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General Israel Putnam Approves a Delivery of Rum in

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War-date Autograph Document Signed, "D. Putnam ADC" 8cm x9-1/2cm, February 9, 1777, and reads "Deliver the Bearer half a Gallon Rum" Docketed on verso "Genl. Putnam Feby 9th 1777." Fine.^tIsrael Putnam (January 7, 1718 - May 29, 1790) was an American army general who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Although Putnam never quite attained the national renown of more famous heroes such as Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone, in his own time his reckless courage and fighting spirit were known far beyond Connecticut's borders through the circulation of folk legends celebrating his exploits.^t

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