plant."--The Memorial History of Boston,
vol. iv, page 81.

[5] In 1800 Lynn Street extended from Winnisimmet Ferry to Charles River
Bridge. In 1833 it was merged into Commercial Street.

III.

The original Charter of this Company was approved by Governor Levi
Lincoln, June 12, 1828. The corporators named therein were J. W. Revere
and F. W. Lincoln.

The charter has been amended by approval of Governor George N. Briggs,
January 29, 1845, and again later by approval of Governor Henry J.
Gardner, March 9, 1855.

At the first meeting of the corporators held, for organization, at Mr.
Revere's counting-room, No. 75 Kilby Street, Friday, July 25, 1828, two
other names were added, and the four stand recorded in the following
order:--

JOSEPH W. REVERE.
JAMES DAVIS.
FREDERICK W. LINCOLN.
JAMES DAVIS, JR.

These accordingly, although not enumerated in the original Act, have
always been spoken of as the corporators or original associates.

* * * * *

The office of the Revere Copper Company in 1840, as shown in the
frontispiece hereto, occupied so much of the building on Union Street as
had previously been devoted by Mr. Davis to a shop, wherein were
displayed the wares kept by him for sale, and still earlier had been
used by Mr. Gay for the same purpose.

IV.

Joseph Warren Revere, so named for General Joseph Warren who was killed
at the battle of Bunker Hill, and with whom his father, Colonel Revere,
had been intimately associated in the uprising of the colonies, was the
third son of Paul and Rachel (Walker) Revere.

[Illustration: Joseph W. Revere & signature]

He was born at his father's house in North Square, Boston, April 30,
1777. His father was absent at the time in the interest of the colony,
and was so constantly occupied in public affairs that he did not return
to take up again a permanent residence with his family until the son was
about three years old.

The son, in 1801, became a partner in business with his father, and so
continued until his father's death in 1818. His mother died June 19,
1813.

He was a Director and the first President of the Company, and continued
to fill these offices until his death, which took place at his summer
home in Canton, after a somewhat lingering illness, October 12, 1868.

Mr. Revere grew up, and was deeply impressed with t