mr. paul revere, is messenger to the committee of safety and that all dispatch and assistance be given him in all instances that the triumph of the colony may be facilitated signed by joseph warren. that was paul revere's pass to move about the minute men lines in the cambridge boston area. this pass was written about ten days of the bottle of concord and lexington, the shots heard round the world that will begin, officially begin i guess, the american revolution. well then our collection gets even better because i think our most prized possession is the only known surviving handwritten copy of the declaration of independence. we know that this was created in philadelphia and then in early 1777 franklin will use tight communicate to the court of frederic the great of push sha exactly what's happening back here in this new united states. we have in essence the cover letter that went with this where franklin is saying we the united states of america have just declared our independence from great brit on the. here is our declaration of that independence and the reasons for our formation as a