Show paul revere not alone during his famous ride paul revere was not alone on his famous ride but was accompanied I 1 by william dawes an ancestor of former vice president dawes and dr samuel prescott Pr cscott who overtook them on the road to concord on the night of april 18 1775 the head of the sons of liberty dr warren noticed the mobilization of the british troops near boston and he summoned dawes and revere to alarm the countryside dawes was the first to start and his route to lexington was through roxbury and brighton bridge revere went by way of charlestown Charles town and medford to lexington found samuel adams and john hancock and gave them the message then waited about half an hour until dawes came they set off together for concord and were overtaken by dr prescott whose home was in that place about zvi 21 1 miles from lexington common when dawes and prescott Pr cscott had stopped to give the alarm at a house revere was wag about rods ahead when he saw two men in the highway they proved to be british officers and others came forward prescott Pr cscott jumped his horse over a low stone wall and escaped to concord and dawes escaped to lexington pursued by three or four officers revere never reached concord but the alarm was given there by one of his companions |