Paul Revere's Ride (97 page)

preparations,
152
–55

operation,
155
–65

consultations,
203

ministers’

role,
158

prayers,
158

numbers,
246

volunteers,
158

Muster:
TOWNS
: Acton,
155
,
166

An-dover,
156

Bedford,
158

Billerica,
145
,
156

Brookline,
157
,
159

Carlisle,
145

Chelmsford,
156
–58

Concord,
156
,
203

Danvers,
163

Dedham,
147
,
156
,
158

East Sudbury,
154

Framingham,
147

Groton,
157

Hollis,
157

Lexington (1st),
149
–51,
156
,
158
,
186
,
187

Lexington (2nd),
181
,
182

Lincoln,
161

Littleton,
158
,
159

Lynn,
157
,
161

Medfield,
157

Natick,
147

Newton,
159

Pepperell,
157

Prescott,
157

Roxbury,
152

Salem,
157

Sudbury,
147
,
155

Waltham,
142
,
393

Woburn,
158

Muzzey, Amos,
199

Muzzey, Isaac,
320

Muzzey family (Lexington),
320

Myrdal, Gunnar,
5

Mystic,
see
Medford

Myths, about Concord and Lexington: not a spontaneous rising,
151

not a leaderless fight by individual farmers,
202

no Lexington minutemen,
153
,
329
,
395

no clear evidence of who fired first at Lexington,
194

militia not armed with rifles,
159
–61

militia marksmanship not incompetent,
420

militia do not hide behind stone walls next to road,
221
–60

Minuteman Rock,
410

ballad of Chevy Chase,
412

Pamela Brown Fiske and Francis Brown,
419

Sam Adams as “mastermind of Revolution.”
338

Myths, about Paul Revere: innocent victim of British tyranny,
327

lone rider of Revolution,
333

military leader,
334
; “simple artizan.”
338

capitalist,
339

democrat,
339

evil American,
340

does not row himself across Charles River,
332

does not receive lantern signals,
332

is not drunk on ride,
341

is not paid for midnight ride,
415

does not ride plough horse,
337

does not say “British are coming.”
109

does not reach Concord,
332

does not betray colleagues,
341

does not have an affair with Mother Goose,
343

myth of Ebenezer Dorr,
388

inflation of Dawes’s role,
337

myths of debunkers,
336

myths of iconclasts,
340
,
341
,
342

Namur, battle of,
239

Nansemond, Va.,
325

Nantasket Road,
57

Narrative, xx,
374

Natick, Mass.,
147

Needham, Mass.,
147
,
253
,
321

Nelson, George A.,
301

Nelson, Josiah,
91
,
92
,
392

Nelson, Tabitha,
228

Nelson, Thomas Sr.,
392

Nelson farms,
130

Nesbitt, Lt. Col. William,
308

New Bern, N.C.,
271
,
325

New Brick Church,
8
,
16

New Haven, Conn.,
271
,
325

New London, Conn.,
57
,
271
,
324

New York City,
271
,
325

Newbury, Mass.,
172

Newburyport, Mass.,
74
,
324

Newburyport Essex Journal,
74

Newcastle, Del.,
325

Newell, Eliphelet,
305

Newell’s Tavern,
90

Newman, Robert,
99
–101,
103
,
114
,
288
,
388

Newman, Sir Thomas,
99

Newman House, illus.,
101

Newport, R.I.,
57
,
311

Newton, Mass.,
147
,
159
,
321

Nicholls,
305

Nichols, James,
208
,
209

Nichols, John,
320

Nietzsche, Friedrich,
332

Nixon, Capt. John,
222

Nixon, Capt. Thomas,
222

North, Lord Frederick,
41
,
73
,
74
,
237
,
244
,
275

North Bridge, Concord: fight at,
202
,
217
,
343

Concord militia retreats across,
206

women and children,
404

British troops guard,
207

British units present,
404

American strength,
209

British strength,
212
,
404

American orders to advance,
210

American “Indian file”

formation,
212

British “street firing”

formation,
212

first shot,
212
,
329
,
404
,
405

fight at,
343

Regulars broken,
214

American atrocity,
406
,
407

casualties,
212
,
214
,
218
,
406

chronology,
405

map,
217

illus.,
213
,
330

North Caucus,
20
,
302
,
378

North Chelsea, Mass., takes name of Revere, Mass.,
331

North End,
see
Boston North End mob,
377

North Reading, Mass.,
140

North Square, Boston,
18
,
103
,
300
,
375

North Writing School,
9

Northumberland, Dukes of,
235

Norwich, Conn.,
271
,
324

Norwich, Eng.,
99

Novels, inspired by Lexington and Concord,
407

Noyces, Nat.,
305

Nunn, Lt. Joseph,
275
,
310
,
416

O’Brien, Tim,
342

O’Neill, Thomas P. Jr.,
339

Obear, Capt. Israel,
305

Ohio Valley,
271

Old Granary Burying Ground,
15

Old Manse, Concord,
213

Old North Church,
9
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
99
,
114
,

