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  1. Second Continental Congress

    Use mdy dates date April 2011 Infobox Legislature Historic name The Second Continental Congress image ..., it was the states that had votes, so there were effectively only 13 seats. The Second Continental Congress ... became known as the Congress of the Confederation . Membership When the Second Continental Congress came together on May 10, 1775 it was, in effect, a reconvening of the First Continental Congress ..., Baron of Beacon Hill , 189. ref List of delegates to the Continental Congress Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress convened. Province of Georgia Georgia had not participated in the First Continental Congress and did not initially send delegates to the Second Continental Congress. On May 13, 1775, Lyman Hall was admitted as a delegate ... had been placed on British goods. That First Congress provided that the Second Continental Congress ... or modified the Coercive Acts. By the time the Second Continental Congress met, the American Revolutionary ... States, even from its first imperfect appearance in the second continental congress.. Cyclop dia ... by delegates of Maryland at a meeting of the Second Continental Congress, which then declared the Articles ... 10, 1775 year2 March 6, 1781 before First Continental Congress after Congress of the Confederation ... the First Continental Congress , which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally ... appointed the same President of the Continental Congress president Peyton Randolph and secretary Charles Thomson . ref Burnett, Continental Congress , 64 67. ref Notable new arrivals included ... cite book year 1904 1939 title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774 1789 editor Worthington ... delegates to the Continental Congress. They arrived on July 20. ref cite book title ibid. pages 2 ... Congress Its predecessor, the First Continental Congress, had sent entreaties to the British ...   more details



  1. Continental Congress

    Congress cite web url http www.u s history.com pages h650.html title The 1st Continental Congress, Lexington publisher Founding Fathers.info accessdate October 23, 2010 ref ref name Second Continental Congress cite web url http www.masshist.org revolution congress2.php title The Second Continental Congress publisher Massachusetts Historical Society accessdate October 23, 2010 ref Second Continental Congress Main Second Continental Congress By the time the Second Continental Congress met on May ... 19 War began at the Battles of Lexington and Concord May 10 Second Continental Congress convened at Philadelphia s State House. June 14 Congress established the Continental Army June 15 Congress appointed ...Use mdy dates date April 2011 Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates ... colonies. First Continental Congress main First Continental Congress The First Continental Congress ... and its excesses. On October 26, 1774 the First Continental Congress adjourned but agreed to reconvene ... Congress would have to convene once again. ref name First Continental Congress cite web url http www.ushistory.org declaration related congress.htm title First Continental Congress publisher Independence ... Congress established the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as commander in chief ... Continental Congress Confederation Congress main Congress of the Confederation The newly founded country ... peacetime, the Continental Congress steeply declined in importance. During peacetime, there were ... 1774 September 5 First Continental Congress convened at Philadelphia s Carpenter s Hall . October 14 Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress adopted October 18 Continental Association ... Petition signed October 13 Congress established the Continental Navy November 10 Congress established ..., thereby allowing for the creation of the new government. July 8 Continental Congress puts the new .... October 10 The last session during which the Continental Congress succeeded in achieving a quorum ...   more details



  1. Papers of the Continental Congress

    The Papers of the Continental Congress are official records from the first three representative bodies of the original United Colonies and ultimately the United States United States of America . The First Continental Congress was formed in 1774 to address Intolerable Acts intolerable acts by the British Parliament . It ultimately formed the Second Continental Congress in May 1775 which, through 1781, was famously responsible for the Declaration of Independence and many critical articles establishing the United States of America. The Congress of the Confederation 1781 1789 immediately succeeded it after ratification of the Articles of Confederation and lasted through the end of the War for American Independence . These are the important papers, letters, treaties, reports and assorted records famous and obscure relating to the formation of the United States government. While they contain exceedingly important reports, many of which may be well known, they also contain much covering the day to day government of a fledgling country. Further reading http www.archives.gov genealogy pre federal National Archives Information on the Papers of the Continental Congress http www.footnote.com revolutionary war Original Documents Papers of the Continental Congress Category Continental Congress Category Documents of the American Revolution ...   more details



