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Deborah Sampson Soldiers Uniform

On April 29, 1827, Deborah Sampson Gannett died at age 65.

In 1783 while fighting in the Revolutionary War, Robert Shurtliff was wounded from a saber slash across her forehead and felled by a musket shot in her upper left thigh.

In 1802 she became the first paid professional woman lecturer.

In 1804, she was the first woman to receive her military back pay with an honorable discharge.

After her death, her husband Benjamin was the first husband to receive his wife’s pension for time served in the military.

1983 Gov. Michael Dukakis signed a proclamation declaring Deborah Sampson the Official State Heroine of Mass.

1985 the US Capitol Historical Society issued a commemorative medal in her honor.

In 2009, Author Teresa L Watts began writing her story.

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• Tabletop chair belonging to Deborah Sampson Gannett
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• Robert Shurtliff

Deborah Samson Gannett