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Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord.
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business · American silversmith and military officer (1735–1818) · silversmith · entrepreneur · military personnel · also Paul Revere, Paul Revere, Jr., Revere
Born 1 January 1735 · Died 10 May 1818 · Q327071
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1818· 2 entries
Died 1818-05-10.
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At the age of 83, at his home on Charter Street in Boston
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1811· 1 entry
And in 1814 circulated a petition offering the government the services of Boston's artisans in protecting Boston during the War of 1812
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1808· 1 entry
Asking for protection for his sheet copper business
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1801· 2 entries
Continues today as the Revere Copper Company, with manufacturing divisions in Rome, New York, and New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Revere became a pioneer in the production of rolled copper, opening North America's first copper mill south of Boston in Canton
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1800· 1 entry
Became the first American to successfully roll copper into sheets for use as sheathing on naval vessels
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1735· 1 entry
Born 1735-01-01.
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