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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Dayton , Elias , 1737 -1807 (search)
Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807
Military officer; born in Elizabethtown, N. J., in July, 1737; fought with the Jersey Blues under Wolfe at Quebec; was member of the committee of safety at the beginning of the Revolution, and became colonel of the 3d New Jersey Regiment.
He served in New York and New Jersey; fought in several battles, the last at Yorktown, and in January, 1783, was made a brigadier-general.
He was a member of Congress in 1787-88, and was afterwards in the New Jersey legislature.
He died in Elizabethtown, July 17, 1807.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Emancipation proclamations. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Everett , Edward , 1794 -1865 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greeley , Horace 1811 -1872 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lundy's Lane , battle of. (search)