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| | John Paterson |
 | | PATERSON, John, soldier, born in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1744; died in Lisle, now Whitney's Point, New York, 19 July, 1808. |
 | | He was graduated at Yale in 1762, taught, practised law, and was a justice of the peace at New Britain, Connecticut He settled in 1774 at Lenox, Massachusetts, and was a member of the first Provincial congress, which met at Salem in October, 1774, and of the next congress at Cambridge in February, 1775. |
 | | Paterson was recommended to congress by General Horatio Gates on 30 September, 1776. |
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