Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-03-25

',ron his nupil Deatborn--in his lrisars
h5ars." /" al Nottingham square" be bid
boldly resolved 10 try another pull" 4
win The horse or lose his saddle bags--shs
!. isurs' OF this Nottingham square Dxt.
of most hopeful prospects, as hc had sniici.
mated. was suddenly, and noaf 5eVfuA..
hanged, FOR the hustle Of The soldier ! va
Nrssrs Editors. the Doctor was delighted
~ exchange his rusty lancet for musket
he sas then not Ear from rs Years OF age
md il has long since been we'll settled, thu
b,yger il an amazing sharpenef OF csaras,
- we'll as of genius Der Blogrepher pro-
ceads. in this said pamphIe: 70 inform Il
RI 1" on the morning Of The 10th Of Aprl
l775 notice by an express was received n
the afsir of the preceding day q Lexinp.
tor And that about 60 IF The Inhabitans
Of he town (Doct Dearborn in compsnrl
!. made a AMID movement for Cam5ides.
where they arrived on the next morning I
sunrise"
However, orr Biogropher assures Us ths,
tie Doctor and lis friends found no 6ghiibs
j AZ aud 80 they returned back to No.
ingham square. The high and arden
Sol il OF the Doctor was there raised "a
,r- loiurst pitch of patriotic enthusiast.
He raised a "full company" il ten d.u
\ after he had received Captains Ccmmis.
sion. and on the l5th of May, l775, Joined
his Regiment, at Medlord the native ,osa
Of Books, who had then embarked Ii II.
war. Our Biographer goes on to Inform
Us, tia. "hreDious 10 fhe Batfie Of Bunker.
| H,H" Captain Dearborn (hs had nov sunk
The Doctor aud left him buried al NOTING.
Il m square, never to rise egsin) vi
engaged in a skirmisA on Hog Island'' /" sra
soon aft1r took ;harf, an an action, with an |
armed vessel, near Winnesimet ferry"- /
bat he has not informed us what hart he /
| brave Captain acted in these two skirmish.
es or that any body was hurt. And it i
quite certain, that Capt. Dearborn " lived
n fght another day )" as his Biographer,
g on me morning o. tie glorious 8euenfeenAI
4 " June" trans OTIS the Cant with the Reg
iment 10 which be was attached, to Ban.
ker's heights" where he was most fright
fully exposed to the CALLING fire ofthe enc.
my, and during that dreadful bltde, Fad
one man If MS company killed and fysI
wounded, and came within an zee ct beiHgI
killed or wounded himself; but escaped
m st luckily, late in the afternoon, 70
Wiiler Hill
In Sertember l775, Capt. Dearborn
WEI, from Kcn1%bec River, in The expsdI
tion Of mold Quebec, and was takaI
prisoner, and a. his Biographer says" Nil
ors Meigs aud Dearborn, in May l77sI
were PEI mittcd 10 return on their parosI
and treated ruth fhe usual continued AL
hau'eur Of British Officers" j.! and I'LL
Capt Dearborn, (whom his BiogrsphsI
styles Mysr with Major Meigs on lhsI
return from Quebec in May l776) VI
exchanged in the fore part of the following
March I777) and appointed o Major tolhd
81 ~. HAMPSHIRE Regiment--that Nal
I Dearborn was at the Battle of Saratoga sr1
capture Of Burgoyne in Oct. l777 and III
Biographer, 10 this pamphletsketch n
rather fetch would almost induce one wb4
was unacquainted will the history a
events incident to the capture of Burgoyd
that Major Dearborn was the princinI
warrior in that campaign & fought terribsI
but he fortunately escaped yithoA 4
acrafch-and was afterwards In the famed
Battle Of Monmouth, in l77s, in CilleFa
detached Regiment of which bis Biogul
pher says he was a Lieut. Colonel; a4
! CiHey's Regiment obeyed the deB Il
Washington and fought bravely and "a
IN the general orders of the next al
+" Washington bestowed the highest csnI
mendation on the brilliant exploit Of
Regiment :" And in 1879 The Biograp1
says Dearborn was with Gen. SulIiVan4
his Indian expedition, and in ne sct1
OF the 29th oil August, Nth the unitedn1
ces OF the Tories and Indians al NewtovsI
and that during the campaign OF 1880
was with the main army in Jersey-bu9
BIograPher SAYS nothing ofthe Lieu. u
lonels Prowess in these two last msnlA1
sd campaigns In 1891 his BiogrcP1
Informs US he was appointed Dehaty Q1I
t@N-master General an Office little %
out OF harms way that after the deaih4
Col. ocammon, Dearborn succeeded to
command of the first n Hampshire ri
ment; that alter the close OF the war
Dearborn and his companions in arms,
turned TO the pursuits oil private lie
The Col. moved into the District of siI
and was appointed Marshal of Maine
was twice chosen Member Of Coug7
iot the District Of Kennebec-thst "a
dent Jefferson appointed him Secreiaaf
War and In March 1900 he rrsienedH