Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . o z I CO < < GCUJ zu o o h- co oo QQC o o QCixJQZliJQCQCDCO I GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM. 49 was born a good wHle ago in Danvers, MassacHusetts. The date of hisbirth was January 7th, 1718. This, you remember, was before the Amer-ican Revolution, in which our country gained its independence. Very fewmen made so many sacrifices or fought so gallantly in that great struggleas did General Putnam. Before telling you about this, we must follow him to his new homenear Pomfret in Conne
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . o z I CO < < GCUJ zu o o h- co oo QQC o o QCixJQZliJQCQCDCO I GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM. 49 was born a good wHle ago in Danvers, MassacHusetts. The date of hisbirth was January 7th, 1718. This, you remember, was before the Amer-ican Revolution, in which our country gained its independence. Very fewmen made so many sacrifices or fought so gallantly in that great struggleas did General Putnam. Before telling you about this, we must follow him to his new homenear Pomfret in Connecticut, where he bought a farm and settled in 1739,when but twenty-one years of age. Of course, all that part of the countrywas new at this time, and the forests were frequented by wild beasts, suchas bears, wolves, and pan-thers. It so happened thatthere was an old she-wolfthat gave great trouble tothe settlers, and althoughthis wolf had been seen atdifferent times by a num-ber of persons, nobody hadsucceededin capturing her-Young Putnam determinedthat he would try and put man end to the pranks of^/|;Mrs. Wolf
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