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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1894

Page

5

Dr. Paul Revere Letter on April 18 Midnight Ride

Paul Revere recounts his 1798 letter detailing the Midnight Ride of April 18 1775 the Green Dragon Tavern meetings and signals two lanterns in the North Church steeple and the capture of his fellow Patriots. He implicates Dr Church as a possible traitor within the Boston circle and describes encounters with British patrols the Lexington engagement and interactions with Hancock Adams Warren and Gage. He also cites rumors of Dr Church aiding British officers and notes stories about British gold payments.

Paul Revere Massachusetts Historical Society Lexington Boston New York Philadelphia Congress Green Dragon Tavern Messrs Hancock Adams Warren Church Dr. Church Governor Gage Flucker Gage Charles River Boston Neck Dr. Warren Somerset Flood Charlestown Colonel Conant Deacon Larkin Richard Devens, Esq Committee of Safety Charlestown Neck Mark Medford Road Messrs. Hancock and Adams Concord Mr. Dawes Robinson Price Cambridge Mr. Hastings Gould Caleb Davis Davis General Gage Deacon Davis Caine

Battle of Lexington Diary Excerpts Reveal Participants

The diaries kept by Joshua Green, Harvard 1749, and Joshua Green Jr., Harvard 178%, document the Battle of Lexington. The journals, now in the possession of Joshua Jr.’s grandson Samuel A. Green, provide firsthand observations of the engagement.

Lexington Joshua Green Harvard Joshua Green, Jr Samuel A. Green

A Liberty Figure Dr Church In Colonial Writings

The account notes Dr. Church as a prominent Son of Liberty who frequented meeting places, earned respect from Liberty leaders, and was valued for his writing especially verse. It mentions he aligned with Whig strength, faced mixed loyalties, and allegedly parodied liberty songs to favor the British without formal charges.

Dr. Church Liberty Bons of Liberty

Daughters of the American Revolution Tea at Fraunce Tavern

On the Lexington anniversary the DAR held a reception and tea at Fraunce Tavern in Broad and Pear streets New York. General Washington gathered his generals there when the British left the city. The tavern glowed with flags palms and lilies as Mrs Schuyler Hamilton read an address and Miss Clinton Jones recited a poem. Patriotic songs followed.

New York Lexington Fraunce Tavern Broad and Pear Streets Washington Schuyler Hamilton Clinton Jones

Patriots Day Observed Quietly in Waltham

Patriots' Day was observed quietly as business paused and hundreds of residents traveled to Concord and Lexington. The Emmet Literary Association presented Arrah na Pogue at the Park Theatre for both matinee and evening performances.

Waltham Concord Lexington Emmet Literary Association Park Theatre

Lexington Day festival aids St Marys Infant Asylum

About 15 000 children attended the Lexington Day festival at East Armory Hall to support St Marys Infant Asylum in Dorchester. The event raised $3000 with tables run by Catholic churches across Boston. a full day of entertainment featured school dances, songs, a 200-voice chorus, harp solos, and a Keith's Theatre number finale by Company D Ninth Regiment.

East Armory Hall Lexington St. Mary’s Infant Asylum Dorchester Boston Mary L. Foster L. McCann A. McLaughlan C. Reid K. Magrail L. Clahane B. Foster J. Buckiey St. Joseph’s West End Anderson M. Dore M. Uirk A. Ripley B. Morrissey M. B. Corr M. Donohue St. Patrick's Roxbury Shay and Lynch Mission Church Cecilia Weidman M. Corbett D. Saunders A. Saunders M. Whalen M. Merton I. Lee R. Weidman M. Seegraeur D. Toy H. Ring J. Tighe K. M. Reilly H. E. White L. Leonard J. Ball Donohue A. Doherty M Hallaan McDonald Flynn Sullivan Daley Boyd and Allen SS. Peter and Paul Margaret Fanty Hereine M. Daley R. O’donnell Gilbride M. Manning Mry Gate of Heaven K. Roache K. O'Neill St. Vincent’s Mary O’reilly Mrs. Crowley E. Cronin A. Teevans BE. Kenniff A. O’reilly L. Crowley M. Lavery K. Prendergast K. Crowley M. Donovan Sacred Heart East Cambridge B. J. Brogan McKellegett Alletmiller Dr. Finegan Donovan Lundergan O’brien Blake Carmichael James’s D. W. Mahony Colbert Captain Ryan Percy Gaskin Harrington A. Leach Doyle M. Hartnett A. Ring N. Grifin K. Power L. Mahony Mahony Charlestown N. O'Neil Flower J. P. Doyle Assistenc Seagee C. Barrett A.rien Our Lady of the Rosary E. C. Pooah M. Shea J. Ruddick M. Beempsey Lorden Brown N. Dempsey Irving Farren St. Patrick's Parish Annie Maloney Olive Mollie Smith Miriam Heyward Sig. Rotoli Thomas Clifford Josephine M. Sullivan Alexander Sullivan Chicago Ninth Regiment Keith New Theatre

