Record #:

15275

Author(s):

Seawell, Jos. Lacey

Abstract:

Many people know of the ride of Paul Revere, but few know of Mary Slocumb's thirty-mile, night-time ride from Wayne County to find her husband at the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. Seawell compares the two, concluding that Mary Slocumb's ride was the more dangerous one.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 22, Oct 1934, p24

Subject(s):

Slocumb, Mary, d. 1836