Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont: General conventions in the New Hampshire grants ... July, 1775 to December, 1777. The first constitution of the State of Vermont. Council of Safety ... July 8, 1777, to March 12, 1778. Record of the Governor and Council, 1778-1779J. & J. M. Poland, 1873 |
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... Continental Con- gress voted , June 23 , 1775 , to pay " the men who had been employed in the taking and garrisoning of Crown Point and Ticonderoga ; " and recommended to the Convention of New York that they , consulting with Gen ...
... Continental Con- gress voted , June 23 , 1775 , to pay " the men who had been employed in the taking and garrisoning of Crown Point and Ticonderoga ; " and recommended to the Convention of New York that they , consulting with Gen ...
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... Continental Congress , " an independent body " of troops not exceeding five hundred men , officers included , be ... continental army such a contribution as was then most needed from every state - an efficient military force , which was ...
... Continental Congress , " an independent body " of troops not exceeding five hundred men , officers included , be ... continental army such a contribution as was then most needed from every state - an efficient military force , which was ...
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... Continental Congress to give him a commission . Allen was then in his fortieth year , Warner in his thirty - third ; the selection of the younger of the two heroes was remarkable . - See Early History , pp . 212 , 213. Lt. Col. Warner ...
... Continental Congress to give him a commission . Allen was then in his fortieth year , Warner in his thirty - third ; the selection of the younger of the two heroes was remarkable . - See Early History , pp . 212 , 213. Lt. Col. Warner ...
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... continental regiment of 1776 . The officers of the first company were also Bennington men . Wait Hopkins afterward became Major , and John Fassett , jr . , a prominent man in the state government . The second company was probably from ...
... continental regiment of 1776 . The officers of the first company were also Bennington men . Wait Hopkins afterward became Major , and John Fassett , jr . , a prominent man in the state government . The second company was probably from ...
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... continental army in 1776 , rendered brave service as captain , major , and lieutenant colonel , and died at Sandy Hill , New York , July 3 , 1812 , and was buried at Fort Edward , N. Y. , near the grave of Jane McRea , who was murdered ...
... continental army in 1776 , rendered brave service as captain , major , and lieutenant colonel , and died at Sandy Hill , New York , July 3 , 1812 , and was buried at Fort Edward , N. Y. , near the grave of Jane McRea , who was murdered ...
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