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	William Dawes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dawes was born in Boston on April 5, 1745, to William and Lydia (Boone) Dawes.
		Dawes was assigned by Doctor Joseph Warren to ride from Boston, Massachusetts, to Lexington on the night of April 18, 1775, when it became clear that a British column was going to march into the countryside.
		Dawes and his companions' warning allowed the town militias to muster a sufficient force for the first open battle of the Revolutionary War, and the first colonial victory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Dawes (720 words)

	William Dawes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Though Revere's importance would later be exaggerated and Dawes overlooked in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem eulogizing the event, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Dawes nevertheless did have a major role in organizing the manufacture and storage of gunpowder for the militia and the alert system used during the Powder Alarm raids.
		Dawes and Prescott escaped, though Dawes's horse bucked him off and ran away; Dawes had to walk back to Lexington.
		The alert that Dawes and Revere sounded succeeded in mustering a sufficient force for the first open battle of the revolution, and the first colonial victory.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/William_Dawes (382 words)

	William Rutter Dawes (1799 - 1868)
		It was around the time Dawes arrived in Liverpool that he became interested in astronomy and in particular the study of binary stars.
		Dawes improved on Sir John's own double star work by introducing refinements to his telescope, a 3.8 inch Dolland refractor, and was able, as a result, to make more accurate observations of binaries.
		Dawes new wife was wealthy and he was able to erect his own observatory and install a 6.5 inch Merz refractor.
	www.mikeoates.org /astro-history/dawes.htm (641 words)

	My Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William CUTHBERT was born in 1796 in Bildeston, Suffolk, England.
		William DAWES was born in 1754 in Naughton, Suffolk, England.
		William DAWES was born in 1706 in Naughton, Suffolk, England.
	fp.raylong.plus.com /naughton/d3.html (1947 words)

	William Rutter Dawes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Rutter Dawes (March 19, 1799 – February 15, 1868) was a British astronomer.
		He was a clergyman who made extensive measurements of double stars as well as observations of planets.
		An optical phenomenon, the Dawes limit, is named for him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Rutter_Dawes (141 words)

	Lt. William Dawes, First Fleeter
		Dawes later complied, only to declare publicly that 'he was sorry he had been persuaded to comply with the order'.
		Dawes refused and sailed with the marines in December 1791.
		William Dawes was also a veteran of the American War, had fought at Bunker Hill along with his present commander Major Robert Ross...The young veteran held a special place in the colony and in its history, yet to be written.
	www.colorpro.com /wmdawes/ltdawes.html (1005 words)

	Encyclopedia: William Dawes
		The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, is a heartbeat from the presidency, and in the calculation of Vice President John Nance Garner, not worth a bucket of warm piss.
		William Dawes was the first one sent to Lexington by Doctor Joesph Warren.
		Dawes and Revere took seperate routes to get to Lexington so the information of the British would arrive safely.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William_Dawes (1670 words)

	Charles G. Dawes - Biography
		Four generations earlier, William Dawes had ridden with Paul Revere on April 18, 1775, to warn the Massachusetts colonists of the British advance which signalized the opening of the American Revolution; and seven generations earlier in 1628 the first William Dawes had been among the Puritans who came to America.
		In 1917 Dawes received his commission as a major in the army and twenty-six months later was discharged as a brigadier general.
		Dawes was a disciplined and productive man. He led a full life in the commercial and political world until the age of sixty-seven; he wrote nine books; he discharged countless civic duties.
	nobelprize.org /peace/laureates/1925/dawes-bio.html (1274 words)

	Dawes Family - Generation 2
		William and Agnes arrived in Adelaide in the "William Stewart", from Southhampton 14th Jul 1853.
		In a letter from the Colonial Secretary of S.A., there is a directive that a free passage had been provided for William DAWES and his wife and family in the "William Stewart", also that they were nominated by a purchaser of land in the colony.
		His life in Jamestown is correct and was indeed the first wardsman at the new Cottage Hospital, being paid 5/- a day When William retired he returned to Adelaide and lived with his daughter, Caroline and son-in-law Edwin GREEN in their house at 13 Bucknall Rd. Glanville, from where he was buried.
	members.westnet.com.au /kevinjd/2g2.html (1119 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Dawes (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		William Dawes 1745–99, figure in the American Revolution, b.
		On the night of Apr. 18, 1775, Dawes rode from Boston, via Brighton Bridge, to Lexington, warning the countryside of the British advance.
		Revere was captured; Dawes eluded the English but had to turn back; Prescott reached Concord with the news.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Dawes-Wi.html (183 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / American Revolution's other midnight rider lost in footnotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The forgotten man was William Dawes, a patriot who lacked Revere's charisma and connections.
		Both Revere and Dawes were known to oppose the British, attending meetings with patriotic groups at Faneuil Hall and the Old South Meeting House.
		Dawes took the longer land route via Boston Neck, through what is now the city's Roxbury neighborhood, historians said.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/04/18/american_revolutions_other_midnight_rider_lost_in_footnotes (700 words)

