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Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

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Personal name headingHand, Edward, 1744-1802
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Other standard no.31105753
Q5343297
Birth date1744
Death date1802
Place of birthIreland
Place of deathLancaster (Pa.)
Field of activityPhysicians
Armed Forces
AffiliationUnited States. Continental Army
Profession or occupationPhysicians
Soldiers
Found inHis Address. Fellow citizens and brother farmers of the county of Lancaster, 1797: t.p. (Edward Hand)
Appletons' cyclopaedia of Amer. biog., 1900 (Hand, Edward; soldier; physician; Brig. Gen. in Amer. Rev.; Adj. Gen.; member of Congress; physician and public official in Lancaster Co., Pa.; b. 12/31/1744; d. 9/3/1802)
LC in RLIN 2/22/89 (hdg.: Hand, Edward, 1744-1802)
Encyclopedia Britannica Online, accessed August 8, 2024 Edward Hand (Born Dec. 31, 1744, King's County, Ire. Died Sept. 3 1802, Lancaster, Pa. ; ...was an American army officer during the American Revoution. Trained as a doctor in Ireland... ; An early supporter of the American cause, Hand was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the rifle battalion that Pennsylvania raised in 1775.)