Paul Revere's House, Boston, Massachusetts WHERE THE MERCURY OF
THE REVOLUTION LIVED AND TOILED "Take three fourths of a Paine
that makes Traitors Confess (RAC) With three parts of a place
which the Wicked don't Bless (HEL) Joyne four sevenths of an
Exercise which shopkeepers use (WALK) Add what Bad Men do, when
they good actions refuse(ER) These four added together with
great care and Art Will point out the Fair One that is nearest
my Heart" Thus wrote Paul Revere, the Boston goldsmith, on the
back of a bill to Mr. Benjamin Greene for " Gold buttons," "
Mending a Spoon," and " Two pr. of Silver Shoe Buckles," which
was made out one day in 1773 in the old house in North Square,
built in 1676. To this house he planned to lead as his second
wife Rachel Walker; his eight children needed a mother's care,
and he wanted some one to share the joys and the burdens of his
life. Before his first marriage, in 1757, he had served as a
second lieutenant in a company of artillery, in the expedition
against Crown Point. Sol