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.
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Cambridge
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Caleb Davis
Davis
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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.
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Joshua Green, Jr
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lexington
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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.
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Dorchester
Boston
Mary L. Foster
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C. Reid
K. Magrail
L. Clahane
B. Foster
J. Buckiey
St. Joseph’s
West End
Anderson
M. Dore
M. Uirk
A. Ripley
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M. B. Corr
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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
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James’s
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Gaskin
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Doyle
M. Hartnett
A. Ring
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K. Power
L. Mahony
Mahony
Charlestown
N. O'Neil
Flower
J. P. Doyle
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Honey Boy
Edward Garvie
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Dyllyn
O’brien
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Kentucky Rosebud
George Dixon
Howard Atheneum
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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.
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