The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2): or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for IndependenceLossing, Benson John
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The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2): or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence
Lossing, Benson John
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
** The following are the names of the Sons of Liberty of Kent county,
appended to the address: "Joseph Nicholson, William Ringgold, William
Stephenson, Thomas Ringgold, Jr., Joseph M'Hard, Gideon M'Cauley,
Daniel Fox, Benjamin Binning, William Bordley, Jarvis James, William
Stukely, Joseph Nicholson, Jr.. James Porter, Thomas Ringgold, James
Anderson, Thomas Smyth, William Murray, George Garnet, S. Boardley, Jr.,
Peroy Frisby, Henry Yandike, and John Bolton."
*** The Anne Arundel committee consisted of William Paca, Samuel Chase
(also a signer of the Declaration of Independence), and Thomas B. Hands.
The Baltimore county committee were John Hall, Robert Alexander, Corbin
Lee, James Heath, John Moale, and William Lux. The Baltimore town
committee consisted of Thomas Chase, D. Charnier, Robert Adair, Reverend
Patrick Allison, and W. Smith.
**** Charles Pratt, earl of Camden, was the third son of Chief-justice
Pratt, of the King's Bench. He was horn in 1713, and educated at Eton
and Cambridge. His fine talents as a legal scholar having been made
known in a case wherein he defended Mr. Pitt, that gentleman, when
chancellor in 1757, procured for Pratt the office of attorney general.
He was raised to the dignity of chief justice of the Common Pleas in
1762, and had the manly courage, while in office, to pronounce in
favor of John Wilkes, against the wishes of government. For this he was
applauded throughout the kingdom. He was made a peer of the realm, with
the title of Earl of Camden, in 1765, and in 1766 was advanced to the
Seals. Throughout the struggle of the Americans for right and liberty,
he was a consistent friend of the colonists. In 1782, he was appointed
president of the Privy Council, which place he held, except for a short
interim, until his death. He died on the 18th of April, 1794, aged
eighty-one years.
[[[Governor Eden.--Arrival of a Tea Ship.--Burning of the Vessel and
Cargo]]]
{401}mayor. A large concourse of people from the neighboring counties
were assembled, and in the evening the city was brilliantly illuminated.
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