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Israel Putnam

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In February 1779 at Greenwich, Connecticut, Israel Putnam, senior major general in the Continental Army, made a dramatic mounted escape from pursuing British dragoons by descending the perilous 100 stone steps carved into the precipice at Horse Neck.
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