Yes, he did various things during the revolution. Even thoughLongfellow's poem named a poem after him as having warned that theBritish was coming he didn't do it. He met a British patrol and hadhis horse taken away. He did draw the handbills about the Bostonmassacre showing British soldiers firing at colonial people. Hisart for this was more Propaganda than reality. He did take part inthe Boston Tea Party and was a patriot leader, but his significancerests more as a craftsman and on his industrial perspicacity. Hehad a foundry and hardware business and had the first successfulsheet copper mill. These were important because the navy could havecopper bottoms on the ships.