Paul Revere Bell: Difference between revisions

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The minister of East Church, Reverend William Bentley, ordered this illustrious bell from Paul Revere's factory in Boston's North End in 1801. It hung from the belfry of the East church, then located at the corner of Hardy and Essex Streets. This was the third and largest bell to be used by this church.
When the church was torn down in 1846, the bell was used for a time at the Bentley School, built on Essex Street in 1861.
The bell is now housed at the Peabody Essex Museum.

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-*The minister of East Church, Reverend William Bentley, ordered this illustrious bell from Paul Revere's factory in Boston's North End on 1801.It hung from the belfry of the church at the corner of Hardy and Essex Streets. When the church was torn down in 1846, the bell was used at the Bentley School, built on Essex Street in 1861.
+*The minister of East Church, Reverend William Bentley, ordered this illustrious bell from Paul Revere's factory in Boston's North End in 1801. It hung from the belfry of the East church, then located at the corner of Hardy and Essex Streets. This was the third and largest bell to be used by this church.
-*The bell is now in view at the Peabody Essex Museum.
+*When the church was torn down in 1846, the bell was used for a time at the Bentley School, built on Essex Street in 1861.
+*The bell is now housed at the Peabody Essex Museum.
 ==See Also==
-[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=be-witched+in+historic&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Be-witched in Historic Salem] Salem Chamber of Commerce, p.22
+Vertical File in Salem Collection - '''Revere Bell'''
+[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1696337?locg=63 Be-witched in Historic Salem] Salem Chamber of Commerce, p. 22
+[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1744216?locg=63 Salem, Massachusetts] ed. by K. Turino, p. 58
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