ll the grades, and rose to that of colonel. He was many
years a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association;
became a member of St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter of Freemasons, in
1798, and was master of St. Andrew's Lodge, in 1804-5. "Uprightness and
exactness were prominent traits of his character, and universal love and
charity for all mankind were sincerely exhibited in his social
intercourse. He had troops of friends, but it is not known that he ever
had an enemy." In 1834, a number of Polish refugees arrived here, after
the final partition of their native country. A collection for their
benefit was proposed. The call was nobly responded to, and among others,
Purkitt sent his check, as follows:

"Pay to Count Pulaski, my commander at the battle of
Brandywine, his brethren, or bearer, one hundred dollars."

There is in possession of the family a full-length silhouette likeness
of Purkitt, and a daguerreotype. The accompanying portrait is from an
oil painting, in the possession of Mr. Henry P. Kidder, of Boston.

[Illustration: Signature, Henry Purkitt]

JOHN RANDALL,

Born in Watertown, Mass., October 2, 1750; married Sarah Barnard, 30th
December, 1778.

[Illustration: Signature, Henry Purkitt

_Better known as Colonel Purkitt._

"Uprightness and exactness were prominent attributes of his character,
and universal love and charity for all mankind were sincerely exhibited
in his social intercourse. He had troops of friends, but it is not known
that he ever had an enemy."--_Biographical Sketches St. Andrew's
R.A.C._]

PAUL REVERE,

Born in Boston, January 1, 1735; died at his residence, in Bennet
Street, May 10, 1818. He was of Huguenot ancestry, and learned the
goldsmith's trade of his father. Articles of silverware, with his
engraving, are still extant in Boston. He also engraved on copper, an
art in which he was self-instructed, producing a portrait of his friend,
the Rev. Jonathan Mayhew; a picture emblematical of the Stamp Act; a
caricature of the "Seventeen Rescinders," one of Lord North forcing the
tea down the throat of America; a picture of the Massacre in King
Street, and another representing the landing of the British troops in
Boston, in 1774. There were then but three engravers, besides Revere, in
America. In 1775, he engraved the plates, made the press, and printed
the bills of the paper money, which was ordered by the Provincial
Congress of Massachusetts. He was sen