About Samuel Cutts
Lived 1726 – 1801 (aged 74). Samuel Cutts was a politician.
Samuel Cutts (December 8, 1726 – May 29, 1801) was an American merchant and politician.
Cutts was the son of Richard and Eunice (Curtis) Cutts of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he was born in 1726. His entire life was passed in his native town where he became a prosperous merchant, a representative to the New Hampshire General Court and a member of the New Hampshire Provincial Congress. He was married at Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 8, 1762 to Anne Holyoke (1735–1812). He died at Portsmouth, May 29, 1801.
In 1774, he met with Paul Revere and helped coordinate with local patriots for the raid on Fort William and Mary.
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Who was Samuel Cutts?
American merchant and politician
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Samuel Cutts was born on 8 December 1726 in Portsmouth.
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Samuel Cutts died on 29 May 1801 in Portsmouth.
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Samuel Cutts was a politician.
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