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Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 5. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Church, Benjamin 1639-1718
Military officer; born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1639; was a leader in King Philip's War; commanded the party by whom Philip was slain (August, 1676); and with his own sword cut off the head of the dusky monarch.
While Phipps was operating against Quebec in 1690, Colonel Church was sent on an expedition against the eastern Indians.
He went up the Androscoggin River to the site of Lewiston, Me., where he, for example, put to death a number of men, women, and children whom he had captured.
The Indians retaliated fearfully.
In May, 1704, Governor Dudley sent, from Boston, an expedition to the eastern bounds of New England.
It consisted of 550 soldiers, under Church.
The campaign then undertaken against the French and Indians continued all summer, and Church inflicted much damage to the allies at Penobscot and Passamaquoddy.
He is represented by his contemporaries as distinguished as much for his integrity, justice, and purity as for his military exp