Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . lass of 1774. At the outbreak of the Revolution he ranaway from home and enlisted as a private in the ContinentalArmy. He served successively as major and aide-de-campunder General Sullivan in 1777, and of Spencers regiment in1779-81. He became aide-de-camp to General Washingtonand served also on La Fayettes staff. In 1784 Washingtonappointed him secretary of the Legation at the Court ofSt. James where he married Abigail, the daughte
Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . lass of 1774. At the outbreak of the Revolution he ranaway from home and enlisted as a private in the ContinentalArmy. He served successively as major and aide-de-campunder General Sullivan in 1777, and of Spencers regiment in1779-81. He became aide-de-camp to General Washingtonand served also on La Fayettes staff. In 1784 Washingtonappointed him secretary of the Legation at the Court ofSt. James where he married Abigail, the daughter of JohnAdams. He was an assistant or a master of ceremony atWashingtons inauguration in 1789. He superintended theevacuation of New York by the British, was made super-intendent of Internal Revenue and later surveyor and in-spector of the Port of New York. He was a member ofCongress in the years 1813-14. Reproduced in History of the Centennial of the Inaugurationof Washington, Clarence W. Bowen, page ca. 1794. On canvas: H. 30 inches; W. 25 of Dr. William Whitmore Gray, Bridgeport,Connecticut. Lent by Mr. Herbert Lee COLONEL WILLIAM STEPHENS SMITH BY GILBERT STUART
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