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322: 253: 148: 401: 31: 183:. Ira Allen had an almost central role in the dispute with the Province of New York over conflicting land claims in the region such as by gifting land to men who had committed acts for New Hampshire, and by confiscating loyalist property to finance government. 360:, where he had gone to escape imprisonment for debt, caused by his long absence from Vermont. He was originally buried in Philadelphia's Arch Street Presbyterian Cemetery, but his remains were lost when that site was destroyed. There is a 314:, which was named after Ira Allen. Allen subsequently acquired all the proprietary rights to Irasburg and deeded the town to Jerusha Enos as a wedding gift. Allen also owned undeveloped land, including a stake in 221:
An alternate explanation is that the Allen brothers were not actually interested in returning Vermont to the British but merely used the Haldimand negotiations to stave off a British invasion of Vermont from
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in 1795 and sought French army intervention for seizing Canada in order to create an independent republic called United Columbia. He bought 20,000 muskets and 24 cannons but was captured at sea, taken to
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rebels. He was acquitted after a lawsuit which lasted eight years, and which saw a first of an Admiralty judge being summoned before King's Bench.
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to the University of Vermont, but never donated the money. In response, the Trustees of the University of Vermont secured a
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into recognizing Vermont as separate from New York and New Hampshire and admitting it to the United States. Vermont was
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Land Company. The four Allen brothers established the company in 1772 (dissolved 1785) to purchase lands under the
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in 1777, which was originally intended to be independent of both the British colonies and the newly-founded
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in 1778, Allen drew the seal and Reuben Dean, a local silversmith, made it. The two men were each paid ten
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and Jerusha Hayden Enos. Members of the Allen and Enos families were the original proprietors of
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Graffagino, J. Kevin (1991). "A Hard Founding Father to Love". In Daniels, Robert (ed.).
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Liber: A Newsletter for the Friends of Special Collections at UVM, Vol. III, No. 12
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Fifty years in camp and field: diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S.A.
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from 1779 to 1787. In 1789, Allen married Jerusha Enos, the daughter of
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Gazetteer and Business Directory of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, Vt.
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on the University of Vermont's main campus was also named after him.
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The American Monthly Magazine, Daughters of the American Revolution
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during the American colonial period. He was the younger brother of
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Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America
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of the Third Division of the Vermont State Militia by Governor
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to try to extract payment of his original 4,000-pound pledge.
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Ethan Allen and his Kin: Correspondence 1772-1819, Volume II
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and held office from 1778 to 1786, when he was succeeded by
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in 1776–1777 and a leading figure in the declaration of the
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Ethan Allen and his Kin: Correspondence 1772-1819, Volume I
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock, William Augustus Croffut (1909).
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The University of Vermont, The First Two Hundred Years
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In 1780, Allen presented to the state legislature a
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Ethan Allen and his Kin: Correspondence 1772 - 1819
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Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States
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Ethan Allen and his Kin: Correspondence 1772 - 1819
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U. of North Carolina Press. 688:, Volumes 41–42, 1986, page 45 620: 591: 574: 555: 542: 517: 492: 471: 446: 302:. He also served as the first 214:, the British Governor of the 1: 878:. Spring 1987. Archived from 439: 271:for the establishment of the 256:Monument of Ira Allen on the 903:Prevolos, Christine (2011). 789:Benson John Lossing (1851). 640:William W. Stickney (1901). 626:Vermont Secretary of State, 418:. London: J.W. Myers. 1798. 328:at the University of Vermont 287:on his title to the town of 190:, Allen was a member of the 142: 7: 984:State treasurers of Vermont 304:Surveyor General of Vermont 10: 1010: 714:, Volume 1, 1998, page 334 581:John Howard Brown (1900). 294:Allen was Vermont's first 210:by their discussions with 188:American Revolutionary War 107: 99: 91: 65: 40: 28: 21: 550:The Vermont Encyclopedia 395: 384:The obverse of the 1927 524:Duffy, John J. (1998). 499:Duffy, John J. (1998). 481:. Virtual Vermont. 2010 479:"Ira Allen (1751–1814)" 453:Duffy, John J. 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Cornwall
Connecticut Colony
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
Ethan Allen
U.S. state
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
Ethan Allen

Cornwall
Connecticut Colony
Litchfield County
Connecticut
Province of New York
Onion River
New Hampshire Grants
American Revolutionary War
Vermont Legislature
Vermont Republic
United States
Thomas Chittenden
Haldimand Affair
Frederick Haldimand
Province of Quebec
Canada
Continental Congress
granted statehood

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