Lot 1030
Revere, Paul (1735-1818), Boston silversmith, 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. Revolutionary War Dated Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 6 x 6, Boston, May 1, 1779. To an unnamed recipient, in full:
"Boston, May 1 1779
Gentlemen
Major General Heath told me this Day, that Mr. Williams on Noddles informed Him: that there was no Guard on Noddles Island; and that the Ordinance Stores were not under Lock of key.
Your Humble
Servant
Paul Revere Lt Col."
Fine condition with light all-over foxing. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall 23 x 23 with a color portrait of Revere and two steel-engraved plaques, on a short Revere biography, the other a transcription of the letter.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE WAR RELATED LETTER BY REVERE IN FULL HOLOGRAPH.
According to our records, this is the only example of a Revolutionary War Dated Letter written by Paul Revere which has ever been offered at a major public auction.
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