| LC control no. | n 81024763 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Church, Benjamin, 1734-1778 |
| Variant(s) | American, 1734-1778 Church, B. (Benjamin), 1734-1778 Church, Benjamin, Jr., 1734-1778 Friend to the liberty of his country, 1734-1778 Son of liberty, 1734-1778 Young gentleman, 1734-1778 |
| Birth date | 1734-08-24 |
| Death date | 1778-01 |
| Found in | Sibley's Harvard grads., v. 13, p. 380, etc. (Benjamin Church; physician, poet, author, traitor; b. 8/24/1734; sailed on the "Welcome" in Jan. 1778 and the ship disappeared with all hands) MWA/NAIP files (usage: Dr. Benjamin Church; a friend to the liberty of his country; a young gentleman; a son of liberty) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Church, Benjamin, 1734-1776) His The times, [1765]: p. [3] (an American) NUCMC data from New London County Historical Society for His Letter, 1775 July 22 (B. Church; letter to Maj. B. Lane from B. Church, a spy for the British) DAB (Church, Benjamin, 1734-1776; physician, traitor, poet, and author; b. Newport, R.I.; grad. Harvard, 1754; lived in Boston and Raynham, Mass.; after correspondence with British was intercepted in 1775, was tried by court martial; Continental Cong., resolved on Nov. 6 that he should be imprisoned at Norwich, Conn., but because of illness was removed to Mass., and put on parole; allowed to sail from Boston, May 1776 for London or the West Indies but ship never heard from again; family was pensioned by the Crown) Dr. Benjamin Church, spy, 2013: page xi (Dr. Benjamin Church, Jr.) |
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