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    Colonel Marinus Willett (July 31, 1740 – August 22, 1830) was an American military officer, politician and merchant who served as the mayor of New York...
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    privateers Haym Salomon – financial broker, New York and Philadelphia Marinus Willett – militia officer, cabinet maker, student Benedict Arnold – businessman...
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    defeated the Federalist Nicholas Fish and the Tammany Hall candidate Marinus Willett to become lieutenant governor until the end of the term in June 1813...
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    American forces, led by Colonel Marinus Willett, blocked the British advance. As the British withdrew northwards Willett and his men marched to German Flatts...
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  • Marinus, and its Greek form Marinos (Ancient Greek: Μαρῖνος, Greek: Μαρίνος), is a male given name, derived from Latin marinus meaning "marine; of or pertaining...
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  • New York. He was sentenced to death for spying by Lieutenant Colonel Marinus Willett and was imprisoned in Albany; but, after a few months, he escaped and...
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  • that one of Willett's great-grandsons was Marinus Willett, who also served as Mayor of New York from 1807 to 1808, assuming that Willett's son, Samuel...
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    of the four other statues on the fountain. Marinus Willett Memorial is a monument to Colonel Marinus Willett commemorating his combat and character during...
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    July 20, 1775, a raid, conducted by the Sons of Liberty and led by Marinus Willett, John Lamb, Isaac Sears, and Alexander McDougall, attacked the Turtle...
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    this knowledge to physically resurrect Curwen. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, investigates Ward's activities and is horrified by what he finds...
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