Samuel Adams (Loyalist)
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A woodcut of the 1774 public humiliation of Dr. Samuel Adams, the British Loyalist and American Revolutionary War military leader of Adams' Rangers. Adams was tied to a chair and hung from the sign of the Catamount Tavern in Arlington, New Hampshire Grants, in present-day Vermont, for falling out of favor with his enemies, the Green Mountain Boys, over land dealings in early Vermont | |
| Born | 1730 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British North America, British Empire, present-day Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut |
| Died | January 1810 (aged 79–80) |
| Other names | Dr. Samuel Adams |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, surgeon, farmer, land owner, soldier |
| Years active | 1777–1783 |
| Children | 4 sons; Gideon Adams |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1776-1777 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | Adams' Rangers |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War
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Dr. Samuel Adams (1730 – January, 1810) was a physician, surgeon, farmer, land owner, and loyalist soldier, from Arlington, Vermont.