Biography of paul revere jr
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Paul Revere
American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution ()
This article is about the 18th-century American activist and artisan. For other uses, see Paul Revere (disambiguation).Not to be confused with Paul Rivière.
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John Singleton Copley, Portrait of Paul Revere. c. –, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
| Born | ()January 1, (O.S.: månad 21, ) North End, Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | May 10, () (aged&#;83) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Silversmith, colonial militia officer |
| Political party | Federalist |
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| Father | Apollos Rivoire |
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Paul Revere was born in Boston’s North End, in December Sometimes his birthday is mistakenly stated as January 1st, (or December 22nd Old Style), which was actually the day when he was baptized as stated in the church records. Likely he was born few days before that in late December His father’s name was Apollos Rivoire and his mother’s Deborah Hichborn. His father was a Huguenot silversmith who had immigrated to America as a refugee from religious persecution in France. Apollos learned his trade as a gold and silversmith from John Coney. Later he anglicized his name as Paul Revere.
Young Paul Revere had 11 siblings. He was the second oldest child and the eldest surviving son. He attended the North Writing School between the ages of 7 and 13 probably because his father planned him to continue the tradition of silversmith trade.
During the days when Paul Revere Jr. was growing up in the North End neighborhood, Boston had excellent public sch
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Special Guest Scholar Post: Ties that Bind – Paul Revere, Jr. and the Power of Relationships
Paul Revere, Jr. (–), urn, Boston, Massachusetts, Silver with ivory spigot handle; h. 19 in. Massachusetts Historical Society, Gift of Helen Ford Bradford and Sarah stad i england Ross. [photo MFAB]
If we take a bird’s-eye view of eighteenth-century life in Boston, Paul Revere was one man, a craftsman who was the master of a single workshop. Yet he seemed to be everywhere at once, connecting with people from all walks of society. His activities, before, during, and after the American Revolution demonstrate that he stood at the intersection of the town’s social, economic, and political life. And therein lies this tale of connections.
Revere’s success was in large measure due to the powerful web of relationships that he developed during the course of his career. By turns, familial, social, religious, and political, each circle or group signifies the silversmith’s varied interests and activities