File:William Leslie Gravestone, Pluckemin, NJ.jpg

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English: Gravestone of British Captain William Leslie, who died after the Battle of Princeton and was buried with military honors by George Washington on January 5, 1777 in the graveyard of St. Paul's Lutheran Church (now the Presbyterian Church) at Pluckemin, New Jersey. He was a friend of the American Dr. Benjamin Rush.
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In Memory of the
Hon.ble Capt.n WILL.M LESLIE,
of the 17th British Regiment,
Son of the Earl of Leven,
in Scotland.
He fell Jan.y 3.d, 1777 Aged
26 years, at the battle of
Princeton
His friend, Benj. Rush, M.D., of
Philadelphia
hath caused this Stone
to be erected as a mark
of his esteem for his worth
and of his respect
for his noble family

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