Joseph Palmer (American Revolutionary War general)
Joseph Palmer (1716–1788) was an English-American general during the American Revolutionary War, beginning with the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Lexington. A Cambridge Committee of Safety member, he issued the Lexington Alarm dispatch for Israel Bissell to ride to warn that the war with Britain had begun. Palmer went on intelligence-gathering missions in Vermont and Rhode Island. George Washington issued letters of commendation to Palmer for his service.
Shaugh Prior, Devonshire, England, birthplace of Joseph Palmer
W. D. Cooper, Boston Tea Party, engraving, in the book The History of North America, 1789. Son John Pearse Palmer participated in the Tea Party
John Trumbull, Official Presidential portrait of John Adams, circa 1792, Blue Room, White House. Adams was a neighbor and a friend. After Palmer died, Adam's wife Abigail let Elizabeth Palmer and her daughters live in their "Old House".
William Barnes Wollen, The Battle of Lexington (April 19, 1775), oil on canvas, 1910, National Army Museum
The Lexington Alarm announced, throughout the American Colonies, that the Revolutionary War began with the Battle of Lexington and the Siege of Boston on April 19, 1775. The goal was to rally patriots at a grass roots level to fight against the British Redcoats and support the minutemen of the Massachusetts militia.
Frank T. Merrill, North Bridge, Concord, 1775 (oil painting, 1909). The Battles of Lexington and Concord began on April 19, 1775, with the shot heard round the world at the North Bridge and Lexington Green
Hy Hintermeister (either John Henry or his son Henry), Revere arousing Hancock and Adams