from Warren, Revere, Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode forward, arousing the inhabitants. They were surprised by a number of British at Lincoln, and both Dawes and Revere were captured, Prescott making good his escape to Concord.

museums, and art exhibitions has quite generally dissipated prudery. Crawford gave to American sculpture a fame that widened that of Greenough and Powers. Music has had a habitation here, first in the form of psalm-singing, from the earliest settlements. Now its excellent professors and practitioners are legion in number. The graphic art in our country is only a little more than a century old. Nathaniel Hurd, of Boston, engraved on copper portraits and caricatures as early as 1762. Paul Revere, also, engraved at the period of the Revolution. He engraved the plates for the Continental money. Amos Doolittle was one of the earliest of our better engravers on copper. Dr. Alexander Anderson (q. v.) was the first man who engraved on wood in this country—an art now brought to the highest perfection here. The earliest and best engraver on steel was Asher B. Durand (q. v.), who became one of the first lineengravers in the world, but abandoned the profession for the art of painting