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Israel Putnam

Israel Putnam (1718-1790) was a general in the American Revolutionary War. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Putnam was born in Salem Village (now Danvers), Massachusetts. In 1740 he moved to northeastern Connecticut.


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