bearing the following inscription : — THE SIGNAL LANTERNS OF PAUL REVERE DISPLAYED IN THE STEEPLE OF THIS CHURCH APRIL 18 1775 WARNED THE COUNTRY OF THE MARCH OF THE BRITISH TROOPS TO LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. King's Handbook of Boston - Page 138by Moses King - 1881 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1863 - 538 pages
...lanterns were displayed, by the order of Paul Kevere, on the night of the 18th of April, 1775, to warn the country of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord, — whether it was the tower of the existing Christ Church in Salem street, or • that of the Old... | |
| 1876 - 974 pages
...inscription: "The signal lanterns of I'uul Revere, displavcd in tlie steeple of this church, April 18th, 1775, warned the country of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord." of 8119.52 pivcn for charitable pnrposcs, ftnd is invested in a bond of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy... | |
| Justin Winsor - Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 790 pages
...Christ Church is shown in Vol. II. p. 509. A tablet was placed on its front Oct. 17, 1878, with this inscription: " The signal lanterns of Paul Revere...march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord." The original spire was overthrown in the great gale of 1804,- but a new one, built by Charles Bulfinch,... | |
| Justin Winsor - Boston (Mass.) - 1881 - 778 pages
...Christ Church is shown in Vol. II. p. 509. A tablet was placed on its front Oct. 17, 1878, with this inscription: " The signal lanterns of Paul Revere...march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord." The original spire was overthrown in the great gale of 1804, but a new one, built by Charles Rulfmch,... | |
| Edward MacDonald - Boston (Mass.) - 1882 - 68 pages
...forty-two feet above the sidewalk: THE SIGNAL LANTERNS OP PAUL REVERE, DISPLAYED IN THE STEEPLE OF THIO CHURCH, APRIL 18, 1775, WARNED THE COUNTRY OF THE MARCH OF THE BRITISH TROOPS TO LEXINGTON AND COXCORD. The tombs under the church number thirty-three. The first was built in 1732. In one of them... | |
| Edwin Monroe Bacon - Boston (Mass.) - 1886 - 500 pages
...London in 1756) warning, — a tablet on the front of the church, placed there Oct. 17, 1878, bears this inscription : " The signal lanterns of Paul Revere...of the British troops to Lexington and Concord.'' It is also claimed that the Paul Revere lights were hung out by the sexton of this church, Robert Newman,... | |
| Edward MacDonald - Boston (Mass.) - 1891 - 68 pages
...forty-two feet above the sidewalk: THE SIGNAL LANTERNS OP PAUL REVERE, DISPLAYED IN THE STEEPLE OP THIO CHURCH, APRIL 18, 1775, WARNED THE COUNTRY OF THE...MARCH OF THE BRITISH TROOPS TO LEXINGTON" AND CONCORD. The tombs under the church number thirty-three. The first was built in 1732. In one of them were interred... | |
| Karl Baedeker (Firm), James Fullarton Muirhead - Mexico - 1893 - 752 pages
...the steeple of which the signal-lanterns of Paul Revere were displayed on April 18th, 1775, to warn the country of the march of the British troops to Lexington and Concord (p. 112). the Carney Hospital, in South Boston; and the Homeopathic Hospital (PI. D, 7). The Criminal... | |
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