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592. THE BLACK-AMERICAN PAUL REVERE - WENTWORTH CHESWELL (1736-1817) Black American town messenger on the Committee of Safety during the Revolution who, like Revere, made an all-night ride back from Boston to warn his community in New Hampshire of the impending British invasion. Partly-printed D.S. as Justice of the Peace, 1p. large 4to., Newmarket, Nov. 14, 1815, a writ ordering a sheriff to arrest a man for a debt owed a blacksmith. Very good. $200-300

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