  1. President of the Continental Congress

    . When John Hancock was elected to preside over the Second Continental Congress in May 1775 ...Continental Congress The President of the Continental Congress Inclusive of the First Continental Congress First , Second Continental Congress Second and Confederation Congress Confederation Congresses was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress , the convention of delegates that emerged as the first ... the Articles of Confederation were adopted on March 1, 1781, the Continental Congress, previously .... ref Burnett, Continental Congress , 502 03. ref Thereafter, the president was referred to as the President ... of substantial reputations. ref Jennings Bryans Sanders, The Presidency of the Continental Congress ... , 71. ref The Continental Congress, fearful of concentrating political power in an individual, gave ... president. ref name Burnett503 Burnett, Continental Congress , 503. ref Instead, Samuel Huntington ... November, when a new session of Congress was scheduled to begin. ref name Burnett524 Burnett, Continental ... title Presidents of the Continental Congress url http www.archontology.org nations us us1 01 congress.php ... of the Continental Congress and served in this capacity during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Table notes note label Note1 a a Start of the First Continental Congress note label Note2 b b Middleton only served as president for the last few days of the First Continental Congress Jillson ..., not realizing that there was no Congress in the intervening months. note label Note3 c c Start of the Second Continental Congress note label Note4 d d Secretary Charles Thomson fulfilled presidential ..., 1783. note label Note8 h h Hancock did not report to Congress for his second term, so David Ramsay ... reflist 30em Books Burnett, Edward Cody. The Continental Congress . New York Norton, 1941 ..., Jennings Bryans, The Presidency of the Continental Congress 1774 89 , Chicago, 1930. External links ... of the Continental Congress USAConfGov Category Continental Congress Category Continental Congressmen ...   more details



  1. First Continental Congress

    10, 1775 before after Second Continental Congress The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates ... to the Crown had no effect, and so the Second Continental Congress was convened the following ... at the Second Continental Congress. 46 sortname Edmund Pendleton Colony of Virginia Virginia 47 ... Papers of the Continental Congress Timeline of United States revolutionary history 1760 1789 Second Continental Congress Notes reflist References Bancroft, George. History of the United States of America ... States before years September 5, 1774 to October 26, 1774 after the Second Continental Congress end box Categories Category 1774 in the Thirteen Colonies Category Continental Congress 1st Category History ...Use mdy dates date April 2011 Infobox Legislature Historic name The First Continental Congress image ... III for redress of those grievances. The Congress also called for another Continental Congress in the event ... by the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War . The second accomplishment of the Congress was to provide for a Second Continental Congress to meet on May 10, 1775. In addition to the colonies which had sent delegates to the First Continental Congress, the Congress resolved on October 21, 1774 ... Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774 1789 editor Worthington C. Ford, et al. , Library of Congress ... of these other colonies sent delegates to the opening of the second Congress, though a delegation from Georgia arrived the following July. ref cite book title Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774 ... bancroft.htm online edition cite book first Edmund C. last Burnett title The Continental Congress origyear ... Henderson title Party Politics in the Continental Congress origyear 1974 year 2002 publisher Rowman ... title The Reluctant Rebels the Story of the Continental Congress, 1774 1789 origyear 1950 year 1970 ... Congress, 1774 1789 http www.footnote.com browse.php 172590 Papers of the Continental Congress ... Tea Party . The Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen ...   more details



  1. John Rogers (Continental Congress)

    John Rogers 1723 &ndash September 23, 1789 was an United States American lawyer from Upper Marlboro, Maryland . He was a delegate for Maryland to the Continental Congress in 1775 and 1776. Rogers was a member of the Committee of Safety American Revolution committee of safety in 1774 and 1775, and a member of the Maryland provincial conventions in 1774, 1775, and 1776, in addition to being a member of the Continental Congress. He was the second major of battalion for Prince Georges County . In 1776 he was a judge of the court of admiralty law admiralty . He was one of three Maryland delegates to the Congress who voted in July 1776, to declare America s independence from Great Britain and to approve the Declaration of Independence. Because of his subsequent illness, Rogers signature does not appear on the actual Declaration. He is the only delegate who voted for the Declaration, but did not sign it. ref http www.pghistory.org HallofFame 3 Prince George s County Hall of Fame ref Rogers served as Chancellor of Maryland from 1778 to 1789 and was elected as a United States Presidential elector from Maryland in 1788. He died in Annapolis in September, 1789.and in 1777 was a member of the executive council on the organization of the state government. He was Chancellor State Chancellors Chancellor of Maryland from 1778 until his death. ref http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index R000398 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rogers, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1723 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1789 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rogers, John Category 1723 births Category 1789 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from Maryland Category Maryland militiamen in the American Revolution Category People of Maryland in the American Revolution Maryland politician stub US law bio stub ...   more details



