It was then that the doctor attending to her, Dr. Barnabas Binney, removed her clothes to treat her and discovered the cloth binding her breasts. In September, after Sampson had fully recovered, Binney asked her to deliver a personal letter to General Patterson. Upon delivering it, Patterson informed her that the letter said she was a woman in disguise.
Realizing her secret was out, Sampson admitted she was a woman and asked to be spared punishment for her dishonesty. Patterson was surprisingly supportive and instead said she should be rewarded for her service, according to the Female Review:. After her discharge, Sampson married Benjamin Gannett on April 7, The family ran a small farm in Sharon, Massachusetts but were not very successful at it and lived in mild poverty.
Like many soldiers of the revolution, Sampson had difficulty trying to obtain a pension. After she campaigned unsuccessfully to secure a pension in , she became discouraged and feared Congress would never award her any money for her role in the war. Although Sampson had kept a journal of her experiences during the war, it was lost in October of after a boat she was traveling on while returning from Pennsylvania capsized during a storm.
Following the publication of the book, Sampson embarked on a public speaking tour throughout eastern New York and New England. During her performances, she dressed in her male uniform and performed maneuvers from the manual of arms. With the success of her biography and speaking tour, Sampson renewed her campaign for a pension and gained the support of Paul Revere , who visited her farm in and wrote the following letter to Congressman William Eustis on February 20, Deborah Gannett of Sharon informs me, that she has inclosed to your care a petition to Congress in favour of her.
She told me, she had no doubt that her ill health is in consequence of her being exposed when she did a soldiers duty; and that while in the army, she was wounded. When I saw and discoursed with I was agreeably surprised to find a small, effeminate, and conversable woman, whose education entitled her to a better situation in life.
I have no doubt your humanity will prompt you to do all in your power to get her some relief; I think her case much more deserving than hundreds to whom Congress have been generous. The following year Sampson was finally awarded a pension and eventually won a general service pension in Sampson died of yellow mountain fever in April of and was buried in Rock Ridge cemetery in Sharon, Mass.
Frank P. Wood, one of the owners of the business, brought the diary with him to an antiques show in New Hampshire, where it was recently scooped up by Philip Mead, chief historian and director of curatorial affairs at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Scholars generally agree that Sampson was born in Plympton, Massachusetts, circa She subsequently worked as a teacher during the summer, though she had little in the way of formal education, and as a weaver in winter.
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The tax identification number is Haitian Creole. This time, her petition succeeded. On March 11, , she was placed on the pension list for disabled veterans. She continued campaigning Congress for the entirety of the money she was due until she was denied the remainder of her pay on March 31, She is one of the earliest examples of a woman serving in the United States Military.
Mann, Herman. Boston: Sampson, Deborah. Diary of Deborah Sampson Gannett in Boston: Boston Public Library, Young, Alfred F. New York: Vintage Books,
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