Pigeons Arrive for Franklin Park Greenhouse Home

The city receives a flock of racing pigeons formerly owned by Joseph Quincy and now housed in the Franklin Park greenhouse at Morton and Canterbury. Dr. Quincy of Dedham arranged the transfer, with W. L. Fischer to care for the birds in a nine-compartment temporary loft until the Overlook building is ready.

Franklin Park W. L. Fischer Joseph Quincy Isle of Haut Maine J. B. Shea Quincy Dedham Central Park New York Morton and Canterbury Streets Fischer

Building Collapse Catches Man In Charlestown

While workers demolished a wooden building on Mill street, a wall collapsed trapping Benjamin Robinson. He suffered a crushed and broken right leg and was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment.

Mill Street Charlestown Benjamin Robinson Main Street Massachusetts General Hospital

Holiday Plays and Attractions at Boston Theatres

Donnelly and Girard head next week at the Park Theatre with new songs and London hits. The Two Orphans revival with Kate Claxton and Mme Janauschek opens at the Boston Theatre. Busy boxes at Keith's and last week of Prodigal Daughter at the Columbia. London Sports at Lyceum, Hands Across the Sea at Bowdoin, boxing at Howard Atheneum. Burlesque Our Madeline at the Hollis Street. Twelfth Night matinees. Kendals repertory at Hollis Street. Robin Hood at Tremont. Parker’s benefit at Boston Theatre. Governor Greenhalge attends Marlowe’s Matinee.

Donnelly Girard Park Theatre New York Mamie Honey Boy Edward Garvie Ross Dyllyn O’brien London Boston Kate Claxton Mme. Janauschek Bowdoin Square Theatre Kentucky Rosebud George Dixon Howard Atheneum Richmond Glenroy Ida Howell W. H. McCart Madeline Florence Elene Plaisance Kendals Hollis Street Ironmaster Hollis Vsa Isaac B. Rich Miss Marlowe BELLE Ernest Lacy Chatterton Mrs. Kendal

English cycling suit introduced in Boston by Mrs Boardman

Mrs Neta Jane Boardman from New York brings the Mowbray House Ladies' Cycling Association costume to Boston. The double breasted sack coat with knee strapped knickerbockers claims wind resistance, modesty, and quicker, easier cycling for upper class women.

Neta Jane Boardman New York Boston Metropolis Boardman Mowbray House Ladies’ Cycling Association of England

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Patriot Committee Medford Mitchell Fifth Regiment Lexington Meeting House Mr. Clark Hancock and Adams Woburn Mr. Lowell Scott Scotts Emulsion Scott & Bowne N.Y All Druggiste Lil Pe Ee Rf A Thacco Maretin, Amt Grasf Beecham’s New York City Patriots East Armory St. Mary's Infant Asylum Donnelly & Girard the Park Kendal Tom Seabrooke The Columbia Hagenbach Lyceum London Sports Tabasco T. Buxton Lothian Conrad H. Foster Dixon the Palace Bostonians Tremont Fred Parker Boston Theatre Austin & Stone Grand Opera Dr. Park Park OLD Howard Athenaum Rosebud Edisons Aida Murial Freeman Langtry the Howard Eugene Tompkins Hoyt’s Texas Columbia Theatre Rich & Harris Charles Frohmans T. H. French Herald Anda Grand Opera House Age Diplomats Grand Oplcra House Company Bowdoin SQ Charles F Atkinson Theatre Tony Pastor Grand Company Bebere Austin Stone's Museum Tremont Row Stone & Shaw Tremont Theatre Bostonian Plymouth T. Pearsal Thorne Clay M. Greene Robin Hood Boston Museum Iseabrooke Barnet & Chadwick Succe Charley Veonnelly & Girard NEW Publications Mass Howard Hunter George Illinois Wilson Bros Old Colony R.A Minnie Slattery O'Neil This City John G. Hickey John Slattery Catharine O'Neil Baldwin Hyde Park Perkins EB. Baldwin Bagon Mt. Pleasant Lizzie M. Bacon Cassidy James Cassidy Conway Josie John and Elanbeth Conway Palace Theatre WM. Austin F. J. Pilling Vaudeville and Specialty Co Marie Burroughs Boston Post P. O
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