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Born February 17, 1740 • Somersworth • New Hampshire
Died January 23, 1795 (aged 54) • Durham • New Hampshire
Title / Office governor (1789), New Hampshire • governor (1786-1787), New Hampshire • Continental Congress (1780-1781), United States • Continental Congress (1774), United States
Role In Battle of Long Island • Siege of Boston

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