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Everyone Remembers Paul Revere's Midnight Ride. But His Forgotten Race to Secure a Trove of Documents Reveals How Government Records Helped Win the War
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Everyone Remembers Paul Revere's Midnight Ride. But His Forgotten Race to Secure a Trove of Documents Reveals How Government Records Helped Win the War

Smithsonian · May 6, 2026, 12:30 PM

During the American Revolution, both the British and the patriots fought to keep sensitive papers out of enemy hands

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