IN 1817, AT A COST OF $400.00, THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH of Topsfield purchased a bell, bearing the words “Revere & Company, Boston, 1817,” weighing 938 pounds, from the Paul Revere bell foundry. The bell is listed in the Revere Company stock book as having been manufactured in 1817 and sold to the Congregational Church of Topsfield. The Revere Company began the manufacture of bells at its North End foundry in 1792 and continued their manufacture until 1828 with the last bel