REVERE
REX
owner of the Dartmouth, and of two other ships,
that the cargo would be sent back to Esigland.
Governor Hutchinson upset this peaceful solution
by refusing the ships clearance papers, and after
a meeting held at the Old South Meeting house,
Dec. 16, 1773. a baud of men disguised as Indians,
and led by Paul Revere, boarded the ships, and
destroyed three hundred and forty -two chests of
tea. He was sent to enlist the support of the
southern provinces; carried the "Suffolk Re-
solves" to the Continental congress at Phila-
delphia, and carried to Portsmouth, N.H., the
message that Parliament had forbidden the
further importation of gunpowder and military
stores. Acting on this intelligence, the " Sons of
Liberty " surprised the fort and removed over
one hundred barrels of gunpowder and fifteen
cannon, Dec. 14, 1774. On April 18, 1775, Dr.
Joseph "Warren learned that troops were gather-
ing on Boston Common, and confided to Revere
his fears for the safety of John Hancock and
Samuel Adams, who
were at Lexington,
and for whose cap-
ture and that of the
stores at Concord he
believed the expedi-
tion organized. Re-
vere at once volun-
teered to warn the
patriots. Arrange-
ments were made
with Robert New-
man, sexton of the
North church, for
the displaying of
,_|^ two lights from the
® ^^ ' belfry, if the troops
departed by water, and of one if by land. He was rowed across the Charles river and arrived safely in Charlestown, where he waited until two signal lights shone out from the belfry. He procured a horse and started for Lexington by way of Med- ford, alarming the minute men along the route. He delivered his message to Hancock and Adams at the home of the Rev. Jonas Clark, and was joined by William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. When about half way to Concord, Revere and Dawes were captured by British scouts, but in .the excitement that followed they were released, Prescott managing to escape and to give timely warning at Concord. On April 20, 1775, Revere was employed as a trusted messenger for the committee of safety. He repaired the cannon at Castle William that had been broken by the British; and in July, 1776, he was commissioned major of a regiment raised for town and harbor defence, and lieutenant-colonel, Nov. 27, 1776. He was a member of the unsuccessful expedition
to Castine, Maine, under Gen. Solomon Lovel,
June 26, 1779, and after the war he resumed his
trade in Boston, and established a foundry for
casting church-bells and bronze cannon. He en-
graved and printed the first notes issued by
congress and by the Commonwealth of Mass-
achusetts. He inaugurated the method of rolling
copper into large sheets, at Canton, Mass., and
made the plates for frigate Constitution, and for
Robert Fulton's steamboats. He assisted Gover-
nor Samuel Adams in laying the cornerstone of
the Massachusetts state house, July 4, 1795, and
was a founder of the Charitable Mechanics as-
sociation in 1795, and its first president, 1795-99.
He was twice married; first, Aug. 17, 1737, to
Sarah Orne, and secondly, Nov. 10, 1773, to
Rachel Walker, both of Boston. He died in
Boston, Mass., May 10, 1818, and was buried in
the Granary burial ground.
REVERE, Paul Joseph, soldier, was born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 10, 1832; son of Joseph War- ren and Mary (Robbins) Revere, and grandson of Col. Paul and Rachel (Walker) Revere and of Edward Hutchinson and Elizabeth (Murray) Robbins. He was graduated at Harvard in 1852; engaged in mercantile pursuits, made trips into the mountain and lake regions, had the care of an extensive wharf in Boston, and defended the cause of laborers and women and children. He was married in 1859 to Lucretia W^atson, daughter of the Rev. Dr. W. P. Lunt. He was commis- sioned major of the 20th Massachusetts volunteers, July 1, 1861; was wounded and taken prisoner at tlie' battle of Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21, 1861, and with his brother, Dr. E. H. R. Revere, was confined in Henrico county prison from November, 1861, to February, 1862, and held with six others as hostages for a number of Confederate privateers under sentence of death by the U.S. court. He was paroled, Feb. 22, 1862, exchanged in May, 1862, and served in the Peninsular campaign until August, 1862, when he was granted sick leave. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and appointed assistant inspector-general on the staff of Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, Sept. 4, 1862; was severely wounded at the battle of Antietam, and was an invalid at home until April 14, 1863, when he was promoted colonel of the 20th Massachusetts vol- unteers. He received a mortal wound at Gettys- burg, July 2, 1863, and was brevetted brigadier- general of volunteers for his bravery in that battle. He died at Westminster, July 4, 1863.
REX, Charles D., educator, was born in Bal- timore, Md., in 1856. He matriculated at St. Charles college, Ellicott city, Md.. Sept. 11, 1871, was graduated in December. 1876. and was a student at St. Mary's seminary, Baltimore, Md., 1876-78. He also studied theology at the semi- nary of St. Sulpice, Paris, France, 1878-80, where
