(G. P. Marsh)

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The State of

Vermont

to

Ethan Allen
the captor of [the following appears as an alternate above "the captor of": who captured] the Fortress of

Ticonderogo
"in the name of the Great Jehovah
and the Continental Congress"

and (was)
The master spirit
in the
Band of Patriots
who (sent)
raised the New Hampshire Grants
to the rank of
sovereign & independent state

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The State of
Vermont
to
Ethan Allen
the leader of the (g. m.) heroes
who captured
Ticonderoga
"in the name of the Great Jehovah
and of the Continental Congress"
and
the master spirit in the
band of patriots
who raised
the New Hampshire Grants
to the rank of
a sovereign & independent State.