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Ihn- repose the mortal remains 0/ Doctor /anus Coirs-Me//. who did lite 20'* of Xovenilhr,
179-', ni the 4S'/' year of his age.
" J/e 'Mas a Patriot, aeli-.'ely engaxed -'s a memi'er of the slafi of IV.isliingtoii in the ,^reat
strii:-Je for fnjependenee.
A Philanthropist deeply interested in all the lene-.-olenl nunements of Ins times, one of the
pnnupal originators of the Xew York Ihspensory System, al^o of ,1 .Soeietyfor the relief of du
tressed delator... and of the First .4fr,,.,>i S. fool e'stobhshed :i: X, :e 1 -erf.
"//ervasa deioted Christian. , xemphfviHg ih, n.'ix'o" he ;rol. -.Jhv a eon.uden! life.
Mrs. f-:i,io/>etli {l>a7enport\ Cogsioell \\.i~ llu- d.iuglitci -1 II. m Al.i.il..iin 1 lincniiuil, son
..1 K.v. Julin |i,,vcii],ort. ul Slaniturd. Ci.i.n.. aiul -itnKl>..n .>f Rl^ . j..lin I );ueripnit, " the
tallici ..t tl,, \,.,v ilavcn Culrun," \lo w.x- l.urn in 171;. ;^radn,lti-d tl.jni Vale College in
17^-, nianKi', \.n. 10, I 750. Kli/.il .uh i I uninigi. .n, m Windham, Conn, h h.-e niothcr \vathe
second daughter 01 Kev/rinn.thy and l.sthei ^|Si, mI,!.,u1 1 I.dward-. oi Ka~l Wmd-.n. Cnn..
and liad nine sisters and an only bi..ihci I'll -im . 1 jiN mii \n I iavakhs, 1 i. 1 L. pastot
of Xorthanipton, Mass., from I7jr, to i-;o. »..- Mi- 1 ..--uCl\ L;iLal uncle. Mi-. 1 og-welT-
il «hen oecurred the .lai k .U: . M.:
d.,iiient iiad come The Cener..' \
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tloni I Vale ..llei^i m 1777. niaille.l. M,r, 7, I "So. \l';.,jn' IH. I. ^
1700. -M/, /;//,//./,• ('..,„, -; ^V. a de-.end.n.i ol IImm |o1iii ( . „ ,je-l,all. h) -t 1 'i e-uli 111 m1 Rhode
Mand ( oh.iu III i047-iiii'i^' l'.^'f>n gianted l.ythe l.a. I ol WaMMek. Mi-. Ihnen.a deseenilam,
lived, iS.S;„ in a hon-e -landing on ihc -ite of the ancient I ..gge-hall nian-ion in Newport.
K. I. Mr. Davenport ua- State (Councillor in 1796, chosen a member of tbe American Con
gress, bnt died before lii> ti rni expired, Aug. 3, 1797, at the age of thirty-nine years.
Mrs. Al'igail [Lloyd] Cogs-oel! was the daughter of John l.loyd, Kscp, a gentleman fainiei
who resided in Lloyd Manor, Stamford, Conn. She was the granddaughter of Henry and
Rebecca (Nelson! Lloyd. Her mother was the daughter of Kev. Benjamin and Abigail
Cl'aylorl Woolsey.
Ltiri:KS (IK lAMh-s C(i(-.S\VE1,1., M 1
/.lear and //onoi-ed Sir. — 'Iht bearei is just setting out. and 1 have but a few n
employ in writing tn you. We are all IniriN and confu-ion here. We have been I
days expecting a visit from our neighbor- and making preparations to give them
reception. Last night 1,100 men began to bieak ground at 1 iinchester Hill, and hav
molested this morning.
"Col. I'utnam began to intiench last night at Konchee's Hill, on Charle-toun s
have fired a number of cannon upon him this morning, but the tiring i- no« ceased
"The troops are healthy, orderly, and in tint spirits, waiting with the utm