biography
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| lived:
| (1738–1824)
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| biography:
| American revolutionary soldier, born in Sutton, Massachusetts, USA. He served against the French (1757–60), and in the American War of Independence commanded a regiment, becoming brigadier-general in 1783. In 1788 he founded Marietta, OH, and in 1789 was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territory. He later became surveyor-general of the United States (1793–1803). |
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