Papers of Rufus Putnam, 1781-1801.

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Papers of Rufus Putnam, 1781-1801.

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Volume (232 pages) of weekly returns (1781 January-1783 March) for the 5th Massachusetts Regiment while under the command of Putnam and David Cobb, originating from West Point, Peekskill, Dobbs Ferry, Continental Village, Verplancks Point, and New Windsor, N.Y., and compiled by Henry Marble, adjutant; together with two land grants, eulogy written by Putnam, and letter (1801 June 15) to General Jonathan Dayton.

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Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824

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Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760 – October 9, 1824) was an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as its third Speaker, and later in the U.S. Senate. Dayton was arrested in 1807 for treason in connection with Aaron Burr's conspiracy. He was never tried, but his national political career never recovered. Dayton was born in Elizabethtown (now known as Eli...

Marble, Henry C. (Henry Chase), 1885-

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Henry Chase Marble (1885-1965), MD, 1910, Harvard Medical School, was a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital where he served as Chief of the MGH Fracture Clinic and the MGH Hand Clinic. Marble specialized in orthopedic surgery and injuries to the hand. Marble served as Chief of Orthopedic Surgery at Base Hospital No. 6, organized and staffed by MGH, in France during World War I. From the description of Correspondence, 1940s-1960s. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 231042...

United States. Continental Army

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers. ...

Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824

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Putnam commanded the defensive works around Boston in 1775 and later served under Gates against Burgoyne. From the description of Letter, 1781 March 13, Boston [Mass.], [to] Major General Heath, West Point. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 50844673 Continental army officer. From the description of Papers of Rufus Putnam, 1781-1801. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061883 Co-founder of Ohio University; trustee from 1804 to ...

Cobb, David, 1748-1830

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Revolutionary War soldier and aide-de-camp to General George Washington, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and president of the Senate, physician, judge, member of Congress, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, and a founder of the Society of the Cincinnati and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. At the time of this letter, Cobb was a resident of Gouldsboro, Maine. From the description of David Cobb letter, 1806 June 29. (Duke University Library). WorldCat...