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1710Jan, 3

Richard Gridley

Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (d. 1796)
Richard Gridley (3 January 1710 – 21 June 1796) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a soldier and engineer who served for the British Army during the French and Indian Wars and for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

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