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| 1. | Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939. |
| 2. | Israel, 1718–90, American Revolutionary general. |
| 3. | Rufus, 1738–1824, American Revolutionary officer: engineer and colonizer in Ohio. |
| Put·nam (pŭt'nəm) American soldier active in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. During the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775), he supposedly issued the order, "Don't one of you shoot until you see the whites of their eyes." |