ALS, 1784 Aug. 31, Bennington, Vt., to Ira Allen, Onion River, Vt.

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ALS, 1784 Aug. 31, Bennington, Vt., to Ira Allen, Onion River, Vt.

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Allen tells his brother he plans to move to his farm at Onion River (now Winooski), sends the dimensions of the house he proposes to build and asks him to procure lumber and other supplies.

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Allen, Ira, 1751-1814

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Ira Allen was born in Cornwall, Connecticut on April 21, 1751, the sixth and youngest son of Joseph and Mary (Baker) Allen. Moving to Vermont around 1770, Allen entered into various land speculations and became a member of the Onion River Land Company with his brothers Heman, Zimri, and Ethan and his cousin Remember Baker. During the Revolution he was a member of the Green Mountain Boys and he played important roles in the Canadian Campaign of 1775-1776 and in the recapturing of Fort ...