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Colburn, Jeremiah, "Bibliography of the Local History of Massachusetts", NEGHR, vol. XXV (1871), pp. 30-36, 156-162.

For the towns of Warren [p. 33], Ward - Name changed to Auburn, 1837 [p. 33], Webster [p. 34], Western - Name changed to Warren, 1834 [p. 34], Westborough [p. 35], West Boylston [p. 35], West Brookfield [p. 35], Westminster [p. 156], Winchendon [p. 159], Worcester [p. 160],

the following notation was given:

See "History of Worcester County" by Peter Whitney. Worcester, 1793

[p. 160]

Worcester County. History of the County. Peter Whitney. pp. 339. Worcester, 1793.

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Drake, Francis S., "Field Officers of the Massachusetts Continental Line of the Revolutionary Army", NEGHR, vol. XXV (1871), pp. 187-190.

[p. 188]

VI.

L. Col. Daniel Whitney, com^d 29 Sep., 1778; d. Natick, Oct. 1807, aged 75.

[p. 189]

VII.

L. Col. Daniel Whitney, com^d 1 Sep. 1778; transferred to 6^th reg't.

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Hudson, Charles, of Lexington, Mass., "Louisbourg Soldiers", NEHGR, vol. XXV (1871), pp. 249-269.

[p. 263]

Thomas Cheney was made Capt. at Louisburg, and as he belonged to the 8th (Choate's) Regiment, the following men, I find under his command, were undoubtedly of that regiment.

Israel Whitney

[p. 266]

Capt. Jonathan Smith's Company, Dwight's Regiment. The No. of the Company not given.

Phineas Whitney

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"Deaths", NEHGR, vol. XXV (1871), pp. 313-316.

[p. 316]

Whitney, Mrs. Henrietta, in New Haven, Conn., Saturday, 16 April, 1870. She was the widow of Eli Whitney (Y. C. 1792), the inventor of the cotton gin, a daughter of Judge Pierpont Edwards, and a granddaughter of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., the celebrated theologian and author. See Register, vol. xi. p. 226, where the pedigree of Eli Whitney, and particulars about the family, will be found.

She was born in June, 1786, and died in her 85th year.

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