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RUFUS PUTNAM

Rufus Putnam was an American soldier. He was born in 1738 at Massachusetts and died in 1824. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel in 1775. He superintended the construction of defences about New York and at West Point. He fought at Stillwater and served under General Wayne. Afterward he was prominent in the settlement of Ohio.
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