[273] "Royalists" in Mass. Archives, Vol. 1, p. 6.

[274] This description of the affair at Concord Bridge, was written by Rev. E. G. Porter, President of the New England Historic Genealogical Society for a work entitled "Antique Views of Boston." Pp. 234-8 compiled by me in 1882. J. H. Stark.

[275] Centennial Address delivered at Acton, July 21, 1835, by Josiah Adams, pp. 44-5-6.

[276] Rev. Soldiers and Sailors. Vol. 17, p. 42.

[277] The True Story of Paul Revere, p. 45, by Charles J. Gettemy, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics and Labor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

[278] See Atlantic Monthly. April 1893, "Some Pelham Copley Letters."

[279] Paul Revere's Bills can be seen in the Archives at the State House, Boston.

[280] Lovell's Journal, p. 105.

[281] The Siege of the Penobscot, etc., pp. 23, 25.

[282] Mass. Archives, Vol. 145, pp. 230-237. (Todds report).