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Signature of Paul Revere

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The handwritten autograph signature of Paul Revere, used for document-analysis exercises.

Revere's own handwritten signature, useful for examining his handwriting directly.

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Black ink handwritten signature reading 'Paul Revere' in cursive script, with a long looping underline stroke extending beneath it from left to right on a white background.
Signature of Paul Revere.

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What it is

This is the handwritten signature of Paul Revere, reproduced from the record of his own autograph.

Why it matters

A signature is a simple but direct trace of a historical figure's own hand. Studying Revere's signature lets students practice the basic skills of document analysis — comparing handwriting across sources, checking authenticity, and connecting written evidence to a real person rather than only to stories told about him.

Look closer

  • What can handwriting tell historians about a person, and what can't it tell them?
  • Why do archives keep and digitize signatures separately from the documents they came from?
  • How might you use this signature to check if another document was really written or signed by Revere?

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