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Ethan Allen was an American farmer, writer, military officer, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.
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Born 21 January 1738 · Died 12 February 1789 · Q552007
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“s campaign for the Hudson River met a stumbling block near Bennington in August 1777. On May 3, 1778, he was transferred to Staten Island. Allen was admitted to General John Campbell”
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“we passed the flowing bowl, and rural felicity, sweetened with friendship, glowed in every countenance”
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“How the old men came to reject me I cannot conceive inasmuch as I saved them from the incroachments of New York.”
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“was put under the power of an English Merchant from London, whose name was Brook Watson: a man of malicious and cruel disposition”
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“In the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!”
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The Vermont Legislature authorized the placement of a 42-foot (13 m) column of Vermont granite in the cemetery, with the following inscription:
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Allen was the 22nd graduate, a member of the Class of 1806, and served until 1821.
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Allen was the seventh graduate, a member of the Class of 1804, and served until 1813.
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Died 1789-02-12.
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Born 1738-01-21.
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