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(REVERE, PAUL.) Autograph Letter Signed, "Paul Revere & Son," presumably written and signed by his son Joseph W. Revere, to General Michael McClary, sending him a bill for a pair of three pound cannons. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; folds, stained, tear. Boston, 19 April 1813

(REVERE, PAUL.) Autograph Letter Signed, "Paul Revere & Son," presumably written and signed by his son Joseph W. Revere, to General Michael McClary, sending him a bill for a pair of three pound cannons. 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral address leaf; folds, stained, tear. Boston, 19 April 1813

  • Notes: filling an order for cannons during the war of 1812. McClary served as the Adjutant General of the State of New Hampshire from 1791-1813. No doubt, the threat of a British naval attack on the ports of that state necessitated this order for cannons to be cast from the famed silversmith.

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