  1. John Gardner (Continental Congress)

    Unreferenced date April 2010 John Gardner 1747&ndash 1808 was an United States American farmer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island South Kingstown and Narragansett, Rhode Island . He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Rhode Island in 1789. Many sources spell his last name as Gardiner . John s parents were Colonel John Gardner 1696&ndash 1770 and his second wife, Mary Taylor Gardner. He was born in South Kingstown in 1747. During the early days of the American Revolutionary War Revolutionary War he served with a militia company known as the Kingstown Reds , and was commissioned as a Captain in November 1775. Gardner served several times as a judge, or justice of the peace. His first such appointment came in 1776, and his last in 1791. In 1786 and 1787 he served in the Rhode Island general assembly. The assembly sent him as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1789. John died in South Kingstown on October 18, 1808. External links Portal United States Army Rhode Island http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index G000056 Gardner s biographic note on U.S. Congress website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gardner, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1747 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1808 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gardner, John Category 1747 births Category 1808 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from Rhode Island Category People from Narragansett, Rhode Island Category People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island Category Rhode Island colonial people de John Gardner Delegierter ...   more details



  1. Stephen Crane (Continental Congress)

    No footnotes date May 2010 For the writer and poet see Stephen Crane . File The first prayer in congress september 1774.jpg thumb right 260px First Prayer in Congress the first Continental Congress September, 1774. Stephen Crane is the second person to the right of Reverend Jacob Duch at the lectern. Stephen Crane 1709 &ndash July 1, 1780 was an United States American politician from Elizabethtown Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. He also served in the New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Legislative Council . Crane was part of the Congressional delegation that opposed separation from Great Britain which caused the state s provincial congress to replace their entire delegation in June 1776. Crane was born in Elizabethtown. He served as sheriff of Essex County and was elected as a member of its town committee in 1750. He was also a judge of the court of common pleas. From 1766 to 1773, he was a member of the colony s general assembly 1766 1773 and served as speaker in 1771. He was also mayor of Elizabethtown before he became a member of the Continental Congress. Until his death in 1780, Crane held several public offices in New Jersey. Family Phoebe Crane, wife died 1776 William Crane, son born 1748 in Elizabethtown, served as major of an Essex County, New Jersey regiment. Fought with Richard Montgomery in the Battle of Quebec, received a leg wound that required amputation years later. Promoted to brigadier general in the New Jersey militia after the war. Ichabod Crane Colonel Ichabod Bennet Crane July 18, 1787 October 1857 grandson was born in Elizabethtown, commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps , served aboard the USS United States , with Stephen Decatur , then served in the US Army ... 1857 1937 ref Bruce Crane 1857 1937 American Tonalist. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 84 81018 ... OF DEATH July 1, 1780 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Crane, Stephen Category Continental Congressmen ...   more details



  1. John Collins (Continental Congress)

    States Congress 1st Congress but did not take his seat. He was married to Mary, daughter of John Avery ... deaths Category Continental Congressmen from Rhode Island Category Signers of the Articles of Confederation ...   more details



  1. John Walton (Continental Congress)

    John Walton 1738 1783 was a Georgia U.S. state Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress . Though born in Virginia , Walton later became a planter near Augusta, Georgia . He was elected as a delegate from St. Paul Parish to the Provincial Congress at Savannah, Georgia Savannah in 1775, and then elected to the Continental Congress in 1778. He signed the Articles of Confederation on behalf of Georgia on July 24, 1778. He held the office of surveyor of Richmond County, Georgia Richmond County for several years before his death in New Savannah, Georgia in 1783. References CongBio W000115 USArticlesOfConfederationSig Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Walton, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1738 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1783 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Walton, John Category Continental Congressmen from Georgia U.S. state Category Signers of the Articles of Confederation Category American farmers Category American Presbyterians Category 1738 births Category 1783 deaths Category American planters GeorgiaUS politician stub de John Walton Delegierter ...   more details



