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SEARS, Isaac, patriot, born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1729; died in Canton, China, 28 October, 1786. His ancestor, Richard, emigrated to this country from Colchester, England, in 1630. Isaac commanded a privateer against the French in 1758-'61, but lost his vessel in the latter year, and then engaged in the West Indian and European trade, making New York city his home. On the passage of the stamp-act he ardently engaged in the patriot cause and became an active member of the Sons of liberty. In November, 1775, with a troop of horse, he went to the printing establishment of James Rivington, editor of the "Royal Gazette," destroyed his presses, and carried off his type, which was afterward converted into bullets. He was a member of the Provincial congress of New York in 1783 and of the assembly in the same year. He lost his fortune by the war, and in 1785 became supercargo on a merchant ship, contracting the fever from which he died on his first passage to China.
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