to possess the organ of speech, so deeply guttural and barbarous was their uncouth dialect, - more like the chattering of baboons than any human jargon...In my opinion, extensive colonization is the only practical mode of benefiting 'benighted Africa.'" On January 9, 1873, a secretary to President Grant wrote the following letter to Revere concerning his book:Sir: The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of and to express to you his thanks for the copy of "Keel and Saddle" you were kind enough to send him. I am, Sir, Your humble svt., [Unintelligible] SecretaryIn 1875, while touring near Vienne in southeast France, by chance he visited the ruined chateau of his De Rivoire ancestors. He made a drawing of the coat of arms, Argent three fesses Gules, overall on a bend Azure three fleur-de-lis Or, from which he derived his differenced arms, displayed on his grave marker as Argent 'two' fesses Gules, overall on a bend Azure three flour-de-lis 'palewise' Or. Health decline and death Circa the 1870s, a posthumous biography claims Revere's health was "completely shattered by wounds and diseases incurred in service and his existence became one of unbroken suffering." From 1871 to 1880, the Reveres rented out their Morristown mansion to multiple tenants. This is likely when Revere purchased the historic 1807 Sansay House, possibly to live closer to the center of Morristown. Tenants of his Willows estate included Charles Grant Foster (father of Caroline Foster) and author Bret Harte. On April 15, 1880, Revere experienced "neuralgia of the heart" while on a ferry to New York (possibly a heart attack or cardiac arrest) as well as rheumatism. Friends placed him in Buck's Hotel in Hoboken. He died five days later, on April 20, 1880, at 67 years of age. His funeral was private but "largely attended by his many friends." His name appears, but lined through, in the June 1, 1880 U.S. Federal Census for his family in the City of Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. Revere and his immediate family are buried at Holy Rood Cemetery in Morristown, several miles away from The Willows. Legacy In 1881, a year after Revere's death, tenant Charles Grant Foster purchased the entire Willows property. In the decades that followed, the farm was named Fosterfields, and Foster converted it into a dairy farm breeding Jersey cattle. The Fosters kept the Revere mansion largely intact. Meanwhile, the Revere family