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Slow through yon winding path his corse was borne, and on the steepy hill interred with funeral honors meet. What bosom refuses the tribute of a sigh, on the recollection of that melancholy scene, when, unusual spectacle, the fathers of the land, the chiefs of the aboriginal nations, in solemn train attended; while the mournful dirge was rendered doubly mournful mid the gloomy nodding grove. On that day even nature seemed to mourn. O Varnum ! Varnum! thy name shall not be forgotten, while gratitude and generosity continue to be the characteristics of those inhabiting the country, once thy care. Thy fair fame is deeply rooted in our fostering memories ...
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But of these worthies who have most exerted themselves in promoting this settlement, one, alas! is no more; one whose eloquence, like the music of Orpheus, attractive of the listening crowd, seemed designed to reconcile mankind to the closest bonds of society. Ah! what avail his manly virtues now!
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In December 1776 Varnum returned to Rhode Island to recruit more soldiers for the Rhode Island units in the Continental Army whose enlistments were about to expire. On December 12 Varnum accepted a commission as a brigadier general in Rhode Island Militia and given command of the state's brigade
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General Varnum was the son of Samuel Varnum (1715–1797) and his second wife Hannah Mitchell. He had three brothers and two sisters of which only two brothers, Joseph Bradley Varnum (1751–1821) and Samuel Varnum (1762–1822), lived to maturity.
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Varnum's stay in Rhode Island was brief because he was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Continental Army in February 1777. He then served as a brigade commander until he resigned in March 1779. During this period he served at the battles of
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Varnum's regiment served throughout the Siege of Boston which ended with the evacuation of the British army on March 17, 1776. In early April the regiment marched to New York where it participated in several battles, including the
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who would rise to become one of the most distinguished officers in the Continental Army and would soon be Varnum's immediate superior. No fewer than 30 other members of the Kentish Guards would also serve as officers in the
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only to transfer to the college in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly known as "Rhode Island College" (the college later named
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on July 13, 1787, which opened settlement in the Northwest Territories (now the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota).
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which guarded the state's mainland from possible attack from the British forces which had recently occupied the important port city of
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Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory
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In the early part of war regiments were identified by the name of their commanding officer. Varnum's Regiment was renamed as the
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and served as president of the Rhode Island Society, following the death of Nathanael Greene, from 1786 until his death in 1789.
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Shortly after his arrival Varnum was chosen to be the orator of the day for the celebration of American independence on July 4.
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In March 1779 Varnum resigned his Continental Army commission because of personal business matters. He was commissioned as the
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He then studied law under Rhode Island Attorney General Oliver Arnold and was admitted to the bar in 1771. He settled in
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on May 7, 1788. He led Rhode Island troops in the service of the United States in July and August 1780, under the
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which convened in New York from November 6, 1786, to October 30, 1787. The 8th Confederation Congress passed the
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and pursued the practice of law. He began construction of his home, a colonial mansion now known as the
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on May 10, 1779, and held the position until he was relieved by Major General (and future U.S. Senator)
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eulogized him during an oration at the one-year anniversary celebration of the founding of Marietta:
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Letter from General George Washington to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum, November 1, 1777
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General Varnum died in January 1789, only seven months after his arrival in Marietta, of
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Varnum was also well known as a jurist. He successfully represented the defendant in
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slaves to enlist in the Continental Army, which resulted in the reorganization of the
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arrived in Cambridge to take command of the Army of Observation which then became the
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near the original settlement and later reburied the Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, Sixteenth Edition
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A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of James Mitchell Varnum of Rhode Island
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Biographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental Army of the Revolution
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as a racially integrated unit in 1778. Varnum was a disciple of Major General
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In October 1774, while tensions were rising between the American colonies and
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Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States
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In common with 33 of the 81 generals in the Continental Army, Varnum was a
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and a serious critic of the position of Inspector General held in 1778 by
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Major General, Rhode Island Militia – May 10, 1779, to May 7, 1788
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In 1783, at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, along with General
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and numerous others, General Varnum became an original member of the
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Varnum's house at 57 Peirce Street in East Greenwich, Rhode Island
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Varnum resigned his commission in 1779, and was a delegate to the
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Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution
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Brigadier General, Rhode Island Militia – December 12, 1776
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On August 29, 1787, he was chosen as one of the directors of the
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in Philadelphia from May 3, 1780, to May 1, 1782, and in the 8th
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Extra Continental regiments and Additional Continental regiments
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Brigadier General, Continental Army – February 27, 1777
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Colonel, 9th Continental Regiment – January 1, 1776
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General James Mitchell Varnum, wife Martha Child inset.
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James Mitchell Varnum, painted posthumously in 1804 by
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Rhode Island's Founders: From Settlement to Statehood
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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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Resigned from Continental Army – March 5, 1779
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which was exacerbated by his long journey westward.
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James M. Varnum (born 1848)
Continental Army
Ohio Country

Charles Willson Peale
Dracut
Massachusetts
British America
Marietta
Northwest Territory
United States of America
Continental Army

Brigadier General
Continental Army

Major General
American Revolutionary War
Siege of Boston
Battle of Long Island
Battle of White Plains
Battle of Red Bank
Valley Forge
Battle of Rhode Island
Alma mater
Brown University
Continental Congress
pioneer
Ohio Country
Northwest Territory

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