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3 unusual facts about Joseph Hodgkins


Joseph Hodgkins

On January 24, 1775, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress formed a special company of Minuteman in which Captain Nathaniel Wade would be the commander and Lieutenant Hodgkins would be the second in command.

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The letters have since been featured in several works of non-fiction including Library of America's The American Revolution: Writings from the War of Independence , David McCullough's 1776, and Ray Raphael's A People's History of the American Revolution.

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Meanwhile, his friend Wade was eventually promoted to Lieutenant colonel and made aide-de-camp to General George Washington, and was placed in command of West Point, New York after the treason of General Benedict Arnold.



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