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George Rogers Clark

Born: November 19, 1752

Died: February 13, 1818

Nationality: American

Occupation: Soldier

Biography: George Rogers Clark was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky militia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia and Vincennes, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory.

George Rogers Clark

“Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!”

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George Rogers Clark

“I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

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George Rogers Clark

“The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.”

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George Rogers Clark

“If a country were not worth protecting, it was not worth claiming.”

- George Rogers Clark

Source/Notes: Clark to the Virginia Council, Autumn 1775, requesting aid for Kentucky.[1]

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“Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.”

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“I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not redound much to their honor hereafter.”

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“Our cause is just... our country will be grateful”

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“I carry in my right hand war, and peace in my left... Here is a bloody belt and a white one. Take which you please.”

- George Rogers Clark

Source/Notes: Clark, Speech to the Indian Chiefs at Cahokia (1778)[1]

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George Rogers Clark

“My name is Clark, and I have come out to see what you brave fellows are doing in Kentucky and to lend you a helping hand, if necessary.”

- George Rogers Clark

Source/Notes: Account of Clark's appearance in Harrodsburg, from Collins History of Kentucky[2]

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George Rogers Clark

“I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.”

- George Rogers Clark

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George Rogers Clark

“Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!”

- George Rogers Clark

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