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| Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 28 | 4 | Browse | Search |
| Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. | 8 | 4 | Browse | Search |
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Whiting, Henry 1790-1851
Military officer; born in Lancaster, Mass., about 1790; joined the army in 1808; promoted first lieutenant in 1811; was placed on the staff of Gen. John P. Boyd, and afterwards on that of Gen. Alexander Macomb; promoted captain in 1817; was chief quartermaster of the army of General Taylor during the Mexican War: won distinction at Buena Vista, in recognition of which he was brevetted brigadier-general, United States army, Feb. 23, 1847.
His publications include Ontway, the son of the forest (a poem) ; Life of Zebulon M. Pike, in Sparks's American biography; joint author of Historical and scientific sketches of Michigan, etc.; and editor of Washington's Revolutionary orders issued during the years 1778, 1780, 1781, and 1782, selected from the Mss. Of John Whiting.
He died in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 16, 1851.