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CADWALADER, JOHN

\kˈadwɐlˌe͡ɪdə], \kˈadwɐlˌe‍ɪdə], \k_ˈa_d_w_ɐ_l_ˌeɪ_d_ə]\

Definitions of CADWALADER, JOHN

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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(1742-1786), was a member of the Philadelphia Committee of Safety. He was a brigadier-general at Trenton and a volunteer at Brandywine and Germantown. He wounded General Conway, the noted conspirator against Washington, in a duel.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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