Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen ( – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s, he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Legal setbacks led to the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, whom Allen led in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the Grants. He and the Patriot-aligned Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. In September 1775, Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal which resulted in his capture by the British. He was imprisoned aboard ships of the Royal Navy, then paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange in 1778.
Upon his release, Allen returned to the New Hampshire Grants which had declared independence in 1777, and he resumed political activity in the territory, continuing resistance to New York's attempts to assert control over the territory. Allen lobbied Congress for Vermont's official state recognition, and he participated in controversial negotiations with the British over the possibility of Vermont becoming a separate British province.
Allen wrote accounts of his exploits in the war that were widely read in the 19th century, as well as philosophical treatises and documents relating to the politics of Vermont's formation. His business dealings included successful farming operations, one of Connecticut's early iron works, and land speculation in the Vermont territory. Allen and his brothers purchased tracts of land that became Burlington, Vermont. He was married twice, fathering eight children. Provided by Wikipedia
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The narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen. by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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Reason the only oracle of man. New edition with Ethan Allen: A bibliographical list. Prepared by Division of Bibliography, Library of Congress. by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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Reason, the only oracle of man; or, A compenduous system of natural religion. Alternately adorned with confutations of a variety of doctrines incompatible to it; deduced from the m... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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Ethan and Ira Allen : collected works / by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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An animadversory address to the inhabitants of the state of Vermont : with remarks on a proclamation, under the hand of His Excellency George Clinton, Esq ; governor of the state o... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A brief narrative of the proceedings of the government of New-York : relative to their obtaining the jurisdiction of that large district of land, to the westward from Connecticut R... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A concise refutation of the claims of New-Hampshire and Massachusetts-Bay, to the territory of Vermont : with occasional remarks on the long disputed claim of New-York to the same.... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity : from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his exc... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's captivity : from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th of September, 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the 6t... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity : from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, in the year 1775, to the time of his... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity : from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th day of September, 1775, to the time of his exchange on... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity : from the time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal, on the 25th of September, 1775, to the time of his exchange, on the... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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The present state of the controversy between the states of New York and New-Hampshire on the one part, and the state of Vermont on the other. by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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A vindication of the opposition of the inhabitants of Vermont to the government of New-York, and of their right to form into an independent state. : Humbly submitted to the conside... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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An address from the inhabitants of Wyoming and others, contiguously situated on the waters of the river Susquehanna : to the people at large of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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Reason the only oracle of man, or A compenduous [sic] system of natural religion. : Alternately adorned with confutations of a variety of doctrines incompatible to it ; deduced fro... by Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
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The Proceedings of the Convention of the Representatives of the New-Hampshire Settlers : containing the covenant, comment and resolutions ; and also, twelve acts of outlawry, passe...
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Russell's American almanack, for the year of our redemption, 1780. : ... Calculated by art, for the meridian of Boston, New-England, lat. 42' 25$ [sic] n. but may, without any sens...
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Remarks, &c. on some late laws passed in New-York.
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