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Irvine, William 1741-1804
Military officer; born in Fermanagh, Ireland, Nov. 3, 1741; was surgeon of a ship-of-war; came to the United States after the peace of 1763, and practised medicine at Carlisle, Pa. He was an active patriot, and raised and commanded the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776; was captured in the battle at Three Rivers, Canada; exchanged in May, 1778; served under Wayne, and in 1781 was stationed at Fort Pitt, charged with the defence of the Northwestern frontier.
He was a member of Congress in 1786-88, and took a civil and military part in the task of quelling the Whiskey Insurrection.
He was again a member of Congress in 1793-95.
He died in Philadelphia, July 29, 1804.
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