Quitclaim from Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vermont, to Justice Wheeler, Lanesboro, Massachusetts : manuscript signed, 1788 September 30.

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Quitclaim from Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vermont, to Justice Wheeler, Lanesboro, Massachusetts : manuscript signed, 1788 September 30.

Deed to land in Vermont. Witnessed by Joel Woodworth and Elias Jackson. Appended is a statement that Allen acknowledges the validity of the document.

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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...

Wheeler, Justice, Lanesboro, Mass.

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