	Semer, Suffolk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William CUTTEN was born in 1816 in Semer, Suffolk, England.
		William CUTTEN was born in 1818 in Semer, Suffolk, England.
		Mirable DAWES was born in 1562 in Semer, Suffolk, England.
	fp.raylong.plus.com /semer/d4.html (2133 words)

	Dawes Lore and Genealogy
		William Rutter Dawes, the son of a mathematics teacher and once an astronomer on an expedition to Botany Bay, Australia.
		Dawes had studied medicine as a young man and later became a clergyman with a small Independent congregation at Ormskirk, north of Liverpool.
		Jennifer Dawes of Vancouver, B.C., reports that the Dawes brewery is mentioned in the history of Lachine...
	www.colorpro.com /wmdawes/lore.html (1367 words)

	The Midnight Ride of William Dawes
		Dawes and Revere both regained their freedom, but their success was extremely short-lived.
		The church bell was rung and the militia met on Lexington Common to the beat of 16 year-old William Diamond's drum (born July 20, 1758) and the peal of 17 year-old Jonathan Harrington's fife.
		Written by William Billings, a leather tanner from Boston, it was one of the most popular songs of the entire war.
	www.beafifer.com /dawes.htm (839 words)

	Paul Revere and William Dawes
		William Dawes was Revere's accomplice on his famous ride.
		Dawes was sent by patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, to warn the people at Lexington.
		Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott rode together, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Warren, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock about the approaching British.
	www.mountalverniahs.org /Mahs/Hist-Lit10/Lexington/PaulRevere.htm (387 words)

	Dawes, William - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		William Dawes, an officer of the marines, came to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788 and established an observatory at Sydney on behalf of the British Board of Longitude.
		Dawes arrived in Australia with the First Fleet as a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, having served in the American War of Independence, and subsequently pursued studies in engineering and surveying.
		Dawes' meteorological journal provides a detailed chronology of the early weather of the colony from September 1788 until his departure for England in December 1791.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P000356b.htm (198 words)

	William Dawes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William Dawes was the first one sent to Lexington by Doctor Joseph Warren.
		Dawes and Revere took separate routes get to Lexington so the information of British would arrive safely.
		Dawes and Prescott While escaping Dawes's horse bucked him off and ran away; had to walk back to Lexington.
	www.freeglossary.com /William_Dawes (337 words)

	Mass Moments: William Dawes Dies
		The first man to be dispatched on the night of April 18, 1775, Dawes carried the same message as Paul Revere, but while Revere rowed across the harbor and mounted a horse in Charlestown, Dawes went overland, galloping through Roxbury and Watertown.
		Both Dawes and Revere faced danger and long odds, but with the men taking different routes, there was a chance that at least one of them might succeed.
		Although William Dawes never acquired the fame of Paul Revere, his achievement was not entirely forgotten.
	www.massmoments.org /moment.cfm?mid=63 (983 words)

	American Experience \| Patriots Day \| People & Events \| PBS
		Dawes' route led him to the British guards at the gate of Boston Neck -- the narrowest part of the isthmus -- as he rode south out of the city.
		Back on the road towards Lexington, Dawes realized that his horse was too tired to outrun the Redcoats.
		A cartoon in the early 1960s turned on the same humor, namely that "Dawes" was a name less suited for rhyming than "Revere" (in that comic strip, Longfellow is stuck on "Listen my children while I pause, to tell the ride of William Dawes" when his wife suggests using the name of that other rider).
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/patriotsday/peopleevents/p_dawes.html (666 words)

	William Dawes
		William Dawes was a man of many talents, but more importantly he was a man of great compassion, one of the first to recognise the injustice of slavery.
		In 1930, William’s great grand-daughter Annie Currer-Jones (nee Taylor) wrote a book on the life of William, but this book was not widely distributed.
		Our family, which contains some of William’s few, known, living descendants, are initiating this website to make his life, works and genealogy more accessible and hopefully attract additional information to confirm, fill in the gaps and complete the picture.
	www.peter.com.au /williamdawes (816 words)

