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Folsom, Nathaniel (1726-1790) to Thomas Stickney re: securing troops for three New Hampshire regiments

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.13 Author/Creator: Folsom, Nathaniel (1726-1790) Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 1777/03/20 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. Order a Copy

[Continental Congress members]

FOLSOM, Nathaniel, (1726-1790), Delegate from New Hampshire; served in the French and Indian Wars as a captain in Colonel Blanchard's regiment; successively major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the Fourth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, which he commanded at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; brigadier general of the New Hampshire troops sent to Massachusetts and served during the siege of Boston; appointed major general and planned the details of troops sent from New Hampshire to Ticonderoga; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1777-1780; executive councilor in 1778; a delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1783, serving as its president; chief justice of the court of common pleas. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)

Folsom, Nathaniel, 1726-1790

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