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Hello. This is a game where you have to find out who I am. If you find out who I am before you read clue #5, e-mail Mrs. Regner. When you discover my identity, write my name beside number 13 on your answer sheet. And remember, NO CHEATING!
I will catch you if you cheat, and put you in the stocks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clue #1
 

I was born in winter of December, 1734. I was married 2 times and I had sixteen children. I was  a very important person in history. I make things that you use every day. Such as spoons and other silverware. I also make things that you use to make music.
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Clue #2
 
When I was nineteen my father died and I took over his job and shop. I was a silversmith and I worked very hard on my tasks. Not only was I a silversmith, but  I was the person who rang the church bells on every Sunday. My friends, also known as the Sons of Liberty, helped me on my work.
 
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When I was a grown man, people who owned the churches wanted me to build big bells at my silversmith's shop for their church.  In 1768, I was asked to make a silver punch bowl with ninety-two names on it. It was a very hard task but I got it done. 

If you go to a museum you can still see my handywork inside the building. There is a masterpiece that I made in 1765 that is on an exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. I made this silver tea urn in 1791.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The urn is recorded in Revere's ledgers, where on April 20, 1791, a debit is charged to Mrs. Hannah Rowe for a silver tea urn weighing 111 ounces. It is the earliest and the largest of the three known tea or coffee urns by Revere. This urn is on display at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art: www.metmuseum.org

 

Urn, hot water, 1791
Paul Revere, Jr. (1734-1818), Maker
American; Made in New England, Boston, Massachusetts, America
Silver, ivory; Overall: 22 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 10 3/8 in., 3437.2 Grams (56.5 x 27 x 26.4 cm, 110.509 Troy Ounces) Other (Body): 17 15/16 in., 2750.9 Grams (45.6 cm, 88.444 Troy Ounces) Other (Cover): 7 x 6 in., 350.7 Grams (17.8 x 15.2 cm, 11.275 Troy Ounces) Other (Insert): 9 13/16 in., 335.6 Grams (24.9 cm, 10.79 Troy Ounces)
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Annette de la Renta, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, Drue Heinz, and Henry R. Kravis Foundation Inc. Gifts, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Margaret Stearns Bequest, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Geller and Herbert and Jeanine Coyne Foundation Gifts, Max H. Gluck Foundation Inc. Gift, in honor of Virginia and Leonard Marx, and Rogers, Louis V. Bell and Dodge Funds; and Gift of Elizabeth K. Rodiger, 1990 (1990.226 a-d)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clue #4

 

After the Boston Tea Party, everyone became familiar and happy to hear the sound of my horses' hooves. I was the fastest and best rider, of course. The British were planning a surpirise attack on Concord (where we lived at the time). They were going to take our weapons and force us to obey King George. I knew I had to warn everyone about the disaster that was about to strike. Even if I got caught, I would risk my life in order to warn everyone about the attack.

I told my friend, Dr. Joseph Warren, one of The Sons of Liberty, to hang lanterns up in the church tower if he saw British men marching on the main road. Dr. Prescott and Billy Dawes also helped me spread the alarm. The British were trying to capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock. If they got caught there was a chance that they would be killed.

We knocked on everyone's doors and hollered to warn everyone that the Redcoats were coming. We warned everyone in Lexington and Concord that the British were coming.

On the way back to Concord, I got caught by the Redcoats, also known as the Lobsterbacks. They tied me to my horse and lugged me back to Lexington. But I escaped and went to get a trunk in a house in Lexington with important papers inside. As I looked out the window, I heard gun shots. Those were the first shots of the American Revolution! 

This is what I said. Don't you love this quote by me?

"Noise!" I cried, "You'll have noise enough before long.The regulars are coming out!"

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Clue #5
 
Since you have heard so much about me, can you guess who I am? Good Luck! Here is one more hint. My initials are PR. Keep that in mind! It'll help you when it comes time to find out who I am.
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