Hewes, George R. T. 1742-1840

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Hewes, George R. T. 1742-1840
Other forms of name
Hewes, George Robert Twelves, 1742-1840
Date of birth
1742-08-25
Date of death
1840-11-05
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 43252179
Wikidata: Q5543938
Library of congress: n 84204282
HAI10: 000641219
Sources of Information
  • Hawkes, J. A retrospect of the Boston tea-party, 1834:t.p. (George R.T. Hewes)
  • OCLC data base, 1/8/85(OCLC #1524569: hdg.: Hewes, George Robert Twelves, 1742-1840)
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Wikipedia description:

George Robert Twelves Hewes (August 25, 1742 – November 5, 1840) was a participant in the political protests in Boston at the onset of the American Revolution, and one of the last survivors of the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre. Later he fought in the American Revolutionary War as a militiaman and privateer. Shortly before his death at the age of 98, Hewes was the subject of two biographies and much public commemoration.

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