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DEAN MAHOMET.
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turned home, made an application to Capt. Adams who in gratitude to the memory of my father, whoſe services he, failed not to repreſent to the Governor, ſpeedily promoted him to his poſt my Mother and I ſuffered exceedingly by his ſudden yet honourable fate in the field: for my Brother Was then too young and thoughtleſs, to pay any great attention to our ſituation.
I was about eleven years old when deprived of my father, and though children are ſeldom poſſeſſed of much ſenſibility or reflection at ſuch immature years, yet I recollect well no incident of my life ever made ſo deep an impreſſion on my mind. Nothing could wear from my me-
