Portrait of ebenezer dorr c. 1800
citation from original source
ebenezer dorr (1739-1809)
philadelphia, 1800
inscription on plate "drawn & engrd. By st. Memin philada:"
no 271
npg (d. 203): "eb: door. 1800. )
cga (folio 15): "eb. Door. " added after "eb" in another hand: "en"
bn" "door"
source of identification: inscriptions; descendants. In 1775 ebenezer dorr, like paul revere (q. V. ), rode from boston to warn residents of massachesetts about the advancing british army. After the revolution, dorr became a merchant in the china trade. Ref: esther forbes, paul revere and the world he lived in (rev. Ed.;new york, 1983) p. 475. Date: 1800.
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