1776 in Pennsylvania

Last updated

←

Flag of Pennsylvania.svg
1776
in
Pennsylvania

→

Decades:
See also:

This is a list of events in the year 1776 in Pennsylvania.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Undated

Births

Undated

Deaths

Undated

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Caswell</span> 1st and 5th governor of North Carolina

Richard Caswell was an American politician and lawyer who served as the first and fifth governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780 and from 1785 to 1787. He also served as a senior officer of militia in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War. As a delegate to the First Continental Congress, he was a signatory of the 1774 Continental Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Findlay (governor)</span> American politician (1768–1846)

William Findlay was an American farmer, lawyer, and politician. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he served as the fourth governor of Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1820, and as a United States senator from 1821 to 1827. He was one of three Findlay brothers born and raised in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, on their family farm.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Bland</span> American politician

Richard Bland, sometimes referred to as Richard Bland II or Richard Bland of Jordan's Point, was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer and politician from Virginia. A cousin and early mentor of Thomas Jefferson, Bland served 34 years in the Virginia General Assembly, and with John Robinson and this man's cousin Peyton Randolph as one of the most influential and productive burgesses during the last quarter century of the colonial period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Banister (lawyer)</span> American Founding Father and lawyer

John Banister was an American Founding Father, lawyer, planter, and slave owner from Petersburg, Virginia. As a member of the Second Continental Congress, he assisted in framing the Articles of Confederation, which became the nation's first constitution in 1781.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archibald Bulloch</span> American politician (1730–1777)

Archibald Stobo Bulloch was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the seventh governor of Georgia from 1776 to 1777. Born in the Province of South Carolina, Bulloch fought in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolution, and was also a great-grandfather of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)</span> American politician from Maryland (1752–1839)

Samuel Smith was an American Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the older brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith.

Nathaniel Mitchell was an American lawyer and politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served as Governor of Delaware.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Green Mount Cemetery</span> Historic rural cemetery in Baltimore City, Maryland

Green Mount Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established on March 15, 1838, and dedicated on July 13, 1839, it is noted for the large number of historical figures interred in its grounds as well as many prominent Baltimore-area families. It retained the name Green Mount when the land was purchased from the heirs of Baltimore merchant Robert Oliver. Green Mount is a treasury of precious works of art, including striking works by major sculptors including William H. Rinehart and Hans Schuler.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Reed (politician)</span> American Founding Father, lawyer, military officer, and politician (1741–1785)

Joseph Reed was an American lawyer, military officer, politician, and Founding Father of the United States. He served as aide-de-camp to George Washington, as adjutant general of the Continental Army and fought in several key battles during the American Revolutionary War. He is credited with designing the Pine Tree Flag used during the war.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Olivet Cemetery (Frederick, Maryland)</span> Maryland cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. The cemetery is located at 515 South Market Street and is operated by the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company, Inc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Donnel Foster</span> American politician (1808–1880)

Henry Donnel Foster was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1843 to 1847, and from 1871 to 1873.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1776</span> Calendar year

1776 (MDCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1776th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 776th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 18th century, and the 7th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1776, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

1776 is celebrated in the United States as the official beginning of the nation, with the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies from the British Empire issued on July 4.

Events from the year 1790 in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas S. Bell</span> American judge and politician from Pennsylvania (1800–1861)

Thomas Sloan Bell Sr. was an American judge, politician, and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party from West Chester, Bell served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1846 to 1851 and as a Pennsylvania State Senator from 1838 to 1839 and 1858 to 1860. He was the father of Union Army Colonel Thomas S. Bell Jr.

This is a list of events in the year 1776 in the U.S. state of Georgia.

This is a list of events in the year 1776 in New Jersey.

References

  1. ↑ "The Tory Act : published by order of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1776". Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 to 1789. U.S. Library of Congress. LCCN   90898112. OCLC   977360698.
  2. ↑ Hadden 1913, pp. 12–13.
  3. ↑ "MORRIS, Thomas 1776 – 1844". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Spencer, Richard Henry (1919). Genealogical and Memorial Encyclopedia of the State of Maryland. New York: The American Historical Society. p.  455 . Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "GREEN, Innis 1776 – 1839". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Euston, Diane (31 July 2022). "DR. BENOIST TROOST: BEYOND THE STREET WHICH BEARS HIS NAME. . . FOR NOW". Martin City Telegraph.
  7. ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: Bicentennial Edition. United States: Government Printing Office, 1989. ISBN   0-16-006384-1
  8. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 51, page 27
  9. ↑ "POWELL, Samuel 1776 – 1841". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "MCSHERRY, James 1776 – 1849". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  11. ↑ Leckey, Howard L. (1977). The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families. Waynesburg, Pennsylvania: Greene County Historical Society. p. 290. ISBN   0-8063-5097-0 . Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "CHEVES, Langdon 1776 – 1857". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "HAHN, John 1776 – 1823". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "GROSS, Samuel 1776 – 1839". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  15. ↑ Theodorick Bland at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  16. ↑ "MARCHAND, David 1776 – 1832". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "DRAYTON, William 1776 – 1846". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  18. ↑ "BROOM, James Madison ca. 1776 – 1850". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  19. ↑ http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/gilles.html Archived 2019-02-03 at the Wayback Machine UPenn Library
  20. ↑ Crew, Spencer (28 July 2011), Clement A. Price (ed.), "How one woman set herself free", Seven Stories, Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission
  21. ↑ Johnson, Robert Amandus (2006). Saint Croix 1770–1776: The First Salute to the Stars and Stripes. p. 95. ISBN   9781425970086.
  22. ↑ Morgan, William James, ed. (1970). Naval Documents of The American Revolution, American Theatre: May 9, 1776 – July 31, 1776 (PDF). Vol. 5. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division/Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 882–884.
  23. ↑ Clark, William Bell (1938). Gallant John Barry, 1745–1803: The Story of a Naval Hero of Two Wars. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 98.
  24. ↑ Cunningham, John T. (1994). This is New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. p. 173. ISBN   0-8135-2141-6.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.