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{General} John Stark [?] 1810
The Hero of Bennington
& Cincinnatus of America.
He was born in Londonderry {New Hampshire}
in 1728.
at the age of 21 he was taken
by the Indians & ransomed.
He was a Lieutenant under
Rogers, & afterwards commanded
a Company of Rangers
was with the American Army
after the battle of Lexington &
received a Colonel's Commission
from Massachusetts.
He was in the action of Bunker Hill.
He held a Command
in the North
after the evacuation of Boston
& was in the action of Trenton.
He took {Colonel} Baum and his
Hessians in August 1777
& after, was commanded in the action
at Bennington.