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    Colonel Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American military officer, politician and merchant who served as the mayor of New York...
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    privateers Haym Salomon – financial broker, New York and Philadelphia Marinus Willett – militia officer, cabinet maker, student Benedict Arnold – businessman...
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    defeated the Federalist Nicholas Fish and the Tammany Hall candidate Marinus Willett to become lieutenant governor until the end of the term in June 1813...
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    American forces, led by Colonel Marinus Willett, blocked the British advance. As the British withdrew northwards Willett and his men marched to German Flatts...
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  • New York. He was sentenced to death for spying by Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett and was imprisoned in Albany; but, after a few months, he escaped and...
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    of the four other statues on the fountain. Marinus Willett Memorial is a monument to Colonel Marinus Willett commemorating his combat and character during...
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    July 20, 1775, a raid, conducted by the Sons of Liberty and led by Marinus Willett, John Lamb, Isaac Sears, and Alexander McDougall, attacked the Turtle...
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  • that one of Willett's great-grandsons was Marinus Willett, who also served as Mayor of New York from 1807 to 1808, assuming that Willett's son, Samuel...
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  • Marinus, and its Greek form Marinos (Ancient Greek: Μαρῖνος, Greek: Μαρίνος), is a male given name, derived from Latin marinus meaning "marine; of or pertaining...
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    this knowledge to physically resurrect Curwen. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, investigates Ward's activities and is horrified by what he finds...
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  • Honor recipient Marinus Willett (1740–1830), American political leader and soldier during the American Revolution Michael J. Willett (born 1989), American...
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    Colonel Gansevoort organized the requested sortie. Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett led 250 men from the fort and raided the nearly deserted enemy camps...
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    Steuben wearing the badge of the Society of the Cincinnati (c. 1786) Marinus Willett (1791) Portrait of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (c. 1787) Portrait of...
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  • letter to the U.S. commissioners. Washington sent a special emissary, Marinus Willett, to McGillvray and persuaded him to come to New York City, which was...
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    Van Arnum during the period when the county militia was commanded by Marinus Willett. According to an obituary, Bakeman took part in the 1781 Battle of...
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    Malcom, Henry Rutgers, Isaac Sear, John Stagg, Peter P. Van Zandt, Marinus Willett Member of the New York State Assembly from New York County 1784–1785...
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    Philadelphia arrested, and then exchanging the two for Mrs. Lewis. Marinus Willett, of Jamaica, Queens enlisted in the colonial militia after the French...
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    references Marinus Willett (1740–1830) 1784–1787 Appointed on Feb 4, 1784 Robert Boyd 1787–1791 Appointed on Sep 29, 1787 Marinus Willett (1740–1830)...
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    McIntosh Benjamin Tallmadge Major General von Steuben Richard Varick Marinus Willett Peter Gansevoort, a 1794 oil painting by Gilbert Stuart Horatio Gates...
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  • 1665. Holders were appointed by colonial governors, beginning with Thomas Willett. The position remained appointed until 1777. That year, during the American...
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  • U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1976. Willett, William M. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, Taken Chiefly From His Own Manuscript...
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    encircle it, one of which follows a portion of the Oneida Carry. The Marinus Willett Collections Management and Education Center preserves the monument's...
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    with General George Washington, General DeWitt Clinton, and Colonel Marinus Willett owning large parts of the patent. Bayard Patent, 50,000 acres (20,000 ha)...
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    Ross engaged several hundred patriot militia commanded by Colonel Marinus Willett at the Battle of Johnstown. Five days later, as Ross withdrew towards...
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    follow, however. In 1781, after renewed raids, the Patriot leader Marinus Willett inflicted two defeats on the Loyalists and Indians. The second one...
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  • Retrieved August 13, 2021. Willett, William Marinus. A Narrative of the Military Actions of Colonel Marinus Willett, G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1831, p...
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    likely dates to a memoir by Marinus Willett written late in his life. No contemporaneous accounts of the sortie, including Willett's earlier journals, mention...
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    Revolution, on October 25, 1781. The Continental forces, led by Col. Marinus Willett of Fort Johnstown, ultimately put the British to flight after they...
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    Regiment. which he recruited and trained in early 1777. Lt. Colonel Marinus Willett became his second in command. His area of responsibility was extended...
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  • brigade of militia which included the Tryon County militia. In 1781, Marinus Willett was given over-all command of the Tryon County, New York militia. The...
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