The Silver Punch Bowl (Classic Reprint): Made by Paul Revere to Commemorate a Vote of the Honorable House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Bay ... Massachusetts Bay in 1768 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Stevens, Benjamin Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331530717 ISBN 13: 9781331530718

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Silver Punch Bowl: Made by Paul Revere to Commemorate a Vote of the Honorable House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Bay in 1768

That famous midnight ride, set to the music of the poet's verse, has travelled many times around the world, ever adding in its course to the undying fame of the hero and the poet.

But it is not to celebrate an incident in his patriotic career that the writer of this article wishes your attention; it is to an incident in his peaceful days, when older and possibly wiser heads were planning those acts against the British crown which Revere and those like him carried to a successful termination.

All my readers know how absolutely Without price a piece of Revere silverware is to-day, how scarce it is, and how our antiquaries and collectors would almost sell their souls to pos sess even a spoon which came from the hands of the grand old silversmith.

Here you will be shown, not a piece made for a household purpose, but a royal punch bowl com memorative of an historic event, which was the worst annoyance that King George III. Received from the colonists before the Revolution.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Silver Punch Bowl: Made by Paul Revere to Commemorate a Vote of the Honorable House of Representatives of the Massachusetts Bay in 1768

The reputation of the great Boston mechanic, Paul Revere, does not depend solely upon any one of his many qualifications. He was as ardent a patriot as he was an excellent mechanic, and as fearless a post-rider for the leaders of the Revolution as he was a good soldier, bearing a commission as lieutenant from Governor William Shirley, under which commission he served His Majesty King George II. on an expedition against the French at Crown Point. He was a man of many resources; and, as his biographer aptly puts it, "he was an artificer of many trades, who was relied upon by the leading patriots for valuable services in the times that tried mens's souls."

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331530717
• ISBN 13: 9781331530718
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 26