Petition : to the governor and Council of Maryland, 1783 June 4.

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Petition : to the governor and Council of Maryland, 1783 June 4.

Church and his fellow actor James Brown appeal the fine imposed on them by a Baltimore court for interfering with the arrest of a member of their company for breach of the peace. According to the docket note, their appeal was rejected.

1 item (2 p.) ; 33 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6775245

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Paca, William, 1740-1799

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William Paca (October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a Maryland delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress, Governor of Maryland, and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Born in Abingdon, Maryland, Paca entered school at the Philadelphia Academy and ...

Old American Company

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Maryland. Council

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Brown, James, actor

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Church, Thomas W., 1945-

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Member of the "Company of Comedians" that at some time before this petition departed from Fell's Point in Baltimore to perform for a time in Annapolis. This may have been the troupe known as the American Company of Comedians and later as the Old American Company. From the description of Petition : to the governor and Council of Maryland, 1783 June 4. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122581016 ...