Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805
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Revolutionary soldier and legislator.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Chas. Town" [SC], to General Lincoln, 1780 May 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269567031
Charleston, South Carolina merchant, plantation owner, Revolutionary War general, South Carolina state Representative and Governor, and U.S. Continental Congressman. In January 1776 Gadsden resigned from the Continental Congress in order to accept a commission as a brigadier general and commander of the provincial forces in South Carolina.
From the description of Letter : Lighthouse Island, [S.C.], to Major General Lee, Charles Town, [S.C.], 1776 Aug. 2. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32145031
Native of Charleston, S.C. Merchant and planter. Captain of the Charleston Artillery Company during the Cherokee Campaign of 1761. Representative in the Commons House of Assembly (1757-1765) and Royal Assembly (1765-1775). South Carolina representative to the Stamp Act Congress in New York, 1765. Representative in the First Continental Congress (1774-1776) and Provincial Congresses (1775-1776). Representative in the General Assembly (1776-1780 and 1782-1784). Vice President of South Carolina (1778-1783). Member of the state convention which ratified the United States Constitution in 1788.
From the description of Letter, 1798 July 16, Charleston, [S.C.], to [Jacob] Read. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 192008499
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- Alien and Sedition laws, 1798
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- France (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Lighthouse Island (S.C.) (as recorded)
- South Carolina (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
