LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| The soldiers fire | [Frontispiece] |
| "How long is it since you have been hobnobbing in that quarter?" | [13] |
| "They are indulging in treasonable practices" | [19] |
| Attaching the warning | [27] |
| "Will you give me the money now?" | [35] |
| "You are a coward!" | [40] |
| "Raising his musket quickly, and without taking aim, he fired" | [45] |
| Paul Revere and Amos | [50] |
| The crowd under the Liberty Tree | [61] |
| "The sentry knocked him down" | [71] |
| "One of the fragments struck Mrs. Richardson" | [74] |
| "Men and boys rushed from their homes" | [85] |
| Attucks | [89] |
| "To the main guard" | [95] |
| "Poor Sam!" | [102] |
| "Both regiments or none!" | [107] |
"Your Lordship must know that Liberty Tree is a large, old Elm in the High Street, upon which the effigies were hung in the time of the Stamp Act, and from whence the mobs at that time made their parades. It has since been adorned with an inscription, and has obtained the name of Liberty Tree, as the ground under it has that of Liberty Hall. In August last, just before the commencement of the present troubles, they erected a flagstaff, which went through the tree, and a good deal above the top of the tree. Upon this they hoist a flag as a signal for the Sons of Liberty, as they are called."
Extract from a letter written by Governor Bernard to Lord Hillsborough under date of June 18, 1768.
"The world should never forget the spot where once stood Liberty Tree, so famous in your annals."
The Marquis de Lafayette, in a speech delivered in Boston during his last visit to America.