Papers of Charles Simms, 1731-1822.
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Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813
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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794
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John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, slaveholder, and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense realism, and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768–1794; now Princeton University) became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character. Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second ...
Swann, Thomas, 1789-1845
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Lawyer, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Letter, 1831 Jan. 22-27. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70953062 District attorney and lawyer of Washington, D.C. From the description of Thomas Swann correspondence, 1826-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980562 ...
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
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John Marshall (1755-1835) was born near Germantown, Prince William (currently Fauquier) County, Virginia on 24 September 1755 to parents Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. From 1775-1781, Marshall served in the Continental Army and fought in the Revolutionary War. During the spring and summer of 1780, Marshall attended classes at the College of William and Mary and received his license to practice law. After the war, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and began his practice. Marshall married M...
Potomac & Shenandoah Co.
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Powell, Leven, 1737-1810
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Leven Powell was born near Manassas, Prince William Co., Va. in 1737. He moved to Loudoun County in 1763 and served as major in the Revolutionary Army. Appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment in Continental Line in 1777. He served in Virginia House of Delegates and as a delegate to Virginia Convention which ratified the U. S. Constitution in 1788. He was elected as a Federalist to Congress. Died in 1810 in Bedford, Pa. From the description of Papers, 1774-1806. (Colleg...
Simms, Charles, 1755-1819
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Army officer, public official, and businessman. From the description of Papers of Charles Simms, 1731-1822. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070162 Army officer, businessman, and public official. From the description of Charles Simms papers, 1776-1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980465 ...
Lee, Charles, 1758-1815
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United States Attorney-General. From the description of Letter, 1813 May 2, Alexandria, Va., to William Broadfoot, Charleston, S.C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825399 Charles Lee was born in 1758. He was brother of Richard Bland Lee and Henry "Light-horse Harry" Lee. A.B. degree from College of New Jersey. Collector of port of Alexandria, Va. Admitted to bar. Served in Virginia General Assembly. Attorney-general of the United States, 1795-1...
Martin, Luther, 1748-1826
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Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and attorney general of Maryland. From the description of Papers, 1789-1810. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030129 Martin was a noted lawyer, served as the Attorney General of Maryland (1778-1805, 1818-1822) and remembered as the defense attorney for Aaron Burr in Burr's trial for treason in 180. He served as representative from Maryland to the Confederation Congress of 1785 and to the Constitutional Convent...
Morgan, Daniel, 1736-1802
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Morgan was a frontiersman who prospered as a Virginia farmer. His military career began when he served as Captain of one of the two Virginia rifle companies, and led Arnold's march to Quebec (1775). He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1780, serving until July, 1781 when he retired to "Saratoga," his estate near Winchester, Va. He commanded militia troops during the Whiskey Insurrection of 1794, and was elected to the Fifth Congress as a Federalist representing Virginia. From ...
Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825
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American general and senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to Jas. V. Henry, Esq., 1818 Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498398 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to "Gentlemen", 1788 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498983 American politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charleston, to Harry Clymer, in Philadelphia, 1789 March 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record...
Law, Thomas, 1759-1834,
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Mason, John, 1766-1849
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