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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), March , Francis Andrew 1825 - (search)
Mifflin, Thomas -1800
Military officer; born of Quaker parents, in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1744; was educated in the Philadelphia College; visited Europe in 1765, and, on his return, became a merchant.
Having served in the legislature of Pennsylvania,
Thomas Mifflin. he was chosen a member of the first Continental Congress in 1774; was appointed major of one of the first regiments raised in Philadelphia, and accompanied Washington as aide-de-camp to Cambridge in the summer of 1775.
All through the Revolutionary War Mifflin was a faithful and efficient officer, rising to the rank of major-general in 1777.
He was eloquent in speech, and was efficient in rousing his countrymen to action when necessary.
In this way, traversing Pennsylvania, he caused large numbers of its citizens to flock to the standard of Washington before the attack on the enemy at Trenton.
He was quartermaster-general, and, in 1777, was a member of the board of war.
Mifflin was one of Conway's cabal, a c