282,
327
,
332
,
334
,
388

historians,
308

illus.,
102

Old North Meetinghouse,
388

Old South Meetinghouse,
69

Oliver, Andrew,
41

Oliver, Andrew, Jr.,
14

Oliver, Peter,
182

Oliver, Thomas,
47

Olsen, Ed,
423

Olson, Donald W.,
312
,
313

Oneida County, N.Y.,
36

Onslow, N.C.,
325

Orne, Azor,
90
,
125
,
248

Orne’s Point,
60

Osier, Sir William,
298

Otis, Harrison Gray,
234

Otis, James,
20
,
38
,
305
,
342
,
376

Otis, Karen,
424

Oudenarde, battle of,
239

Page, Nathaniel,
143

Paine, Thomas,
342

and news of Lexington,
279

Palfrey, William,
305

Palmer, Joseph,
248

Palmer, Joseph P.,
305

Palms, Richard,
305

Panzer, Robert,
424

Parker, Abel,
157

Parker, Capt. John,
149
–51,
158
,
160
,
180
,
167
,
182
,
188
,
191
,
193
,
197
,
201
,
203
,
210
,
228
,
229
,
285
,
289
,
319
,
395

motives at Lexington Common,
400
,
401

Parker, Jonas,
197
,
320

Parker, Jonathan,
305
,
321

Parker, Theodore,
150
,
285
,
289

Parker’s Revenge, fight at,
219
,
229
,
410

Parkman, Elias,
306

Parsons, Capt. Lawrence,
225
,
229
,
323
,
404

Patridge, Sam,
306

Patriots’ Day, holiday in Mass. and Me.,
294
,
343

Pattishall family,
298

Paul Revere House,
343
,
344
,
423

Paul Revere Insurance Co.,
339

Paul Revere Memorial Assn.,
334
,
343
,
344
,
423

Paull, E.T.,
334
,
335

Payson, Joseph,
306

Payson, Rev.,
412

Peace initiatives,
265

Pearce, Isaac,
306

Pearce, Isaac Jr.,
306

Peck, Samuel,
306

Peck, Thomas H.,
306

Pedrick, Maj. John,
60

Pelham, Henry,
23
,
24
,
377

Penobscot expedition,
335
,
344

Penryn, Eng., disorder in,
76

Pepperell, Mass.,
157
,
170
,
171

Percy, Lord Hugh,
31
,
57
,
65
,
96
,
121
,
126
,
202
,
232
–34,
237
,
258
,
261
,
262
,
264
,
283
,
308

biog.,
235

illus.,
236

Percy’s Brigade,
234

ammunition shortage,
242
,
243
,
412

march of,
238

route to Lexington,
240

strength,
245
,
412

Percy’s retreat, begins,
251

chronology,
315

formations,
413

tactics,
245

escapes pursuers at Kent Lane,
259
,
414

ends at Charlestown,
260

casualties,
251

time, distance, speed,
246
,
317
,
414

historians,
315

map,
252

Perry, Mrs. Marsden,
339

Peters, John,
306

Petersen, Nancy,
424

Pettigrew, Lt. James,
323

Philadelphia, Pa.,
271
,
325

Phillips, Capt. John,
306

Phillips, Samuel,
306
,
376

Phillips, William,
306

Phips, David,
45
,
47

Phips farm,
314

Phrygian caps,
72

Pickering, Col. Timothy,
157
,
260

Pierce, Abijah,
161

Pierce, Capt. Abraham,
394

Pierce, Benjamin,
321

Pierce, Solomon,
320

Pierce, William,
306

Pierpont, Robert,
306

Pigeon, John,
159

Pigot, Brig. Robert,
308

Pine Hill,
see
Parker’s Revenge

Piper’s Tavern,
124

Pitcairn, Maj. John,
67
,
69
,
121
,
127
,
154
,
187
,
188
,
189
,
190
,
193
,
194
,
206
,
207
,
229
,
230
,
231
,
234
,
239
,
242
,
260
,
282
,
308
,
322
,
381
,
402

illus.,
191

Pitcairn, Lt. William,
324

Pitts, John,
306

Pitts, Lendall,
306

Pitts, Samuel,
306

Plummer, Louis,
423

Plympton, Thomas,
394

Poe, Edgar Allan,
289

Pollard’s Tavern,
145

Polly, William,
414

Pomfret, Conn.,
324

Pope, Alexander,
32

Pope, Richard,
399

Porter, Asahel,
127
,
197
,
321