"Died in Becket, Mass., on the 19th ult., Mr. Sylvanus Snow, aged ninety-seven years, a Revolutionary pensioner. He served several campaigns in the French war, and through nearly the whole War of the Revolution. He was engaged in fourteen different battles, in all of which he was but once wounded, and that at Bunker Hill; and the ball which he then received has been carried in his body to the grave. He lived with his wife (who died at the age of ninety-one) seventy-two years, and has left a numerous posterity and an exemplary reputation."
- from the New York Spectator of Feb. 26, 1828
- from the New York Spectator of Feb. 26, 1828
"Died in Becket, Mass., on the 19th ult., Mr. Sylvanus Snow, aged ninety-seven years, a Revolutionary pensioner. He served several campaigns in the French war, and through nearly the whole War of the Revolution. He was engaged in fourteen different battles, in all of which he was but once wounded, and that at Bunker Hill; and the ball which he then received has been carried in his body to the grave. He lived with his wife (who died at the age of ninety-one) seventy-two years, and has left a numerous posterity and an exemplary reputation."
- from the New York Spectator of Feb. 26, 1828
- from the New York Spectator of Feb. 26, 1828
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In memory of Mr. Sylvanus Snow, who died Jan'y 19, 1828, aged 97, and of his consort, Mrs. Rebeckah Snow, who died Feb'y 20, 1826, aged 92.
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