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    The Battle of White Plains took place during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War on October 28, 1776, near White Plains...
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    White Plains is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is the 29th-largest municipality in the state of New York, an inner suburb of...
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    White Plains Hospital is a general medical and surgical, non-profit hospital located in White Plains, New York. In addition to providing general care to...
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    USS White Plains (CVE-66) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the 1776 Battle of White Plains. She was...
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  • USS White Plains (CVE-66) was an escort carrier in service from 1943 to 1946, and notable for action in the Battle off Samar. The second USS White Plains (AFS-4)...
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  • White Plains, Georgia White Plains, Kentucky White Plains, Maryland White Plains, Nevada White Plains, New York White Plains, North Carolina Battle of...
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    miles (6 km) northeast of downtown White Plains, with territory in the towns of North Castle and Harrison, New York, and village of Rye Brook, New York....
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    at White Plains was a shopping mall located in downtown White Plains, New York, US, a commercial and residential suburb 20 miles (32 km) north of New...
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    White Plains Rural Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in the city of White Plains, Westchester County, New York. The cemetery was organized in 1854...
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    Salem Poor (category Free people of color)
    winter camp at Valley Forge and fought in the Battle of White Plains, Battle of Saratoga and Battle of Monmouth. He also served at Fort George.  Salem...
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    North White Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in the North White Plains neighborhood of White Plains...
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    White Plains station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in White Plains, New York. With 9,166 daily commuters...
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    bravery at the Battle of White Plains and crossing the Delaware River with General Washington. Gano later served as the first chaplain of the Kentucky Legislature...
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    Vernon plantation, home of George Washington. His father, John Gray Sr., fought in the war and was killed in the Battle of White Plains. Gray joined at age...
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    in New York City, Pace University in Pleasantville, and Pace Law in White Plains. It was established in 1906 as a business school by the brothers Homer...
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    White Plains High School is a high school in the White Plains Public Schools system of White Plains, New York, United States. Built in 1962, it sits on...
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    Hessian (soldier) (category Hessian military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
    served with distinction in many battles, most notably at White Plains and Fort Washington. The added manpower and skill of German troops greatly sustained...
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    John Morin Scott (category Presidents of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York)
    regiments at the Battle of Harlem Heights, an American victory. On October 28, 1776, his forces participated in the Battle of White Plains. In 1776, Scott...
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    in a battle at White Plains, and losing Fort Washington, Washington retreated across New Jersey to Pennsylvania. After a victory at the Battle of Long...
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    Johann Ewald (category Recipients of the Legion of Honour)
    Revolutionary War. He arrived with his troops, first serving in the Battle of White Plains in October 1776. He saw regular action until his capture at Yorktown...
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  • 14th Continental Regiment (category Massachusetts regiments of the Continental Army)
    remainder of his troops to White Plains, General William Howe ordered an amphibious landing at Pell's Point. What ensued came to be known as the Battle of Pell's...
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    The First Battle of Adobe Walls took place between the United States Army and American Indians. The Kiowa, Comanche and Plains Apache (Kiowa Apache) tribes...
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  • Concord: The Battle heard round the world (1st ed.). New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-24574-5. Chidsey, Donald Barr (1966). The siege of Boston;...
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    Harrison, New York (category 1696 establishments in the Province of New York)
    7, 1788, by an act of the New York State legislature. Merritt's Hill in West Harrison was the site of the Battle of White Plains during the Revolutionary...
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    Commander-in-Chief General George Washington at the Battle of White Plains, the British forces under the command of Lieutenant General William Howe planned to...
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    The White Plains TransCenter is an intermodal transit center in White Plains, New York. It serves as a terminal/transfer point for many Bee-Line Buses...
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    The White Plains Armory is a historic building in White Plains, New York, in Westchester County. Located at 65 Mitchell Place/35 South Broadway, the building...
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    Manhattan, serving at the Battle of Harlem Heights shortly after, and at the Battle of White Plains a month later. At the Battle of Trenton, the company was...
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  • Richard Taylor (colonel) (category Fathers of presidents of the United States)
    Virginia Continental forces on February 12, 1775, and fought in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, and Monmouth. He was discharged as a lieutenant...
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    Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1783). After the Battle of White Plains in October 1776, the country south of the Bronx River was abandoned by the Continental...
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