Hello again, My apologies to William DAWES, the 1700's patriot ! I meant to go remind myself of his first name before I clicked Send on my last posting, and I forgot ! Here is a web page which mentions the rides of William DAWES, Paul REVERE, and Dr. Samuel PRESCOTT: http://www.mountalverniahs.org/Mahs/Hist-Lit10/Lexington/PaulRevere.htm Here's another page which tells "the real story of REVERE's ride" ... http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.shtml http://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/ http://www.paulreverehouse.org/about/ Note: As people drive around the towns where "the original 13 colonies" were, do you notice how many houses built in the 1700's .. still stand ? (As people on the Nova Scotia List were discussing during the winter, technically, originally, there were "the original 14 colonies.") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere's_Ride If you do a Google search for "Paul Revere, William Dawes," you will find many more web sites ! Betty (near Lowell, MA)