  1. James Sykes (Continental Congress)

    February 22, 1777 December 17, 1777 Continental Congress Party shading Anti Jacksonian Delegate ... Congressional districts Districts br Category Continental Congressmen Continental Congress small ...Dablink This article is about the Continental Congressman from Delaware, for other persons with the same name, see James Sykes disambiguation . No footnotes date April 2010 br Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name James Sykes honorific suffix image imagesize smallimage office Continental Congress Continental Congressman br from Delaware term start February 22, 1777 term end December 17, 1777 predecessor successor birth date 1725 birth place New Castle County, Delaware New Castle County , Delaware death date death date and age 1792 4 4 1725 7 1 death place Dover, Delaware Dover , Delaware spouse Agnes party residence Dover, Delaware Dover , Delaware alma mater occupation profession religion Episcopal Church in the United States of America Episcopalian James Sykes 1725 April 4, 1792 was an United States American lawyer and politician from Dover, Delaware Dover , in Kent County, Delaware Kent County , Delaware . He served in the Delaware General Assembly and was a Continental Congress Continental Congressman from Delaware . Early life and family Sykes was born in 1725, probably in New ... the state s first Governor of Delaware President and Privy Council. He served in the Continental Congress most of 1777. Also in 1777, Sykes was appointed Kent County, Delaware Kent County Clerk ... of his life. Sykes served on the state s Privy Council in 1780, and in the state s second Constitutional ... States Senate.svg 75px center Seal of the US Senate width 100 font size 3 United States Congress font ... States Congress Senate Leadership List of United States Senate committees Senate Committees ... of the United States Congress House Leadership List of United States House committees House Committees ... Episcopalians Category Continental Congressmen from Delaware Category Delaware State Senators Category ...   more details



  1. William Cumming (Continental Congress)

    For other men with this name William Cumming disambiguation Unreferenced date April 2010 William Cumming 1724&ndash 1797 was an United States American lawyer who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for North Carolina in 1785. William was born in Annapolis, Maryland in 1724. He read law and practiced in Maryland for several years before he moved to Edenton, North Carolina . In North Carolina his law practice extended into several counties Chowan County, North Carolina Chowan , Currituck County, North Carolina Currituck , and Pasquotank County, North Carolina Pasquotank Counties. Cumming attended the colony s Provincial Congress in 1776 and was first elected to North Carolina s House of Commons in 1781, and served in several other terms as well. In 1784 and 1785 the legislature named him as a delegate to the Continental Congress , but he only attended sessions of the Congress in 1785. External links CongBio C000982 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cumming, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1724 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1797 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cumming, William Category 1724 births Category 1797 deaths Category People from Chowan County, North Carolina Category Continental Congressmen from North Carolina ...   more details



  1. John Bull (Continental Congress)

    Unreferenced date April 2010 John Bull c. 1740 1802 was an United States American statesman and revolutionary who served as a delegate from South Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1784 to 1787. External links http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplaypl?index B001047 Bull s Congressional biography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bull, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1740 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1802 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bull, John Category 1740 births Category 1802 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from South Carolina SouthCarolina politician stub de John Bull South Carolina ...   more details



  1. James Henry (Continental Congress)

    Unreferenced date May 2010 James Henry 1731 December 9, 1804 was an United States American lawyer from Virginia who was a delegate to the Continental Congress . He was first elected to the Congress on December 17, 1779, but didn t enter the Congress until April 1780. Although he was elected again the following year, he attended no other sessions. James Henry was a native of Scotland, but moved to Philadelphia at an early age where he studied law. Afterwards, he settled on the eastern shore of Virginia. Following the declaration of independence, he became a member of the state legislature. In 1779, he was appointed a judge of the court of admiralty and thus a judge of the first Supreme Court of Virginia Court of Appeals . In 1789, when the Court of Appeals was reorganized, he was made a judge of the general court. External links http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index H000506 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Henry, James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1731 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1804 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Henry, James Category 1731 births Category 1804 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from Virginia Category Virginia Supreme Court justices Category Virginia lawyers Category Virginia state court judges Virginia politician stub ...   more details



