The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . , east of the former, and thus became sole pro-prietor of the greater part of the towns of Saco andSeaborough. At the age of twenty-one he assumedthe duties of an outdoor partner,
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . , east of the former, and thus became sole pro-prietor of the greater part of the towns of Saco andSeaborough. At the age of twenty-one he assumedthe duties of an outdoor partner, and directed hisattention to tlie improvement of this vast estate andto contracting for the building of vessels on thePiscataqua and Saco rivers. Mr. Pepperrells busi-ness brought him into intimate relationship with thepublic men of Boston, and he had no sooner attainedhis majority, than he was commissioned justice ofthe peace and a captain of a company of cavalry,and rapidly promoted major, lieutenant-colonel, and,at the age of thirty, was brevetted colonel and placedin command of all the militia of Maine. In 1736 hewas elected representative of Kitteiy, and the follow-ing year appointed a member of the board of coun-cilors, which appointment was renewed thirty-twosuccessive years up to the time of his death, duringeighteen of which he served as secretary of theboard, He was married, on March 16, 1733, to a. niece of the Rev. Samuel Moody of York. appointed him a chief justice of the courtof common pleas, which oflice he retained untilhis death. In 1744 he was called to perform anact which added lustre to his already famous name,and has immortalized his memory on the pages ofhistory. Col. Pepperrell was elected commander-in-chief of the body of New England volunteers,with which he was to undertake the siege andreduction of Louisburg, the strongest fortress inAmerica, which the French had built at a cost of$6,000,000. After a siege of forty-nine days, duringwhich t
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