Clinton, James

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Clinton, James, 1733–1812, American Revolutionary general, b. Orange co., N.Y.; brother of George Clinton and father of De Witt Clinton. He served in the French and Indian Wars French and Indian Wars, 1689–1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. and early in the Revolution took part in the disastrous Quebec campaign. His most noted exploit was his heroic but futile defense of Fort Clinton (near Kingston, N.Y.) against the British drive up the Hudson valley under Sir Henry Clinton Clinton, Sir Henry, 1738?–1795, British general in the American Revolution, b. Newfoundland; son of George Clinton (1686?–1761). He was an officer in the New York militia and then in the Coldstream Guards.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1777. James Clinton later fought (1779) with Gen. John Sullivan against the Native Americans and served at Yorktown (1781).

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No references found			She is survived by two daughters, Anna Mikels and her husband, David, of Leominster and Penny Ann Lopez and her husband, Jose, of Florida; five sons, John Hoey and his wife, Tina, of Florida, Kenneth Hoey and his wife, Kendra, of Clinton, James Royal and his wife, Kathy, of South Carolina, Robert Royal of Florida, and David Givskud and his wife, Stacey, of Melrose; a sister, Virginia Talbot of Worcester; a brother, Irwin "Red" Brownson Jr. Hazel Givskud by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) A longtime strategist for Bill Clinton, James Carville, even went so far as to compare Richardson to Judas Iscariot for what he saw as a betrayal. CLINTON: WORK FOR OBAMA by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) [ABC News] By announcing a Tuesday night convention slot for Clinton, James Pindell writes, the D. Reed for McCain, Camp Edwards by FaceBook by Katharine Jose / The New York Observer			clinoferrosilite clinoform clinograph clinographic projection clinohedral class clinohedrite clinohumite Clinometer clinopinacoid clinoptilolite clinopyroxene Clinostat clinozoisite clint Clinton Clinton County Clinton House State Historic Site Clinton Joseph Davisson Clinton Lake State Recreation Area Clinton State Park Clinton, Bill Clinton, De Witt Clinton, DeWitt Clinton, George Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, James Clinton, Sir Henry Clintonian Clintonite Clio cliometrics Clione Clionidae clip clip and shave clip angle clip art clip bond clip course clip joint clip lead clip-dot fabric clip-spot fabric clipboard clipeus clipped eaves clipped gable clipped header clipped lintel Clipper Clipper Chip			Clinton Lake State Recreation Area Clinton Laurens Newberry Tennis Association Clinton Montague Website Consultant Clinton Plan Clinton River Catalina Association Clinton River Coldwater Conservation Project Clinton River Watershed Council Clinton River Watershed Initiative Clinton School of Public Service Clinton sex scandal Clinton State Park Clinton State School Clinton Township Middle School Clinton Township Police Department Clinton Township Public Library Clinton Youth Basketball Association Clinton's Foreign Policy Clinton's lily Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton, De Witt Clinton, De Witt Clinton, DeWitt Clinton, George Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, James Clinton, Sir Henry Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton-Lewinsky scandal Clinton-Macomb Public Library Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark clintonia Clintonia andrewsiana Clintonia borealis Clintonia uniflora Clintonian Clintonians Clintonite Clintonites Clintonomics Clintonville Community Band clints clints Clio Clio Clio Clio (muse) Clio (muse) Clio Senior Citizens Center CLIOH cliometric cliometric Cliometric Society cliometrician cliometrician

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