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GANSEVOORT, PETER

\ɡˈansɪvˌɔːt], \ɡˈansɪvˌɔːt], \ɡ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_v_ˌɔː_t]\

Definitions of GANSEVOORT, PETER

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1749-1812), born in New York, accompanied Montgomery to Canada in 1775; withstood the British and Indians at Fort Schuyler in 1777; was appointed Indian Commissioner and promoted brigadier-general in 1809.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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