Read Paul Revere's Ride Online
Authors: David Hackett Fischer
Tags: #General, #Biography & Autobiography, #History, #United States, #Historical, #Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), #Art, #Painting, #Techniques
Lively,
310
Mercury,
310
Nautilis,
75
Rose,
310
Savage,
sloop,
310
Somerset,
53
,
54
,
59
,
94
,
104
,
105
,
261
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284
,
285
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310
,
312
wreck of,
105
St. John,
schooner,
310
Swan,
310
Tamer,
sloop,
310
Tartar,
310
Broadly, Diane,
423
Bromedge, Lt.? Edward,
310
Brookline, Mass.,
89
,
98
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141
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142
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157
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159
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259
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320
Brooks, Edward,
412
Brooks, Eleazer,
206
Brooks, Job,
407
illus.,
221
Brooks, Joshua,
407
Brooks Hill, fight at,
222
,
224
,
408
Broomfield, Henry,
303
Brophey, Sarah,
423
Brown, David,
288
Brown, Elias,
216
Brown, Enoch,
303
Brown, Capt. Hugh,
303
Brown, Capt. John,
81
,
83
,
84
,
290
Brown, Jonathan, Jr.,
375
Brown, Judy,
424
Brown, Lt. Leonard,
322
captured,
132
Brown family (Lexington),
320
Browne, Capt. William,
323
Bruere, Lt. George,
323
Brunswick, N. C,
325
Brunswick, N. J.,
325
Buckingham, Joseph,
330
Buckman, John,
402
Buckman Tavern,
90
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108
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135
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137
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143
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179
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181
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188
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193
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248
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389
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395
,
402
Budge, James,
412
Bullard’s Tavern,
147
Bunch of Grapes Tavern,
302
Burbeck, Edward,
303
Burbeck, William,
303
Burgoyne, Gen. John,
121
Burlington, Mass.,
141
,
179
,
183
,
311
Burnette, Mark,
423
Burt, Benjamin,
303
Burton, Benjamin,
303
Buttrick, Maj. John,
203
,
209
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210
,
213
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215
,
216
Cailleteau, Capt. Edward,
297
,
303
Callender, Elisha,
303
Caltrops,
282
Calvinist churches,
375
Cambridge, Mass.,
89
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98
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141
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184
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259
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265
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311
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320
,
331
Campbell, Jim,
424
Campbell, Nicholas,
303
Capeless, Leona,
424
Carleton, Sailing Master William,
275
Carlyle, Thomas,
332
Carriet, Charles,
407
Castle William, Boston harbor,
45
,
47
,
58
,
59
,
185
,
310
Boston street violence, 1774-75,
384
Ft. William and Mary, Dec,
14
–15, 1774,
381
eve of Lexington,
92
Lexington and Concord,
417
Meriam’s Corner,
408
Percy’s retreat,
262
after Lexington and Concord,
281
Bunker Hill,
417
Cazneau, Capt.,
303
Centennial celebrations,
333
,
334
Chadwell, Mr.,
303
Chamberlain, Aaron,
320
Chamberlain, Mellen,
397
Chamberlain, Nathaniel,
321
Champlin, Prof. Nathaniel,
285
,
423
Champney, Caleb,
303
Charles I,
32
Charles River Bridge,
259
Charlestown, Mass.,
81
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89
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98
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103
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140
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141
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260
–62,
265
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285
,
320
Cheever, Ezekiel,
303
