 | Samuel Abbott Green - 1887 - 580 strani
...Rev. Mr. Clark's. I returned at night through Charlestown ; there I agreed with a Colonel Conant, and other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water,...cross the Charles River, or get over Boston Neck. [Revere's letter to Dr. Belknap.] We see now more clearly than ever before, the importance of Paul... | |
 | George Wolfe Shinn - 1889 - 300 strani
...agreed with Col. Conant and other friends whom he saw in Charlestown, that, — in his own words, — 'if the British went out by water we would show two...Church steeple, and if by land one, as a signal.' When it was found on the evening of the 1 8th that the troops were preparing to cross from Boston in... | |
 | 1893 - 452 strani
...Colonel Conant and some other gentlemen in Charlestown that if the British went out by water, we should show two lanterns in the North church steeple, and if by land, one, as a signal; for we apprehended that it would be difficult to cross then young flood, the ship was winding, and the moon... | |
 | Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1906 - 438 strani
...Conant and some other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanthorns in the North Church steeple ; and if by land, one...difficult to cross the Charles River, or get over to Boston Neck. I left Dr. Warren, called upon a friend, and desired him to make the signals. I then... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1896 - 718 strani
...Colonel Conant and other gentlemen that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanthorns in the North Church steeple, — and if by land one, as a signal." Returning to Boston, he reported his arrangements to Warren. On Monday and Tuesday General Gage did... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 716 strani
...Colonel Conant and other gentlemen that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanthorns in the North Church steeple, — and if by land one, as a signal." Returning to Boston, he reported his arrangements to Warren. On Monday and Tuesday General Gage did... | |
 | Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - 514 strani
...Neck ; and Revere then agreed that ' if the British went out by water, they would show two lanthorns in the North Church steeple, and if by land, one, as a signal.' According to the statement of Richard Devens, one of the Charlestown Patriots with whom Revere conferred,... | |
 | Charles Ferris Gettemy - 1905 - 364 strani
...Conant and some other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanthorns in the North Church steeple and if by land, one as...called upon a friend, and desired him to make the 1 On the site of the present American House, on Hanover Street. signals. I then went home, took my... | |
 | Lucian John Fosdick - 1906 - 618 strani
...all taken off duty. From these movements we expected something serious was to be transacted. . . . I agreed with a Colonel Conant and some other gentlemen...we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross Charles River, or get over Boston Neck I then went home, took ruy boots and surtont, went to the north... | |
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I agreed with a Colonel Conant, and some other gentlemen, that if the British went out by water, we would show two lanterns in the north church steeple ; and if by land one as a signal ; for we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross the Charles... 
