The Winooski Historical Society Presents- Levi Allen: Ethan's Black Sheep Brother

Sunday, March 24, 2019 – 1:30 p.m. at the Winooski Historical Society Museum in the Champlain Mill.

Levi Allen was an outsider within his own family. Though he supported his brother Ethan at the taking of Ticonderoga, the two fell out during the American Revolution: Levi was a Loyalist. When the war ended, Ethan and Ira Allen recruited Levi as independent Vermont's liaison with the authorities in British North America. In the end, Levi lost the support of his family and friends, dying a pauper in Burlington. Levi's life presents a vivid picture of the turmoil that a prominent American family experienced during the formative years of Vermont and the American Republic. Levi's other famous brother Ira Allen was one of the earliest Yankee settlers of the region in the 18th c., building a sawmill at Winooski Falls, and his home on the site currently occupied by the Winooski Block.

Vincent Feeney is the author of numerous books and articles on Vermont (and Winooski) history and is a former professor of history at the University of Vermont.

This presentation is free and open to the pubic, and is sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council

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