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In 1779 he commanded a company on Bowman’s campaign, and the year following was a captain on Clark’s Indian campaign; declining a majorship, he served as a private on Clark’s campaign of 1782.

From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

"I sincerely trust that Captain Putnam doesn't take away your majorship, Jack."

From The Mystery at Putnam Hall The School Chums' Strange Discovery by Stratemeyer, Edward

The governor was struck by the young man's commanding appearance, and a vacancy having occurred in a majorship in the Second Provincial Regiment of New Hampshire, Governor Wentworth at once commissioned Thompson to fill it.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.