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Old Pat Putnam Hero of Frontier to Revolution
Long profile of Israel Putnam born 1718 in Salem Mass. and famed as Old Put and Old Wolf Put. Covers frontier exploits in French and Indian War, Cuban campaign, Pontiac's War, Revolutionary service, and epitaph. Includes legends of wolf cave rescue and bear-sentinel ruse, highlighting his courage and public esteem.
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Israel Putnam
New England
Montreal
Canada
Havana
Cuba
Detroit
Connecticut
Boston
Concord
Lexington
Trumbull
Bunker Hill
Putnam
Old Put
Horseneck
Greenwich
Conn
Pat
Old Putnam
Ialem
Mass
Joseph Putnam
Samuel Parris
Israel
Hannnah Pope
Inienne
Mander
Maj
Robert Rogers
Kenneth Roberts
Rogers
Rangers
Marin
Ticonderoga
England
France
Spain
Morro Castle
Old Pitt
Bradstreet
County Fair Grounds
Old Pit
Connecticut Assembly
Deborah Lothrop Gardiner
Company of Military Adventurers
Phineas Lyman
Lower
Mississippi
West
Florida
New York
Long Island
Highlands
the Hudson
Montgomery
Clinton
Pomfret
Lyman
Salem
King Phillip
Cotton Mather
Increase Mather
John Winthrop
Gov
William Phipps
Phillip
Massachusetts Historical Society
South Carolina Historical Society
Texas
Maine
California