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Clue#1
I was born December 17, 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts.
I died on April 29, 1827. My parents could not provide a great
amount of food or warmth for my 5 other brothers and sisters. My father abandoned
the family when he went off to sea. The poor heath of my family caused my mother
to send us to our neighbors and relatives.
Clue#2
At the age of eighteen I became a school teacher. On May 20,1782 Muster Master Noah Taft signed me into the army. I became a teacher in a Middlebrough public school. In 1802, I traveled through New England and New York giving lectures on my experiences in the military.
Clue#3
After returning to the army, I eventually became sick with
a fever after being sent to Philadelphia to help end a rebellion of American
Officers. There is a pleasent legend that I was among the cammando type warriors
selected to defend congress in Philadelphia from disgrunteld unpaid soldiers.
On November 12,1780 I renounced the Puritan religion and subsequently joined
the Baptist church.
Clue#4
At the age of 22, I made my first attempt to join the army disguised
as a man. I served as a man with the Continental Army until I was wounded in
a skirmish in Tarrytown, New York. I was wounded twice on raids along the Hudson.
In a town near Terrytown I suffered a wound to the head, and at Eastchester
I took a bullet to my thigh that troubled me for the rest of my life.
Clue#5
I entered the army with the name Robert Shurtliff. When I got
knifed, a doctor found me and discovered that I was female. He had me out of
the army as soon as I woke up.