Identifier: antiqueviewsofye00star_0 (find matches)
Title: Antique views of ye towne of Boston
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Stark, James Henry
Subjects: Dwellings Historic buildings
Publisher: Boston : Published by ye Photo-electrotype engraving co. ...
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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PAUL REVERE. ANTIQUE VIEWS OF B08T0N. 217 PAUL REVERE. Paul Revere is a name of which every Bostonian is justly proud.He was a native of Boston, but descended from the sturdy Hugue-nots, Rivoire being the ancient family name. He was a goldsmithby trade, but took up the art of engraving on copper, of whichhe has left many specimens. He engraved the plates, made thepress, and printed the paper money for the Provincial Congress.He was the principal engraver in the colony at the time of theRevolution, and a number of the illustrations in this work wereengraved by him. It was due to his skill as an engraver that manyof the views of that period have been handed down to posterity. When the troubles began with the mother country, Paul Reverewas one of the first to advocate a vigorous lesistance to this Britishmisrule ; and no patriot stood ready to risk more, or dare more inthe cause of freedom, than did he. His name stands second onthe roll of the famous tea-party of December 16, 1773. In th

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