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(VERMONT.) ALLEN, IRA. Printed Letter Signed, to the Governor of New
Hampshire, circular explaining Allen’s intention to correct misinformation concerning his
own character and the attempt of the British government to deprive Vermont of military
supplies, sending a summary of his [1804 book,
Narrative of the Transactions relative to the
Capture of the American Ship] Olive Branch
[not present], and promising to send books on the
subject. 1 page, 4to; folds. (MRS)
Philadelphia, 4 July 1806
[2,000/3,000]
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As false reports have been industriously circulated to injure my character, and to divest me of
much property, I feel it a duty . . . I owe to the citizens of my native Country, to shew them the
measures taken by the British Government and Court of Admiralty, to deprive the State of
Vermont . . . of Military Stores, purchased for the use of their Militia . . . .”
Ira Allen (1751-1814) was a brother of Ethan Allen who helped draft the Vermont constitu-
tion in 1777, helped establish the University of Vermont in 1789, and who, in 1796 was
captured by the British aboard his ship
Olive Branch
with 15,000 French muskets and sub-
sequently thought at various times to be a traitor by the British, French, and Americans.