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November 27, 1790
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
During a Revolutionary War skirmish, General Putnam uses his carpentry skills to fashion a sapling cradle, safely transporting a severely wounded British officer to medical care, leading to his recovery; Putnam values his trade over nobility.
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Anecdote of the late General Putnam.
AFTER one of these skirmishes, in which the Americans had been successful, an English officer was left most desperately wounded on the field of action: and when the victorious party came up, they were embarrassed to know how they should remove him, in such a mangled state, to some town, where he might have the assistance he required. Putnam, who had been bred a carpenter, immediately threw off his regimentals, and having a hatchet accidentally at hand, cut down several saplings which he grooved together, having no way of fastening them, and thus made a kind of cradle, in which the wounded officer was conveyed with the greatest possible ease, to a neighboring town, where he recovered under the care of a surgeon. When Putnam heard of his recovery, and that it was owing to his humane care, without which he must have bled to death in the removal, he said, "I glory more in having been bred a carpenter, than I should do if I had been born a Prince."
AFTER one of these skirmishes, in which the Americans had been successful, an English officer was left most desperately wounded on the field of action: and when the victorious party came up, they were embarrassed to know how they should remove him, in such a mangled state, to some town, where he might have the assistance he required. Putnam, who had been bred a carpenter, immediately threw off his regimentals, and having a hatchet accidentally at hand, cut down several saplings which he grooved together, having no way of fastening them, and thus made a kind of cradle, in which the wounded officer was conveyed with the greatest possible ease, to a neighboring town, where he recovered under the care of a surgeon. When Putnam heard of his recovery, and that it was owing to his humane care, without which he must have bled to death in the removal, he said, "I glory more in having been bred a carpenter, than I should do if I had been born a Prince."
What sub-type of article is it?
Heroic Act
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
General Putnam
Wounded Officer
Makeshift Cradle
Humane Rescue
Carpenter Skills
What entities or persons were involved?
General Putnam
English Officer
Where did it happen?
Field Of Action
Story Details
Key Persons
General Putnam
English Officer
Location
Field Of Action
Story Details
After a successful skirmish, Putnam builds a cradle from saplings to transport a desperately wounded English officer to a town where he recovers, crediting his carpenter background over princely birth.