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Israel Putnam
Israel Putnam (1718-1790), also known as “Old Put,” was born in the Putnam House in Danvers, Massachusetts. After living in Danvers for much of his youth, he moved to Connecticut in the hopes of purchasing cheap land. While living in ...
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Israel Putnam
182 feet
north of this spot
stood the oak
to which
Israel Putnam
was tied and tortured
by the Indians in 1758
Marker is on Lake Road, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
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Israel Putnam
1718-1790
Putnam County, created in 1842 and re-established in 1854, was named for Major General Israel Putnam, who was commissioned on June 19, 1775 by the Continental Congress. A popular hero of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary ...
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