George Robert Twelves Hewes

Military Person

1742 – 1840

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Who was George Robert Twelves Hewes?

George Robert Twelves Hewes 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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Born
Aug 25, 1742
Boston
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Boston
Died
Nov 5, 1840
Richfield Springs

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on July 23, 2013

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