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Identifier: journalofamerica00mill (find matches)
Title: The journal of American history
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Americana Antiques
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Associated Publishers of American Records
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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ts authenticity, and arrives at its final verdict. The entries inthe diary may not alone be of historical importance, but in relation tosimilar evidence they may develop new phases of investigation, corroborateother witnesses, and establish historical fact. This is the invaluable ser-vice of the diaries and journals which are being recorded in these pages.William Starr, after many hazardous adventures, returned to his familyon November 30, 1762, holding the rank of first lieutenant in the SixthCompany (Major Timothy Hierlihy) of the First Connecticut Regiment,which was commanded by General Phineas Lyman of Suffield, and Lieu-tenant-Colonel Israel Putnam of Pomfret. William Starr was lost at seasome time during the years 1763-4. His journal, of which the followingis an accurate transcript, is now in the possession of his great-grandson,Mr. Caleb Allen Starr of Durand, Illinois, now in his eighty-seventh year,and through whose kind permission it is here given historical record.—Editor
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