5: "Delenda est Bostonia:" a Congress, Paul Rides, & the First Shot at Lexington
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The Nightmare Ride of Paul Revere
Governor gage's wife, margaret kemball, is an undercover agent for the patriots. They believe that he intends to pass through lexington and arrest two major patriot leaders hiding out there. Paul revere must tell them of the troops movement; doctor warren suspects the troops are coming to arrest them. Longfellow won't mention this story when writing his beautiful poem decades from now but paul is definitely one of the key players and an important source.
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