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part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and retired in 1786

with the rank of brevet brigadier-general. In 1794, he was major-general of Pennsylvania state troops. General Washington was godfather to his eldest son. (Campbell’s _History of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick_, Philadelphia.)

The Marquis de Chastellux in a tour through Connecticut, 1780, stopped at Litchf...