HEISTER, LEOPOLD PHILIP VON
\hˈa͡ɪstə], \hˈaɪstə], \h_ˈaɪ_s_t_ə]\
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(1707-1777), Hessian lieutenant-general and commander of all the Hessians in America, landed at Long Island in command of two Hessian brigades in 1776, and aided the British against the colonies at that place and at White Plains. In 1777 he was recalled, at the desire of Howe.
By John Franklin Jameson
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