  1. Allen Jones (Continental Congress)

    Unreferenced date April 2010 Allen Jones December 24, 1739 November 10, 1798 was an United States American planter and statesman from Northampton County, North Carolina . During the American Revolutionary War Revolutionary War he was a Brigadier General in the state militia. He was a delegate for North Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780. Brother of Congressman Willie Jones statesman father in law of North Carolina Governor and Philadelphia Convention member William Richardson Davie . External links http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index J000209 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, Allen ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1739 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1798 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, Allen Category 1739 births Category 1798 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from North Carolina NorthCarolina politician stub ...   more details



  1. List of delegates to the Continental Congress

    Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies ... Directory of the United States Congress lists 343 men who attended the Continental Congress, including ... but never served. ref Biographical Directory of the United States Congress , 40 44. ref The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations. The First Continental Congress , which met ... become the United States. ref Burnett, Continental Congress , 32. ref Convened in response to the Coercive ... independence steadily gained ground. Congress established the Continental Army June 1775 , coordinated ... table shows the names of the delegates who at some point attended the Continental Congress. Because ... Congress existence. class wikitable sortable Name State Years attended small Continental Association ... Richard Peters, Jr. Richard Peters Continental Congress Pennsylvania 1782 1783 248 sortname Charles ... This table shows those who were elected as delegates to the Continental Congress but never attended ... Directory of the United States Congress . Washington D. C., 1989. Burnett, Edward Cody. The Continental ... Directory of the United States Congress USAConfGov Category Continental Congressmen Category Lists of American politicians Continental Congress de Liste der Delegierten des Kontinentalkongresses ... organized an Continental Association economic boycott of Great Britain in protest and Petition to the King 1774 petitioned the king for a redress of grievances. By the time the Second Continental Congress met in 1775, shooting in the American Revolutionary War 1775 1783 had begun. Moderates in the Congress ... in 1781. The ratification of the Articles of Confederation gave the Congress a new name the Congress of the Confederation , which met from 1781 to 1789. The Confederation Congress helped guide the United States through the final stages of the war, but in peacetime the Congress declined in importance. Under the Articles, the Confederation Congress had little power to compel the individual states to comply ...   more details



  1. James Lovell (Continental Congress)

    he got back to Boston in December, he was elected to be a delegate to the Continental Congress. He would serve in Congress until 1782. Congressional career Lovell served effectively in the Congress during ..., there was a growing struggle for influence and command in the Continental Army . Lovell became a supporter ... to Congress, in effect going over George Washington Washington s head. This reached its peak when Gates was given command of the Departments of the Continental Army Northern Department , replacing Philip .... Later events After his term in Congress, Lovell returned to teaching, but continued to hold ... 14, 1814. Family His son, James S. Lovell 1758&ndash 1850 served in the Continental Army from 1776 to 1782 ... 1818 when Congress created the position until 1836. External links CongBio L000463 USArticlesOfConfederationSig ... DEFAULTSORT Lovell, James Category 1737 births Category 1814 deaths Category Continental Congressmen ...   more details



  1. John Parker (Continental Congress)

    Other people John Parker Unreferenced date April 2010 John Parker June 24, 1759&ndash April 20, 1832 was an United States American planter and lawyer from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina . He was a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788. He was buried in a private family graveyard in Charleston. External links CongBio P000063 Find a Grave 6914793 http politicalgraveyard.com bio parker5.html Political facts about John Parker Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Parker, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH 1759 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1832 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Parker, John Category 1759 births Category 1832 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from South Carolina South Carolina politician stub de John Parker South Carolina ...   more details



  1. John Beatty (Continental Congress)

    prisoners of war Category Continental Army officers from Pennsylvania Category Continental Army staff officers Category Continental Congressmen from New Jersey Category Members of the United States House ...   more details



