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Letter from Rachel Revere to Paul Revere, 2 May 1775
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On 2 May 1775, Rachel (Walker) Revere wrote to her husband Paul about the difficulties she faced in leaving Boston, then under siege by American revolutionary forces after the Battles of Concord and Lexington. The outbreak of the fighting had stranded her behind British lines with six stepchildren and a new baby.