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 Lamb,
JOHN
, Artillery Officer. Born in New York City, January
1, 1735; was one of the most active of the
Sons of Liberty, and
when the war for independence began he entered the military service.
He was in command of the artillery in
Montgomery's
expedition into Canada, and during the siege of
Quebec (December 31, 1775) he
was wounded and made prisoner. The following summer, as major of
artillery, he was attached to the regiment of
Knox; and he was
commissioned colonel of the New
York Artillery, January 1, 1777. After doing good service
throughout the war, he ended his military career at
Yorktown. At
about the close of the war he was elected to the New York Assembly;
and George Washington
appointed him (1789) collector of the customs at the port of New
York, which office he held until his death, May 31, 1800. |
