Auchmuty, Sir Samuel (1758–1822), army officer, was born on 22 June 1758 at New York city, the second son of Dr Samuel Auchmuty (1722–1777), rector of Trinity Church, New York, and Mary Tucker, née Nicholls. The family were of Scottish origin, Dr Auchmuty's...
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Auchmuty, Sir Samuel (1758–1822), army officer
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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746–1825), politician and army officer in the United States of America
Robert M. Weir
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746–1825), politician and army officer in the United States of America, was born on 14 February 1746 in Charles Town, South Carolina, the son of Charles Pinckney (1699–1758), a leading planter and politician, and Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney (1722?–1793), an agricultural innovator. In 1753 ...
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Rodney, Caesar (1728–1784), revolutionary politician and army officer in America
John A. Munroe
Rodney, Caesar (1728–1784), revolutionary politician and army officer in America, was born on 7 October 1728 on a farm near Dover, in Kent county, Delaware. He was the eldest of eight children of Caesar Rodeney (1707–1745), a well-to-do planter, and his wife, Elizabeth (1709–1763)...
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Sumter, Thomas (1734–1832), revolutionary army officer and politician in the United States of America
Clyde R. Ferguson
Sumter, Thomas (1734–1832), revolutionary army officer and politician in the United States of America, was born on 14 July or 14 August 1734 in the Preddy's Creek settlement of Hanover county, Virginia, near present-day Charlottesville. Second of four children born to William Sumter...
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Sumter, Thomas (1734–1832)
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Thomas Sumter (1734–1832) by Rembrandt Peale, 1796 Independence National Historical Park
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Washington, George (1732–1799)
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George Washington (1732–1799) by Gilbert Stuart, 1796 [unfinished; the ‘Athenaeum portrait’] Copyright 2004 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; William Francis Warden Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Commonwealth Cultural Preservation Trust. Jointly owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
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Washington, George (1732–1799), revolutionary army officer and president of the United States of America
Charles Royster
Washington, George (1732–1799), revolutionary army officer and president of the United States of America, was born on 11 February 1732 at his family's plantation near Pope's Creek, Westmoreland county, Virginia, the first of six children of Augustine Washington (1694–1743), planter, and his second wife, ...
