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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1the cost of the new bell of $418.05. Bell No. 154 was first hung in the belfry of the Old First Parish Meeting House on [address hidden]. In 1834 it was brought to the bell tower when the Town built its first Town House. That was moved in 1859 to the cor. of Main & [address hidden] and the bell with it. When this was demolished in 1898 the bell was moved to the High School cor. Common & [address hidden] and connected with the fire alarm apparatus. After 1914 it was moved to its present location. On account of the coincidence in weight it may be a duplicate pattern of the Old Tunnel bell on Lynn Common (No. 171) which was entered in the stock book as 905 lbs.
3BELL NO. [address hidden] 2437 lbs., cast 1816. Called by Dr. Arthur Nichols Paul Revere's masterpiece.
4In the belfry of King's Chapel, [address hidden], Boston.
5A new bell obtained from England in 1772 of 2475 lbs. was recast into this bell by Paul Revere Feb. 16, 1816. It is still in use in perfect condition.
7Woodstock, Vermont, has the distinction of having three Paul Revere bells all still in use. They are as follows:
9BELL NO. 198 inscribed "Revere & Son, Boston 1818." Weight 711 lbs.
10In the belfry of the Congregational Church.
11Cast June 2, 1818. Its tonic note is C. At 45 cents a pound it cost $319.95. The weight is written in chalk on the inner waist.
13BELL NO. 374 inscribed "Paul Revere & Son." Cast Oct. 1, 1827.
14In the bell chamber of the Universalist Church.
15Weight is written on its inner waist in blue chalk 1021 pounds.
17BELL NO. 392 inscribed "Revere, Boston." Cast June 23, 1828.
18In the steeple of the Christian Church.
19Weight is marked in blue chalk on the inner waist 849 lbs.
21BELL NO. 235 inscribed "Revere, Boston 1821." Recast of a bell recast by Col. Hobart, weight being augmented to 1127 lbs.
22In the belfry of the First Parish (Unitarian) Church at Canton Corner, Canton, Mass. Used Sundays and connected with the fire alarm system of Canton.
23The Precinct voted Oct. 15, 1764 the sum of £48 to purchase the original bell which was to be "400 pounds or upwards." The bell procured (385 lbs.) proved too light metal. So Col. Hobart recast it and his bill is preserved with the town records. This bell is said to have been broken by Harrison Carroll, sexton, by striking it with a sledge hammer. A committee appointed 1820 ordered it recast.
25BELL inscribed "Revere & Son, Boston." Illustration of this bell in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. 48 Jan. 1912, opp. p. 13 of Dr. Nichols' article on "The Bells of Paul and Joseph Revere."
26Preserved in the tower of St. Paul's Church, [address hidden], Newburyport, Mass. To see apply to Sexton, John J. McKinney, [address hidden], Newburyport.
27This bell was hung Feb. 14, 1811, in the tower of the former edifice of St. Paul's. It became cracked and was taken down in 1899 and replaced by a sweeter toned bell of McNeeley.
29Two other illustrations of Paul Revere bells are to be found in Dr. Nichols' article. For one cast in 1819 see opposite p. 5 and for one cast in 1822 see opposite p. 7.
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