Insolvent Brothers: The Generals Ethan and Ira Allen
“I am drove almost to death for money. We are rich poor cursed rascals. By God, alter our measures or we shall be a hiss, a proverb, and a bye word, and derision upon earth.” Ethan Allen writing to Ira Allen, August 18, 1786.[1] How could two renowned, high-ranking men from Vermont’s Revolutionary period, the […]