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Benjamin Lincoln Signed Document

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LINCOLN, Benjamin (1733-1810) In 1777, as a major general of continental forces, he operated effectively on the flank of the British army in upstate New York, contributing to the American victory at Saratoga. He did not, however, prove a success in a senior independent command. Leading Washington's southern forces, he withdrew his army into Charleston, S.C., where, besieged, he surrendered in May 1779. Exchanged later in the year, Lincoln fought at Yorktown (1781), served a term as war secretary (1781--83), and led militia forces against Daniel Shays's rebels (1787). Partly-printed Document Signed, "B. Lincoln" as Collector for a port in Massachusetts, April 30, 1806, 1p. oblong octavo, VG.

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