ALS, 1784 Aug. 5, Sunderland, Vt., to Goose Van Schaick.

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ALS, 1784 Aug. 5, Sunderland, Vt., to Goose Van Schaick.

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Allen writes to a fellow veteran to invite him to settle in Vermont and bring others with him. He states his objection to confederation with the United States and to paying the Continental debt, and asks to borrow money.

1 item (3 p.) ; 32 cm.

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Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789

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Ethan Allen (1738-1789), Revolutionary War officer and Vermont leader, achieved a place in history by capturing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. He championed Vermont's drive for statehood. Ethan Allen was a distinct type of frontier soldier. His influence on the settlers of Vermont was comparable to that of John Sevier on the inhabitants of Watauga, East Tennessee, and of Thomas Sumter on the up-country men of South Carolina. Frontier people possessed clan-like loyalties, and they looked to strong men...

Van Schaick, Goose, 1736-1789

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