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Thomas Thomas

" Thomas Thomas was born in the State of New York in 1745. He was among the first and most devoted patriots. He was a Brigadier-General and commanded a body of troops in 1776 at the battle of Harlaem Heights and White Plains. In the autumn of that year the British burnt his house and carried his aged father to New York where their proverbial inhumanity soon produced his death. General Thomas was a severe scourge to the enemy, ever on the alert, and energetic, bold and shrewd. He was subsequently taken prisoner, stripped of his regimentals and hat and marched through the streets of New York in the most disgraceful manner. He was at length placed on parole and permitted the limits of Brooklyn. After he was exchanged he sought every opportunity to make up lost time until the foe was driven beyond the great heron pond. He then removed to the town of Harrison, Westchester County, New York where he lived respected and died deeply regretted in July 1824. He was several times a member of the legislature of his State."

Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson