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Hammond, Samuel 1757-1842

Military officer; born in Richmond county, Va., Sept. 21, 1757; participated in Dunmore's expedition; served throughout the Revolutionary War; settled in Savannah; was elected to Congress in 1803; appointed commandant of upper Louisiana in 1805, and held the office until 1824, when he resigned. He died in Augusta, Ga., Sept. 11, 1842.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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