Chelmsford, Mass.,
156
–58,
209
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219
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224
,
320
,
409
Cheney, Ephraim,
157
Chester, Pa.,
325
Chevy Chase, ballad of,
240
Childrens’ books, inspired by midnight ride,
xvi
,
339
Chipman, Capt. Seth,
303
Chirco, Vicki,
424
Chowan, N.C.,
325
see also
Old North Church
Christiana, Del.,
325
Christie, Lt. Robert,
323
Chrysty, Thomas,
303
Church, Dr. Benjamin,
38
,
51
,
52
,
69
,
Churchill, Mary,
297
Cifaldi, Susan,
423
Civil war: American Revolution as,
110
,
336
Clancy, Pvt. John,
68
Clarke, Benjamin,
303
Clarke, Jonas,
90
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97
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103
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108
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110
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149
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181
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191
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194
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266
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311
illus.,
111
Classical republicanism, xix
Clemens, Anna,
297
Clements, William,
336
Clergy, and news of Lexington,
273
Clerk, Lt. Col. George,
308
Cleveland, Col. Samuel,
308
Cleverly, Stephen,
303
Cleves, Nathaniel,
320
Clinton, Gen. Henry,
96
Cobbett, Nathaniel,
302
Cobbett, William,
66
Coburn, Frank,
336
Cochran, Capt. John,
55
,
381
,
402
Cochran, John,
303
Cochrane, Capt. Charles,
184
,
324
,
385
Cockerel Church,
see
New Brick Church
Coercive Acts,
xviii
,
26
,
41
,
48
,
50
,
300
illus.,
274
Cold war, and midnight ride,
339
Colden, Gov. Cadwalader (N.Y.),
277
Colesworthy, Gilbert,
303
Collier, Gershom,
303
Collier, Lt. Edward,
323
Collingwood, Cuthbert,
284
Collins, Ezra,
303
Collins, Stephen,
78
Collson, Adam,
303
Colors,
see
Flags
Commager, Henry S.,
342
Committees of Correspondence,
54
,
57
,
79
,
185
,
381
Communications, transatlantic,
75
Conant, Daniel,
321
Conant, Col. William,
99
Concord, Mass.,
144
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156
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168
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203
–28,
253
,
311
,
320
bridges,
127
see also
North Bridge
South Bridge
Concord expedition, British: planning,
78
–92
orders for,
85
importance of bridges,
127
departs Boston,
113
–14
crosses Charles River,
115
–17
lands near Lechmere Point,
115
mired in Cambridge marshes,
117
–23
marches toward Lexington,
123
–28
approaches Lexington,
181
–88
impact of Revere’s capture,
184
–86,
399
fight at Lexington,
188
–201
approaches Concord,
204
searches town,
404
destroys liberty pole,
404
destroys munitions,
404
accidentally sets fire to town house,
404
Regulars and town join to fight fire,
404
fight at North Bridge,
214
Regulars broken at North Bridge,
214
Smith leads reinforcements to North Bridge,
215
British companies retreat from Barrett’s Mill,
216
retreat from Concord begins,
219
flanking parties,
219
fight at Meriam’s Corner,
221
fight at Bloody Curve,
227
fight at Brooks Hill and Brooks Tavern,
224
fight at Hartwell
Farms,
227
fight at Granite Pasture,
228
fight at Parker’s Revenge,
229
fight at the Bluff,
229
fight at Fiske’s Hill,
229
Regulars broken again after Fiske Hill,
230
,
231
forms under fire at Concord Hill,
231
rescued by Percy at Lexington,
232
,
242
inexperience of troops,
186
ammunition,
118
supplies,
118
chronology,
315
time, distance, speed,
126
,
317
,
414
Concord Hill (Lexington),
231
,
411
Concord Inn,
287
Condon, Lorna,
424
Condy, James Foster,
303
Coney, John,
374
Congregational churches,
40
,
60
,
158
,
159
,
179
,
375
Continental Congress,
26
,
46
,
185
,
267
Contingency and choice in history,
xvii
,
xviii
, xix,
374
,
423
BRITISH
: George III, and imperial policy,
40
–41,
50
Gage: and Whig-imperial dilemma,
37
,
41
,
58
,
64
,
76
,
85
,
265
,
379
and Boston massacre,
38
and coercive acts,
39
–41
and powder missions,
43
–45
and shift to defensive,
48
Leslie, and Salem alarm,
62
–64
Gage: plans and micro-manages Concord expedition,
80
–85
choice of crossing point,
113
–14