Everyone Remembers Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride. But His Forgotten Race to Secure a Trove of Documents Reveals How Government Records Helped Win the War
During the American Revolution, both the British and the patriots fought to keep sensitive papers out of enemy hands Karin Wulf | History Correspondent May 6, 2026 8:30 a.m. John Hancock left this trunk of documents at a Lexington tavern. Paul Revere and fellow Bostonian John Lowell recovered the trove of papers and carried it across the village green. Illustration […]