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Book/Printed Material Life of Israel Putnam ("Old Put") : Major-General in the Continental Army Life of Old Put

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Title

  • Life of Israel Putnam ("Old Put") : Major-General in the Continental Army

Other Title

  • Life of Old Put

Names

  • Tarbox, Increase N. (Increase Niles), 1815-1888.

Created / Published

  • Boston : Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1876.

Contents

  • His ancestry and early home -- Removes to Pomfret, Ct. -- Goes to the French War -- Eleven years of home life -- The Army that gathered at Cambridge -- Leading officers of this Army -- Preparations for the battle -- The forenoon of June seventeenth -- The Battle -- Who led the Army from the field? -- Testimony of Bunker Hill literature and art -- Four more years of Army life -- Closing years -- The Bunker Hill Centennial -- Appendix -- Address of Col. Henry C. Deming -- Letters of Col. John Trumbull and Daniel Putnam -- British accounts of the battle -- Letters from Prof. Benjamin Silliman -- Articles of Hon. John Lowell in 1818 -- "North American review", July 1818 / Daniel Webster,

Headings

  • -  Putnam, Israel,--1718-1790
  • -  Generals--United States--Biography
  • -  United States.--Continental Army--Biography
  • -  United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
  • -  United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Campaigns

Notes

  • -  Below frontispiece: This fac-simile is from a bond given by Israel Putnam to his brother David in 1743.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 389 pages : frontispiece (portrait), 4 plates, double map, 22 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E207.P9 T2

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12026150

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Tarbox, Increase N. Life of Israel Putnam "Old Put": Major-General in the Continental Army. Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1876. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/12026150/.

APA citation style:

Tarbox, I. N. (1876) Life of Israel Putnam "Old Put": Major-General in the Continental Army. Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/12026150/.

MLA citation style:

Tarbox, Increase N. Life of Israel Putnam "Old Put": Major-General in the Continental Army. Boston: Lockwood, Brooks, and Company, 1876. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/12026150/>.