Peter Francisco
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Peter Francisco was a Portuguese-born American blacksmith and soldier best known for his service in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Miniature portrait of Francisco
Monument to Francisco in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Peter (Pedro) Francisco, born July 9, 1760. Birth certificate from the church at the town of Porto Judeu, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.
Postage stamp depicting Francisco's cannon barrel carry at Camden
Porto Judeu
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Porto Judeu is a freguesia in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 2,501, in an area of 30.27 km2. It contains the localities Banda
Peter Francisco
…Revolutionary War. Francisco's very early years were shrouded in mystery until the 1970s when it was discovered that he was born on July 9, 1760, at Porto Judeu, on the island of Terceira, in the Archipelago of the Azores, Portugal. In the case of the origin of his identification with the child named Pedro…
Chapel of Holy Spirit
Plate identifying a house rebuilt after the Azores hurricane of 1893. Porto Judeu.
Cidade de Angra do Heroísmo, ilha Terceira, Açores