Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

Revolutionary officer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Capt. Callenden Irvine, 1803 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529279

Army officer, U.S. Secretary of War, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts.

From the description of Papers, 1800-1814. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70972156

Major general, politician, and statesman.

From the description of Papers, 1761-1826. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70943714

Son of Simon and Sarah (Marston) Dearborn, born in Hampton, New Hampshire, February 23, 1751. Became a physician; fought at Bunker Hill; taken prisoner while on Arnold expedition to Quebec; was exchanged and fought throughout revolution, after which he settled in Kennebec County, Maine was in Congress, 1793-1797; in 1801 Jefferson appointed him Secretary of War. 1809 resigned to become collector of port of Boston, January, 1812, Major General, U.S.A. His incompetence caused havoc in Lake regions. Honorably discharged June 15, 1815. In 1822 went as minister to Portugal. Married three times: Mary Bartlett, 1771: Dorcas Osgood Marble, 1780: Sarah Bowdoin, 1813. Died, June 6, 1829. (Dict. Am. Biog.) (Blue index cards)

From the description of Henry Dearborn correspondence, 1805-1815. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 320967783

U.S. secretary of war, U.S. representative from Massachusetts, physician, diplomat, and army officer.

From the description of Henry Dearborn correspondence, 1798-1814. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423576

Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an officer in the Continental Army, was U.S. Secretary of War and representative to Congress from Massachusetts.

From the description of Henry Dearborn papers, 1777-1823. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652477

Physician, U.S. Continental Army officer, and statesman, of New Hampshire and Boston, Mass.

From the description of Military papers, 1775-1792. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70975170

Physician, soldier; U.S. representative, District of Maine, 1793- 1797; U.S. secretary of war, 1801-1809.

From the description of Letter : War Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Th[omas] Arnold, 1808 March 16. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417924

Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an officer in the Continental Army, was U.S. Secretary of War and representative to Congress from Massachusetts. His son, Henry Alexander Schammell Dearborn, was a lawyer and politician.

From the description of Henry Dearborn Revolutionary War diary and battle recounts, 1777-1820. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 776148895

Sec'y of War under Jefferson.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to his son Henry, 1806 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531045

From the description of Letter : War Department, to Stephen Moylan, 1803 Jan. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538162

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Thomas Jefferson, 1815 Jul. 03. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270516041

Dearborn (1751-1829) was an American soldier in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, Col. on Washington's staff at Yorktown, 1781, Congressman, 1793-1797, and Secretary of War, 1801-1809. He also served as Maj.-Gen. of the Army, 1812-1813, and U.S. Minister (Ambassador) to Portugal, 1822-1824. The Clarke Historical Library has his complete manuscript collection on microfilm and his published war journals.

From the description of Correspondence, 1825. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 42352181

Henry Dearborn was a soldier, U.S. Secretary of War, and a congressman from Massachusetts. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson appointed him inspector of fortifications and superintendant at West Point. Fort Adams was created after the settlement of the boundary between the West Florida and Mississippi Territories in 1798.

From the description of Henry Dearborn letter, 1803 Mar. 16. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122372579

Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an Army officer, was U.S. Secretary of War and representative to Congress from Massachusetts.

From the description of Henry Dearborn diary, 1779-1781. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122314125

From the guide to the Henry Dearborn diary, 1779-1781, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Army officer, U.S. secretary of war, and U.S. representative from Massachusetts.

From the description of Certificate, 1804. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70941682

Secretary of War and War of 1812 general.

From the description of Correspondence, 1803-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86153721

Army officer, Secretary of War.

From the description of Letter books, 1812 June 3-1813 Dec. 22. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663402

Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), physician, statesman, and soldier, was born on 23 February 1751 in Hampton, N.H., the son of Simon and Sarah Marston Dearborn. He attended public schools, studied medicine in Portsmouth, N.H., and opened his medical practice in Nottingham, N.H., in 1772. Dearborn fought in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812, and was Secretary of War under Thomas Jefferson. From 1793 to 1797 he was a representative in the United States Congress, and from 1822 to 1824 he was minister to Portugal.

Dearborn married three times and had one child, Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), by his second wife, Dorcas Osgood Marble Dearborn. Henry Dearborn died on 6 June 1829 in Roxbury, Mass.

From the description of Papers, 1803-1825. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 262592579