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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. The Edinburgh Advertiser. Anthony Wayne and the storming of Stony Point. Edinburgh: James Donaldson, 8-12 October 1779. Vol. XXXII, No. 1647. Small folio (298 x 229 mm). Red tax stamp on last page, few contemporary numerical notations in margins. Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father, who on 16 July 1779, led a force of Continental Army soldiers to the heavily fortified British garrison at Stony Point. The successful raid and capture of the British fortifications provided a boost to the morale of the army which had suffered a series of military defeats prior. For his leadership, Wayne was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
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