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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sampson, Deborah 1760-1827 (search)
Sampson, Deborah 1760-1827 Heroine; born in Plympton, mass., Dec. 17, 1760; was moved by patriotic feeling to disguise her sex and enter the Continental army when less than eighteen years old. Under the name of Robert Shurtleff she joined the 4th Massachusetts Regiment and served for three years in the ranks; received a sabre-cut in the temple in an action near Tarrytown; and soon afterwards was shot in the shoulder. During the campaign around Yorktown she had an attack of brain fever, and was taken to a hospital in Philadelphia, where her sex was discovered. Upon her recovery she was sent to Washington, who gave her an honorable discharge, some advice, and a purse of money. After the war she was invited to the capital, and congress voted her a grant of lands and a pension. She wrote an autobiography entitled The Female review. She died in Sharon, Mass., April 29, 1827.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vinton, John Adams 1801-1877 (search)
Vinton, John Adams 1801-1877 Clergyman; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 5, 1801; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1828, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1831; ordained in the Congregational Church in 1832, and held pastorates in Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts; was agent of the American Society for Improving the Condition of the Jews; chaplain of the Massachusetts State almshouse in 1859-60; and later devoted himself to genealogical researches. He contributed many articles to periodicals, and was author of Deborah Sampson, the Female soldier of the Revolution, etc. He died in Winchester, Mass, Nov. 13, 1877.