by prhstaff | May 22, 2020 | Blog
“Missing” Revere Letter Returns to the Paul Revere House By Emily Holmes Editor’s Note: This Revere Express post is adapted from the Fall 2014 issue of The Revere House Gazette. It has been reformed for use as a companion piece to Monday’s post by Nina Rodwin. Shortly...
by prhstaff | May 18, 2020 | Blog
By Nina Rodwin Historians have a clear picture of Paul Revere’s activities and whereabouts during the Midnight Ride, but there is much less information regarding his actions during the week after April 18, 1775. Letters from Revere’s wife, Rachel, suggest that Paul...
by prhstaff | May 15, 2020 | Blog
By Ruaidhrí Crofton By the mid 18th century, Boston had established itself as a significant port within Britain’s North American colonies. As the town’s population reached nearly 15,000, the community boasted a number of meeting houses for worship, wharves and...
by prhstaff | May 11, 2020 | Blog
By Jeannine Falino A Note from the Executive Director While the intent of the Revere Express blog is to showcase our staff’s work, we also intend to share the work of fellow experts in the field from time to time. So, I am thrilled that our first “guest” post is...
by prhstaff | May 10, 2020 | Blog
Today, May 10th, is the anniversary of Paul Revere’s death in 1818. Revere was 83 when he passed from natural causes, closing out a life both “honorable and useful” according to his obituary in the Columbian Centinel. For the Paul Revere House staff, this is a strange...
by prhstaff | May 8, 2020 | Blog
Writing from different sides of the conflict, both Sarah Winslow Deming in her journal, and Ann Hulton in her letters, provide windows into daily life in Boston during the periods of British Occupation between 1768 and 1776. The historical facts of the Occupation are...