  1. Edward Lloyd (Continental Congress)

    Unreferenced date April 2010 Edward Lloyd IV December 15, 1744 July 8, 1796 was an United States American planter from Talbot County, Maryland . He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Maryland in 1783 and 1784. In 1771 Lloyd purchased the Chase Lloyd House in Annapolis, Maryland from Samuel Chase , and in 1790 he built Wye House on the family plantation at Wye Island, Maryland Wye Island . Both properties are now National Historic Landmarks . His son, also Edward Lloyd Governor of Maryland Edward Lloyd , was later Governor of Maryland, and a United States Senate U.S. Senator . External links http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index L000375 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lloyd, Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1744 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1796 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lloyd, Edward Category 1744 births Category 1796 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from Maryland Category People from Talbot County, Maryland maryland politician stub ...   more details



  1. Richard Smith (Continental Congress)

    Richard Smith March 22, 1735 September 17, 1803 was a lawyer and politician who served in the Continental Congress . Richard Smith was born in Burlington, New Jersey to Richard Smith, a member of the West Jersey Assembly, and Abigail Raper, his wife. ref Gummere, p. 526, 527 ref Smith was educated under private teachers and in Religious Society of Friends Quaker schools, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1762 and practiced in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and later in Burlington. He was commissioned county clerk of Burlington on December 7, 1762. Smith was chosen as a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress from July 23, 1774, to June 12, 1776, when he resigned. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council now the New Jersey Senate in 1776, and was elected treasurer of New Jersey, serving 1776 until he resigned on February 15, 1777. Smith moved to Laurens, New York , in 1790, and then to Philadelphia in 1799. He died near Natchez, Mississippi , and was interred in Natchez Cemetery. Notes Reflist References congbio S000603 Gummere, Amelia Mott 1922 . The journal and essays of John Woolman . New York The Macmillan Company. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Smith, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1735 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1803 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Smith, Richard Category Continental Congressmen from New Jersey Category New Jersey lawyers Category Members of the New Jersey Legislative Council Category Pennsylvania lawyers Category People from Burlington County, New Jersey Category 1735 births Category 1803 deaths ja ...   more details



  1. Jonathan Jackson (Continental Congress)

    , Massachusetts sent him as one of their delegates to the Continental Congress . But, by this time ... Provincial Congress. He became a member of the state s Committee of Correspondence and headed the Essex ... Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website http www.usmarshals.gov history firstmarshals jackson.htm ... of Representatives Category Massachusetts State Senators Category Continental Congressmen from Massachusetts ...   more details



  1. Richard Peters (Continental Congress)

    imminent, Peters sided with the Whig or American cause. A week after the Continental Congress created the Continental Army , they appointed him as the Secretary to their Board of War . Later his ..., Congress passed a declaration to thank him for long and faithful service . He was a good friend and benefactor ... Army. Legislative and judicial service In 1782, he was back with the Congress, this time as a delegate for Pennsylvania. He served in the Congress until 1783. In 1785 he visited England. With the war ... Category Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania Category Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ...   more details



  1. John Williams (Continental Congress)

    Other persons John Williams Unreferenced date April 2010 John Williams March 14, 1731 October 10, 1799 was a signer of the United States Articles of Confederation . He was one of the founders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina . During the American Revolutionary War , Williams was a colonel in the North Carolina Militia United States militia . In 1777 and 1778, he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina House of Commons and served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Speaker of the House . Williams was a member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779. He served as a superior court judge both during the colonial era and after the new state of North Carolina was established in 1776. Legacy The town of Williamsboro, North Carolina, for which he donated the land, is named for Williams. Relations Williams was a first cousin and law partner of Judge Richard Henderson American pioneer Richard Henderson . External links CongBio W000515 USArticlesOfConfederationSig Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Williams, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American judge and politician DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1731 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1799 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Williams, John Category 1731 births Category 1799 deaths Category Continental Congressmen from North Carolina Category Signers of the Articles of Confederation Category Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Category North Carolina state court judges Category People from Vance County, North Carolina de John Williams Delegierter ...   more details



  1. William Williams (Continental Congress)

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