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            <title>Smith, William</title>
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            <p>William Plumer Biographies Project</p>
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            <p>New Hampshire Historical Society</p>
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            <head>William Smith</head>
            <p><lb/>Of Albermarle County, Virginia, before Braddock&apos;s defeat, served
               <lb/>against the Indians as a captain in a campaign, under the com=
               <lb/>=mand of George Washington, who was then a colonel. In the American
               <lb/>revolutionary war he fought in several battles. He was distinguished
               <lb/>for his bravery and devotion to his country. During many of the last
               <lb/>years of his life, he read his bible without spectacles. On the 12th of Febu=
               <lb/>=ary 1823, he died aged ninty six years.</p>
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