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Charles Town (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Quebec (Canada) (search for this): entry brown-john
Brown, John, 1744-
patriot; born in Sandisfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1744; was graduated at Yale College in 1761; became a lawyer and active patriot; entered Canada in disguise (1774-75) to obtain information and secure the co-operation of the Canadians with the other colonists, and aided Ethan Allen in the capture of Ticonderoga.
He was active with Montgomery in the siege of Quebec.
In August, 1776, he was made lieutenant-colonel, and, on the morning of Sept. 18, 1776, he surprised the outposts of Ticonderoga, set free 100 American prisoners, captured four companies of British regulars, a quantity of stores and cannon, and destroyed a number of boats and an armed sloop.
He left the service because of his detestation of Benedict Arnold, but continued to act with the militia.
He was killed by Indians in the Mohawk Valley, Oct. 19, 1780.
abolitionist; born in Torrington, Conn., May 9, 1800; hanged in Charlestown, Va., Dec. 2, 1859; was a descendant of Peter Brown of the May
Torrington (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Ticonderoga (New York, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Chatham, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Cornfield Point (Maryland, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Lawrence, Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Hudson, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry brown-john
Europe (search for this): entry brown-john