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Identifier: magazineofamericv19stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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CANNON BALL IN THE TIMBER, KEELER S TAVERN (From a photograph by the A uthor.) HISTORIC CANNON BALLS AND HOUSES I9S
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THE VILLAGE STREET IN RIDGEFIELT). (From a photograph by the Author.) myself, as I had appeared to befriend a stranger in distress. Aftersettling the point between ourselves he told me who he was and gave mea short account of himself from the time he was taken at St. Johns in1775 to that time. He requested pen and ink and wrote immediately toGen. Washington declaring who he was. About midnight the expressreturned with orders from Gen. Washington to Col. Sheldon to sendMajor Andre immediately to Headquarters. J. Howard King, Esq., has in his possession the chair used by MajorAndre while in General Kings custody at Squire Gilberts house, in SouthSalem, and seated in which he penned his letter to General Washington. At the commencement of the Revolution Ridgefield was strongly underTory influence. When the first signs of the impending conflict becamemanifest the towns-people, at a special town meeting held January 30,1775, to consider the action of the late Continental Congress, resolved

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