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Revere, Paul (1735-1818) On Christmas Eve 1816, Paul Revere requests the repayment of $150 from Judge Isaac Parker of Boston - the note was carried by his grandson - who's other grandfather was an old friend of Revere's and a fellow Boston Tea Party participant! Autograph Note Signed, "Paul Revere," 1 page, 5" x 2.5"(visible), professionally matted and framed to 12.5" x 18.5". Boston, December 24, 1816 to Isaac Parker. Revere writes in full: "I will thank you to send me by Joseph Eayres One hundred & fifty dollars, and you will oblige your humble Servt." The Joseph Eayres who collected the debt is likely the grandson of Joseph Eayres (1733-1790) who was a close friend of Revere and a participant in the Boston Tea Party. The elder Joseph's son Thomas Stevens Eayres (1765-1820) worked as an apprentice to Revere, and in 1788, married Revere's daughter Frances. She gave birth to the younger Joseph in 1796 who appears also to have worked in Paul Revere's shop. Incidentally, this note dates exactly 10 years and 1 day after the opening of the notorious Thomas Selfridge trial, for which Isaac Parker was the presiding Judge. Thomas Selfridge was an ardent Federalist who murdered a young Republican newspaperman around the time of the 1806 Independence Day celebrations. His trial opened on December 23, 1806 and he was acquitted on December 26 after only 15 minutes of deliberation. Paul Revere was the foreman of the jury and his integrity (as he was a known friend of Selfridge and a Federalist himself) came under fire.