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Lieutenant-Colonel David Rhea
1740 – 1821 I was a soldier who helped win one of the largest battles of the war. I was born in 1778, to a family that had lived for
1740 – 1821 I was a soldier who helped win one of the largest battles of the war. I was born in 1778, to a family that had lived for
1723 – 1790 I was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a General of the New Jersey Militia, and the first Governor of New Jersey. Before the American Revolution, I
1732 – 1782 I was a Patriot General who started my career with promise but ended it in shame. I was born into a British military family, so it seemed
???-1780 I was a Patriot who lost his life in the cause. I was born in Northern Ireland to a Scotch-Irish family. Sometime before 1767 my mother Elizabeth and I
1733 – 1796 I led a new kind of military force that fought in many battles throughout the Revolution. I was born to Scotch-Irish parents in Northern Ireland in 1733,
1752-1823 I was a chaplain supporting the troops, and a diarist who recorded many stories from the Revolution. When I was born in Greenwich in Cumberland County in 1752, my
1735-1782 I was a zealous Patriot militiaman who sparked a famous diplomatic bonfire. I was born into a Quaker family in Salem County on November 8, 1735. We Quakers were
1737 – 1791 I was a small man who went on to do a great thing: sign the Declaration of Independence. I was born in Philadelphia in 1737 and all
c1713 – 1779 I was a signer of the Declaration of Independence before the war came through my farm. I was baptized in Hopewell New Jersey in 1713, and in
c1730 – 1814 I became the Governor of the Colony of New Jersey, and that tore my family apart. My father was Benjamin Franklin, but I was his illegitimate son.
c1733 – 1789 I was a soldier who chose loyalty over the prospect of independence. I was a successful merchant from Essex County who also served as a militia captain.
1739 – 1809 I was a leader of the Militia, and a representative in the Legislature. I was born in Delaware in 1739 on my father’s plantation. I graduated from