MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
(1727-1795)
Robert Rogers, a soldier of fortune, is the Davy Crockett of Colonial times. Born at Dumbarton, New Hampshire, on November 17th (some authorities say 1730, another 1731, while the Dictionary of National Biography says 1727), he was the son of James Rogers, a farmer living in a frontier cabin at Methuen, in upper Massachusetts.
Robert's boyhood was spent in an atmosphere characteristic of pioneer life. He had...
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