Correspondence of Thomas Lynch, Esq. : typescript [ca. 1960] / by J.E. Fields, M.D., Joliet, Ill.

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

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Philip John Schuyler (November 20 [O.S. November 9] 1733 – November 18, 1804) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York. He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler. Born in Albany, Province of New York, into the prosperous Schuyler family, Schuyler fought in the French and Indian War. He won election to the New York General Assembly in 1768 and to the Continental Congress in 1775. He planned the...

Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779

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William Henry Drayton (September 1742 – September 3, 1779) was an American Founding Father, planter, and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779 and signed the Articles of Confederation. Born at his father's plantation, Drayton Hall, on the bank of the Ashley River near Charleston, South Carolina (now within the expanded city of Charleston), Drayton pursued classical studies in England, attending Westminst...

Middleton, Arthur, 1742-1787

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Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 – January 1, 1787) was a planter and politician from South Carolina. A Founding Father of the United States, he signed the United States Declaration of Independence. Born at Middleton Place, his family's plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, Middleton was educated in Britain, at Harrow School, Westminster School, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He studied law at the Middle Temple and traveled extensively in Europe where his taste in literature, music, and ar...

Lynch, Thomas, 1727-1776

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Thomas Lynch (1727–1776) was an American planter, a statesman from South Carolina, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776, and signed the 1774 Continental Association. Born in St. James Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina, Lynch attended the common schools and engaged in planting with extensive rice plantations on the Santee River and elsewhere. He served in the Colonial Legislature of ...

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as its presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808, losing both elections. Pinckney was born into a powerful family of aristocratic planters. He practiced law for several years and was elected to the colonial legislature. A supporter of independence from Great Br...

Fields, Joseph E.

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Fields was an American historian and biographer who wrote about the American Revolution. From the description of Joseph E. Field collection of letters by autograph collectors, 1822-1921. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81568748 ...

Malbone, Godfrey

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Malbone appears to have been a merchant in Newport, Rhode Island. From the description of Account books, 1728-1739. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122370869 ...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Lloyd, Henry

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Epithet: of Add MS 4312 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0003d1 Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0003cd Epithet: of Add Roll 5138 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0003d2 Epithet: Reverend; DD, Regi...

Lynch, Thomas, Jr., 1749-1779

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Thomas Lynch Jr. (August 5, 1749 – 1779) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; his father was unable to sign the Declaration of Independence because of illness. Born in Hopsewee Plantation in Prince George Parish, Winyah, in what is now Georgetown, South Carolina, Lynch was schooled at the Indigo Society School in Georgetown before his parents sent him to England, where he recei...

Lynch family.

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Lunan, Alexander, 1703-1769

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Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775

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Brigadier General Montgomery was killed five months later during the siege of Quebec. From the description of ALS, 1775 July 21 : Philadelphia, to James Duane. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13785649 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Richard Montgomery, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070613 From the description of Orderly book of Richard Montgomery, 1775. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070906 From...

Morgan, John, 1735-1789

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Physician. From the description of Memorial of John Morgan, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451271 American physician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (9) : Paris, Rome, London, and Philadelphia, to Sir Alexander Dick, 1763 Nov. 1-1768 Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613161 John Morgan was a Philadelphia physician and teacher. From the description of Correspondence, 1763-1788. (American Philosophical Society...

United States. Continental Congress

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The central governing body of the American colonies from 1774, continuing during the American Revolution; and also the first governing body of the U.S. until the establishment of the U.S. Constitution in 1789. From the description of Continental Congress minutes, 1778 Oct. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 429918299 Noah Cooke, Jr. (1749-1829) earned his Harvard AB 1769. His early career was as a clergyman, but he later became a lawyer. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshir...