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There was actually no confusion in the colonial period between Second Church, (the true "Old North," where Revere hung his lanterns) and the Anglican Christ Church, Boston, which is never so called in the maps of the period, or in Revere's deposition.
The "sexton," to whom Revere gave the lanterns is never named as Robert Newman, and the standard punishment for a signal site was to reduce it for firewood.
Someday I'll get around to writing the article correcting this; it's one of the "three lies" of Boston. Dellaroux ( talk) 22:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Did the tower originally have a clock? The old illustration in the article shows what appears to be a clock. -- 76.115.67.114 ( talk) 09:55, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
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There was actually no confusion in the colonial period between Second Church, (the true "Old North," where Revere hung his lanterns) and the Anglican Christ Church, Boston, which is never so called in the maps of the period, or in Revere's deposition.
The "sexton," to whom Revere gave the lanterns is never named as Robert Newman, and the standard punishment for a signal site was to reduce it for firewood.
Someday I'll get around to writing the article correcting this; it's one of the "three lies" of Boston. Dellaroux ( talk) 22:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Did the tower originally have a clock? The old illustration in the article shows what appears to be a clock. -- 76.115.67.114 ( talk) 09:55, 2 January 2012 (UTC)