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STEPHEN HOWELL
A NATIVE OF SOUTH HAMPTON
LONG ISLAND
AN AMERICAN WHIG
HE TOOK AN EARLY AND DECIDED
STAND FOR HIS COUNTRY
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
IN THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND
AUGUST 26, 1776
HE SHARED THE SUFFERING
AND HONOR OF THAT GLOOMY DAY
IN THE SUCCESSFUL AND MEMORABLE
RETREAT OF THE AMERICAN ARMY UNDER
GENERAL WASHINGTON
IN THE FACE OF AN OVERWHELMING
AND VICTORIOUS ARMY AND TO THE
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
WAS IDENTIFIED WITH THE AMERICAN CAUSE RETURNING PEACE
FOUND HIM AMONG THE FIRST TO
REVIVE THE PROSTRATE ENTERPRISE
OF THE COUNTRY
HE ENGAGED IN THE WHALE FISHERY
FROM THE PORT IN 1785
AND WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
OF THAT EXTENSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL
BUSINESS WHICH FOR A LONG PERIOD
CHARACTERIZED AND DISTINGUISHED
HIS NATIVE TOWN
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