2004-09
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LINCOLN, Benjamin (1733-1810) In 1777, as a major general of continental forces, he operated effectively on the flank of the British army in upstate New York, contributing to the American victory at Saratoga. He did not, however, prove a success in a senior independent command. Leading Washington's southern forces, he withdrew his army into Charleston, S.C., where, besieged, he surrendered in May 1779. Exchanged later in the year, Lincoln fought at Yorktown (1781), served a term as war secretary (1781--83), and led militia forces against Daniel Shays's rebels (1787). Partly-printed Document Signed, “Benjamin Lincoln”, 1p. oblong octavo, August 17, 1807, Boston, Massachusetts, with countersignature of THOMAS MELVILL (1751-1832) was an American Patriot who dressed as an Indian and participated in the Boston Tea Party, and who was the grandfather of the author Herman Melvill. XF.
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