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Armstrong (JOHN an American author)

JOHN, an American author and soldier, born at Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 25, 1758; served in the War of the Revolution on the staff of General Gates; was United States Minister to France, 1804-1810, afterward to Spain; and Secretary of War, 1813-1814. Author of "Newburg Letters," begun in camp, 1783, anonymously, and intended to arouse Congress to redress army grievances. He also wrote "Notices of the ances.

War of 1812" (1836). He died at Red Hook, N. Y., April 1, 1843.