Ethan Allen was a patriot and Revolutionary hero who often
concluded his letters and writings with the phrase “most obedient and humble
servant.” In the spring of 1775, Allen organized and executed a plan that
resulted in the capture of Fort
Ticonderoga Montreal , Allen was
captured by the British. As a prisoner of war, Allen was detained in several
prison ships with extremely harsh living conditions. After two years and eight
months of being inflicted with cruel and malicious punishments, he was released
as the result of a prisoner exchange. After his release, Allen was granted “the
rank of colonel by brevet in the army of the United States of America , in reward
of his fortitude, firmness and zeal in the cause of his country, manifested
during the course of his long and cruel captivity, as well as on former
occasions.” (Journals of the American
Congress from 1774-1788, Volume III (Washington, DC: Way and Gideon, 1823),
66.)
Following the end of the Revolutionary War and the signing
of the Treaty of Paris, “Allen ‘had occasion to visit England ,’ where
he was subjected to considerable teasing banter. The British would make ‘fun of
the Americans and General Washington in particular and one day they got a
picture of General Washington’ and displayed it prominently in the outhouse so
Mr. Allen could not miss it. When he made no mention of it, they finally asked
him if he had seen the Washington
picture. Mr. Allen said, ‘He thought that it was a very appropriate [place] for
an Englishman to keep it [since] there is nothing that will make an Englishman
[crap] so quick as the sight of General Washington.’” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals (New York , NY
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