Lot 254
Revere, Paul (1735-1818), Boston silversmith, coppersmith, printer and patriot, instrumental in the Boston Tea Party, rode to Lexington to warn Hancock and Adams that British troops in Boston were preparing to move. Manuscript Document Signed, one page, 8 x 4½ no place, September 21, 1814. Purchase order from "The Committee for Building United States Steam Vessel of War" for 18 copper boiler plates weighing 3,542 lbs. from the firm of Paul Revere & Son at 70¢/lb. or a total of $2,479.40. Signed by Revere:
"Duplicate. Recied the above in Treasury Bills, Paul Revere & Son"
Fine condition, enclosed in a custom quarter-leather portfolio with historical background and an engraved portrait.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
The "Vessel of War" in the order was Robert Fulton’s Demologos. Her keel was laid on June 20, 1814, but she was not completed until June of 1815, four months after Fulton’s death. Revere first began supplying copper plates and sheeting to Fulton and his partner, Robert Livingston, in 1809, for Hudson River and New York ferry steamboats.
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