	Notable Corpses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William Dawes is one of the unsung heroes of the Midnight Ride, long over-shadowed by Paul Revere.
		On the night of April 18, 1775, Dawes rode from Boston, via the Brighton Bridge, to Lexington, warning the countryside of the British Advance.
		Revere was captured; Dawes eluded the English but had to turn back; Prescott was the only rider to make it to Concord with the news.
	pages.emerson.edu /courses/spring02/JR200A/team5/corpses/williamdawes.html (209 words)

	The Starks and All Family Branches. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		William Thomas Victor CURTIS was born on September 12, 1909 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
		William Thomas Victor CURTIS and Georgena Sylvia MEDD were married in July 1931 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
		William Thomas Victor CURTIS and Helen Hastie Kennedy GOURLEY were married on September 12, 1955 in Coeur D'alene, Kootenai, Idaho, U.S.A..
	home.cogeco.ca /~gpyatt1/b22.htm (441 words)

	The William Dawes Who Rode
		In 1775, before the battle of Lexington, William Dawes and Paul Revere were dispatched to rouse the country.
		Both Dawes and Revere were unsuccessful in their rides; Revere was stopped by the British, and Dawes got lost.
		In my research found that as Revere, Dawes, and Prescott were forced into a sort of corral type place, Prescott jumped his horse over a wall and Dawes pulled his horse up short, fell off and lost his watch.
	www.colorpro.com /wmdawes/theride.html (720 words)

	The Nation, 11/28/1878 - William Dawes, and His Ride with Paul Revere
		The first is a vindication of the claim of William Dawes to the honor of being one of the two men who roused the country on the eventful night preceding the battle of Lexington.
		...William Dawes started at about the same time over Boston Neck, thence went througli Brighton and Cambridge, and rejoined Revere at Lexington Common...
		...Dawes afterwards joined the Continental forces, and was appointed commissary at Worgester...
	www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v027i0700_13.htm (482 words)

	Paul Revere vs. William Dawes - Global Affairs Forum, Politics, Law, Science, Health
		One had Dawes falling off his horse, another had him giving up his horse as it was exhausted after playing a trick on his pursuers, losing his watch, and having to walk home.
		The British Are Coming!' That's what William Dawes shouted as he took his midnight ride in 1775.
		Yep, that's exactly the difference and it's not to fault Dawes who was not bad or anything, it was that Revere had charisma, connections, and pursuasiveness that drew people and made them listen.
	www.globalaffairs.org /forum/showthread.php?t=34608 (1196 words)

	Meningar.com om Dawes. William, Dominique, Associates mm.
		William Rutter Dawes (1799 - 1868) Rev W R DawesCopyright © The Royal Astronomical Society Library Dawes was born in London...
		The Midnight Ride of William Dawes The Midnight Ride of William Dawes? Few Americans would fail to recognize the first few lines of the Longfellow poem: Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the ei..
		Ken Dawes Photography-Fine art and commercial photography of landscapes, vineyards and shorelines Ken Dawes Photography specializes in photographs and photos of fine art, photography, prints, wines, vineyards, scenic, landscapes, santa cruz, california,..
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	william dawes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Picture of, and poem about William Dawes, Revolutionary War patriot, one of the Minutemen who rode with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott.
		A poem by Helen F. Moore in 1896 celebrating William Dawes' role in the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.
		Liberty Ship William Dawes, hull number 180, was laid down on the 26th.
	www.academyhouse.bc.ca /william-dawes.html (416 words)

	Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
		A young shoemaker, William Dawes, was sent by the land route through Roxbury, Brookline and Cambridge.
		Revere was joined by Dawes, who had successfully slipped past the guards on Boston Neck, and a third man, Dr. Samuel Prescott, a resident of Concord.
		Dawes initially appeared to have escaped his pursuers, but was thrown from his horse and captured.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1261.html (901 words)

	AIM25: School of Oriental and African Studies: Dawes, William
		William Dawes (1762-1836) was Lieutenant (Royal Marines) on HMS Sirius, the flagship of the 'First Fleet'.
		Scope and content/abstract: Notebooks of William Dawes, one dated 1790, comprising grammatical forms and vocabularies of the language spoken in the neighbourhood of Sydney, New South Wales; short vocabularies of the language of natives of Van Diemen's Land, collected by the officers of the French frigates La Recherche and L'Espérance in 1793.
		The Royal Greenwich Observatory archives, held at Cambridge University Library, includes accounts of the Board of Longitude by William Dawes, 1800 (Ref: 545 ff 202-4), and his correspondence, 1786-1792, during the establishment of an observatory at Port Jackson (Ref: 576 ff 237-308).
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/19/5956.htm (467 words)

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